Charleston City Paper Vol 26 Issue 22

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A beloved youth sports coach wants to return to his Harmon domain

By Herb Frazier

Five years after the Cannon Street All-Stars Baseball Team was ruled ineligible to compete in the 1955 Little League World Series because white teams refused to play them, Oscar Fordham stepped onto Harmon Field to coach a new generation of mostly Black athletes.

Fordham went to work as a youth sports coach in 1960 at Harmon Field, a 13-acre athletic complex on the peninsula’s west side. He coached baseball, basketball and football and mentored his young players as if they were his children.

The year Fordham joined the city’s recreation department, William Morrison was ending his term as Charleston’s mayor. Sixty-two years later, the 95-year-old Fordham is still on the job, making him the city’s oldest employee.

He’s no longer at Harmon. He works daily at the much smaller McMahon Playground in Hampton Park. From his nearby St. Margaret Street home, Fordham pedals to work on his teal-colored bike. The handlebar’s wire basket holds his bright red city recreation department hoodie.

Before he unlocks the brick recreation building, young mothers with strollers and toddlers have arrived for morning social time and play on a giant swing and jungle gym set. By the afternoon, Fordham commands the checkerboard.

Fordham tried to retire twice, the first time in 2000. But he was back to work within months each time. “I love to work,” he said with a laugh. “I got to work to stay active. I don’t have to work if I don’t want to, but I just like to keep moving to keep myself in shape.”

Laurie Yarbrough, the city’s director of recreation, said, “Mr. Fordham is one of a kind and an absolute treasure to everyone who knows him.” When Fordham was at Harmon Field he coached children in every sport, including track and field events. “It is almost impossible to fathom how many [young] lives he has touched,” she added. The city offers youth sports programs at parks citywide.

Remembering the children

Modie Risher, Burke High School’s legendary football coach and athletic director, offered Fordham a coaching job with the city’s youth league. At that time, Risher also worked for the city’s recreation department after teaching and coaching at Burke, located across Fishburne Street from Harmon Field. Over time, the five-foot-five Fordham developed an easy coaching and mentoring style to influence his players who at times were taller than him. “It is how you talk to the kids that makes a difference,” he said. “I didn’t raise my voice but when they got into a fight, I made them shake hands and talk. I told them if they wanted to play

The Oscar Fordham Athletic Complex at Harmon Park includes baseball, softball and soccer, multipurpose fields

with me, they had to get good grades and stay in school.”

Fordham also coached white children early in his career when Charleston’s schools were segregated and neighborhoods were more racially divided. “I had a few white boys play for me,” he said. “I told them come on. As far as I am concerned you are just like one of us.”

Fordham’s former players remember him as “Frizz,” a nickname he got when he was a halfback on the Avery Institute football team. “I now have kids in the NBA and the NFL,” Fordham said with pride. Oronde Benjamin Gadsden, a Burke graduate, is one of them. He was a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins.

When Gadsden was between 10 and 12 years old he played football at Hester Street Park. “But I was with Frizz [for] basketball

The Rundown

Union wins labor ruling at

Charleston port

A National Labor Relations Board panel has ruled against the Port of Charleston, which may jeopardize the hybrid union-non-union employment model implemented by the State Ports Authority at the Leatherman Terminal According to a 2-1 ruling, all work at the Leatherman Terminal must now be performed by union workers.

But the State Ports Authority said it intends to appeal the ruling. And the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) vowed to fight back.

“Today, ILA workers scored a great victory to protect their work jurisdiction while creating the potential to bring hundreds of good paying jobs to ILA-represented workers in the Port of Charleston and elsewhere,” said Harold Dagget t, the ILA’s president.

Staff reports

Keep your eyes on the sky at 11 a.m. Jan. 5 when 20 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft will fly over the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge heading north.

—A holiday visitor to Charleston who experienced travel problems, WCSC.

ROAD REPORT: Savannah Highway, West Ashley

This is one of the bumpiest streets in the county with a road quality index of 136 inches per mile as measured by the Carbin app (Poor-quality roads measure 122 and above). More on bad roads: chscp.co/our-roads-suck

“They don’t know when the luggage is going to be here. When the flights will come through. So, it’s a glorious vacation the week after Christmas.”

Photos by Herb Frazier

Charleston recreation department employee Oscar Newton Fordham will turn 96 on Jan. 5, 2023. He has no plans to retire.

Celebrated chef, storyteller Bardin dies at 64

By Andy Brack

The body of Philip Bardin, the vivacious chef celebrated for helping to make shrimp and grits a staple of modern Lowcountry cuisine, was found Monday in his Elloree home, Orangeburg County Chief Deputy Coroner Sean Fogle confirmed Wednesday. No foul play is suspected.

Bardin, 64, was found Monday by a

friend. The cause of his death is pending. No funeral information is yet available.

Bardin, known far and wide for his cooking at the Old Post Office on Edisto Island before Charleston was a foodie destination, was more than a gifted chef, remembered longtime friend and chef Frank Lee, a former owner of Slightly North of Broad. Bardin was a gifted storyteller and writer.

“He had a very wide and varied interest,” recalled Lee on Dec. 20. “His circle of friends included opera singers, editors, artists, horse racers, stable hands and half-blind drunks in his hometown. He just had a wonderful way of embellishing his stories.”

Award-winning cookbook author Nathalie Dupree, who now lives in Raleigh, remembered Bardin, who retired a few years back, as a magnet for good food.

“Philip was one of a group of culinary leaders in the Lowcountry and you heard about his cooking on Edisto Island before you ever got there,” she said. “He made Edisto a destination.”

Bardin and Lee coincidentally attended the same Columbia elementary school and embarked on cooking about the same time, although Lee was four years older.

“He was a terrific human being, a very kind and generous and gentle person,” Lee said. “He was a really great chef that really put Charleston and the Southern culinary scene on the map. … He could really take

his life happenings and weave them into stories that were just engaging and would resonate with people.”

Private chef Brett McKee agreed, saying Bardin was one of the chefs who was the foundation of why Charleston is on the map for being a culinary destination.”

Shrimp and grits

Bardin may be best remembered for bringing back stone-ground grits to the Southern food scene, along with chefs like Louis Osteen and Donald Barickman, Lee said. He remembered the grits came from a Tennessee mill and the shrimp

Mae named Charleston’s next poet laureate

By Chloe Hogan

Charleston City Council Dec. 20 named Asiah Mae to be Charleston’s second poet laureate.

“Being named poet laureate, it’s kind of surreal,” Mae told the Charleston City Paper. “I’ve always been a community organizer and cultural worker, so this feels like a natural extension of that work.”

Mae, originally from Columbus, Georgia, is a writer, producer, performing poet, community curator and organizer who moved to Charleston in 2010.

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenberg appointed the first-ever poet laureate of Charleston, Marcus Amaker, in 2016. Amaker worked as an ambassador of poetry and established the annual Free Verse Festival during his six-year tenure, which ended in June.

When Amaker stepped down, the City of Charleston’s Cultural Affairs Office posted an open call for the position.

A committee of educators, poets and community leaders selected three candidates to interview before choosing Mae for the position.

“I was super-impressed by the people who applied,” Amaker said. “Asiah was among a lot of wonderful candidates.”

Amaker passes the baton after three two-year terms. He said he feels “peaceful” about the transition.

“The city is in good hands with Asiah. She really is a poet for the people,” Amaker said. “Her energy is perfect for what this title needs and what this city needs.”

Radical healing and love, joy as resistance, community, family, queerness, blackness and sustainability are all themes Mae incorporates into her poetry, she said.

“I was a very angry child,” Mae said. “I realized growing up and especially in my early 20s that anger is necessary, but not sustainable. I had to center healing and love. That is what I continue to write about and speak about.”

Mae said she hopes to put out more collaborative projects during her term as poet laureate and to put poetry in more spaces.

“Community is huge for me,” Mae said. “When it comes to art, especially in this city, sometimes people make art for art’s sake … I want to inspire and push people to really think about the art they’re creating, who they are creating it with and how we can make it for the community that exists here.”

“It’s important to me that artists can live here and thrive here,” she said at the City Council Meeting on Dec. 20 “So let’s get to work.”

from Edisto Island streams.

Bardin’s signature dish was a creamy bowl of grits topped with shrimp cooked simply in butter with garlic and topped with a luxurious mousseline sauce — a blend of hollandaise sauce and whipped cream.

“He influenced the way that grits are now legitimized when using local stone ground grits were all the rage,” said Lee, who riffed on the dish at SNOB. “My preparation was very different. Philip’s was very pure with the shrimp and grits. Mine was kind of a takeoff on the frogmore stew without the corn on the cob.”

Raven

Asiah Mae was named Charleston’s second poet laureate on Dec.

A plate of Bardin’s shrimp and grits at the Old Post Office in 2003

City Paper file photos

Philip Bardin in 2003

Tips for recycling this holiday

From staff reports

Charleston County’s Environmental Management Department encourages residents to be eco-friendly this holiday season by composting Christmas trees and properly recycling.

• Residents can place Christmas trees outside their homes for curbside pickup or bring trees to a drop-off center.

• Remove all decorations, lights, tinsel and ornaments before dropping off or putting outside. Curbside pickups will be transported to the McGill Bees Ferry Compost Facility for grounding and composting.

• The agency also suggests recycling the season’s used cooking oil by dropping it off at one of the county’s eight staffed convenience centers.

• Recycle all paper, cardboard boxes and other recyclable products through the usual curbside program or at

Bardin

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A Columbia native, Bardin first came to the Charleston area’s culinary scene when he opened the Old Post Office restaurant on Edisto Island in 1988. Unlike today, no one then considered offering shrimp and grits for dinner, much less charging more $10 for the meal. Bardin took that classic, inexpensive Southern staple and reinvented it for the fine dining world.

In a 1989 article in The New York Times, acclaimed food writer John Martin Taylor, also known as Hoppin’ John, wrote:

“Long a breakfast mainstay in homes and restaurants throughout the South, grits are mostly thought of as bland, bleached, finely ground mush. But at the Old Post Office on Edisto (pronounced ED-is-toe) Island, where Mr. Bardin is chef and co-owner, the grits are yellow, coarse and freshly ground to his specifications.”

In a 2013 article in Columbia’s Midlands Biz, Bardin recalled, “After a few months of harsh commentary, we got lucky at a little-known Old Post Office Restaurant on Edisto Island with some excellent write-ups and a loyal following. Soon, we gave spoonfuls to every plate. Years later, every restaurant downtown followed our lead with dozens of variations and almost all of them really good.”

Reactions to death spread across food world

News of Bardin’s death rippled across social media Tuesday.

numerous drop-site locations.

• All boxes must be flattened before placing in bins. All material must fit in the cart with the lid closed. Overflow recyclable material may be dropped off at any recycling dropsite location.

Curbside pick up

Curbside recycling collection will occur on a normal schedule, the county’s department stated in a press release. However, there may be delays due to heavy volume. The county recommends residents place bins curbside by 7 a.m. to ensure pick up.

Convenience centers

The county’s eight staffed convenience centers will close Jan. 2 in observance of the holiday.

For more information, contact the Charleston County Environmental Management Department at (843) 720-7111 or visit charlestoncounty.org

“Philip Bardin [was] a one-of-a-kind man and leading light of South Carolina cuisine, best known for creating Edisto island’s Old Post Office restaurant,” said Roadfood.com critic Michael Stern.

Taylor’s just-published book, Charleston to Phnom Penh: A Cook’s Journal, includes a memory from the early 1990s. Back then, Bardin asked Taylor to try a new recipe — watermelon and Clemson blue cheese.

“I had never heard of it,” Taylor wrote. “In his 2004 cookbook (with Jane and Michael Stern), he called it a ‘redneck version’ of melon and prosciutto. It’s a weird dish … and it works!”

Taylor also shared a photo that showed him, Lee and Bardin having a meal a few years back filled with South Carolina delights: “That looks like grilled quail, grilled okra, pickled shrimp, rice and butterbeans. And both margaritas and white wine. And homemade bread. Philip would definitely remember. He remembered everything.”

Bardin left the Old Post Office when it closed in 2006, but returned to help reopen with new owners in 2009. He eventually left the restaurant again. By 2016, he signed on as partner and consultant on Edisto’s Ella & Ollie’s.

Since then, Bardin has been mostly retired, but periodically worked in and out of the kitchen, offering some specials and kitchen takeovers at Ella & Ollie’s in 2018 and participating in events like the fifth annual Grits, Gullah and Three O’Clock Dinner event in 2020.

and the all-star football game,” at Harmon Field, said Gadsden, who lives in Miami. “Frizz was the guy who didn’t care [which park or neighborhood] you came from. He was always a father figure to any kid. And if he saw something special in you he would take more [time] with you, and I think that is what happened to me.”

Fordham waved at Reginald Coaxum, a former power forward for the Burke basketball team, as he drove by McMahon Playground. After they exchanged greetings, Coaxum told the City Paper that Fordham was his “father, mentor, best friend” when he came to Harmon as a 12-year-old basketball player from the city’s Eastside neighborhood. Coaxum said Fordham still inspires him “to this day, and I am a grown man with a family. He changed my life. He taught me the responsibility of being a man.”

Times have changed

Fordham spent five decades coaching at Harmon across the street from the Gadsden Green neighborhood where he once lived among many of his players. When the city demolished Harmon’s playground building at Line and President streets, Fordham was transferred to the McMahon Playground. Former truck driver and Eastside resident Darryl Brown said the city should transfer Fordham back to Harmon so he can nurture another generation of children. Fordham wants to go back, too. He said, “I can’t build a team with these babies” at McMahon Playground. He believes he can still make a difference in children’s lives.

Yarbrough said it’s not feasible to assign Fordham to Harmon. It no longer has a playground building. The Arthur W. Christopher Community Center at Harmon Park opened a year after the playground building was demolished in 2012. Fordham said he does not want to work at the Arthur Christopher center, which also serves as a recreation center. It has a basketball court, computer labs and meeting rooms.

Fordham’s daughter Loretta Gregg of Charleston said, “I feel it would be appropriate for them to rebuild the building that was there before they tore it down.” Not having a building there, she said, deprives children of a place to go after school and on the weekends. The Arthur Christopher center, she explained, does not offer football and baseball, sports her father coached.

Brown insisted that Fordham deserves a statue at Harmon that is similar to the tribute for blacksmith Philip Simmons on Mall Park at Columbus and America streets. Last year, Fordham was inducted into the Charleston Baseball Hall of Fame. Brown said, “That’s cool, but we need something at Hamon to [recognize him] as a super star, as a hall of famer and the best Charleston has to offer.”

Blotter

of the Week

A combative, drunken patient at Roper Hospital Diagnostics & ER in North Charleston was yelling and screaming Dec. 9 at a security guard and a doctor, according to a North Charleston police report. Officers reportedly had to restrain him and remove him from the hospital. They arrested him for disorderly conduct. Turns out, one of the officers recognized him from earlier in the day when he was passed out behind a dumpster. Small world.

Shattered dreams

A disgruntled employee was captured on camera knocking over a large stack of plates Dec. 12 after being fired from his job at Shem Creek Crab House, according to a Mount Pleasant police report. He reportedly told the manager who fired him, “I’ll see you after work.” The manager requested that police email him a notice not to come back on the property.

Improper gift etiquette?

A man and a woman were fighting at their North Charleston home over a cell phone Dec. 10, according to a North Charleston police report. The man told police officers that he asked the woman to give back the cell phone he recently gifted her, but she returned it to an AT&T store from which it was purchased instead. That’s some serious no takesies backsies.

By Chelsea Grinstead

Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed Dec. 9 to Dec. 16 with area police departments.

Go online for more even more Blotter charlestoncitypaper.com

Michael Pham contributed to this story.

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County Council needs to give up on I-526

Part of mature and visionary leadership is knowing when to reevaluate, recalculate and reconsider a public policy dream.

Such is the case now with extending Interstate 526 from West Ashley across Johns Island to James Island. This ninemile stretch of limited-access road will cost $2.2 billion — more than the amount of a dozen road projects of regional and local significance that taxpayers said they wanted in a 2016 sales tax referendum.

At issue is whether to tie the hands of county coffers for a generation to a road that will cost $200 million a mile to build which, in turn, will keep officials from funding more affordable housing, repairing shoddy existing roads and proactively dealing with more climate-induced flooding.

While some new and veteran council members likely are doing a lot of hand-wrenching and soul-searching about a coming Jan. 12 vote on the extension, the choice isn’t that difficult: Stop fiddling with this white whale of a road. Instead, use tax money now to deal with problems that we can wrap our hands around. Putting all of our investment eggs in the extension would hamstring our grandchildren with a policy folly in a county that is begging for real solutions and actions on too many issues.

Here are things that can happen sooner, rather than later, if the county gets beyond the foolish gambit of extending I-526:

• Fund affordable housing: Invest $250 million in an affordable housing trust to provide continuing, sustainable funding for housing for teachers, police, firefighters, hospitality workers and others frozen out

of Charleston’s expensive real estate market. Such a fund could fuel shovel-ready projects that would benefit people across the county quickly.

• Fight flooding: All local governments face steep future costs for dealing with sea-level rise, as evidenced by increased flooding happening now. Either we can invest in infrastructure and strategies to mitigate it and protect homes and buildings owned by taxpayers, or we can keep our hands over our eyes and stumble forward. To do nothing — which is what would happen if I-526 sucks away too much local tax money — is to set us up for more than a natural disaster. It will create an economic one, too.

• Fix our roads: Every driver in Charleston County pays $429 per year in unnecessary car costs because of how crappy roads force extra repairs, accelerated vehicle debration, more fuel consumption and increased tire wear, according to a 2022 national report. Rather than build nine miles for one roadway, let’s focus on fixing some of the 4,000 lane-miles of existing roads in the county, too many of which are bumpier than a buckin’ bronco.

Two new members of county council should join with at least three veterans to shut down the extension of Interstate 526. Contact your councilmember today and urge him or her to vote no Jan. 12 on spending $75 million to keep this mind-numbing tax-suck of a road from becoming a reality. If they don’t stand up and say no now, we all lose, far into the future.

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Remember freedom fighters in Ukraine

By Andy Brack

As you enjoy friends and family in the warmth of your homes across South Carolina during the holidays, let’s not forget freedom fighters in Ukraine.

Too often, children and adults are cold. Temperatures through the end of the year will be much like they are here — highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s. Across all of Ukraine, people are subject to blackouts, food shortages and periodic shelling from rockets or drones.

Yet they fight on, demoralizing Vladimir Putin’s Russian troops. And they’ll keep fighting, Charleston resident Jamie Price will tell you at the drop of a hat. Since the fight began earlier this year, he’s been to the region twice for two months each. And the stories of resilience, courage and the love of freedom that he tells make you wonder how we can do more.

“These people are the strongest, most focused people I’ve ever seen,” said Price, a 74-year-old former developer. “It reminds me of America in the 1950s.”

They’re focused, en masse, because they want to keep their freedom. They don’t want their longtime pesky and contentious neighbor, Russia, to take away the democratic life that they’ve passionately embraced.

During Price’s first trip from April to June, he was focused on two things — figuring out how to help the thousands of kids orphaned during the war and filming what was happening that you don’t see on the nightly news.

“What I want the film to be is to show what’s really going on because what you see on the news is not what’s going on,” he said earlier this month when back in Charleston. “They’re really tough. I want people to see how they’re handling it. They’re amazing.”

Back home over the summer, he said he raised $22,000 to buy equipment that soldiers need. He said the U.S. government sends weapons and missiles, but the armed forces need much more gear to be able to keep up the day-to-day conflict.

Price

“I went to friends and raised money to get a couple of drones, body armor, night-vision scopes and medical supplies.” In October, he took 10 suitcases filled with supplies. Drones later were rigged to be able to drop explosives.

During his latest visit, he recalled spending a lot of time with a fighting unit of about 30 soldiers.

“I’m now attached to them,” he said. “They accepted me. I slept in their safe houses. I slept on floors. There’s nothing I didn’t do with them.”

Throughout it all, he filmed using two high-resolution phones and a vest camera. Now, he is working on finishing a documentary before heading back sometime in the new year to continue to help.

He recalled a scene of war devastation in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv where hundreds of bodies were found on streets, in buildings and in makeshift graves, according to The New York Times.

“I’m videoing the street where 104 Russians were killed and 10 tanks and 15 vehicles blown up. I looked down this one driveway and this one lady was planting flowers. So, of course, I had to talk with her.”

He found out that she was working to get life back to normal, even though she and her husband had been living in the cellar of their destroyed home.

Price now is trying to raise about $30,000 before he returns. On his third trip, he wants to buy a couple of used vehicles to allow soldiers who have become friends to be able to get around better.

Price keeps up with his group of soldiers via texts. And these days, he ends text messages with the phrase, “Slava Ukraine,” which means “Glory to Ukraine.”

NOTE: Price doesn’t have a nonprofit for donations because he says it’s difficult to set up one if you’re benefiting a war zone. If you want to donate, you can send a check to the Charleston City Paper with a memo note “Ukraine.” Address: P.O. Box 21942, Charleston, SC 29413. We’ll make sure he gets it.

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

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he difference between the drag of 2021 and the bolts of life that spirited through the Lowcountry in 2022 is nothing short of amazing.

The days of canceled events, restaurant closures and dark uncertainty are long gone.

“When I look back at 2022, all I can remember are faces,” said City Paper photographer Ruta Smith. “Looking at the photos on these pages is like a quick movie thriller that reminds me of all the new businesses and folks who took chances and moved here. Or they’re the emerging artists or familiar businesses celebrating big anniversaries and our new normal!”

For us, a big part of the year was celebrating the Best of Charleston in May and our 25th anniversary in July. And at the root of the celebration was a renewed interest in reconnecting with people we’d missed throughout the pandemic. This vibrance showed up routinely in portraits.

“People weren’t afraid to let us in their spaces and be raw in front of the camera and smile wide,” Smith observed. “If you end up in front of my lens in 2023 and wonder, should I smile for the picture, the answer is always yes.”

Enjoy these pictures by Smith and other contributors, including Ashley Rose Stanol, Chelsea Grinstead, Herb Frazier and Skyler Baldwin. —Andy Brack

The West Ashley Palms Apartments fire, Feb. 7

Gritty Flyright, Aug. 19

Uncle Mingo,

Mike Quinn,

Hunter Park, Aug. 3

Margo Venomous, July 20

Poraa, Feb. 23

Angel Oak, Aug. 10 Remembrance Program, June 7

Greg Johnsman, June 8

Chris DiMattia, Aug. 10

Chris Holly, Feb. 22

Patch Whisky, May 11

What To Do

Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve Gala

Dress in your glitziest 1920s attire for a classy New Year’s Eve party at a historical downtown hotel. The party experience includes celebratory cocktails, a midnight champagne toast and food from the family style Italian restaurant Frannie & The Fox. The ballroom will be bumpin’ with live music, and the outdoor courtyard will feature additional bars and appetizer stations to enjoy.

Dec. 31. 9 p.m. $195. Hotel Emeline. 181 Church St. Downtown. hotelemeline.com

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SATURDAY-SUNDAY

New Year’s Eve at Wild Dunes Resort

You can ring in the new year at Wild Dunes Resort Sweetgrass Inn on Isle of Palms whether you’re looking for an upscale rooftop gala or a family friendly party. Enjoy live music and a open bar at the NYE Rooftop Soiree complete with a champagne toast, appetizers, seafood, charcuterie and a carving station. The Duney Drop party will feature a kids game room, a DJ and dance floor, balloon drop and house-made food and desserts. There are varying ticketing packages and membership discounts available.

Dec. 31 8/9 p.m.-12/1 a.m. $25-$180. Wild Dunes Resort. 5757 Palm Blvd. Isle of Palms. fareharbor.com

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Flip Flop Drop and Polar Bear Plunge

Head out to Folly Beach at 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and watch Folly’s signature sparkly flip-flops descend from above Center Street at midnight to celebrate 2023 in island style. The drop is followed by a fireworks show. The party continues the next day with the ninth annual Bill Murray Look-a-Like Polar Bear Plunge and costume contest with prizes and a $5 entry fee starting at 10 a.m. at the Tides hotel.

Dec. 31-Jan. 1. Times vary. Free/$5. Center Street. Folly Beach. visitfolly.com

SATURDAY-SUNDAY Crawl ‘Til the Ball Falls

Grab your friends and head downtown for the Crawl ‘Til the Ball Falls event. Register at John King Grill & Dueling Piano Bar before continuing through the downtown area to Bedford Falls, Big Gun Burger Bar, Blind Tiger Pub, Fleet Landing and The Lucky Luchador. Enjoy drink specials all night long as you welcome in 2023. Dec. 31 6 p.m.-2 a.m. $25-$75. Various locations. Downtown. eventbrite.com

SATURDAY

Holiday party at Forte Jazz Lounge

If you’ve got family in town and need a kid-friendly party, look no further than Forte Jazz Lounge. The New Year’s Pre-Celebration Show features holiday songs and a range of jazz, pop and R&B tunes, plus kids can enjoy snacks and refreshments. The performances switch up sets and musicians, so guests can experience a range of instruments, ensembles and vocal stylings.

Dec. 30. 7-9 p.m./9:30-11:30 p.m. $25-$40. Forte Jazz Lounge. 477 King St. Downtown. fortejazzlounge.com

Did your meat die happy?

By Helen Mitternight

This isn’t a story to make you feel guilty about eating meat. But the chefs who use sustainable meat say there’s a better way than settling for the cheaply produced commodity meats in a lot of butcher cases in grocery stores.

Fortunately, that better way is not as difficult as you’d think, especially in Charleston, and chefs say the result is not only more sustainable, but tastes better.

Several chefs recently cooked at Heritage Fire, a national festival dedicated to sustainably raised foods, including meats. They talked about why they are sold on being more sustainable.

What is sustainably raised meat?

Sustainably raised meat is from animals that have been raised in a way that’s better for the environment, usually pasture-raised, which means the animals are rotated among fields so the soil can recover between grazing. That’s better for the animals, too, and these animals often will have been fed fewer, if any, antibiotics because less crowding means fewer diseases.

Although there is often overlap between animals raised sustainably and meat that is labeled “organic,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s organic label further guarantees that the animals have been fed organic feed and forage and were not administered antibiotics or hormones.

Husk chef Ray England cooked rabbit at Heritage Fire, explaining, “Not enough people use rabbit, but it’s one of the most sustainable meats because of how fast they grow and how little feed is put into them.”

He said he goes through 50 to 60 rabbits a week at Husk sourced from Blue Ridge Rabbits of Wellford. The processor leaves the baby rabbits with their mother for nine weeks, about twice the norm, before the young are slain.

“This means the rabbit is never without mother’s milk, although they get alfalfa pellets as a supplement,” England said. “That means they don’t need antibiotics and they

wind up being a lot bigger and a lot fatter. It costs more to do it that way, but you get a rabbit that is a lot more nutritious.”

Humane slaughter

You might think that frolicking freely in pastures is enough, but chefs say the way the meat is slaughtered can also have a big impact.

“It’s important to first realize that it is very easy in the meat industry to use those buzzwords. To just say ‘We practice sustainable farming’ might just mean you use three fields in rotation when raising cattle so you don’t devastate the land. And then you can sell to whatever processor you want, one who might mistreat them,” said Mark Bolchoz, chef and head of culinary operations for Indigo Road Hospitality’s Italian concepts. “That’s the humane versus just the sustainable, and it’s a scientific fact that, when an animal’s stressed, it produces adrenaline that uses up glycogen, which means there isn’t enough lactic acid post-mortem and that will affect the taste negatively.”

Bolchoz added that when he would use so-called commodity chickens, he’d see “a whole lot of broken legs and wings, and I’d just hope those were post-mortem breaks.” He now gets his chickens from Storey Farms on Johns Island because he said that farmer Jeremy Storey uses processors who “are going to do right by the animal.”

For large animals, in most cases, humane slaughter means the animals are slaughtered close to home since trans-

porting them can be stressful. In addition, they’re sedated, which relaxes them so that they aren’t put through the stress of anticipating the slaughter, which is done using a bolt-style gun to the brain.

Animals like pigs, “are really smart. They know they’re going to be slaughtered,” said catering chef Graham Calabria of Mount Pleasant.

What to look for at the store

It is possible to find meat in the grocery store from animals that were raised and slaughtered humanely, but it’s not easy

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Church and Union will offer a threecourse prix-fixe menu starting at $90 per person. Guests will receive a half bottle of champagne for a party of two, and a full bottle for a party of four. Church and Union will host an open bar and buffet 10 p.m.-2 a.m. to celebrate the new year, starting at $125 per person.

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The Alley is hosting an epic New Years party starting at 9 p.m. with a silent disco, champagne toast, light hors d’oeuvres, free bowling, free arcade games and more. Tickets are $85 and available at citypapertickets.com.

Bonny’s Hideaway is celebrating the New Year with a Winter Wonderland party. Doors open at 7 p.m. for Christmas-themed cocktails, with the party starting at 9 p.m. The party includes an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, party favors, a champagne toast and music by DJ Erin Elyse. Tickets are $100 per person and available through EventBrite.

Ring in 2023 with a Purple Reign, a Prince-themed party at the Omar Shriner’s Temple in Mount Pleasant starting 8 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets are $195 per person and include three bars, five lounges, a dance floor, live entertainment and music, heavy hors d’oeuvres and 1,500 of your closest friends. Tickets are available on WhollyTickets.com. —Michael Pham

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Pigs at Keegan-Filion Farms (above). Chef Mark Bolchoz of Indaco (below) cooking at Heritage Fire.

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Jennifer Koronkowski of West Ashley said she would like to indulge in Chinese and Latin American dishes while sipping a boozy cocktail for her dream dinner.

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DRINK: PainKiller from Angel Oak Restaurant and Bar. “As someone who doesn’t drink, the PainKiller at Angel Oak Restaurant is delicious. The pineapple and orange juices along with the cream of coconut make it almost like an elevated pina colada, and the nutmeg makes the flavors stand out.”

APPETIZER: Chicken wings from Pagoda Chinese Restaurant in Summerville. “The chicken wings at Pagoda are the only ones in town seasoned with actual Chinese spices. The star anise and ginger shine through in a way you wouldn’t expect from a Chinese takeout joint.”

ENTREE: Black mole beef from Maya del Sol Kitchen. “Maya del Sol’s black mole consists of approximately 75 ingredients. It’s not something a home chef could or would want to recreate in their own kitchen as it is a labor of love.”

DESSERT: Black sesame ice cream from Red Orchids China Bistro. “Red Orchids’ black sesame ice cream is made by the owners’ other business, Cirsea. It’s got a sweet and nutty flavor and is reminiscent of an authentic Chinese dessert, black sesame soup.”

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Diving for delicious bar food

By Michael Pham

Sometimes being seated and served at a restaurant table just isn’t the vibe. Sometimes, sitting at a dimly lit dive bar with TVs glowing and music playing as you chat with the bartender is just what you need.

Check out City Paper ’s list of dive bars where you can get a cozy, no-frills meal:

A.C.’s

Bar & Grill

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A.C.’s is one of Charleston’s oldest and most notable dive bars. Filled with pool tables and drinks, A.C.’s is where you’ll find many food and beverage industry folks. And industry people know where to find a good place for food.

Big Gun Burger Shop & Bar

137 Calhoun St. (Downtown) (843) 789-3821

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Big Gun has “burgers” in its name for a reason. With unique burgers like the towering inferno made with beef patties, pulled pork, barbecue sauce, queso fresco and habanero slaw or a thin white duke made with mushrooms, bacon, swiss, onions and horseradish. Big Gun also offers non-burger items like hot dogs, nachos and some vegetarian options, too. Come for the burgers, stay for the vibe.

Cutty’s Elliotborough Est.

227 St. Philip St. (Downtown) (843) 724-4111

Instagram @cuttyselliotboroughbar

Cutty’s plays frequent host to local popups, including Weems Ramen, Nixtate and more. It’s a place to find good drinks off the beaten path of King Street and to try new and upcoming food concepts. Follow Cutty’s on Instagram to find upcoming pop-ups.

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817 Savannah Hwy (West Ashley) (843) 225-4363

Gene’s Haufbrau celebrated 70 years this past month, and there’s good reason. Not only do they have one of the largest selections of quality canned beers in the area, but the food is also noteworthy. Try a blue plate special like the pot roast; it sounds strange to get pot roast at a dive bar, but you won’t be disappointed.

Moe’s Crosstown Tavern

714 Rutledge Ave. (Downtown) (843) 641-0469

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Another staple of Charleston dive bars,

the best type of handheld food to eat while intoxicated is offered here: wraps. While Moe’s offers delicious options of standard dive bar food like chicken fingers, fries and burgers, its selection of wraps offer many different flavor combinations. On one hand, take a bite of the savory bronco wrap with fried chicken, ham, bacon, ranch, cheddar and monterey jack while sipping on a cold drink.

Recovery Room Tavern 685 King St. (Downtown) (843) 727-0999

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Recovery Room is one of the most popular places to snag a drink in town. Chances are, you’ve heard the name, especially if you drink Pabst Blue Ribbon. But while Recovery Room is known for selling massive amounts of PBR, don’t skip out on the food, especially the tater tachos. The potatoes are fried to a golden crisp and drenched in cheese, peppers, onions and jalapenos. Each bite is a flavor bomb.

The Royal American 970 Morrison Dr. (Downtown) (843) 817-6925

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The Royal American menu is loaded with fan-favorites like the magic wings (flavored like Cool Ranch Doritos), the pharmacy burger (a double cheeseburger with onions, frenchonaise and relish), chicken cutlet (served as a sandwich or with gravy). Rock out with the bartenders and the weekend bands while chowing down on delicious food.

Tin Roof 1117 Magnolia Rd. (West Ashley) (843) 571-0775

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In addition to Tin Roof’s artsy vibe and music is its delicious food. You can find a Nashville hot chicken sandwich sharing menu space with creative tacos like the loco bez taco made with Korean-battered grouper, gochujang mayo and cabbage.

unless you know what to look for.

Calabria says to look for “less pulling away in the fibers” and Bolchoz says, “Look for already-cut chops with a deep pink or lightish-red color that shows that animal was fed a more decent feed. And look at the fat marbling: the animal that lived a good life should have lean muscle with fat all the way through it. I taught my mom 10 years ago, if you’re looking at a ribeye or a strip loin and it’s just blanketed completely in red with no marbling, it probably didn’t eat well and it died older than it should have.”

Blair Machado, a farm consultant and chef who runs Hamfish BBQ and Nomad, was a whole-animal butcher at FIG restaurant in Charleston before starting his own pop-up company. He accompanied this reporter to grocers and butchers, demonstrating meat that had and had not died in a state of stress. One of the main things he pointed out was to look for a spider-web effect and a discoloration between the fat and the meat.

“In many cases, you can see where the animal seized up from stress,” Machado said. “I compare it to someone in a drunkdriving accident. A lot of times, the drunk who’s driving doesn’t get hurt because he doesn’t know the accident is coming and he doesn’t tense up. When you tense up, it creates changes in the body, and you can see that in the meat.”

But what about the taste?

All of the chefs interviewed said there was a definite difference between an animal that had been raised and slaughtered humanely versus a “commodity” animal.

“It tastes better, it’s as simple as that,” Calabria said. “We did a series of pop-ups and we had three different types of salmon and three different types of brisket. They were all prepared exactly the same way, but they were raised differently. In a blind tasting, everyone picked the more sustainably and ethically raised meats. What you do notice with meat, if the animal is stressed during its passing, will create cortisol and have actually a more gamey flavor.”

Bolchoz suggested a taste test.

“I would urge everyone to go buy a Keegan [Filion] chicken and put it side by side with one of those big box chickens from the grocery store,” Bolchoz said. “The grocery store meat is so bloated because of that chicken’s feeding schedule. And the Keegan chicken just has a deeper flavor, it seems a little less acidic, probably because the lactic acid has broken down whereas the stressed animal is more tightened up and [it] doesn’t have that natural muscle release that it does when it’s humanely slaughtered.”

The chefs cautioned that cooking with sustainably raised meat can take a little practice since the animal has muscles from being allowed to roam freely, but they say

simple adaptations are all it takes.

“The meat is sometimes going to have a little more chew,” England said. “Don’t overcook it, but I also wouldn’t necessarily eat their steaks rare. Medium to medium-rare is where you want to be. The cows from Keegan Filion are not the most marbled or fatty. These cows take a little longer to grow, they eat mostly grass their entire lives, and they have a lot less fat than cornfed. But the flavor is a lot beefier, kind of sweeter and more flavorful in general. And their pork is ridiculously tender.”

A price to pay

Meat that has been raised sustainably and humanely slaughtered is more expensive than commodity meat. But all of the chefs say the price is worth it and that they’d rather see people eat less meat in general than supporting what they see as an unhealthy choice.

“It’s nutritionally more dense,” England said. “The actual value may seem like you are saving money by cheaper meat, but with the humane meat, you are supporting the local economy and that’s important.”

Machado said, “We’re taught to look for price only in the grocery store. But if you’re in a grocery store, look first for meat that was raised without hormones and antibiotics, free range second, and third, look at the striations to see how it died. The hardest thing to look for is whether it was humanely slaughtered. Really, you’re just better off getting your meat from a farmer you can trust. We’re so lucky in Charleston that we have that close by.”

Where can you get the meats?

The chefs recommended an assortment of local vendors for meats and emphasize that a good farm should let you visit and see its operations:

Blue Ridge Rabbits, Wellford blueridgerabbitmeatco.com

Chucktown Acres, McClellanville chucktownacres.com

Keegan Filion Farm, Walterboro keeganfilionfarm.com

Lowcountry Oyster Company lowcooysters.com

Peculiar Pig Farms, Dorchester County peculiarpigfarm.com

Storey Farms, Johns Island storeyfarms.com

Vital Missions (for duck), Wadmalaw vitalmissionfarm.com

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Gene’s Haufbrau owner Jason Stalker said the Avondale establishment is Charleston’s original dive bar

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Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Lee C. Glidden, 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.; Sharon L. Glidden; Any heirsat-law or devisees of Matthew Lee Glidden, 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; Brian Lee Glidden; Nicholas Lee Glidden; Citimortgage, Inc., successor by merger to Citifinancial Mortgage Company, Inc., f/k/a Associates Home Equity Services, Inc., f/k/a Ford Consumer Finance Company, Inc., Defendant(s).

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

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Lee C. Glidden and Sharon L. Glidden to American Business Mortgage Services Inc. dated March 6, 2003 and recorded on March 6, 2003 in Book M441 at Page 135, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as:

All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying, and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on October 27, 2021. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY

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

FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorney for any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is

ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 4496 Jenwood St, Ladson, SC 29456; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or

AKC GERMAN SHEPHERDS

AKC MINI AM. SHEPHERDS

Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants,

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

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

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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

C/A NO.: 2022-CP-10-04354

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2007-2, Novastar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, Plaintiff, v.

Levi West, Jr.; Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Ramona J. West, 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 Walter Brees, 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 Ira M. Brees, 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; HSBC Mortgage Corp. s/b/m to Household Finance Corporation II, Defendant(s).

AMENDED SUMMONS AND NOTICES

(Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:

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

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

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

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

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

AMENDED 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 Levi West, Jr., and Ramona J. West to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for NovaStar Mortgage, Inc. dated February 27, 2007 and recorded on May 9, 2007 in Book B625 at Page 614, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Ashley Heights

Subdivision, Section Three, Charleston County, South Carolina, and shown and designated as Lot 32, Block M, on plat prepared by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated July 15, 1957 and recorded in Plat Book L, Page 58 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more particular description.

This being the same property conveyed to Levi West, Jr., and Ramona J. West by deed of Walter Brees and Ira M. Brees dated May 16, 1997, and recorded May 20, 1997, in Book F284 at Page 741 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Ramona J. West passed away on August 29, 2021, leaving her interest in the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely Levi West, Jr.

TMS No. 484-10-00-139

Property Address: 7652 Winchester Street North Charleston, SC 29420

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 16, 2022. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY

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

FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorney for any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is

ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 7652 Winchester Street, North Charleston, SC 29420; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants,

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

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

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: MELVIN D. TWITE 2022-ES-10-1997 DOD: 08/27/22

Pers. Rep: TRASSA T. HOUGE 4541 S. RHETT AVE. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405

Atty: RACHEL K. MCKAIN, ESQ. PO BOX 71346 CHARLESTON, SC 29415 ************

Estate of: JOAN ELLEN FRALIX PAYNE 2022-ES-10-2022 DOD: 10/09/22

Pers. Rep: JAMES ROBERT PAYNE, JR. 6294 HWY 165 RAVENEL, SC 29470

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************

Estate of: ROBERT ANDREW KNOX 2022-ES-10-2041 DOD: 10/10/22

Pers. Rep: PAMELA ANN KNOX 311 GROUSE PARK CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************

Estate of: AMY CICCHETTI MIDGLEY 2022-ES-10-2044 DOD: 09/28/22

Pers. Rep: NANCY C. RUBY 45 COBURG RD., CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Atty: DAVID W. WOLF, ESQ. 748 D ST. ANDREWS BLVD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************

Estate of: MICHAEL OLLAN WOODHAM 2022-ES-10-2052 DOD: 07/13/22

Pers. Rep: KIM W. BLOCKER 2237 WOOD AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ************

Estate of: VERONICA D. GOODRICH 2022-ES-10-2063 DOD: 11/08/22

Pers. Rep: PETER B. GOODRICH 139 TRADD ST., APT. 2 CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

HEARING

TO: ALL HEIRS AND INTERESTED PARTIES:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the abovecaptioned action was filed on August 18, 2022 in the Probate Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina. This action seeks the determination of the heirs of the Estate of Tyrone Bligen who died on July 29, 2010.

A hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 13th day of February 2023 at 2:00 p.m. If you plan to participate in the virtual hearing, you must contact the Law Office of Arthur C. McFarland at the below telephone number or email address or Sydney Fowler, Esquire, Law Clerk of the Charleston County Probate Court at 843-958-5194 or sfowler@charlestoncounty.org, prior to the hearing to receive the virtual link information. Please be present at said hearing if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned Estate Tyrone Bligen if so minded.

Arthur C. McFarland Attorney for Petitioner 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, S.C. 29407 843.763-3900 843.763-5347-fax cecilesq@aol.com Charleston, S.C. December 20, 2022

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2022-ES-10-2039

IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN A. MACK, JR. MELBA MACK, Petitioner, vs. BARBARA W. MACK, JOHN A. MACK, III and KEVIN E. MACK, Respondents.

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO: ALL HEIRS AND INTERESTED PARTIES: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above-captioned action was filed on November 15, 2022 in the Probate Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina. This action seeks the determination of the heirs of the Estate of John A. Mack, Jr. who died on November 24, 2008.

A hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 13th day of February 2023 at 9:00 a.m. If you plan to participate in the virtual hearing, you must contact the Law Office of Arthur C. McFarland at the below telephone number or email address or Sydney Fowler, Esquire, Law Clerk of the Charleston County Probate Court at 843-958-5194 or sfowler@charlestoncounty.org, prior to the hearing to receive the virtual link information.

Please be present at said hearing if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned Estate John A. Mack, Jr., if so minded.

Arthur C. McFarland

Attorney for Petitioner

CITY, STATE, ZIP

MAKE Regal 2005

ITEM 1800

TO: LIENHOLDER N/A

ITEM/VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER RGMBK847K405

STATE SC TAG NUMBER SC519BT

This is notification that you have THIRTY (30) days from this date to reclaim the above vehicle/item recorded with you being the owner, lienholder(s) or interested party.

This vehicle/item has been stored at this location since June 1, 2022 and is accruing Daily storage charges or 50.00. There is a lien on the vehicle/ item of the amount plus any additional storage or costs from the date of this notice.

If unclaimed, it will be sold through magistrate’s sale as prescribed by SC law and you will lose ownership/lien interest in the vehicle. If you desire to contest the sale of the vehicle, you will have the opportunity at a pre-sale hearing that will be scheduled after the Application for Public Sale has been filed with the court of Judge Ellen Steiaberg.

Notice is hereby served to any lienholder of impending sale, upon expiration of 31 days from today’s date.

IF YOU NO LONGER OWN TIS VEHICLE, please provide the name, and address of the current owner, if available.:

ANY INSURANCE COMPANY TAKING TITLE TO THIS VEHICLE is reminded that pursuant to Ruling #84-3 of the South Carolina Insurance Commission, they may not abandon salvage vehicles on a towing company or garage.

Any further questions or correspondence should be directed to the below listed party.

Steve Lefebvre

NAME & PHONE NUMBER

65 Sycamore Ave ADDRESS CC; Judge Ellen Steinberg 1720 Sam Rittenberg Blvd unit 11 Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-6531 Charleston, ·sc 29407 CITY, STATE, ZIP SC STATUE 29-15-10

of 7500.00. There is a lien on the vehicle/item of the amount plus any additional storage or costs from the date of this notice. If unclaimed, it will be sold through magistrate’s sale as prescribed by SC law and you will lose ownership/lien interest in the vehicle. If you desire to contest the sale of the vehicle, you will have the opportunity at a pre-sale hearing that will be scheduled after the Application for Public Sale has been filed with the court of Judge Ellen Steinberg.

Notice is hereby served to any lienholder of impending sale, upon expiration of 31 days from today’s date.

IF YOU NO LONGER OWN THIS VEHICLE, please provide the name, and address of the current owner, if available.

ANY INSURANCE COMPANY TAKING TITLE TO THIS VEHICLE is reminded that pursuant to Ruling #84-3 of the South Carolina Insurance Commission, they may not abandon salvage vehicles on a towing company or garage.

Any further questions or correspondence should be directed to the below listed party.

Steve Lefebvre

NAME & PHONE NUMBER 65 Sycamore Ave ADDRESS

CC; Judge Ellen Steinberg 1720 Sam Rittenberg Blvd unit 11 Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-6531 Charleston, ·sc 29407 CITY, STATE, ZIP SC STATUE 29-15-10

NOTICE TO CLAIM VEHICLE/ ITEM OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

TO: LAST KNOWN OWNER Douglas Turnau NAME 208 Northlake Rd ADDRESS Columbia, SC 29223 CITY, STATE, ZIP

TO: LIENHOLDER RecFi NAME 224 Datura St., Ste. 705 ADDRESS West Palm Beach, FL 33401 CITY, STATE, ZIP

MAKE Suzuki YEAR 2016

ITEM DF200ATXZW ITEM/VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 20003Z610039

STATE SC TAG NUMBER

TAKING

is reminded that pursuant to Ruling #84-3 of the South Carolina Insurance Commission, they may not abandon salvage vehicles on a towing company or garage.

Any further questions or correspondence should be directed to the below listed party. Steve Lefebvre

NAME & PHONE NUMBER 65 Sycamore Ave ADDRESS CC; Judge Ellen Steinberg 1720 Sam Rittenberg Blvd unit 11 Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-6531 Charleston, ·sc 29407 CITY, STATE, ZIP

SC STATUE 29-15-10

NOTICE TO CLAIM VEHICLE/ ITEM OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TO: LAST KNOWN OWNER Douglas Turnau NAME

208 Northlake Rd ADDRESS Columbia, SC 29223 CITY, STATE, ZIP TO: LIENHOLDER RecFi NAME 224 Datura St., Ste. 705 ADDRESS West Palm Beach, FL 33401 CITY, STATE, ZIP MAKE Suzuki YEAR 2016 ITEM DF200ATXW ITEM/VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 20003F611727

STATE SC TAG NUMBER

This is notification that you have THIRTY (30) days from this date to reclaim the above vehicle/item recorded with you being the owner, lienholder(s) or interested party.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2022-ES-10-1475

IN RE:

ESTATE OF TYRONE BLIGEN MARIE S. BLIGEN, Petitioner, vs.

TYRONE T. BLIGEN, ROBERT E. BLIGEN, TONY Y. BLIGEN, and MARIE L. BLIGEN, Respondents.

NOTICE OF HEARING-VIRTUAL

1847 Ashley River Road Suite 200 Charleston, S.C. 29407 843. 763-3900 843. 763-5347-fax Charleston, S.C. December 6, 2022

NOTICE TO CLAIM VEHICLE/ ITEM OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

TO: LAST KNOWN OWNER Samantha Disinger-Hart NAME

2108 Ashley Cooper Lane ADDRESS Charleston, SC 29414

NOTICE TO CLAIM VEHICLE/ ITEM OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

TO: LAST KNOWN OWNER Douglas Turnau NAME

208 Northlake Rd ADDRESS Columbia, SC 29223 CITY, STATE, ZIP

TO: LIENHOLDER ReFi NAME 224 Datura St., Ste. 705 ADDRESS West Palm Beach, FL 33401 CITY, STATE, ZIP

MAKE Proline YEAR 1999 ITEM 2800 WA

ITEM/VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER PLCMK048L899 STATE SC TAG NUMBER

This is notification that you have THIRTY (30) days from this date to reclaim the above vehicle/item recorded with you being the owner, lienholder(s) or interested party.

This vehicle/item has been stored at this location since August 1, 2022 and is accruing Daily storage charges or 50.00 in addition: TOWING AND OR REPAIRS OF 3374.10, with a total amount due at this time

This is notification that you have THIRTY (30) days from this date to reclaim the above vehicle/item recorded with you being the owner, lienholder(s) or interested party.

This vehicle/item has been stored at this location since August 1, 2022 and is accruing daily storage charges or 50.00 in addition: TOWING AND OR REPAIRS OF 270.00, with a total amount due at this time of 1,337.30. There is a lien on the vehicle/item of the amount plus any additional storage or costs from the date of this notice. If unclaimed, it will be sold through magistrate’s sale as prescribed by SC law and you will lose ownership/lien interest in the vehicle. If you desire to contest the sale of the vehicle, you will have the opportunity at a pre-sale hearing that will be scheduled after the Application for Public Sale has been filed with the court of Judge Ellen Steinberg.

Notice is hereby served to any lienholder of impending sale, upon expiration of31 days from today’s date.

IF YOU NO LONGER OWN THIS VEHICLE, please provide the name, and address of the current owner, if available.:

ANY INSURANCE COMPANY

This vehicle/item has been stored at this location since August 1, 2022 and is accruing daily storage charges or 50.00 in addition: TOWING AND OR REPAIRS OF 270.00, with a total amount due at this time of 1,337.30. There is a lien on the vehicle/item of the amount plus any additional storage or costs from the date of this notice. If unclaimed, it will be sold through magistrate’s sale as prescribed by SC law and you will lose ownership/lien interest in the vehicle. If you desire to contest the sale of the vehicle, you will have the opportunity at a pre-sale hearing that will be scheduled after the Application for Public Sale has been filed with the court of Judge Ellen Steinberg.

Notice is hereby served to any lienholder of impending sale, upon expiration of31 days from today’s date.

IF YOU NO LONGER OWN THIS VEHICLE, please provide the name, and address of the current owner, if available.:

ANY INSURANCE COMPANY TAKING TITLE TO THIS VEHICLE is reminded that pursuant to Ruling #84-3 of the South Carolina Insurance Commission, they may not abandon salvage vehicles on a towing company or garage. Any further questions or correspondence should be directed to the below listed party. Steve Lefebvre

NAME & PHONE NUMBER 65 Sycamore Ave ADDRESS

CC; Judge Ellen Steinberg 1720 Sam Rittenberg Blvd unit 11 Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-6531 Charleston, ·sc 29407 CITY, STATE, ZIP

STATE

2022-CP-10-05182

Arvest Central Mortgage Company, PLAINTIFF, VS. Virginia G. Hines a/k/a Virginia Hines-Grabau a/k/a Virginia Hines, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

(220260.00020)

TO THE DEFENDANT VIRGINIA G. HINES A/K/A VIRGINIA HINESGRABAU A/K/A VIRGINIA HINES ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS

UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 9, 2022.

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

Capers, Sr be deceased then any child and heir at law to the Estate of Thomas J Capers a/k/a Thomas James Capers, Sr distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Thomas J Capers a/k/a Thomas James Capers, Sr and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Rose Vera Louise Capers; Thomas James Capers, Jr a/k/a Thomas James Capers; City of North Charleston, DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2022-CP-10-04371 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED 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.

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

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 in/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 appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

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

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, 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 mitigation options or further review of your qualifications.

CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORONAVIRUS 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 described 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: 7012 Terrace Drive North Charleston, SC 29406 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.

and to those matters I believe them to be true. See, Rule 11(c), SCRCP; BB&T of South Carolina v. Fleming, 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.

NOTICE TO APPOINT ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you.

If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION 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 BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY 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

Public Comment Period: HUD Funding Annual Assessment

Charleston County residents are encouraged to provide feedback on the annual performance assessment of Urban Entitlement grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In its assessment, HUD determines whether the County’s administration of these funds complies with program statutes and regulations, and whether the County has the capacity to continue administration of programs that receive formula funding. HUD’s performance assessment can be found at https://www.charlestoncounty. org/departments/communitydevelopment/index.php.

Comments must be submitted by January 15, 2023, and can be sent in by:

-Email: Chelsea Diedrich, cdiedrich@charlestoncounty.org.

-Mail: 5010 Lawyers Lane, North Charleston, SC 29418.

The annual review assesses

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor,” writes Aries author Anne Lamott. “It will keep you cramped and insane.” I think that’s a key theme for you to embrace in 2023. Let’s express the idea more positively, too. In Navajo culture, rug weavers intentionally create small imperfections in their work, like odd-colored beads or stray pieces of yarn. This rebellion against unattainable exactitude makes the art more soulful. Relieved of the unrealistic mandate to be flawless, the rug can relax into its beauty.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here are my four decrees for you in 2023, Taurus. 1. You are cleared to be greedy if it’s in service to a holy cause that fosters others’ well-being as well as yours. 2. It’s permissible to be stubborn if doing so nourishes versions of truth and goodness that uplift and inspire your community. 3. It’s proper to be slow and gradual if that’s the best way to keep collaborative projects from becoming slipshod. 4. It’s righteous to be zealous in upholding high standards, even if that causes less diligent people to bail out.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 2023, many interesting lessons will arrive via your close relationships and collaborations. You will have the potential to learn more about the art of togetherness than you have in a long time. On occasion, these lessons may initially agitate you. But they will ultimately provide more pleasure and healing than you can imagine right now. Bonus prediction: You will have an enhanced talent for interweaving your destiny together with the fates of your allies.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are some projects I’d love to see you pursue in 2023: 1. Teach your allies the fine points of how to cherish you but not smother you. 2. Cultivate your natural talent for appreciating the joys of watching and helping things grow: a child, a creative project, a tree, a friendship, or your bank account. 3. If you don’t feel close to the family members that fate provided you with, find others you like better. 4. As you explore territories that are further out or deeper within, make sure your Cancerian shell is expandable. 5. Avoid being friends with people who are shallow or callous or way too cool. 6. Cultivate your attraction to people who share your deepest feelings and highest ideals.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Mystic teacher Terence McKenna said, “You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.” This will be key advice for you in 2023. You will be wise to craft an updated version of your personal philosophy. I suggest you read a lot of smart people’s ideas about the game of life. Make it your quest to commune with interesting minds who stimulate your deep thoughts. Pluck out the parts that ring true as you create a new vision that is uniquely your own.

pivotal moment when a character discovered a big truth they had previously been unaware of. Another Greek word, peripeteia, meant a reversal of circumstances: “a change by which the action veers round to its opposite.” I bring these fun ideas to your attention, dear Scorpio, because I think 2023 could bring you several instances of an anagnorisis leading to a peripeteia. How would you like them to unfold? Start making plans. You will have uncanny power to determine which precise parts of your life are gifted with these blessings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Winters are cold in Olds, a town in Alberta, Canada. Temperatures plunge as low as 24 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. But an agronomist named Dong Jianyi has built a giant greenhouse there that enables him to grow vegetables year-round. He spends no money on heat, but relies on innovative insulation to keep the inside warm. In 2021, he grew 29,000 pounds of tomatoes. I propose we make him your inspirational role model for 2023, Sagittarius. My guess is, that like him, you will be a wellspring of imaginative resourcefulness. What creative new developments could you generate? How might you bring greater abundance into your life by drawing extra energy from existing sources? How could you harness nature to serve you even better?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In accordance with your astrological omens in 2023, I’ve chosen a quote from Capricorn storyteller Michael Meade. I hope you will make it one of your core meditations in the coming months. He writes, “All meaningful change requires a genuine surrender. Yet, to surrender does not simply mean to give up; more to give up one’s usual self and allow something other to enter and redeem the lesser sense of self. In surrendering, we fall to the bottom of our arguments and seek to touch the origin of our lives again. Only then can we see as we were meant to see, from the depth of the psyche where the genius resides, where the seeds of wisdom and purpose were planted before we were born.” (The quote is from Meade’s book Fate and Destiny, The Two Agreements of the Soul.)

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

Navy Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF, vs. Thomas J Capers a/k/a Thomas James Capers, Sr and if Thomas J Capers a/k/a Thomas James

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, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on September 19, 2022.

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 forbearance 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,

Charleston County’s administration of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and CARES Act funding to include CDBG-CV and ESG-CV programs for the reporting period covering July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

In its evaluation, HUD examines the documents and reports submitted by Charleston County in its Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) to measure the effectiveness of its programs in meeting the goals established in the County’s 2021-2025 Consolidated Plan and 2022 Annual Action Plan.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How should we refer to your romantic adventures in 2023? We could be whimsical and call them “Ritual Mating Dances on the Outskirts of History.” We could be melodramatic and call them “Diving into the Deep Dark Mysteries in Search of Sexy Treasures.” Or we could be hopeful and call them “A Sacred Pilgrimage to the Frontiers of Intimacy.” I think there’s a good chance that all three titles will turn out to be apt descriptors of the interesting stories ahead of you — especially if you’re brave as you explore the possibilities.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Coddiwomple” is an English slang word that means to travel resolutely and dynamically toward an as-yet unknown destination. It’s not the same as wandering aimlessly. The prevailing mood is not passivity and vagueness. Rather, one who coddiwomples has a sense of purpose about what’s enjoyable and meaningful. They may not have a predetermined goal, but they know what they need and like. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the next six months will be an excellent time for you Libras to experiment with coddiwompling.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the theater of ancient Greece, the term anagnorisis referred to a

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In addition to my career as a horoscope columnist, I have written novels and other books. I have worked as a singersongwriter in rock bands and performed a oneperson show in theaters. As I survey my history, I always break into sardonic laughter as I contemplate how many businesspeople have advised me, “First, you’ve got to sell out. You’ve got to dumb down your creative efforts so as to make yourself salable. Only later, after you have become successful, can you afford to be true to your deepest artistic principles.” I am very glad I never heeded that terrible counsel, because it would have made me insane and unhappy. How are you doing with this central problem of human life, Aquarius? Are you serving the gods of making money or the gods of doing what you love? The coming year will, I suspect, bring you prime opportunities to emphasize the latter goal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’ve chosen a sweet taste of advice for you to keep referring back to in 2023. It’s in rapt alignment with upcoming astrological omens. I suggest you copy my counsel out in longhand on a piece of paper and keep it in your wallet or under your pillow. Here it is, courtesy of author Martha Beck: “The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless victim. This is well within your power, whatever fate might have dealt you.”

Homework: What one element could you add to your life that would bring a major enhancement?

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25 years of timelessness with Gracie and Lacy

By Kyle Petersen

There’s something uncanny about how performing sisters Gracie and Lacy Miller evoke the sound, style and vibe of the swing era — a time when big voices and big bands were all the rage and the Great American Songbook coalesced.

“We like to call it jazzified pop,” Lacy Miller told the City Paper. “The Big Band and Swing era had its peak during World War II — some of the most uplifting music in American history was written when life was extremely difficult. We like to keep that message of hope alive.”

The duo celebrates their 25th anniversary Dec. 31 with a special 5 p.m. New Year’s Eve show with six-piece ensemble THAT Charleston Band at the historic Queen Street Playhouse downtown.

Conjuring up the heyday of Doris Day and Benny Goodman is the sister act’s calling card, and the two of them surround their abundant vocal gifts with expert choreography and original costuming to make the magic happen.

The sisters credit their parents for their unlikely preoccupation with 20th century style.

“Our mother showed us a lot of musicals growing up,” Gracie said. “She would bring home videos of the Sound of Music and Mary Poppins. And then she started taking us to musicals to see on stage. And our dad loved black and white movies, like film noir. I was 8 years old, and I loved Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney.”

Gracie and Lacy started creating original performances together in their driveway in St. Louis, Missouri, before taking their act on the road 25 years ago. Those grassroots productions burgeoned into a children’s theater group called “Broadway on the Driveway” that launched in St. Louis in 1995 and ran for 18 seasons at various locations. It eventually grew into an annual summer tradition with upwards of 90 young people in the cast performing on stages with full orchestras.

That experience helped them learn their various skill sets, with Gracie taking on

dancing, choreography and directing and Lacy becoming an ace seamstress and marketing whiz. Lacy currently doubles as the marketing and communications manager for the Charleston Jazz Orchestra.

The girls started touring their sister act in the late ’90s, becoming a regional and then national success as bookings continuously grew. After a chance vacation to Charleston in 2014, the idea of relocating to a vibrant and growing community on the East Coast made sense to them.

“Once we moved here, the touring really took off,” Gracie said. “We perform all up and down the East Coast, anywhere from Miami to Washington D.C. to New York City. We also met some great musicians in Charleston and started bringing them on the road with us, as well as began performing with symphonies at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center and Coliseum.”

The Gracie and Lacy act is ever changing and constantly adapting in terms of theme, style and scale of production.

“NASA will call us and we are like, ‘Yeah, we have a 1960s space-themed show, of

course we can do that for you.’ [Louisville, Kentucky racecourse] Churchill Downs will call us and we are like, ‘Yes, we have a horse race-themed show,’ ” Lacy said.

The change of pace that Covid-19 brought to musicians nationwide pushed the duo to focus on writing original projects including several songs, a musical and a children’s book.

The two have been tentative about publicly performing many of their original songs and have released only one to streaming services, a homage to Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life. They are gradually slipping original songs into their shows and will feature a few on New Year’s Eve alongside holiday favorites and Great American Songbook classics.

Gracie and Lacey credit the joy and optimism of Great Depression and World War II era music as the foundation of their enduring repertoire.

“I feel like the music reminds people about the goodness that can be in the world even when things are really bad,” Lacy said. “And I think that’s why it’s still so relevant, particularly coming out of the pandemic.”

Arts, etc.

Paint Like Bob Ross Workshop

Learn how to paint “happy little trees” in the style of Bob Ross at the City of North Charleston’s Park Circle Gallery. The Cultural Affairs office of the City of North Charleston offers three Saturday Bob Ross workshops, with the first class on Jan. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The cost is $65. No experience required and all materials will be provided. To register, visit nchasculturalarts. eventbrite.com. — Chloe Hogan

Rundown: NYE parties with live music

• Rebel Taqueria in North Charleston is having a ’90s-themed New Year’s Eve party at 9 p.m. with live music from Getaway Bronco and Mike L!Ve plus a costume competition. For the full schedule and $20 NYE party tickets go to rebeltaqueria.com.

• Kiss 2022 goodbye at The Commodore starting at 9 p.m. with light bites, champagne and live music by Charleston ensemble Partly Cloudy. Tickets are $105 and available through citypapertickets.com.

• Ring in 2023 at The Alley downtown for an epic yet affordable all-inclusive party. Beginning at 9 p.m., the party includes DJs spinning beats, a silent disco, an open bar, champagne toast, hors d’oeuvres and free bowling and arcade games. Tickets are $85 and available through citypapertickets.com.

• The Royal American is getting Fancy as F*ck at 8 p.m. to greet the new year with DJ United on the turntables and Quentin Ravenel on the drums. Tickets are available at the bar for $50 cash and includes a champagne toast and magic wing and chili bar.

• Say hello to 2023 in style at Big John’s Tavern and Scotty Doesn’t Know Speakeasy. Tickets for the NYE extravaganza, which starts at 9:30 p.m., include complimentary house liquors and wines, select beers and passed appetizers — and of course live music. Tickets are $70 and available at citypapertickets.com. Chelsea Grinstead

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Vanessa Kauffmann

With 25 years of performing experience, sisters Gracie and Lacy will take the Queen Street Playhouse by storm for a New Year’s Eve show Dec. 31

Annex Dance Company looks ahead with new programming

By Chloe Hogan

Annex Dance Company kicked off its 16th season in October looking to expand its programming and mission to bring professional modern dance to Charleston.

“Our season can be captured by the word ‘catapult’,” said Kristin Alexander, Annex’s artistic director and founder.

The company wants to grow its audience and broaden offerings this year with live and digital programming, and new choreography featured in its upcoming dance film and two-city concert tour.

“It feels like we are springboarding into the next phase of the company as we are welcoming new dancers, performing in bigger venues and creating a new dance film,” Alexander said.

Annex Dance Company has come a long way since 2007, the year Alexander founded the company in her home state of Pennsylvania. She moved the company to Charleston in 2010 because of the “strong arts community here,” she said.

“From the start, we had a strong element of wanting to collaborate with other artists, and Charleston felt like the right place for that.”

At the start of 2021, longtime Annex company member Julie Clark stepped into the role of associate director.

“That element of catapulting the company into new heights — it’s also about [Clark] and I,” said Alexander of the transition.

“We are pushing the company forward in a lot of ways, but also, we are pushing each other as artists, which is invigorating … As someone who spent a lot of time doing this alone, to now have someone by my side who challenges and inspires me every time I get in the studio, it’s been amazing.”

In the new year, the company will perform a dance concert in two cities with the premiere Feb. 4 at the Etherredge Center in Aiken followed by a performance Feb. 11 at Charleston’s Sottile Theatre.

And in the spring, Austin-based dance filmmaker and former Annex company member Maggie Bailey will return to Charleston to collaborate with Annex on a dance film. Alexander said the company plans to host a screening of the film once a venue is secured.

The inspiration for the dance film came, in part, from the positive reaction to digital programming during the pandemic.

A 2020 video project called “Small Plates” inspired Annex to make a site-specific dance film, Salt in Soil, shot in 2021 at Botany Bay on Edisto Island. These projects allowed Clark and Alexander to reach new audiences, one of the reasons they said they’re excited to continue creating digital programming.

“The pandemic challenged us to think outside the box,” Clark said.

“Salt in the Soil was a planned stage performance, which became a dance film. We’ve wanted to create a second film ever since, and it’s so exciting to collaborate with

a former company member. Maggie’s experience dancing with Annex is really going to enhance our ability to showcase our movement and concept from the rehearsal process to the screen.”

Alexander, who is also a tenured associate professor of dance at the College of Charleston, explained that Annex is invested in not only creating and collaborating on modern dance projects, but also educating dancers.

“We are very invested in two really important communities of dancers — the younger generation of pre-professional dancers who are learning from us in the studio or school space, and then the dancers who want to be working professionally.

And our company is invested in that too. We are a company made up of educators,” Alexander said.

Annex’s 16th season opened with a performance at High Wire Distillery in October and will conclude in June after its annual Piccolo Spoleto residency.

Beginning in May, College of Charleston students participate in the residency as part of the college’s Stelle di Domani series, presented during Piccolo Spoleto.

“We do curriculum-based residencies in the school system through Engaging Creative Minds. We do workshops at dance studios, where they ask us to come and teach, and the other component is some college residencies,” Alexander said. “The educational component is a huge part of the company.”

DJ Connor

Annex Dance Company embraces both traditional and nontraditional spaces for presenting modern dance