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Charleston food truck Booze Pops opened in summer 2015, but new legislation threatens the business, which has expanded to more than a dozen trucks across the state

Legislation anticipated again on alcoholic food products

By Skyler Baldwin

A bill expected to be filed again in the S.C. House of Representatives would make businesses that sell alcoholic food products follow the same rules as those that sell alcoholic beverages, S.C. Rep. Spencer Wetmore, D-Charleston, told the Charleston City Paper Tuesday morning.

“I’m definitely going to look into filing to regulate so they have to follow the same rules,” she said.

Wetmore, alongside S.C. Rep. Micah Caskey, R-Lexington, co-sponsored a bill last year that passed the S.C. House by a 66-35 vote March 30, 2022, but it didn’t pick up steam after being left stranded in the S.C. Senate Judiciary Committee when the session ended.

Now, she may try again

“I think a lot of restaurants that have to follow all the licensing laws are still

interested in this issue,” Wetmore said. “But we will need the Senate to come to the table if it’s going to be something we’re going to address.”

If the bill became law, it would have a major impact on local food truck Booze Pops, which has been able to sell alcoholinfused popsicles thanks to a loophole that classifies its products as food.

Booze Pops owner Woodrow Norris started the business with a single van about eight years ago and now has more than a dozen trucks across the state. Last year’s bill would have shut down the business unless he found a brick and mortar location. If Wetmore files a bill this session, it could have a similar impact.

“We went through hell on this,” Norris told the City Paper Monday afternoon before declining further comment.

Concern about the product is nothing new. In 2017, the city of Charleston wrote a letter to the state Department of Revenue, citing concerns about street vendors selling alcohol-infused products to the public on the street.

Several state offices have partial or presumed jurisdiction over alcoholic products,

particularly because of state law in Title 61, which governs alcohol and alcoholic beverages. Frozen desserts aren’t mentioned.

“Booze pops, ice cream and gelatin are not governed by Title 61 and are not under the Department of Revenue’s jurisdiction,” said DOR spokesman Tim Smith. “Some argue that they are regulated under Title 39 by the S.C. Department of Agriculture. … We do not know if the product should be tested in a frozen or liquid state.”

According to the federal Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), “ice cream and ices” are not considered beverages when “only sufficient spirits are used for flavoring purposes.” The TTB generally draws that line at not greater than 2% alcohol by weight. Popsicles, however, are a bit different. According to the TTB’s website, a review of a range of different frozen desserts, popsicles and similar products generally have a higher density than ice cream and therefore often contain higher concentrations of alcohol.

It is not known how much alcohol is contained in a single serving of Booze Pops’ popsicles.

S.C. has nation’s most speeding fatalities, study finds

South Carolina is the most dangerous state for drivers, according to a new speeding study from Forbes. Using National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data, the Forbes Advisor team ranked states by the percentage of deaths as a result of speeding.

In 2020, South Carolina had 494 speeding fatalities — 46% of the 1,064 traffic deaths in the state, according to NHTSA data. The study found that the Palmetto State has double the number of speeding-related fatal accidents than Florida, which ranked lowest on the list with only 9% of auto accident deaths involving drivers over the speed limit. The report is not the first to find a correlation between South Carolina and dangerous driving. Charleston landed at No. 5 for the most dangerous drivers in the nation, according to a 2021 Insurify study.

And in 2022, 1,056 people died in highway accidents, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. As of March 28 this year, some 197 people have died in traffic accidents in the state, according to the agency. —Staff reports

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Guardrails needed

“Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom made the right decision by stepping down. The multibillion dollar mistake he made was inexcusable. Now, the House and Senate must continue the investigation into the accounting error and add guardrails to make sure this never happens again.”

—S.C. Rep. Heather Bauer, a freshman Democrat from Columbia.

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Charleston NAACP elects new officers during much delayed election

By Herb Frazier

Retired Charleston County special education teacher Dorothy Jenkins is the new president of the Charleston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) following a Sunday election where she was charged with rebuilding the civil rights organization thrown off track during the pandemic.

Jenkins was among six new officers seated to lead the state’s oldest NAACP branch during elections that should have been held in November. Branch treasurer Jerome Clemons was reelected while the Rev. Joseph Darby, the former first vice president, will lead the group’s political action committee. Darby had served as president after former president Dot Scott resigned in October.

Brenda C. Murphy, president of the NAACP South Carolina State Conference, conducted the election because of a need to reorganize the local branch, she said.

“The branch has been non-compliant for two years,” she said prior to voting at Greater St. Luke AME Church on Gordon Street. Murphy urged that members “who want to run [for office] should be ready, willing and able to do the job. This is not a

social group. This is an advocacy group.”

An angry Scott, who had been branch president for two decades, rejected Murphy’s comment that the branch was in non-compliance for two years.

“We were not in non-compliance,” said Scott, who stressed she resigned before elections were scheduled in November. Scott said she should not be blamed for what happened after she resigned. Scott said she didn’t attend Sunday’s meeting because she didn’t receive a meeting notice.

Branch members should have voted in November through Election Buddy, a new online voting method implemented by the NAACP’s national office. Instead, paper ballots were passed among 21 branch members. Jenkins received 12 votes. Nine votes were cast for Karen Wright Chisolm.

Chisolm was later elected by acclamation as first vice president along with other new officers. Other new officers are: Pearl Givens, second vice president; Stephen CoferShabica, assistant treasurer; Curtis Inabinett Jr., secretary; Katrina Marie Tekakwitha, assistant secretary; and at-large members Darby, Vickie Stuckey, Nancy Button, Barbara Wilson and Johnnie Majors.

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Charleston resident Dorothy Jenkins is the new president of Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to succeed Dot Scott, who resigned in October 2022

Murphy urged the new officers, who will serve two-year terms, and members to abide by the branch’s bylaw that requires the executive committee and general membership to hold separate monthly meetings.

“I want to see a strategic plan from this branch,” said Murphy, who said she plans to attend those meetings. The general membership and executive committee meets at 6 p.m. the fourth Thursday and first Tuesday, respectively, of each month at Greater St. Luke.

Looking to the future

Jenkins, a 40-year member of the local branch, was assistant treasurer and a long-time member of the executive board. She served as assistant secretary in the 1990s and political action chairperson in the late 1980s.

“This is the first time I’ve stepped up to this position because we are in such a dire need of good leadership,” she told the Charleston City Paper. “I joined the NAACP because I saw the injustice that was taking place in our community, and there are still issues we have to work on.”

Reorganizing the branch, Jenkins said, is due in part to the pandemic “and we had issues with meetings and getting things

handled. But now that we are on track we want to stay on track and move forward. I don’t want to point fingers at anyone, but we need to look to the future.”

The meeting Sunday drew mostly longtime, older members of the branch except for Marcus McDonald, lead organizer of the Black Lives Matter chapter who joined the NAACP last year before Scott resigned as president.

McDonald said he has recommended that the NAACP “be more intentional about bringing young folks in. You can say you want [young people] to be involved but unless you give them space it won’t work. They can do a lot better putting the word out on social media where a lot of people my age get information.”

Palmetto Goodwill, others offer free tax assistance through mid-April

From staff reports

Two Palmetto Goodwill locations in the Charleston area are providing free tax help now through April 18 to residents with annual incomes of $73,000 or less.

Eligible residents can visit the organization’s Charleston Career Opportunity Center at 2150 Eagle Drive in North Charleston from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday for complimentary tax assistance. The Summerville Career Opportunity Center at 222 Old Trolley Road will also offer support from 10 a.m.1 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays.

Those who are eligible but unable to visit the center in person, can book an appointment by calling 1-800-726-8774 and pressing “1.”

• For more information on Palmetto Goodwill, visit palmettogoodwill.org.

Other tax assistance programs

Branches of the Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) are also offering free tax assistance to residents through partner-

ships with S.C. Thrive, VITA and AARP.

Residents can make an appointment with S.C. Thrive by calling 1-800-7268774. Appointments are required for tax assistance.

Access AARP services by visiting the Wando Mount Pleasant library branch. Guests must arrive by 9 a.m. to register for assistance. Registered guests will be given an appointment time the same day after 12 p.m. This service is offered on Mondays and Fridays now through April 14.

VITA will serve people seeking tax assistance on a first-come, first-served basis at various locations and times. These services can be accessed at the Main Library, Hurd/St. Andrews Library, Johns Island Library and Mount Pleasant Library. Each location offers services on different days. Visit ccpl.org/ taxhelp for more information.

Trident United Way is also offering tax help at various locations in the Charleston area, including East Cooper Community Outreach in Mount Pleasant, James Island Outreach and the Palmetto Project in North Charleston.

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I joined the NAACP because I saw the injustice that was taking place in our community, and there are still issues we have to work on.”

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North Charleston mayor’s race to be competitive, crowded

By Skyler Baldwin

The North Charleston mayor’s race is already underway with three official bids in place and more expected to come.

North Charleston Police Chief Reggie Burgess on March 24 officially announced his bid for mayor the day after announcing his retirement from the police department, becoming the most recent to throw his hat into the ring. Also in the race: North Charleston City Council member Rhonda Jerome and former mayoral candidate and North Charleston businessman John Singletary.

Burgess’ announcement came after months of speculation as public officials and community leaders consistently pointed to the chief as a strong potential candidate. The speculation came to a head March 10 when current North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey announced he would not seek reelection to the office, and Summey named Burgess as his preferred successor. Less than two weeks later, Burgess announced his retirement as chief effective May 1.

Burgess, a North Charleston native, served as a police officer in the city for 34 years before taking over as chief in 2018. He succeeded Eddie Driggers, who became a special assistant to Summey. If elected in November, Burgess would be the first Black mayor of North Charleston, the third-largest municipality in South Carolina.

“I have walked the streets of this amazing and dynamic city to make myself available to all, to build bonds and to show that all great things can be accomplished through when we work together,” Burgess said in a statement.

In his retirement announcement, Burgess hinted at a continued future of public service in North Charleston.

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just celebrated 50 years last year, and the next mayor will essentially be tasked with laying the vision for what the next 50 years is going to look like.

“It’s going to be important for that mayor to have leadership ability, for them to be someone the people can look to to step up and lead on day one,” he added.

Burgess has led the North Charleston Police Department to chip away at public skepticism and shift policing strategies in the wake of the 2015 shooting of Walter Scott at the hands of a North Charleston officer. He became the city’s first Black police chief in 2018, and a racial bias audit was completed in 2021, revealing disparities in many police interactions with the community.

“Over the past couple of years, my role in the next phase of my life began to become clearer,” Burgess wrote in a campaign announcement. “I knew that when the time was right and Mayor Summey had completed his service as mayor of North Charleston, my thoughts and vision would become reality.”

More candidates to come

The coming mayoral election is anticipated to be crowded, with several community leaders and locally based politicians having long been considering a bid. Other possible candidates are Charleston County Council member and former chair Teddie Pryor and former North Charleston City Attorney Brady Hair.

“This will be one of the most important mayoral races in the city’s history,” S.C. Rep. Marvin Pendarvis, a North Charleston Democrat, told the City Paper earlier this month. “North Charleston

In an article published by The New York Times last week, Burgess said part of the change is getting the police to see the humanity in the community and imagine what it must feel like for a community member to be mistreated.

North Charleston’s method of mayoral election is different from other Lowcountry municipalities. It uses a plurality system, which means there are no runoffs. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on Election Day wins the seat. With so many potential candidates, it’s possible for the next mayor of North Charleston to win by receiving a relatively small portion of the vote.

“There’s a lot at stake,” Pendarvis said. “People really need to recognize that and get engaged — bring about the vision you want to see in North Charleston. Don’t let this race go by without you having a say, and that’s not just by casting a ballot.”

Every North Charleston City Council member is also up for reelection at the same time this November, and several of the council’s veteran members are expected to retire.

Women in power reflect on leadership, representation

By Chelsea Grinstead

Women in major leadership positions in South Carolina say the state has a long way to go to expand opportunities for women. One Charleston leader said when it comes to women’s representation in the halls of power, the “old boy network” continues to stand in the way.

“Oh boy … the Old Boys!” said Linda Ketner, a Charleston philanthropist and cofounder of the local LGBTQ advocacy group Alliance for Full Acceptance. She said it will take South Carolina more than 200 years

to achieve gender parity, according to The Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

“That’s your great, great, great, great, great, great granddaughter’s generation,” she said.

Ann Warner of Columbia, CEO of Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN), said South Carolina is one of the least gender-equitable states in the nation. One of the areas the state struggles in the most is electing women into office, she said, which has a broad negative impact.

“We need our elected bodies to reflect the population they serve, and right now, the South Carolina General Assembly is over-

whelmingly White and male,” she said. “In a state with a population that is 51% women and where women are nearly 55% of voters, the South Carolina General Assembly is less than 15% women. And with the recent retirement of Justice Kaye Hearn, we are now the only state in the nation that has a state Supreme Court with zero women.”

Statistics strongly suggest South Carolina seems to be going backwards when it comes to female representation and empowerment, Warner said, especially when the

A downtown candy shop clerk told Charleston police on March 5 that several kids — including one dressed as Spiderman — arrived in a bus and stole $30 worth of candy from the store before departing on the same bus. Happy non-Halloween?

Not so threatening anymore A Stall High School student on March 23 reportedly threatened classmates with a gun, showing pictures from an Instagram account of him holding a gun. A quick call to North Charleston police and an investigation revealed that the gun in the picture was a laser tag gun that he got as a gift from his mom.

Almost Houdini

Charleston police on March 16 handcuffed a downtown woman and placed her in the back of a police cruiser after arresting her for disorderly conduct on a King Street sidewalk. But while the officer was typing the citation, the woman managed to slip off the cuffs, exit the passenger-side door and flee the scene. Police later found her sitting on a nearby rooftop and arrested her. Police noted they have no idea how she managed to escape.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between March 5 and March 23.

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North Charleston Police Chief Reggie Burgess announced he is running for mayor on March 24

legislature is fixated on stripping away abortion rights and policing gender identity — which makes life harder and less safe for women and gender expansive people.

“According to a 2020 index of best and worst places to be a woman compiled by Georgetown University, South Carolina ranks 44 out of 50 states,” Warner said. “Statistics show that it is harder to be a woman of color in South Carolina.”

Women are not unable or unwilling to lead in South Carolina, she said. The statistics result from systemic barriers and cultural biases that constrain women — especially women of color — in pathways to leadership.

“These barriers include systemic pay gaps, lack of availability to good childcare and health care (including reproductive health care), high rates of violence and an educational system that simply doesn’t set all children up for success,” Warner said.

Women unlikely to be bosses in S.C.

A recent study analyzing 2021 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found South Carolina is one of the states least likely to have females in senior management positions with 41% of those positions filled by women. Nevada had 58% of its senior management filled by women, and was named the state most likely to have females in senior management positions. While women represent 47% of the U.S. workforce, only 35% hold senior leadership positions, according to the study.

Charleston author and speaker Margaret Seidler, also known as The Accidental Historian, said many women open their own businesses due to how difficult it is to gain a footing in the male-dominated workplace. She said she feels there is a significant lack of women in senior management in Charleston area businesses.

“Senior management in medium to large businesses, where salaries are higher, remain male-dominated,” Seidler told the Charleston City Paper. “People generally feel more comfortable hiring someone with whom they feel commonality.”

The conversation on women’s representation is essential, Seidler said, because women continue to be underrepresented in the senior and executive roles in the business sector. “If people aren’t speaking about underrepresentation, then our community can expect the status quo — that is, companies predominantly led by males,” she said. “Charleston is a community of tradition. This tradition of women being in the lower ranks is one worth changing.”

Making a difference for the next generation

Afaxys, said it’s not surprising that South Carolina lacks women in senior management positions. She came into a leadership position in the 1990s, running a women’s health division of a large pharmaceutical company. She’s called Charleston home for more than 20 years. Today, the leadership team at Afaxys is 65% female.

“I began to see very clearly the inequities across the spectrum of women’s issues,” Dean said, “and how healthcare, economics, politics, religion and advocacy intersect and shape the opportunities that women are presented throughout their life.”

She said every new generation improves women in leadership statistics.

“However, change is slow, and there is still work to be done,” Dean said. “We must keep inclusion and diversity front and center if we want to ensure the best talent is sitting at our leadership table. We all must do our part. Together, by modeling and speaking up for what’s right, we are doing our part to address existing inequities and hopefully, make a difference for the next generation.”

Warner said there is a bright spot: the recent expansion of paid parental leave in South Carolina.

“We need more common sense policy changes like these. When the economy works for women, it works for all of us.”

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Alterman of Wadmalaw Island has been a fulltime women’s rights activist in Charleston for more than four decades. She has served as executive director of the former Center for Women and a founding chair of WREN.

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“The conversations about women in positions of authority and leadership have been going on for more than 50 years and the needle has barely moved,” Alterman said. “As we have currently seen at both the national and state levels women are having to fight for not only basic human rights but economic equity. It’s like a throwback to the 1960s. We should be well ahead of the curve by now.”

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hree words in a March 20 coroner’s report should turn your stomach: “gross medical neglect.”

That’s what Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal concluded about the reason for the December death of 28-year-old D’Angelo Brown at the Al Cannon Detention Center.

It’s sickening to read a description of the treatment received by Brown, who “had been determined to be incompetent due to mental illness” when a state judge ordered Dec. 16 that he be hospitalized for “restorative treatment” through the state Department of Mental Health.

“Mr. Brown was not hospitalized and remained confined to his filthy observation cell within the Charleston County Detention Center’s behavior unit where his condition continued to decline,” attorney James B. Moore III wrote in a March 27 letter to federal authorities.

On Dec. 21, “Brown was found unresponsive in his cell and transported to MUSC. He was emaciated, dehydrated and in septic shock.” Brown didn’t regain consciousness. “The cause of death,” O’Neal wrote, “is E. Coli EAEC sepsis with septic shock and multiple organ system failure due to gross medical neglect. The manner of death is homicide.”

This should have never happened. Whenever anyone is in custody, he or she is in the care of the government. It has a moral and legal duty to keep inmates safe and alive. Unfortunately, death at the county jail is not uncommon. Since October 2021, seven inmates in the county’s custody have died, including Brown. Among the other causes of death: hanging, “apparent medical episode,” and suicide by jumping from a window. The latest death of 50-year-old Julian Jenkins

on March 14 — six days after he was detained for missing court on a shoplifting charge — is under investigation.

As outlined in the letter by lawyers for Brown and Jenkins, we strongly encourage the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a thorough investigation about what exactly is going on at the jail — whether there have been past civil rights violations or inappropriate staffing conditions, or inferior or inadequate health care services for inmates. Whatever the answers, Charleston County needs to fix problems at the jail instead of letting them linger and fester.

This week, the jail had a high-profile visit by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston, and county council members, four of whom later asked for a federal investigation into detention operations. We’re glad for this attention, but it seems a little late, particularly when council has let jail problems ferment for years and now seems to be trying to shift blame.

Take note, county leaders: The problems at the jail — understaffing, insufficient mental health treatment and more — have been inherited by Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano, not something she created. And you should listen to her concerns about what you’re proposing for the jail, instead of just doing what you want.

In fact, instead of spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for a controversial road extension across Johns Island that will drain scarce county resources, first fix problems impacting people, like those of inmates at the jail. Do a better job of prioritizing and making smart investments that put people first. What’s happened at the county jail is an embarrassment. Fix it.

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Time to double the cigarette tax

By Andy Brack

Take a guess at the number of cigarettes smoked every year in South Carolina.

If your answer is about 5 billion, then you’re in the right ballpark — no foolin’.

Some 18% of South Carolina adults smoke, according to data from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). (A national report puts it at 12.5%.) Regardless, the rate dropped slightly from 19.2% in 2007, but since then, vaping has become a thing. The state says e-cigarette use first was tracked in 2014 when 6.2% of adults vaped; now, it’s more like 6.7%.

So while the numbers of smokers are high — somewhere between 650,000 and 900,000, depending on the source — so, too, are the health risks.

“Using combustible, commercial tobacco products is known to cause Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, COPD and several types of cancer,” a DHEC spokesman said this week. “Vaping is known to cause changes in adolescent brains that predispose them to mood disorders, anxiety and an increased risk of future addiction to opioids.”

And then there are the costs to society. On the plus side, South Carolina receives $134 million a year in taxes from 235 million packs of cigarettes sold. Each pack of 20 has a tax of 57 cents — the fifth lowest rate in the nation. The General Assembly last raised the cigarette tax in 2010 after a long battle.

But the state’s sin tax on cigarettes doesn’t even come close to covering the costs of smoking to every resident. Annual health care costs in South Carolina directly caused by smoking are $2.21 billion, according to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK). Furthermore, Medicaid costs caused by smoking in South Carolina are $511.6 billion. Essentially, that means every household’s tax burden from smoking-caused government expenditures is $968 a year.

So when you consider that 82% of adults are subsidizing the smoking-related health care for those who won’t give up smoking, doesn’t it seem like it’s a smart idea to reduce the burden of the majority by calling on those who choose to smoke to pay more for their addiction?

At a minimum, it’s time for the General Assembly to double the state cigarette tax to $1.14 per pack. That would generate another $134 million annually to allow the state to take more proactive measures to reduce smoking — and to pay for some of the state’s costs in dealing with this unhealthy addiction.

Smokers who might scream, “That’s not fair,” might want to consider that it’s really not fair for more than 80% of residents to pay for health and societal costs related to smoking. What’s more, think about how much money smokers will save. With cigarettes costing $5 to $6 per pack depending on the brand, smokers who burn five packs a week will save up to $1,500 a year — more than enough for a relaxing week-long vacation at a South Carolina beach.

Not only would raising the cigarette tax act as a disincentive for people to smoke and lower the rate of smokers, it would save lives. Currently, about 7,200 South Carolinians die each year from smoking. According to CTFK estimates, about 103,000 of South Carolina’s kids under 18 will die prematurely from smoking — if the rates remain the same.

If you’re trying to quit smoking now — and extend your life and save some money — you might want to talk with the folks at SC Tobacco Quitline (1-800-QUIT-NOW) to get customized tobacco cessation support.

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Mae’s advice to new poets? “You’re already doing the bravest thing by claiming it. Keep writing, keep reading and letting other people hear what you have to say. Talking about your poems with other people is going to be the best way that you can grow.”

Charleston writers create more space for their craft

By Chloe Hogan and Chelsea Grinstead

hen artist Alfred Hutty first came to Charleston in 1919, he sent an oft-repeated message to his wife, “Come quickly. Have found heaven.”

These days, Holy City open mic poetry nights are a haven for artists and writers in search of expression and community.

April is National Poetry Month, giving a spotlight to the art form that is often overlooked and labeled obscure. Charleston’s newest poet laureate, Asiah Mae, is determined to open up more space for the city’s growing poetry scene.

“My passion lies in helping people,” Mae said of her desire to help poets find platforms and improve their craft. “There are a lot of people here who have talent. It just may need a little bit more refinement — and more opportunities to learn those skills. I want to be instrumental in bringing that to Charleston.”

Incubating more poetry around town

Mae told the Charleston City Paper she is planning what she called “incubation poetry workshops’’ at various venues around town. She promised more details to come in the summer.

“Other cities have infrastructure for their art scenes to thrive, and a part of that infrastructure is having places where the craft can be learned,” Mae said. “And in terms of poetry, Charleston really doesn’t have a lot of that. I’m working on creating spaces where people can come, critique and be critiqued, and get to a space where they’re able to feel comfortable enough to send out their work — where they can gain confidence in their voice as a writer.”

The way poetry is taught in schools often doesn’t include conversations of contemporary poetry and how expansive and diverse the art form has become, Mae said.

“The idea of poetry being elitist, that comes from somewhere,” she said. “The American school system does teach poetry in a very stuffy, old way of thinking, a nonrelatable way. There are, not necessarily ‘subgenres,’ but offsets of what the ‘old boys club’ of poetry is. I was lucky enough to experience a lot of those coming up in the spoken word scene in North Charleston.

“I want people to step out of their boxes and their preconceived notions about what poetry is ‘supposed’ to be and allow poetry to be what it is.”

Space for expression

The strength of the area’s local poetry scene is in no small part due to the leadership of Marcus Amaker, who served as the city of Charleston’s first poet laureate from 2016 to 2022.

Amaker said he moved to town in 2003 with a “bag full of poems, but not really a lot of venues to perform them at.”

During his time in the position, he founded the Free Verse Festival, an annual poetry celebration in October. Amaker continues to lead Free Verse and organize monthly open mics around town. This month, he will celebrate the release of his 10th book, Hold What Makes You Whole, April 4 at the Charleston Music Hall. To perform at the Music Hall is a “full circle moment,” he said.

In his 20 years in Charleston, Amaker has served as a mentor to many poets in the community, including Mae, who is carving her own path as a leader in the poetry community.

SeekIng a state poet laureate

Marjory Wentworth, an adjunct instructor in the College of Charleston English department, was the last person to serve as the state poet laureate from 2003 until 2020. Since then, the position has been open, unfilled by Gov. Henry McMaster.

“It’s important for every state to have a poet laureate,” Wentworth told the City Paper. “It gives the creative community a voice that it wouldn’t have otherwise.”

A poet laureate represents the state in a unique way, she said, bringing poetry education to schools and diverse, creative programming to cities.

Wentworth said poetry is one of her

greatest sources of joy, and writing helps her figure things out.

“Sometimes there’s overwhelming parts of our lives — grief for example — and somehow when you can find the language for something that’s sort of overwhelming or fanciful, it’s enormously satisfying.”

She recalled one of her favorite lines from Emily Dickinson: “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.”

bringing difficult topics to light

Charleston-based poet Jammie Huyhn writes about family and identity in her work. In her debut book, Out of Darkness, Huyhn writes through the traumas of childhood.

“I deal with a lot of family trauma. In my family, it was kind of this hush-hush thing that you don’t talk about. And I knew I wanted to release it, in some way, and poetry ended up being the outlet,” she said. “A lot of these poems kind of wrote themselves. I work by spilling everything on the page and then editing later.

“I wrote them because I want to let people know they’re not alone, that this isn’t something that’s an isolated incident, and that it’s okay to talk about it. I also did it for my family; it was a reclamation of our history and saying, ‘This is what’s happened to me. But I won’t let that define who I become.’ ”

Poetry events in April

April 4 Marcus Amaker ’s book release event for Hold What Makes You Whole at Charleston Music Hall features performances by emerging poets, high school poets, musical guests and more. Check out marcusamaker.com for details.

April 12 A rally supporting the appointment of the next South Carolina State Poet Laureate takes place from 3-5 p.m. at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia.

April 14 Free Verse open mic night at Public Works Art Center in Summerville. Check out @ freeversepoets on Instagram to learn more.

All month Throughout the month of April, the Charleston County Public Library is celebrating National Poetry Month with writing sessions for creatives, poetry contests, book lists and more. Visit ccpl.org to learn more.

Upstate The third annual One Word Poetry Festival runs April 27-30 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Visit Onewordpoetryfestival.com.

Jammie Huyhn, whose debut book Out of Darkness is centered on processing trauma, said her next book will have a “softer touch” focused on healing and love

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Marcus Amaker will debut an original opera at The Chicago Opera Theater

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Abby Duran released her debut poetry book Between Words

When Huyhn, who grew up in Hartsville, started her master’s degree at the College of Charleston, she connected with Amaker. She began performing at the Free Verse Festival, and last year entered the Free Verse Press competition, through which she published her book last March.

Huyhn said putting her poetry out into the world has been a beautiful source of connection, especially when she performs.

“When I first started doing open mics, people would come up to me, and be like, ‘I felt that. I understand. I relate to you.’ I’ve seen people cry during my performances. And I think that’s something really special, to be able to touch people in that way and to connect with them.”

Poetry as a safe space

Charleston-based poet Abby Duran shared a similar sentiment towards the safe space the local poetry community fosters. Duran said her first performance at a Free Verse event last May helped her let go of some introverted tendencies. She’s been an active part of the community since.

“I’ve been through so much trauma, so when I heard other people talk about sexual assault or abusive parents, I was like, ‘Wow … people relate.’ I dove into my writing and it was like it was waiting all these years, like 15-plus years, just waiting to come out in a safe place. Poetry — it’s just safe.”

Duran released her debut poetry book Between Words March 30, a collection that explores self-identity, intaking experiences from her dreams to unfold finished thoughts and honest reflections.

“Evelyn Berry calls poetry ‘skinny dipping with strangers,’  ” she said, quoting the Southern trans author with the forthcoming poetry book Grief Slut. “That’s the best way to put it. Because when you’re up there, if you’re doing spoken word, it can be vulnerable. It’s a part of your soul — projecting that out — but at the same time, it gives you that space of healing and comfort.”

Permission to be honest

Summerville-based poet Will Davis is a community pastor and immigration advocate who said he got into poetry as an outlet against angst. Since 2018, he’s been writing about hurt and love, beauty and brokenness.

“Poetry is permission,” Davis said. “Permission to let others in, permission to be honest, permission to be free, permission to embrace what is and what can be. It’s permission to be seen and known by others in a way that typical dialogue or interactions won’t lend itself to.”

North Charleston poet and actress Nadine Béyond, who is also a day porter custodian for the Charleston County School District, published her first poetry collection, Love Makes Me Cuss, A Lot! last December.

“To clearly write down how I’m feeling, it eases any frustration built up within me,” she said. “There’s nothing I can’t write about, because I’m being honest. I’m sometimes in awe of what I write because it can be raunchy, classy, inspiring or even spiritual. It’s all a part of me, and I don’t have to be ashamed. I’m so grateful for that.”

Will Davis said he writes poetry to dignify the human experience, to vanquish feelings of being unseen

I’m sometimes in awe of what I write because it can be raunchy, classy, inspiring or even spiritual. It’s all a part of me, and I don’t have to be ashamed. I’m so grateful for that.”

—Nadine Béyond

Mystery  Photo

We love murals and share this new street art with you to identify. It might be a little hard to find it online because the Google truck still hasn’t driven by and indexed the art. So this one might be tough, unless you’ve seen it. (And you can bet it’s kind of out of the way. It is, however, in the city of Charleston.) Where is it? We’ll forward some City Paper swag to the 15th person who correctly answers the question and identifies this week’s mystery photo. To enter (one entry per person), send your guess, name and hometown in an email to: mystery@charlestoncitypaper.com

BONUS: If you want to submit a mystery photo for us to share, send it to the email address above.

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Cooper River Bridge Run after party

Head to Taco Boy downtown after this year’s annual Cooper River Bridge Run for an after party featuring tunes by DJ Discreet, free Tito’s Handmade Vodka drinks for the first 100 runners to arrive, complimentary swag and more. Taco Boy has more than 200 team members racing for Team Taco this year after partnering with the Green Heart Project and Orangetheory for the second year in a row. Join the crew after the run to celebrate the participants, even if you don’t make it across the Ravenel bridge this year.

April 1. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free to attend. Taco Boy. 217 Huger St. Downtown. tacoboy.net

SUNDAY

Early Easter egg hunt

Hop over to the Emeline hotel for a special egg hunt and meet-and-greet with the Easter Bunny in the courtyard. This event is perfect for families and children of all ages. The egg hunt is open to all and free to participate, but donations to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry are greatly appreciated. A small number of baskets are available for those who cannot bring their own.

April 2. Noon-2 p.m. Free. Emeline. 181 Church St. Downtown. hotelemeline.com

THIS WEEKEND

South East Sled Hockey League matches

Concurrent solo exhibitions

Explore Park Circle Gallery’s newest concurrent exhibitions, featuring works by Emily Wilson with Stare Awhile and Jennifer York with Homeward The work in the Stare Awhile exhibition focuses on realism. Wilson creates pieces by drawing from photographs, but her work occasionally crosses the line into surrealism. York’s work in Homeward includes multilayered ink illustrations, architectural models and more inspired by her adventures in life.

Public reception April 7. 5-7 p.m. Exhibitions on display through April 29. Free. Park Circle Gallery. 4820 Jenkins Ave. North Charleston. northcharleston.org

Carolina Ice Palace is hosting the South East Sled Hockey League Championship this weekend. Come cheer on the local Charleston Warriors tonight in the tournament kickoff against the Tampa Bay Lightning team, and stick around for spectacular matches as the tournament continues throughout the weekend.

March 31. 6:30 p.m. Free. Carolina Ice Palace. 7665 Northwoods Blvd. North Charleston. carolinaicepalace.com

NEXT THURSDAY

Paint and Sip

Join the team at Middleton Place for the last installment of a Middleton exclusive painting workshop series next week. Embrace the chance to be an artist and enjoy this fun outing perfect for friends or couples. Get step-by-step instructions to ease you into the creative process and be amazed at what you can do. Enjoy beer, wine and light snacks from the cash bar, and take your work of art home with you.

April 6. 7-9 p.m. $37/ticket. The Inn at Middleton Place. 4290 Ashley River Road. West Ashley. middletonplace.org

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Aeos Carnival by Jennifer York

Arts

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Catch Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet at Sottile Theatre

The College of Charleston’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents its season finale, Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, a provocative, poignant and fiercely humorous coming-of-age story of a young gay man in the South. Catch the shows at the Sottile Theatre (44 George St.) at 7:30 p.m. April 14-16. This show is recommended for people aged 12 and older. Individual tickets are $20 for adults; $15 for seniors, military/ veteran and youth; $12 for CofC students and staff. Purchase tickets at go.cofc.edu/marcus.

Dean questions systems of control in multimedia show

By Chloe Hogan

Anna Dean explores the topics of climate change and technology with a multisensory exhibition at Public Works Art Center in Summerville. The exhibition, called Fluid Dynamics, explores issues of control, chaos and order.

“The recent global pandemic taught us that there are many things beyond our control,” Dean wrote in her artist statement. “We are not only battling the rising tide of climate change due to global warming, which is rapidly shifting our physical landscape, but we are also experiencing a rising tide of technology, as a new digital landscape forms and spills over into our physical existence.”

Fluid Dynamics features projections, sculptures, 2D work, auditory components, a multiscreen viewing room and more. The exhibition is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission.

Dean is an interdisciplinary artist from Rock Hill working in sculpture, installation, video and mixed media. She received her bachelor’s degree from Francis Marion University in art education, followed by a 16-year career teaching art in Greenville County. In 2017, Dean decided to go back to school at Winthrop University for her master’s degree in fine art.

Dean said she has always been inspired to make art in response to current events. She was working on photorealistic, smallscale political paintings when she started at Winthrop. A professor advised Dean to “try

everything” while in school to grow as an artist, and she took that advice to heart.

“After bumbling through the first month or two of school, I decided I was just going to go for it. I started making steel sculptures, and I learned how to weld, and did performance art and video and all this crazy stuff because, why not? You’re only there for three years — why not just jump in with both feet and make big mistakes?”

Last summer Dean participed in the Medical University of South Carolina Arts in Healing Show at Redux Contemporary Art Center when she first connected with Jana Riley, director of the Public Works Art Center in Summerville.

When Riley gave Dean a tour of the gallery space, the artist was immediately fascinated by the building’s history as a post office.

“They cut the back off the vault door so you can see all these gears and pulleys and crazy mechanical guts of the door,” Dean said. “And I’m a sucker for stuff like that, so it pulled me in. Then I noticed this walkway, which Jana told me was where the former postmaster would pace back and forth. There’s little peep holes; he would peer down on the workers to make sure that they were on task.

“When I’m creating an exhibition, I think a lot about the history of the space. And I real-

ized this space was all about control — that vault door was about trying to control who had access to information. That walkway was about controlling through surveillance.”

Dean’s site-specific inspiration prompted her to consider systems of control on the micro and macro levels in Fluid Dynamics

“Pre-Covid, there were all these systems in place that we thought we were in control of,” she said. “I come from a teaching background, and if anybody had told me, we’re going to shut down schools, I would not have believed it. These systems, they seemed like they were too big to shift, but I think we collectively realized during Covid that those walls were not made of stone. Those walls were made of sand.”

Dean’s immersive work takes over the gallery so the viewers are literally stepping inside the work.

“I want it to feel like you’re standing on the edge of an abyss and the art is consuming you,” Dean said. “But I also love that when you walk up close to a piece, and look closely, you can find something intimate, something you weren’t expecting. You see through one piece into another in this show. I try to make my work as multidimensional as I can.”

Dean said her goal as an artist is to start conversations.

“My job is to walk this earth and pay attention to things and then to take those things and reframe them in a way that other people don’t see. I want to raise questions like, ‘What is the future of the digital landscape? What are the things that we can and can not control?’ Everybody’s going to come at it from a different angle and see something different — and that’s what’s beautiful about it to me.”

Learn to use natural dyes on Easter eggs

Join local artist Daisy McClellan for a natural egg dyeing workshop at the Charleston Museum from 1-2 p.m. April 2. Attendees will learn to use plant dyes that naturally color eggs. Each guest will leave with six hard-boiled custom-dyed eggs, plus the knowledge to continue using this dyeing method at home. This workshop is recommended for those aged 11 and older. Children ages 5 to 10 are free if accompanied by an adult. One child is allowed per adult. Tickets are $40 for members and $55 for nonmembers. Register at charlestonmuseum.org.

View portraiture by James Jennings

The Charleston Artist Guild Gallery presents Etched in Time, an exhibition by Charleston-based painter James Jennings. Jenning’s portrait painting process begins with a deep connection to his subject, seeking to understand their character, story and individuality. He spends time observing their physical features, gestures and expressions, carefully noting every detail and nuance. The Charleston Artist Guild Gallery (160 East Bay St.) will host an opening reception from 58 p.m. April 7. For more information on James Jennings, visit JamesJArt.com. Chloe Hogan

For daily updates from Charleston’s art world, check out the Culture section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Visual artist Anna Dean incorporates sculptures, projections, auditory elements and more in her exhibit

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Pop-up Gap Gallery returns

By Chloe Hogan

The Gap Gallery announced its return Feb. 15 on Instagram much to the excitement of the arts community. This hub for emerging local artists took a six-month hiatus after its last show in July, but founder and director Marie Carladous is ready to kickstart the pop-up gallery once more.

Carladous said she almost threw in the towel on the endeavor earlier this year, overwhelmed by managing a gallery while working full-time.

“I’m very excited to be back,” Carladous said. “Honestly, I was ready to let it go in January. I closed the bank account for it. But when I went to the IRS website to dismantle the actual corporation, I couldn’t click the button. And so I was like, ‘Maybe that tells me something.’”

Not long afterwards, Anne Quattlebaum, director of the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, approached Carladous about partnering for a show at Redux Contemporary Art Center in May in celebration of Spoleto season.

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“She offered to try to help us get back on track. I realized I really just wanted to keep it going,” Carladous said.

The revamp of Gap Gallery includes a reevaluation of past goals. Carladous was originally hoping to find a permanent location for her gallery at some point. After unsuccessfully scouring for an affordable spot last year, she changed gears to focus on improving her pop-up model instead.

“The overhead in Charleston is just way too high. If I have to pay rent, I’m going to have to turn into every other gallery that exists in town and take a 50-50 split with the artists, and that’s just not the point of the gallery,” she told the Charleston City Paper. “So honestly, I really don’t care if I’m not making any money out of it. That’s not the goal. The goal was to really just keep a platform that’s a little less strict, meaning, if you bring me drawings on paper that are unframed, that you just pinned to the wall. I don’t give a crap. I really just want to keep a space that’s made for emerging artists.”

Carladous said the one-night-only pop-up show model gives artists a chance to exhibit with low barriers to entry.

“There’s no ties. There’s no contracts, you get 300 to 400 people seeing your work, and then you kind of get a vibe of what people think of your art,” Carladous said. “I just find that very interesting. It’s almost like a critique. It’s a lot of work for just one night, but it’s so worth it. It’s a unique way of doing it. And that might end up being what defines us.”

The Gap Gallery was awarded the Lowcountry Quarterly Arts grant, which Carladous will use to lower the wall fees she charges artists who are accepted into the shows.

“My goal is to completely get rid of the wall fees for artists, and then the gallery only takes a 25% commission. The arts commission gave me half of what I need to do that, which is amazing help, so I’m going to cut the fees in half for now. A five-foot wall is $25 instead of $50, for example.”

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more grants, Carladous said, “and making sure I’m not spending money out of pocket every time.”

The show at Redux on May 26, in collaboration with the City Gallery, is accepting artist submissions now through April 4.

Hed Hi Studio will host the following show in July. Carladous said a call for the July show will be announced in April. For information, to view submission requirements or apply to show with Gap Gallery, check out @gapgallerychs on Instagram.

Artist submissions for the May show at Redux are open until April 4. Next up is a July show at Hed Hi Studio on King Street.

The Fish & Chippy brings an English staple to Mount Pleasant

By Michael Pham

The Fish & Chippy first opened its doors and fryers to the public in September — the same day Queen Elizabeth II died, according to owner Galen Le Cheminant, a native of the U.K. Though it put a damper on the day, he didn’t let it stop him from sharing his restaurant’s staple English dish, as well as others such as Scotch Eggs and mushy peas.

“There was nothing really fish-and-chip oriented in Mount Pleasant,” Le Cheminant said. “There are some places that do fish and chips in other parts of the city, but there’s nothing over on this side. We thought there’s a lot of people here in Mount Pleasant — it’s a very cosmopolitan city — and that we could bring some English fare to the table.”

The Fish & Chippy serves up traditional fish and chips, available in half or full portions (four or eight ounces), cod bites and fish “butty,” fish and chips inside buttered “bap,” or bread. The fish served here is exclu-

What’s new?

Charleston Hemp Collective and the team behind High Rise Beverage Company will open a “Cannabis Dry Bar” — the first of its kind in South Carolina. The dry bar will serve a variety of hemp-derived, THC-infused mocktails at Charleston Hemp Collective’s new James Island location expected to open in June.

Chef George Kovach will open his new restaurant Bearcat April 1 at 25 Magnolia Road in West Ashley, the space formerly occupied by Al Di La. Kovach has more than 15 years of experience in the industry and eight years of working in Michelin-starred restaurants.

Popular breakfast and lunch joint Millers All Day will bring its food truck to Folly Beach at 103 W. Erie Ave. in the coming weeks.

What’s happening?

Spoleto Festival USA will present its Mary Ramsay Civic Award March 31 to acclaimed chef and industry leader Mike Lata for his outstanding contributions to Spoleto and the Charleston area. A James Beard Award-winner, Lata is the co-owner and chef of FIG and The Ordinary, two concepts which remain at the zenith of culinary dining experiences in Charleston.

Munkle Brewing Company hosts a Bridge Run after party from noon-4 p.m. April 1 with live music from The Dubplates and delicious bites from BlackOut Burger food truck.

Warren Street restaurant Coterie announced its new Sunday Sundowner Series — a weekly pop-up featuring local chefs and mixologists. The first installment on April 2 includes craft cocktails from Ten to One Rum and classic New England fare from Co-Hog food truck.

Frothy Beard Brewing Company and Itinerant Literate Books team up April 5 for the Not-Scholastic Boozy Book Fair. Guests can relive the magic of school book fairs from 5-8 p.m. while also enjoying drinks and specials from the brewery.

Celebrate Charleston Cocktail Week April 24-30 at 34 participating venues in town. —Hillary Reaves

sively Icelandic cod, which Le Cheminant claims is the best type of fish for this dish.

“We wanted the best cod,” he said.

“There’s no local cod here. We could get Atlantic cod or Pacific cod, but in my opinion, and where I’m from, I think

Icelandic is the best. It’s a meaty, fatty fish.” While building the restaurant, Le Cheminant said he knew the kind of fish and batter he wanted in order to achieve

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The tartar sauce created by cook Jean Pierre is one of the best items on the menu, according to owner Galen Le Cheminant

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10 breweries to check out in town

By Michael Pham

Spring ushers in great beer-drinking

weather. Lucky for Charlestonians, there are plenty of places to grab a cold one and chow down on a meal outside. If you’re craving a local brew and some time in the sun, one of the area’s many breweries is the perfect place for happy hour or weekend plans. With Charleston’s ever-growing craft brewery scene, including its very own Brewery District on upper Meeting and King streets, there’s no shortage of breweries. Here are just a few places to check out this season.

Brewlab Charleston

Downtown • thebrewlab.net

With 13 different brews on tap and a selection of wine, liquor and food to fill your belly, Brewlab does more than specialize in just “damn good beers.” Check out Brewlab originals like the Purple Power Plum Sour for a sucker punch to the taste buds or a citrus and hopped-packed Double Deuces DIPA with a whopping 8.2% abv.

Charles Towne Fermentory

West Ashley • chsfermentory.com

In the heart of Avondale with an open patio bar, Charles Towne Fermentory offers chill vibes and an array of craft brews. The brewery previously held rotating pop-ups, but as of January, Asian fusion pop-up Bok Choy Boy started a residency in the Fermentory kitchen, offering delicious eats to pair with the Yacht Party Lager or Sungazer IPA.

Commonhouse Aleworks

North Charleston

Commonhousealeworks.com

Enjoy the neighborhood vibes of Park Circle at Commonhouse Aleworks with friends, family and fellow beer-drinkers. Need a bite to eat? Commonhouse offers in-house food options, or walk around the corner to East Montague Avenue for a selection of other local Park Circle eats — then head back to Commonhouse for another brew.

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co.

Downtown • Edmundsoast.com

Edmund’s Oast is perhaps one of the most recognized breweries in Charleston, anchored next to the former Workshop food hall and current Rancho Lewis restaurant. The brewery hosts regular food pop-ups and collaborates with the frosé experts at The Co-op, which has an outpost location next to the brewery.

Edmund’s Oast offers plenty of indoor and outdoor seating to enjoy while sipping cold brews like its famous Bound by Time

IPA or Something Cold blonde ale.

Frothy Beard Brewing Company

West Ashley and Summerville frothybeard.com

Frothy Beard Brewing Company regularly offers refreshing brews from its 20-plus rotating taps. The large space is great for groups of friends, and you can nerd-out over all the pop culture memorabilia displayed throughout the brewery. This family friendly brewery also has outdoor seating and an in-house food menu of burgers, pizza and more.

Holy City Brewing

North Charleston • holycitybrewing.com

Housed in an incredibly large facility, Holy City Brewing has enough space not only to hold its extensive list of rotating brews, like its famous Pluff Mud Porter, but also to host live music and outdoor pop-up markets. Bonus? You can enjoy a beer while admiring the view of Noisette Creek behind the brewery’s outdoor area.

LO-Fi Brewing Company

Downtown • Lofibrewing.com

Head to LO-Fi Brewing’s large facility on Meeting Street Road and taste the popular Mexican Lager or something a little darker like the Chocolate Deluxe American Stout. If you’re lucky, or plan ahead and check the schedule, catch live music at the brewery.

Low Tide Brewing

Johns Island • Lowtidebrewing.com

Enjoy a refreshing IPA with Charleston City Paper ’s 2022 Best Bar Staff at Low Tide Brewing. The 2022 Best of Charleston Best Bartender, Zach Kramer may even pour your beer and stay for a chat. Either way, you can enjoy the many beers on tap, including the Isle of Pale Ale or Aloha Beaches.

Munkle Brewing Co.

Downtown • munklebrewing.com

Munkle Brewing is just outside the hustle and bustle of downtown and part of Charleston’s Brewery District, making it the perfect place to sit outside and have a cold beer like the Gully Washer Wit or the Brugge City Brune, named after the brewery’s dog Brugge.

Revelry Brewing

Downtown • Revelrybrewingco.com

What’s better than enjoying a beer on the water? Drinking a cold one on a rooftop overlooking the Charleston peninsula, and Revelry is the place to do so. Sip on the famous Lefty Loosey West Coast IPA from a frosted glass or the Smooth Like Jazz Eisbock in the cool, evening weather. No matter the time of day, nothing beats the view (or the beer).

For more coverage, visit CharlestonCityPaper.com/categories/HOPS.

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a perfect, crispy fish. The challenge was finding the right chip.

“When you go to a rich fish and chips shop in the U.K., there’s a whole production line [to take them] from a potato to a chip, and it’s very tough to do. We don’t have the space to do it in this location,” he said. “After a few good tries, we found a good, thick chip that’s going to stay crispy. It’s just fried once; it’s never fried twice.”

Le Cheminant said if you’re eating fish and chips at the restaurant, the chips are going to be hot and crispy, but if you get takeout, the best way to keep the heat from softening the potatoes is to open up the bag and let the steam out.

“You’re never going to get it really crispy, unless it’s a thin fry (fried more than twice),” he said. “It’s just not healthy at that point. It’s just a fat stick.”

Ironically, Le Cheminant isn’t a fan of tartar sauce, which is normally served with the meal. But one of the cooks, Jean Pierre, made a tartar sauce so good, it changed Le

Cheminant’s mind.

“I have to say, one of the best things here is JP’s tartar sauce,” he said. “He’s put in a few bits that set it apart. It’s just beautiful.” Le Cheminant described it as more akin to mayonnaise and less vinegary than traditional tartar sauce.

If you want a taste of what it’s like to dine like royalty, you can opt for fish and chips

“The Queen’s Way,” described on the menu as “prepared exactly as desired by Her Majesty” — a full portion of breaded and baked cod drizzled with a tarragon Hollandaise and served with a stack of chips.

In addition to its staple dish, the Fish & Chippy also offers Scotch eggs and mushy peas. A Scotch egg is a medium boiled egg, wrapped in sausage, breaded and deep fried for a crispy, soft and creamy bite. Dip it in the house-made tartar sauce for a perfectly balanced snack. Le Cheminant recommends trying the mushy peas with malt vinegar for a creamy, acidic bite.

The Fish & Chippy is located at 565 Belle Station Blvd. in Mount Pleasant and open from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues.-Sat.

Love fish and chips? Here are a few other places to find the classic English dish:

• O’Brion’s Pub and Grille , James Island and Mount Pleasant

• Pearlz Oyster Bar, downtown and West Ashley

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• Rappahannock , downtown

• A Salt n Battered, a Fish Fry and Bar Co., West Ashley

• Gillie’s Seafood, James Island

• The Griffon, downtown

• My Father’s Moustache , James Island and Mount Pleasant

• Tommy Condon’s Irish Pub and Restaurant , downtown

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The Fish & Chippy exclusively uses Icelandic cod for its fish and chips as owner Galen Le Cheminant believes it’s the best type of fish for the meal

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TMS # 764-15-00-023 Defendants.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated March 8, 2023, which has been filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 8th day of March 2023. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on the 9th day of March 2023.

The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 8th day of March 2023.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), 12-51-40 et seq. and 12-61-10 et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs are the owners of the said property described in paragraph two (2) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint.

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

ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of McClellanville 1-1, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing Seventy–three hundredths (.73) of an acre on Drayton Street, butting and bounding as follows:

North by lands formerly of S K Howard East by lands formerly of S K Howard South on Drayton Street West by lands formerly of Bennett

Being the same property conveyed to the Plaintiff by deed of Walter T. Martin, Delinquent Tax Collector for Charleston County dated October 13, 1993 and recorded on October 18, 1993, in Book L 233, at Page 858.

TMS: 764-15-00-023

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/Thomas H. Brush

Thomas H. Brush Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar # 000974

tbrush@brushlawfirm.com

12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407

Dated: March 9, 2023

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM

Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is

ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further

ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further

ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order. AND IT IS SO ORDERED!

s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-10-01150

Michael R. Bigelow

Plaintiff, -versusRosa Taylor, and all persons claiming under or through the heirs or devisees of Eliza Taylor, collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are Minors or other disability, or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through Rosa Taylor, also all persons claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint herein TMS # 764-15-00-024 Defendants.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated March 8, 2023, which has been filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 8th day of March 2023. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 8th day of March 2023.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), 12-51-40 et seq. and 12-61-10 et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs are the owners of the said property described in paragraph two (2) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint.

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

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of McClellanville, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing Seventy–two hundredths (.72) of an acre, butting and bounding as follows:

North by center of Chingle Ditch

feet

South by lands formerly of Eliza Taylor 100 feet

West by lands formerly of Bennett 312 feet

Being the same property conveyed to the Plaintiff by deed of Walter T. Martin, Delinquent Tax Collector for Charleston County, dated September 3, 1993 and recorded on October 18, 1993, in Book L233, at Page 849.

TMS: 764-15-00-024

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/Thomas H. Brush

Thomas H. Brush Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar # 000974 tbrush@brushlawfirm.com

12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407

Dated: March 9, 2023

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM

Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is

ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further

ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further

ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order. AND IT IS SO ORDERED!

s/Julie J. Armstrong Charleston County Clerk of Court STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-10-01136

Kevin Richardson

Plaintiff, -versusJames Prioleau, Deceased, and all persons claiming under or through the heirs or devisees of James Prioleau, collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are Minors or other disability, or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through James Prioleau, also all persons claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint herein TMS # 334-11-00-036 Defendants.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

Court for Charleston County on the 8th day of March 2023. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 8th day of March 2023.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), 12-51-40 et seq. and 12-61-10 et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs are the owners of the said property described in paragraph two (2) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint.

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

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the East side of Scott Hill Road one thousand two hundred thirty seven (1237’) feet North of Grimball Road, on James Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and measuring and containing one and six hundred forty-nine thousandths (1.649) acres more or less, and being shown as Lot 4 on a Plat recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BR, at Page 135; reference is being made to said plat for a more complete description.

Being the same property conveyed to the Plaintiff by deed dated January 24, 2005 from James M. Farris, Delinquent Tax Collector for Charleston County and recorded in Book 525, at Page 065.

TMS: 334-11-00-036

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/Thomas H. Brush

Thomas H. Brush Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar # 000974 tbrush@brushlawfirm.com

12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407

Dated: March 9, 2023

interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order. AND IT IS SO ORDERED!

s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-3595

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS

JEKENDRA SMALLS, WESLEY WITHERSPOON, HAZEL SMALLS, AND TONY BROWN, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007 AND 2009.

TO DEFENDANTS: WESLEY WITHERSPOON AND TONY BROWN YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 13, 2022 at 4:17 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Steven Corley, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Steven Corley, SC Bar #103431, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29045. (843) 953-9625

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-3534

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Mary Lee Briggs SC Bar #101535, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9464.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-0220

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

Anayeli Hernandez Ramirez and Rolando Garcia Martinez DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007, 2010 & 2017

TO DEFENDANT: Rolando Garcia Martinez

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 23, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-3773

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

AGILLAH FRAZIER, CAMILLA LARY, AND JAMAL BENNETT, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2019.

TO DEFENDANTS: JAMAL BENNETT

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: CAROLE WINEMILLER BRIDGES 2023-ES-10-0223

DOD: 01/09/23

Pers. Rep: ROBERT AARON BRIDGES 2115 WOODLAND SHORES RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: JOSEPH E. DAPORE, ESQ. 25 CALHOUN ST., #400 CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: JACK BELCHER 2023-ES-10-0252

DOD: 06/16/22

Pers. Rep: JACQUELYN BELCHER CROSBY 837 CENTERWOOD DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: BARBARA M. RAMSEY 2023-ES-10-0294

DOD: 09/04/22

Pers. Rep: NICOLE RAMSEY SIMMONS 1726 W. ROBINHOOD DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: HALETTE I. THIERS 2023-ES-10-0310

DOD: 09/22/22

Pers. Rep: BRUCE H. THIERS 36 RUTLEDGE AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

SYLVIA DAWNE ARMSTRONG 2023-ES-10-0313

DOD: 01/28/23

Pers. Rep: JOHN MARK CHANDLER

121 CLEAR CREEK DR. BEAR, DE 19701

Atty: JOHN F. PERRY, ESQ. 3021 RUSHLAND MEWS JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

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Estate of: ALAN ROBERT BURKE 2023-ES-10-0321

DOD: 02/02/23

Pers. Rep: LISA BLEWER 4743 ARCO LN. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418

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Estate of: WENDY MICHELLE TAYLOR 2023-ES-10-0360

DOD: 02/07/23

by lands formerly of Estate of

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated March 8, 2023, which was filed with the Office of the Clerk of

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM

Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is

ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their

KYLEIR REESE AND TINNETTA MCCOY. IN THE INTEREST OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2015.

TO DEFENDANT: KYLEIR REESE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 7, 2022. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Mary Lee Briggs, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3366 Rivers Avenue, Charleston S.C. 29405

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 28, 2023 at 4:27 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Steven Corley, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Steven Corley, SC Bar# 103431, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, (843) 953-9625.

Pers. Rep: MARGARET TAYLOR 1009 BLOCKADE RUNNER PARKWAY SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485

Atty: JOHN KORNEGAY, ESQ. 131 EAST RICHARDSON AVE. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483

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Estate of: DOROTHY CLYDE M. KNUDSEN 2023-ES-10-0376

DOD: 11/29/22

Pers. Rep: KRIS WAYNE KNUDSEN 1028 SHADOWBROOK LN. CHARLOTTE, NC 28211

Atty: STEPHEN E. GONZALES, ESQ. 1619 REMOUNT RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29406

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Estate of: LYDIA H. PEDERSEN 2023-ES-10-0378

DOD: 12/30/22

Pers. Rep: LYDIA JEAN PEDERSEN 2500 MADDIS RD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: JOHN E. ROMANOSKY, JR., ESQ. 1 COOL BLOW ST., #201 CHARLESTON, SC 29403

CIRCUIT

2023-DR-10-0374

BERTHA GUZMAN COSTALEITE, Plaintiff, vs. JAVIER FRANCISCO RAMOS MONJARAZ, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT 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 thereto on the subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default may be entered against you.

NOTICE OF FILING. The Summons and Complaint for a divorce action were filed in Family Court, Charleston County, Case Number 2023-DR-10-0374 on February 3, 2023. The Final Hearing is scheduled for June 2, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

CHARLIE L. WHIRL

2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705 Office cwhirl2112@gmail.com Attorney for Plaintiff

NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2022-DR-10-3431

SHAUN JERMAINE MIDDLETON, SR., Plaintiff, vs. TEKIA MARJ’A MIDDLETON, Defendant.

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANT 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 thereto on the subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default may be entered against you.

NOTICE OF FILING. The Summons and Complaint for a divorce were filed in Family Court, Charleston, County, Case NO.: 2022-DR10-3431 on November 23, 2022. The Final Hearing is scheduled for May 5, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405

(843) 566-9705- Office Attorney for Plaintiff

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-05204

YACHT HARBOR OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 10, 2022.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff against the Defendants to quiet title relative to the below described real property located in Charleston County, South Carolina and to partition in kind to Plaintiff a portion of the property upon which Plaintiff’s residence is located, to-wit:

The Quarter Ownership Interest, being Interest 306-B of YACHT HARBOR VILLAS HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME. Said interest consisting of an undivided twenty-five (25%) interest in UNIT 306 as shown on the Plans and Specifications described in the Master Deed to YACHT HARBOR VILLAS HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME, together with the exclusive right to occupy and possess UNIT 306 from 5:00 o’clock p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the first Sunday of each Occupancy Period assigned to the Quarter Ownership Interest in the Master Deed, and amendments and supplements thereto, until 11:00 o’clock a.m

Eastern Standard Time on the last Sunday of each Quarter Ownership Occupancy Period. Such Quarter Ownership Interest is more particularly shown and described by reference to the Master Deed of said Horizontal Property Regime, said Master Deed being dated the 24th day of November, 1986, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Deed Book R-159, Page 611, as amended and supplemented.

ALSO, an undivided twenty-five (25%) Interest in and to the items of personal property and furnishings located therein.

TMS # 571-08-00-025

In the Matter of: Johnny Daisey Deceased

Victor L. Birks, Petitioner, vs. Rosalind Scott, Deno Daisey, and Cassaundra Hester, Respondents.

SUMMONS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Determination of Heirs in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the Petitioner or his attorney Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire, at 6518-D Dorchester Road, P.O. Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Petition for Determination of Heirs with the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

Dated this 13th day of October, 2022, at North Charleston, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL HEARING

In the Matter of Johnny Daisey 2022-ES-10-1935

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL HEARING

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414

4/14/23

10:00 AM

Alberta Grimes Furniture and household goods and clothes

Facility 2: 2343 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414

4/14/23

10:30 AM

Rachel Ugrinovsky Personal Items

Alison Funderburk Furniture

Facility 3: 1861 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

4/14/23

11:00 AM

Kevin Levine

2 bedroom sets/ 2 couches/ end/ coffee table/ kitchen table w/ chairs/ boxes

Sevella Britt Furniture, merchandise

Facility 4: 810 St Andrews Boulevard Charleston, SC 29407

4/14/23

208 St. James Ave Ste. C Goose Creek, SC 29445

4/14/23

3:00 PM

Vernon Meeks

Household items

The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

State of Wisconsin County of Burnett

In the Burnett County Circuit Court

IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF Kameron Shane Rand

Notice and Order for Name Change Hearing Case No. 23CU33

NOTICE IS GIVEN:

A Petition was filed asking to change to the name of the person listed above:

From: Kameron Shane Rand

TO: Kameron Shane Hughes Birth Certificate: Kameron Shane Rand

the 22nd day of July, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at 4045 Bridgeview Dr, North Charleston SC - in the EOC Room (Room B-339), on the 4th Day of April, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Part of Lots 130 and 132, commonly known as 167 Moultrie Street in the present number of the City of Charleston.

MEASURING and containing on the front on North line eighty five (85’) feet on Moultrie Street and the same on the back on South Line by one hundred seventeen and 7/10 (117.7’) feet on depth; all as is more fully set forth on that plat prepared by Joseph Needle dated November 28, 1950 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Plat Book G at page 16A. For a more complete description of said lot, reference may be had to the aforementioned Plat, which Is incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

March 15, 2023; March 24, 2023; March 31, 2023

SELL ANYTHING FOR $35 IN PRINT AND ONLINE CALL CRIS

577-5304 X127

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-DR-10-0163

JASMINE LASHA COOPER, Plaintiff, vs. QUINCY LASHAUN COOPER, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT 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 thereto on the subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default may be entered against you.

NOTICE OF FILING. The Summons and Complaint for a divorce action were filed in Family Court, Charleston County, Case Number 2023-DR-10-0163 on January 18, 2023. The Final Hearing is scheduled for June 2, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

CHARLIE L. WHIRL

2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705- Office Attorney for Plaintiff

cwhirl2112@gmail.com

Plaintiff, vs. GREG A. SWINDELL, GLORIA A. SHIVELER, JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents, and persons in the Military of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of JACOB H. SHIVELER, deceased, and GLORIA A. SHIVELER, if she be 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.

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 upon the subscribers at their office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

This being the same property conveyed to the Greg A. Swindell, Jacob H. Shiveler and Gloria A. Shiveler by Deed of New Yacht Harbor Developers, a South Carolina General Partnership, dated September 8, 1988, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, SC on December 21, 1988, in Deed Book M-180, Page 664. Upon information and belief, Jacob H. Shiveler died testate on October 24, 2011 leaving as his sole beneficiary his wife, Gloria A. Shiveler.

NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

You will please take notice that by Consent Order, dated February 23, 2023, and filed in the Clerk’s Office, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-0459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of any of the deceased persons referenced in the caption above, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

CISA & DODDS, LLP

s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 john@cisadodds.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Virtual Hearing in the above-entitled action, will be held on the 1st day of May 2023, at 10:00 A.M., for the Charleston County Probate Court. Attorney for Petitioner, The Curry Law Firm, Post Office Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423, (843) 767-5284.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, The Curry Law Firm, LLC Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire Cindy R. Pinckney Graham, Esquire 6518-D Dorchester Road P.O. Box 42270 North Charleston, SC 29423 843-767-5284

843-SOS-CASH

843-767-5286 (Fax) currylawfirm@bellsouth.net

Attorneys for Petitioner

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MCDOWELL COUNTY IN THE DISTRICT COURT

In the Matter of WELDON DISEKER

v. MARY HEARN DISEKER File # 22 CVD 697

To: MARY HEARN DISEKER

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is for Equitable Distribution and Divorce. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than forty (40) days of the date of first publication of this Notice stated below, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

First published this 31st day of March, 2023.

12:30 PM

William Smith Clothes and various household items

Joseph Williams Furniture and Household Goods

Facility 5: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406

4/14/23

1:30 PM

Dale Spence Household goods

Antonio Robinson Unknown

Mynord Niles

Bed, grill, lawn mower, stereo equipment, misc items

Roger Yates Clothing, boxes

Sarah Coulter Clothes

Michael Thigpen Boxes & personal items

Elijah McCoy Mattress/boxspring, frame, dishware, tv’s, clothing

Alvin Brooks

Full size bed, dresser, tv, bags

Michael Barnes

Household items, furniture & boxes

Facility 6: 8850 Rivers Ave. North Charleston, SC 29406

4/14/23

2:00 PM

Karena King

Patio Furniture & Boxes

Kayla Smith Clothes & Appliances

Karena King Household Goods

Facility 7: 427 St. James Ave. Goose Creek, SC 29445

4/14/23

2:30 PM

Jason Tilman Furniture

Facility 8:

It is ordered: This Petition will be heard in the Burnett Co. Circuit Court 7410 Co. Rd K Siren, WI 54872 April 13th, 2023

9:00 AM

If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 715-349-2147 prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

BY THE COURT

Melissa R. M. Circuit Court Judge

FILED

Date 3/13/23

Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-06035

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

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Indenture Trustee for People’s Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3 vs Kenneth T Johnson; Mia Johnson a/k/a Mia G. Johnson; Leon G. Galloway a/k/a Leon Galloway; Adolph Galloway a/k/a Adolph C. Galloway; Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway and if Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Internal Revenue Service

Upon authority of a Decree dated

BEING the same property conveyed to Mia G. Johnson, Adolph Galloway, Angela G. Nelson, Katherine G. Bing, Kenneth H. Galloway, and Leon H. Galloway by Deed of Distribution from the Estate of Helen H. Galloway dated May 13, 2004 and recorded May 18, 2004 in Book B495 at Page 340, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Leon Galloway, Katherine G. Bing, Angela G. Nelson Galloway, Adolph Galloway, and Kenneth H. Galloway conveyed their interest in the subject property to Mia Johnson by Deed recorded November 18, 2004 in Book M516 at Page 691, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Mia G. Johnson a/k/a Mia Johnson conveyed the subject property conveyed to Kenneth T. Johnson by Deed dated November 2, 2004 and recorded November 18, 2004 in Book M516 at Page 748, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Thereafter, Kenneth T. Johnson conveyed an undivided one-half interest to the subject property to Mia Johnson by Deed dated March 18, 2005 and recorded March 25, 2005 in Book K530 at Page 250, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 460-02-04-002

Current Property Address:

167 Moultrie St. Charleston, SC 29403

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 4th day of May, 2023.

Pursuant to Section 2410(c), Title 28, United States Code, the Defendant United States of America has a right to redeem the subject property within 120 days after the date of the foreclosure sale.

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

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

Master’s Sale

Case No. 2019-CP-10-05999

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

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13th day of March, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at 4045 Bridgeview Dr, North Charleston SC - in the EOC Room (Room B-339), on the 4th Day of April, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 4704, Block 4700, Oak Bluff Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Harold B. Nielson, Jr., PE & PLS, of Nielson & Associates, entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF OAK BLUFF, BLOCKS 4700, 7955 CROSSROADS DRIVE, OWNED BY PORTRAIT HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” which plat is dated July 9, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book EJ at Pages 122-124 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

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

TMS # 484-00-00-497

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

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

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

the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John J. Hearn

(803) 744-4444 FN

013263-12217

2022CP1000723

FOR INSERTION

3/15/23, 3/22/23, 3/29/23

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2019CP1000025

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

U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT , PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Lucas Brown; Evelina C. Brown; Jermaine W. Alston; , DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 29th day of May, 2019, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 4th day of April, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land near Adams Run, Charleston County South Carolina, containing 3.46 acres, more or less, and shown as Lot 9 on the Plat entitled “A Division of the Estate of Scipio Brown” dated May 30, 1979 by Robert C. Frank, recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AO, page 96, and having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and bounds as shown on said plat.

LESS AND EXCEPT:

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land near Adams Run, Charleston County South Carolina, containing 1.74 acres, more or less, and shown as Lot 9B on the Plat entitled

“The Subdivision of Lot 9 of the Subdivision of the Scipio Brown EST” dated August 16, 1984 by Geometric Surveying Co., recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BC, page 48, and having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and bounds as shown on said plat. [Released by partial release of Mortgage dated July 3, 2018, recorded November 26, 2018 in Book 0762 at Page 290]

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being a portion of the same property conveyed to Evelina C. Brown by deed of Herbert Brown, as Trustee, dated March 13, 1980 and recorded March 14, 1980 in Book X 121 at Page 278. Subsequently, Evelina C. Brown conveyed one-half (1/2) interest in the subject property to Lucas Brown by deed dated September 7, 2004 and recorded September 20, 2004 in Book V 509 at Page 890 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444

013957-00725

2019CP1000025

FOR INSERTION

3/15/23, 3/22/23, 3/39/23

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-01369

Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS.

Rosemary Cherban, and if Rosemary Cherban be deceased, any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Rosemary Cherban, Deceased; their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Bank of America, NA; First Freedom Bank; and Meridian Place Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (231091.00033)

TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:

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 offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 292022065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Charleston County, which

Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.

NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE 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 March 20, 2023.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Rosemary Cherban, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 24th day of March, 2023.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Rosemary Cherban to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated January 12, 2011, recorded January 20, 2011, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0167 at Page 350; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Specialized Loan Servicing LLC by assignment instrument dated December 2, 2021 and recorded February 2, 2022 in Book 1074 at Page 113.

The description of the premises is as follows:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 21 on a plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS NO.

337-00-00-161 INTO MERID-

IAN PLACE PHASE 1, LOTS 1-98, COMMON AREAS A, B & C, AND NEW PRIVATE RIGHTS-OFWAY, PROPERTY OWNED BY MERIDIAN PLACE, LLC, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,” by Richard Lacey, PLS, dated September 8, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 286 and 287, and dated October 19, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 492 and 493 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

SAID lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

Please note that the above legal description has been modified to add recording information for the individual plat.

This being the same property conveyed to Rosemary Cherban by deed of John C. Boozer, Jr. dated August 13, 2001 and recorded August 16, 2001 in Book Y-379 at Page 024 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 337 06 00 021

Property address: 1341 Pinnacle Lane Charleston, SC 29412

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

By: Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453 Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334 Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@ scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530

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

Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074 ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-00576

MEB Loan Trust VI, PLAINTIFF, VS. Ronald D. Albee, Jr.; and Bank of America, N.A., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (221091.00110)

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

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

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

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 3, 2023.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

By: Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996 Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #69453

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

Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530 H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134 Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-05395

United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. Sidney Carl Wooten a/k/a Sidney C. Wooten a/k/a Sidney Wooten, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Christopher Carl Wooten a/k/a Christopher C. Wooten a/k/a Chris Wooten, Deceased; Brenda Wooten a/k/a Brenda G. Wooten, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Christopher Carl Wooten a/k/a Christopher C. Wooten a/k/a Chris Wooten, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Christopher Carl Wooten a/k/a Christopher C. Wooten a/k/a Chris Wooten, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (221070.00174)

TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS

ABOVE-NAMED: 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 offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 292022065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days

to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.

NOTICE

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE 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 22, 2022.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Christopher Carl Wooten a/k/a Christopher C. Wooten a/k/a Chris Wooten, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 8th day of March, 2023.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Christopher C. Wooten to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC, dated February 20, 2020, recorded April 1, 2020, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 870 at Page 682; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to United

Wholesale Mortgage, LLC by assignment instrument dated November 14, 2022 and attached hereto as Exhibit “A.”

The description of the premises is as follows:

All that certain lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 2, Block A, Summerfield Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat entitled “PLAT OF THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS NO. 397-00-00-003 INTO LOTS 1 THRU 46, BLOCK A, SUMMERFIELD, PROPERTY OF EVANS DEVELOPMENT CORP., CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” dated September 29, 1986 and revised April 20, 1987 by Harold J. LeaMond, PE & LS, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BM, Page 185. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Christopher C. Wooten by deed of Joan I. Braham and David D. Braham (by Michael Eric Kempson, their attorney in fact) dated February 20, 2020 and recorded April 1, 2020 in Book 870 at Page 681 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 397-01-00-104

Property address: 7906 Red Birch Circle North Charleston, SC 29418

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

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

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

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

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

Kevin T. Brown (kevinb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64236

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

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

Master’s Sale

2022-CP-10-01454

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Chase Mortgage Holdings, Inc. s/b/m to JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS Joyce Jenkins, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Margie J. Lucas a/k/a

Margie Lucas, Deceased; Sherrie

Wright, Individually, and as Legal

Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Margie J. Lucas a/k/a Margie

Lucas, Deceased; James Anthony Lucas, Individually, and as Legal

Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Margie J. Lucas a/k/a Margie

Lucas, Deceased; Robert Lucas, Jr., Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Margie

J. Lucas a/k/a Margie Lucas, Deceased; Johnny Lucas, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Margie J. Lucas a/k/a Margie Lucas, Deceased; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Margie J. Lucas a/k/a Margie Lucas, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in

the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; et al.,

DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the March 01, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 4th DAY OF APRIL, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 24, Block V, Woodside Manor and Woodview Manor Subdivision, all as is more fully shown on a plat entitled “Plat of Lots 13-25, Block V, and Lots 1-14, Block U” which said plat was made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., dated March 4, 1974 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AD at Page 36; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to the aforesaid plat more fully appear.

Said legal description has been revised so as to include the complete subdivision name and correct the plat date.

This being the same property conveyed to Margie J. Lucas by Deed of Mark F. Hughley dated January 12, 1995 and recorded January 20, 1995 in Deed Book V251 at Page 461 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Subsequently, Margie J. Lucas a/k/a Margie Lucas died on or about August 1, 2019, leaving the subject property to her heirs, namely Joyce Jenkins, Sherrie Wright, James Anthony Lucas, Robert Lucas, Jr., and Johnny Lucas.

TMS No. 388-02-00-099

Property address: 4478 Kindlewood Drive Ladson, SC 29456

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

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Circuit Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore granted in the case of SouthState Bank, National Association, vs. Jacqueline M. Boyd; and Shadowmoss Homeowner’s Association, Inc., I the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina or my agent, will sell on 4th day of April, 2023, at 11:00

A.M., in the County Council Chambers, Room #B339, of the Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 118, Shadowmoss Plantation, as shown on that certain plat entitled “Plat of the Subdivision of Phase C-2, Shadowmoss Plantation 11.42 Acres to Create Lots 89 thru 129, City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina”, dated August 22, 1991, and recorded in Plat Book CE, at Page 150, in the RMC Office for Charleston County. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. SUBJECT to any and all restrictions, easements and /or rights-of-way affecting the abovedescribed property as recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Being the same property conveyed to William M. Boyd and Jacqueline M. Boyd by Deed of Marion J. Clarry dated July 9, 2002, and recorded July 15, 2022, in the Office of Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Book B412 at Page 401. William

M. Boyd, died on June 19, 2018, and his estate is administrated in the Charleston County Probate Court Estate File Number 2018-ES10-01852. Thereafter, the Estate of William M. Boyd, conveyed the property to Jacqueline M. Boyd, by Deed of Distribution dated April 14, 2020, and recorded May 8, 2020, in the Office of Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Book 0880 at Page 945, and by the Corrective Deed of Distribution dated July 8, 2020, and recorded July 9, 2020, in the Office of Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Book 0896 at Page 272.

TMS# 358-13-00-101

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/OR RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, INCLUDING THAT CERTAIN SUBJECT TO MORTGAGE FROM WILLIAM M. BOYD AND JACQUELINE M. BOYD TO MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR SHELTER MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $118,800.00, DATED JULY 9, 2002, AND RECORDED ON JULY 15, 2002 IN THE ROD OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK

C412 AT PAGE 14.

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master-In-Equity or his agent, at the conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) percent of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master-InEquity or his agent may resell the property on the same terms and

conditions on some subsequent

Sales day at the risk of the said highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to Charleston County taxes and assessments and to existing easements and restrictions of record.

Purchaser shall pay for the preparation of the Deed, documentary stamps on the Deed, recording of the Deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the judgment rate of interest. Deficiency Judgment not being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

If Plaintiff or its representative does not appear at the scheduled sale of the above-described property, then the sale of the property will be null, void and of no force and effect.

In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day.

Neither the Plaintiff nor its Counsel make representations as to the integrity of the title or the fair market value of the property offered for sale. Prior to bidding you may wish to review the current state law or seek the advice of any attorney licensed in South Carolina.

Judge Mikell R. Scarborough

Master-In-Equity for Charleston County

s/Elizabeth Blackwell Ross

Bar No: 78756

Smith Debnam Narron Drake

Saintsing & Myers, LLP 171 Church Street, Suite 120C

Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: (843) 714-2533

Email: eross@smithdebnamlaw.com

Attorney for Plaintiff, SouthState Bank, National Association

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-02500

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

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association, PLAINTIFF versus Frank Olender and Darrell Creek Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 15th day of February, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of April, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, or to be built thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, Christ Church Parish, State of South Carolina, shown and delineated as Lot 16, Phase II on that certain plat entitled “Darrell Creek Final Plat of Phase II Town of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, S.C.,” by ARC Surveying Company, Inc., dated August 1, 2001, and duly recorded November 30, 2001, in Plat Book EF at Pages 205-208, in said RMC Office. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. Said property is subject to any and all applicable easements and covenants of record and to all applicable governmental statues, ordinances, rules and regulations.

This being the same property conveyed to Frank Olender and Joyce Olender by Deed from Edward C. Hunnicutt, dated March 30, 2007 and recorded April 3, 2007 in Deed Book Y620 at Page 046; thereafter, this being the same property conveyed to Frank Olender by Deed

from Joyce Olender, dated May 3, 2018 and recorded May 23, 2018 in Deed Book 0720 at Page 797 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS No. 596-08-00-110

Property Address: 3738 Saint Ellens Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.6250%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993 FOR INSERTION

March 15, 2023, March 24, 2023, March 31, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

4996

Master’s Sale

2021-CP-10-01094

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust, PLAINTIFF versus Richard Larry Evans a/k/a Richard Larry Evans, Jr., DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 3rd day of October, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of April, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situated in North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, designated as Lot 4, in Block 303-A, on a plat entitled “Resubdivision of Blocks 303-A, 303-B, 311-L, 307 and 312, North Charleston, S.C., prepared for

North Charleston Lands Corporation,” and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J, Page 11 and having such shape, metes, bounds and location as are now shown thereon, to which reference is hereby made for fuller description. Being the same property conveyed unto Richard Larry Evans, Jr. by deed from Gertrude L. Evans, now Gertrude L. Messex, Thomas M. Evans, Jr., Alvie R. Evans, Richard L. Evans and Alice O. McClure by deed dated November 26, 1993 and recorded December 8, 1993 in Deed Book U235 at Page 636 in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS No. 4710700008

Property Address: 5108 Victoria Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.3750%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC

(803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION March 15, 2023 March 24, 2023, March 31, 2023, Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

4997

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name leonard alexander williams jr or LEONARD ALEXANDER WILLIAMS JR and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, lou ke el, an American State National, In Propria Persona Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio. Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $800,000 per unauthorized use or the name used with the intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

Across

1. Pastime

6. Ballpoint brand

9. “His ‘n’ ___” (1994 Pulp album)

13. Sci-fi character with a Swahili last name

14. In a lazy manner

16. Roasting appliance

17. “Shameless” TV star who has never won the award she shares her name with (or even been nominated)

19. Volcanic outflow

20. ___! at the Disco

21. Neighbor of Peru

23. “Thor: Ragnarok” role

25. Immovable pileup

27. Rocky Mountains grazer

28. “Ode to Joy” symphony

30. Raptors, on a scoreboard

31. Exterminator’s targets

33. Sculptures and such

34. Puts on a show

36. ___ Nas X

37. Novelist featuring Navajo detectives who never won the award he shares a name with (or wrote a play)

42. Source of milk for Roquefort cheese

43. Actress Skye of “La Brea”

44. “Blargh!”

46. Architect who lived to be 102

49. Freelancer’s bill (abbr.)

50. Veer off course

52. “Pass”

53. Pro taking part in amateur events

56. October’s gemstone

57. Area of Manhattan near Soho

59. Moving news channel feature

61. Indie rock band ___ Kiley

62. “Star Wars” film series actor who has never won the award he shares his name with (or even been nominated)

66. Scandinavian capital 67. Spotless 68. Ronstadt of songdom 69. “America ___” (John Michael Higgins game show) 70. “Ghosts” network

7. Check-in requirements, maybe

8. Hasbro kids’ game with no mention of weapons (unlike the adult version)

9. Greeting on Univision

10. Gets away from

11. Nauseate

12. Makes snide comments

15. Dance that always gets some letters

18. Dashboard gauge

22. Experts on diamonds?

23. “... sat ___ tuffet”

24. Unflattering gossip

26. Ryan of “La La Land”

29. Out of kilter

32. Sturdy tree

35. “Evita” narrator

36. “Dancing with the Stars” judge Goodman

38. “Born,” in some announcements

39. With “The,” 1983 song for The Cure where “We move like cagey tigers”

40. Movie with the bit “... and don’t call me Shirley” 41. Bracketology org. 45. Former Senate Minority Whip Jon

Opening lines 47. Actress Tomei 48. Cheesesteak capital 49. “Soon, OK?” 51. Brings to port 54. Smartphone screen image 55. Movie with the song “Naatu Naatu” 58. Heckler’s chorus 60. Feels a bit off 63. Called-upon transport 64. Lemon additive?

65. Word before pool or wash

“SORRY, NOT A WINNER” —it’s a major award.

Pulse

High Divers unravel the memories

By Chelsea Grinstead

Members of folk rock band High Divers have been through a lot in the past five years, and it all comes out on the new album Should I Be Worried? that drops April 7. Guitarist/vocalist Luke Mitchell, keyboardist/vocalist Mary Alice Mitchell and bassist/vocalist Kevin Early deliver a heartfelt album bursting with reminiscence.

“It’s like the people we started out as recording this album are completely different than the ones at the end,” Luke said of his journey with his wife Mary Alice. “We became parents. We lost family members. Our original drummer left the band. We bought a house in North Carolina and we started our own recording studio, which was always a big dream of ours.”

High Divers formed in Charleston in 2014 and subsequently played stages all over the city as a four-piece. Drummers Julius DeAngelis, Josh Hoover and Colin Agnew contributed to various tracks on Should I Be Worried? Guitarist Sadler Vaden of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit produced half the tracks in Nashville, and Luke produced the other tracks in his home studio just outside Marshall, North Carolina.

“Sadler was very adamant about us writing songs that were really close to the vest,” Luke said. “He pushed us into writing about things that were autobiographical.”

The straightforward folk rock on Should I Be Worried? stretches out comfortably on a foundation of traditional rock and country components with instrumental and synth intricacies layered in to elevate the relaxed atmosphere. Baroque elements rise up underneath Luke and Mary Alice’s heartstring-pulling vocals on various tracks with sounds from the trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone, upright bass, cello and saxophone.

Over the years, High Divers collaborated with members of indie rock band Susto including guitarist Johnny Delaware’s band and Babe Club’s Corey Campbell and Jenna Desmond — and those friendships remain strong. High Divers bassist Early is currently on tour with Susto, but he’ll join the High Divers on stage at Charleston Pour House with Desmond and indie rockers

Folk rockers High Divers return to the Charleston Pour House stage April 8 to celebrate the release of the album Should I Be Worried? with Jenna Desmond of Babe Club and local indie rocks Daddy’s Beemer

Daddy’s Beemer on April 8 to celebrate the album release.

Making sense of past and present

The album title is particularly relevant on the other side of the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak, Luke said.

“It’s saying: ‘Should I actually be worried about anything at all?’ And I think through the pandemic, we kind of had to make that distinction.”

The album cover shows the couple’s house nestled in the mountains outside of Marshall with light beaming through the dark image, revealing a figure in the window.

“That’s me in the window asking, ‘Should I be worried?’ ” Luke said, laughing.

Mary Alice said the album has many moods because it was recorded over such a long time period.

“There’s a lot about great memories of touring and relationships,” she said. “There’s also a lot about loss and adjusting to that. It’s a snapshot of the last five or so years, everything that’s happened to the two of us.”

Their daughter Lucy Gray just turned 15 months, and Luke said after becoming a father, some songs took on a new meaning.

“Hearing songs about people’s kids now is such a different experience,” he said. “I

remember sitting on the floor when Lucy was first born and hearing ‘Isn’t She Lovely?’ by Stevie Wonder, and I was just bawling my eyes out because I finally understood it.”

Mary Alice was knocking out vocals for the new album nine months pregnant, and laid vocals down for the last track on the album, “Time Goes By,” only a few days before Lucy was born. She wrote that song along with “Broken,” while Luke wrote the rest of the songs on Should I Be Worried?

“When I’m writing songs, that’s the best possible version of me,” Luke said. “It makes me feel like a lot of things are possible. The world can remain a curious place, and you don’t have to get jaded. Usually it takes a while, but it really helps you process things like grief. And it helps you understand more about your own life when you’re trying to write songs about things that have happened to you. And those songs always bring the most truth.”

For Mary Alice, listening to music is as much of a gift as writing and performing it.

“Songwriting is therapeutic,” she said. “It’s almost like writing in your diary, and of course, listening is just … there’s nothing like it. And seeing live music — I’m just as much of a fan as I am a musician. When people are in the zone, it feels like you’re kind of there but you’re not there.”

Luke added, “I feel like I’m in a flow state when we play. You’re connecting with the audience, but like you’re not completely conscious about everything going on. You could just kind of let go of everything, and that’s a very addictive feeling.”

Drifter Fest lands at The Refinery

As the weather warms, it’s time to once again enjoy live music outdoors during the third annual Drifter Fest Bert Griggs Memorial from 7-11 p.m. March 31 and April 1 at The Refinery on Meeting Street Extension. Headliners include bassist George Porter’s act, the Runnin’ Pardners, and Southern rock band Tishamingo. Other music acts include Charleston ensemble Gavin Haltion and Friends featuring Wallace Mullinax, Broken Speakers and Just Groove . A portion of the proceeds benefit arts and education nonprofit Carolina Studio founded by Hootie & the Blowfish’s Mark Bryan. Ticket prices vary and are available at drifterfest.com.

Toast Under the Oaks returns to Johns Island

Grab your friends and family and head to Johns Island County Park at 5:30 p.m. April 6 for the happy hour event Toast Under the Oaks. It will be a relaxing evening with good tunes from guitar and fiddle duo The Honeymeads and delicious food from food trucks Wally Gyros and Co-Hog . Instrumentalist Ellie Jos formed the Americana act with guitarist Dennis Ware during the pandemic and streamed living room performances on Facebook. Tickets are $20 presale and $25 day of and available at ccprc.com. Beer and wine are included with admission.

Calling all Phish fans

Charleston Phish tribute band Runaway Gin and saxophonist Michael Quinn present “Brass Apparatus Reprise: an Evening of Phish with Horns” at 9:30 p.m. April 1 at the Charleston Pour House on James Island. Don’t miss two sets of Phish songs made even groovier with a horn section consisting of local musicians Quinn on sax, Gavin Smith on trombone and Pat Marzett on trumpet. Runaway Gin consists of guitarist Andy Greenberg, keyboardist Jennifer Reiser, bassist Tim Khayat and drummer Sean Bing of Doom Flamingo. Tickets are $25 presale and $30 day of and available at charlestonpourhouse.com.

Chelsea Grinstead

Sean Money and Elizabeth Fay

High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Charleston country artist, and Best Vocalist in City Paper ’s Best Of Charleston 2022 awards, Lauren Hall explores the ups and downs of love in her music. She followed up her 2021 album Broke My Heart Just Enough with the 2022 single “Excuse,” which premiered on the Country Music Television network and was voted Song of the Year in the 2022 City Paper Music Awards. She was nominated again for Best Female Vocalist in the 2023 Best of Charleston awards. Her newest single, “Knock Off Love,” is a self-explanatory ode to cheap talk. She gave City Paper five albums that have been playing in her music journey these days:

Come Get Your Wife by Elle King One Thing

At A Time by Morgan Wallen

Rolling Up the Welcome Mat by Kelsea Ballerini

Alternative artist Kuntry taps into ‘trap disco’

By Vincent Harris

Charleston singer-songwriter Kuntry last fall released an EP called Heat Of The Night, a strong, six-song salvo that mixed R&B, hip-hop and pop.

The EP was an impressive collection of songs that could all be radio hits right now. In fact, pretty much every song on Heat Of The Night was released as a single in addition to being on the EP. In April, Kuntry will release a single and music video “Another Love Story.”

The blend of styles that Kuntry mixes on the EP has a name: trap disco. It moves beyond R&B and hip-hop into its own soulful world, reminiscent of the Silk Sonic project featuring Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak. It’s part throwback, part future funk and all catchy as hell.

“We tapped into a frequency of that era, the late ’80s, and just that feel-good era of music,” Kuntry said. “A lot of folks didn’t get to experience disco, but they knew about trap, so we tried to combine the two and that’s what we came up with.”

The EP is a startlingly mature work, wellproduced and lush. The synthesized pulse, shimmering keyboards and soaring vocal melodies on Kuntry’s work are the result of a lifelong love of music.

“I was always around music,” he said. “My grandparents always played a lot of old school music, and coming up my parents listened to a lot of Anita Baker,

James Brown, a lot of Bob Marley, Luther Vandross. They all played an instrumental role. Also I listened to a lot of music like Jay Z, DMX — then when the South came up — Outkast and Goodie Mob.”

As important as music is to him, Kuntry has more than one iron in the fire. He has his own production company, TBMM Productions, that provides video services for corporate clients, entertainment companies and agencies as well as weddings and other personal and family events.

“Something had to pay for the music,” he

Provided

said, laughing. “A lot of folks will go out and spend thousands of dollars on equipment, but I thought, well, let’s turn this hobby into a business. We’ve dedicated the hours, more than 10,000 or so, let’s try to bring value to the situation to where we can reap the benefit financially.”

Whether he’s behind the camera or in front of a microphone, Kuntry said he has the will to succeed.

“You’ve got to have that burning desire to keep going,” he said, “to execute your plan no matter what the obstacles.”

AURORA by Daisy Jones & the Six Palomino by Miranda Lambert

Kuntry’s upcoming single, “Another Love Story,” is about passion, satisfaction and slow dancing — and waiting on no one to find your groove

COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN

LONGTIME CLUB

COACH

BIG

MIX UP YOUR COOL DOWN WITH

Cooper River Bridge Run

Not just a race. It’s an experience.

Welcome to the 46th annual Cooper River Bridge Run. Our community thrives on the new challenges and opportunities that keep our race fresh and exciting. These innovations are why our race has lasted through generations and contributed in so many ways to the economy and well-being of the Lowcountry and state of South Carolina. The Bridge Run’s commitment to promote a healthy lifestyle through nutrition and exercise is a goal to which we will forever aspire. We look to the youth of our community to help us perpetuate this worthy endeavor so that it remains a solid foundation for a healthy tomorrow.

Many of you have witnessed the growth from 700 to 40,000 participants, and we couldn’t have done it without you. We’re in this together!

We kickoff our event with the ever-growing Health and Wellness EXPO at the Charleston Area Convention Center. Our Health and Wellness Expo has over 200 vendors with cutting-edge fitness attire, exercise equipment and demonstrations, nutritional information and product sampling.

The Cooper River Bridge Run begins at 8 a.m. April 1. Our spectacular harbor views and beautiful architecture will amaze and inspire you while crossing the bridge from Mount Pleasant to Charleston. We have one of the only races in the country that provides free transportation (250 buses) before and after the race for any participant wearing their race bib. Cross the finish line and receive a Finisher Medal and then enjoy our Finish Festival in Marion Square, the heart of beautiful historic downtown Charleston.

We are very honored to have Harris Teeter and Benefitfocus as our presenting sponsors. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all our wonderful sponsors and vendors for their continued support.

We couldn’t begin to have this event without the tremendous job done by our volunteers, local police and our community partners. Above all, our board of directors and staff thanks the people of our wonderful community who are the heart and soul of the Cooper River Bridge Run. Let’s get over it!

Irv Batten, Race Director

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Cooper River Bridge Run 10K Run and Walk

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Longtime club coach wins big Bridge Run award

By Andy Brack

Mount Pleasant coach Tami Dennis swims to keep fit, but she dreams day and night of running.

As the founding head coach of the Mount Pleasant Track Club, she is being honored with the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Award at this year’s Cooper River Bridge Run.

“The Joseph P. Riley Jr. Award is given each year to a person who has unselfishly dedicated their time and energy in promoting health and wellness in the Lowcountry of Charleston,” said race director Irv Batten. “Tami Dennis embodies what this award is about. She has dedicated herself to promoting health and wellness through her involvement with the Mount Pleasant Track Club. It's amazing what she has done with the youth of Mount Pleasant.”

Dennis, 64, is humbled by the honor.

“One of my greatest accomplishments is getting such a great group of coaches who love what they do and make my job much easier.” And then there are the kids.

The club, founded in 2003 with about 20 youths, exploded to more than 400 participants with 35 coaches through the years. It’s one of the nation’s top running clubs — and maybe the top one for a town the size of Mount Pleasant. Most of the prominent clubs are in metro areas like Los Angeles, Atlanta and Houston.

First a swimmer, then a runner

Dennis, who grew up in Spartanburg, started competitive swimming as a youngster, eventually lettering as a freshman at Clemson University. She also coached

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Tami Dennis has been head coach of the Mount Pleasant Track Club for more than 20 years.

Why youth runners make the dash over the bridge

By Andy Brack

embers of the nationally recognized Mount

“I like to run because it’s fun, and I like to hang out with my friends and the coaches,” said 11-year-old Ty Allenspach of Mount Pleasant, a nine-time state champion in running events.

“It brings a lot of teamwork,” said Isle of Palms 11-year-old Siena D’Agostino.

Evan Whichard, also 11 of Mount Pleasant, said he loves the feeling of freedom when he races around the orange track at a Park West facility operated by the Town of Mount Pleasant.

“When I run, I feel free, and it relaxes me to hang out with friends,” he said.

This weekend, the three are looking forward to zipping across the Ravenel Bridge to try to get their

best-ever times in the 46th annual Cooper River Bridge Run.

Ten-year-old Carter Richardson of Mount Pleasant said he likes running to get exercise, which Evelyn Mercer, 10, agreed with.

“It’s great fun running fast and running races because it’s just a fun thing to exercise.”

Another runner, 11-year-old Ada Klick of Mount Pleasant, said running helps take her mind off of everything “like school and stressful things like homework.”

Head coach Tami Dennis said the young runners and about 394 other teammates were very comfort-

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Photos by Andy Brack

Pleasant Track Club say they burn up the miles weekly at the track and area streets because they enjoy it, and they get to hang out with their friends.

Ty Allenspach, 11, of Mount Pleasant

Siena D’Agostino, 11, of Isle of Palms

Evan Whichard, 11, of Mount Pleasant

Carter Richardson, 10, of Mount Pleasant

Evelyn Mercer, 10, of Mount Pleasant

Ada Klick, 11, of Mount Pleasant

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swimming with her dad as a teenager.

“My goal was to letter,” she recalled recently. “I swam five hours a day.”

But Clemson only offered one scholarship for a woman swimmer in the late 1970s. When she didn’t win, she stopped swimming competitively.

“I set my goal, hit my goal and then experienced college,” she joked.

After Clemson, she worked in sales for IBM, followed by a sales career as a pharmaceutical representative. But she also started running to keep fit. Her competitive nature, spawned by her father, kicked in. And she ran and ran.

“It’s easier to do. You don’t need a pool. And I started running as stress relief for my job.”

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Thursday, March 30, noon to 8 p.m.

Friday, March 31, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Charleston Area Convention Center

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COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN FINISH FESTIVAL

Saturday, April 1, 8 a.m. to noon Marion Square, Charleston (Participants only)

UNOFFICIAL EVENTS

BRIDGE RUN BREAKFAST

8 a.m. to 10 a.m., April 1

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BIERGARTEN BRIDGE RUN BASH

10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 1

Bay Street Biergarten

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CHARLESTON BREWERY DISTRICT BEER TROLLEY

1 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 1

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BRIDGE RUN POST PARTY

After the race, April 1 Commonhouse Aleworks 4831 O’Hear Ave., North Charleston commonhousealeworks.com

OTHER FUN

Lots of area establishments will have April 1 drink or store specials and more for runners showing their bibs. Some we’ve heard about include Bedford Falls (430 Meeting St.), Blind Tiger Pub (36 Broad St., Charleston), Charleston Hemp Collective (473 King St.), Bowen’s Island Restaurant (near Folly Beach), Share House and Bodega (Ann Street, Charleston), Vickery’s on Shem Creek (Shrimp Boat Lane, Mount Pleasant) and Uptown Social (King Street, Charleston).

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See page 14 for our calendar of coming area runs

So while in Spartanburg, she started a children’s running program called Footsteps to Fitness. It eventually grew to a program offered in 38 schools with more than 2,500 student runners. She also started the Spartanburg Striders running club and coached it for 15 years. It produced several All-Americans and two national champions.

Then sales job transfer brought her and her Ravenel-born husband Ray to the Lowcountry in the early 2000s.

“He wanted to come down here to play golf 12 months of the year instead of 11.”

And it wasn’t long before the coaching bug bit again, thanks to the town of Mount Pleasant’s recreation department director who wanted to develop a track team.

Since then, the all-volunteer team has grown and grown. Dennis oversees three dozen coaches who oversee competitive running for about 400 youths. Over the last 20 years, more than 600 of the club’s track athletes have been state champions, 169 received All-American honors and 17 became national champions. Its cross country team has had 94 individual and 139 team state champions, five dozen regional champs and individual AllAmericans, and 17 team All-Americans.

Still coaching running, but back to swimming

After years of competitive running, Dennis has switched back to swimming. It’s easier on the legs. And she’s retired, so she has the time.

“I swam two miles this morning,” she said one afternoon earlier this month.

“I’ve got arthritis in my left knee so I run a little tiny bit, but I’m mostly walking/ swimming. I’m swimming 6 miles a week and walking 20 miles.”

She’s looking forward to the April 1 Cooper River Bridge Run — just like she always has.

“I ran the Bridge Run for 32 years in a row and I was usually in the top five or top 10 of my age group,” she said. “Even when

I lived in Spartanburg, we would bring 150 people a year for the Bridge Run.”

For her, the Bridge Run has always been the biggest deal of the year.

“I went from doing 30 races a year to one a year and that was the Bridge Run,” she said. “It was always the race that was circled on my calendar.”

These days, she roots for her club’s runners from the sidelines around the onemile marker of the race.

“I warm up. I wear my running stuff and then I go to the one-mile mark and cheer on all of my kids,” she said. “My mind thinks I’m doing it, but my body says I’m not.”

The Cooper River Bridge Run is seared into her soul.

“It’s always been the epitome of the racing community. It’s the biggest deal in South Carolina.

“The Cooper River Bridge Run has brought a lot of support from the running community all over the world. I’m saddened by the fact that I can’t participate as a runner now, but I love the fact that I coach a lot of people who do run it and support it.”

The race starts 8 a.m. April 1. No fooling.

Riley Award winners through the years

Winners of the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Award from the Cooper River Bridge Run are recognized annually for their unselfish dedication to promoting health and wellness across the Lowcountry. Past winners include:

2015: Noah Moore

2016: Marka Rodgers and Adam Gorlitsky

2017: Susan Johnson and Janis Newton

2018: Bill Macchio and Cullen Murray-Kemp

2019: Dr. Janice D. Key

2020: Dr. Marcus Newberry

2022: Paul Wieters

Cool down after your run at the Finish Festival in Marion Square.

Cooper River Bridge Run file photo

Andy Brack is editor and publisher of the Charleston City Paper

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I went from doing 30 races a year to one a year and that was the Bridge Run. It was always the race that was circled on my calendar.”

—Mount Pleasant

running coach

Tami Dennis

able running big races like the Cooper River Bridge Run.

Trying to beat past times

All six youths interviewed for this story said they couldn’t wait for the April 1 Bridge Run. Allenspach, who recalled running the 6.2-mile race last year in about 42 minutes, wants to do it this year in under 40 minutes. Others said they hoped to make their personal bests by running the route in 45 to 50 minutes.

Last year, Richardson said he felt held back because he ran with a partner. This

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year, “I think I might leave him behind.”

Klick recalled running with Whichard last year.

“I was really happy I was done and happy I finished it,” she said. And even though she was tired, she says she’ll keep pounding the pavement.

“I love running.”

The Mount Pleasant Running Club has excelled for more than 20 years at local, state and national levels. The kids who have trained with the club have set lots of records in track and cross country, including:

Track

• 665 state champions

• 155 regional champions

• 169 All-Americans (top 8 in the nation)

• 17 national champions

Cross country

• 94 individual state champions

• 139 team state champions

• 31 individual regional champions

• 63 team regional champions

• 62 individual All-Americans (top 25 in nation)

• 17 Team All-Americans (top 3 in nation)

• 195 total All-Americans

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I was really happy I was done and happy I finished it. I love running.” —Ada Klick

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Meet local Bridge winnersRun since 1986

Leaders of the Cooper River Bridge run recognized the Tri-county male and female winners of the 10K race in 1986 by starting the Marcus Newberry Award as a tribute to the event’s founder, Dr. Marcus Newberry.

2022, the Bridge Run started a new award — the Cedric Jaggers Award — to serve as a tribute to the race’s longtime historian and author of Charleston’s Cooper River Bridge Run: A Complete History in Words and Photos (2011). The top male and female South Carolina finishers receive an award and a $500 cash prize.

Marcus Newberry Award winners

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M ALE WINNERS

FEMALE WINNERS

NOTE: The Cooper River Bridge Run started the Marcus Newberry Award in its 10th year to honor the top local race finisher.

Courtesy CRBR

The route

Keep your feet happy

Don’t neglect your foot and leg health

From staff reports

Your feet literally are the foundation for your running. To make sure you have healthy feet and legs, you need to take special care to make sure they stay happy. Here are some tips, courtesy of Amy Minkel, an owner of area Fleet Feet stores:

Start with the right sized shoe.

Make sure to get a professional to fit your feet for the correct-sized shoe, ensuring that the shoe is appropriate for the activity you’re planning. “Foot shape, volume, length and width should be considered when choosing a shoe,” Minkel said. “The correct shoe should be comfortable right from the start and not need a ‘break-in’ period.”

Pay attention to socks.

The proper sock can help prevent issues such as blisters, hot spots and fungal infections, Mikel added. “A sock made from a technical, moisture-wicking fabric is key. Avoid cotton as it traps moisture against the skin and loses its shape as it takes on moisture.”

Loosen up.

Minkel said if you take care of your muscles before, during and after a run, they will take care of you. She encourages runners to do a proper warm-up prior to a run or walk to get leg and foot muscles ready. After the workout, make sure to stretch. “Using massage tools to keep your muscles loose can also help avoid injuries.”

Remember to hydrate.

Because muscles are about 79% water, drinking water daily will help keep them more pliable and resistant to injury. Minkel added that replacing electrolytes after workouts also helps people to absorb water properly.

Get off-the-beaten path to run

Looking for some new places to log miles as you train for your next race? Veteran runners offer these scenic locations where you might see some new, cool sites and experience parts of the Lowcountry with which you’re not familiar:

Folly Beach

Running along the beach (be careful between the groins) can be uplifting, particularly along the “Edge of America.” Remember to be careful on narrow streets parallel to the beach.

West Ashley Greenway

This former railroad track from Albemarle Road near the Ashley River to Main Road in outer West Ashley has miles of flat, good paths on which to train. It’s better in

5 other popular, scenic runs

Ravenel Bridge. What better way to train for future Bridge

Runs than to run five miles over and back across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River.

winter months when the bug population is more limited.

Kiawah Island

You can start a great beach run at the south of the island from the county’s Kiawah Beachwalker Park. But remember: It’s a healthy drive from the peninsula.

James Island County Park

This convenient park offers a bunch of trails where you can see wildlife in this sprawling area just minutes from downtown Charleston.

Francis Marion National Forest

This area north of Mount Pleasant has a lot of great trails … and lots and lots and lots of bugs. But hey, run fast and you’ll be past them.

Downtown Charleston. Jogging through downtown’s streets when most people are asleep is a great way to greet the morning — and a way to see Charleston when there’s not much traffic.

Mount Pleasant’s Old Village. There’s always something neat to see in the Old Village — old trees, an unnoticed cemetery, beautiful houses — whenever you run through the shady streets of Mount Pleasant’s Old Village. Make sure to check out the Pitt Street Bridge and breathe in the salt air and pluff mud.

Sullivan’s Island. Just across the Intracoastal Waterway is Sullivan’s Island where you can get a great, long run on the beach. Go early and watch an amazing sunrise.

Daniel Island. The trails around Daniel Island are the perfect place to train and stay out of the Lowcountry’s blistering summer sun, runners say.

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Ruta Smith file photo

Folly Beach is perfect for a morning, or evening, run on the sand.

Richard Mottern

2031 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. 843-766-2394 ext. 12024 rmottern@acg.aaa.com

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Run calendar

Whether you’re running Saturday across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge over the Cooper River with thousands of others and are already planning your next challenge or if you think it’s fun to slog on a Saturday so you can eat doughnuts, the Lowcountry offers a lot of running options. Here are some local runs to keep you fit in the months ahead:

Doughnut Dash 2022 #Race4Wanza (5K)

April 15, 9 a.m. South Windermere Center 80 Folly Road Blvd., Charleston eventbrite.com

Mullet Haul Trail Run (5K, 10K)

April 22, 8:30 a.m. Johns Island County Park 2662 Mullet Haul Road, Johns Island Ccprc.com

Sharing Hope Race For Life (5K, 10K)

April 29, 7:30 a.m.

Folly Beach Runsignup.com

G.O.A.T. (5K)

May 13, 8:30 a.m. The Goatery at Kiawah River 3883 Betsy Kerrison Pkwy., Johns Island blueskyendurance.com/race

Bulldog Breakaway Summer Twilight Series (5K)

June 1, 8, 22, 29, 6:30 p.m. The Citadel, Charleston active.com/orgs/bulldog-breakaway

Lowcountry Trail Half Marathon and 5K

Oct. 7, 8 a.m.

Johns Island County Park 2662 Mullet Hall Road, Johns Island Ccprc.com

Chili 5K Trail Run

Nov. 4, 9 a.m.

Laurel Hill County Park 1400 S.C. Highway 41, Mount Pleasant ccprc.com

Other runs from the past to watch for

• Isle of Palms Connector Run

• Avondale Run and Walk

• Holiday Festival of Lights Fun Run

For more runs and info, check out CharlestonRunningClub.com.

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