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The Historic Charleston Foundation’s gift shop at 108 Meeting St. was once a Standard Oil Company gas station built in the early 1930s. The company demolished three historic homes to make room for the controversial filling station. The oil company tried to boost its public image with a filling station with colonial revival architectural features.

Foundation is closing gift shop, but keeping Meeting St. property

By Herb Frazier Filling stations sprang up across peninsular Charleston in the 1920s nearly three decades after two New England bicycle mechanics made the first gasoline-powered car that ushered in mass produced automobiles.

In Charleston, gas pumps alongside car repair bays were not always welcomed, especially when they replaced historic properties.

Standard Oil Company in 1929 demolished three single houses erected between 1782 and 1805 at Meeting and Chalmers streets to build a filling station.

The new gas station at 108 Meeting St. sparked the city’s preservation movement that led to city preservation ordinances and historic preservation groups, including the Historic Charleston Foundation (HCF), founded in 1947.

When the gas pumps at Standard Oil’s old Exxon station were switched off, HCF purchased the property in 1985. The organization used it for a variety of purposes, including as its current retail gift shop.

This year at the end of February, the foundation will close the shop as it follows a new strategic plan that calls for reducing retail operations, HCF president and CEO Winslow Hastie told the Charleston City Paper.

HCF plans to lease the 4,500-squarefoot T-shaped brick building, Hastie said.

The building might be best used by the city government or as a light commercial space or offices, but not as a hotel, he said.

“We aren’t going to allow that to happen,” he stressed. He added that HCF is also sensitive to the adjacent residential neighborhood.

HCF will keep its retail shops in the City Market and shops in its Aiken-Rhett and Nathaniel Russell Hastie museum houses, Hastie said. “We want to grow our [online] commerce,” he added.

Shop closing is part of strategic plan

Closing the Meeting Street shop is among the recommendations in a strategic plan that recently caused an uproar when the HCF announced it wants to sell the Nathaniel Russell House at 51 Meeting St. The initial announcement left open the possibility the historic property could

become a private home. After a petition drive collected more than 7,000 signatures of people upset about a possible sale of the museum house to a private buyer, Hastie then said the foundation will ensure the house remains a publicly accessible historic site.

The only decision the foundation’s board made, he said, was to sell the Nathaniel Russell House. No decision was made on price, buyer or timeline for a sale, he said.

The strategic plan charts a new path for the foundation for the next three to five years. It examines the HCF’s advocacy role and calls for the organization to hire more staff to focus on land use issues, development, sustainable tourism and sea level rise and flooding, he said.

“There is a lot that we think needs our attention, so that is [driving] the strategic plan,” he said.

HCF also wants to expand its two-yearold Common Cause Loan Fund that helps long-standing city residents, mostly in downtown Charleston, remain in their homes. The fund makes loans for home repairs.

“This is an anti-gentrification and antidisplacement program that also preserves the existing affordable housing,” Hastie said.

Choose America “This is a time of choosing, so let us choose the truth. Let us choose America.”

—President Joe Biden on Jan. 8 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER 5 shot, killed across S.C. Jan. 3 to Jan. 9 North Charleston Police arrested Carlos Ladrell Bennett, 21, of North Charleston, in connection to a Jan. 4 afternoon shooting on Fairwind Drive that killed one. Bennett was charged with murder, according to police spokesperson Harve Jacobs.

Other S.C. shootings: Four others died in Beaufort, Spartanburg, Kershaw and Union counties. Two others were hurt in shootings across the state.

Mass shootings: Four mass shootings in the U.S., totaling seven for the year.

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

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a Jan. 15 holiday just around the corner, and this year with the recently opened International African American Museum (IAAM), Charleston boasts more events than ever before.

The IAAM will host its first Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, IAAM King: An MLK Day Celebration, on Jan. 15. The event takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Pre-registration is sold out, but a limited number of tickets will be available day-of on a first-come, firstserved basis.

The 52nd annual MLK Day Parade kicks off at 10:30 a.m. at Burke High School and concludes at Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Street.

The first North Charleston MLK Day Parade is hosted by Positive Vibes and other gun violence prevention affiliates.

Kickoff is at 3 p.m. at the intersection of Rivers and Reynolds avenues. The parade will conclude with a rally from community speakers, and civil rightsthemed music. —Lily Levin

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Cogswell takes helm as Charleston’s first GOP mayor in 150 years

By Skyler Baldwin Jan. 8 marked the beginning of a new era in Charleston leadership, as former S.C. Rep. William Cogswell became the city’s mayor alongside six city council members, including two newcomers.

Cogswell’s inauguration makes him the first Republican mayor of the city of Charleston in nearly 150 years. The mayor’s office in Charleston is nonpartisan, but mayors often identify with a party, and voters often know how they lean. While Cogswell told interviewers his campaign did not focus on partisanship, he received support from several Republican leaders and organizations during his campaign and after his election.

But while the leadership in Charleston changed this week, the challenges facing the Lowcountry have not. Cogswell spoke in his inaugural address on several threats to Charlestonians’ ways of life: rising sea levels, increasing unaffordability of housing, the erosion of history and character through overdevelopment, rising crime and more.

“Success in these endeavors will require an approach as unique as this city,” Cogswell said. “We must think differently.

Act fearlessly, and address these obstacles head-on. Occasionally, we will fail, and that’s OK. But we will pick ourselves up, we will learn, we will adapt and most importantly, we will continue to move forward

through hell and high water until our problems are solved.

“As your mayor, I promise to work hard, put my heart and soul into it and live and breathe this city during my time in office because you deserve nothing less,” he added.

“As for policy — it’s time to find common ground. … potholes are not partisan, and I promise not to cater to any group that undermines our collective efforts.”

Tip of the hat to Tecklenburg, exceptionalism

Cogswell also recognized his predecessor, John Tecklenburg.

“I would like to thank John Tecklenburg for his passionate service to Charleston,” Cogswell said during inaugural remarks outside of City Hall. “There is no question he loves this city, and I sincerely appreciate his graciousness during this transition. I also want to convey my sincere gratitude to the members of City Council. … It is clear we share an appreciation and love for Charleston’s past, its present and its future.”

Tecklenburg also wished Cogswell “good luck” when he opened the event. But the day was for Cogswell, who focused in remarks on how Charleston was more than a run-ofthe-mill city.

“It is a community in the truest sense of the word, ironically forged in a tradition of fierce independence and individual expres-

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Mayor William Cogswell delivered his inaugrual vows on a chilly Monday afternoon to a crowd of about 500 people sion from the Revolution to the civil rights movement,” he said. “It represents both raw and refined American exceptionalism.

“We must think a century ahead and not succumb to generic trends, commoditized products and populist whims. We must be better than that because we are better than that.”

Charleston has not elected a Republican mayor since 1877, according to a report

by The Associated Press, despite the state of South Carolina not having voted for a Democratic president since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Alongside Cogswell, newly elected city

council members also took the oath of office on Jan. 8. Council members who were sworn in included Boyd Gregg of District 1, James McBride of District 3, Karl Brady of District 5, Keith Waring of District 7, William Tinkler of District 9 and Ross Appel of District 11. McBride and Tinkler will be serving their first term as council members.

More than 500 people bundled in scarves and coats attended Cogswell’s inauguration on a chilly Monday afternoon. The crowd might have been larger, but President Joe Biden’s speech at the Emanuel AME Church that was set for about the same time likely cut into the number of inaugural attendees.

Biden attacks white supremacy, praises Charleston’s lessons of forgiveness

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President Joe Biden criticized the stain of white supremacy and the rise of hatred in America during an emotional 2024 campaign speech Jan. 8 at Charleston’s historic Emanuel AME Church, site of the racist killing of nine worshippers in 2015 during a Bible study meeting.

“The word of God was pierced by bullets and hate and rage, propelled by not just gunpowder, but by a poison — a poison that for too long has haunted this nation. What is that poison? White supremacy. That’s all it is — a poison.”

Biden praised the families of survivors and members of the church for how they forgave the shooter, Dylann Roof, in spite of the pain and chaos he left behind.

“This nation saw this congregation, this community, demonstrate one of the greatest acts of strength I have ever seen — I mean it sincerely — the act of forgiveness.

The act of grace.”

Later, Biden got emotional when he recalled how members of Emanuel AME helped him and his family heal from the

loss of his son just 22 days before the Charleston shooting.

“We were in more pain than we knew,” Biden reflected on his visit as vice president. “We came here to offer comfort and received comfort from you. As I listened in the pews and spent time with the families and visited Reverend [Clementa] Pinckney’s office, visited the memorial of the victims outside, I grew stronger. My family grew stronger. We prayed together. We grieved together. We found hope together for real, for real. It reminds me that each of us must find purpose throughout the pain.”

Later in the speech, Biden further addressed the rise of hatred in America and the importance of unity. There are some people, he said, who believe that “if I hold you down, I lift myself up.” But that is wrong, he continued, advising the crowd to “choose the truth; choose America.”

Reactions to president’s visit

State Rep. J.A. Moore, a Berkeley County Democrat whose sister was one of the nine victims in the shooting, said

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sacred grounds where my sister unwittingly gave her life along with eight other parishioners praising a God of justice, a God of understanding and passion.”

Moore added he felt Biden should “demand that the [state] Senate finally pass the hate crime bill that’s been sitting on their side for almost a year now,” noting how South Carolina was only one of two states in the nation to not have such a law in the books.

Colleen Condon, a former county council member who serves as the state Democratic Party’s first vice-chair, praised Biden for his work as president.

“President Biden has looked out for South Carolinians in his first term, and we understand the importance of South Carolina, a state with a large percentage of African Americans, kicking off the reelection process.

“The president’s visit to Mother Emanuel shows the stark contrast of Biden’s accomplishments for real Americans versus more MAGA hate talk.”

Charleston Realtor Ed Sutton, a candidate for state Senate, said Biden has delivered as president for the Palmetto State with big infrastructure investments.

A quelled interruption

Biden’s speech was interrupted at the sevenminute mark by several protesters who shouted for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza.

One shouted, “If you really care about lives lost here, then you should honor the lives lost here, and call for a ceasefire in Palestine.”

The president responded by mentioning his behind-the-scenes involvement in negotiations with the Israeli government. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in the region currently to avert a wider war.

Free Palestine Charleston, the group behind the disruption, however, said in a release that it had consulted members of the congregation and decided to “wait until … Biden began his speech to disrupt, rather than detracting from any of the church’s esteemed Black elders or devaluing a place of worship.”

Earlier remarks

In introductory remarks before Biden took the stage, 7th District AME Church Bishop Samuel L. Green highlighted the importance of the 2024’s coming election.

He asked the audience to consider who Black radicals like Malcolm X and James Baldwin would support for president — not former President Donald Trump, but Joe Biden. His words met with murmurs and head-nods from the audience.

Longtime Biden ally and U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., spoke of the president’s long advocacy in the Black community, including appointing “more women of color to circuit courts than all former presidents combined.”

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While there’s never a good time to have your bike stolen, there appears to be worse times to steal a bike, as two days after the theft, Charleston dealt with some pretty severe rain. Somebody should have stolen a paddleboat.

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wo leaders with differing worldviews offered a similar conclusion in Jan. 8 speeches just minutes and 1,400 yards apart. Charleston, agreed President Joe Biden and new Mayor William Cogswell, is a special place.

Biden, in town to kick off the state’s first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential primary, gave an emotional barnburner of a speech saying the poison of the white supremacy that fueled the murders of nine worshipers at Emanuel AME Church in 2015 needed to stop haunting the nation.

“Throughout our history, it has ripped this nation apart,” he said. “This has no place in America. Not today.

Not tomorrow or ever.”

The president’s powerful speech implored Americans to promote democracy and decency, both of which are absent in the campaign of the GOP 2024 frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. Biden urged striking back at hatred and division through the power of unity and truth.

These words had particular meaning for Charleston when the president focused on the Lowcountry values of Emanuel’s worshippers. He highlighted how they didn’t devolve into the very kind of animosity that grips too much of this nation when nine of their own were slaughtered by a racist.

Rather, they forgave, setting an example for the world.

“This nation saw this congregation, this community, demonstrate one of the greatest acts of strength I have ever seen — I mean it sincerely — the act of forgiveness. The act of grace,” Biden said from the pulpit. “It was as President Obama sang from here, ‘Amazing Grace.’ It changed hearts.”

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Biden’s words then became more emotional as he recalled worshiping in the church in 2015 just days after burying a son. He recalled how the people of this city gave him strength.

“We were in more pain than we knew,” Biden reflected.

“We came here to offer comfort and received comfort from you. As I listened in the pews and spent time with the families and visited Reverend [Clementa] Pinckney’s office, visited the memorial of the victims outside, I grew stronger.

My family grew stronger. We prayed together. We grieved together. We found hope together for real, for real. It reminds me that each of us must find purpose throughout the pain.”

Charleston’s new mayor also remarked about how Charleston is special in his inaugural address.

“Charleston is more than a city,” the 48-year-old Cogswell said. “It is a beautifully complex place comprised of a unique DNA, a helix of sweetgrass, faded accents, cobblestones, containerships and 747s [sic].”

Cogswell, like Biden, emphasized how Charleston is special.

“It is a community in the truest sense of the word, ironically forged in a tradition of fierce independence and individual expression from the Revolution to the civil rights movement,” he said. “It represents both raw and refined American Exceptionalism.

“We must think a century ahead and not succumb to generic trends, commoditized products and populist whims. We must be better than that because we are better than that.”

Yes, Charleston is a special place. We need to keep this in mind and use it to power progress.

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.

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State lawmakers should stop being nannies By Andy Brack Wouldn’t it be just plain refreshing if they would debate real policy issues that mattered instead of trying to tell people what to do with their bodies? Legislative nannies were supposed to get that out of their system last year when they banned abortions after a “fetal heartbeat” is detected.

The decision, upheld by the courts, essentially curtails abortions after about six weeks, which is when some women don’t even realize they’re pregnant.

But now in 2024 these zealous culture warriors just have to make another divisive and fear-mongering stand to whip up red-meat voters to prove they’re more conservative than the even more conservative nutcase who wants to run against them.

So what do we get? More nannying.

One bill filed in November, for example, seeks to keep 16- and 17-year-olds from deciding whether they want nonsurgical medical care, such as prescription treatment for birth control or sexually transmitted diseases (STD), without permission of their parents or guardians.

The proposal, cooked up by S.C. Sens. Michael Johnson, R-York, and Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg, assumes teenagers don’t have the mental capacity to make decisions about their health — which is ludicrous. What teen-ager with an STD is going to want mommy and daddy to find out about

it? The kid is going to want to handle it in consultation with a doctor — just like women who found themselves pregnant wanted to make a decision with their doctor instead of having the heavy hand of the state butt in and tell them what they could or couldn’t do with their bodies.

So here we go again, with two South Carolina men with power who want to control people’s bodies. It’s pretty clear already this bill filled with unintended consequences is going to face a firestorm from the six women in the chamber. (Five won a national award for legislative courage last year for standing up for women during a grueling abortion debate. Just this week, former Columbia city council member Tameika Isaac Devine won a special election to become the sixth woman among 46 state senators.)

State Sen. Sandy Senn, R-Charleston, says the sponsors of the nanny bill so far have refused to exclude 16- and 17-year-old girls from its negative impacts.

“We all want to keep our girls little forever and have them practice abstinence,” she told us recently. “But like it or not, they grow up and the choice is theirs.

“Keeping 16- and 17-year-old girls away from birth control when they have privately told their doctors that they want to be on it is a tactic that will not age well. And with South Carolina being the number three state in the nation for highest rates of STDs, do lawmakers really want our older teens to suffer from an STD, untreated, and spread it around all because the legislature has mandated that doctors and pharmacists tell their daddies on them?”

In other words, male state lawmakers need to grow up and

Male state lawmakers need to grow up and stop using the heavy hand of government (we thought they wanted the government out of our lives) to fight their politically expedient culture wars. stop using the heavy hand of government (we thought they wanted the government out of our lives) to fight their politically expedient culture wars. If you want to be nannies, how about doing something about the gun violence that’s killing way too many people across the state, instead of taking a pass year after year on reasonable measures like closing the Charleston gun loophole or universal background checks.

The nanny bill by Johnson and Kimbrell isn’t the only thing teed up to keep the culture wars alive this year.

According to The State newspaper, at least nine bills were pre-filed in the S.C. House related to gender — gender transition, gender care, gender-assigned bathrooms and other issues related to the LGBTQ community. Geez, it would be great if they could have some consistency in how they treat people — like, maybe, leaving people alone.

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

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Willingham’s new thriller draws inspiration from the Holy City By Lily Levin

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ew York Times best-selling author Stacy Willingham’s third novel is hitting the shelves this week — and though its plot is entirely fictional, she credits much of the inspiration behind the setting to her hometown, Charleston.

She sat down recently with the Charleston City Paper at her West Ashley home — an open space of neatly curated, chic decor and a minimalist office with pink walls and a bookshelf. She lives there with her dog and husband.

Willingham, who will be embarking soon on a month-long book tour, said her work didn’t initially see widespread success.

“I wrote my first book — it took me about five years, and I was never able to get it published” while working another job, she said.

“But then after I gave up on that one, I started writing another book, which turned out to be A Flicker in the Dark.” It was an immediate bestseller.

A new thriller with twists and turns

Willingham’s new book, Only If You’re Lucky, is a twisty thriller that takes place at Rutledge College, which, if the name doesn’t give it away already (hi, Rutledge Avenue!), is a product of Willingham’s mind and a reenvisioning of the College of Charleston.

Margot, the book’s protagonist, begins her time at Rutledge overwhelmed by grief for her late best friend Eliza, whose cause of death was ruled an accident but has nonetheless been the subject of widespread speculation and doubt.

Willingham added all of her books revolve around “hot, humid” Southern climates. Only if You’re Lucky, however, hits a little closer to home in its depiction of a Charleston summer. Though Willingham went to college in Athens, Ga., far away from the coast, Margot’s summertime activities as a rising sophomore mirror the author’s experiences growing up.

“The kids are going to the beach and going out on the boat and all those things that I did when I was in high school,” she explained.

Willingham said another aspect of the setting — Margot’s house — was based on the author’s own memories at the University of

The plot, other fictional aspects

Besides the house and coastal college setting, Margot’s story doesn’t have much in common with Willingham’s personal experience, she told the City Paper with an air of visible relief.

“I grew up with a really, really supportive, loving family environment. I’m grateful for that. But when you put it in a narrative setting … it’s a little boring,” she admitted with a chuckle.

So she invented Margot, who struggles to relate to her uptight, picture-perfect parents and “felt like going away to an out-of-state school was defying them in some way,” Willingham said. This move coupled with a dysfunctional family and recent tragedy is what “drove [Margot] into the arms of someone like Lucy,” a new friend who sucks the protagonist into a lifestyle in which nothing is as it seems.

“A word I use a lot in the book is ‘malleable’ because I feel like you’re very malleable at that age,” Willingham added. She noted that Only If You’re Lucky “at its core, is about female friendship,” though whether or not Margot’s attraction to Lucy extends past the platonic is something she leaves up to reader interpretation. “I didn’t do that intentionally,” she said of its romantic potential. “I’ve never really answered that question for myself.”

What Willingham did know definitively while writing, however, was how she would portray the characters’ gender roles. The book discusses an instance of sexual violence, which some associate with a predatory sort of fraternity culture also depicted in the narration.

“With my previous two books and Only If You’re Lucky, I always have some kind of horrible man. I don’t know why. But I think that’s on my mind — how men treat women sometimes,” she said.

Charleston boasts bookstores, coffee shops

In addition to the inspiration Charleston provided as a location, Willingham has been especially grateful for the city’s bookstores and coffee shops.

The latter, she said, are where she goes to get work done when she’s “struggling

to get in the zone” — that flow state of writing where time flies without notice. In particular, she has frequented Second State in West Ashley and Mercantile and Mash downtown. Plus, “I wrote pretty much the whole first draft of A Flicker in the Dark — my debut — at The Harbinger,” she said.

The Lowcountry’s independent bookstores, Willingham added, have been instrumental in supporting her as a local author. Her official tour starts Jan. 13 in Charleston’s backyard — at Wild Dunes on the Isle of Palms.

Then, she will travel west to share her craft with readers as far away as Arizona. On Feb. 7, Willingham will host an event at Buxton Books downtown. Itinerant Literate in North Charleston will feature her new release for its Feb. 20 ticketed book club at The Junction Kitchen & Provisions.

So don’t worry — she’ll be coming back to her home in Charleston, she said, adding “It’s just hard to stay away from here.”

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“I always have some kind of horrible man. I don’t know why. But I think that’s on my mind — how men treat women sometimes. And especially in a college setting.”

Georgia. In college, she lived in a house owned by and readily accessible to a few fraternity boys. Like the house in Only if You’re Lucky, it was connected to the boys’ fraternity living quarters by a shed.

Fortunately, Willingham added, she remembers the boys as “really great landlords.” But she said now, years later, she still wonders what might’ve happened if they weren’t. And so does her latest book.

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Hopkins splashes in the art of puddles

By Andy Brack

You could say that Charleston artist Becca Hopkins is a puddle jumper who leaps from one joy of reflection to another.

Hopkins, a 33-year-old Lowcountry native who now lives in West Ashley with husband Joey, has always enjoyed sketching but started dabbling in using high-quality translucent colored markers a few years ago. Then she moved onto the difficult medium of watercolors. Now she also enjoys experimenting and learning more about oil painting in her tight studio at Redux Contemporary Art Center on upper King Street.

“We live in a pretty wet city,” Hopkins said when asked about reflections found throughout her watercolors and oil paintings.

“So that kind of is inherent to painting here if I want to paint anything outside.

“I also am pretty consistently interested in the maybe less glamorous corners of the city in terms of architecture. And so when you’re out and about, it rains a lot. So we end up with a lot of puddles and hence a lot of reflections. And, you know, visually they’re just pretty interesting.”

The dreaminess of watercolors

In a 2021 Redux show called Expressway, Hopkins focused on houses and buildings along the Septima P. Clark Freeway that splits Charleston. Those watercolors showed street scenes that reflected the beautiful grittiness of everyday life — vehicles zipping by, old houses next to office buildings, parked cars on wet streets.

Viewed from a distance, you might think you were looking at photos instead of watercolor paintings.

“I used watercolor because its fluidity and dreaminess soften the hard edges of the concrete, asphalt and steel I paint a lot of cars landscape,” Hopkins wrote in a description of the show. and roads because “Charlestonians live with I’m interested in water, making the medium all the more appropriate to physical systems describe sunny, dry days, rain and puddles, and the sigthat take us from nificant floodwaters left over place to place.” from a downpour.”

—Becca Hopkins This architectural view of what she sees birthed her as an artist after she read a book on urban sketching discovered in an art store in Austin, Texas. It described people who drew and painted outside to capture what was happening in urban environments.

“I got super, super fascinated with this book when I started

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looking through it. And then I get really curious about how did they achieve that effect? And so really, that book kind of opened me up to a lot of new ideas, and I started just buying different types of pens.”

Soon the pens weren’t enough. So she started playing with watercolors and moving paint on paper with various amounts of water.

“I think watercolor is more forgiving than people think,” Hopkins said. “But you do need to be either pretty decisive or be OK with things turning out differently than you expected.”

Through the years

From high school at Academic Magnet until now, Hopkins has worked various jobs, starting as a cashier at a James Island cleaners for pocket money. At the College of Charleston, where she completed two

degrees, she worked as a costume seamstress in the Theater Department. After she earned a bachelor’s degree in English, she trained to serve aboard tall ships as they sailed along the Eastern seaboard, Caribbean and other locations. For five years, she hoisted and hauled, rising from an intern to a chief mate.

Many people might be surprised that the tall, lean Hopkins once was licensed to drive 100-ton marine vessels on inland waterways.

“I really like working in environments where there is kind of a greater cause, whether that’s putting a play on or making the boat go forward and function,” she said.

“And I also enjoy going to new places but not having to unpack so I got to take my bed with me. And that was pretty great.”

Then Hopkins went back to school, earning a master’s degree in public administration. These days, she works for a local

Artist Becca Hopkins enjoys painting watercoloors and oils

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Age: 33 Birthplace: Mount Pleasant, S.C. Favorite artists: The artists in the Gibbes’ permanent collection — Edward Rice, West Fraser, Mary Whyte, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, Elizabeth O’Neill Verner — have been formative to my work and love of painting Charleston. Of the masters, I love Vermeer and Edward Hopper.

Books on bedside table: The Invention of Art by Larry Shiner and Real Tigers by Mick Herron.

Five foods you always need in your refrigerator: Soda, frozen pizza, lemons, hummus, cheese.

Something that you have too much of at home: Sketchbooks and notebooks, mismatched socks.

Hobbies: Other than painting, sketching outside, knitting, sewing, reading, body surfing and occasionally wrangling my parents’ ancient sunfish out on the water.

Secret vice: Reality TV.

Studies or works in progress, along with a painting of two favorite dogs government helping to solve neighborhood and community issues.

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Hopkins said she one day wants a home studio in which to paint, but loves her current artistic cocoon at Redux. She plans to keep taking classes and learning new skills to augment what she now does.

She also expects to keep painting at a pretty fast pace. Last year, for example, she said she completed 15 oil paintings and about 50 watercolors, spending an average of four to 12 hours a week in the studio.

She’ll also keep painting what she sees outside and in reflections as Charleston’s physical environment changes.

“I think a lot about systems, whether those are things that you can see or not see,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

Guilty pleasure: Corny detective novels. But I wouldn’t say I feel guilty about it.

Describe your best day in 50 words or less: It would involve French toast, lounging on a porch with hubs and dogs, beach, painting, listening to a good audiobook mystery, spending time in nature (but not too much nature) and two margaritas with friends. In bed by 9:30.

Pet peeve: When people don’t put their garbage, bulk trash and recycling out correctly. Also indecipherable artist statements.

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Favorite food to eat: Fresh, local, seasonal watermelon. And corn.

Barring that, pizza, or any sort of Mediterranean food.

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A tree and a fungus walk into a bar

By Toni Reale, special to City Paper

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Winter is my favorite time of year for nature walks. All is quieter and the energy more tender, allowing for a contemplative look at life and how we are intricately connected and dependent upon nature.

One of the most powerful scientific concepts that has recently become mainstream is that trees can communicate through a complex system of fungi just below the surface.

These mycorrhizal (fungal) networks Reale form thread-like pathways attached to tree root tips and spread out like a web throughout the forest floor.

Water, nutrients and chemical and electrical signals are shared along these fungal highways after the fungus takes what it needs from the symbiotic exchange.

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forest isn’t always Darwinian or survival of the fittest for the benefit of just the individual. Research shows that trees work together and warn each other, even if they are different species. Flora and fauna have co-evolved for billions of years so the health of one impacts the health of all.

In one of many studies on this topic, Dr. Suzanne Simard, professor of ecology at the University of British Columbia, observed a Douglas fir tree with an insect infestation send chemical signals to a nearby pine tree.

After receiving the signal, the pine tree pumped a defensive enzyme through its leaves and bark to protect itself from that insect. In another study, she observed seedlings receiving water, nutrients and carbon from older, resource-heavy trees along the network during critical periods in their growth that helped them survive.

Trees can also communicate through chemical signals sent in the air. In Africa, the tall umbrella thorn acacia tree sends ethylene gas out through its leaves to warn other trees that a giraffe is munching on it. Neighboring trees receive the gaseous

signal and infuse enough tannins into their leaves to make the next patron sick or even die. Giraffes are smart and have co-evolved with these plants so if they taste something off in the leaves, they will go to the tree upwind or hundreds of yards away to outsmart the tree signals.

The research done on this topic has completely changed how scientists look at forest ecosystems. There are enormous implications for this type of research on the timber industry, soil producers, development (urban in-fill versus the more harmful urban sprawl) and our understanding of how things work. To anthropomorphize a bit, the forest has a lesson for all of us: To be successful as a species, and frankly for the sake of humanity, we have to work together and share resources with those that need them the most and to watch out for one another.

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she reflected. “So, I paint a lot of cars and roads because I’m interested in physical systems that take us from place to place.

“Also, depending on who you are, those systems serve you differently and mean different things to you.”

She says she’ll continue to be, essentially, an artistic reporter.

“I love painting where you just were there just showing everything like the trash cans and power lines and stuff like that,” she said. “There’s a long tradition of that here, like Edward Hopper came and just painted what he saw. A lot of the Charleston Renaissance painters did that too. So you get this little snapshot of what it was like in that moment.”

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2024 MLK Day Parade This year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, hosted by the YWCA of Greater Charleston, is set to feature marching bands, musical groups, churches, local business and more in downtown Charleston.

The parade will start at Burke High School and travel Sumter Streeet, King and Calhoun streets before ending at Emanuel AME Church. After the parade, don’t miss a commemorative concert at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston.

Jan. 15. Parade starts at 10:30 a.m. Free. Locations vary.

Downtown. ywcagc.org/mlk-celebration.html

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Museum Mile Month 2024 Enjoy access to several participating Museum Mile sites with only a single ticket. With the Museum Mile Month pass, you can spend an entire month learning about Charleston’s rich history and culture while visiting sites in the order that best fits any individual schedule.

Museum Mile includes six museums, five historical houses, four scenic parks, a Revolutionary War powder magazine and historic houses of worship and public buildings.

Through January. Museum times vary. $35/adult pass; $10/child pass. Museum locations vary.

Downtown. charlestonsmuseummile.org THIS WEEKEND

A Journey to the IAAM Join Walk & Talk Founder Tyler Wright Friedman and local organizer Marcus McDonald on a journey to the International African American Museum through history and landmarks across the peninsula. This special tour includes discussions following the legacy of Black liberation from chattel slavery and reconstruction to the civil rights and Black Lives Matter movements.

Jan. 12 and Jan. 13. 10 a.m. to noon. $35/ticket. Charleston Place Hotel. 205 Meeting St. Downtown. walkandtalkchs.as.me/iaam NEXT FRIDAY

Stingrays Hockey Pride Night Help the South Carolina Stingrays celebrate inclusivity in the Lowcountry with a community Pride Night. Pride-inspired jerseys will be auctioned off to guests. Proceeds benefiting the Alliance for Full Acceptance, a local social justice organization supporting equality and acceptance for members of the LGBTQ community.

Jan. 19. 7:05 p.m. Ticket prices vary. North Charleston Coliseum. 5001 Coliseum Drive.

North Charleston. stingrayshockey.com SATURDAY

Charleston Vintage Market The Charleston Vintage Market is back this weekend at The Refinery. Shop from more than 40 vendors selling vintage clothing, sneakers, art, home decor and more. Enjoy food and drinks from The Whale, Cleats and The Sweetgrass Lounge. The Vintage Market is free for all ages (and dogs, too).

Jan. 13. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free to attend. The Refinery. 1640 Meeting Street Road. Downtown. therefinerychs.com

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Food trends that will endure in 2024

Cuisine 01.12.2024

By Connelly Hardaway

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In the spirit of those popular social media “in/out” lists that cavalierly proclaim what is to come (and what’s no longer in vogue), we’ve come up with some notable 2023 “in” Charleston food trends — ones we think will carry into the new year.

While it’s tempting to distill our years into sound bites and buzzwords, it’s important to remember that the existence of one trend does not negate another. Just because the $10 cocktail is back1 (thank God) doesn’t mean that the $20 cocktail has gone anywhere. The rise of bars and restaurants that don’t require reservations2 does not erase the popularity of reservation apps like Resy.

And the hype and excitement around new restaurants — especially those that made it into national publications3 like Bon Appetit, Eater and the New York Times, doesn’t take the place of the stark and startling fact that most bars and restaurants are still struggling post-Covid and many hospitality workers in Charleston struggle to afford living in the city.

These kinds of trend watch discussions won’t be possible if restaurants can’t afford to hire and take care of their workers — so be kind and tip well.

This year saw the return of the restaurant critic. Food critics went the way of the dodo in 2020; to critique struggling restaurants during a pandemic, and in the years following, was, universally, a frowned upon act. Now, critics are slowly writing, well, critically about food again.

Whether you agree with the practice or not, it seems to suggest that restaurants are doing well enough again to handle a little criticism.

Speaking of critics — everyone is one. Nasty Yelp reviews aren’t new, and they aren’t going anywhere either.

New(ish) this year, though, was a TikTok trend in which laymen and women bashed or celebrated restaurants with aesthetically pleasing video clips. While this make-orbreak a restaurant trend veered more national than local, TikTok did have some positive impact locally, with Brown Dog Deli racking up views and customers with viral videos.

As vitriolic as some online reviewers can be, there are just as many folks praising restaurants online, specifically in Facebook groups designed to support the local restaurant industry. Lowcountry Eat Out!, which was started in 2020 to support restaurants during the pandemic, surpassed 100,000 followers this year, with most posts positively commenting on new restaurants and existing hidden gems.

New restaurants veered toward international cui1 OK, so $11. Head to King BBQ for a variety of drinks under the $12 mark.

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Sip on hemp-infused cocktails at High Rise Dry Bar (above) on James Island

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Filipino restaurant Kultura was one of several new international spots to open downtown in the last year sine this year, with the opening of Bintü Atelier, Kultura and Ma’am Saab. And while those three hotspots are all located downtown, a growing number of highly anticipated restaurants are opening in the ‘burbs. From The James on James Island to Lost Isle and Colectivo on Johns Island to Lola Rose in North Mount Pleasant

to King BBQ in North Charleston — you get the idea — restaurateurs are seeing the benefits of bringing quality cuisine to highly populated areas. We expect the North Mount Pleasant and Park Circle neighborhoods, in particular, to continue to host big name restaurants, and for downtown spots to expand northward.

2 You don’t need a reservation at Husk’s Bar + Patio — an excellent opportunity to try the renowned spot without booking a seat inside the restaurant.

3 We’re talking King BBQ, Kultura and Vern’s.

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Head to Holy City Brewing Co. (top) and Fleet Landing (above) for fresh seafood from new raw bars Area bars, restaurants and now breweries continue to celebrate seafood, especially of the raw variety, with an ever-growing number of raw bars. From recently reopened downtown establishment The Quinte (with Jason Stanhope at the helm) to The Harlowe on James Island plus a new raw bar in Holy City Brewing Co. and one opening soon in Fleet Landing, you can get fresh shucked oysters (and more!) all over town.

And when you get thirsty, well, you now have a lot more booze-free options to choose from around town. The low and noalcohol trend is skyrocketing nationally and locally; most recently King Street alternative spirit shop Sechey partnered with 1,300 Target stores across the country to offer a curated selection of NA bevs. Hemp-infused drinks are growing in popularity too, with local company High Rise Bev opening its own spot, High Rise Dry Bar, on James Island.

Like we said — the existence of one trend does not negate the other. For every mocktail in town, you’ll find an equally appealing cocktail; get your fix at High Rise Dry Bar or The Den, a new hidden martini bar. There’s something for everyone in town, and that’s something we can always get behind.

Ramen with Friends returns to Jackrabbit Filly this month. Now in its eighth year, the annual collaborative dinner series features local guest chefs cooking up ramen in Jackrabbit’s kitchen every Tuesday night. All proceeds from the sale of ramen go to the Lowcountry Food Bank and Neighbors Together. Learn more online at jackrabbitfilly.com.

Bodega hosts its second annual “Best in Bread” sandwich competition this January. Each week three local chefs create signature sandwiches that will go head-to-head in a ticketed tasting event. Preliminary rounds take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each Monday this month. On Feb. 5, winners from each round will showcase their sandwiches in a finale. Participating restaurants include 39 Rue de Jean, Baguette Magic, Daps Breakfast and Imbibe, Indaco, Ma’am Saab, Storey Farms, The Drifter and Renzo. Tickets for each event are $25 and can be purchased online at lineleap.com.

The Taste of Folly returns Jan. 19.

The annual food festival kicks off on Friday night with a cocktail competition, hosted in the Pavilion Ballroom at the Tides Hotel; tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door and include all cocktails in the competition. Center Street on Folly closes 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday for “Savory Saturday,” a daylong street closure event that features Folly establishments serving up their best dishes and offering live cooking demonstrations. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. Buy tickets and learn more online at visitfolly.com.

What we’ll miss Oak Road Brewery, located in Summerville, closed its doors at the end of 2023. The brewery was founded in 2014 by Ben Bankey and Brian and Erin Cox. In a Facebook post, the owners implied that they are looking for new ways to serve the community.

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upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, Tyla N. Bowman, Esquire within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, not counting the day of service, If you fail to submit your Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

TYLA N. BOWMAN, ESQUIRE Attorney for the Plaintiffs P.O. Box 63384 North Charleston, SC 29419-2252 T: (843) 300-0373 F: (843) 273-8481 E tyla@bowman-law.net October 9, 2023 North Charleston, SC

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

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 IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-DR-10-2887 BARRY C. CRAWFORD and TIFFANY L. CRAWFORD Plaintiff, vs.

LASHANDA O. DRAYTON, Defendants.

SUMMONS/NOTICE OF ADOPTION TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint

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

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-06092 County of Charleston, Condemnor, vs.

Laura M. Herriott, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Billy Ray Herriott, Sr.; Lakesha Sherrel Dudley, individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Rose Marie Herriott; Antoinette Marie HerriottCoaxum; Anita Lasal Herriott; and Billy Ray Herriott, Jr., Landowners, and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R6, Other Condemnee, and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof, Unknown Claimant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEE, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment.

Responsive pleadings to the

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Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against Landowners, named above, to acquire a permanent and exclusive drainage easement (the “Easement”), consisting of 2,222 square feet (0.05 acre), more or less, over, on, through, and burdening the real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Christ Church Parish, and known and designated as Parcel 4, on that certain Plat entitled: “SHOWING A RE-SURVEY AND SUBDIVISION OF THE LANDS OF LILLIE C. COAXUM, KNOWN AS PART OF LOT 55, LAUREL HILL PLANTATION, INTO PARCELS 1, 2, 3, AND 4, SITUATE AS SHOWN IN CHRIST CHURCH PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” prepared by Charles F. Dawley, Jr., RLS, dated November 27, 1995, recorded in Plat Book EA, Page 969, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to said plat.

BEING the same property conveyed to Billy R. Herriott and Rose Herriott by deed of Lillie C. Coaxum dated March 19, 1996, and recorded March 21, 1996, in Book U266, Page 272, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Tax Map Parcel No. 583-00-00-252 The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the Easement are depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto at Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The County’s acquisition of the Easement is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for, or in connection with, the construction, operations, maintenance, and/ or reconstruction of a stormwater drainage system in the Phillips Community of Charleston County, South Carolina.

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TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.

CHARLESTON COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Brittney M. Darnell, Esquire Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building

4045 Bridge View Drive North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 958-4010 bdarnell@charlestoncounty.org Attorney for Condemnor Charleston, South Carolina January 4, 2024

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-06090 County of Charleston, Condemnor, vs.

The Heirs of Mazie Lee Coaxum, Landowners, and James Coaxum, Other Condemnee, and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof, Unknown Claimant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEE, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment.

Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain

Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against Landowners, named above, to acquire a permanent and exclusive drainage easement (the “Easement”), consisting of 5,362 square feet (0.12 acre), more or less, over, on, through, and burdening the real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land, with any improvements thereon, situate, lying, and being in the Phillips Community of Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, containing 0.83 Acre, more or less, and being shown as “583-00-00-011, 0.83 ACRES, MAZIE LEE COAXUM, TRACT B” on the plat entitled “BOUNDARY OF TMS 583-00-00-159, TMS 583-00-00-011, TMS 583-0000-286, SURVEY FOR JAMES COAXUM”, prepared by Michael L. Crews, S.C.P.L.S. No. 30294, dated June 5, 2018, and recorded October 19, 2018, in Plat Book S18, Page 0235, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Being a portion of the property conveyed to Mazie Lee Coaxum by deed of Julia M. Pritchard, dated May 20, 1963, and recorded February 17, 1964, in Book N79, Page 408 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

Tax Map Parcel No. 583-00-00-011 The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the Easement are depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto at Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The County’s acquisition of the Easement is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for, or in connection with, the construction, operations, maintenance, and/ or reconstruction of a stormwater drainage system in the Phillips Community of Charleston County, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.

CHARLESTON COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Brittney M. Darnell, Esquire Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building 4045 Bridge View Drive North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 958-4010 bdarnell@charlestoncounty.org Attorney for Condemnor Charleston, South Carolina January 4, 2024

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-06089 County of Charleston, Condemnor, vs.

The Heirs of James Tonneau a/k/a James Turner, Landowners, and John Turner, Other Condemnee, and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof, Unknown Claimant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEES, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment.

Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.

LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against Landowners, named above, to acquire a permanent and exclusive drainage easement (the “Easement”), consisting of 2,370 square feet (0.05 acre), more or less, over, on, through, and burdening the real property described as follows: All that lot of land with the houses and buildings, if any thereon, in Christ Church Parish, in the County and State aforesaid, of the Estate of John S. Horlbeck, deceased, designated on a plat of a portion of Laurel Hill or Phillips Plantation, divided into 78 lots or farms by R.V. Royall, Surveyor, in February, 1885, by the number Twenty-seven (#27) containing Eight and a quarter acres (8¼), more or less, and bounded Northeast by Road separating same from Lot #3 on said plat, Southeast by Lot #28 on said Plat, Southwest by Gregorie Ferry Road separating same from land of Scipio Smalls and Northwest by Lot #26 on said Plat.

Said Plat recorded on January 25, 1947, in Plat Book M47, Page 283, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

LESS AND EXCEPTING all that lot of land containing 1.41 acre, more or less, and all that lot of land containing 0.91 acre, more or less, as shown on that certain plat entitled “PLAT OF SUBDIVISION OF LOT 27, LAUREL

HILL, LOCATED IN CHRIST CHURCH PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. PROPERTY OWNED BY JAMES TURNER” prepared by George D. Sample, dated January 27, 1976, and recorded June 2, 1976, in Plat Book AG, Page 053 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

Being a portion of the property conveyed to James Tonneau by deed of the Estate of John L. Horlbeck, dated June 10, 1920, and recorded June 18, 1920, in Book P29, Page 235.

Tax Map Parcel No. 583-0000-025 The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the Easement are depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto at Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The County’s acquisition of the Easement is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for, or in connection with, the construction, operations, maintenance, and/ or reconstruction of a stormwater drainage system in the Phillips Community of Charleston County, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.

CHARLESTON COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Brittney M. Darnell, Esquire Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building 4045 Bridge View Drive North Charleston, South Carolina 29405 (843) 958-4010 bdarnell@charlestoncounty.org Attorney for Condemnor Charleston, South Carolina January 4, 2024

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-18-1456 SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS LORRAINE MICHELLE SPORTS, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 9/2/2023 TO DEFENDANT: LORRAINE MICHELLE SPORTS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on November 7, 2023.

Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Dorchester County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally C. Dey, Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Ste 101, No. Chas., SC 29405, within thirty (30) days of this publication,

exclusive of the date of service. A final hearing regarding termination of parental rights will be held on Feb. 29, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. at Dorchester County Family Court, located at 212 Deming Way, Summerville, SC 29461. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, and/or fail to appear at the final hearing noticed above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. SC Bar #67778, Sally C. Dey, Dept. of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., No. Chas., SC 29405; (843) 697-7564

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Michele Fretschel Furniture and Household items Ashley Deas Mattress, beds, wood dresser boxes Timothy Moran Household items, beds, furniture, etc.

Spencer Williams Household items, furniture Facility 2 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 01/23/2024 10:20 AM Renee Williams Clothes furniture boxes shoes Jennifer Lee Furniture, boxes Tyquan Poinsette 2 night stands, 2 dressers, bed, mirror, tool kits, work bench, clothes.

Facility 3 1471 Center St Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 01/23/2024 10:30 AM Samantha Boensch Household Goods/Furniture

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF DORCHESTER IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-18-14

Facility 4 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 01/23/2024 10:35 AM

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

Hillary Nossaman Household Goods and Furniture

VERSUS JOHN AND JANE DOE, DEFENDANT. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 1/2/2024

Renea Williams Household Goods and Furniture

TO DEFENDANTS: JOHN AND JANE DOE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on January 4, 2024. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Dorchester County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally C. Dey, Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Ste 101, No. Chas., SC 29405, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. A final hearing regarding permanency planning and termination of parental rights will be held on Feb. 29, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. at Dorchester County Family Court, located at 212 Deming Way, Summerville, SC 29461. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, and/or fail to appear at the final hearing noticed above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. SC Bar #67778, Sally C. Dey, Dept. of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., No. Chas., SC 29405; (843) 697-7564

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

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

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 Jacquelyn Davis Household items Sharon McGee Household items Shantaya Horton House hold goods Laquinta Windley Household items Terone Lawson Shoes, clothing, table Akela Wilson Clothes, shoes, lamps, shelf Terrance Batiste Household Items Johnie McGee Clothing, small furniture.

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

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 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 Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405 1/23/2024 1:00 PM Vernell Wright Bins couch bags

Cornelius fludd Household items

Nicole Taylor Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances

Jamillah Collins Headboard/footboard, mattress, chest, nightstand, tv.

Nicole Taylor Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances

Edward Driggers III Clothing

Theron Sandy Tools/Appliances

Erica Johnson 2 twin bed, small couch, boxes.

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.

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.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-03744 EVA BROWN, Plaintiff, v.

KENNETH GRANT, DAVID GRANT, SABRINA GARRETT, ERIC GARRETT, TORRELL RANDOLPH, and if they be deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses, if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 1.1 Acres on River Road McClellanville, South Carolina TMS Number: 802-00-00-170 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, and any children or issue of HAROLD GASKINS, a deceased person, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on August 2nd, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on August 8th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on December 29th, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated August 8th, 2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate lying and being in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot B, on a Plat bearing the legend, “Map of the Estate of Scipio Mazyck in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, divided into two lots –A and B” by Harold A. Moore, Registered Surveyor, dated May 7, 1977.

MEASURING and containing and butting and bounding according to as follows: beginning at a pipe on the boundary of River Road and property of Alice Powell, thence North 68 49t East 153.4 feet to a pipe, thence South 51 30’ East 117.7 feet along property of Moths Dillard to a pipe, thence South 5200 west 202.3 feet along property of the Grantor herein, Alice Mcknight to a pipe, thence South 84 15’ west 65 feet along property of Alice McKnight, the grantor herein to the pipe at River Road (S.C. 857), thence North 4 15’ west 149.3 feet to point of beginning.

TMS # 802-00-00-170 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 jeff@jeffspell.com Attorney for Plaintiff January 5th, 2024 Date

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-02784 Mildred S. Walters, Plaintiff, v.

Henry Allen Davidson, Lemmie Jackson Davidson, Willie Bennett Davidson, Virginia Claire Davidson Barger, Franklin John Davidson, Epsidell Adeline Creel, Sallie Marie Davidson Hiers Hughes, Howard Francis Cook, Timothy Eugene Cook, Wade Hampton Davidson and Jennifer Russell, all being deceased persons, their heirs, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 4.0-acres on Highway 174 on Edisto Island Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 027-00-00-014 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, and Brenda Gale Johnson, Ronald Cook, Deborah Jan Oxner, Jeremy J. Cook, Michael Cook, Robert Richard Barger, Jr., Toby Davidson, Bennett Davidson Driggers, Brenda Davidson, Westberry Bernell Driggers, Diane Davidson Russell, Charlie Russell, Linda Miller, Bob Hughes, Roger Hiers, Danny Hiers, Debbie Hiers Livingston Bogle, Antonio Garcia, Dillon Garcia, Jorge Garcia and Mariah Garcia, Defendants.

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on June 8th, 2023, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on June 15th, 2023 and the Order of Publication was filed on December 29th, 2023 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated June 15th,

2023 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

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.

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

SUMMONS (Quiet Title Action)

All that lot, parcel, or piece of land on Edisto Island, State and County aforesaid, being a part of Ravenswood Plantation and situated on State Highway 174, to the east of the old road as shown on a Plat made by John McCrady Co. in July 1935 and recorded with a conveyance from Julian Mitchell Sr. to Henry Davidson and measuring One Hundred Forty (140) Feet on State Highway 174

by Fifteen Hundred (1500) feet in depth, and butting and bounding to the North by State Highway 174 to the East and South by property of or formerly of Henry Davidson and to the West on the Old Road as shown on said plat.

TMS # 027-00-00-014 s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 jeff@jeffspell.com Attorney for Plaintiff January 5th, 2024 Date

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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

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, JOSEPH WHALEY, ISAAC RICHARDSON, THOMAS WHALEY, SR.,

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.

NOTICE OF FILING 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

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

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Which zodiac sign is most likely to have a green thumb? Who would most astrologers regard as the best gardener? Who would I call on if I wanted advice on when to harvest peaches, how to love and care for roses as they grow, or how to discern which weeds might be helpful and useful? The answer, according to my survey, is Taurus. And I believe you Bulls will be even more fecund than usual around plants in 2024. Even further, I expect you to be extra fertile and creative in every area of your life. I hereby dub you Maestro of the Magic of Germination and Growth.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Research I’ve found suggests that 70% of us have experienced at least one traumatic event in our lives. But I suspect the percentage is higher. For starters, everyone has experienced the dicey expulsion from the warm, nurturing womb. That’s usually not a low-stress event. The good news, Gemini, is that now and then there come phases when we have more power than usual to heal from our traumas. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming months will be one of those curative times for you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): At their best, Libras foster vibrant harmony that energizes social situations. At their best, Scorpios stimulate the talents and beauty of those they engage with. Generous Leos and Sagittarians inspire enthusiasm in others by expressing their innate radiance. Many of us may get contact highs from visionary, deep-feeling Pisceans. In 2024, Cancerian, I believe you can call on all these modes as you brighten and nurture the people in your sphere — even if you have no Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Leo or Pisces influences in your astrological chart.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here are my wishes for you in 2024. 1. I hope you will rigorously study historical patterns in your life story. I hope you will gather robust insights into the rhythms and themes of your amazing journey. 2. You will see clearly what parts of your past are worth keeping and which are better outgrown and left behind. 3. You will come to a new appreciation of the heroic quest you have been on. You will feel excited about how much further your quest can go. 4. You will feel gratitude for the deep inner sources that have been guiding you all these years. 5. You will be pleased to realize how much you have grown and ripened.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Eduardo Galeano mourned how our institutions condition us to divorce our minds from our hearts and our bodies from our souls. Even sadder, many of us deal with these daunting schisms by becoming numb to them.

The good news, Virgo, is that I expect 2024 to be one of the best times ever for you to foster reconciliation between the split-off parts of yourself. Let’s call this the Year of Unification. May you be inspired to create both subtle and spectacular fusions of your fragmented parts. Visualize your thoughts and feelings weaving together in elegant harmony.

Imagine your material and spiritual needs finding common sources of nourishment.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to ancient Greek myth, the half-divine hero Heracles consulted the Oracle of Delphi for guidance. He was assigned to perform 12 daunting feats, most of which modern people would regard as unethical, like killing and stealing. There was one labor that encouraged integrity, though. Heracles had to clean the stables where over a thousand divine cattle lived. The place hadn’t been scrubbed in 30 years!

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As I meditated on your hero’s journey in the coming months, Libra, I concluded that you’d be wise to begin with a less grandiose version of Heracles’ work in the stables. Have fun as you cheerfully tidy up everything in your life! By doing so, you will earn the power to experience many deep and colorful adventures in the coming months.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I will name two taboos I think you should break in 2024. The first is the theory that you must hurt or suppress yourself to help others. The second is that you must hurt or suppress others to benefit yourself. Please scour away any delusion you might have that those two strategies could genuinely serve you. In their place, substitute these hypotheses: 1. Being good to yourself is the best way to prepare for helping others. 2. Being good to others is the best way to benefit yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Doubt has killed more dreams than failure ever will,” says Sagittarian author Suzy Kassem. Many of us have had the experience of avoiding a quest for success because we are too afraid of being defeated or demoralized. “Loss aversion” is a well-known psychological concept that applies when we are so anxious about potential loss that we don’t pursue the possible gain. In my astrological estimation, you Centaurs should be especially on guard against this inhibiting factor in 2024. I am confident you can rise above it, but to do so, you must be alert for its temptation — and eager to summon new reserves of courage.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 2024, I predict you will be blessed with elegant and educational expansion — but also challenged by the possibility of excessive, messy expansion. Soulful magnificence could vie for your attention with exorbitant extravagance. Even as you are offered valuable novelties that enhance your sacred and practical quests, you may be tempted with lesser inducements you don’t really need. For optimal results, Capricorn, I urge you to avoid getting distracted by irrelevant goodies. Usher your fate away from pretty baubles and towards felicitous beauty.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some people feel that “wealth” refers primarily to financial resources. If you’re wealthy, it means you have a lot of money, luxurious possessions and lavish opportunities to travel. But wealth can also be measured in other ways. Do you have an abundance of love in your life? Have you enjoyed many soulful adventures? Does your emotional intelligence provide rich support for your heady intelligence? I bring this up, Aquarius, because I believe 2024 will be a time when your wealth will increase. The question for you to ruminate on: How do you define wealth?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life,” said philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Here’s my response to that bold declaration: It’s utterly WRONG! No one in the history of the world has ever built anything solely by their own efforts, let alone a bridge to cross the river of life.

Even if you are holed up in your studio working on a novel, painting, or invention, you are absolutely dependent on the efforts of many people to provide you with food, water, electricity, clothes, furniture and all the other goodies that keep you functioning.

It’s also unlikely that anyone could create anything of value without having received a whole lot of love and support from other humans. Sorry for the rant, Pisces. It’s a preface for my very positive prediction: In 2024, you will have substantial help in building your bridge across the river of life.

Homework: I invite you to redefine what it would look and feel like to be your best self. Newsletter.

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An American epic

The events of 2008 frame the show — it starts and ends in this time period — with the story in between proving itself an American epic, one that has received great praise for its lyrical writing and inventive script. Sharon Graci, PURE’s co-founder and director of the production, said it’s one of the

Auditions slated for 9 to 5 The Musical With music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, 9 to 5 The Musical is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge. Three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical man they call their boss. Summerville-based theater company the Flowertown Players invites actors of all genders and races who are 16 years of age and older to audition on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22. Find more info at flowertownplayers.org.

The Lehman Trilogy follows the lives of three immigrant brothers, played by David Mandel (above, left), R.W. Smith (above, right) and Michael Smallwood (right) most-produced plays in the country this year, “and there’s a reason for that,” she added.

“It’s so poignant. Wrapped up inside this show are themes of bravery, ingenuity, never quitting, success and failure, and it’s so poetically written.”

Graci and the cast started work on this beast of a show back in July due to its great scope. Each actor, Smith, Michael Smallwood and David Mandel, play a Lehman Brother and portray the other 25-plus supporting characters who fill out the show’s world. Mandel, who plays the eldest brother, Henry, said weaving together nearly two centuries of family history into a three-and-a-half hour play is a sort of “magic show.”

For Smallwood, who plays the youngest Lehman brother, Meyer, the great scope of the show contains both the most challenging and most rewarding pieces of his creative process.

“Playing multiple characters, it’s a lot to put in your body,” Smallwood told the City Paper. “[It’s a challenge] trying to make sure that each character we play is vocally and physically distinct. The audience has to know Meyer Lehman when he comes back.

He’s a German-Jewish immigrant who then moved to Alabama. So in playing him, I have

Enjoy a free MLK Jr. commemorative concert The city of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department hosts a Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative concert at 5 p.m. Jan 13. “The Dream Lives On” concert will be held at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, located at 7396 Rivers Avenue. The free concert will feature Lowcountry Voices, a multicultural choir performing under the musical direction of Nathan L. Nelson.

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to ask, is he someone whose German accent stayed with him? Does Southern twang make its way into his speech? … When he’s there, he has to be him, distinctly. That stuff is challenging in a way that you don’t want the audience to think about.”

Working together

The long-standing relationships between the core ensemble actors helped them dive deeply into those questions, Smallwood said.

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Learn to dance with Holy City Salsa Every month, Holy City Salsa hosts a social dance event which begins with a 45-minute beginner salsa class, followed by an open dance floor with Latin music. For its January social, enjoy a roaring ’20s theme at the Charleston Elk Lodge. It costs $20 per person to attend. The beginner lesson starts at 7:15 p.m. and the open dance floor begins at 8 p.m.

Find more info at holycitysalsa.com.

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PURE Theatre hosts the regional premiere of hit drama The Lehman Trilogy, winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best New Play.

This show, which runs now through Feb. 10 at the Cannon Street Arts Center, features three of PURE’s longest-standing core ensemble members, who all agree this show is one of the most exciting and challenging works the company has ever tackled.

The story begins in New York in 1844 when a young Henry Lehman immigrates from the German state Bavaria to pursue his American Dream. His two brothers join him stateside and establish the Lehman Brothers company in 1850 as a fabric store in Alabama, where the brothers later establish the concept of brokerage. From there, the company grows way beyond its humble beginnings to the business audiences will likely recognize by name as a major player in the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008.

The show condenses more than 150 years of dramatized history, acting as a sort of prequel to the events of 2008 when the Lehman Brothers firm (at the time, the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch) filed for bankruptcy.

R.W. Smith, who portrays the middle brother Emanuel Lehman, told the City Paper that The Lehman Trilogy explores “the double edged sword of the American Dream.”

“These three brothers come over here to just start a business and start a new life. You watch how the company progresses, as their children take it over, and it grows through the decades — they start sloughing off their family values, and as the next generations make choices that look good, because they make a lot of money, they’re moving farther and farther from their core values.”

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The Spartina Consort, made up of (from left to right) Julia Harlow, Marcy Brenner, David Hunt and Susan Conant, is an ensemble that plays early Renaissance music

The Spartina Consort keeps early music alive

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The Charleston-based chamber music ensemble Spartina Consort plays with period instruments, including the viola da gamba, recorder, transverse flute and harpsichord to make their performances of Renaissance and Baroque music as historically accurate as possible.

The group is made of four members: Susan Conant, Julia Harlow, Marcy Brenner and David Hunt.

Hunt, who hails from Seneca Falls, S.C., studied early music at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. After completing his program, he moved to Charleston and started a position as the Cantor of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist on Broad Street.

He said what’s special about playing early music in Charleston is the historical buildings provide welcome context.

“Charleston has these historic buildings that actually experienced some of this music; it was actually played here,” he said. “So that sort of provided a good impetus to move back down here after finishing my studies — the idea of making 17th and 18th century music in a 17th and 18th century city.”

He connected with fellow musicians Collins, Harlow and Brenner over their shared

passion for the early music movement. In fall 2022, they formed the Spartina Consort.

The idea of the ensemble, Hunt said, is to perform early music as historically accurate as possible. “We’re reading the treatises and texts that exist and tell us about how these instruments were played, the music they were playing and who was playing it.”

One of the aspects of early music Hunt is especially interested in is that these pieces were intended for casual enjoyment among friends rather than concert stages, for the most part.

“This is music that’s meant for private consumption — it’s music that was enjoyed among friends. That social aspect of it that appeals to me personally. This idea of, these people who like to play together, they just get together and play some music. And if some other people want to listen, that’s great. But it’s mostly for our enjoyment.”

The Spartina Consort’s concert programs are often themed around different time periods or composers. The next concert will take place at 4 p.m. Feb. 25 at the new Saint Clair of Assisi church on Daniel Island with a theme focused on female composers. “‘Baroque Women’s Voices,’ it’s going to be a really interesting collection of some of these lesser-known female composers,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

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piece of theater. I mean, it is mammoth.

When you’re tackling a beast, you need a team you can trust,” he said. He’s worked for nearly a decade with actors Smith and Mandel — both of whom have acted together in PURE’s core ensemble since 2004.

“This is one of the benefits of ensemble work and working at PURE — I love getting to perform with these people,” Smallwood said. “These are the people I trust the most on stage.”

And that trust, said Smith, creates a sense of artistic freedom.

“We’ve got each other’s back. If there’s an issue, they’re going to pick you up and vice versa,” Smith said. “So that gives you the freedom artistically to be able to take chances and push yourself — that’s where the excitement happens. … Now something new can happen within your character because you’ve got these people you can trust.”

Graci said this is the reason why PURE committed to being an ensemble company back in 2004. “Because we really are a family — there’s definitely a shorthand, a

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Hunt said. “Part of our mission is bringing these lesser-known composers and instruments into the open.”

In 2024, the new group aims to find more performance opportunities — especially in intimate settings, Hunt added.

“We want to perform in houses! We just haven’t been invited yet,” he said, adding that they are working towards securing

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Wrapped up inside this show are themes of bravery, ingenuity, never quitting, success and failure, and it’s so poetically written.”

—Sharon Graci

family dynamic.”

So PURE is a perfect setting for a story which is, on the surface, about American financial history, but at its core, is a story about family, brothers and the double-edged sword of the American Dream.

Tickets for The Lehman Trilogy range from $47 to $53, or $10 for students. There will be an ASL-interpreted performance at 3 p.m.

Feb. 4. There will be two pay-what-you-will performances on Jan. 11 and Jan. 17. Information is available at puretheatre.org or by calling the box office at (843) 723-4444 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. coming concerts in the spring with Piccolo Spoleto and the North Charleston Arts Fest.

“We like to talk at our performances about the pieces we’re playing, the composers, the instruments. … It gives it all depth and adds to this idea of music for the community.”

Another goal, Hunt said, is to bring in guest artists. “There are a lot of really talented musicians in Charleston, and so we hope to have guests in the future.”

“WELCOME TO ‘24” —the year with things in common.

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8. Flight seat option 13. “___ y Plata” (Montana motto) 14. Actress Mitra of “The Practice” 16. National prefix 17. Lead character of “24” 19. Feeling regret 20. Early Peruvian 21. Nursery rhyme pie fillers (“four and twenty”, they say) 23. Connect with 25. Barely achieve 26. Rowboat implement 27. George Burns title role 29. Impersonated 30. Spot for a soak 33. Big name in circuses 36. Loads 37. Ratio that’s often 24 for film cameras 42. Like some salad dressings 43. Stracciatella, e.g.

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4. Royal sphere 5. Obsessive whale hunter of fiction 6. Biffed it 7. Creep around 8. “He’s right. Ain’t no rule that says a dog can’t play basketball” movie

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