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Community unity in question after Eastside mass shooting

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By Skyler Baldwin

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Eastside residents, community activists and city leaders appear to be at odds over what to do about gun violence in the wake of a May 31 shooting in which nine people were shot and three others were injured.

The shooting followed other high-profile May shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. More mass shootings followed nationally during the June 4 weekend that resulted in at least 17 deaths and 62 injuries, including one death in Summerton, S.C. Last Tuesday, at a press conference, Charleston mayor John Tecklenburg railed against the culture of gun violence that’s blanketing the nation: “It’s not just South Street; it’s not just the Eastside. It’s the City of Charleston; it’s our region; it’s the United States of America … thoughts and prayers are necessary, but they’re not enough. We need to pray to God for guidance to give us the action steps to keep this community safe.”

The mayor proposed eight action steps to be taken in the wake of this shooting to curb gun violence in Charleston: • Make more arrests in relation to the Charleston incident; • Create an accountability measure for landlords; • Reiterate the city’s request to the legislature to establish a graduated penalty system for repeat gun-use offenders;

• Continue enforcement of laws already on the books; • Promote responsible gun ownership — he said hundreds of guns are stolen from unlocked cars every year; • Shut down excessive unpermitted events in public spaces; • Review traffic measures in the Eastside neighborhood, specifically along South Street; and • Review the city’s response to the May 31 shooting.

But these action steps come up short, some say.

“There was no talk about real-time solutions,” said the Rev. Thomas Dixon, pastor of a Mount Pleasant church and lifelong Charlestonian. “You’ve got to get to the root of the problem, and we can’t let the talking heads say things like, ‘Oh, it’s a mental health problem,’ because that’s not it …

Until we address this as a gun problem, first and foremost, we are going to continue to have this issue. Too many guns leads to more gun violence. It’s just that simple.”

He later added, “We need to have stronger penalties for those caught possessing illegal weapons. That sentiment is echoed even by our governor, who said to get him a bill saying how to do that, and he’s going to sign it. But I’ve been preaching that message for at least 10 years.”

Charleston Chief of Police Luther Reynolds agreed guns are at the heart of the problem, but the roots are deeper.

“We cannot arrest our way out of this,” he said. “Only occasionally is it about arrest and enforcement. It’s a huge problem, and it isn’t something that’s going to be fixed overnight. You have to look at the whole problem, and it’s a societal, cultural issue. It’s tied to the opioid and fentanyl crisis. There’s a connection of all this to gangs and retaliation … Mental health is an issue … Gun violence is Reynolds more than just a criminal justice problem.”

Dixon said education and economic opportunity also needed to be considered in dealing with the issue. But he said he feels city leaders have dropped the ball when it comes to working with the community in addressing these issues as well.

“Under Reynolds and Tecklenburg, somewhere along the way, they decided to sit themselves on one side of the bridgebuilding process and put members of the community on the other side,” he said. “It’s their way or no way. We’re never going to have a solution to this problem if we continue along that path.”

City officials and police, however, have met with the Eastside Community Development Corporation (ECDC), for what Reynolds called “a really productive CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Dr. Ade Ajani Ofunniyin (left), affectionately known as Dr. O, founder of the Gullah Society, who passed away in October 2020, leads a procession to the Intracoastal Waterway on Sullivan’s Island where an offering of flowers and fruit to the African ancestors was placed in the waterway. Dr. O was active in the remembrance ceremony.

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Twenty-five years ago, three friends met in Charleston to plan an event on the beach at Sullivan’s Island to honor and restore the humanity of countless Africans who died during the Middle Passage.

This Saturday, their efforts will continue with libations, drumming and prayers during the 25th Annual Remembrance Program. This is the first ceremony held since the pandemic interrupted in-person events in 2020. Ceremonies in 2020 and 2021 were held virtually.

The four-hour event will begin promptly at 9:15 a.m. in the Fort Moultrie Auditorium.

The idea for the inaugural event came when Deborah Wright moved to Charleston in November 1997 from Brooklyn, New York. She then met radio host Osei Chandler who conWright nected her with newly elected Charleston City Council member Kwadjo Campbell.

They began to plan an event in Charleston modeled after the remembrance ceremony Wright attended in Brooklyn, now in its 33rd year.

“Understanding that this would be an ideal program for Charleston, we three met, discussed and approached the National Parks Service as a venue for this event,” said Wright, who later became a reference archivist at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

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Tucker, former park service rangers Michael Allen and Carlin Timmons and others “have all been so supremely supportive over these 25 years,” Wright added.

The planners chose Sullivan’s Island because it was the site of a quarantine station where enslaved Africans and others were held in pest houses on land and boats offshore to ensure they weren’t carrying contagious diseases before they entered Charleston.

Because enslaved Africans were brought through Sullivan’s Island, the site is often called the Ellis Island for African Americans. It is a crude comparison, some might say, because Africans came not by choice, but by force. For them, Sullivan’s was an island of horrors.

The remembrance committee of the Charleston Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) sponsors the event. After ASALH remembrance committee coordinator Regina Williams brings the greeting, Donald West, instructor and coordinator of history and humanities at Trident Technical College, will discuss the “Forced Migration of Millions: The Atlantic Slave Trade and Middle Passage, Why This History Matters.” The program includes a drum procession to the beach and to “The Bench by the Road” for remarks by Charleston ASALH president Jerome Harris, Marcus McDonald of Charleston Black Lives Matter and other community members.

The Bench by the Road was installed in July 2008 at Fort Moultrie by the Toni Morrison Society as a reminder of the Africans captured during the slave trade.

At noon, the libation ceremony, conducted by Yoruba priestess Osun Wonuola Efun Layo, will be timed with

similar events in Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., Georgetown, Hampton, Va., New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Calif., Montgomery, Ala., Miami, Detroit and abroad.

The Charleston remembrance program is a part of the International Coalition to Commemorate the African Ancestors of the Middle Passage (remembertheancestors.com).

When Campbell met Wright to plan the first remembrance ceremony he was a 24-year-old newly elected member of Charleston City Council. “The Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance Ceremony has had a significant spiritual meaning for me over the past 25 years,” said Campbell, who now lives in Greenville. “It’s a sort of New Year for me, as I reaffirm my commitment to the upliftment of my community. I can actually feel the spiritual energy from my ancestors as I make my affirmations to fight and support their descendants.”

Since 1979, Osei Terry Chandler has hosted South Carolina Public Radio’s Roots Musik Karamu. “I am honored to have assisted the Charleston Remembrance Committee in instituting the annual event that connects me to my Chandler unknown ancestors and links those ancestors to their unknown legacy,” he said. “Our program is held at the very same waters that brought those ships to Charleston. We get to wade in those waters and we get to offer prayers, flowers and tribute in the very same location.”

Police reported an instance of a downtown man “screaming political messages” through a megaphone. Several people reportedly complained to police, but due to the activity being a constitutionally protected protest, police could do little other than leave complainants with a business card.

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“They really have a vested interest in the community,” Reynolds said. “We worked on solutions we can tackle together so this doesn’t become just a police-centric solution.”

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More inclusivity needed

To Dixon though, there’s still a rift between the community that city leaders communicate with, and the community that actually exists in the Eastside. And, he said, the dividing line is those who are from the community, and those who moved in later.

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gentrification of the Eastside claiming they are the new voice of the community,” he said.

“They don’t have a clue about the community they moved into … you have to ask the people born and raised in the community.”

As an example of these vocal newcomers, Dixon specifically pointed to Eastside resident Steve Bailey, a Post and Courier columnist who hosted a community press conference June 1.

Bailey disputed Dixon’s comment, saying: “I am first an Eastside resident. We have owned our house for 16 years and lived here for three years … I was raised in Charleston — born on East Bay Street — and grew up in Mount Pleasant.”

Bailey spent 30 years in Boston with The Boston Globe and more than seven years in London working for Bloomberg News. He has been back in Charleston for more than six years.

“There is a lot to do and it is way overdue,”

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Bailey told City Paper. “The Eastside needs the help of the city and the cops. But more than anything, Eastsiders need to say this is not acceptable. We want something better, and we are ready to do the work to get it.”

For his part, Reynolds said he recognizes the importance of community engagement, and how much work is still left to do.

“We know we can always do better, and we know we can always do more,” he said.

“Whatever we do, it has to be together.”

But, he added: “The police can’t provide everything needed to address this — mental health services, domestic violence — these are all areas we need to work with other organizations. I don’t think there’s really any limit on what we can accomplish working together.”

degree assault and battery and resisting arrest. Police also charged Ayesha Saleemah McGee, 26, of North Charleston with third-degree assault and battery, and arrested Maurice Antonio Malloy (address unavailable), 35, for disorderly conduct after returning to the scene later in the week.

Police recovered no guns from the scene of the shooting on South Street, police spokesman Elisabeth Wolfsen said, but they collected multiple varying calibers of fired cartridge casings. Authorities have made no arrests directly relating to the shooting, but the investigation is ongoing, and detectives are continuing to follow up on leads.

Investigation is ongoing

Anyone with information is asked to contact the on-duty central detective at (843) 743-7200 or Lowcountry Crime Stoppers at (843) 554-1111 if they wish to remain anonymous.

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Stop yammering and do something about gun violence C

harleston Mayor John Tecklenburg spoke for many last week after a mass shooting on the Eastside left nine shot and three law enforcement officers hurt:

“There’s been 230 mass shootings in America so far this year,” he said at a press conference. “It’s May 31 — that’s day 151 — that means there’s been just over one-and-a-half mass shootings per day in America.

“Every 16 hours in our country, there’s a mass shooting. I don’t know about you, but I’m angry about it. I’m mad about it. I’m fed up … Enough is enough, and this entire issue of gun violence has to be addressed.”

Unlike too many elected officials in South Carolina who won’t say what they will do to chill gun violence that’s infecting our communities, Tecklenburg took on the subject directly and quickly. For that, we owe him a great thanks. Now, we need other leaders to join the work to calm a local — and national — epidemic of gun violence.

In the wake of the Memorial Day shooting, which apparently migrated to South Street after large gatherings in North Charleston and Isle of Palms, Tecklenburg proposed eight “action steps” to cut gun violence in the Holy City.

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• Make more arrests in relation to the May 31 incident.

• Create an accountability measure for landlords.

• Reiterate the city’s request to the legislature to establish a graduated penalty system for repeat gun-use offenders.

• Continue enforcement of laws already on the books.

• Promote responsible gun ownership. Hundreds of guns,

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the mayor said, are stolen from unlocked cars every year.

• Shut down excessive unpermitted events in public spaces.

• Review traffic measures in the Eastside neighborhood, specifically along South Street.

• Review the city’s response to the May 31 shooting.

Other area leaders should immediately take similar tactical approaches. And state legislators need to get off their butts and do something more than just reviewing other policy ideas, as Gov. Henry McMaster suggested last week. They should show bold leadership — without bureaucratic and political delay — by closing the so-called Charleston loophole to keep guns out of the hands of sketchy people and by requiring tougher background checks. They should pass a hate crimes law. And they should pass a statewide assault rifle ban.

Elected leaders also need to take to heart the pleas of local community activists like the Rev. Thomas Dixon who stresses the importance of working with residents to lessen threats from guns.

“You have to involve the pastors in the churches, the local nonprofits — every aspect of our elected officials and community leaders,” Dixon said. “When you see how to connect the dots, and when everybody understands their individual responsibility to do their part, then we can begin to address this.”

Serious gun violence requires serious action. Too many many innocent children and adults have died. Serious action means that elected officials need to get off their hands and do something, including partnering with neighborhood organizations to make our streets safer. It is no longer acceptable for elected leaders of all stripes to continue to do nothing. Those who do nothing should be thrown out of office.

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Why South Carolina should legalize marijuana By Chris Richardson

Our leaders have shown, time and again, to be out of step with the times and reality.

This bill is no different. Far from embracing a piecemeal approach on the issue, South Carolina needs leaders willing to tap the full economic potential of marijuana. We need full legalization for recreational purposes and pardoning all those convicted of solely marijuana offenses.

Here’s why this red state would benefit from going green. Marijuana is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States. Sales of adult-use and medical marijuana products hit $25 billion in 2021 and could reach as high as $100 billion by 2030.

Eighteen states have legalized cannabis for adult use, according to U.S. News & World

Report. This includes rock-solid conservative states such as South Dakota and Alaska.

States that have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes have seen stronger finances and job growth. Nevada estimates the industry will create 41,000 more jobs and generate more than 1.7 billion in labor income, according to a 2020 review of the economic rise of marijuana. California estimates its total labor income from sales and cultivation of marijuana will top the billions as the state’s coffers have been flush with revenues. In Colorado, $40 million of marijuana tax revenue went to the public school construction, while $105 million went to housing programs, mental health programs and health programs. In total, the states that legalized marijuana are flush in revenues to spend on their populace.

The whole country is headed that direction. Large portions of the American population support marijuana legalization for medical and recreational uses. Even in Republican states such as Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas, there is broad support for legalizing marijuana.

Imagine our own marijuana Green New Deal here in South Carolina. Our state could use the money to fully fund the police,

provide money for struggling rural schools or grant further tax cuts to small businesses. We could also focus our police forces on prioritizing more serious crimes and on our opioid crisis. It would also allow businesses to train and hire a subset of people with marijuana convictions. An expansion of the pool of labor available makes economic sense given our current labor crisis.

Though the country is rapidly moving toward marijuana legalization, South Carolina has moved in the opposite direction in the past 10 years. As of 2020, South Carolina had the nation’s second highest arrest rate for marijuana possession as well as a growing racial disparity in these arrests, according to media reports. Seven South Carolina counties were included in the top 20 counties nationally for marijuana arrests. These arrests represent millions in state taxpayer dollars in arrests, incarceration, judges, juries and court systems. Arresting people for marijuana possession costs the United States between $2 billion and $6 billion annually, according to the Center for American Progress.

The arguments by state leaders against marijuana legalization range from outdated to out of sync with today’s South Carolina

and today’s America. S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson dubbed marijuana our most dangerous drug, despite the fact that only a few hundred people, if any, have ever even died of a marijuana overdose. However, hundreds of thousands die due to alcohol, tobacco and prescription drugs, all of which are very legal and can be more dangerous.

There are fears legalization will lead to higher crime, but this is unfounded. A study by the Libertarian-leaning CATO Institute found marijuana legalization did not dramatically increase or decrease crime in states where it was implemented. In fact, data from the U.S. Border Patrol shows marijuana seizures have decreased by millions of pounds and are set to their lowest level in a decade.

South Carolina’s entire history has been about going against the grain. We do not need to wait for the federal government to tell us what we already know: The war on weed is over. Weed won. Now it’s time to capitalize on that reality.

Chris Richardson is an immigration lawyer and former U.S. diplomat who is from James Island. He practices nationwide.

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Time to enjoy the flavors of summer From staff reports Bringing your family together for a meal that tastes like summer is what the season is all about. If you’re spending an evening firing up the grill, flipping on the oven, forming a homemade salad or anything inbetween, the time spent together enjoying warm weather flavors is what people across the Lowcountry crave.

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Summer Shrimp and Squash Kebabs yellow squash and zucchini; marinate 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Preheat the grill to medium heat.

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AT HOME IN THE LOWCOUNTRY

The man behind the trumpet

By Samantha Connors

Awendaw native and Grammy Award-winning musician Charlton Singleton is lucky his older sister and brother took music lessons.

“[My musical career] all started with me just trying to copy what my big sister and brother were doing,” Singleton said.

His older siblings were taking piano lessons and 3-year-old Singleton was particularly observant. When his parents noticed him playing some melodies to songs he had heard, they asked the teacher to start giving him 10-minute lessons.

Though his siblings didn’t pursue music later in life, Singleton turned his humble beginnings as a toddler pianist into a successful, lifelong career.

“I did have this fixation on being a starting shortstop or a second baseman for the New York Yankees,” Singleton said. “But, music just seemed to be the most natural thing for me.”

Singleton went on to learn the organ, violin, cello and his main instrument, trumpet, with a focus on jazz.

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After graduating from South Carolina State University in 1993 with a degree in music performance, Singleton worked at a West Ashley music store called CD Superstore (later renamed Millennium Music), where he met his wife MaryJo in 1994. At the store, Singleton had even greater access to inspirational music. He said he was a “late bloomer” getting into Prince, who became a major musical influence, but when he did, he dove in headfirst.

“It was to a point where I was militant about it,” he said. “I would yell at customers [at the music store] if they didn’t know Prince information. I got reprimanded for it, actually.”

Singleton’s love for Prince is evident in his home office where a framed photo of the High Priest of Pop lives on top of his upright piano along with a mini plunger used to create a “wah-wah” effect on the trumpet. Fun fact: The use of a mini plunger as a trumpet mute

Charlton Singleton always keeps a mini plunger handy, which is used by trumpet players to create a “wah-wah” sound.

was popularized by James “Bubber” Miley, an Aiken, S.C., native who played in Duke Ellington’s band, but it may have originated from the Jenkins Orphanage band in Charleston, Singleton said.

During his time at the music store, Singleton started landing more gigs and performing with two current members of Ranky Tanky, Quentin Baxter and Kevin Hamilton, in different bands, but he decided to teach private lessons and in public schools in 2000, including the Charleston School of the Arts. After seven years, he left teaching to pursue performing.

“I never really pictured myself being a performer, but it just sort of came out that way, and I made the decision to jump in with both feet,” he said.

He co-founded Charleston Jazz Orchestra in 2008, where he served as artistic director until 2018. Singleton released his first solo music in 2011 and was playing gigs often, but he felt that he wasn’t quite where he envisioned himself to be until 2015 when he was named artist-in-residence at the Charleston Gaillard Center, where he remained until 2019; Singleton currently holds the title of artist-in-residence emeritus.

THE LOWDOWN ON CHARLTON SINGLETON Age: 51.

Birthplace: Charleston, S.C. Education: Bachelor’s degree in music performance, S.C. State University.

Past professions of interest: School band director.

Family: Wife, two kids, granddaughter.

Pets: Three dogs (Sassy, Jango, MoJo), two cats (Pumpkin and Ginger). Since we’ve been married, my wife and I have owned probably 14 to 15 cats and dogs.

That same year, Ranky Tanky was born.

The jazz-inspired Gullah group went on to win a Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album in 2019 with its album Good Time.

“It was a very emotional day,” he recalled. “You literally go from just being on pins and needles and not knowing to: ‘Oh my God, did that just happen?’ ” Singleton proudly displays his Grammy on a table in his dining room. He jokingly said that it makes for a great background piece in Zoom calls.

Ranky Tanky returned this month from a five-day tour playing in Finland, Sweden and Germany. Next up, they’re playing in the Northeast for several weeks, making it all the way up to Canada before heading west to California and Colorado with vocalist Lisa Fisher, then back to Europe. Every member of the band has at least one other side project he or she is working on, Singleton said. That can make it difficult to get together unless they’re playing shows.

“A lot of magic happens in sound check,” he said. “A lot of the Grammy Award-winning album was created, in a way, at sound check. Somebody was doing something and somebody added on while we were waiting for them to check their microphones and then it turned into something.”

In addition to Ranky Tanky, Singleton plays with his groups Contemporary Flow and Charlton Singleton and Friends, as well as several orchestra ensembles.

On the road

The walls of Singleton’s office tell the story of his music career with framed concert posters from shows, including Ranky Tanky performances and a Prince cover show with Charlton Singleton and Friends, and a photo of Singleton playing at the Music Hall with famous saxophonist and Goose Creek native Bob Belden.

When asked about some of his more memorable tour moments, Singleton reminisced on times with his post-college ska band called Skwzbxx (pronounced squeeze box).

“One night, we played at The Elbow Room in Columbia, and the whole WCW wrestling crew walked into the building and Ric Flair jumped up on stage with us,” he said, laughing. “It was one of the most memorable experiences that I’ve ever had. It was a crazy night full of laughter.”

More recently, Ranky Tanky toured with folk and jazz artist Bobby McFerrin in 2019, an experience he said was like no other.

“Being out on the road with him and watching him work was amazing. The banter on the bandstand, watching him sing and do all of these polyrhythms with Quentin Baxter, I felt like I could’ve died right there and I would’ve been cool with it.”

Though Singleton has played with many acclaimed musicians, he’s had a lot of run-ins with influential music industry people at the airport.

Singleton’s office is decorated with concert posters (above). His Grammy (right) is displayed in the living room.

One of his biggest fanboy moments took place at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York as a college student while returning from Edinburgh, Scotland.

His two friends spotted one of Singleton’s greatest inspirations, S.C. native and jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, at a newsstand with a funky hat Photos by Rūta Smith and oddly shaped trumpet bag. Singleton’s friends pushed him to Gillespie. The moment he turned around, Singleton fired off in rapid succession information about his aspirations as a trumpeter and his backstory as a South Carolinian, before the jazz legend yelled, “STOP!” Gillespie asked an out-of-breath Singleton, “Do you play [trumpet] as fast as you talk? … You’d be one helluva trumpet player if you did that.”

Gillespie spent the next five minutes suggesting musicians to listen to and books to read before he said, “We’ve got a plane to catch. It’s always good to talk to someone from South Carolina.

Good luck in your career young man,” and he was off.

Gillespie’s niece invited Singleton to play that very same trumpet he saw Gillespie holding that day 20 years later in 2013 during the South Carolina Jazz Festival honoring Gillespie.

Ushering in next generation

“When younger students of mine ask about the business, I always tell them it’s about relationships,” Singleton said.

Over the course of his career, Singleton has built plenty of relationships — with bandmates, fellow musicians, teachers and local jazz artists. He reflected on his own years coming up as a musician when the prominent jazz artists in town encouraged him to watch their shows and get up on stage to play.

“The more things change, the more they stay the same,” he said.

“We’re now the ones playing in clubs and asking the young musicians today to come in and get that experience. It’s a revolving sort of energy. For the aspiring musicians today, I say: Be seen. Be heard. Go and establish those relationships.”

Something people would be surprised to learn about you: I am very nervous when I am onstage. I literally practice just about everything that I say in between songs.

Favorite thing to do outside of work: I love watching anything on TV that is going to make me laugh hard! Old comedy shows!

Favorite food to cook: Steak.

Favorite cocktail or beverage: Half and half (unsweetened/sweet tea).

Four foods you always need in your refrigerator: Fruit, veggies, eggs and bacon.

Three people (alive or dead) you’d like to dine with: Jesus, Ella Fitzgerald, Prince.

What meal would you want served to you for your last supper: Bread, fish and wine.

Something that you have too much of at home: Lint rollers (we have five pets).

Guilty pleasure: Yacht Rock.

Favorite musicians: Dizzy Gillespie, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Lalah Hathaway, and of course … MY BANDS!!

Describe your best day in 50 words or less: June 3, 2000 — 95+ degrees at Charlestowne Landing, family and friends all around, MaryJo walking down the aisle, my Dad marrying us.

(Honorable Mention … Los Angeles when we won a Grammy!)

Pet peeve: Those stray marks that are left on the dry erase/chalkboard!

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first Westerner to collect this specimen was George Forrest, a Scottish botanist Throughout human history, the gifting and who explored the depths of the biologitrading of plants has been a way for people cally diverse Yunnan province of China to connect. A 2018 study published in in the early 1900s. It was later scientifiScience Daily discussed an analysis of plant cally named and forgotten for decades as remains found at a site in Uzbekistan conthe plant itself has no real economic or taining species exotic to the area. The site, medicinal use. dating back to 800 A.D., coincides with the In the 1980s, cuttings of this plant were popularity of the Silk Road, the trade route sent into the Royal Botanic Gardens for connecting Eastern and Western worlds. identification. Many scientists had not seen This study is one of many that demonstrates the plant before but realized that people the cultural importance of exchanging throughout England were growing this as plants for crop production, medicinal puran indoor plant. In an effort to figure out poses and even ornamental reminders of far how the plant got to England, an illusaway lands. trated article was published in 1983 asking Today, plant parents the public to submit stories on how they everywhere have likely received the plant. experienced the joy of It turned out that in the mid 1940s, sharing one of their a Norwegian missionary named Agnar beloved plants. Many Espegren brought a few clippings of Pilea houseplants are easy peperomioides from China back to Norway to propagate. Pothos, after all missionaries were asked to leave philodendrons and China. He shared some of the clippings other trailing plants with family and friends, further spreading Reale typically are cut below them around Europe. a node and placed in This pilea became popular once again water. This cutting will eventually develop a about 10 years ago and you can find root system, provided the water is changed hundreds of thousands of posts with the out once a week, and can then either be kept hashtag #PILEAPEPEROMIOIDES. in water or planted in soil. Other plants such as snake plants and ferns, can be How to care for and share shared by division. Once the plant is mature your friendship plant enough, remove the plant from the pot and Bright, indirect light is best. Direct sunlight break apart the root system to share. can cause damage. The plants can tolerate Pilea peperomioides (commonly called lower light, but will not thrive and grow as Chinese Money Plant, Friendship Plant, Missionary Plant or UFO plant) is a unique well. These plants grow towards the light, so rotating your plant regularly will ensure plant that recently resurged in popularity for its interesting leaf morphology and ease a full plant all around.

Similarly as you’d care for succulents, let of propagating. This evergreen plant is only this plant completely dry out between waterfound growing wildly in parts of China in ings and avoid overwatering. Well-drained low- to mid-altitude forests but is easily soil also is important. This plant does not cultivated indoors. need to be fertilized, but if you choose to do This plant has a very interesting hisso only lightly fertilize in early spring. tory and was largely unknown to the Pileas produce baby plants or “pups” at Western world until it was commercially grown in the late 2010s. Records show the the base of the mother plant or will pop

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BY CHANCE OR PROVIDENCE Greg Johnsman of Marsh Hen Mill talks birds, blessings, life and legacy at the mill

By Michael Pham Marsh Hen Mill, formerly known as Geechie Boy Mill, has gone through the ringer in the years since Greg Johnsman took over the company in 2006: A complete product change, massive growth on a national scale, the milling of heirloom and ancient grains, Covid-19 and a controversial name that lead to a company-wide rebrand.

But none of that has hindered the momentum the 44-year-old Johnsman and his wife Betsy continue to carry, even after the change from a decades-old company to the current Marsh Hen Mill. Johnsman turned a passion into a living, and a living into carving his own path and legacy, with the help of some old guys, a few grist mills and the internet.

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Growing up in a rural upstate South Carolina farming community, Johnsman absorbed something new every day from his family and the farmers and grain millers who occupied his world. Learning from third generation millers like Jack Brock how a hard stone wheel could convert hard kernels of corn into grits and cornmeal was just par for the course.

“I spent my weekends hanging out with him and some old guys, and I didn’t know I was learning anything,” Johnsman said.

“I thought I was just helping him mill some corn but he’d be like, ‘Come over here and put your hand on this bearing.’ He was constantly teaching me, but I never realized he was teaching me. It was just a friendship.”

Through hanging out with Brock, Johnsman was also schooled on the mechanics of vintage grist milling equipment: “There’s all these tricks and things I never thought I was learning. I thought everybody knew how to pour babbit (a metal that’s melted and used to make bearings). I thought everybody knew how to sharpen a stone.”

Birds were a passion of Johnsman’s grandfather, so Johnsman also grew up immersed in a world of wildlife and poultry. He would go on to become one of the last to graduate from Clemson in 2001 with a concentration in poultry, before the school shifted the focus to animal and veterinary science.

It was at Clemson where he met his wife, Betsy McKoy, a farm girl from Edisto Island.

Johnsman went on to receive his graduate degree in 2002 in agriculture education, as teaching about agriculture was another of his passions. But after scanning through newspapers and cycling through jobs with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control, Johnsman found himself going back to Betsy’s family farm on Edisto in 2003. “I remember the first time coming over to the Lowcountry in Photos by Rūta Smith college with my wife,” he said. “She rolled 44-year-old Greg Johnsman (above) has been working with grains all his life and down the windows and said, ‘You smell that?’ And I was like, ‘It’s terrible.’ She said: strives to find the best flavors. Johnsman’s sister-in-law Katie (below) helps the ‘It’s that pluff mud. It’s home.’ At the time, it family mill corn into grits and cornmeal, sometimes as early as three in the morning. didn’t make sense, but I get it now.”

Geechie Boy, and almost all of the farms on Edisto Island for that matter, were known as “truck farms.” Farmers loaded their produce onto trucks, and those trucks immediately carried that produce to trains bound for the Northeast. A tomato could literally be picked one day and be bought a couple of days later at a 59th street corner store in Manhattan.

Thanks to Betsy, Johnsman met another mentor in the form of father-in-law, Adair McKoy III. He had long shared ownership of the Edisto-based Geechie Boy brand produce company with the late Raymond Tumbleston.

Known across the Edisto community as the “Geechie Boy,” Tumbleston was a master grower of tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons and cantaloupes. He is today still considered a pioneer in agriculture technology.

A grim future

Geechie Boy specialized in Roma, cherry and grape tomatoes and other vegetables in

That’s when Johnsman learned “not to put all of my eggs in one basket.”

After Matthew, Johnsman would partner with farmers and purveyors all over the state, and he was “always looking for more.”

Corn and rice supplies would come to include Johnsman’s brother-in-law Adair McKoy IV from Wadmalaw Island’s Yellow House Farms, White House Farms in Georgetown, S.C., and near the Ashepoo River. Corn, peas and other crops came from Thompson Farms in Holly Hill and Ole Tyme Bean Co. in Elloree.

Finding his legacy

clapper rail was us,” he said. “And, you know, it’s trying to do the right thing by the community and right thing by people.

Every time I didn’t know how we were going to pay for it, an order came in. We didn’t get farther ahead but we’re blessed just to keep going.

“We have customers that have been with us since the start,” Johnsman added. “We have little ladies that will just send us a blank check and say, ‘Send some grits to my family.’ They don’t go online and it’s a very true and humbling experience to meet people that are like ‘No, we’re trying to keep the old ways alive.’ ”

The onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic was Two signs a brutal time for Johnsman and Betsy. Not What Johnsman said he didn’t realize, too, only would Johnsman battle a debilitating case of the virus, the family would lose Betsy’s is the legacy and impact he’s already had in father to the disease. It was devastating, said nearly two decades on Edisto Island. Out in front of the mill, there had long been Johnsman. To him, Adair was, “an encycloa sign that read “Jesus is Lord of Edisto.” pedia for me growing in the Lowcountry.”

In 2020, amid the pandemic and Black Eventually, it simply fell apart. But when it Lives Matters protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn., Johnsman was hit with online protests of his own — over a name. Though his company had been called “Geechie Boy” since long before he was ever involved, the term “Geechee” is generally recognized along with “Gullah” to describe Lowcountry Marsh Hen Market & Mill is “the first and last stop” on Edisto descendants of Island for provisions before and after hitting the beach enslaved Africans.

Some saw the term as was gone, people asked, “Would you please a cultural appropriation. put that sign back up?” The old sign was According to Johnsman, the name unsalvageable, so Johnsman ordered a new was never a concern for the people on sign. The same week, someone from the Edisto Island, as it was less about race community gave Johnsman a check for the and more about place. Indeed Raymond cost of the sign: “Just to say thank you for “Geechie Boy” Tumbleston was white. But putting it back up,” he said. “So it was like it as Johnsman’s products grew in scale and was meant to be.” popularity, that changed. So he and Betsy The old water wheel in front of Marsh Hen decided to change the name of the comMarket is rotting, but a local firefighter offered pany. “We hit little storms of people with to build something else in its place. “I have misappropriation … but I realized it was antiques because I keep parts for fixing parts,” never my legacy. So when you realize that, it’s like, you know, we’ve had a storm or two Johnsman said. “So he came Sunday and got a ton of old rusty parts, and he’s gonna build before, so let’s do something that’s us.” a metal marsh hen to sit out there with all As the Johnsmans agonized over what that “something” was, and how to completely the metal parts. It kind of puts, you know, my everlasting stamp on this island.” rebrand a company that had been in operaFor Johnsman, what Marsh Hen Mill tion for decades, they sought a little divine provides is beyond the grain sitting in the intervention. “At our lowest point of trying to figure out the first storm was Psalm 91:4,” plate, or even the distinct flavors it produces; it’s about the connections shared Johnsman said. “That just says that you’re amongst those who eat it and the lasting under the protection of God. And that’s our effects it may carry. belief as Christians and where we were.”

“Really, we’re a memory business,” he As Johnsman sees it, the feathers of the clapper rail, also known as the marsh hen, said. “That’s how we kind of relate. It’s exciting to us to see these memories passed protected the family in their time of need.

So they renamed the company Marsh Hen down, and we can be part of sharing the Mill. “We just felt that the marsh and the table with everybody.”

A la carte Toast! All Day opens new King Street location In the former Monza Pizza Bar space on 453 King St., Charleston Hospitality Group opens its sixth in the state and second downtown Toast! All Day location.

Toast! All Day is known for its all-day breakfast, lunch and dinner menu with meals like Eggs Meeting Street made with stacked panko fried crab cakes, fried green tomatoes and poached eggs topped with roasted red pepper remoulade or the Blue Crab and Shrimp Omelet with fresh blue crab and shrimp, pepper jack cheese, sautéed mushrooms, green peppers and tomatoes.

The new King Street location will pay homage to its former tenants by incorporating pizza selections into its all-day menu, featuring house-made pizza dough baked in the location’s built-in wood-fired ovens.

Toast! All Day is open daily from 7-12 a.m. —Michael Pham

Red Clay releases spicy new concoction Popular Charleston-owned Red Clay Hot Sauce kicks off the summer heat with its new Spicy Cocktail Sauce. The Spicy Cocktail Sauce can be used to heat up the summer seafood dishes you’ll munch on at barbecues, parties or a nice night on the water. A blend of fresh tomatoes, horseradish, Dijon, Pequin chili pepper flakes, sumac, fennel seeds, lemongrass, ginger and a splash of sherry vinegar bring a balance of acid, savory and heat.

The new sauce is available online at redclayhotsauce.com for $15 for a 10.5 oz. bottle. It will be available at retail stores in the coming months. —MP

New concept MIX to join Shem Creek late 2022 “Eatertainment” concept MIX, developed by Boston-based PiNZ Entertainment Group, is opening a new concept near the waters of Shem Creek.

The debut location of MIX will be in the new Brookgreen Town Center shopping center at 730 Coleman Blvd. MIX will combine the competition of sports with local cuisine and drinks. The “eatertainment” venue will offer duckpin bowling, axe throwing, curling, arcade, ping pong, two bars, an authentic speakeasy and a refreshing patio environment with fun, adult social activities and live entertainment space. For more details on the location, head to mix-it-up.com. —MP

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its early days. But when Johnsman joined the family farm 17 years ago with hopes of farming until his old age, Adair McKoy: “shot down my whole future,” Johnsman said. “He looked at me and said, ‘There will be no tomato farm for you, son.’”

McKoy knew the smaller operation of Geechie Boy was unsustainable with larger farms and their tight profit margins taking over the market. But being a young, naive kid, Johnsman still just wanted to grow food. So he did, opening a roadside market called Geechie Boy Market on the property. To locals and folks “from off,” Geechie Boy Market & Mill was known as “the last or first stop” on Edisto Island. Johnsman sold 90 varieties of heirloom tomatoes and vegetables along with locally produced grits, homemade donuts, ice cream and gifts. “[McKoy] told me when I opened that market that I would never be able to make a living,” Johnsman added. “And he was 100% right. We’re blessed to kind of have people pick up grits and stuff and it helps but I couldn’t make a sole living off of it.”

To nudge him into the future, Betsy and her father encouraged Johnsman to look to his past by refurbishing a vintage 1945 grist mill, and putting it into operation, so “at least you can show people what you love to do,” he said. Johnsman purchased the old red mill named Ruby, from Lamar Berry in Saluda, S.C. He spent two and a half years restoring it, using old parts from other mills for the simple fact that many of the parts he needed weren’t produced anymore.

Slowly, the focus shifted from vegetables, to milling — selling locally produced grits, cornmeal and rice with the help of machinedriven 20-inch, 600-pound circular stones to grind corn vertically into grits and cornmeal. “I was trying to grow all these vegetables, and I didn’t have any time for the milling and the milling got to the point where I’d run through the night,” he said.

“And eventually, I had to learn to grow up and just focus on grain.”

One of the oldest grains Johnsman produced is believed to be one of the world’s first domesticated seeds, farro piccolo.

Others include Carolina Gold rice, Guinea Flint grits and Jimmy Red cornmeal, which can be found around the country in stores like Whole Foods.

Johnsman chose to focus on slower production to keep the natural oils and flavors of the grain intact and provide customers with the best flavor possible. “Truthfully, this is the worst milling environment,” he said. “This humidity, everything is against us … but we’re flavor seekers.”

Eventually, Johnsman was grinding 2,000 pounds of heirloom corn into flour, meal and Geechie Boy grits every week and shipping the mill’s output to around 200 restaurants around the country — including storied local establishments like Husk and FIG. Typically, the mill utilized the McKoy farm to grow its own grains and crops, but in 2016, when Hurricane Matthew hit, nearly 80% of their crops were destroyed.

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My Dream Dinner

Seafood with a Justice and two filmmakers Julianna Angelo of Mount Pleasant wants to indulge in a refreshing cocktail while dining on seafood and a vegan dessert with late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, photographer and filmmaker Nadia Lee Cohen and musician and filmmaker Rob Zombie.

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VERSUS TIJUANA PITTMAN, JOE LEWIS BROWN, AND JOSEPH BRYANT, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN IN 2009.

TO DEFENDANT: TIJUANA PITTMAN: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on April 19, 2022.

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, 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 29461, (843) 719-1095.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2022-CP-10-00990 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Frances L. Parker, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe.; Byron A. Parker; Derrick A. Parker; Lisa A. Parker; Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC; Midland Funding LLC, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the

appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Frances L. Parker to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (“MERS”) as mortgagee, as nominee, for Homeowners Mortgage of America, Inc., dba Foundation Financial Group dated January 11, 2013 and recorded on January 17, 2013 in Book 0304 at Page 663, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot Ten (10), Block L, Air Harbor, as shown and designated on that certain plat prepared by A.L. Glen, Surveyor, dated November, 1958 and duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L, at page 180. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as reference to the aforesaid plat will more fully and at large appear.

Being the same property conveyed from Jerry M. Clontz to Frances L. Parker, by Deed, dated April 26, 1996, recorded on April 30, 1996 in Book M268 Page 178 in the RMC Office of Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 350-13-00-071 Property Address: 2031 Taylorcraft Dr Charleston, SC 29407 NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 28, 2022. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for unknown minors, and persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment.

FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorney for any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 2031 Taylorcraft Dr, Charleston, SC 29407; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants, AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541 Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2022-CP-10-01518 Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

Billie F. Attaway, Jr.; 2003 Shelby Attaway Irrevocable Trust; Hidden Lakes Homeowners Association, Inc., Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC

29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Ruby M. Green, Addie D. Crawford, Bernard Michael Crawford, Anna Gatison all of whom are deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint herein filed, Defendants,

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default.

In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default.

In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 31, 2022. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 8, 2022. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541 Attorneys for Plaintiff

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541 Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2022-CP-10-01140

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2021-CP-10-02000

MidFirst Bank, Plaintiff, v.

Jakera Mims; Oakleaf Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.; B and D Training Services, Inc., Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC

Karon Anderson, Plaintiff, vs.

Barbara A. Brown, Andrea Stephens, Sharon Johnson, George B. Green, Mary Green Smith, Donald O. Green, Cathy A. Green, Bernard Michael Crawford, Jr., Michele Denise Crawford, Raleigh Gatison, Valerie Dayson, Eric Dayson and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Oscar E. Dayson, Jr., Maude Dayson Frasier,

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Amended Complaint on the Plaintiff, through her Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Amended Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons, Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 6, 2022.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on May 6, 2022.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon the Amended Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants to clear title to the subject real property hereinafter described and to establish ownership of the subject property in the names of the lawful heirs.

That said property affected by said Amended Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice is described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being near Red Top in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, and shown and designated a “Residual Highland 130,929 sq ft. 3.066 acres and Residual Marsh 154,793 sq ft.

3.554 acres on that certain plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF 9.166 ACRES INTO TWO LOTS, LOT 1, 2067 ACRES AND THE RESIDUAL 7.099 ACRES OWNED BY MAUDE D. FRASIER, ET AL. LOCATED NEAR RED TOP, ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, made by F. Steven Johnson, SC RLS of George A.Z. Johnson, Jr., in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County; said lot having such size, location, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear.

TMS # 287-00-00-179 AND ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being near Red Top in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, and shown and designated as “Lot 1, 113546 sq ft 2.607 acres” on that certain plat entiled “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF 9.166 ACRES INTO TWO LOTS, LOT 1, 2067 ACRES AND THE RESIDUAL 7.099 ACRES OWNED BY MAUDE D. FRASIER, ET AL. LOCATED NEAR RED TOP, ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, made by F. Steven Johnson, SC RLS of George A.Z. Johnson, Jr., Inc. dated April 22, 2002 and recorded July 19, 2002 In Plat Book DD at Page 330 in the RMC Office for Charleston County; the lot having such size, location, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear.

TMS # 287-00-00-305 AND ALL that piece, parcel or lot of land known as Lot 2 on a plat by W.L. Gaillard dated July 24, 1984, entitled “Plat showing a subdivision of Property Owned by Estate of A.C. Dayson, Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina” and recorded February 22, 1985 in Book BD at Page 39. This lot is bonded on the North by Chisolm Road and part of Lot 3, on the East by Lot 3, on the South by marsh and Lot 1, on the West by Lot 1 and Chisolm Road, having such shape, marks and boundaries as fully appear on the above referenced plat.

TMS # 283-00-00-326 GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that D. Nathan Davis, Esquire, 1470 Tobias Gadsden Blvd, Suite 202, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated July 27, 2021 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability, claiming any right, title, estate claim, interest in, or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2021-DR-10-2774 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS SHAKIEBA CORBETT AND SHERROD EVANS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2004.

TO DEFENDANT: Sherrod Evans YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 21, 2021. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Mary Lee Briggs, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Mary Lee Briggs SC Bar #101535, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-6041.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months

after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: VICTORIA K. PRICE 2022-ES-10-0081 DOD: 08/29/21 Pers. Rep: WANDA O. PRICE 2130 TARGET ST. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: MARIE ANDREWS FLEMING 2022-ES-10-0612 DOD: 02/27/22 Pers. Rep: NOLAN GILES FLEMING 4852 8TH TEE DR. HOLLYWOOD, SC 29449 ************ Estate of: MARGARET ANNA VICTORIA BROWN SAMS 2022-ES-10-0667 DOD: 07/25/21 Pers. Rep: SUSAN TOWNSEND 679 DOBESTER AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: SETH A. LEVY, ESQ. 21 GAMECOCK AVE., #A CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: ROBERT JUDSON MOORE SAMS 2022-ES-10-0672 DOD: 03/16/22 Pers. Rep: SUSAN TOWNSEND 679 DOBESTER AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: SETH A. LEVY, ESQ. 21 GAMECOCK AVE., #A CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: ANDREW LEROY MITCHELL 2022-ES-10-0704 DOD: 12/22/21 Pers. Rep: DOROTHY JACKSON 1935 PIPER DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: CAMPBELL D. COXE, JR., ESQ. 1700 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #A CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: RUSSELL SCOTT YARBOROUGH 2022-ES-10-0714 DOD: 04/16/22 Pers. Rep: LISA HUIE 214 SUDLOW RIDGE RD. NORTH AUGUSTA, SC 29841 ************ Estate of: ERNESTINE STRICKLAND WOODS 2022-ES-10-0724 DOD: 10/16/21 Pers. Rep: ELWYN F. WOODS 1399 FAIRFIELD AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

DOD: 02/05/22 Pers. Rep: LATONYA DILLIGARD EDWARDS 115 KINGSTON FOREST DR. IRMO, SC 29063 ************ Estate of: THADDEUS RUSSELL WILLIAMS 2022-ES-10-0798 DOD: 03/29/22 Pers. Rep: COLONIAL TRUST CO. 101 E. WASHINGTON ST., #200 GREENVILLE, SC 29601 Pers. Rep: CECILIA W. POWELL 329 SPRING LAKE RD., COLUMBIA, SC 29206 Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: CHARLOTTE CARLOTTA KEELS 2022-ES-10-0806 DOD: 03/20/22 Pers. Rep: GARDENIA KEELS-SEABROOK 755 SHELLEY RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 Atty: JEFFREY COHEN, ESQ. 852 ORLEANS RD., #203 CHARLESTON, SC 29407 *********** Estate of: ISIAH FERGUSON, III 2022-ES-10-0838 DOD: 03/26/22 Pers. Rep: AMELIA FERGUSON 374 OXFORD RD. LADSON, SC 29456 Atty: W. ALEX DALLIS, JR., ESQ. 1721 ASHLEY RIVER RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: SUZANNE CUNNINGHAM BANGSTON 2022-ES-10-0846 DOD: 04/20/22 Pers. Rep: JOHN F. BANGSTON 54 COTTON HALL KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455 Atty: WILLIAM M. REYNOLDS, III, ESQ. PO BOX 11262 COLUMBIA, SC 29211

Notice of Hearing Superior Court of California County of San Diego 1100 Union St. San Diego, CA 92101 Petition for Appointment of Limited Conservator for Shannon B. Johnson Case number: 37-2022-00012581-PRLP-CTL Petitioner: Evelyn R Chavez Date: 06/09/2022.

Time: 09:00. Dept: 504.

Judge: Jeffrey Bostwick

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: NORMAN ROBERT KNIGHT, III 2022-ES-10-0730 DOD: 04/09/22 Pers. Rep: REUBEN RAY MURDAUGH, III 17 BRADFORD CT. BEAUFORT, SC 29902 Atty: M. RICHARDSON HYMAN, JR., ESQ. PO BOX 127, CHARLESTON, SC 29402 ************ Estate of: JOHN JOSEPH VONESH 2022-ES-10-0778 DOD: 04/12/22 Pers. Rep: NANCY S. VONESH 95 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: MARILYN YVETTE DAWSON BROWN 2022-ES-10-0797

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2021-CP-10-05446 ELIJAH FORD AND VICTORIA FORD, Plaintiffs, vs.

PATRICIA GRAHAM, HERBERT SINGLETON, BENJAMIN CAPERS, MELVINA CAPERSTILLMAN, NATHANIEL CAPERS, HENRY CAPERS, KENNETH CAPERS, ALTHEA CAPERSGREEN, LEROY CAPERS, IDA MAE CAPERS, NICOLE CAPERS, MARK CAPERS, ANGIE CAPERS, GLORIA CAPERS, BEATRICE CAPERS-COLEMAN, CATHERINE FRAZIER, CALVIN BONNEAU, MARY ANN BONNEAU, LINDA BONNEAU, KAREN BONNEAU, ELIJAH BONNEAU, DERRICK BONNEAU, CURTIS BONNEAU, CARRIE BONNEAU, PAMELA BONNEAU, SYLVIA VANDERHORST ALLEN, JEROME VANDERHORST, JANET VANDERHORST, ERIC VANDERHORST, EVETTE GATHER, MARK VANDERHORST, JOANN FORD, CASSANDRA FORD ADAMS, VINCENT FORD, EDWARD FORD, DELORES FORD NEWSOME, GLORIA FORD MYERS, LAWRENCE FORD, MARY ALICE FORD TURNER, HENRY FORD, FRANK ROUSE, ALMA ROUSE, WILLIAM ROUSE, WILLIE MAE ROUSE,

JAMES ROUSE, JR., AUDREY SCOTT, HAZARD ROUSE (son of James Rouse, Sr.), John Doe, adults, and Richard Roe, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons or legal entity of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Thomas E. Rouse, Louise Rouse, Florence Rouse Ford, Robert Ford, Sr., Joseph Rouse, Hazard Rouse, Elijah Rouse, Carrie Rouse-Bonneau, Isaac Rouse, Albertha Rouse-Capers, Louise Rouse, Hennessy Capers, Fred Capers, Dorothy Capers, Louise Capers, Benjamin Capers, George Capers, James C. Capers, Thomas Bonneau, Mary Bonneau, Jackie Bonneau, Amanda Bonneau, Douglas Bonneau, Furman Rouse, Ruby Rouse, Freddy Rouse, Annalee Rouse Vanderhorst, Norman Vanderhorst, Ethel Ford, Robert Ford, Jr., Virgil Ford, John Ford, James Ford, Louise Rouse (daughter of Harold Rouse), James Rouse, Sr., all deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in this Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint filed herein, Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscribers at their office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. Your answer must be in writing and signed by you or your attorney and must state your address or the address of your attorney, if signed by your attorney.

AMENDED LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Plaintiffs have, through their undersigned attorneys, commenced an action in the above-named Court against the Defendants to establish ownership of the real property, together with improvements, hereinafter more fully described in the name of the Plaintiffs free and clear of all adverse claims, liens and encumbrances whatsoever, save and excepting outstanding real property taxes and/or assessments imposed by the County of Charleston.

The real property which is the subject of this action was at the commencement of this action and is now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Parker’s Island Road, Phillips Community, Christ Church Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known as designated as NEW LOT TMS 583-00-00-083 62,987 SQ. FT. (TOTAL) 1.45 AC. (TOTAL) on a Plat by E. M. Seabrook, dated January 18, 2021, entitled “Plat of the Combination of an Existing Lot (Portion of TMS 583-00-00-081)

containing 1.17 Acres Owned

by Elijah Ford and an Existing Lot (TMS 583-00-00-083) containing 0.27 Acre Owned

by Elijah & Victoria Ford into a New Lot (TMS 583-00-00-083) containing 1.45 Acres Owned

by Elijah Ford & Victoria Ford”, which said Plat was recorded in the register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina on July 23, 2021, in Book L-21, at Page 0301Said lot having such size, shape, metes and bounds as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

The 0.27 acre tract referenced above being the same property conveyed to Elijah Ford and Victoria Ford by deed of Robert Ford (Elijah Ford’s father), dated December 31, 1968, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston county on January 17, 1969, in Book V-91, at Page 122.The 1.17 acre tract referenced above being a portion of the same property conveyed to Thomas E. Rouse by deed, dated January 1, 1900, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County in Book K-019, at Page 294; also being a portion of the same property conveyed to Elijah Ford by Quit Claim Deed of Patricia Graham, Melvina C. Tillman, Benjamin Capers, Leroy Capers, Beatrice Capers, Gloria Capers, Nicole Capers, Joanne Ford, Cassandra Ford Adam, Lawrence ford, Henry Ford, Gloria Myers, Mary Alice Turner Ford, Delores Newsome Ford, Frank Rouse, Alma Rouse, William Rouse, Pamela Bonneau, Curtis Bonneau, Elijah Bonneau, Carrie Bonneau, Linda Bonneau, Derrick Bonneau, Angie Capers, Mark Capers, and Kenneth Capers, dated August 2, 2015, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, SC on May 6, 2020, in Book 0880, at Page 014; and also being a portion of the same property conveyed to Elijah Ford by Quit Claim Deed of Catherine Frazier, Willie Mae Rouse, Henry Capers, Herbert Singleton, Calvin Bonneau, Nathaniel Capers, Ida Mae Small, Vincent Ford and Althea Green, dated April 23, 2021, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County on June 8, 2021, in Book 1000, at Page 233. The entire 1.45 acre tract referenced above being the same property conveyed to Elijah Ford and Victoria Ford, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by deed of Elijah Ford, dated June 8, 2021, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County on June 9, 2021, in Book 1000, at Page 822.

TMS # 583-00-00-083 NOTICE OF FILIING YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons, Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Notice and Amended Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 7, 2021.

NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on May 17, 2022, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-0459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor,

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29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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personal representative, issue or alienee of any of the deceased persons referenced in the caption above, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone on their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

CISA & DODDS, LLP s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd.

Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 john@cisadodds.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

SHELLFISH MARICULTURE PERMIT Application has been made by David Belanger for the permitting of shellfish growing areas in Charleston County as follows: This permit will include shorelines and bottoms of M-607B, an area in or near portions of Bullyard Sound within perimeter boundaries of shellfish culture permit C-261 approximately 29.9 acres, 100 covers and 1000 soft bags are to be permitted. Any comments concerning the issuance of this permit must be submitted in writing to the Shellfish Permit Committee, Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 12559, Charleston, SC 29422 on or before June 8, 2022.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-08-00281 WILLIAM B. COULTER and DENISE CALE, Plaintiff, versus BRYAN J. COMBS and WANDA BEACH, Defendants.

SECOND AMENDED SUMMONS (Negligence / Automobile Wreck) (Jury Trial Demanded)

Classifieds 06.08.22

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the below subscribed attorney at his office at 3045 Ashley Phosphate Road, North Charleston, SC, 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in this action.

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Respectfully submitted, JOHN PRICE LAW FIRM, LLC s/ Matthew T. Douglas MATTHEW T. DOUGLAS 3045 Ashley Phosphate Road North Charleston, SC 29418 P: (843) 552-6011 F: (843) 760-6840 MatthewDouglas@johnpricelawfirm.com ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF N. Charleston, South Carolina Dated: April 26, 2022

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER HEYWARD CASE NO: 2022-ES10-00951 AND ELIZABETH HEYWARD CASE NO: 2009-ES10-01013 NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO:

JENNIFER S. SMITH, ESQUIRE, ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER 260 W. COLEMAN BLVD., SUITE B MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 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. DATE OF HEARING: AUGUST 9, 2022 TIME: 10:00 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME PLACE: Charleston County Probate Court Charleston County Historic Courthouse 84 Broad Street, Second Floor Charleston, South Carolina 29401 DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT MATTER: ON PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS. This 8th day of May, 2022.

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

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO QUIET TITLE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON COURT OF COMMON PLEASE C/A NO. 2022-ES-10-1938 DELORIS J WILLIAMS, as Personal Representative of The Estate of William Harris Johnson, Plaintiff, vs.

Rosenia Blackwell and Richard A. Milton, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT (Action to Quiet Title) TO DEFENDANT RICHARD A MILTON: 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 upon the Plaintiff at the following address: The Law Firm of Sabrina Call, LLC, 201 Sigma Drive, Suite 300, Summerville, SC 29486, within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Complaint upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity, pursuant to Rule 53 of the SC Rules of Civil Procedure.

NOTICE OF FILING The Summons and Complaint were electronically filed in the Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on April 27, 2022 at 3:43 p.m. in Case No. 2022-ES-10-1938. A full copy of the Summons and Complaint is available from attorney Sabrina C. Call, Esq. s/ Sabrina C. Call, The Law Firm of Sabrina Call, LLC, 201 Sigma Drive, Suite 300, Summerville, SC 29486, SC Bar No. 102207

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2022-CP-10-01664 NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, Plaintiff vs.

Joshua Chase Floyd and Shadowmoss Plantation Homeowners’ Association, Inc., Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Joshua Chase Floyd: 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 April 11, 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.

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 Joshua Chase Floyd to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing bearing date of February 7, 2019 and recorded February 13, 2019 in Mortgage Book 0777 at Page 321 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Ninty Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($195,000.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded February 3, 2020 in Book 0857 at Page 286, the mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff., 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 or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 31, Block 5, Olde Towne Villas, Phase 1, at Shadowmoss Plantation, as shown on a plat thereof made by W. Michael Lines, dated June 27, 1980 and duly recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina in Plat Book G at Page 19A. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will be reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

TMS No. 358-11-00-060 Property Address: 2916 Cathedral Lane Charleston, SC 29414 Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 4574

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2022-CP-10-01637 NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, Plaintiff vs.

Bradley Norvell, Renee McCown, Jacob Norvell, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Maureen Norvell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Park at Rivers Edge Horizontal Property Regime A, Inc., 1st Franklin Financial Corporation, and The South Carolina Department of Revenue, Defendants.

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 7976 Vermont Road, North Charleston, SC 29418, that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”.

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 April 8, 2022.

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 Maureen H. Norvell to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing bearing date of January 11, 2019 and recorded January 16, 2019 in Mortgage Book 0772 at Page 571 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Two and 00/100 Dollars ($137,362.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded September 14, 2020 in Book 0914 at Page 782, the mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff., 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 or lot of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston, being shown and designated as Lot 126, Unit R-2, of Hidden River on the Ashley at The Park at River’s Edge as shown on plat thereof recorded in Plat Book EH at Page 272, and also shown on survey prepared by Absolute Surveying, Inc. dated 9-27-2005 and recorded in Plat Book EJ at Page 402, and having, according to said plat, metes and bounds as shown thereon. TMS No. 404-0200-123 Property Address: 7976 Vermont Road, North Charleston, SC 29418 Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 4575

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/24/2022, beginning at 10:00 A.M..

SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE;

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687, 0.0079874843817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners

of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0425-10, 98-0323-W26. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 3/17/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0971, Page 0808.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: HARRY H. HARDER & EILEEN VICTORIA HARDER, 1025 OLD WEBB RD ANDERSON, SC 29626-5736.

Junior Lienholder: , The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0971 at Page 809, records of Charleston County, SC. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $103,074.17 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $417.86 Total Amount Due $103,842.03 With a per diem of $30.51 Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/24/2022, beginning at 10:00 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the

following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0402-32, 98-0402-33, 98-0402-34, 98-0402-35. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 10/29/2020 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0930, Page 0479.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0302-42.

Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/4/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0947, Page 0129.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: SUSAN LYNN HARDWICK & WILLIAM HARVEY HARDWICK, 3632 HEATHER BROOKE DR FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28306.

Junior Lienholder: ,

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: DEBORAH J. DURR , 1067 RICHWOOD RD WALTON, KY 41094.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0930 at Page 480, records of Charleston County, SC.

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0947 at Page 142, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $296,506.58 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $417.86 Total Amount Due $297,274.44 With a per diem of $97.70

Amount currently in default (including interest) $39,378.89 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $417.86 Total Amount Due $40,146.75 With a per diem of $11.52

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/24/2022, beginning at 10:00 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/24/2022, beginning at 10:00 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: NEWTON STEVEN TAYLOR & MARLENE R. TAYLOR, 105 PINEWOOD DR GAFFNEY, SC 29340.

Junior Lienholder: , The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1007 at Page 831, records of Charleston County, SC. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $126,029.40 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $417.86 Total Amount Due $126,797.26 With a per diem of $40.69 Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/24/2022, beginning at 10:00 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace

County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-2. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 7/12/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1012, Page 0463.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: KARIN L. MCKISSON , 5030 HARLEM RD GALENA, OH 43021.

Junior Lienholder: , The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1012 at Page 474, records of Charleston County, SC. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $12,911.89 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $417.86 Total Amount Due $13,679.75 With a per diem of $5.01 Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the high-

est bidder for cash on 6/24/2022, beginning at 10:00 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0303-25.

Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 12/3/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1057, Page 363.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: ALICIA MOSLEY HILL & KEITH EDWIN HILL, 806 COUNTY ROAD 1342 MOUNT PLEASANT, TX 75455.

Junior Lienholder: , The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1057 at Page 411, records of Charleston County, SC. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $56,866.92 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $417.86 Total Amount Due $57,634.78 With a per diem of $25.32 Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King

Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/24/2022, beginning at 10:00 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0402-11.

Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 3/3/2020 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 863, Page 772.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: JAMES F. DONAHUE, IV & MARY CATHERINE DONAHUE, 229 JORDAN SPRINGS DR DUNCAN, SC 29334-9155.

Junior Lienholder: , The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 863 at Page 789, records of Charleston County, SC. The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $51,370.72 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $417.86 Total Amount Due $52,138.58 With a per diem of $16.88 Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): “It takes a spasm of love to write a poem,” wrote Aries author Erica Jong. I will add that it takes a spasm of love to fix a problem with someone you care about. It also takes a spasm of love to act with kindness when you don’t feel kind. A spasm of love is helpful when you need to act with integrity in a confusing situation and when you want to heal the past so it doesn’t plague the future. All the above advice should be useful for you in the coming weeks, Aries. Are there any other variations you can think of? Fill in the blank in the next sentence: It takes a spasm of love to _____________.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our badness as what is best in us,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. When I read that ambitious epigram, I didn’t know what he was referring to. By “badness,” did he mean the ugly, pathological parts of us? That couldn’t be right. So I read scholars who had studied the great philosopher. Their interpretation: Nietzsche believed the urges that some religions seek to inhibit are actually healthy for us. We should celebrate, not suppress, our inclinations to enjoy sensual delights and lusty living. In fact, we should define them as being the best in us. I encourage you Bulls to do just that in the coming weeks. It’s a favorable time to intensify your devotion to joy, pleasure and revelry.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s an excellent time to correct and uplift your self-image. I invite you to speak the following affirmations aloud: “I am not damaged. I am not on the wrong path. I am not inept or ignorant or off-kilter. The truth is, I am learning how to live. I am learning how to be a soulful human and I am doing a reasonably good job at that task.

I do a lot of things really well. I’m getting to know myself better every day. I constantly surprise myself with how skilled I am at adjusting to life’s constant changes. I AM AMAZED AT HOW MUCH PROGRESS I HAVE MADE IN LEARNING HOW TO LIVE.” CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the Tibetan language, the term nyingdu-la means “most honored poison of my heart.” Many of us know at least one person who fits that description: an enemy we love to hate or a loved one who keeps tweaking our destiny or a paradoxical ally who is both hurtful and helpful. According to my analysis, it’s time for you to transform your relationship with a certain nyingdu-la in your life. The bond between you might have generated vital lessons for you. But now it’s time for a re-evaluation and redefinition.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Don’t pray for the rain to stop,” advises Leo poet Wendell Berry. “Pray for good luck fishing when the river floods.” That’s useful advice for you, my dear. The situation you’re in could turn out to be a case of either weird luck or good luck. And how you interpret the situation may have a big impact on which kind of luck it brings. I urge you to define the potential opportunities that are brewing and concentrate on feeding them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo writer Julio Cortázar (1914–1984) once remarked, “How tiring it gets being the same person all the time.” That’s surprising. In fact, Cortázar was an innovative and influential author who wrote over 30 books in four genres and lived for extended periods in five countries. It’s hard to imagine him ever being bored by his multifaceted self. Even if you’re not a superstar like Cortázar, Virgo, I expect you will be highly entertained and amused by your life in the coming weeks.

I bet you will be even more interesting than usual.

Best of all, you will learn many fresh secrets about your mysterious soul.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The blogger Frogbestfriend says, “One of the biggest problems with society nowadays is that I am so, so sleepy.”

Frogbestfriend is humorously suggesting that his inability to maintain good sleep habits is rooted in civilization’s dysfunctions. He’s right, of course!

Many of our seemingly personal problems are at least partially rooted in the pathological ways the whole world operates. Our culture influences us

By Rob Brezsny

to do things that aren’t always healthy and wise. I bring this to your attention, Libra, because now is a favorable time to meditate on society’s crazy-making effects on you. Now is also a pivotal moment to heal yourself of those crazy-making effects.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Maggie Smith writes, “We talk so much of light. Please let me speak on behalf of the good dark. Let us talk more of how dark the beginning of a day is.” I offer her proposal as a fertile theme for your meditations. Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Scorpios are most skilled at teasing out the good stuff from shadows and secrets and twilight. And your potency in these matters is even higher than usual right now. Do us all a favor and find the hidden redemptions and potential regenerations.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When actors and other creative people in film win Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony, they come on stage and deliver short talks, acknowledging their honor. These speeches often include expressions of gratitude. An analysis revealed that over the years, Sagittarian director Steven Spielberg has been thanked by winners more often than anyone else — even more than God. Based on my reading of astrological omens, I believe you deserve that level of appreciation in the coming weeks. Please show this horoscope to everyone you know who may be willing to carry out my mandate. Be proactive in collecting tribute, credit, and favors.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the ancient Greek story of Odysseus, the hero leaves his home in Ithaka to fight in the Trojan War. When the conflict is over, he yearns to return to the beloved life he left behind. But his journey takes 10 years. His tests and travails are many. The 20th-century Greek poet C. P. Cavafy offered advice to Odysseus at the beginning of his quest: “As you set out for Ithaka, hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery… Keep Ithaca always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey. Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way.” As you begin your new phase of returning home, Capricorn, I invite you to keep Cavafy’s thoughts in mind. (Read the poem: tinyurl. com/HomeToIthaka. Translated by Edmund Keeley.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I have never, ever, EVER met anyone who has regretted following their heart,” writes life coach Marie Forleo. But what exactly does she mean by “following their heart”?

Does that mean ignoring cautions offered by your mind? Not necessarily. Does it require you to ignore everyone’s opinions about what you should do?

Possibly. When you follow your heart, must you sacrifice money and status and security? In some cases, yes. But in other cases, following your heart may ultimately enhance your relationship with money and status and security. Anyway, Aquarius. I hope I’ve inspired you to meditate on what it means to follow your heart — and how you can do that intensely during the coming months.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Actor and author Jenny Slate testifies, “As the image of myself becomes sharper in my brain and more precious, I feel less afraid that someone else will erase me by denying me love.” That is the single best inspirational message I can offer you right now. In the coming months, you will earn the right and the capacity to make the same declaration. Your self-definition will become progressively clearer and stronger. And this waxing superpower will enable you to conquer at least some of your fear about not getting enough love.

Homework: What part of your life would most benefit from redemption and regeneration?

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Malpaso Dance offers expansive program

Culture 06.08.2022

By Katherine Kiessling

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The co-founders of Malpaso Dance Company enjoy the humor of the company’s name because people, especially Cubans, connect to comedy.

But Malpaso — which translates to “misstep” in English — is also personal for Osnel Delgado, Daileidys Carrazana and Fernando Sáez, the three co-founders.

When dancers Delgado and Carrazana left Danza Contemporánea de Cuba, the national modern dance company of Cuba, to form a new dance company with theater artist Sáez in 2012, many saw the move as a mistake.

“Osnel was advised by close friends, even relatives, about not leaving the secure ground of a successful dance company like Danza Contemporánea de Cuba because that would be a bad step,” Sáez said.

“Nevertheless, Osnel was stubborn enough and left that secure ground to follow an uncertain adventure.”

The trio created Malpaso as a repertory company, meaning Malpaso commissions works from emerging Cuban choreographers and prominent, international choreographers. The company, based in Havana, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

“It’s a very diverse repertory,” Delgado said.

“It makes us very versatile as dancers because each specific process is a big challenge.”

The range of creative processes in Malpaso’s repertory also contributes to the development and diversification of its dancers.

“We don’t want them to be trained and to improve themselves and to grow only as dancers,” Carrazana said. “So we want to expand their creativity as much as they want and as much as we can.”

Sáez also sees a philosophical implication in Malpaso’s name that drives the company’s mission of risk-taking.

The co-founders see the company as public servants.

“We do not exist — the performing arts, theater and dance in particular — don’t exist without the presence of the others, of the audiences,” Sáez said.

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Malpaso Dance Company brings their unique show to the College of Charleston Sottile Theatre Malpaso was confronted with this fact when the pandemic forced the company to return to Cuba in March 2020. Large gatherings were illegal in Cuba, so the company had to pivot. Delgado and Carrazana organized dance classes designed for small spaces and commissioned company members to create some works. They wanted to keep the dancers in shape not only physically but also mentally.

“Enduring was not enough,” Sáez said.

“Resisting was not enough. We had to grow.”

Delayed for two years

Malpaso was slated to make its Spoleto Festival USA debut in 2020. Two years later, the company will perform four works June 10-11 at the College of Charleston Sottile Theatre.

“We are very happy to finally land in Spoleto,” Sáez said.

Malpaso’s program reflects the life and range of the company. The stylistically diverse works chronicle the company’s everexpanding roster of choreographers and the company’s technical prowess.

“We haven’t had a program going to such extremes in this way,” Carrazana said.

The program will open with the solo “Lullaby for Insomnia,” choreographed

by Carrazana and performed by Delgado.

When Malpaso first formed, the two danced everything together because the company didn’t have many dancers.

“For me there is something very beautiful because at the beginning I was mostly the choreographer, and I was relying on her way of dealing with the dance and the

technique,” Delgado said. “Now things are changing around as she’s choreographing and relying on me as a dancer.”

“Lullaby for Insomnia” is an excerpt from a larger work based on the queer, Black, Cuban musician Bola de Nieve. Carrazana said the solo explores de Nieve’s melancholic personality and the discrimination he faced in Cuba.

“It seems to me that what saved him as a person, as an artist, was the way he was deeply rooted into our culture,” she said.

“He found this connection between his music and the roots of Cuban culture—the best way to open his beautiful soul.”

The company will present a special extended version of Swedish choreographer Mats Ek’s solo “woman with water” and the highly athletic “Tabula Rosa” by Ohad Naharin, a seldom performed work Naharin restaged specifically for Malpaso in 2018.

Malpaso will close with “Why You Follow” by Ronald K. Brown, who was the first international guest choreographer Malpaso commissioned in 2013. Malpaso is in the process of restaging the work, and the company will connect with Brown during a tour stop in Boston before performing “Why You Follow” at Spoleto.

“It’s a celebration of life in a very explosive way,” Sáez said.

Malpaso Dance Company will perfrom June 10-11 at CofC’s Sottile Theatre. For times and tickets, visit spoletousa.org.

Katherine Kiessling is a graduate student in the Goldring Arts Journalism and Communications Program at Syracuse University.

Charleston’s American Legion has partnered with Firefly Distillery to present Legionpalooza, a benefit concert that will raise funds to complete the renovation of American Legion Post 179 in West Ashley.

The family friendly event is June 18 at 6 p.m. at Firefly Distillery in North Charleston with a lineup of local musicians and a variety of food trucks.

Headlining the evening is Glamnation, Charleston’s premiere ’80s hair band tribute. Opening acts include hip-hop grunge rock band Mason Jar Muzik and singersongwriter Brady Smith.

Tickets and info are available at post179.com. —Chelsea Grinstead

Art of Jazz concert series celebrates works from the Gibbes’ collection The Gibbes Museum of Art has partnered with Charleston Jazz to present three summer concerts featuring original songs written in response to various artworks on display at the Gibbes.

The new series “Art of Jazz” will present musical interpretations of visual art using the sonic fusion and poetic composition of jazz music.

All three performances are at 6 p.m. at The Gibbes Museum of Art downtown. Tickets are available at charlestonjazz.com. —CG

Great Brewery Tour comes to Baker and Brewer Father-son acoustic duo Dennis O’Hagan and Brad Wehlitz will play Baker and Brewer downtown at 7 p.m. on June 15 as part of “Dennis & Brad’s Great Brewery Tour.”

O’Hagan will join multi-instrumentalist Wehlitz for a performance that melds traditional American and Celtic music with an eclectic songwriter-inthe-round style concert.

The Great Brewery Tour is a national tour that highlights urban and rural craft breweries. Information is available at greatbrewerytour.com. —CG

Machine de Cirque performs their physical theater in the U.S. premiere of La Galerie at Festival Hall

Molly Tuttle to let her bluegrass perspective shine

By Riley Utley

La Galerie celebrates the messiness of creation

By Katherine Kiessling Machine de Cirque company member Connor Houlihan thinks of La Galerie as a roller-coaster ride for the audience.

“We bring you up on the roller coaster, and we just let you fall and go crazy,” he said. “But then the landing is super smooth, and we bring you back down really softly.”

The off-stage journey for La Galerie, which opens June 8 at Spoleto Festival USA, had its own highs, lows and unexpected turns. Machine de Cirque began developing the piece in 2018 at Cirque au Sommet, an international circus festival held in Switzerland. After rounds of workshopping, La Galerie was ready by early March 2020.

“We were like, ‘Oh, cool, that’s the show,’ ” said director and co-creator Olivier Lépine.

“We did a run in Quebec City, and, the week after, everything ended.”

The pandemic stopped performances until cases dropped and restrictions eased in February 2021. The show makes its U.S. premiere at Festival Hall June 8.

Not just for children

“People sometimes think that circus is for children, and they say, ‘It’s fun that the adults are coming with their kids,’ ” Lépine said. “For us, it’s more like, ‘Oh, we’re doing shows for adults but know that kids are going to have fun.’ ” Lépine started in theater in Quebec City before taking a teaching job at École de cirque de Québec, where he directed circus shows that drew from his extensive theater background. This interdisciplinary approach shapes all of Lépine’s circus works, including La Galerie. Instead of focusing on the spectacle and layering a story on top of a series of tricks, he focuses on the narrative. He works with the group

of artists to develop the story first.

“Then we see how we can use circus to tell this story,” he said.

La Galerie centers on a group of gallerygoers and one woman who dares to break the rules so that she can fully experience the exhibit. It combines live music, acrobatics and a transformative set.

“We wanted to do circus in a place where there’s rules and it will be impossible to do circus, and choose to not follow the rules and see what happens,” Lépine said.

Despite bucking convention, Lépine doesn’t think of himself as a rule breaker.

“Art doesn’t like to follow rules that much,” he said. “I’m not the one who really likes to break the rules, but I question them a lot.”

By the end, creativity is celebrated in an explosion of popcorn and paint. Lépine typically begins work on a piece knowing only how it will start, but with La Galerie, he knew exactly how the story would end.

“Some people will say that I really like to be messy on stage,” he said. “It makes all the artists on stage really there and in presenttime and focused. I think that’s one reason why I love to make a mess on stage.”

The mess creates exciting challenges for the cast, especially as they navigate acrobatic stunts. However, Houlihan said, not every La Galerie scene could be regularly rehearsed because of the types of messes created.

“If you want to try something new, it just has to be on stage during the show,” he said.

“There’s always that little aspect of improv or little surprises that are very charming.”

Machine de Cirque presents La Galerie June 8-12 at Festival Hall. For times and tickets, visit spoletousa.org.

Katherine Kiessling is a graduate student in the Goldring Arts Journalism and Communications Program at Syracuse University.

“Oh, can’t you see / A crooked tree won’t fit into the mill machine? / They’re left to grow wild and free / Oh, I’d rather be a crooked tree” “I’ve had alopecia for 26 years now and I feel like it took me probably 20 years to accept it,” Tuttle said. “So yeah, my heart goes out to anyone who’s recently lost their hair or had a big physical change, because it really takes a long time to accept things like that.”

It’s OK to be different

Tuttle wants her music to tell the world it’s OK to be different, and this song helps.

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Bluegrass star Molly Tuttle performs at the College of Charleston Cistern Yard Journalist Jewly Hight recently wrote an article for NPR about how musicians like Tuttle and Maren Morris are using their music to tell their stories in new ways. “[Tuttle’s] approach to them isn’t just knowledgeable; she subtly shifts them towards the particulars of her experience and concerns,” wrote Hight.

Tuttle used the album to bring a female perspective into a predominantly male musical genre. She said working with musicians like Gillian Welch, Margo Price and Sierra Hull on her new album was inspiring. She also cited the late Hazel Dickens as a role model.

“I got to meet [Hazel] a couple times,” Tuttle said. “She’s another one who [wrote] bluegrass songs from a more feminist perspective ... I think it was really radical, because she was performing in like the 1970s and ’80s and writing these songs from a female perspective.”

Tuttle’s music is also deeply rooted in her love for her family. Her grandparents live in Illinois and she grew up visiting their farm. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, Tuttle’s dad would take her family to bluegrass festivals. He accompanies her by singing on the final track of her album, “Grass Valley.”

Molly Tuttle and The Golden Highway perform at 9 p.m., June 9 at the College of Charleston’s Cistern Yard. For tickets, visit spoletousa.org.

Riley Utley is a graduate student in the Goldring Arts Journalism and Communications Program at Syracuse University.

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Rising bluegrass star Molly Tuttle is using her music to break barriers. Her feminist twist looks back on the genre’s history and brings it into a modern, progressive context. This year, Tuttle and her band, The Golden Highway, will take the stage 9 p.m.

June 9 at the Spoleto Festival USA during the First Citizens Bank Front Row Series.

Nicole Taney, the director of artistic planning and operations at Spoleto Festival USA, said the flexible programming allows for new artists like Tuttle to join the lineup.

“I think that what happens year over year at the festival is that we can make those programmatic changes, we can challenge folks,” Taney said.

Tuttle is one of the most accomplished guitar players in the genre. She was named guitar player of 2017 and 2018 by the International Bluegrass Music Association, making her the first woman to win the award. These accolades came from a lifetime of love for music and the bluegrass genre, but Crooked Tree, Tuttle’s fourth album, is her first full bluegrass album.

She said it took her awhile to find her voice because the genre is historically male-dominated, and she struggles with feeling like an imposter as a California native playing music rooted in the South.

“Even though I grew up with the music, it took me a long time to really figure out how to write songs that still felt true to who I was, but fit in that medium,” Tuttle said. “And I think it really clicked for me last year when I started writing the songs and drawing on stories from my life and from my family.”

She said a song on her album that holds immense personal meaning is the title song, “Crooked Tree.” The lyrics came from Tuttle’s experience growing up with alopecia (she lost her hair when she was 3), and is co-written with her friend Melody Walker, who grew up with scoliosis:

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There was a time when Rich Robinson thought it was never going to happen. The guitarist felt like he and his brother, vocalist Chris Robinson, would never bring The Black Crowes back to life. After years of arguing or not communicating at all, it seemed like the band responsible for straight-ahead rock brilliance like “Hard To Handle,” “Remedy,” “She Talks To Angels” and so many more would never be able to reunite.

“We were pretty convinced that we couldn’t get it together,” Rich Robinson said. “Chris and I were convinced that we couldn’t work through our differences.”

Despite, or perhaps because of, years of successful touring and a slew of gold and platinum albums, Rich said the brothers’ relationship, which was always at the heart of the band, seemed irreparable.

Time tends to heal old wounds, though, and now a new and improved Black Crowes will be storming their way across the country this summer, playing all of their 1990 album Shake Your Money Maker along with other classics and a few covers from their new EP, 1972.

“When you’re stuck in your corner and you think that you’re not at fault, which everyone tends to do, I could see ways that I was adding to the problem,” Rich said. “I could admit that to Chris, and I think that he felt the same way. He could admit that to me. And in doing so that sort of opened the way for us to make it a much cooler experience for both of us.”

Rich added that it took a little housecleaning to get the lines of communication open for him and his brother. With the exception of bassist Sven Pipien, who played with the band from 1997 until their 2015

hiatus, the current lineup of the Crowes is entirely new.

“We’re surrounded by people who are helpful to keeping us communicating,” he said. “In the past, people would try to communicate for us and always make it worse, and it was always to get a little power. There was a lot of manipulation, like a typical toxic relationship with a bunch of people, and Chris and I didn’t want that in this iteration. That’s why we brought in, other than Sven, a whole new band, a whole new team around us.”

The Robinsons have actually been back together for a while. Their original plan was to tour Shake Your Money Maker back in 2020, but Covid-19 put a stop to that. Now, with the tour finally underway, Rich said he’s had time to soak in all the songs on the band’s debut, which they released when he was only 19 years old.

“We were so young,” he said. “I wrote ‘She Talks To Angels’ when I was like 17, and it’s harder to have a direct contact to the creation of that record anymore. But to go back and listen to it and immerse myself in it for the first time and actually play it in its entirety and going back there opens up a whole new appreciation for it.”

In fact, there’s at least one hidden gem from the back half of Shake Your Money Maker that Robinson is thrilled to finally be playing.

“It’s really cool to be able to play ‘Struttin’ Blues,’ which is a song we didn’t really play ever,” he said. “For some reason we couldn’t get it live, and now to be able to go back and play that song is really cool.”

The Crowes are even teaming up with another veteran Georgia band for a portion of the tour, which will see them sharing the stage with Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, a Georgiabased band led by storied fellow Atlanta musician Kevn Kinney.

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When you’re stuck in your corner and you think that you’re not at fault, which everyone tends to do, I could see ways that I was adding to the problem.”

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“We’ve known those guys for over 30 years,” Rich said. “They were around at the same time as us when we got started so it’s really cool to be able to have them. It kind of feels like old times, and to have those guys on those shows is going to be great. We’re really excited.”

Ultimately, Rich said that he and his brother are just happy their music is still relevant to people more than 30 years down the line.

“It’s why you get into music,” he said.

“Ultimately you write these songs, and you want people to feel the same way I felt about Exile On Main St. or Murmur or Blonde On Blonde — these records that meant so much to me and got me through times and bring that joy and those memories. And so to be able to create something that still resonates with people 32 years later, is pretty amazing, and it’s humbling too at the same time.”

The Black Crowes present Shake Your Money Maker with Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ at 8 p.m. June 12 at Credit One Stadium on Daniel Island. For more info visit creditonestadium.com.

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