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More than $100,000 will be available for the new Gullah Geechee Historic Preservation Project to help documentation and preservation efforts in historically Black and Gullah Geechee communities in the Charleston area.
The bulk of the funding is through the federal National Park Service, with some money added by the city of Charleston and Preservation Society of Charleston, according to published reports.
“Black history has been woefully underrepresented in our history of the area,” said Chloe Stuber, a senior planner with the city of Charleston. “And so, this is an effort to start to make up for that. But there’s certainly a lot of work to be done. This grant is not going to achieve all of that with the funds that we received, and this is going to be long-term.”
A volunteer researcher wants to launch a project to remember an estimated 26,000 people buried at a 19th-century mass burial ground that is today’s Harmon Field and The Citadel’s football stadium on Charleston’s West Side.
Former middle school reading teacher Julie Bowling said she hopes her effort draws more attention to the graves as part of the ongoing legal battle to prevent development on the nearby wetlands at Gadsden Creek.
To honor the dead, Bowling said she’d enter the names of the dead in a database and share it with an organization willing to share the information on the internet.
“Charleston is a place of great history, and I love this city,” said Bowling, who moved to Charleston three decades ago from Louisville, Kentucky. “But a lot of this history is misunderstood or ignored. We can’t be a city that just memorializes the wealthy.”
From 1841 to 1927, Charleston buried its dead in a 22-acre site once called Tower Hill Cemetery. Orphans, free and enslaved people, immigrants, seamen and Confederate soldiers were interred at the burial ground bounded by President, Congress and Line streets.
The Returns of Deaths within the City of Charleston lists Isaiah, an enslaved one-year-old who died in June 1856 from “diarrhoea.”
In November 1855, James Stevens from Ireland drowned. The following month, Prudence, a 69-yearold free “mulatto” resident of the city’s Poor House, died from “insanity.”
Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Library, estimates that more than 26,000 people — twice
the population of Moncks Corner — were buried at Tower Hill.
Butler reported the burial estimate two years ago in The Forgotten Dead: Charleston Public Cemeteries 1794-2021, which was posted on the library’s website. “It shocked a lot of people,” he said. “That number is an estimate [but] it is impossible to deny it is a real part of the landscape.”
Bowling told the Charleston City Paper that she saw the names of the dead in the city’s death records as she researched another cemetery, and then she read Butler’s essay.
Bowling may have found an ally in her quest to make the names of the Tower Hill dead available on the internet. Forensic historian Grant Mishoe of Summerville said that during his decades of researching the city’s public burial grounds, he and others have digitized about 80% of the names of the people buried at Tower Hill.
Stuber said the plan is still openended and meant to be a communitydriven effort, with multiple community meetings for public input on the city’s goals, which are considered early ideas and flexible as the meetings continue.
“I think that it’s very exciting that the city is continuously recognizing the significant value of its Gullah Geechee history, culture and heritage and that they’ve been prioritizing finding new ways to preserve the settlement communities and their stories,” said Luana M. Graves Sellars, founder of Lowcountry Gullah Geechee. “The fact that they are embarking on these information sessions is a positive step.”
Staff reports
9 killed, 8 others shot across state July 11 to July 19
S.C. shooting deaths: Nine people died in Richland, York, Aiken, Beaufort, Greenwood, Spartanburg and Greenville counties.
S.C. shooting injuries: Eight others were hurt in Richland, Beaufort, Dorchester and Aiken counties.
Mass shootings: Nineteen mass shootings in the U.S., totaling 392 for the year. Source: gunviolencearchive.org.
Sources: S.C. official and media reports
Rising Wando High School senior Scarlett Sanchez, 16, snapped a series of photos of skateboarders doing tricks at the SK8 park in downtown Charleston. At the top is Mari Campbell soaring. Above, two youths pose next to the park’s sign. Skaters Mike Peter (right) and James Kravchuk (far right) perform tricks. Find more pictures online at charlestoncitypaper.com.
The free downtown shuttles that run through the heart of Charleston often are filled with tourists as well as the city’s poorest residents.
Cheryl Cobb is homeless. She often rides Route 20 along King and Meeting streets to get out of the sun when she can. Cobb ties sweetgrass roses as she rides.
“I ride the free bus every day, all day,” she said. “I never have enough money for the other ones.”
Her story is one of many that Charleston City Paper reporters heard over the last week as they rode bus routes in Charleston and from downtown to West Ashley, Folly Beach and North Charleston.
The free shuttle reached its end at the Charleston Visitor Center after repeating its route twice. The driver tells Cobb that he “isn’t running a hotel.” With that, she goes back into the sun. The driver steps outside to smoke a cigarette. His shift is done. He waits for the next driver.
The Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) received a $25.9 million federal grant in June and changed driver companies this month to bolster declining bus employment. The new changes are happening as it grapples with the realities of public transit in the Lowcountry.
With the new federal funds, CARTA is updating its aging fleet and building a hub in North Charleston on Rivers Avenue along the Lowcountry Rapid Transit project.
The American Public Transportation Association reported in 2022 that nine out of 10 transit providers said they were having difficulty hiring new employees with nearly two-thirds struggling to retain workers.
CARTA Chairman Mike Seekings, a Charleston city councilman, said the new changes and federal grant were steps in the right direction.
“We are excited to see these new changes, and hopefully, service will improve,” Seekings said.
He said CARTA has shifted from having the oldest bus system in the country five years ago to making recent progress with electric buses.
CARTA has 17 fixed routes, three express routes and three DASH routes.
From its longest to widest route, CARTA covers 802 square miles. The CARTA bus system is twice the size of all the boroughs of New York City with a fraction of its transit funding.
Mount Pleasant attorney William Hamilton is the executive director of Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit. Hamilton said he sees the changes as a step in the right direction, but the problems “go deeper,” he said.
“This region doesn’t just have a $25 million transportation problem,” Hamilton said. “The amount of congestion and the cost of congestion is staggering.”
CARTA has a budget of $25.6 million for 2024, a $464,000 decrease from 2023 because state transit funds are no longer expected to match federal funding dollars. Most of the agency’s funding is from Charleston County sales tax and federal dollars, CARTA spokesman Daniel Brock told the City Paper Hamilton said people will only ride buses if they have the support to be on time and reliable. “And right now, they don’t,” he said.
Charleston is 21st on a list of U.S. cities with the worst traffic in America, according to the TomTom traffic index. Despite its relatively small population of 150,227 reported by the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau, it has more congestion than cities like Charlotte that are three times its size. Riders have different personal perspectives on how the buses are run. Some riders
find wait times intolerable.
“People don’t want to hear the truth, but the bus sucks,” said Geraldine, a rider from North Charleston. “I’m already late for my doctor’s appointment.” Her bus was 15 minutes late.
“Jesus is the only thing keeping me sane. I just put on my earphones,” she added.
Charleston retiree Harvey Washington felt the opposite. He thought the bus never gave him any problems. Washington said he felt there needed to be more bus lanes in the city.
“The buses have been good to me,” he said. Hamilton, the bus advocate, said traffic is caused by the commute from multiple islands converging towards the downtown area at the same time. He said dedicated bus lanes should be prioritized.
“Every serious city needs a transit system to survive,” he said. He explained that because the city bunches buses in with the rest of the traffic, they are often late.
Hamilton said when municipalities mark off entire areas as exclusively residential and others as business, problems with traffic will happen.
“The problems in CARTA reflect the bigger problems in the city,” he said. “If we don’t get our act together, our service workers will leave and live somewhere easier.”
Martin Frasier, who works at farmers markets around Charleston, believes the current bus routes make it difficult to work in the city.
He said Charleston depends on workers, especially its service workers, and many
Charleston police on July 7 responded to a downtown call after several windows and doors were found missing from a construction site on Cooper Street. Security footage showed an unknown man loading an older-model pickup truck with the construction materials and driving away. Guess Amazon’s selection was running a little thin.
Can he carry my groceries next?
North Charleston police on June 23 responded to a Rivers Avenue gas station after receiving a call about a man reportedly stealing three sandwiches, two Starbucks coffees and three cans of beer. We’ve seen people struggle to carry just three items in their hands, making this impressive more than anything else.
Trashy behavior
By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve StegelinThe Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between June 23 and July 8.
Two neighbors at a Highway 17 apartment complex have been dueling over a parking spot for weeks, according to Charleston police reports. One of the men attempted to reserve the spot by filling garbage bags in the space. On July 6, his neighbor moved the bags out of the way to park his car and later found the trash bags piled on top of his car. SPONSORED BY
Charleston leaders are weighing a proposal that seeks to improve bike infrastructure along St. Philip Street but ignores bicyclists’ calls for more support on King Street. The matter was deferred at the July 18 city council meeting until Aug. 9.
The measure is part of the Municipal-State Highway Project Agreement, a collaborative effort with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT).
A previous plan, no longer being considered and originally proposed in 2020, would have brought a one-way southbound bike lane to King Street. The plan was lauded by cycling advocates, but complaints from King Street business owners and residents raised several red flags, according to city officials.
“How do you get there safely? There’s no bike facility at the head of King,” said Mike Seekings, city councilman and chair of the city’s Traffic and Transportation Committee. “What happens when you go down? How do you get back?”
The new proposal unanimously recommended by the city’s Traffic and Transportation Committee, but deferred July 18, eliminates a lane of traffic on King Street between Calhoun and Broad streets, expands street parking and adds additional loading zones to keep large vehicles out of the way. It also moves the originally proposed bike lane to St. Philip Street and expands it to a bicycle boulevard — a low-traffic, low-speed roadway that optimizes cycling — from Line to Calhoun streets and a two-way dedicated bicycle track from Calhoun to George streets.
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With the recent opening of the International African American Museum (IAAM), Bowling said, “People are coming to Charleston, and they’d like a place where they can look for their ancestors.” Bowling said the IAAM could be that place to hold the information.
Fortunately for Bowling, Mishoe recently joined the IAAM’s staff as a research assistant in the museum’s Center for Family History. The IAAM is “absolutely” a good place for the database, he added.
If the IAAM becomes a custodian of the names “that would be very powerful, and that would be a catalyst to get people interested in saving Gadsden Creek,” she said.
A year ago, Bowling joined a committee of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) that is working with the Friends of Gadsden Creek and the S.C. Environmental Law Project (SCELP) to save the creek, said Treva Williams, a CAJM campaign organizer.
“It’s a great thing that Julie is doing to bring awareness of another reason” why the groups oppose the WestEdge Foundation’s plans for infrastructure projects in the wetlands, Williams said.
Bowling added, “Filling in the creek would be a horrible shame for environmental reasons.” She said she wanted to use history as a means to save the creek and honor the dead.
Williams said the Friends of Gadsden Creek also uses history to show how city garbage disposal and housing policies have affected residents near the creek economically and environmentally.
SCELP has filed an appeal of a S.C. Administrative Law Court judge’s decision late last year to allow WestEdge to cap a landfill in the wetlands along Hagood Avenue to block a toxic runoff from an old city landfill and reduce flooding along Hagood Avenue. SCELP represents the Friends of Gadsden Creek. The judge ruled that WestEdge’s plan is the best step to contain a toxic runoff caused by decades of the city filling in the wetlands with garbage.
Gadsden Creek has been described as the city’s last tidal creek, but a majority of the creek vanished by the 1970s, said Michael Maher, WestEdge’s CEO. The stream of water that runs along Hagood Avenue is a drainage channel that was cut through the landfill. It is not Gadsden Creek, he said. Maher said all that is left of Gadsden Creek is on the west side of Lockwood Drive in Brittlebank Park where it spills into the Ashley River.
“We have throughout acknowledged there was a marsh here and creek there but, what we have today is not” Gadsden Creek between Hagood Avenue and Morrison Drive. “What we have today is allowing contamination to impact the community and the Ashley River,” he said. “The landfill that is there is under that water.”
But Joshua Robinson, principal engineer and a hydrolysis at Robinson Design Engineers in Charleston, said Gadsden Creek still exists along Hagood Avenue that would be affected by the WestEdge plan. Robinson provided expert testimony last summer for SCELP during a hearing before the S.C. Administrative Law Court.
“A drainage ditch is a new landscape feature cut on dry land. But this is a segment of Gadsden Creek that was channelized and straightened; not a new feature,” he said. “Presently, it supports a salt marsh as it has done for millennia.”
of them don’t have the time or money to commute around Charleston.
John Iacofano, a CARTA board member and a councilman in Mount Pleasant, said he believed the best way forward is to listen to service industry workers and create easier routes to and from the Charleston peninsula.
A trip from North Charleston to Mount Pleasant requires a connection through the downtown area, which can sometimes take an hour.
“We need to learn to work alongside the service industry and realize that time is valuable to everybody,” Iacofano said.
Charleston city councilman Karl Brady said traffic could be reduced with better neighborhood planning. He represents Johns Island and outer West Ashley and is the vice-chair of the city’s Committee on Traffic and Transportation.
Brady emphasized that mixed-use neighborhoods were the best way to reduce Charleston traffic. A mixed-use neighborhood is an area where residents live, eat and shop all in the same place.
“Now we’re starting to see the slow wheels of progress start to move,” Brady said. “That is what has got to happen.”
Owen Kowalewski contributed to this story.
“That’s fantastic,” Seekings said. “It’s totally consistent with the People Pedal Plan. It was originally designated as just a bike boulevard, and we’re probably … going to do something even better.”
The dueling proposals deal with two downtown corridors that SCDOT highlighted among the most dangerous in the state.
In a presentation given by representatives from the SCDOT at the July 18 Charleston City Council meeting, four downtown corridors landed in the top six for the highest number of crashes in the state:
• St. Philip Street between Line and George streets ranks sixth;
• Calhoun Street from 4th Street, near Lockwood Boulevard, to U.S. Highway 52 ranks fourth;
• King Street between Line and Broad streets is third;
• Meeting Street between Line and Broad streets ranks second.
But several city council members, including Seekings, said they received nearly 4,000 emails from constituents on the issue, saying the current proposal falls short. Cycling
advocates say the King Street bike lane would far better serve cyclists and business owners than the St. Philip Street compromise.
“[King Street] was a really good step in the right direction,” said Sylvie Baele, executive director of Second Chance Bikes. “There’s still a lot of people who don’t understand how to bike safely, and having even a one-way bike lane is a good opportunity to educate people. I would love to see a two-way bike lane on King Street, of course, because we know people will bike in both directions.”
In fact, Baele explains, plenty of people already do.
“People are going to continue to bike on King Street anyway, even if there is a bikeway on St. Philip Street, so we may as well make it safe for people to do so,” she said. “And this isn’t just for residents — tourists love to bike too. But they don’t know how to do it safely. If you create a dedicated bike lane, it’s obvious, and people will feel safer biking there.”
City officials chalked it up to simple math. There are four things people want on King Street, but only room for three. A traffic lane, loading zones, street parking
and bike lanes. Seekings also said dedicated bike lanes would cause a bigger safety issue on the corridor.
“There are very few things in this world I deem to be impossible,” Seekings said. “This is one of them. There’s just not enough room. Remember, this is a road safety audit. … If I didn’t believe this was the best we could do — is it perfect? No! — But is it the best we can do? Absolutely. It would be irresponsible to put that bike lane on King Street and not put people in further danger.”
Seekings described it as an example of what he’s calling “micro-projects” — small actions that have a big impact. Painting crosswalks, reconfiguring intersections and other ways to calm traffic are part of that, he said.
City officials and SCDOT are encouraging cyclists to share the road on King Street with drivers, but cycling advocates say that the proposed “sharrows” won’t be enough to keep riders safe. Sharrows are meant to alert drivers to the presence of cyclists, but dedicated bike lanes actually keep them separated, Baele said.
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If you create a dedicated bike lane, it’s obvious, and people will feel safer biking there.” —Sylvie Baele
CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community objectives
he writing may be on the wall for the way South Carolina Republicans gerrymandered the First Congressional District for the 2022 election now that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in October about the remapping effort.
Good. Let’s hope the court forces the map to be redrawn so it reflects the true electoral nature of our lower coast, not a district that the GOP bleached by moving thousands of Black voters to other districts. For now, we’ll just have to wait.
In January, a three-judge panel of federal appellate judges here ruled unanimously that the First District “illegally removed 62 percent of the Black voters in Charleston County,” according to published reports.
So it is long past time for the high court to redress S.C. reapportionment grievances now that three rulings in June suggest the way that South Carolina Republicans drew the increasingly competitive First District was hyper-partisan and didn’t reflect the real shifts in population along the South Carolina coast.
In early June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling in an Alabama redistricting case that surprised many. It essentially held that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act by crafting only one of its seven congressional seats as a majority Black district when one in four Alabamians is Black. This week, Alabama Republicans rejected calls to create a second majority Black district, saying they can redraw the congressional map as required by June decision.
Later in June, the high court issued two more reapportionment rulings. In a case from North Carolina,
the high court ruled 6-3 to uphold a decision by the North Carolina’s Supreme Court that held the state’s Republican Party was excessively partisan under state law in its congressional redistricting plan. The federal ruling, however, did say there were limits to state court election efforts. In Louisiana, federal justices allowed a lower federal appellate court to continue its consideration of a move to review Louisiana’s congressional map of reapportioned districts. So maybe you see where South Carolina’s case is going. In 2018, Charleston lawyer Joe Cunningham flipped the First District to Democrats for the first time in a generation, indicating the seat’s increasingly competitive nature. He lost reelection in 2020 to GOP candidate Nancy Mace, who picked up more White voters in the 2022 redistricting now being challenged and won reelection by 14 points.
Michael B. Moore, a well-known Black Democrat running against Mace in 2024, stands to benefit if more Black voters are returned to the First District by a new map.
In a statement, Moore observed, “When hearing this case, the [Supreme] Court should abide by the same standards of justice and jurisprudence that it applied in a handful of decisions last month — when the Court rejected Republican attempts to gerrymander state congressional maps in Alabama, Louisiana and North Carolina. …
“As the descendant of several pioneering public servants and civil rights leaders, I believe strongly in the sanctity of free and fair elections — and that government of all the people, by all the people and for all the people is imperative for the functioning of a healthy democracy.”
Hear, hear.
1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.
2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.
3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.
We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.
5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.
6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.
7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.
8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.
9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.
10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.
The gun killings and shootings in South Carolina continue with devastating impact.
And the sad thing: We know what to do about them. But as a people, we just don’t have the courage to do anything.
In the week leading to July 12, nine South Carolinians died after being shot in Charleston, Orangeburg, Beaufort, Lexington, Richland, Greenwood and Spartanburg counties. Six others were injured in shootings across the state, according to media and police reports.
In Greenwood, for example, a 20-year-old man died in a hospital emergency room about 4 p.m. July 7 after being shot in the upper body. The death is being investigated as a homicide, but there’s no word on who shot him or any motive, according to one report. Two nights later, one man died outside of a Columbia apartment complex. The same day, also in Columbia, police put a tourniquet on a man who was shot and later died.
The week before: Eight died and seven were hurt in shootings around the state. The week before that: 10 died and 10 were shot. And the week before: Nine died and eight were hurt in gun incidents.
Over this past month this summer in South Carolina, at least three dozen people died because of guns. Another 31 were hurt.
Imagine this horrifying human impact by thinking of a group that’s about 75 people — a big football team, a medium-sized church, a packed local restaurant. One month it’s there and the next, it’s not. You’d notice.
What’s sadder is that those numbers are actually low, according to GunViolenceArchive.org, which tracks gun deaths and people injured by shootings. While its records show about the same number of South Carolina people died 30 days from mid-June to mid-July (34 versus 36), it documents that 66 people were hurt — 35 more than showed up in media reports.
All totaled in the Palmetto State since the beginning of the year: 226 gun deaths and 393 people hurt by gun violence.
But we seem to ignore the continuing deaths and suffering thanks to guns. Nationally, the numbers are even more alarming. As of July 14, more than 10,000 Americans had died in shootings related to murders or unintentional shootings in 2023, according to the tracking organization. Another 12,870 committed suicide by gun. And so far this year as of July 14, the number of mass shootings — incidents in which at least four people are shot — is at 376. That’s more than happened in all of 2016 and 2017.
Gun violence is getting worse. The numbers prove it.
What’s frustrating to many is there are policy options that can limit the numbers of needless deaths and shootings — everything from banning some guns (which will never happen in South Carolina) to requiring registration to toughen access to dangerous weapons, mandating extensive training, closing loopholes, requiring more extensive background checks or even taxing bullets.
As we wrote last year, our leaders, particularly in the S.C. General Assembly, don’t seem to be doing their jobs in taking on this increasingly deadly problem:
“Unfortunately, about half of the people elected to Congress and state legislatures stick their fingers in their ears and hum, ‘nah, nah, mmm, mmm’ to avoid engaging on the subject. It doesn’t help that the majority of them have been co-opted by a rabid gun lobby with gazillions of dollars that make politicians cower like Harry Potter house elves.
“Nevertheless, we have a duty to pull our heads out of the political sand and deal with the gun intransigence that has swept across America. Too many people are dead. Perhaps the only real way to get something done is to hold politicians more accountable. Nothing else seems to work. So let’s get loud and force them to state their positions and take action, instead of avoiding and deflecting. And then let’s vote them out of office if they won’t do what they are elected to do — take on tough issues and fix huge problems.”
Stop the dawdling, lawmakers. For a change, make a difference to make our communities safer.
Andy
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We seem to ignore the continuing deaths and suffering thanks to guns.
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A proposal has been floated to exempt retired state employees from paying state income taxes. The basis for this proposal is that the only cost-of-living adjustment retirees get from the state retirement system is an annual 1% of their pension, with a maximum of $500 a year.
Since inflation has been a good bit higher than 1% in the last couple of years, the complaint is understandable. It’s just not clear that exempting state retirees from state income taxes is a good solution.
Who would benefit? Because of the way the income tax system is structured, the benefits would go to higher-income retirees, while retirees with less than median income would gain nothing. They are already not paying any state income tax.
Why? Let’s look at some approximate numbers. The average state retiree gets a pension of about $21,000. An average Social Security payment to accompany that pension of about $14,000. Social Security is not taxable in South Carolina. There is a $10,000 pension exclusion and a standard deduction of about $15,000 for those over age 65. So that “average” state retiree (single, 65 or older) who has an income of up to $40,000 consisting of only Social Security and a state pension is already not paying any state income tax. All of the benefits of the [proposed] exemption would accrue to those retirees with higher pensions or other sources of income. But most of the costs of inflation have been falling on low-income households because of the concentration of rising prices on rent and food.
A second reason to oppose this proposal would compare the net income of retirees to that of current state employees. Why do we want to discriminate against state workers when we have so many unfilled vacancies?
Let’s compare the situation of that retiree with a $40,000 income with a current state employee (single, no children) with the same income from a salary. All that person’s income is subject to state income taxes, although they also get a smaller standard deduction of just over $12,000. State income tax would be about $1,500.
Also: State workers don’t get a Social Security check. Instead, Social Security withholds 7.6% of their income to provide benefits for retirees, disabled workers and Medicare for those over 65. Subtract another $3,000. Another 9% of their salary goes toward the state retirement system to support those same retirees. Subtract another $3,600. That state worker has a net salary after pension contributions, Social Security taxes and state income taxes that is $8,100 less that his retired neighbor. In addition, state workers do not receive a regular cost-of-living adjustment. They get whatever the legislature decides to give them, which was pretty decent this year but has been nothing in many past years. Social Security recipients get a regular COLA, which was 8.7% for the most recent year. Given how hard it is for the state to recruit and retain state workers, especially nurses, teachers and prison guards, why do we make the imbalance worse?
There are other objections to this proposal. For example, reducing state income tax revenues by a series of cuts in the top rate and exempting military pensions also reduces the base on which state aid to city and county governments is calculated, so they get less state aid. It is particularly hard on counties, which have a lot of shared responsibilities with the state — libraries, roads, the judicial system and health services, just to name a few.
What, if anything, should we be doing for our retired state employees?
Giving them a cost-of-living adjustment out of the retirement system is out of the question. The state is on a slow but steady path to ensure that the retirement system is fully actuarially funded by some time in the 2030s.
A less costly alternative might be to increase the pension exclusion to, say, $13,000 and index it for inflation which are currently in place for other elements of the tax code. But only if there is some kind of commitment of inflation adjustments for state employees. Fair is fair.
Holley Ulbrich is a retired professor emerita of economics from Clemson University. This article first appeared in Statehouse Report.
Because of the way the income tax system is structured, the benefits would go to higher-income retirees, while retirees with less than median income would gain nothing.
ix-inch heels, spotlights and sequins are some of the main tools in a drag queen’s arsenal, but lightheartedness, poise and charisma are essential too.
“We take what we do seriously. We want to put on a good show. We want to entertain. But, we also laugh at ourselves,” said Brooke Collins, Charleston’s premier drag entertainer who honed her skills over the past 38 years in the industry.
“We know what we’re doing and know sometimes it can be ridiculous, but that’s what makes it fun,” Collins told the Charleston City Paper. “Ultimately, if somebody’s coming to see a drag show, they want to release what their day was like or what their life is like. [A drag show is] a short time to forget and just have a good time and laugh at the ridiculousness, the glamor — all the good things.”
Collins, who grew up on James Island, said she first fell in love with drag entertainment in her college years when she was a ballet dancer.
“It was so glamorous, and it was just intriguing,” she said. “I found out that [the performers] chose their own songs and their own costumes. Their choreography — everything — was done by them.”
Collins has poured her energy into developing the local drag scene over the past four decades as a performer, show director and talent developer at various venues, including Dudley’s on Ann, her current domain.
She said audience etiquette can be reduced to one thing: “Tip the entertainers.” Drag show goers need only common sense and some dollar bills to enjoy a show. Queens don’t take their clothes off, but they interact with audience members and may choose songs with vulgarity if the shows are intended for viewers who are 21 and older. Establishments clearly label their events as general audience or adults-only, so be sure to check ahead of time if needed.
Charleston’s drag entertainment scene is bursting at the seams today. There are at least a dozen local establishments hosting shows, brunches and bingo, including Deco Nightclub and The Lucky Luchador downtown, Tin Roof in West Ashley and North Charleston’s Madra Rua Irish Pub and Holy
City Brewing, to name a few.
“Now you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a drag show in Charleston,” said iconic drag queen of the Carolinas Patti O’Furniture. “There’s a lot of drag in Charleston. That wasn’t the case in the early 2010s.”
While drag performance has become a national powerhouse these days, Collins said, it’s also a subject under media scrutiny.
“[There are] a lot of misconceptions out there about drag, and usually it’s coming from people who have never in their life witnessed a drag show,” she said. “Just educate yourself before you start talking about something you don’t know.”
Charleston, though small and Southern, has always had an LGBTQ+ presence and drag has consistently been a part of that community, said historian Harlan Greene, who published a book last November on Charleston’s LGBTQ+ history titled The Real Rainbow Row.
“Charleston drag queens in the 1950s and after were doing exactly what their peers were doing elsewhere in this country,” Greene told the City Paper. “In the eyes of some, it was transgressing, but in others, it was trans, period — either a manifestation of identity or invoking a transcendent experience through art.”
Greene said he’s seen news reports of men cross-dressing in Charleston in the 1850s, as well as an account of a local Revolutionary War soldier who was found in women’s clothes.
“[Historians] also know of Charleston city police in the 1970s giving drag queens rides in their cruisers, making sure they arrived in bars safely,” he said. “It’s part of the human story.”
GreeneDrag performance catapulted as a social response in support of LGBTQ+ individuals who did not have access to professional entertainment, Collins said.
“Drag came to be at a point in time when no one of any stature — celebrities, vocalists whatever — would come and entertain in a gay bar,” she said. “Drag came about as a way to bring entertainment in the gay bars. We created our own entertainment and in doing so, we created stars and people in our community that people can look up to.”
“We know what we’re doing and know sometimes it can be ridiculous, but that’s what makes it fun.” —Brooke Collins
Diamond Giovanni, Charleston’s only bearded drag queen, said people may not recognize what drag entertainers mean to those in the LGBTQ+ community who grew up unable to fully express themselves.
“When I was growing up, it was absolutely a no-no,” Giovanni told the City Paper. “When I tried to show my femininity, I would often get chastised or even beat up because of the way I walked — I never really had a chance to be my authentic self.”
Giovanni started performing drag in 2016 at the former North Market Street restaurant Tabbuli after frequenting its Tuesday night drag shows. She said her drag persona gives her a voice.
“It’s important to have that voice, to be able to show people who may be dealing with the same things that they will be okay one day, and they will be able to express themselves in the way they want,” she said. “We live in America, and it’s supposed to be the home of the free.”
Greene said he sees “a lot of yearning” in the art of drag.
“The yearning for a voice, the yearning to entertain — sometimes to imitate and flatter entertainers who served as inspiration and role models and maybe sometimes just to have fun,” he said.
To Giovanni, love is at the heart of drag entertainment.
“Love is what the world needs the most right now,” she said. “Being surrounded by like-minded individuals who just want to love each other is a feeling that’s unmatched. We have a chosen family.”
For local queen Medusa Chaos, who hosts drag on Mondays at Dudley’s, the essence of drag is to tell the human story, to represent a shared experience.
“Drag entertainment is so important to me because it highlights a whole different perspective of queer life, and it explores gender in different ways,” Chaos said. “It’s an amazing way to create art whether it be campy or serious — there’s just so many different avenues. Drag is so different for each performer; it’s a view into someone’s brain, in my opinion.”
Chaos, a cosplay enthusiast, started performing drag regularly downtown in 2019 at El Jefe Texican Cantina on King Street and the former Tabbuli location. She said it was a natural evolution that came from her love of the elaborate dress-up that cosplay requires.
“It’s space to get away,” she said.
Many who do drag espouse and advocate for social justice issues important to them and their community, Greene said.
“Like any role one assumes or mask one puts on, it gives you a different way to be in
the world,” he said.
One such queen is O’Furniture, a lauded drag entertainer who got her start in the industry 24 years ago in Columbia and became involved in Charleston’s scene circa 2006. She calls herself a “community queen” who has centered her career on lifting up LGBTQ+ organizations.
“Every dollar I’ve ever taken in on stage has turned right around and gone back out — almost $1.6 million,” O’Furniture said. “That’s why I do what I do. It makes me feel good to know that in some small way, that has been my impact on the Charleston drag community.”
Today, O’Furniture remains a fixture in South Carolina drag, living between Charleston and Columbia, and she continues her work with community organizations such as Charleston Blockade Rugby Football Club, Charleston Pride, Alliance for Full Acceptance and We Are Family.
One of the most powerful nights in O’Furniture’s 24-year career was a Dudley’s show she did just 24 hours after the mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in 2015 as helicopters still circled in the air and residents were in a collective shock.
One of the bar’s regulars asked her to say a little something about the tragedy.
“I spoke from the heart, and I talked about how resilient the Charleston community is and how when anything threatens us, we come together. … To know that my community needed me and I was able to be there for them — that is why I do what I do.”
Patti O’Furniture has been a staple in South Carolina’s drag community for nearly 25 years
SATURDAY
Santa is trading in his sleigh for a surfboard. Get ready for a Southern twist on a timeless holiday classic with a sizzling Christmas in July party at Tanger Outlets this weekend. Grab your flip-flops, dust off your Santa hats and join in the winter festivities and themed treats. The party lasts most of the day, so there will be plenty of opportunities to drop by.
July 22. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Tanger Outlets Charleston. 4840 Tanger Outlets Blvd. North Charleston. tanger.com/charleston
SUNDAY
Give a pint and drink a pint at Two Blokes Brewing this weekend. According to nonprofit community blood center The Blood Connection (TBC), almost two-thirds of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood, but only 3% actually does, and the number of donors is dropping. TBC is hosting a blood drive for much-needed blood donations. All donors will receive $70 in gift cards. Sign up for your time slot online.
July 23. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Two Blokes Brewing. 547 Long Point Road Suite 101. Mount Pleasant. donate.thebloodconnection.org
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Grab an à la carte ticket option to see bestselling author Anne Lamott when she stops in Charleston during the Lowcountry Mental Health Conference. Lamott talks about big subjects that she emphasizes with capital letters — Alcoholism, Motherhood and Jesus — as well as things most of us avoid talking about like depression, grief, addiction and shame. More information is available online.
July 27. 10:30 a.m. Tickets start at $40. Charleston Gaillard Center. 95 Calhoun St. Downtown. lowcountrymhconference.com
Join Freshfields Village every Monday in August for a weekly farmers market. Pick from the freshest locally grown produce and handmade crafts all summer. With 17 vendors on the docket for this season, there’s sure to be something for everyone to enjoy, including homemade sweet and salty kettle corn, small-batch spice blends, ready-to-go flower arrangements and more. Mondays through August. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free to attend. Freshfields Village. 165 Village Green Lane. Kiawah Island. freshfieldsvillage.com
FRIDAYS
Join the Charleston Museum’s curator of natural history Matthew Gibson to learn more about local fossils. A great opportunity for families of history lovers and dinosaur addicts, this weekly event lets you get hands-on experience with different fossils found in the Lowcountry and elsewhere. Gibson will also share what projects he is currently working on and help you identify your own fossil finds.
Fridays. 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free for members; free with museum admission. Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org
Long-distance runners get a lot of questions, with one of the most common being, “Why would you do this to yourself?”
Eric Van Scoik, an artist and designer in North Charleston’s Park Circle neighborhood, wrote and illustrated his debut graphic novel to answer that question.
Van Scoik got into ultra running (which refers to any foot race longer than the traditional marathon’s 26.2 miles) during the pandemic-induced lockdown of 2020.
In his debut graphic novel, Running Mind, Van Scoik illustrates his experience of training as an ultramarathoner and explores the inner and outer landscapes that runners face.
“Running can help a person turn their eyeballs around and see a whole world within themselves — one that is simultaneously teeming with life and beautifully, perfectly void,” Van Scoik said.
His meticulously illustrated book shows how the mind wanders during an ultramarathon, specifically Van Scoik’s mind, with his various interests in mindfulness, video games, astronomy, movies and physiology. Running Mind is a kaleidoscope of the joy and suffering that occurs in these very-long-distance runs.
For Van Scoik, the format of a graphic novel excited him for its ability to seamlessly combine a narrative story with illustrations.
“I feel so connected to drawing [that] the thought of writing more of a traditional book didn’t really feel like it made sense,” he said. “I’m more of an illustrator than a writer, and the things I’m talking about are not always things that I know how to put into words or express literally.”
The graphic novel offers 156 pages packed with Van Scoik’s detailed, bizarre, psychedelic illustrations. The novel includes the wisdom he gleaned in training for and running in his first 100mile ultramarathon, which he completed last fall in Abingdon, Virginia. Beyond the feat of completing the race, Van Scoik raised more than $10,000 for the Lowcountry Food Bank.
“A 100-miler is crazy enough that I knew it would get a fair amount of attention as long as I was willing to bug people about it,” he said. “It gave me motivation to spend so much time every week running and
The International African American Museum’s (IAAM) first special exhibit, Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth., is on view through Aug. 6. The exhibition highlights influential men including Muhammad Ali, James Baldwin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, W.E.B Du Bois and Kendrick Lamar. To learn more, visit iaammuseum.org.
Shortwave Kitsch presents theatrical presentations of 1940s-era radio shows with original music and live foley effects. Shows will play at South of Broadway Theatre for one weekend only with performances at 2:30 p.m and 7:30 p.m on July 29. The performance covers three radio show “episodes,” starting with Baby It’s Cold Outside, a Christmas in July special, followed by A Hog Killin’ Time (a story about cowboys and gold tycoons) and Extra Intelligence (in which a spy discovers aliens are planning to invade Earth). Tickets are $20 at swkradioshow.com.
training — even on the days where you have to run 20 miles, and halfway through, you think, ‘This sucks.’”
That ultramarathon was almost 28 hours of straight running, he said, and beyond the obvious physical demands, it’s easy to imagine the kind of mental hurdles that pop up in such an undertaking.
“That’s a huge part of what the graphic novel talks about — it can get brutally difficult if, when you’re feeling uncomfortable or starting to feel tired, you focus on those sensations and start to ruminate on them. It’s a feedback loop that gets louder and louder … and in order to mentally survive running for long periods of time, you have to develop the ability to redirect your thoughts, or just be able to tell yourself in a compassionate way to shut up for a little bit and get it done,” he said.
Charleston Stage opens registration for after-school theater classes just in time for the next academic year. Classes are taught by 10 full-time professional actors who make up Charleston Stage’s resident acting company. These educators guide students levels K-12 through the crafts of acting, vocal development and musical theater. Explore classes by grade level at charlestonstage.com.
Daniel Island’s New Realm Brewing hosts a comedy show starting at 7 p.m on Aug. 10. Expect a lineup of talented performers including the City Paper’s 2023 Best of Charleston winner, comedian Laura Dixon, plus Josh Milz, Michael Clayton, Erik Lok, Philip Walker and Rossi Brown
Tickets cost $20 and are available on eventbrite.com. — Chloe Hogan
By Tiare Solis
A conversation with local author Paul Attaway can touch on many topics entirely organically. His website includes blog posts that detail local history, coffee shops, golf and other topics related to the South.
Although Attaway began his career as a lawyer, he later became an entrepreneur, consultant, tour guide, parent, husband and writer. All this considered, engaging in conversation with him leaves you wondering, “Man, what can’t this guy do?”
“I’m a firm believer that every topic, on the surface, is boring, but if you drill down, it’s interesting,” Attaway said.
“I like learning. I really like to learn and jump in with both feet and wrestle it to the ground.”
Being a novelist is Attaway’s newest hat. He’s the author of Blood in the Low Country, his debut novel and its sequel, Eli’s Redemption. Both novels, published in 2022, are mystery-thrillers that take place in the Lowcountry. Attaway said he thought about writing a book for a long time, but the final push ultimately came
from his wife, Lyn.
“I would finish [reading] a book and say, ‘That was a great book,’ and I’d finish another and go, ‘That wasn’t so good, I could do that.’ So I joke that my wife got sick and tired of hearing me say that I could go write a book and she said, ‘Either do it or stop talking about it,’” Attaway recalled with a laugh.
Blood in the Low Country is a riveting murder mystery which covers the complex nature of families and how our upbringing affects every relationship in our lives.
Attaway said he took the cliched advice and “wrote what he knows.” Many of the themes explored in both novels allow readers a look into his upbringing. Attaway, who now lives in downtown Charleston, was born in 1963 and raised in Atlanta. His writing is inspired by growing up in the South in the 1970s and father-son relationships.
“I had a wonderful relationship with my father, and I’m pretty sure I have a good relationship with our three children,” Attaway said. “I knew what it meant to grow up in the South. I knew what it meant to be a son and a father and a sibling.
“Next thing you know, I’m writing a book, and it’s placed in the 1970s because that’s [the age] I would have been. I picked the time period based upon the idea of writing about fathers and sons.”
Attaway calls his work “nostalgic fiction” because it’s not quite old enough to be historic, but for those who lived during this period, it recalls fond memories of the past.
“Throughout the books, you will find references like Jack Nicklaus winning his sixth Masters and the World Series in 1975. I place these historical references, and my character in one of the books wears TopSiders and puka shells,” Attaway said. “It’s my hope that a person my age reading the book would chuckle along the way.”
As Attaway reflected on his varied interests and passion for breaking down each topic, he sported a Harbour Town Golf Links
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“Developing that mental muscle became really important. Being able to bring yourself back to the present moment, regardless of what the exterior conditions are.”
That practice of mental stamina, one of the driving themes of Running Mind, is something Van Scoik hopes all his readers may find value in, whether they’re casual
joggers, experienced marathoners, or even folks who can’t begin to fathom why one might run 100 miles.
“I’m looking forward to hopefully finding people that the message or the artwork resonates with, because I think it is a unique take on something that everybody knows about. I talk about these really beautiful interior parts of it that are underreported. I’m excited to bring more attention to that.”
shirt, giving way to another pastime: golf. He loves the game of golf, a theme prevalent throughout his writing.
For Attaway, golf is about more than just a game. It’s an intersection of his many interests.
“It’s an exceedingly difficult game. There’s a tremendous amount of history to the game, and you can go anywhere in the world and find great, old golf courses.”
Golf has also proved a way for Attaway to connect with family, beginning with his father and continuing with his son.
That kind of appeal for running doesn’t get a lot of airtime, Van Scoik said, “because if you’re not a runner, starting to run can feel like it sucks. Or when people talk about a ‘runner’s high’ or enjoying running, that can sound impossible or like some sort of dumb joke if you’re not running yet.
“My main hope is for readers to take away that running can be very beautiful and personal, and it can help you appreciate the world and the capabilities of your
“My dad taught me to love golf. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me to be very good at golf,” he laughed. “My son plays. He’s much better than I am, but it’s a game that can’t be mastered.”
It’s a fitting note to end on for Attaway, a Renaissance man with varying areas of expertise: If he cannot master the game, there is always something to learn.
Attaway’s books are available on Amazon. To inquire about Storied Charleston Walking Tours, visit PaulAttaway.com.
own body and mind. It’s a solitary but very rewarding thing.”
And achieving that sort of flow state might be through running or it might be through something else, he said. “But I’m definitely suggesting that running is a good way to start.” Running Mind will be released
CIRQUE DU SO-LAZER
Friday, July 28 at 7 p.m. at Lo-Fi Brewing • 21+
SOMM SCHOOL: CHILE, ARGENTINA & SOUTH AFRICA
Saturday, July 29 at 11 a.m. at Edmund’s Oast Exchange
HOMEGROWN AT THE POINT 2023
Friday, Aug. 4 through Friday, Sept. 8 at Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina
THE LOWCOUNTRY HIGHROLLERS VS CHARLOTTE ROLLER DERBY
Saturday, Aug. 5 4:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. at North Charleston Convention Center
A CONVERSATION ON ALTHEA GIBSON WITH SALLY H. JACOBS
Thursday, Aug 17 at 6 p.m. at The Thoroughbred Club at The Charleston Place
A BOOKMARK EMBROIDERY CLASS WITH HIBISCUS LINENS
Wednesday, Aug 23 at 5:30 p.m. at Buxton Books
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Sunday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. at Tin Roof • 21+
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July 24 celebrates
National Tequila Day
By Helen MitternightIf the only thing you know about tequila is that it gives you a whopping hangover, you’re not doing it right.
“I’ve heard everyone had that one night when tequila wasn’t good to them,” said Brian Livesay, beverage director of the Matador restaurant in Charleston.
Livesay and Matador general manager Jordan Huschka recently offered a tutorial for getting tequila that won’t leave your head banging — in other words, the
good stuff — ahead of National Tequila Day, July 24.
“Of course, if you drink a half a bottle of any spirit, you’re not going to feel great,” Livesay said. “But tequila — real tequila — won’t give you that sick feeling. It has roughly the same amount of calories as vodka, which a lot of people drink when they’re worried about calories, but tequila has agave sugars, not potato or grain sugars like vodka. It’s low on the glycemic index. I can’t say it’s health food, but…”
The first thing to know, Livesay and Huschka said, is that mezcal is the broad
category, just like whiskey is. Tequila is a specific kind of mezcal which, in turn, is a product of the agave.
Agave takes six to 25 years to mature — and the Weber Blue, the only one that creates tequila, six to 10 — which makes the product from this desert succulent even more precious.
To make tequila, the agave plant, almost like an artichoke, must be stripped of its leaves, and the heart, which can weigh up to
120 pounds, is chopped, cooked, fermented and distilled.
Mexicans guard their tequila reputation as fiercely as the French guard their Champagne’s appellation.
For a long time, the spirit that was sent to the United States was the inferior version known as “mixtos.” After all, if tequila was just being used to power margaritas, why export the good stuff?
But now tequila is this country’s second
A good tequila has a deep quality, and you can taste the terroir, the land where it’s grown.” —Brian LivesayAshley Rose Stanol Matador general manager Jordan Huschka recommends always drinking tequila that is made from 100% agave to get the best quality spirit — and avoid a hangover
most-consumed spirit, right behind bourbon, and tequila drinkers in the know look for a few things to ensure they’re getting the real deal.
“A good tequila has a deep quality, and you can taste the terroir, the land where it’s grown,” Livesay said, adding that the volcanic soil of the Jalisco region offers the perfect home for the Weber Blue Agave. About 90% of tequila comes from Jalisco.
The first thing to look for on a tequila label is that the tequila is 100% agave and not a “mixto” or mixed with other sweeteners. Those are the causes of epic hangovers. The mixtos can be as little as 51% agave and can be sent outside of Mexico for bottling.
Second, look for the “NOM,” the Norma Oficial Mexicana, or number. Huschka said tequila is one of the most regulated spirits in the world, and the number is unique to each distillery, much like an artist numbers each print of his art. The NOM, similar to wine appellations in France and Spain, ensures the tequila was made in Mexico and can even be used to trace the spirit all the way back to where its agave was grown, should you care to track it.
Finally, determine which style of tequila suits your mood.
The blanco, or silver, style is pure tequila straight from the stills. All tequila starts as blanco before it’s aged. The blanco has a bit of a citrus pop with some herbal flavoring.
The reposado, or rested, tequila is aged in wooden barrels between two months and a year. There’s still the fresh citrus note, but the wood adds some caramel, vanilla and spice.
And, finally, the anejo, or aged, tequila is aged between one and three years in wooden barrels that provide more interior space to volume of fluid. The result is a richer, rounder flavor full of vanilla, smoke and even leather.
For those who can’t give up their whiskey (and Charleston is known as a place where we love our brown waters), the extra anejo is aged for more than three years and has a flavor profile remarkably similar to whiskey.
One mistake tequila drinkers make, Huschko says, is to get seduced by big national ad campaigns, or tequilas branded by celebrities. Price and notoriety do not necessarily equal quality, he said.
“Personally, I wouldn’t water down a good tequila with ice or a mixer,” Livesay said. “But, nobody here is going to look down on you if you do. Just drink what you like. That’s the best way to drink tequila.”
What’s new?
New restaurant The James opened July 17 at 1939A Maybank Hwy. on James Island.
Taste of the Islands is now serving its Caribbean menu at its new West Ashley location at 630 Skylark Drive.
Park Circle welcomes cafe and community market Odd Duck Market located at 1082 E. Montague Ave.
Stars Rooftop and Grill Room announced July 18 it is rebranding its rooftop bar, now called the Satellite Bar, with a 23-and-older policy, elevated cocktail offerings and live music. The new bar is expected to be complete at the end of July.
What’s happening?
Holy City Brewing celebrates its 12th anniversary from noon to 8 p.m. July 22 with a ‘90s-themed party featuring beer and food specials.
This month’s Somm School at Edmund’s Oast focuses on wines from Australia and New Zealand. Learn more about these varietals from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 22. The class costs $30, but food and beverage employees receive a 50% discount. Tickets can be purchased at citypapertickets.com
Bevi Bene Brewing hosts a Golden Hour event series from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Friday this summer featuring local DJs, rotating food tucks and refreshing beverages.
Celebrate National Tequila Day on July 24 at a number of bars and restaurants around Charleston. The Watch Rooftop Kitchen and Spirits will introduce three new Don Julio cocktails for $12 each. Taco Boy will also celebrate the day with $5 classic margaritas at all locations. Matador on Meeting Street will offer specialty Siete Leguas tasting flights. Mex 1 Coastal Cantina will participate with buy one, get one free margaritas all day at all three locations and free tequila samples from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 24.
Chef Graham Calabria hosts the third event in his new series the Starving Artist Supper Club July 24 at Union Station. The event highlights local food and artwork by serving unique menu items for the multi-course dinner inspired by a featured artist’s work, which is on display during the event. This month’s featured artist is Lauren Ridenour (Instagram: @LaurenRidenour_Art).
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-DR-08-1139
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
BRIANNA COOPER and ANTHONY DAVIS, DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN IN 2015, 2018, AND 2021.
TO DEFENDANT: ANTHONY
DAVIS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on July 8, 2022 at 11:54 a.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, W. Tracy Brown, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar # 5832, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, (843) 719-1007.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-10-03127
Stefan L. Gresham, Plaintiff, -versusRichard Stewart, Dustin Pendergrast, Hazel E. Whitney a/k/a Hazel Gaillard, William Shecut a/k/a William Linneaus Shecut, Helen Pendergrass a/k/ Helen Pendergrast, all Deceased; and all persons claiming under or through the heirs of Hazel E. Whitney a/k/a Hazel Gaillard, William Shecut a/k/a William Linneaus Shecut, Helen Pendergrass a/k/a Helen Pendergrast, collectively Designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are Minors or other disability, or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through Hazel E. Whitney a/k/a Hazel Gaillard, William Shecut a/k/a William Linneaus Shecut, Helen Pendergrass a/k/a Helen Pendergrast, and also, all persons claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint herein, Defendants,
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on the 14th day of July 2023.
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.
s/Thomas
H. Brush Thomas H. BrushAttorney for the Plaintiff
SC Bar # 000974
tbrush@brushlawfirm.com
12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407
The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 28th day of June 2023.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 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 Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), 12-51-40 et seq. and 12-61-10 et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiff and the Defendants are the owner of the said property and establishing their respective undivided interest in the properties described in paragraph four (4) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint.
That said property affected by said Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice, described as follows:
ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings thereon, situate on the north side of Kennedy Street extended, which extension originally formed a part of lots number seven (7) eight (8) and nine (9) on a plat of property at the Southwestern corner of Rutledge Avenue and Line Street made by J. H. Dingle, dated September 26, 1896 and recorded in Book “D”, at Page 62, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County in the City of Charleston, State aforesaid, being the central portion of lot number nine (9) on said plat conveyed with the other two lots to Security Real Estate and Investment Company by S.M Anderson, March, 1907.
SAID lot butting and bounding on the northern portion of lot number nine (9) on said plat and measuring on that be thirty two feet, east on part of lots number eleven (11) and twelve (12) on said plat and measuring on that line fifty-eight (58’) feet and south on the extension of Kennedy Street and measuring on that line thirty-two (32) feet and west on part of lot eight (8) on said plat measuring on that line fifty-eight (58’) feet, be the said dimensions more or less.
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.
/s/ Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush SC Bar # 974 tbrush@brushlawfirm.com
J. Chris Lanning Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar #73957 clanning@brushlawfirm.com
Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED!
s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court HAVE YOU
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-188 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS EBONY NERO-MARTIN AND DARRELL MARTIN IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2018, 2014, 2020, 2012, 2008, 2010.
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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated June 27, 2023, which was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the June 28, 2023. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston SC 29407 Phone 843-766-5576
Dated: June 27, 2023
ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM
Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South
TO DEFENDANT: EBONY NEROMARTIN YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for termination of your parental rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 20, 2023, at 10:17 a.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for termination of your parental rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Regina Parvin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Regina Parvin SC Bar #65393, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-3713.
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VERSUS CATHERINE DAVIS,JOSEPH MURDOCK. DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2023
TO DEFENDANT: Joseph Murdock
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on March 17, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of theComplaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 294055714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-0867
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
Essence Odoyley and Eric T Washington DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR
CHILDREN BORN 2019, 2021, & 2022
TO DEFENDANT: Eric T Washington
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 20, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.
DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-0559
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
TE’ASJA BROUGHTON AND BRANDON BROWN, DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2021 AND 2022.
TO DEFENDANT: BRANDON BROWN
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 21, 2023 at 4:07 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Steven Corley, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Steven Corley, SC Bar #103431, 3685 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, Suite 101, SC 29405, (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-1028
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
ERICK MORALES GARCIA IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2007.
TO DEFENDANT: ERICK MORALES GARCIA
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for termination of your parental rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 4, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for termination of your parental rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Adam Ruffin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Adam Ruffin, SC Bar #101350, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.
A LA PARTE DEMANDADA: ERICK MORALES GARCIA POR LA PRESENTE SE LE CITA y exige responder a la Demanda para la terminación de sus derechos parentales en esta acción, presentada ante el Secretario del Tribunal del Condado de Charleston el 4 de abril de 2023 a las 11:00 a.m. Previa prueba de interés, se le entregará una copia de la Demanda para la terminación de su patria potestad si así lo solicita, y deberá entregar una copia de su Respuesta a la Demanda al Demandante, al Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Charleston, Carolina del Sur, en la oficina de su abogado, Adam Ruffin, Departamento Legal del Departamento de Servicios Sociales del Condado de Charleston, ubicado en 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 en un plazo de treinta (30) días luego de esta publicación, excluyendo la fecha de entrega. Si no contesta en el plazo establecido anteriormente, el Demandante procederá a solicitar remedios al Tribunal. Si no contesta en el plazo establecido anteriormente, el Demandante procederá a solicitar remedios al Tribunal.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-1192
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
DYLAN BELL, SAMANTHA BELL, FRANCIS CALES, AND DONNA CALES, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN ON 2012, 2013, 2017, AND 2021.
TO DEFENDANTS: SAMANTHA BELL AND DYLAN BELL YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 19, 2023 at 10:13 AM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Steven Corley, Legal Department of the Charleston CountyDepartment of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Steven Corley, SC Bar #103431, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, (843) 953-9625.
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of:
DAN JOSEPH DARLING
2023-ES-10-0951
DOD: 04/28/23
Pers. Rep:
ALESSANDRA PASTOR
1133 MEADOWCROFT LN. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464
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Estate of:
FERNANDO SERGIO BEZERRA
2023-ES-10-1031
DOD: 05/13/23
Pers. Rep:
MEGAN LEIGH ANN WELLS
4248 PARAMOUNT DR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405
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Estate of:
FRANKLIN AIKEN
2023-ES-10-1040
DOD: 04/08/23
Pers. Rep:
LIONEL JOHNSON
3038 WINGADEE DR. INMAN, SC 29349
Atty: JONATHAN S. ALTMAN, ESQ.
575 KING ST., #B CHARLESTON, SC 29403
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Estate of:
LAVON EUGENE FROST
2023-ES-10-1052
DOD: 03/05/23
Pers. Rep:
JASMINE LOGAN
5159 ELBA DR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418
Pers. Rep:
SHARDE JOHNSON
9343 HALEY CT.
JONESBORO, GA 30238
Atty: JONATHAN S. ALTMAN, ESQ.
575 KING ST., #B CHARLESTON, SC 29403
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Estate of:
FRANK SUNNY ROUSE
2023-ES-10-1061
DOD: 04/15/23
Pers. Rep:
LATISHA PARSON
7502 WHISPERING OAK DR. HANAHAN, SC 29410
Atty: ARTHUR C. MCFARLAND, ESQ.
1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: GEORGE CHARLES MORRIS
20543 WILDBROOK CT.
AHSBURN, VA 20147
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Estate of: JOHN PERRY BURBAGE
2023-ES-10-1097
DOD: 05/02/23
Pers. Rep: KELLYANNE D. BURBAGE
1905 SANDCROFT DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29407
Atty:bbKERRY W. KOON, EQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203, CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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Estate of: PATRICIA BOOKARD
SALLEY 2023-ES-10-1102
DOD: 04/03/23
Pers. Rep: DELMAR GLASS 2685 BONDS AVE. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405
Atty: JOHN E. ROMANOSKY, JR., ESQ. 1 COOL BLOW ST., #201 CHARLESTON, SC 29403
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Estate of:
PATRICIA B. BILLINGTON
2023-ES-10-1106
DOD: 05/20/23
Pers. Rep: WILLIAM R. BILLINGTON 1771 SANTEE ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29412
Atty: MARK V. EVANS, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #202 CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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Estate of: ELIZABETH ELLEN HOWARD
BENTZ
2023-ES-10-1113
DOD: 03/25/23
Pers. Rep: MELINDA MURFF 1265 WILEY PARDUE RD. ASHLAND CITY, TN 37015
Atty: ALLISON S. LEARD, ESQ. 5010 LAWYERS LN. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418
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Estate of: DANIEL WHALEY, JR. 2023-ES-10-1125
DOD: 04/17/23
Pers. Rep: REGENIA L. WHALEY 2131 JEFF GAILLARD LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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Estate of: LEEMON LAWYER 2023-ES-10-1141
DOD: 04/09/23
Pers. Rep: ROSE M. LAWYER 849 MINNIE ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29407
Atty: ANTHONY B. O’NEILL, SR., ESQ. 1847 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #200 CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of: EMILY KIRKLAND GRIMBALL
2023-ES-10-1176
DOD: 06/03/23
Pers. Rep: LAWTON K. GRIMBALL 19 PALMETTO RD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407
Atty: ANDREW E. RHEA, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401
ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES
WAYNE THOMAS MCGONIGAL 2023-ES-10-1179
DOD: 04/17/23
Pers. Rep: CAROLYN E. MCGONIGAL 5000 CORAL REEF DR., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Atty: JOHN F. PERRY, ESQ. 3021 RUSHLAND MEWS JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
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Estate of: ELIZABETH DENISON DIXON 2023-ES-10-1194
DOD: 06/12/23
Pers. Rep: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of: ELIJAH GRANT, SR. 2023-ES-10-1197
DOD: 03/23/23
Pers. Rep: CYNTHIA GRANT WILLIAMS 3716 GAINES MILL DR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420
Atty: HAROLD A. OBERMAN, ESQ. 60 MARKFIELD DR., #2 CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of: FULU PAAGA 2023-ES-10-1225
DOD: 11/21/22
Pers. Rep: ULUMOE IFALE 7555 PEPPERCORN LN. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420
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Estate of: BENJAMIN KARL JANTZEN 2023-ES-10-1243
DOD: 06/07/23
Pers. Rep: STEVEN K. JANTZEN 35 LYTTLETON AVE. CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************
Estate of: LILLIE A. FREEMAN 2023-ES-10-1249
DOD: 06/02/23
Pers. Rep: ELIZABETH FREEMAN 7511 RIVERS AVE., #104 NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 ************
Estate of: ANNA M. ALSTER 2023-ES-10-1265
DOD: 06/17/23
Pers. Rep: LAWRENCE E. ALSTER 966 PORTABELLA LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29412
Atty: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203 CHARLESTON, SC 29412 ************
Estate of: MARY ELEANOR WHITE LEARD 2023-ES-10-1268
DOD: 06/14/23
Pers. Rep: ALLISON S. LEARD 880 BAY BLOSSOM AVE. SUMTER, SC 29150
Atty: ALLISON S. LEARD, ESQ. PO BOX 1587 GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445 ************
Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 1640 St. Julian Place, Columbia, SC 29204, within (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day o such service; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer to Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for a judgment by default granting the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOME THE MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), AN/OR TO PERSON UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABLILITY, INCOMPLETENTS AND PERSONS CONFINED AND PEERSON IN THE MILITARY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem within (30) days after service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff.
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Summons and Complaint in the above-captioned action were filed on May 23, 2022, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston, South Carolina.
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the Supreme Court of South Carolina Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.
To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you must communicate with an otherwise deal with Plaintiff through its law firm, Crawford & von Keller, LLC. You must communicate any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration to Crawford & von Keller, LLC. within thirty (30) days from your receipt of this Notice by writing to the undersigned attorney P.O. Box 4216, Columbia, SC 29240 or calling 803-592-3863.
IF YOU FAIL TO COMMUNICATE AN INTEREST IN BEING EVALUATED FOR FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION TO THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER BEING SERVED WITH THIS NOTICE, THEN THE PLAINTIFF WILL CONSIDER SUCH FAILURE AN ELECTION NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION AND WILL PROCEED WITH THE FORECLOSURE ACTION.
alleged incapacitated individual as a Respondent.
SUMMONS
TO THE RESPONDENT(S) LISTED
ABOVE:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner(s) listed above at the following address(es):
Please Type or Print.
Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire (Name of Petitioner/Attorney for Petitioner)
P.O. Box 42270 (Street Address or Mailing Address) North Charleston, SC 29423 (City, State, and Zip Code)
Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
s/Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire Signature of Petitioner(s)/Attorney for Petitioner(s)
Date: March 7, 2023
NOTICE OF VIRTUAL HEARING 2003-ES-10-00603
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Virtual Hearing in the above-entitled action, will be held on the 16th day of August 2023, at 11:00 a.m., for the Charleston County Probate Court. Attorney for Petitioner, Post Office Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423, (843) 767-5284.
NOTICE OF SALE CIVIL ACTION NO. 2023-CP-10-00069
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Dewees Island Property Owners Association, Inc. and Dewees Utility Corporation, Inc. against Michael DeLambo and Amy DeLambo, the Master-in-Equity will sell on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:00 A.M., at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, to the highest bidder:
ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE CHARLESTON
EN EL TRIBUNAL DE FAMILIA
DEL NOVENO CIRCUITO JUDICIAL
EXPEDIENTE NO. 2023-DR-10-1028
DEPARTAMENTO DE SERVICIOS
SOCIALES DE CAROLINA DEL SUR
CONTRA
ERICK MORALES GARCIA EN INTERÉS DE:
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of: SHAWNTA R. GRANDISONDICKERSON
2022-ES-10-2184
DOD: 09/24/22
Pers. Rep: DONNELL DICKERSON 1237 SUMNER AVE. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406
2023-ES-10-1028
DOD: 03/15/23
Pers. Rep: BRENDA SUE MORRIS PO BOX 265 WEST JEFFERSON, NC 28694
Atty: KERRY W. KOON, ESQ. 147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #203 CHARLESTON, SC 29412
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Estate of: JUAN RAMIREZ
SALAZAR
2023-ES-10-1090
DOD: 09/11/22
Pers. Rep: ANGEL NOGUERA
5632 SAXON ST. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406
Atty: BARRY C. HOLDEN, ESQ. 916 PALM BLVD., #7
ISLE OF PALMS, SC 29451
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Estate of:
SHARON ROSE FRANCISCO
2023-ES-10-1091
DOD: 03/07/23
Pers. Rep: EMERY DALE FRANCISCO
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.
Estate of:
PATRICIA BROWNING CORBIN 2023-ES-10-0241
DOD: 01/27/23
Pers. Rep: RUSSELL B. CORBIN PO BOX 129
YONGES ISLAND, SC 29449
Pers. Rep: ANGELA ANN CORBIN PO BOX 129
YONGES ISLAND, SC 29449
Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ.
115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2022-CP-10-02336
NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing.
Plaintiff, -vsLindsay M. Hendrix; Stephen H. Hendrix Jr; Williford Roofing Inc.; Lakewood Homeowners Association; The Lakes Homeowners Association Inc.
Defendants
SUMMONS
(Deficiency Judgment Demanded) (Mortgage Foreclosure) Non-Jury
TO THE DEFENDANT(S), The Lakes Homeowners Association Inc. and Lakewood Homeowners Association
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the
Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29204 Phone: 803-790-2626
Email: court@crawfordvk.com Attorneys for Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON PROBATE COURT USE ONLY IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NUMBER 2003-ES10- 00603
IN THE MATTER OF:
Roosevelt McCanick, Sr., X Decedent 0 Alleged Incapacitated Individual 0 Minor 0 Other: ______
Audrey Cochran, Petitioner(s), vs. Dorene Green, Sandra Gilliard, Alexandria Middleton, Darrel McCanick, Arlene Seabrook, and the Estate of Roosevelt McCanick, Jr., Tyrek ward and Brittany Drayton, Respondent(s).*
*For Guardianship/Conservatorship matters, you must include the
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Lot 72 on a plat entitled, “Dewees Island, Charleston County, South Carolina,” by E. M. Seabrook, Jr., Surveyor, dated June 11, 1993, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book CN at Page 9, 10 and 11.
Being the same property conveyed to Michael DeLambo and Any DeLambo by Charlotte W. Lawson, Trustee of the Charlotte W. Lawson Trust Dated February 2, 200, dated August 16, 2017 and recorded with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office on August 18, 2017 in Book 0660 at Page 614.
TMS No.: 608-14-00-046
Property address: 284 Pelican Flight Drive Dewees Island, SC 29451
TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid. Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 11.50% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance.
In case of noncompliance within twenty (20) days, after the sale, the
deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff’s judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder. Purchaser to pay for deed recording fees and deed stamps.
Deficiency judgment being demanded, this sale will be re-opened after 30 days for final bidding.
Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent, is present.
The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale.
Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property. Plaintiff makes no warranty or representation in regard to the status of this property or its title in regard to any sale for delinquent property taxes. See Von Elbrecht v. Jacobs, 286 S.C. 240 (Ct. App. 1985).
FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC
Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460
Attorneys for Plaintiff
NOTICE OF SALE
CIVIL ACTION NO.
2023-CP-10-00072
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Dewees Island Property Owners Association, Inc. and Dewees Utility Corporation, Inc. against Heather Hall and Ajay Sood, the Master-in-Equity will sell on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:00
A.M., at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, to the highest bidder:
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Lot 82 on a plat entitled “DEWEES ISLAND
CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA FINAL PLAT OF LOTS 80 THROUGH 88”, by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., dated April 8, 1995, revised July 5, 1995 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EA, Page 821.
Being the same property conveyed to Heather Hall and Ajay Sood by deed of John Winthrop and Seminole VI, LLC, dated December 17, 2013 and recorded with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office on December 20, 2013 in Book 0380 at Page 314.
TMS No.: 608-11-00-003
Property address:
136 Lake Timicau Lane Dewees Island, SC 29451
TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH. The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the bid amount in cash or certified funds, which is to be applied on the purchase price upon compliance with the bid.
Interest on the balance of the bid at the rate of 11.50% per annum shall be paid to the day of compliance.
In case of noncompliance within twenty (20) days, after the sale, the deposit of 5% is to be forfeited and applied to Plaintiff’s judgment debt and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.
Purchaser to pay for deed record-
ing fees and deed stamps.
Deficiency judgment being demanded, this sale will be re-opened after 30 days for final bidding.
Should Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent fail to appear on the day of sale, the property shall not be sold, but shall be re-advertised and sold at some convenient sales day thereafter when Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s attorney, or Plaintiff’s agent, is present.
The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and restrictions of record, and any senior lien(s) identified in the Complaint and the Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale. Plaintiff does not warrant its title search to purchasers at foreclosure sale or other third parties, who should have their own title search performed on the subject property.
Plaintiff makes no warranty or representation in regard to the status of this property or its title in regard to any sale for delinquent property taxes. See Von Elbrecht v. Jacobs, 286 S.C. 240 (Ct. App. 1985).
FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC
Sean A. O’Connor, Esq. 4000 Faber Place Drive | Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 577-5460
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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.
Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-03353 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
PHH Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF vs. Glenda N Seymour; South Carolina Department of Revenue; Bank of America, N.A., DEFENDANT(S)
FOR INSERTION
July 14, 2023; July 21, 2023; July 28, 2023
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
11/165/495
Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-01370
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Guild Mortgage Company LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Tracy Broughton, DEFENDANT(S)
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of October, 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 1st day of August, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
Matrix Financial Services Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. Christine Marie VanLeir a/k/a Christine M VanLier and if Christine Marie VanLeir a/k/a Christine M VanLier be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Christine Marie VanLeir a/k/a Christine M VanLier, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Christine Marie VanLeir a/k/a Christine M VanLier, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Matthew DePuy; Cheryl DePuy; The Reserve Colony North Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S)
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
July 14, 2023; July 21, 2023; July 28, 2023
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Master’s Sale
Case No. 2018-CP-10-04292
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Freedom Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. Dillion D. Leopold; Elle J. Leopold; The Lake Townhomes Owners Association, Inc. a/k/a Lakes of Summerville Townhomes Homeowners Association, Inc. a/k/a Lakes of Summerville Townhomes Association, Inc.; The Lakes Master Association Inc.
DEFENDANT(S)
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
July 14, 2023; July 21, 2023; July 28, 2023
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-05136
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Gateway Mortgage Group LLC, a division of Gateway First Bank VS Jerilyn Kuthe Leavell; Moss Creek Property Owners Association, Inc.; South Carolina Electric and Gas n/k/a Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
Mikell R. Scarborough Masterin Equity
Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-06035
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF CHARLESTON CIVIL CASE NO. 2021-CP10-05676
SCOTT EUGENE GAVER, Plaintiff, -vsILBA ROBLERO GONZALEZ, LEVI ROBLERO and MELFI PLUMBING, LLC, Defendants.
AMENDED SUMMONS (Tort-Automobile) (Jury Trial Requested)
TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED AND DEFENDANTS’ ATTORNEY(S):
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that you are hereby summoned and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the attorney for the Plaintiff listed below either through the South Carolina Court’s E-Filing System or at his office at 7011 Rivers Avenue, Ste 105, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29406, within thirty (30) days after service hereof excluding the date of such service. IF YOU FAIL TO ANSWER THE COMPLAINT WITHIN THE TIME AFORESAID, PLAINTIFF WILL APPLY TO THE COURT FOR A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT AND ANY OTHER RELIEF DEEMED APPROPRIATE.
GEORGE SINK, P.A. INJURY LAWYERS
s/Mark A. Sawyer, Jr.
Robert E. Treacy, Jr. SC Bar#12102
Mark A. Sawyer, Jr. SC Bar#76140
Attorneys for the Plaintiff 7011 Rivers Avenue, Suite 105 North Charleston, S.C. 29406 (843) 569-1700
North Charleston, SC May 25th , 2023
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of June, 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 1st day of August, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being on James Island, in the County of Charleston shown and designated on a plat of Greencrest Subdivision recorded in Plat Book G, Page 3 in the RMC Office for Charleston County as Lot 16 Block C; the said Lot has such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as are shown on said Plat.
THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Glenda N. Seymour by virtue of a Deed from Cheryl C. Kornickey and Earl F. Kornickey dated December 31, 1992 and and recorded January 4, 1993 in Book F 222 at Page 429 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
1335 Witter Street Charleston, SC 29412
TMS# 427-01-00-023
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 31st 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.
All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 35, Block H, Forest Hills Subdivision, Charleston County, as shown on a plat made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc. dated January 24, 1972 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AA, Page 134; 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 restrictions, covenants, conditions, easements, rights of way and all other maters affecting subject property of record in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina.
Being the same property conveyed to Tracy Broughton by Deed of Jeanette Smalls and Francina Smalls-Joyner n/k/a Francina Smalls-Kobus dated October 2, 2019 and recorded October 22, 2019 in Book 832 at Page 862, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
7648 Linsley Drive
North Charleston, SC 29418
TMS# 404-07-00-022
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
John S. Kay, Esquire
Telephone: 803-726-2700
FOR INSERTION
July 14, 2023; July 21, 2023; July 28, 2023 Mikell
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of June, 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 1st day of August, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land and any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known as LOT 162, shown and designated on survey entitled “FINAL PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TRACT C, TMS # 484-00-00-007, TO FORM LOTS 1 134 & 150 247, TRACT B2 & TRACT C RESIDUAL - COLONY NORTH - PHASE IV, PROPERTY OF MALPHRUS DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC,” prepared by Joseph O. Eelman, SCRLS No. 16492-B, Horner, Eelman & Gearhart, LLC, dated January 22, 2007, and recorded in Plat Book EK at Page 544, in the Office of the ROD 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 unto Christine Marie VanLeir by virtue of a Deed from Alan Carl Lawson dated October 12, 2018 and recorded October 23, 2018 in Book 0755 at Page 126 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
7743 Desoto Drive North Charleston, SC 29420
TMS# 484-08-00-272
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
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 17th day of June, 2019, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive 2nd floor, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of August, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Summerville, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as LOT 534, PHASE
3E-II, LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, as shown on that certain plat of Seamon Whiteside & Associates Surveying, LLC entitled, “A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF PHASE
3E-II, LOTS 537 THRU 542 TRACT
A, LOTS 491 THRU 500 TRACT
B, LOTS 515 THRU 518 TRACT
C AND LOTS 531 THRU 536
RESIDUAL LANDS OF LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, LLC, ALL OWNED BY LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, LLC, LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” dated December 31, 2013 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L14, at Page 0187 on May 2, 2014. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.
THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Dillion D. Leopold and Elle J. Leopold, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from Los Homes, LLC dated June 25, 2015 and recorded June 29, 2015 in Book 0486 at Page 528 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Summerville, South Carolina.
TMS #388-13-00-940
Current Property Address: 232 Coosawatchie Street Summerville, SC 29485
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of April, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building (PSB), located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of August 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Moss Creek at Grande Oaks Subdivision, County of Charleston, City of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as LOT 104-A, on a plat entitled: “SUBDIVISION PLAT SHOWING MOSS CREEK AT GRANDE OAKS, PHASE 4, LOTS 33A-49A, 66A-74A, 76A-80A, AND 100A-106A, PROPERTY OF CENTEX HOMES, LOCATED IN THE BEES FERRY AREA, THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” made by Trico Envirometrics, Inc., dated July 1, 2002, and recorded August 21, 2002, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book EF, Page 840. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.
SUBJECT to all covenants, restrictions, conditions, easements and right of way of record.
BEING the same property conveyed to Jerilyn Kuthe Leavell by Deed of Robert A. Walters and Shelby J. Walters dated July 8, 2016 and recorded July 13, 2016 in Book 568 at Page 66, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
TMS # 305-04-00-306
Current Property Address: 629 Halstead Street 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 (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.
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Indenture Trustee for People’s Choice Home Loan Securities Trust Series 2005-3 vs Kenneth T Johnson; Mia Johnson a/k/a Mia G. Johnson; Leon G. Galloway a/k/a Leon Galloway; Adolph Galloway a/k/a Adolph C. Galloway; Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway and if Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Katherine G. Bing; Angela G. Nelson Galloway a/k/a Angela Galloway; and Kenneth H. Galloway and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Internal Revenue Service
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 22nd day of July, 2020, and supplemented by order dated April 14, 2021, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at 4045 Bridgeview Dr, North Charleston SC 2nd Floor on the 1st day of August, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as Part of Lots 130 and 132, commonly known as 167 Moultrie Street in the present number of the City of Charleston.
MEASURING and containing on the front on North line eighty five (85’) feet on Moultrie Street and the same on the back on South Line by one hundred seventeen and 7/10 (117.7’) feet on depth; all as is more fully set forth on that plat prepared by Joseph Needle dated November 28, 1950 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Plat Book G at page 16A. For a more complete description of said lot, reference may be had to the aforementioned Plat, which Is incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
BEING the same property conveyed to Mia G. Johnson, Adolph Galloway, Angela G. Nelson, Katherine G. Bing, Kenneth H. Galloway, and Leon H. Galloway by Deed of Distribution from the Estate of Helen H. Galloway dated May 13, 2004 and recorded May 18, 2004 in Book B495 at Page 340, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
Thereafter, Leon Galloway, Katherine G. Bing, Angela G. Nelson Galloway, Adolph Galloway, and Ken
neth H. Galloway conveyed their interest in the subject property to Mia Johnson by Deed recorded November 18, 2004 in Book M516 at Page 691, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
Thereafter, Mia G. Johnson a/k/a
Mia Johnson conveyed the subject property conveyed to Kenneth T. Johnson by Deed dated November 2, 2004 and recorded November 18, 2004 in Book M516 at Page 748, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
Thereafter, Kenneth T. Johnson conveyed an undivided one-half interest to the subject property to Mia Johnson by Deed dated March 18, 2005 and recorded March 25, 2005 in Book K530 at Page 250, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
TMS # 460-02-04-002
Current Property Address:
167 Moultrie St. Charleston, SC 29403
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 31st day of August, 2023.
Pursuant to Section 2410(c), Title 28, United States Code, the Defendant United States of America has a right to redeem the subject property within 120 days after the date of the foreclosure sale.
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
July 14, 2023; July 21, 2023; July 28, 2023
Mikell R. Scarborough
Master in Equity
Master’s Sale
Case No. 2019-CP-10-02688
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Oceanside Mortgage Company, PLAINTIFF, vs.
Samuel K. Oliver; Deer Park Neighborhood Council; Solar Mosaic, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S)
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of December, 2019, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive 2nd Floor, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st Day of August, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin on the southeasterly margin of Guess Street, said iron pin being the common corner of Lots 3C and 4C
to an iron pin; runs thence S 64-00 W. 179.3 feet to an iron pin; runs thence N 26-00 W 96 feet to the point and place of beginning and being a parcel of Lot 14 on a plat of 28 tracts of land at Deer Park made by the John McCrady Co., Engineers, May, 1946 and recorded in Plat Book F, at Page 247, Charleston County Registry.
All those lots, pieces or parcels of land identified as Parcel DEGND, containing .21 acres and Parcel GNPQG, containing .39 acres and Parcel PRSTP, containing .23 acres, to be known as Lot 4-C, on a plat entitled: “Subdivision of the Lands of the Estate of Berta V. Guess, Being a Part of Lot 14, Deer Park,” by James F. Bennett, R.L.S. dated August, 1975 and recorded in Plat Book AF, at Page 36, R.M.C. Office for Charleston County on October 8, 1975.
This being the same property conveyed to Samuel K. Oliver by Deed of Penny Sue Wright dated December 30, 2016 and recorded January 3, 2017 in Book 0607 at Page 607, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
TMS # 486-13-00-015
Current Property Address: 8738 Salamander Road North Charleston, SC 29406
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700
FOR INSERTION
July 14, 2023; July 21, 2023; July 28, 2023
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-02788
Frank Cone, Plaintiff,
v. Matilda Wright and Brenda Holloway, and if they may be deceased, their heirs-at-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
8018 Steamboat Landing Road Edisto Island, South Carolina TMS Number: 070-00-00-115 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice, and Complaint, were filed on June 8th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on June 15th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on July 10th, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated June 15th, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows:
ALL that piece parcel or tract of land situate lying and being on Edisto Island, County of Charleston and State aforesaid; Measuring and containing one half (1/2) acres more or less; Butting and bounding North, 108.43 feet, more or less, on the land of MV Properties, LLC; East, 195.24 feet, more or less, on lands of Jannie Louise Blidgen, Ethel J. Blidgen, and Daniel Middleton; South, 108.97 feet, more or less, on land of Janita Colston; and West, 206.84 feet, more or less, on land of Robert Harold Stutts. TMS # 070-00-00-115
s/Jeffrey T. Spell
Jeffrey T. Spell
Attorney at Law
925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553
Attorney for Plaintiff
July 10th, 2023
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2021-CP-10-03862
GENE A. GIBBS AND CLYDE J. WASHINGTON, Plaintiffs vs. ALEXANDER SIMMONS, ELIJAH MAGWOOD, JOAN HENDERSON, SHIRLEY MAGWOOD, HARVEY MAGWOOD, BARBARA
ROBINSON, JOHN RAMPERSANT, JR., LUCINDA MAGWOOD, ROBERTA SIMMONS DELOATCH, DWIGHT SIMMONS, JEFFEREY A. NEAL, GENIE NEAL, JUDY HONEWELL, JOSEPH SIMMONS, and SIDNEY SIMMONS, and if the said person be deceased, then their respective Heirs-at-Law, Distributees, Personal Representatives, Successors, Assigns, Children, or Spouse, if any, and all other Persons claiming under or through them, and all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, interest in or to the real property subject to this action, those who are adults collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such other person who is a minor or under other disability or a member of the Armed Services of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act, 1940, as amended, collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, REPUBLIC FINANCE, HERITAGE POOLS, LLC, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, LLC, and LAURA LANE, Defendants.
NOTICE OF FILING
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Lis Pendens was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401 on August 20, 2021. The Summons & Notices and Complaint were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401 on August 20, 2021.
SUMMONS & NOTICES
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint upon the subscriber at her office at 544 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that should you fail to answer the Summons and Complaint filed herein, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference in this cause to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and Section 14-11-85 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case, which judgment shall be appealable to the South Carolina Court of Appeals in accordance with Section 14-11-85, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976), as amended.
TO: JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE, ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that unless you or someone on your behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, make application to this Court and obtain the appointment of a suitable person as the Guardian ad Litem to appear and represent your interest in the subject and the subject matter of the foregoing action, Plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the appointment of a suitable person to be Guardian ad Litem to appear in the foregoing action, for the purpose of representing and protecting your interest, if any, in the above captioned proceeding.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced or will be commenced by the Plaintiff, above-named, against the Defendants, above-named, to quiet title to and partition the property described below. The following is a
description of the premises which is the subject of this action:
All those certain pieces, parcels and tracts of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina and known and designated as Lot D, Lot 2, and Lot 5 on a plat prepared by Robert L. Frank, RLS, entitled “A Division of the Lands of Lucile Simmons,” dated September 14, 1978 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AV, at Page 051; said lots having such size, shape, dimensions, locations, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. Being a portion of the property conveyed by descent to Lucille Simmons, Elijah Simmons, Albertha Simmons, Florence Simmons, Lucille Simmons II, Frank Simmons, Fred Simmons, Jr. Joseph Simmons, Dorothy Simmons, Viola Simmons, Linda Ann Simmons, Evelyn Simmons, and Lewis Simmons from the Estate of Fred Simmons, Charleston County Probate File No. 81-807. TMS # 316-00-00-030 (Lot D), 316-00-00-101 (Lot 2), 316-00-00-031 (Lot 5)
NOTICE OF ORDER NISI APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED WHO MAY UNKNOWN, BEING AS A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE, AND THOSE WHO MAY BE INFANTS OR PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY, INCLUDING THOSE IN MILITARY SERVICE, BEING AS A CLASS DEFINED AS RICHARD ROE, AND TO THE GUARDIAN, CONSERVATOR, OR PERSON WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Order Nisi appointing Taylor Silver, Esq., PO Box 1665, Georgetown, SC 29442, as Guardian ad Litem for all persons as a class designated as JOHN DOE and RICHARD ROE for purposes of this action, was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, 100 Broad St, Ste 106, Charleston, SC 29401, on January 25, 2023. Unless any of you or someone or your behalf shall cause, within thirty (30) days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the day of service, a different person to be appointed to represent you, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making absolute the appointment of Mr. Silver.
LAFOND LAW GROUP, PA
By: Ashley G. Andrews, SC Bar No. 76667 544 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29407 843.762.3554 andrews@lafondlaw.com
Attorney for the Plaintiffs
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LAURENS IN THE FAMILY COURT
EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Case No.: 2023-DR-30-317
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Plaintiff, vs. Chastity Leanne Wright-Segura Dywan Alexander Evans Fred Anthony Segura III Defendant(s).
In the Interest of:
Male Child Born in: 2017
Male Child Born in 2018
Male Child Born in: 2019
Minor(s) under the Age of 18
SUMMONS and NOTICE OF HEARING
TO DEFENDANT: Dywan Alexander Evans
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint for the minor children in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, 100 Hillcrest Square, Laurens, SC 29360, on the 2nd day of June, 2023, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to
the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at Post Office Box 409, Laurens, SC 29360 (Attention: Rosemerry Felder-Commander, Esq.), within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgement by default against the defendants for the relief demanded in the complaint.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that you have the right to be present and represented by an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you. It is your responsibility to contact the Clerk of Court’s Office, 100 Hillcrest Square, Laurens, SC 29360, to apply for appointment of an attorney to represent you if you cannot afford an attorney (take all of these papers with you if you apply). This is a new action. If you had an attorney appointed in a previous action, that attorney is NOT your attorney for this action. YOU MUST APPLY FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU DO NOT APPLY FOR AN ATTORNEY WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE COMPLAINT, AN ATTORNEY WILL NOT BE APPOINTED FOR YOU.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER
NOTICE that a Pre-trial Hearing for Termination of Parental Rights is scheduled in the above referenced action on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. and the Final Hearing for Termination of Parental Rights is scheduled in the above referenced action on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. The Final hearing will be held at the Family Court of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Laurens County Courthouse, Family Court, 100 Hillcrest Square, Laurens, SC 29360. If the defendant, Dywan Alexander Evans, is not present, relief may be granted in his absence.
S.C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
s/Rosemerry Felder-Commander
Rosemerry Felder-Commander (Bar No. 77022)
Karissa O’Keefe-Young (Bar No. 102336)
Ashley P. Case (Bar No. 11265)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
S.C. Department of Social Services Post Office Box 409, Laurens, SC 29360 (864) 833-0100 / Fax (864) 833-2706
July 7, 2023
Laurens, South Carolina.
Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-03379 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
SEA ISLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., Plaintiff, vs. EFRAIN CAMPOS A/K/A J. EFRAIN CAMPOS; IMELDA CAMPOS; SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING TRUST FUND, Defendants.
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 17th day of March, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Public Services Building (PSB), 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 1st day of August, 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 in Johns Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known
and designated as Lot No. 48, SEA ISLAND PLACE SUBDIVISION on a Plat entitled, “A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF LOTS 28 THRU 48 PHASE II SEA ISLAND PLACE CONTAINING 9.580 ACRES OWNED BY SEA ISLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, which Plat is dated November 5, 2003, and was recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book O 480, at Page 775; 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.
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 provisions 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 or otherwise engage in discrimination conduct of any kind on account of ‘ a 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 digging. 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 Efrain Campos and Imelda Campos by Deed of Sea Island Habitat for Humanity, Inc. dated March 9, 2005, and recorded on March 22, 2005, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book V-529 at Page 725.
TMS # 279-10-00-151
ADDRESS:
3335 ISLAND ESTATES DRIVE JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
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 20 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 Telephone : 843-579-7000
FOR INSERTION
July 14, 21 & 28, 2023
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Master’s Sale
Case No.: 2022CP1004476 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust 2018-RPL4, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS
Irvin Wittrell; Valerie Wittrell, Individually; Valerie Wittrell, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Leroy Wittrell; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Anna Lee Wittrell, 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; , DEFENDANTS.
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of June, 2023, 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 1st day of August, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South. Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot Nine (9), Block G, on a plat of a portion of a subdivision known as DUNMOVIN, by EM. Seabrook, Jr., C.E. and L.S., dated the 16th day of September, 1965, which plat is duly recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book T, page 126.
Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown and delineated on said plat which is made a part and parcel hereof by reference thereto.
This conveyance is made subject to restrictive covenants, or modifications thereto, easements and/or rights-of-way heretofore granted affecting the above-described property and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.
SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.
This being the same property conveyed to Leroy Wittrell and Valerie D. Wittrell by deed of Nathaniel T. Commodore, dated April 4, 1997 and recorded April 8, 1997 in Deed
Book H282 at Page 346. This being the same property conveyed to Leroy Wittrell by deed of Valerie D. Wittrell dated November 4, 1998 and recorded November 10, 1998 in Deed Book L314 at Page 265.
Subsequently, Leroy Wittrell died intestate on December 14, 2020 leaving the subject property to his heirs namely Anna Wittrell, Valerie Wittrell and Irvin Wittrell as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2022ES1001457; subsequently, Anna Lee Wittrell died intestate on May 18, 2022 leaving the subject property to her heirs namely Valerie Wittrell and Irvin Wittrell.
TMS # 279-14-00-081
Case#: 2022CP1004476
Current Property Address:
1722 Bozo Ln Johns Island, SC 29455
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and 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, certified funds in the amount of five per cent (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. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. 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
John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444
011847-05028
2022CP1004476
FOR INSERTION
7/14/23, 7/21/23, 7/28/23
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR
STRAW NAME
This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name (JAROD JAMERE SAUNDERS) and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, (rod saun 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.
NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscriber at 171 Church St., Suite 330, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, within thirty (30) days from the service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff will apply to the Court for a judgment by default and the relief demand in the Complaint.
BY: s/ David L. SavageDAVID
L.SAVAGE
Bar No. 10450 171 Church Street, Suite 330 Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 371-1645 phone (843) 371-1646 fax dsavage@savagelawchs.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
Charleston, South Carolina
January 9, 2023
Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-05022
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
Dale M. McGee; and Snee Farm Community Foundation, Inc., DEFENDANTS
Upon authority of a Decree dated the June 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 1st DAY OF AUGUST, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 42, Block O, on a plat entitled: “SNEE FARM, TOWN OF MT. PLEASANT, S.C.”, by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., R:L.S. and C.E., dated June 17, 1977, and recorded June 27, 1977, in Plat Book AJ, Page 14, R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. SAID lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.
This being the same property conveyed to Dale M. McGee by deed of Charles David Munnell and Beverly A. Munnell dated June 29, 1995 and recorded June 30, 1995 in Book Y256 at Page 507 in the RMC Office of Charleston County.
TMS No. 5620500014
Property address: 806 Law Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
Ronald C. Scott
(803) 252-3340
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-04105
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
Alana K. Fusco; et al., DEFENDANTS
Upon authority of a Decree dated the June 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 1st DAY OF AUGUST, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, SC and known and designated as Lot 256 in The Courtyard in Belle Hall, Phase 1A, as shown on a plat entitled, “A Final Subdivision Plat of the Courtyard at Belle Hall Plantation, Phase 1A, Owned by Plantation Partners Limited Partnership, Located in Town of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston, SC,” prepared by Southeastern Surveying, Inc., SCRLS dated June 28, 1993, revised July 13, 1993 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book CN at Page 86. For a more complete description of said lot, reference may be had to the aforementioned plat of record.
Please note that the above legal description has been modified to correct a minor, immaterial clerical error regarding the name of the subdivision plat.
This being the same property conveyed to Alana K. Fusco by deed of Daniel S. Rohlinger dated June 30, 2011 and recorded July 5, 2011 in Book 0195 at Page 531 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
TMS No. 537-07-00-030
Property address: 256 Mossy Oak Way Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
sale date.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340
Mikell R. Scarborough
Master in Equity
Master’s Sale 2023-CP-10-00537
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF VERSUS
Nena J. Osornio a/k/a Nena Jo Osornio a/k/a Nena Osornio; et.al., DEFENDANTS
Upon authority of a Decree dated the June 21, 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 1st DAY OF AUGUST, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
All that lot, piece, or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State aforesaid, known and designated as Lot 20 on Magnolia Avenue, in the subdivision known as MAGNOLIA RANCH as shown on a Plat by W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated June 25, 1953, and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J, Page 72. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, metes, and bounds as are shown on said plat.
This being the same property conveyed to Jaime Lopez Osornio and Nena J. Osornio, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by deed of Marguerite Curtis dated October 1, 2020 and recorded October 19, 2020 in Book 926 at Page 746 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Jaime Lopez Osornio a/k/a Jaime Osornio, died on June 29, 2021, by operation of law vesting his interest to Nena J. Osornio a/k/a Nena Jo Osornio by virtue of the joint tenancy with right of survivorship.
TMS No. 355-09-00-020
Property address: 1919 Fruitwood Avenue 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.
veyed 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 EquityMaster’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-00373 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company vs. Walter T. White, Donna D. White, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Discover Bank, 1st Franklin Financial, Republic Finance LLC Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of June, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC., on the 1st day of August, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL, LOT OR TRACT OF LAND TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEING MORE FULLY SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 1 BLOCK 44-B OF A PORTION OF LOT 44 WANDO WOOD SUBDIVISION PREPARED BY J. O’HEAR SANDERS, JR., DATED NOVEMBER 14, 1963 RECORDED MARCH 18, 1964 IN THE OFFICE OF THE ROD FOR CHARESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK R AT PAGE 44. REFERENCE IS HEREBY CRAVED TO SAID PLAT FOR A MORE COMPLET AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. BE ALL MEASUREMENTS A LITTLE MORE OR LESS THIS BEING THE IDENTICAL PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MORTGAGORS BY DEED OF CARLO J. D’ANGELANTONIO
DATED JUNE 21, 1968 RECORDED
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-02337
Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., Plaintiff vs. The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Michelle Yvette Simmons, Robert Myers and Jasmine L. Myers, Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANT(S): The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Michelle Yvette Simmons; 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 May 16, 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 February 24, 2012 and given and delivered by
being made to said plat for a more complete and accurate description; all measurements being a little more or less. This being the same property conveyed to Jeffrey Nelson, Jr. by Deed from Jeffrey Nelson, Sr. dated November 1, 2019 and recorded November 26, 2019 in Book 0842 at Page 879 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.
TMS No. 397-01-00-007
Property Address: 7861 Sandida Court, North Charleston, SC 29418
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.
Michael Kinsman Bed Table and TV’s
Lashaun Whichard
Household Goods
Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407
8/8/23
11:30 AM
James Ellis
Couch, chair, ottoman, boxes
Valerie Haynes
End tables, dining set, boxes
Melanie Kalyna
Appliances, boxes and furniture
Tanora Brown
Furniture, appliances, shoes, clothing, cookware
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Case No. 2023-CP-10-00259
KAREN ERVASTI, Plaintiff, vs. RAND MALTESE, Defendant.
SUMMONS
TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-
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.
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
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.
The successful bidder of the property at the judicial sale can contact Service Finance Company LLC to assume the purchase agreement for the subject of the UCC lien or the UCC lienholder will, at its discretion, remove the property covered by the UCC lien.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be con-
JUNE 26, 1968 IN THE OFFICE OF THE ROD FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK N90 AT PAGE 297 TMS # 4100500065 Current Property Address: 4421 Flynn Dr. N. 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 (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
William S. Koehler, Esquire Telephone: 8038280880
FOR INSERTION 7/14/23; 7/21/23; 7/28/23
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
A-4790249 07/14/2023, 07/21/2023, 07/28/2023
Defendant(s) Michelle Yvette Simmons to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. in the original principal sum of Seventy Four Thousand Seven Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($74,700.00). Said collateral is described as a 2012 CMH VIN# CAP025917TNAB mobile home and is located in the County of Charleston, South Carolina.
RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC 2838 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29205 (803) 799-9993
Attorneys for Plaintiff 5249
Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-03650
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS loanDepot.com, LLC, PLAINTIFF versus Jeffrey Nelson, Jr., Fireside Lakes Homeowners Association, Inc., Regional Finance Corp, and The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of June, 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 1st day of August, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, as more fully described in Deed Book B414, Page 810, ID# 3970100007, being known and designated as Lot 1-B, Fireside, filed in Plat Book BB, Page 132; reference
The Sale is made subject to the Right of Redemption of the United States of America, pursuant to Section 2410(c), U.S. Code, for a period of 120 days from date of sale. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. 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. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.9900%. 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. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. 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 well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC
(803) 799-9993
FOR INSERTION July 14, 2023, July 21, 2023, July 28, 2023
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 5243
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
Facility 1: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414
8/8/23
10:00 AM
Sheldon Simmons
Shoes and clothing
Facility 2: 2343 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414
8/8/23
10:30 AM
April Richards
Couches, tables, grandfather clock, washer/ Dryer
Facility 5: 1861 Ashley River Rd. Charleston, SC 29407
8/8/23
3:00 PM
Christina Miller
Household goods
Marvin Mouzon
Small chest, freezer, refrigerator, boxes
Jessica Young Boxes, bins, living room set
Julie Didonato
Entertainment center, couch, TVs, kitchen table
Rontese Smalls
TV, clothes, sneakers, furniture
Alberta Green
Household goods
Facility 6: 2118 Heriot St. Charleston, SC 29403
8/8/23
1:00 PM
Chris Burrows
household items
Facility 7: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407
8/8/23
12:30 PM
Kathrine Bramhall
Paeloton bike, Boxes, cloths, ladder
Nadine Middleton Books, boxes, totes, dishware
Facility 8: 1108 Stockade Ln Mount Pleasant, SC 29466
8/8/23
10:00 AM
Renee Burch
Furniture, household items
Mary Deas Furniture, boxes
Kimberly Johnston Furniture
The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Notice of Dissolution of Kadence Group LLC
Be advised that Kadence Group LLC of 1985 Riviera Dr, Ste. 103-488, Mt.P, SC 29464, will be dissolved by its members. All creditor claims must be made in writing to include claim amount, basis and claim date. Any claim shall be barred unless (a) timely received by the company’s agent within 90 days and (b) a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five (5) years after publication of this notice. All claims must be mailed to 1985 Riviera Drive, Ste. 103-112, Mt.P, SC 29464 ATT: Alex Juncu
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are about to read a thunderbolt of sublime prophecies. It’s guaranteed to nurture the genius in your soul’s underground cave. Are you ready? 1. Your higher self will prod you to compose a bold prayer in which you ask for stuff you thought you weren’t supposed to ask for. 2. Your higher self will know what to do to enhance your love life by at least 20%, possibly more. 3. Your higher self will give you extra access to creativity and imaginative powers, enabling you to make two practical improvements in your life.
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES: AN AUTHOR TALK WITH SHELBY VAN PELT
Wednesday, Aug. 16 at 6 p.m. at Buxton Books
PETE BERNHARD OF THE DEVIL MAKES THREE CLYDE MCGEE LIGHTNING LUKE OF THE BRIDGE CITY SINNERS
Saturday, Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. at Tin Roof
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1991, John Kilcullen began publishing books with “for Dummies” in the title: for example, Sex for Dummies, Time Management for Dummies, Personal Finance for Dummies, and my favorite, Stress Management for Dummies. There are now over 300 books in this series. They aren’t truly for stupid people, of course. They’re designed to be robust introductions to interesting and useful subjects. I invite you to emulate Kilcullen’s mindset, Taurus. Be innocent, curious and eager to learn. Adopt a beginner’s mind that’s receptive to being educated and influenced. (If you want to know more, go here: tinyurl.com/TruthForDummies.)
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I could be converted to a religion of grass,” says Indigenous author Louise Erdrich in her book Heart of the Land. “Sink deep roots. Conserve water. Respect and nourish your neighbors. Such are the tenets. As for practice — grow lush in order to be devoured or caressed, stiffen in sweet elegance, invent startling seeds. Connect underground. Provide. Provide. Be lovely and do no harm.” I advocate a similar approach to life for you Geminis in the coming weeks. Be earthy, sensual, and lush. (PS: Erdrich is a Gemini.)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I hereby appoint myself as your temporary social director. My first action is to let you know that from an astrological perspective, the next nine months will be an excellent time to expand and deepen your network of connections and your web of allies. I invite you to cultivate a vigorous grapevine that keeps you upto-date about the latest trends affecting your work and play. Refine your gossip skills. Be friendlier than you’ve ever been. Are you the best ally and collaborator you could possibly be? If not, make that one of your assignments.
HAUNT W/ HELL FIRE
Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. at Tin Roof
2023 CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL EARLY BIRD ALL SESSION ACCESS PASS
Friday, Nov. 3 through Sunday, Nov. 12 Multiple Locations
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There are two kinds of holidays: those created by humans and those arising from the relationship between the sun and Earth. In the former category are various independence days: July 4 in the U.S., July 1 in Canada, July 14 in France, and June 2 in Italy. Japan observes Foundation Day on February 11. Among the second kind of holiday is Lammas on August 1, a pagan festival that in the Northern Hemisphere marks the halfway point between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. In pre-industrial cultures, Lammas celebrated the grain harvest and featured outpourings of gratitude for the crops that provide essential food. Modern revelers give thanks for not only the grain, but all the nourishing bounties provided by the sun’s and Earth’s collaborations. I believe you Leos are smart to make Lammas one of your main holidays. What’s ready to be harvested in your world. What are your prime sources of gratitude?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For many of us, a disposal company regularly comes to our homes to haul away the garbage we have generated. Wouldn’t it be great if there was also a reliable service that purged our minds and hearts of the psychic gunk that naturally accumulates? Psychotherapists provide this blessing for some of us, and I know people who derive similar benefits from spiritual rituals. Getting drunk or intoxicated may work, too, although those states often generate their own dreck. With these thoughts in mind, Virgo, meditate on how you might cleanse your soul with a steady, ennobling practice. Now is an excellent time to establish or deepen this tradition.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I’m wondering if there is a beloved person to whom you could say
Rob Brezsnythese words by Rumi: “You are the sky my spirit circles in, the love inside love, the resurrectionplace.” If you have no such ally, Libra, the coming months will be a favorable time to attract them into your life. If there is such a companion, I hope you will share Rumi’s lyrics with them, then go further. Say the words Leonard Cohen spoke: “When I’m with you, I want to be the kind of hero I wanted to be when I was 7 years old.”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your theme for the coming weeks is “pleasurable gooseflesh.” I expect and hope you’ll experience it in abundance. You need it and deserve it! Editor Corrie Evanoff describes “pleasurable gooseflesh” as “the primal response we experience when something suddenly violates our expectations in a good way.” It can also be called “frisson” — a French word meaning “a sudden feeling or sensation of excitement, emotion, or thrill.” One way this joy may occur is when we listen to a playlist of songs sequenced in unpredictable ways — say Mozart followed by Johnny Cash, then Edit Piaf, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Queen, Luciano Pavarotti and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Here’s your homework: Imagine three ways you can stimulate pleasurable gooseflesh and frisson, then go out and make them happen.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Fire rests by changing,” wrote ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. In accordance with astrological omens, I ask you to meditate on that riddle. Here are some preliminary thoughts: The flames rising from a burning substance are always moving, always active, never the same shape. Yet they comprise the same fire. As long as they keep shifting and dancing, they are alive and vital. If they stop changing, they die out and disappear. The fire needs to keep changing to thrive! Dear Sagittarius, here’s your assignment: Be like the fire; rest by changing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There’s ample scientific evidence that smelling cucumbers can diminish feelings of claustrophobia. For example, some people become anxious when they are crammed inside a narrow metal tube to get an MRI. But numerous imaging facilities have reduced that discomfort with the help of cucumber oil applied to cotton pads and brought into proximity to patients’ noses. I would love it if there were also natural ways to help you break free of any and all claustrophobic situations, Capricorn. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to hone and practice the arts of liberation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone,” said Aquarian author Gertrude B. Stein. She was often quirky and even downright weird, but as you can see, she also had a heartful attitude about her alliances. Stein delivered another pithy quote that revealed her tender approach to relationships. She said that love requires a skillful audacity about sharing one’s inner world. I hope you will put these two gems of advice at the center of your attention, Aquarius. You are ready for a strong, sustained dose of deeply expressive interpersonal action.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to the International Center for Academic Integrity, 95% of high school students acknowledge they have participated in academic cheating. We can conclude that just one of 20 students have never cheated — a percentage that probably matches how many noncheaters there are in every area of life. I mention this because I believe it’s a favorable time to atone for any deceptions you have engaged in, whether in school or elsewhere. I’m not necessarily urging you to confess, but I encourage you to make amends and corrections to the extent you can. Also: Have a long talk with yourself about what you can learn from your past cons and swindles.
By Kate Bryan
Becca Bessinger and George Stevens of Americana duo The Letter Show are on the same wavelength.
It’s something they realized more than a decade ago, when Stevens put out a job description on Craigslist searching for a musician, and Bessinger answered.
“It was immediately like, yeah, this is my kind of person,” Stevens told the Charleston City Paper. “We instantly just kind of clicked on a personal level … and we got really excited about the songs that the other one was sharing.”
On July 21, The Letter Show dropped its new EP Amber and Gold, the group’s first recording in 10 years. The four-song project melds classic Americana sound with elements of blues, featuring guitar riffs that range from twangy to delicately picked. The musicians sing solo or engage in gentle harmony, their honeyed voices taking on a grittiness at times.
Bessinger and Stevens each wrote two songs on Amber and Gold. The musicians typically create songs independently then present them for input, knowing the other person will deeply study the song before providing suggestions.
“We both do our homework,” Bessinger said. “I am a complete perfectionist. … George is absolutely incredible and can produce anything kind of on the fly — but he doesn’t do that, he cares enough to do something meaningful and not just throw stuff down.”
Mutual respect and admiration forms the foundation of the relationship between Bessinger and Stevens, and they also share a similar musical ethos, in terms of both inspiration and what creating art means to them.
“George and I both do a lot of story songs,” Bessinger said.
“My approach is to seek a little observation or some interesting thought. And then from there, I like to extrapolate, build a story around it,” Stevens agreed.
Neither artist is interested in being overtly political in their songwriting. They see the creative process as being a protected space where they don’t have to dwell in the muck of the chaotic world.
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Bessinger is actively invested in the issues and policies that surround her everyday existence, but when it comes to music, it’s a chance to be creative without pressure.
“I don’t know how I do it, because I let [the state of affairs] affect me tremendously. It weighs on me terribly, and I have gotten pretty bogged down at times,” she said.
Stevens brought up artists like Bob Dylan, whose music often contained aspects of activism and protest.
“It’s so cool to think about the fact that it mattered, and it really got a rise out of people and inspired change, but for me personally, I just want to write about the little moments,” he said.
Bessinger said she feels similarly:
“Anybody who writes songs out of protest and gets people motivated, I appreciate them and what they do so, so very much,” she said, “but I’m with George — it’s sort of like a coping mechanism to not do that with my art. I suffer over it in other parts of my
life, and so with art, I want to keep that for myself in a sort of selfish way.”
The Letter Show has found sure footing in the brewery scene in Charleston, and the band is celebrating the release of its new EP at Park Circle’s Winds and Waves Brewing on July 22. It’s easy to see how the emotive, acoustic nature of the duo’s music is wellsuited to outdoor gatherings.
Along with the release of Amber and Gold, The Letter Show is looking toward establishing new relationships in the scene, a community they have found, at times, somewhat closed-off.
“We’re not playing cool kid music, you know what I’m saying?” Stevens said. “And I don’t think I’ve ever been interested in that. We’re playing music that we love, and I think it’s great. But with the pocket that we’re in, it’s more of that kind of folk songwriter realm, that’s not necessarily getting booked at clubs.”
Bessinger admitted that while being a woman in the music industry has its difficulties, the issues she has faced have not necessarily been more evident in the scene than they are in her daily life.
“I would say they have been multiplied by the fact that I am a gay woman,” she said. “I, like most women, have often been underestimated and condescended to, and as a result, I constantly question my own worth. But these experiences have been countered by many great men, in music and in life, who have collaborated with and supported me. George included.”
Glam metal icons Steel Panther and Canadian rock outfit BRKN Love are coming to the Music Farm at 8 p.m. July 25. Steel Panther, formed in 2000 in Los Angeles, garnered attention on TikTok for a cover of the Bishop Briggs hit “River” and has since appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and Larry King Now Up-and-coming rock band BRKN Love surfaced in 2019 to critical acclaim in Canada. The band gathers inspiration from the likes of Led Zeppelin and Soundgarden. Tickets start at $30 and are available at musicfarm.com.
Wham-Bam Thank You Ma’am is a showcase featuring powerful female musicians and artisans of Charleston from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 30 at Odyssey Bottle Shop on James Island. Don’t miss performances from vocalist/bassist Jenna Desmond of alternative duo Babe Club, singer-songwriter Bailey Desiree and vocalist Allison Forbes of retro rock band Rooks and Raven. The vendor market features 13 female-led businesses and food truck Co-Hog.
Holy City musician Graham Whorley released his concept album World Wrapped in a Chain last year in response to the social unrest in 2020. Whorley has been working tirelessly to put together an eight-piece band to bring the album to life on stage. He and his band will take to the outdoor stage at the Pour House on James Island at 6:30 p.m. July 22 to kick off the coming World Wrapped in a Chain tour. Tickets are $20 and available at charlestonpourhouse.com. On July 23, Charleston ensemble Motown Throwdown performs funky classics on the deck stage starting at 1:30 p.m. featuring a rotating cast of musicians. Tickets are $5 cash at the door.
Chelsea GrinsteadIf you or your band is about to enter the studio, hit the road or has a special gig coming up, reach out to us at chelsea@charlestoncitypaper.com.
stephen marley
with Artikal Sound System
sunday, august 6
susto
with big something
saturday, september 2
yonder mountain string band & Railroad earth & keller and the keels
Thursday, September 21
holy city homegrown festival
saturday, september 23
Doom Flamingo with Maggie Rose
Saturday, October 21
show calendar & tickets at therefinerychs.com
The Motley Chew food truck melds influences from an array of international and American cuisines to offer hot new takes on classic sandwiches, burgers and dogs. The eclectic eats reflect chefs Bryson Webb and Alex Moscoso’s love of street food, highlighting flavors from Korea, Cuba and Japan. The punky retro aesthetic of the truck is an appropriate welcome into the wild flavor world Motley Chew encapsulates. Follow Motley Chew on Instagram @themotleychew to see where the truck will be posted up next, and check out Webb’s top five albums:
Songs the Lord Taught Us by The Cramps Bad Brains by Bad Brains
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan Boogadaboogadaboogada! by Screeching Weasel
People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest
Inspirational pop artist Natasha Gray shares messages of encouragement and love on her sophomore album Reminders that dropped June 30.
“I’ve been singing since I was six years old,” Gray told the Charleston City Paper “Growing up, my mom never told me to stop. She never said, ‘You’re singing too loud, turn it down.’ I was just free to explore, listen to a bunch of music and see where it took me.”
Besides loving the pop of Billie Eilish and the R&B of Brandy, Gray said her influences also include country and jazz. And while she is worship leader at Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant, she said her music does not fall in the realm of gospel.
The production on the new album draws out an old-school flavor with auto-tuning and ’80s pop-esque accents, showcasing Gray’s luxurious vocal range over an eclectic R&B foundation.
The lyric “darkness comes for me to shine” heard on the second track “Shine” encapsulates the album’s overall message — it does not deny pain, but instead interprets human heart ache as a gateway to peace and joy.
Reminders, produced and co-written by Gray’s musician husband
Rodrick Cliche, features 14 tracks bursting with an essence that uplifts and brings calm to a worried mind. In addition to Cliche, guest vocalists include the couple’s children B. Peelz, Zakia Chan and Niko Major.
Gray’s album coalesced during the pandemic shutdown when the pause allowed
her to focus, and she and her husband took advantage of that gift of free time. She said she was asking herself: “What am I supposed to be doing?” and “What is God saying to me?”
“2020 was like the year of bad news,” said Gray, who moved to Charleston 12 years ago.
“Every time I looked on social media, every time I turned the TV on, it was just bad news. And I’m like, ‘What is happening?’ So these messages [heard on] Reminders are all the little things that God was dropping in my mind and my heart as I was journaling.
“That’s how [the album] came to be, from being secluded. The world had gone crazy and was trying to figure out what we are supposed to be doing. And God is always reminding us of things, like he is still love, and he is still good.”
The main motivation for Gray was to bring a sense of comfort to listeners, she said.
“I’m a whimsical kind of person,” she said. “So every time Rodrick was like, ‘Well, what do you want this to sound like?’ I said, ‘whimsical.’ I want people to feel hopeful — if you could feel a little hug from God, that’s what I want.”
“BOTH SIDES NOW” —one side precedes, the other side follows.
10. “Dream On” rock group
11. Put down, as tile or carpet
12. Olympics chant that’s often parodied
13. “The ___ Who Stare at Goats” (2009 movie)
18. Take the helm
22. Bend with a prism
25. Deck with wands
26. Entertainment realm
28. “OK, whatever” sound
29. “OK, whatever” sound in response, maybe?
30. Shrimpboat gear
32. Key dessert
34. “La Mer” for Debussy, for example
35. Joaquin’s “Walk the Line” costar
36. European GM affiliate
37. Motley ___ (Tommy Lee’s former band)
38. Actor Bud of “Harold and Maude”
42. Kate who married Spielberg
43. Cancel out
46. Plaza Hotel girl
47. It’s almost always used to spell “and”
48. Like old phones, retronymically
51. Rommel of WWII history
53. Subway option
55. Mountain range feature
56. Bolt from the blue
moon of Jupiter
45. “___ that special?”
46. “Exit full-screen mode” key
49. Unleash, as a tirade
50. Serene type of garden
51. Muppet who hosted the “Not-Too-Late Show”
52. Sunset direction
54. Turmoil
56. Nil
59. Nuts about a particular disco dance?
62. Love, in a telenovela
63. Voting against 64. Part of a “Supermarket Sweep” route 65. Hockey projectile 66. Routes
67. Fold and press
57. Adelaide biggie
58. “1001 Nights” creature 60. Porcine home 61. 1999 Frank McCourt book57. Anatomical eggs
