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Charleston Teachers Alliance director Jody Stallings said support staff is vital for schools

Staffing shortages are stretching Charleston area schools thin of the state’s 5,600 state-owned bus fleet.

And the state’s broken record of shortages keeps playing, as one of the biggest At a time when South Carolina legislaforces behind the problem remains the tors are passing two billion dollar tax cuts, simple fact of low pay. “Certified staff salaLowcountry teachers are working outside the ries are still staggeringly low — custodial classroom to keep their schools running work is still at about $10 per, and you can — serving lunches, covering each others’ get more than that working at Wendy’s,” classes, cleaning classrooms and even driving said Charleston Teacher Alliance director buses — in the absence of vital support staff.

Jody Stallings. “That’s a big part of it. It’s so “At the start of the 2021-22 school year, hard to find that support staff, and that’s we had probably five teachers driving the kind of staff you need.” school buses for all three school levels in The state Department of Education the district,” said a high school teacher in invested a portion of its funds from the the Berkeley County School District who American Rescue Plan’s Elementary and preferred to remain unnamed. “School staff Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund shortages go well beyond just teachers.” to bump teacher pay in the state, Johnson Currently, her school has teachers and told Statehouse Report, Charleston City administrators serving and ringing up Paper’s sister publication, in a statement. lunches for students during their own lunch “Prior to the start of the 2022 legbreaks. And this issue isn’t confined to her islative session, the SCDE submitted school in particular. Other teachers in the a budget request that includes a $162 area tell similar stories of taking on additional million increase in teacher salary for the jobs due to the lack of cafeteria workers, cus2022-2023 fiscal year,” Johnson said. todians, bus drivers and secretarial workers.

“Superintendent [Molly] Spearman chalAs of November 2021, South Carolina was lenged the General Assembly to raise short approximately 750 school bus drivers, starting teacher pay to $40,000 during according to Ryan Johnson, chief commuour agency’s budget hearing in January. nications officer for the S.C. Department of The House Ways and Means Committee Education (SCDE). The gap represents 14% included this in their budget that [moved]

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to the House floor [Monday].”

But the legislation does not include language pertaining to support staff, a glaring issue, according to the South Carolina Education Association (SCEA), an education advocacy group.

“In South Carolina, in a time when we have all this money … we’re not taking care of the people that run our state,” said SCEA President Sherry East. “We need to take a hard look at what we value in South Carolina and ask, ‘Do we value our state workers, our teachers and the people that make living here safe and give us an educated workforce?’ Because from what I’m seeing, we do not.”

And, East added, the shortages of support staff are only making it harder for teachers to convince themselves to stay in the classroom, at a time when the state is already facing record highs for classroom vacancies.

A November 2021 report from the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA) found about 6,900 of the state’s total reported 56,166 full-time and part-time teachers from the 2020-21 school year — roughly 12% of the teacher population — did not return to a position in CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

The City of Charleston’s Office of Cultural Affairs has unveiled Creek by Creek, a collaborative effort by local artists Mary Edna Fraser and Jeff Kopish about plastic pollution in the Lowcountry.

The exhibition features an array of Fraser’s batiks — an ancient resist process using wax and dye — on silk and oil paintings and Kopish’s ceramic and found-object sculptures. The works incorporate recycled plastic and actual trash and aim to further educate the public on environmental issues and remind guests of the impact their actions have on the Lowcountry’s ecosystems.

The exhibition will feature more than 75 individual pieces presented in concert with three local groups — Charleston Waterkeeper, the Coastal Conservation League (CCL) and the South Carolina Environmental Law Project.

“My work is not what is important,” Fraser said in a press release. “It is the collective work done by all three groups. How they protect what we hold dear and show how we pass the baton to win new battles. This is an environmental activist show to encourage action and counter apathy.”

The exhibition focuses on eight areas of concern, including endangered historic Black communities like Cainhoy, Phillips, the Beidler Forest Audubon Center and Sanctuary and others. Creek by Creek will be on view March 18-April 8 at the City Gallery at 34 Prioleau St. Plastic pollution has been a large talking point for local conservationfocused groups for the last few years, especially in the wake of a citywide ban on single-use plastics issued on Jan. 1, 2020, that has faced some hurdles since its inception. —Skyler Baldwin

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‘They’ve had time to adjust’ Blotter

Stricter enforcement, greater restrictions on the horizon for city’s plastic ban The City of Charleston’s ban on single-use plastics that took effect at the beginning of 2020 has had some challenges, especially during the first year due to a COVID-induced temporary suspension in enforcement.

The ban was suspended in March 2020 and went back into effect that June. It prohibits businesses from supplying customers with single-use plastics like shopping bags, straws, takeout containers and more. But since the suspension, businesses have been confused as to whether the ban was ever really in effect.

“With COVID and all the challenges of reeducating businesses, it was a lot more difficult to enforce it fully,” said Katie McKain, Charleston’s director of sustainability. “We had to be really flexible and support businesses.”

Conservation advocacy groups recorded a noticeable decline in plastic litter after the ban went into effect, according to the Coastal Conservation League. And now that the pandemic is waning and the supply chain issues are slowly resolving, the city is seeing even more local businesses adapting to the mandate.

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Charleston’s ban includes single-use plastic bags and styrofoam containers manufacturing, it’s been a lot easier for businesses to find products,” McKain said.

“They’ve had time to adjust, and many are being flexible with products that are available. It’s good to see our local businesses adapting to the change.”

But enforcement is still a struggle for businesses that aren’t in compliance.

McKain said. However, city officials are looking to ramp up enforcement in the coming months. Flagrant offenders can

expect court summons. Future plans also include tighter restrictions like the thicker, “reusable” plastic bags found in some chain stores like Walmart or CVS. “I think ideally the mandate is meant to address all the single-use plastics we see in the waste chain,” McKain said. “A lot of it is about reeducation and helping people understand the rules. Our enforcement of this is similar to how we enforce the smoking ban. We depend on citizens to report violations, and then we go and investigate those. We certainly don’t have the staff to go out and check in on every restaurant in the city.”

McKain added that customers can use the City of Charleston’s online reporting system to report potential plastic violations, but before taking that step, she recommended that customers simply talk to the managers of area businesses in a respectful manner about the ordinance and why it’s important. “If you can talk to the manager and let them know you’re concerned — that can go really far,” she said. “Business owners like to support their customers. It helps a lot to see that people want them to change, and it’s not just the law behind it.”

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City Paper nabs press association honors

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The Charleston City Paper on Friday won two first place opinion awards in the SC Press Association’s 2021 contest for the best journalism in the state. It also won first place in mixed media illustration.

Best editorial. The newspaper’s 2021 editorial team of past editor Sam Spence and publisher Andy Brack won best editorial writing in the state for weekly newspapers. Judges wrote: “Hard-hitting and unafraid should be the goal of every newspaper. This paper is most certainly unafraid.” Editorials cited included a February 2021 piece on how Charleston County officials need to remember they work for taxpayers and a September 2021 commentary on how the state’s transparency law keeps the public in the dark.

Best cartoon. Cartoonist Robert Ariail’s weekly “Lowcountry” cartoon feature took home the top honor as best cartoon for all newspapers in South Carolina. “The artist got the point across well with these cartoons,” contest judges said. “Good job!” Veteran City Paper cartoonist Steve Stegelin nabbed third place for his wry look at politics in the Palmetto State.

Best mixed media illustration. Art director Scott Suchy, a perennial winner for his illustrations, received the top honor for a mixed media illustration related to COVID-19. “Eye-catching and creative graphic,” judges wrote. “Excellent!”

“These awards reflect the newspaper’s continuing commitment to provide incisive commentary that encourages our community to discuss issues that make a difference,” Brack said today. “A little over

two years ago, we offered periodic commentaries but didn’t even have a formal editorial page. And now we’re recognized as the best in the state. We’re blown away by this recognition from our peers.”

About 80 news organizations made 3,000 entries in more than 250 categories in the awards announced Friday in a Columbia ceremony. Other awards won by City Paper staffers include: • Best weekly newspaper website, second place: Staff.

• Best feature page design for a weekly over 6,500 circulation, second place: Scott Suchy.

• Best profile feature writing or story for a weekly over 6,500, third place: Samantha Connors.

• Best lifestyle feature writing for a weekly over 6,500, third place: Samantha Connors.

• Best news feature writing for a weekly over 6,500, third place: Sam Spence.

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A downtown store reported a display of fake candles had been stolen. No word on whether their fake lighter display was pilfered as well.

To be fair, he did leave the car A downtown woman scheduled a Facebook Marketplace meetup to buy a used Audi. She handed over a stack of bills, but when she went inside to grab a pen to transfer the title, the shady salesperson fled the scene with the car keys and papers.

Better there than where the sun doesn’t shine A downtown man with active warrants attempted to hide a small baggie of cocaine between the car seats while getting a free ride in the back of an officers’ patrol vehicle. Police found the drugs within seconds of his exiting the vehicle.

Ghost in the machine?

A West Ashley woman called police after seeing her car’s dome light turned on — she swore she hadn’t left it on herself. Upon a police investigation, all the car doors were still locked, nothing had been taken and all of the car’s mechanical and electric systems worked properly.

She was adamant about filing a report anyway.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin This Blotter is taken from reports filed with the Charleston Police Department between Feb. 1 and March. 3, 2021.

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Staffing the same district this year. That represents a 15.5% increase compared to departures reported last year.

Gaps in other support staff positions are difficult to measure, however, as needs vary greatly year by year, sources say.

Between October 2021 and February 2022, 977 teachers throughout the state left their classrooms, risking license suspensions, contract breaches and more, according to East. And, she said, her office gets multiple calls daily from teachers planning to quit at the end of the school year, when contracts official expire.

“A teacher’s working conditions are your child’s learning conditions,” East said. “If we want to do what’s best for our children, we need to fix the working conditions in our schools. They’re so unbearable, 977 people left their job — and it’s hard for a teacher to leave mid-year. That’s alarming.“ The recent exodus puts teacher vacancies in the state at nearly 1,100, East said. The problem is likely to get worse. The state has outsourced more than 1,000 teaching positions to international teachers, according to a new, unpublished report from the state ​​ Office of Educator Services. These teachers can only stay on work visas for two to three years, sources said.

“So you really have more than 2,000 empty classrooms in my mind,” East added.

The Berkeley County teacher is one of many who is leaving the profession after this school year. “I love my students, but after teaching for seven years, working multiple jobs outside the classroom and watching the situation worsen, I’m burnt out,” she said.

“I have to think of my own mental health too.” Her complaints about teaching echo the sentiments of other teachers: underpaid, overworked and a lack of support from administrators, districts and the state.

“If the state isn’t willing to fund education further, then the districts aren’t willing to push back because they don’t want to lose the funding that they have, which means principals can’t make decisions like offering more mental health services or helping students re-acclimate to being in school,” the Berkeley county teacher said.

“I think I would be able to come to terms with [working outside of school hours] if I was compensated for it appropriately,” she said. “But I’ve been teaching for seven years and just now after a step increase, I made less than $40K.” The Charleston County School District (CCSD) recently unveiled an incentive program offering student teachers up to $2,500 in bonuses if they transition into teaching positions after finishing their student teaching program.

It isn’t yet known how many vacant positions will need to be filled in CCSD at the end of the year, but last year there were between 500 and 600 vacancies, according to CCSD reports.

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aula Dezzutti, a single mom to nine children, has her hand in a little bit of everything. As the owner of Local Choice Spirits, an incubator/accelerator program, she works to build brand awareness for local spirit brands. She started the company in 2008 after recognizing how difficult it is for womenand minority-owned distilleries to break into the industry.

“I wanted to come from a space of empowerment and show that amazing people can come together with very little representation in the most lucrative industry on the planet and shift those proceeds back to our communities,” said Dezzutti, whose nickname is “Pixie.”

Dezzutti opened The Striped Pig Distillery in 2013 selling her line of local spirits, which includes gin, rum, spiced rum and vodka. She runs the company with the help of six of her children.

“I absolutely fell in love with the industry, but more importantly, I recognized

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an opportunity for women’s voices to be heard and to build diversity brands in the spirits space,” she said.

Dezzutti’s other business BarrelFi made history last year for producing the first-ever barrel of bourbon made in South Carolina since Prohibition. It launched with an NFT (non-fungible token), which grants membership to its distillery club and reserves one bottle of bourbon.

She also received the International Woman of the Year Award from the Georgia Women’s Chamber of Commerce during the March 8, 2022, International Women’s Day Summit in Atlanta.

Dezzutti said less than one-tenth of 1 percent of distilleries in the world are women-owned, so supporting small local distilleries owned by women is vital.

“Come to the Striped Pig Distillery, which represents so much for all of us and make purchases from us rather than going to the big boys,” she said.

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Charlestonians are making a direct difference in Ukraine

By Viktoriya Magid, special to CP

A few of the many helpers

Drew Friedman is the son of Donna and Randy Friedman, a local family who have supported humanitarian and defense efforts in Ukraine. Last week, Drew organized his fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta at the University of Wisconsin in buying a large box of medicine for the occupied city of Kherson.

In West Ashley, Euro Foods Bakery and Café, owners Maka Aptsiauri and her husband Aleksandr Pavlichenko, have been active from the beginning of the crisis.

Pavlichenko’s uncle and cousins are fighting near Kiev, Bucha and Kharkiv.

“We are grateful to our amazing team — nonprofit organization West Ashley Connect with its president Teresa Tidestrom as well as volunteers Roman Pekar, Oleg Kulik and Anna Spann,” Aptsiauri said.

Water Mission of Charleston has launched direct humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

“The first wave of shipment includes four of our water treatment systems capable of providing daily water needs for 20,000 people. We are also sending 24,000 water purification packets and other supplies in the same shipment,” said Gregg Dinino, the director of public relations.

James Island’s Baguette Magic Bakery’s “Kniches for Kyiv” program has raised over $1,000 for Nova Ukrain’s relief efforts.

TastemakersCHS has also launched the CHS Restaurants for Ukraine campaign, inspired by Ukrainian Chef Ievgen Jlopotenko, who has converted his restaurant into a bomb shelter, and is working to feed the Ukrainian army.

Individual donors have included Jonathan Dioreo, a local entrepreneur who has contributed $1,500.

Matt and Jackie Scarafile are local real estate agents who have donated $1,000. “It’s so important to get funding to Ukraine immediately,” they said. “It doesn’t matter where you stand politically. What is happening in Ukraine is wrong. This has to be stopped.”

MUSC professor, and psychologist Dr. Sudie Back and her husband Steve Caskie have donated to UNICEF, United Help Ukraine, Inc. — a nonprofit organization that provides food and medical supplies to those affected.

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Dimitri and fellow soldiers with new Charlestian-funded bullet-proof vests

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In Ukraine, local efforts make a daily difference. With the help of Charleston’s Dioreo and others, a platoon of 11 soldiers was able to acquire bulletproof vests for each soldier.

In Kherson, currently occupied by Russian troops, the humanitarian situation is dire. A local volunteer, Irina has been working tirelessly to use foreign and local donations to purchase medications from the closed pharmacies and distribute them to the hospitals and crisis centers.

“We are completely cut off from any supply chains, and there are many folks with epilepsy, asthma, Parkinson’s (and) diabetes who need daily medicine,” she said.

Charlestonians donations allowed Irina to purchase medicine and distribute it directly to those in need.

Vladislav has served in the Ukrainian military for 13 years and earned the commendation “Hero of Ukraine.” He is currently fighting near Kharkiv. Vladislov has been able to purchase food, personal hygiene supplies, socks and underwear, as well as 100 pieces of warm face coverings for his battalion.

“Victory is ours!,” he said. “Thank you for your help, that was such a huge help! Every single penny went towards helping my battalion.”

HELP THE HELPERS • Euro Foods will next be arranging donations of medical supplies. To help, phone (843) 303-4065.

• Join the Water Mission Walk for Water in North Charleston on March 26 or donate in other ways at watermission.org.

• Baguette Magic’s “Kniches for Kyiv” (843) 471-5941, https://baguettemagic. square.site • Visit tastemakerschs.com to sign up or find a participating restaurant.

• Go to unicef.org to donate and airbnb.com to book a stay in Ukraine — profits go directly to the owners.

• To help Dimitri, Irina and Vladislav directly, contact Viktoriya at drvmagid@gmail.com.

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Charlestonians have been directly helping Ukraine through the ongoing Russian invasion. Here are just a few locals and organizers who have given to support Ukrainians and accounts from Ukrainians who have felt that support.

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EDITORIAL

American democracy under attack D emocracy is not easy. You have to listen to others.

You have to compromise. You have to persuade.

Democracy often calls for sacrifice, persistence and attention to the common good over the private benefit.

The opposite of democracy is the kind of autocracy practiced in the past by Germany and Japan and now in Russia by Vladimir Putin. The late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed this notion in a November 1947 speech in Parliament: “All this idea of a group of super men and superplanners, such as we see before us, ‘playing the angel,’ as the French call it, and making the masses of the people do what they think is good for them, without any check or correction, is a violation of democracy.

“Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time; but there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, continuously rule, and that public opinion, expressed by all constitutional means, should shape, guide, and control the actions of ministers who are their servants and not their masters.”

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Indeed. And so it is today. To put it simply, American democracy is being attacked by those who want to install

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an autocratic government. In the name of freedom and democracy, they somehow profess to admire a war criminal like Putin. They want simple answers and solutions to complex issues. They push hot-button, divisive topics to score points, not build America.

They whine about gas prices and blame President Joe Biden, when global markets, supply and demand are the keys to the price at the pump. If you want to promote democracy, fight Big Oil and the billions of dollars of profits it is reaping as Russia plunders Ukraine.

They promote and make laws to erect barriers to voting with time limits and identification checks. They wantonly shift polling places and fiddle with the kind of mail-in and early voting used successfully all over the world. So if you want to promote democracy, get out and vote in June’s primaries and the November general election with the passion of Ukrainians fighting for their country.

They work to divide us by promoting fear. They assail our liberties by trying to limit a woman’s right to choose. They are gaslighters who bully and exclude other Americans on race, ethnicity, age, creed, gender identity, sexual orientation and more. If you want to fight this kind of un-American division, get off of the couch and actively engage in civic life. Make sacrifices like the greatest generation did to win World War II. Hate is not an American value. Let’s start re-engaging with our democracy. We’re at an inflection point in the nation’s history. Let’s not squander what we’ve fought to protect for generations by taking the easy way out.

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Simply put, the law ensures the public’s public officials don’t seem to understand just who they work for. They, in fact, work business is done in public. There are a few for the people who pay their salaries. They exceptions, such as when sensitive contracts are in debate or when somebody’s job work for you and me.

Back in 1902 in a speech in Asheville, performance is being scrutinized. But on the whole, public business is supposed to be North Carolina, President Theodore Roosevelt addressed how the American available for inspection by the public, the people who pay for our government entities. government isn’t separate and distant from This expectation for public work to be the American people: “Now the government done in the open — in the sunshine — is is us — we are the government, you and not partisan.

I; and the government is going to do well GOP Gov. Henry McMaster supports or ill accordingly as we with sanity, with the notion in a S.C. Press Association guide resolution, with broad charity and sound on how public officials should comply with common sense make up our minds that the open meetings and open records laws: “As affairs of the government shall be manpublic servants, we should always endeavor aged. … No law, no leadership can possibly to maintain the public’s trust and confitake the place of the exercise by the average dence in their government. In that spirit, citizen of the fundamental virtues of good I hope you will remember ‘When in doubt citizenship – the exercise of the funda— disclose,’ ” S.C. Attorney General Alan mental qualities of honesty, courage and Wilson concurred: “We have an obligation common sense.” not only to adhere to the letter of the law, Yes, the government is us. And governbut also live up to its spirit through compli- ment officials who don’t understand the ance with every reasonable FOIA request Freedom of Information Act should learn without delay or obstruction.” it and comply. They need to start making Public scrutiny is hard more information available to because it might bring to light Unfortunately, all citizens. When in doubt, some uncomfortable things. as the governor says, make too many non- information public.

But lots of elected and nonAnd if public officials don’t elected public officials comply elected public or won’t? Perhaps state legwith the law. It’s too common, officials islators could put some real however, for those who don’t teeth in the law and hold want the light of transparency don’t seem to violators personally responto shine to slide. understand An example is public sible for lazy or intentional access to police records. The to make records and just who they failure law absolutely and clearly meetings open. Maybe that work for. requires written records, will get the slackers’ attensuch as meeting minutes, jail tion. There’s no point in logs and two weeks of criminal incident having a law requiring openness if some reports, to be available to anyone who asks people can slide by.

Write your state representative or for them — without any strings attached. senator today and encourage them to That means anyone — a member of the put some meaningful teeth in the state’s public or a reporter — should be able to walk into a police station and see an arrest Freedom of Information Act so that public officials do what they are supposed to report without a written request or any — provide information so “we the people” prior notice.

In January, checks with several police can gauge whether the “government that departments in Charleston County revealed is us” is using tax money properly and how agencies skirted or blatantly disreadministering our government with, as garded the law. One agency, for example, Roosevelt said 120 years ago, “honesty, agreed to provide information that was courage and common sense.” redacted. Another required a reporter to Andy Brack is publisher of submit a formal written FOIA request.

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system any worse than hoarding top secret documents at a golf club? Is “acid washing” records, as Trump accused Clinton, any less farcical than flushing them down the john?

Ultimately, we decided not to give Trump his seventh Foilie. Technically he isn’t eligible: his presidential records won’t be subject to FOIA until he’s been out of office for five years (releasing classified records could take years, or decades, if ever).

Here’s a selection of our winners — all shameworthy people and entities who have no problem tossing government transparency in the crapper.

The C.R.E.A.M. (Crap Redactions Everywhere Around Me) Award

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The Foilies serve up tongue-in-cheek “awards” for government agencies and assorted institutions that stand in the way of your right to access to information. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock combine forces to collect horror stories about Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and state-level public records requests from journalists and transparency advocates across the United States and beyond. Since 2015, our goal is to identify the most surreal document redactions, the most aggravating copy fees, the most outrageous retaliation attempts, and all the other ridicule-worthy attacks on the public’s right to know.

As we were writing up this year’s faux awards, news broke that officials from the National Archives and Records Administration had to lug away boxes upon boxes of Trump administration records from Mar-aLago, President Trump’s private resort. At best, it was an inappropriate move; at worst, a potential violation of Federal laws governing the retention of presidential records and the handling of classified materials. And while Politico had reported that when Trump was still in the White House, he liked to tear up documents, we also just learned from journalist Maggie Haberman’s new book that staff claimed to find toilets clogged up with paper scraps, which were potentially torn-up government records. Trump has dismissed the allegations, of course.

This was all too deliciously ironic considering how much Trump had raged about his opponent (and 2016 Foilies winner) Hillary Clinton’s practice of storing State Department communications on a private server. Is storing potentially classified correspondence on a personal email

The Wu‐Tang Clan ain’t nothing to F’ with … unless the F stands for FOIA. Back in 2015, Wu-Tang Clan produced Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, but they only produced one copy and sold it to the highest bidder: pharma-bro Martin Shkreli, who was later convicted of securities fraud.

When the U.S. Marshals seized Shkreli’s copy of the record under asset forfeiture rules, the Twitterverse debated whether you could use FOIA to obtain the super secretive album.

Unfortunately, FOIA does not work that way.

However, BuzzFeed News reporter Jason Leopold was able to use the law to obtain documents about the album when it was auctioned off through the asset forfeiture process including Courtesy Jason Leopold, BuzzFeed News photos of the album, the bill No lyrics to see here, of sale, and the purchase just a big, white agreement.

But the Marshals redacted redaction box the pictures of the CDs, the song titles, and the lyric book citing FOIA’s trade secrets exemption. Worst of all, they also refused to divulge the purchase price — even though we’re talking about public money.

And so here we are, bringing da motherfoia-ing ruckus.

(The New York Times would later reveal that PleasrDAO, a collective that collects digital NFT art, paid $4 million for the record.)

Wu-Tang’s original terms for selling the album reportedly contained a clause that required the buyer to return all rights in the event that (Charleston’s favorite son) Bill Murray successfully pulled off a heist of the record. We can only daydream about how the Marshals would’ve responded if Dr. Peter Venkman himself refiled Leopold’s request.

These 10-day Deadlines Go To 11 Award

Assorted Massachusetts Agencies Most records requesters know that despite nearly every transparency law imposing response deadlines, they often are violated more than they are met. Yet Massachusetts officials’ time-warping violations of the state’s 10-busi-

ness-day deadline take this public records’ reality to absurd new levels.

DigBoston’s Maya Shaffer detailed how officials are giving themselves at least one extra business day to respond to requests while still claiming to meet the law’s deadline. In a mind-numbing exchange, an official said that the agency considers any request sent after 5 p.m. to have technically been received on the next business day. And because the law doesn’t require agencies to respond until 10 business days after they’ve received the request, this has in effect given the agency two extra days to respond. So if a request is sent after 5 p.m. on a Monday, the agency counts Tuesday as the day it received the request, meaning the 10-day clock doesn’t start until Wednesday.

The theory is reminiscent of the This Is Spinal Tap scene in which guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows off the band’s “special” amplifiers that go “one louder” to 11, rather than maxing out at 10 like every other amp. When asked why Spinal Tap doesn’t just make the level 10 on its amps louder, Tufnel stares blankly before repeating: “these go to eleven.”

Although the absurdity of Tufnel’s response is comedic gold, Massachusetts officials’ attempt to make their 10-day deadline go to 11 is contemptuous, and also likely violates laws of the state and those of space and time.

The Futile Secrecy Award

Concord Police Department When reporters from the Concord Monitor in 2019 noticed a vague $5,100 line item in the Concord Police Department’s proposed budget for “covert secret communications,” they started asking questions. What was the technology? Who was the vendor? And they filed public records requests under New Hampshire’s Right to Know Law. In response, CPD provided a license agreement and a privacy policy, but the documents were so redacted, the reporters still couldn’t tell what the tech was and what company was receiving tax dollars for it. Police claimed releasing the information would put investigations and people’s lives at risk. With the help of the ACLU of New Hampshire, the Monitor sued but Concord fought it for two years all the way to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The police were allowed to brief the trial court

Whose Car is it Anyway? Award

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behind closed doors, without the ACLU lawyers present, and ultimately the state supreme court ruled most of the information would remain secret.

But when The Monitor reached out to EFF for comment, EFF took another look at the redacted documents.

In under three minutes, our researchers were able to use a simple Google search to match the redacted privacy policy to Callyo, a Motorola Solutions product that facilitates confidential phone communications.

Hundreds of agencies nationwide have now included the company’s name in their public spending ledgers, according to the procurement research tool GovSpend. The City of Seattle even issued a public privacy impact assessment regarding its police department’s use of the technology, which noted that “Without appropriate safeguards, this raises significant privacy concerns.” Armed with this new information, the Monitor called Concord Police Chief Brad Osgood to confirm what we learned. He doubleddown: “I’m not going to tell you whether that’s the product.”

The Operation Slug Speed Award

U.S. Food and Drug Administration The federal government’s lightning fast (by bureaucratic standards) timeline to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine lived up to its Operation Warp Speed name. But the Food and Drug Administration gave anything but the same treatment to a FOIA request seeking data about that authorization process.

55 years — that’s how long the FDA, responding to a lawsuit by doctors and health scientists, said it would take to process and release the data it used to authorize the vaccine. And yet, the FDA needed only months to review the data the first time and confirm that the vaccine was safe for the public.

The estimate was all the more galling because the requesters want to use the documents to help persuade

Do you and your fellow pedestrians and drivers have the right to know about previous accidents of self-driving cars and how they handle tight turns and steep hills on the road?

Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc. and operator of an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, answers, respectively: none of your business, and no! A California trial court ruled in late February that Waymo gets to keep this information secret.

Waymo sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles to stop it from releasing unredacted records requested by an anonymous person under the California Public Records Act. The DMV outsourced the redactions to Waymo, and claiming that it needed to protect its trade secrets, Waymo sent the records back with black bars over most of its answers, and even many of the DMV’s questions.

The “You can have a beach house, or you can have your FOIA” Award

Pasco County Sheriff’s Office In September 2020, the Tampa Bay Times revealed in a multi-part series that the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office was using a program called “Intelligence-led Policing” (ILP). This program gathered data from various local government agencies, including school records, to determine if a person was likely to commit a crime in the future—and then deputies would randomly drop by their house regularly to harass them.

Out of suspicion that the sheriff’s office might be leasing the formula for this program to other departments, EFF filed a public records request asking for any contact mentioning the ILP program in emails specifically sent to and from other police departments. The sheriff responded with an unexpectedly high-cost estimate for producing the records. Claiming there was no way at all to clarify or narrow the broad request, and ignoring the ability to use a simple ‘search’ feature, the sheriff’s office projected that it would take 82,738 hours to review the 4,964,278 responsive emails — generating a cost of $1.158 million for the public records requester, the equivalent of a 3,000-square seaside home with its own private dock in New Port Richey.

Do As I Say, Not As I Do Award

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas law requires a unique detour to deny or redact responsive records, directing agencies to go through the Attorney General for permission to leave anything out.

It’s bad news for transparency if that office circumvents proper protocol when handling its own records requests; it’s even worse if those records involve a government

official — current Texas AG Ken Paxton — and activities targeted at overthrowing the democratic process.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Paxton (who is currently up for reelection, facing multiple charges for securities fraud, and was reportedly the subject of a 2020 FBI investigation) and his wife were in Washington, D.C. to speak at a rally in support of former President Donald Trump, which was followed by the infamous invasion of the Capitol by Trump supporters.

Curious about Paxton’s part in that historic event, a coalition of Texas newspapers submitted a request under the state’s public records law for the text messages and emails Paxton sent that day in D.C. Paxton’s office declined to release the records. It may not have even looked for them. The newspapers found that the AG doesn’t seem to have its own policy for searching for responsive documents on personal devices, which would certainly be subject to public records law, even if the device is privately-owned.

Paxton’s The Travis County District booking Attorney subsequently determined mugshot that Paxton’s office had indeed violated the Texas open records law.

Paxton maintains that no wrongdoing occurred and, as of late February, hadn’t responded to a letter sent by the DA threatening a lawsuit if the situation is remedied ASAP. “When the public official responsible for enforcing public records laws violates those laws himself,” Bill Aleshire, an Austin lawyer, told the Austin AmericanStatesman, “it puts a dagger in the heart of transparency at every level in Texas.”

The Rip Van Winkle Award

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Last year, Bruce Alpert received records from a 12-yearold FOIA request he filed as a reporter for the TimesPicayune in New Orleans. Back when he filed the request, the corruption case of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson (D-New Orleans) was still hot — despite the $90,000 in cash found in Jefferson’s cold freezer.

In 2009, Alpert requested documents from the FBI on the sensational investigation of Jefferson, which began in 2005. In the summer of that year, FBI agents searched Jefferson’s Washington home and, according to a story published at the time, discovered foil-wrapped stacks of cash “between boxes of Boca burgers and Pillsbury pie crust in his Capitol Hill townhouse.” Jefferson was indicted on 16 federal counts, including bribery, rackCONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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skeptics that the vaccine is safe and effective.

Thankfully, the court hearing the FOIA suit nixed the FDA’s snail’s pace plan to review just 500 pages of documents a month. In February, the court ordered the FDA to review 10,000 pages for the next few months and ultimately between 50,000-80,000 through the rest of the year.

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General Jeff Landry for suing reporter Andrea Gallo after she requested documents related to the investigation into (and seeming lack of action on) sexual harrasment complaints in Landry’s office.

A few days later, following public criticism, Landry then tweeted that the lawsuit was not actually a lawsuit against Gallo per se, but legal action “simply asking the Court to check our decision” on rejecting her records request.

Gallo filed the original request for complaints against Pat Magee, a top Landry aide to Landry, after hearing rumblings that Magee had been placed on administrative leave. The first response to Gallo’s request was that Magee was under investigation and the office couldn’t fulfill the request until that investigation had concluded. A month later, Gallo called the office to ask for Magee and was patched through to his secretary, who said that Magee had just stepped out for lunch but would be back shortly.

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eteering, conspiracy and money laundering, leading back to a multimillion-dollar telecommunications deal with high-ranking officials in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.

By the time Alpert got the 83 pages he requested on the FBI’s investigation into Jefferson, Alpert himself was retired and Jefferson had been released from prison.

In a staff editorial about the extreme delay, The Advocate (which acquired the Times-Picayune in 2019) quoted Anna Diakun, a staff attorney with the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University: “The Freedom of Information Act is broken.” We suppose it’s better late than never, but never late is even better.

The FOIA Gaslighter of the Year Award

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry In another case involving the Times-Picayune, the FOIA gaslighter of the year award goes to Louisiana Attorney

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Knowing that Magee was back in the office and the investigation likely concluded, Gallo started pushing harder for the records. Then, late on a Friday when Gallo was on deadline for another story, she received an email from the AG’s office about a lawsuit naming her as the defendant. A month later, a Baton Rouge judge ruled in favor of Gallo, and ordered Landry to release the records on Magee. Shortly after Gallo received those documents, another former employee of the AG’s office filed a complaint against Magee, resulting in his resignation.

The Foilies were compiled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (Director of Investigations Dave Maass, Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Mackey, Frank Stanton Fellow Mukund Rathi, Investigative Researcher Beryl Lipton, Policy Analyst Matthew Guariglia) and MuckRock (Co-Founder Michael Morisy, Senior Reporting Fellows Betsy Ladyzhets and Dillon Bergin, and Investigations Editor Derek Kravitz), with further review and editing by Shawn Musgrave.

Illustrations are by EFF Designer Caitlyn Crites. The Foilies are published in partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. For more transparency trials and tribulations, check out The Foilies archives at eff.org/issues/foilies.

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5th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl with Bay Street Biergarten Join the luckiest bar crawl in Charleston, featuring a $1,000 grand prize costume contest, complimentary drinks and shots, exclusive drink specials, waived covers at all venues and much more. Register online for contest participation, and check online for a full list of crawl locations. The crawl ends at 10 p.m. — and then the after party starts.

March 19. 4 p.m.-11:45 p.m. $15/person. Bay Street Biergarten. 549 East Bay St. Downtown. crawlwith.us

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TedXCharleston A great lineup of speakers and performers has already been confirmed for this local edition of the world-famous idea-sharing platform. All tickets purchased for the 2020 event, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be honored. Additional tickets will go on sale later this year. Check online for updated information and for a full list of speakers, including Charleston-native Olympian Raven Saunders and Chris Singleton, who suffered the loss of his mother in the Emanuel Nine tragedy.

March 23. 12:30-5 p.m. Tickets start at $57.50. Charleston Music Hall. 37 John St. Downtown. tedxcharleston.org SATURDAY

Tiger Lily’s Spring Wreathmaking Workshop Join Tiger Lily Florist for an evening of beautiful blooms and flower arranging. During the workshop, guests will be introduced to different spring flowers and learn the basics of flower preparation and maintenance. Invite friends or a date and welcome the springtime right!

Participants must register online, and spaces fill up fast, so put your name down early and don’t miss out!

March 19. 6:30-8 p.m. $95/ticket. Tiger Lily Florist. 1614 Camp Rd. James Island. tigerlilyflorist.com THURSDAY

​​St. Paddy’s Day Snafu Brewing Bingo Don something green and head to Snafu Brewing Company for a deliciously bangin’ vegan feast for St. Patrick’s Day and get the bingo balls rolling. There will be prizes for winners every round, and guests can jump into the game any time. This event is dog-friendly, and Snafu will release a special holiday brew.

March 17. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free to attend. Snafu Brewing Company. 3280 Industry Drive, Ste. A. North Charleston. snafubrewingcompany.com SATURDAY

Celebrity Paws in the Park 5k Be a part of a community committed to the prevention of animal cruelty the Lowcountry.

Participating can make a life-saving difference to nearly 20,000 pets expected to receive care, compassion and hope from the Charleston Animal Society this year. This 5k will take you from Riverfront Park to the historic navy base and back.

March 19. 7:45 a.m.-5 p.m. $35/person. Riverfront Park. 1061 Everglades Ave. North Charleston. charlestonanimalsociety.org

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Artifacts Ukrainian film at Terrace benefits Ukrainians For one week starting March 18th, Terrace Theater will present The Guide. This searing work was Ukraine’s best foreign film entry at the 2014 Academy Awards. The Guide recounts Stalin’s 1930s repression of Ukraine through the eyes of the son of a murdered British journalist and the folk musician he befriends. All proceeds support The Red Cross’s Ukrainian rescue efforts. terracetheater.com

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Even when the pandemic was at its worst, Chamber Music Charleston (CMC) was one of the few arts organizations that never closed. They rehearsed in masks and streamed their performances online.

“We’ve found that a lot of people, even outside of Charleston — concertgoers that had left Charleston over the years — really love that they can watch our concerts online,” said Sandra Nikolajevs, president and artistic director of CMC. She added the company will continue to maintain a digital archive of concerts.

Nikolajevs founded CMC in 2006 with a five-person board and 13 local musicians.

When the company opened in 2006, they served approximately 780 guests across their entire season. The last full season before COVID saw them play before 4,800.

Today, CMC live performances and audiences are back. CMC’s March output, particularly two of its upcoming shows, are a little bigger than the typical chamber venues and highlight the company’s focus on education.

To Nikolajevs, education is a key to success — not just for teaching the next generation of musicians, but cultivating a knowledgeable audience. Among the chamber’s student mentors is violinist Francisco Fullana, who plays during the March 20 Ovation Concert Series finale. Fullana is an acclaimed musician and the principal violinist of the Saint Paul (MN) Chamber Orchestra. This year, CMC’s expanded education program includes classical kids concerts like Peter and the Wolf that are

brought out as public performances or directly to schools on Johns Island. The company also works with the School of the Arts to coach students in and out of the classroom. A planned upcoming addition is a middle school focus where high school students will mentor junior musicians.

“This year, we’ve really hugely expanded our education programs,” Nikolajevs said.

“Having opportunities for music students, really of all ages, to have more access to high-quality instruction and inspiration for classical music.”

CMC typically performs classical chamber music in a variety of settings.

Their intimate concerts are usually performed by a small group of six or fewer musicians. This allows musicians to explain the works they are playing and connect directly with their audiences.

“It’s all about the variety of experiences one can have with classical music,” Nikolajevs said.

CMC has lately performed at Sottile Theater, The South Carolina Society Hall and James Island County Park. Recently, CMC musicians even played a concert in the Miles Brewton House ballroom, a huge historic home on King Street that housed troops during the Revolutionary and Civil wars. These house concerts have been the company’s foundation since it launched and they’re typically performed before fairly small audiences: the Brewton House concert only seated 36 guests.

“For chamber music, as opposed to, like, a symphony orchestra where there’s just a big orchestra far away from you onstage, it’s

much more of a conversation between the musicians and the audience,” Nikolajevs said.

“You see every nuance of expression on their face, and you feel the energy. The audience really contributes to the overall experience.”

Charleston audiences are evidently hungry for this brand of musical styling and Nikolajev sees the interest in chamber music continuing to grow. The Bank of America Chamber Music Series is an annual Spoleto highlight. It was the first sold-out event weeks in advance of the 2021 slate. “Knowing there’s an audience in Charleston really inspired us, 15 years ago, to do it year round,” Nikolajevs said.

On March 18, at 7p.m., Xavier Foley, an Avery Fisher Career Grant Award recipient and Sphinx Competition prize winner, will lead a masterclass at the West Ashley Theater Center featuring four music students from the Charleston County School of the Arts: cellists Peter O’Malley, Decker Elam and Jade Williams and bassist Devon O’Brien. These students will join Foley in an exploration of J.S. Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello.

Foley will be joined by Fullana and renowned musicians Andrew Armstrong, Timothy O’Malley and Ben Weiss at 3 p.m., March 20, in a grand finale program at the Sottile Theatre. These shows will house hundreds of guests.

The Salon Series Finale will be held from 3-8 p.m., April 10, at Society Hall. The House Concert Series continues in May with shows at the Schneider Residence and the Thomas Bennett House, among others.

The season wraps up around the time Spoleto 2022 kicks off.

PEARLS, is a film and portrait series from March 18-April 5. The series is inspired by Johannes Vermeer’s painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and showcases real women telling stories of their own lives. Opening with an event from 5-8 p.m., March 18 at Julia Deckman Studio on James Island. Short film screening at 6:30 p.m.

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SC Young Filmmakers Project SC high school students can enter the Young Filmmakers Project until March 28 to display their media arts skills.

Students can create a narrative two minute film that tells a cinematic story.

Submissions in any genre. Grades 9-12 are eligible. Cash prizes to winners. indiegrants.org. —MS

CofC Opens Everybody The College of Charleston Department of Theatre and Dance presents Everybody, a play by Branden JacobsJenkins, March 17-20. This 2018 Pultizer Prize finalist is based on the 15th century morality play Everyman.

Directed by new instructor Gary Dewitt Marshall, the show will be staged at the beautiful Stern Center Garden. Everybody will be CofC’s first full-length play to incorporate American Sign Language interpreters during the 2 p.m. matinee on March 19th. Find info and tickets at go.cofc. edu/everybody. —MS For daily updates from Charleston’s art world, check out the Culture section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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By Sydney Bollinger Charleston native Hali Anastopoulo, 21, has always wanted to work in the entertainment industry, a passion sparked by her charismatic attorney father Akim’s work on unscripted series.

“My dad had a show, and when I was little, I would go and visit him on sets,” she recalled. “I was always really interested in the behind-the-scenes camera stuff … and I really liked production. I knew that was something I wanted to do.”

And what a show it was. Akim Anastapoulo has long been a local legal celebrity.

From 2006 to 2009, he was named “Best Attorney” in the City Paper’s Best of Charleston poll. This was at least partly due to his starring role as Judge “Extreme Akim” on An Eye for an Eye, a National Lampoon-backed reality court TV series produced by Get Me Out Productions’ predecessor, Hollywood SC Studios. On the show, “Extreme Akim” played a judge who meted out unusual justice. One episode for example, saw a building owner who had assaulted a homeless man sentenced to a night in the local homeless shelter. The homeless man was given a night in a luxury hotel on the dime of the assaulter.

Hali Anastopoulo moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and co-founded Get Me Out with her father. “I didn’t really know what to expect when starting a production company,” said the younger Anastapoulo said.

“I just jumped feet first in … I have to credit the people that we work with … We have such an amazing crew who’ve been there since the beginning.”

In January 2022, the Crackle Plus streaming network released the company’s unscripted show Men of West Hollywood.

Hali and her father were both co-directors and executive producers. The ten-episode series show follows a group of six friends — all gay men — in West Hollywood as they navigate working, partying and relationships. Hali said she was inspired by the people of West Hollywood, especially the acceptance and diversity of the community.

She called working with her larger-thanlife father, “A really fun experience — especially with co-directing.

“Sometimes there would be certain cast members that would really resonate with him or resonate with me,” she said. “We could tackle things together and have different perspectives on different moments in the show.”

“I really liked telling the different backgrounds of everybody [in the show],” she added. “They’re all from different places and different walks of life and came to West Hollywood the same way I did.”

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typically both older and male. On Men of West Hollywood, Anastopoulo was calling the shots, framing the narrative through her experience as a woman and a West Hollywood outsider while staying authentic to the lives of the men who entrusted her with their stories.

“So often, [films and TV series] are from the perspective of a man … With Men of West Hollywood, particularly, it is kind of interesting — I was the one bossing everyone around,” she laughed.

In her work, Anastapoulo said she aims to tell diverse stories — a theme highlighted by two upcoming projects: true crime docuseries The Company You Keep and The Brokers of Charleston.

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prison since 2002 for a murder he claims he didn’t commit.

“We were approached by someone who is really familiar with Justin’s case and knew him well,’’ Anastapoulo explained.

“I was expecting it to just be a normal true crime story, but it definitely is not.

[His case] has 20 years worth of mishaps and wrongdoings.”

Brokers of Charleston, on the other hand, focuses on Charleston’s real estate market.

“Being from South Carolina is something that’s had its influence in all of the different shows I’ve worked on, but I was always really amazed by the real estate market here,” Anastapoulo said. “It’s really unique compared to other parts of the country … Being able to film here [in Charleston] was something that I had always wanted to do.”

To Anastopoulo, unscripted series offer a raw and realistic depiction of life that

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cannot be achieved through scripted work.

“We don’t get to say, ‘OK, let’s do that again,’ or shoot the same thing 20 times.”

Despite being at this early stage in her

career, Anastopoulo is trying to choose the subjects of her work carefully, while adding a hopefully unique perspective as a Gen Z woman.

“I think there’s this innate desire [of Gen Z creatives] to tell different stories and diverse stories,” she said. “I hopefully see Gen Z [having] diverse storytelling, but also diversity behind the camera … and really trying to make the entertainment industry a little bit better.”

As she works on these projects, Anastopoulo is already thinking about what might be down the line. She keeps a list on her phone of ideas for projects she’d like to be involved in and doesn’t waste a moment doing what she loves.

“So many people think, ‘OK, once I graduate and get a master’s, then I’ll start’ … With entertainment and a lot of other fields, start now. You’ll find that you learn a lot as you go.”

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Try 50 flavors of ice cream with OddFellows’ Passport Program

By Michael Pham Brooklyn-based OddFellows has been scooping custom ice cream since October when it first popped open its lids at 550 King St. The small batch ice cream company is known for its vintage ice cream shop interior and wildly original flavors that include miso peanut butter brownie, passionfruit matcha, coquito and poppycock — an amazing concoction that tastes for all the world like frozen caramel popcorn. The flavors are developed by Michelin-starred and James Beard-nominated pastry chef Sam Mason and rotate depending on the season and availability. According to retail and operations director Andy Mullins,

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To obtain a passport, customers must first receive 10 stamps in OddFellows’ loyalty program

OddFellows created 200 different flavors of ice cream in its first year (2013), and since then, has reached 600. “We’ve been what we like to say ‘relentlessly creative,’” he said.

With Charleston Wine+Food earlier this month, Mullins and OddFellows’ CEO Mohan Kumar were both in town scooping for the masses at the Culinary Village. On March 7, City Paper sat down with Mullins to talk scoops and OddFellows new — or old, depending who you ask — Passport Program.

Provided According to Mullins, the original passport Retail and operations director Andy plan introduced a global “flavor set” inspired Mullins visited the Lowcountry earlier by countries in South Asia, South America and Africa to name a few. Some of the flavors, this month for Charleston Wine+Food like Olive Oil, were so wildly unorthodox the OddFellows team figured they needed a hook. pretty much everybody who eats ice cream.”

To receive a passport, customers must “The trick was to get people to come in and try those different flavors,” Mullins said. Thus first enter the OddFellows loyalty program.

Every time you buy a scoop of ice cream, was born the Passport Program. With every a card is stamped. Reach ten stamps and visit, customers receive a stamp in a specialyou’ll receive the OddFellows Passport. ized passport. With enough stamps came a Then, to complete the Passport Program, range of prizes.

The Passport Program eventually fell you must try every flavor of ice cream by the wayside as OddFellows expanded offered at least once before the year ends. throughout New York City and, in 2019, According to Mullins, OddFellows has 50 into Chestnut Hill, MA. “By that time, every flavors slated for the year — so you can do system breaks, you know?” Mullins said. the highly caloric math.

At different Passport milestones, cus“And it’s just something that we hadn’t been tomers receive different prizes: 10 Passport able to get back to.”

But now the Passport Program is back — stamps will net a free tub of ice cream (your with a few modifications. “We’d always had choice of flavors). Scarf down all of this in the back of our minds that [we] wanted to year’s 50 flavors and OddFellows will host a come back to this Passport Program because free BYOB party for you and nine friends.

“It would be so cool if someone did that in we’re never going to stop making new fla50 days,” Mullins said. “It’s the cost of a scoop vors,” Mullins said. “And we want to incentivize people who really get that, which is of ice cream and an adventurous spirit.”

Post House to host James Beard award winner On April 20, Post House is hosting former Bon Appetit food director, chef, YouTube personality and James Beard Award winner Carla Lalli Music for a special four-course dinner in celebration of her new cookbook Sounds So Good.

The Post House kitchen will collaborate with Music to create a menu inspired by recipes from her book, using local ingredients. Music will be on site to share stories, greet guests and personalize books. Tickets are $85 and include a copy of Sounds So Good. Tickets available now at theposthouseinn.com. —MP

Bull & Finch host St. Paddy’s bash St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow, and what better way to spend it than with Irish food, music and drinks. Mount Pleasant gastropub Bull & Finch is hosting an all-day St. Patrick’s Day celebration from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. There will be drink specials and Irish pub fare like corned beef and cabbage, Guinness and Irish stew, along with live music from Fowl Play from 5-8 p.m. and Hunter & Kush (92.5 Kickin’ Country).

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Rusty Bull Brewing Co. is hosting two events this holiday weekend. They’ll feature a St. Patrick’s Day beer dinner at 7 p.m., March 17, providing guests with Irish meals paired perfectly with Rusty Bull beer. Expect dishes including Irish spring mix salad, shepherd’s pie and bread pudding. Tickets are $30.

Rusty Bull will host a Funky or Fresh Homebrewing Competition from 4-7 p.m., March 19. For a $10 donation to Water Mission’s Ukraine relief effort, guests can walk around the brewery and sample the funky or fresh home brews and vote in the People’s Choice category. The event is free to attend, but the tickets allow guests to sample the homebrews. Live music from Chris Wayne will be playing to keep the groove going, with additional music from Samantha Gatan from 7 to 10 p.m.

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(Above) Take a break after a long day of work at Bedford Falls for some Mediterranean and Peruvian-inspired dishes like the PEI Mussels. (Below) Owners Brian (left) and Brendan (right) Kirkpatrick.

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Bedford Falls serves beer in bottles and on tap, wine and cocktails such as the Violet B, made with blueberry infused gin and peach bitters. Food-wise, Brendan describes the menu as “elevated pub fare” with some Peruvian and Mediterranean influences like a plate of PEI Mussels with chorizo, white wine, chili butter and garlic confit. On the weekends, Bedford Falls serves brunch. The Chef’s Breakfast comes with two eggs, thick bacon, home fries, toast and a helping of greens.

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Bedford Falls owners, brothers Brendan and Brian Kirkpatrick, aren’t from here, and neither is Bedford Falls.

The brothers found themselves in the Lowcountry in 2018 for vacation and knew one day they’d call it home. “The people and the weather – it’s just a little piece of heaven,” Brian said. Though from New Hampshire, the brothers had lived in the New York City area for the better part of 20 years and opened the first Bedford Falls on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, but the charm of Charleston was too strong. “My wife and I were adamant about not raising our daughter in Jersey City,” Brendan added.

However, the plan to leave the Big Apple was interrupted by the pandemic, and the logistics of pulling up roots while also maintaining a viable business in a nearly shut down Manhattan didn’t make sense. “It was me, my brother and a line cook for the better part of six months,” Brendan said.

The brothers, their wives, kids and parents, eventually “pulled the trigger” and moved once they felt they could keep their Manhattan Upper East Side location operating while also expanding to the Holy City. And on Dec. 15, 2021, the brothers opened their second Bedford Falls on the “Upper East Side” of Charleston’s lower peninsula. The neighborhood-style bar is a cozy, small space on Meeting Street tucked

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Pier 101 reopens on Folly after two years

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Folly landmark Pier 101 is back open for business, just in time for the warm Spring weather

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Local. Independent. Free.

On March 9, Pier 101 Restaurant & Bar reopened its doors and deck to Folly Beach locals and tourists after two years of renovations. The Folly landmark closed just after Labor Day in 2020 and started renovations on its deck and pier in October of the same year.

“It was kind of convenient timing,” said general manager Halee Brinson. “They started construction on the deck, so it would have been hard for us to be open anyway.”

Though the pier is still under construction, the deck and outdoor bar are new. Inside, the restaurant did some “minor touch-ups,” including new floors, paint and furniture.

The 3680-square-foot space houses 140 seats and carefree, beach-vibe decor.

Pier 101 has also revamped its menu with dishes like Caribbean seafood chowder, the old fashioned diner burger and the southern classic, shrimp and grits. Customers can pair their meals with an extensive cocktail menu including a Rum Runner, Mai Tai or Pier 101’s signature RootPier Float. If you’re not already stuffed, dessert options include fried oreos or chocolate chip Belgian waffles.

On Saturdays and Sundays, guests can enjoy live tunes on the deck, too, something Pier 101 hadn’t done in the past.

There may be some changes to the menu, but cocktail staples like its Daquiri and RootPier Float remains afloat “For almost 100 years, the pier has been an essential part of the Folly Beach community and a top destination for families and beachgoers,” Brinson said. “And it feels great to be back. The staff that we brought back is super excited. We’ve got some new staff members as well, the locals have been coming to see us already and they’re excited for us to be back open.”

Pier 101 is open for lunch and dinner Wed. to Sun. from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and located at 101 East Arctic Ave.

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TO DEFENDANT: KAIRYN GERMAN YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 29, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Newton Howle, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Newton Howle, SC Bar # 2729, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

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VERSUS KAIRYN GERMAN AND JOSEPH BEATON, DEFENDANTs. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2012, 2015, 2017, AND 2019

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-3560 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

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VERSUS LAUREN FRIDLEY AND JEROME HUTCHINSON, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2020.

TO DEFENDANT: JEROME HUTCHINSON YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 3, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Newton Howle, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-3315 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS REGAN BARKLEY AND BRANDON PAVLICK, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2017, 2019.

TO DEFENDANT: REGAN BARKLEY YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 9, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Mary Lee Briggs, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Mary Lee Briggs, SC Bar # 101535, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: 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

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.

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.

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 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.

Public Notice of Special Declaration of Trust Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! To all men and persons worldwide: You are hereby noticed of this special declaration of trust by this third-party intervener’s purely equitable and beneficial interest in the private of Court File No.[ 2022 DR-10-584], “ACCOUNT”, and resulting

Notice of extinguishment of DEFENDANTS’ legal duties, debts, and obligations. “DEBTS.” Special notice is given herein and hereby by agent of third party intervener, a private citizen of the United States and private member of the Union member State of South Carolina, the only true party of interest against all the world, that this declaration of trust is of a purely equitable right by nature in the private established, issued, delivered & conveyed and received, acknowledged and accepted in good faith via USPS Registered Mail No.RFXXXXXXX12US. Further, third-party intervener is in fact and in Equity the real party in interest and sole exclusive trustee and beneficiary, by settlor’s intent ordered to merge the titles, now the sole exclusive grantee against all the world, sitting in the private jurisdiction of inherent Equity in relationship to Court file # [ 2002 DR-10-584], “ ACCOUNT, “ had delivered a special deposit tracer title # [RFXXXXXXXXX12US] into judge’s private chambers in his good faith capacity under the rules of maxims of equity containing the special records irrevocably executing the extinguishment thru merging of titles of any & all named/attached DEFENDENDANTS of ACCOUNT alleged or real debts, charges, liabilities, tax deficiency, encumbrances, presumptive easements, attachments, and any obligation sin general on record levied, aliened, imposed or presumed by the commercial contracting enterprise also known as CHARLESTON COUNTY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF CHARLESTON DEMAND TO SHOW CAUSE It is ordered and demanded by Twenty-One (21) days of this notice publication that any person, real or artificial, with prima facie evidence of a prior and/or superior purely equitable or beneficial interest by nature in ACCOUNT, Charleston County Court File No.[ 2022 DR-10-584], either/or first in time or priority in right.

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Meggett, St, Paul’s Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as LOT FIVE (5) on a plat prepared by H. Exo Hilton, R.L,S., entitled “Plat of 6 Lots Property Of W.C. Geraty, Meggett, St. Paul’s Parish, Charleston County, S.C.” dated April, 1985 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County on April 2, 1986 in Book BH at Page 13. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, metes and bounds as will more fully appear by reference to said plat.

AND INCLUDED HEREWITH: A 2005 Southern Homes Manufactured Home, 32 x 76, Serial No. DSD4AL44547AB, permanently affixed to the property.

Said easement consisting of a drain field and sewer lines, easements being more particularly described as follows: All that rectangular area of land situated within the boundaries of Lot 6 (bearing T-MS: 126--0000-173) and contiguous to Lot 5 above described. Being 25 feet wide by 51 feet deep, setback 50 feet from the front property line on the western boundary of Lot 6 (said western boundary line runs parallel to and abuts on Storage Road); Lot 5 and 6 shown on a plat entitled “PLAT OF 6 LOTS PROPERTY OF W.C. GERATY, M.EGGETT, ST. PAULS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” prepared

by Exo Hilton, RLS 2552, dated April 1985 and recorded in Book BH at Page 13 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

BEING the same property conveyed to Jamie Lanard Brown and Latresta Shamell Ward Brown by deed of Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. dated July 22, 2015 and recorded August 10, 2015 in Book 0496 at Page 539 in the ROD Office for Charleston County.

TMS #: 126-00-00-172

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.

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2021CP1005385 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. -vsJamie Lanard Brown, Latresta Shamell Ward Brown, Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Cascade Capital Funding, LLC, Upon authority of a Decree dated March 8, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, on April 5, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.

NOTICE: ANYONE THAT ATTENDS WILL BE EXPECTED TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire Telephone : (803) 790-2626 FOR INSERTION 3/16, 3/23 and 3/30 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-06035 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Indenture Trustee for People’s Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3 vs Kenneth T Johnson; Mia Johnson a/k/a Mia G. Johnson; Leon G. Galloway a/k/a Leon Galloway; Adolph Galloway a/k/a Adolph C. Galloway; Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway and if Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Internal Revenue Service Upon authority of a Decree dated the 22nd day of July, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of April, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Part of Lots 130 and 132, commonly known as 167 Moultrie Street in the present number of the City of Charleston.

MEASURING and containing on the front on North line eighty five (85’) feet on Moultrie Street and the same on the back on South Line by one hundred seventeen and 7/10 (117.7’) feet on depth; all as is more fully set forth on that plat prepared by Joseph Needle dated November 28, 1950 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Plat Book G at page 16A. For a more complete description of said lot, reference may be had to the aforementioned Plat, which Is incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

BEING the same property conveyed to Mia G. Johnson, Adolph Galloway, Angela G. Nelson, Katherine G. Bing, Kenneth H. Galloway, and Leon H. Galloway by Deed of Distribution from the Estate of Helen H. Galloway dated May 13, 2004 and recorded May 18, 2004 in Book B495 at Page 340, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Leon Galloway, Katherine G. Bing, Angela G. Nelson Galloway, Adolph Galloway, and Kenneth H. Galloway conveyed their interest in the subject property to Mia Johnson

by Deed recorded November 18, 2004 in Book M516 at Page 691, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Mia G. Johnson a/k/a Mia Johnson conveyed the subject property conveyed to Kenneth T. Johnson by Deed dated November 2, 2004 and recorded November 18, 2004 in Book M516 at Page 748, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Kenneth T. Johnson conveyed an undivided one-half interest to the subject property to Mia Johnson by Deed dated March 18, 2005 and recorded March 25, 2005 in Book K530 at Page 250, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS #460-02-04-002 Current Property Address: 167 Moultrie St. Charleston, SC 29403 As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 5th day of May, 2022.

Pursuant to Section 2410(c), Title 28, United States Code, the Defendant United States of America has a right to redeem the subject property within 120 days after the date of the foreclosure sale.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION March 16, 2022 March 23, 2022 March 30, 2022

J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., dated February 5, 1957, and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Plat Book K, Page 190. Reference is hereby made to said plat for a more complete and accurate description of said property.

Said property is conveyed SUBJECT to all applicable Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, Limitations, Obligations and Easements of record.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Jacqueline Marie Berg by virtue of a Deed from SPE Properties LLC dated May 3, 2018 and recorded May 15, 2018 in Book 0719 at Page 115 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS: 484-10-00-052 Current Property Address: 7637 Selma Street North Charleston, SC 29420 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION 03/16/22, 03/23/22, 03/30/22 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity Master’s Sale Case No. 2021-CP-10-05089 Master’s Sale Case No. 2020-CP-10-00327 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS PHH Mortgage Corporation vs. Jacqueline Marie Berg; Normandy Capital Trust Upon authority of a Decree dated the 10th day of February, 2022 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of April, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and is described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot Five (5), Block H, on a plat of Ashley Heights Subdivision, Section Two (2); said plat by

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Data Mortgage, Inc. vs. John H Wannamaker; Carolyn Smart; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, its successors and assigns Upon authority of a Decree dated the 10th day of February, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of April 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 6, Block Q, Woodview Manor Subdivision, as shown on a plat of E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc. dated December 4,1975, and recorded May 21,1976 in Plat Book AG, Page 46 in the RMC Office for Charleston County; said lot herein conveyed having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will

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Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Newton Howle, SC Bar # 2729, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

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by reference to said plat more fully appear.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto John H. Wannamaker and Carolyn Smart, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from Hoa H. Tran dated February 21, 2020 and recorded March 2, 2020 in Book 0863 at Page 411 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS: 388-01-00-104 Current property address: 4497 Nestwood Street, Ladson, SC 29456 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION 03/16/2022, 03/23/2022, 03/30/2022 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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.

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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

ESTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JOHN HEWITT REIDENBACH CASE NO: 2022-ESl0-0158 NOTICE OF HEARING~ VIRTUAL HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO: PHILIP BERLINSKY, ESQUIRE, AND BRADLEY BONVILLE, ESQUIRE ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER 2971 W. MONTAGUE AVENUE, #201 NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418 PETITIONER OR PETITIONER’S COUNSEL SHALL CAUSE NOTICE (PURSUANT TO SCPC SECTION 62-1-401) TO BE GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED) PERSONS OR THEIR ATTORNEYS. AS THE PETITIONER YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING A COURT REPORTER FOR THE HEARING THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED. IF YOU NEED MORE THAN ONE HOUR ON YOUR CASE - YOU MUST NOTIFY THE CLERK OF PROBATE COURT IMMEDIATELY. NOTIFICATION OF INVITATION FOR VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE OF THE HEARING SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THIS COURT TO PETITIONER’S COUNSEL ONE WEEK PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE SCHEDULED HEARING; AND ONCE RECEIVED, PETITIONER’S COUNSEL SHALL PROVIDE THIS NOTIFICATION TO ALL PARTIES ENTITLED TO NOTICE OF SAME. ANY AND ALL PARTIES MAY ALSO REQUEST ATTENDANCE OF THE HEARING BY PHONE OR EMAIL COMMUNICATION TO SYDNEY FOWLER, ESQUIRE, LAW CLERK OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT, 843-958-5194, OR SFOWLER@CHARLESTONCOUNTY.ORG. DATE OF HEARING: APRIL 13, 2022 TIME:10:00 A.M.~ EASTERN STANDARD TIME PLACE: VIRTUAL HEARING for the Charleston County Probate Court Historic Courthouse, 84 Broad Street Charleston, South Carolina 29401 DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT MATTER: ON PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS. This 11th day of February, 2022.

Signature: /s/ Irvin G. Condon Name: IRVIN G. CONDON, JUDGE OF PROBATE Address: 84 BROAD STREET THIRD FLOOR CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29401 Telephone:(843) 958-5030

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2022CP1000744 SouthState Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

Michael Smith; Onemain Financial Group, LLC; Republic Finance LLC; First Franklin Financial; South State Bank; Aqua Finance, Inc. Defendant(s).

(010904-00409) SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Michael Smith: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 1889 Rena Brown Rd, Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 217-00-00-141, 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 to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. /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 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: 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 February 15, 2022. /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 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. 2022CP1000662 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, v.

George Fisette; Defendant(s).

(012507-02832) SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Demanded TO THE DEFENDANT(S), George Fisette: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 43 Mary St, Charleston, SC 29403, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 459-09-03-122, 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 to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein. /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 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: 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 February 10, 2022. /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 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.

to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

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.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

/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

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2018CP1001966 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Tamaran C. Benjamin n/k/a Tamaran C. Hightower; Deer Park Neighborhood Council; DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 8th day of October, 2018, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th day of April, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as LOT 24, REINDEER WOODS SUBDIVISION as shown on that certain plat entitled: “FINAL PLAT OF REINDEER WOODS SUBDIVISION OF LANDS OF W.J. HALL INTO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ZONED RM-6 FORMERLY PART OF LOT NO. 14, DEER PARK SUBDIVISION, NORTH AREA, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC”, dated April 29, 1990 by R.J. Sample & Associates and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BZ, Page 120. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to Tamaran C. Benjamin by deed of Ann W. Sanderson, dated May 3, 2005 and recorded May 6, 2005 in Book Y535 at Page 258 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 486-06-00-091 Case#: 2018CP1001966 Current Property Address: 2772 Donner Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder.

The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 FN 013263-10679 2018CP1001966 FOR INSERTION 3/16/22, 3/23/22, 3/30/22 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2019CP1006495 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Joseph R. Styons; Brickyard Plantation Property Owners Association, Inc.; , DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 10th day of February, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th day of April, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain lot, piece, or parcel of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known as Lot 13, THE PRESERVE AT BRICKYARD PLANTATION, and designated on a plat of Keith A. Wilson, SCRLS, entitled “A FINAL PLAT OF THE PRESERVE AT BRICKYARD PLANTATION, PHASE 1-A, A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” which said plat was duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on November 22, 1991, in Plat Book CF at page 55, reference to which plat is hereby craved for a more complete description as to distances, courses, metes and bounds.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rightsof-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to Joseph R. Styons by deed of David C. Bunce, Jr. and Cynthia D. Bunce dated July 16, 2010, and recorded July 22, 2010, in Book 134 at Page 525 in the Register of Deeds’ Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 580-10-00-013 Case#: 2019CP1006495 Current Property Address: 2724 Merwether Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 As the Plaintiff did not waive its

right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11 a.m. on the 5th day of May, 2022.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder.

The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 013957-00873 2019CP1006495 FOR INSERTION 3/16/22, 3/23/22, 3/30/22 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

TMS No. 222-00-00-098 Property address: 4124 Blue Cross Lane Johns Island, SC 29455 As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11 a.m. on May 5, 2022.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340 Send bill as usual Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2017-CP-10-05972 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Barclays Mortgage Trust 2021-NPL1, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 2021-NPL1, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Kay Cooper-Dickerson aka Kay Cooper aka M. Kay Cooper; et al., DEFENDANTS Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2018, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot B-2, containing 0.71 acres, on a plat entitled, “Plat Showing the Subdivision of 1.40 acres into Lots B1 and B2, Owned by Carole W. Garvin, Located on Blue Cross Road, Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.”

Said plat, dated August 6, 2004, was drawn by A.H. Schwacke & Associates, Inc., and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EH, page 366. Reference is had to said plat for a full and complete description of the property herein conveyed.

Subject to all easements, restrictions, and rights of way of record.

This being the same property conveyed unto Kay Cooper by deed of Palmer C. Garvin, a/k/a Palmer Carole Garvin, a/k/a Carole W. Garvin, dated March 10, 2005, and recorded March 11, 2005 in Book O 528 at Page 425 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Master’s Sale 2017-CP-10-01195 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., PLAINTIFF VERSUS Pam M. LaBoone a/k/a Pamela Ann LaBoone a/k/a Pam Marshall LaBoone a/k/a Pam Ann Marshall a/k/a Pamela Marshall LaBoone a/k/a Pam M. LaBonne a/k/a Pamela Marshall Bryant a/k/a Pam LaBoone, as Personal Representative, individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Patricia W. Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Marshall a/k/a Patricia Wyatt Marshall; David E. Marshall a/k/a David Eugene Marshall a/k/a David Marshall, individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Patricia W. Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Marshall a/k/a Patricia Wyatt Marshall; Steven R. Marshall a/k/a Steven Radford Marshall a/k/a Steven Marshall, individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Patricia W. Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Marshall a/k/a Patricia Wyatt Marshall; John W. Marshall a/k/a John Wesley Marshall a/k/a John Marshall, individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Patricia W. Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Marshall a/k/a Patricia Wyatt Marshall; and Todd W. Marshall a/k/a Todd Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Todd Marshall, individually and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Patricia W. Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Marshall a/k/a Patricia Wyatt Marshall,

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 15, Block C, on a plat

by Trico Surveying, Inc., dated July 18, 1985, with the last revision dated October 6, 1986, and recorded at Plat Book BK, Page 91, in the RMC Office for Charleston County on October 10, 1986, said plat being entitled in part “Plat of Forest Lakes Extension.” Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings and content as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Samuel R. Marshall and Patricia W. Marshall by Deed of Northlake Homes, Inc., dated June 1, 1987 and recorded July 2, 1987 in Book O166 at Page 147 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Subsequently, Samuel R. Marshall a/k/a Samuel Radford Marshall died testate on or about November 11, 2012, leaving the subject property to his devisee, namely Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall, as is more fully preserved in the probate records for Charleston County in Case No. 2013-ES-10-01696; also by that Deed of Distribution dated August 7, 2014 and recorded August 13, 2014, in Book 0422 at Page 783 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Thereafter, Pam M. LaBoone conveyed any interest she may claim in the subject property to Patricia W. Marshall by deed dated March 2, 2017 and recorded March 6, 2017 in Book 0621 at Page 156 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Patricia W. Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Marshall a/k/a Patricia Wyatt Marshall died testate on or about 04/10/2020, leaving the subject property to his/her devisees, namely Pam M. LaBoone a/k/a Pamela Marshall LaBoone a/k/a Pam M. LaBonne f/k/a Pamela Marshall Bryant a/k/a Pam LaBoone, David E. Marshall a/k/a David Eugene Marshall a/k/a David Marshall, Steven R. Marshall a/k/a Steven Radford Marshall a/k/a Steven Marshall, John W. Marshall a/k/a John Wesley Marshall a/k/a John Marshall, and Todd W. Marshall a/k/a Todd Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Todd Marshall, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2019-ES-10-0105. Thereafter, Pam M. LaBonne was appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia W. Marshall a/k/a Patricia Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Wyatt Marshall a/k/a Patricia Winstead Marshall a/k/a Patricia Ann Marshall a/k/a Patricia Wyatt Marshall (Probate Estate Matter Number 2019ES-10-0105.

bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Send bill as usual

Send bill as usual

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2021-CP-10-04041

Master’s Sale 2021-CP-10-05100

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

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

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Troy D. Linen a/k/a Troy Dwayne Toshio Linen a/k/a Troy D.T. Linen a/k/a Troy Linen a/k/a Troy Dwayne Linen a/k/a Troy Toshio Linen, et al., DEFENDANTS

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., PLAINTIFF VERSUS Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Gretchen L. Francey a/k/a Gretchen Francey, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the December 29, 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain condominium unit known and designated as Unit O, The Courtland Square Horizontal Property Regime located in the County of Charleston, State of South Caronia, a horizontal property regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10, et seq. S.C. Code of Laws 1976, as amended by the Master Deed dated October 10, 2005 and recorded in Charleston County RMC Office in Book K566, Page 054; said condominium unit conveyed together with an undivided percentage interest in and to the common elements appurtenant thereto.

Said property is subject to all applicable covenants, conditions, restrictions, limitations, obligations and easements of record.

This being the same property conveyed to Troy D. Linen by deed from Brickmen, LLC dated February 2, 2007 and recorded February 6, 2007 in Book J614 at Page 837 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 354-01-00-043 Property address: 1427 Emerald Forest Parkway Charleston, SC 29414

TMS No. 411-15-00-281 Property address: 3930 Azalea Drive Unit O North Charleston, SC 29405

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the

Upon authority of a Decree dated the February 10, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2002 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with all improvements and buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 11, Block M, according to a plat entitled “Portion of Brentwood, Charleston County, South Carolina,” made March 1956 by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., surveyor, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book K at Page 94; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, and buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

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

died intestate on or about 04/13/2020.

in and to the common elements appurtenant thereto.

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

SUBJECT to any and all Restrictions, Covenants, Conditions, Easements, Rights-of-Way and all other matters affecting subject property of record in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340 FOR INSERTION: 3/15/2022 3/22/2022 3/29/2022 Send bill as usual Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2020-CP-10-00500 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS U.S. Bank National Association, As Trustee, Successor In Interest To Wilmington Trust Company, As Trustee, Successor In Interest To Bank of America National Association, As Trustee, Successor

By Merger To LaSalle Bank National Association, As Trustee For Lehman XS Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-1, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Troy D. Linen a/k/a Troy Dwayne Linen a/k/a Troy D. T. Linen a/k/a Troy Dwayne Toshio Linen a/k/a Troy Linen a/k/a Troy Toshio Linen; SRMOF II 2012-1 Trust, et al., DEFENDANTS Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 16, 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain condominium unit know and designated as UNIT 2M, THE COURTLAND SQUARE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME located in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, a horizontal property regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10, et seq., S.C. Code of Laws, 1976, as amended by the Master Deed dated October 10, 2005 and recorded in Charleston County RMC Office in Book K-566 at Page 054; SAID condominium unit conveyed together with an undivided percentage interest

This being the same property conveyed to Troy D. Linen by deed of Brickmen, LLC, dated November 2, 2006 and recorded November 6, 2006 in Book P604 at Page 095 in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County.

TMS No. 4111500279 Property address: 3930 Azalea Drive Unit M North Charleston, SC 29405 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340 Send bill as usual Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00838 Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. David Brown, Jr.; Anthony White, as Personal Representative, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Blossom White, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Eugene Mack, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Leon Riley White, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; William Jerome White, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Charles Gary White, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Timothy Keith White, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Myra White Brown, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Rodney Dale White, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; Kerry White Brown, individually, and as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eugene White, Deceased; any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Eugene White,

Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Woodrow W. Blizzard; Shelia Feldman, Paul Weir Feldman; RMC Financial; and The Loan Center, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (220855.00009) 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 February 18, 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 Eugene White, 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 1st day of March, 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 Eugene White to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for SHER Financial Group Inc., dated March 18, 2009, recorded March 31, 2009, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0044 at Page 444.

The description of the premises is as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews designated as Lot 15, Block T, Ponderosa Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., dated April 17, 1977 and recorded in the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County in Plat Book AH at Page 105. For a more complete description of said lot, reference may be had to the above referred to plat of record.

This being the same property conveyed to Eugene White by Deed of David Brown, Jr., dated March 18, 2009 and recorded March 28, 2011 in Book 178 at Page 954 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deed for Charleston, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Eugene White conveyed a one percent (1%) interest in the subject property to David Brown, Jr., by Deed dated March 27, 2011 and recorded March 28, 2011 in Book 0178 at Page 954 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 307-01-00-278 Property address: 807 Corral Drive 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-10-00135 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

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DEFENDANTS Upon authority of a Decree dated the November 17, 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

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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.

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

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.

Master’s Sale 2021-CP-10-04430

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),

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bank of America Mortgage Securities, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-E, PLAINTIFF versus Barbara A. Brass and PNC Bank, National Association, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 8th day of March, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of April, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that lot, piece and parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the south side of Montagu Street, between Ashley Avenue and Gadsden Street, in the City of Charleston, State aforesaid, and known under the present numbering system of the City of Charleston as No. 61 Montagu Street. Measuring and containing

on the north line on Montagu Street, forty feet, five inches (40’5”), in depth on the eastern line eight-sixty fee (86’), on the back or southern line forty feet, five inches (40’5”), and in depth on the western line eighty-six feet (86’), the said lot being more fully described in the plat made

by Richard C. Rhett, Surveyor, dated January 10, 1930, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book E at Page 56. Being the same property conveyed unto Barbara A. Brass by deed from Peter J. Volpe, dated April 5, 2005 and recorded April 7, 2005 in Deed Book D532 at Page 20 in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS No. 4570303052 Property Address: 61 Montague Street, Charleston, SC 29401 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.6250%.

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out.

Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property

is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.

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BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993 FOR INSERTION March 16, 2022, March 23, 2022, March 30, 2022 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 4480

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): Singer, dancer and comedian Sammy Davis Jr. disliked the song “The Candy Man,” but he recorded it anyway, heeding his advisors. He spent just a brief time in the studio, finishing his vocals in two takes. “The song is going straight to the toilet,” he complained, “pulling my career down with it.” Surprise! It became the bestselling tune of his career, topping the Billboard charts for three weeks. I suspect there could be a similar phenomenon (or two!) in your life during the coming months, Aries. Don’t be too sure you know how or where your interesting accomplishments will arise.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I love author Maya Angelou’s definition of high accomplishment, and I recommend you take steps to make it your own in the coming weeks. She wrote, “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” Please note that in her view, success is not primarily about being popular, prestigious, powerful, or prosperous. I’m sure she wouldn’t exclude those qualities from her formula, but the key point is that they are all less crucial than self-love. Please devote quality time to refining and upgrading this aspect of your drive for success.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I’m not fake in any way,” declared Gemini actor Courteney Cox. On the face of it, that’s an amazing statement for a Gemini to make. After all, many in your tribe are masters of disguise and shapeshifting. Cox herself has won accolades for playing a wide variety of characters during her film and TV career, ranging from comedy to drama to horror. But let’s consider the possibility that, yes, you Geminis can be versatile, mutable, and mercurial, yet also authentic and genuine. I think this specialty of yours could and should be extra prominent in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Sometimes I prayed for Baby Jesus to make me good, but Baby Jesus didn’t,” wrote author Barbara Kingsolver about her childhood approach to self-improvement. Just because this method failed to work for her, however, doesn’t mean it won’t work for others. In saying that, I’m not implying you should send out appeals to Baby Jesus. But I suggest you call on your imagination to help you figure out what influences may, in fact, boost your goodness. It’s an excellent time to seek help as you elevate your integrity, expand your compassion, and deepen your commitment to ethical behavior. It’s not that you’re deficient in those departments; just that now is your special time to do what we all need to do periodically: Make sure our actual behavior is in rapt alignment with our high ideals.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo classicist and author Edith Hamilton specialized in the history of ancient Greece. The poet Homer was one of the most influential voices of that world. Hamilton wrote, “An ancient writer said of Homer that he touched nothing without somehow honoring and glorifying it.” I love that about his work, and I invite you to match his energy in the coming weeks. I realize that’s a lot to ask. But according to my reading of the astrological omens, you will indeed have a knack for honoring and glorifying all you touch.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Starhawk, one of my favorite witches, reminds us that “sexuality is the expression of the creative life force of the universe.

It is not dirty, nor is it merely ‘normal’; it is sacred.

And sacred can also be affectionate, joyful, pleasurable, passionate, funny, or purely animal.” I hope you enjoy an abundance of such lushness in the coming weeks, Virgo. It’s a favorable time in your astrological cycle for synergizing eros and spirituality. You have poetic license to express your delight about being alive with imaginative acts of sublime love.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1634, English poet John Milton coined the phrase “silver lining.”

It has become an idiom referring to a redemptive aspect of an experience that falls short of expectations. Over 350 years later, American author Arthur Yorinks wrote, “Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” Now I’m relaying his message to you. Hopefully, my headsup will ensure that you won’t miss the silver lining

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for any reason, including the possibility that you’re fixated on gold.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “This is the most profound spiritual truth I know,” declares author Anne Lamott. “That even when we’re most sure that love can’t conquer all, it seems to anyway. It goes down into the rat hole with us, in the guise of our friends, and there it swells and comforts. It gives us second winds, third winds, hundredth winds.”

Lamott’s thoughts will be your wisdom to live by during the next eight weeks, Scorpio. Even if you think you already know everything there is to know about the powers of love to heal and transform, I urge you to be open to new powers that you have never before seen in action.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Witty Sagittarian author Ashleigh Brilliant has created thousands of cheerful yet often sardonic epigrams.

In accordance with current astrological omens, I have chosen six that will be useful for you to treat as your own in the coming weeks. 1. “I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent.” 2. “I have abandoned my search for truth and am now looking for a good fantasy.” 3. “All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.” 4. “Do your best to satisfy me — that’s all I ask of everybody.” 5. “I’m just moving clouds today, tomorrow I’ll try mountains.” 6. “A terrible thing has happened. I have lost my will to suffer.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “All experience is an enrichment rather than an impoverishment,” wrote author Eudora Welty. That may seem like a simple and obvious statement, but in my view, it’s profound and revolutionary. Too often, we are inclined to conclude that a relatively unpleasant or inconvenient event has diminished us. And while it may indeed have drained some of our vitality or caused us angst, it has almost certainly taught us a lesson or given us insight that will serve us well in the long run — if only to help us avoid similar downers in the future. According to my analysis of your current astrological omens, these thoughts are of prime importance for you right now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Life swarms with innocent monsters,” observed poet Charles Baudelaire. Who are the “innocent monsters”? I’ll suggest a few candidates. Boring people who waste your time but who aren’t inherently evil. Cute advertisements that subtly coax you to want stuff you don’t really need. Social media that seem like amusing diversions except for the fact that they suck your time and drain your energy. That’s the bad news, Aquarius. The good news is that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to eliminate from your life at least some of those innocent monsters. You’re entering a period when you’ll have a strong knack for purging “nice” influences that aren’t really very nice.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Never underestimate the wisdom of being easily satisfied,” wrote aphorist Marty Rubin. If you’re open to welcoming such a challenge, Pisces, I propose that you work on being very easily satisfied during the coming weeks.

See if you can figure out how to enjoy even the smallest daily events with blissful gratitude. Exult in the details that make your daily rhythm so rich. Use your ingenuity to deepen your capacity for regarding life as an ongoing miracle. If you do this right, there will be no need to pretend you’re having fun. You will vividly enhance your sensitivity to the ordinary glories we all tend to take for granted.

Homework: What small change could you initiate that will make a big beneficial difference?

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Summerville Orchestra readies an encore Since its start in 2003, Summerville Orchestra has grown from a handful of founding members playing just for fun into a group of 70 or so instrumentalists participating in fullscale concerts.

To give back to the community, various members of the orchestra perform free chamber music concerts as part of the orchestra’s “Encore Series” at Summerville’s local hang out, Coastal Coffee Roasters.

The next concert, “Solos and Strings” will be held at 7 p.m., March 19. Clarinetist Niko Stem, trumpetist Ethan Pruitt and Wojciech Milewski on piano will join the S.O. string quartet in a diverse program that includes pieces from Mozart and Bach. —Chelsea Grinstead

By Chelsea Grinstead The usual hymns won’t be reverberating from the walls of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in North Charleston on March 19.

Instead, the church will be filled with the sounds of traditional Gullah Geechee spirituals as part of an International African American Museum (IAAM) event entitled, “Awakening of the Ancestors Through Music: A Gullah Geechee Homecoming.”

At the heart of this virtual/in-person educational event is honoring the Gullah Geechee ancestors.

“We look into our past and evoke the spirit of those who made it possible to be who and where we are today,” said Rev. DeMett Jenkins, IAAM director of education and engagement for faith-based commu- Jenkins nities. “We are remembering ancestral memories, experiencing their gifts and talents.”

This Saturday, Georgia-based Geechee Gullah ring shouters will perform a traditional ritual dance at 3:45 p.m. before the 4:30 p.m. main program, which features a choral concert led by local music educator Christal Heyward and presentations from Gullah Geechee scholars, Dr. Jessica Berry and Dr. Eric Crawford.

Jenkins and Heyward assembled the choir as a means to furnish IAAM events with a musical authenticity. Choir volunteers have roots in the local sea islands, including Johns, Wadmalaw and Edisto that are home to Gullah Geechee heritage.

“The Gullah Geechee culture has influenced me personally having grown up around it all my life — the clapping, the rhythm, the music, the food,” said Heyward, a Johns Island native. “In the Lowcountry, we have noisy church in the Black community. There’s tambourines, people stomp their feet, people get up and shout and lift

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Christal Heyward, a lifelong Charlestonian and musician, has released several contemporary gospel CDs in her career and taught private music lessons for more than 25 years their hands. And sometimes in other cultures, it’s misunderstood. The way we do things, everything is big and loud, and we do it proud.”

Berry’s presentation will dive into modern Gullah Geechee culture and language.

Crawford will discuss different categories of Gullah Geechee songs, known as Negro spirituals, that date Crawford back to the 1860s and the custom of “hymn lining,” a song styling that originated among enslaved people and is still being practiced today.

“Oftentimes, we view spirituals as songs that enslaved Africans Americans would sing arbitrarily,” Crawford said.

“These songs have a very important liturgical purpose in the church, which was the center of activity, both secular and

sacred, for the enslaved.”

It’s this categorization of songs that informed singer/pianist Christal Heyward’s selections as she structured the upcoming choral concert. “Songs are selected to represent the different categories of spirituals, such as Lowcountry spirituals, civil rights music and songs for homegoing services in the Black community,” Heyward said.

She will sing and play keys alongside the choir and contextualize the lyrical meaning of each song by describing where and when the songs were traditionally sung.

“We walk people through the whole experience because we sing it in the actual Gullah tongue,” she added. “We take the time to explain and paint a picture for those who are present.”

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church is located at 7396 Rivers Ave. in North Charleston.

For more information and to register, visit https://chscp.co/awakening-ancestors

Charleston County Parks will hold its first Palmetto Park Jam on March 26 at Palmetto Island County Park in Mount Pleasant, featuring local Grateful Dead tribute band, The Reckoning.

Gates are at 10 a.m. for the familyfriendly music event. Music kicks off at noon with a set by local guitarists Mac Calhoun and David Sink before The Reckoning take the stage from 1:304:30 p.m. —CG

Watch new episodes of “Raising The Volume” The Gaillard Center has released five new episodes of “Raising the Volume,” a free video series featuring conversations on music, race, art, activism and community curated by local Grammy winning jazz musician Charlton Singleton and Charleston’s poet laureate Marcus Amaker.

Episodes 18-22 are now available with accompanying lesson plans developed for middle and high school students.

Throughout the “Raising the Volume” interview series, Amaker and Singleton talk with Black artists, educators and entrepreneurs from the Charleston area to give a platform to people who are doing great things in the Lowcountry. —CG

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Peachy Keen, a handmade jewelry shop on upper King Street, is all about creating pieces with the purpose of bringing a sense of balance and healing to the wearer. Beyond a full range of earrings, necklaces, rings and customized items crafted with gold, silver and copper, Peachy Keen also offers a selection of crystals, herbal products and tarot decks. For owner Margot Keen, music goes hand in hand with creativity. She gave City Paper her top five fun songs to jam to when crafting: “4Runner” - Rostam “Malibu 1992” - COIN “If She Wants Me” - Belle and Sebastian

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Songwriter Haley Mae Campbell gets honest Charleston-raised singer-songwriter Haley Mae Campbell just released a new altcountry single, “Thank You Card.” This 23-year-old mover and shaker, who now calls Nashville home, told the City Paper she was first transfixed at a young age by the power of song.

“I grew up listening to a lot of rockabilly and Americana acts, like Alison Krauss and The Old 97’s, from the backseat of my parents’ station wagon,” she said. “I remember wondering how a voice so sweet and pure like Krauss’ could exist and feel like such a strong presence at the same time.”

Campbell recalled an impactful moment in her journey that led her to Nashville’s Music Row where she is currently regarded as a rising star: “I was driving around Charleston after just getting my license, listening to country radio when Kenny Chesney’s ‘Somewhere With You’ came on,” she said. “It was the first time I had heard such a compelling and ear-catching country song that brought me into the story. After that, I was hooked!”

After landing in Music City in 2017, Campbell took advantage of her new surroundings to forge alliances, build her brand and work on her songcraft. Her consistent output demonstrated just how much she had grown as an artist.

“What I’ve found is that the more honesty and detail you can deliver in a song, the more people will relate to it,” she said.

“Even though every listener may not have been in that exact situation, the emotion and truth that comes through can make them feel like they’re right there with you, feeling every feeling.”

Things aren’t like they used to be on the business side of the music profession so Campbell said she has had to be dynamic in

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What I’ve found is that the more honesty and detail you can deliver in a song, the more people will relate to it.”

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promoting her music.

“For the past few years, I’ve been putting out singles that allow me to foster a continuously growing connection with my fans,” she said. “In the age of TikTok and

other digital media marketing, one song can change it all. That was the case for me with ‘Never Been in Love’ (a 2021 song that’s racked up nearly a half a million YouTube views). But I’m looking forward to putting together a project that can showcase some different sides of my voice and include songs that might not be traditionally singled out.”

Come what may, Campbell senses that for now she is right where she belongs.

“I’ve always said that success to me is writing, playing and releasing music fulltime as my only occupation. With those terms, I’m currently living the dream. It’s important to remember that turning your art into a career is no small feat, and it is something to be appreciated and cherished every day.” —Kevin Murphy Wilson

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