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Battling mental health issues can be isolating and scary. More than one in five Americans live with mental illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Charleston mental health and community outreach professionals say it’s important to normalize talking about mental health struggles and ask for help that’s available.
“Those with mental health conditions may feel helpless or guilty, thinking that they are alone and no one understands what they are experiencing,” said David Gehr of Mount Pleasant, Charleston clinic director of the Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center. “Their reaction may be to further withdraw, reducing the critical support they need from their family, friends and community.”
Mental illness impacts adults and children in all demographics, Gehr said, and those who are struggling often feel there is no solution.
“Mental health conditions are treatable,” he said. “Those experiencing mental health challenges don’t need to just accept this. Open communication increases feelings of support and leads to a better likelihood of someone getting the help they need.”
And it’s important to get mental health care — just like it is to treat other medical conditions, he said. A person’s mental and physical health interrelate — neglecting one can negatively impact the other, and likewise, addressing one need can benefit the other.
“For much of the past, a person needing mental health treatment would be stig-
matized, reducing the likelihood that they would receive the help they need,” Gehr said. “Thankfully, this appears to be changing. There is more recognition and acceptance of mental health care than ever before, but as a society, we can do more to support the recovery of those with mental illness.”
While societal shame is still frequently assigned to mental health issues in America, people can break through the awkwardness of listening to a loved one or coworker who reaches out. Listening could make all the difference in the world, said Chase Glenn of Hanahan, the executive director of Alliance For Full Acceptance (AFFA).
“Creating space for open and honest conversations about mental health could quite literally save someone’s life,” Glenn said. “We all need to get more comfortable with it.”
That starts with a general understanding that almost everyone is grappling with psychological or cognitive hurdles.
“Generally speaking, I see a real lack of empathy around me,” he said. “The thing is, you don’t necessarily have to completely understand someone’s experience to be able to have compassion for them. But it takes empathy to be able to step outside of your own personal experience and be sensitive to others’ struggles and needs.”
The demands of the work week and the drain of social unrest require people to take
a step back when they need it to take care of themselves, he said.
“Setting boundaries for yourself and protecting your own peace is a really important skill set in life,” Glenn said. “Find activities that give you life. For me, I love gardening. I also have a wonderful support system around me [of] family and friends who ‘get it.’ They understand that sometimes that [support] means talking things out or venting or crying — and sometimes it means talking about anything other than what’s going on politically. There is no shame in doing what you need to do to recharge. … We need to pace ourselves.”
When people are marginalized by society, their mental health may suffer, said Mel Moore, a Lowcountry resident and director of organizing for the Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN).
Besides legislation affecting human rights, mass shootings and police brutality riddle the news constantly, she said, which can create mental health challenges — especially on the other side of the Covid-19 shutdown that isolated everyone for a long period of time.
“We’ve just been through a lot together collectively as a country … there’s a lot going on that is negatively impacting everyone,” Moore said. “It’s completely normal to feel
Hurricane season starts June 1 and runs through Nov. 30, making it more imperative for South Carolina residents to prepare. Several national and statewide groups offered steps and checklists throughout National Hurricane Preparedness Week last week to lend a helping hand and keep people connected and safe during powerful storms.
Staying organized is crucial for storm preparedness. The American Red Cross has a hurricane preparedness checklist and power outage checklist, and recommends reviewing it ahead of time. Compiling a list of emergency numbers and taking photos of valuables for insurance claims is also a great way to mitigate some of the stress that comes with heavy storms.
Residents are also encouraged to download useful apps on their phones — such as weather, news and safetyrelated apps — to stay informed during times when Mother Nature is unkind. Visit charlestoncitypaper.com to review our emergency kit checklist and safety tips for hurricane preparedness.
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9 killed, 4 others shot in S.C. over past week
Charleston County Sheriff’s Deputy Evan Cubbage was shot three times on May 7 during a traffic stop on Savannah Highway in West Ashley. Cubbage was rushed to the hospital. The shooter was shot and killed on scene by a second deputy.
Time: May 3-May 9.
S.C. shooting deaths: Nine people died in Charleston, Greenville, Laurens, Richland, York and Horry counties. S.C. shooting injuries: Four others were hurt in Greenville, Charleston and Colleton counties.
Mass shootings: Across the nation, there were 19 mass shootings May 3 to May 9. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 208 mass shootings in the U.S.
Source: gunviolencearchive.org
Sources: S.C. official and media reports
Dressed in 1950s-style attire, elementary school classmates Da’Nae Devore and Chance Washington sat at a dinner table with servings of fried chicken and okra soup reminiscent of a scene decades ago at the Brooks Motel’s restaurant on Morris Street. Their cute skit was not a simple table etiquette lesson. Instead, it educated them and other students about the history of Brooks and other Black-owned businesses that were essential to Black life in a segregated Charleston.
“Segregation [was a time] when White people and Black people [couldn’t] come together,” said 9-year-old Devore, a third grader at Charleston Progressive Academy. “That was a bad thing because everyone should be treated equally. Black businesses were important so Black people could have a place to stay and eat” when White businesses turned them away, she said.
Charleston Progressive is one of five schools that participated in an oral history project called “Black Wall Street of Charleston.” Students at Burke High School, Julian Mitchell and Sanders-Clyde elementary schools and Simmons-Pinckney Middle School also presented displays featuring current and former Black businesses.
The activity was part of a recent multifaceted three-hour program that drew some 400 people to Burke’s auditorium. Elementary and middle schoolers danced, sang and played ukuleles. Later, Simmons-Pinckney and Burke students were tutored on how to conduct oral history interviews and access archives.
The activities were part of an inaugural May Festival organized by the District 20
Principal Collaboration Program (D20PCP), the Burke High School Foundation and the Preservation Society of Charleston (PSC).
Mattese Lecque, the foundation’s vice president, told students, parents and residents that students are immersed in learning the history of Black businesses that operated in the city from the late 1800s to the early 1960s. Through that experience, she said, students have studied Black businesses that were founded with an entrepreneurial spirit during difficult times. Media specialists and a research team with the Burke foundation helped the students prepare the displays.
Anna-Catherine Carroll, the PSC’s manager of preservation initiatives, told the audience: “This is what historic preservation is all about: honoring those who have gone before us, and telling the full story to ensure this significant community history lives on for generations to come.”
The PSC’s partnership with predominantly Black schools represents a new era for the 103-year-old preservation society that has moved toward a more inclusive history. The PSC’s expanded mission “has only been possible through years of listening to and learning from Black leaders and educators in the Charleston community,” Carroll told the Charleston City Paper “Long-term collaborative projects like the Morris Street Business District research project, the Charleston Justice Journey and efforts to preserve historic Black burial grounds” led to partnerships with the D20PCP and the Burke foundation, she said.
Brian Turner, PSC’s president and CEO, said in a statement: “Preservation is an evolving practice, and while we are encouraged by recent moves to embrace and protect underrepresented history, there is a
long list of lost structures, streetscapes and stories we can’t get back. But events like [the program at Burke] remind us that not all is lost, and the time is now to document and celebrate this history.”
Amid the exhibits of Black businesses and other local organizations that lined the hallway outside of Burke’s auditorium the students’ energy created a hustle and bustle reminiscent of decades ago when Black students at downtown schools gathered for special events.
Dr. Barbara Dilligard, May Festival co-chair and D20PCP consultant, said the group’s goal “is to increase [students’] academic achievement in reading and math, specifically, which will influence their performance in all subject areas.”
The D20PCP wants to connect downtown elementary and middle schools in a “feeder system” to Burke in which students interact in friendly competition through dance, singing and music performances to create a
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overwhelmed, to feel isolated and to feel traumatized …”
When lesgilating on controversial topics like abortion or gender identity impacts the relationships people have with their identities, health care providers and public spaces, they can feel ground down, Moore said.
“These are not spaces that you should legislate … it makes people have a hard time seeing a future for themselves,” she said. “It takes away our agency. And when our agency is taken away, it’s scary. Every year the bill numbers change, but the underlying sentiments stay the same … our rights are
never going to be set in stone. We’re always constantly having to fight for them.”
In a study published May 1, Forbes Advisor ranked South Carolina the sixth worst state for mental health care based on seven metrics, including access to and cost of mental health care.
Using 2018-2019 data from Mental Health America, the study determined that about 31.7% of South Carolina adults with a cognitive disability could not see a doctor due to cost and 67.6% of youth who had a major depressive episode did not receive mental health services.
It also reported based on 2020 data from the U.S. Census Bureau that South Carolina has the lowest number of mental health treatment centers compared to all other states, with only 30.87 per 10,000 businesses.
Compassion is key, Moore said, for both yourself and others. Breathing techniques and mindfulness, such as meditation, can be positive tools to incorporate into a daily routine when feeling overwhelmed or disconnected.
“I encourage folks to write a care plan,” Moore said, so trusted advisors or loved ones will know someone’s wishes in the event of an emergency.
• For therapeutic support and mental health resources, visit the S.C.
sense of community beyond their school.
“We are also planning other events to involve students in the study of topics such as Black inventors, writers and achieving Burke alumni” to promote an “I can do” mindset among them, said Dilligard, a retired deputy superintendent with the Charleston County School District.
As the students rushed from the auditorium into the hallway, they brushed past Dorothy Jenkins, who was elected in March as president of the Charleston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Jenkins, a retired special education teacher, said, “I know how talented our young people are. We need to have more [student-driven research] and I am happy to see them doing something in a positive direction.”
Jenkins said she’s encouraging students at Burke, the College of Charleston and The Citadel to form NAACP youth chapters.
“We have so many gifted young people,” she said. “They need to be able to showcase their talents.”
Department of Mental Health, AFFA and We Are Family online. The Choose Mental Health nonprofit organization provides questions to ask a new therapist.
• If someone has thoughts about suicide, call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or reach out to the Trevor Project by calling (866) 488-7386 or texting START to 678-678. The Trans Lifeline can be reached at (877) 565-8860.
• The S.C. Department of Mental Health has a mobile crisis team in 46 counties. Call (833) 364-2274 or email mobilecrisis@scdmh.org.
• The National Alliance on Mental Illness provides support and education..
The National Trust for Historic Preservation on May 9 announced the controversial proposed Union Pier development justifies Charleston being placed on its new list of America’s 11 most Endangered Places.
The list has been released annually since 1988. It focuses on urgent threats where community leaders have identified solutions that can result in better outcomes.
In naming Charleston’s historic neighborhoods endangered, the Trust said, “The proposed densities and building heights outlined in the plan could adversely affect critical elements of the historic city’s finegrained urban character and block views between the nationally significant historic district and the Cooper River waterfront. In addition, the proposed development is planned to be constructed on a 16-foothigh elevated platform, which could negatively impact climate resilience for adjacent neighborhoods and the city.”
It also patted local advocates for working to slow down the process to create a better outcome for the community.
“As Charleston faces increasing pressures from development and climate change, advocates believe that a more robust, inclusive community visioning process is critical to help create a plan for Union Pier that respects Charleston’s significant history, diverse population and architectural character, while improving the city’s climate resilience.”
The S.C. Coastal Conservation League backed the Trust’s designation in a statement:
“The current developer-led plan proposes building sizes and density that are not remotely compatible with Charleston’s historic built environment. The plan also lacks adequate open space and resilience measures which should be the core focus of any large-scale master plan on the water’s edge.”
Further, it said core elements of the plan such as more affordable housing and a proposed public financing structure are still unclear.
The league, which is collaborating with the Preservation Society of Charleston and the Historic Charleston Foundation to protect the historic district, is hosting three events this week to call for a better process and plan.
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A Mount Pleasant woman reportedly stole six pairs of designer sunglasses from Belk in Mount Pleasant on April 26. The total value of the stolen sunglasses is $1,612, according to police reports — approximately $1,576 more than what anyone should pay for sunglasses. A “system error” prevented officers from viewing security footage, according to police reports. No arrests have been made.
It’s OK. Counting is hard. Charleston police on April 25 pulled over a driver on Interstate 26 for suspected driving under the influence. The man reportedly was so clearly intoxicated, police asked him simply to count to four — three times. He miscounted on his first attempt, gave up halfway through his second and ultimately did not attempt the third. He was arrested.
What happened to juice boxes?
Charleston police on April 27 questioned an 8-year-old West Ashley student who had brought a can of hard sweet tea to the cafeteria table. She told officers she took a sip and “did not like it.” She eventually admitted to taking it from home. How did no one at the school notice her crack open a cold one at the lunch table?
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ore residents and businesses are venting how the mammoth proposed Union Pier project should be taken off the fast track set by the S.C. State Ports Authority and developer Lowe. So maybe it’s time for something even better: Just stop the project and return the 64 acres of land to the previous owner that essentially gave it to S.C. Ports for free — the city of Charleston.
S.C. Ports had big plans in the 1990s to do something with the land. Promises were made and nothing happened. Almost 30 years passed and now it wants to cash in, much to the abhorrence of many people who live and work nearby.
The city of Charleston gave the land to the port in 1947 to be used for port and shipping purposes. But an agreement wisely included a reverter clause to allow the city to reclaim the land if Union Pier was not being used for port operations — just what is happening 76 years later.
In 1994, however, the city traded away the reverter right on the Union Pier property to get control of a smaller piece of adjacent land on which the passenger terminal and a couple of other buildings are located. At the time, a review of council records shows the city, still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Hugo, believed the swap was fair as the city would “maintain forever the rights to that [passenger terminal] vista out into the harbor.”
While that was then seen as important, city fathers also may have been blinded by the lure of future tax revenues that would accrue after someone else developed Union Pier’s 64 acres. Elected leaders apparently didn’t realize they’d get
property tax revenues anyway if they just kept the land and managed its development!
At the time, a lawyer for the city told council’s real estate committee that Union Pier would “have extraordinary tax value” in five years. The committee’s March 8, 1994, minutes summarized Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.: “The Mayor said that certainly to get the area redeveloped and on the tax books was extraordinary.”
But the assumption of “extraordinary tax value” was only if Union Pier were developed as envisioned then — within a few years. But year after year, nothing happened. Today, the city’s former land at Union Pier has soared in value, much of which will go to the Ports and developers if things stay the same. While the city will eventually benefit from property taxes as envisioned in 1994, that rotten reverter deal puts the city in the passenger seat, not the driver’s.
Perhaps it’s time for somebody to look at whether the 1994 deal can be challenged legally because the current Union Pier plan — something we’ve described as putting lipstick on a pig — is not in the best interest of the people of Charleston.
Let’s entrust Union Pier to the city to prepare its future use in responsible ways that are more in keeping with adjacent neighborhoods dotted with corner stores and Charleston single houses, instead of a score of massive buildings that will look like a cruise ship perched atop Union Pier’s acres.
We only have one shot at this. Let’s not screw it up by letting someone else do what the city should oversee on behalf of the people.
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It’s been a fairly disappointing legislative session in 2023 for many because it’s been all about controlling people or extending privilege, not working collaboratively to benefit all South Carolinians.
But that was fairly predictable after years of gerrymandering finally resulted in a super-majority in the South Carolina House and a Senate chamber that is more partisan and divided than ever in recent memory. Instead of getting out of the cellar of states (Wyoming and us) without a hate crimes bill, lawmakers focused on making South Carolina less safe by pushing forward on permitless carry of guns. Most law enforcement leaders say it’s a bad idea, but the National Rifle Association and pro-gun advocates have their hooks in state lawmakers so deep that logic and reason flies out of Statehouse windows.
“It is puzzling when we are one of only two states without enhanced penalties for hate crimes,” observed Lynn Teague of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. “Are those objecting to this bill afraid that their allies might commit a violent criminal offense that a judge would find was fueled by hatred of a group?”
Instead of protecting LGBTQ+ kids, they pick on them to score political points and marginalize opponents. Instead of treating women with respect, White male Republicans salivate to control them by pushing, pushing, pushing to ban abortion and take away vital reproductive health care services. And do you think they make things easier for unborn children after they’re born? Nope. That’s not in the talking points.
Instead of working to help tens of thousands of South Carolina’s hungry children get free or reduced-cost breakfasts or lunches, Republicans pushed through vouchers for private schools, a pearl they’ve wanted for 20 years to deemphasize public education again.
“My biggest disappointment is not passing the school meals bill,” Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, told us this week. “South Carolina, along with the money already supplied by the federal government, has the funds to feed children in this state. Children learn better when they are not hungry.”
The legislature of 2023 is far different from the legislature of 20 years ago when the GOP had recent control of the House and fresh control of the state Senate. Back then, there were enough moderates in both parties in both chambers to keep the state on a more moderate course.
But gerrymandering after the 2010 and 2020 censuses got rid of many White moderate Democrats and pitted mainstream, country club Republicans against hard-right zealots, who threw the red meat of fear, division, abortion, guns and race at a sleeping electorate too busy to pay attention. The result by this year was a Republican House factionalized by battles between what once would have been considered a pretty conservative group that now faces the hard right Freedom Caucus, whose cry-babying over issues leads to stagnation, capitulation and a weaker chamber where real leadership to represent everyone is becoming little more than a dream.
Teague noted: “Our legislature is behaving just as a heavily gerrymandered body would be expected to act — their priorities are often those of the small segment of the electorate that turns out for partisan primaries.”
In other words, those in the legislature want to control girls and women. They want trans kids and LGBTQ+ taxpayers to suffer. They want to increase control of teachers in public schools, she said.
“This is out of step with every reputable poll of what South Carolinians as a whole want. This is why the General Assembly refuses to send some issues to a public vote in a referendum — they know that the people of South Carolina don’t want what some of them are selling.”
The old phrase is “power to the people.” We need more of that than authoritarian “power to the General Assembly.”
“South Carolina, along with the money already supplied by the federal government, has the funds to feed children in this state. Children learn better when they are not hungry.”
—Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-LexingtonAndy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com. By Chloe Hogan
udiences can’t seem to get enough of Rip City, the Saturday Night Live-inspired sketch comedy show which is selling out faster with each announcement. The longest-running improv show in town at Theatre 99 continues to be a reliable source of joy for locals and tourists alike, with more students than ever enrolling in its improv training program. Stand-up comedians, once frustrated by the lack of shows around town, have curated their own events, and now, there’s a local comedy show to attend most nights.
Charleston comedians agree that the comedy scene here tends to ebb and flow, but right now, it’s having an undeniably exciting moment.
Curated by comedy duo Nameless Numberhead, aka Henry Riggs and Maari Suorsa, the Rip City comedy shows are different each time, with hilarious group sketches, wacky video shorts, performance art and more. After a three-year hiatus from live performances, Rip City made its return to the stage last November. Husband and wife team Riggs and Suorsa bring Rip City to various venues about once a month including Hed Hi Studio, LO-Fi Brewing and Silver Hill Studios, where they’ll perform May 27.
Every couple of months, Rip City also presents a special show, most recently Rip City on a Boat. Riggs and Suorsa revealed they’ll take over the Terrace Theater in August with Rip City at the Movies, a collection of short live sketches, screenings of music videos and more.
There’s a core cast of performers, including Lindsay Collins, Camille Lowman, Andy Livengood and others, plus special guests like local musicians who want to try out their silly side on the Rip City stage or a sketch group looking to perform. Riggs and Suorsa make sure to let their audience know at the end of each show that they’re always welcoming new talent and open to hearing pitches for performances.
Since Riggs (far left) and Suorsa started Rip City shows in 2015, it has become a catch-all testing ground for local comedians, musicians and artists of all types
“The people I want to be on stage are the people who feel drawn to do it,” Suorsa said. “We think everybody has a funny sense to them, and we’re truly trying to break down those barriers of entry. You don’t have to label yourself as a comedian, but you can participate in something that’s fun and maybe not something that you normally do. … It pushes artists to think more openly about their mediums.”
Recent graduates of the Charleston of Charleston (CofC) comedy club made their live sketch debuts at Rip City on a Boat, Riggs and Suorsa said. They’re working with the CofC comedy club to create a pathway for new performers to get their sea legs.
“A bunch of new sketch groups have been forming,” Riggs said. “It’s a cool time for sketch comedy right now.”
Riggs, a Charleston native, theorizes this is in part due to a changing attitude towards local art post-pandemic.
“The mentality is shifting,” he said. “Instead of being maybe jealous or wanting bigger markets, like New York, Chicago, other cities, there is this new sense of gratitude towards what we do have, I think because we got it taken away for three years.
“In the ‘before times,’ Rip City was super underground,” he said. “It felt like nobody knew about it; we were frustrated that we couldn’t share our joy for it. We changed our mentality coming
into it this time around where we just want to show people that we really like to do this. And we’re getting that feedback from people. They can see that we have a blast.”
Besides making their shows funnier and more strange each time, Riggs and Suorsa said their goal is to eventually open a permanent space which will have classes, performances and more.
“We want to create a space in Charleston for this weirder side of variety and comedy where mediums blend together,” Riggs said. “Where studio artists meet musicians, meet comedians, meet actors, meet dancers, and it’s this space for local creatives to share and collaborate and enjoy each other’s work.”
Local legends Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares are the artistic directors of Charleston’s longest running improv theater, Theatre 99 located above the Bicycle Shoppe on Meeting Street. They’ve performed together as The Have Nots since 1995 and opened Theatre 99 in 2001 with Timmy Finch. This hotspot allows locals and visitors to enjoy short- and longform improv using audience suggestions to create scenes on the spot with a talented crew of improvisers.
The performances start with a show of hands, ‘who’s been here before?’ and usually, it’s about half and half. Sullivan said people who’ve been to the show often come back and introduce friends and family to Theatre 99.
Tavares added, “You can bring your 80-year-old grandma, and she’s gonna love it.
“What’s amazing is that over time we’ve built an improv comedy theater for regular people to go see live comedy, instead of seeing a comedy movie that night,” Tavares
said. “We’ve created this one little place in America perhaps where going to an improv comedy show is as normal as going to the movies. And that’s not the way this industry typically works — improv lives in the back alley or it’s like an alternative thing.”
During the pandemic, Sullivan and Tavares worked hard to keep the theater afloat and said pushing through the “dark times” has further solidified their passion. They’re focusing on in-house programming post-pandemic with three shows a week.
“Night in and night out, we focus on getting our wonderful local homegrown performers on our stage. And Brandy and I are 99% of the time up there, too,” Tavares said.
Sullivan said many local comics have taken improv classes at Theater 99, and more students are signing up now than ever before.
“We’ve always had a strong training program,” Sullivan said. “I don’t know if it’s a post-pandemic thing, but people are right now really, really interested in taking it. We’re up to eight faculty members now because of the demand for classes.”
Sullivan and Tavares even teach their improv skills to people in other fields — recently they taught improv to the hotel staff at The Vendue to promote skills in quick thinking and entertainment.
The pair has witnessed nearly 30 years of ebbs and flows of comedy in Charleston, but Tavares said it feels like a golden era right now.
“It’s blossoming into its next phase I’d say, because there’s stuff going on at different places all over town, and that just has not always been the case. For the first time in all the time we’ve been here, there are so many more people doing it,” Tavares said. “I’m super curious to see how that will invigorate, innovate, bring new energy and new ideas to improvisation in Charleston.”
Another comedy discipline is on the rise in Charleston: stand-up. The only fulltime stand-up comedy venue in town The Sparrow in Park Circle offers comedy about three times a week. The shows have been curated by North Charleston-based comedian Josh Bates since 2020.
“We have been doing comedy three to four nights a week for almost three years now, and it was kind of a best-kept secret for a while,” Bates said. “Now it’s getting a lot more attention. At least once a month we have someone perform who’s a regular at the Comedy Cellar in New York. Our performers range from really top-notch touring talent and our local talent to people doing a paid show for the very first time.
“You know, five, six years ago when I was getting into comedy, we didn’t have a proper comedy club,” he said. “And now we do.”
Bates invites local comics on the stage at The Sparrow. Some of them get the itch to follow his example and produce their own comedy shows.
One of those comics is Hagan Ragland,
Jokes at Blokes hosted by Erin Lok May 12 at Two Blokes Brewing. Mount Pleasant.
North Charleston Performing Arts Center and Coliseum hosts Chucktown Comedy Week May 17-21. Touring comedians include Nate Bargatze , Tim Dillion, Druski, Shane Gillis, Big Jay Oakerson and Nick Millen
a stand-up comedian with 10 years of experience under his belt. In October he started hosting Hagan’s Big Fat Comedy Show at the Lucky Luchador on Hanover Street. He started out with booking purely local comics, and now seven shows later is also booking touring comedians from surrounding cities. He said he hopes to bring his “big fat comedy show” to other venues in the future.
“I like doing the dirty, late-night, raucous crowd stuff,” Ragland said. “And they’ve been just more and more packed each time. I’m just trying to focus on bringing more stand-up comedy to different venues in downtown Charleston.”
Ragland DixonCharleston City Paper ’s 2023 Best Comedian, Laura Dixon said though comedy can be a male-dominated scene, Charleston’s comedy crew has no shortage of talented women. She shouted out Robin Phoenix, Erin Lok, Mona Bender, Paige Laidlaw and Shawna Jarret, the host of Tin Roof’s open mics, as some of her favorites.
Rip City Chs at Silver Hill Studio May 27. Downtown.
“The best part of being a woman in this scene is definitely the camaraderie,” Dixon said. “We’re all friends. We build each other up. We all support one another.”
We’ve created this one little place in America perhaps where going to an improv comedy show is as normal as going to the movies.”
—Greg TavaresBen Egelson Bates will host a live taping of his first comedy special at The Sparrow June 9, a “highlight reel” of the jokes that have worked over the last five years Rūta Smith file photo Sullivan (left) and Tavares this month celebrate 28 years working together. They said improv is more than what they do for a living, it’s who they are. Hagan’s Big Fat Comedy Show at the Lucky Luchador. May 18. Downtown. The Sparrow hosts Joseph Coker and Company May 18, Dedrick Flynn May 20, and Andie Main on May 27. North Charleston. Theatre 99 ’s founding improv group The Have Nots will perform May 27. Downtown.
Irish native Sarah Moriarity has found that getting invited to someone’s home for a gathering in Charleston is like a box of chocolates. You often don’t know whether you’re going to have a seated dinner with several people or a relaxed, intimate time with a couple of new friends. But it will be fun.
“People went out of their way immediately to make us feel welcome — to open up their homes for dinner,” she said. “They were very personal. People were just so open.”
Moriarity, who moved here from Berlin with her husband Mena Mark Hanna in October 2021 with a baby named Hugo (she says she couldn’t have predicted he’d grow up here with that name), is executive director of November’s Charleston Literary Festival. He is head of Spoleto Festival USA.
“I didn’t know much about Charleston, but I had two friends who had lived in Charleston,” she said. “One of the friends told me that if someone asks you to do something, just say yes. It’s not like Germany at all — it’s not transactional.”
She explained Germans often are private about home life with strangers. If you invited Berliners into your home, they might wonder what you wanted to get out of the meeting.
But in Charleston, it’s just different. Moriarity said she’s been surprised with the generosity of people who have welcomed her growing family to town.
You’d expect an artistic family to have a wall of books, like the one that takes up yards of space at Moriarity’s contemporary home near Hampton Park in Charleston. But what’s interesting is to see a large poster nearby that microscopically shows all 700-plus pages of her favorite book, Ulysses by Irish icon James Joyce, a complex writer to say the least. (She suggests reading Finnegan’s Wake to get a first taste of Joyce.)
An open, modern kitchen is off of a comfortable den where toys peek in corners and a dog nervously patrols around a stranger before settling. It’s a bright room just waiting for another relaxed, highbrow conversation — or a deep dive into a gossipy talk about the Real Housewives.
Born in Dublin in 1986, Moriarity left Trinity College Dublin in 2008 with a degree in English literature and film studies. She landed in Paris, where she worked for a photojournalism agency.
Two years later, she moved to Berlin where she enrolled in the Free University of Berlin to work on a master’s degree in English literature. In 2013, she earned the degree after completing a thesis on the concept of play in the work of dramatist Samuel Beckett.
In between, she honed editorial skills and became a specialist in branding and developing web content, working with companies all over Europe to help them present their offerings. By 2015, she got itchy to move and was working on packing for Rome or London. And then she answered a “superlike” request from Tinder.
She told Mena Mark Hanna right off the bat that she was thinking of moving. But she recalls how he said, “Before you leave, let me take you for a drink. That was on November 15, and I never left.”
Their first date was on a Thursday. But the Sunday of three days later is still celebrated today as “Exhilaration Sunday,” a perfect day for a new relationship. First there was a jazz brunch. Then there was a Botticelli exhibition. And finally there was a “flex” dinner where Hanna showed off his cooking skills.
“Mena wooed me by cooking a flank steak for me with a salsa crudo di pomodoro,” she recalled. It was a recipe from his father. Four years later, they married. And 20 months ago, they moved here.
These days, Moriarity is busy with the literary festival, which started in 2017 as an Anglo-American collaboration. Past speakers include literary powerhouses
Age: 37
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland.
Education: Trinity College Dublin, Freie Universitat Berlin
Current profession: Executive director of Charleston Literary Festival.
Past professions of interest: Director of brand marketing at Blinkist, a nonfiction book start-up; nightclub hula-hooper.
Family: Husband, Mena, and two children under 4.
Something people would be surprised to learn about you: I love the Real Housewives, and earlier this year, I briefly went through a phase of running half-marathons.
Favorite thing to do outside of work: Read.
Your passion: Reproductive rights, and a fair and equal society
Books on bedside table: Walk Through Walls, Marina Abramović; Baby 411, Dr. Ari Brown and Denise Fields; Ruth and Pen, Emilie Pine.
Favorite novel: Ulysses (no, seriously).
Favorite food to eat: Hamburgers. Am on a quest to find the best hamburger in Charleston. Am open to hamburger brand partnerships.
Five foods you always need in your refrigerator: Kalamata olives, Kerrygold butter (a taste of home), milk chocolate, half jar of open pesto, cheese.
Favorite musicians: Stromae, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, Wet Leg, Beyoncé, Saint Levant and She Returns From War.
Describe your best day in 50 words or less: Walk on the beach with the dog, swim in the sea, salty French fries for lunch.
Something you really miss (other than family) in Ireland: Real chips covered in vinegar; cold Irish sea swims (it’s a different feeling!).
Moriarity
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Geraldine Brooks, Tina Brown, Richard Ford and Joyce Carol Oates.
In November, it offered two dozen Charleston events and deep discussions with top-rated authors. It was a resounding success. At the time, Moriarity managed marketing for the festival, but took over in recent months as its executive director.
The festival returns Nov. 3-12 this year with more literary giants descending on Charleston for great talk, great food, great drinks and great times.
“We’ll have 25-plus events running 10 days in downtown Charleston, principally at the Dock Street Theatre, and we’ll have satellite sessions for students,” she said. “We take national and international authors and create a sense of intimacy in Charleston for an audience that already exists — people who love arts and books.”
She said she’s hoping to start a series of “student salons” to give aspiring students who want to be writers the chance to sit down with real writers and learn how they do their craft, as well as talk about their works.
More: charlestonliteraryfestival.com
A few springs ago, my sons and their friends came home from a neighborhood walk with purple-stained fingers and faces. Assuming the worst, I had them take me to the source to make sure it wasn’t poisonous. Turns out we have native red mulberry trees throughout our urban Park Circle neighborhood. Ever since that spring, we look forward to our mulberry-foraging adventures. We always have grandiose ideas of making jam and pie, but instead we just eat them right off the trees with none left to spare.
In South Carolina, we have two species of mulberry trees, the native red mulberry, Morus rubra, and the cultivated white mulberry, Morus alba. The female trees of both varieties produce delectable fruit and have edible leaves (better as a tea than raw) found all throughout the Southeast and parts of the Midwest.
Interestingly, mulberry trees grow three unique shapes of leaves on the same plant: entire (a term for a no-lobe shaped leaf), mitten and lobed, all with serrations. The only other type of plant found here with multiple leaves is the sassafras tree, whose crushed leaves smell like root beer).
Red mulberry tree leaves have a rough top side with hair-like features on the underside. They thrive in partial shade in rich soil. On the other hand, white mulberry trees have shiny leaves and no hair-like features and thrive in poor soil often found in abandoned lots and sides of the road. Red mulberries produce purple-to-black fruit, whereas white mulberries produce whiteto-red-to-purple fruit.
Mulberries are rich in fiber, vitamins K and C, iron, protein, calcium, magnesium and cancer-fighting antioxidants. With these berries being more nutritious than blueberries and raspberries, you’d think we’d have farms full of mulberry trees. In fact, South Carolina used to plant thousands of acres of mulberries until the late 1800s, and some are trying to bring the trees back into popularity.
Most see mulberry trees and their purple-staining fruit as a nuisance, but in the 19th century, their fruit was highly sought-after all throughout the country for many reasons. The white mulberry (native
to China) was brought to America because silkworms prefer their fruits. Entrepreneurs hoped to establish silk production in America, but the costs were high and the industry failed. The trees, however, continued to spread because birds and other animals enjoyed the fruit.
Before commercial farms switched to cheap all-grain feed for livestock, mulberries were a prized food for hogs and chickens as were native persimmon and nut trees. It is said that mulberries gave a sultry sweetness to their meat.
Around 1813, a man in Columbia named Nicholas Herbemont crossed our native mulberry with the white mulberry to produce a tree named Hick’s ever-bearing mulberry variety. Herbemont wanted to create a mulberry that would produce fruit for a longer period of time and that was more useful to livestock production. Herbemont owned acres in the heart of Columbia, where the University of Columbia's new law school now is. Not only did he cross the plants there, but he also housed many fruitbearing trees and roses his wife cultivated. The Columbia hilltop was considered a horticulture paradise at that time.
Although mulberry trees are now something most try to get rid of, there is a push to bring them back into backyard gardens and onto farms where heritage livestock can be raised on heirloom mulberries. Until they make a comeback or until you plant one of your own (don’t plant it where the purple fruit stains will make you rethink your choices), do some urban foraging and enjoy the fruits of your bounty.
Toni Reale is the owner of Roadside Blooms, a unique plant, flower, crystal and fossil shop in Park Circle in North Charleston. It moves to a new location in June, 4991 Durant Ave., North Charleston. More: roadsidebloomsshop.com
SUNDAY
82 Queen will open for brunch this Sunday with a special Mother’s Day menu featuring goodies like its barbeque shrimp and grits, Southern fried chicken and biscuits, and iconic she-crab soup. The restaurant’s courtyard and historic dining rooms are sure to provide a picture-perfect backdrop for a splendid family gathering that moms will never forget. The restaurant will also be open for dinner service with its regular menu in the evening.
May 14. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Menu prices vary. 82 Queen. 82 Queen St. Downtown. 82queen.com
SATURDAY
Get active and support local business from micro to franchise with a festival dedicated to promoting and supporting the locally owned businesses that make Charleston unique. Keep Charleston Healthy offers classes with local gyms, studios and more. Get outside and work up a sweat while surrounded by large live oak trees in one of the best county parks in the Lowcountry.
May 13. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Johns Island County Park. 2662 Mullet Hall Road. Johns Island. givingandgathering.org
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Create something special for mom this Mother’s Day at The Charleston Museum with European master certified florist Pia Geraghty of The Secret Garden CHS. Join in on a day of fun, and create a colorful floral arrangement, including a lovely container for mom to keep. Your registration includes a wide selection of flowers and accents, a glazed ceramic keepsake container and materials to make a one-of-a-kind Mother’s Day card. May 13. 10 a.m.-noon. $75/members; $105/nonmembers. The Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org
BLU Beach Bar & Grill is offering an unforgettable Mother’s Day brunch, featuring a special menu available only on Sunday. Delicious brunch-inspired dishes are sure to make mom smile. Plus, with picture-perfect ocean views, BLU is the perfect spot to show mom some extra love. Book your table early and get back in mom’s good graces — at least for another year.
May 14. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Menu prices vary. BLU Beach Bar & Grill. 1 Center St. Folly Beach. blufollybeach.com
THURSDAYS
Charleston’s favorite free live outdoor music concert series is only here for another couple of weeks. Make sure to grab a blanket or chair, bring your family and friends and make it out for a live performance from local musicians under beautiful oak trees. Grab take-out from your favorite Mount Pleasant spot or splurge on fare from rotating food trucks on site.
Thursdays in April and May. 6-8 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Towne Centre. 1218 Belk Drive. Mount Pleasant. mtpleasanttownecentre.com
It’s the best time of the year, y’all — Best of Charleston 2023 is here! This year, we’re taking our celebration to the streets, highlighting murals and public art. So break out your paintsplattered overalls and shake up your spray paint cans for the street art-themed edition of Best of Charleston on stands now.
Congratulations to all the 2023 winners who captured the hearts (and votes) of Charleston City Paper readers. This year’s issue is a little different, published as a separate publication for you to reference all year long. Grab a copy at one of more than 800 locations where you can also pick up the City Paper.
Inside the issue, you’ll find more than 400 categories with readers’ favorite people, places and businesses. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know — from which new restaurant to try and where to find the best cocktails in town to who you should call when looking for a new pet trainer or physician — and everything in between. Learn more about dozens of winners from the featured profiles and interviews with longtime champs and those who are new to the Best Of club. Find your next favorite workout studio or a local farm to support. However you choose to use this information, tip your hat to the locals who keep our community running and make Charleston the place we know and love. —Samantha Connors
Best Charlestonian Darius Rucker
Best City Council Member Mike Seekings
Best City Paper Cover Story ”Our roads suck,” Aug. 24
Best Conservative Tim Scott
Best County Council Member Jenny Honeycutt
Best Do-Gooder/Activist Rob Fowler
Best Local Cause Charleston Animal Society
Best Local Instagram @holycitysinner
Best Local Radio Personality Brooke Ryan, Two Girls & a Guy on Mix 95.9
Best Local Radio Show Two Girls & a Guy on Mix 95.9
Best Local Social Media Influencer Holy City Sinner, @holycitysinner
Best Local TV Anchor Carolyn Murray, News 2
Best Local TV Sports Anchor Kevin Bilodeau, Live 5 News
Best Local TV Station Live 5 News
Best Local TV Weather Forecaster Bill Walsh, Live 5 News
Best Local Twitter Feed @Live5News
Best Local Website live5news.com
Best News Story of 2022 The Murdaugh murders
Best Newspaper Columnist Warren Peper
Best Philanthropist Anita Zucker
Best Progressive Joe Cunningham
Best Radio Station 105.5 The Bridge
Best School Board Member Carol
Best Talk/News Radio Station South Carolina Public Radio
Best Annual Outdoor Event Holiday Festival of Lights
Best Apartment Community The Jasper Apartments
Best Attraction The Battery
Best Bed & Breakfast Post House Inn
Best Charter School James Island Charter High School
Best College College of Charleston
Best Daycare Carolina Park Academy
Best Farmers Market Charleston Farmers Market
Best Festival Charleston Wine + Food
Best Fundraising Event Cooper River Bridge Run
Best Hotel The Charleston Place
Best Neighborhood Park Circle
Best Place of Worship Seacoast Church
Best Place to Work Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Best Pop-up Market Holy City Vintage Market
Best Preschool The O’Quinn Schools
Best Private School Bishop England High School
Best Public School Wando High School
Best Public Space Riverfront Park
Best Sunset Spot Pitt Street Bridge
Best Sustainable Business SMART Recycling
Best Tour Company Bulldog Tours
Best Art Exhibit of 2022 Beyond Van Gogh
Best Art Gallery Redux Contemporary Art Center
Best Art Instruction Gibbes Museum of Art
Best Club DJ DJ Natty Heavy
Best Cultural Event Spoleto Festival USA
Best Drag Show Dudley’s on Ann
Best Female Vocalist Lauren Hall
Best House/Cover Band The Midnight City Band
Best Jazz & Blues Club The Commodore
Best Karaoke Night The Bangkok Lounge
Best Local Actor Colin Waters, The Addams Family at Charleston Stage
Best Local Actress Eliza Knode, The Addams Family at Charleston Stage
Best Local Author Mary Alice Monroe
Best Local Band The Midnight City Band
Best Local Comedian Laura Dixon
Best Local Podcast Lowcountry Lowlifes
Best Local Theater Company Charleston Stage, Dock Street Theatre
Best Local Visual Artist Patch Whisky
Best Male Vocalist Alan Price
Best Movie Theater Terrace Theater
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Best Biscuits Vicious Biscuit
Best Breakfast Millers All Day
Best Brisket Lewis Barbecue
Best Bubble/Boba Tea Poke Tea House
Best Buffet Dukes Barbecue
Best Burger Poe’s Tavern
Best Caterer Home Team BBQ
Best Charcuterie goat.sheep.cow.
Best Cheap Meal Santi’s Restaurante Mexicano
Best Cheesesteak DB’s Cheesesteaks, Hoagies & More
Best Chicken Fingers Boxcar Betty’s
Best Chinese Red Orchids China Bistro
Best Chocolatier Christophe Artisan Chocolatier
Best Coffee House Kudu Coffee & Craft Beer
Best Daniel Island Brunch The Kingstide
Best Daniel Island Restaurant The Kingstide
Best Deli East Bay Deli
Best Dessert Specialty Cafe Carmella’s Cafe and Dessert Bar
Best Desserts at a Restaurant Halls Chophouse
Best Doughnut Shop Duck Donuts
Best Downtown Brunch Halls Chophouse
Wednesday, May 24 | 6 p.m. FORBES BOOKS CEO ADAM WITTY at the Charleston Library Society | Ticketed
Saturday, May 13 | 4 p.m. IN-STORE POETRY READING WITH ALISON PALMER at Buxton Books | Free
Monday, May 15 | 10 a.m. IN-STORE COFFEE WITH ELIZABETH PASSARELLA at Buxton Books | Ticketed
Thursday, May 18 | 6 p.m. KAREN WHITE at the Charleston Library Society | Ticketed
Tuesday, May 23 | 1 p.m.
PUBLICATION DAY SIGNING WITH KRISTEN NESS at Buxton Books | Free
Best Downtown Restaurant Halls Chophouse
Best Folly Beach Brunch Lost Dog Cafe
Best Folly Beach Restaurant Jack of Cups Saloon
Best Food Truck Roti Rolls
Best French 39 Rue de Jean
Best Fried Chicken Leon’s Fine Poultry & Oyster Shop
Best Fries Tattooed Moose
Best Gelato Carmella’s Cafe and Dessert Bar
Best Gourmet Sandwich Five Loaves Cafe
Best Greek Stella’s
Best Grits Grace & Grit
Best Gyro Kairos Mediterranean
Best Hot Dogs Jack’s Cosmic Dogs
Best Ice Cream Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream & Sandwich Cafe
Best Indian-Pakistani Food Malika Canteen
Best IOP Brunch Acme Lowcountry Kitchen
Best IOP Restaurant Acme Lowcountry Kitchen
Best Italian Wild Olive
Best James Island Brunch Millers All Day
Best James Island Restaurant Kwei Fei
Best Japanese O-Ku
Best Johns Island Brunch Tattooed Moose
Best Johns Island Restaurant Wild Olive
Best Juice / Smoothie Bar Huriyali Gardens
Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant Home Team BBQ
Best Late Night Menu Tattooed Moose
Best Local Artisanal Food Product Booze Pops
Best Mac and Cheese Home Team BBQ
Best Meat & 3 Veggies Lewis Barbecue
Best Mexican Restaurant Santi’s Restaurante Mexicano
Best Milkshake Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream & Sandwich Cafe
Best Mount Pleasant Brunch Page’s Okra Grill
Best Mount Pleasant Restaurant NICO Oysters + Seafood
Best Nachos Home Team BBQ
Best New Restaurant Rancho Lewis
Best North Charleston Brunch Jackrabbit Filly
Best North Charleston Restaurant Jackrabbit Filly
Best Outdoor Patio Saltwater Cowboys
Best Oysters 167 Raw Oyster Bar
Best Pitmaster John Lewis, Lewis Barbecue
Best Pizza - Gourmet EVO Pizzeria
Best Pizza - Traditional D’Allesandro’s Pizza
Best Place to Buy Local Seafood Crosby’s Seafood Co.
Best Poke Poke Bros.
Best Pop-Up Restaurant King BBQ
Best Private Chef Brett McKee
Best Raw Bar 167 Raw Oyster Bar
Best Restaurant Halls Chophouse
Best Restaurant Chef Nico Romo, NICO, Bistronomy by Nico, Laura
Best Restaurant for Vegetarians Five Loaves Cafe
Best Restaurant When Someone Else is Paying Halls Chophouse
Best Ribs Lewis Barbecue
Best Romantic Restaurant 82 Queen
Best Salad California Dreaming
Best Seafood Hank’s Seafood Restaurant
Best She-Crab Soup 82 Queen
Best Shrimp & Grits Page’s Okra Grill
Best Soul Food Nigel’s Good Food
Best Steak Halls Chophouse
Best Sub Sandwich / Hoagie Jersey Mike’s Subs
Best Sullivan’s Island Brunch The Obstinate Daughter
Best Sullivan’s Island Restaurant The Obstinate Daughter
Best Summerville Brunch Five Loaves Cafe
Best Summerville Restaurant Laura
Best Sunday Brunch Halls Chophouse
Best Sushi O-Ku
Best Tacos El Molino Supermarket
Best Tapas Barsa Tapas Lounge & Bar
Best Thai Basil
Best Tots Home Team BBQ
Best Vietnamese Little Miss Ha
Best Wait Staff Halls Chophouse
Best Waterfront Dining Fleet Landing Restaurant & Bar
Best West Ashley Brunch Early Bird Diner
Best West Ashley Restaurant Home Team BBQ
Best Wings Home Team BBQ
Best Adult Establishment King Street Cabaret
Best Authentic Pub Blind Tiger Pub
Best Bar Staff Low Tide Brewing
Best Bartender Zach Kramer, Low Tide Brewing
Best Beer Retail Selection Total Wine & More
Best Beer Selection on Tap Edmund’s Oast
Best Bloody Mary Page’s Okra Grill
Best Bottled Beer Selection Gene’s Haufbrau
Best Bouncers Recovery Room Tavern
Best Cheap Beer Deal Recovery Room Tavern
Best Cocktails Paddock & Whisky
Best Cold Beer Holy City Brewing
Best College Bar A.C.’s Bar & Grill
Best Dance Club The Commodore
Best Daniel Island Bar The Kingstide
Best Daniel Island Happy Hour The Kingstide
Best Distillery Firefly Distillery
Best Downtown Bar Blind Tiger Pub
Best Downtown Happy Hour Edmund’s Oast
Best Folly Beach Bar Chico Feo
Best Folly Beach Happy Hour Chico Feo
Best Frozen Drinks The Co-Op Frosé & Eatery
Best Happy Hour Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co.
Best IOP Bar The Windjammer
Best IOP Happy Hour The Windjammer
Best James Island Bar Bohemian Bull
Best James Island Happy Hour Bohemian Bull
Best Johns Island Bar Tattooed Moose
Best Johns Island Happy Hour Tattooed Moose
Best Late Night Bar Recovery Room Tavern
Best Local Brewery Holy City Brewing
Best Local Brewery Taproom Holy City Brewing
Best Local Cocktail Mixer Charleston Bloody Mary Mix
Best Local Spirit Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
Best Locally Brewed Beer Low Tide Brewing, Aloha Beaches
Best Locally Brewed Gose/Sour
Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co., Strawberry Rhubarb
Best Locally Brewed IPA
Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co., Bound by Time
Best Locally Brewed Lager Munkle Brewing Co., Munkle Pils
Best Locally Brewed Porter/Stout Holy City Brewing, Pluff Mud Porter
Best Margarita Santi’s Restaurante Mexicano
Best Martini Halls Chophouse
Best Mount Pleasant Bar Saltwater Cowboys
Best Mount Pleasant Happy Hour Red’s Ice House
Best Neighborhood Bar Moe’s Crosstown Tavern
Best New Bar Share House
Best No Frills Watering Hole The Royal American
Best North Charleston Bar Tattooed Moose
Best North Charleston Happy Hour Tattooed Moose
Best Pet Friendly Bar/Restaurant Low Tide Brewing
Best Place for a Bachelor Party Republic Garden & Lounge
Best Place for a Bachelorette Party Republic Garden & Lounge
Best Rooftop Bar The Citrus Club
Best Sommelier Femi Oyediran, Graft Wine Shop & Wine Bar
Best Sports Bar Charleston Sports Pub
Best Sullivan’s Island Bar Home Team BBQ
Best Sullivan’s Island Happy Hour Home Team BBQ
Best Summerville Bar The Icehouse
Best Summerville Happy Hour The Icehouse
Best Upscale Bar Halls Chophouse
Best Waterfront Bar Saltwater Cowboys
Best West Ashley Bar Gene’s Haufbrau
Best West Ashley Happy Hour Gene’s Haufbrau
Best Wine Bar Avondale Wine & Cheese
Best Wine Selection (Bar/Restaurant or Retail)
Graft Wine Shop & Wine Bar
By Tiare Solis
Victoria Benton Frank’s novel My Magnolia Summer is a reminder that growing pains often go deeper than the bone. The book, which is set on Sullivan’s Island, will be released June 6.
Frank is the daughter of the late New York Times bestselling novelist Dorothea Benton Frank, a Sullivan’s Island native who wrote several novels that take place in the Lowcountry.
My Magnolia Summer tells the story of Magnolia “Maggie” Adams, a Sullivan’s Island resident who relocates to New York City to achieve her dream of becoming a chef. Maggie is called back home when her beloved grandmother is involved in a near-fatal car accident caused by Maggie’s mother. Tasked with running the family restaurant, The Magic Lantern, and offering support to her family members as they navigate an uncertain time, Maggie finds herself in an emotional conflict that forces her to grow up.
“I’m very fascinated by women coming into their own at different points of their life,” Frank said. “The world tells us that comingof-age novels happen when you’re 13, but they don’t. I grew up the day my mom died,
and I was 34. Every woman has a moment in her life where she has to rise to the occasion.”
Frank, who is a chef, derived many aspects of Maggie’s story from personal experience and reallife circumstances. Like her protagonist, Frank also worked in a New York City restau rant. In My Magnolia Summer, Frank shows how the food and bev erage lifestyle is not all glitz and glamor.
“I loved what I learned,” Frank said. “There’s a camaraderie in a kitchen that doesn’t exist anywhere else. I learned how to cook and a lot of amazing things, but I wouldn’t go back. I’m glad I did it, but it was brutal,” she said, laughing.
Frank found a bridge between cooking and writing: They’re both creative endeavors that celebrate the joy of others appreciating your creations.
“As a chef, having someone eat your food and say it’s fabulous, it’s kind of like writing a book,” Frank said. “It’s a similar compliment. When someone likes something you create on any level, it’s amazing.”
Frank explained that The Magic Lantern, the family restaurant in the book, is how she imagined her own family’s reallife restaurant would look with four strong Southern women running it.
“I’ve always been inspired by ensemble pieces,” Frank said. “There’s a sense of strength and resilience that happens [when] Southern women [come together] — and a great sense of humor. I love those qualities. So to put them together in a book in this [fictionalized] restaurant, that’s what the real story is.”
Although Victoria Benton Frank began writing My Magnolia Summer several years ago, she said it was her mother’s death that pushed her to finish the novel.
“I started writing before my mom passed, but it made me commit to it. I felt inspired by her readers. I want to honor my mom and carry on her legacy,” Frank said. She added that since her mother’s passing, there has been an outpouring of support from her mother’s friends, many of whom are also bestselling authors, who encouraged her to finish her novel.
“It was like inheriting an army of grandmas,” she said.
Family is an essential theme in the book and another parallel to Frank’s life: She’s a wife and mother of two children. Balancing writing and raising a family is challenging, she said, but she feels it’s vital that her children see her work hard to achieve her goals.
“It’s important that your kids see your work really hard; I think it’s important that they see it because that’s how they learn to build,” Frank said. “I don’t pretend to be anything I’m not.”
My Magnolia Summer will go on sale June 6. Frank will be at The Village Bookseller in Mount Pleasant for a meet-the-author event at 6:30 p.m. June 7. She’ll visit Mount Pleasant Barnes & Noble June 10 and Halls Signature Events, at 5 Faber Street, for a luncheon with Blue Bicycle Books June 12. Tickets can be purchased online at citypapertickets.com.
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art hosts an exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Carla Gannis in an exhibition called wwwunderkammer. Gannis presents a physical manifestation of her ongoing virtual project of the same name, which exists via social virtual reality. The ongoing project consists of different “chambers” focused on specific aspects of contemporary life. The Halsey will host an opening reception 6:30-8 p.m. May 19 and an artist talk with Gannis 2 p.m. May 20. To learn more, visit halsey.cofc.edu.
Hed Hi Studio will show a collaborative exhibition called CHECK IT, a celebration of Southern California surf culture, from 6-10 p.m. May 20. The show will feature paintings by California-based artists Andy Davis and art and surfboards crafted by Jon Wegener. To learn more, check out @hedhistudio on Instagram.
Helena Fox Fine Art welcomes American Ghosts, a show of paintings by Julyan Davis on display now through May 27. In the series of paintings, Davis presents three characters as they travel westward during the Gold Rush: Betsy, the pioneer; Belle, the jilted Civil War belle; and Nancy, the strongwoman from a dustbowl circus. To learn more, visit helenafoxfineart.com.
Charleston Stage will present a free, fully staged professional production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s pirate classic Treasure Island in outdoor community spaces around town from May 12-26. Patrons do not need to reserve tickets for any of the free performances of this hour-long family musical comedy. Bringing blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy the outdoor performances is recommended.
Chloe Hogan
If you’re hungry past 10 p.m. in Charleston, best of luck to you. Though the city is known for its abundance of different cuisines, there’s not many choices available when destinations in Spain are just getting started. And if you work in the restaurant industry, your best bet at finding something other than leftovers at your place of employment might be McDonald’s or Waffle House when you clock out for the night.
“The lack of late-night food in Charleston is really rough for night workers,” said Alexander Peters, a career bartender from Moxy and Doar Bros. on Meeting Street. He’s previously worked at Church & Union and the Belmont, which closes at 2 a.m.
“There’s not really much of a difference” with wrapping up at midnight or 2 a.m., Peters said. “After midnight you basically have the halal guys’ meat carts. At 3 a.m. there’s nothing to eat. It would be great if there was at least one solid food spot late night in downtown.”
Fellow career bartender Gabriel Welch, who also works at Moxy, said at midnight, “there are quite a few options between Palace Hotel, The Royal American, A.C.’s Bar & Grill and Suna Restaurant.”
But imagine if you started a shift at 5 p.m. and ended at 3 a.m. with no available meal
South Street Cheesesteaks opened in February to serve good grub after midnight Tuesday through Sunday, plus Saturday lunch from 11:30 a.m.-3: p.m.
option for your break at 11 p.m. Bartenders like Peters and Welch, who are often on this schedule, have limited meal options when they take a pre-midnight break.
“I typically eat before my shift,” Welch said. “I used to bring food to eat at work, but working in F&B, odds are someone is gonna throw your food away, there’s nowhere to store it or the employee storage is filthy.”
Peters added, “Usually on late shifts I would grab a quick bite early on and eat the leftovers after my shift when it was cold, or just bring my own food from home.”
Getting a meal from UberEats is also an option, according to Welch, but isn’t the smartest move financially.
“I try to avoid UberEats more than once a week because the fees add up, and it’s generally unsatisfying to eat during shift,” he said.
A few places are starting to change limited options for the late-night party crowd.
Recently opened South Street Cheesesteak & Subs on Spring Street encourages late-night customers and fellow nighttime restaurant workers to swing by for a bite to eat past 10 p.m. It’s open Tuesday through Sunday until 2:30 a.m., offering takeout sandwiches and chips to midnight diners.
“I never anticipated myself owning a takeout restaurant at night,” said owner Jason Kaviani. “The reason why I stay open late at night is not by choice. It’s because the market demand outweighs me. And it’s the hardest, most brutal hours.”
The late-night joint specializes in cheesesteaks, a childhood food Kaviani grew up with while living in Philadelphia. And being a Philly native, he wanted to represent what a cheesesteak could really be, using freshly
cut beef and freshly baked rolls to craft what he considers the ideal Philly cheesesteak.
Because the space is takeout only, you have to follow protocol when you arrive: Knock on the door, and Kaviani will take the order. But if you’re a late-night worker like Peters or Welch, both of whom don’t get off until 3 a.m. after South Street closes, it’s available on UberEats, so you can still snag a sandwich while at work.
Other pop-ups and bars are starting to stay open later — but not as late as South Street Cheesesteaks. Puerto Rican concept Caribo Flip and burger smashers Patty Daddy and BlackOut Burger often pop-up at newer bars like Sugey’s on King Street and the Lucky Luchador on Hanover Street until 1 a.m.
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Though Meehan typically prepares sandwiches during lunch hours across the Lowcountry, he said he wanted to pick some of those late-night shifts because “it’s something I wish there was, even just food to soak up a night out.”
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VERSUS
JERLINE BAYLOCK, BENJAMIN HARPER, SHAQUNDA BANNISTER, AND MIKELL WILLIAMS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN IN 2018, 2019, AND 2020.
TO DEFENDANT: MIKELL WILLIAMS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on March 23, 2022 at 11:23 a.m. 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 BERKELEY
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-08-1941
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
TIERRA WILLIAMS AND KHRYSTYNE NESBITT, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2011. TO DEFENDANT: KHRYSTNE NESBITT
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on November 8, 2022. 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 Dr. Moncks Corner, S.C. 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 Dr. Moncks Corner, SC 29461, 843-719-1007.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on October 13, 2022. 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 Dr. Moncks Corner, S.C. 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 Dr. 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. 2023-DR-10-0001
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
RILEY HILL, JAKEL SIMMONS, TIMOTHY HILL, ELIJAH DREW.
DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR
CHILD BORN 2020
TO DEFENDANT: TIMOTHY HILL YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on January 3, 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, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 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. Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-3724
Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 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. Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-376
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
SHANEIQUA TAYLOR, VICTOR MAGWOOD, AND LEONA TAYLOR, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2009, 2011, 2016, 2019, AND 2022.
TO DEFENDANT: VICTOR MAGWOOD
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 6, 2023 at 9:08 AM. 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 Avenue, 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 forthabove, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Steven Corley, SC Bar # 103431, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-3747
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, 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. Sally Yong SC Bar #4686, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.
C/A NO.: 2023-CP-10-01408
Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, v.
Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Willie Eason, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe; Joyce Eason a/k/a Joyce G. Eason a/k/a Joyce Gastile Eason; Ronnie Eason; Shelia Eason; Donald Eason; Michael Eason; Troy Eason; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 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 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.
ter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.
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 Willie Eason and Joyce Eason a/k/a Joyce G. Eason to Bank of America, N.A. dated December 22, 2000 and recorded on December 28, 2000 in Book B361 at Page 673, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”).
The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land known and designated as Lot 24, Block I, Woodside Manor as shown on a plat made by E. M. Seabrook, Jr., Surveyor, dated December 10, 1970, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AA, Page 29; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat for fully appear.
Subject to easements and restrictions of record.
This being the same property conveyed to Willie Eason and Joyce G. Eason by Deed of Joseph M. Wise dated December 20, 2000 and recorded December 28, 2000 in Book Z360 at Page 687 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
TMS No. 388-06-00-129
Property Address: 4434 Hardwood St. Ladson, SC 29456
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 22, 2023. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.
ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY
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 4434 Hardwood St, Ladson, SC 29456; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants,
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
That a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.
Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541
Attorneys for Plaintiff
GREGORY MARTIN WENSMAN
2023-ES-10-0493
DOD: 12/25/22
Pers. Rep: DIANE E. FORDIS 1476 REDFISH DR. SE DARIEN, GA 31305
Atty: DONNA V. SANDS, ESQ. 102 S. PINE ST. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483
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Estate of: JOSEPH WILLIAM KOUTEN, JR. 2023-ES-10-0518
DOD: 02/12/23
Pers. Rep: PETER KOUTEN PO BOX 340 JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Pers. Rep: JOSEPH W. KOUTEN, III 10 WOLF RUN DR. SIMPSONVILLE, SC 29680
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Estate of: LEON GEORGE ALSTON, SR. 2023-ES-10-0521
DOD: 01/17/23
Pers. Rep: REDINA L. ALSTON 2736 BOND AVE. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405
Atty: EDUARDO K. CURRY, ESQ. SHELBY E. SPENCER, ESQ. PO BOX 42270 NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29423
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Estate of: JENNIE SEASE WHITE 2023-ES-10-0522
DOD: 10/21/22
Pers. Rep: LINDA BARNES MCCARSON PO BOX 80366 CHARLESTON, SC 29416
Atty: JEFFREY C. MOORE, ESQ. 1 CARRIAGE LN., BLDG H, 2ND FLR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of: RONALD J. WRIGHT 2023-ES-10-0524
DOD: 01/26/23
Pers. Rep: JANE GOINS WRIGHT 1060 SANCHO CAMPBELL RD. AWENDAW, SC 29429
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Estate of: RICHARD ALAN BARRICKMAN 2023-ES-10-0542
DOD: 03/01/23
Pers. Rep: CHERYL PELOQUIN BARRICKMAN 6 FIELDFARE WAY CHARLESTON, SC 29414
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DOD: 03/07/23
Pers. Rep: ARTHUR T. BASS, III 1207 SECOND AVE. KINGSTREE, SC 29556
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Estate of:
RICHARD MICHAEL LEHMAN 2023-ES-10-0573
DOD: 11/20/22
Pers. Rep: SYLVIA LEWIS LEHMAN 182 BELTED KINGFISHER RD. KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455
Pers. Rep: JAMES A. LEHMAN, JR. 1311 BRIAR HILL RD. AKRON, OH 44333
Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************
Estate of:
DONALD JOSEPH SKINNER 2023-ES-10-0579
DOD: 02/16/23
Pers. Rep: MARK SKINNER 9151 CHANDLER DR. GROVELAND, FL 34736 ************
Estate of:
LAUREN ELIZABETH COLEMAN 2023-ES-10-0592
DOD: 03/11/23
Pers. Rep: MATTHEW COLEMAN 1129 CAMP RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ************
Estate of: ALLISON WHITNEY SMITH 2023-ES-10-0598 DOD: 03/02/23
Pers. Rep: MARK REMI 1603 CULPEPPER CIR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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: JEFFREY JAMES SCHOEPFEL 2023-ES-10-0033
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF BERKELEY
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR- 08-1735
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
KAYLA SCHIEFERLY, DAN HUNT, AND CORY SEPRISH DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2009; 2012.
TO DEFENDANT: KAYLA SCHIEFERLY
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS
TIMOTHY
SILAS PIPKIN III AND Amy POTTS IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2020 AND 2021. TO DEFENDANTS: SILAS PIPKIN III AND AMY POTTS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for termination of your parental rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 22, 2022, at 10:05 a.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for termination of your parental rights will be delivered to you upon request, 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, Sally
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereaf-
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for unknown minors, and persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment.
FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorney for any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is
ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: BEVERLYE WRIGHT EDWARDS
2022-ES-10-2264
DOD: 10/29/22
Pers. Rep: WHITNEY WRIGHT 4045 HUNTING COUNTRY RD. TRYON, NC 28782
Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ.
115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of: JAMES G. WILLS 2023-ES-10-0477
DOD: 02/06/23
Pers. Rep: PHYLLIS K. WILLS
1 BISHOP GADSDEN WAY #314 CHARLESTON, SC 29412
Atty:
ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ.
115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of:
Estate of: EVOLA G. GARDNER 2023-ES-10-0552
DOD: 02/02/23
Pers. Rep: LYNARD V. GARDNER 720 RUTLEDGE AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29403
Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of: MILDRED M. CRISPYN 2023-ES-10-0555
DOD: 02/25/23
Pers. Rep: GUSTAVE JOSEPH CRISPYN, JR. 2382 CAT TAIL POND RD. SEABROOK ISLAND, SC 29455
Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of: GEORGE KEVIN HOLROYD 2023-ES-10-0567
DOD: 03/07/23
Pers. Rep: FRANCES M. FERNALD 204 JAMAICA DR. COCOA BEACH, FL 32931
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Estate of: CAROL OLIVER ULMER 2023-ES-10-0569
DOD: 03/08/23
Pers. Rep: RODERICK EARL SMITH
515 14TH AVE.
N, SURFSIDE BEACH, SC 29575
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Estate of:
DOROTHY KINARD BASS 2023-ES-10-0570
DOD: 12/11/22
Sp. Admin: F. PATRICIA SCARBOROUGH, ESQ. PO BOX 369 CHARLESTON, SC 29402
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Estate of: BLAKE BRISBANE 2023-ES-10-0110 DOD: 11/17/22
Pers. Rep: SYLVIA G. BRISBANE 467 FLEMING RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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Estate of: EDWARD DAVID EASTERLING 2023-ES-10-0614 DOD: 01/13/23
Pers. Rep: DENNIS CARLYLE EASTERLING 65 DIAMOND ST., #B SOUDERTON, PA 18964
Atty: THOMAS H. BRUSH, ESQ. 12 A CARRIAGE LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of: ELIZABETH R. MANUCY 2023-ES-10-0619
DOD: 02/12/23
Pers. Rep: ROBERT EDWARD MANUCY 622 WILLIAMSON DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464
Pers. Rep: CHARLOTTE MANUCY SMITH 3607 WILD PLUM RD. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Pers. Rep: MARGARET ELLEN MANUCY 525 PELZER DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464
Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401
as Lot “C” on a plat of J. O’Hear
Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated October 17th, 1973 containing a division of the Estate of Edward E. Washington; the said Lot “C” containing 1.46 acre.
MEASURING and containing the measurements, courses, buttings, boundaries and distances as contained in the above-mentioned plat which is being made a part hereof by reference as if fully setforth herein. Said plat being recorded in Plat Book V at Page 161 in the Charleston County R.M.C. Office.
TMS # 244-00-00-129
Jeffrey T. Spell
Attorney at Law
925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407
jeff@jeffspell.com
(843) 452-3553
Attorney for the Plaintiffs
s/Jeffrey T. SpellDate May 4th, 2023 SELL
CALL CRIS
577-5304
X127
will apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Your Answer must be in writing and signed by you or your attorney and must state your address or the address of your attorney if signed by your attorney.
Dated: April 20, 2023
Johns Island, South Carolina
LIS PENDENS (Quiet Title – Adverse Possession) (Non-Jury)
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, upon the Complaint of the Plaintiff abovenamed against the Defendants above-named for the purpose of determining the interests of the Plaintiff and the interests of the Defendants in the real estate hereinafter described; and is brought pursuant to the provisions of the South Carolina Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, S.C. Code Ann. §§15-53-10, et seq., (1976), to obtain a declaration of the rights, status, and other legal relations of the parties hereto with respect to the real property hereinafter described; and is brought pursuant to the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. §§15-67-10, et seq., (1976), to determine any and all adverse claims to the said real property and the rights thereabouts to the parties, respectively; and for the further purpose of obtaining a decree adjudging that the Plaintiff is the sole owner of the real property hereinafter described and that the Defendants have no estate, rights, title, or interests whatsoever in and to the said real property, or any part thereof.
That the real property affected by the said Complaint and the action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this action and at the time of the filing of this Notice, described as follows:
NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Kelvin M. Huger, Esquire, who maintains offices at 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, has been appointed Guardian ad Litem
Nisi for all known and unknown
Defendants in the above-captioned matter who may be incompetent, under age, insane, or laboring under any other legal disability, by Order of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County dated April 24, 2023.
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that this appointment shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the last publication of this Notice unless those Defendants who are incompetent, under age, insane, or laboring under any other legal disability shall, in person or through someone on their behalf, procure to be appointed some other suitable person as Guardian ad Litem in the place and stead of Kelvin M. Huger, Esquire.
Dated: April 24, 2023 Johns Island, South Carolina
NOTICE OF FILING
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-
NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Certificate of Exemption from Mediation, Lis Pendens, Summons, Complaint, and Order Nisi Appointing Guardian ad Litem have been filed in the above-captioned matter in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, located at 100 Broad Street, Suite 106, Charleston, SC, 29401.
s/Elaine Jenkins
Elaine Jenkins
P. O. Box 364 Johns Island, SC, 29457-0364 (615) 415-6075 eljenisland@gmail.com
S. C. Bar #2976
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
Dated: April 24, 2023 Johns Island, South Carolina
Development, LLC recorded on 6/26/2020 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0893, Page 468.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
ANNE BOUKNIGHT COLLINS & NEIL CARMICHAEL COLLINS III, 2757 W PINEWOOD CHESTER, SC 29706.
Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0893 at Page 469, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $149,054.34
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $1,098.42
Total Amount Due $150,502.76
With a per diem of $53.26
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 12/22/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1062, Page 744.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
KATHERINE LAURA MCGRANAHAN, 23840 E 149TH ST S COWETA, OK 74429-6564. Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1062 at Page 750, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default (including interest) $150,951.49
Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $1,098.42
Total Amount Due $152,399.91
With a per diem of $49.20
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/19/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1069, Page 624.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
BIANCA BUHLEBENKOSI NDLOVU, 9838 FAIRFAX SQ APT 270 FAIRFAX, VA 22031-4238.
Junior Lienholder:
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1069 at Page 643, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $12,222.49
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $1,078.42
Total Amount Due $13,650.91
With a per diem of $6.07
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/22/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1080, Page 871.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
FREDERICK HOWARD KINSEY JR., 23434 JAMES CT LEWES, DE 19958-3366.
Junior Lienholder:,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1080 at Page 918, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default (including interest) $36,837.98
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $1,078.42
Total Amount Due $38,266.40
With a per diem of $16.06
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/14/2019 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0839, Page 521.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
KENT GRAI THOMPSON & ELIZABETH ANN THOMPSON, 7430 CEDAR CREEK DR. WHITE LAKE, MI 48383.
Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0839 at Page 603, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default (including interest) $56,988.99
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.42
Total Amount Due $57,857.41
With a per diem of $18.66
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-01914
ETHELMAE SIMMONS BOYD, Plaintiff, vs.
JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, being fictitious names used to designate the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, if any, of ROBERT CASH, deceased, RICHARD CASH, deceased, EDWARD ROPER, deceased, MATTIE CASH, deceased, NORMAN H. CASH, a/k/a HENRY NORMAN CASH, deceased, MARCELLA BLACKMON, deceased, and NORMA DUNN, deceased, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint, or any portion thereof, including such as may be infants, incompetents, insane persons, persons in the military service of the United States of America, or otherwise under any other disability, Defendants.
SUMMONS (Quiet Title – Adverse Possession) (Non-Jury)
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-
NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the subscriber at her office located at P. O. Box 364, Johns Island, SC, 29457-0364, 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, the Plaintiff in this action
ALL that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, with the building and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, in the County of Charleston and State aforesaid, measuring and containing 3.510 acres, more or less, and shown and designated as Tract C-2 on a plat entitled “Plat Showing Tract C-2, 3.510 Acres, Estate of Rosa Cash, Located on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina,” which said plat was prepared by G. Robert George, R.L.S., dated May 4, 1981, and recorded May 7, 1981, in the R. M. C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AS, page 135.
SAID tract of land having such size, shape, buttings and boundings all of which will more fully and at large appear by reference to the aforesaid plat.
BEING a portion of the tract of land conveyed to Rosa Cash by Joseph M. Poulnot, Sheriff of Charleston County, by deed dated March 6, 1935, and recorded in the R. O. D. Office for Charleston County in Book H-38, page 336.
ALSO, being a portion of the same tract of land of which title was quieted in the names of Robert Cash, Richard Cash, Edward Roper, Mattie Cash, Norman H. Cash, a/k/a Henry Norman Cash, Marcella Blackmon, and Norma Dunn as tenants in common and as the sole heirs at law of Rosa Cash by Order of the Honorable Wade S. Weatherford, Jr., Presiding Judge, Ninth Judicial Circuit, entered in Case No. 78-CP-10-944.
TMS#: 316-00-00-087
Dated: April 20, 2023
Johns Island, South Carolina
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01
682244733133270,0.01682244
733133270% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0213-28B,98-0213-29B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655
P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00 798748443817687,0.00798748 443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0324-23B, 98-0324-21B. Said
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-48E.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0306-24B.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0518-11B. Said
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval
Control Number: 98-0425-W36B.
Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 12/3/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1057, Page 361.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
BYRON MONTANESTUBBLEFIELD & MICHELLE LEE
STUBBLEFIELD, 8302 MOLINA
ST NAVARRE, FL 32566. Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1057 at Page 410, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default (including interest) $41,536.38
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.42
Total Amount Due $42,404.80
With a per diem of $13.70
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval
Control Number: 98-0317-1E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 3/16/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 971, Page 595.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
JAIME B. CONNER, 96670 COMMODORE POINT DR YULEE, FL 32097-6566.
Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 971 at Page 599, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $11,589.47
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.42
Total Amount Due $12,457.89
With a per diem of $4.87
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0303-16B.
Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 4/15/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 981, Page 562.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
ROBERT CHANNING KLUTTZ & JOYCE WAGNER KLUTTZ, 3201 OLD SALISBURY CONCORD RD CONCORD, NC 28025.
Junior Lienholder:
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0981 at Page 569, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $57,831.87
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.42
Total Amount Due $58,700.29
With a per diem of $18.66
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-36E.
Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/19/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1069, Page 577.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: CARRIE BROOKE HOFFMAN, 4166 CARMANWOOD DR FLINT, MI 48507-5504. Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1069 at Page 585, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default (including interest) $19,043.58
Trustee’s Fee $350.00 Costs $518.42
Total Amount Due $19,912.00 With a per diem of $7.68
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655
P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0425-47B. Said property being the same
property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/20/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1069, Page 984.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
WANDA F. HOLMES & JOSEPH A. HOLMES, 5619 LANSDOWN DR HOUSTON, TX 77049-4428. Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1070 at Page 007, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $37,744.96
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.42
Total Amount Due $38,613.38
With a per diem of $17.37
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0301-10B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by
1776 Development, LLC recorded on 6/10/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1115, Page 927.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
KARLA CAROLINA SWIGERT & MICHAEL EDWARD SWIGERT, 4452 SIX MILE RD MARYVILLE, TN 37803. Junior Lienholder:
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1115 at Page 930, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default (including interest) $54,512.08
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.42
Total Amount Due $55,380.50
With a per diem of $24.45
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655
P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0206-14B. Said property being the same
property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/14/2019 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 0839, Page 539.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
THOMAS H. JAMISON TRUSTEE OF THE THOMAS H. JAMISON TRUST 3600 HIGH MEADOW DRIVE #20 CARMEL, CA 93923.
Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 0839 at Page 582, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $21,215.44
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.70
Total Amount Due $22,084.14
With a per diem of $8.99
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on June 9, 2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00 798748443817687,0.00798748 443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number:
98-0423-23B,98-0417-32B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 5/4/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1106, Page 341.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
JAMES CHARLES TOMLINSON & DANIEL MURRELL MCCARTHY, 5448 N GLENWOOD AVE FL2 CHICAGO, IL 60640.
Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1106 at Page 349, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $98,286.77
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $518.70
Total Amount Due $99,155.47
With a per diem of $34.16
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655
P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/9/2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County,
South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-21E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/16/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1053, Page 111.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1157 at Page 477, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are
Amount currently in default (including interest) $1315.36
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $553.42
Total Amount Due $2,218.78
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/9/2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01682244733133270% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0301-25B.
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
JUAN LUIS SILVA & MARGARITA
COA SILVA, 409 E WILLIAMSBURG DR STARKVILLE.
Junior Lienholder: ,
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1157 at Page 484, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $5780.16
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $1,113.42
Total Amount Due $7,243.58
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 6/9/2023, beginning at 9:30 A.M..
The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.
Property Description A Vacation
Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00841122366566636% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership
Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0301-9-E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded
Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:
DAISY GOODNIGHT WALDREP, 234 CHEROKEE CIRCLE CEDARTOWN.
Junior Lienholder:
The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN as recorded in Lien Book 1157 at Page 485, records of Charleston County, SC.
The amounts secured by the CLAIM OF LIEN, are
Amount currently in default
(including interest) $7811.48
Trustee’s Fee $350.00
Costs $1,113.42
Total Amount Due $9,274.90
Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.
The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.
An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.
King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No. 2021-CP-10-04100
THE BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff, v. FADOL BROWN AND DAVID SIMMONS, JR., Defendants.
AMENDED SUMMONS
TO DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Amended Verified Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Amended Verified Complaint upon the subscriber at his address, Larry D. Cohen, LLC, Attorneys at Law, P.O. Box 30547, Charleston, South Carolina 29417, 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 Answer the Amended Verified Complaint within the time specified above,
or otherwise appear and defend, Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Amended Verified Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Verified Complaint.
AMENDED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon the Verified Amended Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage (the “Mortgage”) on real property given by Fadol Brown and David Simmons, Jr., to The Bank of South Carolina, in the original principal amount of $277,000.00, dated and recorded on September 27, 2018, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0749 at Page 993, and re-recorded on October 24, 2018, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 0755 at Page 749. The description of the premises covered and affected by the Mortgage and by this action is as follows:
ALL that lot, piece and parcel of land with buildings and improvements thereon situate, lying and being on the South side of Poplar Street in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 58 on a plan of 92 lots laid out of for CarolinaFlorida Realty Company, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book C, Page 128.
The said lot measuring and containing in front on Poplar Street thirty-five (35’) feet, on the back line thirty-four and ninety-three one hundredths (34.93’) feet, in depth on the West side one hundred six and twenty-eight hundredths (106.28”) feet, and on the East side one hundred four and twenty-six hundredths (104.26’) feet.
BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the North on Poplar Street, to the East on Lot 60, to the South on Lot 57, and to the West on Lot 56, all as shown on said plat. Being the same property conveyed to Fadol Brown and David Simmons, Jr., by deed Marie Brown, dated and recorded September 27, 2018 in the Office of the Register of Deeds in Book 0749, Page 992.
TMS # 463-12-03-135
Property address:
15 Poplar Street Charleston, S.C. 29403
NOTICE OF FILING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Plaintiff The Bank of South Carolina’s Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Summons, Amended Verified Complaint, with Exhibits “A” through “I” and Verification were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina on March 9, 2023.
/s/ Larry D. Cohen
Larry D. Cohen
S.C. Bar No. 6264
Larry D. Cohen, LLC
Attorneys at Law
P.O. Box 30547
Charleston, South Carolina 29417
Tel. (843) 225-4445
Ldcohen@Ldcohenlaw.com
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
THE BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA
April 28, 2023
Charleston, S.C.
CIVIL CASE NO.: 2022-CP10-04639
JANICE MCCRAY WASHINGTON a/k/a
JANICE V. WASHINGTON, Plaintiff, vs. JACQULYN FRASIER MCCRAY, KEICHA CHANDLER MCCRAY n/k/a KEICHA CHANDLER SMITH, LENORA MCCRAY, G. MCCRAY (MINOR), JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, being fictitious names used to designate the unknown heirs at law distributes, devisees, legatees, widow, widowers, successors and assigns, if any, HANNAH F. MCCRAY (deceased) and the following deceased individuals: RICHARD MCCRAY, II, GARNETT RECARDO MCCRAY, SR., and GARNETT RECARDO MCCRAY, JR., and all other person unknown claiming by, through or under them or having or claiming any interest in the real estate described in the Complaint, whether infants, incompetents, insane persons under any other disability. Defendants.
SUMMONS (Quiet Title/Partition By Sale/ Allotment)
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, located at 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, which action was brought by the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants to determine the rightful owners and partition by sale or allotment of the below described real estate.
That the premises affected by this action is located within the County and State aforesaid and is more particularly described as follows: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid and comprising Lot No. 50 Highland Avenue on a map of the westerly part of Union Heights prepared for the Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company by J.E. Thomas, C.E., dated 1919 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book “C” page 137 and having such size, shape, location, dimensions and bounds as may be seen by reference to the aforesaid plat on record.
TMS NO.: 466-12-00-347
NOTICE NISI
TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-
NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Plaintiff has applied to the Court for appointment of a suitable person as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown and known Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability, and said appointment shall become final unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, within thirty (30) days of the service of this Notice, shall procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE
NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on October 5, 2022 in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina.
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Kelvin M. Huger, Esquire of 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, S.C. 29407, has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated the 6th day of October, 2022 and the said appointment shall become absolute thirty (30) days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, shall procure a proper person to be appointed as Guardian ad Litem for them within (30) days after the final publication of this Notice.
/s/ Arthur C. McFarland 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29407 843.763-3900 843.763-5347 (fax)
E-mail: Cecilesq@aol.com
/s/ Toya Hampton 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29407 843.814-5554
E-mail: Toya@ToyaLLC.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Charleston, S.C. October 4, 2022
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 662 Main Road, Johns Island, SC 29455, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 283-00-00-082, 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, 29202-3200, 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.
1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444
Columbia, South Carolina
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 662 Main Road, Johns Island, SC 29455; 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)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2023CP1001476
The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for CWABS, Inc. AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-7, Plaintiff, v. Vivien Mack Linton; Zarina Jones; Charrise Brewer; Lovell T. Martin; Edward Mack; Lavell Froster; Donnell Moss; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Lovell S. Linton, 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 Defendant(s).
SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived (011847-04858)
TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Lavell Froster, Donnell Moss, Any Heirsat-Law or Devisees of Lovell S. Linton, 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
TO THE DEFENDANTS: Lavell, FrosterDonnell, Moss Any Heirs-atLaw or Devisees of Lovell S. Linton, 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 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 24, 2023.
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
Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Lovell S. Linton, 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 Clerk of Court/Judge for Charleston County Charleston, South Carolina 05/04/2023
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 Vivien Mack Linton and Lovell S. Linton to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS) as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. dated March 23, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ ROD for Charleston County on April 5, 2007, in Mortgage Book D621 at Page 613. The mortgage was assigned to The Bank of New York, for the Benefit of the Certificateholders, CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-7 by assignment dated October 3, 2007 and recorded October 11, 2007 in Book D 641 at Page 854 and by corrective assignment to The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWABS, Inc. Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-7 dated August 12, 2013 and recorded
September 9, 2013 in Book 0359 at Page 584. This loan is subject to a Loan Modification Agreement dated March 7, 2017 and recorded May 4, 2017 in Book 0635 at Page 249. This loan is subject a Loan Modification Agreement Dated August 18, 2020. The mortgage also secures non-interest-bearing principal of $74,503.71.
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 lot or tract of land together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being more fully shown containing 1.48 acres, more or less on a plat prepared by James G. Pennington, PLS, recorded April 24, 2001 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Plat Book EE Book 751. Reference is hereby craved to said plat for a more complete and accurate description.
This being the same property conveyed to Lovell S. Linton and Vivien Mack Linton by deed of Julie Mack, Vivien Mack Linton and Theresa Mack Hunt dated January 24, 2001 and recorded January 26, 2001 in Book R362 at Page 729. Subsequently, Lovell Spencer Linton died on April 10, 2013, leaving the subject property to his heirs or devisees namely, Vivien Linton, Zarina Jones, Charrise Brewer, Lovell Martin, Edward Mack, Lavell Froster and Donnell Moss.
Property Address:
662 Main Road Johns Island, SC 29455
TMS/PIN# TMS# 283-0000-082
/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
Columbia, South Carolina
CARL WOOTEN A/K/A SIDNEY
C. WOOTEN A/K/A SIDNEY
WOOTEN, INDIVIDUALLY, AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER CARL
WOOTEN A/K/A CHRISTOPHER
C. WOOTEN A/K/A CHRIS WOOTEN, DECEASED; AND BRENDA
WOOTEN A/K/A BRENDA G. WOOTEN, INDIVIDUALLY, AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER CARL
WOOTEN A/K/A CHRISTOPHER
C. WOOTEN A/K/A CHRIS
WOOTEN, DECEASED ABOVE
NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 22, 2022.
SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.
By: Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #4996
Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scot-
tandcorley.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
SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-01165
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-B, Plaintiff vs. Antonio Godfrey, Regina Carter and MV Realty of South Carolina, LLC, Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Antonio Godfrey, Regina Carter: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 8, 2023.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you have a right to be considered for Foreclosure Intervention. NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named
Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Antonio Godfrey to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-B bearing date of December 15, 2003 and recorded December 17, 2003 in Mortgage Book Z478 at Page 625 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Forty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Sixty and 00/100 Dollars ($49,260.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded on November 6, 2006 in Book Y604 at Page 187, the mortgage was assigned to Household Finance Corporation II; thereafter, by duplicate assignment recorded on September 21, 2015 in Book 505 at Page 649, the mortgage was assigned to Household Finance Corporation II; thereafter, by assignment recorded on June 21, 2016 in Book 562 at Page 543, the mortgage was assigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust; thereafter, by assignment recorded on July 9, 2018 in Book 731 at Page 707, the mortgage was assigned to J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp; thereafter, by assignment recorded on February 27, 2019 in Book 779 at Page 850, the mortgage was assigned to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for CMLTI Asset Trust; thereafter, by assignment recorded on February 27, 2019 in Book 779 at Page 852, the mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff, and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, known and designated as Lot 24, Block G, on a plat of the subdivision known as Dorchester Terrace, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book F, Page 55; the said lot in general having such size, shape, dimensions, as will by reference to said plat more fully appear and being bound as shown on said plat, and having actual size, shape, and dimension as a survey of the lot will show.
TMS
ARIES (March 21-April 19): All of us are always telling ourselves stories — in essence, making movies in our minds. We are the producer, the director, the special effects team, the voice-over narrator and all the actors in these inner dramas. Are the themes repetitious, and negative or creative and life-affirming? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to work on emphasizing the latter. If the tales unfolding in your imagination are veering off in a direction that provokes anxiety, reassert your directorial authority. Firmly and playfully reroute them so they uplift and enchant you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A famous football coach once said his main method was to manipulate, coax, and even bully his players into doing things they didn’t like to do. Why? So they could build their toughness and willpower, making it more likely they would accomplish formidable feats. While this may be an approach that works for some tasks, it’s not right for many others. Here’s a further nuance: The grind-it-out-doing-unpleasantthings may be apt for certain phases of a journey to success, but not for other phases. Here’s the good news, Taurus: For now, you have mostly completed doing what you don’t love to do. In the coming weeks, your freedom to focus on doing fun things will expand dramatically.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Most of us have an area of our lives where futility is a primary emotion. This may be a once-exciting dream that never got much traction. It could be a skill we possess that we’ve never found a satisfying way to express. The epicenter of our futility could be a relationship that has never lived up to its promise or a potential we haven’t been able to ripen. Wherever this sense of fruitlessness resides in your own life, Gemini, I have an interesting prediction: During the next 12 months, you will either finally garner some meaningful fulfillment through it or else find a way to outgrow it.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Many of us Cancerians have high levels of perseverance. Our resoluteness and doggedness may be uncanny. But we often practice these subtle superpowers with such sensitive grace that they’re virtually invisible to casual observers. We appear modest and gentle, not fierce and driven. For instance, this is the first time I have bragged about the fact that I have composed over 2,000 consecutive horoscope columns without ever missing a deadline. Anyway, my fellow Crabs, I have a really good feeling about how much grit and determination you will be able to marshal in the coming months. You may break your own personal records for tenacity.
to remember. And yet, I have noticed that when these apparent misfortunes have happened, they have often opened up space for new possibilities that would not otherwise have come my way. They have emptied out a corner of my imagination that becomes receptive to a fresh dispensation. I predict such a development for you, Libra.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Kissing is always a worthy way to spend your leisure time, but I foresee an even finer opportunity in the coming weeks: magnificent kissing sprees that spur you to explore previously unplumbed depths of wild tenderness. On a related theme, it’s always a wise self-blessing to experiment with rich new shades and tones of intimacy. But you are now eligible for an unusually profound excursion into these mysteries. Are you bold and free enough to glide further into the frontiers of fascinating togetherness?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) worked at a variety of jobs. He sold cloth. He was a land surveyor and bookkeeper. He managed the household affairs of his city’s sheriffs, and he supervised the city’s wine imports and taxation. Oh, by the way, he also had a hobby on the side: lensmaking. This ultimately led to a spectacular outcome. Leeuwenhoek created the world’s first high-powered microscope and was instrumental in transforming microbiology into a scientific discipline. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose we make him your inspirational role model in the coming months, Sagittarius. What hobby or pastime or amusement could you turn into a central passion?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I wonder if you weren’t listened to attentively when you were a kid. And is it possible you weren’t hugged enough or consistently treated with the tender kindness you deserved and needed? I’m worried there weren’t enough adults who recognized your potential strengths and helped nurture them. But if you did indeed endure any of this mistreatment, dear Capricorn, I have good news. During the next 12 months, you will have unprecedented opportunities to overcome at least some of the neglect you experienced while young. Here’s the motto you can aspire to: “It’s never too late to have a fruitful childhood and creative adolescence.”
Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 5086
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Why do migrating geese fly in a V formation? For one thing, it conserves their energy. Every bird except the leader enjoys a reduction in wind resistance. As the flight progresses, the geese take turns being the guide in front. Soaring along in this shape also seems to aid the birds’ communication and coordination. I suggest you consider making this scenario your inspiration, dear Leo. You are entering a phase when synergetic cooperation with others is even more important than usual. If you feel called to lead, be ready and willing to exert yourself — and be open to letting your associates serve as leaders. For extra credit: Do a web search for an image of migrating geese and keep it in a prominent place for the next four weeks.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As I’ve explored the mysteries of healing my traumas and disturbances over the past 20 years, I’ve concluded that the single most effective healer I can work with is my own body. Expert health practitioners are crucial, too, but their work requires my body’s full, purposeful, collaborative engagement. The soft warm animal home I inhabit has great wisdom about what it needs and how to get what it needs and how to work with the help it receives from other healers. The key is to refine the art of listening to its counsel. It has taken me a while to learn its language, but I’m making good progress. Dear Aquarius, in the coming weeks, you can make great strides in developing such a robust relationship with your body.
CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-05395
United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS.
Sidney Carl Wooten a/k/a Sidney
C. Wooten a/k/a Sidney Wooten, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Christopher
Carl Wooten a/k/a Christopher
C. Wooten a/k/a Chris Wooten, Deceased; et. al. DEFENDANT(S).
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (221070.00174)
TO THE DEFENDANTS SIDNEY
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I boldly predict that you will soon locate a missing magic key. Hooray! It hasn’t been easy. There has been luck involved, but your Virgo-style diligence and ingenuity has been crucial. I also predict that you will locate the door that the magic key will unlock. Now here’s my challenge: Please fulfill my two predictions no later than the solstice. To aid your search, meditate on this question: “What is the most important breakthrough for me to accomplish in the next six weeks?”
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Losing something we value may make us sad. It can cause us to doubt ourselves and wonder if we have fallen out of favor with the Fates or are somehow being punished by God. I’ve experienced deflations and demoralizations like that on far more occasions than I want
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Can we surmise what your life might be like as the expansive planet Jupiter rumbles through your astrological House of Connections and Communications during the coming months? I expect you will be even more articulate and persuasive than usual. Your ability to create new alliances and nurture old ones will be at a peak. By the way, the House of Communications and Connections is also the House of Education and Acumen. So I suspect you will learn a LOT during this time. It’s likely you will be brainier and more perceptive than ever before. Important advice: Call on your waxing intelligence to make you wiser as well as smarter.
By Chelsea Grinstead
The moody pop heard on Charleston singersongwriter Laurlyn’s debut EP Modern Nocturnes is an ethos that captures her love of Chopin’s classical piano solos called “nocturnes.”
“I loved how they set the scene of ‘night music,’” Laurlyn told the Charleston City Paper. “I decided to play on the musical theme of night and dark for the EP and came up with the title of Modern Nocturnes to fit that.”
Her crisply styled pop is wistful and wandering on the 14-minute EP — good for staring through a window at a moonlit sky as your thoughts creep back to a complicated love. Her voice winds along the pianodriven, percussion-riddled song “Atone” before she ends with the line: “Will you atone for me / atone for me / and if you ask me now / that’ll be a no from me.”
Laurel Smith, the songwriter who goes by Laurlyn, is originally from Colorado Springs and moved to Charleston about six years ago. She grew up playing classical piano, majored in music in college and took up songwriting years previously, but she didn’t really dive into recording as a solo artist until late 2021 when she reached out to producer Matt Tuton of The Lab studio on Johns Island.
“‘Better Off,’ the first song on the EP, really was an incredible journey to go on, because I originally thought it was just going to be a simple piano ballad,” she said. “And then we started experimenting and trying a bunch of stuff. I referenced a song called ‘White Flag’ by the artist Clairo, which has this really cool 808 sub bass beat in it. I was like, ‘What if we took it in a nightclub direction?’ That was the launching point for us. And then Matt got super experimental with those glitch synth [sounds] … It took months to work together and collaborate and make it into what it is.”
Tuton added, “The song showed us its new nature, and it was a thread we had to follow, so we did.”
Laurlyn’s keys and synth shine on the new tracks that Tuton tied together instrumentally.
“My favorite song is ‘Whisper,’” Tuton said. “Most of the songs on this EP took me a good amount of time to create … ‘Whisper’ was the opposite. I put every instrument, besides piano and vocal, in ‘Whisper’ over the course of a day. I was able to clearly draw on elements I have worked with a lot in my past, like doom metal and ambient rock stuff by Braveyoung and Sigur Rós. I remember getting out my guitar and volume pedal for volume swells, going into The Lab’s live room, and playing the track from the top and just letting the way I naturally play come out.”
Next up on her list of priorities is performing, which means translating her recordings to a live show and assembling a band.
“There’s always a state of vulnerability when you put your music out there,” Laurlyn said. “But it’s also just been a joy to finally show everyone. This has been going on inside of me for a minute, and it’s just nice to be able to let my creative brain be seen on the outside.”
While Modern Nocturne gives a mercurial vibe, the catchiness provides a nice bal-
ance — what Laurlyn termed “sad bops.”
“Even in the darkness, there’s so much fun,” she said of the EP. “And there’s so much goodness. When I talk about ‘sad bops,’ I really love that juxtaposition of sad lyrics or sad concepts with something that’s more upbeat or dancey with a lot of cool instrumentation. Because I think that’s kind of how life is — it’s both at the same time.”
Outside of songwriting, Laurlyn said she enjoys having her creative life separate from her day job. It has helped her nurture her moments of inspiration and recognize that rest is important for productivity.
“You can’t just go go go and never allow yourself a moment to sit,” she said. “Sometimes those moments that you’re sitting are the times that you are most inspired, when the songs just drop in.”
She said she loves music because it is both inventive and analytical.
“You get to use it [as] a full expression of yourself when you’re creating it. As a music listener, it’s a place to escape. It’s a place to process … Even though there’s 12 notes in the Western scale, there’s so many infinite possibilities for how to create and make something new with the tools that you’re given.”
Saturday Night Live pianist and keyboardist Tuffus Zimbabwe will join The Summerville Orchestra for two concerts entitled A New World on May 19-20, which will include the debut of a classical piece, “Charleston Revue.” The performances take place at the Summer Corner Performing Arts Center in Summerville.
Black composer Edmund Thorton Jenkins, who was born in North Charleston and lived from 1894-1926, originally wrote “The Charleston Revue.” Zimbabwe is Jenkins’ great-nephew, and the nationally recognized musician has been arranging Jenkins’ works for contemporary performances. Tickets are available at summervilleorcehstra.com.
Soulful singer-songwriter Carlyle Griffin, a native of Walterboro, has been pursuing her dreams in Nashville, but she returns to the Holy City once again to perform at 7:30 p.m. on May 21 at Elliotborough Mini Bar downtown. Griffin just released a new single “Say So” on April 28 on all streaming platforms. She will also perform at 6 p.m. May 27-28 at Presley’s at The Marina on Edisto Beach . For show information, visit carlylegriffin.com.
Charleston’s indie rock scene wouldn’t be what it is today without bands such as Brave Baby, Human Resources, Persona La Ave and Invisible Low-End Power. All these acts come together at 6 p.m. May 20 for a blow-out party called Electric Friends at LO-Fi Brewing on Meeting Street Extension. The event includes a night market curated by Almighty Lifestyles.
The show is a send-off for Persona La Ave, also known as Dylan Dawkins, who has been making eclectic ambient music in Charleston for several years and is relocating to New York City. Longtime Charleston act 2 Slices will be spinning the turntables for the evening. Tickets are $25-$35 at EventBrite.com. — Chelsea Grinstead
Charleston City Paper editor and publisher Andy Brack is a seasoned drummer in addition to political writer, so it was no surprise he supplied a killer playlist of highenergy, retro tunes for his top five albums playlist. “If I were stranded on a desert island with only one album,” he said, “it would have to be Sandinista! because of its mastery of various and different styles. Alternative: Beethoven’s ‘Ninth Symphony.’ ” Check out his mostly ’80s music playlist below:
Sandinista! by The Clash
Funplex by The B-52s
More Fun in the New World by X
Motherlode by James Brown
Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Of Good Nature brings its soulful sound to town this week for an intimate show at Charleston Pour House on May 20.
The band is a collection of Charlotte musicians founded in 2011 by vocalist/guitarist Cam Brown and trombonist Brandon Hucks. The pair was later joined by drummer David Hamilton Jr., bassist Clifton Bundick and saxophonist Marcus Jones.
“We all met playing with different groups around town and in the local scene,” Brown told the Charleston City Paper.
Having a deep sense of place from which to draw influence has been key to the act’s development.
“We are definitely proud of our hometown and where we come from,” Brown said. “Four out of five members were born in Charlotte, and five out of five members were raised in Charlotte. It has become a new-age big Southern city. Many styles and cultures are mixing and forming, similar to how we write and play.”
Anthony Hamilton, K-Ci & JoJo, Simplified, The Avett Brothers, Luke Combs and Lute are a few acts Brown pointed to that emerged from his neck of the woods.
Although it was time spent on the road that really allowed Of Good Nature to hone its collective skills.
“I think a key occurrence in our development as a band was the moment we committed to a full-time touring schedule back in 2017,” Brown said. “Since then, our synergy has become strong.”
Importantly, this closeness seems to have carried over from the stage into the studio where the group has begun to stretch out freely. Perhaps most interesting are the band’s recent collaborations. These have included cool cuts with Vermont-based
singer-songwriter Mihali Savoulidis of rock band Twiddle as well as with Charleston’s own Little Stranger.
“We’ve been touring the country playing shows and running into John and Kev for about six or seven years now,” Brown said of Little Stranger. “We finally put out a song together called ‘Looking For It’ at the beginning of last year.”
Additionally, Brown hinted that there is another Lowcountry connection that will resurface as part of the Pour House performance.
“Elise Testone is a Charleston legend and a good friend of ours. We initially met on a cruise performing with the band Train. Elise was singing with Robert Randolph, and we all hit it off. She is an absolutely amazing singer and knows her music. We’re so thankful to have her sing on our upcoming record as well as to be able to feature her on some live shows on the tour.”
The admiration is mutual. “When I think of how to describe the band’s sound, the first word that comes to mind is ‘positive,’ ” Testone told the City Paper.
“From the band name to the lyrics,” Testone said, “99% of the time there is a positive message and energy being delivered. Our career paths vary in many ways, but the biggest connection is an intangible feeling of knowing there’s no other choice than music for us.”
“SAY THAT AGAIN?” —echoing that sentiment.
Across
1. Nights before holidays
5. Loos
8. Radio and podcast streaming platform, for short
14. Mediocre
16. What a suspect might enter
17. Guessing game with yes/no answers
19. Put on a patch, maybe
20. Unnatural raspberry color/”flavor”
21. “Tik ___” (Ke$ha hit)
22. “It ___, Captain Vegetable / With my carrot, and my celery” (early 1980s Sesame Street song)
25. Surname of fictional siblings Shiv and Roman
27. Big ceramic pot (or a French-sounding greeting backwards)
29. Way of obscuring messages practiced by Leonardo da Vinci
33. Sunburn-soothing substance
34. “His Master’s Voice” initials
35. “Downton Abbey” title
37. When a second-shift worker might return to the office
42. Asuncion assent
43. Ritter of country music
44. ___ speak (as it were)
45. Ancient chariot-racing venue
49. Present day, for short?
50. Actress Thurman of “Gattaca”
51. 157.5 deg. from N
52. Recede, at the beach
55. Devilish creatures
57. Participial suffix
59. What the first words of the theme answers (including this one) might represent when repeated
65. Let out fishing line
66. Post-accident inquiry
67. Light touch 68. Enter the auction 69. “Girls” creator Dunham
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1. Doc seen for head colds
2. Solemn oath 3. It’s way past April in Paris 4. Nine-digit IDs 5. Fret-free query 6. ___ au vin 7. Ticket leftover
12. Spot near Lake Tahoe
13. To-do list entry
15. Alamogordo’s county
18. “The Time Machine” humanoid
22. Muslim religious leader
23. Grain holders
24. Like some unexpected endings
26. Org. for women since the 1850s
28. Trickster god of African folklore
30. Call sign that dates back to the original Star Wars movie
31. Whitewater rides
32. Some wedding cake figurines
36. “The White ___”
38. Flight awards
39. Chinese e-commerce company that went live in the U.S. in late 2022
40. Studied closely
41. Wine’s bouquet
46. Animals in a 2022 World Cup-adjacent beauty contest
47. Stamp-issuing org.
48. Common graph axes
52. Cabinet dept. concerned with schools
53. ___ fides (credentials)
54. Comedian Bill
56. Clumsy attempt
58. London lockup
60. “Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling ___” (actual 2023 New Zealand comedy show)
61. “All Things Considered” host Shapiro
62. Wish to take back
63. Longtime Mad Magazine cartoonist Martin
64. The Specials genre
