Charleston City Paper Vol 26 Issue 28

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Charleston NAACP gears up for elections, finally

By Herb Frazier

The Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is scrambling to hold an overdue election for officers that should have been held in November.

The Rev. Joseph Darby, the branch’s president, said a five-member nomination committee is expected to present a slate of nominees in about two weeks. As the organization’s first vice president, Darby became president when long-time president Dot Scott resigned in October.

“I will [be the president] until they find someone else who is interested and capable,” Darby told the Charleston City Paper.

The NAACP also has an opening for a third vice president following the Rev. Lawrence Bratton’s resignation in October. Bratton declined to comment when asked about the gap in the branch’s leadership.

“I don’t have anything to say about the organization,” said Bratton, pastor of Bible Way Baptist Church in West Ashley.

Branch members should have voted in November through Election Buddy, a new online voting method implemented last year by the NAACP’s national office, said Darby, senior pastor of Nichols Chapel AME Church on Bogard Street. He said he first heard about Election Buddy “when we started talking about the election at the end of October.”

Darby said he tried to hold at least two recent weekend meetings to prepare for the elections. The meetings had low attendance. On Jan. 29, about two dozen NAACP members met at Greater St. Luke AME Church in Charleston. Darby missed the meeting due to a recent hospitalization.

The Rundown

Charleston Animal Society offers free vaccines, microchips

Charleston Animal Society (CAS) is hosting “Vax-a-Palooza” on Feb. 18 to set the world record to get the most pledges in a 24-hour period from pet owners to have their animals vaccinated. Goal: 2,000 pledges. The event takes place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at North Charleston Coliseum . All dogs and cats will receive $150 in free services, including a microchip, a rabies shot and a combination vaccine to prevent canine and feline diseases.

“To our knowledge, it will be the largest event involving veterinarians providing services in our state’s history,” said Joe Elmore, CAS president and CEO. “It’s not for Charleston Animal Society — it’s for our community.”

Sign up your animals at CharlestonAnimalSociety.org/Shots. Even if you can’t make it to the event, you can still pledge to vaccinate your animals and help CAS reach its goal.

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Charleston’s Heron Farms, an indoor vertical farm operation, received $250,000 in a deal with S.C. Research Authority investment affiliate SC Launch Inc., to continue growing its sustainably focused agribusiness.

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He was released last Thursday. Brenda C. Murphy, president of the NAACP South Carolina State Conference, chaired the meeting.

“We are just a little behind in Charleston” with setting up Election Buddy, Murphy said. When asked why the Charleston branch is playing catchup, she paused then said, “Well, they are behind. We are doing what we can to assist the officers in Charleston.”

Scott, the longtime former president, declined to comment about the voting delay.

“This organization is too important,”

said Scott, who became branch president 21 years ago. She hopes the 106-year-old branch, the oldest in South Carolina, “does not skip a beat.”

Oceanographer Dr. Stephen CoferShabica of Mount Pleasant, chairman of the branch’s education committee, said the election delay will be a passing blemish on the branch’s reputation.

“With all organizations things go up and down and there are issues that you ultimately resolve,” said Cofer-Shabica, who formerly served as a third vice president. Scott’s resignation, he said, “left the branch out on a limb. Rev. Darby [was] sick and that’s an issue, and then Bratton just decided he was going to quit. This makes it a little hard to realize these things happen in any good organization, but this certainly is not going to be fatal.”

Where’s the change?

“So this is where we find ourselves at the start of Black History Month. It has been just a few days since Tyre Nichols was buried and nearly eight years since we laid flowers for Walter Scott. Almost no substantive change has been achieved.”

—The Rev. Jeremy Rutledge, senior pastor at Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, wrote in a Feb. 6 City Paper column on police brutality.

With all organizations things go up and down and there are issues that you ultimately resolve.”

—Cofer-Shabica

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Nancy Button, president of the Rosemont Neighborhood Association, will serve as secretary of the Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People until an election is held to select new officers. The organization’s executive committee recently elected her. Button will staff the NAACP office at 117-C Spring St. on a part-time basis.

Gullah band Ranky Tanky earns second Grammy Award

By Chelsea Grinstead

Charleston’s acclaimed Lowcountry Gullah band Ranky Tanky on Sunday earned its second Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album for a live album recorded during the band’s April 2022 performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

“It’s a testament to our live performances — we put out our all in all,” Parler told the City Paper Monday. “We leave it on the stage. We never tried to recreate a moment that we’ve done previously.”

“Thank you to everyone that has called, texted and/or left some sort of message about us winning a SECOND GRAMMY AWARD (still can’t believe it!),” Ranky Tanky member Charlton Singleton wrote Monday morning on Facebook. “With that said…y’all boi know that me, Quiana [Parler], and the Charlton Singleton and Friends crew are coming in hot at the show on Feb. 18 at the Charleston Music Hall! Come out and celebrate the ‘LOVE’ with us.”

The Lowcountry ensemble fuses contemporary elements of jazz, soul and funk with traditional Gullah music from the southeastern Sea Islands. Ranky Tanky

includes vocalist Quiana Parler, trumpeter Singleton, guitarist Clay Ross, bassist Kevin Hamilton and drummer Quentin E. Baxter. The College of Charleston (CofC) gave a special congratulations to the band’s three CofC graduates: Ross and Baxter from the class of 1998 and Hamilton from the class of 1995.

“This is a surprise nomination for us, and to win is really extraordinary,” Ross told the City Paper Monday via email. “It definitely boosts our confidence and sense of purpose. We wouldn’t be where we are

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It definitely boosts our confidence and sense of purpose. We wouldn’t be where we are without all the years of support from the community in Charleston.” —Clay Ross

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Charleston’s own Ranky Tanky took home a second Grammy Award for the band’s album, Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Head of SCETV steps down

By Andy Brack

Anthony Padgett, the president and CEO of SCETV, resigned last Thursday, effective March 3.

In a 1:26 p.m. electronic message to staff Feb. 2 obtained by the City Paper, Padgett didn’t give a reason for his departure or what he planned to do. Just over an hour later, a press release said Padgett would become the Thomas Rieland Endowed General Manager of WOSU Public Media in Columbus, Ohio, starting March 6. The public media group is affiliated with The Ohio State University.

In the email, Padgett said:

“Over the past six years, I have had the pleasure of leading this group of forwardthinking, creative and passionate individuals. We have accomplished a tremendous number of industry-leading feats with the expansion of our digital programs and podcasts, new educational initiatives and the diversification of our agency resources. I look forward to seeing the great things that will come from the team in the months to come.”

SCETV Commission Chairman Richard Cohn praised Padgett’s tenure at the network.

“Under Anthony’s leadership, SCETV has enhanced its platforms and continued to provide educational resources to the State of South Carolina,” he said. “We (the SCETV Commission) are looking forward to this next chapter in our history and expect to see many more great things from our exceptional staff.”

But Padgett’s career at the statewide public radio and television network has had some hurdles.

In September 2021, the network backed off an exploratory leadership proposal to lease space in its Columbia studio to a private broadcaster following pushback by staff. That proposal to generate new revenue came two years after a former board chairman and two others resigned after months of drama to try to get more money from SCETV’s nonprofit endowment that has pumped millions of dollars into the network to ensure South Carolinians get high-quality public programming.

In his announcement Feb. 2, Padgett told staff more details on a transition plan would emerge over the next week. In the meantime, the network’s executive team would remain in place to lead SCETV.

‘Spy’ balloon shuts down Charleston flights for 1.5 hours

By Andy Brack

As if the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh hasn’t been enough to put South Carolina on the world’s radar of being a home to odd news. Now there’s the Chinese spy balloon shot down Saturday afternoon off the S.C. coast after federal officials shut down air traffic in and out of Charleston and Myrtle Beach.

Susan Dugan, a photography instructor at Benedict College in Columbia, said she saw the balloon go down about 2:35 p.m. after two missiles apparently pierced it over the Atlantic Ocean. Efforts are being made to recover the balloon, according to news reports.

“I saw two fuzzy non-straight lines headed toward the balloon and then it plummeted,” she said in a telephone interview. “It was classic missiles — just what you would expect and they weren’t going in a straight line. They started out jiggly and dipped down and then started going up. I did not see an explosion.”

But her husband, who was a few miles away on the coast near Myrtle Beach at the time, told her on the phone that he heard two explosions over the ocean

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about the same time.

Just before 2 p.m. Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it paused commercial flights at Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington airports “to support the Department of Defense in a national security effort,” according to the agency’s Twitter account. Flights resumed about 3:15 p.m., according to the FAA.

U.S. officials have been concerned about use of advanced “unknown cuttingedge technology” from aerial surveillance in recent months, according to The New York Times

The balloon, which apparently drifted last Thursday into U.S. airspace on the West coast, was mainly used for collection of weather data, according to China. “However, American officials said they have assessed it to be a collection device, though not one that could gather the kind of sensitive information that advanced Chinese reconnaissance satellites already collect,” The Times reported.

Detection of the balloon had a major diplomatic impact as it prompted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday to postpone a highly anticipated trip to China.

An employee at the Exxon gas station off Meeting and Calhoun streets downtown called Charleston police Jan. 24 to report suspicious activity. The responding officer reported he watched a man open a $2.59 package of Little Debbie’s Frosted Doughnuts without purchasing it. The man then reportedly walked outside and ate some of the doughnuts, dropping the rest on the ground. He was arrested for shoplifting.

Roommate spat

Two roommates got into an argument Jan. 13 over the Wi-Fi connection at their home in North Charleston, according to a North Charleston police report. An officer reported one roommate smashed the other roommate’s tablet screen and punched a hole in the wall. Both parties were given a case number.

Yard sale?

A woman called the Charleston police Jan. 28 to report that someone stole almost all of her patio furniture. She said she saw a man taking photos of her patio the previous day, according to a police report. When she asked him what the man was doing, he said he was “taking pictures for his mama.” Sounds like his mama liked what she saw.

By Chelsea Grinstead Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Jan. 13 and Jan. 30.

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A streak (at right) near the balloon (at left) on Saturday. Moments later, the balloon plummeted.

Guerilla art cautions residents

An odd new warning sign appeared at Line Street and the crosstown Feb. 1 — but proceed with caution if you believed it was real. That message might be true for Charleston’s midtown, but the official-looking sign is anything but. The sign has since been taken down, but the artist seemed to have a clear message about further development: Be prepared to stop. —Samantha

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without all the years of support from the community in Charleston.”

The band was not aware that the live performance was being submitted for a Grammy Award, Parler said.

The tracklist on the Grammy Award winning album, Live At The 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, contains two new previously unrecorded songs, “Down in My Heart” and “Lift Me Up,” written by Singleton and Ross, respectively. The live album captured a Ranky Tanky performance within the 2022 international festival that featured more than 200 musical acts, including Charleston’s own alt-rock duo Shovels & Rope.

“I just remember being so excited to finally play at the world famous jazz fest,” Clay said.

“During the show the crowd was dancing and we were feeling good. I also remember intentionally taking more risks, improvising more and stretching out on our songs. We really weren’t conscious of the recording at all, and I think the risk taking paid off.”

Parler added, “To finally make it there to that stage at such a prestigious festival — it was exciting. We had [longtime Charleston jazz singer] Elise Testone on the side of the stage that day while we were performing. She was hanging out with us.”

The band earned its first Grammy in 2020 for its 2019 LP Good Time. Since then, Ranky Tanky has catapulted into the international spotlight. The band is finishing up an international tour with performances featuring R&B artist Lisa Fischer, who played with the Rolling Stones for 26 years.

“Everybody likes to compare [the sound of] Charleston and New Orleans,” Parler said. “[That performance] was like a pivot in the road where Charleston and New Orleans were meeting and working together cohesively. This is a great moment for us and an opportunity for both cultures.”

Ranky Tanky performs at 8 p.m. June 2 at the Charleston Music Hall downtown during Spoleto Festival USA 2023. Tickets are $35-$55 and available through Charleston Music Hall.

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ive members of Charleston County Council need to unclog their ears and start listening to more than the bankers, big business lobbyists and Realtors who want to make money by spending billions of our tax dollars for a new slow road across Johns Island.

Thumbs down to council members Joe Boykin, Jenny Honeycutt, Brantley Moody, Teddie Pryor and Herb Sass for voting last week to spend $75 million in local tax money from a 2004 sales tax referendum. It’s little more than another move in a nightmarish shell game being foisted on taxpayers. Thanks to Henry Darby, Larry Kobrovsky and Rob Wehrman for voting no. Council member Kylon Middleton missed the vote due to illness.

As best as we can tell, there are four hurdles the county still has to jump for the long-delayed extension to become reality.

First, the state still has to match the county’s $75 million that’s being squirreled away for engineering (most of the road right-of-way has been acquired). As the State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) has committed $420 million to the project, it’s fairly predictable that the state Joint Bond Review Committee and SIB will sign off on the state’s $75 million share to move forward.

Second and third, two regulatory agencies — the state Department of Health and Environmental Control and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — have to sign off on environmental permits for the roadway. It’s likely the state agency, even though not related to the SIB or state Department of Transportation, will say OK because the

state wants to build the road. But the Army Corps might not be as open to political pressure on whether it should move ahead.

Finally, the squishiest hurdle of all — the council’s funding shell game. If it thinks putting up $75 million is hard, think about how hard it is going to come up with a minimum of 15 times that amount to pay for its share of the ballooning $2.2 billion road extension.

The reality is county leaders are wearing their serious faces while praying for manna to drop for heaven. They have no real long-term funding solution, which shows how wasteful last week’s vote really is. Proponents of the road extension may hold out hope that the feds will come to the rescue, but it’s a county project, not a federal one. It’s a dim bet the federal government will pony up hundreds of millions of dollars when mile upon mile of South Carolina’s existing highways still suck and need work.

If Watergate taught anything, it was “follow the money.” Updated for modern times: Let’s make sure the county doesn’t keep stringing everybody along as it seeks in vain to identify megamillions of county tax dollars that would suck the life out of anything else that needed to be done like, say, getting ready for the impacts of climate change or making small road fixes to bring big traffic changes.

Charleston County Council is putting the I-526 extension’s cart before the horse. It’s hoping for pots of gold to materialize that never will. Unless, of course, proponents start playing the lottery.

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Lesson in humanity may be needed for police reform

By Herb Frazier

I don’t want to watch the video of five Black Memphis police officers beating the life out of Tyre Nichols. News coverage of that horrific scene quickly convinced

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bring those horrendous images into my psyche.

Our minds are already polluted with the memory of videos of white police officers killing George Floyd in Minneapolis, Rodney Scott in North Charleston, Tamir Rice in Cleveland and others. Do we need to witness more police violence that disproportionately kills Black people?

The most troubling aspect of this brutal beating of Nichols, a 29-year-old African American father of a 4-year-old son, is that it came by the hands of five Black police officers, each of whom took an oath to protect life. I struggle to comprehend how five Black men on January 7 could have kicked and punched another Black man — or any man to death — without one of them stopping it.

So-called Black-on-Black crime exists, but this is much more than carjacking. This was an attack on Nichols’ humanity by police officers who did it void of any compassion toward him as a fellow human being. This assault, which led to Nichols’ death three days later, provides yet another excuse for some to not trust the police. It advances the myth that Black males are inherently violent.

A retired Black Charleston police officer, who asked to remain anonymous, is surprised by what the nation saw. When he was on the local police force, Black officers, he said, would not have conducted themselves like the Memphis officers. Black officers, unlike white officers, he said, generally show more compassion because they understand the Black struggle in America.

any man to death — without one of them stopping it.

Because the attack on Nichols violates any sensible use-of-force policy and the Memphis officers were part of a closeknit policing unit, the retired Charleston officer suspects Nichols was targeted to avenge a personal vendetta.

Surprisingly, the five officers were fired and then charged with second-degree murder with an unusual swiftness for these kinds of cases. A sixth officer, who is white, was fired recently. The licenses for two former Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technicians were suspended. They allegedly waited 19 minutes to treat Nichols, even though he was in obvious distress.

Nichols’ death has renewed calls for police reform. But we’ve seen this before. After a highly publicized incident of police violence toward people of color, a bright national spotlight is switched on. Then we talk about it, but nothing happens to break through the stubborn disregard in the U.S. Senate for Black lives taken by police. While the nation waits for Washington to move on police reform, there may be another path to follow.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the iconic voice among many who called for an end to apartheid in South Africa, evaluated the inhumanity of white minority rule through the African principles of “ubuntu.” Each of us are interdependent on one another with a responsibility for our fellow humans and the world around us. That’s the ethic of ubuntu.

I met Bishop Tutu briefly two decades ago at a reception in Cape Town. People were lined against the wall in a spacious room when Tutu arrived. Tutu, a hugger, embraced each of us before he spoke to the group. I didn’t know it then, but Tutu’s embrace was his recognition of our humanity.

In America, it appears that police officers, Black and white, and now even those who render medical aid, might need ubuntu training to reverse the trend of Black lives lost to police violence.

Longtime journalist Herb Frazier is the City Paper’s senior projects editor. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

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Bright ideas for Valentine’s Day in the Lowcountry

By City Paper staff

ove is in the air as Valentine’s Day approaches. Whether you plan on spending Feb. 14 with your partner, gals or pals, the City Paper pulled together some ideas for how to celebrate.

Instead of the same old dinnerand-a-movie date, try one of these new activities or experiences, order unique sweet treats or simply kick it at home with order-in meal options.

For the adventurous/ active couple

Couples Night Climb at Wild Blue Ropes

Feb. 14, 4-7 p.m.

Wild Blue Ropes Adventure Park on James Island welcomes couples this Valentine’s Day for a night climb. Take on the course together to surpass obstacles such as rope ladders, zip lines, a swinging bridge and more. The course is designed for all skill levels, and the experience is $90 per couple, including climbing gloves.

Photos by Rūta Smith

Spend Valentine’s Day at Flowertown Charm, an urban minifarm in Summerville with goats, pigs and other farm animals

After your adventure, relax by a bonfire for a romantic night under the stars.

For the artsy couple

Music at the Library: Choose Your Own Opera Adventure — Lover’s Edition

Feb. 14, 6-7 p.m.

The Charleston Library Society and Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera offer an interactive operatic experience that will delight couples looking for a unique Valentine’s Day adventure. Will the stars of the evening be lovers or enemies? Will there be betrayal or devotion? Will the forlorn antiheroes claim their desires no matter the costs? All these decisions are up to the audience during this special performance. Tickets are $25 for Charleston Library Society members and $35 for guests. Purchase tickets at charlestonlibrarysociety.org.

Valentine’s Day Paint Pottery & Sip with Goats

Feb. 14, 6 p.m.

Flowertown Charm ups the ante of a typical wine-and-paint night by adding

goats to the mix. This class takes place at Summerville farm Flowertown Charm with all supplies provided. Goats and other animals roam freely while attendees paint. Paint stands, canvases and supplies are included, along with a complimentary farm-inspired wine glass to take home. Drinks are not provided, so bring your own beverages to enjoy. Tickets are $50 and available for purchase at FlowertownCharm.com.

Singles can experience the magic of this mini-urban farm during the Feb. 10 Must Love Goats event, where you can roast marshmallows and admire the adorable goats in sweaters.

For the foodie couple

Order-in from a local restaurant Planning a Valentine’s Day dinner can be hectic. Reservations may be difficult to secure (especially these days) and sometimes whipping up a big home-cooked meal is a bigger hassle than it’s worth. Fortunately, some Charleston establishments make it easy to celebrate Valentine’s Day at home.

Johns Island seafood restaurant Blu Oyster Sushi & Seafood offers take-home sushi platters with specialty rolls, maki rolls, nigiri, sashimi, and octopus and seaweed salad. Whether you’re ordering for just the two of you or a group of friends for a Galentine’s Day party, this platter feeds up to 20 people and starts at $155. Place orders online at BluOyster.com.

Local meal delivery service Table & Twine also offers a selection of one-day special meal kits for couples and families. Treat yourselves to the surf and turf meal for $127.99, which includes fruit and cheese to start, chargrilled filet mignon accompanied by a haricot vert and lobster carbonara as the main course, with dark chocolate tortes to finish the meal. For an extra $13.99, order hand-rolled truffles in pistachio cherry, cookies and cream and coconut passionfruit for a dessert. Families can join in on the fun with the family pizza kit for $52.99 and Valentine’s cookie kit for $17.99. Place orders at tableandtwine.com.

For the partner who still needs to buy a gift

Give a local wine subscription

Wine is the unofficial drink of Valentine’s Day, either paired with a delicious meal or as a gift for a significant other. If it’s a gift for your loved one, take the extra step and enroll them in one of the many wine clubs in Charleston.

Wine clubs vary at each place, but the idea is simple: It’s a subscription-based service offering a selection of wines each month for club members.

Herd Provisions’ club is run by the restaurant’s wine consultant Kellie Holmes. For $85 per month, with a three, six or 12-month commitment, members get four bottles of wine selected by Holmes each month.

“We have a lot of members, but everyone is super passionate,” Holmes said. “It keeps things nice and intimate.”

Herd hosts a wine tasting on the second Tuesday of each month for current members to try the wines of the month and for prospective members to get a taste and learn more about the club.

“You get a more focused understanding of why we select the wines, hear more about the story of the wine and what excites us about it,” Holmes said.

Mount Pleasant’s SAVI Cucina + Wine Bar also offers a wine club specializing in “one size fits one,” according to SAVI coowner Ty Raju.

Members can choose wines from SAVI Cucina + Wine Bar, along with its newly opened sister location Sommba Cocina & Cellar in Mount Pleasant.

“We know everyone has a different palate,” Raju said. “But when they come

Sweeten up your Valentine’s Day

Sugar Bakeshop’s special Valentine’s Day menu is available Feb. 11-12, in addition to its regular menu, or exclusively on Feb. 13-14. The menu includes mini cakes, a four-pack of cupcakes with flavors such as double chocolate truffle and chocolate raspberry cheesecake, decorate-your-own sugar cookies and more.

Hotel Bennett’s La Patisserie hosts A Valentine’s Day Night Cap from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. A heart cake for two made by Executive Chef Remy Funfrock is included along with two glasses of Champagne or cordials and a single stem rose. This event is reservations only.

Life Raft Treats will offer Valentine’s Day pick-ups at Graft Wine Shop Feb. 12 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. for these funky ice cream treats that look like anything but. This year, Life Raft is offering three different Naughty Emoji packs, including spicy shaped treats such as eggplant, banana, peach and taco. You can also opt for local delivery on Feb. 14.

Treat your sweetheart to gourmet chocolates with Christophe Artisan Chocolatier ’s Valentine’s Day chocolate gift boxes. It’s also offering special edition chocolate bars such as the hot and spicy dark chocolate pepper bar.

Wildflour Bakery offers customizable conversation heart cookies, chocolate covered strawberries and cupcakes in flavors like passionfruit and coconut cheesecake. Available to order Feb. 11-12 and 14.

Everything at Annie O’ Loves Cafe of Sweet Abundance is vegan and gluten-free friendly. For Valentine’s Day, it’s offering cookie sandwiches, truffle and cookie tins, heart-shaped cookie cakes and Jars of Abundance filled with cake, toppings and icing or syrups like chocolate sauce.

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Explore your adventurous side with your partner during Wild Blue Ropes’ Feb. 14 couples climb

Courtesy Life Raft Treats

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to SAVI, or Sommba now, [members] are able to taste through an entire flight, all the offerings we have, and they can pick one, two, three or four bottles, whatever membership level they have. We’re not picking it for them.”

With the help of floor sommeliers and wine club director Makayla Woodford, club members can choose a wine that’s right for them.

“We do a lot of work on the front end finding really awesome wine for our wine club members,” Woodford said. “We want to provide the opportunity for you to do whatever you want in our clubs.”

Other Charleston establishments offer wine clubs as well, including Dashi, Charleston Wine Co., Graft Wine Shop and Wine Bar, Monarch Wine Merchant, Vintage Lounge, Well Hung Vineyard and Accent on Wine.

Surprise your partner with flowers from Roadside Blooms

Park Circle flower shop Roadside Blooms offers unique, American and locally grown flowers for couples. Choose from several different options, including various floral arrangements, flowers for him or the Indulgent Package, which includes flowers in a mug, a locally made candle, body butter

and a chocolate bar. Place orders through RoadsideBloomsShop.com.

For the romantic couple

Catch Chocolat at the Terrace Theater

Feb. 14, 7:45 p.m.

For those who still enjoy a more traditional kind of date, the Terrace Theater is screening classic romance movie Chocolat starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche and Alfred Molina. Binoche’s character Vianne and her daughter move to a French town to open a chocolate shop, but the strict

religious community is hesitant to accept the newcomers. Along the way, Vianne finds unexpected romance.

Send your sweetheart a Singing Valentine on Ohm Radio

Sending an Ohm Radio Singing Valentine to a loved one is a Holy City tradition. Choose a song to play on air for $25, order a digital performance for $40 or book a singer for $60.

The group of local vocalists who will croon sweet nothings this year include Lee Barbour, Joel Timmons, Ward Buckheister, Zandrina Dunning, Grace McNally, Chris Dodson, Dallas Baker, Vikki Matsis, Zach Giglio, Emma Giglio, Christina Dolan and Beattie Porter.

Buckheister of Charleston act Sol Driven Train said it’s a unique way to show your affection.

“I live for a day filled with love conspiracies and tears of joy,” he told the City Paper. “To share in another’s joy is a special gift of human connection in action. The privilege of actually being a joybringer facilitating a connection between two others is surreal. Singing about love to someone on their doorstep is hard to top! I have goosebumps just thinking about it.”

This year, one lucky person will receive two tickets to the High Water Festival, which returns to Riverfront Park from April 15-16, along with their Singing Valentine.

To surprise your sweetheart, you can choose from a variety of songs, including “In My Life” by The Beatles, “My Girl” by The Temptations, “It Had To Be You” by Gus Kahn, “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King, “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri and “No One” by Alicia Keys.

Local vocalist and producer Dunning said, “I love seeing the looks on people’s faces when they figure out that we’re coming to make their day (or embarrass

FOR YOUR VALENTINE

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The Terrace Theater will show Chocolat, starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche

Rūta Smith file photo Jazz singer Zandrina Dunning will join the lineup of local musicians delivering Singing Valentines to lucky lovers

them) with a song from their loved one.”

For the couple with a wild side

Visit an adult boutique

An adult boutique may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of Valentine’s Day, but shopping with your partner is a great way to learn more about each other and deepen the connection.

“It’s a really great way to explore an interest together or maybe even share an interest that you’re not really sure how to broach that subject,” said Laura Luedke, Guilty Pleasures’ store manager. “And if you’ve been together for a while, it can add a little bit of spark back into your relationship and help bring each other closer.”

Luedke said the store was designed with women in mind to create a comfortable, boutique atmosphere. At the front of the store, you’ll find items like lingerie, couples games and massage oil. “Nothing that’s going to make you go, ‘Oh my God,’ ” she said. But couples who want to explore further can venture into other areas of the store for more, ahem, advanced products.

“We want it to be a comfortable experience for everyone to come in and see the store,” Luedke said. “Come with an open

mind. We’re friendly! And a healthy sex life is part of a normal life for each and every individual out there regardless of what their personal preference might be. [Shopping together] is a really great way for couples to learn more about each other.”

Get a tattoo together

Couples tattoos can be risky, but if you’re looking for a wild way to spend time together, find a design you both agree on and get inked! (Disclaimer: City Paper is not responsible for any bad tattoo ideas. That’s on you — literally and figuratively.)

The City Paper ’s 2022 Best Tattoo Artist Ashley B. McMullen gave a word of advice for anyone considering a couple’s tattoo: “I do always say to stay away from names because, it’s not that it’s bad luck, but it [comes across] more or less that you don’t know too much about the other person other than their name.”

Instead, McMullen recommends a more meaningful design — whether it’s sentimental or an inside joke.

“That being said, I can only warn you, but I am willing to tattoo names all day long on holidays,” she said, laughing. Tattooers give advice for good reason, but it is, after all, your own skin at risk. Proceed with caution.

Samantha Connors, Chloe Hogan, Chelsea Grinstead, Michael Pham and Hillary Reaves contributed to this story.

What To Do

WEDNESDAY

Two solo exhibits at Park Circle Gallery

Concurrent solo exhibits by Charleston visual artists Dan Jones and Saila Milja-Smyly are on display at Park Circle Gallery through February. Jones unveils photography emphasizing the art that surrounds us every day, revealing a fascination with form, texture and color. Milja-Smyly’s ceramic pieces capture botanical shapes and seek to push the boundaries of the medium with organic forms and rich natural expression.

Feb. 8-25. Hours and days vary. Free. Park Circle Gallery. 4820 Jenkins Ave. North Charleston. northcharleston.org.

THURSDAY

Be Mine Words & Wine

Find the perfect love poem or greeting card for your sweetheart and enjoy drinks and bites at neighborhood hangout spot Bar Rollins during the Be Mine Words & Wine event. Charleston poet Jammie Hyuhn’s evocative talent with words will be put to the romantic test as she offers old-school typewriter custom love poems. Graphic designer Margo Garrigues will have a selection of all-occasion greeting cards available if you want to write your love note yourself.

Feb. 9. 7-9 p.m. Prices vary. Bar Rollins. 194 Jackson St. Downtown. barrollins.com.

FRIDAY

Creative Mornings with Louise Rakers

SATURDAY

Pup Bowl charity and adoption extravaganza

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Enjoy an afternoon of adorable puppies and fundraising fun to benefit Charleston Animal Society. The pup football game kicks off at noon, and the event features balloon animals, face painting, live music from The Throwbacks and, of course, the chance to adopt one of the cute football-playing puppies. Pre-register to adopt a player prior to kickoff. After kickoff, puppies are available to adopt on a case-by-case basis. Children 12 years old and younger receive free admission.

Feb. 11. 12 - 3 p.m. $10. Mount Pleasant Towne Centre. Mount Pleasant. mountpleasanttownecentre.com.

Early-bird lecture series and networking group Creative Mornings Charleston pops up yet again to start the day the right way with Louise Rakers, the chef and founder of Nordic Cooking, who will talk about her business and outreach vision. Nordic Cooking is a sustainable food company serving the Charleston area with brunch catering, private chef services and cooking classes. As a bonus, Rakers will cater a plant-based, gluten-free breakfast.

Feb. 10. 8 a.m. Frothy Beard Brewing. 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Suite 1. West Ashley. creativemornings.com.

SUNDAY

Super Bowl Sunday Party

Step up your Super Bowl Sunday game time with an all-inclusive experience at Mainland Container Kitchen and Bar. Tickets include all-you-can-eat oysters, a selection of beer, wine and well drinks, heavy duty hor d’oeuvres and a dinner buffet. Enjoy a pre-game performance from local ensemble Hans Wenzel & Friends playing soul and alt-country tunes.

Feb. 12. 1 p.m. $75. Mainland Container Kitchen and Bar. 1528 Ben Sawyer Blvd. Mount Pleasant. citypapertickets.com.

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Five crafty ways to make the most of Valentine’s Day

From staff reports

Give a twist to Valentine’s Day this year by showing your romantic side with a craft project or two. Add a little TLC to your home or share your affection with loved ones by dedicating some time to simple do-it-yourself projects that come straight from the heart. Here are five suggestions:

Creative cutouts

Places and moments hold special places in the heart. So memorialize them with decorative wall hangings. Use a treasured photo

or map of destinations you hold dear as the base layer. Next, choose a design, such as a heart or a romantic word like “love.” Then print your design and trace it on a piece of foam core or matting. Cut out the design to create an opening and layer it over the photo or map. To finish the project, either affix the top layer to the bottom and display as-is or place it in a pretty frame.

Sucker for succulents

Hardy and easy to care for, succulents are a stylish way to add some plant life to your home. Add a romantic twist by gathering a selection of small succulents in a variety of colors and textures then clustering them in a heart-shaped basket or planter. Succulents also make great gifts — just create a small planter and attach a card that conveys your warmest thoughts.

Love is in the cards

Almost everyone has a deck or two of old playing cards laying around. Using the red-hued cards from the heart suite, punch holes in the top of each card. String heart-themed ribbon through the holes to make a whimsical banner you can hang on a wall or across a doorway to delight your loved one when they walk into a room.

Say it in string

Expressing yourself with string art is an easy project suitable for all ages. Start with a firm backing, such as a scrap of lightweight wood. Add a base coat of paint to make your design pop then sketch your design. Examples like a flower, heart, word or some combination of those are all good choices for a Valentine’s Day project. Add thin nails in half-inch intervals along the border of your design. Select your string and tie an end to the nail of your choice. There’s no right or wrong way from there — just loop from one nail to another until your design is obvious. Tie off your string, trim any excess end pieces and you’re done.

Collage of comrades

Paying tribute to those you hold near and dear is easy with a stylized cork board. Select snapshots of loved ones and attach them to a basic cork board using push pins in classic Valentine’s colors like red, white and pink. Then add accents with tape, stickers, gemstones and other embellishments. Voila! Instant, artistic classic!

You can explore more fun do-it-yourself ideas to enhance your home at eLivingtoday.com. Family Features contributed to this story.

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Valentine’s Day string art is a great project for any age.

Decorate a cork or display board with a collage of photos, cutout hearts, accent tape, stickers and more.

Local music still gives Lamble an earful

By Chelsea Grinstead

Vintage music relics hang on the walls and decorate the surfaces throughout Rob Lamble’s Mount Pleasant home, a fitting introduction to the man who founded the Lowcountry entertainment agency Ear For Music in 1997.

Old guitar picks, concert photos, show posters and reverb pedals are displayed with great care. Book spines and weathered albums reveal an affinity for audio art from all over the genre map in line with Lamble’s passion for live entertainment that he’s carried since childhood.

“I was always a music nut,” Lamble said with a smile. He sat on a well-worn leather sofa in a den that spills off the living room in a charming Mount Pleasant home that he shares with his wife Erika Lamble, who books events for Ear For Music and represents various local music acts.

“I bought this house during the bottom of the recession in 2009 from a gentleman who was a contractor,” Lamble said. “He was renovating this house for his father to move into. He had gutted it and almost finished [renovating] it — and I just walked in and fell in love with it.”

The cozy den is a time capsule and a tribute: His dad’s 1982 turntable and old record collection take residence across the room from an early 1970s Hammond organ, which sits next to his grandfather’s record player bought in 1968. It still works.

Lamble and Ear For Music have booked talent and promoted concerts for Charleston music venues and festivals for 26 years, contributing to the success of 96 WaveFest, Trondossa Music and Arts Festival, Party at the Point, High Water and, most recently, Riverfront Revival, to name a few.

How he got started

The Charleston native first caught what he calls “the bug” for the music business when his dad opened the Tunes Discs & Tapes record store in 1988 in Mount Pleasant. He worked in the store on and off when he traveled down from Salisbury, North Carolina, where he attended high school and later college after he relocated with his mom.

His dad also managed ticketing for the old music venue Myskyns Tavern on Market Street and later Faber Street downtown. When

Lamble often listens to tunes in the den of his Mount Pleasant home.

A sign from the family’s old music store.

Myskyns sold, it reopened as Acme Bar. “They were getting ready to sell, and they did a New Year’s Eve show in 1993 with Hootie & the Blowfish right before they blew up,” Lamble said. “When they reopened [as Acme Bar], I mentored under my dad’s friend Larry Walker, and he turned over the reins. I started booking the club, and we opened with The Band in 1994. Everybody was there but Robbie Robertson. That was the beginning. The live component was what really spoke to me.”

When he launched Ear For Music in 1997, he became head booker for Wild Wing Café, handling the band schedules and gig details for the company’s 18 locations from Virginia down to Florida.

“It was a cool circuit for regional bands to cruise and gain a following and get paid well and be taken care of,” Lamble said. “That was a long run we had with those guys.”

Lamble recalled some highlights, such as working with 96 WaveFest in Brittlebank Park and booking now five-time Grammy Award winning musician Keb’ Mo’ at Charleston Music Hall in 1997. Another major moment was watching the BBC follow legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock as part of a documentary project when Ear For Music booked Hancock at Charleston Music Hall in 2002.

Rewinding even further, Lamble said some of the first inklings of his love for live music surfaced when he was around 12 and got into classic rock, playing guitar and a bit of drums. Then he started exploring the origins of hip-hop music and became immersed in the breakdance movement in junior high and high school in Salisbury.

“I dove in head first and spent countless hours practicing from 1983 to 1987,” he said. “I was in several crews during that time span and landed paying gigs at local clubs and bars in North Carolina. The last group I was in was the Empire Crew and we ended up on a popular Saturday morning TV dance show called Let’s Dance! It was stellar.”

How it’s going now

Lamble said 2022 was a really good year for the Charleston music circuit, reflecting a larger shift in the local scene as a whole. Not only are venues lending themselves to better opportunities, he said, but now there are more major marquee venues.

“I think the venue landscape changed,” he said. “We have more options that are attractive to bands. I think the growth in our area has lent itself to more of a buyer’s market where we’re able to do 30 to 50 shows a year and not have to worry about ticket sales. Whereas back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, you didn’t know if you could do 2,000 to 4,000 people on a headliner-name artist. All of that is starting to shift.”

It’s all about making sure that when touring bands come through town, they want to come back.

“Artist relations, to me, are just as important as ticket sales,” he said. “When the bands come in, we want them to have a great experience. We urge them to take a day on the front or the back end [of the show], and we try to curate an experience for them to enjoy.”

Ear for Music’s Safe Sounds concept, which incorporated social distancing and outdoor settings, was a major propeller for Charleston music as it hung on in the pandemic and hosted 72 shows from June 2020 through October 2021. It was one of the first pod show concert concepts in the country, Lamble said.

“Even though the pandemic was so scary, I felt like we needed to unify everybody again and make people feel comfortable,” he said. “And that was a format and platform we could do it with. And then also, [it was] putting all of our industry back to work — all the way from photographers to sound engineers to stage [technicians].”

Now it feels like it’s all full-speed ahead, he said.

“I am looking forward to just having a year where everyone’s ready to get back to coming out and enjoying it and not having to worry about all of the things that are going on in the world — taking the time to enjoy life and enjoy music and enjoy the outdoors.”

THE LOWDOWN ON ROB LAMBLE

Age: 52.

Birthplace: Charleston, S.C.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C.

Current profession: Owner, Ear For Music.

Past professions of interest: Acting, marine biology.

Family: My wife Erika. Fur baby Penny Jane, a black and tan coonhound.

Something people would be surprised to learn about you: I used to be a professional breakdancer.

Favorite thing to do outside of work: Play golf.

Your passion: Music.

Books on bedside table: The Music Never Stops, by Peter Shapiro, and Time Is Tight, by Booker T. Jones.

Favorite novel: Bid Time Return, by Richard Matheson.

Favorite food to eat: Thai.

Favorite food to cook: Southern cuisine.

Favorite cocktail or beverage: Don Julio 1942 tequila.

Five foods you always need in your refrigerator: Milk, eggs, cheese, cold cuts, bacon.

People (alive or dead) you’d like to dine with: Promoter Bill Graham, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all my family and friends that are no longer with us all at one table.

What meal would you want served to you for your last supper: Seafood gumbo with cornbread and jambalaya.

Something that you have too much of at home: T-shirts.

Hobbies: Golf, snow/water skiing and mountain hiking.

Secret vice: Buying vinyl records.

Favorite musicians: Duane Allman (classic), Billy Strings and Maggie Rose (current) and Johnny Mac (local).

Describe your best day in 50 words or less: “Waking up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, jumping in the car with my wife and dog, cruising the Blue Ridge Parkway and going on a hike together.”

Childhood hero: Steve Austin (The Bionic Man).

Pet peeve: Bad drivers.

Philosophy: Surround yourself with good people and you will get good results.

Your advice for better living: Take a moment for yourself every day.

Your advice for someone new to Charleston: Be kind and it will come back to you tenfold.

Photos by Rūta Smith

Collections of photos, posters and music paraphenalia are on display throughout the home.

Valentine’s Day gift-giving tips from a local florist

By Toni Reale

Valentine’s Day is the second busiest sales season of the year at Roadside Blooms with Mother’s Day being first. We see it all during this holiday — from couples exchanging symbols of romantic love and parents giving their children of all ages something to show they care to friends exchanging gifts of gratitude. Even if Valentine’s Day is a “Hallmark holiday,” it still brings a considerable amount of joy. So why not lean in?

Here are some tips to help you make thoughtful choices this holiday for your loved ones.

Choose a florist committed to ethical and sustainable business practices

Did you know that more than 80% of all flowers used in America for anything from funerals to weddings are imported from other countries that have little to no labor or environmental laws? The global floral trade can be toxic for workers, local econo-

mies and the land in which they are grown. When choosing a florist, research its business practices. Does it source American and locally grown flowers and greens? Does it compost its weekly mounds of floral waste? Your money spent on this holiday (and yearround) should align with your values.

Friends don’t let friends dial 1-800-Flowers

Don’t use 1-800-Flowers or those types of wire services. Too often, these companies gouge florists who are members of their network to fulfill orders. Those affiliates take a considerable percentage of sales and after time, most florists ditch their memberships. Instead, order directly from the flower shop and cut out the middleman. You’ll get better customer service, a better product and you’ll be supporting your local florist.

Ditch the dozen roses

Contrary to popular belief, women don’t like receiving a dozen roses. Most women would agree that they are cheesy and a bit overplayed on Valentine’s Day — especially when they know there are much better and more creative floral options out there. We never offer a dozen roses because there’s just no creativity in the design and, frankly, there are much prettier flowers than standard roses.

No matter where you order from, always ask for what “Designer’s Choice,” which allows the designer to pick the prettiest blooms. At Roadside Blooms, we only do designer’s choice because it gives us creative freedom which 100% of the time leads to a more beautiful and unique arrangement. It also feeds the creative hearts of the designer which fuels innovation and workplace happiness.

Men deserve flowers, too

I’ve written about this before and I stand by my claim that it’s a damned shame that most men receive their first gift of flowers at their funeral. It’s time to change the outdated narrative that flowers are not for men. Not only do men deserve to enjoy the earth’s bounty, but they also deserve to be appreciated and loved. Studies have shown

that men that receive flowers are more open and communicative; they feel safe and seen by their partners.

Don’t be anonymous

In this day and age, it’s not cute or romantic to send anonymous gifts. It’s downright creepy. Instead, write a short but meaningful message that will make the recipient’s heart swell.

Remember that gift-giving is for the sender too. It feels good to be able to express admiration for someone no matter how you choose to show it this Valentine’s Day.

Toni Reale is the owner of Roadside Blooms, a unique plant, flower, crystal and fossil shop in Park Circle in North Charleston. roadsidebloomsshop.com

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Be more creative with giving flowers: The “dozen red roses” thing is totally played out.

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An evening of laughs and brews

The Mount Pleasant Community Arts Center and Two Blokes Brewing will present Jokes at Blokes Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. Featured stand-up comedians include Josh Bates, Bill Davis, Stand Shelby and Hagan Ragland. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased on eventbrite.com.

Annex Dance Company performs at Sottile

The Mountaintop brings a humanized Martin Luther King Jr. to the stage

By Chloe Hogan

Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and monumental fight for civil rights in America in the 1960s is well-documented. In playwright Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, a fictionalized conversation between King and a maid at the Lorraine Motel explores the man behind the legacy.

New York City-based actors J. Jerome Rogers and Crystin Gilmore join guest director Gary Dewitt Marshall for The Mountaintop at Queen Street Playhouse. The play opens Friday with shows at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. throughout the month.

Rogers said it has been a “rewarding challenge” to play the late legend King.

“People have an idea of what we think Dr. King was like. So then, really delving into trying to make him as human as possible, and showing the man behind the myth, that has actually been a lot of fun. It’s challenging, but rewarding and definitely an honor,” Rogers said.

In the play, the night before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. returns to the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after having delivered his last impassioned speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” A mysterious maid named Camae delivers his room service, though she seems to have more on her agenda than a simple meal.

There is a deep connection to Memphis, the setting of The Mountaintop, which

makes this play especially exciting for everyone involved, said artistic director, Kyle Barnette. The playwright Hall is from Memphis, as are the two principal actors, Rogers and Gilmore.

Rogers said it is “surreal” to find himself on a set that replicates the Lorraine Motel room where King spent his final hours.

“I’ve been to the National Civil Rights museum a number of times,” he said.

“They have the room on display through a window, and so to actually be in, now, essentially, the room where he spent his last few hours, it is a bit surreal.”

He also said that he is enjoying the chance to work with Gilmore, who he has worked with in the past and considers a good friend.

“We have an established relationship outside of this play, which I think enhances our ability to play these roles. We’re not afraid of each other, so it deepens the level of intimacy that I think is required to play these roles.”

Gilmore’s character, Camae, functions as a mirror to Roger’s King.

“My character, Camae, is a potty-mouth angel,” Gilmore said. “She has done everything that the world would deem inappropriate. I’m a fan of this script because it shows that you don’t need to be ‘perfect’ to get into heaven.

“Camae’s job is to prepare King for his tomorrow, which is his death. Camae is feisty, she has a swift tongue, she curses worse than a sailor with the clap — those

are her words,” Gilmore said, laughing. “But she is also very motherly. She hits on all of Martin’s weaknesses — she smokes, she drinks, she curses … and so she is basically a mirror of Martin, that he almost judges, and then he sees himself [in her].”

Rogers agreed, “Our characters are mirrors of each other. Martin Luther King is up on this pedestal, but he, like all of us, had his flaws, and those things are reflected through Camae. Sometimes we have to be shown our flaws in order for us to get a better understanding of our humanity.”

Gilmore said, “I hope viewers walk away [with the lesson not to] put themselves or others on a pedestal. I hope they judge themselves and others less … Look for the heart and soul versus a person’s mistakes. And realize that when you point one finger, there’s three pointing back at you.”

Rogers said his hope is that viewers walk away with the realization that there is “perfection in our imperfection.”

“We’re all trying to be the best humans that we can be,” he said. “The play is called The Mountaintop, meaning, we are all struggling to get to that precipice, whatever it may be. We’re all struggling to get there, and the struggle is part of the reward.”

The Mountaintop opens Feb. 10 at Queen Street Playhouse. Purchase tickets at footlightplayers.net or by calling the box office at (843) 722-4487.

Annex Dance Company presents a concert based on Aiken-based visual artist Leslie Alexander’s work. The show is Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sottile Theatre. Tickets are $25 for students and seniors; $40 for adults. To purchase tickets and learn more, visit annexdancecompany.org.

Catch The Have Nots at Theatre 99

Theatre 99 founders Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares, also known as The Have Nots, showcase their improv skills Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. The actors will improvise scenes based on audience suggestions. Show runtime is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes and is for ages 15 and older. Tickets cost $20. To purchase tickets, visit theatre99.com.

Take a curator-led tour of the Gibbes’ newest exhibit

Join the Gibbes Museum of Art’s Director of Curatorial Affairs, Sara Arnold, for a special tour of the exhibition Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art Feb. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this exhibit considers the diverse ways contemporary artists use animal imagery to address humanity’s interconnectedness with the natural world.

Hot off the press

Local author Bob Fox’s latest book, A Common Bond: Trials of Romance, details the struggles of a young couple as they fall in love in the Holy City. E-book: $9.99. For more info, visit bobfoxtheendlesstrail.com.

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The Mountaintop cast rehearsing this one-act show about a fictionalized conversation between Martin Luther King Jr. and a maid at the Lorraine Motel

FEBRUARY LITERARY EVENTS

Artistic duo Sardine Press combines printmaking, oil painting

By Chole Hogan

Only Once in the Light is a joint exhibition by Charleston-based duo Leigh Sabisch and Allison Koch, known as Sardine Press. They present collaborative artworks combining oil painting and printmaking at Redux Contemporary Art Center now through March 18.

“After years of friendship, what started as me babbling about starting a mobile print studio turned into this sort of collaborative, intertwined studio practice that incorporates pretty much anything we feel like exploring,” Sabisch said. “Both of us are rooted in printmaking, Allison much more so, but we will never stop playing in the studio and experimenting with other mediums.”

Sabisch graduated in 2017 from the College of Charleston, where she met Koch who was working as a printmaking technician for the college. In 2019, the duo founded Sardine Press.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 • 6 p.m. HIRONA MATSUDA

New installation Celebrate the artist’s marsh bird series, now on display at Buxton Books | FREE

Saturday, Feb. 11 • 5 p.m.

EUGENE PLATT at Buxton Books • FREE

Sunday, Feb. 12 • 1 p.m.

ACOUSTIC ROOSTER’S BARNYARD BOOGIE at Charleston Gaillard Center 95 Calhoun St. • Ticketed

Thursday, Feb. 23 • 6 p.m.

DREW LANHAM Charleston Library Society 164 King St. • Ticketed

Monday, Feb. 27 • 6 p.m

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION with Damon Fordham at Buxton Books • FREE

Since then, they have made and exhibited art collaboratively, including a 2022 residency and exhibition at the Gibbes Museum of Art. Their goal is to eventually “cram their love of printmaking and teaching” into a mid-sized RV, which they have converted into a printmaking studio (hence the name, Sardine Press).

Sabisch said when she and Koch worked separately, they gravitated towards the same themes and ideas, which led to their eventual collaboration.

“I think we push each other to like more and different things,” Sabisch said, “So it’s been a fun process [to collaborate].”

The Redux exhibition, Only Once in the Light, is the result of the pair looking back on previous bodies of work and noting how they individually handle the effects of light.

“For the show at Redux, we wanted light to be our unifying theme,” Sabisch said. “I had an art professor back in the day tell me to just ‘notice something’ and the rest will happen naturally. That’s something that I’ve kept in the back of my mind. So we looked retrospectively at all our work we made while in residency at the Gibbes, and [what we noticed was] we both kind of have these themes of light that we want to explore further.

“I decided I want to explore color and the reflection of light — how the figures are reacting to and affected by light,” she said. “Allison wanted to play with the physical, actual treatment of light on the surface, also experimenting with different materials.”

Koch explores movement and chaos through the creation of intangible landscapes and spaces — using piles of knotted strings or intricate and unplanned patterns. Sabisch’s work is figurative, depicting masses of twisted limbs and blankets, intertwined and grasping. Both artists handle their respective subject matter: for Sabisch, the figure, and Koch, abstracted forms with a careful consideration of tension and release.

“It took a couple years for us to realize we are kind of saying the same things here … What if we put our work together?” Sabisch said. “And now, here we are.”

In the past, the two artists have planned and executed printmaking fundraisers for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood as well as pop-up, hands-on printmaking events. In addition to the sixweek exhibition at Redux, the pair will host a two-day monotype workshop inspired by speed dating in March (date TBA).

“It will be a print mixer, based around food,” Sabisch said. “So the printmaking exercise will be based on staples you might find in your fridge, like a mustard bottle, or garlic, and then the participants will go around and figure out, with the ingredients that you

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Sabisch and Koch are working towards operating a printing press out of a converted RV

chose, who can you team up with to make a good meal? So you team up with them and then print a composition collaboratively. We wanted to do something fun and playful.”

To learn more about Allison Koch, Leigh Sabisch and their joint venture, Sardine Press, visit sardinepress.com.

Getting into restaurants literally can pose problems

By Helen Mitternight

You may hear friends complain about how hard it is to get in their favorite restaurant because of slim reservation openings postCovid. But for some Charlestonians, the challenges of getting into a trendy restaurant is literal because they have a disability that makes entry an impossible dream.

Charleston is known for its cute cobblestone streets and narrow, colorful historic buildings. But the city that is a tourist’s dream is a disability nightmare.

“I think the downtown part of Charleston is not as accessible as other cities,” said Alex Jackson, a Charleston accessibility advocate, who gets around in a motorized wheelchair.

For people with mobility issues, and for their friends, the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) on Meeting Street offers a list of accessible restaurants, but the list is self-reported and circumstances can change, said Janet Schumacher, the city of Charleston’s American with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator.

Many mobility challenges

Even with restaurants offering accessibility, mobility challenges can arise before getting to the restaurant.

“It can be hard to find a taxi that is able to take my chair,” Jackson said. “The first question you ought to ask when you’re going out is whether there is accessibility parking near the restaurant.”

Elevations to get to the entrance are supposed to be less than a half inch to be ADA-compliant, but Jackson said an amazing number of restaurant staffers seem to think that if he could step out of his chair for a moment, they could lift the chair over the step.

“It’s not going to happen. I can’t get out of the chair and the chair itself is 250 pounds,” Jackson, who has a spinal injury from a traffic

accident when he was 9 months old. “I’ve had to go through back alleys and in through the kitchen before. It’s not a very attractive way to enter a restaurant on a night out.”

He said a portable ramp could solve that problem, but Schumacher said even that might be an issue for downtown restaurants as many steps are not high enough to adequately accommodate the height of a ramp.

Even without steps at the entrance, the ADA calls for an entry door that is 32- to 36-inches wide so that a wheelchair will clear it, but because restaurants in historic buildings aren’t allowed to destroy historic materials to create accessible venues, doors remain metaphorically closed to those with disabilities.

“I always feel like people who use the historic thing as a reason are just selling away their imaginations,” Schumacher said. “If the door frame can’t be destroyed, hinge the whole frame so the frame itself swings. Or find an alternative entrance.”

Schumacher gave The Grocery high marks for having a doorbell that calls staff to open a more accessible entry away from the restaurant’s front door. Next to Magnolias restaurant on East Bay Street is a cobblestone alley but right down the middle is a smooth stretch of concrete, suitable for rolling a chair. Even Brasserie la Banque at One Broad St., which she said, has many stairs at its historic entrance, has a lift around the side that can elevate chairs to the dining level.

“There are no barriers if you put your

imagination to it,” she said.

Seating and bathrooms

Once inside a restaurant, Schumacher said seating is important.

“I always ask if they have a way to seat a wheelchair that doesn’t have someone sticking out into the aisle,” she said. “And I ask if they have tables, because those cute little bistro tables offer you no stability if you’re trying to stand. You have to think: Transitions, standing from sitting, or in and out of the car or house — that’s the scariest time for us from a safety perspective.”

One big barrier for people with disabilities is the restaurant bathroom, often tucked down stairs or in a tiny hallway. Not everyone uses their compliance budget on the bathroom, and even when they do, such as at The Grocery, Schumacher said, “sometimes the restaurant staff is busy, and they will put things in front of the bathroom or in the halls to the bathroom. If you have a reservation somewhere, alert them to the fact that someone in your party may have to use the retrofitted bathroom.”

Jackson said he tries to plan his meals so he doesn’t have to even use the restroom.

“That’s usually a whole different hurdle. I make sure to go beforehand and then go somewhere else afterward. … Restaurant owners need to make sure that all of their customers have equal access.”

What’s new?

Charleston Grill reopened with a brand new interior and chef de cuisine, Suzy Castelloe . Charleston Grill is located inside The Charleston Place at 205 Meeting St. and open Wed. through Sun. from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Enjoy all-you-can-eat oysters for the next two months at Isle of Palms’ Islander 71 Fish House and Deck Bar

The seafood joint hosts an oyster roast every Saturday in February and March from 12 p.m. until sold out.

What’s happening?

Edmund’s Oast Exchange hosts a clam shack pop-up with New England fare food truck Co Hog from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 11. Drink Champagne and wine while dining on shrimp rolls, clam chowder, clam fritters and stuffed quahogs.

Celebrate Mardi Gras at Brasserie la Banque from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Feb. 18. Enjoy featured cocktails, a full bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, an oyster bar, carving station and festive desserts for $150 per person.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Lenoir celebrates the holiday of love all weekend long from Feb. 10-12 with normal hours and specials. But on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, the Southern restaurant hosts a five-course dinner for $90 per person. Make reservations at dineatlenoir.com.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Gingerline starting at 6 p.m. Feb. 9 for a night of sipping and shopping with local businesses like AL&EM permanent jewelry, artist Julia Deckman, Millie Lynn Boutique and Homesick Houseware as well as tunes from DJ Dijon.

The Caviar Bar at Bar George offers a wine and chocolate pairing experience Feb. 10-12. Local chocolatier Sweetooth will bring three chocolates to pair with wines curated by Zero Restaurant + Bar beverage director Megan Mina. Book the experience on Resy.

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

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Accessibility advocate Alex Jackson said The CODfather is one of his go-to spots

An elevated Mexican eatery in Charleston's Upper King Street District

Where to watch the Big Game

By Michael Pham

Football fans are gearing up for Super Bowl Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs face off against the Philadelphia Eagles. Whether you’re a fan excited to see your team on the big screen or you’re just tagging along to watch the commercials and indulge in snacks, there are plenty of places to watch the Super Bowl or order takeout for your house party.

The Break

778 Folly Road (James Island) facebook.com/thebreakjamesisland

Mezcal & Tequila – Tacos – Tostados – Lush Covered Patio

Happy Hour: Tuesday – Thursday, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

479 King Street | (843) 789-4299 Mayachs.com | @mayarestaurantchs

The bar at The Break is surrounded by TVs, giving you the perfect vantage point from any spot. But if a play makes you mad, a break takes too long or you’re not interested in the halftime show, there are plenty of pinball machines to keep you entertained until the next play.

The Brick

24 Ann St. (Downtown) thebrickcharleston.com

The Brick offers plenty of TVs, a huge selection of beers and delicious shareables like pretzel bites, wings, Frito pie and cheeseburger egg rolls.

Charleston Sports Pub

Various locations

charlestonsportspub.com

Charleston Sports Pub has several locations around the Charleston area, with plenty of TVs, food and beer to enjoy the big game. Check out the family boxes of burgers and wings, tacos and quesadillas or boneless and bone-in wings starting at $34.99.

The Crab Shack

Various locations

crabshacks.com

Crack open a cold one and dig into some crab legs while watching the Chiefs and Eagles. If you’d rather stay home this year, make your party extra super with a selection of Shacks Party Platters, such as Frogmore Stew, chicken tenders, crispy fried shrimp and crab dip.

DIG in the Park

1049 E. Montague Ave. (Park Circle)

Dighospitality.com

Enjoy the outdoor patio at this Park Circle establishment while sipping on a cold beer and indulging in delicious eats like a Margherita flatbread, tacos, Cuban sandwiches and more.

Garage 75

4130, 1175 Folly Road (James Island)

Garage75.com

Garage 75 has it all — TVs, beer, food and games. Get there early to play a quick game of pool, then sit down and get the best view from one of the many televisions in the space.

Gene’s Haufbrau

817 Savannah Hwy. (West Ashley)

Gene’s knocks pub fare out of the park with classics like chicken wings and burgers, but ask about the daily blue plate specials, ranging from pork chops and pot roast to fried flounder. If you’re looking for a dive bar to watch the game with some friends, Gene’s is the place.

Ireland’s Own/Jagerhaus Pub

3025 Ashley Town Center Drive (West Ashley) irelandsownsc.com

Watch the game at Ireland’s Own, and during timeouts, breaks or halftime, play a quick round on the golf simulator or get the high score in Pac-Man. But if you want to watch the game at home, order a wing platter of 50 wings for $75 and choose from buffalo, teriyaki and lemon pepper — or mix and match.

Martin’s BBQ

1622 Highland Ave. (James Island) Martinsbbqjoint.com

Hang out with strangers and friends while enjoying Martin’s Tennessee-style barbeque. Or order Martin’s catering options including smoked wings, meats by

Courtesy Martin’s BBQ Martin’s BBQ smoked wings pair well with a good beer and fresh cut fries

the pound, sides, desserts and drinks by Feb. 12 to get your fixin’s in time for the big game.

Mex 1 Coastal Cantina

Various locations

mex1coastalcantina.com

While the Tex-Mex restaurant isn’t hosting any Super Bowl day specials, it is offering its popular Triple Dipper Box & Taco Box to feed your hungry guests. The Triple Dipper Box is loaded with tortilla chips, and served with guacamole, queso and salsa, while the Taco Box is filled to the brim with tacos. If you want more guac to go with the chips, Mex 1 offers a recipe you can make at home. Find the recipe on CharlestonCityPaper.com.

Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ

1011 King St. (Downtown)

Rodneyscottsbbq.com

Though Rodney Scott’s isn’t a place to catch the game, it’s definitely the place to grab some food. But, if you feel like impressing your guests at home, pitmaster and namesake Rodney Scott has offered a few recipes like his Hail Mary Deviled Eggs and Taters Gonna Tate potato salad. Visit CharlestonCityPaper.com for the full recipes.

The Roost Bar N’ Grille

Various locations

Roostcharleston.com

Scarf down on classic footballwatching dishes like nachos or chicken tenders, or indulge in Philly cheesesteaks, tacos or fish and chips while watching the big game.

Smoky Yolk

1234 Camp Road (James Island)

Smokyyolkcafe.com

Though this breakfast and lunch joint closes before the big game starts,

Accessibility

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One key, as with any dining out experience, is well-trained and empathetic staff.

“I like to go to CODfather [in North Charleston],” Jackson said. “Even though it’s a little tight inside, the staff is amazing, even down fixing my drinks since it takes me a bit longer with my right arm and hand, which is the only extremity I can use. They make sure I have all my condiments handy, that kind of thing.”

Schumacher said the best strategy is to communicate with staff in advance, but even that can be difficult with so many restaurants not answering phones and directing callers to online apps like Resy that don’t have a way to search for restaurants with special accommodations.

Still, Charleston is better than it used to be.

Smoky Yolk is offering a Smoky Yolk

Experience Platter for $69.99. The platter comes with pulled pork, brisket, smoked turkey, cheddar-jalapeño sausage, pulled chicken, six smoked wings and your choice of three sides. Head to smokyyolkcafe.com to place your order and pick-up in store any time.

SportsBook of Charleston

4950 Centre Pointe Dr. (North Charleston)

Lucky17restaurants.com

Dine on snacks like steak bites or The Big Money Maker, a burger made with Kobe beef, bacon jam and gouda cheese while sipping on a cold beer or cocktail at SportsBook.

Southside 17 Bar & Grill

3632 Savannah Hwy. (West Ashley) Southside17.com

Southside 17 will offer game day food and drink specials during its Super Bowl party, along with a menu of chicken wings, fried appetizers, tacos, sandwiches, burgers and more.

Triangle Char & Bar

828 Savannah Hwy. (West Ashley)

Trianglecharandbar.com

Triangle Char & Bar is a family friendly neighborhood restaurant with a cozy vibe and delicious food. During the game, enjoy locally sourced burgers, beer and nice weather on the outside patio.

Whiskey Run Sports Bar

5060 Dorchester Road (North Charleston)

Whiskeyruncharleston.com

You bet your Bulleit Bourbon that Whiskey Run is showing the Super Bowl. A different take on a traditional sports bar, Whiskey Run offers a carefully curated cocktail menu in addition to cold beer paired with food such as wings, sausage dogs or whiskey pulled pork.

And both Schumacher and Jackson say they have favorite fall-back restaurants where they know they are welcome and comfortable.

For Jackson, who says he’s a foodie, it’s the CODfather. Other top spots include DIG in the Park, EVO Pizza, Taco Boy and Mex 1 in West Ashley.

For Schumacher, it’s The Grocery.

“Right there by the door they have a sign with the international depiction for a person with a disability and you ring the doorbell.”

Schumacher and Jackson agree it’s important to communicate and advocate in advance. But even then, all it takes is one careless person pushing chairs into what should be a clear hallway to make a dinner turn out unappetizing.

The CVB offers this list of ADAcompliant restaurants, but call first and make sure the compliance fits your needs, Schumacher and Jackson say.

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names representing unknown minors, incompetents, persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as The Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporation and all other persons claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint or any party thereof and the following deceased people, and persons imprisoned, and persons under any other legal disability and JOHN DOE and MARY DOE, fictitious names Representing unknown heirs, devisees, distributes, or personal representatives of following deceased persons, Defendants.

SUMMONS (Suit to Quiet Title and Partition In-Kind)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Attorney for the Plaintiff at his office located at 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint with the time aforesaid judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

LIS PENDENS (Suit to Quiet Title and Partition In-Kind)

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Cowt of Common Pleas for Charleston County, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 53, Title 15, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, commonly known as the “Unifonn Declaratory Judgment Act”, Chapter 67, and of Articles I and 3, Chapter 67, Title 15, and Chapter 61, Title 15, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, for the purpose of obtaining a determination of this Court that the some of the Plaintiffs and some of the Defendants are owners of the below described parcel of real estate; to determine adverse claims thereto, if any; and to quiet title thereto in the name of the Plaintiff and with fee simple title thereto pursuant to the provisions of Rule 71, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

THE BELOW DESCRIBED parcel of real estate was at the time of the filing of this Lis Pendens, and at the time of the commencement of the action, situated, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more particularly described as follows:

ALL that pieces, parcels of land, situate, lying and being on Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, said parcels being Tract-B (15.13 acres), TRACT-C (5.42 acres), and TRACT-D 2.09 acres) as sown on plat entitled ‘PLAT SHOWING SUBDIVISION OF THE ESTATE OF ALFRED BROWN, WASMALA ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.” dated July 15, 1991, made y W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, recorded in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, S.C., in Plat Book CK, at Page 190. Sid parcels of land having such size, shape, measurements, buttings and bounds, and dimensions as shown on the said Plait.

TRACT-B, TMS #151-00-00-040

TRACT-C TMS # 151-00-00-232

TRACT-D TMS # 151-00-00-005

NOTICE NISI (Suit to Quiet Title and Partition In-Kind)

TO SUCH OF THE DEFENDANTS

THE ABOVE ACTION WHOM

MAY BE INFANTS, INSANE PER-

SONS OR INCOMPETENTS:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Comi, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, an Order appointing for you as Guardian ad Litem, Nisi, Willie B. Heyward, Esquire, who maintains an office at 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, South Carolina 29407. THE appointment shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the last publication of the Summons herein, unless you or someone on your behalf, on or before the last mentioned date, shall procure someone to be appointed as Guardian ad Litem to represent you in the above action.

NOTICE OF RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL (Suit to Quiet Title and Partition In-Kind)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

The Court shall provide for the nonpetitioning joint tenants or tenants in common who are interested in purchasing the property to notify the Court of that interest no later than (10) days prior to the date set for the trial of the case. The non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common shall all be allowed to purchase the interests in the property as provided in this section whether default has been entered against them or not pursuant to South Carolina Code § 15-61-25 (A).

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER (Suit to Quiet Title and Partition In-Kind)

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon expiration of thirty (30) days following the service of a copy of the within Notice of Intent to Refer upon you, the Plaintiff intends to and will appear before the Honorable Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, at the usual place of judicature, and will move His or Her Honor for an Order referring the above entitled action to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for Charleston County, for the purpose of holding a hearing into the merits or said cause, together with the authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee, as aforesaid, that such appeal shall be made directly to the Supreme Court of the South Carolina or alternatively to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

EX PARTE PETITION APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM (Suit to Quiet Title and Partition In-Kind)

THE PETITIONERS HEREIN RESPECTFULLY SHOWS UNTO THIS HONORABLE COURT:

One: THE ABOVE IS an action being commenced for the purpose of Determining any adverse claims, if any, and to quiet title to the parcel of land described in the Complaint herein, and declared that the Plaintiff has an interest as tenant in common in the manner alleged therein.

Two: THERE HAVE BEEN JOINED as party Defendants under the fictitious names of John Doe, Mary Roe designating any class of person who may be an heir, distribute, legatee, devisee, widow, widower, issue, administrator, executor, personal representative, successor, creditor and alienee of any deceased Defendant and any and all other persons or entities, known or unknown, having, owning or claiming any right title, interest in or lien upon the Property in the

Three: THE NAMES, ADDRESSES AND WHEREABOUTS of such Defendants are unknown to the Petitioner, and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained by it or its counsel. They cannot be found within the County of Charleston of the State of South Carolina or elsewhere, it is appropriate that a Guardian ad Litem Nisi, be appointed for such of he said parties who may be infants, insane persons or incompetents.

Four: PETITIONER IS INFORMED AND BELIEVES that no application had been by or on behalf of any Defendant who may be an infant, insane person or incompetent or on behalf on any Defendant who may be an infant, insane person or incompetent, for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Petitioner does not know of any general or testamentary powers regarding such infants, insane persons and/or incompetents, and to whom notice of this application can be given, otherwise than by publication.

Five: WILLIE B. HEYWARD, ESQUIRE is a competent and suitable person to be appointed for and to act as the Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such Defendants who may be infants, insane person or incompetents. He does not have any claim adverse to such Defendants and is not connected in any manner with the Plaintiff or its attorney in this action, and has consented to act as such.

WHEREFORE, PETITIONER PRAYS for entry of an Order of this Court appointing Willie B. Heyward, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for such of the above named Defendants, unless someone on their behalf shall, within the specified period of time after the service of a copy of the Notice of the entry of the Order being herein prayed for prescribed the manner in which the service of Notice of the entry thereof shall be made upon the said Defendants.

Respectfully submitted, COUNTS & HUGER, LLC

s/ Kelvin M. Huger Kelvin M. Huger, Esq.

27 Gamecock Ave., Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29407

(T) (843) 573-0143

(F) (843) 573-0153

(E) kmhuger@countsandhuger.

com

Attorney for Plaintiffs Edgar L. Moses, Jamel/a Faye Brown-Jagla/, Albert Griffith, Donald Brown and Linda Brown-John

Charleston, South Carolina

Dated: October 25, 2022

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-05435

Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc.

Plaintiff, -vsCynthia Kinloch Murray, Collins Murray, III, Charles Murray, Tasia McCants, Jeffrey U. Kinloch, heirsat-law of Collins Murray a/k/a Collins Murray, Jr, deceased, and all other unknown Heirs-at-Law with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein being a class designated as Mary Roe; all

Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe; also any

Unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any

Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe; 1st Franklin Financial Corporation; and Republic Finance Defendants

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Charles Murray, Tasia McCants, and all other unknown Heirs-at-Law of deceased Defendants Eva Ruth Henderson a/k/a Eva R. Henderson and Jeanette Henderson, with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein being a class designated as Mary Roe; all Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe; also any Unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any Unknown minors, persons under a Disability or persons incarcerated, being a class designated as Richard Roe;

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 1640 St. Julian Place, Columbia, SC 29204, within (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer to Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a judgment by default granting 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) RESIDE(S), AND/OR TO PERSON UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY, INCOMPETENTS AND PERSONS CONFINED AND PERSON IN THE MILITARY:

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

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on November 28, 2022, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

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

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you must communicate with an otherwise deal with Plaintiff through its law firm, Crawford & von Keller, LLC. You must communicate any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration to Crawford & von Keller, LLC. within thirty (30) days from your receipt of this Notice by writing to the undersigned attorney P.O. Box 4216, Columbia, SC 29240 or calling 803-592-3863.

IF YOU FAIL TO COMMUNICATE AN INTEREST IN BEING EVALUATED FOR FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION TO THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER BEING SERVED WITH THIS NOTICE, THEN THE PLAINTIFF WILL CONSIDER SUCH FAILURE AN ELECTION NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION AND WILL PROCEED WITH THE FORECLOSURE ACTION.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND NOTICE A GUARDIAN AD LITEM APPOINTED

been commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina and that, by Order of the Clerk of Court filed therein on January 13, 2023, Kelley Y. Woody, Attorney at Law, has been appointed as the attorney to represent any unknown Defendants that may be in the military service represented by the class designated as John Doe and Guardian ad Litem Nisi for all minors and persons under legal disability as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants herein.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, unless you or someone on your behalf apply to the Court for appointment of a suitable person to act as Attorney or Guardian ad Litem herein, within thirty (30) days after service by publication of this Notice, the appointment of Kelly Y. Woody, Attorney at Law, as Guardian ad Litem shall be made absolute.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Collins Murray a/k/a Collins Murray, Jr. and Cynthia Murray to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. dated October 31, 2012 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County on November 6, 2012 in Book 0289 at Page 426. The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and the foreclosure thereof, were, at the time of making thereof and at the time of the filing of the Lis Pendens, as described on the attached Exhibit “A”.

EXHIBIT “A”

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon or to be constructed thereon, situate, lying and being in Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, being know and designated as LOT 3, BLOCK “J”, according to a Map of WHITE HALL TERRACE, SECTION TWO, made January 1957 by A. L. Glen, Registered P.E. and L.S., and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L at Page 7; reference to which plat is made for a more complete description.

This being the identical property conveyed to Collins Murray and Cynthia Murray by deed of Herbert Ward dated March 2, 2012 and recorded March 5, 2012 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Deed Book 237 at Page 171.

TMS # 614-01-00-030

Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29204

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2022-CP-10-05627

Dorothy Black, Benjamin Grant and Leroy Fyall, Plaintiffs.

vs. Carol Porter, Mattie Wright, Kenneth Wright, Angela W. Perry, Anthony Wright, Suzette McCoy, George Blackwood, Brian Hicks, Victoria C. Wright, Belinda W. Davis, Larry Wright, Jr., Charles O. Wright, Jr., Cartrina W. Burgess, Benita W. Bradley, Charleeta W. Andrews, Matrina Wright, Michael Wright, Sr., Megan Wright, Barbara Doctor, Sanda Jones Grant, John Grant, Jr., Mark Grant, Timothy Grant, Diablo Grant, Corey Grant, Shanika Scott, Octavia Grant, Earl Grant, Jr., Buelah Olivia Grant

White, Carl Grant, Jr., Carla Grant, S.C. Department of Revenue, United States of America through Internal Revenue Service, County of Charleston Clerk of Court, South Carolina Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, PF&H, Inc. dba Service Master of Charleston, Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, as assignee of Synchrony Bank/ Walmart, RMC Financial, Sentry Select Insurance Co., TRUIST fka Suntrust Bank, Discover Bank, Regional Finance Corp., Midland Funding, LLC, and John Doe and Mary Roe, adults, and Richard Roe and Jane Doe, infants, persons under disability or incompetent, if any, including those persons whom might be covered under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, fictitious names, designating the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of the above named defendants, if they or any of them be dead, and also the following deceased persons, their heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns: Thomas Middleton, Sadie M. Fyall, Fred Middleton, Elease M. Wright, Lucille M. Goodwine, Lula M. Grant, Bertha M. Bennett,Johnny Fyall, Christopher Wright, Sr, Christopher Wright, Jr., Thelma W. Keene, Margie W. Blackwood, Lala W. Hicks, Charles O. Wright, Sr., Larry J. Wright,Sr., Curtis J. Wright, Sr., Isaac Goodwine, John Grant, Sr., Earl Grant, Sr., Carl Grant, Sr., Odell Grant, Ruth Middleton, James Keene, Gary Wright, Thomas Smalls, Audrey Grant, and Marion Grant, Defendants.

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff(s) or his/her attorney, Veronica G. Small, Esquire, 3300 W. Montague Avenue, Suite 102. North Charleston, South Carolina 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service if service was in person and thirty-five (35) days after service if service made upon you was by U. S. Mail, 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 of the relief demanded in this Complaint 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 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 the undersigned attorney will seek the agreement and stipulation of all parties not in default for an Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, stipulating that the said Master in Equity enter a final judgment in this case.

Dated at North Charleston, South Carolina on the 17th day of January, 2023.

an action has been commenced and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff(s) against the above named Defendants, for the purpose of determining the interests of the Plaintiffs and certain Defendants in the parcel of land herein described; and is brought under the provisions of the South Carolina Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, Section 15-53-10, et. seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976, as amended) to obtain a declaration of the rights, status, and other legal relations of the parties hereto with respect to the real estate hereinafter described; pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-67-10, et. seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976, as amended) to determine any and all adverse claims to the said real estate and the rights thereof to the parties, respectively; for the purpose of obtaining a decree confirming that the Plaintiffs and certain Defendants are seized in fee simple of a good and marketable title to said real estate, and that no other person whomever has any interest or estate in or lien upon the said real estate or any part thereof.

That the premises affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this action and at the time of filing this Notice, described as follows:

ALL THAT LOT, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Liberty Hill, St. James Goose Creek Parish, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, having such size, shape and dimensions as are shown on a plat made by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, on October 20, 1930, and attached to and made a part of deed from Rosa Thomas to the grantor, Thomas Middleton, derivation below:

MEASURING AND CONTAINING one-sixth (1/6) of an acre, more or less, with the following courses and distances: Beginning at the South East corner of said lot, with the letter E, and running West One Hundred Thirty-five and five tenths of a foot (135.5’) to a corner marked F on said plat; thence North One Hundred Sixty-two (162’) feet to a corner on Montague Avenue marked A; thence East with said Montague Avenue from A to B, twelve (12’) feet; thence South from letter B to Letter G, One Hundred twelve (112’) feet; thence East One Hundred Twenty-three and five tenths (123.5’) feet on the line of Rosa Thomas, from G to D; thence South Fifty (50’) feet to the beginning point, as shown on said plat, reference to said plat is craved.

THE ABOVE PLAT, shows a twelve (12’) foot lane leading from Montague Avenue, to the lot hereby conveyed, and this said lane of twelve (12’) foot road is to be the property of the said Thomas Middleton, for going to his lot.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES conveyed to Thomas Middleton by deed of Elease Middleton Wright dated February 14, 1983 and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County in Book S130 at Page 031 on February 15, 1983.

TMS NO.: 4700300260

NOTICE OF FILING

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, Lis Pendens, Petition and Notice Nisi were filed on December 7, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina. PLEASE

that Arthur C. McFarland, Esquire

of 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200, Charleston, South Carolina 29407 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability, or an unknown heir of any of decedents listed herein by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County dated on or about the 12TH day of December, 2022, and the said appointment shall become absolute thirty (30) days after the final publication of this Notice, unless the Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, shall procure a proper person to be appointed as Guardian ad litem for them within thirty (30) days after the final publication of this Notice.

PETITION AND NOTICE NISI TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

The Petitioners would allege and show unto this Honorable Court as follows:

1. That she is the attorney for the Plaintiffs in the within action.

2. Plaintiffs bring this action for the purpose of determining the interest of the Plaintiffs and certain Defendants in the parcel of land herein described; and is brought under the provisions of Section 15-67-210, et. seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976, as amended), for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs and certain Defendants are seized of a fee simple title to the property in the Plaintiffs’ Complaint; and the said action is further brought for the purpose of declaring that the Plaintiffs and certain Defendants are the only persons entitled to take their respective share of interest in the said property.

3. That the possibility exists that some of these persons may be minors, incompetents, persons under any other type of disability, persons unknown, persons unlocatable or persons in the Military Service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code commonly referred to as The Soldier’s and Sailor’s Civil Relief Act of 1940, and will be unable to capably defend this action under the laws of the State of South Carolina.

4. That the Plaintiffs are informed and believe that if such persons exist, then a Guardian ad Litem should be appointed to represent and protect any interest which they may have in these proceedings.

5. That the Plaintiffs believe that Arthur C. McFarland, Esquire of Charleston, South Carolina, is a suitable person to act as such Guardian ad Litem, and should be so appointed, unless those persons select a person of their own choice to so act.

6. That the Plaintiffs believe that to give proper notice to such persons that a copy of the Notice of Appointment of Guardian ad Litem should be published in the Charleston City Newspaper as notice so said persons.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER TO MASTER-IN-EQUITY TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned Attorney on behalf of the Plaintiff(s) herein, will move for an Order thirty (30) days from the date of service, to refer the above entitled matter to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, to take testimony and issue a final decree. Any appeal from the final judgment of the Master-in-Equity shall be made directly to the Supreme Court for the State of South Carolina.

/s/Veronica G. Small Veronica G. Small, Esquire Family Legal Services, LLC 3300 W. Montague Avenue, Suite 102 North Charleston, South Carolina 29418 843-556-8838; 843-2034527(fax)

PNC Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Francis M Christopher a/k/a

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.

Francis

Morgan Christopher; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2022-CP-10-05808 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-inEquity/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 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 December 19, 2022.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

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

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm LLP,

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.

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

State of South Carolina County of Charleston In Common Pleas Court

Docket No 2022CP1005682

Tonia Manzie and Dennis Manzie, Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin Drayton, Estate of Mary Lee Drayton, Charleston County Estate Case No. 1994-ES-1000439, Elijah Drayton, Claudia Drayton, Bobby L. Drayton, Jane Doe and John Doe, et al, Defendants

COMPLAINT FILED December 12, 2022 and AMENDED January 18, 2023

SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS

You are hereby Summoned and Required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the Plaintiff or their Attorney, Jennifer S. Smith, Esquire, P.C., at the below-indicated address, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, a judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE NISI

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM entered December 12, 2022 FOR all unknown Defendants is Attorney Rebecca Epstein 843-628-9411 AFFECTING ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being on James Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and shown as Lot No. Thirty Six (36) Block D on a plat or map of a part of Block D of Laurel Park, Made by W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated November 12, 1954 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J, Page 143; said lot having the

Wambaw Avenue (90’) Feet to a pipe or stake; thence in a northerly direction One Hundred Twenty and Five-Tenths (120.5) feet to a pipe or stake then in a southwesterly direction One Hundred Fifty (150’) Feet to a pipe or stake and in a southeasterly direction Eighty Two (82’) back to the point of beginning. Butting and bounding and measuring and containing to the North on land formerly of Drayton One Hundred Fifty (150’) feet, as shown on plat; to the West on Lot No. Thirty-Seven (37) Block D One Hundred Twenty and Five-Tenths (120.5) Feet as shown on plat; to the South on Wambaw Avenue Ninety (90’) Feet as shown on plat and to the West on Lot No. ThirtyFive (35’) Block D Eighty-Two (82’) Feet as shown upon said plat TMS 424-09-00-013.

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

Jennifer S Smith Esq 843-819-6581

260 W Coleman Blvd Ste B Mt Pleasant SC 29464

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL

Name and address of Purchaser:

ANNE BOUKNIGHT COLLINS & NEIL CARMICHAEL COLLINS III, 2757 W PINEWOOD, CHESTER, SC 29706.

LIBERTY PLACE VACATION

SUITES: A fee simple undivided 0. 01682244733133270,0.0168224 4733133270% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0213-28B,98-0213-29B , Deed Book 0893, Page 468, Mortgage Book 0893, Page 469. Total amount presently delinquent $135,725.86, Attorneys fees $350.00, Costs $457.82. You are currently in default under certain provisions of the above referenced mortgage and timeshare instrument. As provided for in paragraph 4. of the aforementioned mortgage, the lien-holder has chosen to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure procedure in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 32 of Title 27 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING:

IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTER-

MUST BE MADE

WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE

TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED.

FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT.

Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL

Name and address of Purchaser: KATHERINE LAURA MCGRANAHAN, 23840 E 149TH ST S, COWETA, OK 74429-6564.

LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES: A fee simple undivided 0. 00798748443817687,0.0079874 8443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0324-23B, 98-0324-21B , Deed Book 1062, Page 744, Mortgage Book 1062, Page 750. Total amount presently delinquent $144,839.89, Attorneys fees $350.00, Costs $457.82. You are currently in default under certain provisions of the above referenced mortgage and timeshare instrument. As provided for in paragraph 4. of the aforementioned mortgage, the lienholder has chosen to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure procedure in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 32 of Title 27 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT

OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT.

Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-05250

Sandra C. Loy, Plaintiff vs. Sara Faulling Snelson, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Julian Andrew Snelson, Robert Snelson, Holly S., a minor, and all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, interest in or to the real property subject to this action, those who are adults collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such other person who is a minor or under other disability or a member of the Armed Services of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act, 1940, as amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401 on November 14, 2022. The Summons & Notices and Complaint were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401 on November 14, 2022.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED

AND REQUIRED to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint upon the subscriber at her office at 544 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that should you fail to answer the Summons and Complaint filed herein, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference in this cause to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and Section 14-11-85 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case, which judgment shall be appealable to the South Carolina Court of Appeals in accordance with Section 14-11-85, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended.

TO: MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR MINORS UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDE, JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that unless you or someone on your behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, make application to this Court and obtain the appointment of a suitable person as the Guardian ad Litem to appear and represent your interest in the subject and the subject matter of the foregoing action, Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the appointment of a suitable person to be Guardian ad Litem to appear in the foregoing action, for the purpose of representing and protecting your interest, if any, in the above captioned proceeding.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may be entitled to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through her law firm, LaFond Law Group, PA, at 544 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, or call 843.762.3554. LaFond Law Group, PA represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within thirty (30) days from the date you are served with this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSRE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced or will be commenced by the abovenamed Plaintiff against the abovenamed Defendants for foreclosure of a certain mortgage or real estate given by Julian Andrew Snelson to William Coker dated July 9, 2010 and duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County on November 12, 2010 in Book 0154, at Page 583 (“Mortgage”). Thereafter, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage dated December 15, 2021 and duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County on January 6, 2022 in Book 1065, at Page 544, the Mortgage was

assigned to the present lien holder and Plaintiff above-named.

The following is a description of the premises which is the subject of this action:

MOBILE HOME: 2002 Horton Mirage, bearing serial number H89433GL&R, and affixed to the following real property:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, with buildings improvements thereon, if any, lying and being on Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing eighty-four hundredths (0.84) of an acre and designated as Lot “A1” on a plate entitled “Subdivision of Lot ‘A,’ Lands of George L. Beach, Sr. into Lots ‘A1’ & ‘A2,’ Located on Cane Slash Road, John’s Island, Charleston County, S.C.,” made by George A.Z. Johnson, Jr, Inc., engineers, dated May 12, 1975, copy of which plat is recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book T at page 134. Said Lot “A1” having such size, shape, meets, bounds and dimensions as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. TMS No.: 345-00-00-095, Commonly known as 2859 Cane Slash Road, Johns Island, SC 29455

NOTICE OF ORDER NISI APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED WHO MAY BE MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR MINORS UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR UNKNOWN, BEING AS A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE, AND THOSE WHO MAY BE INFANTS OR PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE IN MILITARY SERVICE, BEING AS A CLASS DEFINED AS RICHARD ROE, AND TO THE GUARDIAN, CONSERVATOR, OR PERSON WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Order Nisi appointing Taylor Silver, Esq., PO Box 1665, Georgetown, SC 29442, as Guardian ad Litem for Holly S. and all persons as a class designated as JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE for purposes of this action, was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401, on November 29, 2022. Unless any of you or someone or your behalf shall cause, within thirty (30) days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the day of service, a different person to be appointed to represent you, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making absolute the appointment of Mr. Silver. LAFOND LAW GROUP, PA

By: Ashley G. Andrews, SC Bar No. 76667 544 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29407 843.762.3554 andrews@lafondlaw.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2020-CP-10-03379

Doris Brown, Plaintiff vs.

Sallie Harvey, Jasper Harvey, Sarah Harvey Frasier, Sam Frasier, Willie Frazier, Louise Frazier, Edward Frazier, Lucile Frazier, Sam Frazier, Gladys H. Frazier, Wendell Capers, Andrea Capers, Neather Brown, Sam Frazier, Jr., Tamiko Frazier, Dana Wilson, Doris Fradieu, Cheryl Brown, Gerald Moultrie, Frazier Bovian, William Frasier , Irma Frazier, John Heyward, Benjamin Frazier, Mary Frazier, Debra Frasier, Lendell Brown, Elizabeth Felder, Sammie Frazier, Sonny Frazier, Rebecca Frazier, Henry Frazier, Joe Louis Frazier, Samuel Frazier, Willis Frazier, Celia Frazier, Cephus Grampus, Samuel Grampus, Leroy Grampus, Herbert Lee Smalls, Herbert Lee Smalls,

Jr., Latoya Smalls, Steven Smalls, Mary L. Grampus, William Moore, Catherine Grampus, James Grampus, Ernest Lee Grampus, Kelly G. Odom, Eric Grampus, Ernest McFadden, Erika Grampus, Tracy Grampus, Clarence Grampus, Pearl W. Grampus, Lenet Nesbitt, Cynthia Grampus, Clarence Grampus, Jr., Anthony Grampus, Mary Grampus, Terry Grampus, Clifford Grampus, Bobby Myers, Sr., Susan J. Frazier, Joseph Washington, Jr., Hagood Washington, Wilhelmina Washington, Charles Mungin, Charles Mungin, Jr., Rosetta G. Mungin, Barbara Jean White, Ruby White, Charles Mungin, III Clifford Mungin, Leon Mungin, Ernest Mungin, Billy Mungin, Elizabeth Washington, Hattie Washington, Albertha Louise Castro, Willis Frazier, James Frazier, and Bradley Frazier, and if the said person be deceased, then their respective Heirs-at-Law, Distributees, Personal Representatives, Successors, Assigns, Children, or Spouse, if any, and all other Persons claiming under or through them, and all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, interest in or to the real property subject to this action, those who are adults collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such other person who is a minor or under other disability or a member of the Armed Services of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act, 1940, as amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, South Carolina Department of Revenue, Citifinancial, Inc., Midland Funding LLC, Hawk Services Towing & Recovery, Discover Bank, Charleston Clerk of Court, Dick Luke Company, RMC Finance, Pioneer Credit Company, Charleston Towing & Roadside, LLC, Regional Finance, Lender Loans, Local Loan Co. Inc., Quick Credit, Joyce Pervis, Citibank, N.A. d/b/a Citi Mastercard, and Anthony King, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons & Notices, and Complaint were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401 on August 4, 2020.

SUMMONS & NOTICES

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint upon the subscriber at her office at 544 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that should you fail to answer the Summons and Complaint filed herein, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference in this cause to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and Section 14-11-85 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case, which judgment shall be appealable to the South Carolina Court of Appeals in accordance with Section 14-11-85, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended.

TO: JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE, ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that unless you or someone on your behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, make application to this Court and obtain the appointment of a

suitable person as the Guardian ad Litem to appear and represent your interest in the subject and the subject matter of the foregoing action, Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the appointment of a suitable person to be Guardian ad Litem to appear in the foregoing action, for the purpose of representing and protecting your interest, if any, in the above captioned proceeding.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced or will be commenced by the Plaintiff, above-named, against the Defendants, above-named, to confirm and quiet title to and partition the property described below:

The following is a description of the premises which is the subject of this action: All those certain pieces, parcels and tracts of land, situate, lying and being in the town of Hollywood, Charleston County, South Carolina and known and designated as Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3, and Lot 4 on a plat prepared by Kennerty Surveying Inc. entitled, “Subdivision Plat of Land Owned by the Estate of Sallie Harvey

Located in the Town of Hollywood, Charleston County, S.C.,” dated January 29, 2000 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book DC, at Page 302; said lots having such size, shape, dimensions, locations, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. TMS No.: 16200-00-316 (Lot 1), 162-00-00-172 (Lot 2), 162-00-00-317 (Lot 3), 162-00-00-318 (Lot 4)

NOTICE OF ORDER NISI APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED WHO MAY UNKNOWN, BEING AS A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE, AND THOSE WHO MAY BE INFANTS OR PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE IN MILITARY SERVICE, BEING AS A CLASS DEFINED AS RICHARD ROE, AND TO THE GUARDIAN, CONSERVATOR, OR PERSON WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Order Nisi appointing Brett C. Barker, 51 Eastlake Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, as Guardian ad Litem for all persons as a class designated as JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE for purposes of this action, was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401, on August 26, 2020. Unless any of you or someone or your behalf shall cause, within thirty (30) days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the day of service, a different person to be appointed to represent you, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making absolute the appointment of Mr. Barker.

LAFOND LAW GROUP, PA

By: Ashley G. Andrews, SC Bar No. 76667

544 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29407 843.762.3554 andrews@lafondlaw.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO. 2021-CP-10-00897

Louis Anderson, Plaintiff vs. Alvin F. Anderson, Sr., Martha W. Anderson, Alvin F. Anderson, Jr., Christian G. Anderson, Leland J. Anderson, Verdelle A. Miller, Rose Anderson, and if the said person be deceased, then their respective Heirs-at-Law, Distributees, Personal Representatives, Successors, Assigns, Children, or Spouse, if any, and all other Persons claiming under or through them, and all

unknown persons or entities with any right, title, interest in or to the real property subject to this action, those who are adults collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such other person who is a minor or under other disability or a member of the Armed Services of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act, 1940, as amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, Defendants.

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401 on February 15, 2021. The Summons & Notices and Complaint were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401 on February 23, 2021.

SUMMONS & NOTICES

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED

AND REQUIRED to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint upon the subscriber at her office at 544 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that should you fail to answer the Summons and Complaint filed herein, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference in this cause to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and Section 14-11-85 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case, which judgment shall be appealable to the South Carolina Court of Appeals in accordance with Section 14-11-85, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended.

TO: JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE, ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that unless you or someone on your behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, make application to this Court and obtain the appointment of a suitable person as the Guardian ad Litem to appear and represent your interest in the subject and the subject matter of the foregoing action, Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the appointment of a suitable person to be Guardian ad Litem to appear in the foregoing action, for the purpose of representing and protecting your interest, if any, in the above captioned proceeding.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced or will be commenced by the Plaintiff, above-named, against the Defendants, above-named, to confirm and quiet title to and partition the property described below. The following is a description of the premises which is the subject of this action:

All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being on Johns Island in the County and State aforesaid and designated as Lot No. 50 on a plat of a part of Dr. Whaley’s Place situate on Johns Island made by S. Lewis Simons and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book B, page 117. The said lot measuring and containing thirty-five and 35/100 (35.58) acres, more or less,

and butting and bounding West on a public road and North on Lot No. 39. All of which more fully appear upon reference to said plat. Being the same property conveyed to James A. Visit by deed of The Bank of Charleston National Bank Association recorded on December 6, 1887in Book A32, page 077 in the ROD Office for Charleston County.

TMS No. 283-00-00-081

NOTICE OF ORDER NISI APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED WHO MAY UNKNOWN, BEING AS A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE, AND THOSE WHO MAY BE INFANTS OR PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE IN MILITARY SERVICE, BEING AS A CLASS DEFINED AS RICHARD ROE, AND TO THE GUARDIAN, CONSERVATOR, OR PERSON WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Order Nisi appointing Taylor Silver, Esq., PO Box 1665, Georgetown, SC 29442, as Guardian ad Litem for all persons as a class designated as JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE for purposes of this action, was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401, on January 11, 2023. Unless any of you or someone or your behalf shall cause, within thirty (30) days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the day of service, a different person to be appointed to represent you, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making absolute the appointment of Mr. Silver.

LAFOND LAW GROUP, PA

By: Ashley G. Andrews, SC Bar No. 76667

544 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29407

843.762.3554

andrews@lafondlaw.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

NOTICE OF FILING ADOPTION PETITION

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CUMBERLAND COUNTY FILE NUMBER 22 SP 1164

IN THE MATTER OF: Mariah Antonio Mazyck, JAMIE LEON JOHNSON, Petitioner.

TO: Biological Father, Antonio Mazyck Tabetha Marie Yagman, the biological mother, gave birth to a female child, MARIA ANTONIA MAZYCK, on January 18, 2006 in North Charleston, South Carolina.

You have been identified as the biological father. It is the intent of the biological mother to have the Petitioner adopt the minor child. If you believe your consent to the adoption of this child by the Petitioner is required pursuant to G.S. §48-2-401, you must notify the Court in writing no later than 40 days from the date you received this notice that you believe your consent is required. A copy of your notice to the Court must be sent to Sarah D. Miranda, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 2505, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28302. You have forty (40) days from the date you the first publication of this Notice to respond in writing to the Clerk of Court, Cumberland County, P.O. Box 363, Fayetteville, NC 28302, after service of this notice if you believe that your consent is required in order to participate in and receive further notice of a proceeding, including any notice of the time and place of any hearing.

If you fail to do so within the specified time, the Court will rule that your consent is not required.

This the 5th day of December, 2022

Sarah D. Miranda, Attorney for Petitioner Miranda Law Firm, PLLC, P.O. Box 53997, Fayetteville, NC 28305

910-900-3880

Publication Dates: 1/29/2023, 2/5/2023, 2/12/2023

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

PLEAS COURT FILE NO. 2023-CP-1000354

South Carolina Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff,

vs.

Estate of Peter Anthony Boyle

a/k/a Peter Anthony Boyle, Jr., deceased; and all other unknown children, issue, and spouses, as heirs of Peter Anthony Boyle a/k/a Peter Anthony Boyle, Jr., deceased, and any other unknown heirs, heirs-at-law, distributees, devisees, creditors, if any, of Peter Anthony Boyle a/k/a Peter Anthony Boyle, Jr., deceased, and, if any of the same be deceased, then their heirs, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns, and all others entitled to claim or claiming through them, also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest, in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, commonly described as 3241 Stonehaven Drive, North Charleston, SC 29420; also any unknown persons who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, and/ or persons under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe; Jody Boyle; Union Bank & Trust n/k/a Atlantic Union Bank, Defendants, SUMMONS

AND NOTICES (FORECLOSURE/NON-JURY)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, SC 29413-2828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Lis Pendens. Summons and Notices, Certification of Exemption from Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01 (Non-Owner Occupied Dwelling), Certification of Compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Certification of Exemption from ADR, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on January 23 ,2023 at 3:20 p.m., the object and prayer of which is to obtain foreclosure without deficiency, of a mortgage of subject property in a non-jury action, and for such other

and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been initiated and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, by the above-named Plaintiff, against the Defendants above named, and that the object of such action is the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage to the Plaintiff, described as follows (the “Mortgage”)

By: Peter Anthony Boyle

Dated: August 4, 2009

Recorded On: August 18, 2009 at 12:15:55 p.m. Recorded In: Book 0075 at Page 0916 Office of ROD for Charleston County, SC and to sell the property described below for the purpose of paying the lien thereon. That the real estate affected by such action is now and was at the time of commencement of such action situate in the County and State aforesaid, and the following is a description thereof, as contained in the abovereferenced Mortgage: ALL that lot, piece, parcel of land, situate in Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 17, Block 14, as shown a Plat of Pepperhill No. 7, recorded in Plat Book AA, Page 117, in the RMC office for Charleston County. This conveyance is made subject to restrictive covenants of record and easements as shown on the aforementioned subdivision plat. Being the same property conveyed to Peter Anthony Boyle by deed of The Ervin Company dated January 2, 1972 and recorded on January 13, 1972 in Book H-98 at Page 315 in the RMC Office for Charleston County. TMS #395-15-00-085 Street Address: 3241 Stonehaven Drive, Charleston, SC 29420

CERTIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FROM ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2011-05-02-01 (NON-OWNER OCCUPIED DWELLING)

The Plaintiff by and through its undersigned attorney does hereby certify as follows: 1.That this is an action for the foreclosure of real property located in 3241 Stonehaven Drive, Charleston, SC. 2.The mortgaged property is not the principal residence of the mortgagor, who is deceased; therefore, the Administrative Order of the Administrative Order of the Supreme Court of South Carolina dated May 2, 2011 (2011-05-02-01) does not apply to this foreclosure, in that the real property that is the subject of this foreclosure action is not an “Owner-Occupied dwelling” as defined in the Order.

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

TO: THE CLERK OF COURT FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA:

The Petition of Petitioner/Plaintiff will respectfully show unto this Honorable Court: 1. That the aboveentitled action was commenced in this Court for the purpose of obtaining a foreclosure of the interests of those persons who are the heirs, distributees, devisees and creditors, if any, of the Estate of Peter Anthony Boyle a/k/a Peter Anthony Boyle, Jr., deceased, as such interests may apply to the title to the parcel of real estate described in the Complaint herein under the name of those parties joined herein. 2. That there have been joined as Defendants herein under the fictitious name of John Doe and Richard Roe, all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Compliant herein and any unknown adults or unknown adults in the military service of the United States of America, such defendants being as a class designated as John Doe (“John Doe”), and any unknown minors or persons under a legal disability, such defendants being as a class designated as Richard Roe (“Richard Roe”) (the

defendants designated as John Doe and Richard Roe sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Defendants”).

3. That the names and whereabouts of such Defendants are unknown to the Petitioner/Plaintiff and cannot, with reasonable diligence, be ascertained by the Petitioner/ Plaintiff or by its undersigned attorney and cannot, with due diligence, be found with the State of South Carolina and it is appropriate that a Guardian Ad Litem Nisi be appointed for said Defendants.

4. That the Petitioner/Plaintiff is informed and believes that no application has been made by or in behalf of the said Defendants for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem Nisi or any other matter and that the Petitioner/Plaintiff does not know of any general or testamentary guardians of such Defendants, to whom notice of this application can be given other than by the publication thereof.

5. That Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, is a discreet, competent and suitable person to be appointed and to act as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for said Defendants, and that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, does not have any claim adverse to such Defendants and is not connected in any manner with the Petitioner/ Plaintiff or its attorney in this action and he has consented to act as such. 6. That the relief prayed for herein regarding the appointment of Guardian Ad Litem is authorized by South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 17. WHEREFORE, Petitioner/Plaintiff, South Carolina Federal Credit Union, prays for an Order of this Court appointing Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi of the Defendants, which Order shall automatically become final and absolute, unless someone on said Defendants’ behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after the service upon them of a copy of the Notice of the Order herein prayed for, move before the Court to secure some other suitable person of their choice to act as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi, for such of the Defendants; and that the Order herein prayed for prescribe the manner in which the service thereof shall be made upon said Defendants.

PETITION APPOINTING ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS IN MILITARY SERVICE

The Plaintiff would respectfully show unto this Honorable Court:

1. This is an action for the foreclosure of a real estate mortgage upon real property situate and located in Charleston County, South Carolina.

2. Plaintiff is without sufficient knowledge or information to determine whether any defendants, unknown, are in the military service of the United States of America, thereby being entitled to the benefits of the Service Members’ Civil Relief Act.

3. Kelley Y. Woody is a member of the South Carolina Bar, is fully competent to protect the interests and rights of any defendants, unknown, who may be in the military service and that she has no interest in the real estate being foreclosed nor any interest adverse to that of the defendants.

devisees, and/or creditors of Peter Anthony Boyle a/k/a Peter Anthony Boyle, Jr., deceased, and if any of the same be deceased, then his heirs, Personal Representatives, administrators, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim or claiming through them, also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, or interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, also any unknown persons, who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of whom are made parties to the within action and constitute a class designated as John Doe, as well as any unknown minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or persons under a legal disability, if any, being unknown to Plaintiff, all of whom are made parties to the within action and constitute a class designated as Richard Roe. I consent to so serve and act until and unless the Court shall subsequently appoint other(s) to serve as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for said Defendants. I have no interest in the real estate being foreclosed and have no interest adverse to that of the Defendants.

CONSENT TO APPOINTMENT (MILITARY SERVICE)

I consent to act as attorney for any defendant, unknown, who may be in the military service of the United States of America, and thereby entitled to the benefits of the Service Members’ Civil Relief Act. I have no interest in the real estate being foreclosed and have no interest adverse to that of the defendants. s/Kelley Y. Woody P.O. Box 6432 Columbia, SC 29260

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI AND ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS IN THE MILITARY

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

of this action; in the failure of such application, within the specified time, this Order shall automatically become final and absolute.

IT IS

FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon said Defendants, by publication of this Order, in the 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 Notices, the Notice of Filing Complaint; the Lis Pendens/Notice of Pendency of Action, the Petition, Consent and Order Appointing Attorney for Defendants in Military Service, this Court finding the aforementioned newspaper is the one most likely to give notice to those interested parties to be served. SO ORDERED s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court, by BLC ORDER (DEFENDANTS

IN MILITARY SERVICE)

It appearing to the Court from the foregoing Petition and Consent that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, has consented to act and represent defendants, unknown, who may be in the military service of the United States of America, and it appearing that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, is fully competent to represent the interest of said defendants.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Kelley Y. Woody, and she hereby is, appointed to represent the defendants who may be in the military service of the United States of America and who may thereby be entitled to the benefits of the Service Members’ Civil Relief Act, and to protect their interests.

SO ORDERED s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court, by BLC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ORANGEBURG

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-38-00892 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

Cheryl Hightower-Dukes, Christopher E. Worthington and John Doe, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2016, 2018 and 2019

NOTICE TO: Cheryl HightowerDukes and Christopher E. Worthington

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff moves that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, be appointed as attorney for any defendant, unknown, who may be in the military service and, therefore, entitled to the benefits of the Service Members’ Civil Relief Act.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Reid

E. Dyer Moore & Van Allen PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828

T (843)579-7000

F (843)579-8714 Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw.com reiddyer@ mvalaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

I, the undersigned, Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, consent, if appointed, to act as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all unknown heirs, distributees,

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court upon reading and filing of Plaintiff’s Petition to Appoint Guardian Ad Litem Nisi, and that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, has consented to act as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi, and to represent the Defendants, known and unknown, who are heirs, distributees, and/ or creditors, if any, of the Peter Anthony Boyle a/k/a Peter Anthony Boyle, Jr., deceased, and, all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest, or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, which is situate and located in Charleston County, South Carolina, including any unknown persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all such Defendants being designated as John Doe (collectively “John Doe”), and any unknown minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or persons under a legal disability, all such Defendants being designated as Richard Roe (collectively “Richard Roe”) (the defendants designated as John Doe and Richard Roe being sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Defendants”), and that the said Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, is a suitable and competent person to understand and protect the rights and interests of such Defendants and has no interest herein adverse to the interests of said Defendants, and is not connected in business with the Plaintiff in this action or with its counsel. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, that the said Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, be and she is hereby designated and appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for said Defendants and she is hereby authorized to appear in and defend such action on behalf of said Defendants and to protect their interests, unless said Defendants, or any of them, shall within thirty (30) days of the service of a copy of this Order upon them, exclusive of the day of service as herein provided, apply to this Court for the appointment of another competent and discreet individual of their choice to serve as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for them, for the purposes

You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights filed with the Clerk of Court for Orangeburg County on December 7, 2022 at 1:58 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Clerk of Court in Orangeburg, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Orangeburg County Department of Social Services, at the office of their Attorney, Patrick McWilliams, at the Legal Department of the Orangeburg County Department of Social Services, P. O. Box 1087, Orangeburg, South Carolina 29116, within thirty days of this publication. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Patrick McWilliams, SC Bar #70579, P. O. Box 1087, Orangeburg, SC 29116, 803-515-1746

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NOTICE TO CURRENT AND FORMER CLIENTS OF RICHARD W. LINGENFELTER, JR.

The S.C. Supreme Court appointed Peyre T. Lumpkin as Receiver to protect the interests of the clients of Richard W. Lingenfelter, Jr. Pursuant to the Court’s Order, the law office of Richard W. Lingenfelter, Jr., located at 2183 Palermo Place, Charleston, SC, has been closed. Personnel from the Receiver’s Office will be available to distribute file(s) to former clients.

Please contact the Receiver’s Office in advance at 803-734-1186 to make arrangements to receive your file(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2022-CP-10-01760

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff vs. Esau Richardson, Eunice Richardson, and City of North Charleston, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Esau Richardson: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 18, 2022.

NOTICE

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

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Esau Richardson and Eunice Richardson to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company bearing date of November 20, 2000 and recorded November 28, 2000 in Mortgage Book G359 at page 457 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Fifty Six Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Six and 50/100 Dollars ($56,466.50). Thereafter, by assignment recorded February 4, 2016 in Book 0533 at Page 008, the mortgage was assigned to DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc.; thereafter by assignment recorded February 4, 2016 in Book 0533 at Page 012, the mortgage was assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC; thereafter by assignment recorded June 1, 2017 in Book 0641 at Page 855, the mortgage was assigned to Koitere Dispositions, LLC; thereafter, by assignment recorded June 1, 2017 in Book 0641 at Page 856, the mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State

of South Carolina, and is described as follows: ALL those two lots, pieces or parcels of land with the buildings thereon situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of aforesaid, and comprising Lots 106 and 108, Arbutus Avenue, on a map of the westerly part of Union Heights, prepared for KoppIsenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas, C.E. in 1919 and recorded in the RMC Office, Charleston County in Plat Book C, Page 137 and having such size, shape, locations, dimensions and bounds as may be see by reference to the aforesaid plat on record. TMS No. 466-08-00-201

Property Address:

1976 Arbutus Avenue

North Charleston, SC 29405

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC

Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211

Telephone (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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

C/A# 2022-CP-10-05047

Seabrook Island Property Owners Association, Plaintiff, v.

E. Blyth Nielsen a/k/a Elizabeth Blyth Nielsen, The United States of America by and through its Agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and The Homes of Hidden Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc., Defendants.

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 Defendants for the foreclosure of a Notice of Lien for delinquent assessments in favor of Seabrook Island Property Owners Association against Eric Nielsen and E. Blyth Nielsen, dated September 7, 2022 and recorded September 9, 2022, in Book 1136 at Page 618 in the Office of the ROD for Charleston County. The property covered and affected by the aforesaid Lien and the foreclosure thereof is, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Seabrook Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 7, more particularly shown on that certain plat prepared by Southeastern Surveying, Inc. entitled “A FINAL PLAT OF LOTS 1 THRU 14, HIDDEN OAKS SUBDIVISION, OWNED BY COOPER RIVER FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SEABROOK ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” dated November 14, 1992 and recorded April 21, 1993 in Plat Book CM at Page 21 in the RMC Office for Charleston County. Reference may be had to the aforementioned plat for a more complete description of said lot.

This being the same property as conveyed to Eric H. Nielsen, as Life Tenant and Nationsbank N.A. Trustee of the Trust Agreement of Mary S. Nielsen dated August 29, 1988 by deed of Wachovia Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Trust A

Created by the Will of Ralph Ernest Renken, deed dated June 1, 1998 and recorded June 3, 1998, in Book A304, Page 458, in the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Also conveyed to Eric H. Nielsen, as Life Tenant and Nationsbank N.A. Trustee of the Trust Agreement of Mary S. Nielsen dated August 29, 1988, by deed of Linda Renken as Personal Representative of

Ralph Ernest Renken, dated June 1, 1998 and recorded June 3, 1998, in Book A304, Page 327. Thereafter conveyed to Eric Nielsen and E. Blyth Nielsen by deed of Eric Nielsen dated February 16, 2011 and recorded February 22, 2011, in Book 0173, Page 258. Thereafter conveyed to Eric Nielsen by deed of Eric H. Nielsen, Jr., individually, as a remainder beneficiary, and as Successor Trustee (pursuant to Order of Charleston County Probate Court dated July 1, 2004) of the Trust Agreement of Mary S. Nielsen dated August 29, 1988, Barbara Lee Carlson, Carol S. Cockerham and Kristen N. Getz, as remainder beneficiaries, dated February 16, 2006 and recorded October 28, 2006, in Book J603, Page 814. Thereafter conveyed to Eric Nielsen and E. Blyth Nielsen by deed of Eric Nielsen dated February 16, 2011 and recorded February 22, 2011, in Book 0173, Page 258.

The said E. Blyth Nielsen having conveyed all her interest to Eric Nielsen by deed dated March 17, 2011 and recorded March 25, 2011, in Book 0178, Page 799. Further conveyed to Eric Nielsen and E. Blyth Nielsen, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, by deed of Eric Nielsen, dated March 23, 2011 and recorded March 29, 2011, in Book 0179 at Page 292, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County. The said Eric Nielsen having died February 9, 2021 as evidenced by Probate Estate filed in the Probate Court for Charleston County under estate case number 2021-ES-10-1226.

TMS No.: 147-08-00-121

Property Address: 2879 Hidden Oaks Drive Johns Island, SC 29455

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (NON-JURY TRIAL DEMANDED) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE (DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT DEMANDED)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 40 Calhoun Street (29401), P.O. Box 22129, Charleston, SC 29413, 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 Amended Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an order of reference or that the Court may issue a general order of reference of this action to the master in equity/special referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, and that pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §14-11-110, as amended, Plaintiff’s attorney will submit written testimony on behalf of the Plaintiff at said reference hearing.

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on November 1, 2022.

Kristen N. Nichols (SC Bar No. 74790)

TURNER PADGET GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A.

Email: KNichols@turnerpadget. com

40 Calhoun Street, Suite 200 (29401)

P.O. Box 22129

Charleston, South Carolina 29413

Telephone: (843) 576-2836

Attorneys for Plaintiff

This firm collects debts for mortgage lenders and other creditors. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have previously received a discharge in bankruptcy, this message is not and should not be construed as an attempt to collect a debt, but only an enforcement of the lien against the property.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NUMBER: 2022-CP-10-02798

Yolanda Hamilton, f/k/a Yolanda Majors Boston, Plaintiff, vs. Rosa Gadsden, deceased, William Clark, deceased and JOHN DOE, adults, ICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Rosa Gadsden and William Clark both of whom are deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants,

NOTICE OF HEARING

It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master In Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law with authority to enter a final judgment;

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on January 4, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com

12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax

Charleston, South Carolina October 25, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE P/N: SAC 2022-01224

Daniel Island SS, LLC has applied to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for a State Certification and Construction In Navigable Waters Permit to construct a storage facility for private use in Nowell Creek and Clouter Creek. Comments will be received by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control at 2600 Bull St, Columbia, SC 29201, Attn: Logan D. Ress, Division of Water Quality until (Insert Date - 30 days from date of this notice).

Free Will Astrology By Rob

ARIES (March 21-April 19): During my quest for advice that might be helpful to your love life, I plucked these words of wisdom from author Sam Kean: “Books about relationship talk about how to ‘get’ the love you need, how to ‘keep’ love, and so on. But the right question to ask is, ‘How do I become a more loving human being?’” In other words, Aries, here’s a prime way to enhance your love life: Be less focused on what others can give you and more focused on what you can give to others. Amazingly, that’s likely to bring you all the love you want.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have the potential to become even more skilled at the arts of kissing and cuddling and boinking than you already are. How? Here are some possibilities. 1. Explore fun experiments that will transcend your reliable old approaches to kissing and cuddling and boinking. 2. Read books to open your mind. I like Margot Anand’s The New Art of Sexual Ecstasy. 3. Ask your partner(s) to teach you everything about what turns them on. 4. Invite your subconscious mind to give you dreams at night that involve kissing and cuddling and boinking. 5. Ask your lover(s) to laugh and play and joke as you kiss and cuddle and boink.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are an Italian wolf searching for food in the Apennine Mountains. You’re a red-crowned crane nesting in a wetland in the Eastern Hokkaido region of Japan. You’re an olive tree thriving in a salt marsh in southern France, and you’re a painted turtle basking in a pool of sunlight on a beach adjoining Lake Michigan. And much, much more. What I’m trying to tell you, Gemini, is that your capacity to empathize is extra strong right now. Your smart heart should be so curious and open that you will naturally feel an instinctual bond with many life forms, including a wide array of interesting humans. If you’re brave, you will allow your mind to expand to experience telepathic powers. You will have an unprecedented knack for connecting with simpatico souls.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): My Cancerian friend Juma says, “We have two choices at all times: creation or destruction. Love creates and everything else destroys.” Do you agree? She’s not just talking about romantic love, but rather love in all forms, from the urge to help a friend, to the longing to seek justice for the dispossessed, to the compassion we feel for our descendants. During the next three weeks, your assignment is to explore every nuance of love as you experiment with the following hypothesis: To create the most interesting and creative life for yourself, put love at the heart of everything you do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I hope you get ample chances to enjoy deep soul kisses in the coming weeks. Not just perfunctory lip-to-lip smooches and pecks on the cheeks, but full-on intimate sensual exchanges. Why do I recommend this? How could the planetary positions be interpreted to encourage a specific expression of romantic feeling? I’ll tell you, Leo: The heavenly omens suggest you will benefit from exploring the frontiers of wild affection. You need the extra sweet, intensely personal communion that comes best from the uninhibited mouth-to-mouth form of tender sharing. Here’s what Leo poet Diane di Prima said: “There are as many kinds of kisses as there are people on earth, as there are permutations and combinations of those people. No two people kiss alike — no two people fuck alike — but somehow the kiss is more personal, more individualized than the fuck.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Borrowing the words of poet Oriah from her book The Dance: Moving to the Deep Rhythms of Your Life, I’ve prepared a love note for you to use as your own this Valentine season. Feel free to give these words to the person whose destiny needs to be woven more closely together with yours. Oriah writes, “Don’t tell me how wonderful things will be someday. Show me you can risk being at peace with the way things are right now. Show me how you follow your deepest desires, spiraling down into the ache within the ache. Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance, the places where you can

risk letting the world break your heart.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Walter Lippman wrote, “The emotion of love is not selfsustaining; it endures only when lovers love many things together and not merely each other.” That’s great advice for you during the coming months. I suggest that you and your allies — not just your romantic partners, but also your close companions — come up with collaborative projects that inspire you to love many things together. Have fun exploring and researching subjects that excite and awaken and enrich both of you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio writer Paul Valéry wrote, “It would be impossible to love anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object.” My challenge to you, Scorpio, is to test this hypothesis. Do what you can to gain more in-depth knowledge of the people and animals and things you love. Uncover at least some of what’s hidden. All the while, monitor yourself to determine how your research affects your affection and care. Contrary to what Valéry said, I’m guessing this will enhance and exalt your love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In his book Unapologetically You, motivational speaker Steve Maraboli writes, “I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.” That’s always good advice, but I believe it should be your inspirational axiom in the coming weeks. More than ever, you now have the potential to forever transform your approach to relationships. You can shift away from wanting your allies to be different from what they are and make a strong push to love them just as they are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I analyzed the astrological omens. Then I scoured the internet, browsed through 22 books of love poetry, and summoned memories of my best experiences of intimacy. These exhaustive efforts inspired me to find the words of wisdom that are most important for you to hear right now. They are from poet Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Stephen Mitchell): “For one human being to love another human being — that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To get the most out of upcoming opportunities for intimacy, intensify your attunement to and reverence for your emotions. Why? As quick and clever as your mind can be, sometimes it neglects to thoroughly check in with your heart. And I want your heart to be wildly available when you get ripe chances to open up and deepen your alliances. Study these words from psychologist Carl Jung: “We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “In love there are no vacations. Love has to be lived fully with its boredom and all that.” Author and filmmaker Marguerite Duras made that observation, and now I convey it to you — just in time for a phase of your astrological cycle when boredom and apathy could and should evolve into renewed interest and revitalized passion. But there is a caveat: If you want the interest and passion to rise and surge, you will have to face the boredom and apathy; you must accept them as genuine aspects of your relationship; you will have to cultivate an amused tolerance of them. Only then will they burst in full glory into renewed interest and revitalized passion.

Homework: Name one thing you could do to express your love more practically. Newsletter. FreeWillAstrology.com

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Calling all musicians for a free jam session

Join fellow musicians at the Bees Landing Recreation Center in West Ashley every Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for a free-form acoustic jam session. The musical gathering is open to all levels of musicianship, so grab your guitar, mandolin, ukulele, fiddle, flute or banjo and head on over. The jam session runs from late August through mid-June every year. Call coordinator Art Klein at (843) 402-4571 for more information.

Steep Canyon Rangers willing to ‘follow the next path’

By Kevin Murphy Wilson

Grammy Award-winning string band from Asheville, North Carolina, the Steep Canyon Rangers, will hold court at the Charleston Gaillard Center Feb. 16.

Although frequent collaborator Steve Martin (yes, the actor) won’t be along for the ride when the group rolls into town, the recently reshuffled lineup includes Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals, Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals, Aaron Burdett on guitar and vocals, Nicky Sanders on fiddle and vocals, Mike Ashworth on drums and vocals and Barrett Smith on bass, guitar and vocals.

Sharp told the City Paper that meeting the guys who would become the Steep Canyon Rangers was ultimately the “key to his musical path, first and foremost.” However, his individual explorations actually began during his teenage years.

“I got into the Grateful Dead in high school and experienced my first big concerts seeing them in the years before Jerry [Garcia] died,” Sharp said. “Jerry was one of my first introductions to bluegrass music; he was a pretty fine banjo player. My other first bluegrass love was, and is, Norman Blake, who was introduced to me by my Latin teacher in high school, Doc Frost. Through Norman came [John] Hartford, Newgrass [Revival] and all the other wonderful freaks of the genre.”

As Sharp ventured into banjo-playing territory, he was very much impacted by a master

musician and genre-bender from Kentucky named J.D. Crowe. “J.D. was a monster of a player and a huge influence on me and the band,” Sharp said. “The way they [J.D.Crowe & The New South] were able to incorporate new music into traditional bluegrass and the level at which they did it was unrivaled.”

Still, when Sharp and his like-minded friends first formed the Steep Canyon Rangers in college at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2000, they were determined to make their own mark on the world of Americana music.

“I wouldn’t even call us a bluegrass band, but that’s just me,” Sharp said. “I think 99% of the population would consider us bluegrass and that’s basically what’s under the hood of the SCR station wagon, but there are a lot of other bells and whistles as well.”

For Sharp and his bandmates, the end result is described as a distinctive blend of bluegrass, blues, country, folk, hillbilly jazz and rock. Nothing about the group’s work within any of these genres feels forced, as it is truly the culmination of a long and organic process involving lots of practice.

“We learned the music from scratch and put in countless hours playing together,” Sharp said. Everything else grew from SCR’s collectively deep appreciation for and dedication to the craft itself.

Sharp said there were a number of musicians around Chapel Hill who took the band under their wings and opened a lot of doors.

“When we were getting started, a lot of small victories kept us inspired to keep going, until they turned into bigger achieve-

ments that we’d never even thought of originally — things like Grammys, [playing the] Grand Ole Opry, IBMA awards, [recording and touring with] Steve Martin, etc.”

Remarkably, this eclectic ensemble now has two-decades of shared experiences and over a dozen LPs worth of source material to draw upon. Yet, somehow it never gets old to Sharp and his bandmates.

“As we’ve evolved as individuals the band has been able to follow that,” Sharp said. “I think if you can stay curious and be willing to put the work in, there’s no time limit on your growth as an artist. So, that’s what we’re always shooting for. The band has been willing to follow the next path, even if it’s a little unfamiliar, if that’s what we’re drawn to. And choosing to play Music A certainly doesn’t rule out playing Music B; so, hopefully, we’re just continuing to grow into our potential.”

Although the dynamic SCR team has been prolific in the studio, Sharp said he is particularly excited about presenting the current lineup in a live setting.

“The band on stage is very multifaceted at this point, and that’s by design,” he said. “With [guitarist] Woody [Platt]’s departure I think everyone in the group has stepped up a bit and that has been a huge bonus. Add to that Aaron Burdette, our new guitar player, and there’s a constant flow from one member to the next as far as who’s in the spotlight.”

He added, “The new album is already finished, and we’ll be playing the fire out of it live.”

The Royal American Valentine’s Day Bash to set the mood

Tucson-based gutter country band The Supersuckers take over the stage at The Royal American with Charleston rock band Whiskey Diablo at 8 p.m. Feb 14 for the Valentine’s Day Bash for all the lovers of rock ‘n’ roll. Whiskey Diablo consists of vocalist/ guitarist Patrick Blake, bassist Fuller Condon, drummer Marshall Hudson and keyboardist/vocalist Whitt Algar. The show is $10 cash at the door.

Minnesota oboist performs with Summerville Orchestra

Cassie Pilgrim , the principal oboist of Minnesota-based Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, joins the Summerville Orchestra for its Buona Sera! performances 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10-11 at Summers Corner Performing Arts Center. Pilgrim will perform an oboe concerto in E-flat Major by 19th century composer Vincenzo Bellini. Livestream and in-person tickets are $20-$22 and available at summervilleorchestra.org.

LO-Fi Brewing hosts indie music night

Longtime Charleston electronic artist Persona La Ave joins ambient indie pop band Hermit’s Victory and Jenna Desmond of Charleston alt rock duo Babe Club for an evening of good beer and good tunes Feb. 11. Tickets are $10$15 and available at lofibrewing.com.

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Get ready for some heady bluegrass tunes from Steep Canyon Rangers hailing from Asheville, North Carolina

High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Lindsay Collins is the host and creator of Effin B Radio, a podcast about the bizarre world of food and beverage. She started her first restaurant job at the age of 15, and she went on to work in three-Michelin-star kitchens and dining rooms at Per Se, The French Laundry and Noma. The Charleston native returned in 2014 to the Holy City, where she spent four years as a server at FIG. In 2019, she launched a podcast production company called LMC Sound Systems and has recurring restaurant dreams about being “in the weeds” to this day. She gave the City Paper five songs to invoke your inner “sad girl” creativity she said.

“Jennifer” by Faust

“True Killer” by Sneaks

“About A Girl” by Nirvana

“Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” by Primitive Radio Gods

“Halah” by Mazzy Star

Jazz singer Kohn croons with a nostalgic flair

By Kate Bryan

Vocalist Gillian Kohn aims to do more than just entertain listeners at her performances: She wants to transport them. The singer, whose repertoire consists exclusively of songs released between 1925 to 1965, hopes to tap into the audience’s memories, whether conscious or subconscious, of the music of classic film and television.

“I want to take people on a sentimental journey,” Kohn said. “I want to take people back and I want to renew memories and make them feel something.”

Kohn remembers harboring an affinity for creating vibrations in her vocal chords before she even knew what singing was during her childhood in Hartsville, South Carolina.

“I just knew that what I was doing made me feel very comfortable. It was hearing the vibration of my voice, the reverberation of sound and all of that I was like, whatever this is, I want to do it my whole life.”

She began to live for performance, putting on shows for her family and nurturing a dream of becoming a Broadway star. After attending the College of Charleston, Kohn traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad before moving back to Charleston in 2005. That year, not only did she win Fox 24’s Lowcountry Idol competition, but she also met her husband.

“I did what I had always been told I shouldn’t do: I fell in love,” Kohn said, laughing. She and her husband opened and ran Al Di La, an Italian trattoria eatery in West Ashley. Between the restaurant and raising their two young sons, Kohn feared she was destined to be what she called “a lonely bathroom singer” for her life.

Fortunes changed, however, when in 2018, three years after selling the restau-

rant, Kohn’s neighbor, talented local musician Chris Dodson, convinced her to take up performance once again.

Now you can catch Kohn, who described her voice as an amalgamation of the smooth jazz of Nat King Cole and the cheekiness and emotion of Patsy Cline, out and about in vintage-inspired garb, crooning jazz standards and Bossa Nova sambas at venues like Hotel Bennett and Scotty Doesn’t Know Speakeasy.

“When I first turned 35 I never would have thought these would be the things that I’m doing now professionally and I’m just so incredibly thankful,” Kohn said. “Never give up on the dream. It will find a way to manifest and come true.”

In 2022, Kohn had a six-month residency at Hush Speakeasy at Montage Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, South Carolina. She’s

also a frequent collaborator with local jazz guitarist Lee Barbour, as well as multiinstrumentalist Monty Craig of Greer, South Carolina.

Her life has, at times, proven difficult. Kohn raises a special-needs son, and her husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis two years ago. She finds that the hardships reveal how crucial it is for her to give listeners an escape through music.

In addition to performing at venues and private events, Kohn hopes to release a body of work on streaming services sometime this year. Her ultimate desire, however, remains to inspire emotion in her audience, whatever form that takes.

“There’s not a limit and there’s not one goal. I’m not looking to win a Grammy. I’m looking to move as many people [as possible] and to make people remember.”

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Vintage vocalist Gillian Kohn takes listeners back in time with a song catalog spanning from the 1920s through the 1960s

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“FREE SPIN” —moving around with some vocab.

15. Some salts

20. Royal resting place

21. Separator of the Philippines and Malaysia

23. Leslie’s friend on “Parks & Rec”

26. Legendary

27. One can be used to detect asthma (nitric oxide) or lactose intolerance (hydrogen)

30. Get inquisitive

31. Pendulum path

32. Take as true

33. 1958 sci-fi movie starring Steve McQueen

34. Sushi bar order

38. Windy City public transit inits.

39. “Star Wars” villain

43. Sacrificial sites

44. Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s locale

45. “To be” in Latin

47. Sampling

49. Words before “Mood” or “Heights”

52. Word after control or escape

53. “Dance as ___ one is watching”

Get the picture

42. University that’s a lock?

46. British war vessel of WWII

48. Hero with a weak spot

50. “Anon ___” (2022 debut novel from @DeuxMoi)

51. MSNBC legal correspondent Melber

54. Govt. securities

55. Professional equipment

59. Video games (like Street Fighter) that require fast fingers and little nuance

60. Dampens, as many towelettes

Down

1. Phrase on a sign for storage units or moving vans

2. Straddling

3. Pool worker

4. Military truces

5. Bit of rest

6. North American indoor sports org. claiming among its total players about 10% Iroquois

7. Web marketplace

8. Meet-___ (rom-com trope)

9. “You ___ Airplane” (of Montreal song)

10. French seasoning

11. Flexible curlers for some perms

12. Bright Eyes frontman Oberst

13. “Heat transfer coefficient” in window insulation (its inverse uses R--and its letter doesn’t seem to stand for anything)

14. Prefix before “demon” (as seen in games like Doom Eternal)

56. 8.5” x 11” paper size, briefly

57. “Spare me the details”

58. Owns

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