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North Charleston group wants a Black mayor

Members of the newly created North Charleston Mayoral Committee said the city’s African American population should unite behind one Black leader who would become the city’s first Black mayor. All of the mayors in North Charleston’s history have been White since the city was founded in 1972.

By Herb Frazier

For nearly five years, Berkeley County Sheriff S. Duane Lewis used his spare time to research the men who enforced the laws and those who broke them during the county’s raucous decades of moonshining, political corruption and murder.

Probing into past crimes and the people who investigated them showed Lewis how history repeats itself. From the late 19th century until 1970, Berkeley County had as much violent crime then as it has now, said Lewis, a Berkeley County native raised in a law enforcement family.

“[Crime] was just not reported like things are reported today,” he explained. “We see violence all over the place, and people think, ‘Lord have mercy! What is the world coming to?’ It has always been there. We just didn’t know a lot about it.”

To prove his point, Lewis and his former criminal justice professor at Trident Technical College, Danny Crooks, tell stories of the county’s sheriffs who hunted the criminals in Lawmen and Lawlessness: Historic Cases of Corruption and Murder. They will talk about their 424-page book filled with historical photos on June 28 during the Daniel Island News Authors Series at the Daniel Pointe Retirement Community on Daniel Island.

The sheriff and Crooks spoke openly to the Charleston City Paper about their book, published in May of this year by Palmetto Publishing in Charleston. They stopped the interviews, however, when asked why the book does not mention the race of the lawmen, the criminals and those who were hanged for murder.

The book explores the lives of about a dozen sheriffs who served from 1882 to 1970. It’s a history of the elected sheriffs who tried to keep the peace with limited county government support in a sprawling impoverished county that once stretched from Holly Hill, Summerville to just south of McClellanville. Prior to 1895, Mount Pleasant was Berkeley’s seat of government, and the county line even extended to Edisto.

The book also chronicles notorious bad guys who committed unspeakable blood-chilling crimes, such as bootlegger Jeremiah

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“North Charleston is 52% African American and has never had an African American mayor and it is time,” committee co-chair Beverly GadsonBirch told WCSC-TV.

The committee includes ministers, citizens, labor and community leaders who say they are working together to to focus on fundraising, voter education and registration, while backing the six Black mayoral candidates. They say they’ll eventually pick one to fundraise for ahead of the Nov. 7 election. —Staff reports

Untold history

“In 2023, it strikes me as bizarre that we continue to unearth major elements of African-American history. Beyond simply elevating under-told stories, we are excavating heretofore unknown events and people that had a consequential impact on our country.”

—Michael B. Moore in an exclusive online column about Juneteenth. Moore is the founding president of the International African American Museum and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district.

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9 killed, 8 others shot in S.C. from June 13 to June 20

S.C. shooting deaths: Nine people died in Berkeley, Richland, Charleston, Aiken, Williamsburg, Lee, Cherokee and McCormick counties.

S.C. shooting injuries: Eight others were hurt in Greenville, Lee, Horry, Greenwood and McCormick counties. Mass shootings: 28 mass shootings in the U.S., totalling 319 for the year.

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Sources: S.C. official and media reports.

Lawmen and Lawlessness features this haunting painting (above) titled “Moonshiners” by Finish painter Vilho Henrik Lampi

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The book is an effort to cut through the rumors and innuendos of these tales to set the record straight as to what really happened.”

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Charleston Carifest to spotlight Bahamian culture

By Chelsea Grinstead

Indigenous Bahamian music will echo on King Street at 4 p.m. July 1 as the Charleston Carifest parade journeys toward Brittlebank Park. Following the parade, the park will erupt in family-friendly festivities in honor of National Caribbean American Heritage Month.

“Carifest is a celebration of the Caribbean,” said Loran Shelton Beck, the festival’s Carifest president. “In 2006, President [George W.] Bush signed a proclamation making June National Caribbean American Heritage Month, so our goal is to educate people, bring aware-

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Bahamian music and food are highlighted during this year’s Carifest celebrating the country’s 50th year of independence

ness and showcase the contributions of Caribbean Americans to the United States — to our adopted home.”

In celebration of the Bahamas’ 50 years of independence, Charleston Carifest will spotlight the island country in all its splendor by bringing Bahamian music, cuisine and culture to the Holy City. Events take place at various locations June 29 through July 1.

Charleston Carifest is part of South Carolina Caribbean Culture and Heritage organization founded in 2006 with a mission to “unearth, study, preserve and promote the cultural heritage of the Caribbean,” according to its website. Each year Carifest focuses on a different Caribbean country, territory or region. Past celebrations have centered around the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Guyana. This year’s festival kicks off with an educational symposium and opening reception at 6 p.m. June 29 at the College of Charleston’s Wells Fargo Auditorium downtown featuring presentations from Minister

of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, Consulate General Anthony Moss and Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Wendall K. Jones and others.

“The people of the Bahamas and the people of [South] Carolina have much in common,” Jones told the Charleston City Paper. His presentation will cover the roots and contributions of the people of the Caribbean in America.

“Ours is a brilliant legacy and a rich culture — something which we should hold on to and celebrate,” he said. “The people of Charleston have a common heritage with their brothers and sisters in the Caribbean who have enriched the American experience.”

Malika PryorMartin, chief learning and engagement officer of the International African American Museum, will moderate the symposium, which will detail the Bahamas’ road to freedom, Shelton Beck said.

“The symposium will cover [the Bahamas’] connection and contribution to the United States, and we’ll highlight some of the natives that have contributed significantly.”

On June 30, Carifest’s all-white party, Fête en Blanc, will take place at Founders

Hall at Charles Towne Landing in West Ashley. Tickets for this event start at $80 on eventbrite.com.

Performance troupe the Atlanta Junkanoo Group will lead the July 1 Carifest parade that begins at the corner of John and King streets and ends at Brittlebank Park. The vibrant procession includes colorful masqueraders and dancers with a marching band. Junkanoo is a wellknown Caribbean street festival celebrated with Caribbean dance, music and costumes, similar to Mardi Gras in the U.S., Shelton Beck said.

Carifest’s Bahama Takeover Cultural Explosion at Brittlebank Park begins at 3 p.m., but the party really starts when the parade makes its grand entrance.

The event includes indigenous cuisine, artisanal vendors and live performances from Bahamian artists such as Da Mighty Pencil from Nassau, Bahamas; Nishi L.S.; FanShawn; Julien Believe; and The Chromatic band. Entry into Brittlebank Park for the Cultural Explosion is $15

to $20. During the event, festival goers can make Junkanoo hats, participate in a pineapple eating contest and watch a straw basket weaving demonstration, Shelton Beck said.

Carifest brings the atmosphere of Carnival, a Caribbean street festival that represents freedom from slavery.

“When the slaves became free from their masters, they took the celebration out in the streets, and that’s why it’s important to have the parade,” Shelton Beck said.

“The parade signifies the period when everybody became equal — when people were parading as one in the streets of the Caribbean. Carnival can be found in the Caribbean in different months, you can jump on a flight and go to the Virgin Islands and participate in that Carnival, or you can go to Trinidad and participate in that Carnival — it’s spread out all over. As Caribbean people, wherever we go, we start a celebration.”

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The parade signifies the period when everybody became equal — when people were parading as one in the streets of the Caribbean.” — Loran Shelton Beck

Riley Center, city to spearhead Union Pier project planning

By Skyler Baldwin

The S.C. State Ports Authority (SPA) announced last week that the controversial Union Pier development project in Charleston will be put on pause for a year.

And in a surprise, the port agreed to allow the city of Charleston, in coordination with the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Center for Livable Communities at the College of Charleston, to head the planning process on how the valuable 64-plus acres of downtown land will be developed, according to an SPA spokesperson.

The June 16 announcement came roughly a week after more than 250 residents and representatives from nonprofits and advocacy groups packed a Charleston Planning Commission meeting to oppose the port’s Planned Unit Development proposal — a type of master plan that would guide development for whichever developer purchases the land — crafted by the port’s consultant, the real estate developer Lowe.

“This might have been a miscalculation on Lowe’s part,” said Brian Turner, president and CEO of the Preservation Society of Charleston. “The stuff people see going on — people are asking questions. It doesn’t help when you have a conceptual plan we don’t have a lot of controls around. … People need certainty that this isn’t just going to be a massive scar on the city.”

When asked if Lowe would still be involved in the project, a spokesperson from the SPA said the Riley Center would be leading the planning process. Representatives from Lowe declined to comment on the group’s future involvement with the project. The SPA did not respond to questions regarding how much Lowe was getting paid for their work on Union Pier, nor when those payments were expected to end. Media reports, however, said Lowe was being paid roughly $50,000 per month.

The state agency’s decision to pause work on Union Pier is ultimately the result of monthslong onslaught of negative public feedback on the project’s direction.

“For the past year, we have engaged extensively with the community,” SPA President and CEO Barbara Melvin said at a June 16 press conference. “We heard from hundreds of residents. We consistently met with city leaders, stakeholders, neighborhood groups and residents. People shared with us what they wanted to see at Union Pier, and more importantly, what they did not want to see at Union Pier.”

Critics have complained that the project was too big, too fast and too out-of-scale for historic Charleston and neighborhoods that feature two- to three-story residential

New museum to kick off opening with June 24 community event

By Owen Kowalewski

The International African American Museum (IAAM) is celebrating its highly anticipated June 27 opening with a community gathering downtown on Saturday.

merits for Charleston.

“This pause and change in planning direction is a tremendous opportunity for the people of Charleston for this once in a lifetime opportunity to transform Union Pier, and to make it Charleston,” he told the Charleston City Paper. “It will allow a truly collaborative and community-led planning process.”

While the core elements of the project may be holding fast, public leaders have voiced several concerns with the previous proposal and its direction.

“We’re thrilled to welcome community members, visitors and dignitaries from far and wide to the grand opening of the International African American Museum,” Dr. Tonya Matthews, president and CEO of IAAM, said in a statement. “We have waited a long time for this moment — we have many to thank and much to celebrate.”

units, not eight-story chunks of commercial buildings.

“The same themes kept emerging,” Melvin continued. “We heard the calls to slow down the process and gather even more community input. We heard the need for this process to be city-led with third-party experts weighing in on every aspect of the proposal. We heard the desire for less density and height and more green space. We heard that future development must address resiliency concerns, traffic demands and affordable housing.”

Melvin said the core elements of the plan are projected to remain the same: a mixed-use neighborhood development that expands waterfront access, creates public parks and greenspace and connects residents with cultural assets like the nearby International African American Museum.

Winslow Hastie, the president and CEO of the Historic Charleston Foundation (HCF) that has been working to slow down the project, said the slowdown has great

Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg worked behind the scenes in recent months to get the SPA to change its hard-line position. He said he could envision six main tracks for the project’s new direction: Update the comprehensive city plan to define what the future planning area will look like:

• Address resiliency elements of the project site to not only manage stormwater, but protect residents from potential storm surge and rising sea levels;

• Set the architectural tone to ensure the development looks and feels like Charleston;

• Solidify plans for public parks and greenspace, including what features the public would like to see;

• Determine avenues for financing the development, including options for a tax increment finance district;

• Ensure traffic and transportation remains equitable, accessible and does not have a negative impact on the rest of the city.

A Community Watch Celebration will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 24 at Marion Square in Charleston. Charlamagne Tha God, a Moncks Corner native and host of the national radio show The Breakfast Club, will emcee the event. The Boeingsponsored event is free and will include a live simulcast of the opening ceremony, food trucks and performances by local musicians and artists such as Grammy Award-winning band Ranky Tanky, former Charleston poet laureate Marcus Amaker and Charlestonbased DJ SCrib. Other performers will include Bebe Winans, Candice Glover, Jesse Nager and more. The event will also include activities led by the Boeing South Carolina DreamLearners, an educational program that provides students with opportunities to learn about careers in STEM, advanced manufacturing and aerospace.

“It’s exciting to invite the community to join us for this historic moment. We’re preparing to open our doors with music, food, poetry, incredible visuals and words of wisdom — and to truly celebrate African American culture and its connection to and influence on the world,” Matthews said.

The museum will open June 27 every Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. excluding Christmas and Thanksgiving.

For more information, visit iaamuseum.org/ event/grand-opening-dedication-ceremonywatch-event.

Courtesy S.C. Ports Charleston’s Union Pier project may get an all-new design after a year-long pause

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The new musuem overlooks the Cooper River

“We heard the need for this process to be city-led with third-party experts weighing in on every aspect of the proposal.”

—Barbara Melvin

Wright’s 1920s reign of terror. Twice convicted of murder, Wright was twice pardoned by South Carolina’s governor. He later shot a man five times in front of witnesses, but that case was subsequently ruled self-defense. Violence was so bad that the county was nicknamed “Bloody Berkeley.”

“The book is an effort to cut through the rumors and innuendos of these tales to set the record straight as to what really happened,” said Crooks, a historian and former law enforcement officer.

Lewis’ collaboration with Crooks began as a project for the Berkeley County Museum in Moncks Corner a few years after he was first elected in 2015 as the county’s 16th sheriff. The museum wanted a display on former sheriffs. As a result, Lawmen and Lawlessness gives readers startling insight into the county’s violent past.

Moonshine wars

Moonshine-making began in South Carolina’s colonial era and continued until after the Civil War, which decimated the state’s economy. The 1893 Dispensary Act, which gave the state total control over the making and distribution of spirits, was the spark that ignited the county’s moonshine industry. The combined effect of the

Depression and Prohibition raised the temperature on the making of shine.

The county’s economy and geography made Berkeley the “perfect storm” for moonshine, Lewis said. Before World War II, the county was very poor, he said. “People were hungry, and they did what they had to do to survive,” the sheriff added.

The proliferation of camouflaged moonshine stills in the dense pine forests and desolate Hell Hole Swamp that straddles the Berkeley-Williamsburg county line led to rival gangs that met in bloody clashes. One of them occurred May 8, 1926, near train tracks that cut across Moncks Corner’s main street. When the shooting stopped, three men lay dead.

In graphic detail, Crooks and Lewis described the shotgun blast that hammered Sam McKnight’s chest, sending “his body spinning around like a marionette. Blood spattered across the dirt as he tumbled. Ben

[Villeponteau]’s second barrel blast tore into McKnight’s back, blowing more bone and flesh out of his chest.”

Moonshine in Berkeley County even got the attention of Chicago gangster Al Capone who had the “liquid gold” smuggled in railroad cars to the Midwest during Prohibition.

Paying for the crime

On April 11, 1890, Charles Simmons stepped up on the gallows to pay for killing a merchant at his Edisto store. A News and Courier reporter asked Simmons if he was guilty. “Yes, sir, and I am satisfied to die. I think I have received my just and due reward.” The reporter then asked Simmons why he killed the merchant. “I killed him because I thought I would get some of his money. I did not get any.”

Lewis and Crooks also described the execution of Oscar Simmons, convicted in the March 5, 1893, ax murder of a German immigrant and his wife at their home in Lincolnville. On Sept. 1, 1893, Johnson, dubbed the “Lincolnville Butcher,” and Henry Ewing, who killed a prostitute, were hanged. The writers describe the black gallows at the jail yard in Mount Pleasant, the black hoods over the heads of the condemned and the weights used to snatch their bodies up to snap their necks. However, the writers omitted one vital detail, the men’s race. When asked to com-

ment why they do not reveal the race of the people who were executed, Lewis and Crooks declined to comment further. The book also does not mention the race of the lawmen or other elected officials.

Johnson and Ewing were Black. If Lewis and Crooks thought their book would be criticized for reporting that White sheriffs presided over the executions of Black people during the county’s Jim Crow era, they were wrong, said Dr. Bernard Powers, professor emeritus of history at the College of Charleston.

Race and corruption

Powers said race is one of the essential features of corruption and lawlessness in Southern history. “Race was manipulated to separate Black workers and White workers to the disadvantage of both and to undermine the unionization effort in the South,” he said. “Every White person was schooled to see himself or herself better than the highest-achieving Black person.”

Most White Americans believe slavery has no relationship to the present status of people of African descent, who lag behind in the quality of their lives as compared to their White peers, said Powers, director of the college’s Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston.

“White people are misguided, and these authors have missed the opportunity to correct their miseducation.”

Every White person was schooled to see himself or herself better than the highest-achieving Black person.”

—Dr. Bernard Powers

Charleston metro area has ninth best gig economy, report says

By Owen Kowalewski

Charleston ranked ninth among the country’s 20 best metro areas for the gig economy and opportunity, according to a recent report by CommercialSearch. The gig economy is the sector of the labor market that consists of short-term contract and freelance workers.

The results came from an analysis of more than 70 of the nation’s highest populated metropolitan areas on seven metrics including non-employer growth, median earnings and economic index.

“Charleston being ranked No. 9 nationally for best metropolitan area for self-employed professionals is pretty sweet,” said Ernest Andrade, executive director of Charleston Digital Corridor. “Gig workers are generally independentminded, entrepreneurial [people] avidly looking for new opportunities, pursuing self-education, etc. which contributes to a fundamental vibrance and dynamism for Charleston’s economy and talent pool.”

The Holy City’s gig economy has grown significantly in the last five years. Non-employer growth has increased by more than 20%, and median earnings for gig workers has grown by more than 25%.

“The well-above-average presence of self-employed individuals promotes economic resilience in our community to unexpected downturns such as the recent Covid-19 pandemic,” Andrade told the City Paper.

Charleston ranked just ahead of Atlanta (10) and Houston (11). The highestranking metros for gig economy were Miami (1), Nashville (2) and Austin (3). Nearly 30 of the 71 metropolitan areas were from the Southern U.S., making it the largest region in the study. All of the top 10 Southern states were among the top 20 in the national ranking.

“We know that lifestyle is a big driver for professionals relocating to Charleston. Being ranked a top 10 metro for gig workers demonstrates that high-wage companies and remote workers are increasingly seeking to relocate for quality-of-life purposes to choose Charleston,” Andrade said. “A growing gig economy serves to promote a youthful culture (arts/food/entertainment) that attracts talent and diversity.”

Blotter of the Week

A North Charleston man was taken into custody June 15 by North Charleston police after allegedly stealing a 40-ounce bottle of beer from a gas station and wielding a fire extinguisher as a weapon against employees. After police confiscated the beer, the man reportedly spit into an officer’s face en route to the jail. “He was advised he would be charged with throwing bodily fluids on police which he responded to with another spit to the face,” the report said.

Just moving stuff around Charleston police on June 4 received a report that a refrigerator, a clothes dryer, a washing machine and a dishwasher unit had been stolen from a West Ashley apartment. A witness said the suspect told him he was “just moving around some appliances,” before loading them into a U-Haul truck and driving away.

A rude awakening

North Charleston police tapped on the window of a car pulled over on Greenridge Road at about 6 a.m. on June 14, waking up the sleeping driver, who immediately sped off. Police engaged in a high-speed pursuit, but ultimately called off the chase. Imagine being that functional without a cup of morning coffee.

By Skyler Baldwin and Alex Nettles

Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between May 30 and June 15.

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onsider the fable of the mice and elephants. Seems that elephants trampled on some nests of mice on the way through the forest. So some brave mice approached the elephant king, and asked for his group to take a different path. He agreed. Some time later, the elephants got trapped in nets of hunters. And to the rescue came the mice, who gnawed through the nets and freed the elephants. The moral, of course, is that a true friend helps a friend in need.

So a local elephant, the S.C. State Ports Authority, has for months been stomping around with big development plans for about 70 prime acres on Union Pier, a tract given by the city of Charleston to the port in 1947 for use for shipping. A new deal came in 1994, and the port was supposed to develop the land responsibly pretty quickly. Didn’t happen. But in recent months, it woke, wanting to rush through a massive new project including hundreds of more hotel rooms, 1,600 housing units and commercial space on block after block of big buildings that would destroy the character of downtown Charleston.

The mice of advocacy groups and neighbors haven’t liked all of this rigamarole. They’ve been organizing and protesting for months. A couple of weeks back at a public hearing, more than 250 people showed up and gave intelligent, passionate comments on why the port’s plan is bad for Charleston.

Then a funny thing happened. Just when many people felt something was being rammed down their throats, the elephant listened to the mice, seeming to remember that Charleston is home to both. In a surprise move, the Ports Authority hit the

pause button for a year and, more importantly, said it would look to the city of Charleston and planners at the College of Charleston to lead a community-driven process to plan Union Pier’s future.

“The same themes kept emerging,” SPA President and CEO Barbara Melvin said in a hastily called press conference June 16. “We heard the calls to slow down the process and gather even more community input. We heard the need for this process to be city-led with third-party experts weighing in on every aspect of the proposal. We heard the desire for less density and height and more green space. We heard that future development must address resiliency concerns, traffic demands and affordable housing.”

The port is to be congratulated for listening. We’ve long called for a slowdown — and even the return of the Union Pier land to the city to develop. Thank you. This is a good compromise, for now.

But this new openness doesn’t mean the good fight is over to keep the character of this new Charleston neighborhood to be like other areas. As community groups, citizens, the city, planners and the port collaborate, let’s keep in mind that the scale and size of whatever becomes of Union Pier needs to be responsible. Let’s use the next year to create something that’s appropriate for Charleston. That means no massive buildings, fewer (if any) hotels, more affordable housing and commercial spaces that embrace the live-work-play development ethic.

We’ve got room to dream. We’ve got time to keep our elephant and the mice happy. Let’s embrace this opportunity.

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IAAM opening brings bittersweet memories

By Herb Frazier

A 1960s March wind lifted our kites high above the rusty chain link fence that divided our neighborhood and an industrial area along the Cooper River. If the twine snapped, our kites fell where hundreds of enslaved lives were lost in the freezing winter of 1807 and 1808.

We didn’t know the fencing along Concord Street divided our neighborhood, the Ansonborough Homes housing project, from Gadsden’s Wharf where enslaved Africans, possibly our ancestors, had been brought into Charleston.

About 10 million to 12 million captured Africans who survived the trans-Atlantic slave trade arrived into the Western Hemisphere. Of the Africans imported into the British mainland of North America, more than 40% came through Charleston. Historians say that thousands of enslaved people passed through Gadsden’s Wharf, the last major slave-trading port in the United States. It is a gripping fact hidden from us for far too long.

The site is now home to the International African American Museum (IAAM), which opens this weekend.

Unbeknownst to me when I left the projects in the mid1960s, life placed me on a wandering path that would put me in the future IAAM next to my old neighborhood.

The only museum we knew at that time was the old Charleston Museum on Rutledge Avenue. Its only hint of Africa was a spooky mummy exhibit. In Charleston, echoes of Africa were hiding in plain sight, but we didn’t know them then. They existed in the coiled sweetgrass baskets, the foods and the language.

The civil rights movement was in full swing by the spring of 1972 when I got my first job as a newspaper reporter at The News & Courier. My father couldn’t understand why his son wanted to work at “that paper,” the one he wanted to burn down in the 1950s because of its editorial stance on segregation. Through the years, journalism provided me with an education on Africa that I didn’t get in the projects or South Carolina classrooms.

I’ve walked in Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Ghana where shackled people shuffled along before they were placed on ships bound to the so-called new world. I’ve seen where enslaved Africans worked in the sugar cane fields of Barbados which spawned a colony that became South Carolina. I know the origin of words and crafts unique to Gullah Geechee culture.

These unimaginable experiences for a Black child of the 1960s in a segregated South somehow found me! Did the ancestors give them to me knowing that one day they’d need someone to speak their truths as part of a museum that tells their stories?

The invitation came in the fall of 2021 to stand in front of the camera for one of about 25 informal conversations now displayed in the museum. The museum calls them “American Journeys Flashpoints.” The museum did them with people from different walks of life. The topics include Emancipation to Reconstruction, citizenship, gender, injustice, and land and community. I was to be in one of the videos, but to my surprise, I was told recently that I am in two of them. The ancestors have been busy.

The IAAM will be an eye-opening experience for many as it was for me. I am still moved by the black walls of the Port of Departure minigallery that bear the names and ages of young Africans like Houa, 7 and Lome, 14, who arrived here in chains. I was their age when I ran barefoot through Ansonborough.

I am saddened, however, that across the street from the museum the Ansonborough story is hiding in plain sight, like Gadsden’s Wharf was invisible to me when I was a child.

As thousands stream to the IAAM, they’ll pass a wide grassy field where Ansonborough once stood, but they won’t know its story. It was the nurturing village that raised scores of children like me. Ansonborough is gone, another victim of gentrification.

In Charleston, echoes of Africa were hiding in plain sight, but we didn’t know them then. They existed in the coiled sweetgrass baskets, the foods and the language.

Herb Frazier is senior projects editor at Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

The not-so-secret importance of bees

Recognizing the plight of pollinators during Pollinator Month

By Alex Nettles

Charleston is a city made beautiful by its colorful gardens. There is a reason why visitors and natives saunter past and stare at every backyard — the city is alive with nature. The flowers, when blooming, give Charleston its vibrance. Without a plethora of bees and other pollinators to spread the fruits of plant reproduction, the city would be barren of beauty, a place more like a black and white movie than anything in brilliant color.

These days, bees are getting more attention locally thanks, in part, to something that happened seven years ago in Dorchester County. Beekeepers and activists were shocked then when a 2016 aerial spray over Dorchester County killed millions of bees and made national news. The county sprayed for mosquitoes to prevent Zika virus in South Carolina, but county officials failed to notify beekeepers.

Lucy Davis of Mount Pleasant said the event was a turning point for beekeepers in the state.

“It caused a lot of those beekeepers to lose all of their bees,” she said. Davis, president of the Charleston Area Beekeepers Association, said the controversial spray pushed pollinators into environmental conversations.

“People started to talk about it,” Davis said, “and they started to realize they had such an impact on us.”

The month for pollinators

June is International Pollinator Month. Local hobbyists and activists see it as a time to refocus their message on the Lowcountry and speak about its hardworking creatures.

To Ben Powell, Charleston County’s Clemson Extension associate for the apiculture and pollinator program, honey bees serve as an inspiration for how to see the world.

Tami Enright, co-founder of The Bee Cause, said educating children about bees teaches them to love nature

“We focus on the big things, right? We focus on the stars, galaxies and Earth. But once you enter the world that is beneath you, you realize that there is such tremendous diversity. That’s what more people need to do.”

Although insects and many other animals pollinate, bees are the most widespread and efficient, according to the National Wildlife Foundation. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) data show they contribute $18 billion of additional revenue each year across the country. The honey bee, for example, pollinates one-third of the food we eat.

Challenges for bees, pollinators

Many of the people who fight to protect Lowcountry bees and other pollinators such as butterflies, moths, bats and beetles say two of the biggest challenges they face in the Charleston area are aggressive mosquito abatement programs and the use of non-native plants.

Pollinators are considered to be at a “critical crossroads” by the USDA. Bee populations are gradually declining in North America and globally with one in four bee species at risk of extinction, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.

“The plight of the pollinator is real,” said Tami Enright, co-founder of The Bee Cause. “Maybe this can be the hook for real change.”

Enright’s Charleston-based organization teaches and raises awareness about bees in schools across the U.S. and Canada. The organization offers schools observation hives and hands-on learning to encourage environmental awareness.

“The mosquitos are getting stronger, and the bees are getting weaker,” Enright said.

‘Contentious’ spraying

Christopher Burtt, the urban horticulture agent for Charleston County’s Clemson extension service, thinks Charleston is facing biodiversity loss and pesticide overuse.

“Right off the bat, we are dealing with significant biodiversity loss,” Burtt said.

He believes some beachfront areas of Charleston were spraying too many pesticides to create a suitable environment for tourists.

“I’m noticing where tourism is at the forefront, we are seeing that aggressiveness kind of hyped up,” he said.

Burtt said the extensive spraying was done to appease tourists and caused collateral damage to the pollinators. He said he thought the judicious use of pesticides was the best way to handle mosquitos but later added that some areas of the county like Sullivan’s Island were getting almost no insects at all.

“Mosquitos are not the only flying insects,” he said. “When we are just broadly killing off all flying insects, it tends to do some significant damage.”

Environmental experts differ on the acceptable usage of pesticides.

“It is a contentious topic down here,” Burtt said.

Mosquito abatement

The Charleston area, subtropical with rising tides and humid summers, has historically been at war with tropical diseases. An edition of The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine said colonial South Carolina gained a reputation as “one of the most unhealthy spots in British North America.” The lowlands of South Carolina were stressed as “fertile breeding grounds for the anopheles and other mosquitos.”

Ben Powell said mosquito abatement was a justifiable but sensitive topic in the Charleston area. Most bee deaths attributed to pesticide use that Powell investigated were often caused by something else. He added that the death rates were very low considering the amount of mosquito abatement occurring.

What you can do

Powell believes the best way to facilitate pollinators is to create a habitat for them on your property.

“If you as a regular citizen want to help provide a habitat where you are, that will help the pollinator population rebound,” he said.

Lucy Davis called the honey bee a sentinel species — an insect that reflects environmental stress.

“A sentinel species is an animal that warns us that we are in danger,” she said.

“Much like a canary in a coal mine.”

An overarching problem with pollinator sustainability, according to Davis, is people’s desire to prune their yards and use incompatible, non-native plants.

She recommends allowing your landscape to be a bit wild and not focus so much on perfection.

“Make it fun and exciting,” she said. “We have tons of cool native and diverse plants.”

Many sustainability experts recommend growing native plants as a way to help pollinators. Native plants are plant species indigenous to an area and have evolved with the climate of the area. They are key facilitators for local pollinators, according to a report by the Oregon State University extension service.

Dave Manger is the owner of Roots and Shoots Nursery in West Ashley, specializing in native plants. He said many organisms rely on native plants to survive, and the few plants that are downtown aren’t native and stunt pollinator growth.

“Everybody has their own little slice of Earth, and they could do a lot of good for our pollinators if they use that little space,” he said.

Manger advised people to “go pick a flower, go pick a native plant and plant one. See how it does.”

Five ways to build a better habitat for pollinators

Here are some tips that will help you grow and sustain a pollinatorfriendly yard:

1. Use your space. Dave Manger of Roots and Shoots Nursery said most people don’t use all of their yard space. Developing more of your yard space in general helps with biodiversity.

2. Add native flowering plants to your garden. Plants that aren’t native can stifle biodiversity and insect populations. A report from the Ecological Society of America said native plants are hardy and help pollinators because they have evolved with them and support them.

3. Curb pesticides. According to the Tufts Pollinator Initiative, it is important to limit pesticide usage in your garden. A more conscious pesticide method will benefit all pollinators and plants.

4. Diversify blooming. Cultivating plants that will blossom in each season will ensure you have a biodiverse garden all year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

5. Add water. The USDA recommends including a small birdbath and keeping dead tree limbs. They will provide water and shelter for native bees.

Burtt

A sentinel species is an animal that warns us that we are in danger. Much like a canary in a coal mine.” —Lucy Davis

Bees in Charleston and around the world face habitat

loss

because of deforestation and urbanization

What To Do

FRIDAY Shrek Rave

Music Farm is hosting a Shrek-themed rave this weekend because … well, why not, we guess. That’s right, the Shrek craze isn’t over yet, not if nostalgia-driven millennials have anything to say about it. Dress up as your favorite green ogre, or a donkey, or a gingerbread man, and get ready to party. This event is for individuals ages 18 and older. Just bear in mind: It’s dumb. Just come have fun. Who cares? Cool is dead.

June 23. 9 p.m. Tickets start at $15. Musc Farm. 32 Ann St. Downtown. musicfarm.com

XSATURDAY

Hackathon Jr.

Join Northwoods Community Center for a day of coding, workshops, TED-esque talks, mentorship, competition and prizes. Hackathon Jr. is a nonprofit event that teaches kids problem solving skills with technology. Kids between ages 9 and 13 interested in tech will find something to get excited about. Snacks and lunch are included.

June 24. All day. Ticket prices vary. Northwoods Community Center. 8348 Greenridge Road. North Charleston. hackathonjr.com

SUNDAY

Share House Pride brunch and workout

THIS MONTH

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This month’s concurrent solo exhibition at Park Circle Gallery features a collection of paintings created intuitively from impressions and memories rather than photos. Kathryn Parker’s works convey what calls to her heart, and in If Color Could Talk, Would it Move? Would it Walk? artist Jennifer Kirk Hamilton presents acrylic and oil paintings inspired by the banal task of dog walking. Through June 30. Gallery hours vary. Free. Park Circle Gallery. 4820 Jenkins Ave. North Charleston. northcharleston.org

Continue celebrating Pride with a Gritbox Boxing and Brews pop-up workout class. All proceeds will go to local LGBTQ advocacy group We Are Family. Keep the party rolling with a Pride brunch featuring performances from four of Charleston’s drag queens after the workout while sipping on cocktails named after each queen. Share House will donate $1 from each cocktail sold to Charleston Pride.

June 25. 9 a.m.-noon. Ticket prices vary. Share House. 23 Ann St. Downtown. wearefamilycharleston.org

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Music on the Green

Head to the Village Green at Freshfields Village for a complimentary outdoor concert. June 23 guests are Me and Mr. Jones, followed next week by Tru Sol, who will bring the month to a close. Guests are encouraged to bring beach chairs and blankets as the center welcomes back one of its favorite family-friendly events. Music on the Green will return this summer every Friday from May 27 through Sept. 2.

Fridays. 6-9 p.m. Free to attend. Freshfields Village. 165 Village Green Lane. Kiawah Island. freshfieldsvillage.com

by Kathryn Parker

Artifacts

The Gibbes revamps visiting artist program

By Chloe Hogan

When the Gibbes Museum of Art embarked on its $13.5 million renovation in 2016, one of the goals of the project was to re-dedicate spaces to education and community engagement.

The 2016 opening of the renovated museum revealed two on-site studios, two classrooms and a lecture space. That same year, the museum launched the visiting artist program, a six-week residency with eight available spots open to artists across the U.S. Seven years later, the program is seeing an expansion and reevaluation of its offerings.

Under new leadership

The new curator of the visiting artist program, Jordan Sprueill, joined the staff July 2022, bringing a background in education.

“The first floor was always supposed to be a teaching institution,” she said. “So when we relaunched in 2016, the visiting artist program was focused on that educational aspect.”

Sprueill said the education department at the Gibbes in recent years has focused on bringing the museum’s contemporary initiatives, including the visiting artist program, to new and diverse audiences, looking to create many ways for locals to engage with art.

Part of that initiative is bringing programs (including visiting artists) out of the museum space and into the community, some of which happens through educational workshops for K-12 schools in the area.

“Not only do the artists come in here and spend six weeks in their residency, but we’re also actively trying to get them to engage with the community — to bring people in and to send the artists out,” she said.

Sprueill, a Summerville high school graduate, understands firsthand how creating diverse programs can attract museum

newcomers. She had never visited the Gibbes until January 2022 when she attended “Improvised: A Hip Hop Experience,” a program in which local and emerging hip-hop artists responded to works in the Romare Bearden special exhibition. Once introduced to the museum, she wanted to get involved with creating exciting programs.

An important part of the equation is centering public programs specifically around each artist and what they can uniquely offer the community, she said. For example, an event last December with then-current resident artist Amiri Farris was held in Park Circle.

“We were trying to think of ways to engage with communities that don’t really know about the Gibbes,” Sprueill said. “We did it in North Charleston, where it’s maybe a far commute or maybe not the demographic that consistently comes in.

“We put canvases and easels in the middle of a park, had live music there. The people were actually able to grab materials that we brought in and create [art] based on the music. Amiri was live painting on a huge canvas, showing how to be inspired by the things that they hear.”

Open studios

The eight artists who are annually selected into the program will, for six weeks, work in a studio space on the museum’s admission-free first floor. Interested visitors can engage with artists during open studio

hours. When the residency ends, artists show their completed body of work in the art sales gallery, also on the admissionfree first floor.

Though it’s open to artists across the country, many of the individuals selected for the program deal with subject matter related to the South, Sprueill said. Current visiting artist Ransome, a painter who creates pictorial narratives, hails from New York, but his practice is informed by his grandparents’ origins as sharecroppers in North Carolina.

Catch a production by the HEART community

The inclusive arts organization for adults with disabilities HEART SC presents Gumshoes, an original musical production at the Charleston Music Hall for one night only at 7 p.m. June 25. Tickets are $35 at charlestonmusichall. com and heartsc.org.

Celebrate Black artists at Emeline Hotel

The Emeline Hotel offers a weekend of special arts programming June 30-July 2 in celebration of the opening of the International African American Museum. Highlights of the weekend include a variety of poetry events hosted by Charleston’s first poet laureate Marcus Amaker and the city’s current poet laureate Asiah Mae . Gullah vocalist Ann Caldwell will give a performance titled “Journey of Return,” featuring music and storytelling. All events are free and open to the public. For more info, visit hotelemeline.com.

Visit Brookgreen Gardens after hours

Tickets are now available for Brookgreen Gardens after-hours lighted art exhibition, Summer Light: Art by Night, June 7-Aug. 26 on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Eleven installations made up of thousands of bulbs will illuminate the garden. Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. To learn more, visit brookgreen.org.

Rock out to a familyfriendly musical

Dock Street Theatre presents The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at 2 p.m. July 22-23 and July 29-30. Millions of fans have followed Percy Jackson’s adventures in Rick Riordan’s award-winning young adult books, the hit 2010 film and this 2014 off-Broadway musical. The story follows the adventures of Percy, a typical 12-year-old who discovers that he’s actually the son of Poseidon with the magical powers to match. Tickets are $36.50 at charlestonstage.com.

Chloe Hogan

Ransome is a New York-based figurative artist who participated in the Gibbes residency this spring

Photos by MCG Photography/courtesy Gibbes Museum of Art Artist Amiri Farris did a live painting demonstration for the Gibbes Sprueill

Mixed media artist Young talks creative process

By Chloe Hogan

Mixed media artist Rolf Anthony Young creates abstract artworks informed by constant experimentation and a deep passion for the creative process.

He uses different mediums to express his creative energy, finding outlets in collage, digital media, paintings and even fashion. Lately, he is making abstract artworks which incorporate found objects, such as wood, raw canvas, blue tarps, yarn and nails. His work often blurs the lines between painting and sculpture.

“I don’t believe that one medium identifies me as an artist,” Young said. “I choose the medium that best executes my ideas. It is the idea that all creatives are in love with … but it is the responsibility of that creative individual to deliver that idea to an audience, which fascinates me.”

Some of his influences include the artistic philosophy of David Lynch, the work of Robert Rauschenberg, graffiti art, hip-hop and b-boy culture.

Found materials are important to Young’s practice. “Finding materials that others discard feels like I am rescuing something, giving life to something lost. This speaks to my heart as an artist,” he said.

“If you hear A Tribe Called Quest bumping through your neighborhood, don’t be alarmed. It’s just me saving the discarded wood of Charleston.”

Born in Vienna, Austria, artist Young is now based on James Island and has made art since studying at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he graduated in 2001. He worked as a graphic designer in Los Angeles until 2019, when he moved back to Charleston and returned his focus on artmaking.

Young is known in the local art community for his openness towards fellow artists. After he was one of six artists who received the 2023 South Carolina Arts Commission Emerging Artist Grant, he started consulting with other artists about grant applications.

“This grant changed my life. Receiving the award instilled in me a level of confidence in my artistic practice. People began to ask me how I won the award, [which led to] the creation of ROLF artist consulting,”

Provided

Local artist Rolf Anthony Young works in various media, teaches workshops and offers consulting services to Charleston-based artists who are applying for grants

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“The artwork that he created was from the perspective of somebody on the outside looking in, describing their perspective on the South,” Sprueill said. “That brings a unique point of view.”

Other criteria for selected artists are openness, willingness and ability to engage with the local community, she said.

When a showcase for historically Black colleges and universities took over the art sales gallery during this year’s Spoleto Festival USA, student artists were invited to the Gibbes for an artist talk and studio visit with Ransome — an invaluable experience for the group of young artists.

That moment serves as an example of the access to working creatives the visiting artist program aims to provide, she said, “allowing chances for our more established artists to pour into emerging artists helps their careers go to the next level.”

There are still opportunities to engage with the program for those not selected for the residency.

“Last year, we had 39 applications, and we could only choose eight,” Sprueill said. “But some of those people that we couldn’t fit into our year, we asked to do summer camps, different events, workshops. So we still engage with the people who aren’t selected.

The visiting artist limited residency is another option. Sometimes it may be a two-week residency, such as the coming limited residency with acclaimed performance artist Kate March. In her studio stay from July 30 through Aug. 19, Marsh will create six large-scale works as a part of Nether Space(s), a performance art piece

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he said. “Your local arts community is your lifeline to accelerating your art career.”

The work which won Young the grant is on view at the James Island Arts and Cultural Center until Aug. 1. In February 2024, he’ll have a solo exhibition at Park Circle Gallery.

Young said he is invested in showing his work in both traditional and nontraditional spaces. His work can often be found at local art markets.

“I am often thinking about how art can move beyond the traditional creative spaces,” he said, adding that opening his own art space in Charleston is one of his future goals.

His road to making art his full-time career was not without its challenges though.

“When I moved back to Charleston in 2019, the shit show of the pandemic hit. As someone with bipolar disorder, this was maybe the most difficult time for me. Besides learning to live a life without drugs or alcohol, another thing I had to do was seek professional help for my mental illness.

channeling six women’s endometriosis pain experiences that she will debut in the Gibbes’ Rotunda gallery on Aug. 19.

“We wanted to do these pop-ups so that the space can be occupied at all times. We want to be a consistently looked-at museum,” Sprueill said. And the vision for the program continues to expand.

“Charleston is such a different place than it was 10 years ago. We don’t want to be known as just a history or art history museum, but an art museum that is based on contemporary art, that is constantly evolving, constantly changing and constantly being ahead of what’s happening in our city.”

At 45, I am so thankful I am where I am today,” Young said.

“As a mental health survivor, I plead with people who are struggling with their own mental health that they seek help. You are too important to let your illness dominate your life. Today, I am living proof that you can not only survive but thrive.”

His recent work reflects an attitude of creative freedom, much of which was discovered while making in his garage studio. Young enjoys the vibe of the unconventional space: “History has proven that garages are sacred spaces where ideas blossom into great things.”

What fuels the fire of his creativity, he said, is putting his work out into the world, especially in seeing how others respond to it.

“[My goal] is disrupting the idea of what art can be. I love to question everything. Attitude is important in my work. What I mean is, your art should be the baddest ... in town. Fuck up people’s perspective. Make them uncomfortable. Don’t be a passive doormat. Life is fleeting.”

Check out Young’s work at lowbitlogic.com or on Instagram @rolfanthonyyoungart

MCG Photography/courtesy Gibbes Museum of Art Multidisciplinary feminist artist Kate March explores her artistic voice through live painting performances. Her residency begins later this summer.

Cuisine

Local tomatoes freshen up summer eats

By Michael Pham

You may have already noticed juicy, budding tomatoes in your home garden, but mid- to late-June kicks off the official start of tomato season in South Carolina. To take advantage of this sweet, tangy produce, head to your local farmers market or check out local restaurants that incorporate this summer delight into their dishes.

FIG executive chef Jason Stanhope said it’s still early in South Carolina’s tomato season, but regional tomatoes from places like Florida are ready to roll. And the dirtier the tomatoes, the better they taste, he said.

“Lyle at Limehouse called me. He said, ‘Hey, we’re getting our tomatoes in from our Florida guys, and they have dirt all over them.

“There’s just something different about a dirt ground tomato. Like most [produce], tomatoes need to struggle a little bit, so in the tomato world, dry is good and wet is bad.”

As the seasons change, so do the menus.

“It reminds you of why you like to eat seasonally,” Stanhope said. “You get these snapshots of what’s happening now in our region.”

Here are some restaurants bringing ripe tomatoes to your plates.

Tomato and burrata

Bistronomy by Nico

64 Spring St. (Downtown)

This petite plate uses local burrata paired with cuts of heirloom tomatoes from Limehouse and served over croutons. The natural sweetness of the dish is enhanced by cucumbers, microgreens and seaweed salad in a sweet soy vinaigrette adding freshness to the naturally sweet and acidic dish, which is topped with benne seeds for added texture.

Caprese panini

and heirloom burrata salad

Blind Tiger

36-38 Broad St. (Downtown)

The caprese panini is a crunchy, sweet and savory sandwich stacked with arugula, Floridian tomatoes, mozzarella cheese,

What’s new

Spread Bagelry will open in Mount Pleasant on June 28 at 1400 Shucker Circle. Order bagels for dine-in or to-go from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Downtown restaurant Coterie has introduced a new cocktail to its menu, the Order of Nature . The drink is crafted with pandan, vodka, sake, lemon and pineapple juice, basmati and is garnished with edible glitter. A portion of proceeds from sales will be donated to We Are Family.

Heights Meat Market opens its doors July 1 at 426 W. Coleman Blvd., offering a variety of premium meats and grilling essentials available from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.

What’s happening

Celebrate one year of brewing at Bevi Bene’s One Year Anniversary Party from noon-8 p.m. June 25. This familyfriendly event is free to attend and will feature seasonal brews on tap and yard games as well as live music and local food trucks.

Both Summerville and Mount Pleasant Sol Southwest Kitchen & Tequila Bar locations will celebrate Tequila Thursdays this summer beginning with happy hour at 4 p.m., a complimentary tequila tasting from 6-8 p.m. and live music starting at 6 p.m. Firefly Distillery hosts its second Lowcountry Boil from noon-3 p.m. July 9. Attendees can enjoy live music, craft cocktails and a variety of food options. The event is free to attend, but guests must purchase a $30 ticket in advance to secure a platter of Lowcountry boil from chef Graham Calabria . Tickets are available at fireflydistillery.com.

pesto and basil mayo pressed between grilled sourdough bread. For something lighter, the heirloom burrata salad combines arugula, fresh burrata, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, shaved red onion and is topped with a lemon vinaigrette and balsamic reduction with grilled sourdough on the side. Add chicken or shrimp for protein at an additional cost.

Slow-roasted pork

and chilled heirloom tomato

FIG

232 Meeting St. (Downtown)

The slow-roasted pork was introduced early in the tomato season at FIG, and Stanhope said he plans for it to join the

Sip wine and dance to music with Tarpoon Cellars at The Wonderer from 5-8 p.m. June 30. The poolside wine tasting and DJ show will include four different wines paired with complimentary bites. Persona La Ave and DJ 2 Slices will provide music. A portion of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit The Giving Kitchen, a regional nonprofit. Tickets to the event are $40 each and available for purchase at tarpooncellars.com.

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Local restaurants incorporate summer tomatoes into dishes such as FIG’s slowroasted pork and chilled heirloom tomatoes (above) and Blind Tiger’s caprese panini

Photos by Rūta Smith

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Chef Nico Romo uses tomatoes from a Moncks Corner farm as a star in this fresh summer dish with basil pesto and balsamic served at Laura in Summerville

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larger menu once local tomatoes become more regular and ripe. He said the entree is a combination of hot and cold, with thinly sliced slow-roasted pork served with thick wedges of chilled heirloom tomatoes topped with pesto.

Green tomato carpaccio

The Grocery

4 Cannon St. (Downtown)

Start dinner with an appetizer that’s fresh and cool like the green tomato carpaccio at The Grocery, paired with roasted corn, cherry tomatoes and fried green tomato pickles, plucked from a variety of regional farms like the Green Heart Project, Lowland Farms, Rosebank Farms and Hickory Bluff. There’s nothing like a balance of acidity and tartness to kick off a delicious meal.

Burrata

Laura

101 N. Main St. (Summerville)

Tue, Oct 10 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Harbour Club at Westedge

Chef Nico Romo’s burrata is served with a variety of tomatoes from Kurios Farms in Moncks Corner over basil pesto and finished with a balsamic drizzle and microgreens. The burrata is paired with housemade focaccia bread for dipping, making it the perfect Italian summer dish.

Heirloom tomato sandwich

Prohibition

547 King St. (Downtown)

Prohibition’s heirloom tomato sandwich is intentionally simple to showcase the flavors of Johns Island tomatoes from

GrowFood Carolina. Thick slices of heirloom tomatoes, crispy black pepper bacon and peppery arugula are packed between toasted Normandy Farms sourdough bread smeared with a house avocado mayo.

Pick-your-own tomatoes

While local farmers markets and grocery stores offer a variety of tomatoes, nothing beats going out onto a field and picking your own.

Here are four places near the Charleston area to get your hands dirty and pluck your tomatoes straight from the ground:

Brigger Hill Farm

1884 Bugby Plantation Road, Wadmalaw Island

(843) 259-8825

Open May to August, Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Hickory Bluff Berry Farm

245 Hickory Bluff Lane, Holly Hill hickorybluffnurseryandfarm.com

Open May to June, Tues.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Dempsey Farms UPick

1576 Sea Island Pkwy, St. Helena Island

dempseyfarmsupick.com

Open June to July, hours vary.

King’s Farm Market

2559 SC-174, Edisto Island

kingsfarmmarket.com

Open June to August, Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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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.

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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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NUMBER: 2022-CP-10-01147

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, 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.

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.

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

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 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

Estate of: FRANCES W. ROUMILLAT 2022-ES-10-2244

DOD: 12/10/22

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 *****************

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 *****************

Estate of: COLLEEN G. BROWN 2023-ES-10-0912

DOD: 04/23/23

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

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

Pers. Rep: MALIA DANIELS 988 CAMERON DR. FOLSOM, CA 95630 Atty: F. PATRICIA SCARBOROUGH, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

SUMMONS IN THE PROBATE COURT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE MATTER OF: ARLENE MARIE MCGREGOR

in the Petition.

By: S/ Eleanor D. Washburn Eleanor D. Washburn

1110 Queensborough Blvd, Suite 103

Mt Pleasant, South Carolina 29464

PETITION TO DETERMINE HEIRS

- SUMMARIZED

Petitioner: Coleen Ann Carte

Deceased: Arlene Marie McGregor

Date of Birth: June 20, 1935 Date of Death May 7, 1977

Names of Possible Known

Heirs and Relationship: James T. McGregor Spouse; Joseph Perry McGregor, son; Sandra Lee Wood, daughter; Carol Ann McGregor, daughter; Donna Marie McGregor, daughter; Colleen Ann Carte, daughter; Kathleen Lynn McGregor, daughter; Michael Scott McGregor, son; and the Estate of Patrick James McGregor, deceased son.

Reason for Petition: To establish heirs of deceased on date of death and inheritance rights under SC Law for Property located in Charleston County. Notice of Appointment of Guardian ad Litem to represent unknown heirs. If you are an unknown heir, you should contact: Wendi Lawson See; 113 East Washington Street, Ste G Walterboro, South Carolina 29488; 843-782-3333

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL HEARING

DATE: July 25, 2023

TIME: 10:00 am

PLACE: VIRTUAL HEARING FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY

PROBATE COURT

For link to join Virtual hearing, contact attorney for Petitioner: 843-972-3391; eleanor@charlestonestateplanning.com or the Court 843-958-5012; jward@ charlestoncounty.org

PURPOSE: Hearing upon the Petition of Colleen Ann Carte in the Estate of Arlene Marie McGregor

DESCRIPTION OF PLEADING: Petition to Determine Heirs

A full copy of the Summons and Petition is available from the abovenamed attorney. If you do not file an Answer, the relief requested will most likely be granted.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-1256 VOX USA, LLC dba VOX PROPERTIES, Plaintiff vs. CHARLES J. BROTHERS & GERALDINE BROTHERS, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE OF COMPLAINT FILED (Quiet Title)

NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO: 2023-CP-10-02584

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:

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.

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.

CASE NUMBER: 2023ES1000897

To: Possible Unknown Heirs of Arlene Marie McGregor You Are Hereby Summoned and required to answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which was filed in the Charleston County Probate Court on May2, 2023, and is hereby served upon you by publication, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the subscriber at 1110 Queensborough Boulevard, Suite 103, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, her office, Charleston Estate Planning Law Firm, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer within the time aforesaid, Petitioner will apply to the Court for the relief demanded

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to this complaint, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original complaint in the abovetitled action was filed with the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 14, 2023.

Law Offices of Amber S. Deutsch, LLC

By: Amber S. Deutsch (amber@asdlawfirm.com)

SC Bar # 72703

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF 636 LONG POINT ROAD G-65 MT. PLEASANT SC 29464 (843) 452-1993 Amber@ASDLawFirm.com

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,

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

dated February 9, 2018 and recorded with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office on February 12, 2018 in Book 0698 at Page 261.

TMS No.: 608-11-00-034

Property address:

334 Old House Lane Dewees Island, SC 29451

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 11.50% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance.

In case of noncompliance within twenty (20) days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff’s judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment being demanded, this sale will be re-opened after 30 days for final bidding.

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

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property. Plaintiff makes no warranty or representation in regard to the status of this property or its title in regard to any sale for delinquent property taxes. See Von Elbrecht v. Jacobs, 286 S.C. 240 (Ct. App. 1985).

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC

Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405

(843) 577-5460

Attorneys for Plaintiff

to Dewees Lot 45, LLC by deed of Twofold Purchase, G.P., dated August 14, 2019 and recorded with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office on September 24, 2019 in Book 0823 at Page 593.

TMS No.: 608-16-00-038

Property address: 429 Pelican Flight Drive

Dewees Island, SC 29451

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.

Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 11.50% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance. In case of noncompliance within twenty (20) days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff’s judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.

Deficiency judgment being demanded, this sale will be re-opened after 30 days for final bidding.

Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent, is present. The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property. Plaintiff makes no warranty or representation in regard to the status of this property or its title in regard to any sale for delinquent property taxes. See Von Elbrecht v. Jacobs, 286 S.C. 240 (Ct. App. 1985).

FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC

Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460

Attorneys for Plaintiff

the 16th day of May, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 11th day of July, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, with any buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Deer Field Subdivision, County of Charleston, Town of Hollywood, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 75, on a plat entitled: “SUBDIVISION PLAT Showing Deer Field (21.029 AC.), Tract F, Property of DeerField LLC, Located In The Town of Hollywood, Charleston County, South Carolina” made by Trico Engineering Consultants, Inc., dated March 12, 2007 and recorded in Plat EK at Page 880. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

The within described property is conveyed SUBJECT to Easements, Restrictions, Covenants, Conditions and matters of record, including, without limitation, the following: matters set forth on the plat referred to above as the same may affect the within property; Rules and Regulations of applicable governmental authorities; and real property taxes for the year of delivery hereof.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Alfred T. Richardson by virtue of a Deed from JMH at Deerfield, LLC dated May 10, 2013 and recorded May 22, 2013 in Book 0332 at Page 784 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

5217 Fallow Fawns Road Hollywood, SC 29449 TMS# 247-00-00-407

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 10th day of August, 2023

offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 11th day of July, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 10, Block E, The Ponderosa as shown on a Plat entitled, “THE PONDEROSA ST. ANDREWS PARISH CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. - Final Plat of a Subdivision of a 7.55 Acre Tract into Lots 17-31, Block D and Lots 2-15 Block E and a 1.95 Acre Right-of-Way Owned by Mustang Development, LLC”, dated August 31, 2005 made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc. and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Plat Book EJ at Page 336. Said lot having such size, shape, metes, bound and dimensions as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

BEING the same property conveyed to Victor VaShun James by General Warranty Deed of Nicholas P. Demichael dated April 15, 2016 and recorded April 25, 2016 in Book 549 at Page 102, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

719 Bunkhouse Drive Charleston, SC 29414 TMS# 307-05-00-081

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

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

Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe, and Charles Nelson Bowers, Jr., Helen C. Bowers, Dorothy B. Turbeville, Carolina B. Willis, Laura F. Bowers, Sarahann D. Bowers and Elizabeth L. Bowers, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on April 19th, 2023, the Lis Pendens was filed on April 19th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on April 20th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on June 15th, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2023-CP-10-00070

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Dewees Island Property Owners Association, Inc. and Dewees Utility Corporation, Inc. against Elizabeth Tavener, the Masterin-Equity will sell on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 11:00 A.M., at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, to the highest bidder:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as “Lot 105” on a plat entitles “DEWEES ISLAND CHARLESTON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA PLAT OF LOTS 88-118 & 133-137, (TOTAL COMBINED ACERAGE INCLUDING 7.60 AC. RIGHT-OF-WAY 76.85 AC.)”

prepared by Lewis E. Seabrook, S.C. Reg. No. 09860, of E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., dated August 5, 1997, and recorded November 21, 1997, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EC, Pages 165, 166, and 167; said lots having such size, shape location, buttings and boundings as are more particularly shown on said Plat.

Being the same property conveyed to Michael Tavener and Elizabeth Tavener by deed of Guy Paschal,

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2023-CP-10-00073

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Dewees Island Property Owners Association, Inc., and Dewees Utility Corporation, Inc., against Dewees Lot 45, LLC, the Masterin-Equity will sell on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 11:00 A.M., at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, to the highest bidder:

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Lot 45 on a plat entitled DEWEES ISLAND CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Surveyor, dated June 11, 1993, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book CN, Pages 9, 10, and 11.

Being the same property conveyed

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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 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.

Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-05095

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

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Alfred T Richardson; Deerfield Hall Homeowners Association, Inc.; JMH at Deerfield, LLC, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

June 23, 2023; June 30, 2023; July 7, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-03571

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Freedom Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF vs. Victor Vashun James; Midland Funding LLC; Republic Finance LLC, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of May, 2023 I will

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire

Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

June 23, 2023; June 30, 2023; July 7th, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-01888

BLUE MARLIN PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC, Plaintiff,

v. Della H. Bowers and David Bowers, both deceased persons, their heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 5938 Lola Drive Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 229-13-00-103 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated April 20th, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

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

ALL my right, title and interest in that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as lot number

Forty (42) as more particularly shown on plat of Palmetto Terrace Subdivision, made by C.P. Collette, R.L.S., No 1709, dated January 26, 1961 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Plat Book number N, at page number 30.

SAID lot number forty-two (42) having the shape, size, dimensions and boundaries as more particularly shown on said plat, which is hereby made a part and parcel of this conveyance and being conveyed subject to the restrictions thereon, recorded in the said R.M.C. Office in Book number S-72, at page number 51.

TMS #: 229-13-00-103

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B

Charleston, South Carolina 29407

jeff@jeffspell.com

(843) 452-3553

Attorney for the Plaintiff

Date: June 16th, 2023

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Master’s Sale

Case No. 2017-CP-10-06475

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

SEA ISLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC. VS. KATHY TAYLOR and SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING TRUST FUND,

Upon authority of (a) the Order Dismissing Case with Prejudice issued the US Bankruptcy Court for the District South Carolina on May 3, 2023 in Case No. 22-01444-eg and (b) the Decree dated the 24th day of May, 2018, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 11th day of July, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 17 Block D, DUNMOVIN SUBDIVISION on a Plat entitled, “DUNMOVIN SUBDIVISION, JOHNS ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, BLOCK A, BLOCK B, BLOCK D, AND LOTS 1-6, BLOCK

C”, which Plat is dated OCTOBER 1962, and was recorded in the R. M. C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book P, at Page 108 [sic]; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as are shown and delineated on said Plat.

THIS CONVEYANCE is subject to any and all Restrictions, Covenants, Easements and Conditions of record affecting said property.

TMS #: 279-14-00-033

ADDRESS:

1765 Walpole Way Johns Island, SC 29455

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following:

During such time as the property described herein is used for a purpose for which assistance under the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, P.L. 104-120, was provided or for another purpose involving the provision of similar services or benefits, then no person having an interest in this property shall refuse service for or accommodation or other benefits to any person with respect to the property on account of the person’s race, color or national origin. This covenant is appurtenant to and shall run with the land described herein.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following:

The grantee(s)’, their heirs, successors and/or assigns, herein agree to pay Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. or any successor electric utility company regulated by the South Carolina Public Service Commission, a monthly charge, plus applicable State of South Carolina Sales Tax, for operation and maintenance of street lighting system.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following:

The lot owner, lessor, and/or his heirs, successors and assigns, shall contact Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. or their successors, three (3) days prior to any digging or excavation work on said property, including swimming pool installations, trenching, or any type of diggings. Upon notification by the lot owner, lessor, and/or his heirs, successors and assigns, a field survey will be conducted by Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. personnel to insure that there are no conflicts with the Cooperative’s safety requirements. Any excavation in violation of Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s safety requirements is expressly prohibited.

This being the same property conveyed to Sea Island Habitat for Humanity, Inc. by Deed of William Coker dated June 20, 2003, recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Deed Book J 456, Page 533 and thereafter conveyed to Kathy Taylor and Queen E. Taylor by Deed of Sea Island Habitat for Humanity, Inc. dated February 10, 2005 and recorded on March 4, 2005 in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book T527, Page 566.

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

David B. Wheeler, Esquire

Telephone: (843) 579-7000

FOR INSERTION:

June 23, June 30, July 7, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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)

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, 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.

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.

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 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

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 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.

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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unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Defendant(s).

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived (013263-12567)

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Hedy L. Fields, Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Doris Collins, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 1967 Carrie Street, Charleston, SC 29407-4717, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 3510600141, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 292023200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Ian C. Gohean, Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, PA, 325 Rocky Slope Road, Greenville, SC 29607, made absolute.

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empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is

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

Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Doris Collins, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, .by publication thereof in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Doris Collins and Hedy L. Fields to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns dated December 19, 2006, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ ROD for Charleston County on December 21, 2006, in Mortgage Book S609 at Page 222. This mortgage was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by assignment dated December 4, 2019 and recorded December 10, 2019 in Book 0845 at Page 678. This loan is subject to a loan modification agreement dated March 1, 2011.

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

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

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name Melissa Monique Rivera or MELISSA MONIQUE RIVERA and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, m. r. bey an American State National, In Propria Persona Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with the intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

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

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2023CP1002296

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, v. Hedy L. Fields; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Doris Collins, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any

TO THE DEFENDANTS: Hedy L., Fields Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Doris Collins, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on May 12, 2023.

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Ian C. Gohean as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Ian C. Gohean, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 1967 Carrie Street, Charleston, SC 29407-4717; that Ian C. Gohean

ALL that piece, parcel or lot of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish Area of Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 14, West Park Subdivision on a plat dated September 4, 1958, prepared by Joseph Needle, CE, and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Plat Book Z at page 45.

This being the same property conveyed to Doris Collins and Hedy L. Fields by deed of Dendrinks, LLC, dated December 19, 2006 and recorded December 21, 2006 in Book P609 at Page 885 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. Subsequently, Doris Collins died intestate on October 1, 2010, leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely, Hedy L. Fields.

Property Address:

1967 Carrie Street Charleston, SC 29407-4717

TMS/PIN# TMS# 3510600141

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

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

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

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

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor

Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

Columbia, South Carolina

ABILITY OR, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley

Y. Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe, Defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, and appointing her as attorney for Richard Roe, fictitious name used to designate persons in the military service, if any, who have an interest in the real or personal property.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NO-

TICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi shall be made absolute.

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM ADR

I certify that this action is exempt from ADR because:

___ this is a special proceeding seeking extraordinary relief such as mandamus, habeas corpus or prohibition;

___ this action is appellate in nature;

___ this is a post-conviction relief matter;

___ this is a contempt of court proceeding;

___ this is forfeiture proceeding brought by the State; X this is a case involving a Mortgage foreclosure; or ___ the parties submitted the case to voluntary mediation with a certified mediator prior to the filing of this action.

s/ J. Ronald Jones, Jr.

J. Ronald Jones, Jr. (SC Bar No. 66091)

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP

171 Church Street, Suite 120C Charleston, South Carolina 29401

Email: rjones@smithdebnamlaw.

com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

Charleston, South Carolina

June 1, 2023

Smith Debnam Narron Drake

Saintsing & Myers, LLP., is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. It is our understanding that you are not currently in bankruptcy. If you are in bankruptcy, please disregard this summons in its entirety and have your attorney contact our office as soon as possible.

public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on July 11, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON JAMES ISLAND, IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SHOWN AND DESIGNATED BY THE LETTER “B” ON A PLAT MADE BY W.L. GAILLARD ON JULY 17, 1978, AND RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY ON DECEMBER 5, 1978, IN PLAT BOOK AM, PAGE 1. THIS BEING A PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONVEYED TO BENJAMIN MOORE FROM ELIAS RICHARDSON BY DEED DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 1978 AND RECORDED DECEMBER 14, 1978 IN DEED BOOK U117 AT PAGE 278 IN THE OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1819 Folly Road, Charleston, SC 29412 Parcel No. 334-10-00-056 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire

Telephone: 803-509-5078

File # 22-51068

FOR INSERTION

June 23, 30 & July 07, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 5185

to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on July 11, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, LYING, SITUATE AND BEING IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 05-033 ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF HLA INC. ENTITLED, “FINAL PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF OAKFIELD PHASE 5A (32.321 AC.) A PORTION OF TMS NO. 278-00-00-043 CONTAINING

LOTS 1 THROUGH 57 (12.140 AC.), RIGHT-OF-WAYS (4.060 AC.), HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AREAS (14.357 AC.), AND RESIDUAL TRACT A (1.764 AC.), PREPARED FOR PULTE HOME COMPANY, LLC LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, DATED SEPTEMBER 27, 2017, AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 12, 2018, IN THE ROD OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK L18, AT PAGES 0065-0068. SAID LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, LOCATION, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS, COURSES AND DISTANCES, AS WILL BY REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT MORE FULLY AND AT LARGE APPEAR. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THOMAS M. HARTSFIELD AND ANTONIA HARTSFIELD, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, BY DEED OF PULTE HOME COMPANY, LLC, DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 21, 2019 IN THE ROD OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK 831 AT PAGE 832.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

1810 Whisperwood Road, Johns Island, SC 29455

Parcel No. 2780700183

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078

File # 22-52498

FOR INSERTION

June 23, 2023; June 30, 2023; July 7, 2023.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-02651

Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., Plaintiff

vs. The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Donald L. Green, Sadie Green and Deron Green, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Donald L. Green; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 2, 2023.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above Defendant(s) for the purpose of claiming and repossessing collateral, which secures the repayment of a certain Contract bearing date of December 18, 1997 and given and delivered by Defendant(s)

Donald L. Green to Oasis Housing in the original principal sum of Fifty Two Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Four and 31/100 Dollars ($52,954.31). Said collateral is described as a 1998 CYPR VIN#GMHGA4409717731A\B mobile home and is located in the County of Charleston, South Carolina.

RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC 2838 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29205 (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff 5186

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 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 THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name WAYNE C TILLMAN and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, wayne tillman ali, an American State National, In Propria Persona Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with the intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

PUBLIC AUCTION

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

Facility 1: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414 7/11/23 10:00 AM

Alberta Grimes Furniture and household goods and clothes

Haley Melson Furniture, boxes, clothes, dirt bike

Facility 2: 2343 Savannah Hwy 7/11/23 10:30 AM

Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

7/11/23

11:30 AM

Donald Page Personal items

Thomas Perdiue

1 bdrm apt, furnished w/ living room and dining room too

Carolyn Edwards Household and personal items

Samantha Hart Trekking gear, archery equipment, camping gear, bicycle, totes

Ronald Weaver Futon, dining table, chairs, fish tank

Ricardo Downs Bed, sofa and two couches dryer and boxes

Asha Reed Bed sets tvs toys living room set

D4C Dental Brands INC Office Cabinets

Facility 4: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412

7/11/23

12:00 PM

Anthony Grant Bedrooms items, furniture, boxes

John McNeill Household items, collectibles

Penny Sambrano Household items

Facility 5: 1861 Ashley River Rd. Charleston, SC 29407

7/1123

3:00 PM

Denise Platts

Couch, dresser, table, TV, boxes, totes, chair, desk, luggage, ladder

Ebony Walker Washer, dryer, TV, bags, boxes, totes, chair, desk, shelves, vacuum

Brittany Gibbs

Bed, dresser, clothes, shoes, totes, toys, plastic drawers

Jeffery Zsarnay Bike, boxes, clothes, sports equipment, totes, electric bike, pressure washer, statues, cooler

Ryan Johnson Bed, dresser, mattress, computer, boxes, clothes, totes, small kitchen appliances

Ashley Graham Bed, bedframe, bags, plastic drawers, bedding

Shawn Nolan

Armoire, dressers, bags, boxes, toys, shelves, wicker drawers

Jarvetta Meggett Beds, couch, mattresses, TV, bags, boxes, shoes, totes

Sarah Lopez Lynch Bags, clothes, dog crates, tent

Erin Brown Chair, couch, TV, books, boxes, totes, chair, shelves, lamp, ironing board

Amanda Head Couch

Veronica Flanders Armoire, couch, dresser, table, boxes, clothes, totes, chair, grandfather clock, stools

FFacility 6: 2118 Heriot St. Charleston, SC 29403 7/11/23

1:00 PM

Malorie McIver Furniture, kitchen appliances, and clothes

Aaron Schmidt bed, bed frame , desk, dinning table, clothes, office chair

Facility 7: 810 St. Andrews Blvd 7/11/23

12:30 PM

Heath Verner household items furniture decor and clothing

Aquilla Jackson Furniture and household goods

Facility 8: 1108 Stockade Ln Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

7/11/23

10:00 AM

Steve Baugh Business Goods

Jamie Wells Household items

Jeff Criminger Office items

Joshua Lieb Household Goods

Mike Stewart Household Goods

Facility 9: 1904 Hwy 17 N.

Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 7/11/23

10:15 AM

Joseph Maresh Office supplies and retail items

Sarah Donaldson

Vintage couch, trunk, several boxes

Amanda Mast

W/D refrig 2 dresser queen and twin tools table 4 chairs

Towana Coleman Household items and furniture

Facility 10: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 7/11/23

10:20 AM

Renee Williams Clothes furniture boxes shoes

Renee Williams Household items

Facility 11: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 7/11/23 10:25 AM

Julia Weber

Furniture, household items, boxes and blankets

Mike Hess

Car parts, collectibles, power tools, appliances and books

Sandra Baker Furniture, tv’s, toys, totes, CD’s and boxes

Sarah Gibbons

Furniture, mattress, cloths, bicycle, lamps, wall art and totes

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

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE

2016-CP-10-05415

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

Mortgage Assets Management, LLC v. Benjamin Moore; and The United States of America acting by and through its agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Upon authority of a Decree dated April 13th, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 5187

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Visionary author Peter McWilliams wrote, “One of the most enjoyable aspects of solitude is doing what you want when you want to do it, with the absolute freedom to change what you’re doing at will. Solitude removes all the ‘negotiating’ we need to do when we’re with others.” I’ll add a caveat: Some of us have more to learn about enjoying solitude. We may experience it as a loss or deprivation. But here’s the good news, Aries: In the coming weeks, you will be extra inspired to cultivate the benefits that come from being alone.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The 18th-century French engineer Étienne Bottineau invented nauscopy, the art of detecting sailing ships at a great distance, well beyond the horizon. This was before the invention of radar. Bottineau said his skill was not rooted in sorcery or luck, but from his careful study of changes in the atmosphere, wind and sea. Did you guess that Bottineau was a Taurus? Your tribe has a special capacity for arriving at seemingly magical understandings by harnessing your sensitivity to natural signals. Your intuition thrives as you closely observe the practical details of how the world works. This superpower will be at a peak in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to a Welsh proverb, “Three fears weaken the heart: fear of the truth; fear of the devil; fear of poverty.” I suspect the first of those three is most likely to worm its way into your awareness during the coming weeks. So let’s see what we can do to diminish its power over you. Here’s one possibility: Believe me when I tell you that even if the truth’s arrival is initially disturbing or disruptive, it will ultimately be healing and liberating. It should be welcomed, not feared.

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and Chikchan is the snake. Now would be a great time for you to engage in an imaginative exercise inspired by the Mayans. Why? Because this is an ideal phase of your cycle to break up your routine, to reinvent the regular rhythm, to introduce innovations in how you experience the flow of the time. Just for fun, why not give each of the next 14 days a playful nickname or descriptor? This Friday could be Crescent Moon, for example. Saturday might be Wonderment, Sunday can be Dazzle Sweet and Monday Good Darkness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): From 998 until 1030, Scorpio-born leader Mahmud Ghaznavi ruled the vast Ghaznavid empire, which stretched from current-day Iran to central Asia and northwestern India. Like so many of history’s strong men, he was obsessed with military conquest. Unlike many others, though, he treasured culture and learning. You’ve heard of poet laureates? He had 400 of them. According to some tales, he rewarded one wordsmith with a mouthful of pearls. In accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you to be more like the Mahmud who loved beauty and art and less like the Mahmud who enjoyed fighting. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to fill your world with grace and elegance and magnificence.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Hexes nullified! Jinxes abolished! Demons banished! Adversaries outwitted! Liabilities diminished! Bad habits replaced with good habits! These are some of the glorious developments possible for you in the coming months, Cancerian. Am I exaggerating? Maybe a little. But if so, not much. In my vision of your future, you will be the embodiment of a lucky charm and a repository of blessed mojo. You are embarking on a phase when it will make logical sense to be an optimist. Can you sweep all the dross and mess out of your sphere? No, but I bet you can do at least 80%.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the book Curious Facts in the History of Insects, Frank Cowan tells a perhaps legendary story about how mayors were selected in the medieval Swedish town of Hurdenburg. The candidates would set their chins on a table with their long beards spread out in front of them. A louse, a tiny parasitic insect, would be put in the middle of the table. Whichever beard the creature crawled to and chose as its new landing spot would reveal the man who would become the town’s new leader. I beg you not to do anything like this, Leo. The decisions you and your allies make should be grounded in good evidence and sound reason, not blind chance. And please avoid parasitical influences completely.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I rebel against the gurus and teachers who tell us our stories are delusional indulgences that interfere with our enlightenment. I reject their insistence that our personal tales are distractions from our spiritual work. Virgo author A. S. Byatt speaks for me: “Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.” I love and honor the stories of my own destiny, and I encourage you to love and honor yours. Having said that, I will let you know that now is an excellent time to jettison the stories that feel demoralizing and draining — even as you celebrate the stories that embody your genuine beauty. For extra credit: Tell the soulful stories of your life to anyone who is receptive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the Mayan calendar, each of the 20 day names is associated with a natural phenomenon. The day called Kawak is paired with rainstorms. Ik’ is connected with wind and breath. Kab’an is earth, Manik’ is deer,

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): About 1,740 years ago, before she became a Catholic saint, Margaret of Antioch got swallowed whole by Satan, who was disguised as a dragon. Or so the old story goes. But Margaret was undaunted. There in the beast’s innards, Margaret calmly made the sign of the cross over and over with her right hand. Meanwhile, the wooden cross in her left hand magically swelled to an enormous size that ruptured the beast, enabling her to escape. After that, because of her triumph, expectant mothers and women in labor regarded Margaret as their patron saint. Your upcoming test won’t be anywhere near as demanding as hers, Sagittarius, but I bet you will ace it — and ultimately garner sweet rewards.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn-born Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) was an astronomer and mathematician who was an instrumental innovator in the Scientific Revolution. Among his many breakthrough accomplishments were his insights about the laws of planetary motion. Books he wrote were crucial forerunners of Isaac Newton’s theories about gravitation. But here’s an unexpected twist: Kepler was also a practicing astrologer who interpreted the charts of many people, including three emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. In the spirit of Kepler’s ability to bridge seemingly opposing perspectives, Capricorn, I invite you to be a paragon of mediation and conciliation in the coming weeks. Always be looking for ways to heal splits and forge connections. Assume you have an extraordinary power to blend elements that no one can else can.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Dear Restless Runaway: During the next 10 months, life will offer you these invitations: 1. Identify the land that excites you and stabilizes you. 2. Spend lots of relaxing time on that land. 3. Define the exact nature of the niche or situation where your talents and desires will be most gracefully expressed. 4. Take steps to create or gather the family you want. 5. Take steps to create or gather the community you want.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’d love you to be a deep feeling freethinker in the coming weeks. I will cheer you on if you nurture your emotional intelligence as you liberate yourself from outmoded beliefs and opinions. Celebrate your precious sensitivity, dear Pisces, even as you use your fine mind to reevaluate your vision of what the future holds. It’s a perfect time to glory in rich sentiments and exult in creative ideas.

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MAKE HEADS OR TAILS” —no need to flip out. time.

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Puddleducks make a splash with new EP

By Chelsea Grinstead

The new EP Prince of Tides from Charleston rock outfit Puddleducks flies by with a refreshing frankness, packed with plenty of lyrics about destructive tendencies and wondering what’s on someone else’s mind.

“It’s a coming-of-age album, so we wanted to have a sound with a ’90s/early2000s feel without necessarily being a carbon copy,” bassist Wade Alexander told the Charleston City Paper

Puddleducks locked in as a four-piece last summer when Alexander, drummer Weston DeWolff and guitarist Allen McDonald welcomed lo-fi pop artist Joseph Dubay as their frontman. Alexander, DeWolff and Dubay were Charleston County School of the Arts graduates together.

“We all grew up in the ’90s here in Charleston,” Alexander said. “We have a lot of themes about relationships between you and your buddies, you and a romantic thing — good and bad. And then having that layered over with a film of maritime, coastal energy that shaded a lot of phases of our youth.”

Prince of Tides is named after the Pat Conroy novel of the same title, and the song “Water’s Edge” name checks the well-known Charleston author. It was recorded in February at Darkroot Studios in Rome, Georgia, with producer Austin Earp, following up the band’s debut EP, Sneaking Out, released last October. Weston, who has a master’s degree in visual illustration, created the album art that depicts the webbed feet of a duck.

Right before the 2020 shutdown, Alexander bought a 1988 Privateer Roamer boat, which looks like a mini lobster boat with a small cabin on it. His dad said it reminded him of a puddle duck, and from that came the band’s name — which Dubay said also hails back to English writer Beatrix Potter’s 1908 children’s book The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.

“We said we’ll just name it after the boat because our sound is super raw and dinged up around the edges — just garage rock,” Alexander said. “It’s a great juxtaposition

now because the more we solidify our sound it gets funnier since Puddleducks sounds super unassuming.”

Dubay added, “The songs go harder than the band name would suggest, which I think is really fun.”

He sings with an unfocused displeasure, edgy about nothing in particular, evoking a familiar 20-something-year-old angst.

“We only tackle problems when the problem is me,” Dubay sings on the first track “Crank It (To Zero).” The song “Waiting on Angels” captures a muted longing that bleeds into the next track, “My Everything.”

“Am I still your anything? / ‘cause you’re still my everything,” Dubay wonders on “My Everything,” closing out the song with a dose of congenial scream-singing.

The refrain “I need a cigarette / I don’t smoke” keeps time on “Body High,” and the wound up, fast talking “Water’s Edge” is a fitting end to the fun EP.

The entirety of Prince of Tides looks at different ways people interact with circumstances, Dubay said.

“ ‘Body High,’ the single that we put out last month, that’s the relationship between the performer and the audience,” he said. “Then there’s ‘Crank It,’ which is about having a fight with someone you care about, but it’s not a big deal even though you’re both pissed. ‘Water’s Edge’ is about friends and having fun and being on a boat and going out.

“For a sophomore release, [there’s more] intentionality with this one. There’s still room to grow in terms of cohesion, but I really love how these five songs fit together.

If you listen to the whole thing all the way through, you walk away with a solid understanding of the relational aspects we’re trying to get out,” Dubay said.

In addition to Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters, the members have diverse tastes for psychedelic, lo-fi pop, vaporwave and polyrhythmic world music between them, so they keep a running playlist of songs that catch their attention to trace similarities and fuel songwriting. And as Puddleducks looks forward to performing more shows soon, what remains most important is appreciating the privilege to play music together.

“It’s an indescribable joy that comes with jamming with my friends,” DeWolff said. “It’s just such a nice relaxation to step back from the priorities and responsibilities of the real world. I find writing with these guys super meditative in a way, and really fulfilling.”

Alexander added, “For me, music is a vessel, something all of us can build together.”

Ann Caldwell performs at Fox Music House

Longtime Charleston jazz vocalist Ann Caldwell presents her Classic R&B Revue concert from 4-6:30 p.m. at Fox Music House in North Charleston on June 25. Caldwell will indulge in her love of “songs you fall in love to” by The Temptations, Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye. She will be joined by musicians Larry Ford, Jeffrey Holt, Cameo, Charles Grant and Cisco. The event is BYOB and tickets start at $45 on eventbrite.com.

Dance-pop duo takes over Firefly Distillery

Two Friends, Los-Angeles based DJ duo Eli Sones and Matthew Halper, will get the crowd moving in the field at North Charleston’s Firefly Distillery from 7-10 p.m. June 29. The duo started as high school friends making music in their bedrooms to now having 1.9 million streams on Spotify. Get tickets to the show at fireflydistillery.com.

R&B and hip-hop lands at Music Farm

Charleston alternative artist Kuntry takes over the Music Farm stage at 8 p.m. July 1 for the Kuntry & Friends concert featuring the Harley Boys, VP Da Street Scholar, SoloKazi and Shadow. The show is part of The Graduation Tour celebrating Kuntry’s new album The Graduation (Another Love Story), which was released in June on all streaming platforms. Check out the short film of the same name on Vimeo, and snag your tickets to the show at musicfarm.com.

Don’t miss punk night at Tin Roof

Atlanta-based punk trio Billy Batts and The Made Men will perform at the Tin Roof in West Ashley at 8 p.m. July 1. The concert also features punk rock bands Symptoms of Atlanta, Moon Mane of Little Rock, Arkansas, and local three-piece Exaggerators Doors open at 7 p.m. with a $10 cash cover at the door. — Chelsea Grinstead

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Puddleducks sold out the release show for its Prince of Tides EP at The Royal American and look forward to more local performances

“If you listen to the whole thing all the way through, you walk away with a solid understanding of the relational aspects we’re trying to get out.”

—Joseph Dubay

High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Songwriter Harlem Farr, also known as hrlum, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Charleston. She earned her bachelor’s degree in music theory/composition and Spanish from the College of Charleston in 2021. She teaches guitar, bass and songwriting through Music For Life Charleston and sings with Charleston funk band The Psycodelics. She is currently recording original music and cowriting a music theory workbook. Follow her @hrlum on Instagram, Facebook and Spotify, and check out her top five albums right now:

Come to My Garden by Minnie Riperton

A Voz, o Violão, a Música de Djavan by Djavan

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

I Want You by Marvin Gaye

Samba Sem Você (Live at Copenhagen Jazzhouse 2001) by Rosa Passos

Lowcountry local Hollyn Belle aims high with single

By Kevin Murphy Wilson

Hollyn Belle said she was born to play music. “I got my first guitar for Christmas when I was 8 years old, and I taught myself how to play by watching tutorials for Taylor Swift songs on YouTube,” she told the Charleston City Paper. “I wrote my first song when I was 12, and ever since then writing songs and playing music is all I have wanted to do.”

The young musician has been busy growing her songbook and fan base for the last several years, and she took a giant leap recently by releasing her first single “Take Me or Leave Me” on May 19. The shimmering pop song took form when Belle was struck by a comment about one of her personal heroes and after some fruitful recording sessions here at home, the result is a succinct, sweet tune.

“It is mind-blowing to me,” Belle said. “It’s been a long time coming, for sure. I am so excited about this song. ‘Take Me or Leave Me’ is about getting mixed signals from someone you’re interested in. It basically says, ‘I would rather you be honest with me about your intentions than lead me on.’ I wrote it in 2021 after reading an article about Kacey Musgraves in which the author described her as having a ‘take me or leave me attitude.’ I wrote the entire song in 30 minutes immediately after reading that phrase. I honestly couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.”

It helped that Belle found a strong ally to

help bring her ideas to life in the studio.

“I always wanted to record my songs before, but I struggled to find a producer to work with for a very long time,” Belle said. “Covid did not help in that department, either. But late last year, a friend put me in touch with Matt Tuton at The Lab, and I’ve been working with him ever since, which has been so exciting. I feel like I’ve grown so much as an artist this year just since starting the process of recording my songs, it’s hard for me to believe.”

Besides cutting tracks, Belle also has performed more in the local live music circuit. In the last month, she has performed at My Father’s Moustache, Wando River Grill, Chico Feo, Slightly North of Broad and The

Mills House.

Whatever lies ahead for the up-andcoming songstress, Belle is excited about the possibilities. “Even though I’ve been playing music for a long time now, I feel like it’s still just the beginning for me.”

Singer-songwriter Hollyn Belle penned her debut song “Take Me or Leave Me” after reading an article about one of her favorite artists, Kacey Musgraves

“Even though I’ve been playing music for a long time now, I feel like it’s still just the beginning for me.” —Hollyn Belle

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