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The Rundown

Boating industry has big economic impact in S.C.

The recreational boating industry is currently thriving, according to the South Carolina Boating & Fishing Alliance despite uncertain economic conditions and a recent pandemic.

According to the nonprofit, which represents the state’s boat and fishing tackle manufacturers, a study from the National Marine Manufacturers Association found that South Carolina’s recreational boating industry had a $6.5 billion economic impact this year.

This figure is a record-high and represents a 67% increase over the industry’s $3.9 billion impact in 2018.

Where technology meets shrimp, grits, the beach

By Andy Brack

Charleston’s technology future is extremely bright, but local tech gurus say the region must continue to invest in people and infrastructure to secure the future it has been building toward.

“Charleston’s tech ecosystem is likely to continue its growth, attracting more startups and established tech companies,” said Ted Tanner Jr., a longtime Holy City tech proponent who currently is chief technology officer for BigBear.ai.

Charleston entrepreneur Trey Rust, who soon is expected to launch an app for social media integration, said tech is hot now in Charleston thanks to 20 years of diverse companies planting seeds for the future.

“There are so many talented people in town right now in the right places in

their careers, and companies that brought Charleston to the world-class level that so many people here have been working to achieve in tech since the late 1990s,” he said.

Look from Blackbaud and Boeing to Automated Trading Desk (ATD) and Boomtown. There are technology niches in which the Lowcountry excels — from aviation, financial services and logistics to the development of technologies that benefit the military and defense sectors, such as cybersecurity, communications and advanced electronics.

“The city’s appeal, lifestyle and potential for collaboration could draw in more talent and investments,” Tanner said.

And when local companies make good, the Lowcountry benefits economically, noted long-time Charleston Digital Corridor Executive Director Ernest Andrade.

“When ATD, Blue Acorn, BoomTown, SPARC were sold, and Blackbaud and Benefitfocus went public, there was a good portion of the proceeds that were realized locally as opposed to that money leaving the community,” he said. “This enables founding entrepreneurs to invest in other ventures in the community.”

Local tech companies, he said, have created more than $2.5 billion in value to the community since the CDC started gathering data in 2004. “This wealth has been

generated locally and, for the most part, stays in the community.”

6 takeaways on the future of local tech

Here are several takeaways based on interviews about the future of technology in the Charleston marketplace:

Hubs. Rust says the Harbor Entrepreneur Center in Mount Pleasant is really establishing itself as a hive of activity. “In five years, there must be multiple locations of the Entrepreneur Center in each of our three metro counties supporting the potential of our community and providing the resources that the talent here needs.”

That, in fact, is what the Charleston

The study also discovered that yearly sales of new boats and accessories jumped from $661 million in 2018 to $895 million this year. —Staff reports

Same ban, different court

“Today’s decision puts the dangerous politicization of South Carolina’s highest court on full display and will cause irreparable harm to the people of South Carolina. This abortion ban is nearly identical to the ban struck down by this court just months ago — the only thing that has changed is the makeup of the court.”

—Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s Jenny Black on a Wednesday state Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of an abortion ban.

GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER

3 killed, 14 others shot Aug. 17 to Aug. 23

North Charleston police are investigating an Aug. 20 shooting that injured one unidentified victim. No arrests have been made.

S.C. shooting deaths: 3 in Greenville, Spartanburg and Horry counties.

S.C. shooting injuries: 14 in Florence, Charleston, Lexington, Beaufort, Greenville, Richland, Colleton and Horry counties.

Mass shootings: 20 mass shootings in the U.S., totaling 463 for the year. Source: gunviolencearchive.org.

Sources: S.C. official and media reports

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Tanner

Rust

Ernest Andrade runs the Charleston Digital Corridor that helps new tech ventures

The city’s appeal, lifestyle and potential for collaboration could draw in more talent and investments.”

—Ted Tanner Jr.

Local races for mayor, council packed with candidates

By Skyler Baldwin

The filing period for the Nov. 7 municipal elections in Charleston County closed at noon Aug. 21, and as predicted, races in Charleston and North Charleston are packed and competitive.

In North Charleston, 10 candidates are running for mayor to fill the seat of incumbent Mayor Keith Summey, who announced March 10 he would not seek reelection. In Charleston, five challengers filed against incumbent Mayor John Tecklenburg as campaigns are raising millions of dollars of campaign funds.

City council races are crowded too. Thirteen people filed to run for six Charleston City Council seats, with oddnumbered seats up for grabs this year. In North Charleston, 35 candidates filed for 10 seats for city council. All of its seats are up for grabs this year.

Keep following the Charleston City Paper for continued election coverage as Nov. 7 nears.

Mayor of Charleston

Tecklenburg was the only candidate for mayor of Charleston to file on Aug. 7, the day filing first opened. As of Monday afternoon, several others had joined the list. In alphabetical order, they are:

William Cogswell. A former Republican member of the S.C. House of Representatives, Cogswell filed Aug. 15. Cogswell is a developer with a “reputation for structuring collaborative and innovative projects,” according to his bio.

Mika Gadsden, a local social media influencer, leads the Charleston Activist Network, filed Aug. 17.

Debra J. Gammons, a visiting professor and director of the office of Diversity Initiatives at the Charleston School of Law, filed Aug. 17.

Clay N. Middleton, a former senior staff member for U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., Middleton is a veteran and an experienced public affairs professional. He has long toyed with the idea of running for mayor and filed officially Aug. 14.

Peter Shahid, a city council member representing part of West Ashley, ran for council on a campaign to redevelop the former home of a Piggly Wiggly at the corner of Sam Rittenberg Boulevard and Old Towne Road. He’s now running for mayor on the same platform. He filed Aug. 21.

John Tecklenburg, incumbent mayor of Charleston, filed Aug. 7. He has led the city through a period of massive growth and

infrastructure projects, including drainage, transportation and other improvements.

North Charleston Mayor

Many correctly predicted North Charleston’s mayoral election to be crowded this year as 10 candidates filed for election as of Monday afternoon. In alphabetical order, they are:

Reggie Burgess. The former chief of police of North Charleston, Burgess hinted at his bid for mayor before Summey announced he would not seek reelection. He filed Aug. 7.

Russ Coletti. A veteran who recently retired after working 30 years for FedEx Express, Coletti filed Aug. 7.

Stephanie Ganaway-Pasley, who ran unsuccessfully for Charleston County Probate Judge in 2018 and again in 2022, filed for mayor Aug. 11.

Rhonda Jameson Jerome, first elected to North Charleston City Council in 2003, filed Aug. 7.

Curtis A. Merriweather Jr. His bio describes him as an accomplished advisor, management scholar, senior executive and thought leader, filed Aug. 9.

Todd Olds. A former city councilman and real estate investor, Olds filed Aug. 7.

Teddie E. Pryor Sr. A project manager with the city of North Charleston, Pryor is a current member of Charleston County Council and its former chairman. He filed Aug. 7.

John Singletary. A North Charleston native and businessman and Citadel graduate who ran for the mayor’s seat in 2019, Singletary filed again Aug. 7.

Samuel Whatley Sr., a local pastor, filed Aug. 7.

Jesse Williams, a community advocate, filed Aug. 7.

Charleston City Council

All but two of the seats up for grabs on Charleston City Council are competitive so far, with Districts 1 and 11 having only one candidate filed.

• District 1: Boyd Gregg (incumbent).

• District 3: Bill Antonucci; Stephanie Hodges; Jim McBride.

• District 5: Karl Brady (incumbent); Ron Call; Tarah Swetnam

• District 7: Owen Vogel; Keith Waring (incumbent).

• District 9: Mike Gastin; William Gilliard; Kenneth Marolda; William Tinkler;

Ugly Toilet Roll Pole graces

Charleston’s skyline

From staff reports

Edisto Island bass player gets honor for music contributions

By Herb Frazier

The intersection at S.C. Highway 174 and Steamboat Landing Road on Edisto Island has a new name, a tribute to James Jamerson whose one-finger style of playing the bass guitar powered the soulful low end for a string of Motown hits.

Jamerson, an Edisto native, played with the Funk Brothers, an ensemble of studio musicians whose uncredited rhythms made household names out of the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes and Smokey Robinson.

The S.C. General Assembly in May approved a resolution that authorized the intersection’s designation on Edisto, a sea island south of Charleston. The S.C. Department of Transportation installed a sign naming the crossroads the James Lee Jamerson Memorial Highway.

A long road to recognition

For decades, Jamerson’s first cousin, Anthony McKnight of Charleston, has pushed to bring attention to Jamerson’s contributions to music. McKnight unveiled the sign during a recent ceremony that included a sold-out musical tribute at the Edisto Island Civic Center.

For two decades, McKnight said, he has tried to get Jamerson inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame. He is frustrated that Jamerson has not received the recognition given in 2020 to Darius Rucker, he said.

“Jamerson was making music before Darius Rucker was born,” said McKnight, who stages the annual James Jamerson Bass Symposium in Charleston.

McKnight’s relentless efforts are appearing to pay off. In April, Jamerson will be inducted into the South Carolina Entertainers & Musicians Hall of Fame in Greenville, McKnight told the Charleston City Paper.

But McKnight’s work is not over. He’s now planning a historic marker along Morrison Drive near Huger Street by today’s Cooper River Courts. McKnight said Jamerson and his brother, Richard Brown, lived with his family in the projects before they moved to Detroit to live with their mother, Elizabeth Bacon.

Jamerson was a young talent

McKnight was an infant when a 16-year-old Jamerson moved to the Midwest. In high school, he excelled on the upright bass,

which led to work at recording studios. In 1959, Jamerson joined Berry Gordy’s Hitsville U.S.A. studio, headquarters for the Motown sound.

By the time McKnight was a 14-year-old student at Burke High School, he’d spend summers in Detroit following Jamerson into Motown studio sessions with the Supremes, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations and others.

“When I was in the studio, they were making music, but I didn’t think anything of it,” he said. “It wasn’t until I came back home … and the winter months set in and then a song would come on the radio. I’d say, ‘Wait a minute I remember that song. That’s the song they were doing that day when I was in the studio.”

McKnight said he knew Jamerson had a special talent. “From the first time I heard him play [the Temptations’] ‘My Girl,’ I said, ‘Whoa!’ ” McKnight said. “That was the first time a song ever started with the bass,” said McKnight, former lead vocalist with the Black Velvets, a local soul and R&B group that performed from 1973 until 2005.

Edisto Island historian and author Greg Estevez said he first heard of Jamerson three years ago through McKnight’s efforts to promote his cousin. That news gave him a sense of pride, he said.

“He has been passionate about making sure that [Jamerson]

Charleston’s new eyesore — a 113-foot 5G wireless communications tower that looks like three rolls of toilet paper atop a pole — slithered into existence without anyone being able to do much about it, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission.

At the end of June, the agency received notice that an older tower — a tall, skinny, white monopole on Line Street that seemed innocuous next to a blaring billboard — was to be modified by a new Florida owner. A new brick wall went up around it and poof! The “Toilet Roll Pole” (TRP) came into existence.

“I think it’s really ugly,” said George Baerreis, who works at the Recovery Room on King Street. “I hate it every time that I drive in.”

The city of Charleston says it can’t do anything about the tower, which seems to smack motorists as they turn along Septima P. Clark Parkway toward Mount Pleasant.

“Under federal and state regulations, the city is strictly prohibited from imposing design standards on so-called ‘transmission towers’ such as this one,” said Charleston city spokesman Jack O’Toole. “Mayor [John] Tecklenburg is reaching out directly to our federal and state representatives to see what can be done to allow for more local and citizen input before these towers are built.”

According to section 1455 of Title 47 of U.S. Code, “a state or local government may not deny, and shall approve, any eligible facilities request for a modification of an existing wireless tower or base station that does not substantially change the physical dimensions of such tower or base station.”

Translated, the FCC regulation from 2016 makes it nearly impossible for a municipality to interfere with plans to modify an existing tower, even in a historic city like Charleston. Thanks to the regulation, modifications related to wireless communications services trump local or environmental concerns.

“It’s a way for the telecom companies to get around dealing with the cities,” said Angelina Panettieri, a legislative director with the National League of Cities. “The regulation has been rewritten by the FCC to allow a lot of changes and expansions under the guise of modifications and upgrades.”

She said there were good ways for companies to upgrade towers by engaging the community in the process.

“If they don’t engage with the community or camouflage the site, that’s when people in the community get upset.”

Photos provided

Rydell Bligen (left) and Anthony McKnight of Charleston, stand under a new sign on Edisto Island that pays tribute to Edisto native James Jamerson. The sign designates the S.C. Hwy 174 and Steamboat Landing Road intersection as the James Lee Jamerson Memorial Highway.

Some towers are cleverly camouflaged as trees or flagpoles. Others are masked by having them located in out-of-the-way places, such as the four-roll tower in Mount Pleasant along the marsh off Ben Sawyer Road.

“I don’t think any city is going to say ‘we don’t want better service,’ ” Panettieri said. “They just want the providers to work with them a little bit.”

It’s just plain ugly

Sarah Griffith, who manages heavy metal bar Sugey’s under the tower, said patrons have been asking about the TRP since it was first installed recently. But she never knows what to tell them.

“It looks like some sort of communications tower, but who it’s for, who it’s

Blotter of the Week

A Mount Pleasant man’s truck reportedly caught fire Aug. 8 at a U.S. Highway 17 gas station while he was filling gas tanks in the truck bed. The fire was put out without incident, but police informed the man that filling up tanks like that is “not a smart idea.” They then referred him to the multiple signs posted near the pump station which also said it was “not a smart idea.”

Seems like an overreaction

A North Charleston woman on Aug. 3 reportedly slammed several doors in a Northwoods Boulevard clothing store, prompting store managers to call police to have her cited for trespassing. By the time police arrived, the woman was gone. It’s a pretty good bet she slammed the door on her way out.

Proportionate response

Mount Pleasant police on Aug. 8 responded to a Johnnie Dodds Boulevard fast food restaurant after a person reportedly stood in front of a car, blocking the drive-through. Getting impatient, the driver reportedly rolled the vehicle into the person, who retaliated by punching the car’s side mirror. The stories were consistent from both parties, police reported, meaning each of these people thought they were totally in the right.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin

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The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Aug. 2 and Aug. 8.

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Two views of the Toilet Roll Pole off Line Street

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Technology

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Digital Corridor has been doing for two decades. In that span, Andrade noted, it has grown from 18 private tech companies in 2001 to more than 700 now. “Thanks to the convergence of tech and manufacturing, there are many more advanced manufacturing facilities in the region, which could push this number higher.”

Infrastructure investments. A key to growth of the section is making the right infrastructure decisions, Andrade said. Examples: “Enhanced educational offerings, targeted business incentives, physical facilities with flexible terms and seed-state investments.”

Remote working. “Charleston is increasingly becoming a home for remote technology workers,” Rust said. “Charleston’s future is in the design, engineering, security and the development of the next generation of technology the world has been waiting for. … We need to recruit and market this region as a remote workers’ paradise that always provides the option to go back to an office if you decide to.”

Emerging technologies. Tanner said, and others agreed, short-term growth needed to embrace emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, cybersecurity, distributed computing and working with the Department of Defense, which has a big presence in the Goose Creek area. Andrade added that software engineers that didn’t embrace AI/ChatGPT models of software risked getting left behind.

Startup network. The Lowcountry, sometimes called Silicon Harbor, has the benefit of having a mature start-up ecosystem, Tanner added. “Established companies might be more inclined to set up satellite offices or research centers” here because of that, he said. And that could lead to Charleston being considered a key national tech hub.

Micro-Hollywood. Social media entrepreneur John Edmonds Kozma says

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Charleston is perfectly placed to be a microHollywood for social media because of its lifestyle — and the fact that social media can be done anywhere.

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communicating to…who knows?” she said, laughing softly. Griffith, like some of Sugey’s patrons, views TRP as an object of genuine curiosity. She says she’s “not bothered by it,” but “it’s definitely bizarre.”

Friday,

Baerreis said when he first saw TRP, he thought it was an unfinished billboard pending the attachment of an actual billboard.

“[A new billboard] would probably be worse, honestly,” he admitted. “I’ve lived here since 1991, so I remember Charleston before everything was a hotel — before you could build above the steeples,” he said.

Now for many, the Toilet Roll Pole is just another ugly thing crowding the Charleston horizon.

“When you think about technology and entertainment, social media is the future,” said Kozma, whose Bang Productions Studio uses Meta and TikTok platforms to promote entertainers and build compelling content that tells a story. His Mount Pleasant company’s numbers are off the charts. Through content developed for Meta and TikTok, he said Bang Productions reaches over 100 million monthly viewers and 1.2 billion annually on social media platforms.

Kozma

“That makes us one of the nation’s largest publishers on social media.” And more importantly, it shows that his company doesn’t have to be in the traditional entertainment hubs like Hollywood or New York to have a position of influence in entertainment. “So why not Charleston?” asks Kozma.

Area technology advantages

Tanner said Charleston has several advantages that can bolster its technology future, including a skilled workforce, research institutions and centers that can foster innovation and infrastructure advantages, including the Port of Charleston and transportation networks.

Also important are two other things — a spirit of collaboration that’s due to close proximity of existing industries that can fuel knowledge and development of new ideas as well as a quality of life that’s the envy of many areas.

“Where else are y’all going to code, go eat shrimp and grits, and hit the beach?” Tanner asked.

What to do

Contact your member of Congress and complain. Angelina Panettieri, a legislative director with the National League of Cities, said a bill under consideration, the American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023 (HR 3557) would turn the FCC regulation on tower modifications into law, which would make it harder to overturn. She said the National League of Cities and other organizations have been lobbying Congress to reject HR 3557.

“The skyline was something special, and it’s not anymore,” he said.

Lily Levin and Andy Brack contributed to this story.

gets the credit he deserves. I am from Edisto so anything about Edisto we definitely want to celebrate,” said Estevez, who was a coordinator of the Jamerson tribute.

Estevez, a member of the Edisto Island Museum, said the museum earlier this year produced a brief video tribute to Jamerson that was posted on YouTube.

Marvin Gaye wanted Jamerson

James Island native Kevin Hamilton, the bass player for the two-time Grammy Award-winning Gullah ensemble Ranky Tanky, said Jamerson’s musical vernacular likely influenced him even before he knew it as he heard the recordings that his parents played during house parties.

Jamerson was a working studio musician who possessed a genius released “on the spot” as he laid down a classic bass line during latenight studio sessions, Hamilton said.

“So much of what I try to do is [play] a line that has character and stands alone,” Hamilton said. “Everything that Jamerson did stood alone. Jamerson had a beautiful way of marrying the harmony, melody and rhythm.”

Jamerson reluctantly switched to electronic bass in the early 1960s to play soul music because it helped to pay the bills. A decade later, Jamerson emerged as a highly sought-after bassist for Motown recordings.

“When Marvin Gaye was working on the What’s Going On album, Jamerson was out playing jazz … [but] Marvin said, ‘I need Jamerson to play this part. I gotta have Jamerson,’ ” McKnight said. Eventually, a search party found Jamerson that night playing at a Detroit jazz club. “He was drunk as heck,” McKnight said. “He was so drunk he couldn’t sit on a stool [in the Motown studio] so he laid on the floor and played What’s Going On.”

Election

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Francis Marion Beylotte III

• District 11: Ross Appel (incumbent).

North Charleston City Council

In North Charleston, every city council seat is up for grabs during a general election. With the mayor’s race already packed, the council race was expected to be just as crowded. More than 30 candidates filed as of Monday afternoon. In alphabetical order, they are:

• District 1: Michael Brown (incumbent).

• District 2: Rhonda Jameson Jerome (incumbent); Kenneth Ray.

• District 3: Lou Baker; Curtis Clark; Reneah Jones; Sandino Moses; Monica

J. Mumme; Maurice Ray; Chuck Stall.

Jamerson hooked Motown with his bass

Jamerson had an unorthodox one-finger style of playing the bass, McKnight said. “He called that one finger the hook,” he added. Between 1962 and 1968, Jamerson is reported to have played on about 95% of the Motown recordings.

He died at the age of 47 in 1983. McKnight became frustrated that Jamerson had a simple marker in Detroit’s Woodland Cemetery, the resting place for cultural and music greats such as Rosa Parks, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations’ David Ruffin and the Four Tops’ Levi Stubbs.

In 2021, McKnight led an effort to place at Jamerson’s grave a polished black marble headstone with his photo and adorned with a bronze sculpture of Jamerson’s cherished Fender Precision bass.

“All I am trying to do is keep my cousin’s legacy alive,” he said.

• District 4: Samuel Bellamy Jr.; Joshua Gale; Richard Hayes; Brian Hill; Charmaine Palmer Roberts.

• District 5: Jerome Heyward (incumbent); Belinda Thomas Swindler; Brandon Trollinger; Samuel Whatley II

• District 6: Bailey-Erb; Nefertiti Brown; Brandon Trollinger; Alton White

• District 7: Michael Brown; Dan Gregory.

• District 8: Brandon Hudson; Kay Hyman; Andre Middleton; William Parker; Greg Perry.

• District 9: Kenny Skipper (incumbent).

• District 10: Michael A. Brown (incumbent); Aaron Hicks; Kevin D. Hollinshead Sr.; Rebecca Rushton

Three different people in North Charleston named Michael Brown filed for different seats on city council. They have different addresses and filed on separate dates.

Courtesy Earl Van Dyke

Jamerson was a bass player with the Funk Brothers band, the studio musicians who played during Motown’s recording sessions

CHARLESTON

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Call your congressman about the hideous Toilet Roll Pole

In a city where it is almost impossible to demolish a rundown, dilapidated structure filled with rotting wood and broken glass, it’s pretty surprising there’s little that can be done about a new eyesore — an updated 5G communications tower that we call the Toilet Roll Pole.

The TRP went up in recent weeks, surprising many who live and work along Line Street and causing some head-shaking by city officials. The new tower modified an earlier monopole that seemed hidden in plain sight for years, jammed next to a billboard.

Modifying towers with grotesque tower tops, as in downtown Charleston along the Septima P. Clark Parkway, is allowed in a 2016 regulation by the Federal Communications Commission.

“Under federal and state regulations, the city is strictly prohibited from imposing design standards on so-called ‘transmission towers’ such as this one,” city spokesman Jack O’Toole said — a sentiment confirmed by Angelina Panettieri, a legislative director with the National League of Cities.

“It’s a way for the telecom companies to get around dealing with the cities,” she told the Charleston City Paper. “The regulation has been rewritten by the FCC to allow a lot of changes and expansions under the guise of modifications and upgrades.”

What’s ironic is that the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a whopping revision of communications law to bring it into modern times, was shepherded into existence by the late U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C. The Charleston native would be

rolling in his grave if he saw the TRP monstrosity just blocks from his grandparents’ home on Rutledge Avenue.

So what can you do about the new grossness on our skyline? Not much, other than complain to your member of Congress. Urge him or her to vote against the proposed American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023 (HR 3557), which seeks to turn the FCC’s current hideous regulation on tower modifications into law, which would make it harder to overturn.

of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

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. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation. Be smarter about education. new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

Instant runoff voting could fix broken election system

By Nicole Sanchez

We have all seen extreme partisanship in Washington, D.C. We’ve begun seeing it trickle down to the state and local levels.

I think most South Carolinians agree with me that the rhetoric is more harmful than helpful. Nothing is black and white. Shades of gray permeate every corner of our lives. Every day we are further divided by the echo chambers created by social media and biased news sources that make us more focused on national politics rather than what is happening in our own backyards.

Our political system pushes us to the extremes with campaign finance laws reminiscent of the Wild West, and a first-past-the-post voting system that incentivizes the poor behavior that perpetuates polarization. First-pastthe-post, or plurality voting, means that whoever gets the most votes wins. While that seems democratic on the surface, there are issues. For example, if there is a crowded field like North Charleston’s upcoming mayoral election, candidates can win with far less than 50% of the vote. That incentivizes candidates to tear down their opponents and radicalize their base.

Fixing the system

While many of these issues are difficult to tackle, there is already a bill in the Statehouse that could fix our broken first-past-the-post election system: H. 4022, which will allow municipalities to use instant runoff voting. Instant runoff voting (IRV, also known as ranked choice voting) allows voters to rank their choices. This simple change can save municipalities the cost of a traditional runoff while still ensuring majority support. Additionally, IRV provides another valuable benefit to our voting system — changing the way that candidates campaign. Obviously, a candidate wants to be a voter’s first choice, but IRV allows a voter to fully articulate how they feel about all their options by ranking them. With IRV, candidates will be incentivized to talk to voters who already support their opponents because the rankings are important in a crowded field and can lead to a win.

Advantages of instant runoffs

In the past, I’ve canvassed for candidates. If I saw someone else’s sign in the yard, I skipped them. They have clearly made their decision, and I am unlikely to sway them with a five-minute pitch. On the other hand if IRV were in place, I could knock on their door and tell them about how our two candidates have some stances in common and that we would appreciate their second place vote. IRV encourages real conversations and bridge building. It encourages candidates to reach beyond their base. Strong candidates win with IRV instead of letting weak candidates squeak by with a plurality or through a poorly attended runoff. IRV also discourages mudslinging. Since candidates want you to rank them, they need to appeal to their opponent’s voters as well. In races where IRV is already in use, we’ve seen candidates focus on their positive vision for their constituency rather than demeaning their opponents. Voters won’t rank a candidate who is attacking their top pick.

How it works

Also, IRV is simple to use. We’ve been ranking things for as long as we can remember and this is no different. Voters simply rank the candidates that they choose in the order that they prefer them. When votes are being counted, the candidate with the least amount of votes is eliminated and anyone who picked them first has their second choice activated. This process is repeated until a candidate achieves a majority of votes.

To try this out, readers can visit BetterBallotSC.org/polls. We have unscientific IRV Presidential Primary Polls to see how the system works firsthand with current candidates.

Our political system pushes us to the extremes with campaign finance laws reminiscent of the Wild West, and a first-past-thepost voting system that incentivizes the poor behavior that perpetuates polarization.

Nicole Sanchez is the president of Better Ballot SC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education of South Carolinians about instant runoff voting.

Charlestonians flock to these bagels shops as demand grows

By Samantha Connors

ink your teeth into a soft, warm bagel with a perfectly crunchy outside and a layer of smooth, buttery cream cheese, and you’ll agree it’s a superior breakfast food. For many, it’s a nostalgic reminder of home.

On the surface, a bagel is a seemingly simple baked good made from flour, salt, sugar, yeast and warm water. But ask anyone about their go-to bagel, and you’re sure to get wildly different answers — from a plain bagel with cream cheese to a classic bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on a cinnamon sugar bagel. The two most popular types of bagels are Montreal-style and New York-style. Though the baking process is similar, there are small but important differences between them. Montreal

bagels are typically smaller in size, boiled in water with honey and baked in a woodfired oven. New York bagels are larger, boiled in water with malt and baked in a traditional oven.

“We both grew up on bagels in New Jersey, right outside New York City,” said Greg Odachowski, who owns Holey City Bagels with his fiancé Bridget Byrne. “We wanted to bring New York-style bagels to Charleston.

… Nobody was really doing this downtown, especially the traditional way of hand rolling, boiling and baking them from scratch.”

Odachowski and Byrne opened their shop at 43 Cannon St. in June 2022, but Odachowski’s been refining his bagel-making skills since he taught himself by watching YouTube videos in 2016. He perfected his recipe and started serving his creations out of an Airstream motor home converted into a food truck in 2020.

Now, the shop pumps out hundreds of fresh-baked bagels every day with classic flavors such as sesame, salt and everything to more adventurous options like jalapeño cheddar, rosemary

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salt and chocolate chip.

The bagel sandwiches at Holey City Bagels are stacked high with toppings. The bagels here have that signature New Yorkstyle crunch, and they’re large enough to keep you full for hours.

A classic bacon, egg and cheese on an everything bagel is by far the most popular choice, Byrne said. But a colossal sandwich called the Holey Moley is another standout, piled high with pork roll, sausage, bacon, four eggs and four slices of cheese.

“We have people who are [originally] from New York who drive a long way to come get our bagel,” Byrne said. “They grew up on bagels. It’s part of the culture.

“I think eating a bagel is just so comforting. People who grew up with great bagels, there is something nostalgic to it. … You just don’t get sick of it — the flavor of it, the texture.”

Cream cheese is also made in-house and the couple is constantly testing out new creations. They recently added a loaded lox cream cheese to the menu, which features capers, scallions and salmon lox, giving the spread a unique texture and classic flavor.

Bagel culture

Lox bagels are a meal that resonates across states and cultures. For Philip Lipton, owner of Moonrise Sourdough on James Island, it’s a part of his heritage.

“Bagels are part of my culture because I’m Jewish, so I’ve always grown up eating bagels at synagogue after service,” he said. “Bagel, lox and cream cheese is an officially Jewish food at every bar mitzvah. It’s definitely cultural for me.”

Lipton has been making his own bread for 12 years and learned to make bagels

from scratch about five years ago. He sells his specialty sourdough bagels, breads and cookies at various markets in the area including the Sunday Brunch Farmers Market at Pour House every Sunday yearround and North Charleston Farmers Market every Thursday through October.

“Sourdough is a lot healthier for you. I just know from experience that it feels good

in your body. It’s something sustainable,” Lipton said. “You can actually eat them throughout the week and not feel heavy. Also, they’re just so much more flavorful.”

Lipton offers traditional bagel flavors as well as rotating specials; some incorporate local ingredients like James Island blueber ries while others push creativity like a bagel with gochujang (red chili paste) and garlic from Spade and Clover farm.

Lipton follows a New York-style recipe and boils the bagels in Italian organic barley malt before a quick ice bath and bakes them on clay stones.

Though bagels are seemingly a universal comfort food, the growing popularity of New York-style bagels in Charleston may be a result of northerners moving to the area in recent years, Odachowski said.

The South is typically associated with breakfast items like grits and biscuits, but an increased demand for home-made bagels has been brewing.

Make it your own

Two couples from Connecticut, Kevin and Gail Roach and Joe and Denise Harvey, who now live in Mount Pleasant, noticed a need for more bagel shops.

They opened Ruby’s New York Style Bagels in October 2022, and quickly won the area over, even being named Best Bagel by Charleston City Paper voters in the 2023 Best of Charleston contest.

Ruby’s dough is made from scratch every day before it’s fermented in the fridge, then boiled in water with malt and

Love bagels?

Here are a few other places to grab a great bagel:

• Normandy Farms, South Windermere

• Little Line Kitchen & Provisions, downtown

• Charleston Bagel Co., Mount Pleasant

• Saffron, downtown

• Blazing Star Cafe, West Ashley

• Blondies Bagels, Daniel Island

• Baguette Magic, James Island

• Girl Nextdough, James Island

• Welton’s Tiny Bakeshop, downtown

He said their bagels have been so well received, they opened a second location in North Charleston in July and plan to open another in West Ashley this fall. The New York-style process pays off. These bagels are crunchy on the outside and gooey on the inside. Currently, Ruby’s offers 20 types of bagels and 10 kinds of cream

Ruby’s New York Style Bagels offers a classic selection of bagels and sandwiches, including this Reuben with pastrami, swiss cheese and sauerkraut

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Holey City Bagels owners Bridget Byrne (far left) and Greg Odachowski provide a delicious daily selection of fresh-baked bagels

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cheese. For something unique, try the pizza bagel or indulge in a sweet treat with Oreo cream cheese.

“I think bagels are comforting for people, [especially] people who have eaten bagels for most of their lives,” Harvey said. “It’s kind of routine … and there’s so much you can do with it.”

It’s true — the number of ways you can order a bagel is seemingly endless. Whether you’re craving a classic bacon, egg and cheese sandwich (also one of Ruby’s most popular items) or you want to make up your own combination, it’s possible to have a different sandwich every day of the week.

Bagel Nation on James Island takes its bagel sandwich selection seriously with a long list of options for breakfast and lunch.

Indulge in its “Southern Belle” with egg, Cajun spices, green peppers, tomatoes, sausage and cheese for breakfast, or if you’re looking for something really filling, opt for the “Manhattan” lunch sandwich with hot corned beef and pastrami, melted Swiss cheese and Russian dressing or horseradish mustard sauce.

The bagels here are fluffy, flavorful, crunchy and most definitely filling. Of course, if you want to keep it simple, you can always select your favorite bagel flavor to pair with a cream cheese.

A different kind of oven

Most bagel shops in the area stick to the New York-style recipe, but a new shop, Spread Bagelry in Mount Pleasant, is doing things a bit differently with its Montrealstyle bagels.

Spread’s chief operating officer Brooks Tanner said this style of bagel is more rustic. The bagel dough is made by a bakery in Brooklyn using Spread’s recipe before being frozen and sent to its Mount Pleasant location.

Then, the bakers build a wood fire in the oven at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. The dough is boiled in water with honey before it’s baked in the wood-fired oven and served to the customer.

“What we’ve found is that the art itself really comes into the proofing process and the baking process. This wood-fired oven is something magical, and we’ve really trained [our bakers] on this archaic way of baking,” Tanner said.

Though Spread has 13 locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and now Mount Pleasant, the shop has become involved in the local community, partnering with businesses like The Works yoga and spin studio, which has a garden veggie-style sandwich named after it on the menu.

“We’ve really been blessed with the community that has embraced us and the people who work for us.”

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People who grew up with great bagels, there is something nostalgic to it. … You just don’t get sick of it — the flavor of it, the texture.” —Bridget Byrne

What To Do

THIS WEEKEND

Local art pop-up

Stroll and shop one-of-a-kind works on display from a variety of local artists at The Loutrel in partnership with Affordable Art of Charleston. The pop-up features local favorites such as Nancy Rodden, Ann Schwartz, Debb R. Warren, Rick Sargent, Haley Mathews, Shelby Leblanc and Katherine Dunlap. In addition to the featured artists, the event will host live entertainment and offer free refreshments for guests to enjoy.

Aug. 24 through Aug. 26. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free to attend. The Loutrel. 61 State St. Downtown. theloutrel.com

SATURDAY

7th Surfboard Auction and Raffle

Charleston nonprofit Warrior Surf Foundation, which works to provide free surf therapy, yoga, wellness classes and community to veterans struggling with PTSD, will host its 7th Annual Surfboard Auction and Raffle this weekend. Surfers can bid online on this year’s bigticket item: a one-of-a-kind surfboard signed by Jimmy Buffet. All bids and raffle tickets sold go directly to Warrior Surf Foundation.

Aug. 26. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. $35/person. Bohemian Bull. 1531 Folly Road. James Island. bohemianbull.com

SUNDAY

Back to School clothing swap

FRIDAY

Comedy at The Wonderer

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Comedian D’Lai wowed America in 2004 when he won Star Search Las Vegas, and since then he’s taken his “transparent, raw and uncut” stand-up act across the country. D’Lai, who is a prevalent entrepreneur, motivational speaker and author, will perform for an intimate audience at the The Wonderer wellness and social club. The Lousiana native appeared on popular shows such as HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and regularly tours at national universities and colleges.

Aug. 31. 7:15 p.m. $25. The Wonderer. 1705 Meeting Street Road. Downtown. citypapertickets.com

Charleston-based nonprofit We Are Family is working to make the transition back to school as easy as possible for local LGBTQ+ students. Many students struggle to get the school supplies they need or worry about having proper fitting clothes to wear for the new school year, so the group will host a free clothing swap this weekend. Bring two bags of items such as school uniforms, backpacks and clothes and swap your items for something new.

Aug. 27. Noon to 3 p.m. Free. Equality Hub. 1801 Reynolds Ave. Unit A. North Charleston. wearefamilycharleston.org

THURSDAY

Sunset to Summer Soirée

Embrace the dwindling golden summer evenings at Hotel Bennett’s botanical-inspired Sunset to Summer Soirée featuring craft spirits by Firefly Distillery. Get your all-inclusive ticket to an unlimited selection of handcrafted Firefly cocktails at The Observatory bar accompanied by light bites. Wander the full rooftop venue and enjoy the ambiance of the golden hour paired with ambient tunes and elevated energy.

Aug. 31. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. $60/ticket. Hotel Bennett. 404 King Street. Downtown. hotelbennett.com

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Arts

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Exhibit opens at White Gallery in Mount Pleasant

By Tiare Solis

Summerville-based husband-and-wife team Chuck and Karen Smith explore the biblical story of David and go “beyond the lion’s den” in their captivating new musical.

“We’re a couple of people with a vision, and we want to spread the word of Daniel,” Karen Smith said.

Directed by Brad Moranz, Daniel and the Kings plays at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center (PAC) Sept. 21 through Sept. 24 with awe-inspiring music and masterful performances.

Moranz is a Charleston-based performer, director and choreographer with more than 50 years of experience on and off Broadway. Abdiel Iriarte, a classically trained pianist and music director at South of Broadway Theatre Company in North Charleston, will orchestrate the musical, and Charleston native Matt Shingledecker will lead the cast as Daniel.

The musical opens with a young Daniel and his friends as they’re taken from home and put into bondage. Daniel leads his friends through hardship, never straying away from faith in God despite dire circumstances. Daniel rises through the ranks, changes the minds of kings and doesn’t allow those plotting against him to take over or shake his conviction. It’s a story about leadership and standing up for what you believe in.

“Daniel is not the action,” Chuck Smith said. “Everyone else who plots against him are the people in our story who are the action characters. The kings, the wizards and the queen are those who create the action, turmoil and activity, and Daniel’s response to it is always calm, with conviction, faith and strength.

“The takeaway here is that we’re going to face turmoil. We’re all going to be in the middle of a hurricane,” he added. “In order to persevere and survive, you have to maintain your conviction and faith.”

Developing the show

This production was a long time coming for the Smiths. Karen Smith dreamed up the idea for Daniel and the Kings in 2008. The first performance of the show, then known simply as Daniel was shown at Brunswick Church in New York in March 2010, receiving praise from audiences. The Smiths were encouraged to grow Daniel, and over time, the show kept getting bigger.

However, the final push to take it to the North Charleston PAC stage was ultimately an unexpected twist of fate. Karen Smith was involved in a car accident in October 2021 that nearly killed her and left her in the intensive care unit for three weeks.

“I’m half titanium, and by the grace of God, I survived,” she said. “We said, ‘You know what? You don’t have tomorrow, so we don’t have time to launch this as a little community thing.’”

The Smiths began discussion with the North Charleston PAC in February 2022, officially signing a contract for the perfor-

mance weeks later.

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“Brad Moranz said yes to helping us direct,” Karen Smith said. “We have Abdiel Iriarte, who is a gift from God. He’s an incredible orchestrator/musician who took our music we’d written to this level that’s like Disney. Wait till you hear this stuff — you’re going to be blown away.”

Chuck Smith said with time and the help of Moranz, Moranz’s wife Jenny Moranz, and Iriarte, the script and music were rewritten significantly as Daniel became Daniel and the Kings Building an excellent cast was a priority for both the Smiths and Moranz to bring the story to life.

“In my opinion, casting a show is probably the most important thing you can do,” Brad Moranz said. “So when [the Smiths] asked me about directing it, I said, ‘Well, it’s going to be very important that we cast it really well, and by that I mean hire the best people that we can, wherever they come from.’”

With that in mind, they set out to assemble the most outstanding cast possible.

“I feel artistically fulfilled as a performer in this room because I’m surrounded by people who are so talented but also respect what everyone brings [forth],” said Maddie Casto, a local actor who portrays an evil wizard in the show.

Casto has acted all over the country but said she feels incredibly grateful to be part of a production of this scale in Charleston.

“Myself and the other two gentlemen who are portraying the wizards — we’re constantly pinching ourselves that we get to be a part of this,” Casto said. “What [the Smiths] are doing, and the opportunities that [they’re] giving Charleston performers, whether it be someone like me who will be onstage, musicians in the pit, kids who are in college, is huge and does not happen in Charleston.”

With beautiful original music and an impressive mix of Broadway, off-Broadway and local performers making up the cast, Daniel and the Kings is sure to be an awe-inspiring show.

White Gallery on Coleman Boulevard unveils a new exhibition, Trip Line Drop, featuring the works of Masáre , aka Mauricio Sánchez Rengifo, and Scott Parsons with an opening reception from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 25. Rengifo creates large-scale figurative works which play with optical illusions, while Parsons will show abstract fluid landscapes in psychedelic colors. The opening is free. Check out @whitegallerycharleston on Instagram to learn more.

Hirona Matsuda hosts solo show at City Gallery

The City Gallery at Waterfront Park presents the exhibition We Were Made From Shadows by Charleston assemblage artist Hirona Matsuda Aug. 23 through Sept. 10, with a free opening reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 31. The show will include the miniature-scale assemblage sculptures Matsuda is known for, along with large-scale installations made in collaboration with her sister and fellow artist Riki Matsuda . Check out Matsuda’s work on Instagram at @hironamatsudastudio.

Call for art at Public Works Art Center

Submissions are open now through Sept. 1 to participate in the fourth annual SPARK community exhibition at Summerville’s Public Works Art Center. This year’s theme is “cultivate.” It’s $20 to submit work. Learn more at @publicworksartcenter on Instagram.

Catch the first show of PURE Theatre’s season

The Chinese Lady makes its regional premiere at PURE Theatre Aug. 24 and plays through Sept. 23. The story follows 14-year-old Afong Moy, the first ever Chinese woman to come to America, who was made into a public display for her “exotic ways and her tiny bound feet.” Spanning over 60 years of American history, The Chinese Lady is a portrait of a young woman struggling to find herself in a strange new country. — Chloe Hogan

Chuck and Karen Smith reimagine the biblical story of Daniel as a dazzling musical, which will play at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center in September

Casey Berry, owner of the downtown store The Paper Canopy, hopes to help inspire folks to write, draw and send letters with her offering of supplies such as stationery, wax seals, fountain pens, bookbinding tools and more

New stationery store celebrates the art of paper

By Sydney Bollinger

The act of handwriting and mailing a letter seems to be a lost art these days. For most Americans in the digital age, it’s not a common occurrence.

College of Charleston (CofC) alum Casey Berry hopes to keep that art alive with the Aug. 12 opening of her new stationery and craft store downtown on Spring Street, The Paper Canopy. Berry said she hopes to bring to Charleston something that had been missing — and create new excitement around an old-fashioned tradition.

“I moved [in 2021] from Colorado back to the South to open The Paper Canopy,” Berry said. “I love Charleston, and when I started poking around, I realized there’s no awesome paper store.”

Berry said the grand opening party this month was a success.

“We were blown away with the immense support from the Charleston community and the excitement for our new shop. I am so grateful to be in such a creative and enthusiastic community,” she said.

The shop is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Berry also has plans to hold workshops during which attendees can learn skills from local artists and crafters.

Before the brick-and-mortar store, Berry operated an online retail space and vended at pop-up markets in the Charleston area where she met other local makers and received feedback on what she was car-

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rying. This feedback helped her curate the shop’s stock toward the interests of the local creative community.

The Paper Canopy shoppers will find stationery basics and more niche items, such as wax seals, which Berry said were very popular during pop-ups. So much so that she decided to create a wax seal bar in the shop for people to build their own seals in a variety of colors.

Even the basics are elevated, from marbled papers made by Bangladeshi women and a curated selection of fountain pens to a wall of cards from all over the world and journals made with recycled materials. The shop also boasts crafting kits for all ages and work by local artists.

Planting seeds of creativity

Berry’s love for paper products began when she studied abroad in Italy as an art history major in 2009 and learned bookbinding and papermaking.

“When I was in Italy, I was like, ‘OK, I’m so into this tradition of paper,’ and I was just exposed to so much, and it let me dip my toe in and say, ‘Maybe I can be an artist,’ which feels like such a scary thing for a lot of people to say.”

At CofC, Berry originally wanted to study studio art, but “felt too insecure and not good enough” to pursue the degree.

“I talked to so many people who say, ‘I’d like to try, but I don’t feel creative,’ and I [really] resonate with that conversation

with yourself. Now I can say I’m an artist. I’ve taken that on, and I feel really excited to help other people dabble and start to play, whether they call themselves an artist or not.”

She also hopes the store will cultivate inspiration for new artists as well as experienced artists, writers and crafters alike.

“I would love for people to walk in and feel inspired to write, paint, create, whatever they do … and see things that you haven’t seen before or learn things because there’s so many cultural traditions.”

The shop encourages letter writing, crafting and putting words on paper — a welcome contrast to the constant communication we are used to in the digital age.

“Almost everything in [the shop] is to help you slow down, help you connect with your hands. … I love going out and sketching a new place I’m in.”

The little things ground Berry to the present, like a good fountain pen, a present wrapped in craft paper with hand-dyed silk ribbon or a suncatcher window sticker.

She recounts the experience of a friend who needed a new beginning and wrote a plan longhand with a fountain pen.

“There was something about the fresh start and intentionality. It just helps me get started to make changes, and I know that sounds crazy, but sometimes you just need the right tool.”

Behind everything in The Paper Canopy is Berry’s hope to live her “most colorful life” and share the beauty of that with others.

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big something & Easy Honey saturday, september 2

yonder mountain string band & Railroad earth & keller and the keels

Thursday, September 21

holy city homegrown festival with Stop Light Observations, Sexbruise?, Tyler Boone, and Little Bird saturday, september 23

Doom Flamingo & Maggie Rose saturday, october 21

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Howard’s book club explores food stories

By Helen Mitternight

The website for Vivian Howard’s Charleston restaurant, Lenoir, states, “Food with a story tastes better,” and her guests at the celebrity chef’s August book club are ready with stories about whole hogs and long nights.

For instance, Ryan Mitchell, who will be featured at the book club with his dad, tells a story about his father, Ed, known for cooking whole hog. Ed Mitchell barbecued the first whole hog of his life when he was just 14 on the back end of his grandfather’s farm in Wilson, N.C.

“My great-grandfather was a sharecropper with 35 children. He and the other guys in the family were cooking a hog and had nodded off after a night of moonshine,” Ryan Mitchell said. “My dad, without waking anybody, jumps in and got the fire back going, stoked the wood and kind of saved the event. He finished cooking that hog all by himself, and when my great-grandfather woke up and saw what he had done, he gave him a shot of moonshine as a reward.”

The stories of the South are what make it so colorful, and celebrity chef Vivian Howard is intent on preserving those stories with her book club, which will feature Ed and Ryan Mitchell on Aug. 27.

The book club has been increasingly popular since its inception about a year ago. This month, the Mitchells will speak at Lenoir, Howard’s Wentworth Street ode to her own Southern roots. The Mitchells are releasing Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque, a book of smoked meat and savory stories. Howard’s staff will provide bites inspired by the book.

Diving into barbecue culture

Ed Mitchell is one of the founders of the Big Apple Barbecue Festival in New York, which grew to host 100,000 people using 16 whole hogs by the time the festival ended in 2017. When the pandemic slowed life down, it seemed a good time to revisit an offer they had to create the book.

Ryan Mitchell said his family prefers the spelling “barbeque” to “barbecue” because it implies cooking the whole hog, whiskers to tail. “Once we’d done all the research, we discovered from

Father-son barbecue masters Ryan (left) and Ed Mitchell will discuss their book Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque on Aug. 27 at Lenoir

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Chef Vivian Howard hosts a monthly book club with author talks and light bites inspired by the selected book

Wilmington, N.C., to Charleston, there were French and Portuguese influences on enslaved ancestors. The language they used to communicate was called Plantation Creole and they spelled it ‘que,’ ” he said.

Mitchell said he and his father make their sauce the North Carolina way with a vinegar base that has “some crushed red pepper, a little bit of hot sauce, paprika, salt and pepper.” They use oak wood and charcoal to cook their hogs. He added that a 135pound hog takes “a solid eight to 10 hours” to cook.

It’s not an easy task, and Mitchell said he’s intent on passing down the importance of this kind of cooking.

“It’s hard, it’s very difficult,” he said. “I just think evolution is a real thing, and people are feeding themselves in so many different fashions now. Cooking an animal for 10 hours or standing over a pit in any form, well, people have evolved into much easier ways to feed themselves, and they aren’t connecting with the nostalgia of fire and wood and man’s original form of survival.

“If you look at it just like, ‘I am hungry and want to get some food,’ you will figure out the easiest way to eat something, but if you look at it like, ‘I want to have a spiritual or nostalgic experience to feed myself and my family or customers,’ then it becomes a different way to appreciate the experience.”

Preserving the stories

Preserving the stories and the foodways is one of the reasons Howard started her book club.

“I got cooking because I wanted to be a food writer. That’s always been my first love,” she said. “I came to love cooking through cookbooks. I never had a mentor, but I poured myself into cookbooks and got a lot of my technical education that way. Lenoir is a restaurant meant to show you how Southern food is not like a monolithic thing. It’s all different tastes and treasures.

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What’s new

James Beard award-nominated chef Kevin Johnson and his wife Susan of The Grocery have opened Lola Rose , a second concept in Mount Pleasant. The coastal Mediterranean-inspired restaurant will showcase ingredients from local farmers, foragers and fishermen and is open 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays.

Gold Star Coffee opened its location at 3293 Maybank Hwy. on Johns Island. The woman-owned coffee shop features a full espresso menu and is open 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

Enjoy seafood and cocktails at Sunsets located at 97 Ronnie Boals Blvd. on Shem Creek open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The seafood restaurant offers selections from its raw bar, appetizers, entrees and drinks.

Somewhere South, she was a product of the other Carolina, but Charleston has made room for her.

“Charleston is such a funny place,” Howard said. “At once, it caters to tourists but has a committed and longstanding community that lives there. For a lot of people, it’s not the most welcoming. But I’ve spent a lot of time here and, with having the book club, almost half of the tickets are the same people every month, and they are all locals.”

Given Howard’s fame, the book club could easily grow, but she is intent on keeping it intimate, with chairs crowded into the dining space at Lenoir.

“I think, unfortunately, when things get really big, they’re just not as good,” Howard said. “I think we could sell 200 tickets and have it in an auditorium, but we’d lose the intimacy and that feeling of a conversation between me and the author and the group.”

She said she sees more intimate gatherings as her future and a reprieve from large-scale “turn and burn” events where she said everyone, from the attendees to the chefs, leave wanting more.

“I am trying to do more things like this, more intimate events where everybody leaves knowing each other’s first names. I see it fitting into what I want to do in the next decade. This is where I am as a person.

Downtown European eatery Azur, located at 159 Market St., is now offering lunch service from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays.

What’s happening

Party with Jalisco Taqueria every Friday in September. The James Islandbased Mexican-inspired restaurant will host Parking Lot Parties from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Friday next month. The family and dog friendly parties will offer margaritas, music and tacos.

Sip wine at the Charleston Summer Wine Festival from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at Charleston Harbor Cruise Terminal. The festival will feature 50 different wines, mimosas and beers as well as a DJ and live music. Tickets are $55 in advance and $65 the day of the event.

Enjoy beer, trivia, food trucks and music at Two Blokes Brewing from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 30. Publik Education will host an English pubstyle trivia game. The trivia is free to participate, and food trucks will be available on-site.

Celebrate Labor Day weekend at Pier 101 Sept. 3 and 4 with live music and food and drink specials.

“Being able to bring in cookbook authors who represent different parts of the South and then expanding to different types of authors with a food connection … it’s been fun and a natural way to engage in the restaurant.”

The book club also has been a way for her to engage in Charleston, her adopted town. Known for her PBS show about her North Carolina restaurant, A Chef’s Life, and, later, her exploration of Southern Food,

“We all are craving these intimate kinds of events where we get more out of it than we put in. I feel the book events are like that for me and for the guests. In the last decade, I was meeting thousands of people, and all of them have had this intimate connection to me through TV. I wanted to feel some of that, I wanted to feel what the people watching were feeling, that intimate connection.”

Test your luck by buying a signature chocolate bar at Hotel Bennett’s La Pâtisserie . The bakery’s acclaimed French Pastry Chef Rémy Fünfrock has hidden a golden ticket in one of the bars for his Rémy and the Chocolate Factory contest. The winner will receive a lifetime of free pastries.

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“ I never had a mentor, but I poured myself  into cookbooks and got a lot of my technical education that way.” —Vivian Howard

Ed and Ryan Mitchell released in June their book about whole hog barbecue

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NOTICE OF FILING

TO THE INFANT DEFENDANTS

ABOVE NAMED, IF THEY BE OVER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS AND TO THEM AND THOSE WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE IF THEY BE UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent you in this action within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, and if you fail, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff herein.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED!

s:/Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire .

Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire

The Curry Law Firm, LLC

6518-D Dorchester Road

P.O. Box 42270

North Charleston, SC 29423

843-767-5284

843-SOS-CASH

843-767-5286 (Fax)

currylawfirm@bellsouth.net

South Carolina Bar Number: 62991

Federal Bar Number: 05648

Dated: February 15, 2023.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO: 2023ES10-01316 IN THE MATTER OF:

Harry W. Green, Sr. Deceased

Ada Winston, Petitioner, vs. Joyce Sinclair, Larry Green, Jessica A. Green and William A. Green. Respondents.

SUMMONS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Determination of Heirs in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the Petitioner or her attorney Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire, at 6518-D Dorchester Road, P.O. Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Petition for Determination of Heirs with the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

Dated this 18 day of August, 2023, at North Charleston, South Carolina.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, The Curry Law Firm, LLC

Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire Cindy R. Pinckney Graham, Esquire 6518-D Dorchester Road

P.O. Box 42270 North Charleston, SC 29423 843-767-5284

843-SOS-CASH 843-767-5286 (Fax) currylawfirm@bellsouth.net

Attorney for Petitioner

In the Matter of Harry W. Green, Sr.

Case Number: 2023ES10-01316

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL HEARING

- - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Virtual Hearing in the above-entitled action, will be held on the 11H day of September 2023, at 11:00 A.M., for the Charleston County Probate Court. Attorney for Petitioner, The Curry Law Firm, Post Office Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423, (843) 767-5284.

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

9/5/23 10:00 AM

Francesca Jenkins Mattress and boxes

Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

9/5/23 11:30 AM

Edward Bulger Tools, clothing, shoes

Facility 4: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412

9/5/23

12:00 PM

Elizabeth Gagnon Furniture, boxes, household items

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the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston 29405, South Carolina on September 5, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2022ES10-01935

In the Matter of:

Johnnie Daisey Deceased

Cynthia Birks for and on the behalf of the Estate of Victor L. Birks, Petitioner, vs. Rosalind Scott, and Cassaundra Hester, Respondents.

AMENDED SUMMONS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Petition for Determination of Heirs in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the Petitioner or his attorney Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire, at 6518-D Dorchester Road, P.O. Box 42270, North Charleston, South Carolina 29423, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Petition for Determination of Heirs with the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

Dated this 19th day of June, 2023, at North Charleston, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Virtual Hearing in the aboveentitled action, will be held on the 11th day of September 2023, at 10:00 A.M., for the Charleston County Probate Court.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, The Curry Law Firm, LLC

Eduardo K. Curry, Esquire Cindy R. Pinckney Graham, Esquire 6518-D Dorchester Road P.O. Box 42270 North Charleston, SC 29423

843-767-5284

843-SOS-CASH

843-767-5286 (Fax)

currylawfirm@bellsouth.net

Attorneys for Petitioner

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

9/5/23

3:00 PM

Roxanne Cuzzell Boxes, misc household items, furniture

Bryandy Walker Clothes

Facility 7: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407

9/5/23

12:30 PM

Olivia Reed

Queen mattress & frame, artwork, 50” tv, boxes household items

Lauren Snodderly Bed, couch, table

Josh Cantwell Household Items

Facility 9: 1904 Hwy 17 N. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

9/5/23

10:15 AM

Natasha Weston Boxes

Timothy Floyd Windows and household items

Facility 11: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

9/5/23

10:25 AM

Lauren Berry Bed, furniture, tools

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.

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Master’s Sale CASE NO. 2022CP1000011

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

MidFirst Bank, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Jacob Thomas Gamble; Baker Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot 248, Phase 2, Baker Plantation, as shown on that certain plat of Parker Land Surveying, LLC, entitled Final Subdivision Plat Showing Baker Plantation Phase 2, (24.050AC), TMS 485-00-00-198 Creating Lots 118-137 & 185-250, and a Property Line Adjustment Between TMS 485-00-00-198, Property of Antler Road LLC & TMS 485-07-00-274, Property of Baker Plantation Homeowners Association Inc., located in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, dated November 13, 2014 and last revised December 5, 2014 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L14 at Page 0511 on December 9, 2014, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, location, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat.

TMS Number: 485-07-00.445

Property Address:

8151 Halbert Drive North Charleston, SC 29406

This being the same property conveyed to Jacob Thomas Gamble by deed of Crescent Homes SC, LLC, dated December 29, 2015, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County January 13, 2016, in Deed Book 0528 at Page 886.

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.

FOR INSERTION

Finkel Law Firm LLC

(843) 577-5460

Mikell R. Scarborough, Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2023-DR-10-858

GLEYSI SUJEYDI CATALAN COZ, Plaintiff,

V. FERLANDY RANDELY CARRILLO LEYRA, Defendant.

SUMMONS

TO: FERLANDY RANDELY CARRILLO LEYRA, DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve your Answer to said Complaint upon the undersigned

attorney for the Plaintiff, at his offices located at 2 Cavalier Avenue, 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 will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN

NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, Judgment by Default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

By order of the Chief Justice of the SC Supreme Court, all domestic relations cases shall be disposed of within 365 days of their filing. Faflure to request a final hearing within this time may result in administrative dismissal of this case.

G. EDWARD HAWKINS, III

HAWKINS LAW FIRM, P.A.

2 Cavalier Avenue Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 225-7565

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF Charleston, South Carolina March 17, 2023

Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and 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 an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR

INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

Hutchens Law Firm LLP

Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-02824

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

AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Anthony Pilgrim; Ashleytowne Recreational Development, Inc., DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of October, 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, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of September, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN Unit situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Unit Number 1107 in Ashleytowne Village Horizontal Property Regime (A) as shown on the plans and specifications attached to the Master Deed of Ashleytowne Village Horizontal Property Regime (A), dated October 28, ELECTRONICALLY

Telephone: 803-726-2700

FOR INSERTION

August 18th, 2023; August 25th, 2023; September 1st, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale

Case No. 2022-CP-10-04614

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

PHH Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. William R Morris a/k/a W Reaves Morris, and if William R Morris a/k/a W Reaves Morris be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of William R Morris a/k/a W Reaves Morris, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of William R Morris a/k/a W Reaves Morris, 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; Mary Turnbach Morris; DM, a minor; KM, a minor, DEFENDANT(S)

Lakeview

vs. John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes and if John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of John H Fowlkes a/k/a John Henry Fowlkes, 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; Melissa Anne Davis; Robagu LLC; Grove Park at Grand Oaks Plantation Property Owners Association, Inc.; USAA Savings Bank, DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2023-CP-10-02577

DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on May 30, 2023.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE

TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE:

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO

FILED - 2022 Oct 14 8:45 AMCHARLESTON - COMMON PLEAS - CASE#2022CP1002824 Page 8 of 8 Firm Case No: 8621 - 33646 1982 and recorded November 5, 1982, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book V129, Page 325, and the amendments thereto. Together with the undivided percentage interest in the General Common Elements of the property described in Section 1 of Article 4 of said Master Deed appurtenant thereto. THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Anthony Pilgrim by virtue of a Deed from James Douglas Thompson, Trustee of the James Douglas Thompson Trust Under Section 11.03 of Agreement Dated July 13, 1998, dated August 22, 2019 and recorded October 2, 2019 in Book 0826 at Page 148 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 358-16-00-158

Current Property Address: 2757 Jobee Drive, Unit 7 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.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13th day of July, 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 5th day of September, 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, if any, situate, lying and being in St. Paul’s Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and designated as Lot X as shown on a plat entitled “PLAT OF 1.00 ACRES (LOT X) PROPERTY OF CHARLES A. GOLDEN, SR. ABOUT TO BE CONVEYED, CHARLES ANDREW GOLDEN, JR., TOWN OF MEGGETT, ST. PAULS PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” by H. Exo Hilton, Reg. L.S. No. 2552 dated February 19, 1999 and recorded on May 18, 1999 in Plat Book DB at Page 948 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto W. Reaves Morris a/k/a William R. Morris and Mary C. Morris by virtue of a Deed from Charles A. Golden dated December 21, 2004 and recorded December 22, 2004 in Book J520 at Page 041 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

THEREAFTER, Mary C. Morris conveyed all her interest in the subject property unto W. Reaves Morris aka William R. Morris by virtue of a Quit-Claim Deed dated August 28, 2018 and recorded September 17, 2018 in Book 0746 at Page 697 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

4908 Gibson Road Meggett, SC 29449 TMS# 192-00-00-068

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

August 18th, 2023; August 25th, 2023; September 1st, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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Master’s Sale

Case No. 2022-CP-10-04818

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

FTF LENDING LLC VS. DE BROAD STREET LLC, WILLIAM E. DANIELSON, JR., AND STEVEN P. EDMUNDS

Upon authority of a Decree filed June 1, 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 5th day of September, 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:

ALL THAT LOT, PIECE, OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROAD STREET, IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND BEING KNOWN AS NO. 15 BROAD STREET. SAID PROPERTY SHOWN ON A PLAT BY JOSEPH NEEDLE, CD AND DATED JUNE 9, 1943 AND RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON

PROPERTY

DESCRIBED IS MORE PARTICULARLY SHOWN AND DESIGNATED ON A PLAT BY JOSEPH NEEDLE, CD AND DATED JUNE 9, 1943 AND RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK F, AT PAGE 176, AND IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE LINES LETTERED A-B-C-D-A ON SAID PLAT.

This being the same Property conveyed to the Mortgagor herein by deed of Leap, LLC dated February 16, 2021 and filed in the ROD Office for Charleston County simultaneously herewith.

TMS # 4580903132

Current Address of Property:

15 Broad Street

Charleston, South Carolina 29401

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be reopened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 5th day of October, 2023.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

August 18, 2023, August 25, 2023 and September 1, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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Master’s Sale

Case No. 2018-CP-10-05459

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 trustee of the Truman 2021 SC9 Title Trust, vs. Carlotta G Goodwin a/k/a Carlotta Godwin a/k/a Carlotta German Goodwin; John H. Goodwin; and Companion Mortgage Corporation

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 2nd day of February 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, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of September 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, S.C., and being designated as Lot No. 6 on a plat entitled “Plat of a Subdivision of Lot No. 27 (John Diamond 1808). Said Lot No. 27 is located in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, S.C. original of this division was made by A.A.

Everett, and was known as North Heights. Lots 3 and 7 and 9 thru 16 are owned by the Estate of Lee Rowell by J.M Weston Reg. LS and CE August 1948” which said plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book G, Page 31, butting and bounding and measuring and containing to the Southeast on Lot No. 5 on said plat (70.5’) feet; to the Southwest on Lot No. 7 on said plat (70.5’) feet; to the Southeast on unnumbered lots on said plat (61.08’) feet; and to the Northwest on a (20’) foot drive (North Street) on said plat (61.88’) feet be the said dimensions more or less.

Plaintiff has contemporaneously filed a Complaint herein, which includes a cause of action to reform the legal description of the mortgage to be as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with improvements thereon, situate lying and being in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, S.C. and being designated as Lot No. 6 on a plat entitled “Plat of a Subdivision of Lot No. 27 (John Diamond 1808). Said Lot No. 27 is located in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, S.C. original of this division was made by A.A. Everett, and was known as North Heights. Lots 3 and 7 and 9 thru 16 are owned by the Estate of Lee Royall by J.B. Weston Reg. LS and CE August, 1948” which said plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book G, Page 33, butting and bounding and measuring and containing to the Southeast on Lot No. 5 on said plat (70.5’) feet; to the Southwest on Lot No. 7 on said plat (70.5’) feet; to the Southeast on unnumbered lots on said plat (61.08’) feet; and to the Northwest on a (20’) foot drive (North Street) on said plat (61.88’) feet be the said dimensions more or less.

Subject to any and all restrictions, easements, and/or rights-of-way affecting the above-described property as recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

This being the same property conveyed to John H. Goodwin and Carlotta G. Goodwin by deed of Arnold C. German and Arlene Y. German, dated July 18, 1997 and recorded September 19, 1997 in Book D290 at Page 418 in the Office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County.

TMS #5320100175

133 Rose Lane Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

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

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (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

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August 18th, 2023; August 25th, 2023; September 1st, 2023

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Master’s Sale

Case No. 2019-CP-10-05999

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs Eric Collins; Oak Bluff Homeowners Association, Inc.; Portrait HomesSouth Carolina, LLC

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 13th day of March, 2020, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below at County Council Chambers, at 4045 Bridgeview Dr, North Charleston SC on the 5th Day of September 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 4704, Block 4700, Oak Bluff Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat prepared by Harold B. Nielson, Jr., PE & PLS, of Nielson & Associates, entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF OAK BLUFF, BLOCKS 4700, 7955 CROSSROADS DRIVE, OWNED BY PORTRAIT HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” which plat is dated July 9, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book EJ at Pages 122-124 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

BEING the same property conveyed to Eric Collins by Deed of Frederick Jeffers dated February 2, 2019 and recorded February 27, 2019 in Book 0779 at Page 873, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 484-00-00-497

Current Property Address: 8008 Shadow Oak Drive 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

August 18th, 2023; August 25th, 2023; September 1st, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Bank of America, N.A., PLAINTIFF, vs. Rosemary Cherban and if Rosemary Cherban be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Rosemary Cherban distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Rosemary Cherban 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; Kenneth Bittner; Jennifer Bittner; Jamie Bittner; Meridian Place Homeowners Association, Inc.; First Freedom Bank, DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2022-CP-10-01218

DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and 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 an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of

a guardian ad litem within thirty

(30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on March 15, 2022 and the Amended Summons and Complaint were filed on June 12, 2023.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

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

Hutchens Law Firm LLP

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-02789

Frank Cone, Plaintiff,

v. Margaret Bristow a/k/a Margaret L. Bristow, Robert Bristow, Janice White, Trina Williams, Ronald Bristow, Vonette Bristow and Patricia Marcinkoski and if they may be deceased, their heirs-atlaw, 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: 2-acres on Highway 174 Edisto Island, South Carolina TMS Number: 028-00-00-054 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof

upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens 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 August 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 and singular that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Edisto Island, County and State aforesaid, and being designated as two (2) acres, more or less, Edisto Island, Highway 174.

MEASURING AND CONTAINING AND BUTTING AND BOUNDING: East 756.16 feet, more or less, by lands now or formerly, of Maxcy Farm, LLC; and West 791.95 feet, more or less, by lands, now or formerly, of Henrietta Gadsden.

TMS # 028-00-00-054

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553

Attorney for Plaintiff

August 11th, 2023

Date STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-03246

Frank Cone, Plaintiff,

v.

estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

0.97 acres near Red House Road

Edisto Island, South Carolina

TMS Number: 076-00-00-244 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on July 6th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on July 7th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 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 July 7th, 2023 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 tract of land with improvements thereon if any, containing 0.97 acres more or less situated on Edisto Island, School District No. 13, in Charleston County in the State of South Carolina, on the West Side of Red House Road, said property being shown as Tract 1 on a plat prepared by David W. Spell, RLS dated October 8, 1991 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Book CF, Page 99.

John Simmons, Evangeline Simmons, Sharon Simmons, Charles Simmons, Diane Simmons, Barry Simmons, Flora Simmons a/k/a Flora Simmons Bowman and Beatrice Simmons and if they may be deceased, their heirsat-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

TMS # 076-00-00-244

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff

August 11th, 2023

Date

CHARLESTON OPPORTUNITY FUND, LLC, Plaintiff,

v. Charles Tyler, and if he be deceased, his 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: 2311 Cosmopolitan Street Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 466-12-00-352 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, and the CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on August 1st, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 2nd, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 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 August 2nd, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

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

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the settlement of

Union Heights, St. Phillip’s and St. Michaels Parish, in the County of Charleston, and State of South Carolina, and more specifically known and designated as the Northern half of lot number thirtyeight (#38) Highland Avenue, as appears on a map or plat of the West part of Union Heights subdivision, prepared for the Kopp-Isenhour Realty Company in 1919, by J.E. Thomas, C.E., and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book C, page #137. Said Northern half of the aforesaid lot of land, herein conveyed, having the following metes and bounds, towit: Measuring and containing fifty (50’) feet in width on its Eastern and Western lines, and thirty-five (35’) feet in depth on its Northern and Southern lines; and butting and bounding on the North by lot number forty-one (#41), on the East by Cosmopolitan Avenue, on the South by the Southern half of said lot number thirty-eight (#38), and on the West by lot number thirty-six (#36); all of which will more fully appear by reference to the aforesaid map of the Western part of Union Heights subdivision.

TMS # 466-12-00-352

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407

(843) 452-3553

Attorney for Plaintiff

August 11th, 2023

Date STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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

CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-03762

COLES ROAD, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

FRANCES W. COLES, a deceased person, her heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

1.0-acres on Coles Road Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 220-00-00-013

and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and SAMUEL COLES, JR. and LYNN S. BROWN, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

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

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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on August 3rd, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 8th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 15th, 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 August 8th, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

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

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land consisting of about one (1) acres of land on Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing three hundred and seventy-five (375) feet of land bounded on the North by lands, nor or formerly, of Daniel Coles; four hundred (400) feet of land on the South bounded by lands, now or formerly, The Sally G. Pittman Trust, Sarah P. Allred as Trustee; fifty (50) feet of land on the East bounded by marsh land; and one hundred (100) feet of land on the West bounded by a creek known as Church Creek.

ALSO

A non-exclusive easement for ingress and egress on the above-described lot or tract, upon and over that private fifty (50’) foot right of way, known as Coles Road as shown on a Plat entitled “Final Plat of a Subdivision Survey Showing the Subdivision of Tract A…” prepared by Joseph O. Eelman, dated February 13, 2004, and recorded in the Charleston County ROD Office in Book EG at Page 180.

TMS # 220-00-00-013

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

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

(843) 452-3553 Attorney for the Plaintiff

August 17th, 2023

Date STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-03893

STANLEY R. YEARGIN, JR., AND CHERYL P. COLCOLOUGH AS SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEES OF THE THOMAS W. YEARGIN LIVING TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, Plaintiffs,

v. JANE DOE, a fictitious name representing an unknown defaulting taxpayer, and if she be deceased, her heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses, if any she has and all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

1.3-acres on Palmetto Road Charleston County, South Carolina

TMS Number: 023-00-00-141 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on August 10th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 15th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 15th, 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 August 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 and singular that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Edisto Island, County and State aforesaid, and being designated as 1.3 acres, more or less, Edisto Island, Palmetto Road south side, approximately 1 mile southwest of Highway 174.

TMS # 023-00-00-141

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell Attorney at Law

925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 jeff@jeffspell.com

(843) 452-3553

Attorney for the Plaintiffs

August 18th, 2023

Date

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-04014

Tiffany Tran, Plaintiff, v. Dan Whitsell, a decease person, his heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any he has and Halaphare Witsell and Malawhi Witsell, and if they be deceased, their heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:

187 West Pine Street, Lincolnville Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 376-03-00-084 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on August 17th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 17th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on August 17th, 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 August 17th, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

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

ALL that certain piece parcel or lot of land together with the buildings

and improvements thereon situate lying and being in the Town of Lincolnville, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and shown and designated as NEW LOT 4A on that certain plat entitle “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS 376-03-00-033 (2.414AC), PROPERTY OF STOLF CONSTRUCTION, LLC, LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF LINCOLNVILLE, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” prepared by Parker Land Surveying dated January 21, 2014, and recorded in Plat Book S14, Page 0043 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

TMS# 376-03-00-084

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 jeff@jeffspell.com (843) 452-3553 Attorney for the Plaintiff

August 18th, 2023

Date

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name JORIAN DAMON JORDAN and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, jorian damon jordan or juryan dey, 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 in American lawful money payable in .9999 fine gold bullion coins or bars or 3000 troy pounds of silver per unauthorized use of the name used with the intent of obligating I, jorian damon jordan or juryan dey, plus costs, plus triple damages. The name jorian damon jordan, juryan dey, and all derivatives of the name has from this time and from all points in time been liened.

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2023CP1000659

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

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-SC1, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Genieve C Cochran, 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; Shirley J Granger, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James B Granger; Lori GB Wright; James Barry Granger, Jr; Shirley J Granger, Individually; , DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 24th day of July, 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 5th day of September, 2023 at 11:00 AM or

shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston, South Carolina known and designated as Lot 184 on a plat of the subdivision Nafair, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat book F at Page 147; the said lot having such size, shape and dimensions, more or less, and being bounded as shown on said plat.

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 identical property conveyed to Genieve C. Cochran by deed of James B. Granger dated December 14, 1999 and recorded December 21, 1999 in Deed Book P339 at Page 690. Subsequently, Genieve C Cochran died on August 8, 2022 leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees.

TMS # 469-11-00-135

Case#: 2023CP1000659

Current Property Address: 2126 Victory Avenue North Charleston, SC 29405-7762

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

013263-12491

2023CP1000659

FOR INSERTION

8/18/2023, 8/25/2023, 9/1/2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2023CP1001634

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CAG National Fund II LLC, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS

Deborah J Kemp, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Howard R. Jacobs, Jr.; Deborah J Kemp, individually; Howard R Jacobs, III; Scott R Jacobs; Olde Towne Villas Homeowners Association; The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 24th day of July, 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 5th day of September, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 34, Block T, as shown and designated on a plat entitled “Revised Plat of a Portion of Phase 1, Olde Towne Villas, Located in Shadomoss Country Club Community, St. Andrews Parish, Showing Proposed Changes In Exterior Dimensions of Lots 24 thru 39, Inclusive. These Lots are part of a 9.29 acre tract having previously recorded in plat AC, Page 23, in Charleston county RMC Office”, and prepared by W. Michael Lines, dated June 27, 1980 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Nat Book G, Page 19A; said lot having such size, shape, metes, course, distances, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

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 Howard R. Jacobs, Jr and Joyce T. Jacobs by deed of Mary F. McLain dated May 31, 1990 and recorded May 31, 1990 in Deed Book S193 at page 321 in the office of the Charleston County Register of Deeds.Subsequently, Joyce T. Jacobs died testate on June 11, 2006 leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely, Howard Rivers Jacob Jr, as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in case No. 2006ES1000878; also by Deed of Distribution dated February 5, 2007 and recorded February 7, 2007 in Deed Book S614 at page 268, and rerecorded April 9, 2007 in Deed Book K621 at Page 756, and to Howard R Jacobs Jr by deed of Deborah Jacob Kemp dated February 5, 2007 and recorded February 7, 2007 in Deed Book S614 at page 272. and rerecorded April 9, 2007 in Deed book S621 at Page 752. Subsequently, Howard Rivers Jacobs, Jr died testate on March 4, 2020, leaving the subject property to his heirs or devisees, namely, Deborah J Kemp, Howard R. Jacobs, III and Scott R Jacobs as is more fully preserved in the Probate records for Charleston County, in Case No. 2020ES1000865.

TMS # 3581100057

Case#: 2023CP1001634

Current Property Address: 2922 Cathedral Ln Charleston, SC 29414

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.

Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 17, 2023.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

Bar #4996

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

Bar #69453

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

Bar #78334

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

Bar #68530 H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134

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

Bar #64236

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

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

designated as LOT 13, BLOCK K, OAKLAND SUBDIVISION, as shown on that certain plat entitled “Plat of Oakland Subdivision, Blocks K, L, & M, Charleston County, S.C., Property of G&K, A Partnership” by Cummings and McCrady, Inc., dated February, 1980 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AP, Page 108. 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 Ronald D. Albee, Jr. by deed of Angela E. Albee n/k/a Angela A. Johnson dated June 9, 2005 and recorded June 13, 2005 in Book S540 at Page 594 and re-recorded to reflect the correct plat reference on September 19, 2005 in Book J554 at Page 856 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 3501300184

Property address: 264 E Shore Lane Charleston, SC 29407

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

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

Said Mortgage is subject to that certain first mortgage, in the principal amount of $139,800.00, given by Ronald D. Albee, Jr. to Bank of America, N.A., dated April 12, 2013 and recorded May 23, 2013 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Book 0333 at Page 146.

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.

CALL CRIS

577-5304 X127

Master’s Sale

2023-CP-10-00576

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

MEB Loan Trust VI, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

Ronald D. Albee, Jr.; and Bank of America, N.A., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the July 14, 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 5th DAY OF SEPTEMBER at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and

unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; et al.,

DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the July 14, 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 5th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 21 on a plat entitled, “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS NO. 337-00-00-161

INTO MERIDIAN PLACE PHASE

1, LOTS 1-98, COMMON AREAS

A, B & C, AND NEW PRIVATE RIGHTS-OF-WAY, PROPERTY OWNED BY MERIDIAN PLACE, LLC, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,” by Richard Lacey, PLS, dated September 8, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 286 and 287, and dated October 19, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 492 and 493 in the RMC 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 appear.

Please note that the above legal description has been modified to add recording information for the individual plat.

This being the same property conveyed to Rosemary Cherban by deed of John C. Boozer, Jr. dated August 13, 2001 and recorded August 16, 2001 in Book Y-379 at Page 024 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 337 06 00 021

Property address: 1341 Pinnacle Lane Charleston, SC 29412

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

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

CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-03755

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF,

VS. William E. Mizzell a/k/a William Edward Mizzell; William E. Mizzell a/k/a William Edward Mizzell, individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Donna Mizzell a/k/a

Donna B. Mizzell a/k/a Donna Boyer Mizzell, Deceased; Corey Mizzell, individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Donna Mizzell a/k/a Donna B. Mizzell a/k/a Donna Boyer Mizzell, Deceased; William E. Mizzell, Jr., individually, as Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Donna Mizzell a/k/a

Donna B. Mizzell a/k/a Donna Boyer Mizzell, Deceased; and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Donna Mizzell a/k/a Donna B. Mizzell a/k/a Donna Boyer Mizzell, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, 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; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; and South State Bank as successor in interest to First Federal of Charleston, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (230268.00009)

TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:

NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on August 2, 2023.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Donna Mizzell a/k/a Donna B. Mizzell a/k/a Donna Boyer Mizzell, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 10th day of August, 2023.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE

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

AMENDED LIS PENDENS

and Donna B. Mizzell by deed of Edward G. Harrison, III dated July 25, 1989 and recorded July 26, 1989 in Book F186 at Page 660 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 253-00-00-224 and MH00031354

Property address: 3873 Mary Ann Point Road Johns Island, SC 29455

The Plaintiff is informed and believes that the Mortgage identified herein and given to the Plaintiff, which is the subject of this foreclosure action, contains a provision wherein it created and granted a security interest in favor of the Plaintiff in the following collateral:

One 1988 HOME INNOV mobile/ manufactured home, Serial No. HMST3510BAGA, including any fixtures.

The Plaintiff is also informed and believes that the Defendants are presently in possession of the mobile/manufactured home and the Plaintiff is informed and believes it is entitled to possession and ownership of the mobile/manufactured home as a permanent fixture and/ or improvement under the real estate mortgage of the Plaintiff as herein identified and the applicable common and statutory laws of South Carolina.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

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

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

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

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 5th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 2, Block A, Summerfield Subdivision, as shown on that certain plat entitled “PLAT OF THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS NO. 397-00-00-003 INTO LOTS 1 THRU 46, BLOCK A, SUMMERFIELD, PROPERTY OF EVANS DEVELOPMENT CORP., CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” dated September 29, 1986 and revised April 20, 1987 by Harold J. LeaMond, PE & LS, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book BM, Page 185. 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 Christopher C. Wooten by deed of Joan I. Braham and David D. Braham (by Michael Eric Kempson, their attorney in fact) dated February 20, 2020 and recorded April 1, 2020 in Book 870 at Page 681 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

Subsequently, Christopher Carl Wooten a/k/a Christopher C. Wooten a/k/a Chris Wooten died on or about September 24, 2021, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Sidney Carl Wooten a/k/a Sidney C. Wooten a/k/a Sidney Wooten, Brenda Wooten a/k/a Brenda G. Wooten, Kimberly Ann Turner a/k/a Kimberly Ann Wooten, and Michelle Lee Woida.

2023-CP-10-02551

MARSH VIEW VILLAS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. JOHN B. SHEPHERD; JOHN DOE, a fictitious name representing all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue, alienees, unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability of JOHN B. SHEPHERD, or of an estate of John B. Shepherd, if deceased, and all persons or entities entitled to claim under or through any of them; and RICHARD ROE, fictitious name representing all persons in military service, having or claiming, or who may have or claim, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described herein, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

TO: ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS

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

2023-CP-10-01369

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

Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS

Rosemary Cherban, and if Rosemary Cherban be deceased, any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Rosemary Cherban, Deceased; their heirs or devisees, 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

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.

The successful bidder of the property at the judicial sale can contact First Freedom Bank 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.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

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

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Donna B. Mizzell and William E. Mizzell to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A., dated February 7, 2002, recorded February 14, 2002, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book B 397 at Page 378; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Citibank N.A. as Trustee for Chase 2002-1 by assignment instrument dated January 14, 2009 and recorded January 30, 2009 in Book 32 at Page 507; thereafter, assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association by assignment instrument dated July 6, 2012 and recorded July 25, 2012 in Book 266 at Page 680. The Note and Mortgage were subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement dated August 1, 2010, and a second Loan Modification Agreement dated July 20, 2016.

The description of the premises is as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, measuring and containing 0.574 acre, known as Lot 2, on a plat prepared by M. Exo Hilton, R.L.S., dated August 1987, entitled “Plat of 2 Lots, Property of E.G. Harrison, III, Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.” Said plat recorded in Plat Book BT at Page 62.

Said lot fronting on Mary Ann Point Road and running in a Northeasterly direction a distance of 100`; thence in a Southeasterly direction a distance of 250`; thence in a Southwesterly direction a distance of 100`; thence in a Northwesterly direction a distance of 250` to the point of beginning.

This being the same property conveyed to William E. Mizzell

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

#64134

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

#64236

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

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

TMS No. 397-01-00-104

Property address: 7906 Red Birch Circle 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.

The property shall be sold for cash

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott

(803) 252-3340

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or to otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, or to otherwise appear and defend the action pursuant to applicable court rules, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint or otherwise appear and defend within the time aforesaid, Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended effective September 1, 2002, Plaintiff may move for a general Order of Reference to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(b) of the SCRCP, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this action.

s/Derek F. Dean S.C. Bar No. 65279

Mikell

R.

Scarborough Master in Equity

Attorney for Plaintiff

Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

843-762-9132

dfdean@charlestonattorneys.net

May 22, 2023

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Petition for Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Counsel and for Order of Publication, for the appointment of Kelley Yarborough Woody, Esquire, to represent “John Doe” (all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue, alienees, unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability of the deceased person, John B. Shepherd, and all persons or entities entitled to claim under or through any of them), and “Richard Roe” (representing all unknown persons in military service, claiming any right, title or interest in the real property described herein), and

It further appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading Plaintiff’s Affidavit for Order of Publication and from the Complaint herein that a cause of action exists in favor of Plaintiff against Defendant(s); that the action is to quiet title for real property located in Charleston County, South Carolina; that the following named and/or designated Defendant(s) on whom service of the Summons and Complaint is to be made cannot be found, after reasonable due diligence, within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state; and that these named and/or designated Defendant(s) are necessary parties to this action.

These Defendant(s) named and/ or designated Defendant(s) are as follows:

“John Doe”, a fictitious name representing all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue, alienees, unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability of the deceased person, John B. Shepherd, and all persons or entities entitled to claim under or through any of them, and

“Richard Roe”, a fictitious name representing all unknown persons in military service, claiming any right, title or interest in the real property described herein.

NOW THEREFORE, on motion of Plaintiff,

IT IS ORDERED that Kelley Yarborough Woody, Attorney at Law, LLC, of PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, 803787-9678, kwoody@sc.rr.com, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown persons, heirs, devisees, distributees, legatees, widows or widowers, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, personal representatives, issue, alienees, unknown adults, unknown minors, incompetents, persons imprisoned, persons under any legal disability of the deceased person, John B. Shepherd, and all persons or entities entitled to claim under or through any of them, if any, being a class designated as

“John Doe”, and appointed as Counsel of Record on behalf of all unknown persons in military service, claiming any right, title or interest in the real property described herein being a class designated as “Richard Roe”, who have, or may claim to have, some right, title or interest in or to that real property commonly known as 145 Marsh View Villas, Unit 145, Charleston, South Carolina 29439, TMS No. 328-00-00-202 and Limited Parking Pad Number 23, TMS No. 328-00-00-251; that Kelley Yarborough Woody

is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s) unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian, Guardians ad Litem and/or Counsel for the said Defendant(s), and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that should said Defendant(s) fail to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and/or Counsel of Record within thirty (30) days from the last day of service by publication, the appointment of Kelley Yarborough Woody as Guardian ad Litem and Counsel of Record shall be made automatically absolute, without further action by Plaintiff, and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Counsel and Order for Publication be served upon said Defendant(s) John Doe and Richard Roe by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in Charleston County, South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above titled action.

Honorable Julie J. Armstrong Clerk of Court for Charleston County

May 22, 2023

Charleston, South Carolina SELL ANYTHING FOR $35 IN PRINT AND ONLINE CALL CRIS 577-5304 X127

Terrace Subdivision, as shown on a plat thereof made by George LaBruce, dated June of 1930 and duly recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book E at Page 119; Said property having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings, as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. Subject to any and all Restrictions, Covenants, Conditions, Easements, Rights of Way, and any and all other matters affecting subject property, of record in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, South Carolina. Being the same property conveyed unto Owen James by deed from Larry N. Ward, dated November 14, 2000 and recorded November 29, 2000 in Deed Book H359 at Page 756 in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 4181300213

Property Address:

623 Maylen Road Charleston, SC 29407

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE

2022-CP-10-02346

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

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

v. Jean-Louis Colombi

Master’s Sale 2021-CP-10-02672 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust, PLAINTIFF versus William O. James aka William Owen James aka Owen James, Truist Bank, Thomas Warren, Absolute Resolutions Investments, LLC, South Carolina Federal Credit Union, DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of June, 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, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 5th day of September, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain piece, parcel, tract, or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements located thereon, or to be built thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 20, Block F, Carolina

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. 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 6.5000%. 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

August 18, 2023, August 25, 2023,

September 1, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

5307

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION August 18th, 2023; August 25th, 2023; September 1st, 2023.

Mikell R. Scarborough, Master in Equity

5294

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 15th day of February, 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 5th day of September, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, or to be built thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, Christ Church Parish, State of South Carolina, shown and delineated as Lot 16, Phase II on that certain plat entitled “Darrell Creek Final Plat of Phase II Town of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, S.C.,” by ARC Surveying Company, Inc., dated August 1, 2001, and duly recorded November 30, 2001, in Plat Book EF at Pages 205-208, in said RMC Office. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. Said property is subject to any and all applicable easements and covenants of record and to all applicable governmental statues, ordinances, rules and regulations. This being the same property conveyed to Frank Olender and Joyce Olender by Deed from Edward C. Hunnicutt, dated March 30, 2007 and recorded April 3, 2007 in Deed Book Y620 at Page 046; thereafter, this being the same property conveyed to Frank Olender by Deed from Joyce Olender, dated May 3, 2018 and recorded May 23, 2018 in Deed Book 0720 at Page 797 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS No. 596-08-00-110

Property Address: 3738 Saint Ellens Drive Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

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 August 16, 2023, August 23, 2023, August 30, 2023

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

5327

made by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr.

Surveyor, and dated October 1951 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book H at Page 100 on November l, 1951; said plat being incorporated herein by reference hereto.

BEING the same property conveyed to Peter Johnson as Trustee for the Ike Johnson Revocable Living Trust and Bobby Johnson, Co-Trustee, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not tenants in common by Quit-Claim Deed of Virginia M. Bullock dated October 11, 2021 and recorded October 12, 2021 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1042 at Page 384.

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

5833 Althea Avenue North Charleston, SC 29406 TMS #472-04-00-132

July 25, 2023

Charleston, SC

ORDER TO APPOINT GUARDIAN

AD LITEM

North Charleston, South Carolina, 29418 within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Respectfully submitted, CLEKIS LAW FIRM, PA

S/Nicholas J. Clekis

S.C. Bar #6522

S/Alexandra E. Menegakis

S.C. Bar #I03820

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAfNTIFF 2850 Ashley Phosphate Rd. Ste. B North Charleston, SC 29418 Clekislaw@clekis.com Charleston, South Carolina 27 day of June, 2023

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. No.: 2023-CP-10-03577

This matter is before this Court upon Petition herein alleging that it is necessary to appoint a Guardian ad Litem Nisi to represent the interests of any unknown heirs or claimants from the public at large, as well as those who may be minors, incompetents or under a legal disability.

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-02500

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 RCF 2 Acquisition Trust c/o U.S. Bank Trust National Association, PLAINTIFF versus Frank Olender and Darrell Creek Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

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. 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 5.6250%. 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

Peter Johnson, as Trustee for the Ike Johnson Revocable Living Trust, Plaintiff, vs. Connery Properties, Inc. a/k/a Connery Properties, Incorporated, Lueanna Fisher, and all persons claiming any right, title, estate interest in or lien upon the real estate described and any unknown adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being as a class designated as John Doe, whose true name is unknown; and any minors or persons under disability, being as a class designated as Mary Roe, whose true name is unknown, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Lis Pendens, Summons, and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 25, 2023.

August 17, 2023

Charleston, South Carolina

LIS PENDENS

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-

NAMED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of S.C. CODE ANN. §57-9-10, a Summons and Complaint to Quiet Title in the above-captioned matter have been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, Court of Common Pleas on July 25, 2023, seeking to quiet title to the following real estate: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvement thereon, in any, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot Twenty two (22), in Block F on map of a subdivision called Oak Grove

It appears that William Tinkler, Esquire of Charleston, South Carolina is a suitable and competent person to act as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for any unknown Defendants, as well as those who may be minors, incompetents or under a legal disability.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby ORDERED, that Plaintiff’s request is hereby granted in full and that William Tinkler, Esquire, be, and he hereby is, appointed as Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney to represent the interests of such of the above-captioned unknown Defendants or unknown claimants from the public at large or those who may be minors, incompetents or under a legal disability.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petition for appointment of a Guardian ad Litem Nisi and this Order be published in the same manner as that ordered in the Order for Service by Publication to be issued in this action.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Lawrence M. Hershon

Lawrence M. Hershon (SC Bar No. 77514)

The Hershon Law Firm, P.A. 1565 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Suite 103 Charleston, SC 29407

Telephone: (843) 829-2022

Facsimile: (843) 829-2023

lawrence@hershonlawfirm.com

Attorney for the Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-03109

SARAH S. DAVIS, Plaintiff, V. OMAR D. BIGGS, Defendant.

SUMMONS (Auto Accident/Personal Injury)

TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office at 2850 Ashley Phosphate Road, Suite B,

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: HAZEL TIMMONS THAMES 2023-ES-10-1375

DOD: 07/11/23

Pers. Rep: RUFUS JENNINGS THAMES, III 15439 MONTICELLO DR. BRISTOL, VA 24202

Pers. Rep: LISA THAMES AVANT 3308 SCHOOLHOUSE DR. HEMINGWAY, SC 29554

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

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Estate of: GARLAND CURTIS PARSLEY 2023-ES-10-1382 DOD: 02/25/23

Pers. Rep: NANCY PARSLEY 2930 RED SKY DR CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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Estate of: GEORGE THOMAS MALONEY 2023-ES-10-1402 DOD: 06/24/23

Pers. Rep: SARA M. MALONEY 1952 HEIDELBERG DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: WILLIAM NEWMAN WEST 2023-ES-10-1438 DOD: 07/09/23

Pers. Rep: KEITH F. WEST 28 HUNTERS FOREST DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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The ‘fundamental colors’ of Susto

By Chelsea Grinstead

The latest record from long-time Charleston indie rock act Susto entitled My Entire Life feels like releasing a deep sigh of relief after a long journey.

Frontman Justin Osborne’s songwriting is narratively introspective on the 12-song LP, hitting a melancholic nerve with the ornamental roots rock songs strung together with wishes and visions. “The sonic landscape is affected and mirrored by the narrative,” Osborne told the Charleston City Paper. “I’d say the narrative is the center of the band. I know that’s not really what everybody wants from music, but that’s what we do. It’s an exploration of the human experience.”

While the members of Susto are not all local anymore, My Entire Life was mostly recorded at Charleston studio The Space with producer Wolfgang Zimmerman, who has played an important creative role in the group since its first album in 2014. The band recorded sessions for the album in other studios in North Carolina, Georgia and Mexico.

Susto returns Sept. 2 for a hometown show at The Refinery with North Carolina rock band Big Something and Charleston indie act Easy Honey.

My Entire Life is sonically intricate. In addition to Osborne on vocals and guitar, Marshall Hudson on drums, percussion and piano, Kevin Early on bass and Johnny Delaware on guitar, synth and keys, there are instrumental contributions from former Susto bandmates Dries Vandenberg of

Human Resources, Dylan Dawkins of Persona La Ave and bassist Jordan Hicks as well as Zimmerman.

While the band has switched up its members throughout the years, Hudson and Delaware have worked with Osborne since day one.

“It’s taken a long time to get as comfortable with each other as we are,” Osborne said. “We disagree a lot — everybody has a different opinion and a different perspective. And I think that’s what really helped us — it just creates this well-rounded editing process to where what we all think works best moves to the front and gets perfected.”

A culmination of experiences

Almost half the songs on My Entire Life revealed themselves to Osborne during a time of major life changes after finishing up the 2021 album Time in the Sun, he said, while songs such as “Rock On” and “Break Free, Rolling Stone” were written several years earlier.

“I write stream of consciousness,” he said. “I felt like there was something going on in me that I hadn’t really reckoned with, and the songs were pointing to that. Then a lot of things in my personal life came to a head and a lot of big shifts happened, and I was like, ‘Wow, I’ve written this song thinking I was writing about this, and it means so much more to me now in a different way.’ And I think that was probably the most surprising thing, seeing how the songs evolved in meaning to me, the creator of them.”

Hudson, who doubles as drummer and art director for the band, said he intended the album cover to be a visual summation of Susto, just as the title My Entire Life signals encapsulation. The cover is an oil painting

by Scottish artist Gordy Livingstone.

“The album represents a lot of maturity for the band and for Justin as a songwriter,” Hudson told the City Paper. “I wanted this cover to borrow pieces from all the other albums. And I wanted it to kind of look like a progression from Time in the Sun. That’s why this painting works so perfectly, because it has that little sun in it. Also, the guy depicted in the cover has indistinguishable knuckle tats. Justin has ‘acid boys’ on his knuckles, so that was a happy accident.”

The new album is Susto’s “own little version” of country folk, Osborne said. While the band’s signature sound is a mesh of rock ‘n’ roll, psych-folk and clever one-liners, My Entire Life captures a piercingly emotive and wise culmination of Susto.

“We’re not shying away from the hard topics, because we need music for that too,” Osborne said. “It’s a band very inspired by Southern gothic and confessionals. A lot of the literary inspirations are taking that same sort of lane.”

The sonic landscape of the blissed out track “Tina” (slang for methamphetamine)

Catch Ranky Tanky’s Quiana Parler with CJO

Iconic Lowcountry singer Quiana Parler joins the Charleston Jazz Orchestra (CJO) for a Queens of Soul concert, an homage to pioneering female musicians including Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan. Parler is known for her role as lead vocalist for two-time Grammy Awardwinning Gullah ensemble Ranky Tanky. Performances take place at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sept. 16 at Charleston Music Hall downtown. Tickets are $10 to $64 and available at charlestonjazz.com.

Celebreate Summerville Orchestra’s 20th season

Summerville Orchestra celebrates 20 years with its new 2023-2024 season — and with 12 diverse shows. Between September and December, there’s something for everyone. The new season kicks off with a free chamber music concert Bach Beethoven & Coffee at 7 p.m. Sept. 9 at Coastal Coffee Roasters. View the full schedule at summervilleorchestra.org.

Support a musician in need

North Charleston restaurant Rebel Taqueria hosts an End of Summer Thrown Down concert to benefit of local musician Amita Fukui , who is a vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter with Charleston alternative R&B/soul acts Black Zola and Rhodium . Music kicks off at 9 p.m. Suggested donations equip Fukui with financial support to receive treatment for a worsening medical condition.

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Psych-folk rockers Susto return home for a Sept. 2 concert at The Refinery with North Carolina rock band Big Something and Charleston indie act Easy Honey

“ It’s a band very inspired by Southern gothic and confessionals. A lot of the literary inspirations are taking that same sort of lane.” —Justin Osborne

High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Ali Sylvester is one funny lady. She teaches and performs at Theater 99 regularly and also teaches drama to kids at different schools around Charleston. But what really defines Sylvester is her thoughtfulness and inclusivity, Ohm Radio writes. “Ali has a kind heart, a funny soul, and if you are lucky to be in her orbit, you are better off for it,” said Vikki Matsis, Ohm Radio’s president. Sylvester couldn’t quite narrow down her list to five albums considering how obsessed she is with the Hamilton soundtrack and the hilarious comedic songs on Bo Burnam’s Inside compilation — so Charleston City Paper narrowed it down for her. Check out her top five albums below:

Do You Want More ?!!!??! by The Roots

Baduizm by Erykah Badu

Dookie by Green Day

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder

Getting to know indie rock act Lantana Fields

By Vincent Harris

Delving into the backstory of the Charleston band Lantana Fields takes a little work, as does explaining the act’s music.

The artist moniker Lantana Fields is a bit of a Sade or Alice Cooper situation — the band operates under the name Lantana Fields, but it also serves as a stage name for frontwoman Dani Thomas.

“It is a band,” Thomas said. “All the music that’s been made has been with the same people. The same band. Basically I would say that Lantana Fields is also my artist stage name, because there could potentially be a time where it might not necessarily always be those people playing with me. We are all Lantana Fields at this point, I’m just the face of it.”

Lantana Fields is, in one sense, a working band featuring singer/guitarist Thomas, guitarist Stephen Payne, bassist Matt Varner, drummer John Gornati and keyboardist Russell Green.

Virtually every member of the band plays in various projects throughout the Charleston area, most notably Gornati, who also plays drums for Leopard & The Diamond Sky.

So far, Lantana Fields has created three singles, and they’re all very different from one another stylistically.

“No Good For You” was released earlier

Susto

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was intended to capture a drug-induced high. Osborne holds a bitterness in a resigned tone as he sings about addiction and despair: “Is it freedom, is it pain / When it’s standing still in your veins / Tell me you’re sick / Or are we all just fallin’ to pieces.”

new singles “No Good for You” and “Joanna” stitch together mod-pop with dance rock and ’80s-glistened dreaminess. The band performs at the Tin Roof at 9 p.m. Aug. 31.

this year, and it’s a beguiling slice of indierock, with guitars that both drift and sting, and a start-stop rhythm that pushes the song forward with subtlety and grace.

The next single was “Joanna,” released last June. This is the first song in which synths are present in a forward-facing, noticeable context, and Thomas expertly navigates the song’s sparse verses and the lush chorus with ease.

The new single dropping Sept. 29 called “Dexies/Downers” is currently in the demo phase of recording, but acoustic and electric guitars are prominent, and there’s an alluring Neko-Case-style echo on Thomas’ dreamy vocals.

Osborne said two of his brothers struggle with addiction, which weighs heavily on his mom. His mournful lyrics are succinct and wrenching: “Now she’s feedin’ on lost souls just like a prophet / But with drugs like that, who needs God anyway.”

That Susto continues to put out music is evidence of the power of human connection.

“The thing that’s been the driving force

The most mysterious aspect of Lantana Fields is the recording process. Thomas said the band records at a place called Secret Cottage, but she wouldn’t reveal much more than that.

“Secret Cottage is a recording studio, it’s a collective, and it’s a label,” Thomas said. “And it’s in Charleston. It is a very unique group of people. Most of the people that come in and out of Secret Cottage, there’s a reason that they’re there — they somehow stumble upon it and find it.”

The band takes the stage at Tin Roof in West Ashley at 9 p.m. Aug. 31 for its next show. Tickets are $10 cash at the door.

for me has really been the people around me,” Osborne said. “Sometimes I’m lazy or neglectful of the actual times that matter the most, arguably, which are sitting down and trying to write about what I’m feeling. On this record, over half the songs [came from] people pushing me. And I’m thankful for it because a lot of times I don’t have confidence in myself.”

Local indie act Lantana Fields’

10. Beginning on 11. Blanketlike shawl

12. React to citrus fruit, maybe 16. Jury members 19. Wane 21. Enthusiastic group 25. Filmed material 26. Reason to get a shot

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Climate change is dramatically altering the Earth. People born today will experience three times as many floods and droughts as someone born in 1960, as well as seven times more heat waves. In urgent efforts to find a cure, scientists are generating outlandish proposals: planting mechanical trees, creating undersea walls to protect melting glaciers from warm ocean water, dimming the sun with airborne calcium carbonate, and covering Arctic ice with a layer of glass. In this spirit, I encourage you to incite unruly and even unorthodox brainstorms to solve your personal dilemmas. Be wildly inventive and creative.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “When love is not madness, it is not love,” wrote Spanish author Pedro Calderon de la Barca. In my opinion, that’s naive, melodramatic nonsense! I will forgive him for his ignorance, since he worked as a soldier and celibate priest in the 17th century. The truth is that yes, love should have a touch of madness. But when it has more than a touch, it’s usually a fake kind of love: rooted in misunderstanding, immaturity, selfishness, and lack of emotional intelligence. In accordance with astrological factors, I assign you Tauruses to be dynamic practitioners of genuine togetherness in the coming months: with hints of madness and wildness, yes, but mostly big helpings of mutual respect, smart compassion, tender care, and a knack for dealing maturely with disagreements.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini author Iain S. Thomas writes, “There are two things everyone has. One is The Great Sadness and the other is How Weird I Really Am. But only some of us are brave enough to talk about them.” The coming weeks will be a favorable time to ripen your relationship with these two things, Gemini. You will have the extra gravitas necessary to understand how vital they are to your full humanity. You can also express and discuss them in meaningful ways with the people you trust.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A self-fulfilling prophecy happens when the expectations we embrace actually come to pass. We cling so devotedly to a belief about what will occur that we help generate its literal manifestation. This can be unfortunate if the anticipated outcome isn’t good for us. But it can be fortunate if the future we visualize upgrades our wellbeing. I invite you to ruminate on the negative and positive projections you’re now harboring. Then shed the former and reinforce the latter.

By Rob Brezsny

out, “Hurry up, please — it’s time.” He wants the customers to finish their drinks and leave for the night. Now imagine I’m that bartender standing near you. I’m telling you, “Hurry up, please — it’s time.” What I mean is that you are in the climactic phase of your astrological cycle. You need to finish this chapter of your life story so you can move on to the next one. “Hurry up, please — it’s time” means you have a sacred duty to resolve, as best you can, every lingering confusion and mystery.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Addressing a lover, Scorpio poet Margaret Atwood says, “I would like to walk with you through that lucent wavering forest of bluegreen leaves with its watery sun & three moons, towards the cave where you must descend, towards your worst fear.” That is a bold declaration. Have you ever summoned such a deep devotion for a loved one? You will have more power and skill than usual to do that in the coming months. Whether you want to or not is a different question. But yes, you will be connected to dynamic magic that will make you a brave and valuable ally.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian theologian N. T. Wright writes, “The great challenge to self-knowledge is blind attachment to our virtues. It is hard to criticize what we think are our virtues. Although the spirit languishes without ideals, idealism can be the greatest danger.” In my view, that statement formulates a central Sagittarian challenge. On the one hand, you need to cultivate high ideals if you want to be exquisitely yourself. On the other hand, you must ensure your high ideals don’t become weapons you use to manipulate and harass others. Author Howard Bloom adds more. “Watch out for the dark side of your own idealism and of your moral sense,” he writes. “Both come from our arsenal of natural instincts. And both easily degenerate into an excuse for attacks on others.” Now is a good time for you to ponder these issues.

48. Elicits

52. Action takers

55. Airline freebie

57. Winter blanket?

59. “Right you are!”

60. Ball-___ hammer

62. Australian boot brand 63. “Madama Butterfly” sash

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The holy book of the Zoroastrian religion describes a mythical mountain, Hara Berezaiti. It’s the geographic center of the universe. The sun hides behind it at night. Stars and planets revolve around it. All the world’s waters originate at its peak. Hara Berezaiti is so luminous and holy that no darkness can survive there, nor can the false gods abide. I would love for you to have your own version of Hara Berezaiti, Leo: a shining source of beauty and strength in your inner landscape. I invite you to use your imagination to create this sanctuary within you. Picture yourself having exciting, healing adventures there. Give it a name you love. Call on its invigorating presence when you need a sacred boost.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo journalist Anthony Loyd has spent a lot of time in war zones, so it’s no surprise he has bleak views about human nature. He makes the following assertion: “We think we have freedom of choice, but really most of our actions are puny meanderings in the prison yard built by history and early experience.” I agree that our conditioning and routines prevent us from being fully liberated. But most of us have some capacity for responding to the raw truth of the moment and are not utterly bound by the habits of the past. At our worst, we have 20% access to freedom of choice. At our best, we have 70%. I believe you will be near the 70-percent levels in the coming weeks, dear Virgo.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libra poet T. S. Eliot wrote the iconic narrative poem “The Wasteland.” One part of the story takes place in a bar near closing time. Several times, the bartender calls

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn playwright and novelist Rose Franken said, “Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” That’s interesting, because many traditional astrologers say that Capricorns are the least likely zodiac sign to be silly. Speaking from personal experience, though, I have known members of your tribe to be goofy, nutty, and silly when they feel comfortably in love. An old Capricorn girlfriend of mine delighted in playing and having wicked good fun. Wherever you rank in the annals of wacky Capricorns, I hope you will consider expressing these qualities in the coming weeks. Romance and intimacy will thrive if you do.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As I work on writing new books, I often draw on inspirations that flow through me as I take long hikes. The vigorous exercise shakes loose visions and ideas that are not accessible as I sit in front of my computer. Aquarian novelist Charles Dickens was an adherent of this approach. At night, he liked to walk around London for miles, marveling at the story ideas that welled up in him. I recommend our strategy to you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. As you move your body, key revelations and enriching emotions will well up in you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The coming months will be an excellent time to build, discover, and use metaphorical bridges. To get in the mood, brainstorm about every type of bridge you might need. How about a connecting link between your past and future? How about a nexus between a task you must do and a task you love to do? And maybe a conduit between two groups of allies that would then serve you even better than they already do? Your homework is to fantasize about three more exciting junctions, combinations, or couplings.

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