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Yondr

The Rundown

RiverDogs nab 3rd straight championship crown

The Charleston RiverDogs rose above the ashes of a rocky start to the baseball season to capture the Carolina League championship for a third straight season after a 7-5 Sept. 19 win over the Down East Wood Ducks.

Phone police? Schools lock up devices during instruction time

By Lily Levin

James Island Charter High School (JICHS)

Principal Timothy Thorn noticed a problem during his routine classroom walkthroughs. The students couldn’t help but be distracted by their cellphones.

In fact, teachers “who didn’t have a good system [of cellphone policies] were really losing the battle” against phones interrupting learning, he said.

So this past fall, JICHS became one of the handful of schools in Charleston County School District (CCSD) with a school-wide policy to secure phones while class was in session using a product called Yondr.

Yondr has a pretty simple premise. It’s a bag with a heavy magnet designed to hold a phone and block its signal. A student cannot access their device without getting a Yondr bag unlocked at a monitored station. At JICHS, the only time bags are unlocked are at lunchtime. At other schools with this policy, students can’t unlock their phones at all throughout the school day.

The program cost JICHS about $20,000 for a year of nearly unlimited bags, Thorn said. “If the kids damage them on purpose, they get charged $5” to hold them accountable.

Principal Keturah Gadson of Northwoods Middle School in North Charleston heard about Yondr from someone who piloted it at a different institution. Northwoods, she said, gave students and community members a voice in the process before the school started its Yondr policy in 2022.

Charleston Charter School of Math &

Science (CCSMS) also engaged its community, said parent Lisa Covert. “They had a session for parents, where they showed us the Yondr bags and explained how it works.”

In general, Covert said “the feeling of the room was one of like, ‘Yes, this is good.”

Parent Francis Beylotte III, whose son goes to JICHS, agreed.

“I think the agreement from pediatricians and parents across the board is that these addictive devices need to be put away in school,” he said.

Gauging Yondr’s efficacy

So does the phone bag actually work? Opinions are mixed.

Beylotte said that all of the kids know how to cheat the rules with a dummy phone, his son included. Thorn admitted that fake phones were a problem.

But, said Beylotte, this doesn’t necessarily mean the ban isn’t helpful.

“Even if the kids are still sneaking their phones in, they’re using them a lot less because they have to hide them now. So there probably has been an overall reduction in phone distraction.”

Northwoods Middle’s Gadson said that since the ban, there have been less incidents related to cell phone usage. Teacher Ridge Welch, who has been at Northwoods Middle for five years, used to have to beg

students to put their phones away during class time. “Now,” he said, “[phone usage], it’s not even a question.”

CCSMS Executive Principal Mary Carmichael wrote that the school’s Yondr policy has cut down on daytime drama. “Teachers are very happy with the increased levels of engagement.”

But some students say they feel a bit differently about the efficacy of Yondr. For example, a James Island junior said that one teacher routinely forgets that the ban is in place and asks the kids to get out their cellphones.

Moreover, said a second JICHS student, who also asked for anonymity, the policy is affecting how they socialize with their friends — and not in a good way.

“We had a young group, a talented group, but we had a lot of things to work on and get better at,” first-year manager Sean Smedley said in one report. “It’s a testament to the guys — they went out and got better each day. They started learning themselves and learned how to play this game at a high level, and they ended up winning the championship.”

The RiverDogs finished the first half of the season with the worst record in the Carolina League, but the team then scored a 39-26 record in the second half all the way to its third consecutive league title. That win marks the first time since 2008 that a team has finished last in its division in the first half and gone on to win the championship.

The championship three-peat follows a 99-year dry spell for the Charleston team, with the 2021 lineup marking the first championship win in almost a century. In 2022, the team touted its most dominant record — 88-44, the best in all of professional baseball that year. —Staff reports

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For the 13th straight year, The Citadel is the “best public university in the South” according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.

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S.C. shootings: Six died in Greenville, Horry, York, Clarendon, Chester and Pickens counties. Three others were hurt in Sumter and Anderson counties. Mass shootings: Seven mass shootings in the U.S., totaling 506 for the year.

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pouches secure with a strong magnet and block signals, ensuring phones don’t disrupt classes

Even if the kids are still sneaking their phones in, they’re using them a lot less because they have to hide them now.”

—Francis Beylotte III

Apartment units soar but area still playing catch up to housing demand

By Skyler Baldwin

Apartment units from downtown to the sea islands are filling up faster than they can be built — despite nearly 10,000 units opening in the Charleston market over the last three years, according to an August study.

“As much as these numbers sound big, we are behind in housing,” said Robert Summerfield, Charleston’s director of planning, preservation and sustainability. “Not only have we continued to see this population pressure as more people recognize Charleston as a place to live, but we’re still trying to catch up with the decade before that.

“And at the same time, our housing stock has aged and in many cases may have needed to be taken offline to add new housing stock as redevelopment cycles occur.”

According to the study by RentCafe, 9,733 new apartments opened throughout the Charleston-area rental market since the beginning of 2020, which many may find surprising since that’s when the Covid pandemic started, too. The city of Charleston saw the most growth, with 4,304 new apartments. Some 2,191 new units opened in Summerville while North Charleston got 1,390 new units. Meanwhile, new development isn’t

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slowing down, as 3,563 new rentals are on track to be built by the end of the year. But it still may not be enough to meet demand.

“It sounds crazy, but you have people going to college, paying the cost of going to university these days, [but they’re also] living in their car or couch surfing,” Summerfield said. “They can’t afford college, food to eat and a place to stay.”

The problem isn’t unique to Charleston, which falls just short of the top 20 metro areas for apartment construction, according to RentCafe. More than 1.2 million apartments opened throughout the country since 2020, and another 1 million are expected through 2025, according to an annual study. Almost two-thirds of the apartments built during the pandemic-era boom are clustered in the top 20 highgrowth metros, which make up about 41% of the total renter population in the U.S.

“I don’t know of any community in the U.S. that is able to keep up with housing demand,” Summerfield said.

Not a new issue

Still city leaders often see pushback from community members on new housing construction. But as much controversy as new apartment development can cause locals, Summerfield said, it’s important for people to realize this isn’t a new issue.

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New apartment buildings in downtown Charleston routinely meet residence quotas within weeks of opening

Charleston’s slavery resistance focus of Florida forum

By Herb Frazier

Slavery and the resistance to it in Charleston will be the topic of two panel discussions this week in Florida at the annual conference of a national organization founded a century ago by a scholar whose inspiration led to Black History Month.

The International African American Museum (IAAM), the Charleston Gaillard Center and Emanuel AME Church have partnered to present on Sept. 22 the “Untold Stories of Black Resistance” during the 108th annual conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

The Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston at the College of Charleston (CofC) on Sept. 23 will present Charleston’s distinction as the site of America’s largest domestic slave auction during ASALH’s conference at Jacksonville’s Hyatt Regency Riverfront.

Staging the five-day conference that starts Sept. 20 in Florida is important now because of the state’s Gov. Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Florida school, said ASALH’s president and retired history professor Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney.

The organization’s meeting will be held a month after a white gunman on Aug. 26 killed himself after he shot and killed three Black people in a Dollar General store in Jacksonville. In a statement on ASALH’s website, Dulaney said, the organization is even more determined to hold its conference in Jacksonville. “We will not be intimidated and scared away from promoting Black history,” he said.

Historian and journalist Carter G. Woodson founded ASALH in 1915 in Washington, D.C., and a decade later he and the organization launched the first “Negro History Week” observance during the second week of February that evolved into Black History Month.

The sessions on Charleston resonate personally with Dulaney, a retired University of Texas at Arlington history professor.

“I feel pride that these Charleston institutions are coming to ASALH,” said Dulaney, who is serving in his second year of a threeyear term as ASALH’s president.

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The IAAM, Gaillard, Emanuel partnership

The IAAM, the Gaillard and Emanuel partnership emerged from the trio’s music and comedic performances last summer on the 200th anniversary of the Denmark Vesey slave revolt. The events highlighted Vesey’s alleged plot to kill white Charlestonians on July 14, 1822, then flee with his supporters to Haiti where enslaved people had waged a successful 12-year revolt against France. Vesey was a leader in the African Church, a forerunner to Emanuel.

Jerry Harris, president of Charleston’s ASALH branch, said he encouraged the IAAM, the Gaillard and the church to continue their relationship to illustrate during the ASALH conference how local organizations can tell Charleston’s story of Black resistance.

The ASALH presentation will include the story of Civil War hero Robert Smalls who in 1862 commandeered the Planter, a Confederate steamship, before he gave it to the Union Navy. The Gaillard-produced play, Finding Freedom: The Journey of Robert Smalls, premieres Oct. 6.

During the conference, Harris will moderate the panel discussion with Lissa Frenkel, the Gaillard’s president and CEO, Dr. Felice Knight, IAAM’s director of education, and Lee Bennett, Emanuel’s historian. Harris said he encouraged the Gaillard to join ASALH as an institutional member as the first step to propose the panel discussion.

“The Gaillard Center has prioritized exploring the vast and complex history of Charleston by using the arts to bridge divides and build dialogue, and to uplift underrecognized historical figures and their stories,” Frenkel told the Charleston City Paper. “In doing this, the Gaillard has

also been dedicated to creating partnerships with other local nonprofits and community groups to create a broader platform for conversation in the community.”

Slavery’s legacy hiding in plain sight

In his proposal to the conference planners, Dr. Bernard Powers Jr., founding director of the CofC’s Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, wrote that: “The historic city of Charleston is best known for its charm and beauty as millions from around the world visit its quaint streets and antebellum homes. Yet fundamentally unknown are the stories of Charleston’s slave traders, the businessmen whose work was vital to both the transatlantic and domestic slave trades.”

Powers, CofC’s history professor emeritus, will moderate a discussion with retired Charleston businesswoman Margaret Seidler who discovered slave traders in her family, prompting her to support more expansive research about her ancestors’ slave-trading business based on Broad Street.

Lauren Davila, an adjunct CofC history professor, will talk about her stunning discovery of an 1835 advertisement to auction 600 men, women and children. It marks the largest known auction of enslaved people in the United States, Powers said.

“This panel demonstrates how people from across one community are working to tell a more complete history of their city,” Powers said, “by using a variety of public history tools to overcome the silences and amnesia surrounding the role of slavery and the domestic slave trade in shaping Charleston’s historical and modern landscape.”

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A North Charleston woman called the police on Sept. 5 when her upstairs apartment neighbor allegedly threatened her with a gun after she pounded on the ceiling with a broom to get him to quiet down. North Charleston police encouraged the woman to move into a new apartment or file for a restraining order.

Kindergarten rules

Mount Pleasant police on Sept. 12 had to explain to a grown adult (and his attorney) that name-calling is not criminal assault after he and his landlord reportedly got into a verbal argument over a threatened eviction. The landlord allegedly called the man “stupid,” resulting in the police call.

Vacation’s over Charleston police on Sept. 5 caught a New York man sleeping on a downtown sidewalk with a couple empties nearby. Police determined he had an outstanding warrant for larceny and arrested him. We hope the drinks were something beachy and the nap was nice, at least.

Just to be safe

North Charleston police on Sept. 4 saw a woman through the window of a Rivers Avenue hotel room laying backwards in bed and immediately busted down the door, thinking she could have been overdosing. The woman explained she just likes to sleep like that sometimes. Police confirmed that she was totally OK, if not a bit bizarre.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration

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The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Sept. 4 and Sept. 12.

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The cast of Finding Freedom: The Journey of Robert Smalls , produced by the Charleston Gaillard Center, recently held a rehearsal. The play, written by Teralyn Reiter and directed by JaMeeka Holloway with original music from Charlton Singleton, is the first-ever original theatrical production presented by the Charleston Gaillard Center. The play will debut Oct. 6.

“Last year and the years before that, I wouldn’t even go on my phone at lunch, but now … you’re just catching up on your socials.”

Safety issues

Besides its efficacy, another concern with the Yondr policy has been about how it might limit communication, especially in the face of an emergency.

Principals Gadson and Thorn had the same response to this question as the CCSMS admin: The office phones are always staffed, and employees can reach a student very quickly. Thorn said students can break their Yondr bags without a ton of difficulty if there were to be an on-campus threat like a gun — because when safety is compromised, “everything is fair game.”

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“The community has struggled with thinking of themselves as very small, but not quite being as small as they think,” he said. “We all remember yesterday in a different light and through a different filter. They remember when Charleston was small, but I often ask folks, ‘Well was it

But the first student pushed back against this reassurance. “If one of my family members were to die, or something, I wouldn’t want, like, my high school math teacher telling me. I would rather my parents just told me that.”

Us vs. them mentality

A few weeks ago, one student’s Apple Watch went off during a class and the teacher immediately called the office. Then, “four or five people came into the classroom,” including “a guy who had a taser. I was assuming he was, like, a security officer,” a JICHS student said.

“I had a friend who sat two seats away from me, and he was literally getting his backpack searched,” the student said. The entire time, she said, the staff members were screaming at the kids in the classroom. This incident highlights the contrasting

ever really that small?’

“Back in the day, when the city was just the peninsula and parts of West Ashley, the population density was still really high,” he added. “People’s perception of how small we were and how fast we’re growing, there’s more to it.”

And in many cases, the alternative is a lot worse, Summerfield explained.

“What we see happen — and this isn’t

Yondr experiences between some students and the adults in charge of their education. For instance, Covert’s son said that at CCSMS, the Yondr policy is the product of a lack of trust in the students not to go on social media, like TikTok, during class time. Some James Island students feel left out of the discussion. Teachers and administrators would better know how students felt “if they were to … include us in the conversation.”

How schools frame the cellphone ban

Northwoods Middle’s Gadson said that the lack of resistance to the cellphone ban at her school could be attributed to how her school had introduced it to the students. “We don’t look at [Yondr] as a punishment or consequence. We don’t have any negative associations with Yondr pouches. We just

anecdotal; we have the data to show it — those folks that can’t afford a home on the peninsula, or a home their family has held for generations, they end up going out to West Ashley or the sea islands,” he said. “That pushes development into areas that stress our transportation system or necessitates additional services in those areas, which drives up municipal costs.”

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look at it as another tool in our toolbox.”

Welch has tried to minimize the us-versusthem dynamic in his classroom by admitting to his students that sometimes, he, too, can be a little bit too attached to his cellphone. At age 26, “I’m not that far removed from where you guys are,” he told his students.

Gadson emphasized it’s not a one-sizefits-all solution. “We’re not going to ever just disregard something [important], because … it doesn’t fit into our policy.”

According to Beylotte, such a solution should include allowing students to access their devices if it were absolutely necessary, like in the case of a mental health crisis. Either way, he said, students still graduated high school before cellphone usage was normal.

“If my kids hear me say I went to school my entire life without a cellphone again, they’re probably gonna throw up,” Beylotte said. “But it’s true,” he added with a chuckle.

industry leave gaps in the workforce that eventually drive up prices for locals and visitors alike, Summerfield said. And in the worst case, homelessness rates increase.

“It creates a domino effect,” he said. The more community support for housing development, especially that which meets the needs of multiple income levels, Summerfield said, the easier time area leaders will have meeting that demand.

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ransformational photographer Edward Steichen knew the piercing power of photographs. His last project for the Museum of Modern Art, The Bitter Years: 1935-1941, showcased the poverty, hunger and bleak life for Americans during the Great Depression.

“I believe it is good at this time to be reminded of those ‘Bitter Years,’ ” he wrote of a 1962 exhibition, “and to bring them into the consciousness of a new generation, which has problems of its own, but is largely unaware of the endurance and fortitude that made the emergence from the Great Depression one of America’s victorious hours.”

Now in Charleston, we are lucky the Gibbes Museum of Art has brought a stunning updated collection of these New Deal photographs by famed visual artists Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, Jack Delano and others. Not only did their work appear in Steichen’s exhibition, but they launched documentary photography careers two decades earlier as staff photographers for the Farm Services Administration (FSA) in a project that generated more than 200,000 still images that defined the Depression.

The Gibbes’ exhibition, which runs through Jan. 14, 2024, is filled with images you may have seen — Lange’s exhausted migrant mother nursing a child in a dusty California field or Evans’ portrayals of the bare homes of three sharecropper families in Hale County, Alabama.

Steichen’s original New York exhibition of more than 200 photographs featured only three from South Carolina.

The Gibbes noted that was not unique as “very few of the photographs from the Farm Security Administration taken in South Carolina have ever been presented in or out of the state.” But the museum’s new show offers several South Carolina photographs taken by the great FSA photographers, including Lange’s black-and-white portrait of a sharecropper wife and mother of seven children in Chesnee; a battered Charleston street scene and a shack near Summerville, both by Wolcott; Delano’s portraits of two Bonneau landowners who had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin; and a fruit sign by Evans.

What’s important about these photographs nine decades after the Depression is how they portray the resilience in the American spirit. Despite dust bowls, boll weevils, hunger, poverty and hard times, Americans survived and started to thrive, particularly after World War II. The country pulled together enacting an array of New Deal programs to lift up the poor and create a stronger middle class.

Fifteen years ago, Charleston-born artist Shepard Fairey memorialized the hope of the nation and the man who became America’s first Black president. Too soon, however, came a reversal — an age in which division, fear and inequities bloomed across the country.

So it is with great thanks to the Gibbes for reminding us how bitter times can lead to better times. Now, let’s just take this gentle admonition to heart, pull together as a country and bat away the nattering nabobs of negativism and adverse acolytes of authoritarianism.

1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.

3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.

6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.

7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.

8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.

9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.

10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

On Haley’s distorted narrative on immigration

By Will McCorkle

It may seem ironic, but one of the most damaging and distorted narratives on immigration comes from our former governor and current presidential candidate, Nikki Haley. We are used to more anti-immigrant approaches and rhetoric from candidates like Donald Trump, but it carries specifically troubling implications coming from Haley who is herself a child of Indian immigrants.

Since she ran for governor back in 2010, Haley has used her own immigration story and heritage to go after undocumented immigrants. As she stated in a campaign ad for governor, “My parents are immigrants, they came here legally. They put in the time. They put in the money. They did what they were supposed to. It makes them mad when they see illegal immigrants come into this state.”

When she became governor, she signed one of the most antiimmigrant laws in the nation, which would have made it a crime for certain immigrants not to have their papers on them at all times. Some of the more draconian aspects of this law were blocked by the federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, but nevertheless she contributed to the already hostile environment in South Carolina towards immigrants. For example, we are one of the few states in the nation that bars undocumented students from studying at state colleges.

Unfortunately, this type of narrative that Haley has put forward deeply distorts the realities of immigration. It makes it appear that it is just a choice for people who decide to come in legally versus those who do not. Many people do not realize the strong limitations for who can immigrate.

For example, Haley’s parents were extremely educated. Her mother had studied law and her father had a Ph.D. before coming to South Carolina. In contrast, very few working to middle class immigrants can just legally migrate to the United States. Unless they have a close family member who can sponsor them, their only options are usually to come illegally or to seek to come through the asylum system.

I am sure Haley is aware of this great discrepancy between her parents’ experiences and the realities of many poor migrants at our Southern border, but it nevertheless plays into the anti-immigrant sentiment of the GOP base.

We have to be honest about what the current immigration system lacks — specifically the chance for more working and middle class individuals to actually legally migrate. The truth is that we are in desperate need for more workers. This is especially the case as the birth rate in the United States has declined.

We need to have an honest discussion about how to make it easier to migrate and avoid these distorted, often moralistic narratives about those who migrate the “right way” versus the “wrong way.” It overlooks how our immigration system actually works and the way privilege and wealth usually determines who is able to migrate.

I am glad that Nikki Haley’s family was successful and helped contribute greatly to our state. However, from my time working at the Southern border with asylum seekers, I also know that many of these migrants who do not come from wealth or privilege could also be making a positive impact if we could stop demonizing them and instead support them in their journey.

Summerville resident Will McCorkle teaches educational foundations and social studies education at a South Carolina college. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Uncovering the storied past of Starlight Motor Inn

By Chelsea Grinstead

t Starlight Motor Inn, everybody is a star — at least that’s what the Sly and the Family Stone quote says on the motel’s marquee.

The midcentury motel on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston is a pastel-hued haven where time seems to stand still. The building first opened as a motel in 1961 but rose back to life this January after being condemned for 15 years.

“When I saw this building, I thought it was right out of south Miami — like something out of a Scarface movie,” said Starlight Motor Inn co-owner Ham Morrison, a Charleston native and real estate developer.

Blown-up flamingo floats trail lazily along the surface of the pool across the parking lot from the lobby. Next to the lobby by the fireplace, a set of carpeted stairs lead to the Burgundy Lounge — a dark wood paneled time capsule that transports people back to a simpler day.

“Everything is put back just the way it was up there, including the carpet,” said architectural historian Brittany Lavelle Tulla, referencing the burgundy-colored carpet in the cozy lounge.

Tulla, who helped steer the restoration of the motel that reopened in January, said everything on the building’s exterior is true to its 1960s character with the exception of a few alterations. And on the interior, the decor was carefully curated to tie in the history of the place.

“In Burgundy Lounge and the restaurant space below [are] original bar stools, booths, chairs and tables — it was incredible how things were found,” Tulla said.

Spotlighting local music

Music is a big part of the vibe at the new Starlight for guests and locals alike, said general manager Hank Wharton, who is with

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the local vacation rental company StayDuvet. Every room at the Starlight has artwork or photographs of iconic music artists, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday and Thelonius Monk, and some rooms have vintage posters ranging from James Brown to P Funk.

Burgundy Lounge, which is open to the public, features local music from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, in addition to hosting events with vinyl DJs on Saturdays starting at 8 p.m.

“I’m always blown away by the caliber of the music scene here,” Wharton said.

Local musician Gavin Hamilton, who was one of the first to be booked for gigs at Burgundy, said the nostalgic environment in the lounge and the hotel is “extra chill.”

“[It’s] an oasis that’s close to all parts of Charleston,” he said. “The staff is great on all ends. They definitely curate a comfortable atmosphere for anyone staying [and for] residents and the artists that perform there.”

Wharton said he is looking forward to featuring local musicians Grace McNally and Harlem Farr from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Monday nights starting in October.

“They will be playing some Brazilian lounge jams,” he said. “I’m really hoping our amazing housekeeping team, Fluffy, which is a predominantly Brazilian crew, will come out with friends and let loose. They work so hard and are really the backbone of the Starlight.”

A historical landmark

The retro building caught Morrison’s eye in early 2019 — and what resulted was a complicated yet rewarding four-year process of acquiring, reimagining and renovating the motel into what is seen today.

Morrison enlisted Tulla to look into the building’s history to see if it could be registered as a historical landmark, and turns out, it could. In 2020, the motel was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The motel, which now houses 51 rooms, was built and operated as the Host of America motel in 1961 by used car salesman Woody Rogers, Tulla said. He and his family ran a used car lot at the location previously, and in the late 1950s, he felt the strain of federal regulations surrounding used car sales. So, the Rogers family converted the lot into a motel after being advised that the motel business was a quick way to make money off of the vehicular traffic of traveling Americans.

“What makes this motel interesting and of historic status is the way it was built,” Tulla said, which was with a method called prefabricated modular construction. She found an article from 1961 that said the “instant motel” was the first modular motel in the region.

Each hotel room was built and fully furnished on an assembly line in Georgia, including the carpet and TVs.

“The only thing left to do was plug in the plumbing and put on the sheets,” she said.

Pushed in like a drawer

Once the steel infrastructure was erected on site, each hotel room was pushed in like a drawer. The pool and pool annex were also built with the original motel.

In 1966 came a two-story addition, which housed the Burgundy Lounge on the second floor and a restaurant called Pilgrim Inn below it. And while the motel’s style was midcentury modern to a tee, the addition was done in a colonialinspired style as curb appeal to attract travelers by resembling the older architecture of Charleston.

In the 1980s, the motel changed hands before Hurricane Hugo damaged the property in 1989, which is approximately when

Charleston musicians perform almost every evening at the Burgundy Lounge, which is open to the public and motel guests alike

the name changed to the Star of America Motel. Ultimately, the motel fell into disrepair in the early 2000s, and the building was condemned.

“The number one thing that you look for when you’re trying to get something listed to the National Register … is if the building has the bones [of its] historic self,” Tulla said. “When we got into the history, it was like, ‘How did this story just not get picked up?’ We thought it was this beautiful gem of a story waiting to be uncovered.”

The 1960s reimagined

Morrison also enlisted his longtime friend and fellow co-owner Walker Lamond, who works with local design agency SDCO Partners, as a brand ambassador for the Starlight. Lamond was instrumental in naming the new place Starlight Motor Inn, which played off the star theme of the original signage. (Plus, motor inn is an old school way of saying “motel,” also known as a “motor hotel” designed to accommodate motorists.)

“What Walker and I were doing was making it a place that we want to hang out — that’s just the ethos — making it very flowing and easy and not nothing too precious,” Morrison said. “Motels are kind of grizzly — they’re just a chair and an ashtray.”

Burgundy Lounge (the original name confirmed by old advertisements) was initially a place for motel guests to unwind — but these days anyone is welcome, guest or not.

“We’re all about the community,” Morrison added. “We aren’t trying to exclude anybody.”

Starlight Motor Inn, in all of its distinct charm and sentimental comfort, testifies that preserving the past can enrich the present.

“I love being a part of a new concept when it comes to the development of North Charleston,” Hamilton said. “We shouldn’t have to tear every building down. It makes me feel as if I’m a part of preserving history in a sense.”

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Co-owner Ham Morrison (left), architectural historian Brittany Lavelle Tulla (right) and general manager Hank Wharton (far right) are part of the team behind the restoration of North Charleston’s Starlight Motor Inn on Rivers Avenue

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What To Do

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Boozy cookbook fair

Foodies, book worms and wine lovers unite for Itinerant Literate’s Not Scholastic Book Fair: Foodie Edition. The Park Circle bookshop will team up with Stems & Skins wine bar to present a plethora of cookbooks covering cuisines such as southern Appalachian, vegan Chinese and even one book with recipes inspired by Agatha Christie’s murdery-mystery novels. Spend your evening flipping through recipes while enjoying cocktails and light bites, including Stems & Skins’ Sunday meatball special.

Sept. 24. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Itinerant Literate Books. 1070 E. Montague Ave. #B, North Charleston. itinerantliteratebooks.com/events

TUESDAY

Mount Pleasant Farmers Market

Come celebrate local farmers for the last time this season at the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market. Enjoy good food and live music as you wander through the stalls of fresh local goods including produce, meats, sauces and baked treats. Volunteers from the Clemson Extension Master gardeners will also be available to offer gardening advice.

Sept. 26. 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Farmers Market. 645 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant

WEDNESDAY

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live

SATURDAY

Park Circle Oktoberfest

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Kick off the fall season right at this year’s Park Circle Oktoberfest. Hosted by The Brew Cellar at Holy City Brewing, the festival includes German beer, all-day food specials and entertainment by the eastern European Hans-Schmidt Oompah Band. VIP ticket holders can get a real German beer hall experience at the Porter Room, which will feature six authentic German beers and a souvenir stein to commemorate the event.

Sept. 23. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. $10 general admission, $50 VIP, free for kids younger than 12. Holy City Brewing. 1021 Aragon Ave. North Charleston. holycitybrewing.com

Experience the beloved characters and thrilling visuals of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in a brand-new way at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. An all-female live orchestra will be accompanied by percussion and a scratch DJ to bring to life the epic film score, which originally featured artists Post Malone, Nicki Minaj, Juice WRLD and more.

Sept. 27. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $35. North Charleston Performing Arts Center. 5001 Coliseum Drive. North Charleston. northcharlestoncoliseumpac.com

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Party at the Spot

Keep an eye out for Greek flags as you pull up to the first Party at the Spot, a block party of all your favorite vendors hosted by My Big Fat Greek Trailer and The Cotton Sky Ice Cream Co. Feast on a flavor-filled gyros and creamy ice cream before making your own flower bouquet at Sweet Jessamine’s flower truck. Local artisans will offer everything from clay vases and clothes to hand-poured candles and jewelry.

Sept. 28. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. 695 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant. facebook.com

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The new local performance troupe Queer Liberty presents its second show at Tin Roof at 8:30 p.m. Sept 25. Expect performances by local drag artists Showbiz Baby, Madame Merlot , Eddie Dimitri, Nova Cane O’Bishop, Morgana Mansion and Anon Binary in an evening of lip syncs, strip teases and stand-up in celebration of Queer eroticism and joy. Tickets are $10 in advance, and the event is for those aged 18 and older. Check out @showbizbb on Instagram for more details.

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There’s something for everyone at this year’s annual MOJA Arts Festival with offerings including a U.S. theatrical premiere from Barbados, internationally known musicians in jazz, swing and reggae, and a juried exhibition featuring more than 50 regional artists.

Charlton Singleton, a founding member of the two-time Grammy Award-winning band Ranky Tanky, was appointed MOJA’s first artistic director in March. He said directing the festival is an honor and a real full-circle moment in his career.

“I was a little boy when it started, but I was old enough to know that this was something special,” Singleton said of the festival, which started in 1984. “My first cousin, the late Robert White, was a visual artist and one of the original forward thinkers about this festival. He would always have his artwork on display, and he did the posters in the beginning. It was really special for me as a little boy to see my big cousin having his work on display.”

Later in life, Singleton began performing in the festival and eventually headlining. “So now to be in this position has been a tremendous full circle moment, and it’s been pretty awesome,” he said.

The festival, which celebrates Black artists and highlights African American and

Caribbean contributions to culture, will take place in various venues across the peninsula from Sept. 28 through Oct. 8.

The city’s office of cultural affairs has produced the multidisciplinary arts festival since 1984, after community organizers staged three smaller Black arts festivals in 1979, 1981 and 1983.

“To be around for 40-plus years now is an amazing thing,” Singleton said. “For any festival to have that sort of longevity is a testament to the hard work that the people have done on the various committees over the years.”

A moment of expansion

The festival is currently in a moment of overdue expansion of funds and visibility, according to an April report by City Paper ’s Herb Frazier. This year sees a five-time increase of the budget of the annual MOJA Arts Festival.

“So many people for so many years have thought that MOJA should have been bigger — there’s been a lot of talk about it, and so now we’re trying to make that a reality,” Singleton said. “There’s no reason why this can’t be a larger domestic festival and an international festival, as it should be. So we’re excited about the festival this year, and we’re excited about the possibili-

ties of the festival moving forward.”

MOJA is multidisciplinary, celebrating Black creativity in all its forms. Beyond events in music, visual arts and theater, there’s also plenty of poetry and storytelling events, many of which are free to attend.

“From the African American point of view, so many of our legendary tales are passed on through storytelling, so to have that on display as well is definitely a must, and something that will definitely continue to happen. It has for many years been a part of the festival because it’s a very huge part of our heritage and legacy,” Singleton said.

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The South Carolina Arts Commission is now accepting nominations before Nov. 5 for the S.C. Governor’s Award for the Arts, which recognizes persons or organizations in South Carolina who exhibit outstanding achievement or support of the arts. For complete nomination guidelines or more info, visit southcarolinaarts.com or contact communications director Jason Rapp at jrapp@arts.sc.gov.

Art businesses host an open house

785 Meeting Street is home to four local women-owned creative small businesses: The Miller Gallery, Julia Deckman Studio, Studio Jane and artist Kate Hooray Osmond. These businesses will host a free open house event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 23. Expect delicious dumplings by Sarah’s Dumps plus guest vendors Homesick Housewares and Lina Rosa Jewelry Check out @juliadeckmanstudio on Instagram to learn more.

‘Pay what you will’ at the Gibbes

The Gibbes Museum of Art will host a series of “pay-what-you-will” days General admission ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students, but on four select Saturdays, visitors may pay what they wish. The dates are Sept. 23, Dec. 16, March 30 and June 22. Visit gibbesmuseum.org to learn more. — Chloe Hogan

Earth Kry, a musical group from Kingston, Jamaica, will perform reggae on Sept. 29 at Brittlebank Park in downtown Charleston — one of many exciting music events in the MOJA festival lineup

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Author Zurenda’s new love story

By Kevin Young

When driving through a small town or down a lonely road in South Carolina, you might find dilapidated motels and enormous mansions. The imagination can run wild thinking about the possible tales that emanate from these spaces. Author Susan Beckham Zurenda explores what those places might hold in her latest novel, The Girl from the Red Rose Motel.

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Fellow South Carolinian and writer Ron Rash hailed her latest project as brimming with complex characters and a story that is “deeply moving without veering into sentimentality.”

The Girl from the Red Rose Motel follows two students from completely different walks of life who meet during in-school suspension and fall in love soon after. As their feelings grow, Hazel, who lives with her homeless family in the rundown Red Rose Motel, and Sterling, an affluent teen living in a mansion, find support in their English teacher, Angela Wilmore, who’s in the midst of her own romantic drama in a budding relationship with the school’s principal.

“One theme in common among most of my stories and my two novels is my characters’ struggles to let go and the courage involved in coping after they’ve had to ‘give up’ a relationship, a place or situation that is no longer possible in that character’s

life,” Zurenda said.

“The Girl from the Red Rose Motel covers a number of timely themes and subjects — such as the struggles of young people living in motels and the challenges of public school teaching. Perhaps the most powerful theme illustrated among my three main CONTINUED ON PAGE

characters is the tremendous benefit that can occur when very different people find unexpected connections. It is about the enormous capacity of love.”

Zurenda said her favorite part of the writing process is the initial drafting and the moment the characters emerge on the page. With the three central characters of The Girl from the Red Rose Motel, she said she liked writing each one for different reasons.

“I can’t say that I enjoyed writing one more than the others,” she said. “I had fun getting inside a teenage boy’s head and hearing Sterling’s voice come alive. I felt every struggle that Hazel felt as she strived to overcome her compromised living conditions at the Red Rose Motel with tenacity and courage. I wanted her to succeed as much as she did.”

As a high school and college educator who taught literature, composition and creative writing to thousands of students for 33 years, Zurenda, a lifelong South Carolinian, felt a kinship to the teacher character, Angela.

“I felt particularly close to Angela ... Still, she is not me. She’s a lot nicer and funkier than I ever was! And with the exception of two scenes based on my actual teaching experiences, her story arc is completely imagined. Rather, I created Angela’s char-

acter out of my general understanding of teaching in a public high school.”

While it wasn’t her original intention, Zurenda said the book highlights some of her ambitions and concerns.

“I hope to raise awareness about the abysmal circumstances of families who live in rundown motels and to show how sometimes very different people coming together on multiple levels can help those like my character Hazel escape,” she said.

“According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the number of sheltered homeless in motels in America on a single night at the end of January 2022 was 348,630. Also, teaching is in crisis in our country as many leave the profession amid burnout and low salaries, among other things. The novel brings awareness of the challenges of teaching in public school, but it also acclaims the joys of teaching.”

But above all else, Zurenda’s novel is a love story.

“Most of all, I hope readers of The Girl from the Red Rose Motel will feel the overwhelming capability of love to overcome obstacles that only seem insurmountable.”

Buxton Books will host An Evening With Susan Beckham Zurenda at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 16. To reserve a spot at the free in-store event, please email rsvp@buxtonbooks.com. Learn more at susanzurenda.com.

On Oct. 5, see Charleston’s poet laureate Asiah Mae perform at the Halsey Institute, where artist La Vaughn Belle is exhibiting When the Land Meets the Body, a multi-media display which reckons with colonization on both an individual and collective scale.

At Cannon Street Arts Center, Art Forms & Theatre Concepts presents Paradise Blue, a play which follows characters who work at a jazz club in Detroit. At Dock Street Theatre, MOJA festival offers the U.S. premiere of a play called Yankee Bajan, which comes from Barbados and is about the experience of the African American expatriates returning to the land of their family origin.

In music events, there’s celebrations of jazz, reggae, swing music and even a musical showcase called Queens of Hip Hop Soul. Internationally known saxophonist Marcus Anderson will perform, as well as husband and wife duo The War and Treaty at Music Farm.

“They’ve been an opening act for everybody — including The Roots and John Legend,” Singleton added.

In the visual arts, there’s the annual juried exhibition co-located at the City Gallery and the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture,

which is on view Sept. 21 through Nov. 5. The artist behind this year’s poster design, Alexandria Searles will show work, as well as more than 50 regional artists working in painting, sculpture, photography and more.

For the full lineup of events, visit mojafestival.com.

A block party on King Street Oct. 5 will feature a musical showcase with artists such as Black Diamond (top) and Courtnay Nicole (bottom)

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East Bay finds a new center of gravity

By Tiare Solis

“Grown and sexy” would be an understatement when describing The Habit, a new dining and entertainment experience at 213 East Bay St.

“Charleston is a great city with a lot of things to offer,” said The Habit partner and founder Michelle Van Jura. “Many of the venues [in Charleston] cater largely to college kids, and the spaces that are more sophisticated and for the older crowd are few and far between. My partners and I wanted to address that gap.”

Van Jura, an entrepreneur in public relations, along with her business partners — Zach Dennis, formerly the general manager at High Cotton, and executive chef Matt Greene, who was previously the executive chef of special events with Hall Management Group — set out to create a refined venue that not only filled a gap for the city in its demographic but also in entertainment. Together, they make a well-balanced team, each serving different aspects of the concept.

The Habit hosts regular theme nights, such as a Motown night on Mondays, a Disco ’70s night on Thursdays, plus special events.

“I wanted an art deco, multi-tiered dining and entertainment experience,” Van Jura said. “I wanted it to be glamorous but also approachable. We wanted people to be able to have breakfast, lunch and dinner but also come and see a show. You’re on a date? Have dinner, go upstairs and see a comic or jazz quartet.”

Distinct vibes

When patrons enter The Habit, they’re engulfed by a space decked out with accents and art from the Golden Age of Hollywood. A space like this is too architecturally profound to say it has one distinct feel.

The Habit boasts versatile but cohesive areas in its 13,000-square-foot space. It comprises three floors, each story’s interior possessing a modern elegance with a classic

1920s atmosphere.

Despite its size, it is easy to find cozy spots on each floor that give guests intimate pockets if they want to duck away from the crowd in their groups, like a wood-andleather couch nook on the second floor in the Peacock Lounge.

Named for one of The Habit’s magnificent Chinoiserie-style murals, The Peacock Lounge holds several long marble tables and a gold bar.

What’s new

The Matador opens its new Mezcaleria bar and patio Sept. 29, which will operate from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. daily.

Sullivan’s Island restaurant The Longboard is now serving lunch from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Former executive chef of FIG Jason Stanhope announced plans to lead the reopening of The Quinte Oyster Bar and the opening of Lowland, two concepts from The Pinch hotel on George Street.

What’s happening

Bodega on Ann Street has announced its new Supper Club Pop-Up Series, which will run through the end of October. A handful of Charleston’s favorite food trucks will take over Bodega’s kitchen for dinner from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Thursday.

Enjoy burgers, fries and music trivia at Snafu Brewing from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 24. Burgers N’ Freys will serve food, and music trivia will begin at 3 p.m.

Jack of Cups Saloon on Folly Beach will host the official launch party for Fizza , Charleston’s newest hard kombucha company. The familyfriendly happy hour event will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 24 and will include live music, food pairing and giveaways.

The sixth annual Lewis Hatch Chile Roast takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 1 this year to celebrate acclaimed pitmaster John Lewis’ favorite ingredient — the Hatch green chile. The festival includes live music, kids activities, more than 26 chef-tasting tents and, of course, a chile roast, this year featuring more than 3,000 pounds of Hatch chiles.

What we will miss

Coney Island Hot Weiners in Park Circle has closed its doors.

Mount Pleasant restaurant The Mustard Seed will close this week after 28 years in business.

Downtown pizza and beer joint Baker & Brewer will permanently close its Stuart Street location on Sept. 25.

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The Habit’s co-founders (right) bring elevated shareable dishes to guests, including lamb lollipops over feta

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But the crown jewel of this floor is the speakeasy, V’s, which features black and rose gold seating areas and three viewing screens behind a dark curtain with black marble tables. V’s is intended to be a room for comics or dinner theater but can also be a place for corporate meetings.

The rooftop at The Habit has couches and cushioned chairs under cabanas facing televisions that patrons can rent for televised sporting events. The rooftop faces the Charleston Harbor, so catching a sunset is easy, making this a multifaceted and exciting outdoor area.

Classic cocktails, bites

The Habit’s cocktail program celebrates mixed drinks that, in many ways, have been lost to the past. By using flavors and liqueurs that have fallen in popularity over the decades, drinking a cocktail at The Habit is like being transported back in time.

“The cocktail program started with ‘What is simple, delicious and approachable?’ ” Dennis said.

In tribute to the quintessential drinks of the era, the cocktails have names which recall actors, movies and trivia from the 1920s and 1930s. Dennis highlighted cocktails such as The Valentino — inspired by the Harvey Wallbanger drink — and the It Girl — inspired by the Vesper, a favorite cocktail of 1920s silent film actress and “It Girl,” Clara Bow.

The wine list is all-encompassing, hosting wines by the glass and half or full bottles from Napa Valley to South Africa, pairing beautifully with the decadent charcuterie and cheese board.

Chef Greene said the menu was designed to be shareable.

“I like that feeling of dining, so even

though the space is very elegant, and people will be very dressed up, I like that idea of passing plates around the table,” he said.

The high-low feel is present on the menu too, with plates that balance casual with gourmet elements, making it chic but not intimidating.

“We have fried chicken bites with a homemade green-peppercorn ranch that we put a dollop of French caviar on,” Greene said.

His blistered green beans dish, he said, was inspired by his first job when he was 14 years old and working at an Asian restaurant. It conjures flavors of sambal and umami and cuts the heat with yuzu and honey-roasted peanuts.

Forever achieving fancy and approachable dishes, Greene wanted guests to enjoy the lamb lollipops by smearing them in a bed of whipped feta, as if to say, “Yes, we’re upscale, but we are not braggadocious.”

With such good vibes, The Habit is hard to ignore as a place to spend a whole weekend and still find lots to do.

With the partners’ ambitions to become a “habit” for the city, its guests must remind themselves of Van Jura’s words: “Not all habits are bad!”

The Habit’s craft cocktail menu pays tribute to quintessential concoctions from the 1920s and 1930s

Photos by Rūta Smith

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A No.: 2023-CP-10-03944

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for the CIM TRUST 2023-NR1

Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2023-NR1, Plaintiff, vs. The Estate of Vernethel Gadsden, and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees of Vernethel Gadsden, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES

(Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE

NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201, 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 Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. T

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS

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 Attorney for the Plaintiff.

LIS PENDENS

Notice is hereby given that an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Vernethel Gadsden (hereinafter, “Mortgagor(s)”) to Equity One, Inc., its successors and assigns, a certain mortgage dated May 24, 2006 and recorded on May 26, 2006 in Book B585 at Page 415, in the Charleston County Office of the Register of Deeds (hereinafter, “Subject Mortgage”).

Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment. The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being on the North side of Highway #162, St Paul’s School District No 23, in the Churchill Community on Yonges Island, Charleston County, State of South Carolina containing 1.076 acres, more or less, and designated as Lot 2 on a plat of Robert L Frank, Surveyor, dated March 2, 1995, and recorded in Plat Book DA at Page 366. Being the same lands conveyed to Vernethel Gadsden by deed of Ricky Porter dated April 27, 2017, and recorded May 5, 2017 in the Charleston County RMC Office in Book 0625 Page 680. Parcel No. 126-00-00-122 Property Address: 5225 Rectory Road, Hollywood, SC 29449

ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS IN MILITARY SERVICE

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed

Petition for Appointment of J. Marshall Swails, Esq. as Guardian ad Litem for known and unknown minors, and for all persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that J. Marshall Swails, Esq. has consented to said appointment, it is FURTHER upon reading the Petition filed by Plaintiff for the appointment of an attorney to represent any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that J. Marshall Swails, Esq. has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is ORDERED that J. Marshall Swails, Esq., 8 Williams Street, Greenville, SC 29601, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all known and unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 5225 Rectory Road , Hollywood, SC 29449; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that J. Marshall Swails, Esq., 8 Williams Street, Greenville, SC 29601, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits

of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants, AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in The City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Lis Pendens, Certificate of Exemption from ADR and Notice of Right to Foreclosure Intervention in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 14, 2023.

D. Max Sims, Esq. (SC Bar: 103945) Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor Columbia, SC 29201 Phone (803) 509-5078 BCP No.: 23-54867 POST

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR- 08-862

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

LINDA T FLORES, DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD G.I.F., BORN 10/17/2021

TO DEFENDANT: LINDA T FLORES YOU ARE HEREBY

SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for BERKELEY County on MAY 3, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the BERKELEY County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally C. Dey, Legal Department of the Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Ste. 101, No. Chas., SC 29405, (843) 697-7564, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-08-1573

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

JOHN AND JANE DOE IN RE: BABY BOY DOE UNKNOWN (DOB: 08/27/2023)

CALL

STATE

IN

VERSUS

LAUREN KENDRICK, DARLENE VARNER, WALTER VARNER, DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2021.

TO DEFENDANT: LAUREN KENDRICK YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for BERKELEY County on JULY 21, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the BERKELEY County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, W. Tracy Brown, Legal Department of the BERKELEY County Department of Social Services, 2 BELT DRIVE, MONCKS CORNER S.C. 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar # 5832, 2 BELT DRIVE, MONCKS CORNER, SC 29461, 843-719-1007.

H. Dessasure (Deceased) a/k/a Ammie Dessasure (Deceased), and her Assigns or Heirs, if any, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through her, Arthur L. Dessasure, Jr. (Deceased), and his Assigns or Heirs, if any, entitled to claim under or through him, Amanda D. Bines, John Doe 1, John Doe 2, John Doe 3 and John Doe 4, Defendants.

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

NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action was electronically filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 14, 2023.

Ronald L. Richter, Jr., Esq. (SC Bar No. 66377) Bland Richter, LLP 18 Broad Street, Mezzanine Charleston, SC 29401 Phone (843) 573-9900.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2023-CP-10-02692

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) 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 Attorney for Plaintiff.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.

LIS PENDENS

conveyed to Glenda G. Hensarling by deed of Josie M. Looper dated February 29, 2008, and recorded March 26, 2008, in Book X654 at Page 149 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Glenda G. Hensarling passed away on or about January 5, 2023, leaving the subject property to her heirs or devisees, namely Kimberly Lyn Hensarling.

TMS No. 358-00-00-068

Property Address: 59 Wolk Drive Charleston, SC 29414

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 5, 2023.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for unknown minors, and persons who may be under a disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment.

NOTICE TO: JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Permanency Planning hearing regarding the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County Family Court; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at the address below within thirty (30) days following the date you receive this notice, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, an affidavit of default will be entered against you and the plaintiff will proceed to seek to terminate your parental rights to the above-captioned children.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a final hearing shall be heard in this matter on October 24, 2023 at 10:00 a.m in the Berkeley County Family Court, located at 300 B California Ave., Moncks Corner, SC 29463.

Sally Dey, Attorney for Plaintiff 3685 Rivers Ave., S-101 No. Chas., SC 29405

FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION UPON THE CLASSES OF DEFENDANTS DESIGNATED AS ASSIGNS OR HEIRS AND JOHN DOE 1, JOHN DOE 2, JOHN DOE 3 and JOHN DOE 4 IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A 2023CP1002896

Dorothy M. Blackmer f/k/a Dorothy M. Dessasure, Plaintiff, vs. Arthur L. Dessasure (Deceased), and his Assigns or Heirs, if any, and all other persons entitled to claim under or through him, Amy

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as indenture trustee for CIM Trust 2022-R2 Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2022-R2, Plaintiff, v. Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Glenda G. Hensarling, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe; Kimberly Lyn Hensarling; Shadowmoss Plantation Homeowners’ Association, Inc.; Jacquelyn Reimer, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, 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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Glenda G. Hensarling to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Tidelands Bank dated February 29, 2008 and recorded on March 26, 2008 in Book Y654 at Page 556, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/ or corporate merger.

The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon or to be constructed thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 16 on a plat thereof bearing legend “Shadowood at Shadowmoss Plantation Subdivision Plat of Lots 1 through 44, Tract 12” by F. Steven Johnson, Registered Land Surveyor for the State of South Carolina, dated October 10, 1990, and recorded on October 23, 1990, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book CA at Page 182; final approved plat recorded March 28, 1991, in Plat Book CC at Page 124.

SAID lot herein being conveyed having such size, shape, dimensions, butting and boundings as is more clearly shown on delineated on the aforesaid plat, reference to which said plat is hereby craved for a more full and complete description; and which said plat is hereby made a part and parcel hereof.

This being the same property

FURTHER upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Attorney for any unknown Defendants who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, and may be, as such, entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, and any amendments thereto, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to act for and represent said Defendants, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 59 Wolk Drive, Charleston, SC 29414; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Attorney for any unknown Defendants who are, or may be, in the Military Service of the United States of America and as such are entitled to the benefits of the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act aka Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, to represent and protect the interest of said Defendants,

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED

That a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210

Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541

Attorneys for Plaintiff

appointment to become absolute unless the said defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

John J. Dodds, III

858 Lowcountry Blvd.

Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530

john@cisadodds.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-18-1182

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

JOHN AND JANE DOE IN THE INTERESTS OF BABY BOY DOE (DOB: 9/2/2023)

NOTICE TO: JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Permanency Planning hearing regarding the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County Family Court; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at the address below within thirty (30) days following the date you receive this notice, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, an affidavit of default will be entered against you and the plaintiff will proceed to seek to terminate your parental rights to the above-captioned child.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a final hearing shall be heard in this matter on Nov. 2, 2023 at 01:30 pm in the Dorchester County Family Court, located at 212 Deming Way, Summerville, SC Sally Dey, Attorney for Plaintiff, 3685 Rivers Ave., S-101, No. Chas., SC 29405

RECYCLE THIS PAPER

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

Facility 1: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414 10/03/23

10:00 AM

Amanda S Morgan Furniture and household items

Kimberly Monroe Furniture

Brittany Dent Bed set, clothes, shoes, TV’S (2)

Toys etc

Mark Owens Tools and vinyl collection

Jeremy Wilcox Household items

Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

10/03/23

11:30 AM

Susan Keenan Christmas boxes/stuff

Facility 5: 1861 Ashley River Rd. Charleston, SC 29407 10/03/23

3:00 PM

Veronica Flanders Household furniture

Mary Graham Household goods

Shawn Nolan Furniture and household items

Facility 6: 2118 Heriot St. Charleston, SC 29403 10/03/23

1:00 PM

LaTasha Johnson Household items

Facility 7: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 10/03/23 12:30 PM

Damon Nelson Household goods, couches, clothes

Facility 8: 1108 Stockade Ln 10/03/23 10:00 AM

Wyatt Durrette Household Goods

Jovett Bamberg Business Goods

Carolyn Woods Household Goods

Lindsay Fair Boxes and household furniture

Mike Stewart Boxes and totes

Dustin Doerr Household Goods

Joe Kaminski Boat and Trailer Facility 9: 1904 Hwy 17

2023CV1011500877

Gregory Perry 6880 Rivers Ave# 1304 Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 557-5351

PLAINTIFF(S)

Vs Ravinn Dowling 5737 Dewsbury Lane North Charleston, SC 29418

DEFENDANT(S)

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED

ABOVE:

YOU ARE SUMMONED and required to answer the allegations of the attached complaint and present any appropriate counterclaims/crossclaims to the attached Complaint within THIRTY days from the first day after receipt of this summons. Your Answer must be received by the:

Small Claims - North 4045 Bridge View Drive

P. 0. Box 70235 North Charleston, SC 29405

Phone: (843) 202-6650

Fax: (843) 202-6652

If you fail to answer within the prescribed time, a judgment by default may be rendered against you for the amount or other remedy requested in the attached complaint, plus interest and costs.

If you desire a jury trial, you must request one in writing at least five (5) working days prior to the date set for trial. If no jury trial is timely requested, the matter will be heard and decided by the Judge.

READ ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

June 8, 2023

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; City of North Charleston, DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2023-CP-10-03723 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 SCAR, 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

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 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

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

Village Capital & Investment, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Spencer Graham and if Spencer Graham be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Spencer Graham, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Spencer Graham, 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; Suzette D Graham; Cynthia Graham; Earl S Graham; Catherine Thomas; Paul Graham, Jr a/k/a Paul Graham III; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2023-CP-10-01367 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, 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, was filed with the Clerk of Court on March 20, 2023 and the Amended Summons and Complaint were filed on May 10, 2023.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention.

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-03709

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 1st, 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:

Mike Hess Car parts, Hess trucks, sports equipment, dishwasher, tools

Julia Weber Boxes, cloths, totes, Christmas decorations

Julia Weber

Furniture, luggage, tools, desk, boxes

Helen Elangwe Furniture, boxes, TV, mirror

Jessica Lopez

Bed, mattress, pool noodle

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.

at law to the Estate of Ethel Green distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Ethel Green 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

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court on August 2, 2023.

NOTICE TO APPOINT 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

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

To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call (803) 726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm LLP represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications.

NOTICE TO APPOINT 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

CHARLESTON OPPORTUNITY FUND, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Marquawne Benbow, Paris Connor, Angelo Connor, Jr., Kalyn Broughton, Earline Heatley a/k/a Earline G. Heatley, Obet Heatley, Obie Heatley, Jr., and Roberta Gilliard, if they be deceased, their heirs-at-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 2025 Riverview Ave. Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 466-08-00-337 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 1st, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 1st, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on September 8th, 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

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 know and designated as Lot B, Block 10 on a plat of Windsor Subdivision recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County on April 12, 1921 in Plat Book C, Page 170, said plat having such size, shape, buttings and boundings as reference to said plat will show, more or less, and subject to all easements as recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 466-08-00-337

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

September 12th, 2023

Date

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT

CASE NO.: 2023-ES-10-1519

IN RE:

ESTATE OF HERBERT SHARPE MASSEY

BARBARA K. MASSEY, Petitioner, vs. KIM M. DELVIN and HERBERT MASSEY, II, Respondents.

NOTICE OF HEARING-VIRTUAL HEARING

TO: ALL HEIRS AND INTERESTED PARTIES:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above-captioned action was filed on August 8, 2023 in the Probate Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina. This action seeks the determination of the heirs of the Estate of Herbert Sharpe Massey who died on June 1, 2005.

A hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 23rd day of October 2023 at 11:00 a.m. If you plan to participate in the virtual hearing, you must contact the Law Office of Arthur C. McFarland at the below telephone number or email address or Robin Slikker, Esquire, Law Clerk of the Charleston County Probate Court at 843-958-5194 or rslikker@charlestoncounty.org, or Dena Byrd-Byrum, Law Clerk of Charleston County Probate Court at 843.958-5012 or dbyrd-byrum@ charlestoncounty.org prior to the hearing to receive the virtual link information.

Please be present at said hearing if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned Estate Herbert Sharpe Massey if so minded.

Arthur C. McFarland

Attorney for Petitioner

1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, S.C. 29407 843.763-3900 843.763-5347-fax cecilesq@aol.com

Charleston, S.C. September 12, 2023

OCONEE

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Plaintiff, SUMMONS AND NOTICE

vs. Theresa Roberts

Johnny K Mesa, Jr Defendants.

IN THE INTEREST OF:

Minor born in 2009

Minors Under the Age of 18

TO: DEFENDANTS THERESA

ROBERTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Oconee County, a copy of which will be delivered to you upon request; and to serve a copy of your answer to the complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the plaintiff at 223A Kenneth St., Walhalla, SC, within thirty (30) days following the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time stated, the plaintiff will apply for judgment by default against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED AND SUMMONED TO APPEAR as follows:

A Permanency Planning hearing has been scheduled for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2023, AT 11:15 A.M. at the Oconee County Family Court in Walhalla, SC.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that: (1) the guardian ad litem (GAL) who is appointed by the court in this action to represent the best interests of the child will provide the family court with a written report that includes an evaluation and assessment of the issues brought before the court along with recommendations;

(2) the GAL's written report will be available for review twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the hearing; (3) you may review the report at the GAL Program county office.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE

that you have the right to be present and represented by an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you. It is your responsibility to contact the Clerk of Court's Office located in Walhalla, SC, to apply for appointment of an attorney to represent you if you cannot afford an attorney (take all of these papers with you if you apply.) IF

YOU WANT AN ATTORNEY, YOU MUST APPLY FOR ONE IMMEDIATELY.

S.C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL

SERVICES

Kaye Davis SC Bar No: 1586

Attorney for Plaintiff SCDSS

223A Kenneth St.

Walhalla, SC 29691

(864) 638-4400

FAX (864) 638-4416

NOTICE

copyright notice informs the potential user of the name

FRANTHEA PRICE and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, franthea aala el, an American State National, In propria Persona Sui Juris, Proprio Sólo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus cost, plus triple damages.

POST YOUR LEGALS HERE!

CALL CRIS 577-5304 X127

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-03895

South Carolina Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF, VS.

Audrey K. Harris; Matthew Harris; and Sheila K. Harris, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (232258.00079)

TO THE DEFENDANTS AUDREY K. HARRIS; AND MATTHEW HARRIS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, 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 a general Order of Reference of this cause to the 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.

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 August 10, 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

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

ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-03041

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee of CSMC 2019-SPL1 Trust, Plaintiff

vs.

The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Billy S. Moorer III; Christie Garvin Moore, Andrew Mendes, Celeste Moorer, Sonny Moorer, Savana Thompson, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Billy S. Moorer III, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Andrew Mendes, Celeste Moorer, Sonny Moorer and Savana Thompson: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 22, 2023.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you have a right to be considered for Foreclosure Intervention.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose

of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Billy S. Moorer, III to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee of CSMC 2019-SPL1 Trust bearing date of July 14, 2006 and recorded August 16, 2006 in Mortgage Book X594 at Page 420 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Nighy Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($90,000.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded on September 19, 2019 in Book 822 at Page 794, the mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Not Its Individual Capacity, But Solely As Owner Trustee Of CSMC 2019-SPL1 Trust., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are 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 improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, in the subdivision known as MORRIS ACRES, JOHNS ISLAND, shown on a plat of “PARTS OF BLOCK A AND B AND ALL OF BLOCK C OF SAID SUBDIVISION” by A.L. Glen, dated June, 1955 and recorded in Plat Book K, Page 69, RMC Office for Charleston County as Lot 9, Block A, Morris Acres, and having the following metes and bounds; on the North by Lot No. 8 as shown on said plat measuring thereon 218.7 feet; on the South by Lot No. 10 as shown on said plat and measuring thereon 218.7 feet; on the West by Johan Boulevard and measuring thereon 80 feet; on the East from a pipe at the eastern end of the Southern direction to another pipe; thence 61.7 feet to another pipe located on the Eastern most point of the Northern boundary line of Lot No. 10 as shown on said plat.

TMS No. 281-06-00-037

Property Address: 3484 Johan Blvd Johns Island, SC 29455

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff

5387

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-02887

FINANCIAL PACIFIC LEASING, INC. vs. XAVIER’S CONSTRUCTION, LLC and DEMOND McELVEEN, individually.

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

GIVEN that the original Verified Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 14, 2023. WILLIAMS MULLEN By:

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New season of chamber music underway

Chamber Music Charleston embarked on its 17th season earlier this month and will finish out September with a bang. Composer and bandoneon player J.P. Jofre on Sept. 17 will join tango with classical music during a performance at the Sottile Theatre. Joining him will be virtuoso violinist Francisco Fullana and other musicians with Chamber Music Charleston.

On Sept. 24 at the Dock Street Theatre, hear violinist Daniel Ching of the Miro Quartet perform Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence with violinist Frances Hsieh, violists Ben Weiss and Jenny Weiss and cellist Timothy O’Malley. Tickets and complete season details are available online at chambermusiccharleston.org.

Platt, Whitworth let inspiration flow

By Stratton Lawrence

Woody Platt led the Steep Canyon Rangers for 23 years, from the band’s scrappy days touring in a van to their high-profile gig backing Steve Martin.

But after the forced break of the pandemic, Platt didn’t feel the same excitement about returning to the road. His life in Brevard, N.C., with his wife — painter, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shannon Whitworth — his son, and a trout stream just across the field from their farmhouse kept calling him home. So in 2022, he stepped away from the Steep Canyon Rangers.

“I’d invested two decades into the Rangers, and those guys are my best friends,” Platt told the Charleston City Paper. “Fortunately, they’re still doing really well without me, and I’m getting to play a lot more music with Shannon.”

At Brevard’s Mountain Song Festival earlier this month, Platt sat in with his old band, which he said was a therapeutic experience. The next night, a few Rangers joined him and Shannon for their own set. And on Sept. 30, Woody and Shannon bring their new incarnation as a duo to the Charleston Music Hall. It’s the new project’s first show outside of western North Carolina.

But Charleston is Platt’s secondary home turf — his family owns a house on Folly Beach, where they often sequester for quiet weeks by the sea, and Whitworth grew up on Hilton Head. The intermingling of

the tide and salty air with the bluegrass of the hills has long guided her songwriting. Whitworth was a familiar name around Charleston in the early 2000s and 2010s, first with the Biscuit Burners and then as a solo artist at early Barn Jams and headlining the Pour House.

Immersed in the arts

She’s spent the last decade raising their son and painting. A dozen of her larger-scale works will be on display in the Music Hall’s mezzanine.

“Touring used to take away from my painting time, but now the two things feed each other,” Whitworth said. Recurring dreams and visions of her Lowcountry childhood are inspiration for her songs and visual works that often overlap in subtle ways.

“There are lyrics and blessings in a lot of the paintings,” she said. “Sometimes you see them, and sometimes it’s less obvious.”

During the Rangers’ busiest years, the guitar and banjo rarely came out around the couple’s home. But their newfound time together has sparked a new creative outlet.

“Now, we play music together because we need it, and we want to,” Whitworth said.

“I never thought Woody and I would write together — but then a song comes to me, and I need to flush out a verse, and he’s right there. There’s this whole other act to our relationship that we never pursued. Until now, we just had our separate tastes and careers.”

The couple recorded several songs this summer, with a 2024 release in the works. New songs like “Flow” and “Confluence” — rivers and tides are always top of mind — could make their Charleston debut at the Music Hall.

On stage and in the studio, the duo share the mic with an impressive band of friends: Barry Bales on bass (of Alison Krauss and Union Station), Casey Driessen on fiddle, Daren Shumaker on mandolin and Bennett Sullivan on banjo and pedal steel. Sullivan was recruited after his role in Bright Star, a Broadway musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.

“It’s the most professional, healthy, evolved band I’ve been a part of,” Whitworth said. “These people and this project feel like part of growing into what you’re supposed to be.”

Time at home has also allowed Platt to grow his other passions. He’s a fly fishing guide and a founder of Rigged and Ready, a fly fishing gear company. Platt is also the coordinator of instructional camps with Béla Fleck and Bryan Sutton. And in October, he and Whitworth will lead a five-night trip to Baja, Mexico, with blue water fly fishing during the day and bluegrass each evening. “We’re enjoying this vibe of, ‘Let’s just go have some fun and sing songs and keep it simple and honest,’” Platt said. “There’s no pressure anymore. The goal is to play shows that are meaningful for us and for the audience.”

Gov’t Mule plays Firefly Distillery

Iconic Southern rock jam band Gov’t Mule is one of the most active and recognized American bands of all time. Gov’t Mule, which is currently on its Peace … Like a River world tour, takes the stage Oct. 1 in the field at Firefly Distillery in North Charleston. Guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody formed the act in 1994 as a side project of the Allman Brothers Band. The rain or shine concert starts at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $49.50 and are available at fireflydistillery.com. The outdoor venue welcomes all ages and encourages blankets, but no pets are allowed.

Two festivals join forces

A Colour of Music Festival ensemble performs Oct. 4 as part of Charleston’s MOJA Arts Festival. The performance at Dock Street Theatre, where Colour of Music was first held in 2013, marks the debut of a powerhouse partnership between the two programs that spotlight arts and music created by people of color. The ensemble will honor the legacy of Charleston-born composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins by featuring his “Negro Symphonie Dramatique” arranged by his great-nephew Tuffus Zimbabwe . — Chelsea Grinstead

For daily updates, check out the Culture section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Bluegrass musicians Shannon Whitworth (left) and Woody Platt take the stage Sept. 30 at Charleston Music Hall

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High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Owners and chef team behind Welton’s Tiny Bakeshop Hannah and Zachary Welton are also masterminds of food pop-up Welton’s Fine Foods, which offers intimate dinners, wood-fired cooking and outdoor feasts, Ohm Radio writes. The couple’s business model is created around a love for Lowcountry produce and a passion for sustainability and nourishing others. Music is what gets them through the day — from 3 a.m. mornings in the bakeshop to sunny afternoons wrapping up the work day. Here are their top five favorite albums to bake to:

Late Night Tales by BadBadNotGood

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

Aquemini by Outkast

Machine Dreams by Little Dragon

Changes by Neal Francis

A dose of Frankie and the Witch Fingers

By Chelsea Grinstead

The new record Data Doom from Los Angeles garage punk act Frankie and the Witch Fingers conjures maniacal mindtripping psych rock and enthralls listeners at breakneck speed.

Frankie and the Witch Fingers, which celebrated the album’s release Sept. 1, will bring its strangely inventive sound to the Charleston Pour House Sept. 23 with Toronto-based alt-punk act Wine Lips.

“Frankie is my cat … so the band was named after a cat,” said vocalist/guitarist Dylan Sizemore. “And the ‘witch fingers’ thing is just open for interpretation.”

Frankie and the Witch Fingers has had a few iterations since the act formed in 2013. Today, the band consists of Sizemore and fellow vocalist/guitarist Josh Menashe (who are both founding members), bassist Nikki Pickle, who joined in 2020, and drummer Nick Aguilar, who joined in 2022.

The band emits an old-school psychedelic sound mingled with murky garage rock and contemporary punk. Sizemore said back

when the band was forming, one of his biggest influences was Canadian garage rock duo The King Khan & BBQ Show.

“It was just like a kick drum and guitars — very loose garage rock,” he said. “And I was like, ‘I think I can do that.’ It seemed attainable at the time because I hadn’t really played a lot of rock ‘n’ roll, but now that we’re all in the band, the influences are way more varied than that.”

Aguilar said he loves funk and punk drumming more than anything, which is

what he likes to bring to the table.

“We’re all so different when it comes to how we create,” he said, “but it turns into a nice melting pot of high-energy rock ‘n’ roll at the end of the day.”

For Pickle, her motivation for creating music is simply the act of producing art.

“Making things — like translating intangible things into tangible things,” she said.

“I just love to be a part of the art-making process with other people who I can be inspired by — that’s a very divine feeling for me. So I keep gravitating towards that in any capacity.”

Thematically, the new LP Data Doom ruminates on the state of the world’s technology use and misuse.

“The awareness of those concepts were feeding into what we were doing musically — like things sounding synthetic or natural and kind of playing with that,” Sizemore said. “I was listening to people talk about the dangers of technology, but also what we can do about it instead of just being like, ‘we’re doomed,’ and letting it go — that worked its way into the writing.”

Henry Calvert

Psych punk rockers Frankie and the Witch Fingers will take over the main stage at the Charleston Pour House on Sept. 23 with Toronto-based alt-punk act Wine Lips

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We’re all so different when it comes to how we create, but it turns into a nice melting pot of high-energy rock ‘n’ roll at the end of the day.” —Nick Aguilar

Across 1. “Bye now!” 5. Barber’s tool 10. Union underminer 14. Business higher-up 15. Give the slip

Saved GPS setting, usually

On the verge of

Gripped tightly

Natural soother

[Mystery Clue 1] 23. Partner of “neither” 24. Spacy character in the main “Derry Girls” group

[Mystery Clue 2]

Actress Hayek 33. Nullifies

___-Caps (Nestle candy) 35. Big events on Wall St.

Tears apart 37. Velvet Underground singer

Litter peep

“Beetle Bailey” boss

3x4 box, e.g. 41. [Mystery Clue 3] 44. One of the Gulf States

“Kill Bill” actress Thurman

[Mystery Clue 4] 53. Bowl-shaped skillets

PassÈ 55. Mystical presence 56. Steve of the “Guardians of the Galaxy” series

Free Will Astrology By

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Author Diane Ackerman says it’s inevitable that each of us sometimes “looks clumsy or gets dirty or asks stupid questions or reveals our ignorance or says the wrong thing.” Knowing how often I do those things, I’m extremely tolerant of everyone I meet. I’m compassionate, not judgmental, when I see people who “try too hard, are awkward, care for one another too deeply or are too open to experience.” I myself commit such acts, so I’d be foolish to criticize them in others. During the coming weeks, Aries, you will generate good fortune for yourself if you suspend all disparagement. Yes, be accepting, tolerant and forgiving — but go even further. Be downright welcoming and amiable. Love the human comedy exactly as it is.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus comedian Kevin James confesses, “I discovered I scream the same way whether I’m about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.” Many of us could make a similar admission. The good news, Taurus, is that your anxieties in the coming weeks will be the “piece of seaweed” variety, not the great white shark. Go ahead and scream if you need to — hey, we all need to unleash a boisterous yelp or howl now and then — but then relax.

Rob Brezsny

dance, the more delightful the dance will be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you have ever contemplated launching a career as a spy, the coming months will be a favorable time to do so. Likewise if you have considered getting trained as a detective, investigative journalist, scientific researcher or private eye. Your affinity for getting to the bottom of the truth will be at a peak and so will your discerning curiosity. You will be able to dig up secrets no one else has discovered. You will have an extraordinary knack for homing in on the heart of every matter. Start now to make maximum use of your superpowers!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you been sensing a phantom itch that’s impossible to scratch? Are you feeling less like your real self lately and more like an AI version of yourself? Has your heart been experiencing a prickly tickle? If so, I advise you not to worry. These phenomena have a different meaning from the implications you may fear. I suspect they are signs you will soon undertake the equivalent of what snakes do: molting their skins to make way for a fresh layer. This is a good thing! Afterward, you will feel fresh and new.

Down 1. Minister (to) 2. Pink slip giver 3. Word before work or spirit 4. Initial offerings, sometimes? 5. Amp effect 6. Athletic footwear brand 7. Silent screen star Pitts 8. Reverential poems 9. Northern California attraction 10. “Want me to demonstrate?”

21. What Italians call their capital

22. Messes up

25. Place for an all-day roast, maybe

26. Blatant

27. Vowel sound in “phone” but not “gone”

28. Raul Castro’s predecessor

29. “___ Upon a Time in Hollywood”

30. Lunch time, often

31. Actor Liu of the MCU

32. Sci-fi planet inhabitants 36. Reason to save 37. Words after “Oh jeez” 39. Train for a bout 40. Smallest U.S. coin 42. Kept occupied

Out of the blue

___ de Ch„o (Brazilian steakhouse chain)

Peacefulness

Supercollider collider

“Father of Modern Philosophy” Descartes

Cartoonist Goldberg 51. Dwarf planet named for a goddess

Part of SSE 53. ___-Dryl (store-brand allergy medication)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are famous people with whom I have had personal connections: actor Marisa Tomei, rockstar Courtney Love, filmmaker Miranda July, playwright David Mamet, actor William Macy, philosopher Robert Anton Wilson, rockstar Paul Kantor, rock impresario Bill Graham and author Clare Cavanagh. What? You never heard of Clare Cavanagh? She is the brilliant and renowned translator of Nobel Prize Laureate poet Wisława Szymborska and the authorized biographer of Nobel Prize Laureate author Czesław Miłosz. As much as I appreciate the other celebrities I named, I am most enamored of Cavanagh’s work. As a Gemini, she expresses your sign’s highest potential: the ability to wield beautiful language to communicate soulful truths. I suggest you make her your inspirational role model for now. It’s time to dazzle and persuade and entertain and beguile with your words.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I cheer you on when you identify what you want. I exult when you devise smart plans to seek what you want, and I celebrate when you go off in high spirits to obtain and enjoy what you want. I am gleeful when you aggressively create the life you envision for yourself, and I do everything in my power to help you manifest it. But now and then, like now, I share Cancerian author Franz Kafka’s perspective. He said this: “You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Let’s talk about changing your mind. In some quarters, that’s seen as weak, even embarrassing. But I regard it as a noble necessity, and I recommend you consider it in the near future. Here are four guiding thoughts. 1. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” —George Bernard Shaw. 2. “Only the strongest people have the pluck to change their minds, and say so, if they see they have been wrong in their ideas.” —Enid Blyton. 3. “Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.” —Vera Nazarian. 4. “The willingness to change one’s mind in the light of new evidence is a sign of rationality, not weakness.” ―Stuart Sutherland.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The soul moves in circles,” psychologist James Hillman told us. “Hence our lives are not moving straight ahead; instead, hovering, wavering, returning, renewing, repeating.” In recent months, Virgo, your soul’s destiny has been intensely characterized by swerves and swoops. And I believe the rollicking motion will continue for many months. Is that bad or good? Mostly good—especially if you welcome its poetry and beauty. The more you learn to love the spiral

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to legend, fifth-century Pope Leo I convinced the conquering army of Attila the Hun to refrain from launching a full-scale invasion of Italy. There may have been other reasons in addition to Leo’s persuasiveness. For example, some evidence suggests Attila’s troops were superstitious because a previous marauder died soon after attacking Rome. But historians agree that Pope Leo was a potent leader whose words carried great authority. You, Sagittarius, won’t need to be quite as fervently compelling as the ancient Pope in the coming weeks. But you will have an enhanced ability to influence and entice people. I hope you use your powers for good!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Singersongwriter Joan Baez has the longevity and endurance typical of many Capricorns. Her last album in 2018 was released 59 years after her career began. An article in The New Yorker describes her style as “elegant and fierce, defiant and maternal.” It also noted that though she is mostly retired from music, she is “making poignant and unpredictable art,” creating weird, hilarious line drawings with her non-dominant hand. I propose we make Baez your inspirational role model. May she inspire you to be elegant and fierce, bold and compassionate, as you deepen and refine your excellence in the work you’ve been tenaciously plying for a long time. For extra credit, add some unexpected new flair to your game.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author and activist Mary Frances Berry has won numerous awards for her service on behalf of racial justice. One accomplishment: She was instrumental in raising global awareness of South Africa’s apartheid system, helping to end its gross injustice. “The time when you need to do something,” she writes, “is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can’t be done.” You are now in a phase when that motto will serve you well, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I invite you to spend quality time gazing into the darkness. I mean that literally and figuratively. Get started by turning off the lights at night and staring, with your eyes open, into the space in front of you. After a while, you may see flashes of light. While these might be your optical nerves trying to fill in the blanks, they could also be bright spirit messages arriving from out of the void. Something similar could happen on a metaphorical level, too. As you explore parts of your psyche and your life that are opaque and unknown, you will be visited by luminous revelations.

“BACK TO THE BEGINNING” —two by two, to the start.