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Create a social media use plan this summer, experts say

By Chelsea Grinstead

Middle and high school students might be spending too much time on their phones during summer break, some Charleston experts say. But more time outside the classroom doesn’t have to mean more time on screens.

Fronde Stille, director of school counseling services for the Charleston County School District, said parents should start conversations with their kids about what is an appropriate amount of time to be using social media every day.

“Try to keep the conversation open ended,” Stille said. “Do more listening than talking, and ask students what they consider to be a reasonable amount of time to spend on screens. Then negotiate expectations. It’s important for families to have conversations with students about what they get out of social media. What are the positives and what are the negatives that students are identifying?”

The world of social media can affect kids’ perception of their worth and can affect their confidence, Stille said.

“If they’re on social media a lot, they’re comparing themselves to media influencers,” she said. “And they may be comparing them-

selves to their friends at school. Harassment and bullying on social media is a big issue, and we want our students to understand why boundaries are so important.”

Benefits versus risks

There are some benefits of social media, but there’s also a profound risk of harm if it’s not managed carefully, said Elizabeth Wallis, director of the Medical University of South Carolina’s Division of Adolescent Medicine.

It’s not that social media is never safe, but there has to be a certain degree of “buyer beware,” Wallis told the Charleston City Paper, especially since kids don’t know the risks they are vulnerable to when using TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram.

“While there’s not enough evidence to determine whether it’s safe enough for kids and adolescents when it comes to their mental health, we do know there are situations in which it is directly harmful. If kids are using it more than three hours a day, they have significantly higher rates of depression and anxiety. We also have to think about the behaviors in which social media normalizes. I treat a lot of eating disorders, and things like dieting and disor-

dered eating are very much normalized in social media. And so, for a consumer like a teenager who’s somewhat impressionable, that can have a real impact.”

Family media plan

Creating a family media use plan is a great way to get on the same page with kids and establish guidelines for the household, she said. The nonprofit HealthyChildren.org with the American Academy of Pediatrics offers the option to make a family media use plan online.

“Parents can decide when certain content is OK or can start to be introduced — what’s the maximum amount of time kids are allowed to consume content and what types of content are not OK. And those rules probably need to apply to everybody.”

Common Sense Media (commonsensemedia.org) is a free resource that Stille recommends. It provides short videos for parents and students geared toward different age groups, covering topics such as screen time and online safety.

One manageable way to approach healthy social media use is by keeping a schedule throughout the summer similar to the school year with boundaries and limits on screen time, Stille said.

“There’s tons of things out there for parents that are free and engaging for students, whether it be going to your local library or making plans for kids to hang out together.”

Where to see fire in the sky for the July 4 holiday

The city of Charleston’s Independence Day weekend celebration takes place from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., June 30. Enjoy fireworks and a free concert from the Charleston Symphony. Guests must secure their free tickets in advance.

Watch fireworks while enjoying live music and food trucks during the Patriots Point 4th of July Fireworks Blast at 6 p.m. July 4. View fireworks from land for free.

North Charleston boasts the area’s largest July 4 fireworks display during the Riverfront Park 4th of July Festival. The event begins at 5 p.m. with live music and food trucks. Military jets and vintage aircraft will fly low over the state’s coastline during the 14th annual Salute by the Shore flyover. It begins at Cherry Grove at 11 a.m. and will reach Charleston around 1:15 p.m.

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Lincolnville residents celebrating historic town, school

By Herb Frazier

The small Charleston County town of Lincolnville is preparing for a reunion to celebrate its residents and former students of a segregated school founded by a Northern philanthropist who wrapped pupils in blankets of Black excellence.

“We were taught that nobody was smarter than us or better than us,” said Lincolnville resident Pernessa Seele, who completed the 7th grade at Lincolnville Elementary School, founded a century ago this year. Students received hand-me-down books from White schools, but the teachers nevertheless challenged the children, she added.

The town and school were isolated incubators that produced global leaders in a variety of professions, said Seele, a noted public health activist named as one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2006. Seele’s ancestors were early town settlers and elected leaders. The renovated and expanded school building now is the town hall for Lincolnville, a community that was established in 1867 by Emanuel AME Church members who sought to escape racism in Charleston.

That history will be celebrated July 1-2 during the Lincolnville Family Reunion with a dinner and research project to capture oral histories and memorabilia of the

public laud museum’s opening

By Andy Brack

Several hundred people were the first paying visitors Tuesday as the International African American Museum opened 23 years after first being dreamed of by former Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.

As of Wednesday, tickets were sold out until July 5 for tours of the new attraction built on Gadsden’s Wharf, a site where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans got off cramped, dirty slaving ships bound for Charleston.

school and town.

The effort has the support from the University of South Carolina Department of History. The Lincolnville Preservation & Historical Society will create an exhibit that will be mounted in one of the school’s original classrooms, said Seele, the society’s founder and president.

The exhibit will be part of a national collection of stories that acknowledge the vision of the late educator Booker T. Washington, president of Tuskegee University. He was a friend of Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears and Roebuck. Their collaboration in the 1920s led to more than 5,000 Rosenwald schools across the nation for Black students.

The Lincolnville school was one of 414 Rosenwald schools in South Carolina. At least 14 schools were built in Charleston County, stretching from Wadmalaw Island

to Lincolnville to McClellanville, according to records from the S.C. Department of Archives and History.

The school was one of two schools that served Lincolnville. In 1899, the community built the Williams Graded School on land donated by Tony Williams, the town’s third mayor. It was closed in 1923, the year Lincolnville Elementary opened.

Lincolnville’s population has doubled to more than 1,000 people since Seele was a student at the school, she said. The predominantly Black town has some “comeyahs,” she said referring to recent arrivals.

“There is the reality that gentrification happens, and people want to come and live in Lincolnville,” she said. “That provides an opportunity for us to grow and share our story. Because most of the comeyahs don’t know the history of this town, my mission is to [tell them] why this town is so significant.”

S.C. House members seek Kimpson’s state Senate seat

By Skyler Baldwin

Three Democratic members of the S.C. House of Representatives — Deon Tedder, Wendell Gilliard and J.A. Moore — have plans to run for S.C. Senate District 42, formerly held by Democrat Marlon Kimpson, who stepped down from his statehouse position at the end of the legislative session on May 11.

Kimpson will take a job on President Joe Biden’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.

Filing for the election does not open until noon July 7, and it will remain open until noon July 15, according to Isaac Cramer, executive director at Charleston County Board of Elections. Because the race is a special election, the three state representatives are able to run for the Senate seat without

fear of losing their current positions.

Tedder announced March 12

“I will run to represent the people of Senate District 42,” Tedder said in an announcement. “The Lowcountry needs an advocate on important issues like public education, affordable housing and criminal justice reform. That is what I have been fighting for in the House, and it is what I will continue to fight for if elected to the Senate.”

Tedder is a graduate of S.C. State University and the University of S.C. Law School. He currently lives in North Charleston and works as an attorney.

During his time as a State Representative, Tedder has been an advocate for HBCUs, passing legislation to create “HBCU Day”

on the third Tuesday in February to bring attention to the contributions HBCUs have made to the Palmetto State.

Tedder has also led the fight against attempts to censor Black history from being taught in the classroom as a member of the House Education and Public Works Committee.

Gilliard announced next day

A Charleston native, Gilliard served on the city council for 11 years before being

On June 24 at a dedication paced with about 500 luminaries, Riley beamed as he described the importance of the $125 million museum.

“This museum that we open today is a gift to our country and a gift to each of us and our future,” he said, adding it would be integral to telling often-ignored African American history that had not been told in a place where it happened. “[Professor] Henry Louis Gates called Charleston the ‘ground zero’ in the African American experience and indeed it is.”

At a June 24 community celebration at Marion Square, current Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said the new museum as a living edifice that would “rekindle the promise of America all over the world” through its deeply moving American stories and connections. “We can all bear witness in the heartbreak and the hope that is its legacy.”

In 1998, Riley read author Edward Ball’s Slaves in the Family, which tells the story of his slave-holding South Carolina family. Riley quickly resolved to have a place to tell the story of the African American experience. The project was announced in 2000.

“We are here,” IAAM President and CEO Dr. Tonya M. Matthews said in a June 24 welcome, “to reimagine [history] and to tell one of the greatest stories of struggle of all time.”

The stories of struggle of African Americans in Charleston and across the continent will be reimagined and told at the museum, unlike past generations when stories were untold unspoken, hidden, erased and denied, she said.

“Stories are seeds, and seeds sprout as roses that invite you to lean in. … The seeds have been planted. Let us till this soil. Welcome to the International African American Museum.”

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Pernessa Seele, founder and president of the Lincolnville Historical & Preservation Society, has lived the history in the Charleston County town of Lincolnville where her ancestors were earlier settlers and community leaders

Tedder

elected to the S.C. House in 2009.

In his announcement, he said during that time, he watched the “needs of the people go unmet” and “their calls for support go unheard.”

“… the needs of our children ignored in our neglected schools that make them among the worst in the CCSD, the safety of our residents — young and senior — ignored in neighborhoods that have the highest crime rates in the county, the absence of meaningful action to combat the highest rate of unemployment in Charleston and no or minimal state resources committed to supporting and developing Black economic empowerment,” he said.

Gilliard has been a voice for gun reform, introducing legislation to ban assault weapons and place metal detectors in public schools. He also has spearheaded efforts to pass a hate crime law in South Carolina following the deadly massacre at Emanuel AME Church in 2015.

Moore announced on Juneteenth

Moore announced he was running for state Senate on June 19, coinciding with the national celebration of Juneteenth.

“The people of District 42 deserve a fighter who will put them first — someone from the community who will never give up,” he said in his announcement. “We need new, progressive leadership to confront the challenges facing our district. I will make sure our community and our state is working to make our lives better.”

A Lowcountry native, Moore is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University and currently lives in Hanahan. He serves as the First Vice Chair of the Interstate Cooperation Committee and serves on the Medical, Military Public and Municipal Affairs Committee.

Moore said if elected to the state Senate, he will prioritize his efforts on underfunded schools, gridlock traffic and rising housing costs, challenges he calls the status quo. He also said he will continue to focus on making progress on key social justice reforms including supporting veterans and expanding small businesses.

The special Senate election is set to coincide with municipal general elections on Nov. 7. The primary is scheduled for Sept. 5.

Blotter of the Week

A Mount Pleasant man reported his car had been broken into June 22 while it was parked outside his Sago Palm Court residence. Mount Pleasant police investigated and found no suspicious fingerprints on or inside the vehicle, and nothing seemed to have been stolen. The officer still had to write up a report — time well spent.

Anyone got a jump?

A North Charleston man’s car died in the middle of West Montague Avenue June 21, and attempts to jump start the car by himself and a responding North Charleston police officer were “unsuccessful.” The man reportedly became “irate” with officers when they decided the car needed to be towed. What was it again? Positive to positive, negative to … I’ll just call my dad.

Etsy store soon to close Charleston police arrested four women June 15 on allegations of stealing nearly $3,000 in perfume from a Sam Rittenberg Boulevard cosmetics store, according to a police report. One of the suspects reportedly had three prior convictions for similar crimes, but the arrests apparently may now end a serial smell-good spree of scintillating proportions.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between June 15 and June 22.

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EDITOR

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here are two kinds of votes that elected officials make: political votes to needle someone and policy votes made on principle.

Policy and principle lost last week in the city of Charleston when six members of council voted against a well-researched plan to provide an economic gateway project for West Ashley. Under consideration for six years with input from more than 1,000 people, council deadlocked on the project by voting 6-6 on an option that many in West Ashley liked for the redevelopment of an old Piggly Wiggly store site.

Shame on the Charleston Six who cast ballots against the proposed Sumar Street development in what was an obvious petty political play against Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg. Shame on council members Boyd Gregg, Kevin Shealy, Robert Mitchell, William Dudley Gregorie, Keith Waring and Caroline Parker.

If you’re mad at any of them, check your anger at the polls. In the 2023 municipal election, only Gregg and Waring are up for reelection. The other four made it to council with less than 1,000 votes each in 2021.

If you’re so mad that you might consider running against Waring in West Ashley or Gregg in a downtown-Daniel Island district, you should know that you could win either seat without raising and spending an exorbitant amount of money. And you don’t need a boatload of votes to win a majority.

Waring, for example, garnered just 827 votes in 2019

after spending $29,475. His challenger got 647 votes. Gregg won a special election and runoff in January 2022 after spending just under $35,000. He won the runoff with 1,182 votes, compared to a challenger’s 553 votes.

A group of 19 West Ashley leaders on June 26 wrote a letter to Mitchell, who chairs the city’s community development committee, to express its disappointment with the Sumar Street vote on June 20, but to highlight how they hope the project will get another chance:

“We remain optimistic in light of your words at the June 20 meeting, when city council voted to send it to the committee your chair [when you said], ‘If this comes back to community development, I am on the prevailing side so far as that I can probably come back and say, “Let’s do Option 1” if I see that is what’s happening.’ ”

After 15 public meetings and hearings, the Option 1 proposal has broad West Ashley support for a mixed-use project, community center and public gathering space. “The city is in a rare position to set the example for future development along Sam Rittenburg [Blvd.] by engaging in a public-private partnership,” the letter added.

Let’s turn the frown of the June 20 meeting upside down by approving the project to give the West Ashley gateway a renewed life.

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Despite Haley’s gloss, racism still exists

Bless her heart. Former S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is doubling down on the presidential campaign trail that America isn’t racist.

“How far have we come? So far that Barack Obama was elected president,” Haley writes in a pandering, smug June 21 op-ed in the Daily Mail that complained Obama attacked her.

If Obama’s election twice as president is proof that racism no longer exists, then Haley must still be reading those South Carolina history books that taught White plantation masters were benevolent and slaves were happy.

So if America isn’t racist, governor, what happened? History clearly shows America built generational wealth on the backs of millions of enslaved Africans, 40% of whom entered this continent through Charleston. Did something magically occur sometime between Jim Crow, the civil rights movement (a national effort to allow Blacks to have equal rights 100 years after the Civil War) and when you became the first minority to serve as South Carolina’s governor that made decade after decade of violence, lynchings, fear, racism and violence go “poof” in the wind?

This racism that apparently no longer exists is sure to have had nothing to do with people you must have forgotten, such as Walter Scott, shot in the back in 2015 and killed by a North Charleston policeman. Or George Floyd, who struggled to breathe and died in 2000 because a White police officer in Minneapolis had his knee on his neck. Or Dylann Roof, the young White supremacist from

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South Carolina who was groomed to hate and ended up slaughtering nine worshippers in Charleston in 2015 at Emanuel AME Church.

Remember any of that, governor? Still want to say racism doesn’t exist? What about the years of cynical Republican political strategies that preyed on race, fear and hate to divide the political parties, from Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy that targeted White conservative voters to S.C. consultant Lee Atwater’s coded language that helped Ronald Reagan appeal to racist sentiments in the then Democratic South. Or the out-in-the-open blatant racist language of Donald Trump, the guy who you served as America’s ambassador to the United Nations? Any of this ring a bell?

The ever-ambitious Haley often points to the removal of the Confederate flag in 2015 while she was governor. If racism didn’t exist, why was that flag on top of the Statehouse and then on the Statehouse grounds for years? Or was removing the flag from a public place the signal to all of the racists out there that it was time to furl their prejudice and for America to become a happy place filled with light and joy?

Haley is right that the America of 2023 is different from the America of 1776 or a few years later when the founding fathers said slaves were worth three-fifths of a White person. The country has made enormous progress. There’s enormous promise.

But to say that America isn’t racist is the modern political equivalent of hippies wearing the rose-colored glasses of unreality. It’s clear what Haley is doing in op-eds and what

she is saying on the stump at rallies across the country is trying to seem reasonable as the GOP presidential political environment spins out of control. She’s trying to be viewed as relevant and moderate in a field of crazies who are scared to go after the twice-indicted Trump. She’s focusing on the country’s promise and trying to build inroads.

But conflating history and what’s really happening across America for political purposes is a disservice to the people she wants to serve. And yes, we need a leader who can say that America isn’t a racist country — but that can’t happen until Haley and fellow Republicans truly engage to reduce economic disparities, improve education and include everyone in the conversation, not just people on their side of the aisle. Only when we fix the ills that keep Americans apart and behind can we move toward freedom’s dreams and away from a country that still suffers from racism.

Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send

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A CP guide on how to soak safely in the sun

By Samantha Connors

Nothing hits the spot like lounging on the sandy shores of a Charleston area beach with a good book and the soothing sound of crashing waves. While we love a day on the sand or at a pool as much as the next person, this year, we’re highlighting some lesser-known ways to soak in the sun (or hide in the airconditioning, if that’s more your style). Here are some suggestions for how to spend your summer months — from exploring the Lowcountry landscape to enjoying live music.

Dive in Folly Beach is home to one of the few all-female surf competitions in the Southeast, the Wahine Classic. This year, the annual event takes place July 29 and 30. Enter to compete or cheer on the competitors from the shore of the Washout as nearly 250 surfers of all ages take to the waves. If you’re feeling inspired after the competition, sign up for surf lessons from experienced instructors at local places such as Isla Surf School, Carolina Salt, Shaka Surf School or Sol Surfers. Maybe you’ll be hanging 10 at next year’s competition.

Trophy Lakes, beginners can learn to water ski — and experienced skiers can drop in by the hour. But the two lakes have something for everyone — stand-up paddleboarding,

cable wakeboarding, a disc golf course, a water ropes course and the Charleston Aqua Park, a floating activity course located at Trophy Lakes.

“We’re in the middle of nature. I think that’s a really nice aspect,” said Jessica Neumann, manager and co-owner of Charleston Aqua Park. “The kids can be free. They can run, jump, climb, swim. You can come out and just have a good time. … All activities here are also perfect for adults … even the Aqua Park is fun for adults.”

Check out Trophy Lakes special events such as the challenge course inspired by American Ninja Warrior set for July 7 and 8. Or head to the lakes for date night from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. July 13 and Aug. 10. Weekly specials include a family happy hour on Wednesdays and Fridays, kids wakeboard school every Saturday

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Women and girls of all ages will take to the waves during Folly Beach’s all-female surf competition, the Wahine Classic, July 29-30

Courtesy Charleston Aqua Park

Kids and adults can enjoy the Charleston Aqua Park obstacle course

morning and wake happy hour for adults every Friday night.

Neumann said anyone who wishes to participate in lake activities must be a proficient swimmer as the lake is very deep in certain areas.

Outdoor adventure

Get outside this summer and explore the Lowcountry’s unique natural landscape. For the avid hiker, plan a day trip along the Palmetto Trail, which extends from Awendaw along the Intracoastal Waterway to Walhalla in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Or break out your binoculars for some of the best birdwatching in the area along six miles of trails at the Caw Caw Interpretive Center near Ravenel. This site also offers educational programs and interpretive exhibits. The Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw offers even more up-close looks at bird species with flight demonstrations and guided tours Thursdays through Saturdays.

At Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, find relaxation and mindfulness in nature as you explore the gardens of this Trappist monastery. Visitors can walk the grounds for free, but checking in at the reception center is required. For those interested in touring the Abbey church, tours take place at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and Saturdays for $5. Children get in free.

Summer sips

Summer is the season of cold, refreshing beers and fruity cocktails. There are dozens of places to grab a drink and enjoy the sunshine, but if you’re looking to explore the downtown breweries, hop aboard the Charleston Brewery District trolley (find a map in HOPS). This free shuttle runs from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Saturday and stops at 10 breweries in the district, including BrewLab, Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company, Revelry Brewing Co. and more.

Sweet frozen drinks are synonymous with summer, but few popular drinks have dominated Instagram like frosé — frozen rosé wine. Sullivan’s Island cafe

Summer safety tips

In the middle of summer fun, experts say it is important to keep in mind summer safety tips to avoid sunburns, bruises and worse.

Keep a close eye on children near the water. Summer vacation is a popular time to surf, water ski and spend time near the ocean. Drowning is a major concern when close to the water and one of the most common preventable deaths. A child can drown in the time it takes to reply to a text, according to the American Red Cross.

The Co-Op, which now has local locations on Isle of Palms, downtown and Kiawah Island, is the go-to place for many flavors of frosé. Pick up a whole bottle or stay and test a couple flavors in the frosé flight. If you want to really kick your summer plans up a notch, you can book The Co-Op’s boat charter, but be sure to request food and frosé at least 24 hours in advance.

If that doesn’t satisfy your frosé fix, head to the Island Cabana bar at the Seabreeze Marina downtown (50 Immigration St.). You can access the “ship store” by land or sea, and enjoy a cool drink and some seafood on the dock which stretches into the Cooper River and provides a unique view of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.

Though outdoor patios and bars abound in Charleston, if you’re feeling bougie and looking for a way to sip poolside, book a cabana at The Ryder’s Little Palm bar or The Mills House. Both hotels grant access to the pools with a reservation and serve creative cocktails from the bar that will have you saying “another round, please,” all summer long.

Rock out(side)

Local venues and musicians entertain crowds during several summer music series: Mosquito Beach Sunset Jamz is a family-friendly concert at the end of Mosquito Beach Road from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Tuesday featuring local artists, vendors and more.

Firefly Distillery in Park Circle welcomes a lineup of summer performers including The Dirty Heads, Shakey Graves and Trampled by Turtles and Ryan Adams and The Cardinals. On Saturdays, kick back with a cocktail and enjoy weekly live music from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the porch.

The Refinery offers a unique way to enjoy music outdoors with its amphitheater next to beer collective The Whale and the Sweetgrass Vodka lounge. This summer, catch performances by Stephen Marley, The

Infamous Stringdusters, Susto and more. The Refinery also hosts themed events such as the coming July 22 Barbie Party.

Farmers markets and U-Pick farms

Get a taste of the Lowcountry’s fresh produce at a farmers market or pickyour-own-produce farm. The Charleston Farmers Market in downtown’s Marion Square runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday and highlights offerings from local farmers, tasty bites from food trucks, artisan items, live music and kids activities such as an inflatable bounce house.

The Charleston Pour House opens its backyard and back deck to the public for the Sunday Brunch Farmers Market. Visitors can peruse the many goods for sale while sipping a cold drink from the bar and grooving along to the band on the deck. Other markets take place on varying days throughout the area including West Ashley Farmers Market, Holy City Farmers Market, the Folly Art Village Market and more.

For an even fresher experience, pick your own produce at area farms including Boone Hall Farms in Mount Pleasant, Bugby Plantation U-Pick on Wadmalaw Island and Champney’s Blueberry Farm in Ravenel. This is an excellent activity for the whole family, just be sure to plan your trip according to the weather and temperature as a summer afternoon in the field can get very hot.

Sporting events

Summertime sports are perfect for families, groups of friends and couples date night. Minor league baseball team the RiverDogs face off against regional teams all summer long with special game nights including Tuesday Dog Days, Thirsty Thursdays with $1 beers and

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Suggestion: It is best to have a designated adult “water watcher” to focus on children and weak swimmers in the water. The Red Cross advises that children take swimming lessons and always wear lifejackets.

Be mindful of firework laws and dangers. If you are inclined to shoot off fireworks, the Red Cross recommends you set off fireworks away from buildings or trees. Always wear eye protection and store fireworks in a cool, dry place away from children and pets. Buying or shooting fireworks is illegal inside the city of Charleston and many other cities year-round. It is best to check local fireworks laws before you celebrate July 4 with a bang. Pro tip: Pets really don’t like fireworks. Consider their welfare when you’re firing off popping rockets.

Apply sunscreen properly. The American Academy of Dermatology advises people of all ages to use water-resistant sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher that offers broad-spectrum protection against UVA and UVB rays.

Watch out for heat stroke. Charleston’s extreme summer heat can cause your body temperature to rise past the point of being able to cool itself. If you experience dizziness, confusion or muscle cramping, immediately go inside or into shade and drink water.

Respect shorebirds’ nesting sites. The South Carolina Audubon Society says to keep local wildlife safe this summer by staying a safe distance from nesting sites. Pro tip: Pick up trash. —Alex Nettles

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The Mills House recently renovated its pool, adding the new Terrace Bar ahead of its 170-year anniversary

Provided

Peruse locally made goods, indulge in tasty bites from food trucks and enjoy live music during the Sunday Brunch Farmers Market at the Pour House

Catch the Breeze

Summer

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post-game fireworks on Fridays.

The Charleston Battery, local professional soccer team, also takes to the field several times this summer with special Summer Nights games featuring fireworks and $3 beers. The next game is June 30 followed by home games on July 12, 15, 22 and 29. Four home games are scheduled for August.

And this year, Charleston welcomes the Pirates, the area’s new football team. This professional spring team will play three more games in July at Summerville’s John McKissick Field.

Helpful links and resources

The RiverDogs offer weekly special events including Dog Days, Thirsty Thursdays and fireworks on Fridays

Here are some helpful links to organizations mentioned in the story:

Folly Beach Wahine Classic: follywahine.com

Trophy Lakes: trophylakesports.com

Charleston Aqua Park at Trophy Lakes: charlestonaquapark.com

Palmetto Trail: palmettoconservation.org/palmetto-trail

Caw Caw Interpretive Center: ccprc.com/53/Caw-Caw-Interpretive-Center

Center for Birds of Prey: thecenterforbirdsofprey.org

Mepkin Abbey: mepkinabbey.org

Little Palm at The Ryder: littlepalmbar.com

The Mills House: millshouse.com

Charleston RiverDogs: milb.com/charleston

Charleston Battery: charlestonbattery.com

Charleston Pirates: charlestonpirates.net

What To Do

TUESDAY

Patriots Point Fireworks Blast

Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum continues its Independence Day fireworks display tradition. Celebrate the holiday at the home of the historic aircraft carrier USS Yorktown by visiting the museum during the day, then stick around for the fireworks at night. Food truck sales begin at 1:30 p.m., and live music kicks off at 6 p.m. Tickets to view the fireworks from the flight deck are sold out, but attendees can still enjoy the show from the shore.

July 4. 6-10 p.m. Free. Patriots Point. 40 Patriots Road. Mount Pleasant. patriotspoint.org

FRIDAY

Publication Week Author Talk

Join Buxton Books for a Publication Week conversation with authors Beatriz Williiams and Mary Alice Monroe to celebrate Williams’ new book, The Beach at Summerly. Head to the book store to hear the featured authors chat about writing, answer questions, sign books and more. Join these successful writers in raising a toast to The Beach at Summerly

June 30. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Prices vary. Buxton Books. 160 King St. Downtown. buxtonbooks.com

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Punk Flea Market

More than 100 vendors will head to the Omar Shrine Temple in Mount Pleasant for the Southeast Punk Flea Market, an event celebrating underground art, alternative fashion and punk culture. If you’re a fan of weird art, vinyl records, vintage clothes or a collector of the strange and unusual, come out and support small business and take away some truly unique art pieces, trinkets and more.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

Charleston Carifest

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Celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month with four events over three days. (Don’t worry if you missed out yesterday, there’s still plenty of fun to be had!) This Saturday is Carnival Day, starting with the colorful Carifest Parade through the streets of Charleston leading to Brittlebank Park. Celebrate in the park with live soca music, reggae artists, DJs, cultural demonstrations, authentic food, music and more. View the full schedule online.

June 29-July 1. Event times vary. Ticket prices vary. Event locations vary. charlestoncarifest.com

July 1-2. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $5/ticket; free/children 12 and younger. Omar Shrine Temple. 176 Patriots Point Road. Mount Pleasant. southeastpfm.com

THURSDAY

Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche

It’s 1956, and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast in this cult comedy hit. Winner of the 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival as Best Overall Production, Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche is a tasty recipe of hysterical laughs, sexual innuendos, unsuccessful repressions and delicious discoveries. Check out the performance as it makes its Queen Street Playhouse debut.

July 6-9; 7 p.m. July 8-9; 4 p.m. $28/ticket. Queen Street Playhouse. 20 Queen St. footlightplayers.net

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FREE!

RIVERFRONT PARK

BRING chairs & blankets

FOOD & BEVERAGE VENDORS ON SITE!

DO NOT BRING grills, sparklers or outside fireworks

PLEASE CARPOOL + RIDESHARE

Jack’s Cosmic Dogs is blasting off at 2 new locations

By Owen Kowalewski

Out-of-this-world hot dogs are coming to new locations on James Island and in West Ashley just in time for summer under Jarrett Hodson’s ownership.

Jack’s Cosmic Dogs has been a staple in Charleston for more than 23 years. Originally opened off Folly Road on James Island, it’s called Mount Pleasant home for more than a decade. In April 2022, Hodson bought the beloved space-themed restaurant from founder Jack Hurley with big plans for expansion.

Hodson told the Charleston City Paper that he’s excited to take

What’s new

Bintu Atelier opened its doors June 22, serving up delicious African-inspired cuisine at its downtown location (8D Line St.). Current hours are 5 p.m. till late and closed on Wednesdays.

Periwinkle Kitchen & Juice Bar celebrates its soft opening June 19-30. Located in the former site of KinFolk on Johns Island, Periwinkle is dishing out chef-inspired on-the-go meals from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays.

What’s happening

Table & Twine is offering a buildyour-own Fourth of July package. Choose from a variety of fine dining options to have delivered to your door. Order from tableandtwine.com.

Bend, stretch and cheers at Two Blokes Brewing’s Hatha & Hops Yoga from 11-11:45 a.m. July 2. Bring your own mat to participate. The event is $15 with a pint and $12 without.

Join Bay Street Biergarten all day on July 2 for its Red, White, & Brews event. The free-to-attend party will feature live music and drink specials.

What we’ll miss

Edmund’s Oast Exchange (EOX) is closing its doors this August. Say a final goodbye to the bottle shop and wine bar from 3-6 p.m. Aug. 12 at the EOX Bubble Fest . The party will feature bubbly by the glass, Foxes Fried food truck and a 20% off storewide sale.

What we are celebrating

Celebrate the Fourth of July at BLU Restaurant & Bar July 4. The poolside grill will serve a patriotic food and drink menu, and the tiki bar will provide live music. Attendance is free.

The Watch Rooftop offers an allyou-can-eat Southern barbecue buffet and a great view of Charleston’s annual firework display. Festivities are from 4-7 p.m July 4. Tickets are available at eventbrite.com and cost $75 per person or $30 for children younger than 12.

The Rooftop Bar at Vendue hosts Stars, Stripes and Skylines: A Rooftop Fourth 4 p.m. to close July 4. The party features music, cocktails and small bites. Entry is $20 and partial proceeds will support the Warrior Surf Foundation . —Hillary Reaves

Photos by Rūta Smith

Jack’s Cosmic Dogs owner Jarrett Hodson enjoys a hot dog outside the new James Island location

Independence Day

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IGGY

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MARISHA

Charleston Animal Society

4 m/o female, super sweet and cute kitty with personality. Call 843.747.4849, charlestonanimalsociety.org

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KANE

Charleston Animal Society

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ROSCOE

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TIGER

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ZABU

Charleston Animal Society

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Charleston Animal Society

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CHEESECAKE

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LOVER BOY

Charleston Animal Society

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WANDA

Charleston Animal Society

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SNOW

Charleston Animal Society

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ASHLEY

Charleston Animal Society

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KALU

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DUNKIN BUTTERBEANS

Charleston Animal Society

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BLAKE

Charleston Animal Society

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RAYNE

Charleston Animal Society

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PUMPKIN

Charleston Animal Society

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DOUGHNUT

Charleston Animal Society

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Charleston Animal Society

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Charleston Animal Society

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SADIE

Charleston Animal Society

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BUFFY

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MAXINE

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BRUCE

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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

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.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Reid E. Dyer Moore & Van Allen PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828

T (843)579-7000 F (843)5798714 Email: cynthialowery@ mvalaw.com reiddyer@mvalaw. com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

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

After consideration of the Motion and Consent For Appointment of Attorney for John Doe and Guardian Ad Litem for Richard Roe, it is ORDERED, that Kelley Y. Woody, a competent and discreet person, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for the unknown persons who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe, and Guardian Ad Litem for any unknown persons who may be minors, imprisoned, incompetent and/or under a legal disability, being a class designated as Richard Roe, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 656 Coleman Boulevard, Unit 1103, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464. IT IS

FURTHER ORDERED that, unless those unknown persons who may be in the Military Service or who are minors, imprisoned, incompetent, and/or under a legal disability, shall, in person, or through someone on their behalf within 30 days after final publication of this Order,

procure to be appointed some other suitable person as Attorney or Guardian Ad Litem in the place and stead of Kelley Y. Woody, this appointment shall be final. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a notice of filing of this Order shall forthwith be served upon said unknown persons who may be in the Military Service or who are minors, imprisoned, incompetent, and/or under a legal disability, by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in Florence County, for a period of not less than once a week for three consecutive weeks. Such publication may be accomplished jointly with the service by publication as hereinafter authorized. SO ORDERED

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

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

Hamilton a/k/a Iven Hamilton, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Ivan Hamilton a/k/a Iven Hamilton, Deceased; 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; and Republic Finance LLC, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (231150.00013)

TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 292022065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.

NOTICE

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on June 9, 2023.

this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 22nd day of June, 2023.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE

NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Joyce Hamilton, Denise Hamilton, Janice Hamilton n/k/a Janice Washington, Ivan Hamilton and Ervin Hamilton to CitiFinancial, Inc., dated September 30, 1999, recorded October 5, 1999, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book K-335 at Page 416; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to CitiFinancial Servicing LLC by assignment instrument dated December 2, 2016 and recorded December 13, 2016 in Book 603 at Page 39; thereafter, assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC by assignment instrument dated December 9, 2016 and recorded December 13, 2016 in Book 603 at Page 40; thereafter, assigned to Bayview Dispositions IVA, LLC by assignment instrument dated January 13, 2020 and recorded February 26, 2020 in Book 862 at Page 874; thereafter, assigned to Atlantica, LLC by assignment instrument dated January 13, 2020 and recorded February 26, 2020 in Book 862 at Page 575; thereafter, assigned to Argolica, LLC by assignment instrument dated April 13, 2020 and recorded April 27, 2020 in Book 877 at Page 576; thereafter, assigned to Great Ajax Operating Partnership L.P. by assignment instrument dated January 11, 2021 and recorded June 3, 2021 in Book 997 at Page 980; thereafter, assigned to AJX Mortgage Trust I, a Delaware Trust, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, Trustee by assignment instrument dated July 25, 2022 and recorded September 15, 2022 in Book 1137 at Page 570. Upon information and belief, the Note and Mortgage were subsequently modified by one or more Loan Modification Agreement(s).

The description of the premises is as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, together with any buildings thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, being a portion of Tract K of McIntyre Tract owned now or formerly by John Mayer, and having the following courses and dimensions:

on plat of part of McIntyre Tract as shown on survey by Gaillard and Gaillard, dated November 5, 1945, and recorded in Plat Book F, Page 231, RMC Office for Charleston County. Butting and bounding and measuring and containing Northwardly 85 feet on said dirt road Eastwardly 200 feet on Tract L, as shown on said plat now or formerly of William Hamilton and Westwardly 200 feet on Tract I.

This being the same property conveyed to Iven Hamilton (1/3 interest) and Ervin Hamilton (1/3 interest) by deed of Janie Jenkins dated December 22, 1981, and recorded December 23, 1981, in Book J-127 at Page 324 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Thereafter, Janie Jenkins conveyed all of her right, title and interest in said property to Ivan Hamilton and Ervin Hamilton by deed dated May 26, 1988, and recorded December 16, 1988, in Book K-180 at Page 753 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Ivan Hamilton and Ervin Hamilton then conveyed a three-fifths (3/5) interest in said property to Joyce Hamilton, Denise Hamilton and Janice Hamilton by deed dated November 3, 1998, and recorded December 16, 1988, in Book K-180 at Page 746 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Thereafter, Joyce Hamilton, Denise Hamilton-Watkins, and Janice Hamilton-Washington conveyed a life estate to Janie Hamilton, with the remainder interest to Joyce Hamilton, Denise HamiltonWatkins, Janice HamiltonWashington, Ivan Hamilton a/k/a Iven Hamilton, and Ervin Hamilton by deed dated April 5, 2006, and recorded April 24, 2006, in Book P-580 at Page 285 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Janie Hamilton a/k/a

Janie L. Hamilton died on March 19, 2013 (See Probate Estate Case No. 2013-ES-10-00591).

TMS No. 337-00-00-059

Property address: 1957 Ferguson Road Charleston, SC 29412

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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

shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Village at Carol Oaks, Phase 2, Christ Church Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and shown and designated as Lot 16, on a plat prepared by James B. Pennington, P.L.S. of Palmetto Land Surveying, said plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING LOTS 16 THRU 22 & RESIDUAL PARCEL C-2A PHASE 2, THE VILLAGE AT CAROL OAKS, LOCATED TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” dated May 10, 2012, and revised July 5, 2012, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina on July 6, 2012, in Plat Book L12, at Page 0185. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to any and all applicable easements, conditions, and restrictions of record, and as may be shown on the above-referenced plat.

This being the same property conveyed to Jordan Lucas Mixon by deed of Joel H. Knight and Jennifer J. Knight dated August 26, 2016 and recorded September 6, 2016 in Book 580 at Page 971 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 580-00-00-191

Property address: 2948 Emma Lane, Mt Pleasant, SC 29466

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-02817

AJX Mortgage Trust I, a Delaware Trust, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, Trustee, PLAINTIFF, VS. Joyce Hamilton a/k/a Joyce Eyvonne Hamilton, Denise Hamilton a/k/a Denise Hamilton Watkins a/k/a Denise Watkins a/k/a Denise Hamilton-Watkins, Janice Hamilton n/k/a Janice Washington a/k/a Janice A. Washington a/k/a Janice Hamilton-Washington; Ervin Hamilton; Justin Hamilton, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Ivan

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Ivan Hamilton a/k/a Iven Hamilton, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of

Commencing at a point on the boundary line between Tract K and Tract J on the South side of a community dirt road located Eastwardly of South Carolina Highway No. S-10-53, and being about 540 feet Eastwardly thereof, and running from the said point on the said boundary line on bearing south 22 degrees, 30 minutes East Southwardly a distance of 200 feet to a point, thence running Eastwardly a distance of 85 feet to a point on the boundary line between Tract K and Tract I, said point being 200 feet South of the said community dirt road, thence running Northwardly a distance of 200 feet on bearing South 21 degrees East a distance of 200 feet to said community dirt road, and thence running Westwardly on the south side of said community dirt road a distance of 85 feet to the point of beginning, said Tract K being more particularly shown

Master’s Sale

2022-CP-10-03963

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

Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS Jordan Mixon a/k/a Jordan Lucas Mixon; and Carol Oaks Homeowners Association DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the May 16, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 11th

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-03269

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

Renee Johnson; Spring Creek Homeowners` Association, Inc.; Housing Authority of the City of North Charleston; South Carolina Housing Trust Fund; The United States of America by and through its agency the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated

the December 15, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 11TH DAY OF JULY, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as LOT 120 on a plat prepared by Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co, dated February 28, 2007, and entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF HORIZON VILLAGE PHASE I PREPARED FOR THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY & TCG NORTH CHARLESTON, LLC” and recorded on April 25, 2007, in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, SC in Plat Book EK, at Page 643; SAID LOT having such distances, courses, metes and bounds as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT TO any and all Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, Easements and Rights of Way of record.

This being the same property conveyed to Renee Johnson by deed of Housing Authority of the City of North Charleston, dated December 29, 2008 and recorded April 20, 2009 in Book 48 at Page 795 and by deed of TCG North Charleston Homes, LLC by deed dated January 5, 2009 and recorded April 20, 2009 in Book 48 at Page 796 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 469-03-00-033

Property address:

3994 Gullah Avenue

North Charleston, SC 29405

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott

(803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF VERSUS

Martin V. Rowell; The Ashleytowne Landing Neighborhood Association, Inc.; and 1st Franklin Financial, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the May 16, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 11th DAY OF JULY, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Charleston, City of Charleston, State of South Carolina and is described as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina and being shown and designated as Lot 12, Block A on a plat by G.E. Lohr, RLS dated October 12, 1978 and entitled “Ashleytowne Landing Section I” and recorded July 19, 1979 in Plat Book AN at Page 117 in the RMC Office for Charleston County. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Martin V. Rowell by Deed of David E. Rowell Sr., James R. Rowell, Gener R. Rowell and Janet Rowell Lukow dated June 15, 2018 and recorded March 1, 2019 in Book 0780 at Page 525 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 358-16-00-012

Property address: 2345 Assembly Drive Charleston, SC 29414

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott

(803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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

South Carolina Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF VERSUS

Iregene Grovner, Jr. a/k/a Iregene Grovner, Individually, and as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Wevonneda Minis, Deceased; et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the October 14, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 11th DAY OF JULY, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 18, Block D, on a plat entitled “Resubdivison of a portion of West Oak Forest,” made by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated January, 1953 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J at Page 28; SAID lot having such size, shape, courses, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Wevonneda Minis by Deed of Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, of Washington, D.C. dated June 22, 1994 and recorded July 22, 1994 in Book U245 at Page 526 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Subsequently, Wevonneda Minis died intestate on or about 07/17/2020, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Iregene Grovner, Jr. a/k/a Iregene Grovner, Andre Valentine Mosby, Anthony D. Sease, Darin Sease, Carlton Grovner, Sr. a/k/a Carlton Grovner, Earl G. Williams, Henrietta Grovner Wilson a/k/a Henrietta Wilson, Henry Minis, Nancy Grovner Jackson a/k/a Nancy Jackson, Sabrina Groover Davis a/ka/ Sabrina Groover, Tyra Mosby, William Timothy Mosby, and Sharon Wilson Bond, as shown in Probate Estate Matter Number 2021-ES-10-00146.

TMS No. 3490300093

Property address: 1221 Wimbee Drive, Charleston, SC 29407

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

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

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

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

sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough

Master in Equity

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

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

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.

NOTICE

as 1967 Carrie Street, Charleston, SC 29407-4717; that Ian C. Gohean is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is

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

Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of 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:

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

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

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2023-ES-10-0949

DOD: 03/27/23

Pers. Rep: MARK MARINO

338 HIGHLAND AVE.

RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07450

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST.

CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: MARY JANE PRICE

2023-ES-10-0953

DOD: 04/22/23

Pers. Rep: JEREMIAH MARTIN BACON, IV

2335 SUNNYSIDE AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29403

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST.

CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: JAMES MIDDLETON, SR.

2023-ES-10-0954

DOD: 04/25/23

Pers. Rep: DERRICK L. MIDDLETON

2064 BISHOP DR.

CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: ANTHONY B. O’NEILL, SR., ESQ.

1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200

CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: CARL ALBERT

MATTSON

2023-ES-10-0967

DOD: 05/03/23

Pers. Rep: CHERYL C. MATTSON

2970 MARITIME FOREST DR. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

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Estate of: THOMAS LEE ATHERTON, JR.

2023-ES-10-0998

DOD: 03/17/23

Pers. Rep: LEEANN ATHERTON

3600 SOUTH 2ND AUSTIN, TX 78704

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Estate of: JOSEPH HILL WILLIAMS

2023-ES-10-1007

DOD: 04/27/23

Pers. Rep: TERESE TREMAN WILLIAMS

28 TRADD ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Pers. Rep: JAMES C. WILLIAMS

3408 TURNER LN. CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815

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

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Estate of: JOHN R. NASH, JR. 2023-ES-10-1008

DOD: 03/26/23

Pers. Rep: SUSANNE SMITH

NASH 8630 MIDDLETON POINT LN. EDISTO ISLAND, SC 29438

Atty: JAMES B. DRENNAN, III, ESQ. PO BOX 891 SPARTANBURG, SC 29304

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Estate of: TODD HARRIS SUMNER 2023-ES-10-1010

DOD: 05/09/23

Pers. Rep: TONI FARAH SUMNER 978 THREE TREES RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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 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

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON COUNTY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FILE NO. 2023-CP-10-01461

ASCENTIUM CAPITAL LLC, PLAINTIFF, V. L5 MEDICAL HOLDINGS, LLC AND JOHN GREGORY BARNES, DEFENDANTS.

NOTICE OF FILIING COMPLAINT

TO: DEFENDANT JOHN GREGORY BARNES

Melissa Tulis Smith,

SC Bar No. 104464 Byron L. Saintsing,

PO Box 176010

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

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 IN THE PROBATE COURT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE MATTER OF: ARLENE

MARIE MCGREGOR

CASE NUMBER: 2023ES1000897

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.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION

Having read the filed Affidavit of Melissa Tulis Smith, attorney for Plaintiff Ascentium Capital LLC herein, and it appearing that this is an action for breach of contract filed by such party against Defendant John Gregory Barnes and that such part cannot, after due diligence, be located, IT IS ORDERED that service in this matter be made on Defendant John Gregory Barnes by publishing copies of the Notice of Filing Complaint and this Order for Publication in The Charleston City Paper, a paper of general circulation in the County and State in the vicinity of the area of said Defendant’s last known address., once weekly for three (3) consecutive weeks, and by forwarding a copy of the pleadings to Defendant John Gregory Barnes at his last know address. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court. Charleston, South Carolina. June 15, 2023. SGB M9062662 5201

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 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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

5185

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE

2022-CP-10-05859

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC.

v. Thomas M. Hartsfield; Antonia Hartsfield; Oakfield Property Owners Association, Inc.

Upon authority of a Decree dated May 16th, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on 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.

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

5187

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

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 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

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)

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

COPYRIGHT NOTICE OF 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.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name MARKELL GORDON or GORDON MARKELL and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, muhammad abu khalil 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.

Public Notice P/N: SAC 202201672

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

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.

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

DESCRIPTION OF PLEADING: Petition to Determine Heirs

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Arts, etc.

Comedian Ilana Glazer talks art, advocacy

By Chloe Hogan

Co-creator and star of the critically acclaimed, absurdly hilarious comedy series Broad City, Ilana Glazer brings her second stand-up comedy tour to the Charleston Gaillard Center on July 21.

When Broad City ended in 2019 after five seasons on Comedy Central, Glazer was inspired to return to her roots in stand-up. She debuted her first comedy special THE PLANET IS BURNING on Amazon Prime in 2020. In the special, Glazer didn’t shy away from political topics — she finds humor in tough subjects like homophobes, Nazis and the patriarchy (especially as it relates to the crappy quality of women’s razors).

In her current stand-up tour, Glazer will focus more on her lived experiences of political issues instead of the issues themselves.

“The thing that I actually don’t like about THE PLANET IS BURNING is that I talk about my perspective from a little bit outside of me. … This [new] special is a bit more about my experience in my body. I see the world through the lens of a queer Jewish woman’s experience, so that’s inherently political,” she said.

This tour will be less about politics, she said, and more about “things I love talking about, like sex, drugs and how it feels to be alive right now.”

Her stand-up touches on subjects explored in her TV show Broad City, which starred Glazer and her co-creator (and reallife best friend) Abbi Jacobson as outsized versions of themselves. It’s about being broke, young and a hot mess in New York City. The series has been praised by many as trailblazing for its feminist and nuanced handling of topics like female friendship and LGBTQ+ characters.

In both her art and her activism, Glazer is a staunch advocate for the environment and human rights. Since the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Glazer has been vocal on her social media about civic engagement. Hillary Clinton even made a 2016 appearance on Broad City when Glazer’s semi-autobiographical character

Ilana Wexler became a cold call volunteer for Clinton’s presidential campaign.

That same year, Glazer started a political advocacy group, Generator Collective, with former WeWork executive Glennis Meagher.

“We’re a political messaging machine,” Glazer said of the collective. “Instead of this approach like, ‘Everything is on fire!’ Generator Collective is a resource for engaging with the democratic process.”

The goal is to lower the barriers to entry when discussing politics and treating democracy as a practice to consistently engage with, Glazer said. The collective shares stories of individual experiences with policy on social media and makes cheat-sheets of ballots to educate voters, among other initiatives.

Art as activism

Glazer, who welcomed her first child in 2021, will also talk in her stand-up about her experience as a new mom. She became pregnant after wrapping work on her 2021 film False Positive, which follows expectant mother Lucy, portrayed by Glazer, who also co-wrote the screenplay. She makes a major departure from the comedy she’s known for with the horror-thriller which draws comparison to Roman Polanski’s 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby Glazer said she spent three years considering her choice before deciding to pursue pregnancy. She was fearful about aspects of it, and that fear inspired her to write False Positive. The film follows Glazer’s pregnant character as she grows increasingly suspi-

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cious of her husband and their prominent fertility doctor. She sets out to uncover a disturbing conspiracy.

“It has been a longtime phenomenon of fertility doctors non-consensually inseminating their patients with their own sperm,” Glazer said. “How is that, A, not a huge deal that’s being covered by the news, and B, how is policy not being made around this?”

She lives by the advice of fellow filmmaker-activist Paola Mendoza, citing Mendoza’s idea that from art, there is activism, and from activism there is policy.

“These components bleed into one another to create our society and culture,” Glazer said. “I’m excited about how arts can shape policy, and how activists can be artists.”

For artists and comedians who want to talk about politics in their work, she advises staying as close and true to your lived experience as possible.

“Stay true to your unique lived experience and avoid being preachy. That makes it you, makes it your art.

“It doesn’t even matter what body you’re in, who comes before you represents you. There are expectations of what a White guy is. What a queer woman is. What a Black woman is. Other people can politicize your experience, and that will happen after the fact when it comes out. But I would say the closer you can stay true, the more specific you can be in your lived experience, the stronger [your work] will be.”

Tickets for the 7 p.m. July 21 performance at the Gaillard start at $27. ilanaglazerlive.com.

Don’t miss swing era music at Forte Jazz Lounge

The Fortettes singing ensemble will join The Forte Jazz Lounge Big Band July 1 for two patriotic concerts that will feature songs by Andrews Sisters, a popular swing era singing trio. The Fortettes consists of three accomplished vocalists Jenna Bohannon, Andrea Catangay and Veronica Wilt , who have honed their vocal blending and harmonization to perform two lively sets at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are available at fortejazzlounge.com.

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Attend a free Park Circle art opening

Park Circle Gallery will show concurrent solo exhibitions by Shelby Corso and Caroline Morris July 5-29. The artists will host a free reception at the gallery 5-7 p.m. July 7. In her exhibit, I Want to Eat the Earth You Walk On, Corso explores the transmutations of feminine desire through paintings and sculpture in vivid hues. Recent College of Charleston graduate Morris will show a series of figurative oil paintings in her exhibit Summer Fun. To learn more, check out @parkcirclegallery on Instagram. — Chloe Hogan

Support independent hip-hop

Charleston hip-hop artists Slim S.O.U.L. , Anfernee and Tyrie come together at The Royal American July 7 for an evening of experimental flows, conscious rap and improvisational harmony. Slim will be backed by an ensemble called The NO for an injection of live instrumentation. Doors are open at 9 p.m., and there is a $10 cash cover at the door. — CG

Meet the author at Charleston Library Society

The Charleston Library Society (CLS) and Buxton Books hosts a conversation at CLS at 6 p.m. July 19 with author Ann Napolitano to discuss her newest work, Hello Beautiful. The book is an emotional tribute to Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women. Tickets are $35 to $40 for guests. Sign up at eventbrite.com. CH

Ilana Glazer, known for creating and starring in Comedy Central TV show Broad City, also performs stand-up and leads a political advocacy group

Funk drummer Adam Deitch opens up about music-making

By Kevin Murphy Wilson

Grammy-nominated Boston funk band

Lettuce will bring its distinctive vintage sound to The Refinery’s outdoor amphitheater July 3. English roots reggae act Steel Pulse will join the high-powered six-piece band.

Lettuce drummer Adam Deitch told the Charleston City Paper he was always destined to be a performing artist. “I was born into music,” he said. “My parents play most instruments. So that was a big part of my early years.”

Deitch became a professional percussionist at quite a young age — he’s worked alongside his bandmates since the guys were teenagers in the early 1990s. That long shared history has helped the act firmly establish itself as one of the best on the live music circuit.

“We have developed a psychic musical connection that helps the music breathe, rise, rage and whisper. Team play is the wave,” Deitch said.

Lettuce has also been prolific in the

studio over the years, most recently assembling its eighth LP Unify in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. “We love Colorado,” Deitch said. “The energy is always on point. We have a great system going at Colorado Sound studios with our engineer Jesse O’Brien.”

To Deitch, the process of producing that particular record also illustrated the solid band dynamic that exists at the moment. “The trust we had in each other — to write, produce, mix and master the album, and the ability to finalize the arrangements on the spot — was at an all time high. Everyone got an equal say. It was beautiful.”

The Unify project also featured a very special guest, R&B/ soul bassist Bootsy Collins. “I reached out to Bootsy through our buddy Paul Levine who books him sometimes. He heard the song ‘Keep That Funk Alive’ as a demo and hit us right back. He’s a gem of a human and an icon to the world. His influence on us is

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massive,” Deitch said. Collins isn’t the only influential musician that has entered Deitch’s orbit lately. This summer, Lettuce has paired with Steel Pulse for a run of shows that lands both groups back in Charleston this week — and Deitch couldn’t be more stoked about the joint tour.

“We’ve listened to them in the band van for years,” he said. “They are legends. They are the best living roots reggae band on Earth, and these shows have been amazing.”

Lettuce, Steel Pulse and Makua Rothman perform at The Refinery 7 p.m. July 3. For more details and ticket information, visit therefinerychs.com.

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Colorado-based musician Adam Deitch (far right), a member of funk band Lettuce, received two Grammy nominations

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roots reggae act Steel Pulse formed in 1975 in Birmingham, England

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38. The Met Opera’s program for U.S. cinemas

39. Held back, as stocks

40. Messy carnival game

42. Aloo matar bit

44. Jackson film franchise, initially

45. “All ___ Is a Miracle” (Mike + The Mechanics song)

46. Mysterious monster, familiarly 47. Station add-on 49. Wall bracket 52. Coped (with) 54. Talk up 57. Sorry sort

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Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Genius physicist Albert Einstein said, “The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old questions from new angles, requires creative imagination and makes real advances.” What he said here applies to our personal dilemmas, too. When we figure out the right questions to ask, we are more than halfway toward a clear resolution. This is always true, of course, but it will be an especially crucial principle for you in the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.” So said Taurus biologist and anthropologist Thomas Huxley (1825-1895). I don’t think you will have to be quite so forceful as that in the coming weeks. But I hope you’re willing to further your education by rebelling against what you already know. And I hope you will be boisterously skeptical about conventional wisdom and trendy ideas. Have fun cultivating a feisty approach to learning! The more time you spend exploring beyond the borders of your familiar world, the better.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Hooray and hallelujah! You’ve been experimenting with the perks of being pragmatic and well-grounded. You have been extra intent on translating your ideals into effective actions. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen you so dedicated to enjoying the simple pleasures. I love that you’re investigating the wonders of being as downto-earth as you dare. Congratulations! Keep doing this honorable work.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I wrote my horoscope column for over ten years before it began to get widely syndicated. What changed? I became a better writer and oracle, for one thing. My tenacity was inexhaustible. I was always striving to improve my craft, even when the rewards were meager. Another important factor in my eventual success was my persistence in marketing. I did a lot of hard work to ensure the right publications knew about me. I suspect, fellow Cancerian, that 2024 is likely to bring you a comparable breakthrough in a labor of love you have been cultivating for a long time. And the coming months of 2023 will be key in setting the stage for that breakthrough.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Maybe you wished you cared more deeply about a certain situation. Your lack of empathy and passion may feel like a hole in your soul. If so, I have good news. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to find the missing power; to tap into the warm, wet feelings that could motivate your quest for greater connection. Here’s a good way to begin the process: Forget everything you think you know about the situation with which you want more engagement. Arrive at an empty, still point that enables you to observe the situation as if you were seeing it for the first time.

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are a few of many regular horoscope writers whose work I find interesting. My own astrological oracles are useful, too. And by the way, how can anyone have the hubris to decide which horoscopes are helpful and which are not? This thing we do is a highly subjective art, not an objective science. In the spirit of my comments here, Libra, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to declare your independence from so-called experts and authorities who tell you they know what’s valid and worthwhile for you. Here’s your motto: “I’m the authoritative boss of my own truth.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Is it a fact that our bodies are made of stardust? Absolutely true, says planetary scientist Dr. Ashley King. Nearly all the elements comprising our flesh, nerves, bones, and blood were originally forged in at least one star, maybe more. Some of the stuff we are made of lived a very long time in a star that eventually exploded: a supernova. Here’s another amazing revelation about you: You are composed of atoms that have existed for almost 14 billion years. I bring these startling realities to your attention, Scorpio, in honor of the most expansive phase of your astrological cycle. You have a mandate to deepen and broaden and enlarge your understanding of who you are and where you came from.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I foresee that August will be a time of experiments and explorations. Life will be in a generous mood toward you, tempting and teasing you with opportunities from beyond your circle of expectations. But let’s not get carried away until it makes cosmic sense to get carried away. I don’t want to urge you to embrace wild hope prematurely. Between now and the end of July, I advise you to enjoy sensible gambles and measured adventures. It’s OK to go deep and be rigorous, but save the full intensity for later.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Is there a crucial half-conscious question lurking in the underside of your mind? A smoldering doubt or muffled perplexity that’s important for you to address? I suspect there is. Now it’s time to coax it up to the surface of your awareness so you may deal with it forthrightly. You must not let it smolder there in its hiding place. Here’s the good news, Capricorn: If you bring the dilemma or confusion or worry into the full light of your consciousness, it will ultimately lead you to unexpected treasure. Be brave!

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9. Phineas ___ (sustainer of a scientifically notable injury)

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11. Comedian Ranganathan

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14. Billy Idol expression

16. Walked (all over)

21. Item to collect in “Myst”

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are in an astrological phase when you’ll be wise to wrangle with puzzles and enigmas. Whether or not you come up with crisp solutions isn’t as crucial as your earnest efforts to limber up your mind. For best results, don’t worry and sweat about it; have fun! Now I’ll provide a sample riddle to get you in the mood. It’s adapted from a text by David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace. You are standing before two identical closed doors, one leading to grime and confusion, the other to revelation and joy. Before the doors stand two figures: an angel who always tells the truth and a demon who always lies. But they look alike, and you may ask only one question to help you choose what door to take. What do you do? (Possible answer: Ask either character what the other would say if you asked which door to take, then open the opposite door.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I found a study that concluded just 6.1.% of online horoscopes provide legitimate predictions about the future. Furthermore, the research indicated, 62.3% of them consist of bland, generic pabulum of no value to the recipient. I disagree with these assessments. Chani Nicholas, Michael Lutin, Susan Miller and Jessica Shepherd

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In Larry McMurtry’s novel Duane’s Depressed, the life of the main character has come to a standstill. He no longer enjoys his job. The fates of his kids are too complicated for him to know how to respond. He has a lot of feelings but has little skill in expressing them. At a loss about how to change his circumstances, he takes a small and basic step: He stops driving his pickup truck and instead walks everywhere he needs to go. Your current stasis is nowhere near as dire as Duane’s, Aquarius. But I do recommend you consider his approach to initiating transformation: Start small and basic.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author K. V. Patel writes, “As children, we laugh fully with the whole body. We laugh with everything we have.” In the coming weeks, Pisces, I would love for you to regularly indulge in just that: total delight and release. Furthermore, I predict you will be more able than usual to summon uproarious life-affirming amusement from the depths of your enchanted soul. Further furthermore, I believe you will have more reasons than ever before to throw your head back and unleash your entire self in rippling bursts of healing hysterical hilarity. To get started, practice chuckling, giggling, and chortling for one minute right now.

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FROM THE EDITORS

The best of summer beers

As we enter the blistering months of summer, it’s nice to update ourselves and you with some of summer’s best sippers. As you know, we here at HOPS love a good list. And since the Charleston City Paper just wrapped its annual Best of Charleston issue, we’d like to give you our own “Best of Summer Beers” as voted by our friends in the Charleston beer community.

Best Pool Beer: Frothy Beard Sip Sip Pass Hazy IPA

HOPS pick: Brewlab Charleston Tropical Vibrations

Best Boat Beer: Island Coastal Lager

HOPS pick: Palmetto Brewing Salted Lime Lager

Best Rooftop Bar Beer: Stella Artois

HOPS pick: Munkle Pils

Best Beach Beer: Corona and Landshark

HOPS pick: Commonhouse Air is Salty Gose

Best Airport Pre-vacation Beer: Any IPA but lots of Hazy votes, Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing being the tops

HOPS pick: Anything Sierra Nevada

Best Sunday Afternoon Beer: Any Radler

HOPS pick: Revelry Lazy Lover Belgian Blonde Ale

Best Backyard BBQ Beer: Miller Lite

HOPS pick: Coast Kolsch

Kyle Wallace aka Charleston Brewery List

Tarah Gee aka Barefoot Beertender

WEEKLY CALENDAR

Monday

All night Brewlab Charleston, Buy two pints, get six wings!

4-5 p.m. Munkle Brewing Co., Happy Hour, $2 off pours

6 p.m. Low Tide Brewing, Bingo

6:30 p.m. Estuary Beans and Barley, Trivia

7 p.m. Baker & Brewer, Trivia

Tuesday

All night Brewlab Charleston, Better Call Sal-Sa - 5 tacos for $12

4-5 p.m. Munkle Brewing Co., Happy Hour, $2 off pours

6:30 p.m. Estuary Beans and Barley, Music Bingo

Flavorfest

A collaboration by Black Food Truck Festival and Estuary Beans and Barley

By Tarah Gee

Holy Smokes BBQ. Charleston Wine + Food. Mimosa. There is no lack of events and festivals to attend in the Charleston area. But there is one event unique to Charleston because well, it has its own beer. Locally crafted and created, the Black Food Truck Festival is taking food truck festivals to the next level.

The Black Food Truck Festival is the ultimate family reunion featuring kid-friendly activities in a safe, secure environment. The festival features more than 40 food trucks with a variety of cuisines all Black-owned and operated, but founder Marcus Hammond realized there was one missing element as he prepared for this past April’s event — a signature beer.

“A Black woman on a beer can, how often do you see that?” said Hammond, as he discussed his venture into festivals and the world of private labeling craft beer. Light, refreshing and not too hoppy, his new Flavorfest lager was created to please the festival goers with something approachable and crushable.

The designer of the can is Kolpeace, a South Carolina native and artist who now lives in Baltimore. According to the artist’s profile, the label is a visual ode “Fo’ Erbody Black” and “the colors dance in harmony as a reflection of what it means to admire the Black cultural characteristics.”

So how did this beer come to be? Like all good collaborations, it came through connections. Hammond was introduced to Kristian Edwards, brand and sales manager for Estuary Beans and Barley on Johns Island. Small world note: You may recall Edwards from our August 2022 cover and David White, who was on the cover of our December 2022 issue of HOPS.

A collaboration worth its weight in gold

Edwards was thrilled to initiate the project.

“The art, the beer, the love!” he said. “This was one of the dopest collaborations to date. We were stoked that our team was able to produce such a crushable lager for them.”

Hammond lauded the collaboration.

“I think if more people understood how they could reach out to people for diversity outside of influencers, we could share more spaces,” he said. “We’ve created a space [the festival] and we have the numbers where we can help with diversity with different part-

ners and cross pollinate.”

Hammond and White have been bridging that gap in the beer community.

“I met Marcus years ago, before we both stepped foot in the spaces we’re in now,” White said. “We attended some events together and eventually connected deeper on just being Black men in Charleston. I met Kristian around the same time. After Kristian returned from Savannah, he and I had conversations about doing more in our communities because it has always been about more than just beer for us.”

When Hammond began looking at what would expand the festival, he spoke with White.

“Marcus shared with me his visions for the festival, and I immediately thought about what Kristian and I talked about,” White remembered. “Before you know it, we’re sitting in the brewery talking about next steps.”

Next came the label design. “We all acknowledge the lack of Blacks in the beer industry in Charleston so it was really important that we found a Black artist to represent the festival’s brand. We know the artwork stands out. Kolpeace definitely delivered,” White said.

The festival was a hit, as was the beer. Hammond is already in planning mode for next year. With more than 15,000 followers, 2024’s Black Food Truck Festival is bound to deliver. With plans to take the festival to Baltimore and beyond, Hammond has his hands and his heart full.

“I’ve learned that one of my skill sets is building a brand,” he told HOPS. “I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew but yeah, I’ve got big plans.”

7 p.m. Palmetto Brewing Co., Two Fer Trivia Tuesday

7 p.m. Fatty’s Beer Works, Phish Nights

Wednesday

All night Brewlab Charleston, Burger & Beer Night - $15 Plus, Trivial Trivia (7 p.m.)

4-5 p.m. Munkle Brewing Co., Happy Hour, $2 off pours

7 p.m. Charles Towne Fermentory, Trivia

7 p.m. Low Tide Brewing, Trivia

7 p.m. New Realm Brewery, Name that Tune Trivia

7 p.m. Rusty Bull Brewing, Trivia (first Wednesday only)

7 p.m. Tidelands Brewing, Music Bingo

8 p.m. Fam’s Brewing Co., Trivia

Thursday

All night Brewlab Charleston, BOGO 50% off sushi, $4 core pints

4-5 p.m. Munkle Brewing Co., Happy Hour, $2 off pours

6 p.m. Ghost Monkey Brewery, Brewery Bingo

6 p.m. Hobcaw Brewing Co., Team Trivia

6:30 p.m. Indigo Reef Brewing Co., Music Bingo

6:30 p.m. SNAFU Brewing Company, Bingo

Friday

3 p.m. Revelry Brewing, Sun-sets with Sparkbox

4-5 p.m. Munkle Brewing Co., Happy Hour, $2 off pours

Saturday

1-9 p.m. Charleston Brewery District, Free trolley

Sunday

11-3 p.m. Commonhouse Aleworks, Sunday brunch

3 p.m. SNAFU Brewing Company, Name that Tune Trivia

CRAFT BREW PROFILE

Photos provided

David White (left) and Marcus Hammond, founder of Black Food Truck Festival

Charles Towne Fermentory

Co.

Freehouse Brewery

Indigo Reef Brewing Co.

LO-Fi Brewing

Rusty Bull

Two

Low Tide Brewing

Rusty Bull

Westbrook Brewing Co.

Munkle Brewing

Stone’s

New Realm Brewing Co., CHS

Tidelands Brewing

Wind and Waves Brewing

Editor’s Note: If you know of a new brewery headed to the Charleston area, please let us know at: info@brewhopchs.com.

Amenities Key

Co. SC

Two Blokes: Evolution of a brewery

By Tarah Gee

Tucked away in a commercial building park off Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant is Two Blokes Brewing, a little brewery with a big heart. A taproom with years of nostalgia hangs decoratively in every place you can lay your eyes. The brewhouse looms in the background wafting the sweet smell of grain and hops through the air. It’s a “lived-in” space. It’s welcoming, cozy and the kind of place where you feel transported away from the commercial facade and into the hearts and minds of the owners’ past, present and future.

The evolution of breweries isn’t something that is talked about enough. We, beer lovers, talk about the beer, the “vibe,” the food offerings. But we rarely discuss the literal blood, sweat and tears that goes into creating, growing and maintaining a brewery. And, what happens when the owner/founder suddenly passes away.

I was relatively new to the Charleston brewing community when I heard the news that Matty Symons, owner and founder had suddenly left this world. The community was in shock. As if Covid-19 wasn’t enough to deal with, now, we’d lost one of our own, a staple and bright spot for the Charleston beer world.

“So many people considered Matty a good friend. He always made people feel like he was paying attention,” said Michelle Lapp, operations manager. She joined the Two Blokes team in March 2017 and worked closely with Symons daily.

“The whole community reached out. And, that’s how I formed so many relationships that I have now,” Lapp said. “A few breweries in particular went above and beyond to assist.”

Evelyn, Matty’s wife, took over as much as she could. And for almost three years, she and Lapp were Two Blokes, woman-owned and operated.

Two Blokes initially opened like a lot of breweries do — with a homebrewer and a friend who were passionate about good beer and wanted to build something together. Symons, Australian by birth, had previously lived in the United Kingdom before relocating to the United States and, eventually, Charleston. After nine years at Blackbaud, Symons and his business partner, Sean Geddis, lept into commercial brewing, opening the doors in 2016. And though Geddis maintained his full-time career, he was an essential partner to the brewery.

But sometimes, partnerships don’t work, and in early 2018, Symons and Geddis decided to part ways. That’s when Lapp stepped in to manage the front of the house. And here is what isn’t talked about much publicly when it comes to this particular

industry: Like any start-up business, there are a lot of changes and evolutions.

With Symons at the helm of brewing operations and Lapp leading the taproom, Two Blokes was on the rise. And well, we know what happens next. A global pandemic. And the brewing world as we knew it completely changed and shifted.

During the first three months of Covid-19, operations shifted to “to go” options only. Taproom sales for all breweries suffered and then the unthinkable happened. In May 2020, Symons suddenly passed away.

“Luke DesJardins [lead brewer] took over for Matty,” Lapp said. “We all just stepped into the roles that were natural. And he did a great job. Customers were happy we kept the same team and the beer quality didn’t change.”

Friends in the community stepped up to moonlight behind the bar.

“Two Blokes was my vacation job,” said Kim Arnold, head brewer for Frothy Beard Brewing Company. “I always looked forward to seeing the team and awesome regulars. It has also helped me creatively with branching out to want to brew different styles.”

For close to three years, the Two Blokes team soldiered on while it was known to few that the brewery was looking for new ownership. Evelyn Symons needed to move her family and life in a new direction. She posted the brewery on several websites and began the process to put in place a new “bloke.”

In August 2022, Evelyn Symons had two promising potential buyers and an offer was

accepted. The Two Blokes team began the process of being purchased. It was looking for that perfect fit. But the buyers didn’t materialize to be what they had hoped for, Lapp said.

“We wanted to keep the Two Blokes brand. The brand means so much to her [Evelyn] and me and the customers.”

So they pulled back and refocused on the second offer.

At the same time, head brewer Luke DesJardins also had a new opportunity with the Birds Fly South Ale Project in Greenville.

“He stuck it out for a while and it was time for a transition,” Lapp said.

And thus began the search for a new head brewer as well. To say that Lapp had her hands full is an understatement.

But things have a way of working out, of evolving. They always do. It’s called… Evolutions.

A visit to Two Blokes today

George greeted me at the door with a sweet smile and tall wag. George, honorary owner and new mascot of Two Blokes, belongs to Rhett Anderson, the new owner who attended high school on the East Coast before completing his undergraduate economics degree at Clemson University. After graduation, Anderson found himself in California in the Marine Corps.

“My passion is building things, leadership and creating,” Anderson said when we sat down one month after he purchased and took over operations at Two Blokes.

Anderson met his wife Haley in

Our brewhouse is labor intensive. We don’t have all the bells and whistles. It’s a labor of love.”

—Michelle Lapp

RHETT ANDERSON, OWNER

Delaware, while the two were still in high school. During a summer break in college, they spent time in Napa Valley, with his family nearby.

“We went out there over one summer in college and started working at a couple vineyards. And fell in love with the industry. I originally wanted to do something in the wine industry in California but it wasn’t exactly feasible in this economy right now.”

Interning at Aubert Winery, Anderson learned the production side from start to

finish. He began to look for other opportunities. With starting a family, the couple decided to move closer to her family back in Charleston.

“We’d been here a couple times and we fell in love with it,” Anderson said. Anderson found Two Blokes on a business brokerage site and reached out to Evelyn.

“My initial thought was there was so much potential,” Anderson said. “The survival this brewery has experienced. And then, meeting the team was a major plus

because I know finding quality workers is difficult and the staff is amazing.”

Regarding the head brewer search, Lapp had no time to spare. James Bridwell replaced DesJardins as head brewer in midFebruary 2023, and Caleb Jurecki became assistant brewer shortly after.

“Our brewhouse is labor intensive. We don’t have all the bells and whistles. It’s a labor of love. James [Bridwell] was the first person I interviewed in the process and I felt like we clicked,” Lapp said. “We had hoped to hire from within the local community, but with the time constraints, we needed to act fast. And James was ready to move to Charleston immediately.”

A new head brewer

Bridwell, former owner of Sockdolager Brewing Company in Midland, Texas, had recently closed its doors. Opportunities came knocking.

“I applied to several breweries, had interviews and several offers,” Bridwell said. Bridwell, who grew up in Savannah, also chose to move back closer to family and accepted the position at Two Blokes.

“It really speaks to the leadership of Michelle,” Anderson said. “Everyone comes together and works so well. It will be cool building this place with them.”

As if taking ownership of a new brewery isn’t a handful enough, Anderson and his wife just welcomed their first child and are undergoing renovations at their new home

in Mount Pleasant. Haley Anderson is super-supportive of the venture, and though is not involved in daily operations, owns 50% of the brewery.

“Growth, bringing a fresh set of eyes and taking some workload off Michelle is my focus at Two Blokes,” Anderson said.

Learning the intricacies of distribution, taproom management and South Carolina laws will keep Anderson busy for the foreseeable future. With the capacity to produce 56 barrels at a time, Two Blokes will be keeping its Publican Ale, an English pub ale, in constant rotation and introducing a few new styles as well.

“I want to make a thiolized lager,” Bridwell said. For those who are complete beer nerds or scientists, a thiolized lager is made with a genetically modified yeast that replaces the use of hops.

And what does Lapp want?

“Vacation! Taking some time off and having time to work in my garden,” she said. “I was excited for change to come. I thought I might also leave once the sale was complete. I felt a responsibility to stay all these years, to Evelyn and the customers. But now, I’m excited for the new opportunities, growth and the team feeling. I have missed that.”

Anderson said, “I said, you kept the company alive. I’m gonna let her enjoy the rewards.”

One thing we here at HOPS know, the Two Blokes team is locked and loaded. Don’t skip this brewery. You won’t be disappointed.

Photos by Tarah Gee Two Blokes’ taproom

JAMES BRIDWELL, HEAD BREWER

MICHELLE LAPP, OPERATIONS MANAGER

BREWERY VISIT

Pawleys Island Brewing Co. A tribute to Fraser Blake

By Tarah Gee and Kyle Wallace

Pawleys Island Brewing Company’s Fraser Blake had a big impact on the area brewing community.

“There are people I’ve met on my journey, people who just leave their mark through mentorship. People you will never have enough time with but you know their character and are grateful for even just a minute of their time,” said Daisy Crater, assistant brewer at Rocker’s Brewing Company in Spartanburg.

Earlier this spring, the Charleston brewing community said goodbye to Blake, who died at 60 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. The craft beer community gathered on Memorial Day at Holy City Brewing Company in North Charleston to celebrate his life. And what a life he had!

Blake and his brothers opened Pawleys Island in 2017, a time when the craft beer industry in Charleston was gaining popularity. They were a critical and integral addition to the craft beer community.

Situated between what is now Tideland Brewing Company and Freehouse Brewery, the location was a labor of love between brothers, Dan, Bill and Fraser Blake.

“Fraser was the first to start home brewing,” Dan Blake said. While running an IT business in Atlanta, the three brothers began kicking around the idea of opening a brewery.

“Once the plan was approved by our wives, we began raising capital and Fraser relocated to West Ashley as the boots on the ground for the first three years.”

With Fraser Blake managing operations, the brewery grew quickly and was able to add a patio, kitchen and other amenities. Ted DeLoach, the Blakes’ cousin and affectionately referred to in the community as Uncle Ted, jumped aboard to facilitate brand awareness, work the bar and lead the outside sales movement.

“Fraser and I forged some great memories as we wrangled uni-tanks, built out the space and stained our iconic wood tables and bar. I’ll cherish them forever,” DeLoach said.

But it wouldn’t be long before tragic news of Fraser Blake’s cancer would come, and the family business would require all hands on deck. Dan relocated his family to Charleston and began to learn the business from top to bottom. However in April 2020 after a couple years of growth, Pawleys Island, like most breweries, took a bleak turn.

Although the location is now officially closed to the public, the once bustling location housed a 15- barrel system, supported by a 20-barrel mash tun and wapping 40-barrel hot liquid tank. Pawleys Island also once boasted eight 30-barrel fermenting tanks. That’s a heck of a lot of beer to hold!

“Fraser could be very stubborn at times. He refused to throw in the towel and suggested we reach out to the owners of Holy City Brewing,” Dan said. Next thing you know, arrangements were made to move some of the brewing equipment to its new facility in Park Circle and the remaining equipment would be used to increase another brewery’s production.

“Things are going pretty well right now, so we are going to be especially careful about future pivots,” Dan said. Right now, production will remain at Holy City Brewing, and you can find their brews at your local craft beer store, at craft beer festivals, and on tap in several bars and restaurants around town.

Fraser Blake made his mark on Charleston and the brewing community, leaving behind love and light on everything he touched.

“He really was someone who believed in me and my potential in this industry. He basically threw kerosine all over my flames and stoked my fire for this business. I would

not be where I am today without Fraser Blake and his family,” said Daisy Crater.

“To that end, I’m proud to announce the rerelease of one of our favorite seasonals, Bomb Island Berliner. I’m pretty sure that would bring a smile to Fraser’s face,” Dan said.

REMEMBRANCE: If you would like to make a donation to honor Blake, please visit South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Care Center and donate in his name or go to justgiving.com/ campaign/FraserBlake. It would be a meaningful way to honor his memory and continue his legacy of giving back to the community.

Blake and his brothers opened Pawleys Island Brewing Co. in 2017

Photos provided

Like many brewers, Blake started with a modest home setup

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