Charleston City Paper 05/19/2023 - 26.42

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The Rundown

Charleston County in maternal health crisis

By Chelsea Grinstead

The United States is in the middle of a maternal health crisis and is the only developing nation with worsening birth outcomes for moms and babies, according to Charleston maternal health care professionals.

South Carolina is no exception.

The 2022 March of Dimes Report Card gave South Carolina an F grade based on indicators such as preterm birth, infant mortality, low-risk cesarean births and inadequate prenatal care, which refers to births before 37 weeks of gestation. A normal pregnancy is 37 to 42 weeks.

“We have to look at caring for moms first,” said Simone Lee, a certified lactation counselor, Lamaze childbirth educator and doula. “Education begins prenatally, and if our moms and our babies aren’t getting the best care and the best outcomes in that perinatal state, then that leads to a domino effect of poor outcomes for children later on.”

Lee is co-founder and director of maternal and fetal outcomes of the Beloved Early Education and Care (BEE) Collective in downtown Charleston. It is a multifaceted nonprofit organization that focuses on maternal health resources, advocacy and education services. It seeks to enact changes to reduce the maternal health crisis, Lee said.

Preterm birth rates on the rise, data show

The March of Dimes report from its Perinatal Data Center indicates South Carolina has a higher infant mortality rate than the U.S. standard, Lee said, and there has been no improvement in the state’s percentage of babies born preterm.

Charleston County has a 11.6% preterm birth rate, which indicates about one in nine babies born in 2021 were preterm, according to the March of Dimes report. The preterm birth rate in South Carolina has steadily climbed since 2014, increasing from 10.8% to 12.1% statewide in 2021. The nationwide preterm birth rate for 2021 is 10.5%.

The report also found the rate of preterm birth in Charleston County is highest for Black infants at 18.3%, which is nearly double the percentage of White infants at 9.3%. South Carolina has a rate of 6.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, which is also above the national average of 5.4 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

South Carolina also has a higher percentage of low-risk cesarean births than the national average, Lee said, with 27% of births designated low-risk cesareans. The majority of low-risk cesareans are often medically unnecessary, she said, and can lead to medical complications.

One of the main issues the BEE Collective confronts is maternal mortality (death) and morbidity (illness/disease), she said.

“We want to be able to make sure that everyone has good outcomes regardless of their background, income and circumstances — that they have the support and are able to understand what leads to good outcomes in pregnancy, labor and delivery,” Lee said.

“We also understand that Black and brown moms are three to four times more likely to die than their White counterparts.

Southbound 17 bridge over Ashley River to close nightly for repairs

The southbound lanes of the U.S. Highway 17 bridge over the Ashley River will continue to be closed for maintenance nightly for about a week. Southbound traffic is being rerouted at night over the James Island Expressway while repairs are ongoing. Work starts nightly at 9 p.m. and ends by 7 a.m., according to the S.C. Department of Transportation. The highway’s northbound lanes are unaffected and remain open.

Officials said southbound motorists leaving downtown Charleston on Spring Street (U.S. Highway 17) will be directed onto Lockwood Boulevard and across the Ashley River on the James Island Expressway. —Staff reports

Stop the violence

“This violence has unfortunately and heartbreakingly become all too commonplace. ... We have the stats, we have the funding, we see the victims and we feel the fear! The solution is a need for more leaders with backbone to do what the people want and that is action!”

—S.C. Rep. Wendell Gilliard, D-S.C., in a May 9 letter to Gov. Henry McMaster asking for a special session to do more to reduce gun violence

GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER

6 killed, 11 others shot in S.C. over past week. Dates: May 10-16

S.C. shooting deaths: Six people died in Horry, Charleston, Richland and Dorchester counties.

S.C. shooting injuries: Eleven others were hurt in Charleston, Spartanburg, Aiken, Florence, Beaufort, Marion and Greenville counties.

Mass shootings: Across the nation, there were 18 mass shootings May 10 to May 16. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 226 mass shootings in the U.S. Source: gunviolencearchive.org

Sources: S.C. official and media reports

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We also understand that Black and brown moms are three to four times more likely to die than their White counterparts. And this isn’t just nationwide, this is something that we see here in this area as well.”

—Simone Lee

Simone Lee (far left) co-founded BEE Collective to offer support, advocacy and education resources to mothers and babies to build family resilience

Get Creative!

Preserving the history of a changing community

By Herb Frazier

College of Charleston (CofC) graduate Riley Conover doubted whether she had the skills to conduct oral histories of longtime residents of the Cainhoy peninsula and Daniel Island where ongoing residential and commercial development is rapidly changing the communities.

The Daniel Island Historical Society (DIHS) picked Conover, then a CofC senior, as its first intern for the Cainhoy Collective Oral History Project. Conover sat with senior community residents in 2022 and listened to their stories about their lives and development in the community that began about a decade before she was born in Wenonah, New Jersey, just south of Philadelphia.

For that reason, Conover was nervous. “I hadn’t done this before, and I was afraid I would not connect with the people,” she said. “But what we have [now] is some amazing stories that generations to come will be able to listen to these people’s life histories.” She spoke to nine residents and compiled more than nine hours of recorded interviews.

A gleeful Conover called her parents

in New Jersey last month when it was announced that the DIHS’s oral history project received an Award of Merit from the Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies (CSCLHS). It was one of two awards the DIHS received. The society also won an Award of Merit for its Historic Cemetery Preservation Project.

“The Daniel Island Historical Society’s efforts to preserve their historic cemeteries ensure that these sacred burial grounds will not be forgotten,” said the CSCLHS awards committee chair J.R. Fennell of the Lexington County Museum.

“The DIHS Cainhoy Oral History Project is a great example of an organization documenting and preserving the history of a changing community. This oral history project will help preserve the memories and stories of a diverse group with very differing experiences.”

When the Mark Clark Expressway opened in 1992 to connect North Charleston with Mount Pleasant, residential and commercial development accelerated in the Daniel Island/Cainhoy

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Richard Porter, one of five members of the Daniel Island Historical Society cemetery committee cleans a headstone at the Old Ruins Cemetery on the Cainhoy peninsula

Wingard

CPD’s Reynolds to enter hospice care

By Andy Brack

Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds, who has been battling cancer for more than a year, announced Wednesday that he was ending treatment and entering hospice care.

“Such decisions are never easy, of course — not for our family, and not for all the other families in our community who have to face them every day,” the chief wrote in an open letter to Charlestonians. “It is our hope that by sharing this news publicly, we can also share with these other families some small measure of the love and support we’ve received over the past two years.

“We want them to know that in these difficult moments, they are not alone, and that our larger Charleston family prays for them as well.”

The news hit people hard across the community.

“Luther Reynolds may well be the finest, bravest man I’ve ever known, and I love him like a brother,” Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg told the City Paper Wednesday afternoon. “I ask our citizens to join me in keeping him and his beautiful family in our hearts and prayers throughout this difficult time.”

Maternal

And this isn’t just nationwide, this is something that we see here in this area as well.”

Inadequate maternal health care

The BEE Collective has encountered worsening outcomes for moms and babies since the Covid-19 pandemic, Lee said.

“One of the things that I would attribute to it is there were a lot of times when moms had to go into hospitals and doctor appointments by themselves,” she said. “So when we restrict individuals from having labor support people or their husbands or partners with them, we have worsening outcomes.”

Lee said the U.S. public health system doesn’t necessarily highlight the importance of how hormones affect labor and delivery. If a woman is not feeling safe in her delivery location, then her stressed body produces increased adrenaline, which is the fight-or-flight hormone. That can cause stress, which can lead to early labor, among other negative outcomes.

“There are a lot of areas where people don’t get the access to maternal care they actually need,” Lee said, “so we have these deserts where people just don’t have [access to] providers [of] quality care.”

Greg Gomes, new police chief in North Charleston, added, “Chief Reynolds is a great leader, humanitarian and an outstanding law enforcement partner. The chief, his wife Caroline, the rest of his family and the Charleston Police Department are in our thoughts and prayers.”

City spokesman Jack O’Toole said the department’s three deputy police chiefs would lead the department “through this immediate period, as they did so ably during the chief’s earlier absence.” Reynolds, who has served as chief of the Charleston Police Department (CPD) since April 2018, was diagnosed with a rare form

BEE Collective resources

BEE Collective is one of South Carolina’s two perinatal safe spots, Lee said, and helps women who are victims of domestic violence and offers mental health resources and supplies such as diapers, wipes, clothing, cribs, breastfeeding supplies and car seats. Call (773) 750-1412.

BEE Collective has several community partners within minority and indigenous communities and provides a training program for organizations who wish to

Another factor measured in the March of Dimes report is the percentage of inadequate prenatal care. According to the March of Dimes report, 18% of pregnant South Carolina women in 2021 did not receive adequate prenatal care, which is defined by the percentage of women who receive less than 50% the appropriate number of visits for the infant’s gestational age or who did not receive care until the fifth month of pregnancy or later.

“We have so many families who aren’t getting adequate prenatal care,” Lee said.

Expanding Medicaid to cover doula and midwifery services could be a key factor in lowering that percentage. Doulas are trained to support the physical and emo-

of cancer in late 2021. In February 2022, he announced his leg had been amputated at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to remove the cancer. In the weeks ahead, he underwent extensive rehabilitation but was soon back on the job.

Reynolds joined the Charleston department after serving about 30 years at the Montgomery County Police Department in Maryland, a racially diverse, suburban county with more than 1 million people. Reynolds, who has a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and a master’s degree in business from Johns Hopkins University, was assistant chief there before moving to Charleston.

In his letter Wednesday, Reynolds thanked residents for allowing him to serve.

“You welcomed me and my family into this remarkable city, and with your support, we have built an even better, even stronger police department. I cannot tell you how proud I am of the men and women of CPD, and how honored I am to have led them.”

Reynolds, recognized as a gentle but firm and empathetic leader, said he was thankful to spend his final days in Charleston, a city he has come to love, surrounded by family and friends.

“It is the last great gift in a life that’s been full of them,” he wrote.

North Charleston police responded April 29 to calls about an empty car running in the middle of the roadway blocking traffic on Evelyn Drive. Upon arrival, police discovered there was no key in the car, but it was still running. They turned off the car, and contacted the owner after finding his business card inside.

Well, if you insist

partner with its initiatives. The nonprofit also offers nutrition resources for pregnant people. Visit beecollective.co to connect.

To access the perinatal safe spot lending library, visit beecollective. myturn.com/library

Pregnant and birthing people are encouraged to utilize the IRTH App to rate their interactions and experiences with local health care providers at irthapp.com .

tional needs of pregnant people before, during and after birth. Doula care reduces chances of infection, low preterm birth rates and postpartum depression, and increases breastfeeding health, newborn health and overall satisfaction with delivery.

“We have to look at ways to make doulas a staple not only nationwide, but specifically here in the Lowcountry region.”

Molina Healthcare of South Carolina and Charleston Community Impact will host a community baby shower for local new or expectant mothers with complimentary diapers, food and wipes from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on May 20 at The Gathering Center, 1520 Remount Road, North Charleston.

A downtown woman on May 4 told Charleston police to “tow my car, put me in your car, but I’m not blowing,” according to police reports, after being asked to undergo a breathalyzer test. Police obliged and arrested her for driving under the influence, a decision which was made much easier after she said, “I was definitely driving under the influence.”

Average school day

A vehicle struck a North Charleston boy riding his bike to school April 28 on South Rhett Avenue heading toward Park Circle. The student picked up his bike and made the rest of the way to school with a torn shirt, but the school nurse checked him out and sent him to class anyway. Sounds about right.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration

by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between April 28 and May 6.

J. Mossman

Charleston Police Chief Luther Reynolds

peninsula area. It is estimated that the population in the once mostly rural community is now more than 15,000 people. The community has a family history with ties to the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Many Black residents in the community are the descendants of people who were enslaved in the area’s plantations.

“I feel incredibly grateful for the opportunity to sit down with residents and capture their life stories,” Conover said in a DIHS press release. “I think stories are one of the most important catalysts for human connection, and through these oral histories we are able to better understand the shared experiences, culture, and history of the Cainhoy residents. After hearing these stories, I think it’d be difficult for anyone not to empathize with the Cainhoy community and desire the preservation of their culture and land.”

Fred Lincoln, a longtime member of the Jack Primus community near Cainhoy, was Conover’s first interview. “We would like to use [the] Keith School in conjunction with Philip Simmons and Cainhoy schools to bring kids in occasionally and go over this history,” said Lincoln, who serves on the board for the Keith School Museum. “We have kids who know nothing about the history of this community, and they are descendants of this community, and I think that [this project] would be a valuable asset.”

Conover also interviewed MaeRe Chandler Skinner and Cain Simmons of Wando, Alice Washington of St. Thomas Island, Dora Howard of Cainhoy, Henry Carson of Huger, Mimi Howe of Daniel Island and Joey Murray of the old village of Cainhoy, and North Charleston resident Keitt Hane, who grew up across the Cooper River from the Cainhoy peninsula.

The interviews are in the process of being transcribed. The transcription and audio will be placed in the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library and possibly other sites.

The Cainhoy Collective oral history project is seeking to interview elders who grew up in the community. To participate, email Lee Ann Bain, DIHS project coordinator, at clunybain@gmail.com. Participants will receive a CD containing the recording and transcript. College of Charleston students Blake Gillian and Lily Porter will conduct the interviews.

Daniel Island cemetery restoration

The DIHS cemetery committee has worked in the Lesesne, Grove and Simmons cemeteries on Daniel Island

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College of Charleston graduate Riley Conover (right) stands with Fred Lincoln, one of the first Cainhoy peninsula residents that she interviewed for the Cainhoy Collective Oral History Project. Conover, who now lives in Hawaii, served as the first intern for the oral history project the Daniel Island Historical Society launched in 2022.

and the Old Ruins Cemetery in Cainhoy. The burial grounds hold the remains of Native Americans, African Americans, European immigrants and veterans of military conflicts beginning with the Revolutionary War.

For nearly a year and half, the committee has repaired and up righted broken tombstones and cleaned markers to restore the dignity to the sites. “Our work was a labor of love,” said Daniel Island resident and committee member Richard Porter.

“I accidently got interested in protecting cemeteries when I saw that Lesesne Cemetery was badly neglected and people were walking over grave stones,” he said. “I felt that was not right, and [I] got involved by changing the path and cleaning headstones.”

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After hearing these stories, I think it’d be difficult for anyone not to empathize with the Cainhoy community and desire the preservation of their culture and land.” —Riley Conover

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EDITOR and PUBLISHER

Andy Brack

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Cris Temples

MANAGING EDITOR

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NEWS

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ne sure-fire way to put a sock in the continuing culture war over abortion is for more women to be elected to the state Senate.

Five women senators — three Republicans, one independent and one Democrat — recently joined with Democrats and three Republican men to thwart a near-total abortion ban backed by two dozen Republican senators and the top-heavy GOP House. Had the five women not stood up to say “don’t tell us what to do with our bodies,” South Carolina would be in a far worse place over the contentious issue of abortion.

Recent actions by Republicans Sandy Senn of Charleston, Katrina Shealy of Lexington and Penny Gustafson of Camden, independent Mia McLeod of Columbia and Democrat Margie Bright Matthews of Walterboro caused the near-total ban to fail in the Senate. And that forced House Republicans to backtrack and accept something akin to a six-week ban passed earlier this year by the Senate. (The state Supreme Court found a similar six-week ban to be an unconstitutional invasion of privacy earlier this year.)

If the General Assembly ends up approving a six-week ban in a special session, advocates for women’s reproductive rights will quickly sue, likely forcing the issue back to the state Supreme Court. In other words, the issue isn’t going away.

But one way to chill future abortion culture battles is to elect more reasonable women to the state Senate, particularly in any of the 24 seats where Republican men with a narrow political agenda didn’t listen to women, preferring to take away their choices on what to do with their bodies.

Here are the Republican men whose seats should be challenged by women candidates in 2024. If four or five can be flipped from right wing anti-choice Republicans to more reasonable Republican, Democratic or independent senators, maybe the continuing culture war over abortion will ebb — because women will buffer nutty debates over the issue.

Male Republican senators who should be uncomfortable about their hard right abortion position include (in alphabetical order): Brian Adams of Goose Creek; Thomas Alexander of Walhalla; Sean Bennett of Summerville; Chip Campsen of Mount Pleasant; Richard Cash of Piedmont; Wes Climer of Rock Hill; Tom Corbin of Greenville; Ronnie Cromer of Prosperity, Mike Gambrell of Anderson; Billy Garrett of Greenwood; Stephen Goldfinch of Murrells Inlet; Larry Grooms of Bonneau; Michael Johnson of Fort Mill; Josh Kimbrell of Spartanburg; Dwight Loftis of Greenville; Shane Martin of Pauline; Shane Massey of Edgefield; Harvey Peeler of Gaffney; Mike Reichenbach of Florence; Rex Rice of Easley; Scott Talley of Spartanburg; Ross Turner of Greenville; Danny Verdin of Laurens; and Tom Young of Aiken.

For anyone keeping a scorecard, the 10 most vulnerable seats among the 24 above may be those held by Adams (District 44); Bennett (38); Campsen (43); Climer (15); Cromer (18); Johnson (16); Kimbrell (11); Reichenbach (31); Talley (12); and Turner (8).

Almost two thirds of South Carolinians believe in reasonable access to abortion. Let’s elect more women to reflect the majority, not the hard-right minority that has hijacked the Republican Party.

Staff: Skyler Baldwin, Herb Frazier, Chelsea Grinstead, Chloe Hogan, Hillary Reaves

Cartoonists: Robert Ariail, Steve Stegelin

Photographer: Rūta Smith

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Perfect time to open International African American Museum

By Andy Brack

Now is the right time for the opening of an international museum dedicated to telling generations of stories stemming from the lives of enslaved Africans brutally brought to what became the United States.

And Charleston, where two of every five of the enslaved disembarked from cruel slaving ships that fueled chattel slavery, is the right place for it to be built.

Those two messages rang loud and clear May 10 when the Riley Institute at Furman University presented its second annual OneSouthCarolina Partners in Progress Award to the International African American Museum (IAAM) in a Columbia ceremony. The museum, fueled by $150 million in donations from individual, corporate, foundation, government and other institutional sources, will have a longawaited opening June 27 after 23 years of hard work.

“This museum is needed now more than ever,” Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said passionately during a panel discussion, adding it would fill in the gaps to tell fuller stories to help explain ongoing disparities in American society caused by increasing denial, conflict and rancor. “I can’t believe the discussions going on in the school boards in our country,” he added, referring to divisive issues from book banning to so-called critical race theory that pull people apart.

“It’s a remarkable treasure for this state and our nation that we’re about to open.”

Not only will it connect White, tan, brown, Black and other Americans to richer looks at the history and culture that shaped the country, but its genealogical center will be a hub for connecting descendants of enslaved Africans to their family pasts. The museum will help to fill voids ignored by history books and allow many Americans to reclaim their family histories.

The museum will help to fill voids ignored by history books and allow many Americans to reclaim their family histories.

The museum, perched on the Cooper River, is combining its current transformative cultural mission with physical reminders through its location as a former slaving wharf.

“The site is powerful. It’s sacred,” Tecklenburg said. “This is one of the best buildings built in the city of Charleston in 353 years.”

Dr. Tonya Matthews, president and CEO of the IAAM, said the museum will be a site of pilgrimage where people can learn about their history. And for many, it will become transformative, personally.

“We’re providing the means for folks to unearth their own stories,” Matthews said during a panel discussion. Later she added, “We bring people here to learn. We are a site of journey and an end point for so many folks.”

And for Charleston and the South, which profited from slavery for generations, the IAAM will have a broader transformative role to spark discussion and better understanding of the past and present.

In a short film by SCETV at the start of the awards session, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the powerful South Carolina Democrat who served as the IAAM’s first board chairman, put the museum’s impact in perspective.

“This museum brings with it value,” he said. “It means that South Carolina is paying homage to the diversity of its citizens and that South Carolina is not running away from its history — that South Carolina is being true in our pursuit for a more perfect union.”

The development of the museum, which stemmed from an initiative by former Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., got a major boost after the devastating, sobering murders of nine worshippers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015.

Current IAAM Chairman Wilbur Johnson reflected: “Out of some tragedies can come some good. That event catalyzed the feeling about what are we doing, what do we need to be going forward. As a result of that event, people began asking us what can we do to help. [They] recognized that the museum could be a central focus in dealing with some of the ills that were revealed with Mother Emanuel.”

The museum will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays starting June 27. Opening day tickets are sold out. More: IAAMuseum.org

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

Local business on the rise, but longtime favorites may struggle

By Skyler Baldwin

The high number of diverse, dynamic local businesses is part of what makes the Holy City such a unique place to live and work, according to Charleston’s Business and Neighborhood Services (BNS) director Meg Thompson.

While there’s a lot to celebrate when it comes to locally owned business in the Lowcountry, rising costs and rampant development have driven more than a handful of area favorites out of business. Red Orchids

China Bistro in West Ashley, a longtime recipient of the Charleston City Paper ’s Best Chinese Restaurant award, announced its closure in early April, followed soon by North Charleston used bookstore Mr. K’s.

“We are always facing forward,” Mr. K’s

co-owner Mary Dabir told the City Paper “It’s definitely sad. It’s always fun having people get to know us. … What we didn’t expect was the response — we actually had two customers come in and break down in tears. That just really breaks your heart. They said, ‘This is my happy place.’ We knew people would be upset, but not to this extent. It’s really heartwarming.”

Red Orchids co-owners Kelly and Tony Chu shared similar sentiments.

“The laughter and joy we’ve shared and the meaningful relationships we have built throughout two decades will be most treasured,” they wrote on Facebook. “It pulls on the heartstrings, but let’s celebrate the closure of this chapter together.”

Mr. K’s owners Mary and Kaveh Dabir will continue managing stores in Greenville, Asheville and Johnson City after their North Charleston location closes (top)

Rising costs only part of the problem

Both Dabir and Kelly Chu cited rising rent as a hurdle in maintaining business in the Lowcountry. Dabir said the store’s rent was set to go up by more than $4,000 per month. But the biggest factor in the closure of Red Orchids was the nearby development planned in the Ashley Landing shopping center. Chu said the building’s landlord did not renew the lease on their previous space, but reserved a new storefront for Red Orchids in the same shopping center.

“We looked at the cost of rebuilding, and it just wasn’t something we were ready for,” Chu said. “The space just didn’t feel right, either. It’s just like buying a house — you should feel like ‘This is my next home,’ and there was just a hesitation there.”

The Chus own another business, Cirsea, an ice cream brand sold in over 40 locations across the Lowcountry. But rising rent is putting pressure there as well, Chu said, as monthly rates are poised to nearly double.

“When we talk about property value, it’s not just about gentrification. It’s about capitalization,” said Ruth Jordan, the city of Charleston’s minority business enterprise manager. “In a lot of cases, people can no longer afford brick and mortars, or we see a lot of people transitioning to food trucks and microbusinesses to cut costs.”

Cycle of business ‘healthy,’ officials say

While it’s hard to see old favorites phase out, Thompson said, new locally owned businesses are popping up in Charleston nearly every day. And a lot of those businesses are bolstering women- and minorityowned business rates, Jordan said.

“About 43% of all these businesses opening, particularly the microbusinesses, are being opened by minority women,” she said. “It’s an opportunity for things we haven’t seen, and I always tell people to explore those opportunities. Out with the old and in with the new.”

The constant cycling of business is part of what makes a healthy and dynamic economic sector, Thompson said.

“As sad as it is to lose these favorites, I’m so excited that there are so many new restaurants coming to the city — more than ever before in my time at the city,” Thompson said. “I’m excited to see these new businesses coming in and filling that void.”

While support is offered, there is little the

city can do about property owners raising rental rates on the space.

“The focus here has been on retaining and supporting our local businesses as much as we possibly can,” she added. “When one closes, another one opens. Now, if we have these doors that have been shuttered for years and years, that may be a sign of something negative, but when you have what we’re seeing here, we don’t see that as a problem.”

But in certain pockets, like the area surrounding Tanger Outlets in North Charleston, locally owned businesses are struggling with astronomical rent hikes stemming from incoming large chains like

Topgolf and luxury hotels springing up across the street.

“We would still be there,” Dabir said. “The rent just kept pushing up and up, and with Topgolf coming in next door … we couldn’t sustain it any more. … The landlords are very nice, they just think the area is being developed so much around Tanger that it justifies the higher price-per-square foot. We want the best for them too, I guess.”

North Charleston officials did not respond to requests for comment.

“North Charleston is only 50 years old, and it has gone through one of the largest transformations in the history of this area,”

Jordan said. “All of the new manufacturing companies there now, and all these extra efforts — it’s just the new, happening place.”

Support is offered, but can fall short

The city’s Business and Neighborhood Services department works to connect local business owners with resources and organizations that can support the business in several ways. It hosts workshops on capital, marketing, contracting, legal basics and more as well as hosts several networking opportunities throughout the year, including the annual Small Business Opportunity Expo where more than 300 businesses connect with new staff, resource partners and other agencies.

On the horizon is the city’s Entrepreneurial Resource Center, which will offer affordable commercial and office space for minority- and womenowned businesses on the peninsula, as well as access to other resources. It’s set to open in spring 2024, Thompson said.

Despite the resources offered, some business owners can still struggle to keep afloat in the ever-expanding and ever-more popular Lowcountry.

“Charleston is just a little bit hard for finding a space,” Dabir said. “It has so many different pockets — it can be a little tricky. We had a hard enough time finding the place we’re in now.”

Chu agreed, saying while she would love to continue operating businesses in Charleston, she is open to other options.

“We aren’t necessarily set in stone here,” she said. “We’d like to stay here because we live here, of course, but we just don’t know. There aren’t a lot of [commercial] places that are available right now.”

Chu

Thompson

Red Orchids via Instagram

Red Orchids China Bistro owners Kelly and Tony Chu embrace in the empty establishment after closing the restaurant, which they opened together in 2002

Large chains, like Topgolf, and luxury hotels in North Charleston have made it difficult for small businesses to compete

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What To Do

SATURDAY

Architectural and conservation walk

More than 1,500 architectural fragments from Drayton Hall now reside within a special collection on-site. Over the years, these objects have been damaged or relocated for various reasons, but still offer important clues that help us understand the history of the site. Embark on a behind-the-scenes walking tour of the conservation lab and fragment storage areas to see how the team works with the architectural fragment collection.

May 20. 10–11:30 a.m. $40/members; $45/nonmembers. Drayton Hall. 3380 Ashley River Road. West Ashley. draytonhall.org

SUNDAY

Annual Chef’s Potluck

This year’s annual Chef’s Potluck, a popular fundraising event for Lowcountry Local First, is set to take place at Holy City Brewing’s marsh-side Porter Room in North Charleston. More than 15 participating local chefs will be paired with local farmers, fishermen and ranchers to bring attendees the freshest local ingredients the Lowcountry has to offer. Tickets are all-inclusive. May 21. 4-7 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Holy City Brewing. 1021 Aragon Ave. North Charleston. holycitybrewing.com

TUESDAY

Paint and Sip: To the Beach

For the Love of Art is asking everyone to join in on a stress-free painting class at Share House downtown that will help guests create a stellar painting featuring an uplifting, sunny beach scene to take home. Guests will get step-by-step instructions through the painting process. Leave the class feeling refreshed, uplifted and maybe with a new found love for art. Share House will also provide beach bites and cold cocktails.

THIS WEEKEND

That BIG Book Sale

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Book lovers and bargain hunters alike, get ready for the Charleston Friends of the Library’s largest fundraiser of the year. Now in its 41st year, the book sale features more than 60,000 available books in all categories with some going for as low as $1. Stack as many books (and some other goodies) as you can carry, and walk out for less than the cost of a movie ticket.

May 18-21. Sale hours vary. Omar Shrine Auditorium. 176 Patriots Point Road. Mount Pleasant. omarshriners.org

May 23. 6-8 p.m. $37/person. Share House. 23 Ann St. Downtown. charlestonpaintparty.com

WEDNESDAY

Giants of the Sky lecture

With a 21-foot wingspan, pelagornis sandersi was the largest bird ever to fly. By chance of fate, the only known skeleton of this species was discovered at the Charleston Airport in 1983. Dr. Daniel Ksepka of the Bruce Museum will present the history of fossil discoveries that shaped our view of pelagornithid birds and ongoing research into their evolution, reproductive biology and flight patterns.

May 24. 6-7 p.m. Free; $10/suggested donation. The Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org

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Library hosts Touch and See

The Cynthia Graham Hurd St. Andrews Library in West Ashley presents Touch and See, a tactile art exhibition for the visually impaired. Expect tactile representations of artworks on display, plus accompanied audio recordings of the artist explaining their inspirations for each piece. The exhibition is on view until May 31. To learn more, visit CCPL.org.

Attend Gullah Gala red carpet, fashion show

A fashion show and party take over Founder’s Hall from 2-6 p.m May 20. The second annual Gullah Gala fashion and music experience offers a red carpet, a fashion show featuring local designers, cash prizes for the most stylish couple, an open bar, live music and more. Purchase tickets for this formal event at eventbrite.com.

The new gallery installation at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art will use augmented and virtual reality to obfuscate what’s real and what’s not. Gallery visitors can wear VR headsets to step into the artist’s metaverse and explore 18 themed “wonder-rooms,” like the one above, the “Video Game Cabinet Castle.”

Absurdist art explores internet culture

By Chloe Hogan

New York City-based artist and educator Carla Gannis brings a physical manifestation of her ongoing virtual project to the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. This exhibition, called wwwunderkammer, can be explored through social virtual reality (VR), a simulated 3D world also called a metaverse. Visitors at the Halsey can experience Gannis’ metaverse using VR headsets in the gallery space and participate as their own avatars. Alongside the digital work, Gannis will show physical sculptures, videos and what she called “augmented reality experiences,” where static objects in the gallery come to life through animations.

Gannis combines historical art references with internet semiotics in this maximalist exhibition which asks viewers to engage with questions about the effects of the internet on culture and society.

“We’re all carrying iPhones around all the time, looking at these while we’re talking to and engaging with people in physical reality,”

Gannis said. “We are increasingly living in a mixed reality kind of world, and that’s something I’m speaking to in this installation, having physical experiences that are metaphors for this virtual space.”

The exhibit title is a reference to art objects called wunderkammers, also known as cabinets of curiosities or wonder-rooms, a tradition which emerged in mid-16th century Europe. In her exhibition, Gannis said, she uses the wunderkammer as a metaphor for the museum.

“Wunderkammers were these collections of artifacts by people who were traveling the world and finding objects that represented science, mythology, speculations on what the world means,” Gannis said.

The wwwunderkammer project consists of 18 different “chambers” which focus on specific aspects of our contemporary life such as increasing threats to our environment, how technologies alter our perception of ourselves and how our language has shifted with the advent of the internet. One

room, for example, is filled with 3D virtual models of endangered species.

“There is a room about decolonization and global pluralism, another is a cabinet for humor as salvation during times of stress,” she said. “Another cabinet speaks to women in comedy, and I have femaleidentified comedians from all around the world in there.

Engage with female artists at Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet opened a new exhibition May 13 titled American Women Artists: Pushing Forward Reaching Back. This juried show features more than 100 paintings and sculptures by members of the nonprofit American Women Artists and will be on view until July 23. Visit brookgreen.org to learn more.

Paint, write poems at Emeline

The artist-in-residency program at the Emeline hotel hosts a “paint, poem and sip” workshop from 1-4 p.m. May 21 with current resident artist, painter and poet Jenan McClain. This workshop is tailored to artists of all skill levels. Tickets are $75 per person and include supplies plus your choice of wine. Visit hotelemeline. com to register. — Chloe Hogan

New Book by Jim Mize

The Jon Boat Years, by Jim Mize. $21.99, USC Press, 2023. These humorous stories from a master South Carolina writer of the outdoors features tales of boats, friends, dogs and a fly rod. Pick it up to learn how one man spends time well. —Andy Brack

Video Game Cabinet Castle by Carla Gannis Courtesy of Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art

Library by Carla Gannis

Gannis’ work considers the complications between real life and virtual reality, and the internet’s impact on contemporary culture

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PICCOLO PICKS

Outdoor Art Exhibition

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Baroque

Lowcountry Voices presents Black Broadway

And more!

Black Mermaids exhibit offers works to combat ‘Disney cutesieness’

Seed & Feed

Marching

Abominable brings tradition, family fun to Charleston

Gatsby Orchestra celebrates 100 years of ‘The Charleston’

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CHAMPIONING OUR CREATIVE.

We’re proud to support those who dream of a brighter tomorrow through the performing arts.

We’re proud to support those who dream of a brighter tomorrow through the performing arts.

who dream of a brighter tomorrow through the performing arts.

Welcome!

I invite you to join us in celebrating 45 years of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston’s annual celebration of our local arts community. Produced by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, Piccolo Spoleto is the longstanding complement to the world renowned Spoleto Festival USA. Each season, the festival brings together a varied line-up of exhibitions, performances, educational programs and culturally inspired fun that encourages us all to come together and experience something truly exceptional.

Piccolo Spoleto strives to offer something for everyone over the course of 17 days and nights, bringing the arts to life in our galleries and theatres, historic houses of worship, public plazas, courtyards and gardens, and, of course, the City’s beloved and beautiful parks. It is a Charleston tradition that endures and grows richer with each new season.

As we mark this milestone year, we are excited by many of our festival traditions, from our curtain raising Sunset Serenade concert with the Charleston Symphony at the US Custom House, to the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition at Marion Square. Equally, we welcome new offerings like our Piccolo on King block party and an ever-expanding roster of pop-up events and exhibitions. Piccolo Spoleto exists in a constant state of reinvention, and each season is a reflection of both grand aspirations and small gestures. I hope you will relish everything the festival has to offer.

The arts have demonstrated remarkable resolve and resilience in recent years, and we salute Charleston’s artists and audiences alike for their commitment to cultural vibrancy. Piccolo Spoleto is a direct reflection of the

dedication and generosity of artists and arts enthusiasts throughout our community, and I want to acknowledge all of the outstanding artists and appreciative audience members who will make the 2023 Piccolo Spoleto Festival an resounding success. I also want to thank the staff of the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs and the team of dedicated community volunteers and arts leaders who bring Piccolo Spoleto to life. Enjoy every minute of our long-playing Piccolo Spoleto Festival as it continues to spin 45 years on, proudly ablare with unbridled creativity, artistic excellence and an infectious groove. It is always such an amazing time of the year in Charleston as music, joy and laughter spill out beyond our concert halls and auditoriums, transforming our city with artistry, whimsy and fun. Please be sure to join us, and bring along your family, friends and neighbors. I look forward to seeing you all at Piccolo Spoleto.

John J. Tecklenburg Mayor

Festival Staff About the Festival

The Piccolo Spoleto Festival annually presents a varied program that includes visual arts exhibitions, performances of classical music, jazz, dance, theater and choral music, as well as cultural events and community celebrations, poetry readings, children’s activities, craft shows and film screenings.

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In addition to the Festival’s visual arts, artisan crafts exhibitions and public art installations, performances are being planned for outdoor settings in Charleston’s parks. Events are scheduled for the City’s larger parks in formats that accommodate social distancing and smaller neighborhood pop-up events will be announced the week of the event to ensure that the weather will accommodate the performance.

Piccolo Spoleto was launched in 1979 by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, which continues to work closely with an engaged group of volunteers from the Charleston arts community. The working group of arts professionals who serve as volunteer program coordinators for the festival now numbers nearly 40 with each specializing in a particular discipline, genre or period.

Applications for the 2024 Piccolo Spoleto Festival will be available online in the autumn at PiccoloSpoleto.com

For more information, call the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs at (843) 724-7305 or email CulturalAffairs@charleston-sc.gov.

Kevin Shealy District 2

Jason Sakran District 3

Robert Mitchell District 4

William Dudley Gregorie District 6

Perry K. Waring District 7

Michael S. Seekings District 8

OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Scott Watson Director

Mindy Manziano Associate Producer of Piccolo Spoleto Festival

Harrison Chapman Farmers Market Manager

Basil Punsalan Outreach and Event Coordinator

Anne Quattlebaum City Gallery Manager

Virginia Clyburn Event Planner

Stephen Bowden District 10

Ross A. Appel District 11

Caroline Parker District 12

Katie LaPorte Cultural Projects Coordinator

Ray Swagerty Production Manager Rachel D. Workman Finance Manager

Piccolo Spoleto Festival is produced and directed by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs

Festival Sponsors

Piccolo Spoleto salutes its recent sponsors

Piccolo Spoleto celebrates local talent, area acts

By Chloe Hogan

While the annual Spoleto Festival USA brings artists of international acclaim to the Lowcountry for 17 days, the city of Charleston’s companion Piccolo Spoleto Festival is vital to the arts in its own special way: It highlights outstanding local and regional artists with a diverse lineup of music, theater, dance, literary and visual arts. Director Scott Watson describes Piccolo Spoleto as a gathering where Charlestonians, along with their friends and neighbors, go out and support artists who are also friends and neighbors. He said this year, the 45th year of Piccolo Spoleto, will “proudly celebrate what’s made us special through those past decades and

also bring in some new twists.”

Cornerstone programs like the Sundown Poetry series and the Charleston author series at Blue Bicycle Books will be accompanied by new programs, such as a onenight-only Gap Gallery show at Redux, an exhibition centered on Black mermaids and so much more.

There’s also a wide range of music, dance and theater performances with acclaimed professionals and emerging artists, including K-12 students and art majors at the College of Charleston. Add in community-based events like outdoor concerts and marching band parades and even a sandcastle building contest. Result: There is truly something for everyone at this year’s Piccolo Spoleto, May 26 to June 11.

Visual art events to enjoy all festival long

For the duration of the festival, Marion Square is transformed into an outdoor art market. More than 50 Charleston area artists will be on hand to sell work, answer questions and engage with the public under tents filled with paintings, photography, drawings and more.

The Outdoor Art Exhibition at Marion Square is on view daily during the festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday throughFriday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday. Admission is free. Just around the corner at Wragg Square is the Piccolo Spoleto Craft Show

Expect high-quality original works created in a variety of craft media.

To see the work of talented young artists in grades four to 12, visit Upper Lance Hall at the Circular Congregational Church on Meeting Street. The Art of Discovery

exhibit will present student artwork that speaks to themes of mental health, selfdiscovery and the search for meaning. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free.

At the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, nationally recognized textile artist Torreah “Cookie” Washington of Charleston has curated an exhibition titled Celebrating Black Mermaids: From Africa to America. The work of dozens of esteemed fiber artists from across the United States will be on view May 26 to July 9 with an opening reception 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 27. Watson said this show will explore a “fascinating cultural tradition expressed by contemporary textile artists.”

Usually, the City Gallery hosts the Piccolo Spoleto Juried Show during the festival. This year was scheduled a bit differently, however, with the juried show closing on May 7. The works selected by juror Harriett Green for first, second and third places will be on view for the duration of the festival at the Cannon Street Arts Center. Those winning works are by artists Chris Bilton, based in Eutawville, South Carolina, Hirona Matsuda, a Charleston-based assemblage artist and Janet Swigler, a fiber artist from Columbia.

One night only: Gap Gallery and Redux

The pop-up Gap Gallery, led by Charleston-based artist and organizer Marie Carladous, will present an exhibition in partnership with the City Gallery and Redux Contemporary Art Center 5 p.m. to

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Works selected for the top places in the Piccolo Spoleto Juried Show will be on view at the Cannon Street Arts Center

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Artistic Director Yuriy Bekker will lead the Charleston Symphony for the Sunset Serenade

8 p.m. May 26. The one-night-only event at Redux offers an opportunity for emerging artists to showcase their work while connecting with the vibrant visual arts community in Charleston.

“There seems to be a dynamic of artists who value the opportunity to have their work shown together but aren’t necessarily looking for a white cube gallery experience,” Watson said, adding that this event might attract a different crowd than, say, the outdoor art market at Marion Square. “And that’s something we’re trying to do, engage different audiences.”

Theater offerings around town

The Threshold Repertory Theatre will host five productions during Piccolo:

• A Yank in Scotland, the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery

• Cognac and Roses,  A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe, a program where Poe’s best and most loved works are told by six master storytellers

• The Book of Will, a play about Shakespeare and his friends

• Booger Red, a one-man show written and performed by Jim Loucks

• UnShakeable, an uplifting story of two actors with memory loss, presented in collaboration with the Charleston Opera Theater and the Charleston Symphony

Theater 99 hosts the “Piccolo Fringe Festival” and offers three chances to see its founding improv group The Have Nots plus three shows of Charleston’s original all-female improv comedy group Mary Kay Has a Posse. There’s also a one-woman show called TOUCHED by Jet Eveleth from Animals (HBO) and  AP Bio (Peacock).

Concerts galore

And it wouldn’t be Piccolo Spoleto without music! Kicking off the festivities at 8 p.m. May 26 is the Sunset Serenade with Charleston Symphony, Piccolo Spoleto’s annual curtain raiser at the landmark U.S. Custom House. This free outdoor concert features the Charleston Symphony under the direction of Artistic Director Yuriy Bekker, plus local jazz musician Alva Anderson as a guest artist.

Piccolo is partnering with Lowcountry Voices to present at 5 p.m. May 27 the “Black Broadway” program at Charleston Music Hall. Lowcountry Voices is widely admired for its concerts of AfricanAmerican spirituals and gospel music. Under the direction of Nathan L. Nelson, the musical revue will include music from Porgy and Bess, The Color Purple, The Wiz,

The Lion King and more.

The Young Artists Series highlights the talents of the musical performance majors at the College of Charleston. Watson said the program emulates a balance of great local talent alongside visiting experts. Every evening during the festival, the Hill Gallery at Cato Center for the Arts will be filled with music ranging from classical to jazz. A recital by the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra at the Charleston Music Hall will showcase nearly 100 musicians aged 9 to 18 from more than 20 schools throughout the Lowcountry. The program engages and inspires young musicians in a collaborative environment through mentorship from Charleston Symphony musicians. It’s free to attend the recital at 11 a.m. May 29.

Memorial Day celebrations

In celebration of Memorial Day, there are two chances to parade with the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable, a street band from Atlanta — the late night “pajama march” from 10:30 p.m. to midnight May 27 and the “patriotic parade” 11 a.m. to noon May 28.

On May 29, Hampton Park hosts the patriotic tradition of the festival’s Memorial Day Concert. This year features the combined Charleston Concert Band and Columbia Community Band in a concert ranging from rousing marches to Broadway show tunes, concluding with a stirring musical tribute to the armed forces. It kicks off at 3 p.m., and it’s recommended to bring chairs or blankets to enjoy the concert in the park.

Don’t miss out on this plethora of opportunities to celebrate what makes Charleston’s artistic community special. For events during the second half of the festival, check out our second special Piccolo Spoleto issue on June 2.

To see the full Piccolo schedule, visit PiccoloSpoleto.com.

September 17 at 3PM

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH FRIENDS SOTTILE THEATRE

September 24 at 3PM

OVATION CONCERT SERIES DOCK STREET THEATRE

October 22 at 2 AND 4pm

SALON SERIES

SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY HALL

November 5 at 3PM

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH FRIENDS SOTTILE THEATRE

January 14 at 3PM

OVATION CONCERT SERIES DOCK STREET THEATRE

February 18 at 2 AND 4pm

SALON SERIES

SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY HALL

March 10 at 3PM

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH FRIENDS

SOTTILE THEATRE

March 24 at 3PM

OVATION CONCERT SERIES

DOCK STREET THEATRE

April 7 at 2 and 4pm

SALON SERIES

SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY HALL

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The Memorial Day Concert in Hampton Park is a festival tradition

Seed & Feed Marching Abominable brings tradition, family fun to Charleston

By Timia Cobb

Some things are predictable when Seed & Feed comes to town. What started as a surprise performance during the ’90s turned into more than a decade-old tradition of Atlanta’s Seed & Feed Marching Abominable performing at Piccolo Spoleto. The marching band comes prepared every year with uplifting live music and quirky-bright costumes, bringing cheer and fun to the festival.

“You’re always gonna see tutus. You’re always gonna see glitter. You’re always gonna see some hats or false eyelashes and lots, lots of shiny stuff,” Seed & Feed Band manager Joann Cebulski said.

These are the main ingredients Cebulski, who’s from Conyers, Georgia, described as the “visual extravaganza” awaiting three separate Piccolo Spoleto audiences this year. Seed & Feed will bring celebratory fun to the festival with more than 100 members in attendance. Its goal is to leave the audience with a sense of community by sticking to its mission: spreading joy through shock, awe and wonder.

The Seed & Feed Abominable will start

Piccolo Spoleto’s first weekend by playing in the Farmers Market parade at 11 a.m. on May 27, followed later that day with the Midnight Pajama March at the U.S. Customs House. The band will wrap up on Sunday at the Patriotic Concert.

What you’ll hear

The band’s music selection committee chooses a yearly roster of 40 to 50 songs to play throughout the season before its final gig that culminates at Piccolo Spoleto.

Drum major Karen Parker said the crowd should expect to hear anything from 1960s

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We have a saying, ‘Once an Abominable, always an Abominable,’ and it’s true.” —Karen Parker

and 1970s tunes to swing to rock to P!nk and the Black Eyed Peas.

“It’s my favorite gig for the whole season,” Parker said of Piccolo. “I’ve led the band once for the pajama march, and I’m very excited.”

Parker is also the band’s co-czar for Piccolo Spoleto along with her husband, Darrell Webb. Both have been Seed & Feed members for more than a decade and live in Lawrenceville, Georgia. As co-czars, they help organize and get the band to the festival.

Family and inclusivity are essential parts of Seed & Feed’s framework. With members ranging in age from 14 to their mid-80s, the band accepts all talents, regardless of age and even location.

“We have a saying, ‘Once an Abominable, always an Abominable,’ and it’s true,” Parker said. “We usually have some out-oftown members join us for this. It’s the end of our season, so it’s a big celebration for us.”

Last year was the first year of performing at Piccolo Spoleto for Atlanta residents

Meghan McCloskey and her daughter

Marissa Rainey. At 14, Rainey is the youngest musician in the band. Alongside the musicians, crowds will also see the band’s nonmusician traffic cops, called the Despicables, who also help keep the peace and make sure the band stays together in crowds. McCloskey acts as a Despicable alongside Cebulski, who is the band’s Queen Despicable.

“It’s just pure fun,” McCloskey said. “When I’m driving home from a gig with my daughter, and we’re both just kind of in that warmth of having a great time, and it is something that I get to do with my child, I just really can’t beat that feeling.”

For Rainey, Seed & Feed has become an outlet where she can express herself musically, and she says performing at events like Piccolo Spoleto makes her feel seen as a young musician.

“It’s really great to be out somewhere and

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have people telling you how special you are because you’re able to provide that joy for music,” Rainey said.

Whether they are dressed in tacky tourist costumes for the Family Day parade or red, white and blue for the patriotic concert, the Seed & Feed musicians say they are looking forward to putting smiles on Piccolo Spoleto listeners’ faces.

“There’s nothing like coming up those stairs and running out onto that big plaza and seeing all the people sitting on the steps waiting for you,” Parker said. “It’s a great thrill.”

Cobb is a graduate student in the Goldring Arts Journalism and Communications Program at Syracuse University.

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MAY 27, 31, JUNE 3 & 10 AT 2pm

Charleston’s longest running musical production featuring gospel, Gershwin, jazz, Civil War songs and light classics.

SUNDAY, MAY 28 AT 2pm

“Gershwin & Jazz” with Mayor John Tecklenburg, “Porgy and Bess” stars Diamond Tyler and Ramelle Brooks, and “Rhapsody in Blue”

SUNDAY, JUNE 4 AT 4pm

“Oh Happy Day” Gospel Music featuring the Bright Family Singers & Ensemble

with special guest, Ann Caldwell

Photos by Caleb Barrett

The Seed & Feed Marching Abominable members will wear ... well, anything

The Festival by Genre

Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival is back

with a broad range of performances — from free outdoor concerts, familyfriendly fun and exhibitions to ticketed events to whet your cultural whistle in theater, music and more. Get out during the 17-day festival to experience the Holy City’s creative community.

The calendar profiled in this publication focuses on the first half of the festival. To learn more and find tickets for some shows, visit PiccoloSpoleto.com

FESTIVAL TRADITIONS

Sunset Serenade with Charleston Symphony

Piccolo Spoleto’s annual curtain-raiser is a free, outdoor concert that features the Charleston Symphony under the direction of Artistic Director Yuriy Bekker.

UPDATED: 8 p.m., May 26. Charleston Music Hall. 37 John St. Free.

Seed & Feed Marching Abominable

Atlanta’s wildest community band offers explosive sound at this annual festive concert.

11 a.m., May 27. Marion Square, King and Calhoun streets. Free.

Gullah/Geechee: Connecting with the Diaspora

The Gullah Geechee Angel Network presents this event that highlights artists, art and history connecting with the diaspora by way of Brazil. Honor, celebrate and sustain Gullah Geechee culture with education, food, dance, music and more. Noon to 4 p.m., May 27. Cannon Street Arts Center, 134 Cannon St. Free.

Midnight Pajama March with the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable

You’ll have more fun than you can imagine when watching this colorful and wild marching band from Atlanta. The allvolunteer group electrifies crowds. Free.

10:30 p.m. to midnight, May 27. U.S. Custom House, 200 East Bay St. Free.

Patriotic Parade with the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable

Daytime merriment, colorful street theater and explosive sound from this eclectic band.

11 a.m., May 28. U.S. Custom House, 200 East Bay St. Free.

Memorial Day Concert

This annual patriotic tradition features the combined Charleston Concert Band and Columbia Community Band in a concert ranging from rousing marches to Broadway show tunes. It concludes with

Note Schedule is subject to change, with additions and tweaks expected in the coming weeks. Be sure to check back with the Charleston City Paper and the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs for the latest up-to-date information. This advance calendar listing focuses on the events in the first half of Piccolo Spoleto. Additional offerings will be highlighted in the second Piccolo Spoleto program guide to be published on June 2. The most up-to-date calendar information can always be found on piccolospoleto.com piccolospoleto.com

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a stirring musical tribute to each of the nation’s armed forces.

3 p.m., May 29. Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Blvd. Free.

Piccolo on King block party

Music by Ziggymoto, street dining and food trucks, vendors, and family fun.

6 p.m. to 9 p.m., June 1. Free.

MUSIC

All shows are ticketed. (T) Visit: PiccoloSpoleto.com.

Lowcountry Voices presents Black Broadway

Lowcountry Voices present a musical revue.

5 p.m. May 27, Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St. Free.

Early Music Series

A major part of Piccolo Spoleto since 1986, the Early Music Series by Chatham Baroque this year moves to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 89 Hasell St., Charleston. Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart are the composers that will be featured in an intimate setting with stunning acoustics.

All concerts start at 3 p.m. and last an hour. (T)

May 28: Mediterranean Magic

May 29: Handel’s Gloria

May 30: Vivaldi’s Venice

May 31: Dances and Ayres from the British Isles

June 1: The Joy of Bach

June 2: The Art of the Trio

• Learn about June 4-9 shows at PiccoloSpoleto.com

Charleston Men’s Chorus

Celebrate those who sacrificed for the nation in this Memorial Day concert. Noon, May 29. St. Phillip’s Church, 142 Church St. (T)

Charleston Musical Heritage Series

The Sound of Charleston, featuring music of Charleston’s history, from gospel to Gershwin, is a festival favorite that this year offers more than ever. All shows at Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. (T)

The Sound of Charleston: 2 p.m., May 27; 2 p.m., May 31, June 3 and June 10.

Gershwin and Jazz with an All-Star Cast: 2 p.m., May 28.

Oh Happy Day Gospel Music: 4 p.m., June 4.

New South Festival Singers

Formerly the William Baker Festival Singers, the group has performed at Piccolo Spoleto since 1989, bringing exciting a cappella classics and spirituals. 3 p.m., May 29. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St.

Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars

Now in its 15th year, Palmetto State Arts Education will host its Rising Stars Series, which will showcase six young actors, dancers, musicians, writers or visual artists in each of six programs. All shows in the parish hall of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church Auditorium, 1 Vanderhorst St. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., May 29. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., June 3. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., June 10.

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Sunset Serenade with Charleston Symphony is a popular opening concert

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The L’Organo series celebrates Charleston’s organs

Young Artists’ Series at the College of Charleston

Accomplished music students and alumni perform at Hill Gallery at Cato Center for the Arts, 161 Calhoun St.

All concerts are at noon. (T)

May 29: Isn’t It Romantic

May 30: Go for Baroque

May 31: CofC Jazz

June 1: Music of the Romantics

June 2: A Day with the Romantics

• Learn more at PiccoloSpoleto.com

Chamber Music Charleston

The group will celebrate women composers who were writing glorious music during the Baroque and early Classical eras. The show will feature music of Ana Bon, the Margrave of Brandenburg and his wife; and Anne Amalia.

6 p.m., May 31. S.C. Society Hall, 72 Meeting St.

L’ORGANO

Musicians will explore the range of pipe organs in nine churches throughout the Holy City in Piccolo Spoleto’s annual L’Organo performances. Learn more about the music and locations online at PiccoloSpoleto.com.

Free, but contributions welcome.

10 a.m., May 29: Raphael Vogl. Grace

Church Cathedral, 98 Wentworth St.

10 a.m., May 30: Ryan Chan. St.

Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 405 King St.

10 a.m., May 31: Patrick Pope. Grace

Church Cathedral, 98 Wentworth St.

10 a.m., June 1: Valentiona Huang.

Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, 126 Coming St.

10 a.m., June 2: Jared Lamenzo. French

Huguenot Church, 136 Church St.

3 p.m., June 3: Mayor John

Tecklenburg and Wesley Hall, Emanuel AME Church, 110 Calhoun St.

• View other shows online at PiccoloSpoleto.com

VISUAL ARTS

Art of Discovery: Young Artists

This exhibition showcases artists in grades 4 to 12.

May 26 to June 11. Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting St. Free.

Piccolo Picks

Piccolo Spoleto 2023 is back, stronger than ever. This year’s annual event — the 45th so far — again will offer scores of fun, innovative programs and art experiences, according to Scott Watson, director of the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.

The 17-day long arts party and companion to Spoleto Festival USA connects friends and neighbors to artists and friends across the Lowcountry. It’s all about “what’s made us special through those past decades and also brings in some new twists.” While this year’s festival will again feature several last-minute neighborhood “pop-up events,” here are five things you can count on to make memories that will last for years:

Lowcountry Voices presents Black Broadway

Free. 5 p.m. May 27, Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St.

Widely admired for concerts of African American spirituals and gospel music, Lowcountry Voices has turned its attention this year to another musical genre — Broadway. Since the mid-19th century, Broadway has increasingly felt the influence of Black music, composers and actors. Plays like Porgy and Bess , The Color Purple, The Wiz and The Lion King have become Broadway standards. Lowcountry Voices will present Black Broadway, a musical revue, under the direction of Nathan L. Nelson.

Early Music Series with Chatham Baroque

$25.00. 3 p.m. May 28-31, June 1, 2, 4-9. All concerts at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 89 Hassell St. Compositions by Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart will be featured in 12 concerts, with Chatham Baroque headlining the first six. The stunning acoustics and intimate setting of Old St. Mary ‘s make these hour-long concerts memorable. Tickets are available at CityPaperTickets.com.

Memorial Day Concert at Hampton Park

Free. 3 p.m., May 29, Hampton Park. This annual patriotic tradition features the combined Charleston Concert Band and Columbia Community Band in a concert ranging from rousing marches to Broadway show tunes. It concludes with a stirring musical tribute to each of the nation’s armed forces. Come salute our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who gave their lives to protect our freedom. Bring a chair or blanket to this free event.

45th Annual Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Free. Marion Square.

Marion Square is transformed into a beautiful open-air market as 60 of the finest and most creative local artists exhibit and sell their work. You can view original oils, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, encaustics, photography and more.

May 26–June 10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday-Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday.

Piccolo Spoleto Craft Show

Free. Wragg Square, 342 Meeting St.

The annual craft show will take place over two weekends. Baskets, centerpieces, jewelry, clothing and more will be on display and for sale from some of the most innovative and creative craft artists in and around Charleston. You’ll find the perfect treat for yourself or a special gift for a friend or loved one in this diverse, exciting craft display.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 26 and May 27; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 28. On the second weekend, the show will have similar times.

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The Festival by Genre

Gap Gallery Pop-Up at Redux

In partnership with the City Gallery and Redux Studios, this one-night pop-up event offers an opportunity for emerging artists to show their work.

5 p.m. to 8 p.m., May 26. Redux Contemporary Art Center, 1056 King St. Free.

Celebrating Black Mermaids: From Africa to America

Dozens of esteemed and award-winning fiber artists celebrate African goddesses as mermaid and water spirit in mixedmedia work.

May 26 to July 9. City Gallery, 34 Prioleau St. Free.

PICCOLO FRINGE

Tickets online at PiccoloSpoleto.com. All shows at 280 Meeting St.

The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company offers powerful improvisational comedy in Charleston’s longest running show. Shows on May 27, June 3 and June 10 at 8 p.m.

OTHER THEATRE 99 SHOWS

Take the Funny and Run

May 26, June 2, June 9. All shows at 8 p.m.

Mary Kay Has a Posse

7:30 p.m., June 1 and June 7; and 6 p.m., June 3.

Clean Improv Comedy Show

6 p.m., May 27.

Laughway to the Weekend

8 p.m, May 31.

THEATER

Tickets online at PiccoloSpoleto.com.

A Yank in Scotland

One man’s story of loss (including a wallet) and discovery in the Highlands of Scotland.

4 p.m., May 27 and June 9. 3 p.m., June 3; 7 p.m. June 6. Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84½ Society St.

Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe

Some of Poe’s best and most loved works by six storytellers.

4 p.m., May 28. 7 p.m., May 28 and May 31. More shows June 3, 6 and 9. Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84½ Society St.

The Book of Will

This is a lively, funny and poignant love letter to theater and the words that fill it.

7 p.m. May 30 and June 1. More shows June 4, 5 and 7. Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84½ Society St.

Stelle di Domani at the College of Charleston

Stelle Di Domani is a broad, lively series by students, faculty and alumni of the College of Charleston of Charleston’s award-winning Department of Theatre and Dance.

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

6 p.m., May 26; 3 p.m., May 27; 6 p.m., May 28 and 29. College of Charleston’s Chapel Theatre, 172 Calhoun St.

V3: A Dance Installation

5:30 p.m., June 1; 11:30 a.m., June 2;

6:30 p.m., June 8. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 161 Calhoun St.

Staged Readings

4 p.m. daily starting May 30 through June 10, Calhoun St. Annex, 172 Calhoun St.

• View other shows online at PiccoloSpoleto.com

Booger Red

A one-man show written and performed by Jim Loucks.

7 p.m., June 2. Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84½ Society St.

• View later performances at PiccoloSpoleto.com.

DANCE

All shows are ticketed. (T) Visit: PiccoloSpoleto.com.

Annex Dance Company

Enjoy a world premiere of the company’s dance film created in April. It explores the push and pull of relationships in a series of vignettes.

6 p.m., May 31. Terrace Theatre, 1956D Maybank Highway.

Annex Dance Company will premiere a dance film at Piccolo Spoleto

CUR8 Charleston

Artists from across the state perform to a variety of music, from hip-hop to tap. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., June 3. West Ashley Theatre Center, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd.

LITERARY AND IDEAS

Sundown Poetry Series

Piccolo Spoleto’s annual Sundown Poetry Series features acclaimed poets who read from their work in Washington Square (Meeting Street and Broad Street). Bring your lawn chairs to this free event. Free. Wilie Lee Kinard III: May 30

Marlanda Dekine: May 31

Eugene Platt: June 1

Angelo Geter: June 2.

• View later performances at PiccoloSpoleto.com.

Piccolo Fiction

This event devoted to fiction offers local and S.C. authors reading short stories. Authors include Brittany Butler, Gervais Hagerty, Y-Danalr Niehrah and Sara Peck. 5 p.m. June 3, Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St.

Piccolo Spoleto, the official outreach arm of Spoleto Festival USA, was founded by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs in 1979. The 2023 Piccolo Spoleto Festival is funded in part by grants from the City of Charleston, and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Patrons with accessibility concerns should call or email the Office of Cultural Affairs at (843) 7247305 or email CulturalAffairs@charleston-sc.gov. The Office of Cultural Affairs is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ©2023 City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs.

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Visual Arts

Black Mermaids exhibition offers 120 works to combat ‘Disney cutesieness’

By Natalie Rieth

Torreah “Cookie” Washington of Charleston deliberately set the opening of her latest fine art curation as a bit of clever counterprogramming.

The weekend of May 26 marks the opening of Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid but also — as a corrective to what she described as Disney’s “cutesiness” — it’s the opening of Celebrating Black Mermaids: From Africa to America, an exhibition of more than 120 mixed-media works.

As a celebrator of Black mermaid mythology and a mother and grandmother to girls, Washington says she isn’t fond of the fairy tale’s overarching message.

creature depiction of African water spirits combined with the European depiction of the half-human, half-fish we know today. Celebrating Black Mermaids delves into these millenia-old beliefs, which are passed on through oral traditions, and honors the significance of Black mermaids historically as well as in the belief systems of those forcibly removed from Africa.

“We have seen a large array of what European cultures deem is what a mermaid is, but all cultures have some form of water deity, and from those water deities, mermaids exist,” said Ohio artist Tony Williams. “It’s important that all those cultures be celebrated. It's important to see the representation of oneself.”

Washington

“Black mermaids are regarded as goddesses, and I don’t think any of them would give up being a goddess to get out of the water and marry a prince,” Washington said. “I’m hoping that African American little girls come away from the show with a sense of pride, rather than wanting to be Ariel.”

Ranging from photography to fiber art, the Celebrating Black Mermaids exhibit enlivens stories of African goddesses as mermaids and water spirits. On view at City Gallery at Waterfront Park until July 9, the exhibit will have its opening reception from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 27 at the gallery, preceding an ancestor blessing by Ashanti Kingdom High Chief Nathaniel B. Styles Jr. earlier in the day.

40 centuries of worship

Mermaid and water spirits have been worshiped for more than 4,000 years, predating the worship of Jesus Christ, Washington said. Over time, the half-human, half-

Williams, internationally recognized for his indigo works, made three pieces for Washington’s show: “Mermaid Warrior,” a life-size quilt with cowry shell and iridescent fabric detailing; “Yemaya Black Mermaids,” a painting on dyed pulp paper; and “Olokun,” an articulated paper work that captures the swimming motion of the African deity. His work explores indigo, batik and African kola nut dying practices, all rooted in his own ancestral studies.

Michigan fiber artist Toya Thomas’s featured quilt, “Better Than Bondage,” conceptualizes a scene from the movie Amistad of a mother throwing herself and her child overboard. Having experienced the pains of enslavement overseas, many forcibly removed Africans chose to end their lives to escape, she said. Thomas’s quilt retells this story by adding a mermaid who receives them and carries them to a better place.

As a tribute to the journey of her ancestor Thomas from Africa to America, she crafted the mermaid in her own likeness.

“I hope that people come away with an appreciation of the art, but also become more knowledgeable of the stories that each piece has to tell,” Thomas said.

California-based textile and installation artist Patricia Montgomery’s mermaid doll Alabaster portrays the mysterious African

water goddess Mami Wata, whose powers were known to grant wealth, power and fertility. Before ritual dances were outlawed in America, enslaved Africans worshiped Mami Wata by playing music and dancing into a trance-like state.

“She’s the doll that can dance with us today,” Montgomery said, “allowing us to have that same feeling of being connected to something bigger than ourselves.” The doll’s body is fabricated with batik fabric that Mongomery said embodies Alabaster with rhythm and movement, and is embellished with alabaster and cowry shells, beads and crystals.

Washington said the show, which includes more than 80 artists, will be even bigger than a Black mermaids exhibit she mounted in 2012, also at City Gallery.

“In history books we are not talking about Black women,” Washington said. “And I want Black women and girls to know that the story of Black women doesn’t start on a plantation somewhere in the South. We are not coming up from slavery. We are descended from being worshiped as goddesses and queens.”

Natalie Rieth is an arts journalism master’s degree student at Syracuse University.

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Internationally recognized artist Tony Willimas made three pieces for the show, including “Yemaya Black Mermaids”

“Oya” (above) by Ashley Brown is just one of more than 100 works of art in Celebrating Black Mermaids

Big Band Music

Gatsby Orchestra celebrates 100 years of ‘The Charleston’

By Joyelle Ronan

When Charleston’s Gatsby Orchestra plays “The Charleston” during Piccolo Spoleto, don’t expect the tinny-sounding, scratchy-needleon-a-Victrola 1920s jazz you hear in the movies or on TV. The music played live is full and luscious — just as it was in Jay Gatsby’s day in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. It has been 100 years since the birth of “The Charleston,” an internationally known song/dance combo that shares a deep history with its namesake city.

Charleston-area residents

William “Bill” McSweeney and Jack Pettit founded the Gatsby Orchestra in 2019 and still serve as band leaders. The pair met 20 years ago while playing in a Charleston Stage production and bonded over a shared love of jazz, especially from the 1920s. The orchestra also benefits from McSweeney’s extensive jazz knowledge: The 66-year-old taught history at the College of Charleston for 25 years and grew up listening to and playing music from the period.

“Bill is a unique component of the Gatsby Orchestra,” said Pettit, 52, who plays tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and clarinet. “He is a living connection to that era, and bringing that authenticity to the music.”

According to McSweeney, the originator of “The Charleston” song was James P. Johnson, a Black songwriter from New York who wrote music for Broadway. Johnson visited to Charleston and played with musicians like Duke Ellington and Count Basie at the Jenkins Orphanage, known as “The Cradle of Jazz.” He took the Charleston sound, which likely came from Black dock workers, and took it back to New York, which led to dances created from similar music. In 1923, Johnson wrote the Broadway hit “Runnin’ Wild,” which featured “The Charleston.”

“It crossed cultural barriers,” said McSweeney, who serves as the orchestra’s emcee, singer and trombonist. “Everybody who danced to anything in the Roaring ’20s danced to ‘The Charleston.’ ”

Acting as “musical archaeologists,” McSweeney said he and Pettit dig up the past to find what was important to that era and try to recreate it in a way that’s faithful and true. The Gatsby Orchestra is a standard 1920s-style ensemble featuring three saxophones, two trumpets, a violin, a trombone, a tuba, a banjo, a piano, a drum set and a bandleader. Its music is a cross between traditional jazz and World War II-era New Orleans swing music.

The orchestra’s motto is “where you take center stage” because it considers audience participation to be a central element to its music. People are encouraged to dress up in clothing from that era and learn how to dance “The Charleston” from choreographer Stephan Duane.

“Music brings people from all backgrounds together,” said Pettit, who was a music major at the University of South Carolina and is now a music teacher for the Charleston County School District. “If there’s one thing in Charleston’s history that seems to have brought people together, it’s the song and dance ‘The Charleston.’ ”

There can be many different styles of the basic steps for the song, depending on variants like twists, kicks and energy. People may be reluctant to hit the dance floor at

first, Duane said, but they tend to loosen up, goof off and have fun once the line dance starts. “It’s such a freeform authentic jazz that really anything goes,” he said.

While McSweeney and Pettit have played past Piccolo Spoleto festivals in other bands, this year marks the Gatsby Orchestra’s Piccolo debut. It will be at the opening ceremony at City Hall on May 26, with another performance occurring at a later date in June.

“Gatsby Orchestra loves being involved with every event that takes place around Charleston,” McSweeney said. “We feel as though we’re just Charleston ambassadors.”

Joyelle Ronan is an arts journalism graduate student at Syracuse University.

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The Gatsby Orchestra was founded in 2019 by William McSweeney and Jack Pettit

“Gatsby Orchestra loves being involved with every event that takes place around Charleston. We feel as though we’re just Charleston ambassadors.”

—William McSweeney

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LOVE IS IN THE AIR WITH THE CHARLESTONES

Friday, June 2 at 7 p.m. at Cannon Street Arts Center

BOOGER RED

Friday, June 2 at 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 3 at 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 4 at 7 p.m. Threshold Repertory Theatre

THE SOUND OF CHARLESTON

Saturday, Jun 3 at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Jun 10 at 2 p.m. at Circular Congregational Church

CHAMBER MUSIC FEATURING JEWISH COMPOSERS WITH YURIY BEKKER AND FRIENDS

Sunday, June 4 at 6 p.m. at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim

HOSTING

EARLY MUSIC SERIES BACH CELLO SUITES

Wednesday, June 7 at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church

CAPTURING THE AMERICAN SPIRIT: MUSIC OF DVORAK, PRICE, BURLEIGH, AND STILL

Wednesday, June 7 at 6 p.m. at South Carolina Society Hall

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“I find humor to be the ultimate Turing [ability] test for artificial intelligence (AI). Will they be able to make us laugh? Because it’s a kind of emulation of language that computers still have a hard time parsing. Other cabinets speak to emerging technologies and to tech obsolescence.”

Bringing the exhibit to life

Gannis added the “www” to refer to the World Wide Web and the way that we all create wunderkammers of our own through social media accounts as a presentation of our personalities and interests. That information is used by advertisers to create a “profile” of our likes and dislikes.

She points out the disparate identities of “real self” versus “internet self” as well as the internet self we present versus the one controlled by those collecting our data.

Within the rooms are seven avatar characters which Gannis said serve as “museum docents.” The artist herself is represented by a silver robot-esque character named C.A.R.L.A.G.A.N, which stands for “crossplatform avatar for recursive life action, generative adversarial network.”

Gannis, who started her art practice as a painter, began incorporating digital technologies into her work in the late 1990s and unveiled her first “avatar” in 2001. Her C.A.R.L.A.G.A.N avatar looks markedly different from the other six that currently exist in her metaverse, which are created by manipulating emojis into body parts.

“My avatars are inspired by this mannerist painter, Arcimboldo. He would make representations of people from fruits and vegetables. I decided to use emojis. They’re kind of uncanny looking, but suggesting that all of our robots or avatars going forward, they don’t have to be these sleek, minimal white robots. In my world, I can assert that our future can be more fun and absurd and [not take] this corporate trajectory.”

The avatar named Oliver is an “AI politician,” while the avatar called Tipu’s Tiger is a “cat meme decolonizer,” she said.

“I have Lucille Trackball, who is an AI stand-up comedian. I have Lady Ava Interface, a nod to Lady Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, a woman. Maura is a love, sex and comfort robot, speaking to how we’re starting to foster relationships with these emerging technologies.”

In one of the video works at the Halsey, Gannis has trained the AI program ChatGPT to give voices and personalities to the avatars.

“We are hearing more and more about ChatGPT and questions about the consequences on humanity at-large. I’m incorporating it into my work because I think it’s important for us to participate in these discussions and to question our relationships to these emerging technologies.

“What does it mean to us as human beings in terms of jobs, in terms of the art we make, the music we make? I think art is a good place for us to ask those questions.”

The exhibit displays May 19-July 15 with a reception from 6:30-8 p.m. May 19 and an artist talk at 2 p.m. May 20. To learn more, visit halsey.cofc.edu.

Hologram Mockup by Carla Gannis Courtesy of Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Artist Carla Gannis uses computer programs to give life to several distinctive characters or avatars, each raising specific questions about the internet’s effects on our self-perception and presentation

New cookbook lightens up Southern classics

By Helen Mitternight

Can Southerners, who are stereotypically known to love all things breaded and fried, get an appetite for lighter dishes?

“If there’s not an appetite for that, there should be,” said Lauren McDuffie, laughing. McDuffie is betting she can convince Southerners to lighten up with her new cookbook, Southern Lights, available June 6. The cookbook is full of Southern classics but leans heavily on herbs and seasonal vegetables.

“This book is about food and what it can do for you,” McDuffie said. “It’s colorful and happy. I really wanted to show some simple, doable ways to lighten up some classic Southern recipes. Also, what I’ve come to appreciate, having lived in the South most of my life, is that there is so much of Southern cooking that’s already healthy and light. That’s the food that doesn’t get all the glory

and attention, but a lot of Southern cooking exists to celebrate whatever grows in the Southern ground. I wanted to show that off.”

The Kentucky native’s first cookbook, Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest, celebrated the food of the Appalachians, where she grew up and which she missed while living in Indianapolis. When she moved to James Island with her pediatric surgeon husband, she wanted to feature the foods she saw around her in Charleston.

“My first cookbook was born from a little bit of homesickness,” she said. “I missed my Appalachian roots, and with that book, I got to [go] home, figuratively. When I found out we were going to land in Charleston, I was thrilled. I can’t imagine a more different and interesting place to call home. Everyone told me, ‘It’s so beautiful, it’s so hot, and it’s such an amazing food town.’”

The Lowcountry’s reputation as a food mecca was appealing to her. McDuffie

Lauren McDuffie’s Hushpuppy Popovers Makes 12 popovers

There are few Southern seafood-centric situations in which baskets or bowls of freshly fried hush puppies aren’t present. Slathered in honey butter and enjoyed one after the other, hush puppies are essentially savory cornbread doughnuts served alongside your meal — tasty, but not very healthy. For a lighter change of pace, I’ve got an easy cornmeal popover option. The cornmeal gives my classic blender popover recipe a golden hue and a sturdier bite, and it’s hard not to love the fact that these bake in muffin tins — no popover pans need apply.

• 3 tablespoons ghee, olive oil or liquid coconut oil, divided

• 3 large eggs

• 1 ½ cups buttermilk

• 1 ½ teaspoons salt

• ¾ cup plain yellow cornmeal

• ½ cup white whole wheat or all-purpose flour

• Watercress, for garnish (optional)

Preheat the oven to 450 F. Adjust the rack to the middle position. Brush each of 12 muffin cups with some of the ghee, using up about two tablespoons’ worth. When the oven is preheated, put the prepared muffin pan inside and let it heat up for 5 minutes.

In a blender, combine the remaining one tablespoon of ghee and the eggs, buttermilk and salt.

In a small bowl, whisk together the cornmeal and flour. Add this to the blender, and blend until completely smooth. Remove the muffin pan from the oven and pour the batter into the greased muffin cups, filling them just over three-fourths full.

Bake the popovers for 25 to 27 minutes or until very golden brown and done in the centers. Garnish with watercress, if using, and serve with whipped honey.

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Lauren McDuffie shares classic Southern recipes with a lighter twist, like her hushpuppy popovers, in her new cookbook publishing June 6

grew up in Kentucky and, later, Virginia. She’d read her mother’s Southern Living magazine recipes the way some read novels, absorbing the stories behind the recipes and trying to memorize the steps. Before the Food Network, she’d watch cooking shows on public television. Eventually, she started a popular blog, My Kitchen Little, which gave her the confidence to explore how to write a cookbook and get it published.

“My culinary background is varied,” she said. “I call myself a professional home cook, though I’ve explored the culinary world from every nook and cranny with the exception of going to culinary school.”

McDuffie has even tackled lightening up that heaviest of Southern dishes — hushpuppies.

“The secret is they’re baked,” she said. “And that’s always a good answer to lightening up anything that is deep-fried. I wanted to preserve that gritty cornmeal texture, but you won’t find a lot of processed sugar in my hushpuppies. They’re baked and, when I serve them, I flip the honey butter to buttered honey. It’s

mostly honey with a little bit of butter. It’s all about the little changes, nothing dramatic.”

Preorder the cookbook on McDuffie’s website, mykitchenlittle.com.

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What’s new?

Chef Kevin Johnson of The Grocery and his wife Sarah Johnson announced plans to open a second restaurant this summer. Lola Rose, a coastal Mediterranean restaurant and bar, is expected to open early summer in Mount Pleasant’s The Bend at Carolina Park.

BarPizza opened May 10 on Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant. The casual, family-friendly restaurant features woodfired pizza, pasta and salads. A full bar features on-tap cocktails along with fancy milkshakes and soft serve ice cream. The location includes an arcade room, a pool table and yard games.

What’s happening?

McDuffie combines her Southern upbringing and love for healthy food in her latest cookbook Southern Lights

Lowcountry Local First is hosting its 15th annual Chef’s Potluck at Holy City Brewing from 4-7 p.m. May 21. More than 18 local chefs work alongside local farmers, fishermen or ranchers to create meals highlighting the Lowcountry’s freshest ingredients. The fundraising event will also feature live music from local performers, drinks from local vendors and tastings from each chef.

Tickets are $175 to $195 per adult and $40 for children younger than 12. Tickets are all inclusive and can be purchased online at lowcountrylocalfirst.org.

New Realm Brewery hosts its 5th anniversary party from 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. May 27. The free-to-attend party will feature live music, a farmers market, Harley Davidson bike show, firebreathers, virtual golf, live music and special small-batch bourbon flights.

Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint offers catering-sized meals for Memorial Day weekend. Meals ordered off the catering menu are available for pick up between May 26-29.

Thai and Vietnamese pop-up kitchen Mama Pears Kitchen will serve crab rangoons, fresh rolls, satay skewers, egg rolls and more at Snafu Brewing Company from 3-8 p.m. May 26.

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. and Patti O’Furniture are kicking off the monthly series Divas on Tap Drag Brunch at 2 p.m. May 21. The free-to-attend, familyfriendly event will feature performances by a lineup of local drag queens along with food and drinks. Merchandise will be available for purchase with proceeds supporting My Sister’s House . The brunch will be held on the third Sunday of each month. —Hillary Reaves

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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

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

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed

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

FURTHER upon reading the filed

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

ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the

real property commonly known as 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

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-10-01136

Kevin Richardson

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

TMS # 334-11-00-036

Defendants.

NOTICE OF HEARING

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on June 14, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2A, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush tbrush@brushlawfirm.com

J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston, SC 29407

(843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax Charleston, South Carolina May 8, 2023

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

SOUTH CAROLINIANS IN VIETNAM:

OUR ROLE IN THE WAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

The powerful exhibit, “A War With No Front Lines: South Carolina and the Vietnam War, 1965-1973” is now open at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum in Columbia. See the uniforms your neighbors wore, the things they carried, and the weapons they fought with. Hear the veterans’ voices tell the tale of fighting in the jungle, in the Mekong Delta, and in the cities of Vietnam.

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

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

Hannah Smith, Sherri Smith, Chelsea Priest, and Christopher Keane, DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2017 AND 2020.

TO DEFENDANT: Christopher Keane YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 5, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Adam S. Ruffin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Adam S. Ruffin, SC Bar # 101350, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 2405, (843) 953-9625

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.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-490

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

KAYLA CERMOLA IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2022.

TO DEFENDANT: KAYLA CERMOLA 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 February 15, 2023, at 9:24 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 Dey, 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 Dey, SC Bar #67778, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-10-2236

EXPEDIENTE N.º 2022-DR-10-2236

DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS

SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONTRA

EL DEMANDADO Esteban Portillo, alias Estiben Portillo. EN BENEFICIO DE NIÑOS MENORES NACIDOS EN 2006, 2012, 2013 Y 2017.

AL DEMANDADO: Esteban Portillo, alias Estiben Portillo POR EL PRESENTE, SE LO CITA y se le pide que responda la demanda en este acto presentada al secretario del tribunal del condado de Charleston el 1 de agosto de 2022. Ante una prueba de interés, se le entregará a usted una copia de la demanda cuando lo solicite el secretario del tribunal del condado de Charleston y usted deberá entregar una copia de su respuesta a la demanda al demandante, el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Carolina del Sur, en la oficina de su departamento legal del Departamento de Servicios Sociales, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, Carolina del Sur, C. P. 29405-5714 dentro de los treinta (30) días desde la publicación, sin contar el día de la entrega de la demanda. Si usted no da una respuesta dentro del período de tiempo mencionado arriba, el demandante procederá a buscar el amparo del Tribunal. Departamento de Servicios Sociales, oficina legal, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, Carolina del Sur, C. P. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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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Estate of: EVOLA G. GARDNER 2023-ES-10-0552

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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.

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 Young, Legal Department of the

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Esteban Portillo aka Estiben Portillo DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2006, 2012, 2013, 2017

TO DEFENDANT: Esteban Portillo aka Estiben Portillo

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 1, 2022. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

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: 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.

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire

Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

May 19th, 2023; May 26th, 2023; June 2nd, 2023.

Mikell R. Scarborough

Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2018-CP-10-04292 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Freedom Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. Dillion D. Leopold; Elle J. Leopold; The Lake Townhomes Owners Association, Inc. a/k/a Lakes of Summerville Townhomes Homeowners Association, Inc. a/k/a Lakes of Summerville Townhomes Association, Inc.; The Lakes Master Association Inc. DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 17th day of June, 2019, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive 2nd floor, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 6th day of June, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Summerville, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as LOT 534, PHASE

3E-II, LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, as shown on that certain plat of Seamon Whiteside & Associates Surveying, LLC entitled, “A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF PHASE

3E-II, LOTS 537 THRU 542 TRACT

A, LOTS 491 THRU 500 TRACT

B, LOTS 515 THRU 518 TRACT

C AND LOTS 531 THRU 536

RESIDUAL LANDS OF LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, LLC, ALL OWNED BY LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, LLC, LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” dated December 31, 2013 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L14, at Page 0187 on May 2, 2014. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Dillion D. Leopold and Elle J. Leopold, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from Los Homes, LLC dated June 25, 2015 and recorded June 29, 2015 in Book 0486 at Page 528 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Summerville, South Carolina.

TMS # 388-13-00-940

Current Property Address: 232 Coosawatchie Street Summerville, SC 29485

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

may be made immediately.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

May 19th, 2023; May 26th, 2023; June 2nd, 2023.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity SELL

ANYTHING

FOR $35 IN PRINT AND ONLINE CALL CRIS 577-5304

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INTO LOT 9A (0.848 ACRE) AND LOT 9B (0.815 ACRE), ALSO SHOWING THE PROPERTY LINE ADJUSTMENT OF LOT 5, TMS 600-00-00-038 (0.593 ACRE) AND LOT 6, TMS 600-00-00039 (1.512 ACRE), LOCATED IN YOUGH HALL NEIGHBORHOOD SUBDIVISION, PROPERTY OF BUFFALO CREEK AND COMPANY LLC, LOCATED IN CHRIST CHURCH PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” dated May 3, 2004 revised June 4, 2004 and recorded July 2, 2004 in Plat Book EH at Page 197 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings, more or less, as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description.

BEING the same property conveyed to Amy E. Johnson by Deed of Frederick Lund and Jeffrey S. Polutta dated September 15, 2006 and recorded September 18, 2006 in Book N 598 at Page 333, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 600-00-00-042

Current Property Address: 2955 Old Tavern Court Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

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

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

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

To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Rd., Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiffs will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on January 4th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on January 6th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on May 10th, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-02129

Rochelle Brown, Jason Brown and Justin Brown, Plaintiffs, v. Margaret Brown and James Brown, deceased persons and their heirs, distributees, personal representatives, successors and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

1.46-acres on Old Tea Farm Road Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 244-00-00-129 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

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. Spell

Date May 4th, 2023

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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.

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 ABOVENAMED: 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

Master’s Sale

Case No. 2022-CP-10-01458

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

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for American Home Mortgage Assets Trust

2006-6, Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series

2006-6 , PLAINTIFF, vs. Amy E. Johnson; Younghall Neighborhood Association, Inc.; First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13th day of April, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive 2nd floor, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 6th day of June, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, containing 0.848 acre, more or less, and shown and designated as LOT 9A, on that certain plat prepared by Trico Engineering Consultants, Inc. entitled, “PLAT SHOWING LOT 2, TMS 60000-00-035 (1.220 ACRE) BEING SUBDIVIDED INTO LOT 2A (0.559 ACRE) AND LOT 2B (0.661 ACRE), AND LOT 9, TMS 600-00-00-042 (1.663 ACRE) BEING SUBDIVIDED

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

FOR INSERTION

May 19th, 2023; May 26th, 2023; June 2nd, 2023.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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

CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-00063

SUNRISE INVESTMENTS COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Dollie M. Caulder and Larry Caulder, both being deceased persons, and their heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other personswith any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 2359 Cambridge Ave. Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 469-09-00-077 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, and Peggy Thompson, Tanya Slack, David Caulder, Evans Caulder, Larry Caulder, Jr., Melissa Caulder, April Odell, and Joann Caulder, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated January 6th, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 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 Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and shown and designated as Lot 923, Block V-Z, on a plat by Gaillard and Gaillard, dated May, 1943, entitled “Map of Dorchester Terrace, Section #5” and recorded Plat Book F, at Page 148, in the RMC Office for Charleston County; the said lot having such size, shape, and dimensions as will by reference to said plat more fully appear and being bounded as will be shown on said plat.

BEING the same property conveyed to Dollie M. Caulder by deed of Arthur T. Driggers dated March 27th, 1987, and recorded on April 20th, 1987, in Book D164, page 313 in the Register of Deeds Office of Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 469-09-00-077

s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Rd., Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 jeff@jeffspell.com

(843) 452-3553 Attorney for the Plaintiff May 11th, 2023 Date

To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on May 4th, 2023, the Lis Pendens was filed on May 4th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on May 4th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on May 4th, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated May 4th, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 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 Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situated, lying and being in the Davidson Community, St. Paul’s School District No. 23, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, and being designated

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 ABOVENAMED: 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 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 ABOVE-

NAMED:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas of the Ninth

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: 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

NOTICE NISI OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-

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

Dated: April 24, 2023

Johns Island, South Carolina

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 LIS PENDENS

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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Master’s Sale

2022-CP-10-04624

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

Wells Fargo Bank N.A., not in its individual or banking capacity, but solely as trustee for Green Tree

2008-MH1, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

James Dorsey a/k/a James Gregory Dorsey a/k/a James G. Dorsey; Olivia W. Ferguson a/k/a Olivia Ferguson a/k/a Olivia White Ferguson; Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc.; and Blue World Pools, Inc., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the April 4, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 6th DAY OF JUNE, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in St. Paul School District No. 19, Charleston County, South Carolina, and being a portion of the Massa Hill Tract formerly belonging to Martin C. Behling, and a portion of the 20-acre tract conveyed by Martha C. Behling to John H. Harrison, and by John H. Harrison to F.D. Spell, and by James F. Spell, sole heir to F.D. Spell, to Horace Greeley Harley, and conveyed by Horace Greeley Harley to Boston White by Deed being dated April 11, 1938, and recorded in Book J-40 at Page 239 in the RMC Office for Charleston County said 15 acres out of which below described tract has been subdivided and the following buttings and boundings as follows: Southeast by Willtown Road; Southwest by Drayton and

Ward; North by unknown lands; Northeast by Harrison Small and Bennett.

This Lot containing 0.7 acre more or less and designated as Lot “A” as will appear by reference to that certain plat prepared by M. Kenyon Millard, recorded November 4, 1982 in Plat Book AW at Page 56, entitled “Tax Lot 231 Boston White.”

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Anna Lucille Bennett dated March 22, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 560 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Christopher White dated March 17, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 712 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Emma White Martin dated May 3, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 717 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Joseph White dated June 30, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 722 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Cathleen Green dated ay 11, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 727 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Nathaniel White dated February 11, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 732 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Paul White dated April 27, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 737 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Silas White dated March 15, 1999 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 742 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia Ferguson by deed of Walter White dated December 13, 1996 and recorded November 4, 1999 in Book E337 at Page 747 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property conveyed to James Dorsey and Olivia White Ferguson by deed of Roger M. Young, Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, dated November 12, 1999 and recorded November 24, 1999 in Book E338 at Page 261 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 0590000344 and MH00041801

Property address: 8422 Willtown Road Hollywood, SC 29449

cures and collateralizes that certain Mobile Home permanently affixed to the above-described real estate in the mortgage being foreclosed and is further provided under the laws of the State of South Carolina, the same being more particularly described as follows:

1996 SWEE SHGA1 Manufactured Home, Serial No. SHGA1940A&B, with any fixtures.

The successful bidder of the property at the judicial sale can contact Blue World Pools, Inc. to assume the purchase agreement for the subject of the UCC lien or the UCC lienholder will, at its discretion, remove the property covered by the UCC lien.

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-05182

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Arvest Central Mortgage Company, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

Virginia G. Hines a/k/a Virginia Hines-Grabau a/k/a Virginia Hines, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the May 2, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 6th DAY OF JUNE, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Paul`s Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing 1.527 acres more or less, designated as LOT 2-B on a plat prepared by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr. RLS entitled “Subdivision of Lot 2 of the Estates of Elizabeth Kinard Mintz...” dated September 16, 1980, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AU at Page 176.

This being the same property conveyed to Virginia G. Hines from Daniel E. Hines by deed dated June 8, 2004 and recorded July 28, 2004 in Book P503 at Page 226 in

the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

This being the same property further conveyed from Virginia G. Hines to Virginia G. Hines, an unmarried woman, dated March 3, 2007 and recorded March 20, 2007 in Book B619 at Page 858 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 234-00-00-014

Property address:

7021 Kinard Road Ravenel, SC 29470

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

FOR INSERTION: 5/19, 5/26 and 6/2

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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Master’s Sale

2022-CP-10-00429

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

Mortgage Assets Management, LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS

Richard Eugene Hunt Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt, Deceased, et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the July 27, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 6th DAY OF JUNE, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT LOT, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being on James Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 15, Block K, Section 4, Lynwood

Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated July 23, 1971, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book O, Page 121; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Richard Eugene Hunt and Virginia Mae Hunt by Deed of McAdams Construction Corp. dated January 8, 1972 and recorded January 8, 1972 in Book H98 at Page 219 in the ROD Office for Aiken County. Subsequently, Virginia Mae Hunt a/k/a Virginia Koger Hunt died intestate on or about 03/14/2020, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Richard Eugene Hunt, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number N/A.

TMS No. 4251000250

Property address: 1112 Kentwood Circle Charleston, SC 29412

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale

2010-CP-10-06060

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

U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF10 Master Participation Trust, PLAINTIFF VERSUS

Johnson D. Koola, First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc.

f/k/a First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company of South Carolina, and Cambridge Lakes Condominium Homeowners Association, Inc.

f/k/a Cambridge Lakes Horizontal Property Regime, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the April 6, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 6TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain condominium unit known and designated as Unit 208, Building E, Cambridge Lake Horizontal Property Regime, a Horizontal Property Regime

established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10 et seq., 1976, South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, and submitted by Master Deed dated February 24, 2003 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book T-437 at Page 047. Said Dwelling unit conveyed hereby being shown as Exhibit “F” attached to the Master Deed.

Conveyed together with: (1) An undivided percentage in the common elements, restricted common areas, and facilities of the property described in said Master Deed (“Common Elements”) attributable to the said unit; (2) An easement for the continuance of all encroachments by the Dwelling Unit on any adjoining unit or common elements existing as a result of construction of the Condominium Unit(s) or which may come into existence hereafter as a result of settling or shifting of the dwelling unit(s) or of the other condominium unit(s), after damage or destruction by fire or other casualty, or after taking in condemnation or eminent domain percentages, or by reason of alteration or repair to the common elements made by or with the owners of the Board of Administration;

(3) An easement in common with the owners of other condominium units to use any pipes, wires, ducts, flues, cables, conduits, public utility lines and other common elements located in any other rights and easements in common with the other condominium unit owners, all as described in the Master Deed, Bylaws and any and all Amendments thereto as recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Subject to any and all Restrictions, Covenants, Conditions, easements, Rights of Way and all other matters affecting subject property of record in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina, including, but not limited to those contained in said Master Deed and/or Bylaws, and any and all Amendments thereto.

Being a portion of the same property as conveyed to Cambridge Two, LLC by deed of Cambridge Lakes, L.P., A SC Limited Partnership, dated April 2, 2003 and duly recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Book Z-442 at Page 141. This being the same property conveyed to Johnson D. Koola by virtue of a Deed from Cambridge Two, LLC, a SC Limited Liability Company, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 24, 2004, in Book Y484 at Page 813, in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 5591400159

Property address: 1587 Cambridge Lakes Drive Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

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

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

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

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-00409

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

Mortgage Assets Management, LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS

Karen Patel, individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood, Deceased; et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the September 19, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 6th DAY OF JUNE, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 10, Block B, as shown on a plat of Drayton on the Ashley Subdivision, Section 1, which plat was made by James R. Bagley, Jr., dated January 11, 1965. And recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book S at Page 63; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, butting and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Eloise S. Underwood by Deed of Marvin E. Dennis dated August 4, 1967 and recorded August 8, 1967 in Book L-88 at Page 8 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter. Walter Clark underwood conveyed a one-half interest in said property to Eloise S. Underwood by Deed dated May 18, 1979 and recorded June 18, 1979 in Book M-119 at Page 124 and re-recorded on June 21, 1979 in Book Z-119 at Page 218 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Thereafter; Eloise S. Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. Lavigne and Leroy F. Lavigne by Deed dated March 15, 000 and recorded March 15, 2000 in Book A-344 at Page 280 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register

of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, by Corrective Deed Elisoe Underwood conveyed said property to Eloise S. LeVigne and LeRoy F. LaVigne dated April 24, 2008 and recorded June 17, 2008 in Book J-662 at Page 860 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Subsequently, Eloise S. LaVigne a/k/a Eloise S. Underwood (DOD 2/24/2012) and LeRoy F. LaVigne died intestate on or about 10/23/2021, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Karen Patel, Donna Underwood, Helen Cleland, Sabrina Geggis; Mark Underwood, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2012-ES-10-00467.

TMS No. 358-1200-188

Property address: 2863 Wofford Road Charleston, SC 29414

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-04373

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

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-F, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 2019-F, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Darrell H. Strickland; Brenda A. Strickland; et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the May 2, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 6TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel and lot of land, being shown and designated as “LOT 126”, on a plat entitled “A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF RICE BAY, PHASE II, BELLE HALL PLANTATION, OWNED BY JOHN DISHER COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, by Southeastern Surveying Inc. as dated July 20, 1997, and recorded on August 29, 1997 in Plat Book EC at Page 13,

in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shapes, buttings, boundings and dimensions, as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Darrell H. Strickland and Sala A. Strickland by deed of Beazer Homes Corp. dated December 12, 1997 and recorded in Book K294 at Page 128 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina then by Quit Claim Deed of Sala A. Strickland a/k/a Sala Strickland conveyed her undivided one-half interest in said property to Darrell H. Strickland dated May 24, 1999 and recorded in Book W327 at Page 405 in said Office. Darrell H. Strickland conveyed a one-half (½) undivided interest into Brenda A. Strickland by deed dated April 29, 2002 and recorded April 30, 2002 in Book 0404 at Page 392 in said Office.

TMS No. 537-05-00-064

Property address: 506 Antebellum Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-02052

Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS.

Norma P. Able; and Ricefield Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (231091.00053)

TO THE DEFENDANT NORMA P. ABLE 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

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 April 27, 2023.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-01895

Matrix Financial Services Corp., PLAINTIFF, VS. Daniel Van Nostrand; Jenny Van Nostrand; and The Retreat at Johns Island Homeowners Association Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (230855.00022)

TO THE DEFENDANTS

DANIEL VAN NOSTRAND; AND JENNY VAN NOSTRAND 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.

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 April 19, 2023.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGOR’S RIGHT TO FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION TO THE ABOVE-NAMED MORTGAGOR(S)[1]:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the Supreme Court of South Carolina Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may be eligible for foreclosure intervention programs for the purpose of resolving the above-referenced foreclosure action. If you wish to be considered for a foreclosure intervention program, you must contact Scott and Corley, P.A., 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, South Carolina 29204 or call 803-252-3340 within thirty (30) days after being served with this notice.

Scott and Corley, P.A. represents the Plaintiff in this action. We do not represent you. The South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct prohibit our firm from giving you any legal advice.

IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PROCESS, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED.

NOTICE: THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT AS STATED BELOW IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

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

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

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

#68530

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

#64134

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

Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scot-

tandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP10-00343

Mortgage Assets Management, LLC vs. Joseph Warren, Jr, John Warren, Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Daniel E. Martin, Deceased, his heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through him; 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, Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Jane J. Martin, Deceased, his heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through him; 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, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Village Creek Association Inc Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13 th day of April, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, on the 6 th day of June, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT CERTAIN UNIT SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS UNIT NUMBER 1208 IN VILLAGE CREEK HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ATTACHED TO THE MASTER DEED OF VILLAGE CREEK HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME DATED AUGUST 24, 1981 AND RECORDED IN BOOK J-126, AT PAGE 383 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. TOGETHER WITH THE UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 OF ARTICLE 4 OF SAID MASTER DEED APPURTENANT THERETO. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DANIEL E. MARTIN AND JANE J. MARTIN BY DEED OF WILLIAM S. STUHR AND WILLIAM S. STURH, SR DATED OCTOBER 23, 1987 AND RECORDED IN THE CHARLESTON COUNTY RMC OFFICE IN BOOK D170 AT PAGE 832.

TMS # 535-10-00-072

Current Property Address: 1155 Village Creek Lane #3 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

William S. Koehler, Esquire Telephone: (803) 828-0880 FOR INSERTION 5/19/2023; 5/26/2023; 6/2/2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity A-4783262 05/19/2023, 05/26/2023, 06/2/2023

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2022-CP-10-02346

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc.

v. Jean-Louis Colombi

Upon authority of a Decree dated April 13, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on June 6, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN PIERPONT ON THE ASHLEY SUBDIVISION, ST. ANDREWS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, MORE FULLY SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 6, CONTAINING .34 ACRES ON A PLAT PREPARED BY CONNOR ENGINEERING, INC. KNOWN AS FINAL PLAT OF THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS 355-10-00-072 & 073 TO CREATE LOTS 1 THRU 6, WAYNE SCOTT COURT’ BY PLAT DATED JUNE 22, 2006 AND FILED IN THE CHARLESTON COUNTY RMC’S OFFICE IN PLAT BOOK EK AT PAGE 090. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JEAN-LOUIS COLOMBI BY DEED OF MAPPUS CONSTRUCTION, LLC DATED AUGUST 4, 2016 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC IN BOOK 581, AT PAGE 53. CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 2538 Wayne Scott Court, Charleston, SC 29414 Parcel No. 3551000081 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 File # 22-42237

FOR INSERTION May 19 & 26, 2023; June 2, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 5105

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-01145

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Plaintiff vs. Gene Herring aka Gene F. Herring, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Gene Herring aka Gene F. Herring: 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 Gene F. Herring to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association bearing date of November 19, 2007 and recorded November 26, 2007 in Mortgage Book S644 at Page 862 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Four Hundred Eighty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($480,000.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded on June 11, 2012 in Book 257 at Page 107, and on June 20, 2012 in Book 259 at Page 507, the mortgage was assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association; thereafter, by assignment recorded on January 18, 2019 in Book 773 at Page 30, the mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as trustee of Upland Mortgage Loan Trust A; thereafter, by assignment recorded December 8, 2021 in Book 1058 at Page 821, the mortgage was assigned to J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp.; thereafter, by assignment recorded June 27, 2022 in Book 1119 at Page 747, the mortgage was assigned to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust., 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 certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot B as shown on a plat by Moses A. Thomas dated September 23, 1980 and entitled “PLAT OF THE SUBDIVISION OF #86 BEAUFAIN STREET INTO LOT “A” LETTERED

“A-B-C-D-H-G” TOGETHER WITH AN INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT LETTERED “B-C-D-H” AND LOT “B” LETTERED “D-E-FG-H” SITUATE IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC” and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AQ, Page 171. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to aforesaid plat more fully and at large appear. Together with an ingress and egress easement as depicted on aforesaid plat within letters “B-C-D-H.” Said easement having such size, shape, and dimensions as will by reference to the aforesaid plat more fully and at large appear.

TMS No. 4570304152

Property Address: 86 1/2 Beaufain Street Charleston, SC 29401

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff 5112

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. No. 2023-CP-10-01712

Robert Lee Ford, Sr., Plaintiff, v. Steve Ford, Defendant.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT STEVE FORD:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Complaint on the subscriber at his office in Charleston, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Summons, Complaint, and Verification of Complaint in the above-entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 10, 2023.

s/Lawrence M. Hershon

Lawrence M. Hershon (SC Bar No. 77514)

The Hershon Law Firm, P.A. 1565 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite 103

Charleston, SC 29407

Telephone: 843-829-2022

Facsimile: 843-829-2023

lawrence@hershonlawfirm.com

Attorney for Plaintiff April 26, 2023

Charleston, South Carolina

of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Seabrook Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, and shown and designated as Lot 1707, Shelter Cove Villas, Seabrook Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, on a plant by E.M. Seabrook, Hr., C.E., & L.S., dated May 17, 1983, and recorded in the RMC -now ROD] Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book AX, at page 150.

Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings, more or less, as are show on said plat, which is specifically incorporated herein, by reference and made a part hereof.

ALSO

A perpetual, appendant easement to run with the land and to the transferrable therewith, which is essentially necessary to the proper use and enjoyment of the lot of land first described for maintenance and repair of the structure on said lot first described above over the adjacent premises as may be reasonably necessary for such maintenance and repair, subject the reasonable convenience of the owners of the adjacent premises and after reasonable notice to the owners the adjacent premises of the anticipated action; and subject further to grantees, his, premises affected by and during such work in meat and good order and restore the adjacent premises to the same condition as the same was in prior to such work.

Said property is subject to all applicable covenants, conditions, restrictions, limitations, obligations and easements of record.

This being the same property conveyed to the Mortgagor [i.e., Christopher J. Tivenan by deed of conveyance from William Kragen dated February 4, 2020, and recorded simultaneously in the Charleston County ROD Office February 27, 2020 at Book 0862 Page 777.

TMS # 149-01-00-048

Address: 1707 Live Oak Park Seabrook Island, SC 29455.

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 7 .25% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance. In case of noncompliance within thirty (30) days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiffs judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps. Deficiency judgment being specifically waived, the bidding shall be final on the date of the sale.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiffs attorney, or Plaintiffs agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiffs attorney, or Plaintiffs agent, is present.

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021-CP10- 01619

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of William C. Kragen v. Christopher C. Tivean, the Master-in-Equity will sell on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, to the highest bidder: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.

VARNADO LAW FIRM, LLC

Robert B. Varnado, Esquire P.O. Box 387 Charleston, South Carolina 29402 (843) 737-7301

rvarnado@varnado-law.com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

ASR Registration - Skyway Towers

Skyway Towers is requesting comments concerning a constructed 155-foot, unlit, monopole telecommunications tower located at 2653 Veneer Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405 (32-51-21.9N, 080-00-15.5W).

Interested persons may review the associated application for Antenna Structure Registration by going to www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering Form 854 File Number A1240945. Interested persons may raise environmental concerns about the structure by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) online, and instructions for making such filings can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/ environmentalrequest. A copy (and any questions) should also be directed to C. Bailey of NewFields Companies, LLC, consultant to the applicant, at cbailey@newfields. com or 16775 Addison Road, Suite 614, Addison, TX 75001. They can also be reached at 404-985-9638. [SC-08882 Underwood]

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ASR Registration - Skyway Towers

Skyway Towers is requesting comments concerning a constructed 163-foot, unlit, monopole telecommunications tower located at 2467 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29414 (32-47-32.4N, 080-03-05.5W).

Interested persons may review the associated application for Antenna Structure Registration by going to

www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering Form 854 File Number A1240942. Interested persons may raise environmental concerns about the structure by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) online, and instructions for making such filings can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/ environmentalrequest. A copy (and any questions) should also be directed to C. Bailey of NewFields Companies, LLC, consultant to the applicant, at cbailey@newfields. com or 16775 Addison Road, Suite 614, Addison, TX 75001. They can also be reached at 404-985-9638. [SC-08863 Banner Road]

may raise environmental concerns about the structure by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) online, and instructions for making such filings can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/ environmentalrequest. A copy (and any questions) should also be directed to C. Bailey of NewFields Companies, LLC, consultant to the applicant, at cbailey@newfields. com or 16775 Addison Road, Suite 614, Addison, TX 75001. They can also be reached at 404-985-9638.

[SC-08862 Corrabell Drive]

ASR Registration - Skyway Towers

Skyway Towers is requesting comments concerning a constructed 199-foot, unlit, monopole telecommunications tower located at 3067 Ancrum Road, Ladson, SC 29456 (32-59-25.1N, 080-05-18.9W).

Interested persons may review the associated application for Antenna

ASR Registration - Skyway Towers

ASR Registration - Skyway Towers

Skyway Towers is requesting comments concerning a constructed 149-foot, unlit, monopole telecommunications tower located at 3111 Meeting Street, North Charleston, SC 29405 (32-51-02.0N, 079-58-22.1W).

Interested persons may review the associated application for Antenna Structure Registration by going to www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering Form 854 File Number A1240941. Interested persons

Structure Registration by going to www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering Form 854 File Number A1240936. Interested persons may raise environmental concerns about the structure by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) online, and instructions for making such filings can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/ environmentalrequest. A copy (and any questions) should also be directed to C. Bailey of NewFields Companies, LLC, consultant to the applicant, at cbailey@newfields. com or 16775 Addison Road, Suite 614, Addison, TX 75001. They can also be reached at 404-985-9638.

[SC-08855 Plantation Acres]

Skyway Towers is requesting comments concerning a constructed 160-foot, unlit, monopole telecommunications tower located near 3806 Ladson Road, Ladson, SC 29456 (32-58-41.0N, 080-08-08.4W). Interested persons may review the associated application for Antenna Structure Registration by going to www.fcc. gov/asr/applications and entering Form 854 File Number A1240927. Interested persons may raise environmental concerns about the structure by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) online, and instructions for making such filings can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/ environmentalrequest. A copy (and any questions) should also be directed to C. Bailey of NewFields Companies, LLC, consultant to the applicant, at cbailey@newfields. com or 16775 Addison Road, Suite 614, Addison, TX 75001. They can also be reached at 404-985-9638. [SC-08852 Angie Ct.]

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): My reading of the astrological omens inspires me to make a series of paradoxical predictions for you. Here are five scenarios I foresee as being quite possible in the coming weeks. 1. An epic journey to a sanctuary close to home. 2. A boundary that doesn’t keep people apart but brings them closer. 3. A rambunctious intervention that calms you down and helps you feel more at peace. 4. A complex process that leads to simple clarity. 5. A visit to the past that empowers you to redesign the future.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you want a seed to fulfill its destiny? You must bury it in the ground. There, if it’s able to draw on water and the proper nutrients, it will break open and sprout. Its life as a seed will be over. The plant it eventually grows into will look nothing like its source. We take this process for granted, but it’s always a miracle. Now let’s invoke this story as a metaphor for what you are hopefully on the verge of, Taurus. I invite you to do all that’s helpful and necessary to ensure your seed germinates!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your meandering trek through the Unpromised Land wasn’t as demoralizing as you feared. The skirmish with the metaphorical dragon was a bit disruptive, but hey, you are still breathing and walking around — and even seem to have been energized by the weird thrill of the adventure. The only other possible downside was the new dent in your sweet dream. But I suspect that in the long run, that imperfection will inspire you to work even harder on behalf of your sweet dream — and this will be a blessing. Here’s another perk: The ordeal you endured effectively cleaned out stale old karma, freeing up space for a slew of fresh help and resources.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Testing time is ahead, but don’t get your nerves in an uproar with fantasy-spawned stress. For the most part, your challenges and trials will be interesting, not unsettling. There will be few if any trick questions. There will be straightforward prods to stretch your capacities and expand your understanding. Bonus! I bet you’ll get the brilliant impulse to shed the ball and chain you’ve been absent-mindedly carrying around with you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Biologist Edward O. Wilson said that the most social animals are ants, termites and honeybees. He used the following criteria to define that description: “altruism, instincts devoted to social life, and the tightness of the bonds that turn colonies into virtual superorganisms.” I’m going to advocate that you regard ants, termites and honeybees as teachers and role models for you. The coming weeks will be a great time to boost your skill at socializing and networking. You will be wise to ruminate about how you could improve your life by enhancing your ability to cooperate with others. And remember to boost your altruism!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Jack Sarfatti is an authentic but maverick physicist born under the sign of Virgo. He suggests that if we make ourselves receptive and alert, we may get help from our future selves. They are trying to communicate good ideas to us back through time. Alas, most of us don’t believe such a thing is feasible, so we aren’t attuned to the potential help. I will encourage you to transcend any natural skepticism you might have about Sarfatti’s theory. As a fun experiment, imagine that the Future You has an important transmission for you — maybe several transmissions. For best results, formulate three specific questions to pose to the Future You.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I have five points for your consideration. 1. You are alive in your mysterious, endlessly interesting life, and you are imbued with the fantastically potent power of awareness. How could you not feel thrilled? 2. You’re on a planet that’s always surprising, and you’re in an era when so many things are changing that you can’t help being fascinated. How could you not feel thrilled? 3. You have some intriguing project to look forward to, or some challenging but engaging work you’re doing, or some mind-bending riddle you’re

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trying to solve. How could you not feel thrilled?

4. You’re playing the most enigmatic game in the universe, also known as your destiny on Earth, and you love ruminating on questions about what it all means. How could you not feel thrilled? 5. You never know what’s going to happen next. You’re like a hero in an epic movie that is endlessly entertaining. How could you not feel thrilled?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Trust those that you have helped to help you in their turn,” advises Scorpio author Neil Gaiman. Let’s make that one of your mantras for the coming weeks. In my astrological understanding, you are due to cash in on favors you have bestowed on others. The generosity you have expressed should be streaming back your way in abundance. Be bold about welcoming the bounty. In fact, I hope you will nudge and prompt people, if necessary, to reward you for your past support and blessings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): So many of us are starved to be listened to with full attention. So many of us yearn to be seen and heard and felt by people who are skilled at receptive empathy. How many of us? I’d say the figure is about 99.9%. That’s the bad news, Sagittarius. The good news is that in the coming weeks, you will have an exceptional ability to win the attention of good listeners. To boost the potential healing effects of this opportunity, here’s what I recommend: Refine and deepen your own listening skills. Express them with panache.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Because you’re a Capricorn, earthiness is probably one of your strengths. It’s your birthright to be practical and sensible and well-grounded. Now and then, however, your earthiness devolves into muddiness. You get too sober and earnest. You’re bogged down in excess pragmatism. I suspect you may be susceptible to such a state these days. What to do? It may help if you add elements of air and fire to your constitution, just to balance things out. Give yourself a secret nickname with a fiery feel, like Blaze, or a crispy briskness, like Breezy. What else could you do to rouse fresh, glowing vigor, Breezy Blaze — even a touch of wildness?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I love to use metaphors in my writing, but I hate to mix unrelated metaphors. I thrive on referring to poetry, sometimes even surrealistic poetry, but I try to avoid sounding like a lunatic. However, at this juncture in your hero’s journey, Aquarius, I frankly feel that the most effective way to communicate with you is to offer you mixed metaphors and surrealist poetry that border on sounding lunatic. Why? Because you seem primed to wander around on the edges of reality. I’m guessing you’ll respond best to a message that’s aligned with your unruly mood. So here goes: Get ready to surf the spiritual undertow all the way to the teeming wilderness on the other side of the cracked mirror. Ignore the provocative wasteland on your left and the intriguing chaos on your right. Stay focused on the stars in your eyes and devote yourself to wild joy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The gift of patience opens when our body, heart and mind slow enough to move in unison.” So says Piscean poet Mark Nepo. I feel confident you are about to glide into such a grand harmony, dear Pisces. Through a blend of grace and your relaxed efforts to be true to your deepest desires, your body, heart and mind will synchronize and synergize. Patience will be just one of the gifts you will receive. Others include: a clear vision of your most beautiful future; a lucid understanding of what will be most meaningful to you in the next three years; and a profound sense of feeling at home in the world wherever you go.

Beemer celebrates the release of its new album Tangles at The Royal American downtown May 19-20

It’s all in the ether for Daddy’s Beemer

By Chelsea Grinstead

Charleston indie rockers Daddy’s Beemer dropped a new album Friday called Tangles on the sixth anniversary of the band’s first self-titled EP.

Tangles’ sunny disposition encapsulates the ebb and flow of nature and the saturating effect of being on a life path you’re comfortable enough with to question what it means.

Gentle builds and blasting drops swarm over the 10 tracks on Tangles. The band’s signature energy shines through each song, although a few changes are heard. Most notably, Dan Fetterolf switched from drums to guitar so new drummer Payton Kutyla could take up his old post, and frontman Brady Sklar’s lyrics explore what it’s like to fall in love, something he’s done since the band’s 2020 LP Denmark

“There’s a nice dichotomy between the angst and the love — like you’ll get ‘Daybreak’ which is heavy and gritty and raw, and then you’ll have ‘Studying Roses’ [which] is Cure-esque. It’s very pop-y, but also lovely and nice and tranquil to listen to,” Kutyla told the Charleston City Paper.

The sonic landscape on the new LP enfolds more acoustic guitar than previous Daddy’s Beemer releases, but is, of course, still packed with icy electric riffs and held together by bassist Wesley Heaton’s immaculate rhythm. The last song “Meadowlark” features Fetterolf on violin.

Most of the lyrics delve into the often conflicting subtleties of allowing real love to

sink in, like on “Studying Roses” when Sklar sings: “Studying Roses inside a temple / The world comes crashing down real gentle / And I kinda like it, it’s not like it ever was.”

Some lyrics are not about the kind of love that usually comes to mind: “The song called ‘Fish’ is about my love of fish — carp, cat, gold, bass,” Sklar said, laughing.

The band recorded Tangles in January 2022 in two quick sessions at a cabin in Denmark, South Carolina, with producer Preston Dunnavant.

“It’s almost all live,” Heaton said, “then we went back and overdubbed vocals and some small synth and guitar parts.”

Sklar, as usual, is the mastermind behind the lyrics for Daddy’s Beemer, Kutyla said, but like with most bands, collaboration drives the finished product.

“[Brady] will bring the songs to the table, his lyrics and guitar parts, and then we’ll all just go from there — which made it really fun for me because it was my first time ever doing something like that,” Kutyla said.

“We didn’t get hung up on certain artistic qualms. We all pretty much knew what we wanted to do. And we were able to do it in a quick and effective manner.”

Daddy’s Beemer formed when Heaton, Fetterolf and Sklar were at Clemson University jamming regularly, putting on house shows and doing a stint at WSBF-FM, the college’s radio station.

Fetterolf ended up on drums out of necessity due to a lack of drummers available, but guitar was always his instrument of choice.

“Brady and I bonded over a love of British

indie rock, like The Kooks and Arctic Monkeys,” Heaton said. “We were all listening to the same music doing radio at WSBF and playing and touring with bands like Nordista Freeze, Future Crib and Cry Baby.”

Fetterolf added, “I think the people we played with were bigger influences to me — just playing with different people and figuring out what it’s like to be in a band.”

The Daddy’s Beemer boys said it was almost as if they were all destined to come together. “Music has always been a part of my life and always will be — can’t stop it,” Fetterolf said.

“Music started as an obsessive thing for me,” Sklar said. “And then once I started playing with other people, it became a community that I lived in. All the relationships I have now are because of music. It’s just like any other thing that people get really into: They all glom on together over this hobby they have. It became important to the frame of my life.”

Heaton said in his eyes, music is the most common and discoverable art form on Earth.

“Sometimes songs feel like they should exist and not that we’re making them up,” Heaton said. “It’s like they’re meant to be there. It’s like we’re discovering the song.”

For Kutyla, music was, in a way, his first love.

“I just don’t know where I would be without it, he said. “In all honesty, if someone said, ‘Hey Payton, you’re going to be just doing what you’re doing right now with these guys for the rest of your life.’ I would probably be okay with it.”

Live music returns to Firefly Distillery

Firefly Distillery in North Charleston kicks off its live series with rock bands My Morning Jacket and Wilderado on June 16. Pop artists Noah Kahan and Ruston Kelly take the stage June 18, followed by alternative acts Fleet Foxes and Uwade on June 24. Electronic duos Two Friends and NOTD and pop artist Deerock perform June 29. Reggae rock act Dirty Heads and hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco will be joined by Charleston’s own alt duo Little Stranger and surf rockers Bikini Trill on July 30. Folk band Trampled by Turtles and alternative act Shakey Graves perform Aug. 3. Concert times and ticket prices are at fireflydistillery. com/live-music.

Celebrate hip-hop at the Music Farm

Charleston hip-hop artist Mike L!ve and Dancing on Air troupe present “The Elements” showcase at 8 p.m. on May 27 at Music Farm downtown. The concert will feature a three-round breakdancing competition for a $2,000 prize and live graffiti with artist Ill Tac . Headliner Mike L!ve will be joined by local rapper Slim S.O.U.L. with DJ IQ and DJ AsWell on the turntables. Tickets are $25-$30 and available at musicfarm.com.

Catch a diverse range of live music this week

Charleston rapper Loser Chris and his band Pocket Full of Shells team up with DJ Fl!p for a tribute to wellknown alt-rock act Rage Against the Machine at 8 p.m. on May 26 at The Royal American . The show is $10 cash at the door. Jazz vocalist Zandrina Dunning performs two sets at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on May 26 at the Forte Jazz Lounge . Tickets are $25 at fortejazzlounge.com. Rebel Taqueria hosts Lowcountry funk rockers Thomas Champagne & Friends on May 26 and R&B artist Ryan Janiero on May 27 at 9 p.m. $10 at the door. On Folly Beach, The Bounty Bar features free live music at 10 p.m. every Friday through Sunday, and The Washout features free live music at 8 p.m. every Thursday through Sunday. — Chelsea Grinstead

Rachel Branham

Slack rock band Daddy’s

Charleston musician Thomas Kenney is a chameleon on the guitar with his avant garde style that encapsulates jazz and rock in many forms. He gave the Charleston City Paper a list of his top five albums he’s been listening to lately that incorporate unexpected elements. Kenney jams with various ensembles at Graft Wine Shop & Wine Bar from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesdays and at Odyssey Bottle Shop from 7-10 p.m. on Thursdays. Check out his list below:

In These Times by Makaya McCraven

VOX by Pedro Martins

Could We Be More by Kokoroko

Black Messiah by D’Angelo DEATHWESTERN by Spiritworld

Saint Joan’s Sawyer Sessions fascinates listeners

By Vincent Harris

People say you can strip a good song down to its bare bones, and it will still be a good song. Charleston recording artist Saint Joan has proved that adage true with her new EP Sawyer Sessions

The EP is a haunting, atmospheric collection of five cover songs, almost hypnotic in its simplicity. Most of the backing tracks on Sawyer Sessions are minimal to the point of being skeletal. A lone acoustic guitar here, a subtle wash of keyboard there. The spotlight is firmly on the songs and Saint Joan’s powerful, versatile voice.

The song selection is fascinating. She opens the EP with a classic like Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire,” and immediately follows it up with a striking version of the lone 1996 hit by Primitive Radio Gods, “Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand.”

Next up is a shivery take on The Cranberries’ “No Need To Argue” that sounds like it could’ve been recorded in a church, followed by Dawes’ “Million Dollar Bill.” The final track is a warm, hazy cover of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s “Open Invitation” that features a vocal assist from Saint Joan’s husband.

The Sawyer Sessions EP, so named because it was recorded at her apartment on Sawyer Street, is largely a solo homerecorded gem, although friend and frequent collaborator Aaron Utterback of the Charleston band Human Resources provided the backing tracks for “Million Dollar Bill” and the Primitive Radio Gods tune.

She said the home recording was done for a couple of reasons — cost being one of them.

“Going into a studio with a producer,” she said, “which is what I did with my last album Ashes and what I plan to do with my next

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album — it’s expensive. But [also], I’m pretty picky about my vocal sound. So I really wanted to try to dial that in by doing it myself.”

When it came to the song selection, she said she simply picked songs that she loves, no matter what era they’re from.

“These are songs that meant something to me over the last 20 years,” she said. “They’re songs that I love, like Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Fire.’ I’ve probably been listening to that since I was 10. And I grew up on the Cranberries’ No Need To Argue album.”

As for her bare-bones approach, she said that was both a conscious choice and a necessity.

“I had to figure out a way to just strip the songs back because I’m not really a seasoned musician,” she said. “Eighteen years ago when I lived in Los Angeles, I was actually doing all my own recording at home on an old 12-track in my apartment. It was before Pro Tools, before anyone did DIY albums. I didn’t have any money to go into a studio, so I had to learn how to do it myself. And I really wanted to get back to that with Sawyer Sessions.”

Saint Joan’s nostalgic sound and cooled vocals shine on her new EP Sawyer Sessions as she covers songs that

“HOME ROW TRUTHS”

—a little typing test, and pinkies out!

10. “So long,” at the Sorbonne

11. “Sherlock” actress Stubbs

12. “Sound of Metal” actor Ahmed

13. Had some grub

18. “Miss Pym Disposes” author Josephine

22. Cottonwood, for one

24. Telegraph

26. “Just pick ___!” (complaint to the tin-eared)

27. Presidential span

28. Scots Gaelic

30. Vice ___

31. Nearly 300-year-old unfinished Jean-Philippe Rameau work, completed and premiering in 2023, e.g.

32. Wave rider

34. Small prevarications

35. Working without ___ (taking risks)

36. Acronymic store name

37. What a flashing yellow arrow may allow (watching for crossing traffic)

38. “Jury ___” (2023 Amazon Freevee series)

40. Playfully mischievous

42. Song that Dolly Parton temporarily reworded as “Vaccine” in 2021

43. Finnish DJ behind the ubiquitous hit “Sandstorm”

44. Candle store features

45. 1993 Broadway flop musical based on a big-nosed Rostand hero

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43. Obama-era policy, briefly

47. Chihuahua, for one

48. Acne medication brand

49. Hall of Hall & Oates

50. “No question”

52. “___ borealis?! At this time of year ...”

53. Protein building block?

56. 1994 Robin Williams/John Turturro movie [“Now move those index fingers inward ...”]

58. Rank emanation

59. Come after

60. “___ California” (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

61. “Push th’ Little Daisies” duo

62. Stashed in a new place

63. Those, in San Jose

Down

1. Dots of dust

2. Pretend to be

3. Complete

4. Hints at, like a movie trailer

5. Answered a court charge

6. ___ Majesty the King (title official since May 6) 7. Per team 8. Singer-songwriter McKay 9.

46. “Jagged Little Pill” singer Morissette

49. “No ___” (No Doubt tribute band)

51. Rival of Lyft

52. Like most fine wines

53. Pull behind 54. Praiseworthy poem

55. Opponent 57. Rapa ___ (Easter Island, to locals)