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Low Battery Project offers glimpse of future of peninsula development

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Forward-thinking development projects across the peninsula have made headlines in the last few years: Parklets dotted pandemic-emptied streets, the Lowcountry Lowline promised multi-faceted linear park space and several transit projects assured greater pedestrian and cyclist access on downtown streets. In many cases, these projects remain sporadic, temporary and unfinished. The Low Battery Project, however, has been moving steadily along, and is set to incorporate a sampling of each of the aforementioned elements. The Low Battery runs from Tradd Street to E. Battery Street at the southern tip of the peninsula. It was constructed between 1909 and 1919 as a part of a large land reclamation project. The concrete wall of the Low Battery was built on a timber deck supported by timber pilings, skirted with concrete panels on the seaward face. This formed a wall system to retain the landside fill constructed later. By the end of the first phase of construction 1911, 47 acres of buildable land had been reclaimed and was divided into 191 residential building lots. After more than a century of storms, rising seas and heavy winds, the wall was long overdue for repairs. In May 2015, the consulting firm Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson began the surveying work necessary to accurately collect data needed for the assessment and design of the seawall. “It was installed with methods at the time, and it’s just starting to deteriorate,” Fountain said. “We’ve obviously had some hurricanes that have done some damage,

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The park-like redesign of the famed Low Battery will include more walking and seating space with a higher seawall and we finally said, ‘OK, we need to do some major rehab.’ ”

Rethinking the Low Battery

The redesign of the Low Battery is set to create improved linear park space to the benefit of locals and tourists, according to the city’s director of stormwater management Matthew Fountain. “We expanded the size of the walkway on top, we added a bigger sidewalk on the far side of the street, we redid the streetscaping along the corridor, and we added parklets at the intersections.” Parklets — small public spaces created by extending walkways out into the street — became a fascinating and popular experiment on the peninsula. Creating a European outdoor café feel, they offered a bit of help to local restaurants during the pandemic, when indoor dining was nonexistent. But to the chagrin of many, they

were generally scrapped once travel began to resume as the pandemic waned. “It’s shaping up to be a model for what we can do, not just along the Low Battery, but for the whole peninsula,” said City Council member Mike Seekings, whose district includes the Low Battery. Seekings said he has Seekings been involved in the Low Battery project from day one and is excited about the prospects of parklets and linear park space being included along the battery wall. “When you compare it to the proposed seawall we’ve been discussing for years now, CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

The Charleston County School District (CCSD) is launching a new program within its Acceleration Schools initiative that officials hope will help bring attention to teacher burnout, morale and retention. All these challenges were exacerbated during the coronavirus pandemic. In light of the new initiative, the Novo Foundation is awarding $50,000 to the district alongside 13 other districts. CCSD said the funds will go to its 15 Acceleration Schools, which are typically underperforming, according to district officials. The new program is geared toward helping teachers connect with one another to collaboratively tackle challenges they’re all facing. Teachers will meet in groups to talk about their needs and find ways the district can address them. —Skyler Baldwin

“The school has continued to commit systemic and serious violations of state and federal special education law.” Ashley Epperson, assistant director of communications for The Charter Institute of Erskine, said about the Gates School in North Charleston. The school, which serves students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities, has had a rough start after receiving a letter of noncompliance in October 2021 — eight weeks after it opened. Source: The Post and Courier

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Cunningham files for candidacy for SC governor

S.C. Gov. hopeful and former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has officially filed for the upcoming Democratic primary election set for June 14, joining 8 other candidates for Gov. Henry McMaster’s seat. Though he only officially filed today, Cunningham kicked off his campaign with a rally at Tradesmen Brewery in North Charleston April 26, 2021, pointing to longstanding issues facing the state that McMaster has had time and opportunity to change, he said. “This pandemic amplified every shortcoming that exists in our state,” he said at the rally. These sentiments haven’t changed. “I’m running for governor to bring South Carolina out of the past and into the future,” Cunningham told City Paper. “Under a Cunningham Cunningham administration, we will finally tackle the most pressing challenges facing our state that Columbia politicians and Henry McMaster have ignored for decades. “We will raise teacher pay and improve our schools, protect voting rights, end corruption at the state house, fix our crumbling roads, legalize marijuana and make health care affordable and accessible to all,” he said. “If Henry McMaster couldn’t fix these problems throughout his forty year career in politics, he won’t fix them with another four. It’s time for new ideas and a new vision and I’m ready to help South Carolina reach its full potential.” Cunningham was ranked as having one of the most bipartisan voting records in Congress during his single term before he was unseated by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in 2020. Cunningham faces Republican incumbent McMaster, Democratic candidate Mia McLeod, Republican candidate Harrison Musselwhite, and Republican candidate Mindy L. Steele in the governor’s race. Filing for the upcoming primary election closes March 30, and as of March 28, 39 candidates had filed for state positions, and 78 candidates have filed for various positions in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties. For a full list of tri-county candidates who have filed for this year’s election, visit charlestoncitypaper.com. —Skyler Baldwin

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Broadband enhancements expand internet access A number of projects over the course of the last two years have expanded mobile and fiber broadband access across the state and Lowcountry. AT&T completed more than 300 wireless network enhancements in South Carolina in 2021, including adding more than 50 new macro cell sites. These sites improve coverage and capacity of broadband access, and the expansions brought the upgrades to 28 of the state’s 46 counties, including Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties. The company also expanded fiber accessibility, making it available in more than 30,000 different locations. More than 300,000 customer locations in the state now have access to the utility. “We know how important it is for our customers to stay connected,” AT&T said in a press release. “That’s why we’re also boosting network reliability and capacity as we expand our network. This helps South Carolina residents get the best possible experience over the AT&T network where they live,

work and play.” Here at home, the Charleston Digital Corridor, Charleston’s premier tech center, has expanded Wi-Fi access to county parks. Parkgoers can now access free public Wi-Fi services at Colonial Lake, Corrine Jones Park, Hampstead Mall Playground, Hampton Park, Mitchell Playground, Waterfront Park and White point Garden/ Battery Park. Hundreds of visitors use the service, with more than 100 average users per day at Colonial Lake alone. The Digital Corridor started the project in May 2021 through a partnership with Google. Dorchester County officials on March 4 announced a partnership with Home Telecom and Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative to expand high-speed internet access in rural parts of the county. The three-year project will be funded with as much as $8.5 million from the American Rescue Plan, matched by the two telecom companies. —Skyler Baldwin

Health experts fear another surge from new subvariant. Will we see it coming? As countries and large cities around the world are ravaged by some of the biggest COVID outbreaks seen so far, health officials in the U.S. are watching closely to ensure that similar surges aren’t seen on American soil — or that we are at least better prepared for them when they are. Health experts are already drawing conclusions from Hong Kong, a city whose surge made international headlines as it spiked to the highest point ever seen in the city. The biggest takeaway: vaccinate the elderly. Many older people in Hong Kong fell victim to misinformation, according to reports, resulting in less than a quarter of the population over age 80 receiving at least two doses of a coronavirus vaccine,

according to data from the digital corridor. Scientists do not expect the U.S. to face as serious a situation as Hong Kong did, however, because many more Americans have already been infected by the highly contagious omicron variant during earlier waves. But a growing body of research is leading experts to believe a new subvariant, omicron BA.2, could lead to an unforeseen surge. While the wide availability of vaccines and treatments put the nation in a better position than previous surges, the lax attitude state and national leaders have adopted is creating a perfect storm for a stealth variant to spark another surge rivaling delta and omicron. —Skyler Baldwin

A downtown man was spotted passed out face down at a bus stop with only a couple of empty beer cans on the ground nearby. Police didn’t note whether they stopped to laugh at the man’s low tolerance before citing him for the open containers, but we sure would have. How did he find it? A citizen reported that his camouflageprinted Bluetooth speaker had been stolen from his car while it was parked in a downtown parking garage. We understand how the thief found the shiny Macbook in the back, but obviously the speaker needed better camo. Get that pony car some horsepower. A West Ashley man told police his 1965 Ford Mustang was stolen from a parking lot he also owned. He said the car didn’t run very well, and was surprised it had even made it off the lot. Here’s a tip, don’t be a jerk. Security footage in a downtown coffee house recorded a man entering the store and stealing a clear plastic cup labeled “Tips” with about $20 in change and small bills. By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin This Blotter is taken from reports filed with the Charleston Police Department between Feb. 1 to March. 3, 2022. Go online for more even more Blotter charlestoncitypaper.com SPONSORED BY

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they’re two completely different projects,” Seekings said. “One is an amenity for the entire community to enjoy, and the other is a monolithic, single-use wall that I think we can do a lot better than. “If you go out and stand on the upper platform that just finished construction, you can look back toward the Coast Guard station and see 2,000 feet of completed project. It really gives you a great visual of what it’s going to be when it’s completed — a better, more robust Low Battery that will endure for centuries and an incredible linear park and amenity for the public.” Compared to parklets, Linear park space has been less contentious, but equally as difficult to implement on the peninsula, where space is limited and land is highly soughtafter by developers. The Charleston Lowline is perhaps the most ambitious attempt to implement linear park space on the peninsula, with plans for the cavernous corridor underneath Interstate 26. In 1976, the newly elected Mayor Joseph P. Riley built the I-26 Linear Park — the Vivian Anderson Moultrie Playground, where King Street meets I-26 — but today it sits mostly unused as trucks rumble above. Other, sporadic small projects including these forward-thinking development models have been proposed, but they are often too expensive and small in scale to gain much traction. The Low Battery project offers a chance for all of these ideas to come together. “It’s that neat idea of, if you were to do each of these projects individually, you’d spend far more money than if you just did it all at once,” Fountain said. “It’s a great way to do a lot of things with less money.”

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The Low Battery work is divided into phases, with the first phase — which extended from Tradd Street to Ashley Boulevard — beginning in December 2019. Now, construction on the second phase — which continues from Ashley Boulevard to Limehouse Street — has wrapped up, and work on phase three — which would bring the repairs all the way to Battery Place near King Street — is slated to start in April, Fountain said. Once completed, the Low Battery should look radically different than it did before construction started. Not only will the addition of linear parks and parklets offer more reason to visit the historic site, but an extension of the wall, with the capacity to go more than 2 feet higher in some places, could make it a more robust defense against rising sea levels. This is especially important, considering the long-term plan is to have the Low Battery blend into the first stage of the proposed billion-dollar seawall project. “We’re trying to make sure that we don’t build it, and then 10 years down the line you build another wall right over on top of it,” Fountain said.

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publication in Georgia recently shared the story of Brooks Tuck, a Baptist minister turned educator during the civil rights movement. By 1966, Tuck was principal at a white elementary school in segregated Henry County south of Atlanta. When the courts ordered the system to integrate, Tuck volunteered his school, described by historian Jim Cofer as “the most rundown of Henry County’s white schools.” To say Tuck’s decision was met with anger was an understatement as the school received death threats, crank calls and bomb scares. Yet, 13 Black families decided to send their kids to Tuck’s school, as Cofer described: “As the bus carrying the 13 children arrived at Fairview Elementary School, an angry mob of white protesters lined the street to the school. The Black children were afraid. Insulted and threatened by the crowd, Brooks made his way to the bus, stepped into it, welcomed the children and told them, ‘We are going to get through this together.’ ” Then he took each child’s hand and escorted each into the school and its safety inside. As time passed, things got better. Tuck, a modest man, didn’t talk about it for years. But the story, captured in the children’s book Mr. Tuck and the 13 Heroes by Furman University math professor John Harris, didn’t end there. Years later as Tuck was sick and hospitalized, he floated in and out

of consciousness. He noticed, however, an African American nurse who spent a lot of time near his bedside. Cofer related that Tuck asked why she didn’t go home to her family: “She replied, ‘Mr. Tuck, you don’t know me, but I sure do know you. You held my hand and walked me to my first day at Fairview Elementary. You didn’t leave me on that day, and I’m not leaving you. We’re going to get through this together.’ ” One story; two heroes. You might think we need more heroes — and we do. But fortunately, they’re not too hard to find. You just have to look, and you’ll find them working at a school, in a hospital, at a church or in a bakery in Ukraine making free bread for people in a living hell brought on by a despotic villain. They’re driving police cars and fire trucks. They’re soldiers fighting for freedom. And they’re people running organizations that send aid to hungry or war-torn countries. And finally, they appear before Senate committees on the way to confirmation to a federal court, despite hyper-partisan jackals filled with poisonous rhetoric designed to inflame, not inform. Ernest Hemingway once said, “As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.” Find the heroes that surround your life. Emulate people like Brooks Tuck, who died in 2012, so we can all do better. And thank them for what they do.

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New Charleston baseball book shines light on racism’s poison By Chris Lamb

I met Gus Holt in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2012, when I was teaching journalism at the College of Charleston. Historian Steve Hoffius, a mutual friend, told me about the 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and suggested I write their story. I had never heard of the team. Steve introduced me to Gus. Gus and I then met at the college’s library. He came to our meeting with several folders full of research. Gus and I probably met a dozen times over the years and he almost always brought research with him. I received my Ph.D. more than 25 years ago, and I’ve been a college professor longer than that. Gus, who had a high school diploma, was a better researcher than a lot of people with Ph.Ds. He was intrepid Holt — as a researcher and as a man, whether he was challenging bigotry in the East Cooper Recreation Department, organizing reunions for the Cannon Street All Stars, urging reporters to tell the team story, reviving Little League baseball in Charleston, or struggling with the overwhelming health issues of loved ones or the health issues that eventually took his own life. This [book] is the story of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars. But it is really Gus’s story, even though he didn’t live to see the publication of the book. Gus brought the story back to life and willed it into something that transcended the saga of 11- and 12-year-olds being denied the chance to play baseball because of the color of their skin. Gus understood what I finally understood myself: The Cannon Street AllStars are part of a much larger story of how racial bigotry poisoned the people of Charleston and so many others since the arrival of the first slave ship.

People continue to suffer and die every hour of the poison of bigotry because much of white America denies the existence of this virulent virus. This virus is particularly toxic among children because it takes away their dreams, as Langston Hughes wrote about in his poem, “Harlem — A Dream Deferred.” I initially told Gus I wasn’t interested in writing the book. I was working on other books. I would be leaving Charleston soon to take a job at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. There would be so many other things gnawing at my time. But when I got to Indianapolis, I couldn’t get the story out of my head. Whenever my wife, son and I went to see my in-laws in Charleston, I went to the Avery Research Center, which includes archives of the Black experience in Charleston, and to the South Carolina room of the Charleston County Public Library, where I looked at 1955 newspaper articles about Cannon Street All-Stars. I often met with Gus, who kept asking me questions. If I didn’t know the answer or if I answered incorrectly, he would stare at me in disbelief. I finally got to the point when I could answer his questions, and his stare turned to a smile as he said, “You got it.” Gus knew more about the Cannon Street story than anyone else, even though he didn’t play for the team. When I first asked him about how he became involved with the story, he said,” through divine inspiration.” He ran into racism when he coached a team in a league run by the City of Charleston Recreation Department. As he investigated the history of the recreation department, he learned about the Cannon Street All-Stars and began unearthing the story, buried under 40 years of neglect. Gus became an honorary member of the team. He put me in contact with John Rivers, the team shortstop, who became a successful architect in Georgia. This book could not have been written without John’s memories of growing up in Charleston, playing for the Cannon Street Little League, making the All-Star team, and then being denied playing in games because white teams refused to play a Black team, even though the Cannon Street team was every bit as deserving to play in the tournament as any of the white teams.

Chris Lamb, chair of the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at Indiana University-Indianapolis, is editor, author or coauthor of 12 books, including a humorous compendium of putdowns and political comebacks illustrated by the City Paper’s Steve Stegelin. His new book, Stolen Dreams, is available online.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Former College of Charleston professor Chris Lamb has a new book, Stolen Dreams, which explores the 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and how their attempt to play Little League championship baseball got mired in a civil rights war. The following essay is adapted from the book’s first two pages.

This is part of an ongoing series about the big issues that face Charleston-area residents.

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STRINGS ATTACHED Accommodations tax grants are a lifeline for some nonprofits … but not all By Herb Frazier and Michael Smallwood

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wo cents out of each dollar spent for a night in a hotel room or a short-term rental in South Carolina funds the Accommodations Tax Program. Last year, the A-tax program collected $75.8 million statewide. This year, an estimated $7 million in A-tax funds could benefit the City of Charleston. Of the A-tax money Charleston receives, 65% is directed to flow to nonprofit organizations that bring tourists to town. A better-than-expected 2021 tourism season, bouncing back from coronavirus, has given the city a larger pot of A-tax revenue to share with nonprofits. This year, they’re lining up to compete for $2.9 million in grants, which includes about $1 million not spent in 2021 due to the pandemic. Charleston will begin accepting grant applications in early summer and then announce grant awards in January 2023, said the city’s chief financial officer Amy Wharton. Some have already received grants early this year from the unexpected money collected last year, she added. The groups who received the

grants, however, have been warned that if coronavirus rebounds, there might be less money to go around.

Who gets the grants

Once an organization makes a grant request, the city’s Accommodation Tax Advisory Committee, chaired by City Councilmember William Dudley Gregorie, reviews the applications and then makes funding recommendations to city council. Decisions are based on which applicant is best suited to attract tourists to the city’s hotels and put “heads in beds,” Gregorie said, adding that can include smaller nonprofits like theater companies. “The city wants to be more diverse, and we are fighting for the smaller organizations,” he said. “Otherwise, the Gregorie A-tax program might appear to be an entitlement program for the larger organizations.” In Charleston’s nonprofit world,

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Nichole Myles, executive director of the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry, said the museum welcomes locals and tourists alike. “Writing good grants and advocating for children has led to sustained support from the city,” Myles said. where performing and visual artists and museum staff entertain and educate, it can be a “tale of two cities” scenario over who gets A-tax money and who does not. A-tax funds can present a sinkor-swim reality for some smaller local Watson nonprofits. Scott Watson, director of the city’s cultural affairs office, said the A-tax program helps the city “com-

municate the most inclusive and broadest based reflection of what Charleston’s cultural scene is about. It can be everything from the symphony and the Gibbes Museum of Arts to some of the smaller theater companies.” The money, Watson explained, can’t be used for a purpose like sending a local high school marching band to perform in another state, although that might raise Charleston’s profile. And while one single large event can bring more tourists to the city than multiple smaller events Watson echoed Gregorie’s assertion that the city seeks to balance its support for all groups regardless of size.

So how does Charleston’s chief tourism promoter spends its millions? It’s murky. By Herb Frazier

Redux Contemporary Art Center Executive Director Cara Leepson says that qualifying for A-tax funding is “somewhat of a double-edged sword.” “We would hope that when the Gibbes attracts tourists to Charleston they also discover Ann Caldwell at Circular Church,” Watson said. “We can create a colony that is supportive of all the creative community and then we can have a promotional effort that draws attention to the smaller events.” Through the years, A-tax funds have helped establish some groups that have evolved into well-known arts organizations, like Charleston Jazz. Currently, Watson has high hopes for the A-tax-funded Charleston Literary Festival, which was launched by the Charleston Library Society. “It appeals to a lot of people who come to see their favorite authors and now it is a separate nonprofit,” he said of the festival which received its first round of A-tax money in 2019. “The Charleston Literary Festival is building a good reputation. It is an investment in the future.”

A bright future without accommodation taxes?

Cara Leepson, executive director of Redux Contemporary Art Center, sees a questionable future for her organization without A-tax funds. Redux stages art exhibits, film screenings, classes and free events throughout the year. Redux’s artist-inresidency program has launched many of Charleston’s best local artists, and its galleries and exhibitions have showcased acclaimed works by artists of all disciplines. The center Leepson has applied for A-tax funding twice since Leepson became executive director in 2017. But twice it has been denied. Being turned down for A-tax funding is “very unfortunate!” Leepson said in an email to the Charleston City Paper. Recently, the center has been mentioned in The New York Times and The Washington Post. With that national coverage, Leepson CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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We are looking for more transparency, and we haven’t to this point … gotten that transparency.” —Ray Burns, chairman of IOP’s Accommodation Tax Advisory Committee

Guide and Destination Planning Guide (and their companion websites) and ExploreCharleston.com. That lack of A-tax funding for similar operations irks some in the local media sphere. Robert Smith, owner and operator of Charleston.com, said his website also brings tourists to the Lowcountry. Smith said 21,025 people visited the site between March 3-7, 2022. But as a for-profit businessman he’s not eligible for A-tax support. “If I am promoting Charleston as a destination, and they are promoting Chaleston as a destination, it seems reasonable to get a subsidy from the city,” he said.

So where does CACVB’s funding come from?

An audit the City Paper reviewed of the CACVB’s 2017 finances showed $346,833 in regional CACVB funding revenue from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism. Publication, advertising and

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City of Charleston Accommodation Tax Fund revenue A general breakdown of A-tax revenue. Area nonprofits compete for the Grants-in-Aid. Revenue use Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau (30%)

2021 approved budget: $3.6 million

2022 proposed budget: $6.9 million

$1,072,500

$2,068,500

To General Fund (5%)

$203,750

$369,750

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South Carolina state law says 30% of accomodations tax (A-tax) funds must go back to a local government’s Designated Marketing Organization (DMO), which then works as that area’s tourism marketer. In Charleston, the DMO receiving roughly $2 million is the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau (CACVB). In addition to receiving Charleston’s A-tax revenue, the CACVB also serves as the DMO for Kiawah Island, Mount Pleasant, North Charleston, Seabrook Island, Sullivan’s Island, the Isle of Palms and Charleston County. CACVB thus also receives 30% of the A-tax money collected in each of those jurisdictions. Through the years, the nonprofit CACVB has received kudos for its marketing of the Holy City and its environs. The CACVB aggressively promotes Charleston, and their work helps consistently keep Charleston among the world’s top travel destinations. With offices on King Street and four area visitor’s centers, it’s a sprawling organization whose most recent abbreviated tax statement in 2020, shows a reported income of $18.8 million (https:// projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/ organizations/30386059). It’s defined as a nonprofit, but CACVB still earns a lot of money — sometimes in the very same ways that for-profit, nonA-tax-funded local newspapers and magazines and the tourism website Charleston.com — earn theirs. CACVB revenue sources include advertising sales in multiple publications like their Charleston Visitors Guide, Wedding

program earnings brought in $3.26 million, while the CACVB’s membership base of more than 600 tourismrelated businesses contributed $451,231. Membership benefits include: listings on ExploreCharleston.com, sales and media leads/referrals, trade shows, various co-op opportunities, and educational seminars and meetings. In 2017, the CACVB’s lodging cooperative — whose 85 member hotels charge an additional $1 or $2 per room per night (on top of the 2% A-tax charge) — also earned CACVB more than $2.2 million. Despite income from sources like advertising, Bobby Creech, a spokesman for CACVB’s accounting firm Webster Rogers LLC, said the nonprofit does not compete with the private media sector. Despite $3.26 million in revenue, advertising in CACVB publications has very little taxable unrelated income due to the same sorts of expenses any publisher faces, he said. Still, the CACVB makes those expenses tough to determine. The organization makes its form 990-T — unrelated business expense — forms available to the public, but does not provide a detailed breakdown of those expenses. CACVB’s vice president for media and innovation development Doug Warner said representatives of the local municipalities it serves review and approve the CACVB budget, but these murky finances have led to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the CACVB, and concerns from some municipalities. Last year, Port Royal resident Mare Baracco

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said she’s hoping “the city sees our impact enough to know our impact with the tourism in town.” Leepson, who joined Redux as an intern in 2009, is among those who have wondered if the A-tax process “prioritizes the bigger organizations and doesn’t really support the little guys like us who still have an impact on the economy. We’re used to this kind of thing, but it still sometimes is upsetting as it doesn’t give us a chance to reach a larger audience.” If Redux obtained A-tax funding, Leepson said, she’d use the money to develop more programming for out-of-town visitors and boost the marketing program. “But unfortunately we don’t have the funds to invest in those opportunities with our limited budget. It’s somewhat of a doubleedged sword.” Watson said Redux has been encouraged to apply for A-tax funds in the summer. Now that the center is in a new more visible location on upper King Street, they are more likely to make a better case that they can attract tourists, he said.

Funding supports a place where children play and learn

Less than a mile and half south of Redux, tiny figures create a different kind of art on Ann Street at the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry. Although the coronavirus shortened the museum’s hours, executive director Nichole Myles said through an outreach program to local schools, remote teaching and a mobile museum, the Children’s Museum reached about 35,000 to 40,000 children. Some of those kids, she added, came to the downtown location with their parents, including out-of-towners. Writing good grants and advocating for children has

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filed a lawsuit against the CACVB. In 2005, Folly Beach partially withdrew from the CACVB to handle its own A-tax spending. More recently, the Isle of Palms formed a task force to study its relationship with the CACVB.

The lawsuit

In her lawsuit, Baracco alleges the CACVB has violated the state’s Freedom of Information Act by not releasing its financial data. Baracco, a business consultant and federal government contractor, said she visits the city overnight and pays accommodation taxes, which gives her the right to question CACVB spending.

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within its allocated two years. Amy Wharton said the city’s “internal audit division does perform audits of orgaAs with any grant nizations on an annual basis, however, we do not audit every organization. We also program you have to ensure that the funds are spent on the probe careful what you ask gram for which they applied. We have had couple of instances in which an organizafor so that you are able ation was not in compliance.” One of the groups, which was required to execute what you to return $4,500, has since disbanded, say you’re going to do. Wharton said. The other group, Art Forms and Theatre Concepts, is still functioning. You have to be a good Wharton said the city awarded Art steward of those funds.” Forms $20,000 in 2018 and 2019; however, Art Forms was only reimbursed $4,994.59 —Nichole Myles, Children’s Museum and $3,956.61, respectively, in those years. of the Lowcountry executive director “They did receive an award in 2020, but we did not pay them anything in led to sustained support from the city, 2020, as there were no eligible expenses she said. to reimburse,” she said. “Art Forms “Over the seven years I’ve been at has applied for funding in 2022. If the the museum we have seen a significant money is awarded, it will have to present increase in our A-tax funds from about approved receipts to be reimbursed for $30,000 in 2015 to $105,000 in 2020,” the expense.” she said. she said. But she issued a word of cauWatson added there was no financial tion, too. “A s with any grant program you impropriety suspected with Art Forms. have to be careful what you ask for s o Basically, he said, the company couldn’t that you are able to execute what you say produce documents substantiating you’re going to do,” she explained. “You have to be a good steward of those funds. That is how you build trust to keep getting funded.”

eligible expense items, so they simply didn’t get that portion of their grant. To help ensure compliance, Art Forms is now coordinating its A-tax requests for disbursements through the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs and has been receiving guidance from Watson. Art Forms’ artistic director Arthur L. Gilliard, who founded the company more than two decades ago, said, “We did not spend it on promotions. We spent it on general operations. The Accommodations Tax money should be spent (on) advertisements and promotional things to bring tourists in. “I felt very bad after that incident,” Gilliard added. “We had such a perfect record prior to that.” To apply to the Charleston’s Accommodations Tax Grant program, contact the Business Finance and Revenue Collection Office at 116 Meeting Street. Eligible nonprofits must demonstrate an ability to promote tourism, list their advertising or promotion related to tourism development, and calculate the number of non-residents tourists they could attract to an event. For more details, go to: https:// www.charleston-sc.gov/123/CommunityAssistance-Accommodations-Tax

A-tax rules are strict

Nonprofits must report how they spent the grant and can’t spend the funds for operating expenses. Smaller grant amounts are issued in one annual disbursement. Other funds are released after requests for reimbursements. But not all nonprofit art groups have delivered on what they’ve promised. And when they don’t, the city steps in and asks questions, especially if an organization does not spend all of the money it’s awarded In 2021, Baracco filed an action after seeing a contract between the CACVB and Charleston County in which the CACVB said it would abide by the Freedom of Information Act in its business relationship with Charleston County. Yet the CACVB has declined to reveal an itemized accounting per Baracco’s FOIA request. CACVB attorney David Jennings wrote to Baracco that the CACVB can provide “the receipt of funds from Charleston County, but the CACVB’s accounting records do not itemize or allocate expenditures according to individual revenue categories.” Baracco declined to discuss the lawsuit, but said, “I am a regular citizen who wants to know how our government functions. I’d just like to see how public money is being spent in the state.” The lawsuit has been mired in early stage

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Art Forms and Theatre Concepts’ productions, such as its 2018 Piccolo Spoleto offerings, have benefited from access to A-tax funds formula, Isle of Palms sent $733,000 to the CACVB, according to Ray Burns, chairman of IOP’s Accommodation Tax Advisory Questioning full partnership Committee. The IOP City Council recently In 2005, Folly Beach formed a Tourism formed a task force to study alternatives and Visitor Promotion Committee, taking ways to market the beach resort. over its DMO responsibility from the “We feel there is a place for the CACVB. During the fiscal year that ended (Charleston Area) CVB in the marketing June 31, 2021, the town received $1.5 mil- efforts, but there is also a place for our own lion in A-tax revenue, with 30% going to marketing organization to do more tarits DMO, according to the town’s annual geted marketing for the Isle of Palms,” he accommodations tax reporting form. Folly said. “I think they’ve done an excellent job Beach also continues its annual CACVB of marketing Charleston to the world … the membership, paying $25,000 in addition recognition Charleston has gotten — a lot to $22,000 for CACVB advertising. of the credit for that goes to the CVB.” “All of our A-tax money was going to the When told of Baracco’s lawsuit accusing CVB,” Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin the CACVB of declining to release its finansaid. “Now we have more control over cial information, Burns added, “That is one what goes where instead of all of the of our issues with them. We are looking for money going (to the CVB) automatically.” more transparency, and we haven’t to this Last year, under the accommodation tax point … gotten that transparency.”

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Kareen White book release luncheon Buxton Books is welcoming its dear friend and bestselling author Karen White, back to the Lowcountry for a special luncheon at Halls Signature Events. The event will celebrate the release of her latest novel, The Shop on Royal Street. White will mingle and share her new presentation, and guests will have a chance to get their books signed. Each ticket includes a signed hardcover copy of the book and an afternoon full of converation and celebration of White. Space is limited, and tickets are nonrefundable. March 31. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Halls Signature Events. 5 Faber St. Downtown. buxtonbooks.com THROUGH APRIL

“Unique Magical Footprints” Quilt exhibition Join the Public Works Art Center (PWAC) in Downtown Summerville for “Unique Magical Footprints,” a Quilt Exhibition featuring works created between 2018-2022 by Summerville High School students with special needs. PWAC is a volunteer-only program that works diligently to raise funds from local Summerville residents to expand the local arts community. March 17-April 15. Free to attend. Public Works Art Center. 135 West Richardson Ave. Summerville. publicworksartcenter.org WEDNESDAY

The Righteous Gemstones Trivia Biergarten’s The Righteous Gemstones trivia will have you laughing all the way to the Sunday post-church buffet at Jason’s Steakhouse. Test your knowledge on the locally filmed The Righteous Gemstones, which has taken the community by storm. Build a team, grab a table and don’t forget to have a drink or two. Watch The Righteous Gemstones on HBO Max, Hulu or YouTube TV. March 30. $10/team. Bay Street Biergarten. 549 East Bay St. Downtown. baystreetbiergarten.com NEXT WEDNESDAY

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attended the March 18 opening night reception of PEARLS, including Williams-Scalise. “I wasn’t sure what to expect as a result, but it’s safe to say that it has blown me away,” she said. “Friday night was a flurry of emotions — pride in myself and the other women and creative directive, frustration at the work that still needs to be done in many facets of the stories we shared, and hope in the community we have in Charleston.” Park, renowned frontwoman of folk/rock band She Returns From War, said she can’t sing Chan’s praises enough for organizing the project. “Getting to know Chynna was such a gift from the universe, and seeing her hard work pay off at the opening was astounding,” she said. “She is the kind of particularly gentle that helps make the world a better place to be.” PEARLS is open until April 5 at Julia Deckman Studio, juliadeckmanstudio.com.

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Before launching Ma’am Saab in 2020 and Malika in 2021, Maryam Ghaznavi was a full-time teacher at East Cooper Montessori Charter School

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Local food and beverage entrepreneur Michael Shemtov has added another project under his belt to help fellow restaurateurs, chefs and those in the food and beverage community. Shemtov has partnered with BLAKE, a small PR company that tells stories “responsibly, with context and confidence” to build nationwide brand awareness for smaller restaurateurs and chefs through The Bee Fund. “I know folks who could benefit from PR but don’t necessarily have the contacts or maybe don’t have the budget to spend on it,” Shemtov said. “One of the things that I try to think about is, if we’re going to do something, how can it benefit not just the people that we’re lucky enough to know, but the wider community?” The Bee Fund is offering recipients a chance to build a nationwide reputation and share their story. Every six months, BLAKE and Butcher & Bee will choose from a pool of applicants “who can come from anywhere geographically and anywhere in the food world — from food cart operators to emerging CPG (consumer packaged goods) brands to system disruptors and everything in between and beyond.” The chosen recipient will then work with BLAKE for six months, building brand recognition and awareness. BLAKE has worked with clients who

Local entrepreneur Michael Shemtov expands his food and beverage community philanthropy with The Bee Fund have landed in Bon Appetit Top 10, Esquire’s Best New Restaurant in America list and helped name-changing brands like spice company Diaspora Co. and Chinese sauce and dumpling brand Fly By Jing. “We tend to work in a pretty fluid and agile way,” said BLAKE owner Blake MacKay. ”I like to work with clients who aren’t sort of, you know, big or chained or corporate or anything like that.” To that end, the first recipient of The Bee Fund are locals Maryam Ghaznavi and Raheel Gauba of Malika in Mount Pleasant

and soon-to-be-open Ma’am Saab downtown. Their Pakistani cuisine has taken Charleston by storm. “We felt like we had somebody who just was a perfect candidate with a great story, with something new,” said Shemtov. “This sort of fit exactly the business that we wanted to help lift up and promote.” When planning The Bee Fund, Shemtov knew what Ghaznavi and Gauba had to share, and believed their scope was larger than the Lowcountry. There’s significance, he said, in a pair of Pakistani immigrants taking over the space at Jestine’s, an iconic comfort food haven named after the black cook and housekeeper of the restaurateur’s white family. “I think [Ghaznavi and Gauba] have a bigger story,” said Shemtov. “It really could be a national story in any national publication, especially around, you know, opening downtown in this spot. It’s like, it has a bit of a challenging history to it.” After Shemtov shared the couple’s story with MacKay and Peter Shrieve-Don, a BLAKE account manager, the pair came to share Shemtov’s sentiment: “There’s no doubt in my mind that this is a story that needs to be told nationally, and that will be of interest to national media,” MacKay said. ”They just need to be aware of it. We’re talking internationally, too. We definitely CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

Charleston Wine + Food wrapped another successful year, even after announcing big changes from proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to a relocation of Culinary Village from historic Marion Square to Riverfront Park in North Charleston. And on March 18, W+F announced another big change: long-time executive director Gillian Zettler has departed the festival organization after nine years for a new executive position. The W+F board will announce an interim director and begin its search for a permanent one soon. —Michael Pham

Old St. Andrew’s hosts 68th annual tea room and gift shop Charleston’s oldest tea room continues its tradition at St. Andrew’s Parish Church (Old St. Andrew’s) after it was cut short in 2020 due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and canceled altogether in 2021. The tea room will run from March 28 to April 9, serving lunch Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Menu items include shecrab soup, okra soup, chicken salad, shrimp paste sandwiches, salad and dessert. In addition to the tea room, the St. Andrew’s Parish Church hosts a gift shop that features handmade craft and food items. Proceeds from the Tea Room and Gift Shop support the mission, outreach and parish of The Church Women of Old St. Andrew’s. —MP

Firefly launches inaugural Firefly on the Bayou Firefly Distillery is hosting its inaugural New Orleans-themed event, Firefly on the Bayou on April 2 at 12 p.m. The event will feature imported crawfish straight from Louisiana. Firefly co-owner Scott Newitt’s long-time friend and 4th generation Louisiana native Garrett St. Germaine. St. Germaine will cook the crawfish using an old family recipe and crawfish from famed Cajun retailer Pierre Part Store. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day-of. Children under 10 are free for the event. —MP

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Co-owner Roderick Groetzinger welcomes the community with a bright, open space at his John’s Island liquor store Equal Parts

By Michael Pham Let’s all admit it — liquor stores can be a little shady. Spaces are tight and dimly lit. They’re organized, but you’ll typically get no real direction or idea as to what any of the labels mean. Have a question? Good luck finding an answer. Roderick Groetzinger wants to change that with his John’s Island liquor store, Equal Parts. “With almost all liquor stores, I feel like they can be very dated and musty,” he said. “There’s nothing in there that makes you feel like you want to spend a lot of time there. You just want to get what you’re in there for and leave.” With this stigma in mind, Groetzinger designed his new 3297 Maybank Hwy space to be the complete opposite of that, with intentional design choices to make Equal Parts feel welcome and comforting for those looking to purchase spirits. In contrast to a typical liquor store, Equal Parts is a large open space, with 10x10-foot windows lighting the store with Lowcountry sunshine, a tall 18 ft ceiling, open shelving along the walls, ceiling fans and greenery. Equal Parts, according to Groetzinger, is designed to be a place where shoppers can feel like they can ask questions, learn and connect with other at-home bartenders. There’s also a designated three-seater tasting area for brands to come in and educate spirit shoppers. “I’ve been in the restaurant industry my entire life,” Groetzinger said. “So I kind of wanted to go into a liquor store, but feel like maybe I can hang when I am here, like it’s kind of got a vibe and energy to it. I want it to be a place where people can feel

like they can sit down, look at a bottle and ask questions about it. From what I’ve found, there’s never a designated area for that to take place. So it’s kind of awkward – some guy standing next to a stack of vodka boxes, handing out little cups.” And it isn’t just the interior. In addition to the windows, the outside looks a little different than the standard liquor store too. Three red dots are the universal South Carolinian symbol of a liquor store. It’s a common-use signal, but not law — at least not now. According to City Paper contributor Robert F. Moss in a Southeastern Dispatch article, the red dots were used to work around a 1945 law, strictly prohibiting liquor store advertising. Since then, laws have relaxed, but the tradition still stands – just not with Equal Parts. Instead of the familiar red dots, Groetzinger chose to display three lemon wheels, a common and popular cocktail garnish. In addition to an engaging customer experience, Equal Parts is the only Class B seller on John’s Island, allowing the store to sell to restaurants and bars. “Nobody on John’s Island is doing it, so obviously we saw an opportunity there,” Groetzinger said. But the ability to sell to restaurants and bars expands on Groetzinger’s desire to build a “communitybased” liquor store. “There’s more of a way to engage and also offer a consulting side of the business to help restaurants and bars create and develop their cocktail programs, too.” Equal Parts Liquor Store is now open on 3297 Maybank Hwy. Ste. 302 and open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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want to sort of capture some media in Pakistan as well.” “We were just giggling with excitement when we got off the phone,” Shrieve-Don said. “And I know this word authenticity is used in so many different ways nowadays, but you know, authenticity in this situation is obviously undeniable and in this industry, we all know that authenticity has longevity. We just think that this partnership and the story is a great deal.” Ghaznavi and Gauba, too, share the sentiment, and are honored to be the first recipients of The Bee Fund. “This is just another representation of the world responding positively to positivity.”Ghaznavi said. We don’t see it as, like, ‘Hey, we just found some magic formula and we’re just going to go ahead and milk it.’ It really is for a purpose. And the purpose is to share and kind of break barriers and stereotypes of where we come from, where I come from. “As a female Pakistani, and being recognized as a chef, internationally or nationally, you know, out of Pakistan, doesn’t happen very often. It doesn’t happen. I don’t even know many names around the world even if that happens.” “You know what sets a great business apart from an extraordinary one? The extraordinary one is the one that set out to tell their story,” Gauba added. “You know,

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The Bee Fund was created to help local brands launch into nationwide markets how they tell their story, who were the people that helped them tell the story; all those things matter. We didn’t get into this business just to make money. It’s not driven by that, it’s driven by our desire to spread the word, to share our cuisine. It’s to share our story. It’s to share what Pakistani culture is. And Michael has been a huge part in us being able to tell that story.” After their time with The Bee Fund, Ghaznavi and Gauba plan to share what they learn and help “graduate another class” of upcoming chefs and restaurateurs. “We’re the first, and by definition, that means we’re not the last,” Gauba said. “And the most exciting part about the fund itself is that there’s going to be a fraternity, there’s going to be mentorship, there’s going to be growth as a community.”

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TO DEFENDANT: Emmanuel Washington Sr. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 7, 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, Daniel A. Beck, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 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. Daniel A. Beck, SC Bar #104335, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 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 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.

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: ELIZABETH GREEN GRANT 2020-ES-10-1647 DOD: 05/21/20 Pers. Rep: PHILIP H. CHEVES 312 7TH AVE., MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ Estate of: FRANCISCA DESEO ENCARNACION 2021-ES-10-2060 DOD: 09/19/21 Pers. Rep: IRIS D. ENCARNACION BORJA 56 CREEK BEND DR. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485 ************ Estate of: NATHANIEL MIDDLETON 2021-ES-10-2263 DOD: 07/09/21 Pers. Rep: DORIS B. MIDDLETON 4946 AMBERWOOD LN. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418 Atty: EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQ. PO BOX 42270 NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29423 ************ Estate of: DANIEL E. MENGEDOHT 2022-ES-10-0132 DOD: 12/26/21 Pers. Rep: MARJORIE M. MENGEDOHT 1 BISHOP GADSDEN WAY, A241 CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: SUSAN A. TESCHNER, ESQ. 3 LOCKWOOD DR., #204 CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: CURLEY MARTIN 2022-ES-10-0181 DOD: 01/16/22 Pers. Rep: MELODY L. CRANE 106 HAMMERBECK RD.

SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483 ************ Estate of: ANN MARIE BROOME 2022-ES-10-0187 DOD: 11/26/21 Pers. Rep: AMBER L. OTT 300 BUCKTHORNE DR. LEXINGTON, SC 29072 Pers. Rep: KELLEY JOSEPH BROOME 211 PARKSHORE DR. W. COLUMBIA, SC 29233 Atty: JOSEPH D. WALKER, ESQ. PO BOX 11390, COLUMBIA, SC 29201 ************ Estate of: JOSEPH ANTHONY CONTI 2022-ES-10-0188 DOD: 01/10/22 Pers. Rep: JOSEPH A. CONTI 105 LAKEBREEZE WAY FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22406 ************ Estate of: MARK LANCE BLOOM 2022-ES-10-0197 DOD: 01/12/22 Pers. Rep: SUSAN R. LYONS 7 GADSDEN ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: CHARLES FRANKLIN JONES, JR. 2022-ES-10-0198 DOD: 09/03/21 Pers. Rep: DEBRA K. JONES 9954 LEVERSHALL DR. LADSON, SC 29456 ************ Estate of: IRENE L. PARMENTER 2022-ES-10-0225 DOD: 01/30/22 Pers. Rep: JAMES E. NORTH 2525 GOLDEN CHESTNUT WAY MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577 Atty: JOSEPH W. GINN, III, ESQ. 3842 LEEDS AVE., #2 NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405 ************ Estate of: JAMES LLOYD STROBEL 2022-ES-10-0235 DOD: 01/03/22 Pers. Rep: PAULA M. STROBEL PO BOX 1664 FOLLY BEACH, SC 29439 Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: LINDA MCCOY BROWN 2022-ES-10-0256 DOD: 01/21/22 Pers. Rep: DIANE ELAINE GRIFFIN PO BOX 565 RAVENEL, SC 29470

DOD: 02/13/22 Pers. Rep: GREGORY E. JOHNSON 1021 GRAND CONCOURSE ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: CARL ISAAC GIBBS, SR. 2022-ES-10-0384 DOD: 12/24/21 Pers. Rep: LISA SHARNELL SIMMONS 5452 RISING TIDE, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 ************ Estate of: SHARON JORDAN 2022-ES-10-0407 DOD: 01/30/22 Pers. Rep: WILLIAM EDWARDS 1132 BARRETT RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: ANTHONY B. O’NEILL, SR., ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: BENJAMIN OWEN RAVENEL, JR. 2022-ES-10-0441 DOD: 01/28/22 Pers. Rep: VIRGINIA CONDON RAVENEL 18 COUNTRY CLUB DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: SUSAN A. TESCHNER, ESQ. 3 LOCKWOOD DR., #204 CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: BRENDAN LARKIN KELLY 2022-ES-10-0449 DOD: 01/28/22 Pers. Rep: EVE KELLY SCHARFENBERG 326 N. NEVILLE ST., #1 PITTSBURG, PA 15215 Atty: ROGER S. DIXON, ESQ. 105 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #3B CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ************ Estate of: MELANIE KLOBA 2022-ES-10-0453 DOD: 02/03/22 Pers. Rep: BEVERLY ANN KLOBA 3200 HILLS CHURCH RD. EXPORT, PA 15632 Atty: JOSEPH W. GINN, III, ESQ. 3842 LEEDS AVE., #2 CHARLESTON, SC 29405

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Estate of: PAUL G. MARSHALL AKA PAUL GRIMBALL MARSHALL, JR. 2022-ES-10-0318 DOD: 01/24/22 Pers. Rep: VIRGINIA L. MARSHALL 25 STATE ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: BETTY S. STRICKLAND 2022-ES-10-0372 DOD: 01/18/22 Pers. Rep: RANDY D. STRICKLAND 1194 HOLLY SPRINGS RD. LYMAN, SC 29365 Atty: SHANE W. ROGERS, ESQ. PO BOX 5587 SPARTANBURG, SC 29304 ************ Estate of: MARIA POLERA JOHNSON 2022-ES-10-0382

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

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.”

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.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2021-DR-10- 2813 BRYAN INGRAM, Plaintiff, vs. BRITTANY BRITT & SC DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendants. SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. THE CURRY LAW FIRM, LLC Cindy R. Graham, Esquire Attorney for Plaintiff Post Office Box 42270 North Charleston, South Carolina 29423 Office: 843-767-5284 Fax: 843-767-5286 NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County Family Court on September 24, 2021, at 12:36 PM. THE CURRY LAW FIRM, LLC, CINDY R. GRAHAM, ESQUIRE, Attorney for Plaintiff, Post Office Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423 (843) 767-5284.

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 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

Master’s Sale Case No. 2021-CP-10-05089 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 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.

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

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.

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

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Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived

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

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ON PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS.

FOR INSERTION 03/16/2022, 03/23/2022, 03/30/2022

ESTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT

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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)

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

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.

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

/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. 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,

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Pers. Rep: MARY LOUISE FOWLER 1230 MALONE DR. SUMTER, SC 29154 Atty: F. RENEE GATERS, ESQ. PO BOX 1015 CHARLESTON, SC 29402 ************ Estate of: CATHERINE W. BELLINGER 2022-ES-10-0284 DOD: 01/24/22 Pers. Rep: MARY W. HOLMES 2906 MURRAYWOOD RD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 ************ Estate of: RONALD WAYNE SMITH 2022-ES-10-0297 DOD: 01/13/22 Pers. Rep: MARILYN J. TREVINO 2140 FOREST LAKES BLVD. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************ Estate of: LUTZ MICHAEL EGGERT 2022-ES-10-0332 DOD: 01/17/22 Pers. Rep: HEIDEMARIE EGGERT 2280 BECKENHAM DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29466 Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: GINA RENA DAVIS 2022-ES-10-0333 DOD: 09/06/21 Pers. Rep: TYLER DAVIS 10280 PENNRIDGE DR. PORTAGE, MI 49024 Atty: DANIEL M. BRADLEY, ESQ. PO BOX 2061 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29465 ************ Estate of: ELIZABETH L. BATTLE 2022-ES-10-0342 DOD: 02/06/22 Pers. Rep: RICHARD T. BATTLE 355 EPPINGTON DR. ATLANTA, GA 30327 Pers. Rep: RICHARD H. BATTLE 460 FOREST HILLS DR. ATLANTA, GA 30342 Atty: EDWARD G. R. BENNETT, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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

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

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

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston

County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date. PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 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

NOTICE TO CURRENT AND FORMER CLIENTS OF MICHAEL J. MIMS: By Order of the S.C. Supreme Court, the law office of Michael J. Mims of North Charleston, SC, has been closed. The S.C. Supreme Court appointed Peyre T. Lumpkin as Receiver to protect the interests of the clients of Michael J. Mims. Personnel from the Receiver’s Office are available to assist you in obtaining your file. Please contact the Receiver’s Office at 803-734-1186 to make arrangements to receive your file(s).

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Located on Blue Cross Road, Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.”

Charleston, South Carolina on the 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2002 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

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.

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.

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. 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,

Master’s Sale 2021-CP-10-05100 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 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 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

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. TMS No. 411-05-00-069 Property address: 2664 Leeds Avenue 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 FOR INSERTION: 3/15/2022 3/22/2022 3/29/2022

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. 411-15-00-281 Property address: 3930 Azalea Drive Unit O 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

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Master’s Sale 2021-CP-10-04041

Master’s Sale 2017-CP-10-01195

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 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,

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

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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. 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.

DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT MATTER: PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: JOY D. STONEY-REID. ESQ. 6650 RIVERS AVE. N. CHARLESTON SC 29406 843-763-1300 DATE OF VIRTUAL HEARING: MAY 12, 2022 TIME: 10:00 AM EST PLACE: VIRTUAL HEARING CHARLESTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT 84 BROAD ST. CHARLESTON SC 29401 NOTICE OF HEARING IS HEREBY GIVEN TO: ANY INTERESTED PERSONS FOR THE ESTATE OF MILDRED E. WHITE NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR VIRTUAL HEARING SHALL BE PROVIDED BY PETITIONER’S COUNSEL ONE WEEK PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE HEARING. ANY AND ALL PARTIES MAY REQUEST ATTENDANCE AT THE HEARING BY PHONE OR EMAIL COMMUNICATION TO SYDNEY FOWLER, ESQ. LAW CLERK OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT 843-958-5194 OR SFOWLER@ CHARLESTONCOUNTY.ORG.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2022-CP-10-00255 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for CSMC 2020-RPL5 Trust, Plaintiff vs. Bertie A. Lights, Jr. aka Bertie Lights, Jr. aka Berty A. Lights, Jr. aka Bertie Lights, Frankie Lights, and Great Western Bank, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Bertie A. Lights, Jr. aka Bertie Lights, Jr. aka Berty A. Lights, Jr. aka Bertie Lights, and Frankie Lights: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for

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

ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE 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

TO DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Complaint on the subscriber at his office in Charleston, South Carolina, 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.

M&M S.C. Realty Investment, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Hester Speights and all persons claiming any right, title, estate interest in or lien upon the real estate described and any unknown adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being as a

AND IT IS SO ORDERED. s/ Lawrence M. Hershon Lawrence M. Hershon (SC Bar No. 77514) The Hershon Law Firm, P.A. 1565 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite 103 Charleston, SC 29407 Telephone: (843) 829-2022 Facsimile: (843) 829-2023 lawrence@hershonlawfirm.com Attorney for Plaintiff M&M S.C. Realty Investment, LLC

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2120 Booker Street, North Charleston, SC TMS #464-10-00-047 February 22, 2022 Charleston, South Carolina NOTICE TO APPOINT GAURDIAN AD LITEM

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This matter is before this Court upon Petition herein alleging that it is necessary to appoint a Guardian ad Litem Nisi to represent the interests of any unknown heirs or claimants from the public at large, as well as those who may be minors, incompetents or under a legal disability.

LIS PENDENS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. No.: 2022-CP-10-00891

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for appointment of a Guardian ad Litem Nisi and this Order be published in the same manner as that ordered in the Order for Service by Publication also issued in this action.

BEING the same property conveyed to M&M S.C. Realty Investment, LLC by deed of Willie M. McElveen dated December 16, 2020 and recorded January 5, 2021 in Book 0947, page 276 in the ROD Office for Charleston County.

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Lis Pendens, Summons, and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 22, 2022.

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of S.C. CODE ANN. §57-9-10, a Summons and Complaint to Quiet Title in the above-captioned matter have been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, Court of Common Pleas on February 22, 2022, seeking to quiet title to the following real estate:

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tract of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Philips and St. Michaels Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot 37, Silver Hill Extension, on a plat thereof made by Gedney H. Howe, Surveyor, dated March 12, 1947, and recorded in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book G at Page 19A, and having such size, shape, dimensions and buttings and boundings as are shown on said plat.

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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.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Bertie A. Lights, Jr. and Frankie Lights to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for CSMC 2020-RPL5 Trust bearing date of December 17, 2007 and recorded June 30, 2008 in Mortgage Book M663 at Page 001 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/ Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Thirty One Thousand Four Hundred Forty Two and 00/100 Dollars ($131,442.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded on July 28, 2009 in Book 0070 at Page 694, the mortgage was assigned to Chase Home Finance, LLC; thereafter, Chase Home Finance, LLC merged with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association being the surviving entity; thereafter, by duplicate assignment recorded on May 8, 2012 in Book 0250 at Page 316, the mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) as nominee for Lend America to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association; thereafter by assignment recorded on October 17, 2013 in Book 0368 at Page 266, the mortgage was assigned to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.; thereafter, by assignment recorded on December 27, 2013 in Book 0380 at Page 863, the mortgage was assigned to SRMOF II 2012-1 Trust, U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee; thereafter, by invalid assignment recorded on January 9, 2019 in Book 0771 at Page 230, the mortgage was purportedly assigned from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS); thereafter, by assignment recorded September 27, 2019 in Book 0825 at Page 077, the mortgage was assigned to SRMOF II 2012-1 Trust, U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee; thereafter, the Mortgage was assigned unto the Plaintiff, which assignment is to be recorded in said ROD Office., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel of land, with the building and improvements thereon, situate, lying, and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, as shown and designated as Lot 113 on a plat entitled “Heaton Place Subdivision, Property of Prim Homes, Located Near Ladson, Charleston County, South Carolina,” plat prepared by Trico Surveyors, Inc., dated July 16, 1987, and revised August 12, 1987 and recorded August 24, 1987 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BO at Page 95. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings, and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to

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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 in and to the common elements appurtenant thereto.

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the aforesaid plat. TMS No. 388-09-00-118 Property Address: 9873 Levenshall Drive Ladson, SC 29456

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.

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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

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Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1904, it wasn’t illegal to use performance-enhancing drugs during Olympic competitions. Runner Thomas Hicks took advantage of this in the marathon race. The poison strychnine, which in small doses serves as a stimulant, was one of his boosters. Another was brandy. By the time he approached the finish line, he was hallucinating and stumbling. His trainers carried him the rest of the way, and he was declared the winner. I recommend you make him your inspirational role model in the coming weeks. How might you cheat to gain a great victory? APRIL FOOL! I Lied. While it’s true that a meaningful triumph is within your reach, you’re most likely to achieve it by acting with total integrity, following the rules, and imbibing no stimulating poisons. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Science fiction aficionado Wil Wheaton suggests that all of us should have the following: 1. a nemesis; 2. an evil twin; 3. a secret headquarters; 4. an escape hatch; 5. a partner in crime; 6. a secret identity. Dear Taurus, I have doubts that you possess any of these necessities. Please embark on intensive efforts to acquire all of them. Your deadline is April 21. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. There’s no way you could add all those things to your repertoire in such a short time. See if you can at least get a secret identity and a partner in crime. It’s time to have wicked fun as you add to your potency and effectiveness. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I hate being on my best behavior,” wrote Gemini author Colleen McCullough. “It brings out the absolute worst in me.” In the coming weeks, I hope you avoid the danger she describes. Don’t be on your best behavior! Emulate Gemini filmmaker Clint Eastwood, who said, “I tried being reasonable, but I didn’t like it.” APRIL FOOL! I lied. Here’s the real truth: Being kind and generous and reasonable will be your secret weapon in the next three weeks. Doing so will empower you to make interesting and unforeseen progress. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A Tumblr blogger named Alyssa complains, “I’m still peeved that I can’t fly or set things on fire with my mind.” You might share that feeling, Cancerian. But here’s the good news: I predict that you could soon acquire, at least temporarily, the power to fly and set things on fire with your mind. Use these talents wisely, please! APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, you probably won’t be able to fly or set things on fire with your mind anytime soon. However, you may acquire other superpowers that are only slightly less fantastic. For example, you could change the mind of an ally who has been ridiculously stubborn. You could uncover a big secret that has been hidden. You could mend a wound you thought would never heal. Any other superpowers you need right now? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I suspect that only a Leo would say what Leo filmmaker Stanley Kubrick once asserted: “You know, it’s not absolutely true in every case that nobody likes a smart ass.” In accordance with astrological omens, I authorize you to prove his assertion. Be the kind of smart ass that people like. APRIL FOOL! I’m half-joking. The truth is, I hope you will be the kind of smart ass that people absolutely adore and get inspired by. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In honor of your arrival in the most lyrical and soulful phase of your cycle, I offer you advice from poet Richard Jackson: “The secret is to paint your own numbers on the clock, to brush away those webs that cover the wild country of the soul, to let your star hover between the flowers of the moon and the flowers of the sun, like words you have never spoken yet always hear.” APRIL FOOL! I partially lied. I don’t think you should paint your own numbers on the clock. But the rest of what Jackson said is totally applicable and useful for you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I want excitement,” declared Libra novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, “and I don’t care what form it takes or what I pay for it, so long as it makes my heart beat.” In the coming weeks, I hope you will make that statement your motto. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. While I do foresee you being able to gather a wealth of excitement, I hope you won’t be as extreme as Fitzgerald in your

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pursuit of it. There will be plenty of opportunities for excitement that won’t require you to risk loss or pay an unwelcome price. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “If you can’t make fun of yourself, you don’t have a right to make fun of others,” said comedian Joan Rivers. I agree! So if you are feeling an irresistible urge to mock people and fling sarcasm in all directions, please prepare by first mocking yourself and being sarcastic toward yourself. APRIL FOOL! I lied. I will never authorize you to make fun of others. Never! In the coming weeks, I hope you’ll do the opposite: Dole out massive doses of praise and appreciation toward everyone. To prepare, dole out massive doses of praise and appreciation toward yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the traditional opera performed in China’s Sichuan province, magical effects were popular. One trick involved characters making rapid changes of their masks. The art was to remove an existing mask and don a new one with such speed that the audience could not detect it. An old master, Peng Denghuai, once wore 14 different masks in 24 seconds. This is an antic I think you should imitate in the coming days. The more frequently you alter your persona and appearance, the more successful and popular you’ll be. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. I recommend that you gleefully experiment with your image and exuberantly vary your self-presentation. But don’t overdo it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A nutritionist named Mark Haub decided to try losing weight by eating only sugary treats. For 10 weeks, he snacked on junk food cakes, cookies, and sweet cereals. By the end, he had lost 27 pounds. In accordance with astrological omens, I suggest you try the metaphorical equivalents of this project. For instance, work on deepening your relationships by engaging your allies in shallow conversations about trivial subjects. Or see if you can enhance your physical fitness by confining your exercise to crossing and uncrossing your legs as you sit on the couch watching TV. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Here’s your real horoscope: For the next four weeks, take better care of your body and your relationships than you ever have before in your life. Make it a point to educate yourself about what that would entail, and be devoted in providing the most profound nurturing you can imagine. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarius-born Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) was bravely heretical in his work as a philosopher, poet, mathematician, and friar. He angered the Catholic Church with his unorthodox views about Jesus and Mary, as well as his belief in reincarnation, his practice of occult magic, and his views that there are other stars besides our sun. Eventually, the authorities burned him at the stake for his transgressive ideas. Beware of a similar outcome for expressing your unusual qualities! APRIL FOOL! Luckily, no punishment will result if you express the rich fullness of your idiosyncrasies in the coming weeks. I’m happy about that, since I’m encouraging you to be as eccentrically yourself as you want to be. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Life is too complicated to accurately comprehend. There’s too much to know! It’s impossible to make truly savvy and rational decisions. Maybe the best strategy is to flip a coin or throw the dice or draw a Tarot card before doing anything. APRIL FOOL! While it’s a fact that life is too complex for our conscious minds to fully master, we have massive resources available on subconscious and superconscious levels: our deep soul and our higher self. Now is an excellent time to enhance your access to these mother lodes of intelligence. Homework: What’s the most compassionate prank you could perform? Newsletter. FreeWillAstrology.com

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