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New CCSD Board Chair shares top priorities for the new year

By Skyler Baldwin The Charleston County School District’s board of trustees spent the majority of 2023 roiled in controversy and politically charged division, but the new chair said he thinks the group is poised for a stable, successful year.

Keith Grybowski of Mount Pleasant, who was elected in 2022 with financial backing and endorsements from right-wing political group Moms For Liberty (M4L), took the leadership role at the end of 2023. He said his top priorities are balancing the district’s budget, which is set to lose millions in pandemic relief funding this year, and implementing new statewide curriculums. But he didn’t mention improving student outcomes as a top priority until he was prompted.

City Paper: So let’s get started: Why did you want to be chair?

Keith Grybowski: I think the year of being on [the Audit and Finance Committee] — I really think that any chair should start there… I do believe going forward, one of my recommendations would be that to be considered for chair, you really need to be involved in audit and finance, so that you understand the budget. The budget to me is probably one of the most critical things, and this year will probably be the most difficult budget this district has ever had to put together.

CP: Why? KG: Because we don’t have the [federal Elementary and Secondary School

Emergency Relief] (ESSER III) funding.

ESSER III is the ARPA [American Rescue Plan Act] money that was given to the district to recover from learning loss — Covid money. … There was ESSER I and ESSER II. Combined it was about $268 million.

CP: So you have to retain teachers somehow and continue to make school improvements. What are the other challenges now?

KG: We already know going forward, maybe not this year, but in upcoming years, just staying where we are right now, we’d have to raise revenue somehow. Back out the money we’re relying on now with these ESSER funds, which end in September, and you have a logical hole. …

When that money goes away, you have to make some hard decisions as to what we’re going to fund. No other board has had to walk into an abyss. We’re doing impact studies right now trying to figure out which programs we can try to hold onto, which programs are really working, but at the same time, we’re going to have to find revenue for those programs because they’re not in our existing budget.

CP: When you took over as chair, besides dealing with the mammoth task of the budget, did you have other things you wanted to accomplish? What are your goals for the year?

KG: The budget obviously is the No. 1 goal, hands down. No. 2 is the implementation of the new ELA [English Language

Arts] curriculum the state is rolling out.

That’s going to take off in January, and you’ll see a lot of public involvement and district disclosure.

CP: Anything else big on your to-do list?

KG: Those are really the two that you know are coming. I believe the district right now is very stable. It’s in good hands.

Anita Huggins is doing a great job as acting superintendent.

CP: I would think most people out there haven’t seen you guys as relatively stable. There’s lots of dissent. How can you convince people you are stable?

KG: You got eight new members — it was a learning curve. I wouldn’t say it was the smoothest year. Do I think people have learned a lot about what has happened? Yes. Do I think we were fully prepared to hire a superintendent? No. But did we learn a lot from how we did it? Yes. CP: So where are we in the hiring process now?

KG: We have an acting superintendent.

CP: Is there a search going on at this moment?

KG: Not at this moment that I am aware of.

CP: In the next 11 months as chair, is hiring a new superintendent a top priority?

KG: It would be third on my list.

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No. 4 South Carolina ranked as the state with the fourth highest growth in the U.S., according to the U-Haul Growth Index analyzing one-way customer moves during 2023. Movers arriving in the Palmetto State accounted for 51.4% of all one-way U-Haul traffic.

GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER 7 shot, killed across S.C. Dec. 27 to Jan. 2 The Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 2 arrested Koebe Huger, 27, and Demetrius Xavier Brown, 24, both of North Charleston, in connection with a Christmas Eve shooting that killed one and injured another. Brown is charged with murder, and Huger is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

Other S.C. shootings: Seven others died in Beaufort, Horry, Greenville, Spartanburg and Lancaster counties.

Four others were hurt in shootings across the state.

Mass shootings: Three mass shootings in the U.S., totaling three for 2024.

Sources: gunviolencearchive.org; S.C. official and media reports

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CCSD Board Chair Keith Grybowski stopped by the City Paper offices to talk about his goals for the district in the new year, including balancing a challenging budget

President Joe Biden will head to Charleston Monday to speak at the historic Emanuel AME Church in the latest signal of a campaign eager to shore up standing with Black voters.

The visit marks Biden’s first trip to the church since his vice presidency under former President Barack Obama.

It is one of the oldest Black churches in the South and is the site where nine churchgoers were shot and killed by white supremacist Dylann Roof in 2015.

Biden’s visit also underscores how critically he regards the state. South Carolina will hold the nation’s first sanctioned Democratic primary on Feb. 3, and the president’s team is under pressure to demonstrate strength among the minority-heavy Democratic electorate there. —Staff reports

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South Carolina is the fifth worst state in the nation for accessing mental health care facilities, according to a recent nationwide study.

The group that conducted the study, Mental Health Rehabs, analyzed data from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to calculate the number of mental health facilities per 100,000 people in each U.S. state. For South Carolina, the proportion was 1.59.

The Palmetto State was one of only seven states — alongside Texas, Hawaii, Florida, California and Alabama — with a ratio of less than two facilities per 100,000 people.

Texas topped the “worst access” list, with a proportion still, barely, in the decimals: 0.99 centers for every 100,000 people. Boasting a ratio of 10.36 per 100,000, Alaska took first place for best access nationwide.

Inpatient programs, recent improvements

Mental health facilities in the area with inpatient programs include the Medical University of South Carolina, Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health Center, the Tri-County Crisis stabilization center — a re-opened Department of Mental Health 10-bed unit — and the Charleston Center, which treats individuals with substance addiction disorders.

To improve the region’s mental health access landscape and respond to a growing need, Live Oak opened earlier this year.

Melissa Camp, the director of operations at the facility, explained that it’s distinct for many reasons.

The center is a 60-bed inpatient and outpatient service provider and, said Camp, “it’s the first freestanding behavioral health hospital built in over 30 years.” A freestanding hospital is not a wing within a larger service provider, which is how, for example, Medical University of South Carolina’s psychiatric facility operates.

Though the majority of patients arrive at the center voluntarily, Live Oak, like other mental health facilities and hospitals, receives people mandated by the court to seek treatment, known as involuntary commitment, the specifics of which vary by state.

Camp said folks can access Live Oak’s inpatient treatment regardless of ability to pay.

But she also told the City Paper a lot

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The recently opened Live Oak mental health facility boasts 60-bed inpatient and outpatient services of patient processing comes from prescheduled intake with providers “really just trying to help people figure out which direction to go and what’s their next step,” in mental health care, which may not be services from the facility altogether. Camp noted that employees will take into account transportation needs and budget when coordinating a plan with a client.

The facility itself, she said, is designed unlike others in the area. It’s filled with natural light, open space and hanging artwork — an intentional measure to create a “soothing and calming” environment for those not in their “shiniest of moments.”

Camp said the site also aims to decrease stigma surrounding mental health disorders, even if in small ways.

“Our front door is the front door for everybody,” staff, patients — whoever, she noted. And every employee in the building, from the cafeteria staff to care providers, has received training in trauma-informed care. “We want everybody to recognize that, you know, we’re all humans,” she said, “and we all sometimes need a little extra help.”

Law enforcement involvement, dangers

Camp explained that sometimes it’s not the lack of centers that poses the greatest issue, but the ability to get to them.

“The [S.C.] Department of Mental Health has … clinics in almost every county,” she said, “but even still, if you’re in a rural county and you don’t have transportation, that’s going to prevent you from going to care.”

She stressed that when folks can’t access the care they need initially, they may relapse and end up engaging with law enforcement officers.

Charleston County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Communications Director Amber Allen said if someone is undergoing a mental health crisis, a mobile unit will arrive. That person is evaluated by a clinician to decide whether hospitalization is needed. Deputies would, given necessary paperwork, take the individual to a hospital — a duty in addition to their regular responsibility of court-mandated transport, she added.

Allen told the City Paper that Charleston officers undergo mental health and crisis intervention training. But this isn’t a statewide policy: Mental health and crisis intervention training for South Carolina law enforcement was first proposed in a 2019 bill that sought to mandate “a physician responsible for the patient’s care” to notify a friend or relative of the patient’s transport, who could then opt into transporting the person in crisis themselves.

Former S.C. Sen. Marlon Kimpson, D-Charleston, filed the bill in three consecutive sessions, the most recent of which was in 2023. He initially filed the policy in response to the 2018 drowning deaths of two people trapped in cages during a mental health-related police transport.

The legislation, however, is still stalled, and its champion recently left his position to join President Joe Biden’s team.

Allen said that currently, according to CCSO policy, “if someone is ‘assaultive,’ then we restrain them with handcuffs and sometimes leg cuffs” and even if the person is non-combative, officers might use a waistchain. Patients are typically transported in a police vehicle to and from their residences to an inpatient unit, but for transportation between hospitals, “it’ll be in an unmarked vehicle with a cage,” she said in an email to the City Paper.

By Herb Frazier Cainhoy and Huger residents who have seen how I-526 has changed their communities are issuing a stark warning if the freeway is extended across Johns and James islands: If you build it, you’ll get rampant development, a traffic deluge and life-changing “culture shock.”

“We have just absolutely been overwhelmed with traffic and wrecks. We now have a 24-hour vape shop” that attracts students after school, said MaeRe Chandler Skinner, a longtime resident of Cainhoy in lower Berkeley County. “It has been a culture shock!”

The quaint Wando River enclave settled in the early 1720s has become nearly encircled by development since the highway called the Mark Clark Expressway opened three decades ago. The community has “more development than you can shake a stick at,” Skinner said. “There is not going to be a tree standing on Clements Ferry Road by the time [developers] get through.”

Decades from now, James and Johns islanders might voice a similar lament if an 8.5-mile southern loop to the interstate is built at a cost of $2.3 billion to connect it with the James Island Connector and the Charleston peninsula.

The S.C. General Assembly’s Joint Bond Review Committee on Dec. 5 approved $75 million in preliminary funding to the S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank for the first phase of the highway’s extension.

The new funding will be combined with $75 million pledged by the Charleston County Council toward the project. The decision puts taxpayers on the hook for $150 million for a road destined to alter the landscape and way of life for two Charleston County sea islands.

On Johns Island, some residents are resigned that not much can be done to stop the highway, said Cheryl Glover, lay leader of Johns Island Parish United Methodist Church on Bohicket Road. “It is hard to get

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On education outcomes

CP: I haven’t heard you say anything that a lot of the four are always talking about: improving student outcomes. What’s the sense there?

KG: My job is to hire a superintendent and rely on a superintendent to fulfill the mission you just described. My job is to give her — or him — the resources necessary and then to conduct oversight on this person as to whether they are accomplishing the job.

So ultimately, the No. 1 priority is student outcomes. That’s just logic. But yes, to accomplish that, I have to rely on the person

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Fred Lincoln (left), S.C. Rep. Mark Smith, R-Daniel Island, and Butch Skinner of Cainhoy recently participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the colony-era Cainhoy Methodist Meeting House and Old Ruin Cemetery. Community members are engaged in an ongoing fight to retain access to the burial grounds. folks to realize what is going to happen, if they don’t see it already happening.”

A long time in the making

The prospect of the Mark Clark Expressway’s southern loop has laid dormant for decades but now with additional funding, Cainhoy resident Sammy Sanders warns: “Don’t do it! Don’t let it happen!”

For the sake of Johns and James islands, “I had hoped that issue wasn’t going to come back up,” he said. “When you increase the number of people, you increase the difficulties.”

Glover said development on Johns Island has already caused traffic delays, and the extended expressway might be a regrettable solution to traffic congestion.

Sanders admits, however, that having more people in the area has brought some advantages to lower Berkeley County.

I have control over. The stuff I’ve been talking about, the budget, the curriculum, those are all tools.

On Moms for Liberty

CP: The biggest criticism about the current school board is the link to Moms For Liberty. You may not have gone out and asked for M4L support, but you got it. … What do you think when you read in our paper and others that you’re a M4Laffiliated board member?

KG: I was endorsed by The Post and Courier and a couple left-leaning organizations. Moms For Liberty — when they endorsed me, I got a lot of calls. I’m a moderate, hands-down. I really wish we had more moderates on the board — I believe

Cainhoy’s marina now has dry stack storage for boats, he said. “We wouldn’t have a dry stack, if we didn’t have the houses.”

A housing boom in the Huger community brought better internet connections, said community advocate Vernelle Dickerson.

Nevertheless, the growth in Huger also has meant more traffic, a smelly sewage pumping station in one Dickerson development along S.C. 41 near the Huger post office and an erosion of the tranquil country lifestyle, she said.

“These people [come here] from the North and West say they want county living, then they want all the amenities of city living” which fuels more commercial development, she explained.

Lessons learned

Before and after the Mark Clark Expressway connected North Charleston with Daniel Island, community leaders attended dozens of meetings with state officials and developers.

Skinner urged residents of James and Johns islands to “come up with a game plan, attend every meeting … and say your objections.”

Dickerson said to blunt some of the downside of development communities should demand what they want.

Fred Lincoln lives in the Jack Primus community near Cainhoy on land his greatgrandfather purchased after emancipation.

Lincoln said before the extension comes, property owners should decide how they can take advantage of the commercial and residential growth that could follow the highway.

When land speculators offer to buy property, Lincoln advises “don’t take the fast dollar. Those people who sold property [in the Cainhoy area] if they had to rethink it, I don’t think they’d do it.”

Pam McKinney is a moderate too. Pam and I are very closely aligned in our beliefs.

I think it’s unfair, totally unfair, to think that Moms for Liberty has anything to do with the way I vote or think.

An endorsement is just that. Do I think Moms For Liberty had a very strong grassroots movement during my election period? Yeah. But I had 9,000 votes.

People know me.

CP: Do you support any of Moms For Liberty’s goals for the district?

KG: None of them have come up in any of the issues that I think we’ve been faced with to date. I’m not aware of any.

Andy Brack contributed to this story. Read the full story on charlestoncitypaper.com.

Blotter of the Week

In an attempt to evade arrest, a North Charleston man on Dec. 30 “defecated himself” as he was being handcuffed by North Charleston police officers for alleged possession of cocaine base. The man later admitted his action was intentional, and that he hoped officers would let him go. They did not, and instead, everybody was just a bit more uncomfortable.

Ringing in the new year Charleston police arrested a downtown man for allegedly punching another man in the face for cutting in line at a King Street pizza joint late on New Year’s Eve. We’ve heard lots of folks say they’d like to forget everything that happened in 2023, but maybe not quite like that.

Note to self Mount Pleasant police on Jan. 2 witnessed a driver run a red light on U.S. Highway 17 and attempted to stop the vehicle. Instead, the driver accelerated to about 80 mph, according to a police report, and officers called off the chase for “not meeting their pursuit policy.” Good to know.

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5 ways to make progress in 2024 on Charleston Checklist of priorities T

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he beginning of a new year is a great time to amplify some of our continuing community objectives, which we call the Charleston Checklist. They’re listed in a box at right. Here are a few that need particular attention now: On top of everyone’s mind, particularly on the peninsula, is dealing with the water that is rising thanks to global warming. A nasty December nor’easter reminded everyone of the power of water. We hope Mayor-elect William Cogswell and his incoming administration will continue to make progress throughout downtown and in the suburbs on more funding for infrastructure projects, such as the Low Battery renovation, drainage systems, pump stations and appropriate protection of the perimeter. It’s all a work in progress, but it needs to continue to progress to ensure the city’s continued vibrance as an economic and tourism hub.

Local governments also must work more closely with the state Department of Transportation to fix crappy, bumpy roads that tear up people’s vehicles. Improving roads and fixing traffic are big deals for bettering quality of life throughout the county. As part of its highway improvement plan, we again urge the county to dump the expensive $2.2 billion extension of Interstate 526 in favor of multiple reasonable alternatives to speed traffic along in ways that can be implemented more quickly.

Charleston County needs to be smarter about education and focus on improving educational outcomes for students

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in public schools. The county’s broken school board needs to regroup and resist continued bickering from the nation’s culture wars. Instead, they need to implement broad, moderate priorities to make sure students throughout the county get the education they deserve. We’re looking forward, for example, to recommendations from a new study group in North Charleston dedicated to bettering North Area schools.

Local governments must resist secrecy. Conduct public business in public, not in backroom, private secret sessions bureaucratically called “executive sessions.” State law does not require public bodies to have any executive sessions, but too many elected officials slide into bad habits of discussing what they want in secret when it should be done in the open.

Finally, 2024 will be marked by some sort of movement on the 70-acre Union Pier tract. Local officials must make sure to develop Union Pier at scale — it doesn’t need to become block after block of chunky, tall buildings as called for in the first plan that led to the developer being fired by the S.C. State Ports Authority. We’re encouraged by the seeming broad participation by professionals and advocates in developing an appropriate plan for Union Pier. Let’s hope they don’t slip into bad habits. (See paragraph above about doing business in public.)

This new year offers myriad opportunities to improve the Charleston area’s quality of life. Let’s make the most of the time to make our Lowcountry better than ever.

CHECKLIST of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities: 1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infra structure and make smart climate change decisions about develop ment, 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.

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.

OPINION

Former Gov. Nikki Haley has a timing problem in her bid to win the 2024 Republican nomination for president.

She can either keep playing it safe, hoping frontrunner and former President Donald Trump stumbles into a conviction and out of real contention. Or she can start hammering him hard now just weeks away from January’s Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary before the Feb. 24 GOP primary in South Carolina. To date, she’s mostly given him a pass.

“She needs a strong finish in Iowa, at least a near win or better in New Hampshire to make South Carolina a legit battleground,” said Greenville Republican analyst Chip Felkel. “She needs to show he is really vulnerable, to crack the inevitability of Trump winning the nomination, and she’s not going to by playing nice.

“There is way too much she’s not been using. If she In the South Carolina doesn’t unleash the dragons, she’s not running for anyprimary, Haley’s thing but vice president, or 2028.”

College of Charleston political scientist Gibbs success may end up Knotts said he thought Haley needed to beat Trump depending on an in her home state — or get very close. According to a November Winthrop Poll, Trump was way ahead among unlikely source of Republican and GOP-leaning independent voters — voters — Democrats with 48% of voter support, compared to Haley’s 19%.

“She would need to exceed expectations in Iowa who want Trump (maybe get second) and exceed expectations in New defeated.

Hampshire (continue to close the gap with Trump),” Knotts said. “She would also need other candidates to drop out, particularly Christie and DeSantis.”

But the race is like no other presidential race ever. It’s tough to figure because of all of Trump’s legal woes. He faces 91 indictments in four cases in federal and state courts. If Haley is seen as the main challenger after the early primaries, then she might benefit, especially if Trump becomes the first former president to be convicted of a crime. About 45% of Republican voters say they won’t vote for Trump if he is convicted of a felony before the election, according to a recent poll.

But one longtime political observer, who asked not to be named, didn’t see Haley winning the South Carolina primary. A recent gaffe regarding the cause of the Civil War didn’t help any, either.

“She is playing for the long haul and playing safe for the general election.

I think she is counting on two scenarios — one that Trump is in jail before the election and she can win the primary. The other is that if he wins, she can still be vice president. The first fits with her penchant for going to longterm strategies which includes 2028.”

Furman University political scientist Danielle Vinson said Haley’s playit-safe strategy isn’t a recipe to beat Trump. Rather, it’s a way to be in the right place if he fails.

“If she wants to win and not just be the last person standing if someAndy Brack thing happens to Trump to take him out of the race, she needs to start is editor and giving Trump supporters a reason to vote for her rather than him,” publisher of Vinson said. “The only message that might work is to focus on Trump’s Charleston vulnerability in the general election, which ironically doesn’t actually City Paper. require her to criticize Trump.

Have a “He just needs to get voters to play the long game rather than the pricomment? mary game. She can win independent voters in a general election; it’s not Send to: clear Trump can. She has not really been willing to do that thus far, and I feedback@ don’t know if it would work.” charleston In the South Carolina primary, Haley’s success may end up depending citypaper.com. on an unlikely source of voters — Democrats who want Trump defeated.

Because Democrats have a Feb. 3 primary and their only real choice is President Joe Biden, many may figure he will win and may opt out to play political ball in the Republican primary on Feb. 24.

There’s not been a lot of visible appeal by Haley to Democrats, but who knows what’s really happening on the darker side of the Internet?

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Jan. 11. 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. 161 Calhoun St. Downtown.

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“We all must look at ourselves and ask how we might be part of the problem.”

—Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie

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his is the time of year that the guilt of the holiday season sets in — too much spending, too much eating, too much imbibing. Across the Lowcountry and nation, people are reevaluating priorities, making resolutions and thinking through ways to achieve hopes and dreams. Occasionally — and particularly after a tragedy — you’ll hear people talk about their thoughts and prayers for a future that’s safer, cleaner, more flexible and adaptable.

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To kick off the new year, we asked a diverse handful of community leaders to share their hopes, dreams, thoughts and prayers. “‘Thoughts and prayers’ almost implies that we can’t do anything,” said gogetter Helen Hill, head of Explore Charleston, the community’s tourism marketing agency.

“Envisioning a resilient Lowcountry in 2024 involves proactive measures against Hill sea-level rise.

“Let our collective aspirations be a call for infrastructure innovations, safeguarding our beautiful coastal region against the threats of rising seas,” added Hill, who also chairs the Charleston County Aviation Authority.

Many of those we interacted with pushed collaboration as a key to moving the Charleston area forward.

For example, William Cogswell, Charleston’s incoming mayor, pointed to focusing on “unity and working together for the common good.” Darrin Goss, head of the Coastal Community Foundation, noted, “We have an opportunity with Mayors [Reggie] Burgess and Cogswell [William] Cogswell to demonstrate regional collaboration and leadership on a host of pressing issues from sea-level rise to attainable housing.”

Mount Pleasant Mayor Will Haynie, who becomes the longest-serving mayor of the county’s top three cities upon the

departure of Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg, noted moving the region forward would force us to avoid impediments for success.

“We all must look at ourselves and ask how we might be part of the problem,” he said. “In public service, I sense a trend toward too much of an ‘it’s them’ mindset. Usually, it’s actually us — and that’s where change Haynie needs to begin.”

Cogswell added, “The only impediment is a fear of working together and having an open mind about trying new things.

I am excited to show that partisanship doesn’t matter in Charleston, and we are stronger when we bring each other together over what we have in common.”

Added Goss, “We need to care enough about each other to do things that may make us feel personally uncomfortable while requiring us to be politically bold.”

So here are some musings about major issues that officials say they hope to grapple successfully with in the coming year.

Dealing with flooding and infrastructure needs After the December nor’easter that flooded coastal areas to the surprise

of many, the continuing challenges of dealing with rising seas in an area called the Lowcountry for a reason (it’s low) are at the front of many leaders’ minds.

“My number one hope is that local leaders be extraordinarily cautious with permitting, particularly where there are flooding concerns,” said state Sen. Sandy Senn, R-Charleston, adding she would continue to push for funding of needed infrastructure projects. One example — cleaning more than 400 water runoff outfalls around the county. “Until we clear outfalls so that heavy rains and king tides can get out of the area within a tide cycle, we can expect much more damage in the future.”

Fixing our roads

While Charleston County Council is moving forward with extending Interstate 526 with the state, the road remains controversial. “Stop forcing I-526 extension down our throats,” Charleston Animal Society President and CEO Joe Elmore said. “Instead, fix our roads and make long- Elmore overdue adjustments to current roadways. … Make residents the number-one priority, not tourists.”

Keith Grybowski, new chair of the Charleston County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees, said the area needed to be focused on improving educational outcomes by keeping “everyone focused on providing the best education for our students, which includes a wide understanding of each student’s potential and how to help them maximize their abilities.”

Another trustee, Carol Tempel of James Island, reiterated how Charleston students and families deserve a highquality public education system. “We can achieve that by Tempel increasing teacher pay; lowering class size; respecting and retaining caring teachers with curriculum expertise and a passion for teaching and learning; and having a school board working collaboratively and focused on supporting highquality public education in all of its CCSD schools.”

Bolstering regional economics

Several leaders pointed to the need to strengthen the region’s economic backbone.

“The legislation I’ve filed and the issues I am working on will be centered around job creation, affordable housing and economic develPendarvis opment,” said S.C. Rep. Marvin Pendarvis, D-North Charleston. “If we address these issues, we lay the foundation that will improve the lives and conditions of people in areas that have been often overlooked.”

Hill added, “Prioritizing workforce development, focusing on tourism management and broadening the [tourism] industry’s economic impact are essential for 2024. Strengthening hospitality skills, promoting stewardship and sustainability, and stimulating responsible economic development will ensure our destination remains a premier choice for visitors while simultaneously enhancing quality of life.”

Mount Pleasant’s Haynie said, “Economic viability is a must to keep the town and job growth strong.”

More affordable housing

Elmore also pointed to the region’s need for more affordable, dignified and humane housing, particularly for the elderly and disabled. “In light of spending tens of millions of dollars on new government buildings and developments, along with growing its empire, stop ignoring the needs of the most vulnerable citizens among us,” he said.

Reducing gun violence

Charleston Realtor and state Senate candidate Ed Sutton of West Ashley pointed to the need to reduce gun violence in 2024. “It’s not rocket surgery.

Over 83% of South Carolina supports closing the Charleston loophole and universal background checks. Those two simple non-controversial steps will help keep guns out of the wrong hands.”

Elmore also highlighted how South Carolina is one of the nation’s most violent states and has a top rate of domestic violence. “Stop the killing,” he said, later adding, “Stop the abuse.”

Defining development

Sutton said priorities also should be defining the future of Union Pier downtown so the community can make best use of the 70 acres of prime real estate. He also said the Sumar Street area of West Ashley needs something done that is in line with public demand — “a mixed-use development centered around a common green, not a standalone park that no one asked for.”

President and CEO of the Historic Charleston Foundation Winslow Hastie said, “For 2024, we encourage people to think big and bold. We are eager to engage with the new city Hastie administration on continued issues like accessible housing, land use policy, zoning, water mitigation and other critical topics facing Charleston’s future.”

Other issues

Haynie added that he hoped leaders would grapple with two other painful issues — the need for mental health and healing related to the opioid and fentanyl epidemic, as well as reduction in hate.

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By Connelly Hardaway A half dozen years after opening in Park Circle, Commonhouse Aleworks ended 2023 with two major collaborations. You can now find a Commonhouse outpost at Charleston International Airport, located near gate B5 and you can order your favorite Swig & Swine dishes from Commonhouse’s Park Circle location.

The opening of the airport bar is particularly sentimental for Commonhouse proprietor Pearce Fleming, who, before entering the craft beer world, traveled frequently for work.

“For me it’s full circle,” he said. “When we started walking down the ramp [in Concourse B], and I saw the Commonhouse sign there next to the DCA gate, which is what I would take to fly up to my office in Washington, it was a surreal moment.”

The Swig & Swine collaboration is meaningful for Fleming too. He noted in a press release about the brewery’s kitchen partner that Commonhouse was “elated to welcome another community-forward business into our space.”

“Community” is the name of the game at Commonhouse, after all. It’d be hard for it not to be with a mission statement that reads: “Celebrating what we all share in common and making a positive impact in the communities we serve is what drives our team.”

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Commonhouse Aleworks celebrates six years in Park Circle this month. Since opening in 2018, the brewery has grown and evolved, adding more beer, food options, outdoor seating and even more boozy selections to accommodate a loyal and growing fanbase in the popular North Charleston neighborhood.

A recent addition includes a liquor license, acquired before Memorial Day weekend 2023.

“We did that very specifically,” said Fleming.

“Because we wanted to be able to bring ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails [to the bar].”

Commonhouse doesn’t “free pour,” meaning it

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You can sip from six Commonhouse beers at the spot’s new outpost at the Charleston International Airport doesn’t offer mixed drinks made on the spot.

Rather, it rotates what RTD cocktails it has on offer. Recent selections have included a tequila paloma and vodka mule from Cutwater and vodka seltzers from Nutrl.

“We want to create an environment where everybody can sit and enjoy themselves,” said Fleming.

But people aren’t just flocking to Commonhouse for beer, cocktails and barbecue. The brewery has become a bonafide community hub, hosting a variety of weekly events and community partners. Whether you want to join the Park Circle Pacers for a Thursday evening run that starts at the brewery, head to the Commonhouse grounds for a weekend pop-up yoga class or sit in on an open mic night hosted by Charleston’s Free Verse Poets, the brewery is more than just a place to sip beer.

Staying consistent

It can be challenging to stand out and stay consistent in the Charleston area’s current

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Swig & Swine food, including the beef brisket burger, is now available at Commonhouse craft beer scene, which is home to about 40 breweries (as of Jan. 3).

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our doors a few months later, we were the 16th brewery in Charleston in 2018. And now there are 42,” Fleming said. “And that is wonderful, because we’ve gotten back to a day and age when every neighborhood has its own hyperlocal craft beverage being produced.”

Part of Commonhouse’s hyperlocal focus includes the unCOMMONly GOOD beer series, which benefits community impact organizations with a beer release and, according to Commonhouse’s website, “a

sharing of our platform to celebrate and support organizations doing great work.”

In addition to the beer series, a portion of every Commonhouse beer is donated back to local community groups including Alliance For Full Acceptance, We Are Family, Camp Rise Above, Eunoia Rescue, Neighbors Together and more.

“What do we do to stand out? Not just from a liquid perspective, but from an ethos perspective,” said Fleming. “We focus solely on who we are and do what comes naturally to us. We were [always] for this neighborhood, for our area and we were for the ethos that we tried to put out in the world.”

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At the end of last year, Charleston-based beverage store Sèchey teased that its curated products would be available in a mass retailer — namely, Target. Now, 1,300 stores across the country are stocked with five nonalcoholic (NA) beverage packs exclusive to Target, just in time for dry January.

Owner Emily Heintz launched Sèchey in 2021 and opened the first brick-and-mortar Sèchey location on King Street in 2022, eventually moving locations several times before landing at 540 King St. Now, in addition to shopHeintz ping Sèchey’s curated selection of no and low-ABV drinks on King Street, you can find some of Sèchey’s bestselling brands at your local Target, sold in exclusive variety packs.

The Target collaboration also marks the launch of Sèchey’s line of dealcoholized wine, which was created by Heintz with one of the world’s leading wineries specializing in the dealcoholization process. The holiday release of Sèchey wine features a sparkling cuvée blanc, still rosé​and pinot noir.

Heintz described Sèchey’s exclusive Target products as a “shop within a shop,” with the goal of introducing NA products to a wider audience. “It can be very confusing, with so many options,” she said of the rapidly growing NA market. She hopes the Target collaboration will open doors to a much wider audience of future NA drinkers.

Locally, the curated selection can be found on shelves at Targets downtown and in North Charleston and Summerville.

Filling a niche

In a 2022 Charleston City Paper interview, Heintz explained she saw a hole in

the market for folks looking for a singular source from which to shop NA beverages.

“I felt that if I’m feeling this way, I’m sure there’s so many other people feeling this too and want alternatives to drinking,” she said.

With a collaboration with one of the nation’s largest retailers, it’s clear that Heintz’s hunch was a good one.

The five best-selling Sèchey brands involved in the Target collaboration include Surely, an NA wine made with California grapes that use the same fermentation process as traditional winemaking, and Ghia, which is inspired by Mediterranean aperitivo culture and features The Le Spritz Variety Pack, created exclusively for Sèchey with flavors like ginger, lime and salt and sumac and chili.

“Guests should have confidence they’ll like what’s in there,” said Heintz of the specially selected Target products. That confidence stems from quality products that actually taste good — so good that even booze-focused customers could find something they like. “We don’t want anyone to think you can’t shop us if you drink alcohol,” said Heintz.

And it’s clear, if a January 2023 Forbes article is any indication, that NA consumers aren’t just fully sober folks. Kate Dingwall wrote: “One of the biggest drivers of the non-alcoholic market isn’t abstainers — it’s regular drinkers looking to break up their alcohol with thoughtful, delicious no- or low-proof options.” As Heintz said, NA bevs are “just another tool in your shed.”

Beyond booze

While it may feel counterintuitive, Heintz said in the new year Sèchey is going to start carrying more alcoholic products.

Adding alcohol into Sèchey’s inventory works with the company’s mission, though, said Heintz, who emphasized that Sèchey

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Sip on a variety of packs from brands like Nope and Ghia, which offer tasty nonalcoholic options, too is inspired by the French word for dry, but her store is “dry-ish.”

“We’re a modern bottle shop; we have a beer and wine license,” said Heintz. “We’re a little more dry-ish, with a small very curated assortment [of alcohol].”

The store also carries hemp-infused products, and Heintz said adding in this third element and experimenting with different brands has been fun for both her and the consumers. “People want a holistic approach. We drink for a variety of reasons.

Letting people know of alternatives like chocolates and gummies and all those things … if you are going to consume [something], what do you want to get out of it? Is it a feeling? Is it to help you sleep or give you energy or a little buzz?”

Now, no matter what feeling you’re after, you can find NA drinks to celebrate at Targets across the country, created and curated by Sèchey. When you cheers in the new year, you can feel confident that you’ll have a wider variety of beverages from which to choose. As Heintz said: “People are realizing you can toast with something that’s not water or coffee.”

Revelry Brewing quietly opened its Folly Beach outpost at the end of December.

The self-described “hidden little beach bar” is located at 13b Center St. and is the first brewery to open on Folly Beach.

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High Score Brewing is now open at 8120 Windsor Hill Boulevard Unit 203 in North Charleston. The brewery features arcade and console games from the 1970s to the 2000s, as well as craft sodas and beers. High Score is open 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday. Learn more online at highscorebrewing.com.

Florence’s Lowcountry Kitchen has reopened at a new location, 1271 Folly Road. Guests can expect the same family-friendly atmosphere and Lowcountry cuisine at the new location, with food inspired by Florence, the great-grandmother of owners Jonathan and Patrick Kish. The restaurant is open daily for dinner and for weekend brunch.

First Watch is now open in North Charleston at 8803 Dorchester Road, making it the fifth South Carolina outpost of the Florida-based franchise.

First Watch “takes an elevated approach to traditional breakfast, brunch and lunch offerings that are made to order using fresh ingredients without fryers, microwaves and heat lamps,” according to a press release. The restaurant is open daily from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Learn more online at firstwatch.com.

What’s happening

Certified sommelier Sarah O’Kelley offers wine classes at Wine & Company Wine Bar every other Saturday this winter, with the first class slated for Jan. 13. The classes are designed for those who are considering entry-level wine certification or who simply want to enhance their wine knowledge. The classes are $50 per attendee (hospitality industry employees receive a 50% discount) and include four wine tastings, small snacks and an information packet. Email sarah@grapetotable. com for more info and the industry discount code, and buy tickets at citypapertickets.com.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RICHLAND IN THE FAMILY COURT FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2023-DR-40-2655 CECIL C. STEVENS, III VS YUMEJI K. STEVENS SUMMONS TO: THE DEFENDANT, YUMEKI K. STEVENS: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint on Kathryn F. Free, attorney for the Plaintiff at 2512 Main Street Elgin, SC 29045 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C.A. No. 2023-CP-10-00893 Sean Patrick Hayes and Remy Starker Hayes, Plaintiffs, v.

373 Huger, LLC; Robert C. Chesnut; Zourzoukis Homes LLC; George Zourzoukis; Bury’s Footers, LLC; DJ Enterprise Siding, LLC; ECC Contracting, LLC; J. Moura Construction LLC; Contract Exteriors LLC; Graciela Reza Rodile; Carolina Siding Contractors, LLC; Paiz Construction, LLC; Piquet Roofing, Inc.; Charleston Awning and Metal Company, Inc.; Insulation by Cohen, LLC; East Coast Wall Systems Inc.; Sa Floor Covering, LLC; Elegant Hardwood Floors, LLC; and Navarro’s Wallcovering & Painting, LLC; Defendants.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: Graciela Reza Rodile YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Third Amended Complaint in this action, which was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, SC at 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC on October 16, 2023, notice of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto upon the undersigned at his office, 102 Wappoo Creek Dr., Unit 8, Charleston, SC 29412, within thirty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

If you fail to appear and defend the action as required by law, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Third Amended Complaint.

CAPELL THOMSON, LLC s/ Charles W. Thomson

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: DANIEL S. WOOLDRIDGE 2023-ES-10-2162 DOD: 11/1/23 Pers. Rep: BETTY M. WOOLDRIDGE 1 BISHOP GADSDEN WAY, #339 CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: LATOYA MONE WHITE 2023-ES-10-2188 DOD: 10/25/23 Pers. Rep: EMMITT MOORE 7630 E. OAKRIDGE CIR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 Atty: MELISA W. GAY, ESQ. 222 W. COLEMAN BLVD., #121 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ Estate of: EDWARD HENRY TOWNSEND, JR. AKA HARRY TOWNSEND 2023-ES-10-2258 DOD: 6/19/23 Pers. Rep: VIRGINIA LEGARE TOWNSEND 6861 POINT FARM RD. WADMALAW ISLAND, SC 29487 Atty: JEFFREY C. MOORE, ESQ. 1 CARRIAGE LN., BLDG H, 2ND FLOOR CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ************ Estate of: LEIGH ANN HAMILTON MARSHALL 2023-ES-10-2264 DOD: 4/27/23 Pers. Rep: CHRISTOPHER G. MARSHALL 2300 LEONARD ST., #404 DALLAS, TX 75201 Atty: WILLIAM L. MILLS, IV., ESQ. 6801 CARNEGIE BLVD., #400 CHARLOTTE, NC 28211 ************ Estate of: JAMES CARROLL O’NEAL 2023-ES-10-2277 DOD: 10/21/23 Pers. Rep: SHERYL W. O’NEAL 306 BUNCUM DR., #4116 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 Atty: AMBER S. DEUTSCH, ESQ. 636 G LONGPOINT RD., #65 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ Estate of: ALLEN EDWARD BARNHARDT 2023-ES-10-2278 DOD: 6/18/23 Pers. Rep: SANDRA E. SINGLETON BARNHARDT 8188 GOVERNORS WALK, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418 Atty: AMBER S. DEUTSCH, ESQ. 636 G LONGPOINT RD., #65 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ Estate of: MATTHEW DACUS COLLINS 2023-ES-10-2293 DOD: 11/13/23 Pers. Rep: KENNETH RANDALL COLLINS 4652 RALEIGH LAGRANGE RD. MEMPHIS, TN 38128 Atty: THOMAS BRUSH, ESQ. 12 CARRIAGE LN., #A CHARLESTON, SC 29407

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the Personal Representative indicated below and also file subject claims on Form #371ES with Irvin G. Condon, Probate

Judge of Charleston County, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401, before the expiration of 8 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or one year from the date of death, whichever date is earlier, or else thereafter such claims shall be and are forever barred.

Estate of: ANNE KEIRN SPIVEY 2023-ES-10-1563 DOD: 7/1/23 Pers. Rep: JASON RYAN SPIVEY 840 GODBER ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29412 Atty: ROBERT W. HAINES, ESQ. 1092 JOHNNIE DODDS BLVD. #112, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464 ************ Estate of: RANDOLPH KENT OWENS, SR. 2023-ES-10-2108 DOD: 9/29/23 Pers. Rep: JANE OWENS CLEGG 128 WEST POPLAR ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29403 Atty: SUSAN A. TESCHNER, ESQ. 3 LOCKWOOD DR., #204 CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ************ Estate of: SARA WALL GAILLARD 2023-ES-10-2259 DOD: 11/8/23 Pers. Rep: CLIFTON E. OLDHAM 131 TIMBERGREEN CT. TROUTMAN, NC 28166

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF COLLETON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-15-376 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS SAMANTHA PORTER, DAVID A/K/A DAVE SHOOK AND SERAPH THOMASON, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2014.

TO DEFENDANT: SAMANTHA PORTER AND DAVID A/K/A DAVE SHOOK: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Colleton County on October 9, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Colleton 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, B. Kim Miller, Legal Department of the Colleton County Department of Social Services, 215 Lemacks Street, Walterboro, S.C. 29488 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. B. Kim Miller, Attorney for the Plaintiff, SC Bar # 11906, 215 Lemacks Street, Walterboro, SC 29488, Tele: 843-584-4010.

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-01683

Oakleaf Estates Subdivision (16.90 Acres), Lots 1 through 68 (8.52 Acres), Rights of Ways (3.77 Acres) and Common Area (4.61 Acres), Property of The Housing Authority of North Charleston, Located in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina,” dated April 14, 2005, prepared

by Richard D. Lacey, SCPLS, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EJ at Page 22. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Jonathon A. Gibbs by deed of Kristin Stephenson dated February 11, 2022 and recorded March 9, 2022 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston, South Carolina in Book 1087 at Page 167.

TMS # 484-00-00-381 Property Address: 2743 Oak Leaf Drive N. Charleston, South Carolina 29420 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Charleston County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Charleston County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

As a deficiency judgment is being Demanded, the bidding will remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.50% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Charleston County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances. s/Ryan J. Patane S.C. Bar No. 103116 Benjamin E. Grimsley S.C. Bar No. 70335 D’Alberto, Graham & Grimsley, LLC Attorneys for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211 (803) 233-1177 rpatane@dgglegal.com bgrimsley@dgglegal.com Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against

Master’s Sale Case No. 2021-CP-10-00650

Jonathon A. Gibbs, et al., I, the Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Charleston County Public Services Building, Second Floor Counsel Chambers, Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being known as Lot 60, Oakleaf Estates Subdivision, and being more fully shown and designated on a plat entitled, “Plat Showing

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R5, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Anita Baxley aka Anita E. Baxley aka Anita B. Elliott; David Baxley aka David A. Baxley aka David A. Baxley, Jr.; DEFENDANT(S)

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

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of July, 2021 I will

offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 9th day of January, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that lot piece or parcel of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and more particularly shown on a plat of a portion of Centerville Subdivision

by W. L. Gaillard, dated August, 1951, recorded In Plat Book J, Page 130, in the R.M.C. Office as Lot 21, Block I. Reference is hereby craved to said plat for a more complete and accurate metes and bounds description.

THIS BEING the same properly conveyed unto David A. Baxley, Jr. and Anita B. Elliott by virtue of a Deed from Harry C. Hutson III and Susan C. Hutson dated May 31,1988 and recorded June 6,1988 in Book F175 at Page 258 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

1734 Lady Ashley Street Charleston, SC 29412 TMS# 425-02-00-088 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION December 22nd, 2023; December 29th, 2023; January 5th, 2024 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-02193 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT2, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Robin G Dixon and if Robin G. Dixon be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Robin G Dixon, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Robin G Dixon, 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; Danielle Rehman a/k/a Danielle Dixon; U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series

2005-S5; Northwoods Pointe Homeowners Association, Inc.; Bank of America, N.A., DEFENDANT(S) Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of November, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 9th day of January, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 16, Northwoods Pointe Subdivision, on that certain plat entitled: “FINAL PLAT LOTS 1-90, DETENTION PONDS 1-3, A NEW 15’ DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A NEW 35’ DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A NEW 35’ DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A NEW 17’ ACCESS EASEMENT NORTHWOODS POINTE SUBDIVISION”. prepared for ETL Investments Group, Inc., City of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina,

by Mark Woodrow Ells, PLS, of 2nd Surveying Company, Inc. dated April 20, 2001, revised April 24, 2001, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EF, at Pages 739, 740, and 741, which plat supersedes the plat recorded in Plat Book EE, at Page 926, 927, and 928. Said Lot having such size, shape, buttings and boundings as will be shown on the aforesaid plat.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Robin G. Dixon by virtue of a Deed from Michael W. Davis and Melissa A. Davis dated May 13, 2005, and recorded May 23, 2005 in Book Y 537 at Page 058 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

8781 Tigershark Avenue North Charleston, SC 29406 TMS# 486-15-00-209 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION December 22nd, 2023; December 29th, 2023; January 5th, 2024 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-03618 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee of Home Preservation Partnership Trust, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Kevin Michael Newman, Sr a/k/a Kevin M Newman, Sr, Individually,

as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mable T Newman aka Mable Terrell Newman, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Daniel D Newman aka Daniel Desales Newman; Kathryn McWhorter; Jennifer L Wrixon; Denis Sexton; Sweetgrass Homeowners Association, Inc.; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Pinnacle Bank sbm to Southcoast Community Bank, DEFENDANT(S) Upon authority of a Decree dated the 22nd day of November, 2023 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 9th day of January, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Sweetgrass Subdivision (formerly known as Mill Creek Village), County of Charleston, Town of Mt. Pleasant, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 66, on a plat entitled: “final plat of Sweetgrass Subdivision, Town of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, Phase 3, Plat showing lots 1, 2 and 48-67”, made

by ARC Surveying Company, Inc., dated July 15, 1992 and recorded in Plat Book CJ, page 67, RMC office for Charleston County, South Carolina, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to Covenants, Conditions, Easements and Restrictions of record.

THIS BEING the same properly conveyed unto Stanley D. Newman and Mable T. Newman by virtue of a Deed from Scott D. Brown and Jennifer L. Brown dated May 14, 1997 and recorded May 14, 1997 in Book Z283 at Page 849 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

THEREAFTER, Stanley DeSales Newman, Jr. aka Stanley D. Newman’s interest in subject property was conveyed unto Mable T. Newman from Mable T. Newman, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stanley Desales Newman, Jr., (Estate # 2008-ES-10-00376), pursuant to the terms of said Estate, and by virtue of a Deed of Distribution dated April 24, 2009 and recorded May 1, 2009 in Book 0051 at Page 387 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

1905 Falling Creek Circle Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 TMS# 558-15-00-194 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION December 22nd, 2023; December 29th, 2023; January 5th, 2024 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-03646 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS LenderSelect Mortgage Group, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Jocelyn Go a/k/a Jocelyn Stanback, DEFENDANT(S) Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of November, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 9th day of January, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN lot, piece, parcel and tract of land shown and designated as “Tract X” on that certain plat prepared by James F. Bennett, Surveyor - SC REG 1536 dated June 13, 1975 entitled “PLAT OF TWO TRACTS OF LAND, THE PROPERTY OF EVANSTON” and recorded July 27, 1976 in Plat Book W, Page 129, in RMC Office for Charleston County.

This conveyance is made SUBJECT to any and all existing Reservations, Easements, Rights-of-Way, Zoning Ordinances, and Restrictive or Protective Covenants that appear of record or that may be discerned by inspection of the premises.

4314 Bream Road North Charleston, SC 29418 TMS# 408-10-00-069 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

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

For Pursuant to Section 2410(c), Title 28, United States Code, the Defendant United States of America has a right to redeem the subject property within 1 year after the date of the foreclosure sale.

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

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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

FOR INSERTION December 22nd, 2023; December 29th, 2023; January 5th, 2024

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-03911 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Edward N Reid, Jr, DEFENDANT(S) Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th day of November, 2023

I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 9th day of January, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN ASHLEY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 4, BLOCK ‘H’, ON A PLAT OF ASHLEY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION SECTION TWO BY J. O’HEAR SANDERS, JR, DATED FEBRUARY 5, 1957, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK ‘K’, AT PAGE 190 IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, REFERENCE TO WHICH PLAT IS HEREBY MADE FOR A FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Edward Nathan Reid, Jr. by virtue of a Deed from Fannie Mae aka Federal National Mortgage Association dated December 19, 2019 and recorded December 27, 2019 in Book 0848 at Page 672 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

7641 Selma Street North Charleston, SC 29420 TMS# 484-10-00-051 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John S. Kay, Esquire Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION December 22nd, 2023; December 29th, 2023; January 5th, 2024 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-06113 BARNEY GAILLIARD, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN DOE, and MARY ROE, being fictitious names used to designate the unknown heirs at law distributes, devisees, legatees, widow, widowers, successors and assigns, if any, of THOMAS PRIOLEAU, (deceased) and the following deceased individuals: MARY SMALLS PRIOLEAU, PHYLLIS PRIOLEAU, LUCY PRIOLEAU, PRINCE PRIOLEAU, PAUL PRIOLEAU, EMILY PRIOLEAU, HENRY PRIOLEAU, JOHN PRIOLEAU, MARY PRIOLEAU, ANNABELLE PRIOLEAU, JACOB PRIOLEAU, FLORENCE P. GAILLIARD, ELIAS GAILLARD, CHARLES B. GAILLIARD, JACOB PRIOLEAU, REBECCA PRIOLEAU SAMUEL PRIOLEAU, CELESTINE WHALEY RICHARDSON,

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102 Wappoo Creek Dr., Unit 8 Charleston, SC 29412 Attorney for Plaintiffs

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JOSEPH WHALEY, ISAAC RICHARDSON, THOMAS WHALEY, SR., DANIEL WHALEY, and all other persons unknown claiming by, through or under them or having or claiming any interest in the real estate described in Complaint, whether infants, incompetents, insane persons under any other disability, Defendants.

SUMMONS (Quiet Title Action) TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, located at 1847 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, which action was brought by the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants to determine the rightful owner of the below described real estate.

That the premises affected by this action is located within the County and State aforesaid and is more particularly described as follows: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 8-C on a plat entitled “PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF LOT 8 INTO LOTS 8-A, 8-B, 8-C, 8-D & 8-E, LOCATED ON JAMES ISLAND CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” which plat was made by George A.Z. Johnson, Jr., Inc., dated February 26, 1990, revised March 22, 1990 and July 9, 1990 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book CE at page 40; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

TMS No. : 334-00-00-120 NOTICE NISI TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Plaintiff has applied to the Court for appointment of a suitable person as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown and known Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability, and said appointment shall become final unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, within thirty (30) days of the service of this Notice, shall procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for them.

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TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Complaint, Lis Pendens and Notice Nisi were filed on December 18, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina.

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Kelvin M. Huger, Esquire of 27 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 200, Charleston, S.C. 29407, has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated the 19th day of December, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute thirty (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 as Guardian ad Litem for them within (30) days after the final publication of this Notice. /s/ Arthur C. McFarland Attorney for Plaintiff 1847 Ashley River Road, Suite 200 Charleston, SC 29407 843.763-3900 E-mail: Cecilesq@aol.com Charleston, S.C. December 18, 2023

Mariculture Public Notice PUBLIC NOTICE. Meredith Wrye has applied to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management for a permit to install a floating cage shellfish operation for private use, in Tom Point Creek.

Comments will be received by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 1362 McMillan Ave. Suite 400 by 12/23/23.

(770) 508-8582 Meredith@oldmanoysters.com

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2023CP1001127 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS M&T Bank, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Susan R. Vinson; Michael Vinson; Stuart K. Kimball; South Carolina Department of Revenue; St. Johns Lake Property Owners Association, Inc. ; , DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of November, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 9th day of January, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain lot, piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, together with any improvements thereon, being known and designated as Lot 217, as shown on that certain plat of Parker Land Surveying, LLC, entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT SHOWING SUBDIVISION OF TMS 282-00-00-095 (251.113 AC.) CREATING LOTS 201 THROUGH 267, P.O.A. #1 AND P.O.A. #2, ST. JOHNS LAKE PHASE 2, OWNED BY: CALATLANTIC GROUP, INC., BY MERGER, SUCCESSOR TO THE RYLAND GROUP, INC., LOCATED ON JOHNS ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” dated November 29, 2017, revised January 12, 2018, and recorded July 5, 2018 in the ROD Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book L18 at Pages 03570360. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to Michael Vinson and Susan R. Vinson as joint tenants with the right of survivorship and not as tenants in common by deed of Allen Keith Black, dated September 17, 2021 and recorded September 20, 2021 in Book 1034 at Page 637 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 2811000125 Case#: 2023CP1001127

Current Property Address: 3438 Great Egret Dr Johns Island, SC 29455 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 017143-00185 2023CP1001127 FOR INSERTION December 22, 2023, December 29, 2023, January 5, 2024 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2023CP1001476 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for CWABS, Inc. AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-7, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Vivien Mack Linton; Zarina Jones; Charrise Brewer; Lovell T. Martin; Edward Mack; Lavell Froster; Donnell Moss; Any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Lovell S. Linton, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; , DEFENDANTS. Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of November, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 9th day of January, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

INCORRECT: All that piece or lot of land situate, lying and being on Johns Island, County and State aforesaid, containing one (1) acre, more or less, and butting and bounding as follows: North and west by lands of Estate of James Freeman; East by lands of William Harrison and South by lands of James Cason.

CORRECT: All that piece or lot of land situate, lying and being on Johns Island, County and State aforesaid,

containing one (1) acre, more or less, and butting and bounding as follows: North and west by lands of Estate of James Freeman; East by lands of William Harrison and South by lands of James Cason; and being more particularly described on that plat prepared by James G. Penington, Professional Land Surveyor entitled “Plat Lots 49, 1.48 Acres, California, Located Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina,” dated March 21, 2001 and recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County in Plat Book EE at page 751.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to Lovell S. Linton and Vivien Mack Linton by deed of Julie Mack, Vivien Mack Linton and Theresa Mack Hunt dated January 24, 2001 and recorded January 26, 2001 in Book R362 at Page 729. Subsequently, Lovell Spencer Linton died on April 10, 2013, leaving the subject property to his heirs or devisees namely, Vivien Linton, Zarina Jones, Charrise Brewer, Lovell Martin, Edward Mack, Lavell Froster and Donnell Moss.

TMS # 283-00-00-082 Case#: 2023CP1001476 Current Property Address: 662 Main Road Johns Island, SC 29455 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, and compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY John J. Hearn (803) 744-4444 011847-04858 2023CP1001476 FOR INSERTION December 22, 2023, December 29, 2023, January 5, 2024 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

To all persons claiming an interest in 1991- 9.9 HP- Suzuki00994131452 DT9,9C Baker Schleppegrell will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/ outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/ outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3699. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/ outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title.

Case No: 20230322950221

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-03324

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-02818

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

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

Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs.

Lee Maegan Bell

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK SUCCESSOR ININTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE GSMPS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2001-2 vs.

Carolyn Moore, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ruthie S. Tisdale, deceased, Cynthia Maria Graham, The Lakes at Northwoods Town and Garden Home Homeowners Association., Inc, American General Financial Services, Inc also known as Onemain Financial of South Carolina, Inc

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of November, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC., on the 9th day of January, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN CLEARVIEW SUBDIVISION ON JAMES ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 15, SECTION J, CLEARVIEW SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF LOT 15, SECTION J, CLEARVIEW SUBDIVISION MADE BY TOMMY E. AYERS, RS., DATED AUGUST 30, 1965 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 15, 1965, IN PLAT BOOK T AT PAGE 97 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID PLAT AND REFERENCE IS HEREBY CRAVED FOR A MORE FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JAMES D. FORD AND SHARON H. FORD BY DEED OF SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION DATED MARCH 4, 1985 AND RECORDED IN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK R143, PAGE 137. THEREAFTER, JAMES D. FORD DIED MAY 7, 2000 LEAVING HIS INTEREST TO SHARON H. FORD AS SHOWN IN DEED OF DISTRIBUTION DATED AUGUST 29, 2001 AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 IN CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK M 381, PAGE 380.

THEREAFTER, SHARON H. FORD A/K/A SHARON HARBERT DIED SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 LEAVING HER INTEREST TO LEE MAEGAN BELL AS SHOWN IN DEED OF DISTRIBUTION DATED DECEMBER 8, 2022 AND RECORDED JANUARY 19, 2023 IN BOOK 1159, PAGE 325.

TMS # 4540600021 Current Property Address 733 Stiles Dr Charleston SC 29412 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY William S. Koehler, Esquire Albertelli Law 1201 Main Street Suite 1450 Columbia, SC 29201 Telephone: (803) 828-0880 FOR INSERTION 12/22/23, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity A-4803621 12/22/2023, 12/29/2023, 01/05/2024

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of September, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC., on the 9th day of January, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 122 AS SHOWN ON A “PLAT SHOWING LOTS 1-42: LOTS 116-146: AND LOTS 310-344, THE LAKES LOCATED NORTHWOOD SUBDIVISION” PREPARED BY SIGMA ENGINEERS DATED OCTOBER 3, 1963, REVISED NOVEMBER 1, 1983 AND RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK BA, PAGE 161, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, BUTTINGS AND SOUNDINGS AS WILL BY REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT MORE FULLY AND AT LARGE APPEAR. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO RUTHIE S. TISDALE ON 02/15/1989, BY DEED FROM MACK A. THOMPKINS AND A. ELIZABETH ALISHUSKAS NOW KNOWN AS A. ELIZABETH THOMPKINS, FILED FOR RECORD ON 02/16/1989 IN DEED Z181 PAGE 419, REGISTER’S OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. THEREAFTER, RUTHIE S. TISDALE DIED ON JANUARY 18, 2020 LEAVING HER INTEREST TO HER HEIRS AND DEVISEES. TMS # 4850300166 Current Property Address: 8546 Kissemee Drive North Charleston SC 29406 No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY William S. Koehler, Esquire Albertelli Law 1201 Main Street, Suite 1450 Columbia, SC 29201 Telephone: (803) 828-0880 FOR INSERTION 12/22/23, 12/29/23, 1/5/24 Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

A-4803807 12/22/2023, 12/29/2023, 01/05/2024

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO.: 2023ES1001741 JON ANTHONY BROWN, Petitioner, vs.

THE ESTATE OF MARYANNE JEAN BROWN, JOHN DOE, AND JANE DOE AS UNKNOWN HEIRS, Respondents.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITIONS AND NOTICE OF HEARING TO: THE RESPONDENTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and notified that an action has been filed against you in this court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. Within thirty (30) days after the day you receive the Amended Summons and Petitions, you must respond in writing to the Petitions by filing an Answer with this court. You must also serve a copy of your Answer to the Petitions upon the Petitioner or the Petitioner’s Attorney at the address shown below. If you fail to answer the Petitions, judgment by default could be rendered against you for the relief requested in the Petitions.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Amended Petitions in this action were filed in the Charleston County Probate Court on November 10, 2023.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENNOTICE OF HEARING on February 14, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. and after completion of service of the Summons and Petitions, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, a virtual hearing will be held at the Charleston County Probate Court, 84 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401 on Petitioner’s Amended Petition Declaring the Existence of Common Law Marriage and Amended Petition for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative.

SHELBOURNE LAW FIRM /s/ P. Brandt Shelbourne P. Brandt Shelbourne, Esq. (Bar #15143) 131 E. Richardson Avenue Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 871-2210 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

MASTER’S SALE CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-02837 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

BY VIRTUE of a Decree of the Circuit Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, heretofore granted in the case of SouthState Bank, National Association, vs.

David H. Greer; Kerry E. Greer; and Scotts Creek Property Owner’s Association, I the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina or my agent, will sell on 9th day of January, 2024, at 11:00 A.M., in the County Council Chambers, at the Charleston County Public Services Building, located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit: ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, in the County of Charleston and State of South Carolina shown and designated as “Lot 41”, Scotts Creek, on a plat prepared by Thomas & Hutton Engineering Company and entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF TRACT 1 (40.00 ACRES), NOW KNOWN AS SCOTTS CREEK OWNED BY: SCOTT CREEK COMMUNITY, LLC,” dated August 29, 2007, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, SC in Plat Book EL, Pages 442 - 444,

said lot having such size, shape, location, buttings and boundings as are shown on said plat.

TOGETHER with an undivided interest in and to all easement and leasehold rights that benefit the insured property contained in that certain Easement and Lease Agreement between G. Roland Goblet, Jr., and Beach Scott Creek, LLC dated February 11, 2005 and recorded in Book U-525, Page 264; and assigned from Beach Scott Creek, LLC to Scott Creek Community, LLC by assignment dated July 14, 2006 and recorded in Book E-592, Page 585 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina and therefore assigned to Scott Creek Property Owners Association by Assignment dated November 1, 2011 and recorded in Book 0215, at Page 952, aforesaid records.

SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD. BEING the same property conveyed to Kerry E. Greer and David H. Greer, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by Deed of Captain Maynard’s Holdings, L.P., a Georgia limited partnership, also known as Captain Maynards Holdings, L.P., dated April 25, 2018, and recorded April 30, 2018, in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Book 0715 at Page 180.

TMS Number: 560-09-00-279 Property Address: 1304 Scotts Creek Circle Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES, EASEMENTS AND/ OR RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY. TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master-In-Equity or his agent, at the conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) percent of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master-InEquity or his agent may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales day at the risk of the said highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to Charleston County taxes and assessments and to existing easements and restrictions of record.

Purchaser shall pay for the preparation of the Deed, documentary stamps on the Deed, recording of the Deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the judgment rate of interest.

As a deficiency judgment is being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, on February 8, 2024, at the Master in Equity’s Courtroom 2A, at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401, as provided by law. THE PLAINTIFF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WAIVE DEFICIENCY UP TO SEVEN (7) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. If Plaintiff or its representative does not appear at the scheduled sale of the above-described property, then the sale of the property will be null, void and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day.

Judge Mikell R. Scarborough Master-In-Equity for Charleston County Charleston, South Carolina November 21, 2023 J. Ronald Jones, Jr. Bar No: 066091 Smith Debnam Narron Drake

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-05244 Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., Plaintiff vs.

Pamela Sue Jeridore, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Hayre; Tamera L. Brown aka Tamera Lynn Pierson, Raymond Scott Patrick Hayre, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Mary Hayre, 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; and The South Carolina Department of Revenue, Defendants.

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 1901 Helm Avenue, Charleston, SC 29405, that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A

CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to 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 October 24, 2023.

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 Raymond B. L. Hayre to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. bearing date of August 24, 2004 and recorded August 25, 2004 in Mortgage Book D507 at Page 505 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/ Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Forty-six Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 00/100 Dollars ($46,208.00).

Thereafter, by assignment recorded on November 3, 2023 in Book 1211 at Page 760, the mortgage was assigned to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., 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 certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, South Carolina, containing approximately 0.149 acres, and shown as being contained within the lines A,B,C,D,E,A, on a plat entitled, “Plat of a Survey of Lot 294 and 0.149 acres, Whipper Barony Subdivision, City of North Charleston, State of South Carolina,” said plat being dated July 12, 1979, and made by Stephens-Brown & Associates, Inc., recorded in Plat Book AO, page 60.

Said lot having such size, shape, metes, dimensions, and distances as shown on the above-referenced plat. Butting and bounding North of Helm Avenue, East and South on other lands of the City of Charleston Housing Authority, and West on Lot 294, Whipper Barony Subdivision.

TMS No. 470-14-00-162 (land) MH00051398 (mobile home) Property Address: 1901 Helm Avenue Charleston, SC 29405 Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 5631

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-05015 Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., Plaintiff vs.

The Personal Representatives, if any, whose names are unknown, of the Estates of Noami R. Mercheson

and Herman Robinson; and any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Noami R. Mercheson, Deceased and Herman Robinson, 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. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 1172 Jimmy Mitchell Lane Johns Island, SC 29455, that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to 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 October 11, 2023, and thereafter amended on November 29, 2023.

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 Noami Mercheson and Herman Robinson to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. bearing date of February 26, 2021 and recorded May 26, 2021 in Mortgage Book 0995 at page 565 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/ Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Eighty Five Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Three and 91/100 Dollars ($85,673.91), 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: Being all of that piece, parcel or lot of land lying in Johns Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, as shown on that plat entitled “Boundary Survey of TMS 281-00-00-010 owned by Jimmy H. Brown”, prepared by Woodland Land Surveying, LLC, dated 11/23/2020, recorded on 01/20/2021 in Plat Book S-21, Page 10 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County. ALSO included is a public right-of-way as shown on above-referenced plat for ingress, egress and regress to Jimmy Mitchell Lane.

TMS No. 281-00-00-010 Property Address: 1172 Jimmy Mitchell Lane Johns Island, SC 29455 Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 5614

NOTICE OF SALE (Deficiency Waived)

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Richard Young and Jason Greene v.

John W. Beasley a/k/a John W. Beasley, Sr., et al., Civil Action Number 2022-CP10-03510, I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at eleven o’clock a.m., at the Charleston County Public Services Building, County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina to the highest bidder: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, lying and being on James Island, in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as New Lot 4, measuring and containing 5.139 acres on a plat entitled “Resubdivision Lots 4, 4A, & 6 into New Lot 4 & New Lot 6 , TMS Number 427-00-00-066, 102, and 109, Seaside Plantation” by Absolute Surveying, Inc. dated January 15, 2003, revised February 13, 2003 and recorded February 28, 2003 in the RMC Office for Charleston Count in Plat Book DD at page 586.

Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions and boundaries as will be referenced to said plat more fully appear, together with that certain fifty (50’) foot ingress/ egress easement for access to the lot conveyed, said easement being shown on the aforementioned plat recorded in Plat Book DD at page 586.

ALSO, All right, title and interest in and to the Marsh located along New Lot 4 referenced above and abutting Seaside Creek as shown on the aforesaid Plat; subject to any and all rights reserved to the State of South Carolina to that marsh lying between the low water mark and the high water mark of Seaside Creek and the areas referred to as “marshland” and further subject to the authority of the South Carolina Coastal Council, now known as the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, in “critical areas” as defined in §49-39-10, et seq., 1976 S.C. Code of Laws, as amended and Rules and Regulations promulgated thereto This being a portion of the property conveyed to John W. Beasley and Lillian J. Beasley by deed of Dr. A. Bert Pruitt, Jr., dated November 10, 2003 and recorded in the RMC Office of Charleston County in Book H475 at page 025.

TMS No.: 427-00-00-102 Property Address: 1050 Sea Eagle Watch Charleston, South Carolina 29412 TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master-in-Equity, at conclusion of the Bidding, five percent (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master-in-Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

Purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on the Master’s Deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate set forth in the Note. Deficiency having been waived, the sale shall be final subject to compliance by the successful bidder pursuant to the terms hereof. Further, you will please take notice that if no representative of the Plaintiff is present at the sale, said sale shall be rescheduled for the next available sale date. THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD ON AN “AS-IS, WHERE-IS” BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO ANY MATTERS OF TITLE OR OTHERWISE. A COMPLETE AND THOROUGH TITLE EXAMINATION IS RECOMMENDED PRIOR TO BIDDING ON THIS PROPERTY. THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO ANY TAXES, LIENS, ECUNMBRANCES, INTERESTS, ASSESSMENTS, AND THE LIKE OF RECORD, ALL OF WHICH MAY BE REVEALED BY A TITLE EXAMINATION. YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN MORTGAGE OF COMMUNITY FIRST BANK OF CHARLESTON DATED DECEMBER 28, 2006 AND RECORDED ON JANUARY 2, 2007 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF MESNE CONVEYANCES FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK 610 AT PAGE 484.

IAN D. McVEY, Esquire JOEY R. FLOYD, Esquire Attorneys for Plaintiffs MIKELL R. SCARBOROUGH Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

PUBLIC AUCTION Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Facility 1 1904 Hwy 17 N.

Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 01/23/2024 10:15 AM Bobbi Flynn-Darby Totes, boxes, household items Frankie Gregg Furniture and household items Michele Fretschel Furniture and Household items Ashley Deas Mattress, beds, wood dresser boxes Timothy Moran Household items, beds, furniture, etc.

Aaron Cleveland Couch, recliner. Desk Isheka Manigault Household goods Michael Moore Housuehold items Lauren Crawford Bed table couch boxes Facility 10 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 01/23/2024 12:30 PM Cornelius Fludd Furniture

Facility 2: 2118 Heriot St. Charleston, SC 29403 1/23/2024 12:15 PM Ryan Jones Appliances Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 1/23/2024 12:45 PM Kelsi Reason 3 big boxes, large dog crate Freddie Legare Full bed, tv, dining table, 2 stools

Spencer Williams Household items, furniture

Jacquelyn Davis Household items

Facility 2 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 01/23/2024 10:20 AM

Sharon McGee Household items

Renee Williams Clothes furniture boxes shoes

Laquinta Windley Household items

Jennifer Lee Furniture, boxes

Terone Lawson Shoes, clothing, table

Tyquan Poinsette 2 night stands, 2 dressers, bed, mirror, tool kits, work bench, clothes.

Akela Wilson Clothes, shoes, lamps, shelf

Nicole Taylor Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances

Facility 3 1471 Center St Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 01/23/2024 10:30 AM

Terrance Batiste Household Items

Theron Sandy Tools/Appliances

Johnie McGee Clothing, small furniture.

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

Samantha Boensch Household Goods/Furniture Facility 4 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 01/23/2024 10:35 AM Hillary Nossaman Household Goods and Furniture Renea Williams Household Goods and Furniture Facility 5 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414 01/23/2024 10:00 AM Jessica Jones Lamontrina Household Goods and Furniture Facility 6 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412 01/23/2024 11:30 AM Daniel Gentry Furniture and tools Sarah Polega Household items and clothes Facility 7 8850 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 01/23/2024 10:45 AM Daniel Drawdy Furniture & Tools Rhonda Huggins Household Items Reginald Dupree Clothes Patricia Evans Household Items Elite Reality Group: Mattie Nesmith Office & Household Items Facility 8 3781 Ashley Phosphate Rd. North Charleston, SC 29418 01/23/2024 11:00 AM VonDessa Berry Household furniture, boxes, totes, wall art Gale Anderson Household furniture, lamps, boxes, totes Kayla Curtis Household and children’s furniture, window unit AC, bags Facility 9 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485 01/23/2024 10:15 AM

Shantaya Horton House hold goods

Wanda Wallace Bedroom set, tv, sofa, boxes, TV stand.

Cornelius fludd Household items Jamillah Collins Headboard/footboard, mattress, chest, nightstand, tv.

Edward Driggers III Clothing Erica Johnson 2 twin bed, small couch, boxes.

Ray’Qwan Taylor Furniture & boxes.

Facility 11 5146 Ashley Phosphate Rd North Charleston, SC 29420 01/23/2024 12:00 PM Cynthillas Washington Clothing and Misc Facility 12 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414 01/23/2024 11:15 AM Rene Holden Household Goods/Furniture Rene Holden Household Goods/Furniture Lavonda Aiken Household Goods/Furniture The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Facility 1: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 1/23/2024 11:45 AM Leyah Brown Boxes, household goods, storage bins, documents Lisa LeMacks Boxes, Furniture, Pictures, Art and Household Goods

Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405 1/23/2024 1:00 PM Vernell Wright Bins couch bags Nicole Taylor Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF THE COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-10-00650 Lavenia Palmer Jamison, Plaintiff, vs.

Robert Broom, Jhanara Ullah and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Martha Lee Palmer Ullah who is deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants, NOTICE OF HEARING It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master In Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law with authority to enter a final judgment; PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on January 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2A, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush tbrush@brushlawfirm.com J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax Charleston, South Carolina December 1, 2023

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Saintsing & Myers, LLP 171 Church Street, Suite 120C Charleston, SC 29401 Phone: (843) 714-2531 Email: rjones@smithdebnamlaw.com Attorney for Plaintiff, SouthState Bank, National Association

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The plan I will propose in this horoscope is for temporary use. I’m not recommending you stick to it for all of 2024, but just for the next 15 to 18 days. If you do, I believe it will set you up for beautiful success in the coming months. Here’s my idea: Embark on a free-form extravaganza of playing and having fun.

Just for now, set aside your ambition. Don’t worry about improving yourself and producing results.

Simply enjoy a phase of suspending inhibitions, creatively messing around, having nothing to prove, and being motivated by the quest for joy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Climate change is impacting rainbows. Rising temperatures and dryer conditions mean that some parts of the world will get fewer rainbows, and other areas will get more. Canada and Siberia will benefit, while the Mediterranean will be less well-endowed with skyborne arcs of color that come from sunlit rain. But I predict that no matter where you live, the rainbow will be a potent and regular symbol for you Bulls in 2024 — more than ever before. That means you will have increased reasons to entertain hope and more power to find beauty. On occasion, there may even be very good luck at the metaphorical rainbow’s end. If you’re an LGBTQIA2S+ Taurus, be on high alert for breakthroughs in your ability to get the appreciation you deserve.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As one of your inspirational stories for 2024, I offer this tale from singer-songwriter Tom Waits: “Once upon a time, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. They grew next to each other. Every day, the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and say, ‘You’re crooked. You’ve always been crooked, and you’ll continue to be crooked. But look at me! I’m tall, and I’m straight.’ Then one day, lumberjacks came to the forest and looked around. The manager in charge said, ‘Cut all the straight trees.’ And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange.” (PS: Here’s more from Gemini writer Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Be true to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant.”)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849) developed a fascination for his country’s iconic Mount Fuji. In his seventies, he produced a series of woodblock prints titled Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. Later, he added three books of prints collectively called One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji. Some art historians say his obsession stemmed from the legend that the mountain was home to the secret of immortality. The coming year will be a fine time for you Cancerians to celebrate and concentrate on your own Mount Fuji-like passion. Sometime soon, identify what it is, and start making plans to commune with it intensely.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you will ever in your life go viral — that is, create or do something that suddenly becomes widely known and influential — I bet it will be in 2024. Even if you don’t produce TikTok videos seen by 10 million people, you are at least likely to become more visible in your local community or field of endeavor. Of course, I would prefer that your fame and clout spread because of the good deeds you do, not the weird deeds. So I urge you to cultivate high integrity and a wildly generous spirit in the coming months. Be a role model who inspires and uplifts.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I expect 2024 to be a free-spirited, wide-ranging, big-vision type of year for you, dear Virgo. I predict you will feel an abundance of urges to travel, roam, and explore. You will be more excited than anxious about the prospect of leaving your comfort zone, and you will have a special fondness for getting your mind expanded by interesting encounters. That doesn’t mean you will avoid all awkwardness and confusion. Some of that stuff will happen, though it will usually evolve into educational adventures. And the extra good news is that wandering out in nature will provide even more inspiration and healing than usual.

Treasure this quote from conservationist Rachel

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Carson: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure: the migration of the birds, the ebb and flow of the tides, the folded bud ready for the spring.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I am pleased to inform you that a visit to hell will not be on your itinerary in 2024. You may be invited to take a few excursions into the realm that depth psychologists call the underworld, but that’s a good thing. There you will be able to hunt for treasures that have been hidden and uncover secrets that will illuminate your epic, months-long quest for wholeness. It may sometimes be dark and shadowy down there below, but almost always dark and shadowy in ways that will lead you to healing. (I will reiterate what I implied above: The underworld is NOT hell.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope that working hard on togetherness will be a fun project for you in the coming months. To do it well, you must outgrow some habitual ways of doing friendship and intimacy. You will have to be imaginative and ingenious. Are you willing to believe that you do not yet know all there is to know about being a fantastic ally and partner? Are you ready to approach the arts of collaboration and cooperation as if enhancing your skills is the most important thing you can do? For the sake of your best selfish goals, be a brilliant teammate in 2024.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Each of us is a complex, kaleidoscopic work of art, whether or not we consciously approach our destiny in that spirit. Every day, we use our creative imagination to craft new elements of the masterpiece known as the story of our life. Leos come by this fun project naturally, but you Sagittarians also have great potential to embrace it with glee and panache. I trust you will be especially keen on enjoying this sacred work in 2024. And right now, today and in the coming weeks, will be an excellent time to ramp up the scintillating drama.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I am against sex education in schools because sex is more fun when it’s dirty and sinful.” So said Capricorn author Florence King. I reject and rebel against that perverse declaration — and encourage you to disavow it, too, in 2024. In my astrological opinion, the coming months will be a favorable time to learn everything about sex and eros that you don’t already know. I hope you will dive deep as you gather a rich array of teachings about how to enjoy the art of making love more than ever before.

(Consider consulting tantric manuals like Margo Anand’s The Art of Sexual Magic: Cultivating Sexual Energy to Transform Your Life.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Singer-songwriter Tori Amos says she’s sure she was burned for being a witch in a previous lifetime. I suspect most of us had past incarnations in which we were punished simply for being our beautiful selves. I bring this up, Aquarius, because I think 2024 will be a favorable time to get some healing from any ancient hurt like that. You will have a series of experiences that could help you recover from the illusion that being faithful to your truth is somehow wrong. Life will conspire with you to help you reclaim more of the full audacity to be your gorgeous, genuine self.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I believe 2024 will be one of the best years ever for your education. Your willingness and eagerness to learn will be at a peak. Your knack for attracting inspirational teachers will be excellent. It’s likely you will be exceptionally curious and open to good influences.

My advice is to be alert for lessons not just from obvious sources of wisdom and revelation, but also from unexpected founts. Don’t be too sure you know where revelations and illumination might come from.

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Films to catch at the start of 2024

Catch a Stevie Nicks tribute show Charleston-based band Me & Mr. Jones presents Stand Back: A Tribute to Stevie Nicks, starting at 7 p.m. Jan. 7 at King Street cocktail bar Prohibition.

This intimate, full-band show will offer a mesmerizing homage to the reigning queen of rock ‘n’ roll. Attendees can expect a journey through Nicks’ classics, including “Edge of Seventeen,” “Rhiannon” and “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Tickets are $28 on Eventbrite and are limited to capacity.

By Kevin Young Along with the new year comes a whole new slate of flicks to fill the movie houses and stream at home. Here are a few films we’re looking forward to in the first four months of the year.

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There’s no better way to kick off the new year than watching Jason Statham kick ass and take names. If you like the idea of the charming chrome-domed bloke doing these things, you may dig his latest action film, The Beekeeper. If the lovable Statham doesn’t appeal to you, maybe you’d prefer a musical remake of a 20-yearold classic which will be released the same day, Mean Girls. Tina Fey, who wrote and starred in the original film, returns as Ms. Norbury with a cast of new characters including pop sensation Reneé Rapp as Regina George… So fetch.

A week later on Jan. 19, new sci-fi thriller I.S.S. sees its theatrical release. In I.S.S., tensions flare aboard the International Space Station as a conflict arises on Earth.

Ultimately, the American and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground to take control of the station from each other. The film stars Ariana DeBose, an actor known from her role in the original

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Kristen Stewart falls for a bodybuilder in Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding

The new year is spacy both near and far with the orbital thriller I.S.S. (above) and Dune: Part Two (right) cast of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Broadway show Hamilton (plus the viral moment of the 2023 British Academy Film Awards where she memorably rapped that “Angela Basset did the thing”).

February

February is a month for movie lovers.

Writer-director Diablo Cody of Juno and Jennifer’s Body returns to the cinemas with Lisa Frankenstein, a film set in 1989 involving a high schooler reanimating a Victorian corpse on a tanning bed.

On Feb. 14, cinephiles and Valentine’s Day daters have a few titles to choose from: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s award-winning whimsical romance, Amélie, will float back into theaters for its 20th anniversary. Dakota Johnson walks into the web of Marvel superhero movies with Madame Web. And if you love movies that might be the visual equivalent of Wikipedia entries peppered with needledrops, then Bob Marley: One Love may be the Feb. 14 film for you.

For those who found last year’s Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey entertaining, it’s quite possible you will find Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey 2 equally entertaining. And what do you get when you combine the talents of Margaret Qualley, Pedro Pascal, a Coen brother and Matt Damon? A potentially great comedy thriller like Drive-Away Dolls, coming to theaters Feb. 23.

Evelyn Berry is a trans writer based in Columbia, S.C., and a recipient of a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship. Last month, she released her debut poetry collection through Sundress Publications titled Grief Slut. The work is an examination of the queer lineage of pleasure, grief and resilience in the American South.

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March

As we march into the third month of the year, we finally see Dune: Part Two, previously delayed due to the 2023 SAGAFTRA/WGA strike. Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. In the following week, lovable protagonist Po returns in Kung Fu Panda 4. This time around, Po (voiced by Jack Black) has to fight a sorceress and villains from previous films.

A new Ghostbusters movie also premieres at the end of the month. A couple years ago, this irreverent comedy about schlubs and outcasts busting ghosts was reinvented as a somewhat dour adventure-fantasy. It made enough money to warrant a sequel starring the remaining three original ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

Also in March, Saint Maud director Rose Glass returns to the cinemas with her A24 romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding starring Kristen Stewart. It’s a romance fueled CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

Japanese Taiko drumming is a dynamic musical art form grounded in aspects of martial arts and percussion. Taiko Charleston offers a workshop from noon to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 13 teaching the basic technique, history and etiquette of Taiko at St. Andrew’s Parks and Playground. The workshop costs $35 on Eventbrite and is for individuals aged 16 and older. Participants must be capable of rigorous activity.

Email taikocharleston@gmail.com with questions.

Free workshop: How to photograph your artwork Kip Bulwinkle, owner and lead photographer of Karson Photography, will instruct artists on the basics of photographing their artwork in a free two-hour workshop from 10 a.m. to noon at the new Park Circle Community Building at 4800 Park Circle.

Participants should bring a digital camera and be familiar with its basic settings. Free to attend. Learn more at northcharleston.org/residents/artsand-culture. —Chloe Hogan

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Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase “keeping the blues alive,” a goal shared and stated by many blues musicians — from BB King and Howlin’ Wolf to Eric Clapton.

If you can credit anyone for keeping blues music alive in South Carolina, it’s Gary Erwin, known by his stage name Shrimp City Slim.

In addition to being a top-notch pianist who can draw from decades of blues tradition, Erwin is also a songwriter, promoter and producer who has brought the blues to various spots around the state — and the world. He has spent years booking the Blues Cruise in Greenwood, a multi-day festival featuring top local, regional and national blues performers.

Currently, he’s got two Charleston events on the horizon: the Lowcountry Cajun Festival on April 13 featuring Gerard Delafose, Randy McAllister and Shrimp City Slim himself, and the Blues By The Sea festival on April 14, a free event featuring the Nick Moss Band, Jon Lee & The Apparitions and more.

Erwin is also a prolific artist. He’s released 12 albums in the last couple of decades, most recently the 2016 album Tidal Pool. Erwin said he has explored so many different styles of blues because the genre is part of his roots.

“I grew up in Chicago,” he said, “and the first blues records I bought were, oddly enough, not by piano players. I bought an album by Lightnin’ Hopkins called Lightnin’ Hopkins Sings The Blues, and I bought Sonny Boy Williamson’s Down & Out Blues on Checker.”

Erwin credited both the British Invasion of the 1960s, a cultural and musical movement, and his father for helping him fall in love with the blues in the first place.

“Like a lot of people in my generation, the British Invasion was very useful in bringing blues music back to the U.S.,” Erwin said. “So when I heard some of the British bands playing what sounded like blues, I realized that was what I’ve been hearing most of my younger life living in Chicago. And that’s because my dad used to take us on the weekend to these free

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Gary Erwin, known by his artist name Shrimp City Slim, has been playing the blues for decades and hopes younger musicians will revive the local blues scene concerts in the park where they booked all the jazz and blues people. So I started getting into the original guys.”

Storytelling through blues

Erwin said he was entranced by both the sound and the emotion of blues music.

“The improvisational element was really important to me,” he said. “But so were the compositional elements, and the poetry of the message and the personal presentation of it.

“Hearing and seeing live blues musicians in my impressionable years, I picked up on the fact that these people were up there talking about their lives or talking about someone that they knew living through something, and they were expressing basically true life stories through song. That really impressed me because it was very natural, and it was very sincere and honest and very direct and very simple.”

Erwin has certainly had time to learn from these blues players because he has performed alongside many of them.

His resume features stints with Big Boy Henry, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, Walter “Lightning Bug” Rhodes, Chicago Bob Nelson and the legendary Drink Small, among many others. In fact, it was Big Boy Henry who gave Erwin his musical name.

“All these guys had these blues names,” he said, “And it was like, ‘Gary Erwin’: OK, that’s kind of a really blasé name. And Big Boy Henry said, ‘You need to get yourself something better.’ And he knew I was a seafood lover, living here in Charleston, so he anointed me as Shrimp City Slim.”

As someone with decades of experience under his belt as far as the blues is concerned, Erwin certainly has the knowledge to comment on Charleston’s current blues

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I would say that there are, at this moment, maybe three to five blues acts that perform semi-regularly around here. We’re in a depressed period right now in Charleston in terms of the blues scene.” —Gary Erwin

scene, or in his opinion, the lack thereof.

“I started a blues radio show on public radio here in 1984 and then started the Low Country Blues Bash Festival in 1991, which ran for 22 years,” he said. “During that time, we had an appreciable blues scene here. But now it’s gone back to pretty much nothing. I would say that there are, at this moment, maybe three to five blues acts that perform semi-regularly around here.

We’re in a depressed period right now in Charleston in terms of the blues scene.”

At 70 years old, Erwin isn’t sure how much longer he’ll be striving to keep the blues alive.

“I’ve done my thing,” he said. “I’ve been doing it for 40 years. So it’s about time for somebody else to pick it up. I would like to see some younger people grab it, but what I’m not seeing in the younger generation is an interest in going back to the roots.

If somebody from the younger generation wants to come along and do something about reviving the blues scene, that would be very welcome.”

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by ego, desire and the American Dream.

In the film, reclusive gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) falls for Jackie (Katy O’Brian), a bodybuilder, who ultimately leads them into a world of violence.

April

The deja-vu feelings keep coming in April, starting with a prequel to the ultimate evil kid movie. In The First Omen, a prequel to the 1975 classic The Omen, we follow a young American woman in Rome as she uncovers a dark conspiracy to bring about the birth of the antichrist.

And when Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire comes out, we’ll see Godzilla and King Kong again with director Adam Wingard coming back to the fold. It will likely have some gargantuan fighting as well as some useless, boring humans.

For those who loved Christophe Gans’ 2006 cinematic interpretation of the surreal video game Silent Hill, he returns to

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cinema after a decade-long absence with a film that will Return To Silent Hill.

But if you crave ideas that aren’t based on a 48-year-old mediocre horror movie, a 70-year-old kaiju or a 25-year -old video game, maybe a potentially stressful movie like Alex Garland’s actioner Civil War will pique your interest. In his latest dive into WTF-ery, a team of journalists struggle to survive in the midst of a near future civil war filled with dystopian violence.

The month closes out with a release on April 26: Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. Based on the trailer, the Call Me By Your Name director focuses on a tennis champion facing off against his wife’s former lover. Suffice to say, things quickly get pretty messy and complicated in this sports drama rom-com.

Whether you’re watching at home or supporting a local cinema like James Island’s Terrace Theatre, we hope you find joy in movies in 2024.

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15. Ibuprofen option 16. Game whose sequel was Time’s #1 best video game of 2023 18. Early parlor game (and nothing to do with drawing first blood) 19. Take an unfair share 20. His Best Supporting Actor Oscar win was part of CBC’s best pop culture moments of 2023 22. “University Challenge” airer, informally, with “the” 24. Be down 25. Monday, in France 26. “Fine with me” 28. Ice, in Germany 30. Part of a sword 31. Diane Morgan-starring British mockumentary series that landed on many U.S. “Best of 2023” lists 34. “___ the fields we go” (“Jingle Bells”) 35. Got an ___ effort 36. Word after even or odd when describing mammals with hooves 38. Actress Carrere of “Wayne’s World” 41. Highest-placing Taylor Swift song (at #19) on Rolling Stone’s “100 Best Songs of 2023” 46. Tonsillectomy docs 48. Ending for racket or rocket 49. Former Georgian president Shevardnadze 50. Consume 52. Custard fruit 54. Netflix stopped mailing them in 2023 55. With 59-Across, Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, which made many 2023 top ten lists 57. ___ Khan University (Karachi institution) 58. Dirty clothes basket 59. See 55-Across 63. East Coast toll-paying convenience 64. “Game of Thrones” actress Chaplin 65. Masseur’s specialty 66. Second effort 67. Basic training figs.

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