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Top three South Carolina elections to keep an eye on this year By Skyler Baldwin Filing for the upcoming general election closed last Wednesday, and while we’ve covered a few highlights so far (see our previous stories on Joe Cunningham and Karen Hollings filing), we think a few more races deserve a closer look, especially when you consider the candidates officially filed for the upcoming November election. There are surely more than just the following three offices to watch this election cycle, but these are among the ones we will be watching the most closely. Stay tuned with us online and in print as we continue to cover further election news both local and statewide.

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Charleston County Register of Deeds

Long delays at the Register of Deeds office and an accused firing of a senior employee who described herself as a whistleblower have landed incumbent Michael Miller in controversy. Miller was elected in 2018, and lawsuits filed in 2021 claimed the

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backlog and delays could result in tax bills being sent to the wrong people. Karen Hollings, widow of the late nephew of U.S. Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings, filed March 29 to run for the Democratic nomination to be Charleston County’s Register of Deeds. She will face Miller in the Democratic primary election. On the other side of the aisle, Bob McIntyre has filed for the office as well. As the only Republican to file, has a free ride to the nomination. “I’m running to restore the integrity of the Register of Deeds office,” Hollings told the City Paper. “The Charleston County Register of Deeds office was regarded as the gold standard of register of deeds offices statewide. We’ve lost that in the last few years. We need to reinstate efficiency and competency. We need to create methodologies to process the work in a timely and legal manner.” McIntyre and Hollings boast roughly 20 years of experience in the office in different positions, a quality that McIntyre said is vital to the position. “When I found out Karen [Hollings] had filed to run, that’s good for Charleston County,” he said. “Either one of us, with the experience we have, that’s good for Charleston County, and it’s a win-win for the office … I feel like she and I are on the same page as far as getting the office back to the success we had in previous years.”

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Rundown Last year, SC had highest number of school shootings in 47 years A deadly shooting last Thursday at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville County put school shootings back in the state spotlight. According to data from the Center for Homeland Security and Defense, South Carolina in 2021 saw 34 school shootings, the highest number of school shootings in 47 years. The sharp uptick is part of a broader national trend in which K-12 schools across the United States are seeing increasing levels of violence. According to Education Week’s school shooting tracker, there have been 21 shootings since the start of 2022, including the recent Tanglewood incident. The majority of last year’s shootings occurred in August. Health and safety experts have attributed the rise in violence to a mental health crisis facing children as the pandemic continues into its third year. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Children’s Hospital Association each declared a national emergency in children’s health in October due to the COVID-19 pandemic further worsening pre-existing mental health conditions. —Skyler Baldwin

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The number of runners who completed the 2022 Cooper River Bridge Run last weekend. The event marked the return of the historic race to business as usual in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, despite a number of behind-the-scenes bumps along the way. Source: The Post and Courier

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Farmers markets to return in full swing

After last year’s return to essentialsonly farmers markets amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, vendors, organizers and marketgoers are all looking forward to this season’s return to the full market experience — minus the bouncy castles though. “After we were shut down in March 2020, we came back as safely as we could,” said Charelston’s office of cultural affairs director Scott Watson. “But we came back in a way that was not recognizable to the broad general public. We were running essentials-only markets in parking lots … there were brief moments where we were limiting attendance and keeping head-counts. But as things got better, and as vaccinations became available, we were able to open things back up to their pre-pandemic level.” Last year’s market saw vendors and visitors wearing masks, maintaining social distance, and enjoying the market with no prepared food vendors, no live entertainment and no activities. Sanitation stations and signs guiding visitors through the market pockmarked the space. But this year’s return will bring back live music and more. There’s still no bouncy castle though, because children under 5 are still unable to be vaccinated, Watson said. The last few planned markets have been canceled due to weather and wind concerns, with only a small market held March 26 for vendors to sell their produce. So that means this weekend (April 9) marks the official grand opening of the market season, with Marion Square’s market opening with every guest and vendor welcome. “It’s nice to see it all coming back together, and at the moment, we’re feeling like we’re on track to have a good year and grow the market as we go,” Watson said. “By the time we get to Spoleto … we feel we will be operating at full-tilt.” The Wednesday West Ashley Farmers Market will open a bit later, aiming for the far side of the school Spring break, Watson said. “We have a good program out there — it’s smaller, but people are really appreciative and the vendors enjoy being there.” For a full rundown of which markets are opening up, check us out online at charlestoncitypaper.com. —Skyler Baldwin

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RiverDogs unveil 2022 promo game schedule The Charleston RiverDogs have unveiled this year’s promotion games schedule, with only a few days left before the first pitch of the season is thrown at The Joe. This year’s slate of promos will reflect on the past in some ways, with plenty of giveaways and tributes to the 2021 team’s run to the first championship in franchise history. Not only that, but following a campaign that started with limited capacity and field access, the RiverDogs are ready to ramp up the wackiness and antics they were known for before the onset of the pandemic. Here are just a few of the special games we’re making sure to grab tickets for.

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Anime Night

Opening Night: 2022 Season Premiere

The RiverDogs are kicking off their quest for a repeat after securing the franchise’s first championship in 2021. Fans will get a 2022 magnet schedule at the gate and have the opportunity to take pictures with the championship trophy. The night will begin with parachuters flying in the American flag and end with the first fireworks show of the season. Fans are encouraged to wear red as the team celebrates the military on a Boeing Red Shirt Friday. APRIL 16

Toilet Paper Night Part Deuce

What may have started out as a crappy idea last year turned out to be a fun and memorable night, so the RiverDogs are rolling out its second TP Night. Much to the chagrin of the cleanup crew, fans will get a roll of toilet paper as soon as the final out is recorded. The team will count down and then the stadium will treat the ballpark like it’s a high school math teacher’s house. In addition, The Joe will celebrate its thirdfloor bathroom receiving a 10/10 rating on

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Used Car Salesman Appreciation Night

We have days dedicated to appreciating mothers, fathers, teachers, dentists, DJs and just about everything in between, so the RiverDogs have taken it upon themselves to champion the people who sold us our first cars. The night will include a car sales competition, inflatable tube dancers and a kids motorized vehicle car show. JULY 30

Brush up on your anime knowledge ahead of this night celebrating iconic Japanese animation from Dragon Ball to Naruto. The first 500 fans in attendance will get a special RiverDogs anime poster. Be sure to dress up and take part in the night’s cosplay contest. AUGUST 13

Bite Night

In the heat of the moment, one famous boxer 25 years ago notoriously bit off more than he could chew. The RiverDogs are paying homage to this infamous moment by teaming up with the Pillow Fight Championship to host live pillow fight exhibitions at The Joe after the game. The first 1,000 fans in the door will get a stress squeeze ball shaped like an ear. This is just the tip of the iceberg, as daily promotions like Dog Days (Tuesdays), Wicked Wednesdays (Wednesdays — obviously) and Thirst Thursdays (you get it) are all back on the calendar. Check out the full schedule online at milb.com and grab your tickets now! —Skyler Baldwin

A downtown man who failed a field sobriety test told officers he just isn’t great on his legs, and would be able to walk the straight line if he had been allowed to walk on his hands instead. Handcuffs prevented this outcome. In fairness, the plate did read IH8HIM A West Ashley woman told officers her license plate had been stolen from her car, and she believed it to be related to some “ongoing issues” with her ex-boyfriend. If loving you is wrong … Police responded to a downtown call about a belligerent drunk man. When police arrived, the drunken man stated that he, his brother, and the 911 caller’s husband were all in a relationship and would be attending his brother’s wedding reception. That’s just a Scooby Doo villain Police received a call from a couple inside a West Ashley cemetery after the caretaker told them he would be closing the gates soon. The couple said the caretaker “snickered and then drove off,” as the couple reached the recently locked gate. By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin This Blotter is taken from reports filed with the Charleston Police Department between Feb. 2 to March. 23, 2022. Go online for more even more Blotter charlestoncitypaper.com SPONSORED BY

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which covers greater Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties down the coast to the Beaufort area. This race is not only high-profile, it also has some of the greatest national implications of any in the tri-county area. Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, who unseated former Rep. and current gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham, is running for a second term. But her severance from former U.S. President Donald Trump may hurt her chances against other Republican candidates who have his backing, like former Statehouse lawmaker Katie Arrington. Before successfully running for Congress in 2020, Mace built up quite a local resume. The daughter of Brigadier General James E. Mace, former Commandant of Cadets at the Citadel, Mace went on to become the first woman to graduate from the storied military college. In 2012, she mounted a failed attempt to topple U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary, and in 2016, worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. She said his tax cuts have helped with wages and employment in the Charleston region before the pandemic. “Let’s be honest. Nancy Mace is a sellout,”

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Arrington said in her campaign announcement video. “She sold out the Lowcountry. She sold out President Trump. She is more interested in becoming a mainstream media celebrity than fighting for the people she’s supposed to represent. “Selfies with Carole Baskin, Monkey Island, legalizing marijuana — Why is she prioritizing that over the skyrocketing inflation, high gas prices and economic security for the Lowcountry?” North Charleston Air Force spouse Lynz Piper-Loomis also threw her hat into the ring, filing as a Republican. During her campaign announcement speech in 2021, she said: “I will not be silenced, I will not bow down to an agenda. I will not bow down to socialism or communism. I’ll stand for freedom. I will not be bought and paid for by the establishment.” Loomis’ presence raises the possibility of a runoff if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote on June 14. One Democrat filed for the district seat, getting a free ride to the November election — Lowcountry pediatrician Annie Andrews. Cunningham won the seat in 2018, flipping the longtime Republican seat for the Democrats for a single term.

Governor of South Carolina

The race for governor of South Caroline has gotten a lot more crowded than anticipated, with 12 candidates having filed for the seat

prior to closing, including members of the Labor, Independence and Libertarian parties. Henry McMaster was previously presumed to have smooth sailing to the Republican nomination, but he now faces competition from two Republican challengers, including a politically motivated trucker, Harrison “Trucker Bob” McMaster Musselwhite. Part of the Palmetto State’s MAGA Movement, Musselwhite is a committee chairman for the Greenville County GOP — a group taken over earlier this year by die-hard Trump loyalists. Mindy Steele, the third GOP hopeful, said her activism has been in local GOP politics and education advocacy, though this is her first foray into politics. On the other side of the aisle, Democratic candidates Joe Cunningham, a former U.S. Congressman, and Mia McLeod, a current state senator, have been big names in the race. But three others have also filed, including William H. “Cowboy” Williams of Florence, Calvin “CJ Mack” McMillan of Columbia, and Carlton Boyd of Columbia. Third-party candidates include Independent Jokie Beeckett Jr., Independence Party Michael Copeland, Libertarian Bruce Reeves, and Labor Party Gary Votour.

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magine if you were giving someone a ride past a historic building and a guest asked you what it was. You might point and say, “Oh, that’s Emanuel AME Church.” Now imagine you were a pedicab driver with two passengers, one of whom asked the same thing and the driver answers the same way. What’s the difference? A fine of up to $1,087. There’s actually a law in the city of Charleston that allows for this nonsense. Why? Because, according to the ordinance, “No person shall operate or cause to be operated bicycle tours, of whatever nature, within the old and historic district.” For the folks at the city’s tourism department, a pedicab driver pointing at a building is proof positive that a tour is in progress. According to drivers we’ve talked with, they sometimes even send officers on bikes to follow and video them to catch them in the pointing act. This whole charade is ridiculous. Many tourists and locals use environmentally friendly pedicabs to get from one place to another. But some guests might request rides without a specific destination. They just want to take a pleasant bike ride around the city and may ask questions about sights they pass. If a patron simply asked about a building like the Wentworth Mansion during the ride, it’s ridiculous for the pedicab driver to have to answer, “Sorry, I can’t tell you that because I’m not a tour guide.” In a city that seems to bend over backwards to accommodate tourists, this kind of impertinent interaction could rightfully leave a bad taste in a visitor’s mouth.

The tourism department told the City Paper that pedicabs are treated as modes of transportation and must take passengers from point A to B in the most direct route. Taking a longer route to arrive at the requested destination is considered “giving a tour,” meaning that rides without a specific destination are prohibited. But let’s be real. Sightseeing during a 15-minute pedicab ride isn’t what most would consider a tour. Visitors who want more in-depth information on the city’s history have plenty of licensed tour companies to choose from. Riding a pedicab is just a fun way to interact with a local and get a sense of the city. The tourism department has argued bike tours also are a safety issue as drivers are more likely to be distracted and disobey traffic laws. Really? In the age of cell phones? And how is this all that different from drivers having a regular conversation with passengers? Should drivers be expected to stay silent during rides? The issue here seems to be more about what constitutes a tour than anything else. Over-regulating pedicabs and restricting what they are allowed to say during a ride is a waste of time and money and, arguably, is an infringement of freedom of speech. And what’s more, the ordinance isn’t even used that much as tourism officers haven’t written a citation for pedicab drivers since 2020. So why is this obviously subjective, unenforced ordinance even on the books? Let’s stop threatening pedicab drivers with the possibility of absurd fines. Even better: Get rid of the absurd ordinance prohibiting bicycle tours.

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Let’s stop insulting voters By Andy Brack If you want to know why gerrymandering harms democracy, just look at the results of filing for S.C. House seats, which closed a week ago.

Of the 124 seats that will be voted on across the state, it’s already crystal clear which political party will win in more than half of the seats. Some 71 seats will be either Republican or Democratic. In fact, a total of 45 of those seats feature 34 Republicans and 11 Democrats with absolutely no opposition at all. This is no way to run a democracy. More competition, particularly in the November general election, means choices for voters. In 45 districts, there’s no choice. In 16 districts, there’s no real party choice. A total of 51 districts have competitive primary elections with 38 GOP primaries and 13 Democratic primaries scheduled for June. But at least 16 of those races have no challenger from another party, meaning that one party will win because others didn’t field a candidate. So if anyone ever tells you the fix is in — meaning that the Republican Party as well as incumbents in general have a massive advantage in House elections — you’re hearing the truth. Gerrymandering, the practice of letting the foxes draw their own election lines, creates unfair districts and diminishes democracy. Gerrymandering in the once-every-10-years

redistricting process also bolsters partisanship. Still, we’re encouraged the November elections will feature 53 “competitive” races. But we put the adjective in quotes because the reality is many of those races have fairly token opposition candidates, a few from third parties. If the November elections go like past House races, there probably will be only a dozen out of 124 races that are truly competitive, meaning elections in which it’s fairly hard to predict a winner. Again, this is no way to run a democracy. Members of the legislature need to be shamed into creating an independent redistricting commission that will draw fairer district lines and keep communities together instead of playing politics. To do less is to continue to insult voters who want real choices. Also on our radar screen in recent days: Support Ukraine. South Carolinians need to keep a focus on supporting Ukraine as the Russian military continues its violent invasion. Don’t get distracted by silliness at a movie awards ceremony or partisan politics involving a Supreme Court nominee. Do what you can to bolster Ukraine and support freedom because if the Russians get a significant toehold in Ukraine, you can bet the Bear will threaten other democracies. Graham’s flip-flop. We wish United States senators would stop using confirmation hearings as platforms to make insulting, partisan rants. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., embarrassed the whole

More competition, particularly in the November general election, means choices for voters.

state in recent days with a tirade against U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — whom he voted to confirm last year. Confirmation hearings of nominees from either party are supposed to be about qualifications, not politics. Both parties need to reboot how they do confirmations. Suspend the gas tax. South Carolina’s gas tax is 26 cents per gallon. With pain at the pump a reality for most South Carolinians — and with the state still flush with surplus cash from two years of pandemic payments and other monies — the state should suspend the tax temporarily to help voters’ pocketbooks. That’s what Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham of Charleston again suggested last month. GOP incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster said in a statement that he vetoed a gas tax increase in past years, but then he slammed Cunningham for being a Democrat. Later he wouldn’t commit to suspending gas taxes, but said he’d consider any proposal from the legislature. Come on governor, get beyond partisanship, show some leadership and encourage your buddies to provide voters with some relief. (It would be a good political move, too.) Andy Brack is publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@charlestoncitypaper.com.

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nless you’ve been under a rock, you surely know grumpy comedian Lewis Black will be taking the stage at the Charleston Music Hall on April 10. The famed Daily Show curmudgeon will be here performing his latest special, Off the Rails. Black’s blistering style of bullshit-calling and finger-pointing has been a staple on Comedy Central since 1996. He’s one of the few comedians to sell out Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City Center and The Mirage. In 2021, he earned his sixth Grammy nomination for Thanks for Risking Your Life, a scathing attack on consumerism, drug companies and public ridiculousness supercharged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Off the Rails is Black’s latest comedic jeremiad. While he’ll take aim at plenty of public figures, his central focus will be his own personal life through the course of the pandemic. “It’s really about how I dealt with the pandemic,” he told the City Paper. “I didn’t even do it well, which is what makes it funny.” City Paper: We’re looking forward to seeing you in Charleston. Lewis Black: Thanks. I’m looking forward to playing golf, having some oysters and eating great seafood and wandering the streets if I get things working the way they should. CP: Has anything lately jumped out at you politically from South Carolina — the state that’s too small for a republic and too big for an insane asylum? LB: Well, you guys are in a competition now. You used to be pretty much the derby favorite. But now you get a lot of other people riding those ponies.

CP: Some have said he seems to latch on to whoever can raise his profile. Trump has surely raised his profile. LB: Yeah, I don’t know. It’s kind of silly that he would think that way because once he had a pretty good profile. Once again, it’s just not enough self-esteem. CP: Have you paid much attention to our political races or other issues here in South Carolina? LB: I haven’t really, plus, to be honest. I’m getting 500 emails a day. It’s like, “Did you see what happened here?” And, “Look at this.” I’m at the point where I’m almost willing to listen to anybody who’s not actually bothering me to listen to them. CP: It’s an embarrassment of riches for a comedian. Or is it? LB: Only to a point. I mean, we reached a point where it’s really we crossed the line a while ago. And that was — how do you satirize what’s already satiric? Marjorie Taylor Greene. When you have somebody who’s referring to a myth that Nancy Pelosi has the time and the energy to have her tracked. She’s just out there. And for her to just say that she’s being tracked by Gazpacho Police — well what’s my job? And I know when It started. For me, the moment was when Sarah Palin — she gave a speech (to Katie Couric) and it was like, wow, what is that? And then on Saturday Night Live — they just read her speech. They didn’t even have to rewrite it. So that’s where we’re at. What these people are providing — it’s character work.

CP: You probably saw that South Carolina is readying firing squads for executions. LB: Yeah, good job. That’s great. it’s really a race to get back to another century. That’s what Putin doubled down on. Oh, you guys think you’re gonna go back to the 20th century? I want to go deeper into that. You want to get back to 1957. Well we’re going back to 1933. I mean, I’m not a proponent of capital punishment. I think there are other ways to punish people that are just that are more severe. Death kind of takes them out of their misery. And part of it is because, you know, the chemicals that they came up with

didn’t work out. I mean how’s that possible? They cannot come up with a chemical that actually does the job? And then too — there’s, well, what uniforms will the firing squad wear? You just go wow. CP: Does that sort of thing make it easier or harder for you as a comedian? LB: There’s just so much stuff out there. I had actually read something in what I thought was fairly reputable. The thing was — it was so nuts. There was so much Ivermectin being taken in the state of Oklahoma, that people were lining up to go to the emergency room because of overdosing. But there were so many people in the emergency rooms who’d already overdosed on it that they couldn’t handle them all. You go, “did that really happen?” Well, yeah. CP: It goes to your point about things just being so absurd. We’ve been inured to it. The fact that you know, people were OD’ing on Ivermectin in Oklahoma. Do you think this goes to kind of, a point about how many Russians seem to support the “operation” in Ukraine — and that is just disinformation and false narratives? Obviously, that’s a big problem here in the U.S. LB: I talked about it before. People seem to think we’re gonna have a democracy when we’re living in two realities. I don’t know how you do it. I don’t. You gotta agree on reality. I mean, that’s, that’s how you get through an acid trip. CP: You’ll be performing here in the birthplace of the Civil War. It seems sometimes like we’re, we’re not much farther along than we were in 1865. LB: Yeah, It’s Unbelievable. I mean, I went to Gettysburg during the pandemic thinking that I would feel better about where we were now. I talked about this in the act, and then realized that you know, we’re still a divided country. We’re screaming at each other about masks. CP: Your comedic sources — there wasn’t social media when you started doing Back in Black on The Daily Show how long ago? LB: Twenty five years. Before, I’d read two or three newspapers and magazines, and then The Week (magazine) was born and that was really a big help. Because they kind of presented both sides and they had a really great little thing each each week — which is kind of what social media is made of. Like a study where they found out that people who swear are more intelligent than people who don’t. I kind of track social media stuff, but I don’t really. I call my friend Kathleen Madigan who’s more tuned into social media than I am and go, “OK, is this true?” I mean, I also don’t know where you look at something (on social media). Did that happen? Who do you trust? Anybody

with a phone is a journalist? Really? It’s kind of why I still go back to newspapers — The Washington Post, The New York Times and The LA Times. Newspapers are important because somebody has to actually present a resume in order to get a job. And to be honest, right now, I’m just trying to deal with stuff that was dropped from the first special Thanks for Risking your Life into the new special (Off the Rails) because it didn’t fit. And now fitting it into this new special. It’s a good 15 to 20 minutes about gun safety and health and health insurance — and it’s now literally more applicable now than it was when I was talking about it before. CP: So tell us a bit more about what we can expect at this show. LB: It’s really about how I dealt with the pandemic. I didn’t even do it well, which is what makes it funny. Or at least that’s how the audience has reacted. People have come and said, “Wow, I didn’t know people were really ready to sit down and listen to this.” CP: Are there any particular anecdotes that really resonated in sort of retelling this? LB: Well I mean, the Clorox. I talk about Clorox. As soon as I say, “I was washing my food with Clorox.” Well, who knew Clorox would be a punchline? Because I really thought that my friends would come and find me dead. And they would go, “Oh, he died because of COVID?” “No, he died from Clorox poisoning.”

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Also — we have The Rant is Due at the end of each show, right? We’ll be doing it in Charleston too. I will, 9 times out of 10, read something new that is written by someone from the area. So it’s the Charleston show — and it’s live streamed throughout the world. So if anybody who’s coming to the show, or anybody who’s not coming but really has something they want to get off their chest, now’s the time to do it. Want to submit your own rant for Lewis Black? Visit lewisblack.com/pages/live As of press time, tickets were going fast for the April 10 show. To grab yours before it’s too late, visit Charlestonmusichall.com

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CP: We still have Lindsey [Graham]. LB: What you really want to see from a senator is s for him to leave while you’re questioning someone. To just not have, you know, courtesy. Not even the Southern level of bullshit courtesy. I would think you would get that from him. I think that once [John] McCain passed away — that was really the one who I think kind of guided Lindsey towards civility.

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Mount Pleasant Towne Centre is once again host to the Fill the Truck donation event. Looking for a way to support the pups? Here’s your chance! Charleston Animal Society staff and volunteers will be accepting the donations for Second Chance Resale and Adoption Center at a donation truck by The Oaks. Guests are welcome to donate new or gently used household items while exploring the Towne Centre’s various shops and restaurants. April 9-10. 12-4 p.m. Free to attend. Mount Pleasant Towne Centre. 1218 Belk Drive. Mount Pleasant. mtpleasanttownecentre.com

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Brewery Bingo Night with Bangin’ Vegan Eats Bangin’ Vegan Eats will be at the Snafu taproom for some serious pre-bingo fun. Pair your pint with crispy fried drizzled buffalo bangers, smothered nachos, loaded up juicy double burgers, Thic Chic signature sandwiches, hot crispy fries and more. The game is free to play, and there are prizes every round. This event is family and dog friendly, so load up the car and bring everybody you can! April 7. 5-8 p.m. Free to attend; menu prices vary. Snafu Brewing Company. 3280 Industry Drive, Ste. A. North Charleston. snafubrewingcompany.com THURSDAY

Get Rooted workshop In this interactive workshop, participants will draw on ancient and scientifically proven ways to rebalance and root themselves during moments of uncertainty and change. Utilize breath work, journaling and community sharing to relieve stress — and leave with tools to bring yourself back to center again and again. Instructor will be Robyn Moreno, an Emmynominated TV hostess, life coach and curandera. April 7. 6-7:30 p.m. $30/ticket. The Sophia Institute. Virtual. thesophiainstitute.org SATURDAY

Plantasia Green Market Plantasia Green Market brings together over a thousand novice and experienced Lowcountry gardeners of all ages. A tradition since 2000, organizers this year are offering an online plant presale to make sure you get everything you want for your spring planting season. Festival day includes online plant pick up in addition to a variety of annuals for sale, Members’ Favorites Plant Sale, Real Yard Sale and a wide variety of vendors! April 9. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free to attend. Old Towne Creek County Park. 1400 Old Towne Road. West Ashley. chashortsoc.org SUNDAY

Eight Four Flea Drop by a community flea market hosted by Selective CHS and Red Rose Vintage. Shop from more than 35 sustainable vendors with a variety of vintage clothing, jewelry, housewares and more. That’s not all — enjoy local craft beer by Tradesmen Brewery, jam out to a local DJ and get your Sunday grub on with local food trucks, all in one place. April 10. 12-5 p.m. Free to attend. Tradesmen Brewing Co. 1647 King St. Downtown. tradesmanbrewing.com

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“To me, it makes so much sense that clay and mental health can work together,” said Maria White. “Sitting down at the wheel or just working with some clay in my hands can quickly help alleviate my anxiety in many cases.” White spreads this mentality by sharing her knowledge of ceramic arts through her nonprofit, Mugs for Moms. It offers pottery classes and mental health resources for moms experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety. White, who was born in Las Vegas but raised in Summerville, discovered her passion and talent for ceramics while pursuing an art degree from Winthrop University. “I took a ceramics class and fell in love with it,” she said. “I called my dad and told him I wanted to be a potter and he said, ‘You want to be a what?’ ” she said. She continued her artistic studies after graduating from Winthrop in 1998 by studying under sculptor Michael Sherrill, who is known for inventing Mudtools, a unique set of ceramic carving tools that potters all over the world use today. “I still have and use some of his very first tools,” she said. She went on to assist him in teaching workshops and later created Michael Sherrill Retrospective, a documentary about his decades-long career as a potter. The film screened at the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian. “I was and am fortunate to have a mentor that thinks outside of the box and encouraged me to do the same and challenge myself and push myself to explore whatever I’m passionate about”, she said.

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hit sitcom Friends, the 2005 movie Monster-in-Law starring Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, and on the set of Academy Award-winning film La La Land. She also made a name for herself as an independent filmmaker and co-founded the Los Angeles Women’s Film Collective to help empower female filmmakers. Now, she continues to dabble in filmmaking, often collaborating on projects with her filmmaker husband Matthew Mebane, who recently worked on The Righteous Gemstones series. White relocated back to Charleston with her family in 2015. She is part of Studio Union pottery studio in Charleston and recently completed a six-week residency at the Gibbes Museum of Art. She uses porcelain clay and 22K gold luster to create her current collection, which she describes as minimal and inspired by forms and textures she sees in nature. “My pieces are made to be touched. I want people to pick them up and feel the textures,” she said.

THE LOWDOWN ON MARIA WHITE Age: 45. Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada. Education: St. Viator’s Catholic School (Las Vegas); Summerville High School; Winthrop University; Penland School of Craft. Current profession: Potter; occasional filmmaker; founder of Mugs for Mom. Past professions of interest: Was a stand-in for the most famous fictional potter of cinema, Demi Moore, in Charlie’s Angels 2. Family: Husband, Matthew Mebane, and two children — a son, 10, and a daughter, 8.

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Art adorns many spaces in White’s home. purchase pottery created by local ceramics artists and connect with others. This year, Mugs for Moms will also offer an opportunity to sponsor a mug that will be delivered to a pregnant woman or a new mom as a gift along with information and resources surrounding maternal mental health. “The idea is the mug goes out into the world and it’s a daily reminder of community and resources for someone who is struggling or if you’re struggling yourself,” White said. Throughout the year, Mugs for Moms offers free ceramics classes called Muddy Meetups for moms to create something with their hands and connect with others having similar experiences. “We want to offer our first class for dads, because I know for my husband in particular watching me struggle with mental health was really hard on him too, and dads often don’t have an outlet as well,” she said. “So, we want to be able to open it up. There are families with two dads or families with two moms, and we want to respect all kinds of families that exist in our city and provide an outlet and resources for them.” During the Muddy Meetups, there is also a mental health professional present to help navigate discussions around mental health and parenthood. White said she hoped to continue expanding the Mugs for Moms program in the coming year by offering additional classes and mug drops. “It’s rewarding for everybody,” she said. “It’s exciting to see the connections they make during the meetups. And, it’s a way to learn to take better care of one another and in turn take better care of ourselves.”

Favorite novel: Love in the Time of Cholera. Or, The Hobbit. Both of these books haunt me. Favorite cocktail or beverage: Cappuccino (non-alcoholic) or a margarita. Five foods you always -need in your refrigerator: Butter, cheese, tortillas, hummus and eggs. What meal would you want served to you for your last supper: Oyster sliders from The Ordinary; cauliflower wings from Basic Kitchen; butterbean and flatbread from Obstinate Daughter; potato puree and gnocchi from FIG; the pub cheeseburger from Little Jack’s Tavern; and coconut cake from Peninsula Grill. Secret vice: It’s probably not a secret but I can be an impulsive tool purchaser. If there’s a new ceramics tool on the market, I’ve probably already ordered it or am coveting it. Describe your best day in 50 words or less: Sleep in past 6 a.m. Then have a coffee from my espresso machine in a favorite ceramic vessel. Then head to the beach for a long walk/run and watch our dog chase birds. Then have a breakfast with the perfect amount of savory and sweet foods. Then go kayaking for shark teeth and then head to the studio to make some orders and help host a Mugs for Moms Muddy Meet-up. Then meet friends and family for dinner that included local seafood and pasta and talk/laugh into the night finishing with an impromptu dance party. Philosophy: What are you waiting for? Make something — whatever it is you feel drawn to making or doing — with the best skills you have. And if you know that it wasn’t your best effort or you’re dissatisfied, have the courage to start over and even ask for help from a mentor.

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But White’s ceramics work extends well beyond her artistic career. She launched Mugs for Moms in 2019 with a fundraising event to benefit Postpartum Support Charleston. The 2020 fundraising event was canceled due to COVID-19. So White began exploring other ways to fuse ceramics arts and mental health awareness. “During the pandemic, a lot of people were asking me for clay,” she said. “People were going kind of crazy. They wanted to work with their hands.” “I realized how lucky I am to work with my hands and clay, so I thought, what if we created ways for moms — and anyone really — to do this.” Mugs for Moms offers several ways for people in the community to get involved. The organization’s 2022 annual fundraiser is May 14. During the ticketed event, moms and other attendees will be able to sip coffee, eat small bites, explore mental health information tables,

Something people would be surprised to learn about you: I actually don’t love making mugs (handles are a total pain when working with porcelain, but I’ll do it if I have to). I’ve also always wanted to play the accordion.

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Time to get some vegetables in the ground By Toni Reale, special to City Paper Now that the threat of frost in the Lowcountry has passed, it’s time to plant spring vegetables. Seasoned gardeners and amateurs alike have been out in droves in recent weekends stocking up on compost, fertilizer, and a variety of edible plants and showy blooms. It can be difficult to start a garden as the options of what to plant can be overwhelming. Here are some tips to set up your vegetable garden for success whether you are planting in raised beds Reale or pots:

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Before plant shopping, think about what vegetables you and your family enjoy. If you’re not typically a beet or kale eater,

don’t plant them. Instead, spend your energy caring for things that you eat on a regular basis.

Plant things that go together

If you’re starting out, try planting lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes for a quick salad. A container with a variety of herbs will always come in handy in the kitchen. Chives, parsley and cilantro are versatile and can give many dishes that freshness that can’t be duplicated with their dried counterparts. Try mint which pairs nicely with watermelon and summer mojitos.

Tend to your soil before planting

A nutrient-rich soil is the foundation of a healthy garden. If you are planting directly into the ground, add two to three inches of compost to the surface. If you are planting in containers or a raised bed be sure to use a quality soil, preferably organic. The local garden go-to resource, Rita’s Roots, states that to have high yields, you must amend your soil each season because overtime plants use up all the nutrients. Rita also recommends using an all-purpose organic fertilizer in the hole of each new planting.

Get the family involved

Gardening can be a lot of work and any hands can be helpful. Most children love to get their hands dirty and are thrilled to be involved. A garden provides the perfect opportunity for family team-building, establishing patience and an overall respect for how food is grown.

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It’s a little known fact even among locals, but every time you drive from Charleston to Folly Beach, you cross over Sol Legare Island. The home of historic Sol Legare road, the island occupies 860 acres just east of James Island. One of the earliest Black military regiments trained at Sol Legare during the American Civil War and during the war, Sol Legare Island housed camps, artillery positions and even battles. The community living along scenic Sol Legare road today is mostly Black, with many residents tracing their roots back to antebellum freedmen. The Seashore Farmer’s Lodge has served the Sol Legare community since the early 1900s. The Lodge was a center of community life on Sol Legare, and today beautifully restored, it stands as a historical artifact and museum to the history of Lowcountry African Americans. “About 13 years ago, we did a rehabilitation of the Lodge,” said Ernest Parks, a 4th-generation Lodge member and community organizer. “We refurbished her, and now she’s a museum and a cultural center as well as a lodge, because the Lodge still meets once a month on Sunday as a part of the community.” Parks is a historian and oversaw the restoration of the Lodge in 2008. But he and partner Jon Marceaux wanted to do more. “Dr. Marceaux and I have been trying for a couple years to try to put something together to come in here and help us really establish the Seashore Farmers Lodge as an official museum,” he said. Parks said all the exciting, ‘sexy’ work — turning the Lodge into a museum and restoring the place — is done. Parks and company were looking for a way to do the deeper work of building the art and artifact curation, restoration and appraisal work. The answer came from the Donnelley Foundation. With their Broadening Narratives program, the Foundation wants to extend their philanthropy past land conservation and artistic endeavor to

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Ernest Parks, with aid from the Donnelley Foundation, is hoping to change the culture of the Seashore Farmers Lodge reach deeper into communities in a meaningful way. Through the grant, Clemson University’s historic preservation program is working with the Lodge to provide training and collections management to community members. The $100,000 grant, paid in two $50,000 installments over two years, will allow the College of Charleston and Clemson University to help Seashore Farmers Lodge digitize its collection inventory. All the paperwork and artifacts that the Lodge has will be archived. On top of that, the Lodge will bring in community members to take classes on how to care for and digitally archive these antiques. “When I go to community meetings here on Sol Legare and I tell the people that I got this project where; you gonna come in, we gonna train you how to take care of the artifacts, how to digitize the artifacts, how to have a registry for the artifacts and how to care for it — it was overwhelming,” Parks said. “I got more than enough people to come in here.” An increase in traffic flow is but one of the benefits that Parks sees coming out of this project. “What we’re doing here is kind of like a hands-on for the community, ” he said. “This is going to kind of, like, solidify her. And really put her in the level of really being a museum.” The true benefit, Parks said, is giving people in the Sol Legare community a new education that could help them further down the line and grow the Lodge museum from within. “I get calls from other African American

settlement groups regularly,” said Kerri Forrest, director of Lowcountry programs for the Donnelley Foundation. “All looking for ways to preserve their stories. But not understanding the mechanics of how to do it, and not being looped with a group that can help them to do it. So this was a unique opportunity to really take hold of something that could really be beneficial, and not just for Seashore Farmer’s Lodge.” This kind of community preservation work is a new avenue for the Foundation under the Broadening Narratives strategy, which Donnelley approved in 2020. The hope is that once Seashore has this training system in place, they can share it with other small, culturally relevant communities that may need similar training and guidance to tell their stories. There are many communities with long histories and interesting stories to tell, but they lack the understanding or tools to turn those into compelling narratives. It’s something the Donnelley Foundation is looking for more and more with this particular grant program. “We want the stories to be the stories of the Lowcountry that have not been told or have been under-told. There’s a dominant narrative in the Lowcountry about the south and slavery and plantations and communities who live here and who has privilege and who does not,” said Forrest. “But then you’ve got these very resilient African American settlement communities.” Forrest and the Foundation are actively looking for more of these communities to work with in order to tell more of those stories. They welcome interested parties to reach out.

New dream pop single coming from Grace Joyner Local alternative artist Grace Joyner will celebrate the Friday release of the new single, “Lioness,” at LO-Fi Brewing April 9 at 8 p.m On the heels of the stripped back, synth organ ballad, “Vampira,” that Joyner released earlier this year, “Lioness,” is a little bit like a ‘50s dance tune infused with her signature melancholic timbre. The new tune was recorded at the local studio, The Space, with Joyner on keys and Scott Dence on guitar accompanied by Wolfgang Zimmerman on drums and guitar. —Chelsea Grinstead

Kinky Boots opens at Charleston Stage Charleston Stage’s 2021-2022 Mainstage Series comes to a close with the Tony and Grammy award-winning Kinky Boots. It’s the story of Charlie, who inherits a failing shoe business, and Lola, a cabaret entertainer. The music of Cyndi Lauper serves to tell the story of these two worlds coming together to produce amazing stiletto boots. Drew H. Wells stars as Charlie Price, with K’Nique Eichelberger and Jerquintez A. Gipson alternating nights as Lola. Kinky Boots runs April 6-May 1. Head to charlestonstage.com for tickets and info. —MS

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Charleston music shops have been bobbing and weaving equipment shortages and industry reorganizations continually in these pandemic times, and with supply chains affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war, yet another scarcity has revealed itself: amplifier tubes. Within the inner workings of those box amps you see musicians plug instruments and microphones into, glass tubes amplify the power of electronic signals. These tubes of varying shape and size, are commonly referred to as vacuum tubes, and drive the majority of audio amplifiers that American musicians favor. The general consensus is that tube amps produce greater sound clarity with better tone quality than digital or solidstate amps that don’t use tubes. “Most power tubes and preamp tubes are ordered out of Russia,” Ye Olde Music Shop owner Michael Davis said. “There’s a hold on all Russian tubes coming into the United States right now and it’s affecting the ability to repair amps that are coming into music stores — that’s a big issue.” It’s a small-but-mighty development for Davis. His Hanahan store has been in operation for over 33 years, providing Charleston with a large selection of guitars and musical gear. “All the American brands — like Paul Reed Smith, Fender, Gibson, Taylor, Martin — are back-ordered for several months, so it’s hard to just get any equipment right now,” he said. “From microphones to speakers, it’s all been affected because

there’s backlogs on 90% of the equipment in the music industry, so it’s slowing everything down.” Ye Olde’s fellow local music store, Fox Music House in North Charleston, has also been dealing with similar stocking issues with a larger product line. “We usually do the big stuff — pianos and organs that have 10,000 parts,” said Fox Music House vice president Joseph Fox, who runs the store. “Pianos, organs and professional audio — all three of those things individually have a really big supply chain so when it breaks down things become a wreck.” Due to the scarcity of tubes, new ramifications have surfaced for Fox Music . “We won’t sell a tube right now, like if a musician came in and he knew he dropped an amp and the tube cracked, we wouldn’t sell him a single tube because there’s somebody out there that needs to repair their entire organ, and that one $40 part that probably cost $60 now hinges on it,” Fox CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

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said. “Man, that’s a hard answer to give somebody: ‘We can’t sell tubes because we can’t get tubes.’” Fox Music has a large selection of Hammond organs built with vintage Leslie speakers fabricated mainly in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s, which use tube amplifiers. Without access to tubes, the turnaround time for organ repairs could continue to lengthen, but Fox said he will remain optimistic and

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Rob Griffiths just got his dream job working for a beverage company, Iris Nova, as an account manager in New York City, only to be laid off four months later due to the pandemic. But that didn’t stop him from moving away from The Big Apple to launch his own Charleston-based company, Chítta Latte, a mushroom and collagen-based coffee enhancer. The website launched in October, and Griffiths introduced his formula to the Lowcountry at Charleston Wine + Food. “During that super brief period of time [at my dream job], I found MUD\WTR,” Griffiths said. “And that was the first time I was exposed to the idea of mushrooms and coffee. I tried the product. I didn’t love it. But I saw Griffiths the potential.” Griffiths then researched the mushroom-based enhancer and soon found others like it, but what pushed him to launch Chítta Latte was that all the other companies sold themselves as coffee alternatives. Griffiths believed a coffee substitute wasn’t the solution. “I feel like the market for people who want a coffee alternative, like matcha or chai, or quitting caffeine altogether is arguably smaller than the market of people who are going to drink coffee no matter what,” Griffiths said. “I just wanted to be able to make something that was kind of pulling off of what was already proving to be popular, but reframe it like, ‘OK, this is meant to be mixed with coffee to make your coffee better,’ as opposed to, ‘Buy my product and drink this instead.’” Mycology — the study of mushrooms and fungi — was new to Griffiths, but he had made his way back to the internet for more hours of research on types of mushrooms, the benefits and how to blend them together to add in a drink. Fortunately, he found an expert in the Pacific Northwest who helped guide him in the right direction. Developing the recipe was “a process of elimination,” he

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Adding Chitta Latte to your morning cup of joe won’t likely change the composition of flavor profile. Simply add it in as you would with your sugar and creamer. said, testing different combinations of mushrooms, mushroom types and coffee blends. “There were certain cups that were like, ‘Oh, this blends perfectly with it,’” he said. “But then I’d have it with a different coffee blend, and it changed the composition of the cup entirely.” Mushrooms, he determined, generally just don’t taste good in coffee. The issue steered Griffiths to instead rely on flavorless mushroom extract. “So you’re still getting a ton of those health benefits, but without really any of the flavor,” he said. The original enhancer recipe contained 15 different ingredients. But, as development continued he settled on a mere seveningredient blend. “A lot of similar companies try to make a mushroom coffee alternative,” he said. “And they’ll put in all sorts of flavors. I wanted it to be able to go into the coffee that I love drinking, without really changing any of those flavor notes.” Three of Chitta Latte’s mushrooms are wild harvested. Lion’s mane, which comes from China, helps reduce anxiety, boost memory and balance mood. Siberian chaga works as an anti-inflammatory and immunity booster. Reishi is used to reduce stress, clear the mind and improve sleep quality. Cordyceps, however, comes from high in the Himalayas and as such, is wildly expensive and prone to overharvesting, which can disrupt sensitive high-altitude ecosystems. Griffiths instead uses a strain grown in California.

“You also get a lot of ‘gut support’ with the mushrooms,” he added. “They kind of bring the acidity down to a neutral level to help with heartburn and acid reflux.” Also found in Griffith’s blend are L-theanine, the same chemical abundant in matcha and green tea. It’s added to help regulate the body’s consumption of caffeine, providing a smooth ride, opposed to caffeine’s rush and crash. Studies show too, according to Griffiths, that caffeine inhibits the body’s natural production of collagen. To counter this, Chítta Latte adds a pescatarian collagen supplement from Alaskan salmon which is also flavorless but rich in amino acids. Griffiths noted he hopes to find a vegan alternative in the future. Finally, he adds decaf espresso powder to blend the other ingredients and enhance the flavor of your cup. “I found that the mushrooms are kind of like tofu.” Griffiths said. “They take on the flavor of whatever you put it with.” Chitta latte is available online at chittalatte.com in a 24-serving tin for $36 or in a 10-serving “dime bag” for $15. Chítta Latte is also available for retail purchase at Nosh Cafe and Wine Bar on 466 Savannah Hwy. “The look of the product itself is so cool,” said Nosh manager Annalise Fyrwald. “We do coffee and wine, but we also want to incorporate a lot of superfood lattes and stuff like that. So it was really something that can kind of help with the caffeine intake and can benefit the coffee drinking experience — why not?”

Holy City Brewing partners with Pusser’s Rum for “Painkiller” beer Holy City Brewing and Pusser’s Rum teamed up to launch a Painkiller cocktail-inspired 16 oz. Belgian whitbier. The famous cocktail is made with pineapple and orange juice, cream of coconut, Pusser’s Rum and topped with freshly grated nutmeg. The brewers at Holy City blended the flavors together to create the unique brew. The beer is available in a 16-ounce can at 5.2% ABV at Holy City Brewing. —MP

Join Butcher & Bee for Spring Sunday Supper Butcher & Bee is partnering with Peculiar Pig Farms and Lowland Farms for a special Sunday supper at 5:30 p.m., April 10. Join farmers and Chef Allston Smither as they chat about the beauty of the Lowcountry bounty and why it’s always a good idea to source locally with a four-course meal. Tickets are $45 for the family-style supper and can be purchased on Resy. —MP

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-2927 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS CANDICE SHAW AND JOHN KING, JR., DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2019 TO DEFENDANT: CANDICE SHAW YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on October 5, 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, Dawn Berry, 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. Dawn Berry, SC Bar # 101675, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

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SC 29461, 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. Jason D. Pockrus, SC Bar # 101333, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 294621, (843) 719-1095.

VERSUS MONICA COULSTON AND CHRISTINA COULSTON, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN IN 2019. TO DEFENDANT: MONICA COULSTON YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on December 29, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley 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, Jason D. Pockrus, Esquire, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner,

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TIFFANY FOLK AND GEORGE LLOYD, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN IN 2018. TO DEFENDANT: GEORGE LLOYD YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on August 30, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley 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, Jason D. Pockrus, Esquire, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, 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. Jason D. Pockrus, SC Bar # 101333, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 294621, (843) 719-1095.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-0475 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS PRECIOUS HILTON AND CEDRIC BROWN DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2009 TO DEFENDANT: CEDRIC BROWN YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 17, 2022. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Dawn M. Berry, 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. Dawn M. Berry, SC Bar # 101675, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-1413 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Latasha Bromell, Abel Dewayne

Gause, and Emmanuel Washington Sr. DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2005 & 2010 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.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2022-DR-10-00105 JOSEPHINE MATTHEWS, Plaintiff, vs. TYRELL LEROY COMMANDER, SR., JOHN DOE Defendants, SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANT, ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the below subscribed attorney at her offices at Bleecker Family Law, 519 Savannah Hwy., P.O. Box 30245, Charleston, South Carolina 29417, within thirty (30) days from service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the said Complaint. BLEECKER FAMILY LAW By: Sue Chang – SC Bar 77733 519 Savannah Highway (29407) P.O. Box 30245 Charleston, SC 29417 (843) 571-2725; (843) 5712750 (Fax) schang@bleeckerfamilylaw.net ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF January 10, 2022 Charleston, South Carolina By order of the Chief of the SC Supreme Court, all domestic relations cases shall be disposed of within 365 days of their filing. Failure to request a final hearing within this time may result in administration dismissal of this case.

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 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

Estate of: EARL R. MACK 2022-ES-10-0267 DOD: 01/31/22 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

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

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.

RDC File No.: 21-13201 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF CHARLESTON CASE NO.: 21-CP-10-5492 Bridge Charleston Investments F, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Moses Brown and Willie Mae Brown, and if he/she or they be deceased, then and all other persons entitled to claim under or through them and all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real property subject to this action, those who are adults being as a class designated as John Doe and any unknown infants or Persons under any disability or person in the military service of the United States of America being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants. Lis Pendens NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws §12-61-10, et. seq., and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon a complaint of the Plaintiff above-named, against the Defendant above-named, for the purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the sole owner in fee simple of the title to the property described in the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendant does not have any right, title, interest, claim, estate in or lien upon the said property; that the premises affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced were at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows, to-wit: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and comprising Lot No. 21, East Avenue (now known as Echo Avenue) on a map of the Westerly part of Union Heights, prepared for the KoppIsenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas, C.E., dated 1919 and recorded in the RMC office for

Charleston County in Plat Book “C”, at Page 137 and having such size, shape, location, dimensions and bounds as may be seen by reference to the aforesaid plat on record. The said property known in the present numbering as 2031 Echo Avenue, Union Heights, Charleston, South Carolina. TMS No.: 466-12-00-180 Address: 2031 Echo Avenue N. Charleston, SC 29405 Summons and Notice TO: THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S) YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned at his office, 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2, North Charleston, South Carolina 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity or Special Referee for this County, which order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case. Notice of Filing TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons and Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on December 6, 2021. Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem UPON READING AND FILING the Petition of the Plaintiff for the appointment of Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem for any unknown defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and it appearing that the names and addresses of such persons, if any, whether residents or non-residents of the State of South Carolina, are unknown to Plaintiff and cannot, with reasonable diligence be ascertained, and that the said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, whose office is located at 6296 Rivers Avenue, Suite 102, North Charleston, South Carolina, is a suitable and competent person to understand and protect the rights and interests of said Defendants and has no interest therein adverse to the interest of said Defendants, if any, and is not connected in business with the Plaintiff, in this action or with its counsel. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that said Richard A. Steadman, Jr., Esquire, be and he is hereby designated and appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability of incompetent, including those persons who might be in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a class designated as “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” and he is hereby authorized to appear and defend the said ac-

tion on behalf of said Defendants, unless Defendants, if any, or any of them shall within thirty (30) days after the service of a copy of this Order upon them, exclusive of the day of service, as herein provided, procure to be appointed, procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for said Defendants, if any, for the purposes of this action. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall be served upon said unknown Defendants who may be minors, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the Military Service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, being as a Class designated “John Doe,” and “Richard Roe,” by publication of a notice of this Order as required by law in a newspaper published in Charleston County, South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. s/ R. David Chard S.C. Bar No.: 1190 Attorney for the Plaintiff 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2 N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 554-6984

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT IN RE: THE ESTATE OF MILDRED E. WHITE CASE NO.:1984-ES10-00574 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-10-00790 UMB BANK, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Legal Title Trustee of PRL Title Trust I, Plaintiff vs. The Unknown Successor Trustee of the Patrick F. Giel Trust, UTD 12/06/03; Mark E. Summerville; Timothy Giel; 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. TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Mark Summerville; The Unknown Successor Trustee of the Patrick F. Giel Trust, UTD 12/06/03; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to 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 Charleston County on February 16, 2022.

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 4501

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.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you have a right to be considered for Foreclosure Intervention.

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.

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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 Patrick F. Giel and Patrick F. Giel as Trustee of the Patrick F. Giel Trust UTA dated 12/06/03 to UMB BANK, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Legal Title Trustee of PRL Title Trust I bearing date of April 16, 2008 and recorded May 21, 2008 in Mortgage Book C660 at Page 713 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($150,000.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded on September 6, 2018 in Book 745 at Page 515, the mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, D/B/A Christiana Trust, not individually but as Trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust. That 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 lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on James Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 4, Block D, on a plat of Ashcroft Hall, Section 1 made by Sigma Engineers, Inc. dated April 1966 and recorded April 21, 1966 in Book U, Page 100 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. Said lot is subject to the Restrictions of Ashcroft Hall Subdivision, Section 1 dated April 29, 1966 and recorded in Book M-85 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County. TMS No. 428-11-00-020 Property Address: 971 Foxcroft Road, Charleston, SC 29412

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 19, 2022. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you have a right to be considered for Foreclosure Intervention.

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NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION 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 the aforesaid plat. TMS No. 388-09-00-118 Property Address: 9873 Levenshall Drive Ladson, SC 29456 Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 4491

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. No.: 2022-CP-10-00891 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 class designated as John Doe, whose true name is unknown; and any minors or persons under disability, being as a class designated as Mary Roe, whose true name is unknown, Defendants. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING 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. 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. March 14, 2022 Charleston, South Carolina LIS PENDENS 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: ALL that lot, piece, parcel or 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. 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. 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 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. It appears that William Tinkler, Esquire of Charleston, South Carolina is a suitable and competent person to act as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for any unknown Defendants, as well as those who may be minors, incompetents or under a legal disability. NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby ORDERED, that Plaintiff’s request is hereby granted in full and that William Tinkler, Esquire, be, and he hereby is, appointed as Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney to represent the interests of such of the abovecaptioned unknown Defendants or unknown claimants from the public at large or those who may be minors, incompetents or under a legal disability. 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. 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 March 23, 2022

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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

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