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CHARLESTON MEMORIES

By David Lyle III

Wee hours just before dawn Nothing is astir. The sound of hooves on cobblestone. A dog barks, someone runs down the street. The dog has not been for many a year. The ghosts of years past can be seen in the morning fog.

A horse pulling a cart, heading to market Someone calls out the voice echoes up and down the street. The ring of milk bottles clanging together They all come out just before the new day starts. The city never forgets

As with all old cities, their ghosts must come out. Children out to play before the crack of dawn. A woman searching for a loved one she will never find. A riderless horse gallops by and vanishes in to the mist.

They are all here and have their own reasons Charleston the old city. If you listen quietly, the sound of cannon fire from the battery you may hear.

The memories, good and bad linger hoped to be had. Not ghosts of fear, but ghosts of memories of yesteryear Let your mind drift back. Maybe a ghost from your past will appear and take you to a better time when life was slow, when you could stop and breath, and smell the oldness.

Charleston holds it all in the wee hours — just before dawn.

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Spate of S.C. shootings recorded in recent days

An April 7 afternoon beach shooting at Isle of Palms in which five people were wounded during a “senior skip day” was one of 11 gun violence incidents in South Carolina over five recent days. Federal and state authorities are assisting in the IOP shooting investigation.

A review of news reports since the Isle of Palms shooting shows seven people died in Darlington, Greenville, Sumter, Columbia, West Ashley, McCormick and Orangeburg. Not including the Isle of Palms shootings, seven others were hurt in gun violence in or near Columbia, Florence, Greenville and Dorchester County.

Meanwhile, state senators continue to work on a bill that would allow for permitless carry of guns in the state, which police say would increase violence. The House earlier passed a similar measure. Staff reports

Life-saving water skills taught in Charleston backyard pool

By Herb Frazier

The shady backyard of Nicole Ashby’s childhood home on Rutledge Avenue, once a place for hopscotch, soccer and playacting, is now a business that teaches water safety to save lives.

An above-ground 18-foot swim spa in a heated white tent is the centerpiece of Ashby’s home-based Gullah Swim Academy (GSA) that she and her family launched in December 2021 during the pandemic.

Before going into business, Ashby was faced with a decision to leave her full-time job as the aquatics director for the town of Mount Pleasant or become an entrepreneur. Since then, she and four other instructors, who are also company board members, started offering private lessons with an emphasis on people from underserved communities who usually don’t have access to a pool.

The Gullah Swim Academy instructors are Basir Robertson, Ashby’s high school friend and a city of Charleston

swim instructor, her brother, Harleston Ashby, and her daughters, Fenix and Sarah Gallashaw. Ashby’s sister Meaghen AshbyWoods and their father, Vincent Ashby Jr., serve as company board members.

GSA instructors remind prospective customers that a fear of water and a lack of access to swim lessons are among the reasons people of color are more likely to die from drowning than Whites. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Pool Safely program, Black children between the ages of 5 and 19 are 5.5 times more likely to drown in a pool than their White peers.

To convince water-phobic skeptics, Ashby stresses lessons are in a private no-judgment zone. She counters the reasons why some people, particularly Black people, give to shun the water.

“You don’t want to get in cold water? Our pool is 92 degrees. What about the rain? We are inside a heated tent. What about your hair? We have oversized swim caps that

cover locks and braids,” she said. “When we eliminate the excuses, we can convince people it is about changing the mentality of being in the water,” she added.

Children 17 and younger must ask the adult who brought them to swim class for permission to enter the water. Ashby wants the adult to be aware the child is in the pool. Children have drowned with adults nearby because they failed to monitor a child in the water.

“Drowning is not always about splashing on top of the water,” she explained. “Drowning is silent, and it does not require a lot of noise and action. We want the adults in the water to be aware of the children.”

‘Mr. Roger’s neighborhood’

When Ashby was a toddler, her parents enrolled her in a child development program at Trinity United Methodist Church on Meeting Street. The church was near a pool

Number of beaches, shoals, islands and maritime habitats from near McClellanville to Daufuskie Island that are closed for horseshoe crab harvesting through June 15 in a federal order to protect habitats for the red knot shorebird.

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“I believe we give the voters a choice so that they can decide how we move forward as opposed to trying to have a conversation about how to be a Republican. I think we’re better off having that conversation about beating Joe Biden.”

—U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, a North Charleston Republican in an answer about whether he could beat former President Donald Trump in a bid for president. Scott on Wednesday announced a presidential exploratory committee.

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Nicole Ashby, owner and swim instructor at the Gullah Swim Academy, in Charleston teaches people of all ages and skill levels how to be safe in the water. Ashby’s swim spa is equipped with water jets that create a strong current that swimmers swim against. Competitive swimmers train in this type of pool, she said.

Overdose deaths from fentanyl increasing at startling rate

By Chelsea Grinstead

Illicit fentanyl is taking lives at a startling rate in Charleston County, energizing local public health professionals to say raising awareness that the narcotic can be present in recreational drugs is key to protecting people from a tragic end.

“Synthetic opioids and specifically, fentanyl, are the primary drivers of overdoses and overdose deaths in the Charleston area,” said Dr. Chanda Funcell, director of the Charleston County Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS), also known as Charleston Center.

Legal fentanyl is a synthetic opioid regulated by the Food and Drug Administration approved as a pain reliever and anesthetic. But as the nation’s illicit opioid crisis continues to wreak havoc, illegal fentanyl is a widespread, dangerous addictive drug.

“Fentanyl is so pervasive now that it is in everything from [other] opioids, methamphetamines, cocaine, counterfeit pills and marijuana,” Funcell said. “Frequently, people are unaware that the substance they are using contains fentanyl.”

The ruthless opioid epidemic

Funcell said data released in February from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control showed more than a 25% increase in statewide overdose deaths from 2020 to 2021. Charleston County’s death rate is third highest in the state, behind Horry and Greenville counties.

“This is impacting so many individuals and families in our community,” Funcell said. “Countless people I talk to know someone who has an opioid-use disorder or has been impacted by an overdose. The opioid epidemic has crossed every single demographic.”

She said the sooner that community agencies and Charleston residents are aware of the risks of illicit fentanyl, the better. Talking about it with one another makes a huge difference.

“We all have an important role to play to help save lives in our community,” she added. “Opening up the conversation around the dangers of fentanyl will help … break down the stigma around substance-use disorders and treatment, which will in turn help reduce barriers for people needing help.”

Charleston resident Kat Orr told the Charleston City Paper that her daughter Isabella died in 2017 at the age of 23 from illicit fentanyl poisoning. Orr said her

daughter struggled with a substance-use disorder following the extraction of her wisdom teeth, after which she was prescribed oxycontin as pain relief.

After her daughter’s death Orr started Izzy’s Army Facebook page to serve as an information hub for the community.

“I started this page to help make families aware of what is going on,” Orr said. “Izzy’s Army is in honor of my daughter, to be her voice and the voice of others who have been poisoned by illicit fentanyl. … I know Isabella is on this journey with me.”

College students warned to be super-wary

“There has always been an inherent health and safety risk when using illicit substances, but fentanyl is so lethal in such small doses that the risk has increased significantly,” said counselor Rachel Goulet, an alcohol and other drug outreach and prevention specialist at the College of Charleston.

The college offers Narcan training for faculty, staff and students that teaches participants how to recognize the signs of an overdose. Narcan, a life-saving medication formally known as naloxone, is an injectable or inhalant solution that is safe to use even if someone is not overdosing on narcotics.

Goulet said the college also is in the process of developing a fentanyl test strip distribution program and has conducted an awareness campaign over the last two years on the rise and risk of fentanyl to provide harm reduction tips and resources for students.

“Any student who uses an illicit substance [such as] cannabis, prescription pills not directly received from a pharmacy, cocaine, heroin, meth [and] MDMA (ecstasy or

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Activist Kat Orr (left) spreads awareness of the opioid epidemic in honor of her late daughter Isabella (right)

MOJA festival set for major makeover, funding boost

By Herb Frazier

The city of Charleston may form a separate nonprofit organization to guide and support the MOJA Arts Festival to give it the longoverdue independent support it needs to gain international appeal, a city official said.

The possible plan follows the recent selection of Charlton Singleton, a founding member of the twotime Grammy Awardwinning band Ranky Tanky, as the festival’s first artistic director. A five-time increase of MOJA’s budget to $375,000 made the new position possible along with plans to expand the festival’s promotion to give it the same kind of luster as the long-running Spoleto Festival USA.

The city’s Office of Cultural Affairs produces the festival, a multi-disciplinary African-American and Caribbean cultural heritage event that debuted four decades ago. Scott Watson, the city’s cultural affairs director, stressed that although the city intends to create a separate MOJA organization, the legal process to establish a registered charity will take time to accomplish.

MOJA needs an overhaul and removal from “under the thumbprint of the city,” said City Councilman Keith Waring, who along with Councilman William Dudley Gregorie pushed for a $300,000 boost in MOJA funding.

“I always thought [the city] never wanted MOJA to compete with Spoleto,” Waring said. “One way to do that is to keep it under a department of the city instead of putting it out there with fertilization to grow.”

MOJA is funded with money collected

from hotel and short-term room charges. Successful events in the city, such as the Cooper River Bridge Run, Spoleto and the Southeastern Wildlife Expo, each have separate nonprofit boards, Waring explained.

Why did it take so long?

The festival is presented in partnership with the MOJA Planning Committee, a volunteer community arts and cultural group. MOJA also includes an educational outreach component focused on area public schools, seniors and community centers.

Charleston Wine + Food, which once was held in Marion Square, left Charleston for North Charleston. But the organizers asked the city of Charleston last year for $300,000 in accommodations tax revenue although it was no longer centered in Charleston, Waring said. Charleston Wine + Food will receive $150,000 in A-tax funding from Charleston. Its request, however, created an opportunity for Waring and Gregorie to get unanimous support from City Council for more money for MOJA.

Waring admits MOJA is long overdue for a major funding increase and attention.

“Shame on all of us,” said Waring, who is in his 12th year on council. “If it had not been for a nonprofit that had left Charleston [that continues] to come back for revenue I don’t believe I would have brought it up. We have talked about funding MOJA more but that should have happened sooner.”

The Harambee Dance Company graced the MOJA stage in 2022. Expanding the festival holds the promise of a longer list of similar performances in the future.

MOJA has received “token” increases in funding over the years, he said, “but it wasn’t anything that was going to move the needle.”

Expanding MOJA, Gregorie said, “is something we have been thinking about over the years. We just jumped out and said let’s make [MOJA] what it’s supposed to be, especially under the right leadership,” he said, referring to Singleton. “I think he is the right person at this time to launch [MOJA] to where it should be.” The public, he said, might not see significant changes this year, but the “big bang” will come in 2024, he predicted.

A look back

Community organizers staged three smaller Black arts festivals in 1979, 1981 and 1983. The present-day festival was born in 1984 under the brand MOJA, a Swahili word meaning “one,” to demonstrate city-wide harmony to showcase a range of AfricanAmerican and Caribbean contributions to western and world cultures. MOJA events include the visual arts, classical music, theater, poetry, storytelling, dance, jazz, gospel and children’s activities. The festival’s offering should be expanded to include rap, Gregorie said.

Singleton said he is looking forward to “growing the festival to even greater heights in every aspect of the festival.”

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North Charleston names Gomes as next police chief

From staff reports

North Charleston Assistant Chief Greg Gomes is set to become the next chief of police, Mayor Keith Summey announced Monday.

Gomes will take over the position May 1 after current chief Reggie Burgess, who held the position for five years, announced his retirement in March and plans to run for mayor.

Summey spoke highly of incoming chief Gomes in a statement. “With his extensive experience, impressive credentials and deep commitment to serving the

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community, I know Assistant Chief Gomes is the right person to lead the North Charleston Police Department forward. As a native of North Charleston, he has a deep and abiding commitment to our city, and I am excited to see what he will accomplish as Police Chief.”

Gomes has worked in law enforcement for more than 25 years, serving as the assistant chief since February 2020. During his time with the North Charleston Police Department, he has also served as the deputy police chief of the investigative divisions and captain of the Office of Professional Standards and Compliance Division.

A downtown woman’s 9-year-old dog, Booboo, got its head stuck in an iron gate made by the late renowned blacksmith Philip Simmons on a March 21 walk. Police reported the gate was priceless “due to Mr. Simmons being died.” Rest assured, the gate was cut anyway, and Booboo was freed with little injury. Let’s hope this valuable gate can be repaired.

Nothing says ‘peace and calm’ like Lowe’s North Charleston police on March 18 escorted an enraged woman to a nearby Lowe’s parking lot to “calm her down” after she was evicted from a local hotel room following a boisterous breakup with her partner. She was arrested for breach of peace, but was transported without further resistance after making it to Lowe’s.

Disappointed but not surprised

Some of our favorite reports to request are those labeled “disorderly conduct” in hopes of some wacky people doing something stupid we can make fun of. This week, however, two of the three Charleston Police Department reports of disorderly conduct (as well as a couple others) we requested were public urination. Stay classy, Charleston.

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at the former Christian Family Y on George Street that offered karate, racket ball, swimming and gymnastics lessons. The school also took students on field trips to the nearby fire department and a locksmith shop, Sottile Theatre and the College of Charleston.

“It was a Mr. Roger’s neighborhood with all these things to stimulate my imagination,” Ashby said, referring to the popular PBS children’s television program. “For me to come up in the 1980s in that environment was a blessing that taught me, a Black girl, how to swim and do gymnastics,” she said. “That was exhilarating and magical.”

When she was a student at Burke High School, a city-sponsored job-training

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Molly) is at risk of fentanyl OD,” Goulet said. “One single use can be lethal. The notion of ‘experimenting with drugs’ and the relative safety of that has gone out the window with the introduction of fentanyl in the states.”

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Charleston Center in North Charleston leads multiple programs and services to help

program placed her in a summer job as a lifeguard. Later, she was assigned to the George Street pool where she learned to swim as a child. After graduating from Burke in 1997, Ashby played soccer at Erskine College in Due West for one season, but a shoulder injury she received while in high school sidelined her. In 2005, she graduated from S.C. State University where she was on the soccer team.

The shoulder injury kept her out of competitive swimming for four years, but eventually she returned to teaching swimming and lifeguarding at city pools on the peninsula and West Ashley. During that time, she was asked if she’d do private lessons and soon her client list grew.

During the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control announced that the

combat fentanyl overdoses, Funcell said, such as training individuals and organizations in high-overdose areas to recognize a drug overdose and administer Narcan. The agency also supplies test strips to detect the presence of fentanyl in substances.

Charleston Center uses the national Overdose Mapping and Application Program (ODMAP) to identify where frequent overdoses occur to help steer awareness initiatives, Funcell said. The agency works with law enforcement and judicial agencies, community recovery and

Covid-19 virus could not live in chlorinated water. That’s when Ashby started offering private lessons in the swimming pool at her apartment complex in Hanahan and other city-owned pools. But it was not convenient and fraught with distraction. Then in April 2021, she and her family decided to invest in a pool and create the Gullah Swim Academy, said Ashby, who lived on Wadmalaw Island until she was 8 when her family moved to the city.

“We had a service, and we knew people needed our service,” she said. “We were certified and had the experience, and we were trained in CPR, first aid, lifeguarding and teaching swim lessons. All those boxes were checked, but we didn’t have a pool to teach when we wanted to do it and not have to deal with the public interrupting the swim lesson.”

outreach organizations, and shelters to disseminate Narcan and help to abate the opioid overdose crisis.

DAODAS support specialists also help engage at-risk individuals with treatment and recovery solutions and its medicationassisted treatment program utilizes all FDA-approved medications to address opioid-use disorders, she said.

Additionally, DAODAS provides schools in the area with prevention curriculums and awareness presentations so young people know that fentanyl is in “everything from

As the business grows, Ashby said she hopes to introduce individual and group lessons on the risks posed by any body of water, even a bathtub and snow.

“We want to teach people to follow the rules and understand changing tides and rip tides,” she said. “We are looking forward to teaching families CPR and first aid. We also want people with pools to be trained in first aid and have an emergency plan. People like to have a pool, but they don’t understand the responsibility that comes with having a pool.”

Ashby’s backyard pool is also a place to relax and entertain her childhood friends and their children. “I now have this pool that brings back those childhood days that we can enjoy that helps to create the next generation of memories for these kids.”

counterfeit pills, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamines, heroin, etc.,” Funcell said.

You can find locations with naloxone available at JustPlainKillers.com. Charleston Center’s helpline can be reached at (843) 722-0100. The statewide helpline for mental health and substance-use disorders is 988.

You can also visit recovery community organizations South Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition at SouthCarolinaHRC. org and Wake Up Carolina at WakeUpCarolina.org.

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P

erhaps the best description for the “new” (wow!) and “updated” (alert the media!) plan to develop about 70 acres of land at Union Pier is that it is lipstick on a pig.

For all of the spin by developers and the State Ports Authority (SPA) about how they listened to people and added green space to the old plan to make it more attractive, it smacks of a big greedy bunch of nothing much new. It’s almost as if they floated the original plan knowing it would be unacceptable so they could announce what they really wanted as the new plan — just the kind of strategy that consummate dealmakers make to pull the wool over people’s eyes.

The plan for Union Pier is still too big. Other than some more green space, it calls for the same 600 hotel rooms (like we need that), the same number of multi-family dwelling units (1,600) and the same undernourished number of affordable housing units (50). Maybe all they did in the nice-looking drawings (we still don’t have lots of details) to accommodate more green space was to add a floor to the two dozen chunks of cookie-cutter apartments, condos and retail space.

“We don’t want this to be an ugly appendage to the city,” one port official told local Rotarians this week. Sorry, but as the flashy sales renderings now show, this concrete jungle of buildings could be up to eight stories tall in some places. They would be little more than a developed mountain that neighbors would have to view daily. Imagine a forever cruise ship parked on the land at Union Pier. That’s what the currently proposed development would be.

It’s also relevant to question why the SPA and developers still are pushing for a deal so quickly. If we move this along too quickly, we’ll suffer from unintended consequences that can range from new flooding in existing neighborhoods to more traffic and congestion.

Having everything wrapped up by the end of the year is not in our community’s long-term best interests. The SPA and developers have just put a new, sketchy plan on the table with few real details. So we reiterate: Let’s slow down. We need more information. Charleston has been adapting the built landscape for 350 years. We can spend a couple of more years getting it right so that it fits in. (And it’s not like the SPA has a mortgage due; it’s the people’s land.)

So let’s consider two alternative proposals:

First, what if developers and the SPA excise the unneeded hotel rooms, cut in half the number of multifamily housing units, add some single-family homes and include more affordable housing? The project would still make gazillions of dollars — but half as much as the towering current plan would generate.

Or second, what if we plopped a new Ion-type neighborhood in Union Pier with a few corner stores and restaurants? Revenues for the developers and SPA would be WAY down, but Union Pier would not become a new sore thumb. And the good news: This pared-down Ion-type development would STILL make money.

So let’s slow down. Let’s curb the greed surrounding what is essentially government land. And let’s keep this new part of Charleston looking more like the old, not a Disney resort.

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S.C. lawmakers will want to avoid what happened in Tennessee

By Andy Brack

If you have been reading about how Tennessee Republican legislators last week expelled two Black Democratic Tennessee state representatives and fell one vote short of sending away a White Democratic colleague, hold on. Tennessee’s ride is going to get rougher. As of press time, one of the expelled members was heading back to the legislature and the other one was probably not far behind him.

So will this raucous overreaction to loud words in Tennessee spill over into South Carolina’s Statehouse where former Gov. Mark Sanford once carried two piglets across the capitol’s lobby as a stunt to highlight porkbarrel spending? Probably not. Establishment Republicans here have their own problems to deal with — the rowdy Freedom Caucus of about 20 Republican firebrands who don’t want to play by the rules. In recent weeks, you haven’t heard much from these conservative S.C. zealots. But they’re surely planning their next political guerrilla policy attack.

Meanwhile, what’s happened in Tennessee is troubling for a democracy already stressed by a former president’s selfish foibles and political lemmings more interested in headlines and power than getting something done. The Tennessee House’s antics have horrible optics for smug Republicans there. The explusions look racist — they got rid of the Black “troublemakers” but seemed to protect the longer-serving White incumbent. Even worse: It kind of feels like something that would have gone on in the German Reichstag of days gone by.

So let’s break it down. Following the March 27 murders of three students and three teachers at a Nashville Christian school, hundreds rallied at the Tennessee capitol to demand tougher gun laws to curb future mindless shootings. Students, teachers, activists and parents demanded action, which Republicans, who have a supermajority in the House, just didn’t want to deal with. They like their guns and don’t want anyone to question gun laws.

But that’s frustrating to people who want change. So three Democrats picked up a bullhorn and used it on the Tennessee House floor. They essentially brought the spirit of protesters inside. But it was too loud for the powers that be. They babbled about a breach of decorum. And it embarrassed them. So they mounted the eventually successful effort to oust two of the three ringleaders, a tool used only a few times in the past — and not for loud words on the House floor.

In doing so, Tennessee’s House Republicans created future headaches. Not only have they further divided their state — and a country — already split by partisan tribalism, but they humiliated themselves. Their hotheaded overreaction — to people using words as weapons who were frustrated by permissive laws that allow real weapons to kill people — made heroes of the Tennessee Three as real leaders who stood up to GOP tyranny.

Tennessee’s two expelled Justins — Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson — aren’t sitting by idly. They’re still making waves and will continue to do so. Maybe by now, the House Republicans in Tennessee have figured out that they have accomplished little, other than generating a potential resurgence among Democrats and independents fed up with insider baseball, partisanship and continual kowtowing to the NRA, big business and the culture wars. These House Republicans won’t go away quietly, but their recent antics may be the start of a downfall.

So maybe you can now see why the S.C. GOP will want to stay as far away as possible from what’s gone on in Tennessee. South Carolina’s Republicans will likely work to clean up its party’s own house (no pun intended) instead of worrying about what Democrats say — with a bullhorn, or not.

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The Tennessee House’s antics have horrible optics for smug Republicans there.

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By Samantha Connors

Our exclusive look at a legal South Carolina agricultural product

The unofficial April 20 holiday (known as 420) celebrating the cannabis plant is not just for stoners anymore. The image of the tie-dye-wearing, peace-sign-sporting, burnt-out hippie of the 1960s endures in pop culture through movies and Halloween costumes — but the reality of the cannabis-using demographic has changed dramatically.

That’s because cannabis includes a legal crop in South Carolina — hemp, from which CBD and other cannabinoids are manufactured. As more U.S. states legalize the marijuana variety of the cannabis plant for medical and recreational use, the stale stigma around cannabis left over from the days of Reefer Madness is slowly dissipating like thick smoke into thin air.

“People from all walks of life partake in [legal] cannabis, whether it be for recreational or medicinal uses,” said Amy Ballew, who works at Smoke ‘N Brew on James Island. “I’ve met so many people [who use cannabis], from millionaires that live on Kiawah Island to people that just couch surf. It has a place in a lot of people’s lives.”

Hemp and marijuana are two varieties of cannabis. Hemp has low THC content (a psychoactive compound that produces the feeling of being “high”), while marijuana has a high THC content. In South Carolina, marijuana is illegal — though the S.C. House and Senate are, once again, considering three medical marijuana bills.

Hemp, however, is completely legal. And, it contains many cannabinoids (compounds) aside from THC, including CBD, a non-psychoactive compound, which is known to reduce inflammation, induce relaxation, calm seizures and more.

More than 100 different cannabinoid compounds exist in the cannabis plant, but CBD, Delta-8 and Delta-9 are three cannabinoids you’ve likely heard of in recent years. (Check out our glossary on page 12 for a more indepth explanation of these terms.)

These compounds are derived from

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hemp and offer South Carolinians a way to explore this alternative source of relief — and celebrate 420 legally.

A new kind of celebration

Though no one knows the true origin of how 420 became code for cannabis, there are many rumors and tales.

The most widely accepted story of 420 involves a group of high school friends in San Rafael, California, in the 1970s, who called themselves “the Waldos.” They picked 4:20 p.m. as an arbitrary time to meet after school, before their parents got home, so they could, ahem, “celebrate.”

One of the Waldos became a roadie for the Grateful Dead, which took the slang term in stride and further popularized it. In December 1990, a journalist for High Times magazine was given a flyer at a Grateful Dead concert in Oakland inviting people to “420” at 4:20 p.m. on 4/20 — perhaps the first celebration of its kind.

Today, “420” is blazed across T-shirts in cheesy souvenir shops. It’s used in online dating profiles (“420-friendly”) to signify to potential romantic partners that you’re cool with cannabis. It was even included in the name of California Senate Bill 420, a piece of legislation related to cannabis regulation.

And of course, it’s celebrated across the country on April 20 every year. But over time, the celebration has become less of a counterculture, middle-fingerto-the-man event and more of an opportunity to celebrate cannabis culture and spread awareness.

“It’s a celebration of the plant and understanding its value,” said Matt Skinner, owner of Charleston Hemp Collective. “Yes, there is a recreational side to the hemp plant, but it also gives us a wonderful opportunity to bring music to the table, celebrate what [cannabis] stands for and educate people on the plant and what we can legally do in South Carolina.”

Charleston Hemp Collective hosted a

420 Charleston event last year at Holy City Brewing that Skinner said was very successful, and he looks forward to bringing it back in the future.

This year, several 420 events will take place around town. Smoke ‘N Brew is hosting its fourth annual customer appreciation party from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. with storewide dis counts and giveaways as well as live music from Ras Bonghi All-Stars, glassblowing demonstrations, vendors like Pluff Mud Pottery and Rebel Rabbit cannabis selt zers, and free catered food.

“We really want to throw a party for our regular customers because we appreciate them,” said David Robinson, Smoke ‘N Brew manager. “And, we want to educate the people on [cannabis] and how it can help people.”

The Pour House on James Island also welcomes music lovers and the cannabiscurious to its 4/20 Champagne & Reefer Party hosted by the band Kendall Street Company, which will play two sets of clas sics and covers.

Branching out

The proliferation of 420 events and the use of hemp-products speaks to the state of can nabis in South Carolina. People are more open and interested in exploring how this plant can be used — as are businesses.

In 2022, Skinner and his team dropped CBD seltzers and Delta-8 seltzers called High Rise, now available with Delta-9 as well. “Something happened when we dropped the beverage,” Skinner said.

“People who normally would not come into [a CBD shop] suddenly opened up — everyone opened up about it, because

Get ready for your 420 with these local products

I Heart CBD offers a wide range of CBD and Delta-8 products including tinctures, edibles, flowers, topicals and more. I Heart CBD opened as the first CBD retail store in the state in 2018 and now has six locations in the Lowcountry. All of its products are USDAcertified organic.

Charleston Hemp Collective also sells a range of products, including items such as Delta-8 Bloody Mary mix and oyster mignonette. Owner Matt Skinner also offers CBD and Delta-8 and -9 seltzers through his company High Rise Beverage Company

Catch “a buzz without the booze” with a bottle of Delta-9 THC-infused Levity, formulated in partnership with Senes Technology to have a fast-acting effect. Purchase it in stores or find a restaurant in town serving up Levity mocktails like Herd Provisions, Bar George, Chico Feo and more. Check out DrinkLevity.com for a store locator.

Lowcountry Gold grows its USDA-certified organic hemp on a 117-acre farm in Elloree, then processes it to create hemp oil products including tinctures, balm, lotion and gummies. Owner Dave Douglass said his company’s solvent-free process is a bit different, using only the flower from the hemp plant (his analogy was it’s like using only the orange and not the whole orange tree), which he said creates a cleaner product. Find Lowcountry Gold products in some retail stores and online at LowcountryGold.com.

Local hemp company Cotton Patch Hemp, founded by two sisters, offers gummies, tinctures, flower and hemp flower prerolls. Find its products at Smoke ‘N Brew, Eucalyptus Wellness and Elixir Bar, Lunar Light Botanicals and online at cottonpatchhemp.com.

Local glassblowing artist Autumn Ellison creates unique pipes, pendants and custom pieces through her company Autumn’s

Skinner

File photo courtesy Charleston Hemp Collective

Mix Master Mike of Beastie Boys joined Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 and local reggae band The Dubplates during Charleston Hemp Collective’s 420 event last year

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now it was in every bar and restaurant. That’s just a big change that’s happened in Charleston this year.”

Increased access to hemp-derived products, particularly ones that do not require smoking, may play a role in its wider social acceptance, advocates say.

Liam Becker of Folly Beach launched Levity, a nonalcoholic Delta-9 spirit, in February with his two friends John Berdux and Stephen Dudose.

“Most of the cannabis beverages are sold in a ready-todrink, or canned, format. Producing a nonalcoholic cannabis spirit that allows [for] a limitless combination of unique cocktails really helps separate us,” Becker said.

Each fluid ounce of Levity’s take on a tequila, Agave High Water, has two milligrams of Delta-9 THC and two milligrams of CBG, he said. The team

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Methods of Consumption Glossary

Newbies may assume the only way to ingest CBD or Delta-8 is through smoking, but that is far from the case these days. Here are the most common methods of consumption:

Tincture - a liquid herbal extract created by binding CBD to alcohol (tinctures are nonalcoholic products). Tinctures use a dropper to administer doses.

Edible - food and drink items infused with CBD or Delta-8, including seltzers, olive oil, gummies, even Bloody Mary mix.

Topical - a cream applied to the skin. This type of CBD product is often used for muscle pain, inflammation and skin conditions.

Flower - Hemp in its raw, plant form. The CBD and Delta-8 flower look similar to marijuana, but the buds come from the hemp plant. This product can be grinded and smoked.

Vape - an electronic smoking device that vaporizes CBD or Delta-8 oil. This is considered one of the quickest delivery methods.

Cannabis Glossary

The long list of acronyms and terms associated with cannabis can make understanding the plant complicated. We offer this abbreviated glossary as a reference guide to understanding some of the more common parts of cannabis.

Cannabis - a genus flowering plant that is often broken down into three different species variations: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica and Cannabis ruderalis

Marijuana - a slang term for a variety of the cannabis plant cultivated with high levels of the compound THC.

Hemp - another variety of the cannabis plant grown with higher levels of CBD and less than 0.3% Delta-9 THC.

Cannabinoid - compounds found in cannabis plants, including , CBD, Delta-8 THC, CBG and more.

Cannabidiol (or CBD) - the full name for the non-psychoactive compound CBD.

Tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC) - a psychoactive compound found in cannabis that is mainly responsible for causing feelings of being “high.” This compound is also known as Delta-9 THC.

Delta-8 THC - another psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant that can create a similar feeling of “being high” though less intensely than Delta-9 THC.

Endocannabinoid System - a naturally occurring system found in humans, animals and even types of mushrooms that regulates the functions of all other systems in the body, such as the nervous system. Scientists discovered the endocannabinoid system is only active when cannabinoids (compounds found in cannabis) enter the body’s system. The body also creates its own compounds that seem to mimic many of the same compounds found in cannabis.

Becker

Levity will soon release a nonalchoholic take on bourbon and gin in addition to its tequila

ENTER TO WIN

Please toke responsibly: Tips for safe, legal cannabis use

Though marijuana is illegal in the state of South Carolina, hemp-derived products — such as CBD and Delta-8 — are not. If you’re going to try these products, please keep these safety tips in mind:

Comfortable place. “Set and setting is really important for a lot of people the first time they try it,” said Amy Ballew, a sales associate at Smoke ‘N Brew. She recommends first-timers try hemp products somewhere they feel comfortable. “If you’re in the wrong environment, you’re going to have a totally different experience.” If you want to test out a new product while staying close to the experts, check out the outdoor back patio at Smoke ‘N Brew on James Island with pool tables, a stage for music and a bar with 22 beers on tap.

In honor or our shelter’s 50th anniversary, we’re raffling off a brand new fishing boat!

A 2023 SCOUT 175 SPORTFISH BOAT! SCAN

Only 432 entries left out of 972. Winner drawn on April 30.

We’ll intake over 4,000 animals this year alone.

The proceeds from this raffle will help shelter and care for thousands of homeless pets.

Don’t take too much the first time. Ballew recommends trying half of a 25 mg Delta-8 gummy and waiting two hours to gauge its effects. “You can always take more, but you can never take less,” she said.

Don’t always ask for the strongest stuff. Knowledgeable CBD shop workers can guide you to a product and strand best suited for your needs.

Purchase responsibly. A lack of regulation makes the market susceptible to counterfeit and low-quality products. Always purchase from a reputable shop that specializes in cannabis products.

Consumption warning. There are no clear guidelines on whether consuming CBD or Delta-8 is permitted in public. Hemp-derived flower looks and smells similar to marijuana. To avoid confusion, refrain from smoking any legal products in public that could be misconstrued for something illegal.

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carefully considered the amount of Delta-9 going into one drink as the company wanted people to enjoy multiple mocktails without the effects being too intense.

“It’s an approachable product,” Becker said. “We have Levity in some stores that attract a different market who wouldn’t necessarily go into a head shop, but they carry Levity, and they’re doing well with it.”

The nonalcoholic spirit offers people a way to socialize without drinking alcohol, but Becker said it’s particularly special because its patented formula allows your body to break it down in the same timeframe as alcohol so it’s early onset, early offset.

Skinner, too, hopes to revolutionize the world of cannabis and alternative spirits with the opening of Charleston Hemp Collective’s James Island location in June, which will have the state’s first ever dry cannabis bar. Located next to the Pour House, the dry bar will feature nonalcoholic cocktails made with High Rise seltzer.

Wider acceptance

For some people, expanded access to hempderived products such as High Rise and Levity, is a great alternative way to socialize without alcohol. For others, Delta-8 and Delta-9 products offer a recreational benefit. And still, for others, CBD and other cannabinoids can offer profound relief.

“You are born with an endocannabinoid system, so you have all the receptors for your body to do what it needs to do with everything you get from CBD,” Ballew said.

Increased use has led to increased research into CBD and other cannabinoids’ impacts on our bodies. Hemp products are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, therefore they cannot be marketed around health-based claims, but countless first-hand accounts from customers offer stories of CBD’s incredible impacts — easing arthritis pain, combating anxiety and reducing PTSD symptoms.

“Once you start talking to people about it more, they’re a little bit more open. I had to be very consistent with my grandma, but now her opinion has 100% changed, and I actually bring her CBD tinctures and topicals when I go see her,” Ballew said.

Ballew said she was able to replace six pharmaceutical prescriptions with hempderived products.

“I felt horrible every day. I was eating a handful of pills for breakfast, and nobody should have to live like that. It’s so great to have a natural option that can replace [in some cases] almost everything.”

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Once you start talking to people about it more, they’re a little bit more open. I had to be very consistent with my grandma, but now her opinion has 100% changed …” —Amy Ballew

What To Do

THURSDAY-SUNDAY

Charleston Jazz Festival

Listen to a diverse array of jazz music at this year’s Charleston Jazz Festival held at Forte Jazz Lounge and Charleston Music Hall. Cornet player Matt White reimagines the songs of Dolly Parton. Charleston jazz pianist Oscar Rivers performs swingin’ sounds with his quartet featuring vocalist Kat Keturah. Local drummer Stachia Simmons, StaLaV, performs an eclectic show spanning jazz, gospel, funk and reggae. Don’t miss performances from big band swing ensemble Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, critically acclaimed vocalist Dianne Reeves, virtuoso drummer Cindy Blackman Santana and Charleston’s own trumpeter Charlton Singleton’s Beehive Orchestra. April 20-23. Prices, times and locations vary. Downtown. CharlestonJazz.com

NEXT THURSDAY

Re-Surface exhibit reception

Works from 16 visual artists coalesce in a new exhibit at The George Gallery. Re-Surface is inspired by the wide world of NFTs, digital assets representing collectible artworks. Re-Surface seeks to engage viewers with two-dimensional art focused on textures like brush strokes and paper fibers. Participating artists include painters Yvonne Robert and Paul Yanko and multimedia artists Bryce Speed and Raishad Glover.

April 20. 6-8 p.m. Free. The George Gallery. 54 Broad St. Downtown. GeorgeGalleryArt.com

NEXT SATURDAY

2023 Lowcountry Cajun Festival

TUESDAY

Buxton Books conversation with author Rachel Beanland

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University of South Carolina graduate Rachel Beanland joins College of Charleston Irish/American studies professor Joseph Kelly to talk about her new book set in the early 17th century, The House is on Fire. Beanland’s well-received debut novel, Florence Adler Swims Forever, unravels the family secrets of a woman training to swim the English channel. Don’t miss a chance to chat with the author during a Q&A session and get your copy signed. Please reserve your spot ahead of time.

April 18. 6-7 p.m. Free. Buxton Books. 160 King Street. Downtown. BuxtonBooks.com

Charleston’s favorite ragin’ Cajun celebration with delicious food, live music and kids activities returns to James Island County Park. Experience the best of Louisiana cuisine right here at home with dishes such as jambalaya, alligator, etouffee, andouille sausage and, of course, crawfish. Enjoy performances from ensembles such as Shrimp City Slim Swamp All-Stars. April 22. 12-6 p.m. $35/$40. James Island County Park. 871 Riverland Dr. James Island. CharlestonCountyParks.com

NEXT SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Black Food Truck Festival

Support Black businesses and culture at the Black Food Truck Festival featuring diverse cuisine, live music and family-friendly activities. Last year’s debut festival drew more than 15,000 people and generated more than $1 million in support of Black-owned businesses. Food trucks feature cuisine like Southern, soul, creole, and everything in between.

April 22-23. 12-7 p.m. Exchange Park Fairgrounds. 9850 Highway 78. Ladson. BlackFoodTruckFestival.com

Arts

Artifacts

Check out the North Charleston Arts Fest

The 40th annual North Charleston Arts Fest takes place May 3-7 celebrating the talents of local artists and performers in music, dance, theater, visual arts and literature. Residents and visitors can enjoy concerts, dance performances, art demos, kids’ programs, exhibitions, an artsy block party and more. Find details about the five-day event at NorthCharlestonArtsFest.com.

ArtFields in Lake City

ArtFields started in 2013 with a simple goal: to honor the artists of the Southeast with a week-long celebration and competition in the heart of Lake City, a two-hour drive to the Pee Dee region of the state. Up to 400 works of art will be on display April 19-29 in locally owned venues, from renovated 1920s warehouses to professional art spaces. Visit artfields.com for more info.

The Gibbes Museum offers five-day visual arts festival

By Chloe Hogan

Explore art exhibits and engage in exciting programs centered around “pushing the boundaries of art” during this year’s Art Charleston festival. The five-day event is organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art and offers an exciting lineup of events with artists, curators, collectors and more. The lineup will engage diverse artistic interests, including painting, digital art and public art. The festival launched last spring and is now set to take place annually at the Gibbes during the last week of April.

“Art Charleston is the only festival of its kind in Charleston with a specific focus on celebrating the visual arts,” said Addy Smith, the Gibbes’ special events manager. “We decided to bring together several of our signature events to create a week full of arts programming and fundraising.”

The festival takes over the museum April

26-30. Though Art Charleston is focused on the visual arts, the festival incorporates a range of programming that includes music, dining and more. It all begins on April 26 with the Art of Design, a daytime luncheon and lecture sponsored by the Gibbes Women’s Council, this year featuring leading contemporary art collector Arthur Lewis.

On April 27, a fun-filled culinary street fair experience takes over Meeting Street, presenting a taste of some of Charleston’s best restaurants. April 28 offers cocktails and a musical performance by the twotime Grammy Award-winning musical ensemble Ranky Tanky in the Gibbes’ Lenhardt Garden.

During the festival, the Gibbes will unveil Full Circle, a new special exhibit by Durham, North Carolina-based contemporary painter, Beverly McIver. The exhibit features nearly 50 works from the last 25 years and demonstrates the diversity of the artist’s bold

thematic approach to portrait painting. It will be on display through Aug. 6. From her early self-portraits in clown makeup, which explore expressions of individuality, stereotypes and ways of masking identity, to portraits of family members and friends, McIver’s poignant large-scale paintings reveal her personal journey.

“We are incredibly excited to bring this retrospective exhibition of Beverly McIver’s work to the Gibbes,” said Sara Arnold, the Gibbes’ director of curatorial affairs. “She has been a force in the art world for over two decades. Her contemporary portraits are intimate and earthshaking at once. Her portraits reflect her own personal journey as a Black woman living in America, a woman with loving friends and family, a woman who has experienced racism, illness and death. Her portraits are provocative, heartfelt and soulful. It will be a powerful exhibition experience.”

The Gibbes will host a lunch and interview with McIver and exhibition curator Kim Boganey on the day of the exhibition’s opening, April 28.

There are two chances during the festival to participate in “Art at the Crossroads: A Public Art Tour.” The walking tour will be led by local artist and muralist David

The George Gallery shows works by William Halsey

The George Gallery will present a solo exhibition of works from the estate of Charleston native William Halsey (1915-1999). This collection embodies the best of what Halsey created in his career as an abstract expressionist. Viewers of Paper Prima can expect bright, strong and emotive paintings on paper. The gallery will celebrate with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. May 11.

Monty Python’s Spamalot at Queen Street Playhouse

Flying cows, killer rabbits and taunting Frenchmen are a few reasons to see Footlight Players’ season finale at the Queen Street Playhouse, the outrageous musical-comedy satire Monty Python’s Spamalot. “Lovingly ripped off” from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot tells the story of King Arthur and his knights of the round table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. The musical runs April 21-May 7 with tickets available at footlightplayers.net. Chloe Hogan

Courtesy Gibbes Museum of Art

During Art Charleston, the Gibbes Museum of Art will unveil artist Beverly McIver’s new exhibit Full Circle, which includes nearly 50 works completed over the last 25 years, including “Clown Portrait” (left) and “Enough” (right)

TO TRY ACUPUNCTURE?

Compulsion: or the House Behind is a fictionalized retelling of how Anne Frank’s diary was published, incorporating puppets to tell the story

PURE Theatre shows an untold side of Anne Frank’s story

By Tiare Solis

Playwright Rinne Groff’s thought-provoking production Compulsion: or the House Behind delves into a story concerning perhaps the world’s most famous diary. PURE Theatre brings this somewhat fictionalized account of The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, to the stage this spring.

The company’s artistic director and cofounder Sharon Graci will direct the production, which stars ensemble members Camille Lowman, David Mandel and R.W. Smith.

Compulsion is an exceptionally unique production as it incorporates puppets into the cast.

“[The puppets] act as a Greek chorus would act, with their own voices on stage, even with their own opinions,” Graci said. “It’s like having another character in a play; they just happen to be marionettes.”

Though Anne Frank is a character in the show, played by a puppet, the play is not about Frank.

Instead, it is a story of how the work was published and eventually became the cul-

tural icon that it is today.

Compulsion centers around Sid Silver, a man determined to tell Frank’s truth to the world. He pens a play based on the diary and, in the process, finds a challenge in telling the whole truth and what the world may accept. At the same time, a complicated question arises: Who owns or has the right to tell Frank’s story? The result of this questioning is an obsession which leads to Silver’s life falling apart over decades.

“In this play, Anne is the 14-year-old girl that we all know her as, and she has a relationship in this play with what Sid Silver is doing. She’s fairly non-judgmental but she’s wise, as wise as she was in real life,” Graci said.

Compulsion takes on the issue of representation in writing. “Unpacking who has the right to tell who’s stories is incredibly topical right now,” Graci said.

Though Compulsion is a fictionalized retelling, the plot is backed by historical truth: Silver’s character is based on the real-

Anne Frank

life playwright and novelist Meyer Levin.

Upon reading Frank’s diary, the playwright Levin, who often wrote about Jewish identity, reached out to Anne Frank’s father Otto Frank in the early 1950s for permission to write the diary into a play. The two agreed Levin would adapt the diary, and he aided in numerous negotiations regarding an English translation.

Otto Frank went against the agreement and instead made a deal with writers Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. Goodrich and Hackett wrote the adapted stage play widely recognized today, which was ultimately more universal, resulting in Levin’s lawsuit against Frank, a part of the plot of Compulsion

The protagonist of Compulsion, Silver, reflects the real-life Levin’s righteous desire to tell the most loyal story possible and the obsession that befell him.

“[Silver’s greatest motivation] is the ultimate pursuit of truth, wanting to tell this story from the perspective of the Jewish people and the genocide and not to soften it. To not lose sight that this crime against humanity was perpetrated against the Jewish people and to make it more palatable to people is a disservice to the story and the truth of what happened,” Graci said.

Silver is a complex and nuanced char-

acter especially because he is based on a real person, she said.

Graci cast long-term PURE Theatre ensemble member Mandel as Silver for his ability to imbue the character with nuance and heart, adding that Silver could be onedimensional in a lesser actor’s hands.

“He was the right person to play in this role because he is such a tremendous talent to navigate Sid’s softer sides and Sid’s desire to do the right thing,” Graci said.

“[Sid] is very compelling, and there are moments of real sympathy for his desire to do the right thing as he sees it. And David is such an incredible talent in portraying Sid’s unraveling in his pursuit.”

Graci said she hopes audiences will relate to Compulsion. The work speaks to the human condition, she said, because it is human to pursue something if you believe in it relentlessly.

“In terms of directing, acting choices create fertile ground for recognition. As we hear these stories and we watch these characters behave, recognition is firing in our own minds so we can consider our actions or the actions of others in similar circumstances.”

Compulsion will run at PURE Theatre April 20-May 13. Tickets are $30-$45 and can be purchased online at puretheatre.org. There will also be two pay-what-you-will performances on April 20 and April 26.

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Boatwright and Tyler Page Friedman, the founder of the tour group Walk & Talk Charleston. Boatwright and Friedman will guide participants through downtown and discuss questions surrounding public art, such as what is the difference between street art and graffiti? The tour will depart from and return to the Gibbes, and shuttle transportation is included.

Local vendors and artists will share their work at the all-day artisan market on April 30. A panel discussion will be held April 29 on “artistic visionaries” highlighting digital and NFT artists.

“Artistic Visionaries is in keeping with the theme of Art Charleston 2023,” said Chase Quinn, curator of education and programs. “We were interested in speaking with artists of diverse backgrounds who are approaching digital art, AI and other boundary-pushing mediums in their own unique ways. This panel discussion will include artists working in Charleston and beyond.”

Perhaps the most exciting offering in the lineup is the April 29 event in partnership with the world-famous NFT artist known as Beeple, who sold his “Everydays,” the first purely digital artwork to be offered at Christie’s auction house, as an NFT for $69.3 million.

Beeple is based in Charleston and

A street fair will take over Meeting Street in front of the Gibbes on April 27 showcasing some of the best eateries

opened a new studio and gallery space March 11 on Clements Ferry Road, where the Gibbes will host an evening of digital art, cocktails and light fare. This is a sponsored event with a limited number of tickets for sale at $200 a piece and a unique chance to get to visit the new 50,000-square-foot studio. Addy Smith said this event will give guests an “immersive experience with a groundbreaking medium expanding the art world, happening right here in Charleston.”

To view the full lineup and register for events, visit gibbesmuseum.org.

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Vertical farm Ghost Grow stacks up fresh produce

By Helen Mitternight

Garret Fleming has grown his business from the ground up — quite literally.

While Charleston is used to the abundance of produce that comes from the state’s rural cities, his “farm” is in West Ashley and his crops grow up, not out. As owner of Ghost Grow 843, he has turned his West Ashley backyard into a tower garden of greens that grace the plates of some of the city’s finest restaurants.

The backyard farm has 30 towers with a capacity for 1,320 plants, which are fed by a small aquatic pump that pushes water to the top of the tower and uses gravity to rain down the nutrient water onto the plant roots. There are additional towers in his garage.

Fleming began the company after a stint in house and yard maintenance and then two years at the Bank of South Carolina in Charleston.

“I learned that wasn’t what I wanted to do with my life,” he said. “My wife and I took a risk and went out to California where I could learn about hydroponics on a big scale. I worked for LA Urban Farms, and we’d have residential clients, schools, restaurants, movie studios.

“Every day, my life consisted of rolling around in a van filled with nutrients and seeds, going around to different areas of Los Angeles to do weekly maintenance on these tower gardens. It was so much fun! I got to meet Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Zooey Deschanel, Jessica Alba.”

The fun lasted until the pandemic shut down the beaches and parks that made Los Angeles so appealing to Fleming. Then, Fleming’s wife, Jessica, lost her job.

“We both just realized that we’d come out here to better our resumes and create value, and we’d accomplished that goal and had learned what we came out there to learn. We had such a great time in Charleston, and we were paying a premium on rent to live in LA. We wanted to start a family. It was just a no-brainer to go back to what we think of as home.”

A fresh start

Fleming and his wife moved to James Island in 2020, and then, later, to West Ashley.

Fleming soon started to work for Heron Farms, the company that produces Charleston Sea Beans. After two years, he decided to strike out on his own and start his company.

He named the company Ghost Grow because his backyard was just a shadow of a “real” farm, much like how chefs just starting out cook in ghost kitchens that enable them to use unoccupied space. He said he stuck the num-

bers “843” at the end of the name to make sure people knew he was local to Charleston.

At first, Fleming said, he was just supplying lettuce to friends and neighbors, he said. His first client was Lowcountry Street Grocery, which purchased his lettuce. When his son was born six months ago, he realized it was time to get serious, quit Heron Farms for good, put together a business plan, and ramp up Ghost Grow 843.

Since then, Fleming has expanded to 30 three-footsquare towers in his yard, as well as microgreens in his garage, where he can control the temperature and lighting.

He now grows what he calls “regular” microgreens, such as arugula, broccoli, kale, beet, pea shoots and beets, among others; “specialty” microgreens such as cilantro, dill,

green onions and Thai basil; and leafy greens such as arugula, spinach, and an assortment of lettuces.

Saving space

The advantage of the tower setup is that it takes 10 times less space than traditional horizontal planting “In a three-foot-square area, I might grow four lettuce heads. Instead, because of growing vertically, I’m growing 44,” he said.

In addition, unlike regular crop farms, the soil is easier to maintain, and Fleming said it’s more sustainable.

“In a regular farm, some people have to dig through and reset the farm after harvest,” he said. “With these devices,

Garret Fleming can grow up to 1,320 plants in his backyard tower gardens

Photos by Rūta Smith

Fleming grows edible flowers in addition to greens and veggies

you harvest, you use a pressure washer to clean them off, then replant and repeat. The plants are watered by a timer that tells the pumps when to turn on and off.

“The root base is being constantly misted with water, so not only are they receiving full oxygen when the watering stops, but then we’re able to harvest quicker and save up to 90% more water than in traditional soil, because you’re not watering the soil, you’re watering the roots directly. The water is recycled except for a tiny bit that’s lost to evaporation.”

The microgreens are watered daily via “bottom feeding,” a two-tray setup that allows water from the bottom tray to slowly be absorbed through holes in the top tray to the plants.

The space-saving is good, but what the chefs like is the taste. Fleming has 22 clients, including Husk, Herd Provisions, 167 Raw, Huriyali Gardens, Pink Bellies and chef Kevin Mitchell.

“With the microgreens, the taste profile is enhanced because it’s a younger part of the plant,” Fleming said. “In general they usually have a higher nutrient density, but what I’ve heard from chefs is that the leaves are a bit more tender, not as weathered.”

Fleming said the biggest challenge, even with the indoor plants, is getting the amount of water and nutrients figured out, since it can vary with season and temperature.

“I hand-water those microgreens every morning,” he said. “You have to know the precise amount because over-watering can cause major issues and, honestly, it’s just as bad as under-watering. It can cause mold.”

Fleming has made the watering a family affair.

“I wake up and feed my son, Carsten, and then we go into the garage and water the plants. I put him in a bounce chair and he watches me go from rack to rack. It’s a 30-minute process and sometimes, he’s not in the mood, and I have to stop. I’ve learned that if I’m working with him, it takes four times longer, but it’s worth it to spend time with him.”

A la carte

What’s new

Firefly Distillery hosts its first Lowcountry boil cooked by chef Graham Calabria from 12-3 p.m. May 7. The event also includes live music by DJ Kevin Breeze and craft cocktails served until 4 p.m. Buckets are $35 and should be purchased in advance.

Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ will soon open at 99 Westedge St., offering hot dogs with different toppings and a variety of barbecue sandwiches and sliders. The restaurant plans to host events like trivia nights, karaoke and live music.

Crush Yard, a Pickleball club and restaurant, will open its doors this winter in Mount Pleasant off of Morgans Point Road.

What’s happening

Charleston Wine Festivals is hosting the second annual Spring Wine Festival from 1-5 p.m. April 22 at the Charleston Harbor Cruise Terminal. The event is for individuals ages 21 and older and will feature more than 50 wine selections, mimosas and limited beer options. While sipping wine, enjoy live music from Noah and the Space Arc. Tickets range from $35-$60 and all beverage tastings are included in the price.

Edmund’s Oast Exchange and certified sommelier Colin Lee will kick off another round of Somm School Series starting April 22. The 13-week series will cover most major wine regions in the world. The classes are offered weekly on Saturdays from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The cost is $30 per class, but hospitality industry employees receive a 50% discount. Classes are stand alone, but participants can sign up for the entire series.

The Black Food Truck Festival returns April 22-23. Celebrate Blackowned businesses with food, live music and drinks. Tickets are on sale now for the two-day festival at the Exchange Park Fairgrounds in Ladson.

Grab a beer or two and practice your brush strokes at Two Blokes Brewing during its Paint & Sip Night at 7 p.m. April 27. —Hillary Reaves

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

CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-05341

Nikita N. Holmes n/k/a Nikita N. Nesmith, Plaintiff, -vsElliott J. Miller Jr., Defendant.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, on the 18th day of November, 2022 and to serve a copy of your Answer upon Barry I. Baker and Kyle T. Varner, at their office at One Carriage Lane Bldg. H, Post Office Box 31265, Charleston, SC 29417, within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication of this Summons; 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.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been or is to be commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, by the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 15-61-10, et seq., and SCRCP Rule 71 for a partition of the subject property referenced herein below and pursuant to the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act); for the further purpose of seeking an order from the Court that the Plaintiff and the Defendant are the true and lawful

owners of the subject property

more fully described hereinafter and for the Court to determine their respective percentages of ownership; this action is further brought for the purpose of obtaining an Order from this Court partitioning the subject property; this action is further brought for the purpose of this Court ordering that the subject property cannot be partitioned in kind or by allotment without manifest injury to the parties and further requesting that this Court order that the subject property shall be sold by private sale. The Subject Property, the description of which, at the time of the filing of this Notice is as follows (the “Property”): All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 18, Northwoods Pointe Subdivision, on that certain plat entitled: “FINAL PLAT LOTS 1-90, DETENTION PONDS 1-3, A NEW 15’ DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A NEW 35’ DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A NEW 17’ ACCESS EASEMENT NORTHWOODS POINTE SUBDIVISION” prepared for ETL Investments Group, Inc. City of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, by Mark Woodrow Ellis, PLS, of 2nd Surveying Company, Inc. dated April 20, 2001, revised April 24, 2001, and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EF at Pages 739, 740 and 741, which will be shown on the aforesaid plat. Being the same property conveyed to Elliott J. Miller Jr. and Nikita N. Holmes by deed dated January 26, 2015, and recorded January 28, 2015, in Book 0454, page 213, the ROD Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 486-15-00-217 Property

Address: 2517 Calamari Court, North Charleston, SC 29406

BAKER & VARNER, LLC

Kyle T. Varner, Esquire – Bar # 77847

kvarner@bakerlawsc.com

One Carriage Lane, Bldg. H

Post Office Box 31265 Charleston, SC 29417-1265

Office: 843-766-9007

Fax: 843-766-1295

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

March 21, 2023

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

C/A No.: 2022-CP-10-05112

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff,

vs.

Mumin Rahmaan a/k/a Mumim

Abdul-Rahmaan, if alive, and if deceased The Estate of Mumin Rahmaan a/k/a Mumim AbdulRahmaan, and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees of Mumin Rahmaan a/k/a Mumim Abdul-Rahmaan, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury)

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in

this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201, 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 Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for the Plaintiff. LIS PENDENS Notice is hereby given that an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Mumin Rahmaan a/k/a Mumim Abdul-Rahmaan (hereinafter, “Mortgagor(s)”) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns, a certain mortgage dated March 31,

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2010 and recorded on April 20, 2010 in Book 117 at Page 977, in the Charleston County Office of the Register of Deeds (hereinafter, “Subject Mortgage”). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment. The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate in Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 18, Block 8, as shown on a plat of Pepperhill No. 7 recorded in Plat Book AA, Page 117, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, which plat is made a part and parcel of this description by reference. Being the same property conveyed to Mumim Abdul-Rahmaan by Arifah N. Adbul-Rahmaan by deed dated October 5, 2005 and recorded October 21, 2005 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Deed Book Y558, Page 334. Parcel No. 395-15-00-107 Property Address: 7629 Vanderbrook Place, North Charleston, SC 29420

ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS IN MILITARY SERVICE

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of J. Marshall Swails, Esq. as Guardian ad Litem for known and unknown minors, and for all persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that J. Marshall Swails, Esq. has consented to said appointment, it is FURTHER upon reading the Petition filed by Plaintiff for the appointment of an attorney to represent any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that J. Marshall Swails, Esq. has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is ORDERED that J. Marshall Swails, Esq., 8 Williams Street, Greenville, SC 29601, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all known and unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 7629 Vanderbrook Place, North Charleston, SC 29420; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants. AND IT

IS FURTHER ORDERED that J. Marshall Swails, Esq., 8 Williams Street, Greenville, SC 29601, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants, AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in the Post and Courier, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

from ADR and Notice of Right to Foreclosure Intervention in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 4, 2022.

D. Max Sims, Esq. (SC Bar: 103945)

Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor Columbia, SC 29201 Phone (803) 509-5078

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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 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.

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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

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.

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DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007, 2010 & 2017

TO DEFENDANT: Rolando Garcia Martinez

Estate of: SHIRLEY MAE WALLACE 2021-ES-10-1835

DOD: 07/13/21

Pers. Rep: ISADELL WRIGHT 1850 MAGWOOD DR., #124 CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Pers. Rep: GARRY FLOWERS 309 PALM BLVD.

ISLE OF PALMS, SC 29451

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-08-95

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

MELONY LIFERIDGE, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN IN 2022.

TO DEFENDANT: MELONY LIFERIDGE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on January 18, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, W. Tracy Brown, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar #5832, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, (843) 719-1007.

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

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

TO DEFENDANT: KYLEIR REESE

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-10-3773

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

AGILLAH FRAZIER, CAMILLA LARY, AND JAMAL BENNETT, DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2019.

TO DEFENDANT:

JAMAL BENNETT

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

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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.

ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON EN EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA CON ASIENTO EN EL NOVENO CIRCUITO JUDICIAL N.° DE EXPEDIENTE 2023-DR-10-0220

DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR VERSUS

Atty: ITTRISS J. JENKINS, ESQ. 652 RUTLEDGE AVE., #A CHARLESTON, SC 29403 ********

Estate of: MARIA LOUISE SUMTER 2022-ES-10-0680

DOD: 01/28/22

Pers. Rep: TERRY L. SUMTER 5299 DORCHESTER RD., #20 NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418

Atty: EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQ. PO BOX 42270, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29423 ********

Estate of: WILLIAM OPHIR VELLENOWETH 2023-ES-10-0142

DOD: 01/04/23

Pers. Rep: LISA BROOKS VELLENOWETH 740 SCHAFFER ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ********

Estate of: ROBERT BRUCE DYKE 2023-ES-10-0184

DOD: 08/27/22

Pers. Rep: AMANDA L. LINGLE 179 CABRILL DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: MARIO INGLESE, ESQ. 443 FOLLY RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ********

Estate of: JANE EDNA HADDAD 2023-ES-10-0307

DOD: 12/19/22

Pers. Rep: THEODORE S. HADDAD, JR. 5957 OAKLAND GARDENS CT. LIBERTY TWP, OH 45011

Atty: F. PATRICIA SCARBOROUGH, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ********

Estate of: ERNEST BAINBRIDGE LIPSCOMB, III 2023-ES-10-0489

DOD: 02/26/23

Pers. Rep: CHARLES B. LIPSCOMB 15201 TIMONIUM PL. NORTH POTOMAC, MD 20878

Pers. Rep: CAROLINE H. ERNST 229 PENNSWOOD RD. BRYN MAWR, PA 19010

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

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-DR-10-0374

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

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE

NAMED:

mons 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 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2022-CP-10-05199

SHADOWMOSS PLANTATION HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, vs. CHARLES M. WRENN, JR. aka Charles M. Wrenn AND KIMBERLY WRENN, Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED:

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR- 10-0033 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

Hannah Smith, Sherri Smith, Chelsea Priest, and Christopher Keane, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2017 AND 2020.

TO DEFENDANT: Hannah Smith YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 5, 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 Attorney, Adam S. Ruffin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, 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. Adam S. Ruffin, SC Bar # 101350, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 2405, (843) 953-9625

Anayeli Hernandez Ramirez and Rolando Garcia Martinez DEMANDADOS.

EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE: MENORES NACIDOS EN 2007, 2010 Y 2017

PARA LOS DEMANDADOS: Rolando Garcia Martinez

POR LA PRESENTE SE LA CITA y se le exige que responda la Demanda en esta acción presentada ante el Secretario del Tribunal del condado de Charleston el 23 de enero de 2023. Una vez probado el interés, se le enviará una copia de la Demanda luego de que esta haya sido solicitada ante la Secretaría del Tribunal en el condado de Charleston y deberá enviar una copia de su Contestación de la Demanda al Demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Sur, a la oficina del Departamento de Asuntos Legales del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del condado de Charleston, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714, dentro de los treinta (30) días de la publicación de aviso, con excepción de la fecha de servicio. En caso de no presentar una contestación dentro del plazo mencionado previamente, el Demandante le solicitará una reparación al Tribunal. Departamento de Servicios Sociales del condado de Charleston, Oficina de Legales, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

ESTATES’

CREDITOR’S NOTICES

Estate of: JULIAN WAYNE FOREMAN, SR. 2023-ES-10-0339

DOD:mm02/02/23

Pers. Rep: BETTY SUE JERNIGAN 10201 SOUTHEAST SANDPINE LN. HOBE SOUND, FL 33455

Atty: LISA WOLFF HERBERT, ESQ. 864 LOWCOUNTRY BLVD., #200 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ********

Estate of: TERRILL HALEY BERGDORF 2023-ES-10-0380

DOD: 01/13/23

Pers. Rep: TERRIE JENEY BERGDORF 1898 ARMORY DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29466

Atty: LAWRENCE LADDAGA, ESQ. PO BOX 62498, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29419 ********

Estate of: JOYCE LITTLE YOUNG 2023-ES-10-0420

DOD: 02/09/23

Pers. Rep: ROGER M. YOUNG, SR. 8170 COURTWOOD RD. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 ********

Estate of: PATRICIA O. ADAMS 2023-ES-10-0439

DOD: 02/04/23

Pers. Rep: PAMELA K. BONEY 2531 HELMSMAN RD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 ********

Estate of: CARMELLA MARY HAAK 2023-ES-10-0446

DOD: 09/12/22

Pers. Rep: PATRICIA JOHNSON 107 CROMWELL CT. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485

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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

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

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.

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on Novembers 10, 2022.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff against the Defendants to, among other things, foreclose a Notice of Lien attaching to the below described real property located in Charleston County, South Carolina, to-wit:

2023-DR-10-0220

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: HELEN BROWN 2023-ES-10-0450

DOD: 11/19/22

Pers. Rep: WALTER M. BROWN 1523 CLARK RD. EDISTO ISLAND, SC 29438

Atty: JEFFREY C. MOORE, ESQ.

1 CARRIAGE LN. BLDG. H, 2ND FLOOR CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: CONNER HARRY FLOWERS 2023-ES-10-0462

DOD: 01/30/23

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 Sum-

ALL that piece, parcel or lot 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 39 on a plat entitled “SHADOWMOSS PLANTATION, CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TRACT I TO SHOW PHASE B AND THE SUBDIVISION OF PHASE B, SECTION I”, made by George A. Z. Johnson, Jr., Inc., dated August 25, 1988, and recorded August 25, 1988 in Plat Book BT, Page 8, Register’s Office for Charleston County, SC. SAID lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. BEING the same property conveyed to Charles M. Wrenn, Jr. and Kimberly B. Wrenn by deed of John A. Neuroth and Janet M. Neuroth, dated October 12,1995, and recorded October 12, 1995, in Book X-260, at Page 656, in the Charleston County Register’s Office.

TMS # 358-04-00-144. Street

Address: 98 Shadowmoss Parkway Charleston, SC 29414-6815.

CISA & DODDS, LLP

s/John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd. Suite 101

v.

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-SC1, Plaintiff,

Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Genieve C Cochran, 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 ; Shirley J Granger, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James B Granger; Lori GB Wright; James Barry Granger, Jr; Shirley J Granger, Individually; Defendant(s).

SUMMONS

Deficiency Judgment Waived (013263-12491)

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Any

Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Genieve C Cochran, 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

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 2126 Victory Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405-7762, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 469-11-00-135, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 292023200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR 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 upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Ian C. Gohean, Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, PA, 325 Rocky Slope Road, Greenville, SC 29607, made absolute.

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED: 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 February 27, 2023.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT

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

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend, LLC. Rogers Townsend, LLC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice.

You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date you are served with this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

s/Brian P. Yoho Rogers Townsend, LLC

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com

Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400) Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend. com

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN

AD LITEM NISI

Deficiency Judgment Waived

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Ian C. Gohean as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is

ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Ian C. Gohean, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 2126 Victory Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405-7762; that Ian C. Gohean is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is

FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s)

Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Genieve C Cochran, 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, .by publication thereof in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court, by BLC Charleston, South Carolina 3/22/2023

of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Genieve C. Cochran to Norwest Mortgage, Inc. dba Directors Acceptance dated December 14, 1999, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Charleston County on December 21, 1999, in Mortgage Book R339 at Page 384. This mortgage was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2005SC1 by assignment dated May 28, 2008 and recorded May30, 2008 in Book Y660 at Page 764. Subsequently, this mortgage was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-SC1 by assignment dated March 12, 2020 and recorded March 17, 2020 in Book 867 at Page 677.

The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston, South Carolina known and designated as Lot 184 on a plat of the subdivision Nafair, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat book F at Page 147; the said lot having such size, shape and dimensions, more or less, and being bounded as shown on said plat.

This being the identical property conveyed to Genieve C. Cochran by deed of James B. Granger dated December 14, 1999 and recorded December 21, 1999 in Deed Book P339 at Page 690. Subsequently, Genieve C Cochran died on August 8, 2022 leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees.

Property Address:

2126 Victory Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405-7762

TMS/PIN# TMS# 469-11-00-135

/s/ John J. Hearn Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com

Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400) Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend. com

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

Columbia, South Carolina

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.

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 MERIDIAN 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

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

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.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-2706 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

Tracee Jackson, Anthony Johnson, Quentin Grant, and Akeem Grant DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2006, 2009, 2011, & 2012

TO DEFENDANT: Akeem Grant YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 19, 2022. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Daniel A. Beck, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714within 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. Daniel A. Beck,SC Bar #104335, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29405,(843) 953-9625.

Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. Rosemary Cherban, and if Rosemary Cherban be deceased, any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of

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

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What is the true and proper symbol for your sign, Gemini? Twins standing shoulder to shoulder as they gaze out on the world with curiosity? Or two lovers embracing each other with mischievous adoration in their eyes? Both scenarios can accurately represent your energy, depending on your mood and the phase you’re in. In the coming weeks, I advise you to draw on the potency of both. You will be wise to coordinate the different sides of your personality in pursuit of a goal that interests them all. And you will also place yourself in harmonious alignment with cosmic rhythms as you harness your passionate urge to merge in a good cause.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some scientists speculate that more people suffer from allergies than ever before because civilization has oversanitized the world. The fetish for scouring away germs and dirt means that our immune systems don’t get enough practice in fending off interlopers. In a sense, they are “bored” because they have too little to do. That’s why they fight stuff that’s not a threat, like tree pollens and animal dander. Hence, we develop allergies to harmless substances. I hope you will apply this lesson as a metaphor in the coming weeks, fellow Cancerian. Be sure the psychological component of your immune system isn’t warding off the wrong people and things. It’s healthy for you to be protective, but not hyper-overprotective in ways that shut out useful influences.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One night in 1989, Leo evolutionary biologist Margie Profet went to sleep and had a dream that revealed to her new information about the nature of menstruation. The dream scene was a cartoon of a woman’s reproductive system. It showed little triangles being carried away by the shed menstrual blood. Eureka! As Profet lay in bed in the dark, she intuited a theory that no scientist had ever guessed: that the sloughed-off uterine lining had the key function of eliminating pathogens, represented by the triangles. In subsequent years, she did research to test her idea, supported by studies with electron microscopes. Now her theory is regarded as fact. I predict that many of you Leos will soon receive comparable benefits. Practical guidance will be available in your dreams and twilight awareness and altered states. Pay close attention!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You don’t know what is invisible to you. The truths that are out of your reach may as well be hiding. The secret agendas you are not aware of are indeed secret. That’s the not-so-good news, Virgo. The excellent news is that you now have the power to uncover the rest of the story, at least some of it. You will be able to penetrate below the surface and find buried riches. You will dig up missing information whose absence has prevented you from understanding what has been transpiring. There may be a surprise or two ahead, but they will ultimately be agents of healing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Visionary philosopher Buckminster Fuller referred to pollution as a potential resource we have not yet figured out how

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to harvest. A company called Algae Systems does exactly that. It uses wastewater to grow algae that scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and yield carbon-negative biofuels. Can we invoke this approach as a metaphor that’s useful to you? Let’s dream up examples. Suppose you’re a creative artist. You could be inspired by your difficult emotions to compose a great song, story, painting or dance. Or if you’re a lover who is in pain, you could harness your suffering to free yourself of a bad old habit or ensure that an unpleasant history doesn’t repeat itself. Your homework, Libra, is to figure out how to take advantage of a “pollutant” or two in your world.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Soon you will graduate from your bumpy lessons and enter a smoother, silkier phase. You will find refuge from the naysayers as you create a liberated new power spot for yourself. In anticipation of this welcome transition, I offer this motivational exhortation from poet Gwendolyn Brooks: “Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, ‘Even if you are not ready for day, it cannot always be night.’” I believe you are finished with your worthwhile but ponderous struggles, Scorpio. Get ready for an excursion toward luminous grace.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I periodically seek the counsel of a Sagittarian psychic. She’s half-feral and sometimes speaks in riddles. She tells me she occasionally converses by phone with a person she calls “the ex-Prime Minister of Narnia.” I confided in her that lately it has been a challenge for me to keep up with you Sagittarians because you have been expanding beyond the reach of my concepts. She gave me a pronouncement that felt vaguely helpful, though it was also a bit over my head: “The Archer may be quite luxuriously curious and furiously hilarious; studiously lascivious and victoriously delirious; salubriously industrious but never lugubriously laborious.” Here’s how I interpret that: Right now, pretty much anything is possible if you embrace unpredictability.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I’m not insane,” says Capricorn actor Jared Leto. “I’m voluntarily indifferent to conventional rationality.” That attitude might serve you well in the coming weeks. You could wield it to break open opportunities that were previously closed due to excess caution. I suspect you’re beginning a fun phase of self-discovery when you will learn a lot about yourself. As you do, I hope you will experiment with being at least somewhat indifferent to conventional rationality. Be willing to be surprised. Be receptive to changing your mind about yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): People of all genders feel urges to embellish their native beauty with cosmetic enhancements. I myself haven’t done so, but I cheer on those who use their flesh for artistic experiments. At the same time, I am also a big fan of us loving ourselves exactly as we are. And I’m hoping that in the coming weeks, you will emphasize the latter over the former. I urge you to indulge in an intense period of maximum selfappreciation. Tell yourself daily how gorgeous and brilliant you are. Tell others, too! Cultivate a glowing pride in the gifts you offer the world. If anyone complains, tell them you’re doing the homework your astrologer gave you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I encourage you to amplify the message you have been trying to deliver. If there has been any shyness or timidity in your demeanor, purge it. If you have been less than forthright in speaking the whole truth and nothing but the truth, boost your clarity and frankness. Is there anything you could do to help your audience be more receptive? Any tenderness you could express to stimulate their willingness and ability to see you truly?

By Chelsea Grinstead

Virtuoso jazz-rock drummer Cindy Blackman Santana gravitated to the electric energy of the drums at a young age, hypnotized by their rhythmic role and dynamic emotion — and it led to decades of touring and recording with countless musicians.

Santana, currently based in Las Vegas, takes the stage at Charleston Music Hall downtown April 22 to perform in the annual Charleston Jazz Festival.

“I like the tones of the drums, and I like that the drums are very physical — you sit at the kit and use your entire body,” Santana, 63, told the Charleston City Paper Gretsch drums are her weapon of choice.

“I love melodicism, so I want the drums to be warm and to project but also to have a great tone — and Gretsch drums have that,” she said. “I started asking for drums when I was 3, and I didn’t know exactly what that meant. I didn’t know what a tour was; I just knew that I wanted to play. When I was about 13, I understood a lot more about what the drums meant to me, but also what it was to be in a band.”

She named a lineage of Gretsch drummers she called “the pinnacle” of 20th century jazz and rock, including Chick Webb, Kenny Clarke, Louie Bellson, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Elvin Jones and, her greatest influence, Tony Williams.

“Tony Williams is the person who created jazz-rock,” Santana said. “He influenced even Miles [Davis] to go electric. He fused together jazz, rock, Indian music, Brazilian music — that was in 1969. And the stuff that came after that in the ’70s, people were trying to emulate that. I love the fact that he melted together all these different influences to come up with such a different and incredible sound. He influenced not only that generation, but every generation after that.”

Santana joined her first professional group at age 13, playing in a funk rock trio in Bristol, Connecticut, and while she did consider becoming a lawyer and a brain

surgeon, being a musician stole her heart.

“I knew that drumming is what I wanted to pursue in life, and I never veered from that,” Santana said. “I thought about a couple of other career choices … because I’m very curious about life and about things. I realized I would have obliterated any hopes of playing drums that I had … so those things fell by the wayside. And drumming was the champion.”

Santana started busking in the streets of New York City in the ’80s, and learned about her craft by watching legendary musicians in clubs and listening to records. In addition to recording her own music, including the critically acclaimed 2010 album Another Lifetime, Santana toured with well-known acts such as Lenny Kravitz — and most recently, Carlos Santana, her husband of 13 years.

“Being around Carlos is incredible, because he’s such a magnetic person,” Santana said. “And his spiritual prowess is channeled through what he plays, so everything sounds magical. He’s inspirational, because he’s got a real desire to create and to be creative and to switch things up and change things around, but also touch

people’s hearts. He wants to do that with every note that he plays. He’s so proficient with his instrument — he’s one of the icons, he’s a guitar hero.”

Although female drummers are definitely a minority, she said her career has been filled with beautiful experiences despite the “old boys club” mentality that was prominent when she was coming up.

“I never focused on that for very long, if at all, because I learned early on that it only would disrupt my purpose and disrupt my progress,” she said. “The first professional gig that I had, I was 13, and some drunk guy was kind of taunting me saying that I shouldn’t be playing drums. ‘It’s not for girls, why are you doing that?’ So, my feelings were hurt, and I went home. I got on the drums, and I started playing and forgot all about what that guy said. I realized if I kept thinking about that idiot, then I would just be sitting there being depressed.

“I love who I am,” she added. “I love being a woman. So, since I love my life, I have a great time.”

For the Jazz Fest show, Santana will unveil new, unrecorded songs backed by saxophonist Emilio Modeste, keyboardist Marc Carey, guitarist Aurelien Budynek and bassist Felix Pastorius.

She said the audience can expect a lot of energy and a beautiful journey.

“They’re all amazing soloists, and they all play with a lot of heart. So, you’re not only going to get some really great musicianship, but you’re also going to get a lot of heart and soul — which is key.”

Hip-hop events spring up across the city

Pour House hosts rapper Quelle Pharrell’s Dojo at 9 p.m April 15 with Quelle The Prophet, Slim S.O.U.L., Tyrie and Mike L!ve. Local acts Badtalks, Kaizer, Anfernee and DJ Majr start at 6 p.m. on the outdoor stage. Ticket prices are $5-$20 and are available at CharlestonPourHouse.com. LO-Fi Brewing hosts Underground 7.0 at 7:30 p.m. April 15 featuring independent hip-hop acts from the area. Tickets are $10-$15 and available at LOFiBrewing.com.

Cali rapper Shwayze hits Pour House with Slim S.O.U.L and the NO at 10 p.m. April 19. The Palace Hotel bar and CBD company Carolina Dream host a donated-based Lit Brunch event 12-4 p.m. April 22 with rapper Mike L!ve. Catch Charleston Hip Hop Night at 8 p.m. April 27 at the Music Farm featuring Kingjay, Jtrawwww, Bluflame James and Streets Love. Tickets are $12$15 and available at MusicFarm.com.

Roots rocker Mel Washington performs downtown

Catch guitarist/vocalist Mel Washington at Blind Tiger on Broad Street April 14 and 21; Big John’s Tavern on East Bay Street April 16; King Street Dispensary April 19-20 and 26-27; Bumpa’s on Cumberland Street April 22; and The Dinghy on Isle of Palms April 16 and 31.

National Record Store Day returns April 22

April 22 is a national Record Store Day, and there will be specials and sales all over Charleston. Check out Soundwave Comics and Black Circle Records inside Katie Mae’s in Summerville; Record Stop Charleston downtown, Gray Cat Music and Mr. K’s Used Books, Music and More in North Charleston and Monster Music & Movies in West Ashley. Visit the stores’ social media pages to find details on specific offers.

Chelsea Grinstead

If you or your band is about to enter the studio, hit the road, or has a special gig coming up, reach out to us at chelsea@charlestoncitypaper.com.

Critically acclaimed musician and bandleader Cindy Blackman Santana returns for an April 22 Charleston Jazz Fest performance at Charleston Music Hall

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I knew that drumming is what I wanted to pursue in life, and I never veered from that.”

—Cindy Blackman Santana

A beautiful journey with jazz rocker

Cindy Blackman Santana

High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Producer and multi-instrumentalist Matt Tuton of Johns Island studio The Lab has recorded some bangin’ albums in the past several years, such as alt-rock act Baby Yaga’s 2020 EP Going to Hell (plus he played the devil in the music video) and alt-Americana act Cicala’s 2019 LP Post Country. New releases include Charleston pop artist Laurlyn’s April 7 EP Modern Nocturnes. Tuton gave us his top five 2023 summer albums to kick back to:

The Wilds by Henry Jamison

10,000 Gecs by 100 Gecs

Soundless Motion by Matt Ryder

Stranger in the Alps by Phoebe Bridgers

Ali by Khruangbin and Vieux Farka Touré

The electronic incantations of Aphelyon

By Vincent Harris

Adam Barley’s recording project Aphelyon isn’t like anything he’s done before. In fact, if you’re familiar with the Charleston guitarist and songwriter, it’s probably because of his “day job” in local funk party band DysFUNKtion. But Aphelyon (pronounced uh-fil-ee-yon) isn’t party-time funk, although it is funky.

“It naturally, organically, came about in a very non-planned way,” Barley told the Charleston City Paper. “And then all of a sudden, I started to see, ‘Oh, I’m really getting onto something here with this sound.’ ”

Pulling from influences like Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack and Emancipator, Barley has released a series of laid-back trip-hop singles over the past year.

The first single, “Aphelyon” came out in January 2022 and set the pattern for a string of single releases. A laid-back beat, spacious electronic sounds, Pink Floyd-style atmospheric guitar and subdued vocals guide listeners through the track until a seductive female voice begins singing the title. It’s a sound designed for low-key dancing with your headphones on.

“Wander” and “Shores Beyond” followed later in 2022, mining the same psychedelic trip-hop style Barley has been working on for years.

“My day job is music if you will,” he said. “I teach lessons and play in other bands around town. But, the Aphelyon project is certainly its own unique sound, that’s for sure. Probably six to seven years ago, I started to write these arrangements. And I was able to produce everything that I have up in my head freely and fully by myself. It’s a very different setting than doing that in a band setting, of course.”

Aphelyon’s newest single, “Ether Body”

throws a bit of a curveball into the mix. It features a slippery, stream-of-consciousness rap from New York emcee Scott EP. Barley said “Ether Body,” which still has trip-hop elements to it, is just a natural outgrowth of the sounds he loves.

“One of the primary inspirations for it was my love of hip-hop that I’ve had for a very long time — and electronic music in general, whether that be full-on dance music EDM to more relaxed versions of that downtempo electronica.”

After his string of singles, Barley said you can expect to hear a lot more from Aphelyon over the next year or so.

“I’ve got an EP that I’m working on,” he said. “I’m really hoping I can wrap those tunes up in May or June, and then I’ve already got a full-length album LP that I will immediately begin working on after the release of the EP. I’ve probably got another full length album after that. So, I’ve got a whole lot mapped out for this project. I’m excited about it.”

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Charleston musician Adam Barley harnesses elements of electronic dance and hip-hop music with his solo project Aphelyon

Across

1. Skip levels, in early video games

5. Blasts with a ray gun

9. Part of a pasture

13. Standoffish

15. Fitzgerald of songdom

16. Sought damages in court

17. It’s now just ... a bowl of hot water with roses and daisies (look to the right!)

19. Cribbage score markers

20. Jot stuff down

21. Bushy maze barrier

22. Early color TVs

23. Lowly, as a task 24. Mattress’s place 27. “Where’ve you ___?”

29. Early 8-bit game console

30. Say with certainty

31. Philanthropic providers

33. They’re now just ... bread and lettuce meals (look above!)

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40. Comedian Kondabolu

41. Sat ___ (GPS system)

44. Iowa State’s town

45. Encouraged, with “up”

47. Elite squads 49. “___ & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming”

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51. Recreational noodle?

56. “Bus Stop” dramatist William

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58. Wet weather

59. Ballet jump

60. Senegal’s capital 61. Winter transportation

62. Get snippy with 63. Ceremonial flames

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12. Ford fiascoes

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18. Type of show or warrior

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23. Cat comment

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“ON THE HUNT” —they’ve been relocated.