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Barbados has past business and cultural ties with the Lowcountry going back to colonial times

Charlestonians looking for business, cultural ties with Barbados

By Herb Frazier

Charleston immigration attorney Toni Gilliard resisted a push for 20 years from family and friends to turn her homemade rum punch into a business. She relented in late 2019 as she inhaled the strong aroma of rum during a tour of the Mount Gay dis tillery in Bridgetown, Barbados.

The goosebumps rising on her arms during the tour seemed to be proof the spirits wanted her to venture into the alcohol business. Early this year, she launched Tipsy Lady Cocktails at Kiawah Spirits on Kiawah Island and liquor stores statewide, including Total Wines & More. The product also is sold online to con sumers in 38 markets.

“It was clear as day to me this is what I am supposed to do to honor the spirits,” said Gilliard, a 2001 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law. “For me, this is an assignment from my ancestors and a way to inspire other people, women of color in particular, to take leadership roles” in the alcohol business, said the Bronx, New York-born Gilliard, who has family roots in Barbados and Mount Pleasant.

She said she wants to take Tipsy Lady Cocktails internationally so she can place her brightly colored four-pack 6.8-ounce cans of

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S.C.’s Bernanke is co-winner of Nobel Prize in economics

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke , born in Georgia but raised in Dillon, S.C., was named co-winner of the Nobel Prize in economics Monday for work on banks and financial crises. Bernanke, who graduated from Dillon High School before attending Harvard, won the major prize with Douglas W. Diamond of the University of Chicago and Philip H. Dybvig of Washington University in St. Louis, according to published reports. Bernanke, who led the Federal Reserve during the nation’s 2008 financial crisis, was cited for a groundbreaking 1983 analysis of the Great Depression, according to The Washington Post Monday.

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learn from Barbados.

“We need to get a bite of the tourism pie,” said Ascue, who envisions home-based restaurants like the one she saw in 2015 in Cuba. She wants tourists to come “in our homes and taste our local Gullah cuisine” that is more authentic than the foods served in downtown restaurants, she said.

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg will lead the group for talks on business, cultural exchanges and climate change. The trip comes on the 25th anniversary of a twin-city agreement between Charleston and Speightstown, a small community on Barbados’ west coast. The mayor said he wants to strengthen that relationship.

The number of South Carolina women who registered to vote this year, as of Oct. 3, compared to 76,354 newly registered male voters. Source: S.C. Election Commission

President Joe Biden said regarding Republicans who voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, calling it socialist, yet requested grant money from the bill after it passed.

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Charleston attorney and Barbados and the Carolinas Legacy Foundation board member Dwayne Green

rum cocktails on shelves in Barbados. She will be among a group of about 50 South Carolinians who will leave Wednesday for a seven-day trip to Barbados organized by the Barbados and the Carolinas Legacy Foundation, which promotes the country’s historical ties with Charleston.

Mount Pleasant businesswoman Pearl Ascue is also planning to join the group to see if there are lessons the settlement communities East of the Cooper can

Charleston attorney Dwayne Green, a member of the foundation’s board, said a majority of the group is interested in busi ness relationships in Barbados.

“I would like for this to be the begin ning of an ongoing relationship and for this to become an annual conference for people who want to learn more about the Barbados-Carolina connection.”

Settlers from Barbados established the Carolina Colony in 1670. They launched that expedition from Speightstown.

Other areas of interest are the develop ment of a medical cannabis industry in

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“I was surprised to see so many socialists in the Republican caucus.”

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I would like for this to be the beginning of an ongoing relationship and for this to become an annual conference for people who want to learn more about the Barbados-Carolina connection.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry searches for mentors

By Chelsea Grinstead

About 400 school children are currently on a waiting list to get help developing life skills from the local mentorship chapter of the nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters. The organization is currently trying to recruit 160 more mentors by April 2023, with a focus on attracting men and people of color. “We’re not asking any body to save these kids. They don’t need saving,” said Merridith Crowe, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry.

The North Charleston nonprofit organiza tion launched in 2019 matches adult volunteers — or “bigs” — with kids (“littles”) aged 7 to 18 in the tri-county area.

“They have greatness within them,” Crowe told City Paper. “It’s a question of how do you help them see it? Can you help them imagine what they could do with their innate potential and be somebody that they can turn to?”

After 18 years of working in the nonprofit industry, Crowe said her understanding of childhood adversity and adult mentorship makes the Big Brothers Big Sisters mis sion one that she can fully get behind. The organization works with families who want caring adult figures in a child’s life to help him or her tap into their potential, whether it’s because the household lacks the twoparent dynamic or kids just need another attentive figure in their lives.

About 10,000 of the 31,000 underserved kids in the tri-county region could benefit

from Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor ship programs, Crowe said, which means aggressive growth is part of the organiza tion’s aim so it can meet that demand.

The current goal, named “The Big Imperative,” is to create and support 300 one-to-one mentoring relationships by June 2023 and grow by 100 in 2024 and another 100 in 2025.

The demand for big brothers and people of color is high, Crowe said, as 70% of chil dren on the waiting lists are male and 90% identify as Black or Brown. The commit ment for adult “bigs” consists of spending quality time with “littles” twice a month for about two hours. Many mentors begin by committing to their “littles” for about one year, but most end up serving for an average of three years, Crowe said.

“Having some additional emotional support results in stronger academic performance and stronger feelings of likability, which then results in [kids] engaging in pro social behavior,” Crowe said, “so they’re less likely to engage in risky behavior like substance abuse and misuse or antisocial behavior at school.”

Crowe said the main roadblock to com mitting to be a big brother or big sister is overthinking what the role entails.

“Adults think that they need to be per fect to be a great mentor,” she said. “And we always ask for the perfectly imperfect mentors, the people who are learners, who are not afraid of making mistakes, who are open and humble and curious and who can make space for their ‘little’ to show up.”

North Charleston attorney Joshua Salley has been a big brother for about two years.

“People thinking that they’ve got to do all these things that require a lot of effort — that’s why I wasn’t involved in programs like

this,” Salley told City Paper. “But after taking part in it for two years now, I’ve realized that a little bit really goes a long way in being able to mentor someone and have a relation ship that positively influences them. We’ve all grown up, and we know that sometimes there are things going on in our lives that we don’t want to talk to our parents about — you can be that safe person that they can rely on.”

One of the last times Salley hung out with his “little,” they went to a free car show and spent some time talking about how school was going, whether the student was making new friends and what movies he was looking forward to seeing. Salley ended up taking his “little” to his first day of school because his mom had to work and he was nervous and didn’t want to take the bus.

“A lot of people have a look at themselves

and maybe think that they’re not the person that’s going to be a role model for someone else,” Salley said. “It’s not necessarily about having some type of elevated status that you can help them get to, it’s just about being there for them and being another person that they can trust that looks like them and has lived life or experienced some of the things that they might be experiencing.

“It’s enriching in both ways — I’ve learned a lot from my little brother, more so than I think he’s learning from me sometimes.”

To become a mentor or get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry, visit bbbslowcountry.org. The organization’s largest fundraising event of the year, the BIG Lowcountry Boil 2022, is Dec. 3 at Holy City Brewing, North Charleston.

FBI warns of potential fraud sparked by Hurricane Ian

From staff reports

The FBI Columbia field office is cautioning the public to watch out for scammers in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

The storm caused significant damage in South Carolina, especially along the state’s coastal region. According to the FBI, scammers take advantage of natural disasters, often posing as hurricane relief organizations or contractors offering repair services.

In regions like Charleston that were directly impacted by the hurricane, the FBI warns that scammers may go door-to-door offering promises of aid in exchange for per sonal information.

Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds told the City Paper that people need to be careful about anything that seems too good to be true.

“Scams and deceptions from criminals are common fol lowing storms and during different times of the year,” he said. “We remind and urge residents to thoroughly verify and vet any phone calls, persons online or in neighborhoods randomly knocking on doors.

“We strongly caution that persons never provide personal information, never transfer financial resources and never conduct business with these people without significant vetting and verification of who they are, business licenses, references from other clients, et cetera.”

The FBI warned people to keep from giving out per sonal information without confirming the legitimacy of the individual and organization. Officials working in impact zones are required to carry official identification and must present it when asked.

Additionally, the bureau said federal government disaster

assistance agencies will never require financial information as there is no fee required to apply for assistance.

Trust instincts, call police if needed

Reynolds gave this advice to anyone encountering something dodgy: “If a suspicious person is at your property and refuses to provide this information and refuses to leave, call 911 and police will respond to intervene and assist.

“If the situation seems suspicious, trust your instincts and if in fear call 911,” the chief said. “There are unscrupu lous criminals who prey on the elderly and many vulner able people, often taking advantage during storms or other crises or particular needs of residents.”

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry President Merridith Crowe is passionate about connecting caring adults with kids who need to hear that they matter and are worth showing up for Salley

Cunningham, McMaster trade barbs in governor’s race

By Chelsea Grinstead

Joe Cunningham, the Democratic candi date for governor of South Carolina, held a chicken named Henrietta at an Oct. 6 press conference in which he challenged incum bent GOP Gov. Henry McMcaster to more than one debate.

“While it may be funny to see a grown man holding a chicken, I feel compelled to call out the cowardice when I see it,” Cunningham said at the North Charleston press conference. “And I see it in Columbia. Politicians must be held accountable. And career politicians like McMaster have done everything they can to stay in power.”

McMaster and Cunningham of Charleston currently have one debate set for 7 p.m. Oct. 26 on SCETV and South Carolina Public Radio.

Cunningham said McMaster has a poor track record of holding open forums with the public and is insulated from constituent feed back on the impact of current social issues.

“Have you ever wondered why an over whelming majority of us agree that our veterans should have access to marijuana to treat their PTSD or that women should have the freedom to control their own bodies, yet career politicians like our governor stand in the minority and say no to both?”

Cunningham asked. “It’s because they’re not held accountable.”

McMaster’s campaign said Thursday that Cunningham’s criticism was a “total joke.”

“Joe Cunningham must have for gotten that in this very year he repeatedly refused to debate his trailblazing primary opponent until the Friday before the elec tion,” said Michelle Backus, a spokesman for the McMaster campaign. “The last refuge of a desperate, failing, unserious candidate is hypocrisy and name calling, and Joe is on the run.”

Also Oct. 6, the S.C. Republican Party called on Cunningham to be more trans parent in which industries and organiza tions he is affiliated with in reference to his income, reported ABC 4 News.

“He’s nearly tripled his income, by the way, since he was elected to Congress, but he won’t tell us who he works for,” said S.C. Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick. “We don’t know who’s paying him. Nobody knows, and he won’t say.”

Cunningham addressed the issue at the press conference, “We’ve released that and we’ve put it out in the press as to the type of work that I’ve been doing. Folks know I’m an attorney by trade, and they know the kind of law I’ve been practicing — con struction law, some personal injury [law]

Gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham emphasized his opponent's lack of courage by calling him "chicken" several times

and things like that.”

But the GOP said the records raised more questions than they answered.

Cunningham later responded in a state ment: “I currently have no advocacy or con sulting clients and I have not been paid by

any marijuana or sports betting companies. I realize the governor is used to doing the bidding of the special interests who fund his campaign, but since I’ve never taken a dime from PACs or special interests, I’m beholden to no one but the people of this state.”

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Stegelin wins major cartooning award for mocking the power in South Carolina

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Charleston City Paper cartoonist Steve Stegelin on Saturday won a major national award for cartoon excel lence for the style and snark that Charlestonians have come to love for the last 18 years.

Stegelin received the “Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning” at the annual convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, which was held during the CXC Festival in Columbus, Ohio.

“Steve Stegelin brings a fresh, independent drawing style and delicious snark — two things Rex Babin valued greatly — to the pages of the weekly Charleston City Paper,” a three-judge panel said. “Stegelin’s fierce mockery of the entrenched power structure and the retrograde cultural politics of his red state feels meaningful.”

The award pays tribute to Rex Babin, editorial cartoonist for the Albany Times-Union and The Sacramento Bee, who passed away in 2012 at age 49 following a long fight with cancer. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2003.

Stegelin said today that the award took him by surprise.

“Cartooning can be very isolating in nature, where I spend my time crafting ideas in my own thoughts and then heads-down as I spill those ideas through a pen onto the art board,” he said. “To have Pulitzer-winning, career editorial cartoonists like Rob Rogers, Matt Davies and The Economist ’s KAL select my work for this prize is an honor and humbling external valida tion that my voice has an impact in both Charleston and the larger political cartooning community.”

On Saturday, the judges praised Stegelin’s comic pen.

“His bold and unique graphic style renders everyone, including Gov. Henry McMaster, as if they jumped off a 1990s alt-weekly comics page. His tongue-in-cheek tackling of cynical political redistricting, mask hysteria, local gun-culture and shameful treatment of women’s reproductive rights in South Carolina all led the jury to unanimously deem Stegelin’s entry worthy of the prize.”

David Hosey, cartoonist for the Seattle Times, was named a finalist.

Andy Brack, editor and publisher of the City Paper, said Stegelin and other cartoonists provide an important voice because they put controversial issues in local context.

“Steve Stegelin is a gem whose wit and snarkiness fit hand in glove at the City Paper. He enriches our opinion pages with weekly twists on life and political silliness in the Palmetto State and we couldn’t be happier for this welldeserved national recognition.”

Matt Davies of Newsday, last year’s Babin Award winner and one of the judges for this year’s contest, pointed to how Babin revered the impact of local cartoons.

“We know Rex would be thrilled to see how many great local cartoons are still being eagerly inked and published, belying, against all odds, the oft-repeated complaint of the increasing dearth of local news.”

Another Babin Award-winning judge, Pittsburgh freelance cartoonist Rob Rogers, gave a shout-out to the newspaper, the only one in South Carolina that funds two weekly cartoonists: “And while we’re on the subject, a mas

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sive appreciative, Babinian tip-o-the-pen is due to the edi tors of the Charleston City Paper. It’s notable they feature not just Steve Stegelin, but also the excellent local work of previous [2021] Babin finalist Robert Ariail.”

Next year, Stegelin will join Davies and Rogers as a judge for the 2023 Babin Award, one of the only journalism awards for editorial cartoonists that is selected by a jury of peers.

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has been the professional association concerned with pro moting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in North America, including political illus trators and the growing field of comics journalists. The organization is active in First Amendment, free speech and journalists’ rights issues worldwide.

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Toni Gilliard, the CEO of Tipsy Lady Cocktails based in Charleston, hopes her new rum-based beverage can find a spot on store shelves in Barbados

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Barbados and improving the country’s treatment and rehabilitation of sea turtles through a collaboration with the Barbados Sea Turtle Project and the South Carolina Aquarium. Green said state lawmakers

Rep. J.A. Moore, D-Berkeley, and Rep. Marvin Pendarvis, D-Charleston, both of whom are interested in cannabis for medical purposes in South Carolina, may join the group.

This meeting also could lead to a collabo ration between the Barbados Museum and Historical Society and the International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, which is scheduled to open in January 2023. Barbados is developing a Heritage District next to the Newton Enslaved Burial Ground Memorial, which is the largest and earliest known burial ground in Barbados with the remains of hundreds of enslaved African men, women and children.

Rhoda Green, the foundation’s president and CEO and Barbados’ honorary consul to South Carolina, said if this renewed rela tionship between Charleston and Barbados matures, it could become an opportu nity to have a group from Barbados visit Charleston one year and a Charleston group visit the island the following year.

“Clearly there is an interest,” she said. “But we will have to make that case going forward as to why this is important and what are the benefits that flow both ways.”

This trip, she added, also might help to inject new energy into the foundation’s board of directors.

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Charleston police went to a West Ashley home Sept. 30 after a woman reported her neighbor came onto her property with a long-bladed knife resembling a machete and threatened to kill her roosters. She told police that the man said, “They have been keeping me up for the past two years and I’m tired of it.” She told police she didn’t fear for her life, so she gave the man’s description and they gave her a case number. No chicken soup that night.

Uninsured motorist or conman?

Charleston police pulled over a black BMW Sept. 28 on Market Street for running a red light and discovered the driver was uninsured. Police towed the car. They said they also found five bank cards, each with different names. The man said all of the cards belonged to his cousins and his niece who gave him permission to have them, although he apparently couldn’t tell police the correct part of town in which any of his relatives lived. Police also found a paper bag of ammunition and $300 cash, plus two unsigned checks for $12,323.63 with identical check numbers. Police confiscated the items and wrote him traffic citations.

By Chelsea Grinstead Illustration by Steve Stegelin

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Pick Cunningham to be S.C.’s next governor

What we like about former Congressman Joe Cunningham’s race to unseat a longtime Republican incumbent is how the Charleston resident focuses on South Carolina issues, not the mess that goes on in Washington.

While the incumbent fills the airwaves with garbage about Washington, it’s important to remember that South Carolina leaders, not those in Washington, are the ones who steer our state’s economy and educate our children. South Carolina leaders heal our sick and do the hard work of protecting our special places. And South Carolina officials should be the ones who do more to lift the poor out of poverty and provide affordable housing to those who need better places to live. Blaming Washington for everything is cheap theater that distracts voters from what’s what.

Cunningham, a lawyer who lost a congressional seat in 2020, has proven he can work in a bipartisan manner as several Republicans — including the current governor — noted in his efforts to keep offshore drilling from our coast.

And Cunningham has several real South Carolina-centric plans to make the Palmetto State a better place. Cunningham wants to eliminate the state income tax — something that only half of residents pay anyway — to make the state more competitive. He proposes boosting starting teacher pay from $36,000 a year now to $50,000 a year by 2030. Cunningham proposes term limits and age limits for South Carolina

politicians and judges. He rightfully believes the government should stay out of a person’s medical decisions on everything from abortions to vaccine mandates. And he wants to legalize marijuana and sports betting here as part of a “freedom agenda.”

You might not agree with all of those things, particularly with the War on Drugs still on the minds of many people. But across the nation, attitudes have changed about marijuana as 19 states have legalized weed in some form or another. (South Carolina still needs to approve use of medical marijuana to alleviate suffering among patients in hellish pain.)

But even if you disagree with a guy on one or a few policy points, take a look at the future vision of Cunningham and the incumbent — bold, new, fresh ideas from one or more of the same from the other — more of the same pandering to evangelicals and fear, more of dividing people rather than working to bring them together.

As Cunningham says in countless stops across the state, “People over politics is more than just a slogan. It’s the guiding principle for our campaign and how I will govern. The truth is that both sides have become too extreme and there’s not enough common sense in government these days. If we want South Carolina to be more free and prosperous, we need to stop seeing each other as enemies and start seeing one another as people again.”

Hear, hear. Elect Joe Cunningham to be our governor on Nov. 8. He’ll be a breath of fresh air.

EDITOR and PUBLISHER Andy Brack

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What to expect in South Carolina for the Nov. 8 elections

By Nancy Williams

We are soon to be voting in the 2022 General Election. What can we expect? First, we can expect that this election will be like those before, with hundreds of professional and volunteer workers doing their best to make sure that voting is secure and accessible for South Carolina’s citizens. Once more, citizens will vote, by mail or in person, exercising the most basic of our rights and responsibilities. However, in some other ways, this will not be like earlier elections.

Passage of a new election law late in the 2022 session of the General Assembly made significant changes in how South Carolina holds elections. The State Election Commission (SEC) has provided a helpful list of these changes at scvotes.gov. For most voters the biggest difference will be a very positive one, the availability of no-excuse early voting. This was first put into place during the primaries but will be available in a general election for the first time October 24–November 5 during the hours 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, closed Sunday, October 30. With more time to prepare for early voting than in the June primary, counties have made major improvements, especially in numbers of polling places. In contrast to single polling locations in June, Charleston plans to provide seven early voting locations and Lexington will provide five.

Other changes have been made in the process for excused absentee voting, which is now exclusively by mail. An absentee application can be requested by phone, mail, or in person at a county elections office (not by email or fax). The deadline to obtain an application is 11 days before Election Day, November 8. Absentee ballots will be sent by mail. Completed ballots must be returned to county elections offices by mail or in person no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day or in person at an early voting center during early voting hours.

For the first time, witnesses for the absentee ballot must print their name in addition to signing and must provide their address on the return envelope. Since South Carolina does not permit county offices to notify voters of technical defects and correct them, failure to conform to the requirements will lead to rejection of a ballot. Those voting by mail should take special care that their application and their ballot are complete and submitted as early as possible.

In addition, an authorized representative can submit no more than five absentee applications or return no more than five absentee ballots in addition to their own. This and some other election violations have been made felonies. This restriction will make voting more difficult for many in group living situations.

These changes are occurring against the backdrop of a very disturbing national effort to unreasonably discredit the institu tions, people and processes at the foundation of our representative democracy. Misinformation charging both technical and fraudulent problems in our elections, some of it intentionally disruptive, is every where. This toxic atmosphere has shaken the confidence of many voters and has contributed to the loss of many of our critically impor tant experienced election professionals and volunteers. However, diligent efforts are being made to overcome those losses and ensure an orderly and efficient election process for everyone in our state.

One thing never changes. Every vote matters. For more informa tion about candidates and the election, we encourage all eligible citizens to visit the League’s website at vote411.org. Check your regis tration, make a plan, and vote!

Nancy Williams of Hilton Head Island is president of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina.

Misinformation charging both technical and fraudulent problems in our elections, some of it intentionally disruptive, is everywhere.

Charge more anti-patriots with sedition for Jan. 6 insurrection

By Andy Brack

Sedition ranks right up there with treason as a heinous crime applicable to anybody who actively plans to overthrow our government. More than 20 months after anti-patriots stormed the U.S. Capitol, only a handful of dangerous organizers have been charged with seditionist conspiracy. In my book, more need to face the tough crime of sedition.

While treason is the actual crime of attacking the authority of the government, such as mauling and killing police officers who protected the Capitol on January 6, sedition is a different flavor of rebellion. It consists of overt conduct, such as speech or organizing, to overthrow a government. While not punishable by death, it’s a federal crime to foment rebellion against the federal government, which exists to orga nize, protect and implement the tenets of our representative democracy.

MAGA America seems to believe the U.S. Constitution authorizes the protection of liberty through the overthrow of government. But they must have missed the civics class discussion of the second paragraph of the U.S. Constitution — the part that says all men are created equal. It discusses how the power of government stems from the will of the people — all of the people, not a small band of authori tarian conspirators. It says when all of the people, which suggests a reasonable process of elections, decide they want to alter or abolish a government, they can do so — but by instituting a new government to “effect safety and happi ness.” This is not to be done through a violent overthrow of order by trying to thwart the peaceful transfer of power.

The Constitution’s plain language is being misused by small cadres of militant haters who wrap themselves in the flag. The Constitution doesn’t give a green light to revolution like the Jan. 6 thugs wanted. It suggests a peaceful process to change govern ment to make it more representative.

And that’s why more of the hundreds who stormed the Capitol need to be held accountable for their seditious — and in some cases trea sonous — behavior. Washington needs to send a clear message that any individuals or groups that want to color outside the lines and take mat ters into their own hands should be treated as unfaithful Americans. It’s disappointing the U.S. Justice Department hasn’t prosecuted more for sedition, particularly in light of the bone-chilling House hearings about what happened on and before the insurrection. It’s disappointing that Democrats, who control both chambers of Congress, aren’t insisting on more charges. And it’s totally befuddling why Republicans as a party continue to enable seditious behavior by essentially sitting on their hands. It’s hard to imagine that former presidents like Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford would cotton to the coddling of antipatriots that goes on today. It’s obvious that current Republican Party leaders are afraid of former President Donald Trump, who will go down as instigator-in-chief of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Quite frankly, the party’s collective hollowness may be a weakness that eventually will lead to downfall unless Republicans embrace real democracy and shun the shiny thingamajigs of MAGA America.

Retired University of South Carolina historian Dan Carter, whose new book on white nationalism will come out soon, noted the plain language of sedition statutes should apply to more people involved in the Capitol attack. And they should apply to Trump, who watched for two hours “before finally issuing a tepid call for his followers to with draw,” Carter told City Paper. “If any other citizen watched an assault on someone (in this case, the government of the United States) and did nothing for two hours, they would be subject to criminal sanction.”

Our Founding Fathers were made of sterner stuff and wouldn’t put up with such spinelessness. You shouldn’t either.

Make your voice heard Nov. 8, one month from now.

Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

It’s totally befuddling why Republicans as a party continue to enable seditious behavior by essentially sitting on their hands.

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6 noted pitmasters offer tips for great barbecue

arbecue has two meanings in the South.

It’s a noun used to describe a melt-in-your-mouth, fingerlickin’ bite of meat cooked slowly on a grill or a smoker. In South Carolina, the go-to barbecue is pork, but it’s more common these days to see beef or other barbecues on menus or whiteboards at restaurants and dives.

“Barbecue” is also a verb used to describe the process of throwing a slab of meat — pork, chicken, beef, fish or even alligator, ostrich or kangaroo — onto a grill to cook or smoke over smoldering coals. However you use the word, picking up a pound of pulled pork or a slab of ribs from a local barbecue joint is some good eating. And now with fall in the air, barbecued meats are on lots of palates, especially at college tailgating parties.

So we thought it would be a good idea to ask some recognized barbecue experts for their secrets — anything they’d like to share to help the home cook “barbecue” some meat to rib-stickin’ perfection.

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Best of Charleston 2022 Pitmaster Rodney Scott, owner of bar beque restaurants in Charleston and other Southern cities, said preparing good food starts with “positive vibes and focusing on giving your guests one of the most unforgettable fun experiences ever! Genuinely enjoying the craft and the process of barbecuing will make your food standout.”

His process starts with the fire that can take at least an hour to get it hot enough to cook a whole hog that can weigh more than 120 pounds. Then for the next 12 hours, Scott said, “you have to be mentally prepared” to not become frustrated by the long cooking process so that when the meat is done, it’s served with a good attitude.

Home Team BBQ offers classics like St. Louis cut ribs

“We eat with our eyes first,” said Scott, who has been barbecuing since he was 11 years old with his family’s business in Williamsburg County. “You don’t want to throw it on a plate because you are angry, tired or frustrated. So you have to prepare yourself with these good vibes.”

Scott recommended to achieve “flavorful and tender barbecue, don’t be afraid to mari nate your proteins. Cooking your protein low and slow with a citrus or vinegar base sauce added will result in delicious, tender meat.” The process also applies, he said, to chicken, turkey and smaller portions of pork. “At the restaurant, we prepare a ribeye loin, and we marinate that loin overnight before we smoke it the next day,” he said.

Wrap it up

Ted Dombrowski, who operates Ted’s Butcherblock in downtown Charleston, said a proven secret in his book is to make sure whatever meat that’s cooking stays moist. He likes to smoke meat in a Big Green Egg grill.

“Wrapping a pork butt or beef brisket in butcher paper or foil for the final two to three hours of smoking will help reach a desired tem perature and keep the meat moist and juicy,” he said.

Will the paper burn? Nope. “The tem perature should be low enough.”

It’s all about the dry rub

Ravenel resident Pat Nelson, operator of the Big Boned Barbecue food truck here for the last 15 years, has won more than 100 awards over 25 years of cooking ’cue.

“I think that the biggest thing for us is the dry rub,” he said. “People need to really experiment with it. Find a good dry rub seasoning. Ours is a really nice mix of sweet and salty. There are 32 different things in ours, so it’s a little bit complicated. It took us something like 10 different tries to get it right.

“Just find something that you think is going to work, cook some thing with it, make some notes, modify it, put more salt in if you want. Put some more sugar if you’re looking for that profile. If you’re looking for something garlicky, add that, but don’t be afraid to just try stuff out.”

Nelson said the best barbecue for one person might not appeal to another.

“Barbecue is one of those things that is not one size fits all. If you don’t like a lot of smoke, don’t use a lot of smoke. That’s the biggest thing I tell people: ‘Man, you’re the one that’s got to eat it, so do what you enjoy,’ ” he said about dry rub and barbecue in general.

Nelson said lots of people cooking pork ribs worry too much about peeling off mem branes from the back or racks of ribs.

“And we’ve just found, and we cut thou

sands and thousands of racks of ribs a year, that if you just score the back of  ’em with a knife in sort of a diamond pattern, your ribs are still going to fall off the bone, that mem brane will be cut enough that it lets the flavor through. Plus, it can be a pretty tasty thing. It’s like eating pork skin or something like that. Those crispy backs on the bottom of it.

“You don’t need to spend all that time [peeling] and it can be a real pain to pull off, but as long as you’re cutting that mem brane, put a little seasoning on it, so that it crisps up and get a little flavor to it, and it’s also going to help keep some of the juices in the ribs.”

Don’t be afraid to oil up

Michael Bessinger of West Ashley favorite Bessinger’s Barbecue said home cooks need to consider using oils on the outside of meats, such as wings.

“For example, I don’t brine my wings at home often,” he said. “A lot of times, I use olive oil instead, I put the wings in a Ziploc bag with the oil and within that mixture, I will also add any seasoning I want — whether it be lemon pepper or a barbecue rub. I let it sit in the fridge for about three hours. Pull them out individually and smoke them or cook them on a charcoal grill in an offset fashion. There will still be a good bit of oil on that wing, so placing them directly over the coals will cause a fire.”

Bessinger also said using a cooking spray like Pam often helped for meat in a smoker.

“I’ve even used Pam spray on my ribs at the very end of my cook before I glaze my sauce on them,” he said. “I really like what it does to the texture, especially if you use aluminum foil to accelerate the cooking process.”

Try a wet brine

Home Team BBQ Pitmaster Aaron Siegel said wet-brining can be an overlooked asset when it comes to jazzing up more neutral proteins like poultry and pork. Traditionally, both wet and dry brining solutions are used to add salinity and help retain moisture when preparing protein.

“It’s more of a com plement as opposed to a dominant flavor profile,” said Siegel, whose three locations in the area won Best of Charleston 2022 awards for best wings, tots, mac and cheese, nachos and caterer.

“With a leaner protein, constructing a brine is very useful,” he said. “You can create all sorts of different kinds of brines by steeping herbs in liquid. A simple brine is just salt and water, but we like to add granulated sugar or sometimes light brown sugar. You can add herbs and citrus rinds [and] juice — anything that has a little bit of acidity.”

To make a basic wet brine, dissolve salt

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James Beard Award-winning Pitmaster Rodney Scott is best known for his method of cooking whole hog barbecue

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Bessinger’s Barbecue is known for its Carolina mustard-based sauce

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and/or sugar in hot water, Siegal said. Then throw in any additional ingredients to steep in the solution, kind of like a tea. After you test it for taste, cool it. But, he said, don’t brine your protein for too long. Something like a chicken breast would brine for half a day.

While brining is typically used with poultry, Siegel said Home Team BBQ brines its pork products — and even beef products such as brisket and ribs — from time to time.

“Usually, you don’t see folks brining red meat too much,” Siegel said, “but we’ve uti lized it on different occasions. The best appli cation is [to] proteins that are leaner and more neutral in flavor than red meats like ribeye, brisket and strip. Say you’re smoking a whole sirloin, it’s probably better just to go more neutral on that and not [use a] brine.”

Pick the right pieces

Noted Pitmaster John Lewis, whose Lewis Barbecue won Best of Charleston 2022’s best barbecue, brisket and ribs, said home cooks should be discriminating when picking a pork butt for the grill.

“Don’t just grab the first one — look through all of them and find the one that’s got the most marbling in it. There will always be one with a lot of marbling on it. It’s also a really good one to not mess up because it naturally already has tons of marbling in it. So you can overcook it and it’ll still be fine and undercook a little bit and chop it and it’ll also be fine.”

He said meats should be cooked with indirect heat. “If you’re doing it at home you can do it on a Weber kettle grill, and look up a basic set-up for indirect cooking.”

Barbecue from West Texas, which Lewis brought to the Lowcountry, often is smoked with mesquite because there’s not much hickory, oak or pecan in the area. If you use mesquite, be careful because it burns hotter than you might think. To use mesquite wood in the backyard, start with charcoal to get the heat going, and add a couple of

mesquite wood chunks every hour. Flavorwise, mesquite wood has an acrid or camp fire taste, according to Lewis.

“It’s the best wood for high heat grilling because it burns hotter than all the other hardwoods. For slow cooking you can overdo it real quick because it does have a very dis tinct flavor. It is not a mellow flavor at all.”

Lewis suggested beef back ribs for “more of a West Texas kind of thing … It actu ally works really well — better than a pork butt or brisket or anything like that on the typical grill that people have. You can set up your backyard grill for indirect cooking, and it will take you about four hours. You want to run it about 275 [degrees] and it just comes out awesome, man.”

He said to season the beef back ribs as you would a steak. And when it’s on the grill, don’t mess with it too much. “It’s impressive-looking for not so much effort.”

City Paper staffers Samantha Connors, Herb Frazier, Chelsea Grinstead, Michael Pham and Andy Brack contributed to this story.

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Pitmaster John Lewis brings West Texas barbecue to Charleston at his restaurant Lewis Barbecue with offerings like Texas hot gut sausages

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A Night of Illusions with mentalist Howard Blackwell

Local performer Howard Blackwell the Mentalist is known for his versatile magic shows at Holy City Magic almost every weekend. He’s teaming up with Hallie Hill Animal Sanctuary in Hollywood, South Carolina, for two benefit shows that will help the shelter fund its medical care of nearly 200 animals. Blackwell is known for his witty acts that meld a cabaret aesthetic with parlor entertainment and illusions. Hallie Hill is a non profit that shelters and organizes adoptions for aban doned and neglected animals.

Oct. 13. $35. 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Queen Street Playhouse. 20 Queen St. Downtown. Halliehill.com

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WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY

Southern Screams at Holy City Brewing

There are 16 frightening nights of Southern Screams Haunted House “Insane at Holy City Brewing” this month. The haunted asylum takes over the brewery’s grounds Thursdays through Sundays with multiple entry times. The spooky characters and intricate installation put you right in the center of the creepy plot at Ashley Acres Asylum. Multiple ticket tiers offer different experiences, including the Get Buzzed package that includes a beer/burger combo, expedited access and a flash art tattoo from Stardust Tattoo in North Charleston. Southern Screams will donate a portion of sales to the Charleston Animal Society.

Oct. 12-31. $20-$145. Holy City Brewing. 1021 Aragon Ave. N. Charleston. Southernscreams.com

FRIDAY

Gibbes Greek art exhibit

The Gibbes Museum of Art presents From Chaos to Order: Greek Geometric Art, an exhibit that spills across two galleries with its display of 57 objects from Sol Rabin, the world’s leading collector of Greek geometric art. The sprawling exhibit experience also offers four lectures, a tour and a chamber ensemble performance from Charleston’s New Muse Concerts in the theme of “chaos to order.” The exhibit is displayed Oct. 14- March 5.

Oct. 14. 10.a.m- 5 p.m. $12 adults; $6 children aged 4-17. The Gibbes Museum of Art. 135 Meeting St. Downtown. Gibbesmuseum.org

SATURDAY Park Circle Fall Art Walk

Enjoy the cool fall weather during this front yard-style art walk through a Park Circle neigh borhood. The walking, biking or car riding art show has something for everyone with dozens of visual art displays, musical performances and food and beverage pop-ups. Oct. 15. 1-6 p.m. Free. Holmes Avenue. North Charleston. Facebook.com/ParkCircleArtWalk

SUNDAY

Latina Market Bazaar

Charleston’s first market focused on Latina women entrepreneurs will feature 45 vendors, plus food trucks, performers and music as it takes over Tradesman Brewing. The foundation of the bazaar is to empower the local Latina community and foster connections within it. The Latina Market Bazaar will host future events in November and December.

Oct. 16. 1-5 p.m. Free. Tradesman Brewing. 1647 King St. Ext. North Charleston. eventbrite.com.

Arts

Sean Keefer’s The Code mines local history for adventure

By Michael Smallwood

Charleston lawyer Sean Keefer didn’t study creative writing as a student at the University of South Carolina, but he did read Stephen King’s classic nonfiction book about the art called On Writing. When the idea for his first novel sparked into his head 15 years ago on a plane ride, he remembered something in King’s book that stuck with him: “Write what you know.”

Keefer, a lawyer for the past 25 years, would end up finishing and publishing his first novel, The Trust, in 2011. More than a decade later, Keefer released The Code, his fourth book, and the third part of his Noah Parks Mystery series. The series, which consists of The Trust, 2017’s The Solicitor and now The Code, follows the adventures of Charleston-based attorney Noah Parks.

“After I wrote the first two books, after I realized I was starting to create the Noah Parks universe, I real ized that the first book I wrote was written as kind of a 10-year attorney,” Keefer said. “As I started to write through the first couple books, a lot of questions popped into my head: What’s Noah’s background? How did he first come to practicing law? What’s the back story of the dog?”

The Code is a prequel to The Trust. The story follows a younger Noah Parks who is confronted by the murder of a very good friend. He teams up with a newly minted Charleston detective, also a childhood friend, to discover the details of the murder. The inves tigation takes them deep into Charleston’s underground, and ties into a curiosity that Keefer found in research for the novel.

“The Code ties together an early, early book written in South Carolina, going back now almost 200 years,” Keefer said. The book he’s referring to is The Code of Honor; or Rules for the Government of Principals and Seconds in Duelling. It was published in 1858 in Charleston, and outlines the details involved in organizing and executing duels to settle disputes. The system of dueling had mostly fallen out of favor following the end of the Civil War and was basically

Artifacts

A conversation with author Jack Torry

Journalist Jack Torry sits down with historian James Scott 5:30 p.m. Oct. 19 at Blue Bicycle Books for a conversation about Torry’s new military history novel, The Last One Out: Yates McDaniel, World War II’s Most Daring Reporter

Torry worked as the Washington bureau chief for the Columbus Dispatch and Dayton Daily News in Ohio. His previous works include Endless Summers, The Fall and Rise of the Cleveland Indians and Henderson’s Light — Drinking, Driving and a Deadly Encounter. The Last One Out details Yates McDaniel’s career as a reporter for Associated Press. This event is free to the public.

—Michael Smallwood North Charleston Arts Fest seeking proposals

The North Charleston Cultural Arts Department is now accepting applications for presenters and performers for the 2023 North Charleston Arts Fest . Artists in music, theater, dance, visual arts, media art and literature are invited to perform their talents on stage, exhibit their art, hold lectures or demonstrations and host workshops. There is no fee to apply. The application is available at northcharlestonartsfest.com/apply and will be accepted through Dec. 15. MS

eradicated by World War I.

“I researched the book. I was just fascinated by what a dueling history that Charleston had,” Keefer said. Without wishing to spoil the events of the novel, that history plays a huge part of the story in The Code.

Keefer’s writing career has developed over the years. “If I put my focus to it and I had ample time, I could probably write the first draft of the book in six or seven months,” he said. He points to each of the Noah Parks books taking shorter and shorter time to complete: seven years for the first, six for the second and five for the third. “My goal is within three years to have the next book out.”

In between writing The Solicitor and The Code, Keefer wrote his only nonfiction book, Mediation in the Family Courts of South Carolina, a legal treatise on family law mediation that Keefer felt a certain compulsion to write.

“I was shocked that there was no book in the state of South Carolina that was on that topic, and I’m kind of tickled I was the first person to write it,” Keefer said. It’s a dense, informative tome, and Keefer himself said it’s a book designed to be used as a resource instead of a novel.

“I don’t know that I’ll ever write another one, but I’m happy that

Local Cinema Studios looking for submissions

Charleston film production company

Local Cinema Studios is holding a script call for its upcoming summer 2023 project. Local Cinema Studios is running its second annual Get On Set initiative, a collaboration with the South Carolina Film Commission and the University of South Carolina.

The program funds one film or pilot project for production, with positions held for students. The production company is accepting feature film and pilot script submissions and seeking professional directors and other crew members. Interested individuals must apply online by Nov. 1 at localcinemastudios.com/get-on-set.

For more information email Dustin Whitehead at dwhitehead@ localcinemastudios.com.

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Celebrate the best of Disney at the North Charleston Coliseum

By Michael Smallwood

Charleston’s Disney-loving audiences are in luck, as Disney on Ice returns to the North Charleston Coliseum Oct. 27-30 with its show Let’s Celebrate.

Disney on Ice features elaborate, wellcrafted costumes and a roster of worldclass skaters, including Callista Vojvodich, a former member of the Team USA figure skating team who competed in five World/ Junior World championships before joining Disney on Ice. Vojvodich, who spoke with City Paper ahead of this month’s shows, has been with Disney on Ice for five years and has performed in Let’s Celebrate for the last two seasons.

“We actually have the most stories and most characters out of any Disney on Ice show,” Vojvodich said. The venerated Disney on Ice cannon currently features five shows running around the country. Let’s Celebrate is one of the biggest shows ever produced by Disney on Ice, featuring a cast of more than 50 beloved and iconic Disney characters.

Foundational names like Donald Duck, Goofy and Mickey Mouse, the show’s emcee, are joined by characters from across the canon. Disney princesses Mulan, Ariel and Tiana are joined by the casts of classic films like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Over the course of the show, audiences witness 14 stories pulled from both the classic cannon and modern hits. It

also incorporates more than 30 of the best songs from Disney movies through the ages:

“Let It Go,” “Hakuna Matata” and “You’ve Got A Friend in Me” are just some of the soundtrack highlights.

Vojvodich plays Snow White in a section of the show that includes all the Disney princesses, and can also be found in the Finding Dory segment as a baby turtle or as a bride in the Mulan segment of the show.

“There are so many exciting parts because it hits so many stories. Everyone finds something different to enjoy,” Vojvodich said. “There’s really something for every generation of the family.”

Vojvodich points to the Toy Story 4 section of the show as one of her personal highlights. “I think that there’s a really

important message in that segment that shows that everyone brings value to this world,” Vojvodich said. In the story made famous by the Oscar-winning 2019 movie, Woody, Buzz and the rest of Andy’s former toys are joined by a newcomer, the strange new toy Forky, who is assembled from left over parts. Forky’s journey of self discovery, and his evaluation of his self worth, really hit home with Vojvodich. “That is one of the most meaningful and exciting parts of the show for me.”

Choreographers and skaters come together in shows like Let’s Celebrate to give Disney on Ice not just memorable charac ters, but thrilling and memorable on-ice

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I did,” Keefer said of the experience. He prefers writing narrative to nonfiction. But he’s proud to have completed Mediation, as well as the Noah Parks series. “There’s a reward to be able to look at the bookshelf and see that it’s gone from one book to now four. It’s a tad bit surreal but it’s neat.”

Keefer is also a musician and has been making music far longer than he has been writing novels. His latest EP, A Dog Walks into the Sunset, is available on all streaming platforms and his website, SeanKeefer.com. He also has a new EP in the works for the beginning of 2023, as well as plans to record more songs in the spring. Keefer is a singer/songwriter/ guitarist, playing mostly Americana and alt-country. He plays festivals throughout the state when he can.

“There’s a reward to be able to look at the bookshelf and see that it’s gone from one book to now four. It’s a tad bit surreal but it’s neat.”

As for the Noah Parks Mystery series, Keefer said he has a roadmap. The next book in the series has a topic and a back drop in the works, though he’s not spilling any beans about the details. He also said he knows what his next standalone novel will be. But for now, The Code is available in bookstores, online venues like Amazon and through his publisher riversturnpress.com.

moments. It takes some getting used to for even the most veteran skaters.

“Portraying the role of Snow White has actually been a challenge because I had to learn some new moves,” Vojvodich said. The techniques required in Disney on Ice ask a lot of even the best skaters in the world. “Such as where Snow White gets lifted into the air by Prince Florian. For me there were a lot of new technical elements involved in that segment. I’d say that’s probably one of the biggest chal lenges but most exciting and rewarding parts of the season.”

But Vojvodich, who has performed against some of the best skaters in the world in her competitive career, seems to have found a calling in the Disney cannon. “It was challenging in many

ways but also so much fun,” Vojvodich said of the transition.

“When you’re training as a competi tive figure skater you get to perform once every month or two,” she said. “And when you’re in the ice show you get to perform for thousands of people every day and really get to embrace a storytelling side.

So while it was challenging to adapt to the style and a different focus in this realm of skating, it’s been absolutely incredible and one of my favorite things I’ve done in my skating career.

“I’m so excited to be coming to North Charleston,” Vojvodich added. She and the team are thrilled to present a show that “celebrates the legacy of Walt Disney.”

Tickets for Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate are currently on sale at the North Charleston Coliseum box office or online at northcharlestoncoliseumpac.com.

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What it takes to harvest oysters

By Helen Mitternight

Early on the coldest mornings, Jodie Holder dons neo prene waders and big rubber boots. In her gloved right hand she holds a hammer. Her left hand is encased in a tough chain mail glove.

Holder harvests oysters and is part of the backstory most of us never think about as we slurp our succulent bivalves.

Holder, who works with partner Terrell Brown of Brown’s Oyster Supply on James Island, said she heads out every morning of oyster season — October through May — on a 17-foot aluminum boat filled with colorful hard plastic baskets for the harvest. The boat heads to the patch of water assigned to the company, one it has been grandfathered into because of how long Brown’s father has harvested oysters.

“Once you get to the beautiful oyster reef, you have to get out of the boat,” Holder said. “That’s when it gets hard. Pluff mud is like quicksand. You’re kind of crawling, balancing your weight with the baskets.

“You have to have exactly the right size boot. If it’s too small, it’s uncomfortable. If it’s too big, your foot goes down and when it comes back up, the boot stays down. I’ve gotten stuck up to my armpits in the stuff and two men had to pull me out by my elbows. It was terrifying.”

Once oysters large enough for harvest — three inches by law — are located, the hammer is used to knock the preferred oysters off of a cluster. The discarded cluster of shells is left in place by regulation and will become home to future oyster generations.

“Once you have this big deli cious cluster, you think, ‘Man, I was on the meat today!’ You put it in your basket and do it for the next three to four hours. My goal is to pick 400 pounds of oysters a day. As the waters rise, the boat rises and your boat gets piled high with oysters, and there’s nowhere for us to even sit.”

Oystering is hard work

you have this big delicious cluster, you think, ‘Man, I was on the meat today!’ You put it in your basket and do it for the next three to four hours.”

Communing with nature is just one of the reasons Trey McMillan started his Lowcountry Oyster Company. He saw an oyster farming operation on the Chesapeake Bay and thought, at age 30, that it was time to stop the lifestyle of a professional fisherman that took him away from family nine months a year. In 2017, he started the company.

“It’s physically the hardest work I’ve ever done in life,” Holder said. “Having wet hands when it’s cold and going fast on a boat is pretty painful. My hands just ache, or if you puncture your waders and your ‘waterproofness’ is breached, you’ll be freezing by the end of the day.”

Still, she said, “having 360-degree heavenly views is like being invited to an awesome nature party.”

Unlike the wild-harvested adult oysters, McMillan buys oyster seeds, or micro scopic baby oysters, and grows them himself in hard plastic cages that stay sub merged in the waters off the Ashepoo River south of Charleston. Each spring and fall, he starts with a new cycle of baby oysters. As the oysters grow, they are taken from the cages and tumbled every six to eight weeks in a long cylinder with varying sized holes that sort the oysters by size and strengthen the shells until they are about a year old and ready for market.

—Jodie Holder

Because McMillan’s oysters stay submerged even during hotter months, it enables him to sell year-round. (The

“Once

Photos courtesy Brown’s Oyster Supply

Above: Jodie Holder treads lightly along the pluff mud to avoid sinking. Below: Terrell Brown marvels at the surrounding scenery while oystering

Lowcountry Oyster Company offers oysters year round thanks to its own oyster-growing methods

reason you’re told not to eat oysters during summer months is because of a deadly bacteria that grows on uncovered oysters during low tides in hot months; McMillan’s oysters don’t have that problem.) It also enables him to sell beautifully-shaped single oysters to restaurants looking to present a perfect half-shell of oyster, either raw or Rockefeller.

McMillan, who said he grows about 5 mil lion oysters a year, sells his bounty to restau rants, oyster roasts, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition and the Lowcountry Oyster Festival. He also sells directly to consumers.

Complaints of over-regulation

You might think that oyster farming is the easy way to collect oysters when com pared with the harsh conditions Holder described, but McMillan argued his busi ness is constantly fighting what he calls over-regulation.

“There is one hatchery in the state. It’s privately owned and he doesn’t sell seed, so we have to go out of state,” McMillan said.

And that’s where the issue comes in.

Ben Dyar, who manages the shellfish section for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), is sympathetic to McMillan’s woes, but said his job is to balance the needs of the industry with protecting the state’s natural resources. The Office of Fisheries Management within the SCDNR regulates the more than 5,000 acres of mapped oyster beds, some of which are designated for commercial harvesting by wild harvesters and farmers.

“We use science-based information,” Dyar said. “Our biggest concern is oyster diseases because we don’t want to bring

A la carte

What’s new?

Firefly Distillery will celebrate the launch of its first new moonshine flavor in nearly a decade with the Porch Punch Party from 12-6 p.m. Oct. 22. Flavor notes of cherry, strawberry and citrus can be tasted in the new fruit punch-flavored spirit, which comes in at 42 proof.

SAVI Cucina + Wine Bar recently welcomed Emerson Ewald as the new beverage director. Ewald brings six years of wine experience, with stints as a certified sommelier at The Modern and Veronika in New York City.

What to look for

Charleston Wine + Food announced its 2023 schedule via the festival’s app. The 17th installment of CHS W+F will be held March 1-5, 2023. Tickets go on sale Oct. 20.

Bodega will host its first ever Oktoberfest 1-6 p.m. Oct. 22 in the promenade between 23 Ann St. and the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry. German-inspired dishes from places like Butcher & Bee, Halls Chophouse and Bedford Falls will be available, along with local artists, vendors and live music. Tickets are $25.

Hilton Head is hosting its inaugural Rock N’ Ribs festival Oct. 14-15 to celebrate barbecue and rock music. Tickets start at $149.

Congrats to the winners

Charleston was ranked No. 19 in WalletHub’s Best Foodie Cities in America , and ranked No. 1. for Affordability and Accessibility of Highly Rated Restaurants.

Queology was voted Best Nachos in South Carolina by Mashed. The nachos are topped with queso, jalapeños, homemade coleslaw, tomatoes, onions and its signature Memphis sweet barbecue sauce. Options for slowcooked chicken or barbecue pork are also available to top.

The Loutrel was recently ranked No. 1 Best Hotel in Charleston by Travel + Leisure

Ye Ole Fashioned celebrated 50 years of slinging ice cream, burgers and shakes. The restaurant now has seven locations across Charleston in Mount Pleasant, West Ashley, Summerville and Goose Creek.

Be the first to know. Read the Cuisine section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Oysters

in anything our wild populations are not used to. If they want to, they can buy from a hatchery that has a closed water system that filters out all the pathogens (microor ganisms that cause diseases).

“We are a zero-tolerance state, so there can’t be any pathogens in the seed what soever. Our mariculture coordinator will physically meet the person who imports and look at the batch imported before they can put the oysters in the water.”

McMillan, who buys from Virginia, argues there are few hatcheries he can buy from and those are not likely to stop their process to institute a closed-water system just because South Carolina insists on it.

“They make it sound like we are ren egades,” he said. “But we’re the keeper of the sea! We tell them if there’s something wrong, because we’re looking at it every day! Not only that, we’re the biggest [recy cled] shell contributor to the state!”

Importance of oysters to S.C.

While there might be disagreements on regulations and details, Holder, McMillan and Dyar all agreed on the importance of oysters to the state.

“Our industry and our resources for oysters are still at a point where they are healthy and can be sustainable, but it requires everyone, the public included, who consumes these oysters to do their part,” Dyar said. “We need their help.

“Most people are familiar with oysters on the half shell, but the fact that these oysters provide all these beneficial things like ero sion control, helping to filter and keep the water clean and help build up our estuaries that are storm water barriers?”

Dyar added that most people didn’t realize the legacy value of oysters in the

Palmetto State.

“They don’t know how important it is to recycle the shells. They are an industry that is $3 million in wholesale value, but that doesn’t take into account the cultural value.

“We’ve been harvesting oysters here for centuries. It’s deeply rooted in our culture. But we need to protect what we have.”

Photos by Lawson Photography

Oysters play an essential role part in our ecosystem, so sustainability and longevity is key

10 veggie-forward restaurants in Charleston

From City Paper staff

Charleston has a handful of vegan and vegetarian restaurants dedicated to serving all plant-based dishes, like Neon Tiger. But other restaurants cater to meat-eaters and herbivores alike, offering more than just veggie burgers or salads. Some have entire sections dedicated to veggie-forward dishes, while others make vegetables the star of an appetizer or entree.

The next time you’re looking for a place to accommodate the omnivores, vegetar ians and vegans in your life, check out these 10 establishments.

Basic Kitchen

82 Wentworth St. (843) 789-4568 basickitchen.com

Serving lunch, dinner (Mon.-Sat.), brunch (Sat. - Sun.)

In a city filled with hearty Southern cui sine, sometimes it’s tricky to find a flavorful, light meal. Not the case at Basic Kitchen. Robin Hollis, who took over as Basic Kitchen’s executive chef in July 2019, has honed in on this mission by creating more wholesome dishes that highlight vegetables from local purveyors. BK’s lunch menu is divided into small plates, bowls, salads, sandwiches and sweets. For dinner selec tions, it offers big plates like market fish with peach salsa, cilantro, avocado and lime or chicken or cauliflower schnitzel.

Chasing Sage

267 Rutledge Ave. (854) 444-3402 chasingsagerestaurant.com

Serving dinner (Mon.-Sat.)

Focused on farm-to-table cuisine, Chasing Sage is always a delight because you never quite know what dishes will appear on the menu. The plates rotate regularly, depending on what’s in season and what local purveyors provide. You might indulge in small plates like corn dumplings with bacon and chili oil or blue crab lettuce wraps topped with avocado and watermelon. Plates are organized by price and designed to be shared. Dishes are often veggie-forward, but there are plenty of options for meat eaters. If you’re dining with a large group, opt for the chef’s choice and let the kitchen decide.

Herd Provisions

106 Grove St. (843) 637-4145

Herdprovisions.com

Serving lunch (Tues.-Sat.), dinner (Mon.-Sat.)

Herd Provisions is known for its burgers and cuts of meat, like the pan seared pork chops, but it doesn’t mean non-meat eaters won’t enjoy a meal at this establish ment. The kitchen at Herd shines with its vegetable-forward dishes and sides, too.

Malika has a variety of vegetarian options, including samosa chaat

The portobello mushrooms, stuffed with artichokes and capers, pack just as much flavor as a slab of grilled meat.

Jack of Cups Saloon

34 Center St. (843) 633-0042

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Serving lunch, dinner (Wed.-Mon.)

Jack of Cups’ menu offerings rotate with the seasons and incorporate unique, unexpected flavor combinations like the ever-popular red curry mac and cheese.

Other unusual and delicious items on the fall menu include a pumpkin curry soup, caviar lentils and a Hawaiian chocolate Fluffernutter waffle.

The Junction Kitchen & Provisions

4438 Spruill Ave. (843) 745-9189

thejunctionkitchen.com

Serving breakfast, lunch (Tues.-Sun.)

One of Park Circle’s most popular brunch spots welcomes vegetarians and vegans alike with plenty of meatless dishes and meat substitutes. The Junction’s shiitake bacon is the perfect replacement in a BLT, breakfast sandwich or simply by itself. Vegan versions of egg dishes are available, and portobello mushrooms take the place of pork in tacos and Mexican hash. The menu also includes more tradi tional veggie dishes like avocado toast or a wrap stuffed with shiitake bacon, red pep pers, cucumbers and more.

Malika Pakistani Chai Canteen

1333 Theater Dr. (843) 897-5727

Malikacanteen.com

Serving lunch (Fri.-Sun.), dinner (Tues.-Sun.)

Malika recently transformed its menu, adding new dishes like the dhamaka

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burger, made with beef, lamb or Impossible meat substitute. However, the new menu also has a dedicated vegan and vegetarian section for those who don’t indulge in meat. Classic items like samosa chaats and aloo tikki chaat are still on the menu, and remain vegan, too. There’s something for people of all diets at Malika, and each dish packs the same delicious Pakistani flavor one comes to expect from Malika.

Leyla Fine Lebanese Cuisine

298 King St. (843) 501-7500

leyla-charleston.com

Serving dinner (Wed.-Sun.)

Leyla is nestled in the heart of downtown King Street near the College of Charleston. While the Lebanese cuisine offers beef or lamb kebabs and shawarma, entrees like the moussaka eggplant in savory tomato sauce or mujadara lentils and rice gar nished with almonds and cabbage salad are highlights on the menu.

Sorghum & Salt

186 Coming St. (843) 872-6393 sorghumandsalt.com

Serving dinner (Tues.-Sun.)

Sorghum & Salt may offer dishes like market fish or A5 Wagyu beef, but diners at Sorghum & Salt will discover many vegetable-focused small plates on the regular seasonal menu. Some vegetable-

forward dishes, like the acorn squash or potato gnocchi, can even be made vegan upon request. But if you’re looking to go all out, the restaurant also offers a vegan tasting menu.

Three Little Birds

65 Windermere Blvd. (843) 225-3065

Threelittlebirdscafe.com

Serving breakfast and lunch (daily)

Three Little Birds is a quaint restau rant tucked into the South Windermere Plaza on Folly Road. Its breakfast menu features favorites like benedicts, burritos, omelets and French toast, among other items. Vegetarians will discover sweet potato and black bean benedicts while vegans may gravitate more towards the lunch menu with fresh salads, healthy sandwiches and wraps.

Vern’s

41 Bogard St. (Downtown), 843-509-4104

Vernschs.com

Serving dinner (Thurs.-Mon.), brunch (Sat.-Sun.)

This contemporary American restau rant is inspired by husband-and-wife duo Bethany and Dano Heinze’s time in Southern California, offering shared plates, snacks and entrees such as pasta and vegetable-forward dishes like buca tini and Hen of the Woods mushrooms. The beverage program focuses on small wine producers and offers low ABV wine-based cocktails and beers.

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U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, for the holders of the CIM Trust 2021-NR1, Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2021-NR1, Plaintiff, v.

Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Sonia McNeil, 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; Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Tony Moses McNeil a/k/a Tony M. McNeil a/k/a Tony Louis McNeil, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administra tors, 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 dis ability being a class designated as John Doe; Tony Louis McNeil, Jr.; Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Emmanuel R. McNeil, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administra tors, 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, incom petent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe; Raqyhia A. McNeil; Samantha Frazier, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury)

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED 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 Sum mons 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 At torney 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 Tony Moses McNeil to Beneficial Mortgage Co. of South Carolina dated August 3, 2005 and recorded on August 5, 2005 in Book G548 at Page 094, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assign ment 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 part, parcel and piece of land indicated as Lot 6A on a plat of land located on Scott Hill Road, James Island, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on August 9, 1994 in Book EA at Page 158. This being the same property conveyed to Tony Moses McNeil by Deed of Distribution for the Estate of Moses McNeil dated August 11, 1994 and recorded August 11, 1994 in Book N246 at Page 661 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charles ton County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 334-11-00-016 Property Address: 1610 Nathaniel Drive Charleston, SC 29412

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NO TICE 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 July 16, 2021.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARD IAN AD LITEM AND APPOINT MENT 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 amend ments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and repre sent 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 1610 Nathaniel Drive, Charleston, SC 29412; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and rep resent 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 inter est 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 circula tion 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 BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-08-529

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS

KIMBERLY LEONA WALDRON, AND RONNIE CARROLL TAYLOR JR., DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2021.

TO DEFENDANT: RONNIE CARROLL TAYLOR JR.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of your parental rights in and to the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County 300-B California Ave, Moncks Corner SC 29461, on the

4TH day of April, 2022, at 1:07 p.m., a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the com plaint upon the undersigned attorney, Jason D. Pockrus, for the Plaintiff at 2 Belt Dr., Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days follow ing the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant, for the relief demanded in the complaint. Jason D. Pockrus, SC Bar#101333, 2 Belt Dr. Moncks Corner, SC 29461. (843) 719-1095

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-1944

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS

CHELSEA TINDAL AND RYAN GLICK, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2021.

TO DEFENDANT: CHELSEA TINDAL

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for Termination of your Parental Rights in and to the minor child in this action, the origi nal of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401, on the 5th day of July, 2022, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the com plaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to an swer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant(s) for the relief demanded in the complaint. Mary Lee Briggs, SC Bar #101535, 3366 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405. (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-2233

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS

DEJA DOMINICK, JUDY CHAMBERS. DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2008

TO DEFENDANT: DEJA DOMINICK YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on July 29, 2022.

Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, ex

clusive 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. Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3366 Rivers Ave., N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-1326

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

TAKESHA HAYES AND CHAKA THOMPSON, DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2019, 2010, 2012 and 2017.

TO DEFENDANT: CHAKA THOMPSON

YOU ARE HEREBY

SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of your parental rights in and to the minor children in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County 100 Broad Street, SC 29401, on the 10th day of May, 2022 at 9:09 AM, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judg ment by default against the defendant(s) for the relief demanded in the complaint. Mary Lee Briggs, SC Bar# 101535, 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405. (843) 953-9464.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-1797

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS

BRENNAN MARGURITE AKA BRENNAN BAXTER, ALEXAN DER MARGURITE, AND CODY COOPER, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2019.

TO DEFENDANT: BRENNAN MARGURITE AKA BRENNAN BAXTER

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for termination of your parental rights in and to the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401, on the 22nd day of June, 2022, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at 3366 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by de fault against the defendant(s) for the relief demanded in the complaint. Regina Parvin, SC Bar# 65393, 3366 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405. (843) 953-9625.

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

NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2022-CP-10-02886

TRACEY L. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, V.

ROBERT J. ASHFORD, JR., Defendant.

SUMMONS (Automobile Tort) (Jury Trial Requested)

TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office at 2850 Ashley Phosphate Road, Suite B, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29418 within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclu sive of the day of such service.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Respectfully submitted, CLEKIS LAW FIRM, PA

S/Nicholas J. Clekis

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF 2850 Ashley Phosphate Rd., Ste. B North Charleston, SC 29418 843-720-3737 Tel 843-459-295 l Fax S.C. Bar# 6522 Clekislaw@clekis.com

48580.F51139

Master’s Sale CASE NO. 2022CP1000791

CitiMortgage, Inc.,

PLAINTIFF VERSUS

Cedric Fields; Catrena Fields; The United States of America acting by and through its agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and The United States of America acting by and through its agency, the Internal Revenue Service, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated May 12, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front En trance of CHARLESTON COUNTY

JUDICIAL CENTER, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston 29405, South Carolina on November 1, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 40, on a plat bearing the legend: “FINAL PLAT SHOWING HEMMINGWOOD

SUBDIVISION COMMUNITY, A 24.681 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, PROPERTY OF SQUIRES HOME, INC., LOCATED IN PIERPONT ON THE ASHLEY, ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” prepared by Andrew C. Gillette, S. C., RLS, dated May 23, 1989, and revised August 22, 1989, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BX at page 58. For a more complete description of said lot, reference may be had to the above referred to plat of record.

TMS #: 353-02-00-114

This being the same property conveyed to Cedric Fields and Catrena Fields by deed of Wade Houston and Patricia H. Houston, dated September 10,

2001 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County on October 3, 2001 in Deed Book Y383 at Page 807.

Current Property Address: 2440 Castlereagh Road, Charleston, SC 29414

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Finkel Law Firm LLC (843) 577-5460

FOR INSERTION

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2022-CP-10-03706

Mepkin Condominium As sociation, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Brian C. McCoy a/k/a Chris McCoy, et al, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, Finkel Law Firm LLC, 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29405, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action.

If there are counterclaims requiring a jury trial, any party may file a demand under Rule 38, SCRCP and the case will be returned to the Circuit Court.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action, together with the Summons, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 12, 2022.

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC Sean A. O’Connor 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North , South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460 Attorney for Plaintiff

Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-05999

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs Eric Collins; Oak Bluff Homeowners Association, Inc.; Portrait Homes - South Carolina, LLC

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13th day of March, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the prem ises fully described below, at County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of November, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 4704, Block 4700, Oak Bluff Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Harold B. Niel son, Jr., PE & PLS, of Nielson & Associates, entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF OAK BLUFF, BLOCKS 4700, 7955

CROSSROADS DRIVE, OWNED

BY PORTRAIT HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” which plat is dated July 9, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book EJ at Pages 122-124 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

BEING the same property conveyed to Eric Collins by Deed of Frederick Jeffers dated February 2, 2019 and recorded February 27, 2019 in Book 0779 at Page 873, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 484-00-00-497

Current Property Address: 8008 Shadow Oak Drive, Charleston, SC, 29406

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

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

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

be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire

Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

October 12, 2022; October 19, 2022; October 26, 2022

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale

Case No. 2022-CP-10-01218

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Bank of America, N.A.,vs. Rosemary Cherban and if Rosemary Cherban be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Rosemary Cherban distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Rosemary Cherban and if any of the same be dead any and all per sons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Meridian Place Homeowners Association, Inc.; First Freedom Bank,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of Sep tember, 2022. I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st Day of November, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that parcel of land in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, as described in Deed Book Y379, Page 24, ID# 3370600021, being known and designated as:

Lot 21, on a plat entitled, “Plat Showing the Subdivi sion of TMS No. 337-0000-161 into Meridian Place Phase I, Lots 1-98, Common Areas A, B & C, and New Private Rights of Way, Property Owned by Meridian Place, LLC, located in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina,” by Richard Lacey, PLS, dated Sep tember 8, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 286 and 287 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

BEING the same property con veyed to Rosemary Cherban by Deed of John C. Boozer, Jr. dated August 13, 2001 and recorded August 16, 2001 in Book Y379 at Page 24, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 337-06-00-021

Current Property Address: 1341 Pinnacle Lane Charleston, SC 29412

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

The property shall be sold for

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire

Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION October 12th, 2022; October 19th, 2022; and October 26th, 2022.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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

First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. Brian A Everette; Sikheira Higgins Everette; Buckshire Homeowners’ Association, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION AND CERTI FICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2022-CP-10-3654 DEFICIENCY WAIVED TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with ap peal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

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, ap plication for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on August 10, 2022.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.

To be considered for any avail able Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call (803) 726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm LLP represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitiga tion options or further review of your qualifications.

CERTIFICATION OF COMPLI ANCE WITH THE CORONA VIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT

My name is: Gregory Wooten

First Middle Last

I am ( ) the Plaintiff or (X) an authorized agent of the Plaintiff in the foreclosure case de scribed at the top of this page.

I am capable of making this certification. The facts stated in the certification are within my personal knowledge and are true and correct.

1. Verification

Pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Orders 2020-04-30-02 and 2020-05-06-01 and based upon the information provided by the Plaintiff and/or its authorized servicer as maintained in its case management/database records, the undersigned makes the following certifications:

Plaintiff is seeking to foreclose upon the following property commonly known as 9675 Stockport Circle, Sum merville, SC 29485 Street Address & Unit No. (if any) City, State Zip code

I verify that this property and specifically the mortgage loan subject to this action:

( ) is NOT a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined

by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

(X) is a “Federally Backed Mortgage Loan” as defined by § 4022(a)(2) of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Specifically, the foreclosure moratorium cited in Section 4022(c)(2) of the CARES Act has expired as of May 18, 2020, and the property and mortgage are not currently subject to a forbearance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act.

I hereby certify that I have reviewed the loan servicing records and case management/ data base records of the Plaintiff or its authorized mortgage servicer, in either digital or printed form, and that this mortgage loan is not currently subject to a forbear ance plan as solely defined in Sections 4022(b) and (c) of the CARES Act. Pursuant thereto, I certify that the facts stated in this Certification are within my personal knowledge, excepting those matters based upon my information and belief as to the said loan servicing records and case management/data base records of the Plaintiff or mortgage servicer, and to those matters I believe them to be true. See, Rule 11(c), SCRCP; BB&T of South Carolina v. Flem ing, 360 S.C. 341, 601 S.E.2d 540 (2004).

2. Declaration I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true and correct. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment by contempt.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS COM MUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANK RUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATU TORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

Hutchens Law Firm LLP

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-02567

Juan Sanchez De Muniain, Plaintiff, v.

James Buggs, Willie Buggs, Thomas Buggs, Frank Buggs, Margaret Buggs, Gwendolyn B. Wright, Rochelle Grimaldi, Beverly Watson and Joyce Wellington, and if they be deceased, their heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 6239 Willcap Rd.

Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 156-00-00-041 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a

class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

To the Defendants abovenamed:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, spe cifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed on June 6th, 2022, the Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on June 6th, 2022, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on June 26th, 2022 and the Order of Publication was filed on October 3rd, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated June 26th, 2022 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the fi nal publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

ALL that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being on Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, now shown to contain twelve and 50/100 (12.50) acres, more or less, and more fully described on a plat made by W.L. Gaillard, dated October 30, 1984, entitled “Plat of Property on Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, SC, Owned by the Heirs of Simon Buggs”, and recorded in Plat Book BB, Page 150, and having such size, shape, dimensions, butt ings and boundings as will by

reference to said plat more fully appear.

TMS # 156-00-00-041

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553

Attorney for Plaintiff

October 4th, 2022 Date

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-01898

782A Rutledge, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Sigifredo Gonzalez Marquez, and if he be deceased, his heirs, personal representa tives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Com plaint, commonly known as: 2717 W Surrey Drive Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 411-16-00-091 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

To the Defendants abovenamed: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the 2nd Amended Complaint in the above en titled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, spe cifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed on April 26th, 2022, the 2nd Amended Summons and Notice, and 2nd Amended Complaint were filed on October 3rd, 2022, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on April 27th, 2022 and the Order of Publication was filed on September 28th, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box

15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated April 27th, 2022 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the fi nal publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

ALL THAT LOT, PIECE, OR PARCEL of land, with im provements thereon, situate in Charleston County, South Carolina, known as desig nated as Lot 521, Block EZ, on a plat of the subdivision known as Dorchester Terrace #4, recorded in Plat Book F, Page 145, in the RMC Office for Charleston County; said lot having such size, shape, and dimensions, more or less, as will by referenced to said plat more fully appear.

BEING the same property con veyed to Sigifredo Gonzalez Marquez by deed of Gerado Magana, dated December 17, 2015, and recorded December 21, 2015, in Book 0524, Page 440 at the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.

Tax Map # 411-16-00-091

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553

Attorney for Plaintiff

October 3rd, 2022 Date

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-00280

Koutali, LLC., Plaintiff, v. Sam C. Miller, a deceased person, George Smith, Lillian Vanessa Smalls, Ethel Buckley, Lee Brisbane, Phyllipa Bris bane, Taffine Hossain, Yvonne Payne, Charles Goldman, Steve Bethea, Beatrice Gross, Earl Rowe, Kenneth Rowe, Ev elyn Rowe, Joyce Rowe, Hattie James, Hendricks Miller, Jerry Miller, Addie Wright, Jewell Mikell, Alfred Middleton, Joseph Eugene Fyall, Samuel Small, Barbara Valentine, Margaret Small and Audrey Rogers, and if any of them be deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Successors, and Assigns and Spouses and all other Persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

10 Acres on Sarah Battle Lane Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 077-00-00-023 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

To the Defendants above-

named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, spe cifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed on January 20th, 2022. The Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on January 20th, 2022, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on January 21st, 2022 and the Order of Publication was filed on September 27th, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been des ignated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated January 21st, 2022 and the said appoint ment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to quiet the title to the sub ject real property described as follows:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Murray’s Subdi vision, St. Paul’s Fire District, Charleston County, South Carolina, containing 10 acres, more or less, and comprising the area identified as Charles ton County Tax Map Number 077-00-00-023.

Tax Map # 077-00-00-23

s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell

1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-03929

James McClam, Plaintiff, v.

Nancy Buggs, James Bennett, George Bennett and Edward Bennett, Jr., all being deceased persons, their heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 3 acres on Society Rd. McClellanville, Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 764-00-00-314 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Joan Bennett Myers, Constance Bennett Myers, William Aaron Ethridge and United States Department of Justice, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 1721 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Masterin-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on August 24th, 2022, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 25th, 2022 and the Order of Publication was filed on September 22nd, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated August 25th, 2022 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel of lot of land, containing three (3) Acres, situate, lying and being in St. James Santee Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina School District of One Butting and Bounding as follows: North by Society Road, ninety (90) feet East by lands deed to Anne Lee White, Johanna White, Oceola White, heirs of Ella White South by Lot no. 6 deed to Edward Campbell, Margaret Campbell, et. al West by Lot No. 2 deeded to Adam Bennett TMS#: 764-00-00-314

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

Attorney at Law 1721 Ashley River Road Charleston, South Carolina 29407 jeff@jeffspell.com (843) 452-3553

Attorney for the Plaintiff

September 23rd, 2022 Date

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 October 20, 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 0.01682244733133270, 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 Declara tion of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Lib erty Place Vacation Suites, re corded 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”), hav ing Interval Control Number: 98-0518-29B, 98-0303-12B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/27/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0954, Page 0902.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: JAMES JOSEPH MCKAY & YOBANY ELADIA BANKS-MCKAY, 325 MON TALCINO WAY SIMPSONVILLE, SC 29681.

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 0954 at Page 921, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $142,135.18 Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $1,043.27

Total Amount Due $143,528.45

With a per diem of $55.95

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 October 20, 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 0.00798748443817687% 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 Declara tion 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: 98-0425-20B.

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 0416.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: BROCKLAND L. HAGGINS , 27 CHAMBERLIN COURT LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ 08648-2623.

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 467, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $43,741.87

Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $1,043.26

Total Amount Due $45,135.13

With a per diem of $14.06

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 October 20, 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 0.00798748443817687% 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 Declara tion of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Lib erty Place Vacation Suites, re corded 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”), hav ing Interval Control Number: 98-0322-39B, 98-0322-40B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC

recorded on 5/1/2020 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0878, Page 0966.

Name/Notice Address of Obli gor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Ju nior Lienholders is as follows:

MARK ANDREW QUEENAN & HOLLY MICHELLE BLOCKER, 42 OLDFIELD VILLAGE ROAD BLUFFTON, SC 29909.

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 0878 at Page 980, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $119,757.58

Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $1,043.26 Total Amount Due $121,150.84

With a per diem of $37.03

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 October 20, 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 Declara tion 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: 98-0316-2O.

Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/14/2019 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0839, Page 512.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: LAFRANCE LOUISE CARPENTER , 3614 NASSAU DR AUGUSTA, GA 30909-2626.

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 0839 at Page 602, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$11,407.38

Trustee’s Fee $350.00

Costs $1,043.26

Total Amount Due $12,800.64

With a per diem of $5.20

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 October 20, 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 Declara tion 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: 98-0427-4E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/20/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1070, Page 189.

Name/Notice Address of Obli gor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Ju nior Lienholders is as follows:

OSCAR GONZALEZ LOPEZ & SILVIA ALEJANDRA SERRANO CORONADO, 4683 WILD IRIS DR APT 302 MYRTLE BEACH,SC 29577-8731.

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 1070 at Page 216, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest)

$21,477.18

Trustee’s Fee $350.00

Costs $1,043.26

Total Amount Due $22,870.44 With a per diem of $10.48

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

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 October 20, 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 Declara tion 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: 98-0417-8. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 4/7/2020 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0872, Page 360.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: JOY ROSS DAVIS & BILLY MERWIN DAVIS, JR., 7232 WALNUT GROVE DR MECHANICSVILLE, VA 23111-3427.

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 0872 at Page 364, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $17,575.98

Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $1,043.26 Total Amount Due $18,969.24 With a per diem of $8.11

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 October 20, 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 0.00798748443817687% 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 Declara tion 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: 98-0323-15B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 10/9/2020 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0923, Page 853.

Name/Notice Address of Obli gor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as fol lows: TOMMY DALE LIVESAY & CORRIE MARIE LIVESAY, 234 JEFFERSON ST HARROGATE, TN 37752.

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 0923 at Page 877, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $72,378.74

Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $469.93

Total Amount Due $73,198.67

With a per diem of $28.25

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 October 20, 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 Declara tion 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: 98-0322-13. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/14/2019 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0839, Page 639.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: BEVERLY DWIGGIN MAYHEW , 9 QUIET FOREST DR DEFIANCE, MO 63341.

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 0839 at Page 640, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $13,667.59

Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $469.93

Total Amount Due $14,487.52

With a per diem of $3.91

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

Answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, located at 1847 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been com menced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, which action was brought by the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants to determine the rightful owners of the below described real estate.

That the premises affected by this action is located within the County and State afore said and is more particularly described as follows:

All that lot of land, situate in the County of Charleston, and the State aforesaid, contained in Block 3 of the Plat of “Ferndale” made by J. O’Hear, May 1919, numbered 13, said lot having a frontage of thirty-five (35) feet on Nesbit Street and eighty-four (84’) feet in depth; said property further described on plat E-20.

TMS NO.: 471-13-00-128

NOTICE NISI

TO: THE DEFENDANTS

ABOVE-NAMED:

YOU BEEN SERVED?

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Plaintiff has applied to the Court for appointment of a suitable person as Guard ian ad Litem for all unknown and known Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other dis ability, and said appointment shall become final unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, within thirty (30) days of the service of this Notice, shall procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for them.

NOTICE OF FILING

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Charleston, South Carolina

July 22, 2022

To all persons claiming an interest in: 1970-14’-VHULLB82610770 Benjamin Peter son will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803)734-3699. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title.

Case No.20220816950527

Master’s Sale

2022-CP-10-02164

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS David E. Bertsch, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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Subsequently, Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood (DOD 2/24/2012) and LeRoy F. LaVigne died intestate on or about 10/23/2021, leaving the subject property to his/ her heirs, namely Karen Patel, Donna Underwood, Helen Cleland, Sabrina Geggis; Mark Underwood, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2012-ES-10-00467.

TMS No. 358-1200-188

Property address: 2863 Wofford Road Charleston, SC 29414

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

dated the July 27, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bid der for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NO.: 2022-CP-10-03191

HARRY BURNELL, Plaintiff, vs. LOUISE P. SIMMONS a/k/a LOUISE PERRY, ESTATE OF LOUISE P. SIMMONS, JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, being fictitious names used to designate the unknown heirs at law distributees, devisees, legatees, widow, widowers, successors and assigns, if any, of the above named person who may be deceased and also any persons known or unknown who may claim any right, title, interest in the real estate described in Complaint, whether infants, incompetents, insane persons under any other disability. Defendants.

SUMMONS (Quiet Title Action) (Non-Jury)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED 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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 14, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina.

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Kelvin M. Huger, Esquire of 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, S.C. 29407, has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated the 22nd day of July, 2022 and the said appointment shall become absolute thirty (30) days after the final publica tion of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, shall procure a proper person to be ap pointed as Guardian ad Litem for them within (30) days after the final publication of this Notice.

/s/ Arthur C. McFarland 1847 Ashley River Road Suite 200

Charleston, SC 29407 843.763-3900 843.763-5347 (fax)

Email: Cecilesq@aol.com /s/ Toya Hampton 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29407 843.814-5554 E-mail: Toya@ToyaLLC.com

All those lots, pieces, parcels or tracts of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lots 18 and 19, Block F, Section 2, Orange Grove Estates Subdivision as shown on a plat prepared by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated May 1941 and recorded in Plat Book F, Page 82 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County; said lots having such size, shape, metes and bounds, location and dimensions as shown on said plat, to which reference is hereby made for a more fuller and more complete description thereof.

This being the same property conveyed to David E. Bertsch by Deed from Michael Joseph Sibbald and Rose Marie Sibbald, dated February 25, 2002, recorded February 27, 2002 in Book L398, Page 537 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 352-10-00-038

Property address: 1410 Joy Avenue Charleston, SC 29407

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

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

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

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-00409

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

Mortgage Assets Manage ment, LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Karen Patel, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; et al.,

DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 10, Block B, as shown on a plat of Drayton on the Ashley Subdivi sion, Section 1, which plat was made by James R. Bagley, Jr., dated January 11, 1965. And recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book S at Page 63; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, butting and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Eloise S. Underwood by Deed of Marvin E. Dennis dated August 4, 1967 and recorded August 8, 1967 in Book L-88 at Page 8 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter. Walter Clark underwood conveyed a one-half interest in said property to Eloise S. Underwood by Deed dated May 18, 1979 and recorded June 18, 1979 in Book M-119 at Page 124 and re-recorded on June 21, 1979 in Book Z-119 at Page 218 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter; Eloise S. Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. Lavigne and Leroy F. Lavigne by Deed dated March 15, 000 and recorded March 15, 2000 in Book A-344 at Page 280 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, by Correc tive Deed Elisoe Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. LeVigne and LeRoy F. LaVigne dated April 24, 2008 and recorded June 17, 2008 in Book J-662 at Page 860 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charles ton County, South Carolina.

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

ALL THAT LOT, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and be ing on James Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 15, Block K, Section 4, Lynwood Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated July 23, 1971, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book O, Page 121; said lot having such size, shape, dimen sions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Richard Eugene Hunt and Virginia Mae Hunt by Deed of McAdams Construc tion Corp. dated January 8, 1972 and recorded January 8, 1972 in Book H98 at Page 219 in the ROD Office for Aiken County. Subsequently, Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt died intestate on or about 03/14/2020, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Richard Eugene Hunt, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number N/A.

TMS No. 4251000250 Property address: 1112 Kentwood Circle Charleston, SC 29412

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Mortgage Assets Manage ment, LLC, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

Richard Eugene Hunt Indi vidually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Vir ginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt, Deceased, et al.,

authority of a Decree

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-00204

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

Quicken Loans Inc., PLAINTIFF VERSUS

D. John Bernard LeBoeuf a/k/a D. John LeBoeuf a/k/a Donald John Bernard LeBoeuf a/k/a Bernie LeBoeuf a/k/a DJ Bernard LeBoeuf, as Personal Representative, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of

DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 22, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charles ton, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 160 of a subdivision of The Park at River`s Edge, recorded in Plat Book EJ at Page 714 (Book A-580 at Page 773) and having, according to said plat, metes and bounds as shown thereon.

This being the same property conveyed to Matthew LeBoeuf by Deed of Joseph M. Wallace, dated April 10, 2018 and recorded April 17, 2018 in Book 0712 at Page 008, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 404-02-00-220 Property address: 7882 Montview Road North Charleston, SC 29418

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-03985

The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust, Mort gage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-3, PLAINTIFF, VS.

Charlene Y. Willis a/k/a Charlene Willis a/k/a Charlene Yvonne Willis, individually and as Co-Trustee under the Willis Living Trust; Richard Alan Willis, as Co-Trustee un

der the Willis Living Trust; Any unknown trustees, or their successors in trust, under the Willis Living Trust; South Car olina Department of Revenue; The United States of America by and through its agency the Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service; Harbourside Community Bank FSB f/k/a Harbourside Mortgage Company; Pinnacle Bank s/b/m with Carolina Federal Savings Bank; and Raven`s Run Homeowner`s Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (221091.00079)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ANY UNKNOWN TRUSTEES, OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN TRUST, UNDER THE WILLIS LIVING TRUST ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Lexington County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOUR TEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUM MONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) and/ or any persons under some legal disability within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appoint ment will be made by Plaintiff herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 29, 2022.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Charlene Y. Willis to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Carolina Federal Savings Bank , dated December 17, 2004, recorded December 20, 2004, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book V519 at Page 628; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New

York, successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc., Bear Stearns ALT-A Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-3 by assignment instrument dated April 20, 2022 and recorded April 27, 2022 in Book 1104 at Page 427.

The description of the prem ises is as follows: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, SC and known and designated as Lot 4, Block F, Ravens Run Subdivision, as shown on a plat prepared by Keith K. Ruddy, RLS dated August 28, 1986, said plat of Phase III Ravens Run consisting of one page and being duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charles ton County in Plat Book BP at Page 163. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings, and boundings as shown on said plats reference to which, is hereby made for a more complete description.

This being the same property conveyed to Charlene Y. Willis by E. Mikell Carroll and Eleanor C. Carroll by deed dated December 17, 2004 and recorded December 20, 2004 in Book T519 at Page 56 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Thereafter, Charlene Y. Willis conveyed the subject property to Richard Alan Willis and Charlene Yvonne Willis, Trustees, or their successors in trust, under the Willis Living Trust, dated February 9, 2017, and any amendments thereto dated April 17, 2018 and recorded April 20, 2018 in Book 713 at Page 006 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 561-01-00-075

Property address: 2060 Skyhawk Court Mt Pleasant, SC 29466

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

By: Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996

Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453

Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334

Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530

H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134

Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236 Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

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E.

DEFENDANTS

a/k/a

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 1st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2022 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and more particularly shown as Lot No. 9, Block “A” on a plat of LIGHTHOUSE POINT SUBDIVISION prepared by W. H. Matheny, R.L.S., dated March 23, 1957 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L at Page 17.

MEASURING AND CONTAIN ING AND BUTTING AND BOUNDING on the northeast by Lot No. 10 - Block A, one hundred fifty (150`) feet; on the southeast on Creekside Drive, one hundred (00`) feet; on the southwest on Lot No. 9 - Block A, one hundred fifty (150`) feet, and on the northwest on high water mark approximately one hundred (100`) feet, be the said dimensions more or less.

SUBJECT to covenants and restrictions set forth in an instrument recorded in Book X-62 at Page 624 in the said R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

SUBJECT, FURTHER, to the terms of n easement to South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, recorded in Book J-64 at Page 346 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

AND ALSO; ALL the right, title and interest vested in the Grantor and to that area northwest of said low water mark to parrot Creek and contained between the said lot lines projected to the run of Parrot Creek.

Daniel E. Edwards, Sr. a/k/a Daniel E. Edwards died testate on or about May 4, 2019, leav ing the subject property to his devisees, namely Robin Lynne Long McCoin and Timothy Ray McCoin, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2019ES-10-00963. Robin McCoin predeceased Daniel Edwards on or about January 20, 2018, and the devise to Robin Mc Coin from the estate of Daniel Edwards was inherited by the co-devisee Timothy McCoin as provided by §62-2-604 (b), S.C. Code of Laws. Subsequently, Daniel E. Edwards, Sr. a/k/a Daniel E. Edwards died testate on or about 05/04/2019, leaving the subject property to his/her devisees, namely Robin Lynne Long McCoin and Timothy Ray McCoin, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2019-ES-10-00963.

Thereafter, Timothy Ray McCoin was appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Daniel E. Edwards, Sr. a/k/a Daniel E. Edwards (Probate Estate Matter Number 2019ES-10-00963.

TMS No. 452-01-00-174

Property address: 764 Creekside Drive Charleston, SC 29412

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

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

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

including the Servicemembers

Civil Relief Act., Defendants.

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI (QUIET TITLE ACTION)

TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE WHO MAY BE UNKNOWN PERSONS OR ENTI TIES HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN OR TO, OR LIEN UPON, THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TMS # 418-06-00-056, INCLUDING MINORS OR THOSE UNDER LEGAL DISABIL ITY, OR THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCES SORS, AND ASSIGNS OF THOSE UNKNOWN PARTIES OR THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; AND MARY ROE, REPRESETNT ING ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE, CLAIM OR MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS TMS # 418-06-00-056.

NOTICE is hereby given that the order appointing Amanda Leviner, attorney at law, 207 West Richardson Avenue, Summerville, South Carolina 29483, telephone number 843501-0602, fax number 843-5010607, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons designated as JOHN DOE or as MARY ROE for purposes of this action, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, on September 19, 2022.

/s/John T. Kornegay John T. Kornegay, Esq. (SCB # 101194) P. Brandt Shelbourne, Esq. (Bar 0015143)

Shelbourne Law 131 E. Richardson Avenue Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 871-2210

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

September 19, 2022 Summerville, South Carolina

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 Corpora tion, and The South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of Sep tember, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of November, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

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. Being the same property conveyed to Maureen H. Norvell by deed of Joshua Dale McKinney and Jordan Danielle McKinney, dated December 27, 2018 and recorded January 16, 2019 in Deed Book 0772 at Page 596; thereafter, Maureen H. Norvell died intestate on January 4, 2020, leaving the Property to her heirs at law or devisees, namely, Bradley Norvell, Renee McCown, and Jacob Norvell. TMS No. 404-02-00-123

Property Address: 7976 Vermont Road North Charleston, SC 29418

der. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION October 12, 2022, October 19, 2022, October 26, 2022

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 4764

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. No. 2022-CP-10-03987

Leroy Wright, Plaintiff, v.

Latoya Jackson, as personal representative of the Estate of Henrietta Pratt; Lavern Washing ton; Maurice Washington; and Robert Washington, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN DANTS LAVERN WASHINGTON, MAURICE WASHINGTON, AND ROBERT WASHINGTON:

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-02330

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Ameris Bank, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS Timothy R. McCoin a/k/a Timothy Ray McCoin a/k/a Timothy McCoin a/k/a Tim Mc Coin, individually, as Personal Representative, and as Legal

Being a portion of the same premises conveyed to Daniel E. Edwards and Glenda Faye E. Gieraltowski by Deed of Distribution dated February 15, 1994 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County on February 22, 1994 in Book F-239 at Page 396; thereafter, Glenda Faye E. Gieraltowski conveyed her undivided one-half (1/2) interest to Daniel E. Edwards by Deed dated October 12, 1994 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County on October 17, 1994 in Book W-248 at Page 281; thereafter, Daniel E. Edwards conveyed an undivided one-half (1/2) interest to Eula G. Edwards by Deed dated October 12, 1994 and recorded on October 17, 1994 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Book W-248 at Page 278; thereafter, Daniel E. Edwards conveyed his one-half (1/2) interest in the subject real property to Eula G. Edwards by deed dated October 14, 2010, and recorded on October 14, 2010 in Book 149 at Page 176; thereafter, the Estate of Eula G. Edwards con veyed her interest in the said premises to Daniel E. Edwards, Sr., by Deed of Distribution of the dated June 7, 2013 and recorded June 13, 2013 in Book 0338 at page 174 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Subsequently,

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

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2022-CP-10- 03047

DAVID HOLMES individually and as Personal Representative for the ESTATE OF ARTHUR TOLAND, Plaintiff, vs.

MARY ROURK, CHARLES HOLMES, JOHN DOE, a fictitious name used herein to designate the estates and unknown heirs at law, distributes, devisees, issue, personal representatives, successors and/or assigns of THERESA HOLMES, deceased, ARTHUR TOLAND, deceased, and MARY ROE, a fictitious name, designating all other persons and legal entities un known who may have or claim any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described herein, including any such as may be infants, minors, prisoners, incompetents, or under any other disability,

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

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Servicing, PLAINTIFF versus Bradley Norvell, Renee McCown, Jacob Norvell, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Maureen Norvell, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administra tors, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons

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

THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO AS SESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASE MENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the bal ance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compli ance with the bid at the rate of 5.1250%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out.

Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Or

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Complaint on the subscriber at his office in Charleston, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judg ment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Lis Pendens, Summons, and Complaint in the above-entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 29, 2022.

s/Lawrence M. Hershon Lawrence M. Hershon (SC Bar No. 77514) The Hershon Law Firm, P.A. 1565 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite 103 Charleston, SC 29407 Telephone: 843-829-2022 Facsimile: 843-829-2023 lawrence@hershonlawfirm.com

Attorney for Plaintiff September 21, 2022 Charleston, South Carolina

the Estate of Matthew Leboeuf a/k/a Matthew LeBoeuf a/k/a Matthew Craig LeBoeuf, Deceased; et al.,

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Magic Realism Bot” is a Twitter account that generates ideas for new fairy tales. Since you will benefit from imagining your life as a fairy tale in the coming weeks, I’ll offer you a few possibilities. 1. You marry a rainbow. The two of you have children: a daughter who can sing like a river and a son who is as gleeful as the wind. 2. You make friends with a raven that gives you savvy financial advice. 3. You invent a new kind of danc ing; it involves crying and laughing while making holy prayer gestures toward your favorite star. 4. An angel and a lake monster join forces to help you dream up fun new adventures. 5. You discover a field of enchanted dandelions. They have the power to gen erate algorithms that reveal secrets about where to find wonders and marvels.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): On February 1, 1976, singer Elvis Presley was partying with bud dies at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. As the revelry grew, he got an impetuous longing for an 8,000-calorie sandwich made with French bread, peanut butter, blueberry preserves and slabs of bacon. Since this delicacy was only available at a certain restaurant in Denver, Colorado, Elvis and his entourage spontaneously hopped onto his private jet and flew 900 miles to get there. In accordance with astrological omens, Taurus, I encourage you to sum mon an equally keen determination to obtain plea surable treasures. Hopefully, though, they will be more important than a sandwich. The odds of you procuring necessary luxuries that heal and inspire are much higher than usual.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini writer Nikki Giovanni reminds us, “It cannot be a mistake to have cared. It cannot be an error to have tried. It cannot be incorrect to have loved.” In accordance with astrological omens, I ask you to embody Giovanni’s attitude. Shed any worries that your caring and trying and loving have been blunders. Celebrate them, be proud of them, and promise yourself that you will keep caring and trying and lov ing. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to renew your commitment to your highest goodness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I was born near Amarillo, Texas, where the US Energy Department stores over 20,000 plutonium cores from old nuclear warheads. Perhaps that explains some of my brain’s mutant qualities. I’m not normal. I’m odd and iconoclastic. On the other hand, I don’t think my peculiarity makes me better than anyone. It’s just who I am. I love millions of people who aren’t as quirky as me, and I enjoy communicating with unweird people as much as I do with weirdos. Everything I just said is a preamble for my main message, Cancerian: The coming weeks will be prime time for you to give extra honor and credit to your personal eccentricities, even if they comprise a minor part of your personality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Author Jennifer Huang testifies, “Poetry is what helps me remember that even in my fragments, I am whole.” What about you, Leo? What reminds you, even in your fragments, that you are whole? Now is an excellent time to iden tify the people, animals, and influences that help you generate a sense of unity and completeness. Once you’re clear about that, spend quality time doing what you can to nurture those healers. Maybe you can even help them feel more cohesion and har mony in themselves.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo journalist Sydney J. Harris described “the three hardest tasks in the world.” He said they weren’t “physi cal feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts.” Here they are: 1. to return love for hate; 2. to include the excluded; 3. to say “I was wrong.” I believe you will have a special talent for all three of these brave actions in the coming weeks, Virgo. Amazingly, you’re also more likely than usual to be on the receiving end of those brave actions.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When he was young, Libran poet W. S. Merwin had a teacher who advised him, “Don’t lose your arrogance yet. You can do that

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when you’re older. Lose it too soon, and you may merely replace it with vanity.” I think that counsel is wise for you to meditate on right now. Here’s how I interpret it: Give honor and respect to your fine abili ties. Salute and nurture your ripe talents. Talk to your self realistically about the success you have accom plished. If you build up your appreciation for what is legitimately great about you, you won’t be tempted to resort to false pride or self-absorbed egotism.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his absurdist play Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett offers us two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, who patiently wait for a white-bearded man named Godot. They’re convinced he will provide them with profound help, perhaps even salvation. Alas, although they wait and wait and wait, Godot never arrives. Near the end, when they have abandoned hope, Vladimir says to Estragon, “We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment.” My sense is that you Scorpios, like Vladimir and Estragon, may be close to giving up your own vigils. Please don’t! I believe your personal equivalent to Godot will ultimately appear. Summon more patience.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet Charles Wright has testified, “I admire and revere and am awed by a good many writers. But Emily Dickinson is the only writer I’ve ever read who knows my name, whose work has influenced me at my heart’s core, whose music is the music of songs I’ve listened to and remembered in my very body.” In my astro logical reckoning, now is an excellent time for you Sagittarians to identify artists and creators who pro vide you with similar exaltation. And if there are no Emily Dickinson-type influences in your life, find at least one! You need to be touched and transformed by sublime inspiration.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’ve read and studied poetry for many years, but only recently discovered Capricorn poet Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856–1935). How is it possible I missed her? Her contemporary, journalist H. L. Mencken, described her work as “one of the imperishable glories of American literature.” She received many other accolades while alive. But today, she is virtually unknown, and many of her books are out of print. In bringing her to your attention, I am announcing my prediction about you: Anything in your life that resembles Reese’s reputation will change in the next 12 months. If you have until now not gotten the recognition or gratitude you deserve, at least some of it will arrive.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Author Sophia Dembling defines a friend as a person who consoles you when you’re feeling desperate and with whom you don’t feel alone. A friend is someone whose life is interesting to you and who is interested in your life. Maybe most importantly, a friend must not be boring. What’s your definition, Aquarius? Now is an excellent time to get clear about the qualities you want in a friend. It’s also a favorable phase to seek out vital new friendships as you de-emphasize mediocre and overly demanding alliances.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you or do you not wish to capitalize on the boost that’s available? Are you or are you not going to claim and use the challenging gift that would complicate your life but also expedite your growth? Act soon, Pisces! If you don’t, the potential dispensation may disappear. This is an excellent chance to prove you’re not afraid of achieving more success and wielding more power. I hope you will summon the extra courage necessary to triumph over shyness and timidity. Please claim your rightful upgrade!

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Axeman

Steve Vai to play Music Hall

By Kevin Murphy Wilson

In the Grammy Award-winning guitarist Steve Vai’s early days, he played major arenas and embarked on recording projects with a myriad of high-profile artists. His seemingly meandering professional path led Vai to the precise place he longed for: releasing what just might be his best work yet, an LP entitled Inviolate.

He’s in the midst of a North American tour in support of the release, and on Oct. 22, this legendary axeman will bring his superb career-spanning full-band show to the Charleston Music Hall.

For such a huge talent, Vai is refreshingly humble about his rise to the big league.

“I was born in New York, on Long Island in 1960 and had a wonderful child hood there,” Vai said. “The music that first lit me up was actually the stuff that my parents had brought into the home. I vividly remember getting a hold of the soundtrack to West Side Story, and that really turned me onto the concept and the creative process of composing.”

Vai told the City Paper that later in the 1970s his attention turned to the music of Deep Purple, Queen, Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin, among others. Vai was so entranced by those all-consuming sounds that he wanted to find a way into that world. As such, he began playing the guitar himself around the age of 12. Vai’s development was then nurtured and encouraged by his first teacher, who is another guitarist of note, named Joe Satrioni. “He just happened to live close by,” Vai recalled. “We became great friends. He was a

Pulse

Midnight City Band performs for a good cause

Guitarist Steve Vai is known for his stint in English rock band Whitesnake (1989-1991) — not to mention the fictional heavy metal hair band Spinal Tap

Camp Happy Days will hold its second annual Hope Rock benefit concert featuring The Midnight City party band at 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at The Refinery on Meeting Street Extension. Camp Happy Days is a nonprofit organization that offers support for South Carolina children diagnosed with cancer. Local Emmy Award-winning meteorologist Josh Marthers will emcee the event. The Refinery’s brewing co-op The Whale will serve food and drinks, and food trucks will be on site. Purchase tickets through therefinerychs.com. Sponsorship packages are available.

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continue at XO Lounge

Charleston neo soul singer Glyshae will perform a blended set of originals and covers spanning the R&B/soul spectrum at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at XO Lounge in North Charleston alongside Pr3scott , a Massachusettsbased alternative rock artist who will perform his soon-to-be-released material. For the event, XO Lounge is partnering with the Breathe Easy Tri-County initiative, which encourages smoke-free living. Local poets Georgia Nubia and Blackkberrie will join XO’s own Casso to recite poetry to round out the evening of music. Doors open at 6 p.m., and full bar and food service will be available. — CG

Royal American features two diverse concerts

Charleston’s staple restaurant-venue hybrid, The Royal American, is offering diverse lineups this month, including a rock show and a hip-hop lineup. Local rock band Majic Dust will take the stage Oct. 14 with support from indie/ soul ensemble Broken Speakers and bluesy rock outfit Holliefield. Then turntablist DJ Sista Misses will take over Royal Oct. 21 for a night of indie/ experimental hip-hop featuring Atlanta duo Landon Wordswell & The Don Avelar, local rapper R Dotta , Florence hip-hop/soul artist Toni Esther and Louisiana-based rapper iManifest .

All shows start at 9 p.m. with a $10 cash cover at the door. — CG

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I vividly remember getting a hold of the soundtrack to West Side Story, and that really turned me onto the concept and the creative process of composing.”

—Steve Vai

HALL FAME of

High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Charleston visual artist Tami Boyce offers

children’s book illustration, book design services and custom illustrations in addition to prints of her whimsical characters and word plays that bring quirky levity to everyday life. She does everything from land and seascapes to food puns and depictions of Mort the narwhal, a staple char acter in her repertoire. Whether it’s creating crit ters from her own imagination or channeling her clients’ imaginations for book illustrations and wall art, Boyce focuses on positivity and sentimentality. She gave City Paper the top five albums/songs from her “Relax and Let’s Pretend Everything is Alright” playlist. The world can seem pretty stressful, so she likes to listen to music that calms her and reminds her that we’re all gonna be fine... probably.

I Love You, Honey Bear - Father John Misty

As Long As You Are - Future Islands

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“Young and Beautiful” - Lana Del Ray from The Great Gatsby soundtrack

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Vai

little bit older than me and so he became my mentor for all of my high school years.”

Next, Vai attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He said he enjoyed this experience but his studies quickly got derailed by a job offer he couldn’t refuse. “I was communicating with Frank Zappa,” Vai said. “Frank initially thought I was too young for his band, but he agreed to hire me as a [music] transcriptionist.”

Eddie White Eddie Toporek Bill Nance Drew May Brad Henty Paul Gelpi

Robertson, Charles Marshall, Cambridge Trott, Kem Welch) Ronnie Williams Sid Ferguson Frank Carlier

Jan Jackson Chip Chipman Charles Carmody Richard Todd Joe Fike Acropolis (Mike Sullivan, David Eade, Howie Furguson, Bobby Stewart, Jeff Pinkard, Rob Faison,

Dr. Johnnie Mac)

At first Vai diligently carried out this task from afar, but he soon found himself moving to California when his part-time work expanded into a full-time role as Zappa’s so-called “stunt guitarist” who could pull off particularly impossible guitar sequences.

Vai never finished his formal educa tion or looked back. As Vai explains, “The reason people go to Berklee to begin with is to get a gig like the one I got with Frank, so I didn’t see the point of sticking around for a degree.”

That’s not to say that Vai’s learning had come to an end. “I was like a sponge trying to absorb everything I could, and Frank was like an explosion of freedom,” Vai said. “Frank would get a creative idea and just execute it. He never made excuses. He just did whatever he wanted. Seeing that approach was huge for me.”

This big breakthrough gave way to Vai’s long run as a gun-for-hire guitarist for the duration of the 1980s. At the height of his fame, Vai was making the scene and topping the charts with acts such as Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake, to name a few.

In fact, at the time, Vai was even cast to portray the devil’s own guitarist of choice in the 1986 film Crossroads, which starred Ralph Macchio and was based loosely on the dark mythology surrounding the rise

Vai’s latest guitar creation, The Hydra, is a visual work of art just for starters

and fall of bluesman Robert Johnson.

For all of the fun and fandom that went along with it, the successes and excesses of that decadent decade gave way to some serious introspection on Vai’s part. According to Vai, that is why, from the 1990s onward, his (mostly) solo work has taken on a more meaningful, less commercial tone.

These days, with many well-received records and an assortment of industry acco lades to his credit, Vai is completely com fortable in his own shoes, and still insistent upon walking in the direction he feels most called at any given time.

For more details and ticket info for the Oct. 22 show, visit charlestonmusichall.com.

Michael Mesker