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Advocates, engineers detail design alternatives to proposed sea wall

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By Skyler Baldwin

A proposed sea wall designed to protect the Charleston peninsula from rising seas and storm surges is heading toward the next step of development, but local advocacy groups want alternatives weighed before a commitment is made. The Charleston Water Coalition (CWC), a recently formed group of local leaders, environmental and preservation advocates, engineers, business owners and concerned citizens, has already been hard at work. It cites reports from Robinson Design Engineers (RDE), the Coastal Conservation League (CCL) and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) that detail alternative plans and design alterations to the proposed wall that would increase the environmental and community resilience of the program. “If we step back for a moment, and this is my approach and that of many others, we need a comprehensive and holistic water management plan that’s integrated,” said former city councilwoman and CWC spokesperson Marie Delcioppo. “How do all of these things fit together? How do they impact one another? “When you look at it, this isn’t the

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We face more and more flooding from rising tides and rain, and this wall does not do anything to protect us from those.” —Marie Delcioppo

flooding that we face so frequently,” she said. “We face more and more flooding from rising tides and rain, and this wall does not do anything to protect us from those.”

Storm surge is major threat

Dale Morris, the city’s chief resilience officer, said storm surge is the most serious threat facing the peninsula. “Surge brings with it devastating water levels, devastating wave energy that kills people, and destroys businesses and houses with a lasting impact of more-than five years,” he said. “That’s what we’re talking about. It doesn’t mean dealing with surge and then we’re done, because we have to

mitigate all flood risks — we have river risk, we have tidal risk and groundwater risk … and then we have sea level rise.” The 8.5-mile wall, proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers, would wrap around the perimeter of downtown Charleston, rising as high as 11 feet in some areas. While environmental experts have said the need for storm surge protection is important, they also say the ‘single-purpose’ design of the wall falls short of what the city needs. “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 singlepurpose linear wall, all options must be considered and agreed upon.” But Morris, the primary author of the Dutch Dialogues, said all of those aspects are already being discussed with the Corps. The complex process used by the Corps has kept some of the finer details from being worked out. “We just aren’t CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

The Charleston City Paper’s weekly count of the number of big construction cranes looming over the peninsula hit its lowest point this week since April 2021. On April 26, we reported 17 cranes were at eight construction sites on the peninsula. As that number steadily grew, the newspaper wrote editorials encouraging the city to put a monthly fee on cranes for a twofold purpose — to act as a disincentive for overbuilding in the Holy City and a source of revenue to fuel more affordable housing. By the first week in October, the number of cranes peaked at 24 at 11 locations, but has been declining since. No word yet on whether city leaders will support a fee to curb more big buildings. —Staff

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That’s the drop in the average number of new COVID-19 cases in the Charleston area over the seven days ending Feb. 4, according to the Medical University of South Carolina. Health experts warned, however, that threats from the virus remained high as the numbers of cases are as high as they were during the disease’s summer 2021 surge.

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No one was injured in a major early Monday fire that burned 56 West Ashley apartments and damaged 32 others. The three-alarm fire, which started just before 5 a.m., displaced some 179 residents of The Palms apartment complex off Orange Grove Road, according to the Charleston Fire Department. “It’s a whole row of apartment buildings, and I saw flames out the windows, flames out of the balconies and coming up out of the roof on every single building,” said City Paper reporter Skyler Baldwin, who lives in the complex. “You look out of the window and see the orange (flames) and smoke through the trees,” he said, adding that about seven of 11 buildings appeared to be involved in the fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Baldwin said about 30 fire trucks from three departments battled the fire as West Ashley residents watched, including a neighbor. “He just lost everything. I’m relieved that my building was OK and my stuff didn’t burn down, and we were able to get a few keepsakes out of my apartment. But there’s so much unknown that we don’t know how much other damage there was.” The best way to help the displaced families is to send money, said Mandy McWherter, regional communications director for the American Red Cross of South Carolina. The Red Cross is not equipped to accept food, clothing and other items, she added. About 40% of Americans don’t have $400 to help them get through an emergency, McWherter said. “That’s why the Red Cross is needed,” she added. To donate to the American Red Cross of South Carolina’s Hometown Hero Campaign go to redcross.org/hometownhero. —Staff reports

The state has $750 million in unclaimed funds and some of it might be yours. S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis recently announced more than 615,000 new properties were added to the state’s Unclaimed Property Program, a total value of $84 million in additional funds available to owners just a day before the observance of National Unclaimed Property Day. Unclaimed property can be a lot of different things — but it’s usually intangible cash like stocks, bonds or uncashed checks. Although about one in 10 Americans has unclaimed property, according to Loftis, most would never know it. Billions of dollars are returned to state treasurer’s offices around the country every year. Since 2011, more than $260 million has been returned to South Carolina residents alone. “It’s kind of funny,” Loftis told Statehouse Report this week. “You have to practically knock them over the head with the money to get them to take it. They think it’s not theirs, or that you’re a crook.”

Big and modest payouts

Loftis recounted the tale of one woman who was called at least five times by different offices and associates before she was finally given the money she was owed — nearly $600,000. But payouts of that size are few and far between, Loftis said. “We talk about the big ones because that motivates people to think they got lucky,” he said. “The big claims, the funny claims, the extraordinary claims, they just get people to check in.” And it isn’t just big-time stockholders or business aficionados who may find unclaimed property with the treasurer’s office. “Anyone who owns or possesses unclaimed property … it’s supposed to stay in the state treasurer’s office. That’s banks, water departments, the government itself and individual residents. It could be anything from $5 to over $1 million.” The average claim is about $500, which may seem like a small chunk compared to the more-than-$750 million in total unclaimed property sitting in the state treasurer’s office today, but Loftis said those small claims can be the most impactful. “This isn’t politics. This can really make a difference in people’s lives,” he said. “The people you give $500 to, it’s a single mom with three kids, and that’s the balance on her rent money, or it gets their kids back in school, grandma can buy her medicines. That’s who we do it for.”

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The average claim on money owed by the S.C. Treasurer is about $500 program is extremely important, especially in today’s tumultuous economic climate as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the state and inflation driving up the prices of common goods. “It’s their money, and we want to make sure that they get it and use it to their advantage,” he said. “The state has a tradition of holding the money of those they can’t find, but they work very hard at getting the money out to individuals.” “It’s a benefit to the community and a benefit to the individual, especially with the costs of everything going up and nobody’s paychecks going up. This kind of money is exactly what folks need to help get them over the hump.”

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Loftis said he is encouraging everyone — businesses, charities, schools, churches and individual residents — to check treasurer. sc.gov to see if there are funds waiting for them to be claimed. There is no cost to search for or claim funds, so Loftis said the best practice is to check the database at least twice a year for unclaimed funds. —Skyler Baldwin This story first appeared in Statehouse Report, a sister publication.

Reynolds recovering from leg amputation Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds, who has been battling a rare form of cancer since October, has had a leg amputation at Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic to remove the disease, according to a news release issued on Friday. “I am pleased to report that the cancer was successfully removed and my prognosis for the future is very positive,” Reynolds said in a statement released by the city of Charleston. “[Reynolds] has been in our prayers throughout this whole ordeal,” said city councilman Peter Shahid. “I was sad to

hear the news about the diagnosis when he first shared it with us, but hopeful that he would recover from it. Unfortunately, he’s had to go through something radical, but he is cured. Luther is a strong man, Reynolds personally and in his faith … and I am sure his strong faith will carry him through this.” In a message to Mayor John Tecklenburg,

Reynolds said he appreciated the “unwavering support and prayers throughout my battle with cancer. I am also very grateful for the outpouring of kindness from community members, the faith community and all those who have stood with me and my family during this challenging time.” Reynolds began rehabilitation this week and said he is looking forward to returning to Charleston soon and would keep the Charleston community updated on the progress of his recovery. —Skyler Baldwin

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there yet,” Morris said. “The Corps of Engineers process is more complex in some ways, so we are working through those processes with them to see if we can design a structure that would mitigate the surge risk as quantified by the city’s own vulnerability analysis,” he said. “We are not proposing to build a structure in the middle of nowhere that wouldn’t matter. This is super valuable, super important, an iconic place for so many reasons.”

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Engineering firm RDE’s critical assessment of the sea wall outlines a number of concerns with the proposal, including luring area residents into a false sense of security when emergencies call for evacuation. Ponding of water behind the wall could also increase the duration and depth of flooding, the report reads. “As active participants in the Dutch Dialogues, we acknowledge the need for a storm surge barrier,” reads a RDE report. “This particular manifestation of that proposed structure, however, contradicts the core principles of building resilient cities.” The critical assessment and the “Beyond the Wall” report by the CCL and SELC both identify the chief of these principals as nature-based solutions to natural challenges, like flooding. Natural breakwaters that form habitats for oysters and marshland each serve as natural buffers between floodwaters and Lowcountry communities. But Morris said both elements are present in the ideas behind the current plan, and they would be discussed at greater length during the design phase. “The report was built off of examples of things presented in the Dutch Dialogues,” said Jason Crowley, CCL’s director of communities and transportation. “It looked at other alternatives — the design works and biohabitats recommendations they had put out. “It was just a bunch of local designers and engineers here in the Charleston area putting their resources together to take what the Corps was trying to do, apply more nature-based features and develop something that accomplishes both the Corps’ goal of a storm surge barrier, but also the city’s goal of multi-beneficial uses, one of the tenants of the Dutch Dialogues.” Delcioppo said while a lot of the ideologies detailed in the Dutch Dialogues can sound emotional — like the idea of living with water — they’re also core to the Charleston identity. “One of the biggest draws to the area and one of our biggest assets is water,” she said. “Whether it’s the rivers, the oceans or the marshes, there’s some sort of water element that’s close by. … Water knows where it wants to go. It wants to go where it’s always gone, and it’s going to find a way to go where it has always gone.”

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nce again, the B-52’s were robbed. The quintessentially hip band from Athens, Ga., wasn’t nominated to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That’s a travesty, considering how its unique brand of tunage makes you want to shake, shimmy, groove and snorkel all over the dance floor. If you look at some of the acts nominated to the Hall of Fame, you’ve got to wonder what in the hell these folks in Cleveland were thinking. Dolly Parton? She’s country, not rock ‘n’ roll. (We love us some Dolly and think she’s a modern-day saint for her work to get millions to read.) A Tribe Called Quest? Hip hop, not rock ’n’ roll. (Not even in the same league as the Rolling Stones or Beatles or Chuck Berry or Prince.) Eminem? Pop star rapper. Fela Kuta? (Who, you might ask? A pioneering Afrobeat jazz musician, but maybe not pure rock ’n’ roll). Maybe the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame wants to be known as the Pop Music Hall of Fame. If so, have at it. If not, it’s time for real rock ‘n’ roll acts, like the B-52’s, to be nominated and inducted. “The B-52’s were on the cutting edge of the New Wave movement and provided the soundtrack to many college parties in the 1980s and 1990s,” says Richard Todd, host of The Morning Buzz radio show on 105.5 The Bridge. “Plus there is something unique about their sound and presentation. If the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is supposed to document the history of rock ‘n’ roll, there is no doubt the B-52’s should be in there.” It should be a no-brainer for the B-52’s to be in the Hall of Fame. Can you imagine not ever hearing the band’s first album with its classic “Planet Claire” and “Rock Lobster,” an instant hit on Saturday Night Live? They’ve got quirky, fun songs about

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a love shack, bushfires, junebugs, wigs, butterbeans and a dog named Quiche Lorraine. There are cosmic thumping rhythms and soprano harmonies (from “Song for a Future Generation” and “Whammy Kiss” to “Party Out of Bounds” and “Roam”). Part of the sweaty allure of rock ‘n’ roll is its smoldering fun. And if any band epitomizes outlandish musical fun, it’s the B-52’s with wild hairdos, striped and shiny clothing, cars with big fins and pure American kitsch. The B-52’s are rock ’n’ roll. Let the Hall of Fame know how disappointed you are in this year’s nominators by emailing info@rockhall.org or calling (216) 781-7625.

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Those who govern can do better for all By Andy Brack

This phrase, a legal maxim attributed to 19th-century British statesman William Gladstone, led my father, a longtime Georgia columnist, to paraphrase it when considering how government doesn’t seem to work well these days. “Government delayed is government denied,” he suggested. “What most Americans want is a government at all levels which stands for a fair and impartial functioning of our nation, and for the just execution of the laws it has passed,” he wrote in late January. “Back in the 50s and 60s, the Eisenhower and Kennedy years, people had a 75 percent trust in government. But these days, no matter the party, people have less than a 25 percent trust in government.” That got me to think about how government, an unwieldy process sometimes likened to making sausage, often seems to be stalled from doing much that’s meaningful at all. Here are two examples just this week: State senators continued to debate whether to approve the so-called

“Compassionate Care Act,” a proposal pushed for eight years by state Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, to allow people ailing from epilepsy, cancer and more to use legal cannabis to relieve major pain and suffering. While Davis says it’s the most conservative medical marijuana proposal in the country, opposition remains and the bill seems like it’s being talked to death. After eight years. Next, there’s a renewed call for South Carolina legislators to pass a hate crimes law. The Palmetto State and Wyoming are the only two states in the union to not have such a measure. In a state that spawned a racist hopped up on Internet hate who gunned down nine people praying in a Charleston church, it’s not too much to ask lawmakers to criminalize hate. And if they want to go further, they can wake up and close the gun loophole that allowed the murderer to buy the pistol used in the slayings more than six years ago. With both cases, the people are waiting for government to act. In Washington, it’s no dif-

ferent as Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate seem to be in a continuing game of one-upmanship simply to score points, not do much to help regular people. Notes my father in his column: “Because of the 50-50 split between the parties in the Senate, Republicans are stalling with all their might, not allowing even simple bills to get to the floor. President Biden’s plan to bolster many aspects of our government, such as passing a voting improvement plan, and items to bolster our infrastructure, are turned back by Republican shenanigans. “The main obstructionist in all this is Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who by his use of his Senate rules has already changed the way the Supreme Court is now made up. McConnell has said that Senate Republicans will offer no legislative agenda before the 2022 elections and that he is ‘100 percent’ focused ‘on stopping’ Biden. That in itself seems to be another way to say ‘government denied.’ And now can McConnell block another Supreme Court nomination?” National, state and local governments

don’t need to rush things and create bad legislation that may lead to unintended, harmful consequences. But they need to talk with each other, collaborate and work on problems, not just obstruct, obfuscate and slither. South Carolina has myriad challenges that need serious attention — better teacher pay, proven education programs that fill big gaps, access to health care for more of our neighbors, tax fairness and comprehensive tax reform. Our state’s ethics laws need to be updated to stop giving unfair advantages to legislators. Our governments are supposed to be of the people, by the people and for the people. These days, the first two seem to be broken so they often are of little help. We can do better. This commentary first appeared in Statehouse Report. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charlestoncitiypaper.com. About the writer … Andy Brack is publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charlestoncitypaper.com.

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In civil rights circles, it’s not uncommon to hear people say, “Justice delayed is justice denied,” particularly when it comes to recent shootings and deaths of Black men across America.

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How prepared is Charleston for a major earthquake?

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By Samantha Connors

t 9:51 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1886, the largest East Coast earthquake in recorded history ripped through Charleston with an epicenter near Summerville. The 60-second event killed about 100 people, destroyed 2,000 buildings and caused $600 million in damage when adjusted for inflation. More than a century later, the 1886 earthquake remains a notorious piece of Charleston’s history, but with U.S. Census data showing an average 40 people moving into the area daily, many people are unaware of the annual seismic activity in the Lowcountry and the state. Earthquakes have been in the news this year as the Midlands region recorded 12 earthquakes since the start of 2022 and the state has been rocked by 19 earthquakes since Dec. 27. Typically, South Carolina experiences five to 15 per year. Dr. Norm Levine, a geology and environmental geosciences professor at the College of Charleston, said seismic activity here is normal. He explained the seemingly increased prevalence of earthquakes is partially Levine due to more sensitive seismometers picking up low-magnitude activity, which most

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Government preparedness

“We have multiple plans that touch upon earthquakes,” reassured Charleston County Emergency Management Department (EMD) director Joe Coates. As does the City of Charleston, which is currently updating its earthquake plan. Government plans encompass immediate response logistics, recovery plans and mitigation. Following a major quake, inspecting the 120 bridges in Charleston County is the first priority. Coates explained the county would likely then revert immediately to its aerial operational plans, which outlines emergency helicopter landing zones for medical evacuation and supply delivery. “We’ve been working on a specific earthquake plan update with FEMA and the South Carolina EMD for the last six months. It should be completed within the next year,” Coates said. “We’ll have exercises that go with it.” Practice is key when it comes to prepara-

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Earthquakes don’t just happen as big ones. Every 125 to 175 years South Carolina might experience something in the 5.0 range. The last 5.0 was in 1910, so we’re sitting in the time zone for something at that level.” —Dr. Norm Levine Photos courtesy U.S. Geological Survey

Though the city has yet to experience another earthquake of this magnitude, experts believe it’s coming — but not as soon as we think. College of Charleston professor Dr. Vijay Vulava studied evidence of old earthquakes in Charleston’s subsurface and found that 7.0 magnitude events occur about every 500 hundred years, which should leave South Carolina with plenty of time before the next one. However, Levine cautions serious earthquake risks still exist. “Earthquakes don’t just happen as big ones,” said Levine, who also heads the Lowcountry Hazards Center and the S.C. Earthquake Education and Preparedness Program. “Every 125 to 175 years South Carolina might experience something in the 5.0 range. The last 5.0 was in 1910, so we’re sitting in the time zone for something at that level.” A 5.0 magnitude earthquake in Charleston would cause significant destruction. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) risk analysis program gives a glimpse into potential damage. With approximately 231,000 buildings in the greater Charleston area, this model estimates a 5.0 earthquake would cause moderate damage to 4,040 buildings, extensive damage to 482 and complete damage to 45. Up the magnitude to 6.0 and those numbers increase to 50,261 buildings with moderate damage, 17,404 buildings with extensive damage and 4,785 destroyed. While a 7.0 magnitude earthquake might be hundreds of years away, the threat is still very real, which begs the question: how prepared is Charleston?

tion. The county is participating in FEMA’s national program in June with a full-scale, multi-day regional earthquake emergency response exercise. The goal is to test current earthquake plans and assess regional communication between Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley counties. With earthquake damage comes the potential for other catastrophic events, such as damage to the Pinopolis or Santee dams. The county also participates in an annual exercise with Santee Cooper, the state’s

utility which owns the Pinopolis Dam. Based on risk models, the county would have 24 to 48 hours before flood water inundated coastal areas, giving people time to leave, Coates said. From a governmental standpoint, the Charleston area is well-prepared to respond to a major earthquake using current contingency plans that address setting up temporary help centers, evaluating bridges, getting supplies and communicating with residents. Levine, who works with local governments on emergency preparedness, describes the county and city agencies as “wonderfully prepared,” though he acknowledges more preparation is always helpful. The county’s public information office recommends following its Twitter page for real-time updates in the event of an emergency. For residents without internet access, CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

The 7.3 magnitude earthquake of 1886 caused severe damage to structures in Charleston and surrounding areas

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people wouldn’t even notice. The recent quakes have been minor, all measuring under 2.5 on the Ritcher scale. In comparison, the 1886 earthquake would have measured a whopping 7.3.

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or if power outages occur, the county has other communication methods. “We can knock on people’s doors, drop messages out of aircrafts, use bullhorns on fire and police vehicles,” Coates said. “Anything creative — even getting biplanes with banners to go up and down the coast.”

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Much like local government agencies, the Charleston County School District (CCSD) has drills and security protocols to keep students and faculty safe. CCSD’s executive director of security and emergency management Michael Reidbach said all emergency plans are updated annually. The district conducted a thorough overhaul of plans this summer, expanding details on drills and procedures. “Our plans are developed based on input from all subject matter experts,” Reidenbach said. “Local and state EMD officials, the folks at the College of Charleston, just to get as much input as we can to make sure we’re covering what we need to.” Students in Charleston are familiar with earthquake drills as schools participate in an annual drill in October, which corresponds with the national Great American Shakeout. Drills are built around three steps: drop, cover and hold on. Students practice dropping to the floor, ducking under a large, sturdy object like a desk and holding on. Schools also advise students on which specific outdoor areas to seek out during an earthquake, namely open areas away from trees and buildings. A bigger concern is how structurally prepared school buildings are to withstand a major earthquake. In the last decade, seismic repairs were made at Sullivan’s Island Elementary School, Buist Academy, Charleston Progressive Academy, James Simon Montessori, Memminger Elementary School and the former Rivers building, now housing Charleston Charter School for Math and Science. A coming phase V construction program will include replacements of older facilities including a new C.E. Williams Middle School and the demolition of the old Ron McNair building in North Charleston to be replaced with the new Malcolm Hursey Montessori School, CCSD confirmed. Operations staff also confirmed that yearly inspections are conducted and seismic studies are performed once unless building codes related to earthquakes change. According to the district, earthquake codes were last changed in 2001. Having good information available about the structural integrity of school buildings is crucial not only to the safety of students but also to residents, as Levine mentioned schools are often

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Memminger Elementary School and Buist Academy are two CCSD schools that underwent earthquake-related renovations

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Build a family plan

Unlike more predictable natural disasters such as hurricanes, an earthquake can strike at any time with little to no warning. Levine explained that California can predicate quakes because they occur more often and typically in a recognizable sequence that is an understood precursor to a larger event. South Carolina has not experienced enough major earthquakes to recognize build-up sequence signs. Charleston’s fast-growing population of individuals from other states means many residents are unaware of the threat and ill-equipped to react in an emergency earthquake situation. The way for individuals to be prepared is to have a plan. Elements of a good plan include: • Families should have a safe meeting place and know evacuation routes. • Stand inside against a wall or doorway and try to crawl under heavy furniture. • Avoid glass windows. • Never run outside. (In 1886, frightened citizens ran outside only to be killed by

brick and masonry veneering falling from buildings.) • Consider earthquake insurance, which one area insurance broker said could cost $570 a year for $156,000 in coverage. • Have an emergency kit ready that includes flashlights, batteries, firstaid kits, and non-perishable food and water for at least 72 hours. A full list of supply kit items can be found through the S.C. Emergency Management Department’s website. Wood frame structures and buildings with reinforced concrete are the safest in the event of an earthquake. Buildings with brick and masonry veneering are most dangerous, and in the Charleston area, these buildings are often historic. Buildings that sustained the 1886 earthquake are particularly vulnerable since the structures were weakened by that event. “You’ve got to realize, when that 1886 earthquake hit, there were about 1,500 people living in the Summerville area. Now, there are well over 200,000 people living there,” Levine said. “Your hurricane supply kit is not just for hurricane season. It’s a year-round emergency kit, just in case of an earthquake.”

t a church revival in Newberry County, 150 miles west of Charleston, the preacher was ending the sermon when a rumbling rose like distant thunder. Then the church rocked, as if it were a baby’s cradle. An elderly church member, Aunt Melvina, hollered: “De world comin’ to de end.” The preacher yelled: “Oh, Lordy” before he and his congregation rushed into the moonlight. The church shook a second time. Someone cried out: “De devil under de church!” When the convulsions ceased, the train depot’s telegraph operator reported that an earthquake had struck near Charleston, too far away to hurt local folks. But in the port city, the historic 7.3 magnitude earthquake caused extensive damage. The rippling tremors were felt all the way from Cuba into Maine. It damaged buildings in central Ohio. Scientists couldn’t measure the seismic waves because the nation’s only crude earthquake gauge had been removed from the Washington Monument for cleaning. By the late 1800s, trouble had become routine in Charleston, a city that had endured hurricanes, fires, sickness, riots and two wars, one with the British and then U.S. troops. Life had changed for many of Charleston’s black residents, who were a generation from slavery and on the thresholds of oppressive Jim Crow laws. The earth had given warnings, but it was, and still is, difficult to predict an earthquake, said Susan Williams, co-author of Upheaval in Charleston: Earthquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow. Recent tremors across South Carolina, she said, have raised public awareness of earthquake threats on the East Coast. “We should take this as a wake-up call.” Prior to the 1886 earthquake, a swarm of tremors swept through the area, frightening locals, but none were strong enough to knock a tea cup off a shelf. “A series of quakes were reported in the newspapers, particularly in Summerville a few days before the big quake,” she said. It was a sign of a widening East Coast fault.

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This remnant of the bell tower of St. George’s Anglican Church was damaged during the 1886 quake. The tower stands near the Ashley River at Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site in Summerville. The force of the quake sent bricks at the top of the 40-foot tower hurling in all directions. biggest worry. After examining a trove of records and old newspapers with her co-author historian, Stephen G. Hoffius, Williams feels confident the city’s buildings would not fare well even in a moderate earthquake. “I am sure that (earthquake damage) is in practi CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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the course of coastal rivers. Williams pointed to the “elbow bends” in the Cooper, Ashley, Edisto, Sampit and Black rivers as evidence of pre-historic massive geologic upheavals. That was before recorded time, so without that lived experience, Lowcountry residents are now nonchalant about earthquakes. Instead, hurricanes are the

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v. Ferguson that legalized segregation. In the middle of this social change and natural disaster stood Frank Dawson, the cally every building that was standing in the popular editor of The News and Courier. 1880s, but there just hasn’t been a shake For a man of his time, Dawson’s moderate (strong) enough to dislodge it all again.” voice was considered progressive although She suggests local his attitudes by today’s standards would be officials should conduct described as racist. earthquake drills and Less than three years after the quake, homeowners should Dawson was shot dead in the home of a buy earthquake insurprominent doctor. A jury, including seven ance policies. black men, acquitted the confessed killer If an earthquake following a week-long trial that drew strikes, evacuating the national attention. Dawson had dreamed building is the first that Charleston would build a new progresimpulse, but that’s sive city on the ruins of the old one, Hoffius Williams not a good idea, said said. Instead, Charleston followed the rest Williams, a retired of the South to craft a social order that English professor at returned black Charlestonians to condiTrident Technical tions close to slavery. College. She recommends remaining inside and sheltering under a stable object like a table. *Being crushed by falling debris outside is a real Hoffius risk that happened in 1886, she said. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13

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Most of the physical manifestations of the 1886 quake occurred near the three epicenters to the north and west of the city. On the Charleston peninsula, public buildings and private houses made with bricks, as opposed to wood frame structures, suffered most of the damage. Williams is concerned that buildings on the west side of the city built on filled-in marshes or “made land” are potentially more susceptible to quake damage. More modern buildings, she added, were likely constructed under regulations that account for an earthquake. Following the 1886 quake, relief money from around the country and the world poured into Charleston, but it took time to distribute the aid. The city had to invent a way to hand it out. A soup kitchen fed people, who also received rations. Within three weeks, however, the food aid and temporary shelter were transitioned to another kind of assistance, Williams said. City officials were eager to move from feeding people and providing temporary housing to giving relief money to repair homes. “They were so worried about whether they were giving (aid) to ‘worthy people,’” she said. “They were also worried whether laborers would stop working if they had enough to eat and a place to live.” Worthy people in those days meant white people, Williams explained. “They were much more inclined to think of poor white people as being worthy than poor black people. That was a holdover from slavery.” Hoffius said two pivotal moments in U.S. history bookend the “Great Quake” of 1886 — the end of Reconstruction and the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Plessy

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The William Ravenel House at 13 East Battery before the 1886 earthquake (top) which damaged the portico. Today, the railing at the top of the portico is missing (above).

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Time to get ready for the summer garden If you want to test whether you have a green thumb for growing delicious food in a home garden, it’s time to start planning and planting — if you haven’t already. South Carolinians are blessed to have a mild climate in which fresh vegetables grow abundantly and provide tables with barrowloads of fresh, healthy food. Not only can vegetable gardening be a fun hobby, but home-grown produce can help families to keep down rising food costs. Experts at Clemson Cooperative Extension say the number of home vegetable gardens are increasing across the Palmetto State. “Success or failure of home vegetable production can depend on many things, but some major reasons for failure are negligence, not following the proper instructions and not keeping up with current vegetable developments,” according to the service’s Home & Garden

Information Center. In planning a garden, Clemson Extension suggests several tips for success: • Write it down. Plan a garden first on paper and include who will do the work and food that your family likes to eat. Make sure there’s enough space to grow what you want to grow. “Remember that a small weed-free garden will produce more than a large, weedy mess.” • Order seeds by February. Some plants may be started early inside. • Consider sun and shade. If you are growing beans or other vegetables that require trellises, put the structures on the north side of the garden so they won’t shade other parts. • Arrange plants. Group plants by the length of the growing period, by planting spring crops together to allow later-producing crops to grow in those places after the early crops are harvested.

• Planting time. Make sure to consider a plant’s cold-hardiness when planting. Follow directions for the Lowcountry’s climate that are on seed packs. Check Clemson Cooperative Extension’s exhaustive list of factsheets to learn more about how to grow specific crops. • Use old City Papers. You can line your garden with newspaper to control weeds. Just top two or three sheets of newsprint with a layer of pine needles, grass clippings or dried leaves for an eco-friendly and inexpensive weed barrier. For more tips, visit elivingtoday.com.

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Here is a general list of when you can start planting various vegetables and plants in your garden. You usually have 30 days to 45 days to get your plants into the ground in the Lowcountry, but for specific plants and recommendations,

check online with Clemson Cooperative Extension. Feb. 1: Asparagus, cabbage, carrots, collards, kale, leeks, lettuce, mustard, onions, garden peas, white potatoes, radishes, rutabagas, spinach and turnips. March 1: Broccoli, cauliflower, sweet corn and tomato. March 15: Cantaloupe, cucumber, honeydew and summer squash. April 1: Pole beans, eggplant, peanuts, Southern peas, peppers and watermelon. April 15: Lima beans, edible soybeans (edamame) and sweet potatoes. May 1: Okra. Family Features contributed to this story.

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Christina Butler is a preservation badass. She writes about historic preservation. She teaches it. She renovates. And she lives in a modern home built to feel like something a skilled Charleston tradesman would have lived in 250 years ago.

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“This house is what happens when two history nerds find each other,” she said while outlining the history of the home that her historian husband, Nic Butler, designed and she directed during construction. “We did the flooring, trim, painting, tile work, cabinetry, hung all of the doors and worked on some of the exterior.” They decided to build a home that a 1750s craftsman would have had because they love the history and style associated with the Georgian era. “It’s a time where everything was handcrafted,” she said. “The minimalism of that period really makes the craftsmanship pop.” From the time she was three, Christina Butler knew she wanted to build things. “It’s in my blood.” She remembers watching the PBS show This Old House with Bob Vila as a toddler. “My dad had it on, and I was enthralled.” He later videotaped shows so she could re-watch episodes. In her native Ohio, Butler went to trade school, instead of traditional high school, to learn to build stuff. She started college to learn civil engineering, but something wasn’t right. Then on a vaca-

Butler uses vintage tools to handcraft woodwork in her home. Hand tools fill Butler’s workshop.

Bright colors

The Butlers’ dark blue East Side home on Hampden Court is a three-bedroom, 1,482 square-foot rectangular box with two floors and an unfinished ground level that serves as a workshop and provides storage. The first living floor of the single house includes a front sitting room offset by a stairwell, a dining room and a kitchen in the rear. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a bathroom. Period pieces of furniture, mostly faithful reproductions, give the place the feel of an old home. But what’s striking is the brightly colored trim that surrounds each room. Walls are white, because paint was expensive in the 1750s. “What was typical in the middle 18th century was to leave the wall plaster white and put the paint on the trim,” she said. “The aesthetic with the white walls and bright trim would have been a middle-class tradesperson’s house.” Often carpenters, like Butler, would have trim at the ceiling because they had access to the wood and could add it easily, she said. The Butlers’ kitchen features a bright yellow door and trim. The living room has trim painted a coffee-milk tan. Both colors are mineral-based. The original pigment for blue, the color of the outside of the home, may have come from lapis, while the bedroom’s bright red trim — dragon’s blood red — likely stemmed from iron oxide. “People think of 18th century colors as really drab,

THE LOWDOWN ON CHRISTINA BUTLER Age: “A lady over 20 never tells …” Birthplace: Concord, Ohio. Education: Trade school for construction/carpentry; bachelor’s degree in historic preservation; master’s degree in American history. Current profession: College professor, preservation consultant and barn hand (on my days off). Family: Husband, Nic, and parents, Dave and Rita. Pet: Bertie Wooster, a 6-year-old rescue pit mix. Photos by Andy Brack

These jelly cups would have been used more than two centuries ago. but before the sun bleached them, they were really popping colors,” Butler said.

Keeping busy

Since moving into the home in 2015, Butler has kept busy with lots of projects. “I built traditional shutters for every window outside,” she said. “That took forever because I used hand tools.” Over time, she plans to add more trim to rooms in the house and add art that’s reflective of the Georgian period. Some of the work will be done in the ground-level workshop, a place filled with old planes, clamps, saws and augers. When asked whether the workshop would have been authentic, Butler admitted it was about a foot higher than it might have been 250 years ago, but the house would have been raised then — because Charleston floods. “You wouldn’t finish that space because it would flood. It’s Charleston.” Butler should know. In 2020, she literally wrote the 288-page book on the history of Charleston flooding. Published by the University of South Carolina Press, Lowcountry at High Tide: A History of Flooding, Drainage, and Reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina is a reminder that Charleston has always been vulnerable to flooding and, in the days of rising sea levels, now faces a major threat. In a review, Martha Zierden, curator of historical archeology at The Charleston Museum, wrote, “Christina Butler describes a growing but low-lying city where the ground surface was constantly in flux. The filling and draining that characterized Charleston from its earliest days had both short-term and long-range consequences for the livability of the peninsula, and for the archeological record of these processes. Some may surprise you.” When asked about lessons learned from building a 1750s-style house in 2015, Butler offered this, which applies to public policy as much as it does a home: “You get what you pay for. When you cut corners and do things cheaply, it will cost you in the long run. You use garbage for fill (material), it’s going to sink. My dad always said, ‘There’s the cheap way and the right way.’ ”

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Something people would be surprised to learn about you: I can drive mule teams. Favorite thing to do outside of work: Write about history and travel. Your passions: History, old buildings and horses. Books on bedside table: Feast of All Saints and a new biography of St. Therese. Favorite novel: Pride and Prejudice. Favorite book as a child: The Little Princess; Anne Rice books as a teen. Something that you have too much of at home: Books. Secret vice: Eating almost any food placed in front of me. Guilty pleasure: Binge-watching Death in Paradise or a good documentary series. Favorite foods: Cheese, bean burgers, vegan pad thai and blaa (Irish bread). Favorite cocktail or beverage: Irish whiskey neat, followed by coffee. Five foods you always need in your refrigerator: Cheese, grapeseed mayo, berries, coffee smoothies and leftovers for when we’re too busy to cook. Three people (alive or dead) you’d like to dine with: Inigo Jones, St. Peter and Jane Austen. What meal would you want served to you for your last supper: Really good fish and chips or dinner at the Old Couch Cafe in Waterford, Ireland. Describe your best day in 50 words or less: A day with Bertie and Nic writing at home, followed by a long walk in historic Charleston and finished with a great takeaway dinner from Bar Mash or Barsa and a good beer. Pet peeve: Arrogance, ignorance and conflating googling something with ‘doing research.’ Philosophy: Follow your passions, and learn from history Your advice for someone new to Charleston: Learn about flooding and traffic patterns before buying a house.

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tion to Charleston, she stumbled upon a historic preservation program at the College of Charleston and knew she had found a place to attend college. She dumped civil engineering and moved here. And she hasn’t really looked back. In the years since, she worked at a local library, became friends with Nic (now the library’s popular historian) and later got married. In between, she got a master’s degree in American history, worked in construction, started a restoration company and did some serious preservation consulting. When the American College of Building Arts asked her to teach historic preservation, she was in heaven. “It’s fun to teach at a program that I would have gone to had it existed,” she said recently. “I’m teaching to my tribe.” Now a professor, she’s so enthusiastic that she admits she might have bitten off a little too much this semester. She’s teaching three sections of historic preservation to sophomores, two sections of something else to freshmen, one senior capstone class and a section of the introduction to historic preservation at the College of Charleston. (Yep, that’s seven classes.)

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What does it mean these days to be a native plant? By Toni Reale, special to Digs A native plant is one that evolved over thousands of years in a particular region, introduced without human intervention, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As native plant species evolved, so did native insects and wildlife, which rely on these plant communities for food and shelter. This preserves the balance of the native ecosystem, according to the South Carolina Native Plant Society. For North America, only plants thriving in the United States prior to European takeover are considered native. On a regional scale, any plant that appears to naturalize (has migrated naturally without Reale human intervention) in a new region would be considered non-native and some could be considered invasive, although not all non-native species are considered invasive. This original definition, however, was first agreed upon by conservation biologists in a time when climate was less understood and considered unchanging.

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But some are challenging that today. Dov Sax, a researcher at Brown University, suggests a “more nuanced set of terms other than native and non-native” is necessary given the rapid shifts in ecological regimes due to climate change. A quick study of United States historical plant hardiness zones from the Arbor Day Foundation shows a dramatic change from 1990 to 2015, with warmer zones pushing northward. The shifting zones correlate with a northward shift in plant and animal communities potentially replacing or competing with others typically considered native. So the question is, if the naturalized species thrive in the current conditions, should it now be considered a native species? Why does this matter? The definition of “native” is important because currently only those plants deemed native to a specific region are written into conservation legislation as those worthy of protection. As the climate changes and species naturalize into new areas that suit them for optimal growth and survival, would they be less deserving of protection? Plant species migration is a slow process as they are not able to crawl or fly their way out of unsuitable conditions. Their rate of migration matters, as so many animal species rely on these plants for survival. There is already documented evidence of birds migrating to areas where the berries weren’t ready yet. The changes in ecological regimes and food availability can be detrimental to species both plant and animal and inevitably lead to extinction of species not able to keep up with change.

The Flame Azalea is just one of the many plant species native to South Carolina.

A hot-topic in conservation right now to mitigate extinction is the idea of “assisted colonization,” in which plant species would be colonized in new regions outside of their native ranges that suit their optimal growing conditions. Researchers at prominent institutions in New England are reviewing all aspects of this debate including the pros and cons of relocation along with which plants would be good candidates for this conservation strategy.

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There are definite concerns with ensuring that any relocated species would not become invasive or hybridize native plant species out of existence. The researchers found that many native species in New England might be more resilient to immediate climate change because their habitat ranges are so broad, however, many southern species would be extremely vulnerable to extinction because their native ranges are small. Conservationists will need to grapple with the benefits and risks of accepting a new definition of native, and how to mitigate extinction due to habitat loss and fragmentation from human development and climate change. The hope is that the scientific community can quickly come to a consensus and to educate lawmakers so that we can possibly aid in the continuation of climate-threatened species.

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In the not so distant past, flora and fauna were markedly different than they are

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Though first and foremost a teacher, Wesley Moore remains a man of parts, most of them creative, others amusing, all of them worth getting to know. Artist, blogger, poet and raconteur, the Bard O’ the Beach is also about to publish his first novel. “To teach is to learn” advises a Japanese proverb. And what Moore gleaned most notably, apart from teaching as the art of assisting discovery, is how to succeed in the art of living. Born in Summerville, the longtime Folly Beach resident retired from the Porter-Gaud School in 2019 as chair of its English department, with decades invested in instilling a love of literature and a thirst for inquiry in his students. “Oddly enough, I didn’t aspire to be a teacher,” said Moore, currently refining his skills as a collage artist. “I never thought about it, nor did I major in education. But somehow, I got a job at Porter-Gaud in 1985, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. It made me go back as an adult and revisit the writers I’d dismissed in the arrogance of my youth. Once I started teaching Faulkner, I fell in love with it.” Not long before his death in 2016, Pat Conroy told him, “Wesley, you’re a teacher. You’ve had a good life.” “And it has been a really, really good life,” Moore said. “So many of my students were extraordinary. I’m happy I did not continue to try to make a living with my original idea of writing short stories.” While Moore has published in small literary magazines from time to time, today it’s the long form that’s on his mind. Moore’s young adult novel, Today, Oh Boy, draws its title from the Beatles song “A Day in the Life.” He considers it commercial fiction, not literary, but one can be assured it’s well-crafted. It will be released in the fall by Austin Macauley. “The object was to paint a portrait of a specific place in time where I grew up in Summerville,” said Moore, a familiar face giving readings at the funky Folly joint Chico Feo. “There are lots of characters from

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Wesley Moore (above) is either writing his new novel, Today, Oh Boy, or working on his array of collages like Upstairs at Snapper Jacks (right) different walks of life who we knew as students and teachers there. I consider it a fastpaced comic novel, written in present tense, with everything tying up in the end. Writing it provided me with a way to contemplate my past, and in a way it enabled my wife Caroline to get to know me as a kid.” Moore’s wife was more than merely supportive. “Caroline did something better. She’s a professional editor and when she read the manuscript she said ‘This book isn’t ready. It needs work.’ It would not have been published if not for her.” Noted Charleston painter and muralist David Boatwright is doing the cover for the book, which only adds to Moore’s pleasure in publishing it. “It feels great. Some of it is fulfilling an aspiration. But there’s also a kind of postpartum effect now that it’s finished.” His collage art is becoming more widely known and admired. Evoking many a touchstone of Folly Beach culture, Moore said he began playing around with the form in 2010, initially as a way of lending witty illustrations to his ongoing blog, You Do Hoodoo. A year ago he enjoyed a one-man show at Sherry Browne’s Studio Open. “The collages are narrative. I take a photo then ‘cut out’ images from JPGs I’ve downloaded and ‘paste’ them into the photograph. I then put a filter over the images, most often ‘poster edges’ but sometimes ‘paint daubs,’ so they resemble paintings. I then have them printed on canvas. Obviously, many of my pieces reflect my fascination with pulp novels of yore and most are set in Folly Beach. I think they’re fun, and I believe I have a pretty good eye for laying them out.”

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A 1975 graduate of the University of South Carolina, Moore met his first wife, Judy, in grad school. She passed away just shy of the couple’s 39th wedding anniversary. They had two sons, Harrison and Ned. In 2018, Moore wed the former Caroline Tigner Traugott and gained a daughter, Brooks. Moore is a forward-thinking sort of fellow. But he can look back with satisfaction on a career that helped produce several young writers of consequence while awakening many others to the power of the written word. He shepherded the successful Porter-Gaud Visiting Writers Series, had his 2006 composition The Insomniacs Ball performed at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and has been the recipient of various awards, among them a Stanford University Teacher Tribute (2003) and a Gibbes Excellence in Teaching Award. Moore seems a contented man, which is not to say he is losing his edge. Just try reading his blog. The question is how he regards himself: poet, artist, storyteller, commentator? “It will sound self-aggrandizing but don’t take myself very seriously. I’m a dabbler. I’m not bound for any fame or fortune. These are just the things I do to entertain myself and keep me thinking and working. People regard me as a poet, but I just think of myself as a writer.” Bill Thompson is a seasoned cultural writer who lives in Charleston.

Dyani White Hawk (Sičánǧu Lakota), an award-winning visual artist and independent curator, has an exhibition currently up at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston. The Hear Her exhibit, which runs through Feb. 26, displays White Hawk’s video installation LISTEN, which features Native women speaking their native languages. Also on display are photographs from White Hawk’s I Am Your Relative series, tackling stereotypes and caricatures of Native women. The Halsey Institute’s gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursdays. The Halsey Institute’s galleries are open to the public and admission is free. —MS

Fluent Form works at Gibbes through March 20 The works of former visiting artist Marina Savashynskaya Dunbar will be on display in the Art Sales Gallery at the Gibbes Museum of Art until March 20. Dunbar’s paintings and sculptures will be available for perusal. These abstract works use natural elements like sand and dry pigments to meditate on movement and time and transformation. Dunbar is a Belarusian artist who has made her home in Charleston. —MS For daily updates from Charleston’s art world, check out the Culture section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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The Gemstones took the Poplar Grove Equestrian Center for a soiree this season

The Charleston locales in season two of The Righteous Gemstones SPOILER ALERT: If you’re not currently caught up with season two of The Righteous Gemstones, you’re about to read some spoilers. New episodes from the second season of the HBO series are being introduced 10 p.m. on Sundays in February with the climax set for Feb. 27. Written by locally based actor and producer Danny McBride, The Righteous Gemstones tells the story of a wealthy televangelist celebrity family. It stars McBride as Jesse, John Goodman as the patriarch Eli, Adam DeVine as Kelvin and Edi Patterson as Judy. With only three more episodes to be released, the Gemstone family has already gotten into hot water and committed more than its fair share of sins. Jesse and Amber are scheming for ways to come up with $10 million for Lyle (Eric Andre), and Lindy (Jessica Lowe) Lissons’ Christian timeshare venture. Kelvin’s still weirdly obsessed with his God Squad “muscle men” and recovering from two broken thumbs, while Judy plays power games, converts her secular husband B.J. and drops hilarious one-liners. Eli has lost his children’s respect after an embarrassing “man-scaping” incident and finds himself wrapped up in potentially deadly drama with his old friend, Junior. The entire season was filmed in the Charleston area, so as you’re watching, keep an eye out for some of these recognizable locations:

The Gaillard Center

Throughout season two, you’ll spot several scenes filmed inside and outside of the Gaillard Center on Calhoun Street. In the first 10 minutes of episode one, a meeting between the Gemstones and leaders of their affiliate churches takes place in the open upstairs hall of the Gaillard. The scene ends with affiliate church leader Mac Butterfield

running from the table to the building’s second-story balcony and jumping. Fun fact: there is actually no way to get to the balcony from the area where the meeting is held. The magic of editing just makes it look that way. The Gaillard Center auditorium also makes an appearance in the first episode as the location for the Lissons’ church service.

Atlantic Aviation

Members of the Gemstones family are frequently seen walking to or from their private plane at Atlantic Aviation International Airport, a private runway located at the Charleston International Airport. Atlantic Aviation also has a second Charleston-area location on Johns Island.

Old Mount Pleasant Sticky Fingers

No filming location seems more appropriate for the series than a fictional restaurant called Sticky Stephen’s located in the former Sticky Fingers location in the Mount Pleasant Village Pointe Shopping Center. Though the real restaurant permanently shut down in 2020 during the pandemic, the fictionalized version of the old barbecue joint is back to life in the show.

Shem Creek Boardwalk

A scenic area for a weekend stroll by the water, the Shem Creek Boardwalk is where Eli has a run-in with his seedy old friend Junior at the end of the first episode of season two. Locals may recognize the Wreck in the background, a hole-in-thewall seafood joint on Shem Creek.

Poplar Grove Equestrian Center

Joe Jonas makes a cameo appearance in episode two at a potential investor party for Zion’s Landing, filmed at this equestrian center in Ravenel. City Paper arts editor Michael Smallwood actually shared the screen with the Jonas Brothers’ singer in this scene.

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Doubt: A Parable has been flooring audiences for almost two decades and stands as an essential modern classic in the theatrical canon. The 2004 play claimed the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and its 2008 film adaptation was nominated for four Academy Awards. Now the venerated classic is again being brought to the stage by the Queen Street Playhouse in a production that runs through Feb. 20. Doubt follows a high-stakes battle of wills at a Catholic school in the fall of 1964. Sister Aloysius is rigidly conservative and constantly vigilant. This puts her at odds with Father Flynn, the progressive and wellliked parish priest. The young Sister James, new to the school and still very naive, lets slip that Father Flynn had a private meeting with the only Black boy at the school. Sister Aloysius’ suspicions turn to accusations that rock everyone’s lives. “It’s funny because, although it was written in 2004 and takes place in 1964, both long before the advent of social media, it still has a relevancy that is surprisingly of the moment in the era of ‘cancel culture’ where an accusation made with mere suspicion and no evidence can completely derail someone’s reputation and career, whether it is proven accurate or not,” said Kyle Barnette, who directs this newest production. “Doubt is a powerful motivator and this play is so brilliantly written that it allows the audience to see and feel that doubt, or uncertainty, from the perspectives of both Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn as well as Mrs. Muller and Sister James … all four of these characters have their own motivations and all experience their own forms of doubt throughout the show.” The four actors charged with bringing playwright John Patrick Shanley’s opus to life are Samantha Smith as Sister Aloysius, Andrew Murano as Father Flynn, Leah Van Horn as Sister James and Letty Richey as Mrs. Muller. These are some of the most demanding, challenging roles ever written, and the cast are not approaching it lightly. “It’s funny because I do have empathy for her,” Smith said. “The words on the page are not empathetic to the people she is talking to, but I think it’s figuring out what drives her and knowing that she is working within the constraints of the hierarchy of the church.” Smith, who has been working with Footlight Players since coming to

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If you’re driving down Spring Street toward King, you may have seen its sign on the sidewalk — the drawing of the Arby’s hat with “The Pass” written inside instead of Arby’s. “We have the meats…” is underneath that hat, followed by the other provisions carried at The Pass, such as cheeses and wines. Philadelphia native Anthony Marini, who moved to Charleston early last year, opened the 700- square- foot space in late July. Though Marini comes from Philadelphia, he left a large footprint in the Birmingham, Alabama, culinary scene, opening two restaurants, AMBA and (local) that garnered national recognition in Bon Appetit, Cooking with Paula Deen and The New York Times in the 12 years he lived there. “I ended up in Birmingham, thinking I’d stay there a year… for a teaching position,” Marini said. “I did that for a little while, but then the call came, and I started looking for spots.” After 12 years, it was time for Marini to go home to Philly, where he worked as a chef in a restaurant outside the city. But, unsurprisingly, the pandemic shifted plans for Marini, who was gearing up to purchase the restaurant “four days” before the world stopped and the industry changed. With many northern cities closed during the pandemic, according to

Marini, he frequently visited friends in Atlanta and was invited by another friend to visit Mount Pleasant. “I thought, ‘Okay, cool. It’s a beach town,’ ” Marini said. “And then someone took me down King Street, and I said, ‘There’s all this business, infrastructure, a bunch of nice restaurants and then I can be at a beach 15 minutes later? Sold.’ ” Marini had plans to open a place in Charleston, and soon after moving, found the small space of what would become The Pass. It’s certainly the opposite of the nighttime dinner restaurants Marini was used to in Birmingham and Philadelphia, but one that was adored and appreciated. “I stepped into [The Pass] without a plan,” he said. “I got very excited by the idea of standing in the middle of this room and seeing the front door and the back door. I’ve had and worked in big restaurants all my life, so I was very excited.”

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A cheaper alternative to high drugstore prices! 50 Pill Special - $99 + FREE Shipping! 100% guaranteed. CALL NOW: 1-888-531-1192. 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

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-3612 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS JANE DOE, JOHN DOE, SHAVON MILLER, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2021. 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.

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, 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.

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.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2021-CP-10-05300 Cheryl . T. Tolley, Carol T. Greene, Tracie L. Tibbs,) and Walter H. Smalls, III, Plaintiffs, vs. Roy Josef Hermann Hulbert, Rita Hulbert ) Dillinger, Carla Hulbert Dudman, Agnes Earnestine Thompson, William Carl Ashe, Kimberly Kay ) Rasmussen, Douglas Brian Ashe, and John Doe and Jane Doe, whose names are unknown and fictitious ) names designating the unknown heirs, devisees, issue, executors, successors, administrators, or assigns of the above named Defendants, if they or any of them be dead and of Clarence B. Nell, Jesse B. Nell, Sarah E. Nell, Jesse C. Nell, Mary O. Nell aka Mary O. Nell Boags, Doris H. Hulbert Smalls aka Doris H. Smalls, Caroline N.Hare aka Carrie G. Nell, William Nell, Emily R. Nell, Helen M. Nell, Helen Nell Hulbert, Inez Nell Hulbert, Samuel Roy Hulbert Jr. aka Samuel R. Hulbert Jr., Ella W. Hulbert Tibbs aka Ella H. Tibbs, Mary Adelia Hulbert, and Clarence Lewis Ashe, Betty Jean Ashe, all deceased and Mary Roe and Richard Roe, whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, persons under disability, incompetents, insane, imprisoned, or those person in the military, if any, and also all other persons, known or whose true names are unknown, claiming any right, title, interest in, or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein. Defendants. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION SECOND AMENDED SUMMONS (Quiet Title Action) (Non-Jury) TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Second Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Second Amended Complaint on the Plaintiffs or their attorney, Veronica G. Small, Esquire, 3300 W. Montague Avenue, Suite 102, North Charleston, South Carolina 29418, with in thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Second Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff(s) in this action will apply to the Court of the relief demanded in this Second Amended Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned attorney will seek the agreement and stipulation of all parties not in default for an Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, stipulating that the said Master in Equity shall enter a final judgment in this case. AMENDED LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina upon the Second Amended Complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, to determine the interests of the parties to the below described real estate: ALL THAT LOT, piece or parcel of land known in the City’s Street number as No. 188 Coming Street, situate on the East side of

Coming Street between Morris and Cannon Streets in the City of Charleston and State aforesaid. BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the East on Coming Street thirtyfour (34’) feet, six (6”) inches, to the North on lands now or late of one R. White one hundred and forty-six (146’) feet, to the East on lands now or late of one Toomer thirty (40’) fee, and to the South on lands now or late of De Large Dereef and others one hundred fifty feet (150’), be the same more or less, together with the buildings thereon. BEING the same property conveyed to Clarence B. Nell by deed of J. N. Robson dated January 19, 1871 and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County in Book P. 15 at Page 673. TMS No.: 460-12-01-047 AMENDED NOTICE OF FILING YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Notice of Filing, Amended Notice Nisi, Amended Notice of Intent to Refer to Master-in-Equity, Second Amended Summons and Complaint, and Amended Petition for Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, Court of Common Pleas, Charleston, South Carolina on January 24, 2022. The purpose of this action is to declare Plaintiffs and certain of the Defendants are the sole owner of the property which is the subject matter of this action and for an Order confirming the same pursuant to the request in Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint. AMENDED NOTICE NISI TO THE INFANT DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED, IF THEY BE OVER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS AND TO THEM AND THOSE WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE IF THEY BE UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent you in this action within thirty (30) days after the service of this Amended Summons upon you, and if you fail, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff(s) herein. /s/Veronica G. Small, Esquire Attorney for Plaintiffs 3300 W. Montague Avenue Ste 102 North Charleston, SC 29418 Dated: February 4, 2022

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2021-CP-10-03717 PERNESSA SEELE, Plaintiff, v. WESLEY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH; EDNA POLK; CHARLES POLK; JERRY POLK; RUTH ANN POLK; AUGUSTINE POLK; CECELIA “CeeCee” SEELE O’BRIEN; THEODOSIA SEELE JONES; ALBERTHA SEELE JENKINS; RUTH PAULINE SEELE JACOBS; BEULAH “BeBe” SEELE SMITH; WILHELMINA SEELE ADAMS; MATTIE SEELE PENN; EDWARD SEELE; JOHN HENRY SEELE; MARY SEELE; JOHANNE SEELE; and MARTHA SEELE, if they be alive; any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, personal representatives, administrators, successors, or assigns of the above-named Defendants, if they or any of them may be deceased, including JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, fictitious names representing a class of unknown defendants who may be adults in the Military Service of the United States of America, if any, and RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE, fictitious names representing a class of unknown defendants who may be minors or persons

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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.

under legal disability, if any; and any other unknown person or entity claiming any right, title, or interest in the subject real property as described in the Complaint herein, Defendant(s). NOTICE OF HEARING TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a hearing has been scheduled on Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment, filed on January 20, 2022, in relation to the above captioned matter. Said hearing will be held before The Honorable Mikell Scarborough, Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at the Charleston County Judicial Center, Courtroom 2A, located at 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Should any further information be needed, the telephone number for the Master-in-Equity’s office is (843) 958-5073. Respectfully Submitted, FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC s\ Malena A. Dinwoodie Malena A. Dinwoodie, Esq. (SC Bar No.: 103978) 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 T: (843) 577-5460 mdinwoodie@finkellaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff January 31, 2022

Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-05999 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs Eric Collins; Oak Bluff Homeowners Association, Inc.; Portrait Homes - South Carolina, LLC Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13th day of March, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of March 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

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ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 4704, Block 4700, Oak Bluff Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Harold B. Nielson, Jr., PE & PLS, of Nielson & Associates, entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF OAK BLUFF, BLOCKS 4700, 7955 CROSSROADS DRIVE, OWNED BY PORTRAIT HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” which plat is dated July 9, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book EJ at Pages 122-124 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

BEING the same property conveyed to Eric Collins by Deed of Frederick Jeffers dated February 2, 2019 and recorded February 27, 2019 in Book 0779 at Page 873, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS # 484-00-00-497 Current Property Address: 8008 Shadow Oak Drive, Charleston, SC, 29406 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in

the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION February 9, 2022 February 16, 2022 February 23, 2022 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2017-CP-10-04109 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LoanCare, LLC vs Vanessa S. Richardson aka Vanessa Richardson; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles; Ford Motor Credit Company LLC Upon authority of a Decree dated the 29th day of December, 2017, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of March, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, known and designated as Lot “B-1B”, containing 0.3677 of an acre, more or less, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being more particularly shown and delineated on a plat entitled “A SURVEY AND SUBDIVISION OF LOT B-1 OF THE LANDS OF SIPIO JOHNSON, LOCATED IN CHRIST CHURCH PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.” prepared by Robert L. Frank, RLS #4177, of Robert Frank Surveying, dated November 20, 2002, revised December 8, 2002 and recorded January 17, 2003 in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Plat Book DD at Page 530; said lot having such metes and bounds as reference to said plat will show, all measurements being a little more or less. TOGETHER with a perpetual right of ingress and egress in and to said tract of land, over, across and through a New Twenty-two (22’) foot Ingress-Egress Easement from Hamlin Road (S-10-540) to the subject property as shown on said plat. AND INCLUDED HEREWITH: 2003 Cavalier #LSC3254 Manufactured Home, 76’ x 32’, Serial # HMOGA0117209A/B being permanently affixed to the property. THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Vanessa Richardson by virtue of a Deed from Sipio Johnson dated August 14, 2003 and recorded September 2, 2003 in Book A 465 at Page 066 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS # 578-00-00-350 Current Property Address: 1143 Hamlin Road, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 31st day of March, 2022. The property shall be sold for

cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION February 9, 2022 February 16, 2022 February 23, 2022 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2021-CP-10-02811 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-E vs Florence G Jenkins; South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority as administrator of the South Carolina Housing Trust Fund Upon authority of a Decree dated the 11th day of December, 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of March, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, S.C., known and designated as Lot 29 and Lot 30, Block F-X, on a plat of the subdivision known as Dorchester Terrace #6, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book H, Page 160, the said lots having such size, shape and dimensions, more or less, and being bounded as shown on said plat. BEING the same property conveyed to Florence G. Jenkins by Deed of Eric Urowsky and Sidney Lederman, dated March 24, 2006 and recorded March 27, 2006 in Book R577 at Page 485, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS # 469-13-00-016 Current Property Address: 3124 Terry Drive, Charleston, SC 29405 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION February 9, 2022 February 16, 2022 February 23, 2022 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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 absolute 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

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS John Henry Brown, III; Eman Mubarak Brown; South Carolina Department of Revenue; Sylvan Shores Neighborhood Association, Inc; American Express Centurion Bank; , DEFENDANTS.

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee for the holders of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF15 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF15, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Sylvia C. Chapman; Thaddeus M. Chapman; DEFENDANTS.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 011847-04426 2018CP1002861 FOR INSERTION 2/9/22, 2/16/22 and 2/23/22 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 15th day of November, 2019, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st day of March, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter. ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known as Lot 70, Sylvan Shores Subdivision; said lot being shown on a plat prepared by John Martin Saboe, P.E. & L.S., dated August 1, 1983, entitled “Plat of Lots 57-88, Sylvan Shores Subdivision”; said plat being duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AY, page 85. Reference to said plat is hereby craved for a more complete description as to distances, courses, mates and bounds. SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances. This being the same property conveyed to John Henry Brown, 111 and Eman Mubarak Brown by Deed of Leemon Lawyer and Rosemarie Lawyer, dated April 18, 2018 and recorded May 3, 2018 in Book 0716 at Page 143 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. TMS # 310-05-00-086 Case#: 2019CP1004036 Current Property Address: 2426 Pristine View Rd Charleston, SC 29414 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 016487-00713 2019CP1004036 FOR INSERTION 2/9/22, 2/16/22, 2/23/22 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of January, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st day of March, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter. All that lot of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the East side of Piedmont Avenue, between Sans Souci and Peachtree Streets in the City of Charleston and State of South Carolina and known as Lot #98 in Block “G” as shown on a plat of Riverside Park made by J. H. Dingle, Engineer, dated October 5, 1920, and duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book “C”, page 155, and being the same lot as shown on resurvey thereof by Joseph Needle, Assistant City Engineer, dated May 22, 1920. SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances. This being the same subject property conveyed to Sylvia C. Chapman by deed of Audrey Young Ferguson dated October 4, 1995, and recorded October 9, 1995, in Deed Book T260 at Page 801 in the Office of the Register Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Sylvia C. Chapman conveyed a one-half interest in the property to Thaddeus M. Chapman, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, by deed dated April 21, 2004, and recorded April 27, 2004, in Deed Book C492 at Page 815. TMS # 463-11-01-060 Case#: 2018CP1002861 Current Property Address: 40 Piedmont Ave Charleston, SC 29403 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2020CP1000758 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Charles Michael Feeley a/k/a Charles M. Feeley; Christine A. Pilarski; SC Housing Corp.; DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of December, 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st day of March, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter. ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 4, Block R, on a plat of the Subdivision known as Byrnes Downs which plat was made by W.A. Clark, L.S., dated January 1944, and is duly recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book F, Page 178; the said lot having such size, shape and dimensions as will by reference to said plat more fully appear and being bounded as will be shown on said plat. SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances. This being the same property conveyed to Charles Michael Feeley and Christine A. Pilarski by deed of John Henry Steenken and Annie S. Shier dated June 1, 2006, and recorded June 2, 2006, in Book Z585 at Page 344 in the Office of the Register Deeds for Charleston County. TMS # 421-01-00-125 Case#: 2020CP1000758 Current Property Address: 3 Colleton Dr Charleston, SC 29407 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 FM 011847-04692 2020CP1000758 FOR INSERTION 2/9/22, 2/16/22, 2/23/22 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2019CP1004633 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Reverse Mortgage Funding, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Ellen Bowick Torres; Carol Bowick Molony; Walter Kenneth Bowick, Jr.; George D. Bowick; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Florence Bowick, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; The United States of America acting by and through its agency The Department of Housing and Urban Development; City of Charleston; Alexander Stephen Brakefield; Trevor Christian Brakefield; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Rachel Renee Bowick, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 20th day of March, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st day of March, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter. ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina being known and designated as Lot 21 on a plat entitled, “final Plat showing Hemmingwood Subdivision Community, a 14.681 acre tract of land, property of Squire Homes Inc., located in Pierpont on the Ashley St. Andrews Parish Charleston County, South Carolina”, prepared by Andrews C. Gillette, SC, RLS dated May 23, 1989 revised August 22, 1989 recorded in the RMC office for Charleston County in Book BX, page 58. for a more complete description of said lot reference may be had to the aforesaid plat of record. SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances. This being the same property conveyed to Florence K. Bowick by deed of Joseph Dawson III and Claudette Denise Dawson dated July 8, 2005 and recorded

July 11, 2005 in the Deed Book N544 at page 811 in the office of the Charleston County Register of Deeds. Subsequently, Florence K. Bowick died intestate on March 18, 2019, leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely, George D. Bowick, Ellen Bowick Torres, Carol Bowick Molony, Walter Kenneth Bowick,Jr., Trevor Christian Brakefield, and Alexander Stephen Brakefield TMS # 3530200131 Case#: 2019CP1004633 Current Property Address: 1728 Leith Lane Charleston, SC 29414 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 017108-00274 2019CP1004633 FOR INSERTION 2/9/22, 2/16/22, 2/23/22 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00204 Quicken Loans Inc., PLAINTIFF, VS. D. John Bernard LeBoeuf a/k/a D. John LeBoeuf a/k/a Donald John Bernard LeBoeuf a/k/a Bernie LeBoeuf a/k/a DJ Bernard LeBoeuf, as Personal Representative, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; Faye LeBoeuf a/k/a Faye Louise LeBoeuf a/k/a Faye Jenkins LeBoeuf a/k/a Faye L. LeBoeuf f/k/a Faye Louise Jenkins, as Personal Representative, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; Brinton Feaster, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class

designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe,, DEFENDANT(S). SUMMONS AND NOTICES (201103.00024) 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 13, 2022. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased, 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 25th 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 Matthew Leboeuf to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., dated April 12, 2018, recorded April 17, 2018, in the office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0712 at Page 010; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Quicken Loans Inc. by assignment instrument dated March 23, 2020 and recorded April 9, 2020 in Book 0873 at Page 490. The description of the premises is as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 160 of a subdivision of The Park at River`s Edge, recorded in Plat Book EJ at Page 714 (Book A-580, at Page 773) and having, according to said plat, metes and bounds as shown thereon. This being the same property conveyed to Matthew LeBoeuf by Deed of Joseph M. Wallace, dated April 10, 2018 and recorded April 17, 2018 in Book 712 at Page 8, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS No. 404-02-00-220 Property address: 7882 Montview Road North Charleston, SC 29418 SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A. By: _/s/Angelia J. Grant Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334 Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530 Matthew E. Rupert (matthewr@scottandcorley. com), SC Bar #100740 Louise M. Johnson (ceasiej@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #16586 H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134 Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236 Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074 ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

Bernard LeBoeuf, as Personal Representative, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; Faye LeBoeuf a/k/a Faye Louise LeBoeuf a/k/a Faye Jenkins LeBoeuf a/k/a Faye L. LeBoeuf f/k/a Faye Louise Jenkins, as Personal Representative, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; Brinton Feaster, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANT(S).

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

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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).

TO THE DEFENDANTS BRINTON FEASTER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW LEBOEUF A/K/A MATTHEW LEBOEUF A/K/A MATTHEW CRAIG LEBOEUF, DECEASED 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 January 13, 2022. SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00135

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 address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of 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 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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Singing Valentines are back It’s that time of year again for lovers to celebrate being lovers, and Ohm Radio 96.3 FM is here to help with Singing Valentines. On Feb. 14, local musicians will deliver singing Valentines from 11 a.m. 2 p.m. throughout the Charleston area. People can choose a song to be played on air for Ohm Radio’s Valentine’s Day live hour with a shout out to that special someone, and there’s also the option to send a video of a live performance to anywhere your love may be in the world. All pricing and details are available at citypapertickets.com. —Chelsea Grinstead

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“It’s kind of like moving a pile of bricks one brick at a time — you’ve just got to not stop,” said local hip-hop artist Mike L!Ve about persevering in the evolution of his career. The North Carolina native spent seven years fronting a hip-hop band out of Raleigh before joining Asheville group Free the Optimus in 2014, eventually opening for names like Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi and Ghostface Killah. He got his foot in Charleston’s door only to have 2020 slam it shut. He kept whatever momentum he could by doing cameos in other musicians’ shows at various venues. “I’ve been performing live for 15 years, and there I was, only able to express myself via one to two verses periodically a couple times a month,” he said. “In the end, it was a blessing that kept my name relevant and people liked what they heard.” He went on to headline his first sold out show at Tobin’s Market last September. Today, Mike L!Ve is gearing up for his first LP release show with a live band at The Pour House on Feb. 25 in celebration of his new self-produced album, The Greene Tape. “I was lucky enough to meet talented people established in the scene, and they took it upon themselves to gift me opportunities,” he said. “With that, I’m trying my best to establish myself. I’ve got a line on the album, ‘I’m a starving artist trying to eat just so I can feed the homies.’ I feel like if I get a chance to spread my wings enough, it will elevate me to a platform where I can reach down and bring others up.” The new record infuses gritty elements into the classic, sample-heavy format heard in 1990s hip-hop to convey an overall darkness and distortion. The album release show will be a blend of live-meets-sampled material, with Mike L!Ve backed by a trio of drums, bass and keys to fill out the skeleton of original Greene Tape audio, saturating the experi-

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Local hip-hop artist Mike L!Ve is celebrating The Greene Tape album release with his first live band hip-hop show at The Pour House ence with several guest performers such as John Shields of Little Stranger, vocalist LaFaye, and hip-hop artists Sxvxnt and Slim S.O.U.L. The Greene Tape nods to Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon’s debut studio album, commonly referred to as The Purple Tape. It captures the duality of the-artist-versusthe-individual, featuring Mike L!Ve’s alter ego, Who’s Like God, a masked-up, gloved-up version of the rapper who can be seen in the music video for his new track, “Gathering Dust.” Clothing is essential to his music, and the hoodie fashion concept he launched with previous albums has continued to take on a life of its own in both the form and content of The Greene Tape, which opens with the track, “Throw Up Your Hood,” and ends with, “Remove Your Hood.” The vocal simulation in the opening song introduces Mike L!Ve’s pivotal concept of “drape yourself in audio” to escape distractions and soak in the lyricism. “There are certain parts of life where you’ve got to just throw your hoodie up,” he said. “This album is hoodie music. It’s made to go for a walk in the city on a cloudy ass day and be in your own vibe and your own world.” And, of course, there’s an official Greene

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There are certain parts of life where you’ve got to just throw your hoodie up. This album is hoodie music.” —Mike L!Ve

Tape hoodie available with a green cassette tape in the pocket. Mike L!Ve’s aesthetic is a testament of his attention to not only the beauty of hip-hop, but the impact that it can create with a conscious message. “More things in life are pulling us apart than ever before,” he said. “I think it’s important to step away from all that shit. When you’re just at a show having one-onone, heart-to-heart intimate moments, you can really be in ‘the now.’ If you died two weeks from now, would you be pissed at how you lived your last two weeks? I’m treating this show as if it’s about to be my last show. You can do that with every moment in life too.”

Local electro punk band Olive Dares the Darkness caught up with City Paper after band practice last week ahead of the group’s Feb. 12 show at Tin Roof in West Ashley. “We’ve been working on a new setlist. We have our first album out, but we are in the process of putting out our second album,” said keyboardist/ vocalist Becca Darling, who is joined by guitarist Mike Baum, drummer Danielle Carlson and bassist Mr. Minister to bring their take on synth-soaked industrial rock. Doors open at 8 p.m., and tickets are $10-$12. —CG

Lineup of electronic music at Purple Buffalo Feb. 18 Charleston’s underground music haven, The Purple Buffalo, has teamed with local producer Moe Beans to host Baked Beats Feb. 18, featuring a lineup of local and regional artists for an evening of experimental bass music at 8 p.m. Local producer DJ Moldybrain will join the ranks with a handful of EDM artists, including Virginia-based Baby Face Killa and North-Carolina based TYLR, spanning everything from rhythmic dubstep to funky dance tracks. “People think of me as a bass music artist, but I go all over the map,” DJ Moldybrain said. “I can stay in that realm, but I like to go everywhere in my set.” —CG