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Recognizing the worst in government transparency

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State leads the nation in preschool (yes, preschool) suspensions

South Carolina leads the nation in preschool suspensions

By Herb Frazier

South Carolina leads the nation in the number of preschool children, ages 2½ to 5 years old, who are suspended from school one or more times. Black students received two-thirds of the suspensions imposed on early learners, according to a federal government report.

The state’s Black preschool suspension rate of 436 students is nearly twice the 262 suspensions in Texas, which has six times more people than the Palmetto State.

Black children statewide make up 61% of the early learners who’ve received one or more suspensions, but they are only19% of the preschoolers enrolled in early childhood classrooms in the state’s public schools, according to data compiled by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights for the 2017-18 school year, the most recent years available.

Impact Stats, a Buffalo, N.Y., research firm, analyzed the data as part of an American Heart Association grant-funded study led by the tri-county’s Beloved Early Education and Care (BEE) Collective.

Dr. Melodie Baker, president and CEO of Impact Stats, said in an interview that researchers suspect implicit racial bias of Black preschool children accounts for the disproportionately higher suspension rate for Black children.

“Black children are perceived as older, less innocent, more prone to aggression and more deserving of harsher punishment compared to their non-Black peers,” she said.

Suspended preschoolers are 10 times

S.C. suspended 438 preschoolers in 2017-18 school year

According to 2017-18 school year data, five Southern states, with South Carolina in the top spot, led the country in preschool suspensions. In South Carolina, 438 preschoolers were suspended, and 268 of them, or 61%, were Black children. The federal government data does not show county or school district level suspension rates in each state.

The Rundown

4: Looking back — and up — at the crane count

In 2021, the Charleston City Paper began a weekly feature highlighting the number of construction canes obstructing the Holy City’s historic skyline. The number of cranes, fluctuated dramatically from a high of 24 cranes in October 2021 and dropping as low as six in November 2022.

While the City Paper ended the official Crane Count feature in January 2023, many of our old favorites (looking at you, corner of Morrison Drive and Meeting Street) have been retired — and many are still craning (looking at you, still, Lockwood Drive).

So once more, for old times’ sake, the Charleston peninsula had four cranes this week at three work sites. One crane stands on Lockwood Drive at U.S. Highway 17 at the Lockwood pump station. Two cranes are at the end of Lockwood Drive near the Safe Harbor Marina. One crane is near Waterfront Park at the end of Vendue Range. —Staff reports

“Isn’t it past your jail time?”

—Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, firing back at former President Donald Trump for his “review” of Kimmel’s performance hosting this year’s Oscars award show.

Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, school year 2017-18

more likely to struggle to learn, which raises the high school dropout rate and the state’s prison population, Baker explained. “Disadvantaged children are more likely to be suspended,” she said. “But all children deserve high-quality early childhood education to thrive regardless of their background.”

S.C. Sens. Bradley Hutto, D-Orangeburg, Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington and Mike Reichenbach, R-Florence, filed Senate Bi1l 1108 on Feb. 28 to provide for education and training for school administrators, teachers and staff to require efforts toward maintaining student enrollment and to provide for relevant data collection of school suspensions and expulsions. It has been referred to the Senate Education Committee.

The senators filed the bill after several state agencies and child advocacy groups testified in mid-January before the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children in Columbia on the need to keep children in

school, even when they misbehave.

South Carolina data challenge

Impact Stats reviewed suspension data in the S.C. Department of Education’s School Report Card for 2019-2023. The researchers faced a challenge in interpreting the state report, Baker said, because it is not reported by race. To estimate the number of suspended Black children in Charleston County schools, the researchers did a limited review of 13 North Charleston schools that have predominantly Black enrollments.

During the 2022-23 school year, Charleston County schools reported 805 suspensions with early childhood programs, Baker said. But the 13 North Charleston schools with the highest enrollment of black students reported 369 suspensions, which is nearly half of the suspensions at the district’s

GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER

4 shot, killed across S.C. from March 6 to March 12

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, 62, of Louisiana, was found dead March 9 in his car parked outside a West Ashley hotel. The Charleston County Coroner’s Office reported that the head injury appeared to be self-inflicted. Meanwhile, North Charleston police are investigating a 10:30 p.m., March 7, shooting that injured two people in the 7500 block of Hunters Ridge Lane.

Other shootings: Three others died in Greenville, Spartanburg and Richland counties. Six others were hurt in shootings across the state. Nationally, there were four mass shootings for the week, totalling 74 for the year.

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

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City Paper wins 15 first-place press awards for 2023 work

The Charleston City Paper won 32 awards Friday in the S.C. Press Association’s annual contest of news excellence. The awards included 15 first-place prizes.

“What’s remarkable is the number of people on our team — 15 different writers and freelancers — recognized for excellence in this year’s contest,” said editor and publisher Andy Brack. “This broad base of news professionals reflects our focus on providing outstanding community coverage on issues of public importance. We’re thankful to serve the Charleston area and proud to be recognized for how well we do our job.”

Notable among the newspaper’s winning entries were its first place for its special section that welcomed the International African American Museum to Charleston and its first place in community service for detailed reporting on gun violence. The newspaper also won first places in election and political coverage, beat reporting and arts reporting. Art director Scott Suchy won two first place design awards. The newspaper also won top editorial honors for its support of open government, while cartoonist Robert Ariail took home the gold for his “Lowcountry” cartoons. Photographer Ruta Smith captured two first places, while Ashley Stanol won first for a Halloween photo series.

First place

Community Service: A month of shootings | Andy Brack

News Section or Special Edition: Journeys: Welcoming the IAAM

| City Paper Staff

Election and Political Coverage | Skyler Baldwin and Andy Brack

Beat reporting: Charter school’s downward spiral | Chelsea Grinstead

Arts and Entertainment Writing: Charleston’s off-the-path museums

| Chloe Hogan

Obituary: Celebration of Reynolds’ life | Andy Brack

Personality Photo: Adrian Lopez Rivera | Ruta Smith

Photo Series: Fright life | Ashley Stanol

Humorous Photo: Ma’am Saab | Ruta Smith

Editorial Cartoon: Robert Ariail

Editorial Supporting FOI/Open Government: Police still violating law

| Editorial board

Page One Design: Stink at recycling | Scott Suchy

Feature Page Design: Queendom | Scott Suchy

Website: Samantha Connors

Use of Social Media: Samantha Connors and Hillary Reaves

Second place

Enterprise Reporting | Lily Levin

Lifestyle Feature Writing | Helen Mitternight

Profile Feature Writing or Story | Alex Nettles

Growth and Development Beat Reporting | Skyler Baldwin

Column writing | Andy Brack

Inside Page Design | Scott Suchy

Informational Graphic | Christina Bailey

Third place

Community Service | Andy Brack

Reporting In Depth | Andy Brack

Lifestyle Feature Writing | Chelsea Grinstead

Short Story | Andy Brack

Sports Section or Magazine | City Paper Staff

Editorial Cartoon | Steve Stegelin

Editorial Writing | Editorial board

Informational graphic | Scott Suchy

Mixed Media Illustration | Scott Suchy

News Video | City Paper Staff

Union Pier’s storied history at center of design process, project leaders say

By Skyler Baldwin

Union Pier redevelopment project leaders wrapped up on a second March round of public workshops at the historic site. That in-person look gave many Charleston residents their first opportunity to see storied locations like the Mosquito Fleet landing site and the Bennett Rice Mill Facade up close.

“As we engage with the public, one of the ideas we wanted to bring to the Union Pier project was to get the public on the site,” said Thomas Woltz, an owner of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (NBW), one of the lead design firms for the project. “For many Charlestonians who have lived here their whole lives, they don’t actually know Union Pier very well. You see it from East Bay, but it’s been fenced off for a long time.”

NBW was responsible for the Angel Oak redevelopment on Johns Island and is currently working on a master plan for Middleton Place.

Woltz said both projects helped to inform them on Union Pier, because they learned more about the people and history of Charleston.

“The process of those two projects is equally applicable to Union Pier,” he said. “When we begin any of these projects, we start with a period of deep research and deep listening. In a way, we can look at all human history and land as a dance between culture and ecology. When you start to catalog that, you get to know a place in a deep way.”

It’s that core understanding of the space that project leaders said they wanted to share with other residents by bringing them on-site.

“Union Pier has been largely closed off to the public for a generation now,” said Sam Spence, public affairs director of the Preservation Society of Charleston. “Getting out there and seeing the scale of things … really highlights the potential for the site but also immediately queues the challenges associated with any development there and underscores the importance of involving residents in the process.”

This is a vastly different approach than the 2020-2023 iteration of the Union Pier redevelopment project, which was spearheaded by the S.C. State Ports Authority and drew heavy criticism from residents and legislators for its inclusion of high-rise hotels and mixed-use development that felt out of place on the peninsula.

A rich history

Union Pier has a lot of history, such as stories of the Mosquito Fleet and Bennett Rice Mill. For years, generations of Gullah Geechee fisherman would set out from Union Pier to travel as far 20 miles in all kinds of weather and water conditions nearly every day for over a century to catch fresh seafood.

Enslaved people built the Bennett Rice Mill Facade in 1844, and it still stands as a reminder that Black labor enabled and facilitated the growth and development of Charleston prior to the rice industry’s collapse at the end of the Civil War.

“The history has been such a big part of the engagement process,” said Margit Liander, associate principal designer with Sasaki, another design firm working on Union Pier’s redevelopment. “It’s been really fun to bring the community along with the process and make sure those historical narratives are really captured in both the planning process as well as the design process.

“It’s something that we want the community to really be connected to and have that be something that’s not just a checkbox at the beginning of the process,” she added.

Philip Dugdale, another associate principal designer with Sasaki, said he wants the final design to incorporate that history at every level.

“In the same way we create a framework for the materiality and planning and the overall look and feel of the open space, the storytelling is equally important,” he said. “As we develop this plan and move further down the line of design, we want to embed that history into the framework itself so that in the future, as this plan develops over time, it remains a core principle that is weaved throughout it.”

Spence said the history of the site mirrors the growth of the peninsula.

“The story of how Union Pier has evolved really follows the story of the city,” he added. “It’s boom and bust, growth and expansion. At the core of it all is the people associated with how this place grew. And just the fact that a lot of it is fill land ... mirrors the growth of Charleston elsewhere.”

History-driven, future-proof

While the project team is spending a lot of time getting to know the history of the site, it is focused just as much on its future.

“The scale of this site makes it such a transformative project that can address so many broader needs across the penin-

Charleston police on Feb. 29 confronted a woman who passersby said “urinated” on a Meeting Street sidewalk. The woman corrected officers, telling them she “went number two,” instead. Police told her she couldn’t do that, to which she replied, “Why not?” Stay classy, Charleston.

Adjacent to the grid

Mount Pleasant police on March 5 investigated a Pleasant Pines Street home after receiving reports of a potential squatter. The man inside told police he had lived there for over a month and showed them receipt of property taxes paid under his name, despite never activating water or electricity in the home. He’s not quite off the grid, but he’s inching away, for sure.

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By Skyler Baldwin

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Hundreds of residents browsed dozens of boards displaying information on Union Pier’s history, geography and more

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sula, the city, the whole region really,” Liander said. “It would be a missed opportunity to not align the future of this site to that.”

Dugdale agreed.

“Thinking creatively about how we think about this as a district itself, we’ve talked about mobility and access,” he said. “The next step is to critically evaluate those and start thinking about how we may integrate some of those processes into the overall framework.”

Project leaders said they hoped understanding the history of the site, as well as its present-day challenges, will help residents better contribute to the design process.

“What’s really exciting about this workshop is that [in late January], we brought everyone together and we said, ‘In an ideal world, what would you want to see?’ ” said Ali Moriarty, assistant director with the Riley Center for Liveable Communities at the College of Charleston “Now, we’re providing all of this context, all of this data, and we’re coming to this now from a place of trust … and asking the community to take it all in and then give feedback that’s a little more nuanced and refined and more to the context of the reality of the site.”

Suspensions

42 schools with early childhood programs.

Andy Pruitt, director of communications for the Charleston County School District (CCSD), said the district is aware of the inequities that have existed historically in “our system, including in our discipline rates among and between student groups.”

On the state level, the S.C. Department of Education’s (SCDE) Office of Student Support “has hosted several behavioral intervention sessions,” said Jason Raven, the agency’s director of media relations.

Community coalitions

The YWCA of Greater Charleston, served as the hub agency to bring the BEE Collective, a tri-county birthing, early childhood and healing justice organization, and two other advocacy groups — Charleston Hope and the E3 Foundation — together for a Heart Association’s Voices for Healthy Kids grant to support equitable learning policies.

The YWCA serves as the hub agency for the three groups that are seeking solutions to systemic education and mental health issues that affect learning.

C.J. Gathers, the YWCA’s director of programs, said the advocacy groups plan to submit a report to the Charleston County School Board in September.

Preschool suspensions in predominantly Black North Charleston elementary schools

Out-of-school

suspected through community meetings in 2018 that black and disabled children could be overrepresented in preschool suspensions, according to Dr. Kim Nesta Archung, a BEE Collective co-founder.

Charleston Area Justice Ministries convinced Charleston County schools three years ago to implement a restorative justice practice plan after it found that elementary through high school students of color are ten times more likely to be suspended from school.

Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland, co-chair of CAJM’s education steering committee, told the City Paper “we didn’t have any idea about the preschool [data]. I am not surprised. We see that trend continues into the higher grades.”

Pruitt said CCSD’s restorative practices in many of the district’s schools “fosters an equitable and positive school culture and focuses on repairing and strengthening relationships and connections within school communities.”

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Charleston County School District Board member Daron Lee Calhoun II of West Ashley said the district has seen “positive reflections” in schools that use progressive discipline plans and teacher training to lower suspensions.

Before the YWCA’s community conversations began, the BEE Collective said it

CCSD’s early learning department, Pruitt said, has focused its efforts on reducing exclusionary practices with preschool children. “This year, CCSD rolled out the Prevent Teach and Reteach (PTR) Guide in lieu of the progressive discipline plan for students under five years old.

“Our commitment to all students is to work toward identifying the root causes of a student’s behavior and to ensure that adults are well-equipped to respond appropriately,” he said.

S.C. Department of Education School Report Card, 2019-2023

Charleston school board should have won anti-transparency recognition

It’s the tail-end of Sunshine Week for newspapers across the country — that time of the year when we highlight government efforts to obscure, obfuscate, hide, conceal and muddy the public’s right to know what’s being done by officials at our expense.

In this issue, we share 16 examples of shadiness thanks to detailed reporting by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Muckrack. But we think they missed one egregious 2023 violator of the public’s trust for government in the open: the Charleston County School District’s Board of Trustees.

Mired in controversy for well over a year with shady employment practices, the local school board made lots of headlines in 2023. Its unannounced and abruptly called meetings, as well as its nebulous and frequent executive sessions, brought continuing criticism from media and school advocates for the board running roughshod over state transparency laws.

For example, look to the Sept. 11, 2023, meeting in which five trustees backed by the right-wing political group Moms for Liberty — Pamela McKinney, Carlotte Bailey, Keith Grybowski, Ed Kelley and Leah Whatley — suddenly called a meeting to discuss newly hired (and now fired) Superintendent Eric Gallien’s contract. But neither Gallien nor the other trustees — Darlene Roberson, Carol Tempel, Courtney Waters and Daron Calhoun II — reportedly were notified of the meeting or its purpose.

Minutes after the surprise meeting began, McKinney called for a vote to enter executive session to consider “items covered by attorney-client privilege,” a move that S.C. Press Association attorney Jay Bender told the Charleston City Paper was illegal. He said state law says the purpose of a closed session must be specific and must indicate what it relates to, and the permitted purposes are narrow and specific.

McKinney later said in a statement that the meeting was called to clarify the duties and responsibilities of Gallien as superintendent. Contractual matters, however, Bender noted, are not permissible topics for a closed session. After the almost four-hour closed session, the board almost immediately adjourned.

“I was completely dismayed by the dysfunction on display at today’s CCSD school board meeting,” said one taxpayer who asked not to be identified. “The school board seems unable to effectively run a meeting, set an agenda, communicate with the public or each other with transparency or professionalism. It’s disturbing and our children deserve better.”

Yes they do. In recent weeks, trustees have been less in headlines, but the Moms for Liberty faction still butts heads with the board’s minority. While they need to work that out, let’s hope they stop doing the public’s business in private. (Hint: State law doesn’t require you to ever go into a secret session.)

CHARLESTON 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 infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

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

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

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.

Book sheds light on Broad Street slave auction house

By Herb Frazier

In the two decades I’ve known Charleston resident Margaret Seidler, our inside joke begins with — “I busy!”

Seidler’s perpetual busy-ness has propelled her toward a painful truth about her ancestors that she’s sharing in her new book, “Payne-ful” Business: Charleston’s Journey to Truth.

Seidler tells the story of her discovery that began with a need to understand genetic test results to assess potential health risks. But Seidler, a White woman, unexpectedly found a Black cousin in Philadelphia.

The story could have ended there, but Seidler and her cousin partnered to trace their shared ancestry, a decision that took Seidler back to an 18th century slave-trading business on Broad Street. It came to light in her grandmother’s two-page handwritten note.

Seidler’s grandmother listed family names and dates that included a reference to John Torrans, Seidler’s 5th generation great-grandfather. He was a partner in firms that in the 1760s brought Huguenots from England and hundreds of Africans to Charleston, according to the S.C. Historical Society library.

Seidler wailed in disbelief that her ancestor was a slave trader, a revelation that debunked what she had been told that her family were poor German immigrants who arrived in Charleston around the 1850s.

Seidler proceeded to probe while others warned her to stop because she might not like what she’d found.

The next research phase led to three generations of ancestors who sold thousands of people of African descent through the 1850s. John Torrans’ daughter, Maria Margaret Torrans, married William Payne, Seidler’s 4th generation great-grandfather. He operated an auction and brokerage business that sold goods, residential property, plantations and enslaved people.

By combing through newspaper ads, Seidler shows that Payne and his sons sold at least 9,268 enslaved people, a detail that shines new light on the role slavery played in Charleston and the kind of businesses that once lined Broad Street. The business was headquartered at what is today’s 34 Broad St., now a bank.

William Payne died in 1834, but his son Josiah Payne rented the Broad Street property to other slave traders who continued the trade until the end of the Civil War.

The slave ads in newspapers listed the first names, work skills and family relationships of many of the people Seidler’s ancestors placed on the auction block. Seidler said she saw ads offering three generations in one family for sale at the same time.

All of this information led Seidler to partner with Columbia artist John W. Jones, who interpreted the skills of the enslaved to produce a stunning visual narrative for the book to enhance Seidler’s rich research.

Through Seidler’s efforts, a historic marker was placed on the Broad Street façade of the auction house in 2021 with support from the College of Charleston’s Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston. Seidler’s book is a timely addition to the discussion of slavery in colonial Charleston as the city prepares to observe the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in July 2026.

“Payne-ful” Business also defines the depth of Seidler’s courage to unveil her family’s involvement in the trans-Atlantic and domestic slave trades, a quality not shared by many people of European descent.

She is a self-described “accidental historian” with a potent message as some educators and lawmakers want to bury the truth of slavery’s horrors so as not to offend the next generation. She encourages White Americans to study the nation’s role in slavery and listen to the descendants of those who were enslaved.

Writer and educator Edward Ball, author of the acclaimed Slaves in the Family, gives Seidler high praise. “It is rare and good news when a family that helped to perpetrate the slave trade tries to measure, and own, the human ruin that it spread,” he said. “Margaret Seidler seeks a personal reckoning in her book, whose story joins a scarce dialogue and aims to deliver a modicum of justice.”

OUR WIN IS YOUR WIN!

The Charleston City Paper won a historic 32 awards for its 2023 coverage of news and views.

FIRST PLACE

COMMUNITY SERVICE: A month of shootings | Andy Brack

NEWS SECTION OR SPECIAL EDITION:

Journeys: Welcoming the IAAM | City Paper Staff

ELECTION AND POLITICAL COVERAGE:

Election 2023 | Skyler Baldwin and Andy Brack

BEAT REPORTING:

Charter school’s downward spiral | Chelsea Grinstead

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT WRITING:

Charleston’s off-the-path museums | Chloe Hogan

OBITUARY: Celebration of Reynolds’ Life | Andy Brack

PERSONALITY PHOTO: Adrian Lopez Rivera | Ruta Smith

PHOTO SERIES: Fright life | Ashley Stanol

HUMOROUS PHOTO: Ma’am Saab | Ruta Smith

EDITORIAL CARTOON: Robert Ariail

EDITORIAL SUPPORTING FOI/OPEN GOVERNMENT:

Police still violating law | Editorial board

PAGE ONE DESIGN: We stink at recycling | Scott Suchy

FEATURE PAGE DESIGN : Queendom | Scott Suchy

WEBSITE: Samantha Connors

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: Samantha Connors, Hillary Reaves

SECOND PLACE

ENTERPRISE REPORTING: Lily Levin

LIFESTYLE FEATURE WRITING: Helen Mitternight

PROFILE FEATURE WRITING OR STORY: Alex Nettles

Herb Frazier, a former daily newspaper reporter, is a noted local author and is special projects editor at the Charleston City Paper

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Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BEAT REPORTING: Skyler Baldwin

COLUMN WRITING: Andy Brack

INSIDE PAGE DESIGN : Scott Suchy

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHIC: Christina Bailey

THIRD PLACE

COMMUNITY SERVICE : Andy Brack

REPORTING IN DEPTH : Andy Brack

LIFESTYLE FEATURE WRITING: Chelsea Grinstead

SHORT STORY: Andy Brack

SPORTS SECTION OR MAGAZINE : Staff

EDITORIAL CARTOON : Steve Stegelin

EDITORIAL WRITING: Editorial board

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHIC: Scott Suchy

MIXED MEDIA ILLUSTRATION : Scott Suchy

NEWS VIDEO: Staff

What To Do

SUNDAY

Bigfoot rave

Dress up and dance the night away to a live performance by Saxsquatch and his DJ friends. Whether performing on NBC with Jimmy Fallon or playing alongside country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, the saxy beast loves to make people laugh and dance. He serenades audiences with smooth sounds of the saxophone over a mix of original and pop hits with live instrumentation blended with rhythmic house, trance and bass backing beats. You must be 21 or older to attend.

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March 17. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m. $20/advance; $25/day-of. Charleston Pour House. 1977 Maybank Hwy. James Island. charlestonpourhouse.com

THIS WEEKEND

Wizard of Oz ballet

Palmetto City Ballet presents a magical night in this tale of friendship, love and self-discovery. Come for a journey through the land of Oz, where Dorothy, the lively Munchkins and the Wicked Witch of the West are brought to life in a ballet performance designed to delight and inspire. Through stunning choreography and beautiful costumes, this timeless classic is reimagined in a familiar and fresh way.

March 16 and March 17. Times vary. $40/student; $50/general admission. Sottile Theatre. 44 George St. Downtown. sottile.cofc.edu

WEDNESDAY

Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny

Prepare for a terribly funny comedy show with Jimmy Carr, one of the biggest-selling comedy acts in the world. Touring stages in more than 40 countries worldwide, he sold over 480,000 tickets for his last tour, “Best Of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits.” He is a popular name in U.K. television and made The Sunday Times bestsellers list for his highly anticipated memoir, Before & Laughter.

March 20. 9:30 p.m. Tickets start at $37. Charleston Music Hall. 37 John St. Downtown. charlestonmusichall.com

SATURDAY

St. Patrick’s Day bar crawl

Grab your friends and the best green attire for Downtown Charleston’s largest St. Paddy’s Bar Crawl, hosted by Blue Steel Productions. Hop around the best bars in town with hundreds of other crawlers, enjoying drink specials and lively DJs at every stop. The check-in and registration party will kick off at Uptown Social, where attendees will receive scorecards, maps, event tees, koozies and other fun goodies. Tickets are required to receive free and priority entry to participating bars.

March 16. Noon to 8 p.m. Tickets start at $24. Locations vary. Downtown. bluesteelproductionsllc.com

THURSDAY

Yappy Hour

Bring your puppy pals together at Bohemian Bull for its special “yappy hour.” Indulge in Tito’s drink specials while your pups enjoy a dedicated doggie menu alongside its regular happy hour offerings. A portion of all proceeds goes to benefit local no-kill animal shelter and adoption center Pet Helpers.

March 21. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free. Bohemian Bull. 1531 Folly Road. James Island. bohemianbull.com

The worst in government transparency

Editor’s Note: It’s Sunshine Week — the seven days that newspapers across the country focus on transparency in government afforded by Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. This week, we offer this national feature on some egregious examples of how some government agencies have kept public information private. In this week’s editorial on page 8, we also share our own local winner — the Charleston County School District Board of Trustees, whose executive sessions showcase the art of information obfuscation.

By Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock

e’re taught in school about checks and balances between the various branches of government, but those lessons tend to leave out the role that civilians play in holding officials accountable. We’re not just talking about the ballot box, but the everyday power we all have to demand government agencies make their records and data available to public scrutiny. At every level of government in the United States, there are laws that empower the public to file requests for public records. They go by various names, but all share the general concept that because the government is of the people, its documents belong to the people. You don’t need to be a lawyer or journalist to file these requests. You just have to care.

It’s easy to feel powerless in these times, as local newsrooms close and elected officials embrace disinformation as a standard political tool. But here’s what you can do: Pick a local agency — it could be a city council, a sheriff’s office or state department of natural resources — and send an email demanding their public record-request log or any other record showing what requests they receive, how long it took them to respond, whether they turned over records and how much they charged the requester for copies. Many agencies even have an online portal that makes it easier, or you can use MuckRock’s records request tool. Your request will send the message to local leaders that they’re on notice. You may even uncover an egregious pattern of an agency ignoring or willfully violating the law. The Foilies are an attempt to call out these violations each year during Sunshine Week, an annual event (March 10 through 16 this year) when advocacy groups, news organizations and citizen watchdogs combine efforts to highlight the importance of government transparency laws. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, in partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, issue these

tongue-in-cheek “awards” across the country for failures by various agencies across the country.

The Poop and Pasta Award Richlands, Va.

In 2020, Laura Mollo of Richlands, Va., discovered the county 911 center could not dispatch Richlands residents’ emergency calls. While the center dispatched all other county 911 calls, calls from Richlands had to be transferred to the Richlands Police Department to be handled. After the Richlands Town Council dismissed Mollo’s concerns, she began requesting records under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The records showed Richlands residents faced lengthy delays in connecting with local emergency services. On one call, a woman pleaded for help for her husband, only to be told that county dispatch couldn’t do anything — and her husband died during the delay. Other records Mollo obtained showed Richlands appeared to be misusing its resources.

You would hope that

public officials would be grateful that Mollo uncovered the town’s inadequate emergency response system and budget mismanagement. Well, not exactly: Mollo endured a campaign of intimidation and harassment for holding the government accountable. Mollo describes how her mailbox was stuffed with cow manure on one occasion and spaghetti on another (which Mollo understood to be an insult to her husband’s Italian heritage). A town contractor harassed her at her home; police pulled her over; and Richlands officials even had a special prosecutor investigate her.

But this story has a happy ending: In November 2022, Mollo was elected to the Richlands Town Council. The records she uncovered led Richlands to change to the county 911 center, which now dispatches Richlands residents’ calls. And in 2023, the Virginia Coalition for Open Government recognized Mollo by awarding her the Laurence E. Richardson Citizen Award for Open Government.

The Literary Judicial Thrashing of the Year Award

Pennridge, Penn., School District

Sometimes when you’re caught breaking the law, the judge will throw the book at you. In the case of Pennridge School District in Bucks County, Penn., Judge Jordan B. Yeager catapulted an entire shelf of banned books at administrators for violating the state’s Right-to-Know Law.

The case begins with Darren Laustsen, a local parent who was alarmed by a new policy to restrict access to books that deal with “sexualized content,” seemingly in lockstep with book-censorship laws happening around the country. Searching the school library’s catalog, he came across a strange trend: Certain controversial books that appeared on other challenged-book lists had been

checked out for a year or more. Since students are only allowed to check out books for a week, he (correctly) suspected that library staff were checking them out themselves to block access.

So he filed a public records request for all books checked out by non-students. Now, it’s generally important for library patrons to have their privacy protected when it comes to the books they read — but it’s a different story if public employees are checking out books as part of their official duties and effectively enabling censorship. The district withheld the records, provided incomplete information and even went so far as to return books and re-check them out under a student’s account in order to obscure the truth. And so Laustsen sued.

The judge issued a scathing and literarily robust ruling: “In short, the district altered the records that were the subject of the request, thwarted public access to public information, and effectuated a cover-up of faculty, administrators and other non-students’ removal of books from Pennridge High School’s library shelves.” The opinion was peppered with witty quotes from historically banned books, including 1984, Alice in Wonderland, The Art of Racing in the Rain and To Kill a Mockingbird. After enumerating the district’s claims that later proved to be inaccurate, he cited Kurt Vonnegut’s infamous catchphrase from Slaughterhouse-Five: “So it goes.”

The Self-Serving Special Session Award

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders

By design, FOI laws exist to help the people who pay taxes hold the people who spend those taxes accountable. In Arkansas, as in many states, taxpayer money funds most government functions, such as daily office operations, schools, travel, dinners and security. As Arkansas’ governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders has flown all over the country, accompanied by members of her family and the Arkansas State Police. For the ASP alone, the people of Arkansas paid $1.4 million in the last half of last year.

Last year, Sanders seemed to tire of the scrutiny being paid to her office and her spending. Sanders cited her family’s safety as she tried to shutter any attempts to see her travel records, taking the unusual step of calling a special session of the state legislature to protect herself from the menace of transparency. Notably, the governor had also recently been implicated in an Arkansas Freedom of Information Act case for these kinds of records.

The Doobie-ous Redaction Award

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Drug Enforcement Administration

Bloomberg reporters got a major scoop when they wrote about a U.S. Health and Human Services memo detailing how health officials were considering major changes to the federal restrictions on marijuana, recommending reclassifying it from a Schedule I substance to Schedule III.

Currently, the Schedule I classification for marijuana puts it in the same league as heroin and LSD, while Schedule III classification would indicate lower potential for harm and addiction along with valid medical applications.

Since Bloomberg viewed but didn’t publish the memo itself, reporters from the Cannabis Business Times filed an FOIA request to get the document into the public record. The request was met with limited success: HHS provided a copy of the letter, but redacted virtually the entire document besides the salutation and contact information. When pressed further by CBT reporters, the DEA and HHS would only confirm what the redacted documents had already revealed — virtually nothing.

Another smirky dozen

The full version of this story offered a dozen more “winners.” Here’s a summary:

The Not-So-Magic Word Award: The Augusta County Sheriff’s office in Virginia thought it could get away with the state’s transparency law by marking reports “No FOIA.” Didn’t work.

The Error 404 Transparency Not Found Award: FOIAonline, an experiment in federal transparency, closed, which deleted millions of public documents from availability. Other organizations are hosting some of the trashed documents.

The Photographic Recall Award: The Los Angeles Police Department got irritated at publication of photos of officers, which has caused an ongoing court battle over constitutional issues.

The Cops Anonymous Award: The Chesterfield County Police Department in Virginia wouldn’t disclose names of public officers to a public records requester.

The Keep Your Opinions to Yourself Award: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita last year demanded info on types of gender-affirming care done by medical providers, but was tight-lipped about a public records request for all research uncovered.

The Failed Sunshine State Award: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won a Foilie for his success in 2023 “to undermine Florida’s superlative status [of good FOI laws]” with a slew of bills designed to weaken public transparency and journalism.

The “Clearly Releasable,” Clearly Nonsense Award: The U.S. Air Force “asked requesters to give up the fight over information before it even began, and to accept the Air Force’s redactions and rejections as non-negotiable.”

The Judicial Blindfold Award: A study showed two-thirds of Mississippi Justice Courts obstructed public access to basic information about law enforcement’s execution of search warrants. The media is pushing back.

The attempt to gut the law included a laundry list of carve-outs unrelated to safety, such as walking back the ability of public-records plaintiffs to recover attorney’s fees when they win their case. Fortunately, the people of Arkansas came out to support the principle of government transparency, even as their governor decided she shouldn’t need to deal with it anymore. Over a tense few days, dozens of Arkansans lined up to testify in defense of the state FOI Act and the value of holding elected officials, like Sanders, accountable to the people.

By the time the session wound down, the state Legislature had gone through multiple revisions. The sponsors walked back most of the extreme asks and added a requirement for the Arkansas State Police to provide quarterly reports on some of the governor’s travel costs. Other details became exempt. Sanders managed to twist the whole fiasco into a win, though it would be a great surprise if the legislature didn’t reconvene this year with some fresh attempts to take a bite out of FOIA.

HHS handed over the full, 250-page review several months later, after a lawsuit filed by an attorney in Texas. The crucial information the agencies had fought so hard to protect: “Based on my review of the evidence and the FDA’s recommendation, it is my recommendation as the Assistant Secretary for Health that marijuana should be placed in Schedule III of the CSA.”

The Foilies were compiled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (Director of Investigations Dave Maass, Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Mackey, Legal Fellow Brendan Gilligan, Investigative Researcher Beryl Lipton) and MuckRock (Co-Founder Michael Morisy, Data Reporter Dillon Bergin, Engagement Journalist Kelly Kauffman, and Contributor Tom Nash), with further review and editing by Shawn Musgrave. Published in partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.

Illustrations by Hannah Diaz/EFF.

See why we think the Charleston County School District Board of Trustees should have made the 2024 Foilies winners’ list page 8

It’s My Party and I Can Hide Records If I Want to Award: The Wyoming Department of Education got spanked for trying to hide how tax dollars paid for a private political event

The Feel the Burn Award: The Baltimore Police Department got sued for its demand that a nonprofit watchdog group pay more than $1 million to obtain copies of use-of-force investigation files.

The Continuing Failure Award: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and other agencies faced a lawsuit for failing to provide timely release of alien registration files. There’s still a huge backlog, but it’s reportedly gotten better.

The Creative Invoicing Award: The Richmond, Va., Police Department charged more than $7,800 to a watchdog that asked for copies of general police procedures. “Richmond has been caught attempting to use a simple FOIA request as a cash cow.”

Sanders

Neighborhoods

Folly Beach is unapologetically its authentic self

By Blakelyn Faia

Folly Beach, the self-titled “Edge of America” greets you with an easy-going vibe that has a colorful hue of charming restaurants and souvenir shops. Palmetto trees gently shade the edges of Center Street. The town is widely regarded as South Carolina’s quintessential fun and funky beach community.

With a population just over 2,000 people, this tight-knit town and surrounding area defines its unique essence with its laid-back demeanor and inclusive atmosphere.

A notable transformation for Folly Beach has been the frequent reconstruction of its pier. In the 1960s, the pier emerged as a musical hub, attracting crowds from across the country who developed a fondness for the community, leading to its title as “the people’s beach.” Since then, Folly Beach has become a safe haven for surf enthusiasts and beach lovers alike.

Pillars of the surf community

The town’s inherent charm draws visitors from all over. But what truly anchors many locals is its reputation for offering some of the finest waves in Charleston, especially catering to beginners. Shane Granigan became the first employee of Isla Surf School in 2015, working alongside founder Peter Melhado to create a welcoming and secure, yet fun, atmosphere for learning to surf on Folly Beach.

Granigan

“People who surf on Folly come from all different backgrounds,” Graingan said. “You get people riding their first waves, all the way to people who have been surfing their entire life and have based their life around it. So it’s a fun mix of people.”

What sets Folly apart from other beaches is that you can tailor your experience to exactly what you’re looking for, Graingan said. It’s spread out, which allows you to find a little nook or cranny for yourself or some friends. If you prefer, you can join a whole crowd to surf with. “The community and the vibe out there is what really keeps people coming back,” he said. “It’s got a little bit of something for everyone. Whether it’s surfing and then going and grabbing a beer at Chico Feo, there’s always people around.”

The women of Folly

Nadia Klincewicz and Liz Wolfe co-founded she’s on edge, a Charleston-based women’s surf and skate collection. They host meet-ups and events on Folly Beach, creating a space for women of all ages to thrive and receive support within the community. Wolfe describes Folly as “a really magical place for women surfing.” When she isn’t surfing or arranging the next paddle, you can find her working at McKelvin’s Surf Shop, South Carolina’s longest-established surf shop.

Folly Beach is cherished for its locally owned businesses and outdoor activities that are suitable for all

Wolfe said she loves the dead of the winter when she can sit and catch up with locals who come into the shop. She says summer is crazy as hundreds of people come into the shop daily. During the colder months, it’s nice to have a moment to breathe.

“Driving down any given street on Folly is really representative of the kookiness of Folly,” she said. “Not one house is the same. You’ve got massive, built-up, four-story homes, and then you’ve got little beach shanties and everything in between. I feel like that is a good metaphor for the people on Folly.

“There’s no type of person, It’s just characters. Even when there is dysfunction, it is a family dysfunction — there’s still love there.”

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Driving down any given street on Folly is really representative of the kookiness of Folly. Not one house is the same.”

—Liz Wolfe

Klincewicz lives on Folly and describes it as “a really dynamic place to live because it changes throughout the season, like being a snowbird but in your own home.”

During morning walks, she said she enjoys bumping into her neighbors and taking a moment to say, “Hey.”

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Cary McDonald file photo

“You just feel like you have such a strong support system,” she said. “If you ever need anything, there’s 12 neighbors that you can call and everyone will be jumping to help you.”

One-of-a-kind authenticity

Locals often come together at locally owned bars, unique restaurants and watering holes where they unwind and socialize.

“People are a bit more down to have an experience that’s more authentic and a little less polished,” said Ian Condon, bar manager at Jack of Cups Saloon on Center Street.

Other parts of Charleston haven’t quite matched the innovative concept offered by Jack of Cups, which is praised for its fusion of global comfort food with influences from Asian and Indian cuisines. The interior is welcoming and cozy, with the perfect touch of quirkiness that seamlessly integrates with the authentic feel of Folly.

“I always laugh with people, we literally have a hole in our one wall at Jack of Cups,” Condon said. “It’s where the beer lines used to come in before they switched the bar around and we cover it with a sticker. Like, we’re literally a hole in the wall and people love that about us.”

Reflecting on his time working in the restaurant industry, he said he’s never encoun-

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tered anyone like the local regulars who come in nearly everyday — the people who generously offer him parking in front of a house or use of an outdoor shower if he wishes to take a quick ocean dip before heading to work.

“Folly Beach doesn’t pretend to be anything other than itself. That kind of authenticity I think is one reason why the business thrives,” Condon said.

Folly Beach stands out as a cherished gem along the South Carolina coast. Whether it’s the vibrant community spirit or eccentric nature, locals and visitors find themselves drawn back time and again.

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she’s on edge founders Nadia Klincewicz (left) and Liz Wolfe (right) took a fresh approach to women surfers on Folly

Bumpa’s — when you’re here, you’re family

By Connelly Hardaway

Brothers Dan and Conor Sullivan named their Irish pub, Bumpa’s, after their late paternal grandfather, who one of their older cousins deemed “Bumpa.” A portrait of the patriarch hangs prominently in Bumpa’s, along with an entire wall of black and white images of guests past and present.

“We call it the wall of heroes,” Dan said. “Bumpa was our grandfather and just like so many grandfathers he had a lot of stories … The idea was to put this out in the community — if you enjoyed your time and felt comfortable here, you send us a photo and we’ll frame it.”

The pair said that you’d be surprised how many folks have a Bumpa in their lives. One family even bought a bunch of Bumpa’s branded T-shirts to wear to a family reunion one summer to surprise their own Bumpa. Naturally, that picture hangs proudly on the wall of heroes.

Before opening Bumpa’s, both Dan and Conor worked in the corporate world (Conor still works in sales), but they always knew they wanted to own a bar together. They credit a childhood of watching Cheers with that dream. Conor said that the vision was always Dan’s pet project, though.

“This is really Dan’s idea,” Conor said. “He always said, ‘We’ll open a bar.’ And we talked about it more and had more ideas. There were stapled menus on the backs of napkins. We got older and more serious and decided to do it.”

Family first

Even with Sam Malone proudly displayed on Bumpa’s wall of heroes, the pair admit that the reality of owning a bar is a touch more challenging than their beloved sitcom led them to believe. “I’ve been humbled by this business,” Dan said.

The challenges started before Bumpa’s even opened its doors when the brothers bought a historic property on Cumberland Street. “We had to do a huge retrofit to make it viable for the kind of business we

Dan and Conor Sullivan want you and your friends to revel in the atmosphere at Bumpa’s

wanted,” Conor said. They rearranged the restaurant’s layout and added some natural light by uncovering the building’s original windows. They did such a good job restoring the place that the city awarded the building with a Carolopolis Award in 2021.

Another challenge? Opening during the year 2020. “We didn’t have to break any bad habits,” Dan said on the silver lining of starting from the baseline of an international pandemic. The brothers high fived remembering the dedication to spray bottles of sanitizer used all over the restaurant. They credit a strong staff, especially general manager Kory Schaaf with how smoothly things run at Bumpa’s.

Dealing with the personalities of employees is a far cry from the corporate world Dan and Conor are used to inhabiting. Dan said the biggest surprise of owning a restaurant is dealing with the folks who work there. “I think it’s the people, that being such a huge part of the job. I don’t think I was anticipating needing to be an ear for so many folks,” he said.

Camaraderie doesn’t stop with the employees, though. The convivial atmosphere extends to guests, too. “We want you to be comfortable here,” Dan said. “We do not churn and burn, we want you to be in here and relax. If you’re here for a couple hours, we’ll keep the beer flowing, don’t worry about it. We want [people] to feel like it’s their neighborhood bar.”

At the end of the day, if the employees, guests and brothers themselves are feeling good, things are running pretty smoothly at Bumpa’s.

“We’re not afraid of hard work,” Dan said. “But we also want to make sure that we still get to reap the rewards.” That means delegating tasks to others and spending as much time with their families as possible. Dan and Conor’s parents live nearby and they said that when everyone gets together, wives and kids included, things can get a little hectic — in the best way possible.

“Now that we’re all together it’s chaotic and fun and all that stuff,” Dan said. “But in Bumpa’s words, ‘it’s been beautiful.’”

“That was his word,” agreed Conor.

Have a great time at Bumpa’s this St. Patrick’s Day weekend at 5 Cumberland St. downtown. Enjoy a special menu and drink specials as well as live music and appearances from step dancers and bagpipe players.

What’s new

The Bar & Patio at Husk recently launched a new spring cocktail menu, with seasonal sips like the Blood & Honey (created by bartender Josh Gecowets), which features housemade blood orange juice. Paige Nelson recently took over as the Bar & Patio’s bar manager, and she brings her own creation to the spring cocktail menu with The Sizzle Reel, made with grilled pineapple-infused tequila, cilantro, jalapeno and lime. The Bar & Patio is open starting at 5 p.m. daily.

What’s hot

Southern Living recently released its “Best New Restaurant In Every Southern State 2024” list and Charleston’s Vern’s was deemed South Carolina’s best new spot. Vern’s is no stranger to national attention; the restaurant was named one of “America’s Best New Restaurants 2023” by The New York Times last year. The Southern Living blurb about Vern’s said: “The warmly-lit dining room feels like you’re in a very sophisticated friend’s home, and the dinner menu skews cozy but refined as well, with dishes like charred sourdough bread with allium butter, and grilled pork with king trumpet mushrooms. It’s the kind of place anyone would love to have on their corner.”

What’s happening

It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, and the Lowcountry has no shortage of parties. Head to The Washout at 8 p.m. on Saturday for live music from Dan’s Tramp Stamp & The Moneybags and food and drink specials. Tommy Condon’s celebrates 40 years as one of Charleston’s finest Irish pubs with celebrations from March 14 through March 17, including live music and a special menu with drink specials. Sip on specialty cocktails all weekend at Lowlife Bar, like the Pot of Gold made with Slane whiskey, ginger, lime and bitters, or the Leprechaun Juice made with Tullamore Dew, Tang, dry curacao, orange and lemon. Check out our full roundup of St. Paddy’s fun online at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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Photographer Parry shows abstract landscapes

By Chloe Hogan

Photographer Nigel Parry has been lauded over his 35-year career for his portrait photography of US presidents, celebrities and other luminaries — Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Leonardo DiCaprio, to name a few — for publications like Vogue, The New York Times Magazine and Time Magazine

But he’s showing another side of his artistic voice in Untitled Places, an exhibition at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park which assembles abstract, liminal landscapes by Parry. The exhibition opened on March 1 and will remain on view through May 5. There’s a chance to meet Parry at his artist talk at 2 p.m. March 16.

Untitled Places showcases more than forty of Parry’s impressionistic landscapes. About half of the photographic works were made in the Lowcountry, Parry said — four of them in fact capture the Waterfront park where the gallery is located. Some abstract a foggy Colonial Lake into a kaleidoscopic exploration of color, while other photos capture bright white light on Spanish Moss. The other half of the works were made in upstate New York, with a handful made while traveling between New York, his new home in Charleston, and his native South Yorkshire, England.

Parry said that this show is a return to an interest he’s had since he first picked up the camera. “From the age of 11 to 22, it was all landscapes,” he said in an interview. But when he found mega success in portraiture, he remained on near constant assignment for three decades — that is, until the COVID lockdown left him without subjects to photograph.

“I realized I missed organizing elements in a frame … I had to go and dig around in my studio to find my old film camera, which I hadn’t used since I switched to digital in 2006.”

A change of subject matter

He returned to photographing the landscape on 35 mm film, a hobby he enjoyed when he was young. Parry sometimes employs long exposure times to create

Nigel Parry presents abstract, Rothko-inspired landscape film photography at the City Gallery

blurry, fuzzy, grainy photographs. He emphasized the fact that shooting on film is what creates the intriguing textures and atmospheres on display in Untitled Places “Their inherent imperfections — lens aberrations, grain within the film’s various layers, chemical development … it all comes together to transform the photographs into something more abstract.”

A handful of smaller works in the show are actually shot on iPhone, of Parry’s freezing breath illuminated by a flashlight as he walked his dog through the snow in New York.

“My landscapes use all the same means of visual storytelling and intentions to show my highly personalized representation of the environment around me. These photographs are not necessarily meant to be a direct representation of the view I see, but more of a feeling of what it’s like to be there.”

When he made the first works in the series, he said, Parry found a resemblance

to the colorblocked, spiritually charged paintings of Mark Rothko. “Unwittingly, I was being influenced by Rothko somewhere along the line,” adding that the Rothko reference became the throughline that unites Untitled Places. “I got completely hooked on dividing the frame.”

Some of the works appear at faraway glance as a block of purple above a block of green. But upon closer inspection, you’ll slowly uncover a horizon line with tiny, blurry trees; a ripple in the water; or the wind-blown, blurry blades of grass in the marsh. In some cases, you might find a tiny

Arts, etc.

Filmmaker Julie Dash to speak at the IAAM

The International African American Museum will host a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Julie Dash from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 21. Dash is known for playing an instrumental role in the L.A. Rebellion film movement and her experimental films that push past racial and gender boundaries. In her works including Daughters of the Dust, Dash has focused intently on the struggles Black women face. Register for free at iaamuseum.org.

Garcia releases debut poetry collection

Joshua Garcia’s debut poetry collection Pentimento will be available starting March 15 from Black Lawrence Press. Garcia, who holds an MFA from the College of Charleston, wrote Pentimento to explore queerness as it is entangled in one’s faith and cultural traditions. Whether seeking to understand his relationship to God, friends or family, Garcia interrogates questions that arise on the path to self-acceptance. Purchase it for $17.95 at blacklawrencepress.com.

Shop vintage vendors at Lo-Fi Brewing

Head to Lo-Fi Brewing from noon to 4 p.m. March 16 for the Trade and Trend Spring Market , hosted by Almighty Lifestyles and Style Daddy Vintage Browse stands from more than 30 local vendors selling vintage clothes, handmade creations and more. For more information, check out @charleston_ trade_and_trend on Instagram.

Learn through song with Daniel Tiger

The hugely popular Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE! (based on the PBS KIDS TV series) comes to the Gaillard Center for just one performance at 2 p.m. on March 17. The live show features new songs as well as fan favorites from the series, including the beloved “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The live theatrical production is filled with music, dancing and surprises that will warm the hearts of preschoolers, parents and grandparents alike. Tickets start at $29 at gaillardcenter.org. — Chloe Hogan

“Colonial Lake” by Nigel Parry

“Ashokan 1” by Nigel Parry/Images courtesy City Gallery

Parry

Renowned portrait photographer

Charleston Symphony presents ‘music for everyone’

By Chloe Hogan

The Charleston Symphony’s new season was created with two important goals in mind: to nurture its core audience and reach new patrons. That’s why the 20242025 season is titled “Music For Everyone,” said artistic director and concertmaster Yuriy Bekker.

“There is truly something for everyone in this next season of programming that I can’t wait to share with our community,” he told the City Paper. “In difficult times, music is always there to unite people. It’s this language that everybody can understand. To me personally, a great way to fulfill our mission is to bring people together through music.”

Engaging new audiences

Two overarching programs point to the goals of the 2024-2025 season: the Masterworks series and the Pops series. The eight shows in the Masterworks series offers a dynamic range of orchestral repertoire, featuring notable guest musicians and conductors. The lineup includes Rachmanioff’s “Third Piano Concerto,” Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto,” Debussy’s “La Mer,” and the not-to-bemissed performances of Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection Symphony” (which is featured

in the 2023 Oscar nominated film Maestro with actor Bradley Cooper acting as composer Leonard Bernstein).

“It is an enormous accomplishment for our orchestra to play Mahler,” Bekker said. “Musicians love Mahler — he gives everybody something to do and everyone is featured. It’s a long and epic symphony, and it has all the elements of life and death. We had to get special risers for the chorus because it needs so many voices. There’s offstage brass instruments. … It’s a huge undertaking and something that is rarely done in Charleston.”

There’s also a program featuring classical guitar with conductor José Luis Gomez — a type of Masterworks concert which has not been done before in the organization’s 90-year history, Bekker noted.

The orchestra opens its Pops Series with a vibrant celebration of symphonic jazz featuring the legendary Byron Stripling, who will lead the Charleston Symphony in music from Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. There’s a throwback Pops concert to the great movie soundtracks of the 80s, including Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Rocky and more, featuring actress Jean Louise Kelly. And enjoy an evening of music from James Bond films with singer Chloe Lowery.

“If you’ve never been to a Symphony performance, try a Pops concert to get your feet wet,” Bekker advised. “Maybe you are

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Grammy-nominated violinist Tessa Lark is the special guest for Charleston Symphony’s Masterworks performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Violin Concerto”

Bekker

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High Fidelity: Your Top 5

Originally from Pennsylvania, Carly Torrens is a sophomore at the College of Charleston pursuing a business degree, Ohm Radio writes. Carly has ventured into entrepreneurship with the establishment of her own small business, Sunny Ave Jewelry. Her commitment to academic excellence is evident in her unwavering dedication to her studies, complemented by active involvement on campus. Carly currently holds the position of Vice President of the Zeta Gamma Chapter of Chi Omega and also serves as a distinguished Student Ambassador for the School of Business. Beyond her academic and leadership pursuits, Carly’s passion for the arts shines through as she dedicates her time to painting, jewelry-making, writing, admiring music and immersing herself in the beauty of nature. Here are Carly’s top five albums:

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

Bluebeard by The Brook & The Bluff

Gorilla by James Taylor

I Got a Name by Jim Croce

Mirage by Fleetwood Mac

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person captured on film — Parry’s sense of scale in these 40x40-inch photographs reminds his viewers of the overwhelming, mystical power of nature.

“The only difference between these and portrait photography is no one’s telling me who to go and photograph,” he told the City Paper. “But I approach it with the same thoughts: What’s the message I’m trying to say? How am I going to say that? Sometimes the message isn’t sort of meta physical or mystical … It’s, ‘F***ing hell. Look at those clouds.’ ”

Beauty in the mundane

Though the photos in handle a different subject matter than the portraiture he’s known for, his handling of those two subjects are the same, he said.

“As a portrait photographer, you’re in an exceedingly privileged position where you are asked by someone to make a highly per sonalized comment about the person that’s in front of you. That’s really what a portrait photographer is — giving your opinion of

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worried about classical music — so I say give Pops a try. You’ll find music from your favorite films, holiday classics or the totally 80’s show we’ve got this season.”

Another historic first in store this season is the symphony’s upcoming performances in New York City in February 2025. Alongside its youth orchestra and College of Charleston Orchestra, the Symphony will

Center to present the Richmond Ballet in “Carmina Burana” this October.

“The orchestra is a cornerstone of the arts community in our state, and we want to make it accessible and interesting for everybody.”

Buy tickets or create-your-own package of six concerts and save at charlestonsymphony.org.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Art, Antiques, & Collectables

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Notices

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LLC 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 Annie Seel Mintz a/k/a Annie Cile Mintz 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.

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff, through his Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL PLEASE 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/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that the Summons, Lis Pendens and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 14, 2023.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on December 14, 2023.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought pursuant to Sections 12-61-10 and 15-67-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and the South Carolina Declaratory Judgment Acts for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the owner of the said property described in paragraph Seventy-Two (72) of the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants, their heirs, devisees and assigns have no interest, claim or estate in or lien upon the said properties.

That said properties affected by said Complaint in this Action hereby commenced was, at the time of the commencement of this Action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice is described as follows:

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina containing 0.16

New Lot 12/13

Acres, Oak Grove Subdivision, Block F” made by Covert Boyd Nelson, Surveyor, of Atlantic Surveying, Inc., dated April 4, 2019, and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County on July 17, 2019 in Plat Book S19, page 0139, said lot having such size, shape and dimensions, more or less, as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear and being as shown on said plat.

TMS: 472-04-00-124 (Previously TMS Numbers 472-04-00-124 and 472-04-00-125)

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated February 27, 2024 and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina has been appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the Defendants herein as may be unknown infants, persons insane, or otherwise incompetent or under legal disability, claiming any right, title, estate claim, interest in, or lien upon the property described in the Complaint herein, such appointment to become absolute unless they or someone on their behalf shall procure an Order appointing a Guardian ad Litem for such persons within (30)

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: BILLY STANLEY 2024-ES-10-0122

DOD: 12/31/23

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 20, 2023, at 10:23 PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Regina Parvin, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Regina Parvin, SC Bar # 65393 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101 North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 953-9625.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-3223

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS LATISHA JONES, TYRELL DRAYTON, CLIFFORD HARTWELL. DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007,

ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with

Court

County on November 2, 2023. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally R. Young, Legal

the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court. Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686

Pers. Rep: TANYA BECVINOVSKI 348 SHOALS DR. MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Atty: P. BRANDT SHELBOURNE, ESQ. 131 E. RICHARDSON AVE. SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483 ************

Estate of: DENIS KURT BERUBE 2024-ES-10-0131 DOD: 1/2/24

Pers. Rep: JOANNA TAK-WAI LAU 71 EUGENIA AVE. KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 15 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Estate of: SHONDA NOWITA PINCKNEY 2024-ES-10-0149 DOD: 4/21/23 Pers. Rep: ADONTIS D. PINCKNEY 2325 BAILEY DR. NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405

Estate of: HAROLD JOSEPH QUINN, JR. AKA HAROLD QUINN 2024-ES-10-0162

DOD: 12/18/23

Pers. Rep: JOHN

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE FAMILY COURT NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2023-DR-10-3136

Matthew Fogliano, Plaintiff, VS. Heather D. Geopfert, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: HEATHER D. GEOPFERT

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at 105 Wappoo Creek Dr., Suite 3-B, Charleston, South Carolina 29412, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer, appear, or otherwise plead within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court that you be held in default and that he be granted the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

That the original Complaint in the above-entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Family Court, For Charleston County on October 19, 2023.

NOTICE OF HEARING TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

that a hearing for expedited/ temporary relief is scheduled for this matter on March 18, 2024 at 9:45 a.m. before the Family Court for the Ninth Judicial Circuit at Charleston County Family Court, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401

Roger S. Dixon S.C. Bar Number: 79896

Dixon Law Firm, LLC

105 Wappoo Creek Dr., Suite 3-B Charleston, South Carolina 29412 T:(843) 637-4695

F: (866) 514-5156

Email:rogerdixon@dixonlawfirm.net

Attorney for PlaintiffFebruary 23, 2023

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2024-CP-10-00624

Kitty Edwards, LLC

Plaintiff, -vKieviet Driskell, a/k/a Kieviet Heyward, Thomas M. Porter, Tarae Porter, Margaret Ann Burkhalter, Tonja R. Jones, Thomasina Porter Dawson, Benjamin T. Porter, Jr., Darcel! Miller, if they be alive, and John Doe, adults and Richard Roe, infants) Insane persons and incompetents, being fictitious names, designating as a class any person who may be an heir, devisee, widow, widower, assignee, administrator, executor, personal representative creditor, successor, issue, alienee of Ben Edwards Mary Mazyck Edwards, Sallie Edwards, Idell Edwards Mitchell, Harriet Cutsy Edwards Brown, Lydia Edwards Newman, Minnie Edwards, Carrie Edwards Brown, Patsy Edwards, Beatrice Edwards, a/k/a Beatrice Edwards Porter, a/k/a Beatrice Edwards Richardson, Benjamin “Teddy” Porter, Sr,. ) Andrea Helen Porter, Oliver Edwards, Sr., William Allen Edwards, James Jimmie Edwards, Martha Miller Edwards, deceased and all other persons and} legal entities, in the military or under legal disability) Known and unknown, owning, having and claiming ) any right, title, claim, interest, equity, estate, lien upon the parcel of land, described in the Complaint) herein or any

SUMMONS

Quiet Title and Partition Non Jury Refer to Master

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 upon the subscriber and undersigned, Kitty Edwards LLC, at, P.O. Box 1563, Hollywood, S.C. 29449, within thirty (30) days, after the service thereof, 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.

LIS PENDENS

Rivers Ave., Suite 101 N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 (843) 953-9625. part thereof. Defendants

NOTICE OF FILING

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in North Charleston, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, as more particularly shown on that certain plat made by James O’Hear, CE, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book E, page 240. Said lot is bounded and described as follows:

Plaintiff Claude C. Wilson (hereinafter referred to as the “Plaintiff”), is a citizen and resident of the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston.

damages and any further relief the Court deems proper. RELIEF REQUESTED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, pursuant to the provisions of Title 15, Chapters 53 and 67, South Carolina Code of Laws for 1976, as amended, commonly known as the “Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act” for the purposes of determining adverse claims, if any, against the parcel of land hereinafter described; to adjudge and declare that the Plaintiff is the fee simple owner of the parcel of land, with fee simple title thereto, free and clear of any adverse claims of each and every one of the Defendants joined in the above entitled action and that each and every one of the other Defendants joined herein be declared forever barred from claiming or asserting any right, title, claim, interest, equity or estate in the hereinafter described parcel of land and pursuant to Rule 71 SCRCP for the purpose of declaring that there be a free and clear title of the Plaintiff’s name by and through an Order of this Honorable Court.

THE BELOW DESCRIBED parcel of real estate was at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens, and at the time of the commencement of this action, situated, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more particularly described as follows: All that lot, piece, part, parcel and tract of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hollywood, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and now measuring and containing two (2) acres, more or less.

Butting and Bounding on the north by S.C. Hwy 162, on the south by lands now or formerly of Ben Edwards Estate, on the west by lands now or formerly of Ben Edwards Estate, on the east by lands now or formerly of Ben Edwards Estate.

Being a portion of the parcel of land that was conveyed to the late Ben Edwards, in a deed of J.O. Mccants, dated August 23, 1904, and recorded on December 28, 1971 in Book F 98 at page 93 in the Charleston County RMC Office. TMS# 126-00-00-145.

Dated this 2 day of February, 2024, Hollywood, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE

NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the expiration of thirty (30) days following the service of a copy of the within NOTICE OF INTENT

TO REFER upon you, the Plaintiff intends to and will appear before the Honorable Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, at the usual place of adjudication and will move His or Her Honor for the entry of an Order referring the above entitled action to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, with finality of authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to SCRCP 4 (e), the original copy of the Summons, Complaint, Notice Nisi, Notice of Filing, Notice of Intent to Refer, Notice of Right of First Refusal and Les Pendens were filed in the Office of Clerk, of the Common Pleas Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for the County of Charleston, located and situated at 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina. IF YOU desire to contest, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings, you must file a written response thereto within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this Notice, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to contest, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings within the time aforesaid, your failure to respond will constitute your consent to the relief requested by the Plaintiff, and you shall forfeit all of your rights and obligations with respect to the subject property.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that you must file with the clerk of this court your current address and you must advise the clerk of any changes in your address during the pendency of the herein mentioned proceedings.

NOTICE OF RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN NAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. The Court shall provide for the non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common who are interested in purchasing the property to notify the court of that interest no later than ten (10) days prior to the date set for trial of the case. The non- petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common shall be allowed to purchase the interests in the property as provided in this section whether default has been entered against them or not”. 1976 Code of Laws, Section 15- 61-25 (A).

Dated this 2 day of February, 2024, at Charleston County, South Carolina.

s/Kenneth Edwards

Kenneth Edwards, Esquire P.O. Box 1563

Hollywood, South Carolina 29449 Phone: (843) 889-1011

Attorney for the Plaintiff

48580.F51557

NOTICE OF MASTER IN EQUITY SALE CASE NO. 2023CP1003549

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

Ally Bank d/b/a Ally Capital Corp., PLAINTIFF VERSUS John D. Poltor, DEFENDANT(S).

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the Front Entrance of CHARLESTON COUNTY

JUDICIAL CENTER, 4045 Bridge View Drive, Council Chambers, North Charleston 29405, South Carolina on April 2, 2024, at 11:00

A.M. or shortly thereafter.

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

Northeast: By Lot 42 in Block 110, 150 feet; Southeast: By Rugheimer Avenue, 75 feet; Southwest: By the Southwest portion of Lot 39 in Block 110, 150 feet; and Northeast: By Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, Block 110, 76 feet.

Said Lot is made up of 16 feet of the Northeast portion of Lot 39, all 30 feet of Lot 40, all 30 feet of Lot 41, in Block 110, all as shown on said plat.

TMS #: 470-07-00-130

Current Property Address: 4443 Rugheimer Avenue N. Charleston, SC 29405

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Finkel Law Firm LLC (843) 577-5460

FOR INSERTION

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Civil Action No.: 2023-CP-10-04460

Kyshia D. James as Attorney in Fact of Claude C. Wilson, Plaintiffs, vs. Kevin Shane Wilson, Defendant.

SUMMONS

TO: THE DEFENDANTS 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 pleading upon the subscribers at their offices, 4000 Faber Place Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after 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.

COMPLAINT

(Jury trial demanded)

Plaintiff, by and through his undersigned counsel, would respectfully allege as follows:

PARTIES AND JURISDICTION

Plaintiff Kyshia D. James is the Attorney in Fact of Plaintiff pursuant to a General Power of Attorney executed on May 25, 2023 and recorded with the Charleston County Register of Deeds on June 22, 2023 in Book 1186 at Page 743.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant, Kevin Shane Wilson, is a citizen and resident of the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston.

This Court has personal jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter jurisdiction over the issues raised herein.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff is a vulnerable adult as defined in S.C. Code § 43-35-05 et al.

On or around July1, 2020, Plaintiff learned that he had to undergo inpatient physical rehabilitation, so he added Defendant to his Wells Fargo Account (“the Account”) to assist him in paying necessary expenses as an accommodation party.

Upon being discharged from his rehabilitation, Plaintiff moved back into his home.

Due to his mental and physical infirmities, Plaintiff requested that Defendant live with Plaintiff in Plaintiff’s home (“the Home”) so that Defendant could assist Plaintiff in every day life. Plaintiff kept Defendant’s name on the Account so that Defendant could assist Plaintiff in paying expenses.

Defendant was prohibited from using the funds for the Defendant’s own benefit.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant engaged in a course of self dealing without permission and converted over $77,500.00 from the Account.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that on December 2, 2021, Defendant coerced Plaintiff into executing a Quit Claim Deed (the “Deed”) deeding 50% ownership in the Home to the Defendant. A copy of the Deed is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference herein.

FOR A FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION (Constructive Trust)

The foregoing paragraphs are realleged as if fully set forth herein verbatim.

At all relevant times, the Plaintiff was unaware of the nature and quality of the act of conveying the ownership interest in the property. It would be inequitable for the Defendant to retain ownership in the property.

Defendant received title by violating S.C. Code § 43-35-05 et. al.

Plaintiff asks the Court to find that the Defendant holds Title to the Property in a constructive trust for the benefit of the Plaintiff.

FOR A SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (Conversion)

The foregoing paragraphs are realleged as if fully set forth herein verbatim.

Plaintiffs had an interest in the funds within the Account.

Defendant was only permitted to use the funds in the account to benefit the Plaintiff.

Plaintiff is informed and believes that Defendant converted over $77,500.00 for its own use.

Plaintiff did not provide permission for Defendant to convert over $77,500.00 for Defendant’s benefit.

Plaintiff is entitled to actual

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray the Court hold the Defendant liable for the actions set forth herein, to enter judgment against the Defendant and in favor of Plaintiffs, and to award the following relief: Declare a constructive trust; Rescind the Deed; Award Plaintiffs all actual, consequential, and punitive damages against the Defendant in an amount to be proven at trial; and Any other relief this Court deems just and equitable.

Respectfully Submitted, FINKEL LAW FIRM LLC

s/ B. Alex Finkel B. Alex Finkel (SC Bar #: 105751)

Johnny J. Stewart (SC Bar #: 102842) 4000 Faber Place Drive, Suite 450 North Charleston, South Carolina 29405

Email: afinkel@finkellaw.com

Phone: (843) 577-5460

Attorneys for the Plaintiff

September 12, 2023 North Charleston, South Carolina

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

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Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-05578

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

U.S. Bank National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs. Donna R Lee; Robert R Cox, Jr; Discover Bank; Bank of America, N.A.; South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 22nd day of February, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd day of April, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel, or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Wadmalaw Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as 29.78 ACRES +/-, LANDS OF W. T. HART, as shown on a plat thereof made by W. H. Matheny, RLS, dated June 6, 1962 and duly recorded in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, SC, in Plat Book T at Page 125; SAID lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear. THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Henry J. Lee, Jr. and Donna R. Lee by virtue of a Deed from Carl G. Eaton dated July 15, 1983 and recorded July 15, 1983

THEREAFTER, Henry J. Lee, Jr.’s interest in the subject property was conveyed unto Donna R. Lee, by Henry J. Lee, Sr., as Executor of the Estate of Henry J. Lee, Jr., (Estate # 1987-ES-10-00529), pursuant to the probate of said Estate, and by virtue of a Deed dated July 22, 1987 and recorded July 23, 1987 in Book E 167 at Page 546, and by virtue of a Quit-Claim Deed from First Union National Bank, as Trustee under the Will of Henry J. Lee, Jr. dated July 29, 1987 and recorded August 4, 1987 in Book N 167 at Page 525 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

THEREAFTER, Donna R. Lee conveyed an undivided one-half (1/2) interest in the subject property unto Robert R. Cox, Jr. by virtue of a Deed dated October 16, 1997and recorded October 22, 1997 in Book T 291 at Page 901 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina, making Donna R. Lee and Robert R. Cox, Jr. the sole owners of the subject property.

1310 Harts Bluff Road Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487

TMS# 196-00-00-023

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be re-opened for final bidding at 11:00 a.m. on the 2nd day of May, 2024. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

March 15th, 2024, March 22nd, 2024, March 29th, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-05479

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

Guild Mortgage Company LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Alan J Gladstone; Kayla Gladstone, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of February, 2024 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd day of April, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 16, Block B, on a plat entitled “CAPRI ISLES, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, prepared by The John McCrady Co, Engineers, dated May. 1957 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L, Page 049; said lot having such size,

shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Alan J. Gladstone and Kayla Gladstone, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed from Daniel L. Croghan, Jr. and Megan C. Croghan dated September 28, 2021 and recorded November 8, 2021 in Book 1050 at Page 448 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. 1894 Capri Drive Charleston, SC 29407 TMS# 350-14-00-026

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

John S. Kay, Esquire

Telephone: 803-726-2700 FOR INSERTION

March 15th, 2024, March 22nd, 2024, March 29th, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale

Case No. 2019-CP-10-05136 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Gateway Mortgage Group LLC, a division of Gateway First Bank VS Jerilyn Kuthe Leavell; Moss Creek Property Owners Association, Inc.; South Carolina Electric and Gas n/k/a Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of April, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd day of April, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Moss Creek at Grande Oaks Subdivision, County of Charleston, City of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as LOT 104-A, on a plat entitled: “SUBDIVISION PLAT SHOWING MOSS CREEK AT GRANDE OAKS, PHASE 4, LOTS 33A-49A, 66A-74A, 76A-80A, AND 100A-106A, PROPERTY OF CENTEX HOMES, LOCATED IN THE BEES FERRY AREA, THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” made by Trico Envirometrics, Inc., dated July 1, 2002, and recorded August 21, 2002, in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book EF, Page 840. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

BEING the same property conveyed to Jerilyn Kuthe Leavell by Deed of Robert A. Walters and Shelby J. Walters dated July 8, 2016 and recorded July 13, 2016 in Book 568 at Page 66, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 305-04-00-306

Current Property Address:

629 Halstead Street Charleston, SC 29414

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

March 15th, 2024, March 22nd, 2024, March 29th, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City and County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot 11, Block F, North Forest Acres Subdivision, as shown and designated on a plat by Herbert A. Niemeyer, Jr., C.E. and L.S. #3491, entitled “Plat of Lots 5-14, Block “F”, North Forest Acres, City of Charleston, owned by A & W Land Company, Inc.” which said plat is dated May 6, 1974 and recorded June 13, 1974, in Plat Book AD, Page 43 of the RMC Office for Charleston County. The said lot having such size, shape metes, bounds and dimensions as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and full description.

TOGETHER with a 2000 Fleetwood Mobile Home, VIN# GAFLZ39A&B13835F212 located thereon.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Spencer Graham by virtue of a Deed from Aprile C. Hiott dated March 31, 2000 and recorded April 04, 2000 in Book F345 at Page 104 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

16 Martin Luther King Boulevard Charleston, SC 29407 TMS# 350-04-00-089

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

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

defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE

that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN

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

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

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01682244733133270,0.0168 2244733133270% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0303-45B,98-0304-19B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/13/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1163, Page 447. Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as

CAROLYN F. WARD & SAMUEL WARD JR., 2525 RAVENNA LN EVANS, GA 30809.

W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0316-28O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/21/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1149, Page 570.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

Sale Case No. 2023-CP-10-01367 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Village Capital & Investment, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Spencer Graham and if Spencer Graham be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Spencer Graham, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Spencer Graham, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Suzette D Graham; Cynthia Graham; Earl S Graham; Catherine Thomas; Paul Graham, Jr a/k/a Paul Graham

III; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of January, 2024 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd day of April, 2024, at 11:00

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

March 15th, 2024, March 22nd, 2024, March 29th, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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

PNC Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs. Francis M Christopher a/k/a

Francis Morgan Christopher; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles, DEFENDANT(S)

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

C/A NO: 2023-CP-10-06154

DEFICIENCY WAIVED TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE

NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on December 19, 2023.

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

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

Junior Lienholder: , The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1163 at Page 499, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $117,277.67

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $218.73

Total Amount Due $117,946.40

With a per diem of $50.84

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or

BRIAN LEAPHART & KATIE HARDEE, 127 NEW COLONY CT LEXINGTON, SC 29073.

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1149 at Page 581, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $19,704.44

Trustee’s Fee $450.00 Costs $219.16 Total Amount Due $20,373.60 With a per diem of $9.36

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0425-51B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 10/13/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1043, Page 49.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

BARRON MARSHARNE HENRY 5910 WEST HALEH AVE LAS VEGAS, NV 89141.

Junior Lienholder: The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1043 at Page 50, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $30,141.01 Trustee’s Fee $450.00 Costs $219.16 Total Amount Due $30,810.17 With a per diem of $12.34

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0416-10B.

default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0316-19O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/8/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1076, Page 357.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

EBONY R. FRAISER-PINKNEY & SHANIER L. PINKNEY, 149 KINGS DALE RD PITTSBURGH, PA 15221.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1076 at Page 421, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $17,309.96

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $432.49

Total Amount Due $18,192.45 With a per diem of $8.72

and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844,0.003 99374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0416-20E, 98-0416-19O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/13/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1163, Page 462.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

MICHAEL PAUL HARRISON & TRISHA MARIE HARRISON 128 ROCK ISLAND ST SPRING VALLEY,IL 61362-1628. Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1163 at Page 508, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$48,514.38

or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00621837316340825% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0206-20O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 7/9/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1012, Page 170.

Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-17E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 12/22/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1062, Page 745.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

JERRY WHITE & CAROLYN A. SMITH 116-34 217TH ST CAMBRIA HEIGHTS, NY 11411-0001.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1062 at Page 751, records of Charleston County, SC.

no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0426-49O. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/8/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1076, Page 364. Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows: JUDYTH ANN WHITEFORD

for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps,

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $17,756.66

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $647.30

Total Amount Due $18,853.96

With a per diem of $6.17

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

With a per diem of $10.09

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0326-34B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/9/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1162, Page 888.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

FRANCES WELLS & MARIA ALFONSO, 6324 WESTCOTT COVE BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32829.

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0325-51E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/22/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1080, Page 877.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $13,395.60

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $647.30

Total Amount Due $14,492.90

With a per diem of $5.31

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES

(the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0416-14B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 3/10/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1167, Page 808.

at Page 842, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $51,174.63

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.06

Total Amount Due $51,976.69

With a per diem of $24.50

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $25,909.24 With a per diem of $10.51

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $44,047.76

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $44,850.25

With a per diem of $21.13

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

$158,148.91

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $158,951.40

The

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.01243674632681650% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0303-51B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 4/14/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1173, Page 937. Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

Interests

as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0403-11B,98-0403-12B, 98-0519-4B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 12/23/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1063, Page 320.

Junior Lienholder: The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1103 at Page 316, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest) $124,765.58

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $125,568.07

With a per diem of $42.76

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655 P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES (the “Project”) consisting of the following: A fee simple undivided 0.00798748443817687,0.007

98748443817687% ownership interest

common

the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0512-47B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 1/25/2023 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1160, Page 181.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1092 at Page 901, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $104,413.23

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $352.49

Total Amount Due $105,215.72 With a per diem of $34.74

Together with any and all

JOHN ANDREW SUBOCZ & ARGIE ELIZABETH SUBOCZ, 8720 ALUM ROCK DR AUSTIN, TX 78747-3951.

Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1160 at Page 194, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest)

$106,065.02

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $432.49

Total Amount Due $106,947.51

With a per diem of $48.54

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

Project

or

required

fee, and

sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024, beginning at 9:30 A.M..

The Public Auction shall occur on the steps of the O.T. Wallace County Office Building located at 101 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29402.

Property Description A Vacation Ownership Interest in LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

GABRIEL ROLANDO LOPEZ

KAFATI & ANTHONY EDWARD CORONA JR., 6371 PENT PL. MIAMI LAKES, FL 33014.

Junior Lienholder:

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1052 at Page 823, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are

Amount currently in default (including interest)

$12,931.22

Trustee’s Fee $450.00

Costs $432.49

Total Amount Due $13,813.71

With a per diem of $6.37

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896 North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §§ 27-32-300, et. seq., NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the intent of the undersigned Trustee, King Cunningham, LLC, P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597, to sell the below described Property at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash on 3/22/2024,

Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0317-49E. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 11/16/2021 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1052, Page 815.

98-0325-41B. Said property being the same property conveyed to Grantors by 1776 Development, LLC recorded on 2/22/2022 in the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County in Deed Book 1080, Page 876.

Name/Notice Address of Obligor; Record Owner, if different from the Obligor; and any Junior Lienholders is as follows:

BURL M. FREEMAN & PATRICIA PETERS-ROBINSON, 1381 SKELTON BLUFF RD KINGSPORT, TN 37660. Junior Lienholder: ,

The sale of the Property is to satisfy the default in payment by the Obligor/Owner of the obligations secured by the MORTGAGE as recorded in Mortgage Book 1080 at Page 921, records of Charleston County, SC.

The amounts secured by the MORTGAGE, are Amount currently in default (including interest) $29,676.69

Trustee’s Fee $450.00 Costs $432.49

Total Amount Due $30,559.18 With a per diem of $14.27

Together with any and all additional principal, interest, costs coming due and payable hereafter.

The successful bidder, other than the Creditor, shall be required to pay in cash or certified funds at the time of the bid. If the Creditor is the successful bidder at the sale, it shall receive a credit against its bid for the Total Amount Due. The successful bidder shall also be required to pay for Deed Preparation, Documentary Stamps, or transfer fee, and Recording Costs. This sale is subject to all taxes, liens, easements, encumbrances, assessments, and/ or senior mortgage liens of record and the undersigned Trustee gives no opinion thereto.

An Obligor has the right to cure the default, and a Junior Lienholder has the right to redeem its interest up to the date of that the Trustee issues the Certificate of Sale pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 27-32-345.

King Cunningham, LLC, Trustee and Attorney for 1776 Development, LLC, by Jeffrey W. King, SC Bar # 15840; or W. Joseph Cunningham, SC Bar # 72655

P.O. Box 4896, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597 (843)-249-0777

NOTICE OF SALE

1-800-Pack-Rat (SC-Charleston-5472)

7704 South Rail Road Charleston, SC 29420 877-774-1537

Tenant: Unit #

Bowman, Shantay D52561

Elmore, Meko D69378

Fleming, Carol 802214

Friedman, Courtney D06025

Gadsden, Christina D56655

Girard, Laura D05481

Judy, Evan D01715

Myers, Ieasha D59238

Price, Pam D66294

Wilson, Deidra D62814

1-800-Pack-Rat (SC-Charleston-5472), 7704 South Rail Road, Charleston, SC 29420, has possessory lien on all of the goods stored in the units above. All these items of personal property are being sold pursuant to the assertion of the lien on 3/22/2024 at 10:00 AM in order to collect the amounts due from you. The sale will take place on www.storagetreasures.com from 3/22/2024 to 3/29/2024 at 12:00 PM SELL

Bank Trust National Association not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2021-RP6, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS

Maxcy T. Byrd; Gina B. Baldwin n/k/a Gina Baldwin Byrd; , DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 22nd day of February, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 2nd day of April, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Melrose Subdivision, St. Andrews Parish, designated as Lot 30, Block P, as per plat entitled, entitled, “Plat of Lots 9 & 37, 13¬-33, Block P, melrose Subdivision, by John Martin Saboe, P.E. & L.S., dated June 25, 1986 and recorded in Plat Book BK, Page 168, in the RMC Office for Charleston County.

BUTTING, BOUNDING, MEASURING AND CONTAINING as by reference to said plat will more fully appear.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444

013225-03674 2023CP1002865

FOR INSERTION

March 15, 2024, Marcy 22, 2024, March 29, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale

2023-CP-10-04673

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

United Community Bank, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

Jonathan Ray Clark a/k/a Jonathan Clark; Pinnacle Finance; et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the February 2, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

OF

SUMMONS

Donald Reynolds 2769 Rivertowne Pkwy Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 (843) 513-6762

PLAINTIFF(S) Vs Jesse Halfbill, All Aspects Designs & Renovations, Lie 85 Willow Oak Cir. Charleston, SC 29418

DEFENDANT(S)

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) NAMED ABOVE:

YOU ARE SUMMONED and required to answer the allegations of the attached complaint and present any appropriate counterclaims/crossclaims to the attached Complaint within THIRTY days from the first day after receipt of this summons. Your Answer must be received by the: Small Claims - City 101 Meeting Street, 3Rd Floor P. 0. Box 941 Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: (843) 724-6720 Fax: (843) 724-6785

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

This being the same property conveyed to Maxcy T. Byrd and Gina B. Baldwin as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common by deed of Floyd L. Baker and Brenda W. Baker, dated August 28, 1997 and recorded September 2, 1997 in Book F289 at Page 711 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County. Subsequently, Maxcy T. Byrd and Gina B. Baldwin n/k/a Gina Baldwin Byrd conveyed the subject property to Maxcy T. Byrd and Gina Baldwin Byrd as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common by deed dated January 17, 2020 and recorded January 23, 2020 in Book 0854 at Page 520.

TMS # 3091400127

Case#: 2023CP1002865

Current Property Address: 912 Trent Street Charleston, SC 29414

As the Plaintiff did not waive its right for a deficiency judgment in the Complaint, this sale will be reopened for final bidding at 11 a.m. on the 2nd day of May, 2024.

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

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out.

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, State of South Carolina and known and designated as Lot 25 on a plat thereof bearing the legend “SUBDIVISION PLAT OF A 7.41 ACRE TRACT OF LAND ALSO KNOWN AS PARKVIEW, PREVIOUSLY PLATTED AS TRACT K-2 LOCATED IN THE PARK AT THE RIVER`S EDGE ... ,” dated September 4, 1987 by Harold B. Nielson, Jr., PE and LS of Gifford, Nielson and Riesberg, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on January 19, 1989 in Plat Book BU at Page 74. Said lot having such actual size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description.

This being the same property conveyed to Jonathan Ray Clark by deed of Walter J. Mays, Jr. dated September 20, 2021 and recorded October 15, 2021 in Book 1043 at Page 576 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 404-02-00-038 Property address: 7856 Sabalridge Drive North Charleston, SC 29418

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

The successful bidder of the property at the judicial sale can contact Pinnacle Finance to assume the purchase agreement for the subject of the UCC lien or the UCC lienholder will, at its discretion, remove the property covered by the UCC lien.

Elena Velazquez D00756 (LDM)

Elena Velazquez D62511 (LDM)

If you desire a jury trial, you must request one in writing at least five (5) working days prior to the date set for trial. If no jury trial is timely requested, the matter will be heard and decided by the Judge. May 16, 2023

IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves

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

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

authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough

Master in Equity

Master’s Sale

2023-CP-10-03755

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF

VERSUS

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

Donna B. Mizzell a/k/a Donna Boyer Mizzell, Deceased; et.al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated February 22, 2024 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

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

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

This being the same property conveyed to William E. Mizzell and Donna B. Mizzell by deed of Edward G. Harrison, III dated July 25, 1989 and recorded July 26, 1989 in Book F186 at Page 660 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Donna Mizzell a/k/a Donna B. Mizzell a/k/a Donna Boyer Mizzell died intestate on or about May 25, 2023, leaving the subject property to her heirs, namely William E. Mizzell a/k/a William Edward Mizzell, Corey Mizzell, William E. Mizzell, Jr..

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

Property address:

3873 Mary Ann Point Road Johns Island, SC 29455

The Court in its Decree has further made its finding that this mortgage was intended to and specifically secures and collateralizes that certain Mobile Home permanently affixed to the above-described real estate in the mortgage being foreclosed and is further provided under the laws of the State of South Carolina, the same being more particularly described as follows:

1988 HOME INNOV Manufactured Home, Serial No. HMST3510BAGA, with any fixtures.

No personal or deficiency

judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2023-CP-10-03594

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

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., PLAINTIFF VERSUS Lisa L. Friar a/k/a Lisa Friar and Russell A. Friar a/k/a Russell Friar, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated November 21, 2023 I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

Land situated in the County of Charleston in the State of South Carolina. Lot No. 3, Block B, on a plat or map of West Land Subdivision, made by W. L. Gaillard, Surveyor, dated May 10, 1956, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book K, Page 108, said lot having the following measurements: Starting at a pipe or stake on south side of Marsh-Field (County) Road and extending in an easterly direction along Marsh-Field Road 100 feet to a pipe or stake; thence in a southerly direction 150 feet to a pipe or stake; thence in a westerly direction 100 feet to a pipe or stake; and thence in a northerly direction 150 feet back to the point if beginning, butting and bounding and measuring and containing to the North on Marsh-Field Road 100 feet, as shown on map; to the East on Lot No. 2, Block B, 150 feet, as shown on map; to the South on Lot No. 20, Block B, 100 feet, as shown on map; and to the West on Lot No. 4, Block B, 150 feet, as shown on said map; be all dimensions a little more or less.

Please note that the above legal description has been modified to correct a minor, immaterial clerical error regarding the name of the surveyor and to remove duplicate calls in the metes and bounds description.

This being the same property conveyed to Russell A. Friar and Lisa L. Friar by deed of R.L. Becude

TMS No. 285-10-00-057

Property address: 3627 Marshfield Road Johns Island, SC 29455

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-02474

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Martin V. Rowell; et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the May 16, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Charleston, City of Charleston, State of South Carolina and is described as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina and being shown and designated as Lot 12, Block A on a plat by G.E. Lohr, RLS dated October 12, 1978 and entitled “Ashleytowne Landing Section I” and recorded July 19, 1979 in Plat Book AN at Page 117 in the RMC Office for Charleston County. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Martin V. Rowell by Deed of David E. Rowell Sr., James R. Rowell, Gener R. Rowell and Janet Rowell Lukow dated June 15, 2018 and recorded March 1, 2019 in

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

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-00618

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-9AR, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-9AR, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee,

PLAINTIFF,

VS.

Stephen M. Miernicki a/k/a

Stephen M. Miernicki, Jr., DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (241091.00013)

TO THE DEFENDANT STEPHEN

M. MIERNICKI A/K/A STEPHEN

M. MIERNICKI, JR. ABOVE

NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 5, 2024.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

vs.

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

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of September, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC., on the 2nd day of April, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 122 AS SHOWN ON A “PLAT SHOWING LOTS 1-42: LOTS 116-146: AND LOTS 310-344,

TMS # 4850300166

Current Property Address: 8546 Kissemee Drive North Charleston SC 29406

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

William S. Koehler, Esquire Albertelli Law 1201 Main Street, Suite 1450 Columbia, SC 29201 Telephone: (803) 828-0880

FOR INSERTION 3/15/24; 3/22/24; 3/29/24

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

A-4811526 03/15/2024, 03/22/2024, 03/29/2024

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-04941

Kenneth Hamilton Jr., Plaintiff, vs. Thomas Grant, Defendant.

Summons (Automobile Collision/Negligence) (Jury Trial Requested)

TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-

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

SHELLY LEEKE LAW FIRM

By: s/Kassandra Garan Kassandra Garan (SC Bar No.: 102032)

kassandra.garan@leekelaw.com 6060 Rivers Avenue North Charleston, SC 29406 Office: 843-297-8485

Facsimile: 843-297-8497

Attorney for the Plaintiff North Charleston, South Carolina October 6, 2023

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2023-CP-10-4895

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Pointe James Property Owners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Prudence K. Smith, Defendant;

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell

on April 2, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that Unit known and designated as Unit 7B in Pointe James Horizontal Property Regime located at 1402 Camp Road in the City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, as is more fully described in Master Deed for Pointe James Horizontal Property Regime dated August 24, 2005, and recorded August 24, 2005, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book P550 at Page 261; together with the undivided interest in the common elements declared by said Master Deed to be an appurtenance to the said Unit.

Being the same property conveyed to Prudence K. Smith by deed of Pointe James Lodgings LLC, dated and recorded October 6, 2005, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book C557 at Page 001.

TMS No.: 425-00-00-061

Property Address: 1402 Camp Road, Unit 7B Charleston, SC 29412

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:

The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by Rocket Mortgage, LLC FKA Quicken Loans, LLC by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., in the original amount of $97,123.00, dated October 26, 2016, and recorded November 9, 2016, in Book 0595 at Page 947 in the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind.

Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser.

All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.

See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Attorney for the Plaintiff

Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive,

Peninsula on James Island Owners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against George Frazier, Defendant; I,

undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on April 2, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain Unit, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Unit Number 5106 and Garage No. 33 in PENINSULA ON JAMES ISLAND Horizontal Property Regime as shown on the plans and specifications attached to The Master Deed Establishing the PENINSULA ON JAMES ISLAND Horizontal Property Regime, dated January 6, 2005, and recorded January 13, 2005 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, SC, in Book K522, at Page 001 and as may be amended later from time to time; Together with the undivided percentage interest in the General Common Elements of the property described in said Master Deed appurtenant thereto.

SUBJECT, to any and all applicable easements, restrictions and reservations of record as set forth in Exhibit A of said deed recorded on March 30, 2005 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book W530 at Page 611.

BEING the same property conveyed to George Frazier by deed of Montecito Enclave, LLLP, a Florida Limited Liability Limited Partnership dated March 17, 2005 and recorded March 30, 2005 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book W530 at Page 611.

will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to any and all liens including taxes, tax liens, government liens etc. recorded in the Charleston County Register of Deeds or filed with the Clerk of Court and/or with/by the South Carolina Department of Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service or any other agency or department of the United States of America. Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser.

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

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

Mikell R. Scarborough

Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Attorney for the Plaintiff

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

NOTICE OF SALE

Docket No. 2023-CP-10-2171

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of The Lakes Master Association, Inc., Plaintiff v. Todd Anthony McKenry, Defendant.

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on April 2, 2024 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as “LOT 134” as shown on a plat entitled: “REVISED FINAL SUBDIVISION

PLAT PREPARED OF THE LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE - PHASE II-B SITE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

PROPERTY OWNED BY LAKES OF SUMMERVILLE, LLC” by Associated E & S, Inc., dated November 12, 2004 and recorded December 13, 2004 in Plat Book EH at Page 554 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

SAID piece, parcel or lot of land having such size, shape, location, dimensions, buttings and boundings, courses and distances, as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

SUBJECT TO ANY AND ALL RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS OF RECORD.

BEING the same property conveyed to Todd Anthony McKenry herein by deed of Kevin R. Peters and Teresa L. Peters dated September 21, 2007 and recorded on September 27, 2007 in the RMC Office Charleston County in Book T639 at Page 671.

TMS No.: 388-13-00-107

Property Address: 209 Savannah River Drive Summerville, South Carolina 29485

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:

The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of five (5%) per cent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (3) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to that

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed. Any sale pursuant to this order, is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor the Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title. See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

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

Mikell R. Scarborough

Master-in-Equity for Charleston County Attorney for the Plaintiff Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE

2022-CP-10-01896

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

Bank of America, NA v. Anthony J. Scott, et al

Upon authority of a Decree dated December 21, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on April 2, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078

File # 22-41967

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Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NUMBER: 2022-CP-10-05836

MARK RIMEDIO, Plaintiff, vs. PATRICK WEBER WILLIAMS, Defendant.

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANT PATRICK WEBER WILLIAMS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint herein served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber hereunder within thirty (30) days from the date of service upon you, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within said time, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, including the rendering of judgment by default.

URICCHIO, HOWE, KRELL, JACOBSON, TOPOREK & KEITH, P.A.

BY: Jonathan F. Krell Attorney for the Plaintiff 17 ½ Broad Street, P.O. Box 399 Charleston, South Carolina 29402-0399

Tel. 843/723-7491; Fax: 843/577-4179 Charleston, South Carolina February 21, 2024

Filed in Charleston County, South Carolina December 20, 2022 at 4:03 P.M. in the Court of Common Pleas

TYPE OF ACTION: Motor Veh Accid 320

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

granted in

rpatane@dgglegal.com bgrimsley@dgglegal.com certain mortgage lien held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in the original amount of $158,600.00 dated October 3, 2014, and recorded October 27, 2014, in Book 0436 at Page 989 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

Free Will Astrology

By Rob Brezsny

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name CORTEZ SANTONIO SMALLS and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, ezekiel ben isreal, cortez santonio smalls, an American State National, In Propria Persona Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with the intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against Tiffany Gilmore a/k/a Tiffany A. Gilmore a/k/a Tiffany Alexandria Gilmore et al., I, the Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: The land referred to herein below is 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, State of South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 12, Block CC, Forest Hills Subdivision on a plat made by Sigma Engineers, Inc., dated September 8, 1972, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AB, at Page 70. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

This property is conveyed subject to all applicable restrictions, covenants, conditions, limitations, easements and rights-of-way filed of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina, and all applicable amendments thereto.

This being the same property conveyed to Tiffany Gilmore a/k/a Tiffany A. Gilmore a/k/a Tiffamy Alexandria Gilmore by deed of Monique F. Townsend and Kevin A. Townsend dated July 1, 2021 and recorded August 3, 2021 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 1019 at Page 803.

TMS # 404-07-00-148

Property Address: 7725 Ovaldale Drive

N. Charleston, South Carolina 29418

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Charleston County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Charleston County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.75% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Charleston County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

s/Ryan J. Patane

S.C. Bar No. 103116

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I will never advise you to dim the flame of your ambition or be shy about radiating your enthusiasm. For the next few weeks, though, I urge you to find ways to add sap, juice, and nectar to your fiery energy. See if you can be less like a furnace and more like a sauna; less like a rumbling volcano and more like a tropical river. Practically speaking, this might mean being blithely tender and unpredictably heartful as you emanate your dazzling glow.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some spiritual traditions tell us that the path to enlightenment and awakening is excruciatingly difficult. One teaching compares it to crossing a bridge that’s sharper than a sword, thinner than a hair, and hotter than fire. Ideas like these have no place in my personal philosophy. I believe enlightenment and awakening are available to anyone who conscientiously practices kindness and compassion. A seeker who consistently asks, “What is the most loving thing I can do?” will be rewarded with life-enhancing transformations. Now I invite you to do what I just did, Taurus. That is, re-evaluate a task or process that everyone (maybe even you) assumes is hard and complicated. Perform whatever tweaks are necessary to understand it as fun, natural and engaging.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do you have a relative your parents never told you about? If so, you may find out about them soon. Do you have a secret you want to keep secret? If so, take extra caution to ensure it stays hidden. Is there a person you have had a covert crush on for a while? If so, they may discover your true feelings any minute now. Have you ever wondered if any secrets are being concealed from you? If so, probe gently for their revelation, and they just may leak out. Is there a lost treasure you have almost given up on finding? If so, revive your hopes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian poet Pablo Neruda wrote this to a lover: “I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.” That sounds very romantic. What does it mean? Well, the arrival of spring brings warmer soil and air, longer hours of sunlight, and nurturing precipitation. The flowers of some cherry trees respond by blooming with explosive vigor. Some trees sprout upwards of 4,000 blossoms. Maybe Neruda was exaggerating for poetic effect, but if he truly wanted to rouse his lover to be like a burgeoning cherry tree, he’d have to deal with an overwhelming outpouring of lush beauty and rampant fertility. Could he have handled it? If I’m reading the upcoming astrological omens correctly, you Cancerians now have the power to inspire and welcome such lavishness. And yes, you can definitely handle it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Speaking on behalf of all non-Leos, I want to express our gratitude for the experiments you have been conducting. Your willingness to dig further than ever before into the mysterious depths is exciting. Please don’t be glum just because the results are still inconclusive and you feel a bit vulnerable. I’m confident you will ultimately generate fascinating outcomes that are valuable to us as well as you. Here’s a helpful tip: Give yourself permission to be even more daring and curious. Dig even deeper.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Unexpected mixtures are desirable, though they may initially feel odd. Unplanned and unheralded alliances will be lucky wild cards if you are willing to set aside your expectations. Best of all, I believe you will be extra adept at creating new forms of synergy and symbiosis, even as you enhance existing forms. Please capitalize on these marvelous openings, dear Virgo. Are there parts of your life that have been divided, and you would like to harmonize them? Now is a good time to try. Bridge-building will be your specialty for the foreseeable future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Many of you Libras have a special talent for tuning into the needs and moods of other people. This potentially gives you the power to massage situations to serve the good of all. Are you using that power to its fullest? Could you do anything more to harness it? Here’s a

related issue: Your talent for tuning into the needs and moods of others can give you the capacity to massage situations in service to your personal aims. Are you using that capacity to its fullest?

Could you do anything more to harness it? Here’s one more variation on the theme: How adept are you at coordinating your service to the general good and your service to your personal aims? Can you do anything to enhance this skill? Now is an excellent time to try.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Psychologist Carl Jung said, “One of the most difficult tasks people can perform is the invention of good games. And this cannot be done by people out of touch with their instinctive selves.” According to my astrological assessment, you will thrive in the coming weeks when you are playing good, interesting games. If you dream them up and instigate them yourself, so much the better. And what exactly do I mean by “games”? I’m referring to any organized form of play that rouses fun, entertainment, and education. Playing should be one of your prime modes, Scorpio! As Jung notes, that will happen best if you are in close touch with your instinctual self — also known as your animal intelligence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Can Sagittarians ever really find a home they are utterly satisfied with? Are they ever at peace with exactly who they are and content to be exactly where they are? Some astrologers suggest these are difficult luxuries for you Centaurs to accomplish. But I think differently. In my view, it’s your birthright to create sanctuaries for yourself that incorporate so much variety and expansiveness that you can feel like an adventurous explorer without necessarily having to wander all over the earth. Now is an excellent time to work on this noble project.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You picked Door #2 a while back. Was that the best choice? I’m not sure. Evidence is still ambiguous. As we await more conclusive information, I want you to know that Door #1 and Door #3 will soon be available for your consideration again. The fun fact is that you can try either of those doors without abandoning your activities in the area where Door #2 has led you. But it’s important to note that you can’t try *both* Door #1 and Door #3. You must choose one or the other. Proceed with care and nuance, Capricorn, but not with excessive caution. Your passwords are *daring sensitivity* and “discerning audacity.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): My second cousin has the same name as me and lives in Kosice, Slovakia. He’s a Slovakian-speaking chemical engineer who attended the Slovak University of Technology. Do we have anything in common besides our DNA and names? Well, we both love to tell stories. He and I are both big fans of the band Rising Appalachia. We have the same mischievous brand of humor. He has designed equipment and processes to manufacture products that use chemicals in creative ways, and I design oracles to arouse inspirations that change people’s brain chemistry. Now I invite you, Aquarius, to celebrate allies with whom you share key qualities despite being quite different. It’s a fine time to get maximum enjoyment and value from your connections with such people.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My Piscean friend Jeff Greenwald wrote the humorous but serious book *Shopping for Buddhas*. It’s the story of his adventures in Nepal as he traveled in quest of a statue to serve as a potent symbol for his spiritual yearning. I’m reminded of his search as I ruminate on your near future. I suspect you would benefit from an intense search for divine inspiration — either in the form of an iconic object, a pilgrimage to a holy sanctuary or an inner journey to the source of your truth and love.