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Charleston’s short-term rental restrictions become new standard

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Charleston’s short-term rental restrictions become new standard

By Skyler Baldwin

Short-term rentals have caused some strife for Lowcountry locals in the past, but the city of Charleston’s policies have become a model starting to be used by neighboring municipalities like Folly Beach and Mount Pleasant.

“In about 2016, when you really started to see the book for short-term rentals, there was an onslaught of rentals in residential areas,” said Daniel Riccio, director of livability for the city of Charleston. “Noise complaints increased; trash complaints increased; parking complaints increased. And at that time, there were really no ordinances to regulate these short-term rentals. There was nothing we could really do to hold these property owners accountable.”

That’s when Charleston officials put together a task force of city staff, local business owners, local residents, Realtors and others, all of whom had a stake in the shortterm rental game. They came up with an ordinance which requires a city-approved permit for anyone who wants to advertise on any short-term rental platform — like Airbnb. It was a compromise, Riccio said, that sought to address residents’ concerns without over-policing those who wanted to rent out space to short-term guests. “Some were for it; some were against it,” he said. Ultimately, the draft proposal was passed by City Council in 2018.

“We’re the No. 1 city in the world —

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everyone wants to visit Charleston,” Riccio added. “So you want to give them a residential quality of life within these neighborhoods, but with less of the impact on actual residents from the short-term guests coming in daily. [The ordinance] has curbed that quite a bit. Complaints have reduced with parking, noise, trash, all of it since enforcement began.”

Neighboring areas facing challenges

Dustin Abney, CEO of Portoro, a Charleston-based short-term rental management company, said the permit process in Charleston has most operators happy.

“It’s very clear and well-defined,” he said. “It’s easy to understand, and the process isn’t really that daunting to get a permit.”

But nearby, Folly Beach’s recent decision to set a hard limit on the number of shortterm rentals to 800 units has made it difficult for operators to find middle ground. The challenges are exacerbated by the number of rental spaces currently exceeding 1,200, which is about half the island’s residences.

“It presents a challenge to anybody who wants to operate a short-term rental in that area in the future,” Abney said. “You don’t know how long it’s going to take to get a permit. There is an argument to be made that you want to keep Folly Folly … but it’s hard to argue how you can limit someone’s property rights.”

Before North Charleston implemented a clear policy similar to Charleston’s, Abney said it was “sort of the wild, wild West.” There was plenty of interest from residents who wanted to look into shortterm rentals, but with no policy in place, it was a huge risk for would-be operators, who would have gone in blind, not knowing if they would end up on the right side of any future policy.

“That’s why it’s important for places to get in front of these issues,” Abney said. “Cities are doing themselves a big disservice if they’re sleeping on this. The rules are rapidly changing, but people still want unique experiences. There’s a greater way to explore areas and experience places. Shortterm rental gives you that.”

Right now, Charleston has 492 active permits for short-term rentals. On the flip side, the city has issued 717 court summons for non-permitted renting since 2018. Of those, 667 have been adjudicated through court, and the city has collected $547,847 in court fines. But it isn’t necessarily about the money, Riccio said, as the ordinance pursues unpermitted renting criminally, rather than simply levying a fine.

“Most cities, especially in the tri-county area, are really geared toward monetary penalties,” he said. “They’re not really enforcing it through the criminal ordinance. Some are starting to do that after seeing our success with the enforcement action on the non-permitted locations. The trend is changing from creating revenue to actually solving the problem.”

When these unpermitted short-term

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“If this indictment is true, if what it says is actually the case, President Trump was incredibly reckless with our national security.”

—GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and also the former ambassador to the United Nations during Trump’s administration.

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6 killed, 10 others shot in S.C. over past week.

Dates: June 6-June 13.

S.C. shooting deaths: Six people died in Charleston, Beaufort, Richland, Chester and Aiken counties. S.C. shooting injuries: 10 others were hurt in Charleston, Georgetown, Greenville, Aiken, Horry and Richland counties.

Mass shootings this week: Across, the nation, there were 12 mass shootings June 6 to June 13. Since the beginning of the year, there have been 291 mass shootings in the U.S. Source: gunviolencearchive.org.

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Emanuel AME Church gets emotional, physical support

By Herb Frazier

Technicians lifted each of the lengthy gold-colored pipes up to the choir loft at Emanuel AME Church, returning a vintage organ to a historic church in the waning first phase of a major building restoration.

As this work ends, the Charleston community will gather at Emanuel to remember nine church members who were slain in a tragedy at the church eight years ago this month.

On that horrific Wednesday night during a Bible study on June 17, 2015, a self-proclaimed racist murdered the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the church’s pastor, the Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, the Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, the Rev. Daniel Simmons, Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, Tywanza Sanders and Myra Thompson.

The schedule for the church’s eighth annual Emanuel Nine Commemoration includes nine events through June 23. The schedule concludes with the Emanuel Nine Humanitarian Awards Program at the church.

Restoring the physical church

To outsiders, the $1.9 million restoration began last year when black netting and scaffolding shrouded the famous church’s steeple, an iconic spire in the Charleston skyline. Planning for the work began a decade ago. The actual work commenced in the early fall of 2022 inside the church to buttress a failing roof, said Emanuel’s senior pastor, the Rev. Eric Manning.

During that process, the decision was made to also repair a tilting choir loft and rebuild the organ and its 25 pipes installed in 1908. Tuning the instrument will continue for several weeks.

“The church [congregation] is better than it was eight years ago. We still have some who are in a different space [emotion-

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rental spaces are shut down, they are often returned to housing stock, either being sold to new owners or transitioned to long-term rental space. This gives the opportunity to other people for housing rather than shortterm renters, as a result of the ordinance. Riccio estimated nearly 300 homes have been returned to housing stock over the last two years.

‘Politicized’ battle looms

On June 1, Airbnb sued New York City over an ordinance that the company said imposed arbitrary restrictions that greatly

ally]. Trauma impacts everyone differently,” Manning said. “We have some who participate on various levels in the annual commemoration, and we are thankful for those who do.”

Manning said the church is in a season of restoration and not mourning.

“This past year is a restoration, a revival and a reclaiming. We are restoring the physical [church] and reclaiming our members we may have lost through the process of Covid and those who are not traditional members” but view services online, he explained.

Phase one restoration

Manning’s day consists of chatting with workers of the Charleston construction company Magee Ratcliff and even rolling up his sleeves to inspect repairs to the church’s original wooden pews, which were turned upside down in the ground-floor fellowship hall.

The church’s brick walls have been encased for more than a century inside a time capsule of exterior white stucco and interior brown paneled walls. Removing the paneling in the fellowship hall and in the choir loft has exposed the historic beauty of the church, Manning boasted.

The first of two phases of the restoration began with Bennett Engineering accessing the termite and water intrusion that damaged all but one of the eight roof supports, said Manning, who arrived at Emanuel in 2016.

The first phase of the restoration has included repairing three of the eight roof trusses and chipping away sections of exterior stucco to refresh crumbling mortar in the brick work.

The church’s ornate sanctuary features the original gas lanterns along the balcony railings. It has remained relatively untouched except for a new ceiling. Workmen replaced the original tin in the vaulted ceiling with drywall that closely resembles the original

reduced the local supply of short-term rentals. The ordinance, passed in 2022, requires owners to register with the mayor’s office, disclose all people who live on the property, and comply with zoning, construction and maintenance ordinances.

This isn’t the first time the short-term rental company has been at odds with New York. Airbnb sued the state of New York in 2016 over a ban on advertising short-term rentals, but it dropped the lawsuit when New York City promised not to enforce it. And in 2020, Airbnb settled a lawsuit against the city over monthly reporting requirements for its listing.

“It’s swung from one side of the pendulum super far to the other side,” Abney said. “I would call it a sort of politicized battle

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Technicians from Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders in Denver, North Carolina, rebuilt the vintage pipe organ in Emanuel AME Church. The Kimball pipe organ will be rededicated at 10 a.m. on July 22 following the six weeks to tune the instrument.

design, Manning said. Salvageable tin sections are in storage with plans to possibly turn them into artwork, he added.

During the first phase, two restrooms have been installed on the main sanctuary level, Church historian Lee Bennett said. In the fellowship hall the men’s restroom has been renovated and upgraded to meet the Americans with Disabilities Act standards, he added. An upgrade of the ground-floor women’s restroom is in the restoration’s second phase.

Manning estimates it will cost $1.6 million to complete the second phase. It includes repairs to the church’s westside exterior wall and repairing three more roof trusses.

“People have to appreciate what God has done and allowed for us to complete,” Manning said. “This effort has been massive, and I wouldn’t want anyone to lose sight of how important this is.”

between local jurisdictions, property owners and of course, Airbnb. It’s a long, drawn-out battle, and that’s the tough part of what we see in this industry.

“Most professional operators, we’re okay with policy and we’re okay with rules,” he added. “Nobody is arguing against having to register, pay taxes, maintain the space, but it has to be reasonable in nature. It has to accommodate a reasonable number of properties in a given area. What I see [in New York] right now … makes it so hard to acquire a permit, it almost negates the fact that you can have one at all.”

Abney said he hopes similar touristheavy spots like Folly Beach continue to look to Charleston’s policies for example, rather than follow New York’s lead.

Charleston police on June 1 were notified after a group of first graders started a game they told the principal was called “hit the nuts” which continued into the classroom after recess. You can probably guess as to the rules of the game, which is, admittedly, not the best game to play in a classroom, but why involve the police in this?

I bet this house smells amazing North Charleston police received a call on May 24 after two unknown shoplifters reportedly stole 59 candles from a home goods store in Tanger Outlets. The caller didn’t have any other information, but added that the total value of the stolen candles was $1,659.

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Charleston Advancement Academy to permanently close

By Chelsea Grinstead

Troubled local public charter school Charleston Advancement Academy (CAA) will permanently close its doors June 30, the end of its academic year. Earlier this year, a state charter school district board revoked the school’s charter.

After several months of communication issues between the school’s board and staff members, parents and students now are searching for another school that fits their needs before the fall 2023 semester begins.

CAA has been an alternative public charter school with students ranging in ages 14 to 21 across its North Charleston and James Island campuses. It offered a hybrid curriculum that allows for virtual and in-person learning.

The school accommodated older students and students who were not successful in the mainstream public school system so they could complete high school graduation requirements and take advantage of mentorship opportunities with members of the faculty.

David and Tina Schuttenberg of James Island, whose daughter attended CAA, are trying their best to navigate the situation of the school’s closure. David Schuttenberg said he and his wife were first alerted of changes

at CAA when the administrative director resigned in December 2022, but he said they are still not sure of exactly what happened.

“We started hearing a bunch of differing information from members of the faculty as to what was going on,” Schuttenberg told the Charleston City Paper, “and so we attended a couple of the board meetings to try and suss out what exactly was happening. But I would say I would characterize those meetings as ‘less than open-book.’ ”

Charter revoked in January

The South Carolina Public Charter School District’s (SCPCSD) board of trustees voted Jan. 19 to revoke CAA’s charter citing deficient academic performance and questionable financial structure based on state law requirements.

In April, CAA sued the SCPCSD and its board chair John Payne of Columbia for violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, according to the complaint. The district board voted on May 11 to uphold the dissolution of CAA’s charter status.

“My gut — without having any real understanding — tells me that there was a power struggle happening with the [CAA] board,”

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Schuttenberg said. “And I don’t know what ended up happening between [the board] and the district, but I know that it was negatively affecting my daughter and her friends at the school who were stressed about it.

“A lot of the staff members were either let go or resigned over the whole situation, which destabilized what had been a pretty good opportunity for my daughter.”

SCPCSD Chief Communications Officer Drew Johnson of Columbia said the district “firmly believes in the fundamental importance of empowering parents and students with the freedom to choose and have a voice in their educational journey.

“We recognize that families are uniquely positioned to make decisions that best cater to the individual needs of their children,” Johnson said. “Our unwavering commitment remains focused on delivering an exceptional educational experience to every student under our care, while also extending full support to parents in making well-informed decisions about their child’s schooling.”

Schuttenberg said his daughter transferred to CAA in fall 2022 from James Island Charter High School. He said CAA was a much more inclusive environment that allowed her to build friendships with likeminded people in a safe, respectful space. His daughter has one academic year left to com-

plete, he said, and the stress over how to get her last four classes completed is palpable.

“All I know is that we are in contact with another [CAA] student’s parents who live in our neighborhood,” he said. “Our two daughters are very close, and we’re going to try and navigate this thing together.”

One option for past students

The South Carolina Preparatory Academy (SC Prep) is a tuition-free, online school that allots students a great deal of flexibility in their learning journey, said marketing and enrollment director Tamarah Taylor of South Carolina-based education management organization Reason and Republic, which helps manage SC Prep.

SC Prep also offers students the option to connect with a mentor through the Restoration Project Foundation and receive support, Taylor said. The school is currently exploring additional resources to offer support to students.

“I think SC Prep is going to be an awesome opportunity for the students who are already on a hybrid model,” she said. “Currently we are a fully virtual school, but we also want to meet students where they are, so we’re looking at creating a space in the Charleston area so students can attend in-person.”

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harleston police this week circulated a photo of two women wanted for shoplifting from two downtown stores. If they are caught, they are sure to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Last week, a federal grand jury in Florida found probable cause to believe former President Donald Trump violated the law by mishandling federal documents by taking boxes and boxes of the nation’s secrets from the White House to his residence. These boxes were stored in unsecured locations, including a bedroom and gaudy bathroom that people without security clearances or our enemies could have accessed and hurt the United States of America.

What happened last week in Florida — and when Trump surrendered and pleaded not guilty — was historic because no president has ever faced federal criminal charges.

In an analysis, CNN called remarks by Trump after his court appearance to be “the most chilling and demagogic ever uttered by a major figure in modern American history.”

Trump said at a fundraiser after his not guilty plea: “Today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country. Very sad thing to watch, a corrupt sitting president had his top political opponent arrested on fake and fabricated charges of which he and numerous other presidents would be guilty, right in the middle of a presidential election in which he’s losing very badly.”

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a classic, terribly negative, narcissistic political spin. Trump is wrongly blaming someone else for his own alleged acts of corruption and theft of federal documents. If you read the 49-page indictment, it

doesn’t take too long to realize that there’s enough substance there — not “fake and fabricated charges” — that it must be judged by a jury.

Trump, like the shoplifters in Charleston, should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law because in America we believe in the rule of law, not the rule of man. We respect the law, not loyalty to a person. That’s the American way — due process by law.

But Trump’s case is simply scary — not just because he’s running again for president or that he seems incapable of remorse after getting caught and bragging about how he had secrets. What’s really scary is how he’s fighting the charges in the court of public opinion. Just as he inflamed insurrectionists to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a flagrant attempt to keep power after losing the 2020 election, he’s trying to inflame Americans now to support the cult of Trump, not the democracy that too many have died to defend.

Resist. Trump is a man, not a mountain. If he broke the law — in Florida, Georgia, New York or wherever — he must be held accountable. Just as more than 1,000 people have or are facing charges in the Jan. 6 riot (78 have been found guilty), Trump must face the same music. And if a jury of his peers finds him guilty, he should go to prison, orange jumpsuit and all.

And if that happens, all Americans — Republicans, Democrats and independents — should support the results of the rule of law. There should be no celebrations or civil disturbances. There should be the quiet recognition that in America, the rule of law trumps the rule of any one man.

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Sleeping with the Ancestors is important book for S.C.

By Andy Brack

About 25 years ago, I ambled along the Yarra River in an urban park in Melbourne, Australia. It wasn’t a big deal until I realized I had absolutely no idea what was around me and what dangers lurked.

Instead of oaks and pines of the Southern coast, there were gray-green eucalyptus trees. I didn’t know much about Australia’s bugs or animals, although I knew it was a good idea to avoid any snakes. Birds sang, but I didn’t recognize their songs or what they were.

A two-hour walk from the suburbs to the city center along a river became an unexpected jaunt of looking over a shoulder here, speeding up there. It was a little creepy.

So imagine the harrowing experience of 12 million Africans uprooted from their homes and shackled by slavers into cramped, nasty boats for the two-month trans-Atlantic passage to the Americas. Almost 2 million died. Those who made it here to work on plantations to generate wealth for white settlers often lived in small shacks with no furniture to speak of and pallets or hammocks for beds.

And imagine the sounds they heard — shrieks of different birds, croaking of alligators, buzzing of mosquitoes and skittering of rodents. Ripped from their homeland into a life of slavery, their plight is almost unimaginable.

Except to Joe McGill, a Kingstree native and former park ranger who has spent the last few years sleeping in some of the remaining structures where enslaved Africans lived. Since he started the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010, he’s slept in more than 150 structures across 25 states.

“Some had suggested that my experience would be like staying in a haunted house, but it wasn’t unpleasant at all,” he recalled in Sleeping with the Ancestors, a new book written by him and journalist Herb Frazier. “Hearing my own breath, I could imagine the men, women and children who had lived in the cabin [at Charleston’s Magnolia Plantation] during the decades of Jim Crow, when the opportunities of Reconstruction were pulled away from Black people. …

“I couldn’t sleep. Admittedly, it was a little spooky being alone in a former slave cabin and uncomfortable physically and psychologically. That night, I pondered what drove me to do such an odd thing. The ancestors!”

The point of sleeping in old cabins and dwellings where enslaved Africans once lived was to connect with the past in ways that haven’t made it into history books.

“My simple act of sleeping where enslaved people slept has broadened my awareness of their history, but it cannot replicate the pain and suffering they endured,” McGill wrote. “I hope that my travels have brought attention to the need for a deeper study and understanding of this history.”

For McGill, sleeping with the ancestors is no theoretical endeavor. It’s the opposite of the politically charged, conservative talking points about so-called “critical race theory” that is upending our real history with vanilla-flavored versions of what happened.

McGill’s nightly encounters with hard floors, loud nature and dark skies seeped into his soul and informed him about how millions of people lived in the American South for more than three centuries.

He’s to be commended for broadening the way people think about history in the South, not branded as someone with a “woke agenda,” the popular current conservative term for people who want to avoid the reality of teaching a truthful, inclusive history to today’s children.

“I refuse to go back to that place where the youth of America are taught that enslavers were benevolent and enslaved people were happy,” he wrote in the book’s conclusion. “I’ve probably got more sleepovers behind me than I have ahead of me, but as long as I have a voice, I will continue to advocate for and love on the enslaved ancestors and tell their stories truthfully and respectfully.” Good. Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I followed the Footprints of Slavery is available for $29.00 through Hachette Press.

The point of sleeping in old cabins and dwellings where enslaved Africans once lived was to connect with the past in ways that haven’t made it into history books.

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

By Andy Brack

Change is inevitable. But in a city that worships history and believes it has an overabundance of gentility, is too much change going to be what kills the goose that laid the golden egg for the Holy City?

The Charleston of 2023 is far different from what was here 34 years ago before Hurricane Hugo. Traffic is horrible now. Every week, there seems to be a new development crane that rises. At one point a year or so ago, there were 24 monster cranes littering the skyline, a precursor to corridors of blocky buildings that obstruct sunlight and evoke urban images of concrete jungles.

And then there are all of the people who now call the area home. The number of people who now live in Charleston County has exploded — from just under 300,000 in 1990 to about 420,000 now. In the same span, Berkeley County doubled to 245,000 people and Dorchester tripled to 166,000 residents. All totaled, more than 830,000 now live in the tri-county area.

The influx shows no signs of slowing. “They still wouldn’t be coming here if it wasn’t a lot better than where they’re coming from,” Charleston native Jamie Westendorff wryly observed.

It’s clear to those who grew up here and people who have lived here for decades that the Charleston area is much different. Today, compared to the past, it has many new positives, such as a greater inclusivity and diversity. Today’s Charleston also plays on the world stage, with high-quality performance venues and festivals, as well as a talented creative class and world-class chefs that pump

Burgers and fries at Your Place were among the best in town more than 20 years ago

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thoughtful energy throughout the area. We also have lots of things to do and lots of new friends to make.

But today, there seems to be a growing, palpable nostalgia for a time when there was more kindness, far less congestion and a greater appreciation for a paced, slower life. Back then, people seemed less obsessed with money and cashing in.

What do you miss?

In an effort to get a handle on what people are thinking about the fabric of the community, we posed this question on Facebook:

“If you grew up in Charleston, what do you miss not having today?”

More than 1,800 people responded. They were not shy about current annoyances and the people, places and things they missed. They generally didn’t talk about bugaboos of the past — race, poverty, poor education or even ubiquitous peeling paint (because you couldn’t afford to paint) and lack of economic opportunities for too many.

But they did share feelings about how the community felt more connected then.

“I was on John Street and walked out to King Street, and it looked like Disneyland,” said one former reporter who now lives in Asheville. “There were crowds and a minivan blaring music and selling alcoholic popsicles. It didn’t feel like the Charleston I knew.

“It’s a different culture. The old people used to say there were people from ‘off’ and there are so many of them now and they all seem to be running Instagram influencer accounts.”

Cappi Pate Wilborn, now of Bluffton, attended college here in the late 1980s.

“I could ride my bike up King Street the wrong way and not see a car.”

She often ordered a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and a diet Coke with lemon at the Goodie House on Calhoun Street. At Your Place, a dive bar across from the U.S. Custom House, she remembered hopping behind a

Myskyns at 5 Faber Place was a great place to hear live music and rock out in the late 1980s and early 1990s

counter to help the owner serve beer.

Westendorff, 73, grew up at the corner of Warren and St. Philip streets. Charleston was friendlier and more relaxed, he said. “If B.B. King walked downtown right now, he’d say, ‘the thrill is gone.’ ”

Fewer restaurants, more dives

Years ago, Charlestonians didn’t go out to restaurants as much as they do these days.

First, restaurants cost extra money that many people didn’t have. Second, most people were used to eating at home.

“To really sit in a restaurant was not an experience that most Charlestonians had often,” Westendorff said.

Four decades ago, there were a few fancy places — Robert’s of Charleston, Marianne, Henry’s and some of the hotel restaurants. It was possible that you’d need reservations, but you didn’t have to wait months to get a slot.

Back then there were a lot more joints and dives, such as the Goodie House, Jack’s Cafe, Your Place. Facebook commentators also mentioned these:

• The Majestic Grill

• Norm’s

• Andolini’s (two slices and a beer for $5)

• Alice’s Restaurant

• Celia’s

• Vickery’s downtown

• Reuben’s

• Vincenzo’s

• Horse and Cart Cafe

• Swensen’s Ice Cream

And then there were the semi-relaxed clubs like Myskyn’s, Cafe 99 and Cumberland’s, where sweaty people packed a small space to listen to loud local musical acts.

Even further back was the Garden and Gun Club, a diverse and inclusive disco that emerged in the late 1970s. Historian Harlan

Greene described it like this in an article on the club’s history: “The opening of the disco the Garden and Gun Club ushered in a new democratic era in the city; beforehand, blue bloods went to the Yacht Club; college kids went to noisy bars on George; African Americans, Navy base employees, and gay men and women all went their separate ways to drink and meet. Now there was a place to cross the class, gender and racial lines that previously had seemed as fixed as the traffic lanes on Broad Street, or as immutable as the laws of physics that kept the planets (and people in Charleston) in their place. Suddenly all bets were off, all orbits mixed.”

The community’s feel is different

Several people said they missed the old 96 Wave radio station and its annual WaveFest. They talked about how families used to live downtown. Now, South of Broad and homes in other neighborhoods are second or third homes for rich outsiders, not places where kids ride bikes or sell lemonade. Several commentators added Charleston used to be affordable for working families when the gap between the rich and poor wasn’t nearly as wide as today.

Folks also talked about missing the old Charleston accent, which was heavily influenced by Gullah sounds from the generations. Bryan Thompson of James Island remembered how air conditioning seems to have broken old traditions of people sitting in rocking chairs on front porches to pass the time and share news and gossip of the day.

Then there were lots of locally owned shops, boutiques and institutions, such as Granny’s Goodies, Loose Lucy’s, Jack Krawcheck, Hoppin’ John’s bookshop, the Christian Family Y (also known as the George Street pool), Luden’s, Fulford & Egan, Horse and Cart, Med Deli in South Windermere and the downtown Piggly Wiggly.

96 WaveFest in 1997 was stacked with big names in alt-rock ... and for just $10

Traffic is a bitch

Near the top of many lists was how much easier it was to move around in the Charleston of yore. It wouldn’t take an hour to get to Folly Beach, Sullivan’s Island or Isle of Palms. Major bridges wouldn’t be jammed at 2 p.m. Parking was free. Roadways often were empty. And periodically you’d hear the clip-clop of police horses on patrol.

Back then, “We thought Navy Yard traffic was bad,” one person recalled. And back then, golf carts, pedicabs and bridal parties didn’t clog streets and sidewalks. But then as now, horse-drawn wagons pulled tourists with a penchant for wearing elasticized waistbands.

“The city used to be like one warm hug,” one Facebook user told the City Paper. “Now it feels like just another high-priced destination.”

Another person who moved away a couple of years ago observed, “How the people in charge allowed so much destruction with construction is unbelievable. Sure, they made a lot of money. But the charm of what was Charleston is gone.”

City Paper file photo

Nancy Santos/CP file photo

Lynne Crooks, owner of Granny’s Goodies, circa 2007

What To Do

SATURDAY

Backyard summer BBQ

Kick off this summer with an old-school backyard bash at The Rooftop at The Vendue this weekend. Enjoy classics like ice-pops and drink specials, including spiked Arnold Palmers, Jell-O shots and shots in mini water guns. The event runs until midnight, but guests can chill out in the summer heat to some live tunes from DJ Wild Bill from 2-7 p.m. This is just the first in a long lineup of events for the summer season.

June 17. 11 a.m.-midnight. Free. The Rooftop at The Vendue. 19 Vendue Range. Downtown. rooftopcharleston.com

SATURDAY

Palmetto Brewing Company birthday bash

Join Palmetto Brewing Company this weekend in celebrating its 30-year anniversary. Wear your best ’90s threads and pick up a disposable camera because everyone will be partying like it’s 1993. Come out for a dunk tank, water balloon toss, face painting, fairy hair tinsel, vintage vendors and more. Live music by Mary Claire Taylor will take place from 2-5 p.m. followed by As If from 6-9 p.m.

June 17. Noon-10 p.m. Free. Palmetto Brewing Company. 289 Huger St. Downtown. palmettobrewery.com

FRIDAYS

Line dancing lessons

SATURDAY

Juneteenth Family Fest

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Start this year’s annual Juneteenth Week with a bang at the third annual Family Fest, a community-based event taking over Riverfront Park this weekend. This day-long celebration will be packed with activities ranging from live performances, Black art displays, games for kids and delicious cultural cuisine. This joyous occasion will be topped off with a grand fireworks show finale to enjoy with your family and friends.

June 17. 3-10 p.m. Free. Riverfront Park. 1061 Everglades Ave. North Charleston. jffcharleston.com

Show off your two-step, the sweetheart, the dip and more. The Lowcountry’s premier country music nightlife hotspot, Honkytonk Saloon, is offering free line dancing lessons every Friday night. Put on your dancing shoes and kick up your heels on the Lowcountry’s largest dance floor, then sit back and enjoy some specialty cocktails, delicious food and music. No tickets or registration required.

June 23. 7 p.m. Free. Honkytonk Saloon. 192 College Park Road. Ladson. honkytonksaloon.com

SUNDAY

Father’s Day at The Watch

Skip the tie this year and give dad what he really wants for Father’s Day: a good old-fashioned summer cookout. The team at The Watch is taking over the grill and serving juicy burgers, always made with locally sourced ingredients, on the rooftop featuring that iconic Charleston skyline. Reserve your table online.

June 18. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Menu prices vary. The Watch Rooftop Kitchen and Spirits. 75 Wentworth St. Downtown. thewatchcharleston.com

SAVE GADSDEN CREEK FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

We don’t like what we are learning about the City of Charleston and WestEdge’s planned destruction of Gadsden Creek. We are learning that the WestEdge plan will make stormwater flooding worse. We are learning about the construction of towering luxury offices, hotels and unaffordable condos on Hagood Ave. We are learning that the Creek is a vital incubator for marine wildlife, and a natural water treatment and flood control asset that cannot be replaced with concrete. We have the signatures of over 1,000 community members who are standing in solidarity with Friends of Gadsden Creek and calling on the City of Charleston to restore and revitalize Gadsden Creek.

OVER 1,000 COMMUNITY SIGNATURES

Calabria creates ‘starving artist supper club’

By Chloe Hogan

Local chef Graham Calabria recently announced a new dinner series he calls “Calabriations,” or the “starving artist supper club.” The aim, he said, is to highlight local visual artists during a dinnerand-a-show style event.

At each dinner, a local artist is featured as the guest of honor — with their artwork on display and available for purchase. The ticketed dinners each offer a four-course meal with a menu crafted by Calabria and inspired by the artist, their overall motif and their favorite foods from childhood, he said.

At the end of each 6 p.m. dinner, the event space is opened to the public (with a cash bar) for viewing hours and the opportunity to purchase artworks from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. The idea of the event, Calabria said, is to make room for inspiring conversation between creatives.

“I think hearing about the artist’s story and being surrounded with the visual stimulation of the artist’s work in a space, I think that’s something that will start conversations. I think there’s going to

be people talking about a lot of different mediums, different ideas, what they want to do in the future, where they want to go with stuff. I think there’s going to be a lot of fun conversations.”

The dinner series launched June 10 with surf photographer Justin Morris (@FollyHood on Instagram) as the featured artist at Union Station downtown.

Calabria worked with Morris to develop a menu inspired by his photographs, which feature the sea and human interaction with it.

Calabria takes on a unique challenge to translate elements of an artist’s work into a work of culinary art.

“Justin Morris does seascapes, often with a lot of contrasts and a lot of black and white photos. We can do sweet and savory to interpret that contrast. We can do it literally too, with black and white dishes like squid ink and a coconut cream sauce,” he

Calabria

JB Hillard

The first event in the “Calabriations” dinner series celebrated Folly Beach basedartist Justin Morris, with seafood dishes inspired by his surf photography

said. “With this dinner, we wanted to actually take you into the ocean and follow its path, from sea level down to its depths.”

For Calabria, the dinner series offers a reinvigoration of his passion for culinary arts.

“This idea kind of came to me because I was working in my own business (Calabria’s Fine Foods) for two and a half years now, going on three, and doing a lot of the back-ofhouse stuff. I was kind of starting to lose sight of why I started it, not getting the chance to cook all that often anymore. So I chose to do this to keep that culinary artist in me alive by collaborating with other creatives.”

The next three dinners will be held at Union Station downtown with Maggie Mazza on July 1, Nathan McClements on July 10 and Lauren Ridenour on July 24. Upcoming artists Patch Whisky and Will Harvey will also participate in the series with those dates and locations still to come.

“I picked these artists because not only do I enjoy their art, but I really enjoy their company, and I find them really easy to talk to and get along with,” Calabria said.

For the first dinner, Calabria released 44 tickets via Resy on his Instagram account at $99 per seat. He will release tickets about a week ahead of the coming dinner events on his Instagram, @ChefGrahamCalabria.

The series will be documented by photog rapher JB Hillard with a video of the series to be made by Jake Cosmo of Koz Films. Calabria said he is excited to collaborate with artists, to craft inspired dishes and to create a space for creative conversations.

“The story behind the food is almost more important than the food itself some times, and getting the right people together to have the right conversations can really build community and be a lot of fun,” Calabria said.

“Being creative in whatever way you can be, that’s the expression of being human. That’s what makes us who we are.”

Koz Films

Grouper ceviche with watermelon, feta and basil was just one course served during the first dinner event

What’s new

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CHARLESTON

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BRUCE

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MINERVA

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Dogs

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Notices

ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION

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NOTICE

This copyright notice informs any potential user of the name gail marvita shipp or GAIL MARVITA SHIPP or DBA gail shipp arrindell or DBA GAIL SHIPP ARRINDELL or any kinship names of keyes/KEYES and shipp/SHIPP or any derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me Gail Marvita Shipp Arrindell el in propria persona sui juris, proprio solo, proprio heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express, prior, written permission signifies the users consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC financial statement in the amount of $3,000,000 american constitutional money payable in gold or silver per unauthorized use of the name used with the intent of obligating me, plus additional cost(s), plus triple damages. The name Gail Marvita Shipp and all derivatives of the name has from this time and from all points in time been liened.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-08-00177

Steve Wright, Plaintiff, vs. Richard Satterfield, Juanita Murphy, Dexter Wright, Rhonda Wright, Joylyn Wright aka Joyyln Wright, Clarence J. Wright, Annie M. Wright aka Annie Lee M. Wright; Joseph E. Wright, Deceased, Julius Wright, Sr. Deceased, Annie L. Wright, Deceased, Julius Wright, Jr., Deceased, John L. Wright, Deceased, Bessie Wright, Deceased, Mattie Swinton, Deceased, Maybelle Baldwin/ Boldman, Deceased and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, as fictitious names for a class of unknown persons being infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, and being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of the deceased persons; Joseph E. Wright, Julius Wright, Sr., Annie L. Wright, Julius Wright, Jr., John L. Wright, Bessie Wright, Mattie Swinton and Maybelle Baldwin/Boldman and any unknown persons, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, known as TMS #057-00-02-015, Defendants.

NOTICE OF HEARING

It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Dale E. Van Slambrook, Master In Equity for Berkeley 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 August 10, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., at the Berkeley County Courthouse, 300-B California Avenue, Moncks Corner, 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 24, 2023

CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-1002461

Bessie Mae Cromwell, Wanda Zellous, Audrey Mae Cromwell, Alverez C. Bennett, Gene Dale Cromwell, Vera Mae Heyward and Vergene Cromwell, Plaintiffs, -versusWilliam Davis Jr, Martin Davis, Carl Davis, Curtis Henry Davis, Alaina Davis, Inez King, Janet Davis, Jelani Davis, Shantell Davis, and Terrell Davis; Janie Cromwell, Deceased and Eugene Cromwell, Deceased, and all persons claiming under or through the heirs or devisees of Eugene Cromwell 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 Jessie Mae Cromwell and Eugene Cromwell, also all persons claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint herein, Defendants.

TMS #428-07-00-092

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated May 19, 2023, which has been filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 19th day of May 2023. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on the 23rd day of May 2023.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/Thomas H. Brush

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

tbrush@brushlawfirm.com

12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407

The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 19th day of May 2023.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiffs against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), 12-51-40 et seq. and 12-61-10 et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs and the Defendants are the owner of the said property and establishing their respective undivided interest in the properties described in paragraph four (4) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint.

That said property affected by said Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this

Notice is described as follows:

All that lot, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying and being on James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina and being the western one-half portion of Lot 11 on a plat entitled “Map of Seaside Park, James Island, Charleston County, S.C., surveyed February 1953 by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, Scale 1 inch = 2 chains = 132 feet” which said plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J, at Page 82,.and being known as Lot 11A.

Measuring and Containing one-quarter (.25) of an acre, more or less, and Butting and Bounding as follows: To the Northeast on property now or formerly of G.M. Mungezer,

1.00 chain; to the Southeast by the southeastern one-half portion of Lot No. 11, known as 11B, 2.35 chains; to the Southwest by Seaside Lane, 0.95chain; and to the Northwest 2.75 chains, be the said dimensions more or less, all of which by reference to said plat will more fully appear.

TMS# 428-07-00-092

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

/s/ Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush SC Bar #974 tbrush@brushlawfirm.com

J. Chris Lanning

Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar #73957 clanning@brushlawfirm.com 12A Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston SC 29407 Phone 843-766-5576

Dated: May 19, 2023

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

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

ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED!

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

Jeffrey Smith, Deborah Smith, Benjamin Smith, Paul F. Smith, Ruth E. Hernandez, Evelyn Smith, Aaron Smith, Jacob Smith, Cheryl Smith, Abraham Smith, Arthur W. McMillian, Evonne Wilson, Terrance L. Wilson, Tamika L. Wilson-Byrd, Robert Stoney Wilson, Carol Rivers Blackwell, Evelyn D. Brown, Viola S. Chisolm, Thomas P. Stoney, Thaddeus Stoney, Archibald Rutledge Stoney, LaPonda R. Greene, Kerry E. Greene, James Carlton Waites, Joe Manigo, Andrew Manigault, Robert Manigault, Edith Harris, Mary Johnson, Barbara Jackson, Kathy Walters, Elizabeth Green, Doris J. Lance, Arnold Carston, Tracey E. Nelson Hardaway, and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of George P. Brown, Louisa Brown, Susan B. Stoney, Henrietta S. Green, Harold Eugene Green, Martha S. Watson, Viola S. Golden, Arthur Stoney, Wilhelmina Stoney, Evelyn S. Wilson, Naomi Wilson, Ruth E. Smith, Al J. Smith, Henrietta McMillan, Benjamin Wilson, Lydia Stoney, Rufus Stoney, Louise Roper Stoney, Robert Stoney, Thelma Stoney Rivers, George Rivers, Sr., George Rivers, Jr., Oliver Stoney, Sr., Vivian B. Stoney, Oliver Stoney, Jr., Louise Helen Stoney, Gloria Lorraine Stoney, Horace Brown, Susan Anderson, George Brown, Sr., Sarah Waites, George Brown, Jr., Marion Luther Brown, Lillie Brown, Herbert Brown, Herbert Brown, Jr. Vincent D. Brown, Jeanette Brown, Christine B. Waites, Rainey Waites, Lila Brown Grant, Thomas Grant, Mary McNeil, Clarence McNeil, Walter Jackson, Harry McNeil, Edna McNeil, Mable McNeil, Nelson, Lucion Nelson, Arthur L. Nelson, Susan McNeil Davis, Eugene Davis, Ellen Frazier, Evelina Brown Waites and Johnny Brown, all of whom are deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants,

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs, through their Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on March 9, 2022.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of the South Carolina Declaratory Judgment Act, Sections 15-53-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and under Section 15-67-10, et. seq. for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the owner of the said property described in paragraph One (1) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants, their heirs, devisees and assigns have no interest, claim or estate in or lien upon the said property.

That said property affected by said Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice is described as follows: All that tract of land situate lying and being on Johns Island, Berkeley County in the state aforesaid and known as plat of a parcel of Dr. Whaleys place on Johns Island made by S. Louis Simmons by the number 39 measuring and containing Twenty-two (22) acres. Butting and bounding North by lot No. 38, East by a road marked in said plat and by lot No. 49, South by lot No. 40 and 50 and West by a public road

TMS #283-00-00-050

LESS

Parcel A

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, Charleston County, S.C. and containing 1.05 acres as shown on a plat of W.L. Gaillard, Surv. The said lot having the following boundaries and dimensions: on the North by Marshlands owned by The Est. of George P. Brown, 175 feet; on the east and southeast by a ditch which separates this property from other lands of the Est. of George P. Brown for a total distance of 430 feet; on the west by lands of the grantors, 114 feet and on the northwest by other lands of the grantors and a road along the edge of the marsh to the Chisolm Road, 251 feet.

Parcel B

All that certain two (2) pieces, parcels or lots of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, Charleston County, S.C. designated as Lots ‘X’ and ‘Z’ on a play by W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated December 20, 1971 and rec’d Book X-98, Page 186 in the Charleston County R.M.C. Office. Lot ‘X’ measuring and containing 0.4 acres and Lot ‘Z’ measuring and containing 0.42 acres.

Parcel A and Parcel B are now known as TMS #283-00-00-051

of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, South Carolina, Charleston County; and containing one (1) acre and known as Tract “A”. Said parcel being on Chisolm Road SE side approximately 3390 ft. SW of Main Road. Being a part of an original 22-acre tract of land owned by the heirs of the Estate of George P. Brown.

This property is now known as TMS #283-00-00322

LESS

All that certain, piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being on Johns Island South Carolina District, Charleston County and containing (1) or more acre and known as tract “B”. Said parcel being on Chisolm Road SE side approximately 3390 ft SW of Main Road. Being part of an original 22-acre tract of land owned by the heirs of the Estate of George P. Brown, as shown on a plat of James G. Pennington, RSL, dated May 10, 1990 and in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BZ at Page 121.

This property is now known as TMS #283-00-00-344 GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated October 25, 2022 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability, claiming any right, title, estate claim, interest in, or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.

s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning

12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 Phone – 843-766-5576

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR

STRAW NAME

Pers. Rep: ARLENE DEAN HILL 910 WHITE MARLIN DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: ROBERT W. HAINES, ESQ. 1092 JOHNNIE DODDS BLVD., #112

MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

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Estate of:

GEORGE ROBERT KELTON, JR. 2023-ES-10-0798

DOD: 10/21/22

Pers. Rep: CYNTHIA JUDITH DRIGGERS 507 HONEY DEW LN. BROOKLET, GA 30415

Atty: CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, ESQ. 460 GREENE ST. AUGUSTA, GA 30901

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Estate of: ROBERT TORBERT YOUNG 2023-ES-10-0850

DOD: 03/21/23

Pers. Rep: NAN R. HALBACH-MERZ 2127 LOBLOLLY LN. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: SHANE W. ROGERS, ESQ. PO DRAWER 5587 SPARTANBURG, SC 29304

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Estate of: CATHEY SINCLAIR LEITCH 2023-ES-10-0878

DOD: 04/14/23

Pers. Rep: H. JOSEPH LEITCH, III 18 BROAD ST., #601 CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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

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Estate of: GERALDINE MARY DEDMON 2023-ES-10-0900

DOD: 04/25/23

Pers. Rep: MARGARET ANN NYLAND 310 BROAD ST., #401 CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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

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Estate of: COLLEEN G. BROWN

2023-ES-10-0912

DOD: 04/23/23

Pers. Rep: RONALD L. BROWN 3286 RACHAEL CIR. LADSON, SC 29456

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Estate of: COLLEEN ELLEN GRIFFIN 2023-ES-10-0923

DOD: 04/13/23

Pers. Rep: TAMYE G. LOZYNIAK 602 OCEAN BLVD. ISLE OF PALMS, SC 29451

DOD: 03/14/23

Pers. Rep: RANDOLPH H. CLARK 1546 EVERGREEN ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: FRANK K. YU 2023-ES-10-0737

DOD: 03/15/23

Pers. Rep: GEORGE CHENG CHI YU 89 FRIENDFIELD HALL KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455

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

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Estate of: CYNTHIA ANN CORNWELL 2023-ES-10-0738

DOD: 03/26/23

Pers. Rep: KEVIN K. CORNWELL 415 INDIES DR. ORCHID, FL 32963

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

************ Estate of: PAUL ERIC SUNDIN 2023-ES-10-0742

DOD: 03/29/23

Pers. Rep: JANINE SUNDIN 13 GARTH DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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Estate of: LAVERNE WASHINGTON FRASIER 2023-ES-10-0775

DOD: 10/23/22

Pers. Rep: THOMASINA L. FRASIER 321 MINNIE ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Atty: KELVIN M. HUGER, ESQ. 27 GAMECOCK AVE., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: MARY ANNE HOWARD 2023-ES-10-0781

DOD: 03/09/23

Pers. Rep: LYNN HOWARD LAWRENCE 4083 EAST AMY LN. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Pers. Rep: LISA HOWARD GROSE 7638 GRANITE HALL AVE. RICHMOND, VA 23225

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2023-CP-10-02584

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE COURT OF COMMON

PLEAS

CASE NUMBER: 2022-CP-1001147

Mildred Mack and Janet Butts, Plaintiffs, vs. Joyce Green, David Green, Jr., Leon S. Green, Sharon Fairell, Myron N. Green, Terry Stoney, Marsha Bond, Abraham Wilson, Cynthia Wilson, Michael Wilson, Stephanie Wilson, Mark Wilson, Jennifer Smith,

YOU WILL PLEASE 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/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 9, 2022.

LESS

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate on Johns Island, Charleston, S.C., and containing five (5) acres as shown on a Plat of W.L. Gaillard, Surv.

The above mentioned five (5) acres having the following boundaries and dimensions-On the Northwest b the Chislom Road 709 feet. On the Northeast by the marshes of Stono River 290 feet. On the Southeast by lands of The Est. of George P. Brown 306 feet and on the Southwest by lands of The Est. of George P. Brown 306 feet.

This property is now known as TMS #283-00-00-052

LESS

All that certain piece, parcel or lot

This Copyright Notice informs any potential user of the name DONALD EGBERT RICKETTS or DONALD E RICKETTS that is intended as pertaining to me, Echo T Busweh El, In Propria Persona Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use there-of without my express,prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus cost, plus triple damage.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: FRANCES W. ROUMILLAT 2022-ES-10-2244 DOD: 12/10/22

Pers. Rep: MALIA DANIELS 988 CAMERON DR. FOLSOM, CA 95630

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

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: MARGARET LOUISE WARE 2023-ES-10-0660

DOD: 03/17/23

Pers. Rep: HARLAN JEROME WARE 8125 CHISOLM PLANTATION RD. EDISTO ISLAND, SC 29438

Atty: CAPERS G. BARR, III, ESQ. 11 BROAD ST., 2ND FLR. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: HERMAN LUTHER CLARK 2023-ES-10-0728

CARMEN SCHLIEBEN and TODD SCHLIEBEN Plaintiffs, -vGLEN DOCTOR, DAN JOE DOCTOR, CLIFFORD DOCTOR, VERMEL DOCTOR BARTEE, JOANN GREGORY DOCTOR, NAQUITA GREGORY DOCTOR, GERINDA DOCTOR, JANIELLE DOCTOR, MARY DOCTOR, ALVSHIA TRANICE DOCTOR and JOHN DOE, adults and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, and incompetents, being fictitious names designating as a class, any person or entity who may be an heir, devisee, widow, widower, assignee, administrator, executor, personal representative, creditor, successor, issue, and allenee of GRACIE E. DOCTOR, ABRAHAM GREGORY DOCTOR, THOMAS DOCTOR, KENNETH DOCTOR, BERNICE DOCTOR, deceased and all other persons or legal entities, in the military or under legal disability, known and unknown, owning, having and claiming any right, title, claim, interest, equity, estate In, or lien upon the parcel of land described in the Complaint herein or any part thereof.

Defendants,

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending In the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, pursuant to the provisions of Title 15, Chapters 53 and 67, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, commonly known as the “Uniform Declaratory

Judgment Act11 for the purposes of determining adverse claims, if any, against the parcel of land hereinafter described; to adjudge and declare that the Plaintiffs are tenants in common with fee simple title thereto, free and clear of any adverse claims of each and every one of the Defendants joined in the above entitled action and that each and every one of the other Defendants joined herein be declared forever barred from claiming or asserting any right, title, claim, interest, equity or estate in the hereinafter described parcel of land and pursuant to Rule 71 SCRCP for the purpose of declaring that there be a free and clear title of the Plaintiff’s name by and through an Order of this Honorable Court.

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

ALL THAT certain piece, part, parcel and lot of land and the Improvements thereon, situate, lying and being, In St. Paul’s School District No. 23, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, near Rantowels, South Carolina; Measuring and containing one (1.00) acre, more or less.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING as

follows: North by a local road, thirty-five (35’) feet wide; which leads to Highway No: 162, East by land now or formerly of Dukes; South by land of Henry Patrick and west by a local road. The North line of this property measures One and Sixty Hundredths (1.60} chains along the south side of local road, by about six (6) chains In depth. More complete description will appear by reference to a plat of said lot by James Postell, Surveyor, dated August 6, 1946.

THIS BEING the same property which was conveyed to Abraham Doctor by Quitclaim deed of Marie Doctor, dated August 10, 1982, said deed having been recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina at Deed Book E-129, at page 015, on August 6, 1982, and the same property, and interest which was granted to Dan Joe Doctor by Deed of Distribution from the Estate of Abraham Doctor on December 12, 1997, and recorded In the RMC Office for Charleston County on December 16, 1997, In Deed Book N294, at page 876.

THIS BEING the same premises conveyed to GRACIE E. DOCTOR, by Quitclaim deed of Dan Joe Doctor, dated January 6, 2001, and recorded January 11, 2001, In the RMC Office for Charleston County, state aforesaid, Book Y 361, at page 004.

TMS # 247-00-00-022

Dated May 30 of 2023, Charleston, South Carolina.

SUMMONS (Non-Jury)

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint In this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer, upon the subscriber, at his office situated and located at 7395 Hwy 162, P.O.B ox 1563, Hollywood, South Carolina 29449, within thirty (30} days after 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.

COMPLAINT (Action to Quiet Title) Partition

PLAINTIFFS, COMPLAINING OF THE DEFENDANTS, ALLEGES:

This is a declaratory judgment action instituted pursuant to Section 15•53-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, to determine the present ownership of real estate hereinafter described and to thereafter have this Court convey the property to buyers under a contract of sale by the persons deemed to be the rightful owners.

The subject of this action is real estate which is described as follows, to wit:

ALL that certain lot, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in St. Paul’s School District No. 23, Charleston County, South Carolina, near Rantowels, South Carolina, in the state aforesaid.

MEASURING AND CONTAINING: One (1) acre, more or less.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING: North by a local road, thirty-five (35’) feet wide; which leads to Highway No: 162, East by land now or formerly of Dukes; South by land of Henry Patrick and West by a local road. The North llne of this property measures One and Sixty Hundredths (1.60) chains along the south side of local road, by about six (6) chains in depth. More complete description will appear by reference to a Plat of said lot by James Postell, Surveyor, dated August 6, 1946.

This being the same property which was conveyed to Abraham Doctor by Quitclaim deed of Marie Doctor, dated August 10, 1982, said deed having been recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina at Deed Book E-129, at page 015, on August 6, 1982, and the same property, and interest which was granted to Dan Joe Doctor by Deed of Distribution from the Estate of Abraham Doctor on December 12, 1997, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on December 16, 1997, in Deed Book N294, at page 876.

This being the same property conveyed to GRACIE E. DOCTOR, by Quitclaim deed of DAN JOE DOCTOR, dated January 6, 2001, and recorded January 11, 2001, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, state aforesaid, Book Y 361 at page 004.

TMS # 247-0()..00-022

That by virtue of the property being situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, Plaintiffs allege that this Court is vested with subject matter jurisdiction herein, and with in-person am jurisdiction over each party that is joined in the foregoing action.

The late Defendant, Gracie E. Doctor, died intestate in 2002, while being a widow and being seised and possessed of a fee simple interest in the subject property, leaving as her heirs and distributes at law, pursuant to the statutes of descent and distribution their being in effect, her eight (8) children, namely: Dan Joe Doctor, Abraham Gregory Doctor, Thomas Doctor, Kenneth Doctor, Bernice Doctor, Vermel Doctor Bartee, Clifford Doctor, and Glenn Doctor.

The late Defendant, Dan Joe Doctor, by deed dated January 6, 2001, recorded on January 11, 2001, in Book Y 361 at page 004, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, state aforesaid, conveyed his Interest in the subject property to his mother, GRACIE E. DOCTOR.

The late Defendant, Abraham Gregory Doctor, died Intestate while being selsed and possessed, of a one eighth (1/8) undivided right, title, claim, interest, equity and estate in the subject property, and leaving as his heirs and distributes at law, pursuant to the statutes of descent and distribution, their being in effect his wife, Joann Gregory Doctor and daughter, Naquita Gregory Doctor.

The late Defendant, Thomas

Doctor, died intestate, while being selsed and possessed of a one eight (1/8) undivided right, title, claim, interest, equity, and estate In the subject property and leaving as his sole heir and distributes at law, pursuant to the statutes of descent and distribution, their being in effect, his wife, Gerinda Doctor, and daughter, Janielle Doctor.

The late Defendant, Kenneth Doctor, died intestate, while being seised and possessed of a one eighth (1/8) undivided right, title, claim and interest, equity and estate in the subject property, leaving as his heirs and distributes at law, his wife, Mary Doctor and daughter, Alyshia Tranice Doctor.

The late, Bernice Doctor, died intestate, without issue, while being seised and possessed of a one eight (1/8) undivided right, title, claim, interest, equity and estate in the subject property.

That by virtue of the operation of the Statutes of Descent and Distribution of the State of South Carolina being in effect when the intestate death of the late Defendant, Gracie E. Doctor occurred, the Defendants, Dan Joe Doctor, Abraham Gregory Doctor, Thomas Doctor, Kenneth Doctor, Bernice Doctor, Vermel Doctor Bartee, Clifford Doctor and Glenn Doctor, are each vested with and is the owner of an undivided one eighth (1/B) undivided right, title, claim, interest, equity and estate in and of the subject property. The surviving wife of Abraham Gregory Doctor, Joann Gregory Doctor, and daughter, Naquita Gregory Doctor, are seised and possessed with a one eighth (1/8) share. The surviving wife of Thomas Doctor, Gerinda Doctor, and daughter, Janielle Doctor, are selsed and possessed with a one eighth (1/8) share. The surviving wife of Kenneth Doctor, Mary Doctor, and daughter, Alyshia Tranice Doctor, are selsed and possessed with a one eighth (1/8) share.

Upon information and belief, the surviving Defendant, Vermel Doctor Bartee, is vested with her undivided one eighth {l/8) interest in the subject property.

The surviving Defendant, Clifford Doctor, is vested with his undivided one eighth (1/8) interest in the subject property. The surviving Defendant, Glenn Doctor, is vested with his undivided one eighth (1/8) interest In the subject property.

The surviving Defendant, Dan Joe Doctor, Is vested with his undivided one eighth, (1/8) interest in the subject property.

The afore-mentioned owners have entered Into an agreement to buy and sell the subject property to the Plaintiffs, Carmen Schlieben and Todd Schlieben, for eighty-five thousand ($85,000) dollars minus the cost necessary to provide the buyers, with a clear and marketable title. Therefore, this action was necessitated, in order to provide the buyers with a clear and marketable title.

Thus, the Plaintiffs seek to have the Master-in-Equity to convey the subject property to the Plaintiffs, Carmen Schlieben and Todd Schlleben, to have the closing attorney distribute the net proceeds to the afore-mentioned owners, In their respective ownership percentages.

RESERVATION OF ADDITIONAL CAUSES OF ACTIONS

Plaintiffs reallege, reassert and incorporate their previous allegations.

Plaintiffs reserve the right to amend their Complaint as necessary to assert any additional claims and causes of actions revealed during the discovery process.

Thus, Plaintiffs are Informed and believe they are entitled to have judgment against the Defendants as follows.

WHEREFORE, the Plaintiffs

pray that this Honorable Court issue an ORDER confirming the ownership as above set forth and convey, by Master’s Deed, the subject property to the buyers, CARMEN SCHLIEBEN and TODD SCHLIEBEN under the terms and conditions of the aforementioned agreement to buy and sell real estate; and for such other further relief as to this Court may seem just proper and equitable.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the expiration of thirty (30} days following the service of a copy of the within NOTICE OF INTENT

TO REFER upon you, the Plaintiff intends to and will appear before the Honorable Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, at the usual place of adjudication and will move His or Her Honor for the entry of an Order referring the above entitled action to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, with finality of authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Master in Equity as aforesaid, that such appeal shall be directly to the Supreme Court of South Carolina or alternatively to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

NOTICE NISI

TO: SUCH OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ACTION WHOM MAY BE INFANTS, INSANE PERSONS AND INCOMPETENTS:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Charleston County, State of South Carolina, an Order appointing you as Guardian Ad litem, Nlsi, George E. Counts, Esquire, whose business address is 27 Gamecock Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29407. THE APPOINTMENT shall become absolute upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the last date of publication of the Summons herein, unless you or someone in your behalf, on or before the last mentioned date, shall procure someone to be appointed as the Guardian Ad Lltem to represent you in the above action.

NOTICE OF RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

TO: THE DEFENDANTS, ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF YOUR FIRST STATUTORY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL:

“The court shall provide for the non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common who are interested In purchasing the property to notify the court of that interest no later than ten (10) days prior to the date set for the trial of the case. The non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common shall be allowed to purchase the interest in the property as provided in this section whether default has been entered against them or not.” 1976 SC Code of Laws, as amended, Section 15-61- 25 (A).

s/Kenneth Edwards, Esquire P.O. Box 1563 Hollywood, South Carolina 29449 (843) 889-1011 phone Attorney for the Plaintiff Dated: Charleston, South Carolina

Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio

Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with the intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damage.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR STRAW NAME

This Copyright Notice informs any potential user of the name JAMIE LEE MANGONE or JAMIE L MANGONE or JAMIE MANGONE that is intended as pertaining to me, Fiore Rosa Mangone, in Propria Persona Sui Juris, Propria Solo, Propria Heredes, that anyunauthorized use there of without my express, prior, written permission signifies the users consent for becoming the debtor on a self executing UCC FinancialStatement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus cost, plus triple damage.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COURT FILE NO. 2023-CP10-02180

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Plaintiff, vs. ESTATE OF SHARON ROSE L. FRANCISCO, deceased; and all other unknown children, issue, and spouses, as heirs of SHARON ROSE L. FRANCISCO, deceased, and any other unknown heirs, heirs-at-law, distributees, devisees, creditors, if any, of SHARON ROSE L. FRANCISCO, deceased, and, if any of the same be deceased, then their heirs, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns, and all others entitled to claim or claiming through them, also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest, in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, commonly described as 656 Coleman Boulevard, Unit 1103, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464; also any unknown persons who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, and/ or persons under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe; EMORY FRANCISCO; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY AND THROUGH ITS AGENCY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; SIX FIFTY SIX OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Defendants

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (FORECLOSURE/NON-JURY)

and/or persons under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe; EMORY FRANCISCO; SIX FIFTY SIX OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, SC 29413-2828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this action.

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Lis Pendens/Notice OF Pendency of Action, Summons and Notices, Certification of Exemption from Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01 (Non-Owner Occupied Dwelling), Certification of Compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Certification of Exemption from ADR, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on May 5, 2023 at 10:53 a.m., the object and prayer of which is to obtain foreclosure without deficiency, of a mortgage of subject property in a non-jury action, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

LIS PENDENS/NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

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

By: Sharon Rose L. Francisco

Dated: May 17, 2017

Recorded On: May 18, 2017 at 3:33:00 p.m.

Deed, including the By-Laws and Exhibits, was duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina on March 20, 2007 in Book E619 at Page 738, as amended by that First Amendment to Master Deed of Six Fifty Six Horizontal Property Regime dated December 23, 2008 and recorded December 23, 2008 in said RMC Office in Book 0026 at Page 509, as further amended in that Second Amendment to Master Deed of Six Fifty Six Horizontal Property Regime dated November 21, 2011 and recorded August 22, 2012 in said RMC Office in Book 0272 at Page 883, as further amended in that

Third Amendment to Master Deed of Six Fifty Six Horizontal Property Regime dated September 06, 2012 and recorded September 20, 2012 in said RMC Office in Book 0279, Page 172, as further amended in that Fourth Amendment to Master Deed of Six Fifty Six Horizontal Property Regime dated January 10, 2013 and recorded June 20, 2013 in said RMC Office in Book 0339 at Page 936, and as further amended by Fifth Amendment to Master Deed of Six Fifty Six Horizontal Property Regime dated September 12, 2013 and recorded October 9, 2013 in said RMC Office in Book 0366 at Page 691. The Master Deed, Bylaws, Survey, Plat and other Exhibits above mentioned are incorporated herein and by this reference made a part thereof. TOGETHER with an undivided percentage interest in the Common Elements of the Regime attributable to said Unit as set forth in the said Master Deed, as amended. ALSO, TOGETHER with that certain perpetual, nonexclusive, permanent, assignable, appurtenant, communal easement and right of way set forth in that certain Access Easement by and between Silkworm Property Owners’ Association, Inc. and WCH, LLC, dated August 29, 2005 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book F552, at Page 711. SUBJECT to all easements, restrictions, and rights of way of record. BEING. the same property conveyed to Sharon Rose L. Francisco by Deed from Woodrow Geiger Senn, Jr. and Anne Wilson Senn The Ryland Group, Inc., dated May 17, 2017, recorded on May 18, 2017 in Book 0630, Page 818, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS No. 517-16-00-196 Property Address: 656 Coleman Boulevard, Unit 1103, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

CERTIFICATE OF NON-OWNER OCCUPANCY DUE TO DEATH OF MORTGAGOR

class designated as Richard Roe (SCRCP 17(d)).

3. That the Plaintiff is informed and believes that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, is a discreet, competent and suitable person to be appointed and to serve as attorney for the unknown persons who may be in the military service, being a class designated as John Doe, and as Guardian Ad Litem for the unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe.

4. That unless said unknown persons who may be in the military service or who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, represented by classes designated as John Doe and Richard Roe, or someone acting in their behalf, shall within 30 days of the last publication of the Order Appointing Attorney and Guardian Ad Litem, procure another suitable person to be appointed as attorney or Guardian Ad Litem in the place and stead of Kelley Y. Woody, the Plaintiff requests that this appointment be final.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Reid E. Dyer Moore & Van Allen PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828 T (843)579-7000 F (843)5798714 Email: cynthialowery@ mvalaw.com reiddyer@mvalaw. com ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR JOHN DOE AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR RICHARD ROE

COPYRIGHT NOTICE OF THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name SHAWNTE’ CHANEL TRIPLETT, SHAWNTE TRIPLETT, SHAWNTE C TRIPLETT, S C TRIPLETT, S TRIPLETT, TRIPLETT SHAWNTE and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, sekhmet neferet el bey, an American State National, In Propria Persona

TO THE DEFENDANTS ESTATE OF SHARON ROSE L. FRANCISCO, deceased; and all other unknown children, issue, and spouses, as heirs of SHARON ROSE L. FRANCISCO, deceased, and any other unknown heirs, heirs-at-law, distributees, devisees, creditors, if any, of SHARON ROSE L. FRANCISCO, deceased, and, if any of the same be deceased, then their heirs, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns, and all others entitled to claim or claiming through them, also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, interest, in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, commonly described as 656 Coleman Boulevard, Unit 1103, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464; also any unknown persons who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons,

Recorded In: Book 0638 at Page 820 Office of: ROD for Charleston County, South Carolina and to sell the property described below for the purpose of paying the lien thereon. That the real estate affected by such action is now and was at the time of commencement of such action situate in the County and State aforesaid, and the following is a description thereof, as contained in the above-referenced Mortgage: ALL that certain unit designated as UNIT 1103, Building 1100, of SIX FIFTY SIX HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME, located in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, a Horizontal Property Regime established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act (Section 27-31-10, et seq., South Carolina Code Laws, 1976, as amended) and by that certain Master Deed of Six Fifty Six Horizontal Property Regime dated March 19, 2007, with appended By-Laws and Exhibits including survey and plat, which Master

The undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff has been informed and is of the belief that the Mortgagor, as defined by South Carolina Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01 (“the Order”), is deceased, and as such, the loan is not eligible for foreclosure intervention as contemplated by the Order.

MOTION AND CONSENT FOR APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR JOHN DOE AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR RICHARD ROE

1. That an action has been commenced to foreclose a mortgage affecting real property located in Charleston County, South Carolina, against unknown persons who may be in the military service, or unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, cited and represented in the above caption as John Doe and Richard Roe; further that the residence of the unknown persons are not known and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence.

2. That an attorney should be appointed for unknown persons who may be in the military service, being a class designated as John Doe (50 U.S.C. App Section 521), and a Guardian Ad Litem should be appointed to protect the interests of unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent, or under a legal disability, being a

After consideration of the Motion and Consent For Appointment of Attorney for John Doe and Guardian Ad Litem for Richard Roe, it is ORDERED, that Kelley Y. Woody, a competent and discreet person, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for the unknown persons who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and Guardian Ad Litem for any unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent and/or under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 656 Coleman Boulevard, Unit 1103, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, unless those unknown persons who may be in the Military Service or who are minors, imprisoned, incompetent, and/or under a legal disability, shall, in person, or through someone on their behalf within 30 days after final publication of this Order, procure to be appointed some other suitable person as Attorney or Guardian Ad Litem in the place and stead of Kelley Y. Woody, this appointment shall be final. AND

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a notice of filing of this Order shall forthwith be served upon said unknown persons who may be in the Military Service or who are minors, imprisoned, incompetent, and/or under a legal disability, by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in Florence County, for a period of not less than once a week for three consecutive weeks. Such publication may be accomplished jointly with the service by publication as hereinafter authorized. SO ORDERED

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

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One-of-a-kind opera premieres in Charleston

By Chelsea Grinstead

As One chamber opera explores the story of a transgender woman named Hannah told through the voices of Hannah Before and Hannah After and a simple yet evocative string quartet. Charleston’s Holy City Arts and Lyric Opera (HALO) company will bring the famous opera to the Queen Street Playhouse downtown at 7 p.m. June 22 to June 25.

When critically acclaimed baritone singer-actor Lucas Bouk takes the stage as Hannah Before, it will be his fifth time performing in a production of As One

“Hannah’s story is about a woman’s coming of age, and I have been on a similar journey coming into my own self over the past five years as a trans man,” Bouk told the Charleston City Paper. Bouk, who lives in Manhattan, performed as a mezzo soprano for 10 years prior to 2020. In 2019, he starred as Hannah After in As One with Alamo City Opera in Texas and again at Alchemical Studios in New York City. He is the only artist to perform as Hannah Before (baritone) and Hannah After (mezzo soprano).

“I came out in 2017 to myself and in 2018 publicly,” he said. “I wanted to transition with testosterone, but my career had been taking off, so I didn’t want to take the time to retrain. It changes your voice when you take this testosterone. I retrained during the pandemic, and performed the baritone role of As One twice this past fall.”

To Bouk, the opera is an intimate portrayal of the “allAmerican girl’s story” of finding yourself and figuring out how to live in the world. There will be Q&A sessions after the 75-minute performances during which the audience can get to know the cast and ask about material.

The audience meets Hannah’s character during childhood, around second grade, when she starts to experience a lot of shame.

“She starts to express things about herself that are true,” Bouk said, “and she’s told that she can’t, that it’s not right. And I went through that exact same thing. I didn’t have words for it. But in first and second grade, I also tried to express certain things about myself and just learned that I couldn’t express them. I had to hide.”

In high school, Hannah becomes a star quarterback and becomes the “perfect boy,” he said.

“And I did the same thing,” he said. “I became the perfect girl. I was the valedictorian. I was really good at music and just hid behind perfection. If I was perfect, then maybe people would leave me alone, maybe I could survive. So I identify with those two things about

Arts, etc.

Catch local bands at the Pour House

Charleston ensemble Space Armadillo takes the stage June 17 at the Pour House for a performance of Phish covers and original songs featuring vocalist/guitarist Andy Greenberg of Runaway Gin, keyboardist Ross Bogan of Doom Flamingo, drummer Stuart White of Motown Throwdown and bassist Ben Mossman of Little Bird with special guest musician “The Dude of Life” Steve Pollak. Soulful country act Gritty Flyright hits the stage June 24 with Charleston singer-songwriter Meredith Foster for an evening of bluesy, twangy tunes. Tickets are $15 to $30 and available at charlestonpourhouse.com

Chelsea Grinstead

Spend a morning with Kate Counts

Creative Mornings Charleston this month hosts Kate Counts, a teacher of many modalities including group fitness, spin and yoga, who will speak at 8 a.m. June 23 at the Royal American . She’ll discuss how yoga, meditation and movement can facilitate self-inquiry and personal transformation. Wildflower Pastry will provide breakfast, and illustrator Nicholas Kawczynski will make art during the event. Register for free starting at 10 a.m. June 19 at creativemornings.com/chs.

Chloe Hogan

Art of Jazz returns to the Gibbes Museum

As One opera is an intimate production with two voices and a string quartet portraying the life story of transgender woman Hannah, played by both Heather Jones (top, left) and Lucas Bouk (top, right)

Hannah: having to hide something … and then trying to be perfect to cover it up. It’s a wild ride starring in this show.”

As One is a singular concept

The English language opera As One, composed by Laura Kaminsky, is one of the most-performed operas in the United States.

“My job is to create a sonic landscape in which the story is told so that the sound

The Gibbes Museum of Art joined forces with Charleston Jazz to present a monthly concert series called Art of Jazz. The first concert on June 21 features the Abidel Iriarte Experiment , a trio led by classically trained pianist Iriarte who fuses Afro-Venezuelan and Cuban rhythms with jazz and pop music. The second concert on July 19 features vocalist Heather Rice , who released her latest EP Worth Loving in January on her own label Red Lion Recording. The third concert on Aug. 16 features vocalist Manny Houston, a classical pianist who crosses into the world of hip-hop and R&B. All shows are $35 to $45 and tickets are available at gibbesmuseum.org. — CG

Photos by Rūta Smith

“ Opera turned into a mirror and asked: How are you doing with this world? And ‘not well’ was the answer.”

—Heather Jones

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South Porch hosts painters, playwrights in historic home

By Chloe Hogan

The evocative setting of a 19th century Summerville property serves as an inspiring backdrop for artists participating in the South Porch Artist Residency.

The new residency provides artists with dedicated space and time for creative work. Residents are given the option to either work alone or share studio space, and to participate in communal dinners in the evening where they can engage with fellow artists about the creative process. The Summerville property, (named for its large front porch), offers a welcoming, intimate environment with a creative community of makers and scholars.

Since opening its doors to residents last September, the nonprofit residency program has hosted visual artists, writers, scholars, performance artists, composers and even clergy. Those who apply and are accepted can stay at the property between four days and four weeks.

Co-founders and partners Brad Erickson and Brian Protheroe moved to Summerville in early 2021 after spending decades in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their goal was a lifestyle change, one that would become defined by meaningful exchanges between the artists they host and their Summerville neighbors.

The dream of opening a residency program is one that the couple, who have been together since 2009, started thinking about five years ago. Erickson spent 19 years as the executive director of Theatre Bay Area, an organization for theater artists and companies in San Francisco. He’s also a playwright.

“Part of what got us here was that I had such magical experiences on artist residencies myself,” Erickson said. “I was actually on a playwright’s retreat in Joshua Tree in Southern California. On a hike through the national park, I had this idea, like can I do this as the next thing for me? Run my own residency?

“I went back and talked to my fellow playwrights there and did a little bit of ideating. I came back and told Brian about it. We began to then look, just casually at first, through Zillow for properties that could potentially work.”

They started the search in Northern California and even toyed with the idea of central Mexico.

“The Charleston area was always on the radar because my family lives here,” Erickson

The South Porch Artist Residency opened last year with a mission to support the work of artists, playwrights and more by offering dedicated time and space to create alongside other resident artists

said. “And there did seem to be a potential for filling a niche in South Carolina.”

They purchased a beautiful, historic five-bedroom Federalist style home in Summerville built in 1835. The history of the home’s ownership includes multiple artists and writers, who are represented in the artwork which covers the walls of the colorful, elegant home. (Some resident artists and neighbors even claim to have seen the ghost of artist Samuel Ravenel Gaillard, a painter who lived at the property in the 1960s.)

When Erickson and Protheroe first saw the house, it “ticked all the boxes.” It was big enough to host a few artists at a time with five bedrooms to stay in, a massive kitchen for communal meals and two bright, beautiful studio spaces.

“It was also the neighborhood, the community that we were going into,” said Protheroe, who also serves on the board at Public Works Art Center (PWAC).

Embraced by the community

“We wanted it to be idyllic: the big oaks with the drooping Spanish moss, magnolias, the picket fences,” Protheroe said. “We wanted that setting, and to be near the downtown area [of Summerville] too. We wanted our artists to be able to walk around the neighborhood and not have to be dependent upon a car.”

The location offers the best of both worlds: The feeling of retreat into a somewhat secluded, small-town neighborhood, plus access to culture with the Flowertown Players and PWAC just around the corner. Erickson said, “Summerville has more going on than we ever imagined.”

Erickson and Protheroe said their surrounding Summerville community has wholeheartedly embraced the residency. Neighbors will engage with resident artists and even invite them on their porches for wine in the evening. (As we sat on the front porch for the interview, a neighbor brought over eggs.) “Sunday Salons” is a new program where, every month or so, artists can invite the public to view work in progress.

Erickson, Protheroe and their resident artists gather together for dinner most nights to discuss their creative endeavors. Protheroe said that one of the most special aspects of the residency is the “magic that occurs around that dining room table.

“We make dinner together, but then we sit at that table. Our two top values, community and joy, are created there. We linger at that table. The conversations, the feedback everyone receives about their artwork ... the inspiration that takes place, the changing of minds, the new perspectives and the friendships and bonds that have formed, it has been fantastic.”

Past residents include Regina Evans, a playwright working on a piece that takes place immediately after the Civil War.

“She found it to be really moving, inspiring and profoundly helpful to be here as she was writing this play,” Erickson said. A composer named Rachel Wiley stayed for three weeks.

Visual artists include Barbara Schreiber from Charlotte and Rachel Rinker from Goose Creek, who made 10 large paintings in the upstairs studio space before heading off to pursue a masters in fine art.

Playwright and performer Katherine

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Mount Pleasant ceramicist Maria White has embraced the healing power of pottery in her own life. She extends that experience to others through her community outreach nonprofit Mugs for Moms, which she founded after surviving postpartum anxiety and depression. By providing pottery classes and mental health resources, White has helped bring together women of diverse backgrounds to harness the therapeutic aspects of artistic expression. She gave the Charleston City Paper a list of albums that help her get out of any creative funk:

Ma Vlast by Bedřich Smetana

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo by Ennio Morricone

Echo and The Bunnymen by Echo and The Bunnymen

The Essential Nina Simone by Nina Simone world supports the emotional truths of the story,” Kaminsky told the City Paper. “I create a sonic universe that is real that people are absorbed into.”

Opera

The libretto, or text of the opera, is by Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed. Hannah’s character is modeled after Reed’s own life story. As One is the first opera with a transgender protagonist, and it debuted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2014.

“There are these beautiful projections throughout the show by Kimberly Reed,” Bouk said, “which makes it really accessible to a modern audience.”

When award-winning mezzo singeractor Heather Jones (who uses they/them pronouns) takes the stage as Hannah After, it will be their second time performing in a production of As One.

Jones, a Charleston native who now lives in Brooklyn, started their performing arts education at Charleston County School of the Arts. They have been singing for 15 years as a soprano, mezzo and alto soloist and are also an accomplished dancer and pianist.

The series of scenes see Hannah in different times of life, like check-in points, Jones said. The opera approaches character development through memory narration and traces Hannah’s story, which includes an assault and suicidal thoughts. Themes of self-discovery and self-protection wind

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Murphy, from California, is quoted on the residency website:

“[South Porch] allowed me to make leaps and bounds of progress in my writing. … What I wanted and what I received: Freedom to spend my time as I please, in comfort, surrounded by beauty, while other artists fed my creativity.”

Erickson said a future goal for South Porch is to see more Charleston artists take advan-

throughout the dynamic production that conceptualizes freedom in its truest form: fractured yet joyous.

Jones fell into the world of opera in 2014.

“Me being a trans non-binary person in opera has felt very isolating,” they said. “Opera is a really cisgendered space, like ‘women do this, and men do this.’ My job is to be an actor, but it felt like in order to get jobs, I had to act like those roles. And it really wore on me.”

There is a lot of attention on your body as a performer, Jones said.

“Opera turned into a mirror and asked: How are you doing with this world? And ‘not well’ was the answer,” they said. “In performing, your body is your instrument. And once I came out as non-binary, the sort of work that I got was only [roles] I love to do.”

When Jones first starred in the production in 2021 with Opera Main, they said confinement fell away from their acting persona in a beautiful way.

“HALO has provided this amazing landing place of both professional employment and identity validation and a safe place to do that in my hometown. I love being able to come back here and work.”

Jones will go on to reprise the role of Hannah in 2024 with the Kentucky Opera.

“As One has been a new chapter of my singing career and of my personal identity. As cliche as it sounds, sometimes you need to see something in art before you can see it in yourself.”

tage of this rare in-state residency offering.

“There really is something to being away even when you’re not all that far away. You can really get away from your everyday life, without having to travel thousands of miles to go do it. The experience is really rich for people, and it can really move their projects forward in a way that working at home in your home studio just doesn’t.”

Applications are open on a rolling basis. One week is $275 and two weeks is $500. For more details, visit southporchartists.org.