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Rundown “As you probably know, this now Putin has lifted his moratorium on the death penalty, just recently, which just scares me to death — because that is a direct path to, you know, executing anyone who is considered an enemy of the state, right. And in Russia, it’s not hard to become an enemy of the state.” —Viktoriya Magrid, Mount Pleasant Psychologist Courtesy Viktoriya Magrid

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Charleston area Ukrainians fear for friends, families, home in Ukraine By Skyler Baldwin and Chris Dixon Fear, dread, anger, unity and hope are just a few of the emotions roiling the lives of Charleston’s Ukrainian community as Russian President Vladimar Putin has waged a brutal and unprovoked war against their homeland. Over the last few days City Paper has spoken with area Ukrainians to try and get an idea of how they — and friends and family back home — are dealing with the crisis.

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‘We have a big Ukranian community’

Aleksandr Pavlichenko and his wife Maka Aptsiaur own West Ashley’s popular European grocery store, Eurofoods. Pavlichenko, a Ukrainian immigrant who moved to Charleston from New York in 2006, has kept in touch with family throughout the conflict in his home country. “Every morning we wake up, and the first thing we do is call his family in Ukraine,” Aptsiaur said. Aptsiaur is originally from the Republic of Georgia, a country invaded by Russian forces in 2008, she said. She visited Charleston in 1999, with no intention of staying until she saw the opportunity for a better life, leaving many loved ones behind. “It was a long time ago,” Aptsiaur said. “But

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Eurofoods owners Aleksandr Pavlichenko and Maka Aptsiaur are organizing rallies and aid for Ukraine when I saw how life is different from my country where we were just trying to survive, I decided to make everything possible

and grow my roots here. “I know exactly how it feels, especially for those who are here but have loved ones overseas,” she added of her memories of the Georgia invasion. “I was scared; I was terrified. I didn’t know what was going to happen. My husband’s relatives are all there in Ukraine — his cousins on the front lines fighting to protect their country.” The couple organized a small rally last Friday outside their grocery store. It sparked the idea for a larger, more planned rally to be held Tuesday night at City Hall. “We just decided to get the community together to show our support and have all of our people who are here express their feelings,” she said. “We have a big Ukrainian community here.” Beyond the rally, she is also tentatively planning a volunteer event this weekend to pack supplies to be donated to Ukraine. “As soon as I get OK from the city, we will post the location and time on Facebook and list the items we’re going to need — mostly nonperishable food, first aid, bedding, warm clothes.” Aptsiaur said the support she has seen from Americans, both native and immigrant, has been inspiring. But the couple continue to worry about what could come CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

“Nobody expected this to happen. My relatives in Ukraine, they were in denial. They weren’t believing what they saw even when the first bombs started falling. But the Russians, they thought they’d be victorious. They’d kill Zelensky and end of story — but that’s not the case. This is a full scale war. And to me, Ukraine will ultimately be victorious. I’m not afraid to say it.” —Roman Pekar, Charleston musician and IT professional

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Police stopped to talk to a West Ashley man who was walking in the roadway with his pants down screaming incoherently at passing vehicles. No word yet on whether Gov. McMaster will welcome him to the Statehouse to lobby for increased mental health spending. In fairness, you’d be wobbly too Officers conducted a field sobriety test for a West Ashley man shortly after he drove his car into a tree. When he couldn’t keep his balance or focus his vision, he was arrested for a DUI. But to be fair, if we plowed into a tree, our sense of balance may be out of whack, too. No word yet on injuries to the tree. Where’s my Fanta, b**ch? The manager of a West Ashley convenience store sought charges against a kid who stole two 24 oz. soft drinks from the fountain. Before you say that seems a little harsh, the report did state that the kid uses vulgar language on occasion.

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Democrats few and far between as statewide candidates It’s less than three weeks until candidates can file for legislative and statewide offices and the state Democratic Party has a problem — only three people have declared they’ll run for any of South Carolina’s seven statewide constitutional races. To date, former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham of Charleston and state Sen. Mia McLeod of Columbia are campaigning on the Democratic ticket to replace GOP Gov. Henry McMaster. The only other person to say he is running statewide is Gary Burgess, a former Anderson County superintendent who has run twice for state superintendent as a Republican. McLeod This time he’s running as a Democrat Cunningham to replace GOP Superintendent Molly Spearman, who is retiring. At present, at least six Republican women are running for the superintendent seat. That means state Democrats don’t yet have candidates to challenge several Republicans, including Attorney General Alan Wilson, Secretary of State Mark Hammond, Treasurer Curtis Loftis, Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom and Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers. The lieutenant governor, also a constitutional officer, runs on the governor’s ticket. The state’s adjutant general used to be elected statewide, but now is appointed. There’s still time for more statewide candidates to emerge, but the two-week filing period opens March 16. State party leaders have been mostly mum when asked why there aren’t more Democrats running for statewide office. “No comment,” said one, later adding that he didn’t want to steal the thunder of anyone whose announcement was in the works. “Great question,” another said with a hint of snark. Another Democratic insider privately quipped, “I have not heard

a single name for a single office.” One reason Democratic leaders may not want to run in downballot races is a feeling of futility after U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison raised — and spent — $130 million in a losing 2020 effort to incumbent GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham in the state’s most expensive contest ever. (Graham raised about $113 million and spent $100 million in the race.) Furman University political science professor Danielle Vinson said state Democrats are having trouble because the state, now gerBurgess rymandered three times into lots of safe Republican legislative seats, has become mostly a one-party state — a kind of red state version of California. “Democrats cannot win a seat if they don’t have a candidate running,” she said. “But who wants to be that candidate who, even under the best of circumstances, has almost no chance of succeeding? “So, Democrats look for other ways to influence policy and politics — focusing their attention on national politics (see Jaime Harrison) or turning to local politics where there are more opportunities and the party is less decisive in the outcome of elections.” There’s historical precedent for late statewide announcements from Democratic candidates. In 2010, several high-profile Democrats joined races at the last moment, including Matthew Richardson (attorney general), Frank Holleman (superintendent) and Robert Barber (comptroller general). That was, however, also the year that an unknown, Alvin M. Greene, was the Democratic challenger to then GOP U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. Filing closes noon March 30. —Andy Brack

BCDCOG to partner with DOT, county for Lowcountry Rapid Transit upgrades The Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments (COG), alongside the state Department of Transportation and Charleston County, is taking over highway sections on the Charleston peninsula to make way for the COG’s upcoming Lowcountry Rapid Transit program. The LCRT program, a first of its kind infrastructure plan for South Carolina, would create a 21.5-mile bus-rapid-transit corridor connecting Summerville to downtown Charleston’s hospital district. The project is expected to not only streamline traffic flow between the areas, but also bolster pedestrian access in areas along the corridor. “Transit-oriented development along the LCRT line will enhance community connections to food, jobs, education and healthcare,” COG executive director Ron Mitchum said in a January press release. “Walkable, mixed-used, vibrant and connected communities are the clear vision of this effort.” A proposal brought by the City of

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The proposed rapid transit project would radically transform Rivers Avenue Charleston’s Committee on Traffic and Transportation calls for the construction, reconstruction and/or improvement of certain segments of roadways in the state highway system. In Charleston, some of the roads affected by this phase of the LCRT program will include Hagood Avenue, Spring Street, Lockwood Drive, Bee Street, Courtenay Drive, Calhoun Street, Meeting Street and the King Street Extension. How the program will affect the roads and their

traffic during and after the LCRT construction is not yet clear. “We have completed the 30% design, the environmental documents and the project development,” principal designer Sharon Hollis said at the committee meeting on Tuesday night. “As we move into the engineering phase, SCDOT will be taking over the management of the design and construction of the project in partnership with the COG and County and municipal partners.” Hollis said this would be the only agreement required for the project, but as the design process continues, project leaders expect to work hand-in-hand with the City of Charleston. “So this would not be the end of the collaboration,” she said. The Traffic and Transportation Committee on Tuesday accepted the proposal, and it was approved again by the full City Council later that evening. We will continue to cover the LCRT project as it evolves. —Skyler Baldwin

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Like a great many Ukrainians, the lives of Mount Pleasant psychologist Viktoriya Magrid, 41, and Charleston musician and IT professional Roman Pekar, 49, have been intertwined with Russia. When she was 12, Magrid moved from Odessa to Moscow after her mother married a Russian. At 18, she moved to New York to be with her father, a Ukrainian Jew who had fled to the U.S. to avoid persecution. Pekar grew up playing violin in a small Ukrainian town before eventually settling in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he met his wife Katya and played for the symphony orchestra. In 2001, cooperative music gigs led him to the Hilton Head and Charleston symphony orchestras and a new home. “Charleston reminds me of Odessa,” Magrid said. “It being a port city, and this international city, a melting pot. You have people from all over living in Charleston, the hospitality and so many beaches — that’s very much an Odessa thing too. People live on the beach. They’re happy people. And I remember saying to my husband (an American psychologist), ‘I think this is as close as I can get to feeling like home. Let’s stay.’ ” Magrid and Pekar both have friends and

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Viktoriya Magrid’s best friend Dmitri Stadnik. “My people are putting up such a defense,” Magrid said.

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family holed up with their own families in bunkers, or fighting on the front lines. They stay glued to their phones and social media for updates. “My people are putting up such a defense,” Magrid said. “One of my really, really close friends has some military experience, having been defending eastern Ukraine since 2014. But he just re-enlisted as a volunteer as of yesterday. He was texting me. I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He said,’ I don’t know, wherever I’m needed.’ He’s been suited up and given ammo, and he’s ready to be deployed somewhere this morning.” Both Magrid and Pekar say they dont blame the Russian people, but rather Putin. “It’s all propaganda there,” said Pekar. “There’s no independent media. It’s all fear to express your opinion. My wife calls some of her friends in St. Petersburg and she gets, like, coded answers. It gets me back to the days of the Soviet Union when people weren’t talking straight. You’re saying one thing, but the meaning is something else your conversation partner will understand.” Ultimately, everyone we spoke with said they’re optimistic that despite the horror and destruction, Ukraine will eventually prevail because the Ukrainians simply want to be free. They have been doubly inspired by the unlikely heroics of actor, comedian, lawyer and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Pekar said he actually sees some parallels between Zelensky and fellow actor Ronald Reagan. “Zelensky’s quick and he’s sharp and he’s delivering the message. The fact is that he’s fighting. The world wants to see a leader like this. Putin’s in his bunker with those long tables. Zelensky’s shining like a bright star. The world will make him a hero if he wins — and a hero if he dies.”

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next in the Ukrainian conflict. “If you compare Ukraine to Russia, it’s just a little dot,” Aptsiaur said. “Ukranians were always for peace, always minding their own business. I didn’t believe this was going to happen — just watching this beautiful country be destroyed by the war and all these innocent people dying. It’s hard to take in. And if they’re going to invade Ukraine, we don’t know who is going to be next. Putin is a bully. It just breaks my heart.”

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Support Ukrainian freedom, not Trump t is beyond the imaginable pale that a former American president would praise a lying, authoritarian Russian war criminal named Vladimir Putin. But Donald Trump, no actual friend of American freedom, did just that in remarks as Russian “peacekeeping” forces prepared to plow into Ukraine last week. In an interview last week, Trump said, “I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion ... of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent.” Genius? No, Mr. President. It’s the cowardice of an autocratic thug using military might to achieve political goals by force. Russia’s latest incursion into Ukraine has led to the unnecessary woundings and deaths of thousands. Trump continued: “So, Putin is now saying, ‘It’s independent,’ a large section of Ukraine. I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s [the] strongest peace force.” Smart? No. It’s dumb for any American to believe Putin and Russia have Ukraine in their best interest. It’s a convenient twisting of words to make something very bad sound good. But Trump fell for it, again, as his bromance with Putin reached a new, dismal low. No American president should utter words like these to support anti-American authoritarianism. We are a nation of laws, not one man’s law. Trump’s latest words give more credence to his childish pursuit of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. His chilling words about Putin are the same song, another day, of the kind of rhetoric

he spouted to spur on the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The difference now is Trump is now attempting to exploit the world stage to fuel dissent, unrest and death. He’s continuing his mission to try to rot America’s freedoms by endorsing the actions of a dangerous and cunning liar of global proportions. Can you imagine the outrage if Trump had called Hitler a genius or smart? Even MAGA-hat wearing Trump supporters might be shaken a little. Well wake up: That’s essentially what he’s done in praising Putin, who has proven yet again that he’s little different from Hitler with his cruel avarice for recognition, his greed to consume territory and his bloody addiction to power. Trump supporters, including South Carolina’s own United States senators, must come to terms with the fact that their political deity has not descended from the heaven of freedom. He continues to push dangerous, seditious ideas that seek to corrupt our democracy. If you believe in America’s ideals, stop believing in Donald Trump. If you believe in American democracy, help the true freedom fighters in Ukraine. If you believe in American freedom, boycott anything to do with Russia. If you believe in the founding principles of America, support what conscientious Republicans and Democrats in Washington are doing to fight Russia’s land-grab. Don’t let Trump win by believing any of his nonsense. See him for what he is — a petty, wannabe tyrant who calls Americans dumb and who continues to cozy up to a terrorist who hates America and her freedom.

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The Farmer who was the world’s doctor By Andy Brack It’s still easy to visualize Paul Farmer walking across the quad at Duke University on a blustery day. He wore a navy wool coat pulled tight against his wiry frame. He leaned forward, energetically pushing into the cold. I remember how Farmer’s intense blue eyes shone with a piercing intellect. Looking back, I wish we had become more than casual acquaintances — guys who nodded at a party or had fleeting conversations. He became what more than one person described as THE Paul Farmer — the internationally acclaimed doctor of “social medicine” who treated the Farmer poor in faraway impoverished places like Haiti and Rwanda. That Paul Farmer was a rock star in the world of global health — a guy that 81-year-old Dr. Anthony Fauci described as a mentor, even though Fauci was 19 years older. Farmer, a Harvard-trained doctor on the faculty of the same school, died earlier this week in Africa doing what he did, providing compassionate care for those with nothing. Author of a dozen books, he pushed, nudged, cajoled, pontificated and engaged with world and medical leaders to curb suffering. He once said, “So I can’t show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is

that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.” Across South Carolina and the nation are thousands of health care professionals who are crestfallen at his death this week, apparently from a heart condition. “I think this compassionate approach to getting health care to those who needed it most (but usually were not in a position to pay for it) made him a beloved and inspirational global health leader,” said University of South Carolina anthropology and public health professor David Simmons. “Additionally, he created structures (clinics, hospitals, teaching hospitals, and even a university in Rwanda) that helped facilitate this mission as well as train local generations of health care professionals to continue the work.” Simmons, 55, was surprised when Farmer accepted an invitation in 1999 to join his dissertation review committee at Michigan State University. He still has the notes Farmer made on his work. “His ability to walk in the shoes of the people he was working with and ministering to was something that he communicated with countless students and the lay public.” Simmons said Farmer’s books have been used widely in South Carolina’s colleges to teach lessons of compassion in public health, medicine, global health and anthropology. As a medical student, Farmer co-founded Partners in Health, a nonprofit that was started to help alleviate suffering in Haiti and grew into a global leader. Greg Elmore, a fourth-year medical student at the Medical University of South Carolina, was reading Farmer’s latest book on the day he died.

“Many medical schools, including MUSC, are moving towards a focus on health equity and understanding the social determinants of health,” said Elmore, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia. “I think Paul’s work has played a large focus on this shift. Thanks to his work and the work of others like him, there will be a whole generation of medical students graduating who will work to reduce health care disparities in our state which, needless to say, has some of the worst health care outcomes for non-white patients in the country.” Kathleen Ellis, executive director of MUSC’s Center for Global Health, recalled a brief meeting with Farmer after which they talked about Ebola virus in West Africa. “Within minutes, hundreds of students crowded around him as if this was a backstage session with John Lennon after a Beatles concert. What struck me was that he did not try to walk away or cut the students short, but started an open dialogue. He patiently answered questions and gave advice on how to prepare for a career in global public health.” Farmer was a true educator who drove relentlessly to improve others’ lives and health outcomes. We need more like him. Angels are all around us. Look around to make sure you don’t miss them. Paul Edward Farmer Jr. (1959-2022). Rest in peace. Andy Brack is publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@charlestoncitypaper.com.

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National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition This 11-month exhibition is finally coming to a close this month, so if you still haven’t gotten out to Riverfront Park to enjoy these 13 thought-provoking outdoor pieces, your time is running out. This exhibition features artworks from emerging and established artists from 10 states set among 10 acres of walking paths, a fishing pier, boardwalk, playground and more. This exhibition was presented as a component of last year’s annual North Charleston Arts Fest. April 28, 2021-March 20, 2022. All day. Free to view. North Charleston Riverfront Park. 1001 Everglades Drive. North Charleston. northcharlestonartsfest.com TUESDAY

Dried Floral Wreath Workshop Join Two Blokes Brewing and Roadside Blooms for a dried floral wreath workshop. Guests will be guided in making their own unique wreath on a 10-inch gold hoop. All supplies are included, and each guest will get their choice of dried florals and botanicals to adorn their wreath. Each ticket also includes one drink courtesy of Two Blokes. March 8. 6-8 p.m. $65/ticket. Two Blokes Brewing. 547 Long Point Road, Ste. 101. Mount Pleasant. roadsidebloomsshop.com SATURDAY

9th Annual Oyster Roast and Silent Auction Drop by Elks Lodge for the 9th Annual Carolina Coonhound Rescue Oyster Roast and Silent Auction. There will be plenty of food — including non-oyster food for folks who haven’t yet acquired the taste — live music, games, a bounce house and plenty of dogs to pet. With so many items in the silent auction, you’re bound to find something perfect to bid on. March 5. 12-5 p.m. $45/ticket; free/children 10 and under. Elks Lodge. 1113 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. West Ashley. carolinacoonhoundrescue.com SUNDAY

Pucks and Paws Bring your pup to the rink for the South Carolina Stingrays’ second Pucks and Paws of the season, presented by Washes and Wags. The North Charleston Coliseum will host an on-ice race for all your furry friends during intermission. Download your mobile tickets before heading to the game, and organizers remind you to leave your bags at home. March 6. 2-5 p.m. $20/ticket. North Charleston Coliseum. 5001 Coliseum Drive. North Charleston. stingrayshockey.com

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By Herb Frazier A plastic box on a shelf at the public library in Kansas City, Kansas, steered playwright Frank Higgins to the inspiration for Black Pearl Sings!, a play Charleston Stage will present beginning March 9 at Dock Street Theater. The box held a VHS recording. Higgins’ eyes were drawn to its evocative title, The Language You Cry In. The film tells of the real-life meeting between a Mende woman in Sierra Leone and a woman from coastal Georgia. They share the same African funeral dirge, which some historians consider to be the longest text in an African language discovered in the United States. The film cemented a theory: If the West African coiled basket tradition, which led to Lowcountry sweetgrass baskets, can travel to America during trans-Atlantic slavery, then the same must also apply to songs. From that story emerged Higgins’ fulllength play. In November 2007, Houston’s Stages Repertory Theatre premiered Black Pearl Sings! Since then the play has been performed in at least 30 theaters around the nation. Charleston native Henry Clay Middleton directs the play. “This story is the relationship between the two women, two people from different worlds finding that each one has something the other one needs,” he explained. “But you find out life teaches what you want is not what you need.” Set in 1933 and 1934, Black Pearl Sings! tells the story of strong-willed Susannah, an ambitious, educated white song collector for the Library of Congress, played by Katelyn Crall. Played by Crystin Crall Gilmore, Pearl is an uneducated yet cunning Gullah woman from Hilton Head Island who has been confined for ten years in a Texas prison for murder. Susannah travels to prisons to meet

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Crystin Gilmore comes to Charleston to take on the role of Pearl, performing opposite Charleston Stage resident actor Katelyn Crall as Susannah inmates with limited exposure to popular culture. She believes they are more likely to know old songs, possibly even African songs that pre-date slavery. Pearl is committed, even from prison, to finding a missing daughter. Fragments of the song Pearl sings but is reluctant to share with Susannah punctuate the play to suggest an African language song will be revealed to link the generations. “Even if there be only one person singin’ this song,” chants Pearl. “It be all of us in one mouth.” Higgins said he originally toyed with the idea of recounting the story of Huddie William Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, a legendary Louisiana blues singer and musician. While doing time in the state’s infamous Angola Prison in 1930, Lead Belly was sought out by folklorist John Lomax who traversed the South collecting the music of common folk. But Ledbetter and Lomax “never expressed any curiosity that any song came over on the slave ships,” Higgins said, adding that he believes it far more likely that women would have been more inclined to pass a song from one generation to the next. When he found the VHS for The Language You Cry In, “that was manna from heaven.” The tale that inspired both The Language You Cry In and Black Pearl Sings! is itself fascinating. In the early 1930s, linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner recorded Amelia Dawley of Harris Neck, Ga., singing a song that was not in English. With the help of a graduate student from Sierra Leone he learned the song was in the Mende language. Years later he included an English translation in his 1949 book Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. While in a library in Freetown, Sierra Leone, an American Peace Corps volunteer named Joseph Opala saw Turner’s book. Intrigued that a song in the Mende language was found in coastal Georgia, Opala sought to also find the song in Sierra Leone.

Fortunately for Opala, Amelia Dawley also passed the song on to her daughter Mary Moran. With the help of Opala, Moran and her family traveled to Sierra Leone in 1997 to meet Baindu Jabati, a Mende singer whose grandmother taught her the very same funeral song. The Language You Cry In tells an emotional story of Moran’s meeting with Jabati. Black Pearl Sings brings the film’s spirit to life onstage. Charleston Stage’s resident actor Katelyn Crall says she wasn’t familiar with Black Pearl Sings! before being cast, but has since found much to love about the story. “It is beautiful and relevant while being deeply emotional and authentic,” said the actress. “The history is so rich.” Crall views playing Susannah as one of the biggest challenges of her career. After an acclaimed lead performance in Bright Star this past fall, Black Pearl Sings! has provided her the chance to take on a different kind of character. “Susannah is a very complicated woman,” said Crall. “In many ways I admire her. But conversely there are times I would like to slap her across the face. She is a woman made from a time that was intolerant to so many, so I try to see her with a sense of grace.” Higgin says he’s thrilled to see his work come to life. Black Pearl Sings! will be staged from March 9-27 at the Dock Street Theater. For show times and tickets, go to charlestonstage.com After the March 13 matinee Higgins and Middleton will participate in a Talkback session with Dr. Bernard Powers, director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and professor emeritus in the History Department at The College of Charleston, and Dr. Rénard Harris, a jazz musician and vice president of access and inclusion and the chief diversity officer at the College of Charleston.

Prohibition Charleston is hosting a Freak Show event on March 3 at 6 p.m. Freak Show will feature live music, burlesque cabaret, magicians, contortionists, and a drag show. Headlining the show are OddWorld Danger Show, a three-person performance art collective from NYC. The drag show begins at 10:30 p.m., featuring local drag performers Kymma Starr, Carmella Monet Munroe, and Mercy Madison. Tickets are $10 and the event is 21+. —Michael Smallwood

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Mixed media works by Camela Guevara and photographs by Stephanie J. Shank will be on display at Park Circle Gallery from March 2-26. Guevara’s works, a collection called render, deal with tensions between the ephemeral and the permanent, and are done on canvas and plaster with fiber art. Shank’s June collection of photos document her grandmother’s life. Shank’s photos are presented in both pairs and grids. A free reception, hosted by the artists, will be held at the gallery on March 25 from 5-7 p.m. —MS

South of Broadway new space and leadership South of Broadway has finally secured a new home. The venerated theater company, which recently left its long-time Park Circle location, will be relocated to a new theater space on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston. Along with a new performance space, South of Broadway has also brought on board a new member of its leadership staff. Josh Woolwine will serve as the new executive director while Mary Gould will remain the company’s CEO and artistic director. —MS

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Excitement heats up as Charleston Wine + Food returns this weekend

he last Charleston Wine + Food Festival was held in early March 2020, right before the world was turned on its head. Last year in 2021, W+F organizers made the tough decision to cancel the event. But this year, W+F is back and looking a little different this time around. The first major change festivalgoers will notice is the revamped and relocated Culinary Village. A W+F staple full of food, drinks, music and laughter, the Village has been traditionally held in Marion Square. Last fall it was announced the Village will move to Riverfront Park in North Charleston this year. “I think switching locations to North Charleston is more accessible to more restaurants and restaurant communities across Charleston,” said Jacques Larson of Wild Olive and The Obstinate Daughter, who recently joined the W+F board. “I’m really looking forward to seeing the new set-up and what it will look like in regards to The Lawn/Culinary Village,” Jake Wood of Boxyard RTP in Durham, N.C., said. “One of the issues I saw when I was there in 2020 was the access to Marion Square right there in the heart of the city, it was just hard loading in and out.” With its new, larger location, Culinary Village will be split into two parts: The Lawn and The Pavilion. The Lawn is the traditional ticketed event, while the neighboring Pavilion will be one of W+F’s first free events, playing host to a variety of local food trucks that showcase the Holy City’s mobile talent.

Chef Jacques Larson, a longtime supporter and recent board member of Charleston Wine + Food, looks forward to enjoying a weekend with his culinary peers Of the waterfront location, Larson added, “It’s such a beautiful area and it’s nice to make the festival more accessible to nonticket holders.” “I look forward to seeing the new layout of the Culinary Village and being able to cook on the water,” said Stephen Goff of Jargon, the New American restaurant in Asheville, N.C. Perhaps the biggest difference between 2022’s and previous years’ festival will be the strict precautions to the event. W+F updated its health and safety standards, requiring all guests, vendors, staff and talent to provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or provide a nega-

tive COVID-19 test, taken within 72 hours of each attended event. These changes, though, haven’t stopped the excitement among the local and outof-town chefs. City Paper talked with a handful of chefs both binyah and who “come from off,” to see what excites them. “I am very excited for the festival to be in person again, and we look very forward to it every year,” said Danetra Richardson of Swank Desserts in Summerville. “At the end of the week, I always feel so inspired, which is important for me as an entrepreneur because it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day hustle and bustle of running a business.”

“I’m looking forward to teaming up with chef Maryam Ghaznavi for a dinner to celebrate our global culture and share delicious Indian and Pakistani food with festival goers,” said celebrity chef Chauhan Maneet Chauhan. The Charleston culinary community has changed significantly in recent years due to COVID-19, with many restaurants closing. Long-established restaurants including Monza, Basil and experimental

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“Being new to Charleston and hearing so much about Charleston Wine + Food in the past, I’m excited to participate in my first festival with guest chef, Mike Cooney [of New American restaurant Ember & Iron in St. Johns, Florida] and bring my love of Mexican cuisine to the festival’s guests,” said Brett Riley of Maya, the King Street Mexican eatery. Maryam Ghaznavi and husband Raheel Gauba of popular Pakistani restaurants Malika in Mount Pleasant and soon-to-beopen Ma’am Saab on Meeting Street will attend this year’s event for the first time as participants and guests. “This is completely new to us,” Ghaznavi said. “But it’s exciting and going to be such a huge learning experience for us, getting to know the local and national culinary talent.” “The best thing I can compare this to is the first day of high school or college,” Gauba added. “The excitement is there. The thirst to learn is there. It’s something beautiful that the who’s who of the culinary world is going to be there and it’s an honor to be a part of it.”

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I think switching locations to North Charleston is more accessible to more restaurants and restaurant communities across Charleston.” —Jacques Larson of Wild Olive and The Obstinate Daughter

“What we’ve been through the past two years with opening two restaurants and all the ups and downs, I cannot wait to compare notes and hear everyone else’s journeys,” added Ghaznavi “It’s priceless. Lindsey Williams, owner of the newlyopened Charleston Wine Co. on South Market Street said, “It’s funny. My husband and I go every year as guests, so this is going to be the first time as a vendor.” “I’m very excited to get together and break bread with so many amazing chefs participating in the festival,” said Jeb Aldrich of Brasserie la Banque, a downtown French bistro.” Since the last Charleston Wine + Food Festival was at the beginning of the pandemic, this marks the resurgence of restaurants and all the people that make restaurants special.”

“I am looking forward to meeting all the wonderful people from our industry, and just be in the moment,” said Aaron Sagendorf, the food and beverage director of The Loutrel, a luxury hotel in the historic district downtown on State Street. “All too often we are wrapped up in our day to day, minute Sagendorf to minute details of our profession; this is a great time to have everyone together, tell stories and share experiences while still being able to interact with guests, albeit outside of our normal surroundings.”

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The first-time experience doesn’t stop with Charleston locals, either. Visiting chefs will join the event — and the city — for the first time. Masamoto “Masa” Hamaya of O-Ku in Atlanta is making his initial W+F trek to: “explore some of the culinary culture in the city and introduce my background — real Japanese culture — to Hamaya people in the south in return.” “With these kinds of events, I’m always excited to hang out with other chefs and

From left: Chefs Brett Riley (Maya), Jeb Aldrich (Brasserie la Banque) and Mark Bolchoz (Indaco) of Indigo Hospitality. This will be Riley’s first time attending W+F.

professionals in our industry. Charleston Wine and Food will be a fun weekend to have a chance to cook with some really great chefs, connect with some I have wanted to meet for a long time, have a little fun outside of my daily routines, and enjoy the city of Charleston,” said Hunter Evans, execuEvans tive chef and owner of Elvie’s in Jackson, MS. “Last year we were pushing to announce Native Fine Diner at Charleston Wine + Food,” said chef Luke Owens of Native Fine Diner in Greenville, S.C. “It was an exciting time, especially considering there seemed to be a small light at the end of the “COVID tunnel” from March-ish 2020–’21. Of course, it was discouraging not only for our team but for everyone involved with the festival, but I’m so pumped to be back!”

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W+F veteran chefs say they are especially excited for the festival’s return. It’s a chance to see old friends, make new ones and enjoy the Holy City’s rich culinary history. “After a long time coming, I’m really looking forward to getting everyone together again,” said Mark Bolchoz of Indaco, the Italian food haven on King Street. “The biggest thing I missed last year was the camaraderie,” said James London of Chubby Fish, the sustainable seafood eatery on Coming Street. “You get to see a lot of people from out of town who come to these festivals and just make them special and fun to be a part of.” “Charleston is one of my favorite cities in the world,” said Leonard Botello IV of Truth BBQ in Houston, Texas. “Every time I visit, I have meals that blow my mind more than anywhere else. If Botello I’m being honest, I’m really coming to eat!” Alec Gropman of Uptown Hospitality, owners of Uptown Social, Bodega and Share House, added, “I am most excited for the comaraderie that comes along with Charleston Wine + Gropman Food. In a city that takes so much pride in their culinary scene, there is no better time to be a chef, bartender or foodie.” Charleston Wine + Food Festival runs March 2 - 6, with hundreds of events hosted across the city. For the full schedule of events, go to charlestonwineandfood.com.

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Charleston Wine + Food Lawrence BBQ pop-up at offers first ever free events Jackrabbit Filly for charity For the first time in its 16 years, Charleston Wine + Food is offering free events for the whole community to participate. The first free event will be an outdoor screening of The Hundred-Foot Journey, an all ages film about a battle between a pair of restaurants in a small French village, at Hampton Park on March 3, starting at 5:30 p.m. Complimentary popcorn and water will be available, as well as food and drink purchase options from on-site food trucks. Guests are encouraged to bring their own chairs and blankets. Warming weather can bring out dusk no-see-ums so bug spray might be necessary. The waterfront Culinary Village at Riverfront Park is adding The Pavilion, a non-ticketed area open to the public. A variety of food trucks will be on-site, offering samples of Charleston’s on-theroad cuisine. The Pavilion will be located just outside Culinary Village and open all weekend from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Head to charlestonwineandfood.com to check out the list of available W+F events. —Michael Pham

With the abundance of chefs coming to town for Charleston Wine + Food come exciting collaborations. On March 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., owner and chef Jake Wood from Lawrence BBQ in Durham, N.C., is bringing smokey meats to serve in Jackrabbit Filly’s ramen, as well as small bites such as brussel sprouts and oysters. Proceeds for the lunch will be donated to Neighbors Together, a local non-profit group dedicated to providing resources and bringing a better quality of life to the community. —MP

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-0012 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS KELLY MIXSON AND DAVID COATES, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2016. TO DEFENDANT: DAVID COATES YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 4, 2022. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Dawn Berry, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Dawn Berry, SC Bar # 101675, 3366 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-3535 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS CHELSEA TINDAL AND RYAN GLICK, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2021. TO DEFENDANT: Chelsea Tindal YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December

1, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Mary Lee Briggs, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Mary Lee Briggs SC Bar #101535, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-6041.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. Estate of: RENE JOHN ACKERMAN 2021-ES-10-1945 DOD: 09/13/21 Pers. Rep: DAVID D. HAHN 170 PAULA DR. TYRONE, GA 30290 ************ Estate of: ERLINE CROSBY 2022-ES-10-0067 DOD: 11/08/21 Pers. Rep: JOSLYN M. SPIVEY 2810 WOFFORD RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************ Estate of: JOSIE M. FRASIER 2022-ES-10-0108 DOD: 12/14/21 Pers. Rep: | MARCEDA SNIPE 4210 OAKRIDGE DR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418 Atty: GEORGE E. COUNTS, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: SHELLY RENEE DUBERRY 2022-ES-10-0113 DOD: 12/01/21 Pers. Rep: ASHLIEGH DUBERRY 709 LINCOLN AVE. LINCOLNVILLE, SC 29485 ************ Estate of: JULIE LYNN WEST 2022-ES-10-0122 DOD: 12/26/21 Pers. Rep: DONNA J. BARRIO 1406 ARMISTICE PT. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ************ Estate of: CAROLINE LANNEAU MARTIN 2022-ES-10-0123 DOD: 09/12/21 Pers. Rep: JANICE KING MARTIN 111 HUMPHREY ST. LINCOLNTON, GA 30817 Atty: ANNA E. RICHTER, ESQ. 751 JOHNNIE DODDS BLVD., #100 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ Estate of: SHANNAN VANNOY CARLISLE 2022-ES-10-0128 DOD: 01/08/22 Pers. Rep: STEPHEN M. NETTLES, JR. 7890 A WILDERNESS TRAIL NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418 Atty: PAUL B. FERRARA, III, ESQ. 8887 OLD UNIVERSITY BLVD. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 ************ Estate of: MARGARET JEANETTE TAYLOR 2022-ES-10-0136

DOD: 05/25/21 Pers. Rep: NANCEY L. HENLEY 5060 PITTMAN ST. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 Atty: KEVIN M. SEIBERT, ESQ. 1625 REMOUNT RD. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred. Estate of: ELAINE F. CROSS 2022-ES-10-0027 DOD: 12/15/21 Pers. Rep: CLAUDE C. CROSS 704 PINCKNEY ST. MCCLELLANVILLE, SC 29458 Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: KATHRYN M. GAILLARD 2022-ES-10-0044 DOD: 12/29/21 Pers. Rep: PHILIP PORCHER GAILLARD, JR. 13949 SHIPWRECK CIR. JACKSONVILLE, FL 32224 ************ Estate of: EDWARD CLIFTON BROWDER, JR. 2022-ES-10-0072 DOD: 12/11/21 Pers. Rep: CAROL CALDER BROWDER 309 HOLLYWOOD DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: JOHN M. BLEECKER, JR., ESQ. PO BOX 148 CHARLESTON, SC 29402 ************ Estate of: DELLA B. JUDGE 2022-ES-10-0076 DOD: 12/01/21 Pers. Rep: BARBARA MOULTRIE 1950 SPRUCE BLVD., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 Atty: ANTHONY B. O’NEILL, SR., ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407

State of South Carolina In the Probate Court County of Charleston In the Matter of: THE ESTATE OF JANE TENTION Case #: 2021-ES-10-2105 Curtis Tention, Petitioner vs. Olivia Tension, James Tention, Marvin Tention, Martha Tention-Abdul-Hameed, Hilda Tention, Michele Tention-Austin, Constance Tension-Innis, Respondents. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION TO THE Respondents Above Named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the petition for Determination of Heirs, the original of which has been filed with the Court for Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Third Floor, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, on the 14th day of May, 2021 and to serve a copy of your answers to Kathryn M. Cockrill at the address of P.O. Box 12367 Charleston, S.C. 29422 within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication of this Summons and if you fail to answer the Petition for Determination of Heirs within the time aforesaid judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition for Determination of Heirs.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR- 10- 2903

PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS PETITIONER: Curtis Tention DECEDENT; Jane Tention; DATE OF DEATH; April 23, 2007; NAMES OF POSSIBLE HEIRS; Olivia Tention, James Tention, Marvin Tention, Martha Tention-Abdul-Hameed Hilda Tention, Michele Tention-Austin, Constance Tention-Innis. REASON FOR PETITION: To determine the heirs of Jane Tention. NOTICE OF HEARING VIRTUAL HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE ABOVE NAMED RESPONDENTS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a hearing on Petitioner’s Petition for Determination of Heirs has been scheduled In This Matter for March 31, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. at virtual hearing for the Charleston County Probate Court, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401. Notification of invitation for virtual hearing shall be provided by this court to Petitioner’s counsel one week prior to commencement of the scheduled hearing; 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.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE MATTER OF: SARAH CHAMPAIGN BROWN CASE #: 2021-ES-10-0872 Ronald P. Brown, Petitioner vs. Heirs of the Estate of Sarah Champaign, Respondents, SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION TO THE Respondents Above Named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the petition for Determination of Heirs, the original of which has been filed with the Court for Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Third Floor, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, on the 9th day of August, 2021 and to serve a copy of your answers to Kathryn M. Cockrill at the address of P.O. Box 12367 Charleston, S.C. 29422 within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication of this Summons and if you fail to answer the Petition for Determination of Heirs within the time aforesaid judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition for Determination of Heirs. PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS PETITIONER: Ronald P. Brown; DECEDENT: Sarah Champaign Brown; DATE OF DEATH; July 7, 1975; NAMES OF POSSIBLE HEIRS; Abraham B. Brown Sr., Abraham B. Brown, Jr., Rosalee C. Washington, and Ronald P. Brown. REASON FOR PETITION: To determine the heirs of Sarah Champaign Brown.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE ABOVE NAMED RESPONDENTS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a hearing on Petitioner’s Petition for Determination of Heirs has been scheduled In This Matter for March 31, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. at virtual hearing for the Charleston County Probate Court, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401. Notification of invitation for virtual hearing shall be provided by this court to Petitioner’s counsel one week prior to commencement of the scheduled hearing; 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.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT CASE 2020-DR-10-3174 ALFREDO SIA PANER, JR PLAINTIFF, V. LEIGH ANNE ALEXANDER DEFENDANT To Defendant Leigh Anne Alexander: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: a FINAL ORDER was filed February 16, 2022. A certified filed copy will be provided upon your request by the Charleston County Clerk of Court, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401 or Condon Family Law & Mediation, 4840 Chateau Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2021-CP-10-05580 Frank Antonio Nicola and Terence Mazyck, Plaintiffs, v. Raven Samone Heyward, Defendant. SUMMONS AND NOTICES TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, Finkel Law Firm LLC, 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29405, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 10, 2021, at 2:32 PM. FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC James H. Leffew, Esquire 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2021-DR-10-3304 HERLINDA GABRIEL VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff, v. RUBEN PEREZ VAZQUEZ, Defendant. SUMMONS TO: RUBEN PEREZ VAZQUEZ, DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve your Answer to said Complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff, at his offices located at 2 Cavalier Avenue, 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 Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, Judgment by Default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. G. EDWARD HAWKINS, III HAWKINS LAW FIRM, P.A. 2 Cavalier Avenue Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 225-7565 (843) 225-7585 fax ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Charleston, South Carolina February 16, 2021

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE #: 2021-CP-10-5306 JCTS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. JEANETTE JAMES A/K/A JEANETTE E. JAMES, IRISH GENTILE, WADE JAMES, REGINALD JAMES, KENNETH JAMES, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AND JOHN DOE: fictitious name representing unknown minors, incompetents, persons in the military service with the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as The Service Member Civil Relief Act of 2003, persons imprisoned, and persons under any other legal disability, and RICHARD ROE: fictitious name representing unknown heirs, devisees, distributes, or personal representatives of the following deceased person: JEANETTE E. JAMES, Defendants. AMENDED SUMMONS 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 on the Plaintiff or its attorney, Kerry W. Koon, at his office, 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 203, Charleston, South Carolina 294l2, 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, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, pursuant to Rule 53, S.C.R.C.P. AMENDED LIS PENDENS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina affecting title to the real property hereinafter described. The purpose of an action is to quiet title after tax sale: All that certain lot, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Town of Ravenel School District 84, Charleston County, State aforesaid, consisting of one (1) lot, Ravenel Acres, Lt 5, Block D of the subdivision known as Ravenel Acres, as more fully shown and designated on Plat of Ravenel Acres Subdivision recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County, SC in Plat Book K, at Page 155;

Said lot having the shape, size, dimensions and boundings as more fully shown on said plat, which is hereby made a part and parcel of the conveyance and being conveyed subject to the restrictions thereon, recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County, SC in Book R-62, Page 169. TMS #: 187-15-00-083 NOTICE OF FILING AMENDED COMPLAINT Notice is hereby given that the Amended Complaint in the above captioned action, case number 2021-CP-10- 5306, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 24th day of November, 2021, a copy of the Amended Complaint is available for review and inspection by all interested parties. NOTICE NISI TO: SUCH OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ACTION WHO MAY BE INFANTS, INSANE PERSONS AND INCOMPETENTS, PERSONS IN MILITARY SERVICE, OR UNKNOWN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Charleston County, South Carolina, an Order appointing for you as Guardian-ad-Litem, Nisi, Michael H. Ellis, Jr, Esq., who maintains his office at 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Ste. 202, Charleston, South Carolina 29412. The appointment shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the last publication of the Summons herein, unless you or someone on your behalf, on or before the last mentioned date, shall procure someone to be appointed as Guardian-adLitem to represent you in the above action. NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the expiration of thirty days (30) following the service of a copy of the within Notice of Intent to Refer upon you, the Plaintiff intends to and Will appear before the Honorable Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, at the usual place of judicature, and will move for an Order referring the above entitled action to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, for the purpose of holding a hearing into the merits of said cause, together with the authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Master in Equity, that such appeal shall be made directly to the Supreme Court of South Carolina or alternatively to the South Carolina Court of Appeals. S/Kerry W. Koon, Esq. KERRY W. KOON 147 Wappoo Creek Drive Ste. 203 Charleston, SC 29412 843.795.7000 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2021-CP10-05069 George Polk, Plaintiff, vs. Roger A. Davis., Defendant. SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a

copy of your written response to said Complaint on the subscribers at the law office of KOONTZ MLYNARCZYK LLC, 1058 East Montague Avenue, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service hereof, exclusive of the day of 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. KOONTZ MLYNARCZYK, LLC s/Ryan A. Love Ryan A. Love (S.C. Bar #103456) C. Brandon Belger (S.C. Bar # 100020) Jamie W. Morehead (S.C. Bar # 105215) 1058 East Montague Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 225-4252 (843) 277-9120 (fax) ryan@kmlawsc.com brandon@kmlawsc.com jamie@kmlawsc.com Attorneys for Plaintiff November 5, 2021 North Charleston, South Carolina

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2021-DR10-2681 SANDRA SHAW, Plaintiff, VS. ROBERT LEE SHAW, Defendant. SUMMONS TO: DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED, ROBERT LEE SHAW: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Divorce in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on your subscriber, Myesha L. Brown, Esquire of The MLB Law Firm, Inc., 712 North Cedar Street, Summerville, South Carolina 29483, 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, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint and the Plaintiff will be awarded said relief. THE MLB LAW FIRM, INC. Myesha L. Brown, Esq. SC Bar No.: 77411 712 North Cedar Street Summerville, SC 29483 Office Phone: (843) 420-1191 Office Fax: (843) 755-4130 mbrown@themlblawfirm.com Summerville, South Carolina September 9, 2021

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Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., , Plaintiff, v. Elouise Elliott; Lisa Y. Whaley; Monica Gann; Stephanie Whaley Pinckney; Herbert Whaley, Jr.; Courschene McCoy; Anthony Whaley; Herbert Pinckney; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Herbert Whaley, Albertha Green Whaley and Michael Whaley, 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).

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SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived (020139-00390)

/s/ John J. Hearn Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Herbert Whaley, Jr., Anthony Whaley, Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Herbert Whaley, Albertha Green Whaley and Michael Whaley, 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 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 7020 N Kenwood Dr, Charleston, SC 29406, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 478-14-00-128, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Ian C. Gohean, Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, PA, 325 Rocky Slope Road, Greenville, SC 29607, made absolute. /s/ John J. Hearn Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor

TO THE DEFENDANTS: Herbert, Whaley, Jr.Anthony, Whaley Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Herbert Whaley, Albertha Green Whaley and Michael Whaley, 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, 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 20, 2022.

Columbia, South Carolina NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend, LLC. Rogers Townsend, LLC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. /s/ John J. Hearn Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2022CP1000273 Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., , Plaintiff, v. Elouise Elliott; Lisa Y. Whaley; Monica Gann; Stephanie Whaley Pinckney; Herbert Whaley, Jr.; Courschene McCoy; Anthony Whaley; Herbert Pinckney; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Herbert Whaley, Albertha Green Whaley and Michael Whaley, 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). ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgment Waived (020139-00390) It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Ian C. Gohean as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Ian C. Gohean, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 7020 N Kenwood Dr, Charleston, SC 29406; that Ian C. Gohean is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Herbert Whaley, Albertha Green Whaley and Michael Whaley, 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, .by publication thereof in the Post and Courier, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action. S/Julie J. Armstrong, by BLC Clerk of Court for Charleston County Charleston, South Carolina 2/17/2022 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2022CP1000273 Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., , Plaintiff, v. Elouise Elliott, Lisa Y. Whaley; Monica Gann; Stephanie Whaley Pinckney; Herbert Whaley, Jr.; Courschene McCoy; Anthony Whaley; Herbert Pinckney; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Herbert Whaley, Albertha Green Whaley and Michael Whaley, 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

LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived (020139-00390) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the abovenamed Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Herbert Lee Whaley a/k/a Herbert L. Whaley by Albertha Green Attorney in Fact and Albertha Green to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns dated March 13, 2019, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Charleston County on June 5, 2019, in Mortgage Book 799 at Page 792. This mortgage was assigned to Quicken Loans, LLC by assignment dated June 11, 2020 and recorded July 16, 2020 in Book 898 at page 212 The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows: ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 3, BLOCK C, MIDLAND PARK TERRANCE, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF MIDLAND PARK TERRANCE, MADE BY W.H. MATHENY, RLS, DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1956, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK K, AT PAGE 166 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY; REFERENCE TO WHICH PLAT IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. This being the same piece of property conveyed to Herbert L. Whaley and Albertha Green by deed from Caroline Davis and Cheryl Davis dated March 27, 2006 and recorded March 29, 2006 in Book Y577 at Page 173 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. Subsequently, Herbert L. Whaley died testate on November 27, 2019, leaving the subject property to his heirs or devisees, namely, Albertha Green, Monica Gann, Stephanie Whaley Pickney, Herbert Whaley, Jr., Lisa Y. Whaley, Courschene McCoy, Anthony Whaley, heirs of Michael Whaley and Herbert Pinckney as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2020-ES-10-00351; subsequently, Albertha Green Whaley died testate on December 4, 2019, leaving the subject property to her heirs, namely, Elouise Elliott, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2020-ES-10-0855; Property Address: 7020 N Kenwood Dr Charleston, SC 29406 TMS# 478-14-00-128 /s/ John J. Hearn Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com Clark Dawson (SC Bar# 101714), Clark.Dawson@rogerstownsend.com 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444 Columbia, South Carolina

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00135 South Carolina Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF, VS. Iregene Grovner, Jr. a/k/a Iregene Grovner, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Andre Valentine Mosby, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Anthony D. Sease, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Darin Sease, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Carlton Grovner, Sr. a/k/a Carlton Grovner, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Earl G. Williams, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Henrietta Grovner Wilson a/k/a Henrietta Wilson, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Henry Minis, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Nancy Grovner Jackson a/ka/ Nancy Jackson, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Sabrina Groover Davis a/k/a Sabrina Groover, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Tyra Mosby, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; William Timothy Mosby, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; Sharon Wilson Bond, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Wevonneda Minis, 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 NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (212258.00022) TO THE DEFENDANT(S) CARLTON GROVNER, SR. A/K/A CARLTON GROVNER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF WEVONNEDA MINIS, DECEASED; AND SHARON WILSON BOND, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF WEVONNEDA MINIS, 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 10, 2022. 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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00409 Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper, PLAINTIFF, VS. Karen Patel, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; Donna Underwood, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; Helen Cleland, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; Sabrina Geggis, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; Mark Underwood, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, 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 Jane Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Rachel Roe; Karen Patel, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of LeRoy F. LaVigne, Deceased; Donna Underwood, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of LeRoy F. LaVigne, Deceased; Helen Cleland, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of LeRoy F. LaVigne, Deceased; Sabrina Geggis, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of LeRoy F. LaVigne, Deceased; Mark Underwood, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, 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 agent, The Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development(Hud); and Discover Bank, DEFENDANT(S). SUMMONS AND NOTICES (221145.00001) 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 27, 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 “Rachel Roe” and “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 Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood and LeRoy F. LaVigne, 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 10th day of February, 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 LeRoy F. LaVigne and Eloise F. LaVigne to Generation Mortgage Company, dated April 24, 2008, recorded June 17, 2008, in the office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book K662 at Page 771; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Champion Mortgage Company by assignment instrument dated December 1, 2013 and recorded February 14, 2014 in Book 0388 at Page 604. The description of the premises is as follows: All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 10, Block B, as shown on a plat of Drayton on the Ashley Subdivision, Section 1, which plat was made by James R. Bagley, Jr., dated January 11, 1965. And recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book S at Page 63; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, butting and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. This being the same property conveyed to Eloise S. Underwood by Deed of Marvin E. Dennis dated August 4, 1967 and recorded August 8, 1967 in Book L-88 at Page 8 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter. Walter Clark underwood conveyed a one-half interest in said property to Eloise

S. Underwood by Deed dated May 18, 1979 and recorded June 18, 1979 in Book M-119 at Page 124 and re-recorded on June 21, 1979 in Book Z-119 at Page 218 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter; Eloise S. Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. Lavigne and Leroy F. Lavigne by Deed dated March 15, 000 and recorded March 15, 2000 in Book A-344 at Page 280 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, by Corrective Deed Elisoe Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. LeVigne and LeRoy F. LaVigne dated April 24, 2008 and recorded June 17, 2008 in Book J-662 at Page 860 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Subsequently, Eloise S. LeVigne (DOD 2/24/2012) and LeRoy F. LaVigne died intestate on or about 10/23/2021, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Karen Patel, Donna Underwood, Helen Cleland, Sabrina Geggis; Mark Underwood, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number NA. TMS No. 358-1200-188 Property address: 2863 Wofford Road Charleston, SC 29414 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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00429 Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, PLAINTIFF, VS. Richard Eugene Hunt Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt, 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; and The United States of America by and through its agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development a/k/a Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ,

DEFENDANT(S). SUMMONS AND NOTICES (211145.00022) 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 28, 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 Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt, 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 3rd day of February, 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 Richard Eugene Hunt and Virginia Mae Hunt to Generation Mortgage Company, dated February 4, 2009, recorded February 11, 2009, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0034 at Page 744; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Champion Mortgage Company by assignment instrument dated December 1, 2013 and recorded February 14, 2014 in Book 0388 at Page 550; thereafter, assigned to Champion Mortgage Company by duplicate assignment instrument dated July 7, 2016 and recorded July 20, 2016 in Book 0569 at Page 809. The description of the premises is as follows: ALL THAT LOT, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being on James Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 15, Block K, Section 4, Lynwood Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated July 23, 1971, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book O, Page 121; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. This being the same property conveyed to Richard Eugene Hunt and Virginia Mae Hunt by Deed of McAdams Construction Corp. dated January 8, 1972 and recorded January 8, 1972 in Book H98 at Page 219 in the ROD Office for Charleston County. TMS No. 4251000250 Property address: 1112 Kentwood Circle Charleston, SC 29412 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

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I not only bow to the inevitable,” wrote Aries author Thornton Wilder. “I am fortified by it.” Wow. That was a brazen declaration. Did he sincerely mean it? He declared that he grew stronger through surrender, that he derived energy by willingly giving in to the epic trends of his destiny. I don’t think that’s always true for everyone. But I suspect it will be a useful perspective for you in the coming weeks, Aries. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Vive la différence! Hooray for how we are not alike! I am all in favor of cultural diversity, neurodiversity, spiritual diversity, and physical diversity. Are you? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to celebrate the bounties and blessings that come your way because of the holy gift of endless variety. The immediate future will also be a perfect phase to be extra appreciative that your companions and allies are not the same as you. I encourage you to tell them why you love how different they are. Now here’s poet Anna Akhmatova to weave it together: “I breathe the moonlight, and you breathe the sunlight, but we live together in the same love.” GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini singer-songwriter Bob Dylan said, “I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.” I think that will be a key theme for you in the coming weeks. Dylan described the type of hero I hope you aspire to be. Be alert! You are on the cusp of an invigorating liberation. To ensure you proceed with maximum grace, take on the increased responsibility that justifies and fortifies your additional freedom. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I’d rather be seduced than comforted,” wrote author Judith Rossner. What about you, Cancerian? Do you prefer being enticed, invited, drawn out of your shell and led into interesting temptation? Or are you more inclined to thrive when you’re nurtured, soothed, supported and encouraged to relax and cultivate peace? I’m not saying one is better than the other, but I urge you to favor the first in the coming weeks: being enticed, invited, drawn out of your shell and led into interesting temptation. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A woman from Cornwall, UK, named Karen Harris was adopted as a little girl. At age 18, she began trying to track down her biological parents. Thirty-four years later, she was finally reunited with her father. The turning point: He appeared on the “Suggested Friends” feature on her Facebook page. I propose we make Karen Harris your inspirational role model. Now is a favorable time to find what you lost a while ago — to re-link with a good resource that disappeared from your life — to reclaim a connection that could be meaningful to you again. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa told us, “Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquility.” Instead, he said that meditation is how we “expose and undo our neurotic games, our selfdeceptions, our hidden fears and hopes.” Excuse me, Mr. Trungpa, but I don’t allow anyone, not even a holy guy like you, to dictate what meditation is and isn’t. Many other spiritual mentors I’ve enjoyed learning from say that meditation can also be a discipline to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, and tranquility. And I suspect that’s what Virgo meditators should emphasize in the coming weeks. You people are in a phase when you can cultivate extraordinary encounters with that all fun stuff. If you’re not a meditator, now would be a good time to try it out. I recommend the books Meditation for Beginners by Jack Kornfield and How to Meditate by Pema Chödrön. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Comedian Fred Allen observed, “It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.” That’s an unromantic thing to say, isn’t it? Or maybe it isn’t. Maybe it’s very romantic, even enchanting, to exult in how our allies help us make our dreams come true — and how we help them make their dreams come true. In my astrological opinion, the coming weeks will be an

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excellent time to focus on the synergies and symbioses that empower you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood!” declare many selfhelp gurus. “It’s never too early to start channeling the wise elder who is already forming within you,” declare I. Oddly enough, both of these guiding principles will be useful for you to meditate on during the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re in an unusually good position to resurrect childlike wonder and curiosity. You’re also poised to draw stellar advice from the Future You who has learned many secrets that the Current You doesn’t know yet. Bonus: Your Inner Child and your Inner Elder could collaborate to create a marvelous breakthrough or two. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “A myriad of modest delights constitute happiness,” wrote poet Charles Baudelaire. That will be a reliable formula for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. You may not harvest any glorious outbreaks of bliss, but you will be regularly visited by small enchantments, generous details and useful tweaks. I hope you won’t miss or ignore some of these nurturing blessings because you’re fixated on the hope of making big leaps. Be grateful for modest delights. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I found out some fun facts about renowned Capricorn poet Robert Duncan (1919–1988), who was a bohemian socialist and trailblazing gay activist. He was adopted by Theosophical parents who chose him because of his astrological make-up. They interpreted Robert’s dreams when he was a child. Later in life, he had an affair with actor Robert De Niro’s father, also named Robert, who was a famous abstract expressionist painter. Anyway, Capricorn, this is the kind of quirky and fascinating information I hope you’ll be on the lookout for. It’s time to seek high entertainment as you expedite your learning; to change your fate for the better as you gather interesting clues — to be voraciously curious as you attract stimulating influences that inspire you to be innovative. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I always strive, when I can, to spread sweetness and light,” said P. G. Wodehouse. “There have been several complaints about it.” I know what he means. During my own crusade to express crafty, discerning forms of optimism, I have enraged many people. They don’t like to be reminded that thousands of things go right every day. They would rather stew in their disgruntlement and cynicism, delusionally imagining that a dire perspective is the most intelligent and realistic stance. If you’re one of those types, Aquarius, I have bad news for you: The coming weeks will bring you invitations and opportunities to cultivate a more positive outlook. I don’t mean that you should ignore problems or stop trying to fix what needs correction. Simply notice everything that’s working well and providing you with what you need. For inspiration, read my essay: tinyurl.com/HighestGlory PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pastor and activist Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842–1933) said, “All great discoveries are made by people whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.” The approach worked well for him. In 1892, he discovered and exposed monumental corruption in the New York City government. His actions led to significant reforms of the local police and political organizations. In my astrological opinion, you should incorporate his view as you craft the next chapter of your life story. You may not yet have been able to fully conceive of your future prospects and labors of love, but your feelings can lead you to them. Homework: See if you can forgive yourself for a wrong turn you haven’t been able to forgive yourself for. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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Emily Curtis is branching out By Chelsea Grinstead Singer-songwriter Emily Curtis has been in Charleston all her life and doesn’t feel the need to leave any time soon. She’s trickled out some soul pop singles over the last few years, her most recent being the painstakingly honest “Sandcastles,” with the refrain “sandcastles only live for a day and then crumble on the shore” that shows a keen ability to dismantle classic metaphors and uncover a more authentic, apprehensive hope. Currently, Curtis is focusing on making her way in the world of sync licensing, developing a newly emerging music industry skill set and growing Sisters in Song, a local women’s music collective she helped start last year with local music industry pro Erika Lamble and music blogger Meggie Hulsey. Virtual collaboration has become more accessible than ever, and Curtis is taking full advantage by securing a spot in bthe online music network, The Billboard 500 Club, and completing courses in artist development, vocals, production and songwriting. “I work with other songwriters across the globe and do Zoom co-writes, and I’ve been able to produce my own vocals and send those tracks to producers all over the place,” Curtis said. “It’s amazing how many doors have been opened just because you show up, and that’s really valuable, but I think it requires you to be bad at something for a

while. It’s a lot of studying and underground work that nobody sees.” For Curtis, this season of life is about shaking things up. She’s been scaling back the regular, local cover gigs that have been her bread and butter to go after the more challenging pursuit of sync writing in order to receive song placements within the vast terrain of music publishing. By receiving access to sync licensing routes and songwriting collaborations through Billboard 500, Curtis is connecting with music supervisors and sync agencies to get her music placed in TV shows, movies and commercials. “I try to merge my artistry with the sync world because that is honestly the way songwriters can probably make the best living. It will give me the ability to do what I want and the financial freedom to be as creative as I want,” she said. Structurally, when she’s producing songs in a sync mindset, instead of employing specific, personal narratives, the songwriting is geared toward generalized, sweeping pictures that can be commercialized more easily. But that’s not to say Curtis doesn’t prioritize freeform writing. “I’m outside with my journal and a cup of coffee every single day,” Curtis said. “It’s to the point where I have to (write) or I feel like something is missing from my day.” It’s in these moments of introspection, she says, that lyrics and patterns are revealed. “I know I’m not the only one who thinks these things, so which parts of these

thoughts are universal and how can I attach something visual to create a song out of this experience for people to attach themselves to?” Curtis said of her internal dialogue. “A great song comes through so many things, so many mistakes — if the song itself is there, it’s going to peek through all the B.S.” When looking back at her first album from 2017, Hindsight EP, she can see how far she’s come in discovering how to sound the most like herself. “When you’re first starting out with production, it’s a packaging technique really for the lyrics and the melody,” she said. “It takes a long time to nail down your sound, and I feel like I’m finally starting to get there now. But that’s also a common experience for most artists I think.” And it’s the Sisters in Song (S.I.S.) monthly community group that provides space for women in the Charleston music industry to forge a common experience. Curtis’s vision for S.I.S. is to generate an ecosystem of healthy women that feel supported enough to do hard things. S.I.S. is all about carrying the weight together, like figuring out how to provide artists services at a discount with shared benefits. It’s about connecting the dots beyond successfully booking or performing shows. “I wanted to approach it more from the inside out. Let’s focus on relationships and see what happens because of those relationships. Shows and opportunities are going to happen naturally without trying.”

Local hip-hop night at Trio Trio nightclub downtown will host a hip-hop concert March 9 at 9 p.m. presented by All Things Gxld Productions, featuring local artists Indi Gxld, Slim S.O.U.L and Abstract That Rapper with DJ Flip. “I’ve been looking to host a hip-hop night in the Charleston area to showcase the local artists: people who are up-and-coming and who have been here for a while,” said Adrian Champagne, booking and road manager for Indi Gxld. His vision is to hold these events consistently and attract bigger names to Charleston to ultimately connect local artists with a national network of performers, producers and record labels. —CG

Chris Holly drops new single “7 Curses” Local singer-songwriter Chris Holly’s new song, “7 Curses,” melds rock with ethereal acoustic elements to translate the shared experience of loss. The song is full of jangling guitars and laid-back beats, featuring local musician Jordan Igoe on harmony vocals. “7 Curses” is accompanied by a striking video featuring sign-language interpreter Jason Hurdich, who worked with former Governor Nikki Haley and current Governor Henry McMaster. The video is a long, single shot of Hurdich, who is deaf, interpreting the song, experiencing the emotions of it along with the singer. —Vincent Harris

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The Charleston Bluegrass Festival returns for its seventh run March 18 and 19, featuring nationally known bluegrass bands such Yonder Mountain String Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Town Mountain, Larry Keel Experience, Pierce Edens, The Wilson Springs Hotel, Randy Steele, The Lowhills and West King String Band. Joining the lineup for the two-day festival held at Woodlands Nature Reserve will be local acts New Ghost Town, Pluff Mud String Band, Dallas Baker and Southern Flavor. Tickets are available at charlestonbluegrassfestival.com. —Chelsea Grinstead