Charleston City Paper 04/26/2024 - 27.39

Why North Charleston’s police chief is retiring

By Skyler Baldwin

North Charleston Police Chief Greg Gomes never really planned on being the department’s chief, he told the Charleston City Paper April 24.

But when now-Mayor Reggie Burgess — the former chief — announced his bid for the city’s top office, he simultaneously announced his retirement as chief of one of the largest police forces in the Palmetto State. And that’s when Gomes stepped up and agreed to become chief, despite an intent to step down and retire as assistant police chief when longtime North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey left office in November. When Burgess eventually won the election, he asked Gomes to remain in the role to help the city navigate through one of the most impactful transitions it has ever seen, Gomes said.

The City Paper sat down with Gomes to discuss how he ended up in the chair he’s in now, how the last year as chief has panned out and what his hopes are for the future of the department he’s been with his whole career.

City Paper: So you’ve only been in this position for just under a year, was this always the plan?

Greg Gomes: I always envisioned myself leaving when Summey left. I kind of thought Burgess would leave then, too. I never had aspirations to be the chief, but I will say I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought, come January, or November, anybody other than Reggie might have gone in a different direction. And I thought, whoever wins would have enough going on without having an adversarial police chief, so I made it clear that whoever won, I would gladly step out of the way to let them bring in their administration and whoever they wanted to be chief. So I thought, all right, I’ll be out of here by January. But, of course, Reggie wins, and he and I had a talk, and I said, “I’m going to hang around a while. I’ll help get you settled, but I’m not the forever guy.” I’m just taking it one month at a time.

North Charleston Police Chief Greg Gomes said he is grateful for everyone who has helped and inspired him throughout his 30-year career in law enforcement

My boys are seniors in high school, and they’re going off to college, and they’re going to play baseball. I just want a little more time for that. And being the chief in North Charleston — it’s a beast. … This is the toughest police department in the state of South Carolina to be the chief of, bar none. It’s just the uniqueness of North Charleston.

CP: Break that down a little bit. What makes North Charleston so unique and such a beast to work for?

GG: Generally, we’re the No. 1 reporter of crime in the state — going back and forth with Columbia. Then, you have a very diverse community, and you have a lot of things you have to understand. The expectations are very different from community to community, so you have to understand the uniqueness of each community and what they individually demand. Law enforcement is only as effective as the citizens allow us to be. If you don’t have a relationship with the communities you’re serving, you’re not going to be successful. What they may want in Union Heights might be very different from what Coosaw

The Rundown

Antisemitism audit shows spike in incidents in S.C. Antisemitic incidents nearly doubled in South Carolina from 2022 to 2023, according to a new audit by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The numbers jumped 93% in incidents year over year, the report said.

“While these numbers are staggering, they are not surprising,” said Natanya Miller, the Charleston Jewish Federation’s director of educational initiatives. “We have been responding to incidents across the Charleston area, and the state as a whole, in greater numbers since October 7.”

South Carolina is one of two states in the U.S. without an existing hate crimes law, despite bills being introduced annually since a White supremacist murdered nine worshippers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015. The state’s spike in antisemitic incidents has led to several communities introducing their own hate crimes ordinances. — City Paper staff

Creek wants, so you have to tailor your policing to what they want. Then, you have got to have relationships with the citizens and the community leaders of North Charleston. They will really impact a lot of your success, and they have got to trust you. When they have concerns, they have to feel like they can talk to you. And all of that takes a lot of time and dedication.

CP: What do you think have been the most significant steps you’ve taken in this position in the last year?

GG: First, the profession is short across the state. I think the last number I saw was 6,000 positions short in South Carolina. Inevitably, what that causes is supply and demand — the price of police officers is continuing to go up. I was able, with the support of council and Mayor Burgess, to get all of our officers a substantial raise to remain competitive.

Second, we’re about to cut the ribbon on our new state-of-the-art training facility. It’s probably the nicest facility in the state

“Throughout this process, Mr. Ali’s own words and actions were the driving force behind the decision the party reached. We have a right, and a responsibility to South Carolina voters, to ensure candidates running as Democrats, in a Democratic Primary, are actually Democrats.”

—Charleston County Democratic Party Chairman Sam Skardon on a court decision that held up the party’s right to remove former Charleston County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Alan Ali from the June primary ballot.

GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER

7 shot, killed across S.C. April 17 to April 23

Seven people died in Richland, Greenville, Georgetown, York, Darlington, Pickens and Newberry counties. Four others were hurt in shootings across the state. Nationally, there were five mass shootings for the week, totalling 124 for the year.

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

Beach water quality testing program begins May 1

By Jack O’Toole

As temperatures rise and the summer brings yet another Shark Week to thrill TV viewers, scientists with South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) are focused on a less storied kind of ocean predator — the microscopic kind.

Starting May 1, DHEC will resume its annual water-quality monitoring program at 122 “hotspots” along the South Carolina coast. Samples will be collected and tested weekly or biweekly, depending on location. The organism being testing for — enterococci bacteria — is not dangerous in and of itself, but at high levels can signal the presence of other, more dangerous organisms.

“If levels of enterococci bacteria exceed the standard limit, we quickly issue a shortterm swimming advisory for that portion of the beach to help alert beachgoers,” DHEC’s Bryan Rabon said in a release. “A swimming advisory doesn’t mean a beach is closed. It just means that particular area of ocean water should be avoided until the bacteria levels return to normal. Most short-term swimming advisories last just a single day.”

Last year — and inland from area beaches — Charleston Waterkeeper monitored more than 20 creek sites around Charleston County during the summer and found that three consistently had dangerous bacteria levels. According to a Sept. 1 story, “Filbin Creek in North Charleston, part of Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant and at Ellis Creek near Folly Road on James

Island have had levels of dangerous bacteria that have been off the charts.”

Watch for notices

When high levels of enterococci are detected, DHEC posts swimming advisory notices at the affected beach and online at its S.C. beach access and water quality guide website.

And while DHEC says it’s “considered safe to wade, collect shells and fish” in swimming advisory areas, they recommend that beach-goers exercise caution.

“We advise people who enter the water in an affected area to refrain from swallowing it, and we also advise people with open wounds or compromised immune systems to avoid contact with the water in a swim advisory area,” Rabon said.

Some advice for the program

Charleston Waterkeeper’s executive director, Andrew Wunderly, is a fan of the monitoring program.

“DHEC’s beach monitoring program is great,” Wunderly told the Charleston City Paper this week. “Letting folks know when and where it’s safe to swim is absolutely critical.”

That said, Wunderly does offer two caveats. First, he said he’d like to see DHEC publish full testing results on its website, rather than a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down on each location. And second, he said he thinks the state legislature needs to provide DHEC with additional resources for more testing at a larger number of locations.

“DHEC’s basic posture is ‘just assume it’s fine unless we tell you otherwise,’” Wunderly said, with regard to publishing full test results. “Waterkeeper thinks you ought to give the public all the information and let them make an informed choice.”

In terms of additional testing, Wunderly’s group tries to fill the gap in the Charleston area with its own Swim Alert program for tidal creeks and rivers, which aren’t covered by DHEC. The program uses the same technology as DHEC’s and provides public notice through its social media accounts and email lists every Friday morning.

“Our creeks and rivers a lot of times don’t test safe for recreational activities,” Wunderly said. “So it’s really important that folks pay attention and have a good understanding of where it tests good and where it doesn’t.”

The DHEC and Waterkeeper testing programs run through the end of October.

Allen to advise Guardian newspaper on Gullah Geechee culture

By City Paper staff

Michael Allen, a local Gullah Geechee community advocate, has been named to an advisory panel of the London-based Guardian newspaper to help the publication report on communities affected by the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Allen, a former park ranger with the National Park Service, is one of three new members to the advisory group that will guide the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement program, which a year ago published a report on the Guardian’s links to the slavery.

Allen, a Mount Pleasant resident, said the Guardian has a desire “to atone for their past mistakes and sins in this evil event. I

was selected to represent the entire Gullah Geechee region and the United States on this advisory board.

“I am grateful for the foundation that my Gullah upbringing provided me,” said Allen, a Kingstree native who also served as executive director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, “I look forward to serving on this committee and adding my voice and experience in this worthwhile endeavor.”

John Edward Taylor, the newspaper’s

Senate budget would fund med, vet schools

By Jack O’Toole

South Carolina’s two flagship universities could be the biggest winners in the $13 billion budget that the South Carolina Senate debated this week. If its provisions become law, the University of South Carolina and Clemson University would get enough money to complete projects they each call “transformative” — a new medical campus at USC and the state’s first veterinary school at Clemson.

In the case of USC, that means an additional $100 million for its new School of Medicine campus at the university’s Bull Street site. According to USC, the campus’s 300,000-square-foot main building, at a total cost of about $300 million, will include “innovative active-learning classrooms, extensive medical simulation spaces, a health science library, numerous labs for interdisciplinary research and a cafe.”

The university currently plans to break ground on the building in 2025 and finish construction by 2027.

“This is a tremendous investment by the legislature that will propel healthrelated research and education for many years to come and ultimately benefit all South Carolinians,” USC spokesman Jeff Stensland said.

For Clemson, the big prize is $175 million to launch the state’s first school of veterinary medicine, which university leaders hope to have open by the fall of 2026. School officials say the program will include “foundational courses, clinical skills, professional development, initial clinical training and clinical clerkships,” and will help alleviate the state’s growing veterinarian shortage.

founder, was a cotton merchant. He and others, who established the publication, were also involved in Manchester, England’s textile and cotton trades, which were connected to slavery in the Americas.

Ebony Riddell Bamber, the trust’s program director, said the advisory panel will oversee long-term programs of restorative justice.

“The focus for the period ahead is to carry out further engagement with descendant communities and begin to develop concrete options for partnerships, as well as continuing to work closely with the Scott Trust, our advisory panel, and connecting with other [organizations] and institutions advancing restorative and reparative justice efforts,” Bamber said.

“The state of South Carolina and the country is suffering from a shortage of veterinarians — both large and small animal practitioners,” College of Veterinary Medicine Dean, Dr. Steven Marks, told the Charleston City Paper in a statement. “There will be special efforts to train veterinary clinicians to work with cows, equine, poultry and other livestock to help animal owners and our agricultural community, which is a key economic driver for our state.”

‘A pretty good budget’

The Senate’s version of the 2024-25 state budget also calls for an income tax cut as well as pay raises for teachers and state employees. In addition, it seeks to invest more in roads and bridges.

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S.C. DHEC will resume annual water-quality monitoring starting May 1

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The budget plan, which emerged from the Senate Finance Committee last week, builds on the budget passed in March by the S.C. House of Representatives. Differences between the House and Senate budgets will eventually have to be hashed out by a conference committee made up of members of both bodies.

And in remarks that reflect the bipartisan legislative approach that still largely prevails in the state Senate, Richland Democratic Sen. Darrell Jackson, also a veteran member of the Finance Committee, mostly agreed.

“Actually, this is a pretty good budget,” Jackson told City Paper.

Cuts, raises, infrastructure and school meals

The major differences between the House and Senate budgets grow out of the way each treats a $600 million surplus in state sales tax collections.

In March, House budget writers rejected Gov. Henry McMaster’s proposal to put the funds toward repairing and replacing the state’s aging bridge network. Instead, they used it to fund a one-time property tax rebate with an average benefit of $330 for South Carolina homeowners.

Staking out a middle ground, the Senate budget provides $100 million in permanent income tax relief, and invests the bulk of the balance in roads, bridges and rural projects

involving water and sewer infrastructure.

The Senate budget also raises teacher and state employee pay, which S.C. Education Association President Sherry East said was exciting.

And in a measure that supporters say will make a big difference in the lives of poor families across the state, the Senate budget also covers the full cost of school breakfast and lunch for all students who qualify for reduced price meals.

A ‘conversation’ about Medicaid expansion?

In 2010, a bitterly divided U.S. Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, known then and now to friend and foe as “Obamacare.” In the years since, some 40 states have taken advantage of the law’s federal subsidies to expand health care coverage to some of their poorest citizens through the Medicaid program.

But in South Carolina, where slightly more than 10% of the population is uninsured, the state’s dominant Republican Party has never seriously considered the question.

That may be about to change, however, under a Senate budget provision that authorizes the creation of a Health care Market Study Committee. The committee would be charged with studying both supply and demand issues in the Palmetto State’s health care system.

Read the full version of this story at charlestoncitypaper.com.

Burgess remained so close, physically, with the police department.

Blotter of the Week

A North Charleston woman’s home alarm went off April 10, prompting a response from North Charleston police. The homeowner told officers her son frequently tries to enter the house through the rear window instead of the door. Follow-up question: When he comes in through the window, is he dressed as Spider-Man?

Still waiting for an answer

and will give us the ability to really train our officers all in one location.

CP: So you said you were taking this one month at a time, but was there anything you set in motion that you hope your successor continues to work on?

GG: I think a lot of what I’ve done has been a continuation of what Chief Burgess did. I hope whoever comes after me continues to understand the value of the relationships you have with community leaders in the city. Historically, we get so laser-focused on enforcement and reducing crime, we do it at the expense of the relationships with the community. It’s important for whoever takes over to understand there’s a balance there.

If you’re having a problem in a neighborhood, you go and let them know, “Hey, here’s the problem, and here’s what we’re thinking we’re going to do.” If you explain it to them, you get buy-in. Historically, if we had an issue, these people would just see all this police descend on their community. There was no conversation. That’s something that’s really important the next person does.

CP: I’m sure it helps that Mayor

GG: Exactly. That’s what people told me when I first got the job. They’d ask, “Are you nervous about taking over?” and I would say, “I’m not nervous; he’s not going anywhere, and I’ve seen the blueprint for what made him successful.” If I screwed this up, it was really on me. All the tools were there, and he was only ever a phone call away.

CP: What do you think is next for the department once you’ve moved on?

GG: I think they should stick with someone who understands this community — someone that’s local. … He’s going to get someone who understands this community, someone who has some sort of a relationship with the people here. As the chief of North Charleston, you’re intimately involved at the street level. If you bring someone that has no relationship or no knowledge, it would be difficult.

If anyone is going to pick the right chief, it’s Mayor Burgess. He’s just a great guy, and I mean, he was my school resource officer. He’s literally helped raise me, so you want to talk about someone who’s in the community — there he is.

For more of this interview, visit charlestoncitypaper.com.

A Charleston man on April 14 reportedly stole a bicycle from a West Ashley by taking it off the shelf inside the store and riding it out and onto the road. You know, as kids, we always wondered why more people who wanted to steal a bike didn’t try that. Guess we’ll find out soon.

Vacation vexations

A male guest in a Johnnie Dodds Boulevard hotel room on April 22 told Mount Pleasant police that he and his wife got into a loud verbal altercation over her “nagging him all the time when he just wants to relax,” according to a police report. At no time did the altercation become physical, police determined.

By Skyler Baldwin Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between April 10 and April 21.

Go online for more even more Blotter charlestoncitypaper.com

Butchers need to cut back on tree trimming

The most despised people in Charleston County might be the tree butchers. And rightly so. They’re sap-thirsty minions of Dominion Energy who show up mysteriously to saw, cut, prune, slash and eviscerate trees along our streets, instantly transforming neighborhoods from a Chamber of Commerce poster to a horror tale.

You never know really when these grim reapers are coming, even though they’re supposed to let you know. The hell of it is that even if you do know, there’s nothing much you can do. If you yell, plead or beg them not to shave deep V shapes into the hearts of trees along electrical lines in your yard, they’ll seem to listen as if wearing earplugs. Or they’ll just turn away and wait, so you can’t take a photo. As soon as you leave, it’s game-on. They’ll turn into tree-butchering automatons who leave your neighborhood looking like it went through a very bad haircut.

We understand the reasoning behind the need for reasonable pruning — to keep electricity lines free from encumbrances like nasty limbs that might come down in a big storm. Because reliable power is considered a critical national priority, federal and state laws preempt local ordinances — which is why nothing much happens when you complain to your local council member. In the minds of energy providers, they’ve got to get those limbs out of the way so they can deliver electricity dependably. And to hell with the consequences.

But the problems come from overzealous pruners who become tree butchers. Readers sent in dozens of pictures of tree-trimming gone wrong.

In one place downtown, a resident complained about how palmetto trees were sawed off to about 10 feet high, leaving nothing but what looked like a small light pole. Those trees had no chance and died. Or look across the water to Sullivan’s Island, where a favorite oak became a living advertisement for the letter V with its middle eviscerated. On James Island, what was a magnificent grand oak now looks like it will topple into the road because only half of the tree is left.

Downtown near Charlotte Street, the butchers cut way beyond what they were supposed to, as one reader exclaimed: “The foliage was full before. Now it looks like a pipe for skateboarding. Before, the trees were not within 10 feet of the power lines. Now it’s more like 30 feet of separation.” Another outraged resident said, “The tree top atrocities have been going on for decades.” And another in West Ashley was not shy at all at pointing a finger: “Dominion absolutely massacred all of the live oaks in the entire area.”

Local governments need to put pressure on Dominion and its contractors to be better stewards of trees along electricity lines. Cities and developers should plant more appropriate types of trees near power lines. And both should speed up investments in burying power lines so the tree massacres can stop.

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.

The weird has turned pro in South Carolina

The late Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson observed more than 50 years ago that “when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

Now is that time in South Carolina. The weird turned pro in Columbia last week when an April 16 Senate subcommittee report on the odd happenings of a $1.8 billion accounting error caused more fingers to be pointed than at a pop concert.

In the hot seat is State Treasurer Curtis Loftis, who senators blame for not being able to explain or reconcile a state account with $1.8 billion in it. As Charleston City Paper reporter Jack O’Toole described, “state accountants cannot say where the money came from or who it belongs to.”

Sheesh. Talk about a series of egg-on-face moments, particularly following last year’s abrupt resignation of S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom after admitting to a decade of errors that artificially inflated the state’s cash reserves — by $3.5 billion.

At least this new error does not appear wilful. Senators say they suspect no criminal wrongdoing. But in best CYA fashion, they note in a 116-page report, “the possibility cannot be summarily dismissed due to the size of the errors, the length

of time they were concealed, and the inaccurate condition of the treasury records.”

By Andy Brack

Loftis, who has said he wouldn’t run for a fifth term (good), is having nothing much to do with the Senate and its report.

“There are no penalties for senators making false statements, and no court action available to me,” Loftis said in a statement. “I’ll not read the Senate’s report, nor will I watch the Senate proceedings, as the subcommittee’s mission is not one based on honor and integrity.”

But what may make the whole fiasco worse was an apparent threat by Loftis at one point to put highly-sensitive classified financial records online as a way to be more transparent to the committee.

Senior state officials reportedly didn’t initially take it that seriously, until all of a sudden they did, which sent them scurrying around trying to contain possible damage.

The head of the Senate subcommittee investigating the mess, Republican Larry Grooms of Berkeley County, said state Attorney General Alan Wilson and members of Gov. Henry McMaster’s staff held an emergency meeting “to find a way to stop the treasurer from publishing detailed information that would have crippled our state.”

In the end, McMaster reportedly defused the situation by phoning Loftis and talking him off

ThingsHeat Up!

Maybe the state treasurer’s job, like that of the comptroller general, doesn’t need to be an elected position any more, as outlined in the state constitution.

the disclosure ledge.

“The governor made a direct appeal to him by telephone, asking him to please don’t do it,” Grooms told state senators this week. “The governor believed the treasurer was backing down (and) the crisis was over.”

Whew. Loftis, for his part, says his office never “lost track” of the $1.8 billion, pointing to detailed correspondence and information that’s online.

“It was part of a pool of money which the State Treasurer’s Office had always accounted for, invested and held for the state’s use,” he wrote in a clarification to Grooms on April 4.

Whatever happens next, one thing is clear: We’ve got to get rid of the weird in Columbia. The state needs smoother financial seas. Maybe the state treasurer’s job, like that of the comptroller general, doesn’t need to be an elected position any more, as outlined in the state constitution. Lawmakers need to put both positions on the November ballot to get voters’ permission to eliminate the elected positions and put them under the governor’s office.

Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@charleston citypaper.com.

TREE butchErS hack, cut, saw, scaR

Dominion’s tree-cutting draws ire from residents

By Skyler Baldwin

Charleston’s grand oak trees, native palmettos and magnolias lining streets along several area neighborhoods all have one major threat in common — “chainsawwielding tree thugs,” as one resident puts it.

“If a grand tree happens to be in a powerline right-of-way, it gets slashed,” said South Windermere resident (and former neighborhood president) Susan Pearlstine. “It doesn’t matter race, creed, religion or politics.

Everybody hates it.”

Dominion Energy contracts arborists every five years to cut tree branches to keep power lines clear, ensuring the lines are not damaged during storms. When tree limbs and other vegetation make contact with overhead power lines, it can cause lights to flicker, or power to fail completely, according to Dominion.

“While we understand and appreciate the passion surrounding trees across the Lowcountry, safety remains our top priority,” said Dominion spokesman Paul Fischer. “Hazardous vegetation that has grown too close to energized lines is not only a fire hazard, but also an issue of public safety.

“Safeguarding energized lines from dangerous, overgrown vegetation is an integral part of our obligation to deliver safe and reliable power and keep the lights on for all the customers we serve,” he said. “Trees and tree limbs remain the Number 1 reason for power outages across our system.”

Dominion uses “directional pruning,” cutting in a “V” shape or an “L” shape to direct tree growth around power lines, with arborists permitted to work within 10 feet of power lines. According to Fischer, Dominion’s tree-cutters follow ANSI-A300 standards, the generally accepted industry standards for tree-care practices, which says “not more than 25% of the foliage should be removed within an annual growing season.”

Lewis Tree Service hacks limbs on Hasell Street

““Why would you cut back these beautiful magnolias that are such slow, slow growers and just devastate it as if it was some weed that would sprout back up within a year?”

—Alex Cooker

Fischer said while the trees “have a different shape and appearance” after pruning, the canopies fill in quickly due the Lowcountry’s roughly 300-day growing season each year. But residents say the value of the trimming could be maintained without unnecessary and unsightly hacking away at the trees’ branches.

Yes, but …

“I understand the point of doing it, and I have seen a drop-off in power outages during storms after the trimming started,” said West Ashley resident Alex Cooker. “I’ve lived here for over 20 years and have seen a number of different rounds of tree-cutting. But this past cycle has been pretty brutal.”

Pearlstine said she hasn’t noticed a significant difference in power stability.

“They’re going to tell you that … we shouldn’t care about the trees because it’s incumbent on them to keep the power on,”

Pearlstine said. “But before the last treetrimming cycle, we had a major wind storm, and our neighborhood never lost power.”

Cooker said his main concern is that the tree-cutters don’t seem to differentiate trimming practices depending on the species of tree. Slow-growing, native magnolias get the same treatment as fast-growing, hardy oaks that often recover within a few years.

“Why would you cut back these beautiful

magnolias that are such slow, slow growers and just devastate it as if it was some weed that would sprout back up within a year?” he said. “There’s no way some of these magnolias are going to come even close to recovering before the next cycle. It’s just overkill. It’s just a numbers game to them.”

Pearlstine agreed.

“We look at this and go, ‘What were they thinking?’ It definitely hurts the beautiful natural resources in our city,” she said. “It’s just horrible, and it’s ugly. None of us would ever get away with doing that to a tree even on our own property. It’s very frustrating.”

And there’s nothing that can be done to stop the cutting, residents say. Cooker described one instance when he and a neighbor stood underneath a tree to stop crews from working in an attempt to talk to them. The crews simply waited them out, and resumed cutting as soon as the area was clear.

“They would just stall until we finally left,” he said. “They just blew us off.”

Photos provided West Ashley

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What To Do

SUNDAY

Picnic for the Parks

Celebrate the 17th anniversary of the Charleston Parks Conservancy at this fundraiser event supporting local parks. Enjoy an open bar featuring Volley Tequila Seltzer and Bevi Brewing Company, savor the taste of local food vendors available or relax to a live music performance from Green Levels. Kids activities include, a petting zoo, flower crowns, face painting and more.

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Kids 2 and under enter free.

April 28. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $50/kids; $125/adults. Hampton Park. 30 Mary Murray Drive. Downtown. charlestonparksconservancy.org

SATURDAY

Golden retriever meet-up

Celebrate 20 years of Grateful Goldens Rescue of the Lowcountry by spending the day meeting adorable four-legged friends. Since 2004, GGR has saved over 2,500 homeless goldens. All proceeds from this event will contribute to the care of these rescued dogs seeking a forever home. Bring a pup, show your support and try Hobcaw Brewing’s specialty beer. Ticket prices are donation-based and available to be made online. All dogs are welcome.

April 27. 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Donations vary. Hobcaw Brewing Company. 496 Long Point Road. Mount Pleasant. ggrlc.org

SUNDAY

Comedy night at Seanachai

Comedy host Kevin Williams is thrilled to host an evening of stand-up comedy with comedian Jenn Snyder. Snyder aims to unite people through laughter, sharing tales from her life with quick wit and hilarious observations. Joining her on stage is Charleston comic Stan Shelby, who brings 17 years of experience and recently completed two national comedy tours in the last year. Tickets can be purchased online through Ticketleap.

April 28. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. $15/ticket. Seanachai Whiskey & Cocktail Bar. 3157 Maybank Hwy. Johns Island. seanachaiwhiskeyandcocktailbar.com

TUESDAY

Rising Appalachia concert

Rising Appalachia, an Americana and world folk ensemble, has captivated audiences for nearly two decades with sold-out performances across the globe. Atlanta-born sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith collaborate with a diverse group of skilled musicians. Together, they infuse their music with a fusion of folk traditions with contemporary themes.

April 30. Doors open at 7 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m. $30/ticket; $35/day-of. Music Farm. 32 Ann St. Downtown. musicfarm.com

THURSDAY

Fiber art and flowers

Dear Palmer Co. invites you to an evening of relaxation and creativity, where you’ll craft a beautiful macrame vase cover, paired with gorgeous flowers and local beer. Tickets include small group instruction, all materials needed for your macrame creation, a large mason jar and access to The Urb Farm’s bouquet bar to design your own bouquet using locally grown flowers.

April 25. 6:30 p.m. $50/ticket. Low Tide Brewing. 2863 Maybank Hwy. Johns Island. lowtidebrewing.com

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W. ROBBINS

Local Music scene gets a shot of fresh energy with the talents of W. Robbins. This musician brings a unique sound to his hometown of Walterboro, SC. Music and performing has been a huge part of his life, from playing in bands like St. Maurice of Spartanburg, to his new project Hold the Ghost. He performs solo as W. Robbins and is also a visual artist. He enjoys taking simple themes and mediums at their chaotic points and finding the beauty and peace within just that. He mainly works with inks and acrylics, and mixed media on canvas.

JIM BROWN

Hailing from Walterboro SC, Jim Brown is a singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a unique style. Drawing inspiration from his roots, Jim blends Southern Rock and Grunge to form an amazing mix of introspective and soulful country rock. As a former Clemson athlete, his talent off the field has proven that he is an artist on the rise.

THREE EASY PIECES

Three Easy Pieces is a three-piece instrumental band from right here in the Lowcountry. Combining musical elements such as jam rock, blues, and jazz fusion. The trio takes influences across multiple genres of music. The band consists of Rhett Tanner on guitar, Robert Moring on drums, and Scotti DeRouen on bass. Rhett is a proudly endorsed artist with Paul Reed Smith and a Walterboro native. Last year, Three Easy Pieces recorded music produced by Grammynominated drummer Jeff Sipe and plan to release the music throughout 2024.

THE ABBEY ELMORE BAND

Fronted by Spartanburg based singer-songwriter Abbey Elmore, the AEB delivers a sweet blend of indie pop and rock with laid back grooves and high energy jams. They marry original music with new takes on classics with ease. The Band released their first full-length album, “Dear Darling,” in 2016, with the follow up, “I Know You’re Probably Sick of my Love Songs,” released in 2018. The band has since been traveling the country playing clubs, festivals, bars and breweries. They released their latest fulllength album “Memory” on December 31st, 2022.

ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL

•FINALE MAY 11

FESTIVAL CALENDAR

MAY 3

CREATIVE JUICES PAINT PARTY with the Colleton County Memorial Library, 6pm S’MORES CRAFT CLASS with AHAB’S, 6pm

WHAM! KICKOFF: ‘Mrs. Roper’ Art Gallery Crawl, 6pm

PIZZA & CRAFT CLASS with Colleton County Arts Council (CCAC), 6pm

MAY 4

COLLETON FARMERS MARKET 9am to 1pm

PALMETTO BRICKS EXPO at Colleton County Parks & Rec., 9am to 4pm

INDIGO DYING WORKSHOP with the Colleton Museum, 11am

SNOW WHITE LYDA

PERFORMANCE at the Colleton Civic Center, 5pm

PARENTS NIGHT OUT!

KID NIGHT with CCAC, 8pm

MAY 5

PHOTOGRAPHY WALK with the South Carolina Artisans Center (SCAC), 2pm

HARBOR MASTERS CHORUS CONCERT at Bethel United Methodist Church, 3pm

PARENTS NIGHT OUT!

KID NIGHT with CCAC, 8pm

MAY 6

COLLETON CHILDREN’S THEATRE OPEN HOUSE at the Colleton Civic Center, 5:30pm

MAY 7

COLLETON FARMERS MARKET 9am to 1pm

BRENDA CRAVEN’S ACRYLIC CLASS with CCAC, 1:30pm

OPEN ART CRITIQUE with SCAC 5:30pm

CANVASES WITH CATHY at the Colleton Museum, 6pm

HERB WORKSHOP at the Colleton Farmers Market, 6pm

MICHELE TYLER’S OIL CLASS with CCAC, 6 pm

MAY 8

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with the SCAC, 5:30pm

CARNIVAL NIGHT with CCAC, 5:30 pm

MASTER STUDY PAUL KLEE: THE GOLDEN FISH with AHAB’S, 6pm

MAY 9

HOMESCHOOL CRAFT CLASS with CCAC, 11am

WHAM! POETRY SLAM at Bear Café & Lounge on Main, 6pm

COLONIAL DANCING WITH CPT. JOHN DENT at Colleton Coffee, 6pm

WHAM! TRIVIA NIGHT with CCHAPS at Main Street Grille, 6:30pm

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with CCHS Chorus at CCHS Performing Arts Center, 7pm

MAY 10

HOMESCHOOL CRAFT CLASS with CCAC, 11am PUMPING UP YOUR PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE with SCAC, 5:30pm GNOME ORNAMENT CLASS with AHAB’S, 6pm CITY STAGE PRESENTS: LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET at the Colleton Civic Center, 6pm

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WITH CCHS CHORUS at CCHS Performing Arts Center, 7pm

MAY 11

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MOMMY & ME PAINTING CLASS with CCAC, 2pm

WHAM! FESTIVAL FINALE, Concert & Awards at the Walterboro Wildlife Center, 5pm

With over 40 participating food trucks, this weekend’s festival is sure to have a taste of something everyone loves

Black Food Truck Festival celebrates

Black-owned businesses

By Connelly Hardaway

Now in its third year (and fifth event), the Black Food Truck Festival (BFTF) has grown into an impressive showing of not only Black food trucks, but of a community hungry for more opportunities to celebrate Black-owned businesses.

The festival takes place April 26 through April 28, with an opening night event held on Friday at The Wonderer downtown; two full days of food truck fun at the Exchange Park in Ladson on Saturday and Sunday; and a Saturday night after party at Music Farm. Tickets to the food truck portion of the festival start at $25 and can be purchased online. Tickets include access to the event as well as all of the festival’s live entertainment during the food truck fest.

BFTF founder Marcus Hammond said that participating food trucks appreciate the environment the festival has created. “They love it because, naturally, they’re part of the community, and it’s kind of cool to be in a safe space in an environment where everybody is welcome and to be able to shine and have a great time.”

with Hammond hoping to add a few more as ticket sales continued to increase.

The food truck lineup is heavily local, with participants like Bert & T’s Desserts, Tater’s Sea and Soul, Chucktown Meatball Co., Fab Sliders and more. The fest is bringing in one particularly big out-of-town name, though — uber-popular, Atlanta-based vegan burger chain, Slutty Vegan — and Hammond and his team are setting up the food truck configuration with lines in mind.

“We put some of our high rollers on different sides of the field so that we can bring the traffic out,” he said. “We’ve got Slutty Vegan coming. So we know she’s gonna bring a lot of traffic.”

In addition to the food trucks, the festival features a number of bars, a kids’ area and live music. The music lineup this year includes Charleston’s Manny Houston, Atlanta’s Trap Jazz All Stars and D.C.’s “premier Go-Go band,” BackYard Band (perhaps best known for its lead performer Anwan ‘Big G’ Glover’s role on The Wire).

The numbers speak for themselves

As of publication, the festival had over 40 food trucks headed to the Exchange grounds,

“When we originally [put on the festival], we wanted to create something that was multi-generational and really spoke to Black culture,” Hammond said. “It gave people a lens of an up close family-friendly event [and served] as a family-friendly environment to take a deep dive into Black

What’s new

To celebrate its third anniversary in Charleston, Chef Vivian Howard’s Lenoir is now serving dinner on Mondays. If you haven’t stopped into the spot yet, head there for “the cuisine of the rural, agrarian South” with dishes like fried collards, blueberry barbecue chicken wings and roasted tomato pie. The restaurant and bar are now open 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday. Learn more at dineatlenoir.com.

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culture. Especially in Charleston, South Carolina where a lot of the festivals don’t really reflect Black culture in Charleston. So that was very important for us to really highlight that.”

Not only does the festival offer Charlestonians a chance to experience the city’s Black culture, but it also offers quite a few out-of-towners an experience they’re willing to travel far for.

“People come from all over,” Hammond said. “We have people from California, Washington, New Orleans; 84% of our crowd comes from out of town … I [created the fest] because of my love for the community and food and music. But I did not know that I would somehow be [affecting] tourism because of how many people we bring in.”

The numbers speak for themselves when it comes to the popularity of the event: the first year of the BFTF hosted about 4,000 attendees while the second year hosted approximately 15,000. That’s about a 328 % increase in attendance, according to BFTF’s impact report.

And while Hammond is proud of the numbers, he’s proud of the festival’s spirit, too. He saw a need, met it — and watched it grow. “We’re bringing a unique and niche experience [with] the Black Food Truck Festival,” Hammond said. “We don’t have a lot of those. People want that. We started as a need and there’s a demand for it. People really want to be a part of it.”

Bladesmith Quintin Middleton of Middleton Made Knives has partnered with celebrity chef Justin Sutherland to unveil an exclusive chef knife collaboration. Created by Middleton in his St. Stephen, South Carolina workshop, the knife features a “distinctive design highlighted by the custom purple and black Kirinite Acrylic handles,” according to a press release. “Having admired Chef Justin Sutherland on countless television appearances, I knew I wanted to collaborate with him,” Middleton said. “However, it wasn’t until we met at Kwame Onuwatchi’s Family Reunion that this dream turned into reality. Together, we’ve forged a blade that reflects hard work, craftsmanship, and embodies distinguished culinary artistry.” Learn more online at middletonmadeknives.com.

What’s happening

The Bar at Husk hosts a wine dinner featuring Tatomer Wines at 6 p.m. on April 28. Chef Ray England has curated a Husk feast featuring some of his favorite purveyors to pair with Tatomer selections from the West Coast vineyards. Book your spot online at resy.com.

Now through May 12, head to Chubby Fish to support World Central Kitchen as part of a campaign from Asheville-based Benevolent Spirits. One dollar from a designated beverage will be donated to WCK as a show of solidarity after seven of the organization’s team members were killed in Gaza earlier this month. Learn more about the campaign online at donate.wck.org. —Connelly Hardaway

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Anime Fest celebrates Japanese art, culture

By Sydney Bollinger

Charleston’s annual celebration of anime, the Charleston Anime Fest, returns for its second year on April 28 in North Charleston.

Animated Japanese film and TV, also called anime, combines rich, diverse storylines with gorgeous artwork, and has grown in popularity in North America over the past several years.

In fact, it’s become more mainstream than ever: The dystopian anime Attack on Titan was one the most viewed TV shows in the United States in 2023, according to data science firm Parrot Analytics. And there’s no shortage of anime fans in Charleston — so much so that one year ago, Charleston got its very own comic-con style Anime Fest.

“People love Japanese culture, people love storylines, and people love art … I think that’s what anime’s all about,” said Charleston Anime Fest show promoter Carmine De Santo.

The first Anime Fest in 2023 had an “unbelievable turnout,” said De Santo, who also runs CharlestonCon, an annual pop culture convention. “Charleston has a big love for the anime world.”

This year’s show boasts an expanded vendor space, where attendees can browse anime artwork, figurines and snacks from Japan. Throughout the day, Anime Fest will host panels featuring both informative and interactive panels on topics like anime history and Gundam model making.

There are special guests from the anime world, including voice actors Aaron Roberts (Toriko, Tokyo Ghoul ) and Cris George (My Hero Academia, One Piece).

De Santo said bringing in the voice actors is a favorite part of the fest for attendees. “Voice actors are now becoming more popular than comic book guests, and are like celebrities at these shows … These are the shows that people watch at night or in bed, shows like Demon Slayer and My Hero Academia and Dragon Ball Z. They can actually see the voices behind these characters.”

As anime’s popularity has grown in recent years, so has the anime community in Charleston. Get dressed up in your best cosplay to celebrate Japanese art and culture at the second-annual Anime Fest on April 28.

Anime’s popularity grows

For anyone new to anime, De Santo emphasized the Charleston Anime Fest is a welcoming place for veteran fans and newcomers alike.

De Santo, a self-described “old school guy,” said he grew up on anime classics like Force Five. He attributes the last ten years of growth in anime’s popularity in the North American market to the impact of streaming services, which has turned anime shows like My Hero Academia into pop culture powerhouses. He also explained how early anime like Akira and Ghost in the Shell in the eighties and nineties paved the way for the popular series of today.

“It’s slowly gotten bigger and bigger every year with these new TV shows that come from Japan.”

Reunion specials and anniversaries, like for Dragon Ball Z ’s 35 years, have also boosted the visibility of the genre. Many series have also begun releasing spin-offs of popular series, like Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, which introduces a new cast to the Naruto franchise while cashing in on the nostalgia aspect to cater to younger and older audiences alike.

As anime’s popularity has grown, so has its social currency — and the need for places like Charleston Anime Fest where fans can come together to celebrate the art form.

“Anime fans were always known as “nerds” or “dorks,” and now they can actually come out of their shell … It’s changed in the last 10 years, anyone that’s watching anime, they’re not a dork or geek anymore.”

Arts, etc.

Studio Union hosts open house

North Charleston artist-run studio space Studio Union (@studiounion_chs on Instagram) hosts an open studios event, 5-8 p.m., April 26. Find new work from studio artists including Gabriela Gomez-Misserian, Studio Union founder Susan Gregory, Natalie Hanson, Riivo Kruuk , Susanna Kopchains, Colin Peterson and more. Learn more at studiounionchs.com.

Dance the night away at Forte Jazz Lounge

A family affair

The event caters to people of all ages, which is something Charleston Anime Fest prides itself on, De Santo said. Since anime has only increased in popularity, families are watching anime together, and family group cosplays were something De Santo noticed at last year’s Anime Fest.

“It’s shocking,” he laughed. “Kids coming dressed up as Dragon Ball Z with their dad as Master Roshi and the kids are Goku.”

With the proliferation of “nerdy” media in the last 10 to 20 years, it only makes sense that now attendees are sharing their enthusiasm for pop culture like anime across generations.

“I think that’s the best feeling in the world — seeing families having a good time and dressing up as a show that they love at home, coming out and representing those characters,” De Santo said.

De Santo hopes that Charleston Anime Fest will only grow in the coming years as more people begin to display their love for anime.

“I hope [attendees] are getting more involved with the shows and that they are more knowledgeable in this beautiful community we have,” he said.

Find tickets for Charleston Anime Fest at charlestonanimefest.com for $20.

One free child entry allowed per adult ticket. Additional children’s tickets are $10. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

King Street music hotspot Forte Jazz Lounge hosts its weekly salsa dance night on Tuesday, April 30, starting with a one hour salsa lesson at 6:30 p.m. and a social dance floor from 7:30 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. It’s $10 to attend, learn the steps and dance the night away. Bring a partner or fly solo — everyone will rotate and dance with one another at this fun and social event. Learn more at fortejazzlounge.com.

12 artists depict Sweet Dreams

Changeling Gallery, a pop-up art experience directed by Minna Heaton, brings together 12 local artists for a one-night-only show at Society Hall exploring the relationship between the dreamer and the dream. Catch Sweet Dreams from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. May 3. The $5 entry fee puts you in the running to win an artwork raffle. Learn more at @changeling.gallery on Instagram.

North Charleston readies for annual Arts Fest

From May 1-5 the City of North Charleston hosts its annual five-day festival, Arts Fest, a diverse series of events highlighting regional and local artists and performers. There’s an array of free performances, exhibitions and activities in a variety of venues, including libraries, businesses, community centers and parks. From concerts to theater and dance presentations, children’s programs, arts exhibitions and demonstrations: North Charleston Arts Fest offers something for everyone. Learn more at northcharlestonartsfest.com.

— Chloe Hogan

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Misha Pekar is a multidisciplinary musician, director and educator who can be found performing classical, jazz, musical theater and popular music around the Charleston area, Ohm Radio writes. After graduating from the College of Charleston with a double major in piano performance and arts management, Pekar has performed with Charleston Stage, The North Charleston Pops, The Footlight Players, Charleston Jazz and more. From teaching piano at Ashley Hall to leading Forte Jazz Lounge’s Sunday jams, you can find Misha involved in a little bit of everything. In no particular order, here are his top 5 albums:

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Tonya Nicole brings FOUR WOMEN to Music Hall

By Kevin Murphy Wilson

Tonya Nicole is an acclaimed Lowcountry performer known for high-energy musical productions, and the one she’s presenting Friday, May 3 at Charleston Music Hall is no exception. The show is dubbed FOUR WOMEN because, according to Nicole, it pays homage to four extremely influential women in her life: Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill.

Nicole told the Charleston City Paper that these important female figures provided sections of the road map she used for her own journey. Her long and winding road of self-discovery began in Holly Hill, S.C., where Nicole would sing at her grandmother’s church. She majored in theater and honed her sensational stage presence at the College of Charleston.

After graduation, Nicole sensed that it was in her best interest to stick around town and immerse herself in Charleston’s vibrant arts community. “I’m really impressed with how the music scene has flourished in the last 5 to 6 years,” she said. “There is definitely enough to go around. All you have to do is find your niche and grow it.”

Although she took a slight detour to start a family with her husband, Nicole has indeed identified her area of expertise as a vocalist and has remained a prominent part of Charleston’s nightlife ever since.

“I started producing my own shows a couple of years ago,” Nicole said. “And this one is very special to me. It’s my favorite so far.” The concert showcases Nicole’s passion for Jazz and neo-soul.

Taking inspiration

It turns out that “Four Women” is actually the title of a Nina Simone song that Nicole loves to perform. As Nicole recalled, “One time it left me thinking, ‘Who are my four?’ And I immediately arrived at Billie, Erykah, Nina and Lauryn.” From there, Nicole picked up on some apparent common threads and began to weave something new derived from the way these powerful performers tell their stories, their style on stage and even their personal lives.

Although each lady has been enormously impactful, Nicole admitted that there was a slight hierarchy that unfolded in her mind when she plotted out this production.

“My No. 1 is Billie Holiday. She’s breathtaking. Her voice is indescribable. It displays a beautiful pain in most songs,” Nicole said. “My No. 2 is Erykah Badu. I like to think of her as a reincarnated Billie Holiday. I remember hearing her, then seeing her first music video, ‘On & On.,’ As a teenager, I immediately thought, ‘Oh my goodness. She’s like Billie Holiday.’ The difference between these two, in my opinion, is simply the emotion behind their voices. I described Billie’s as a beautiful pain. Erykah’s is more of a beautiful pride and joy.”

Even while placing her third, Nicole said that Nina Simone was on another level alto-

gether. “Her way of composing songs and articulating the exact feeling of the times is unmatched. She’s so unique. I like to think of her as a genre ambiguous artist. She creates everything from blues, folk, jazz, classical, pop, etc. You name it, she’s done it.”

“Last but certainly not least is the incomparable, Ms. Lauryn Hill,” Nicole revealed. “She is the Nina Simone of our time. She’s an artist that is beyond intentional and not afraid to just be or say whatever needs to be said. Her tone is also beautiful, deep, rich and raspy. It’s perfect.”

In the end, Nicole said that she loves all of them tremendously, and she hopes that her respect and admiration comes across loud and clear at the FOUR WOMEN tribute.

“What I admire most about all of the women featured in this set is their unapologetic nature about who they are at the core. Their willingness to use their platforms to speak, and create songs about whatever they are passionate about is commendable. They’re real pioneer women in this music industry. Like them, I’m also an intentional artist whose only goal is to make my audiences feel and to have people leave my shows feeling inspired and full of joy.”

Catch the show at 8 p.m. May 3. Tickets are $20 at charlestonmusichall.com.

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Notice is hereby given to all persons, third persons, third party custodians, bailees and trustees worldwide and the United States proper by Cynthia Grant Executrix, Beneficiary a Private American residing and domiciling without said jurisdictions to wit: District of Columbia, Territorial, and military. I affirm that I, Cynthia Grant executrix, beneficiary is the true holder in possession of entire legal estate of “TERRY GRANT” pursuant to Case Number: 2022ES1000834 in esse sui juris

certify and declare that, I am the bonafide sole exclusive priority natural blood heir and equitable title holder to said decedent estate and chattels including but not limited to all equitable assets, accounting, rents, interest, property in connection with and derived from said estate and chattels and further, and further that executrix beneficiary is bona fide without notice of any adverse notice of record actual or constructive of any equal or superior or prior equitable right by nature that can suspend or confuse said rights to same said equitable estate. If any man, person, legal agency worldwide have an adverse claim I demand you make a claim in equity for any said right, title, interest, in decedents legal estate. Silence or waiver will be deemed I am superior title holder with intent to merge the titles. In a contest of equities superior equity shall prevail.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name (natalie ascencio-brown ) and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, (natalie ascencio-brown , natalie ascencio-brown , saige bey), 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.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NUMBER: 2024-CP-10-01100

Letisha Jackson Adams, Plaintiff, vs.

Lamar D. Jackson, Gary Banks, Freeman Banks, Richard Banks, Jr., Lakeysha Banks 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 Susie Ellis, Josephine Banks, Richard Banks, Sr. and Jonelle Banks all of whom are 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

and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiffs against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of the South Carolina Declaratory Judgment Act, Sections 15-53-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and under Section 15-67-10, et. seq. for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs and Defendants are the owners of the said property described in paragraph One (1) of the Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

That said property 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 certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings thereon, known as Lot No. 28 of Hobcaw Lots in Christ Church Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina. Measuring and containing on the North and South Lines one hundred twenty-five feet, and on the East and West lines sixty feet; said lot butting and bounding to the North on Lot No. 29, to the West by Lot No. 52, to the South by Lot Not. 27, and to the East by Spark Street. The above mentioned lot is now in Block “B” of Hobcaw Lots.

SUBJECT to all applicable easements and restrictions of record.

TMS # 535-04-00-032

GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

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.

Jason D. Pockrus, SC Bar #101333, 2 Belt Drive Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 843-719-1080

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name (yada-bey ascencio brown) and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, (yada-bey ascencio brown, yada-bey ascencio brown, yada bey ), 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.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name (raquel ascencio gonzalez) and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, (raquel ascencio gonzalez, raquel ascencio gonzalez , xochipilli bey), 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

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, 6 Carriage Lane,, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated April 9, 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) days after past publications of the Summons herein.

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ J. Chris Lanning J. Chris Lanning 12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 Phone – 843-766-5576

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

CASE NUMBER: 2024-CP-10-00304

Norman Ford, Plaintiff, vs. Bruce E. Ford, Verna Ford Jones, Francina Ford Aiken, Kenneth Ford, Shawntiegh M. Fuzz, Timeka Fuzz and Marvin L. Fuzz, Jr. 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 Hastings Ford, Mary Ford Fields, Jeronica Ford, Louise Heyward Ford, Janice M. Ford Fuzz, Leroy Ford and Theodore

Ford all of whom are 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 Plaintiffs, through their 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 Plaintiffs 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 Plaintiffs 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 January 19, 2024. Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on January 19, 2024.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiffs against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of the South Carolina Declaratory Judgment Act, Sections 15-53-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and under Section 15-67-10, et. seq. for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs and Defendants are the owners of the said property described in paragraph One (1) of the Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

That said property 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 certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying being situate in Red Top Community, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina containing 0.93 acres and designated as Lot C on a plat entitled, “Plat To Resubdivide Lots A, B, C and D, a

BORN 2013 and 2011.

TO DEFENDANT: TYRONE KING

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 18, 2023, at 1:42 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. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

2023, at 9:06

Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Non-Emergency Removal will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County 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, S.C. 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 843-953-3713.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: ROBERT WILLIAM DUDDLESTON 2024-ES-10-0398

DOD: 11/25/23

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Estate of: ROBERT JEFFREY ROBINSON 2023-ES-10-0533

DOD: 12/17/23

Pers. Rep: GREGORY ROBINSON

2160 STONEWOOD DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: MICHAEL W. SAUTTER, ESQ.

147 WAPPOO CREEK DR., #202 CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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Estate of: BERNICE MARIE ROPER SIMMONS

2024-ES-10-0588

DOD: 2/15/24

Pers. Rep: TREVOR D. SIMMONS

1330 E MANOR BLVD. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Atty: THOMAS H. BRUSH, ESQ.

12 A CARRIAGE LN. CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: ROBERT BELA HALMI

2024-ES-10-0589

DOD: 2/22/24

Pers. Rep: ROBERT A. HALMI

1349 OLD POST RD. POUND RIDGE, NY 10576

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: MARK STEPHEN KSENZAK

2024-ES-10-0604

DOD: 3/2/24

Pers. Rep: CATHERINE MARIE KSENZAK

4812 BERCKMAN RD., NO.

CHARLESTON, SC 29405

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Estate of: SONJA KAYE GIBSON

PENLAND

2024-ES-10-0616

DOD: 2/6/24

Pers. Rep: KIMBERLY PENLAND

MARSHALL

302 HIGH GROVE RD.

SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485

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Estate of: CHRISTOPHER RYAN

WELSH

2024-ES-10-0618

DOD: 12/22/23

Pers. Rep: PATRICK FOY WELSH

330 ARLINGTON DR. CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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Estate of: RUSSELL FLOYD WOHNIG

2024-ES-10-0619

DOD: 6/3/23

Pers. Rep: RUSSELL CONNOR WOHNIG

1890 MAPLE LEAF CT. CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: JOHN E. ROMANOSKY, JR., ESQ.

1 COOL BLOW ST., #201 CHARLESTON, SC 29403

Estate of: STEVEN FINN HARDWICK

2024-ES-10-0620

DOD: 2/18/24

Pers. Rep: CAROLYN JAMES HARDWICK

4134 NATURE VIEW CIR. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: JOHN BRENDAN MAGEE

2024-ES-10-0627

DOD: 12/18/23

Pers. Rep: BRENDAN MAGEE

1510 REGIMENTAL DR. JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: J. RUTLEDGE YOUNG, JR., ESQ.

96 BROAD ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: EMILY MARGUERITE SIMONS

2024-ES-10-0632

DOD: 3/25/24

Pers. Rep: MILES G. SIMONS

900 SW 14TH ST. BOCA RATON, FL 33486

WASHINGTON and GLORIA WASHINGTON, all of whom are deceased and any 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 filed herein, Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

Estate of: IRVING L. GREENBERG 2024-ES-10-0076

DOD: 11/16/23

Pers. Rep: JACK GREENBERG 5007 SALTY DOG DR. MEGGETT, SC 29449

Atty: CHARLES ALTMAN, ESQ. CHRIS LUTZ, ESQ. 575 KING ST., #A CHARLESTON, SC 29403 *************

Estate of: ROBERT JOSEPH IMBUS 2024-ES-10-0241

DOD: 1/18/24

Pers. Rep: ROBERT ROY IMBUS 12 DUNE RIDGE LN. ISLE OF PALMS, SC 29451

Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST. CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: GREGORY LEE LYTTLE 2024-ES-10-0491

DOD: 1/22/24

Pers. Rep: ELLEN GAIL LYTTLE 5432 BUCKEYE RD. HOLLYWOOD, SC 29449

Atty: TERESA ZACHRY HILL, ESQ. 6209 SAVANNAH HWY. RAVENEL, SC 29470

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Estate of: JAMES LACY DODSON, JR. 2024-ES-10-0501

DOD: 2/16/24

Pers. Rep: WILLIAM J. O’BRIEN, III

429 INDIGO RD. GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445

Atty: DANIEL M. BRADLEY, ESQ. PO BOX 2061 MT. PLEASANT, SC 29465

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Estate of: JAMES WILLARD DAVIS 2024-ES-10-0565

DOD: 2/4/24

Pers. Rep: LINDA P. DAVIS 6809 DAVIS RD. RAVENEL, SC 29470

Atty: THOMAS BRUSH, ESQ. 12 CARRIAGE LN., #A CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of: RICHARD EUGENE BATH 2024-ES-10-0578

DOD: 3/13/24

Pers. Rep: CHERYL M. BATH 1755 PITTSFORD CIR. CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: JOSEPH W. GINN, III, ESQ. 3842 LEEDS AVE., #2 CHARLESTON, SC 29405

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2023-CP-10-05766

CHARISSE RILEY, CLINT RILEY, KEN RILEY and HELEN BLACK, Plaintiffs, vs. DURAND WASHINGTON, KENYATTA RILEY, KIMYETTA RILEY, DAMION ARROYO and MICHELE ARROYO, JOHN DOE, adults, and 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 or legal entity of any kind who may be an heir, distributee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of any of the said Defendants, if any be deceased, and ERNELL RILEY, SHIRLEY M. ARROYO, JOSHUA WASHINGTON, DAVID

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 John J. Dodds III at his office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on November 27, 2023.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiffs against the Defendants to clear title to the parcel of real property hereinafter described and to establish ownership of said parcel in the name of the lawful owners, free and clear of any adverse claims whatsoever, and to effect a Partition by Sale of the said parcel. The property which is the subject of this action was at the commencement of this action and is now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows:

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being on the west side of Nassau Street in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, South Carolina, between New Market Creek and Cedar Street, and known as Plat No. 43 North Nassau Street. Measuring and containing in from on Nassau Street, 30 Ft. By 120 Ft. In depth, the said dimensions being a little more or little less. Being the same property conveyed to Gloria Washington by deed of Josh Washington, dated December 5, 1959, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County (“ROD”), South Carolina in Book V-68, Page 509. Also, being the same property conveyed to Helen Black, Ernell Riley, Shirley M. Arroyo, Joshua Washington, David Washington and Durand Washington by Deed of Distribution in the Estate of Gloria Washington, Charleston County Probate Court Case Number 2001ES10-00681, dated June 4, 2002, and recorded in the ROD on June 6, 2002, in Book M-408, Page 168.

TMS#: 459-01-01-037

NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on December 15, 2023, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 294650459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative,

issue or alienee of Ernell Riley, Shirley M. Arroyo,

persons

entities,

interest or estate

lien

estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

John J. Dodds III 858 Lowcountry Blvd. Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530

john@cisadodds.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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

CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-00417

WILLIAM H. BROWN, JR., Plaintiff, vs. MARY MILLIGAN FLUDD, BETTY ELIZABETH TOWNSEND, LEROY MILLIGAN, JULIA M. BROWN, BLONDELL MILLIGAN, MARIE M. GADSDEN, EVELYN BROWN aka Evelyn B. Moore, CARRIE BROWN CLARKE ROPER, WILBERT ROSE, JOSEPH JENKINS, JR., KEVIN JENKINS, VANESSA JENKINS, CHARLENE JENKINS, TAKEELA MILLIGAN, SONYA BROWN, EMEL MARTINEZ

LUCAS, KENNETH MARTINEZ, and if any of these Defendants be deceased, then JOHN DOE, adults, and 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 or legal entity of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of any of the said Defendants, if any be deceased, and HENRY ROSE, JR., HENRY ROSE, SR., EVELINA ROSE MACK aka Evelyn Rose Mack, MARIE ROSE BROWN MILLER, EMEL ROSE, PERCIVAL MILLIGAN, HENRY MILLIGAN AND HENRIETTA M. JENKINS, all of whom are deceased, and any and 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 filed herein, and ANNIE C. BROWN, Defendants.

SUMMONS

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 John J. Dodds III at his office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE

Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 25, 2024.

that an action has been commenced

described

Property”) and to establish ownership of the Subject Property in the names of the owners as lawful heirs of Henry Rose, Jr., free and clear of any adverse claims whatsoever, to Partition in Kind the Subject Property and to establish an Ingress/Egress Easement from South Carolina 174 over and across TMS# 076-00-00-088 owned by Annie C. Brown to TMS# 07600-00-089 . The property which is the subject of this action was at the commencement of this action and is now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows:

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel or land, situate, lying and being on Edisto Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing fourteen point six five (14.65) acre, more or less, and known under the current street numbering system as 746 Highway 174, Edisto Island, South Carolina 29438.

BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to Henry Rose, Junior by deed of Forfeited Land Commission, dated April 15, 1939, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County on May 8, 1939, in Book U-039, at Page 227.

TMS#: 076-00-00-089

ALSO

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel or land, situate, lying and being on Edisto Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing point four five (.45) acre, more or less, and known under the current street numbering system as 8127 Oyster Factory Rd., Edisto Island, South Carolina 29438.

BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to Henry Rose, Junior by deed of Forfeited Land Commission, dated April 15, 1939, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County on May 8, 1939, in Book U-039, at Page 227.

TMS#: 076-00-00-076

You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on February 27, 2024, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 294650459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Henry Rose, Jr., Henry Rose, Sr., Evelina Rose Mack aka Evelyn Rose Mack, Marie Rose Brown Miller, Emel Rose, Percival Milligan, Henry Milligan and Henrietta M. Jenkins, all deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.

John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd. Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

(P) (843) 881-6530

john@cisadodds.com

Williams by deed recorded in the (“ROD”) on January 1, 1944, in Book

JAMES B. CAPERS SR. and FLORENCE C. HUTCHINSON, Plaintiffs, vs.

SHONDRA R. CAPERS, DOUGLAS CAPERS III, JESSE A. RANKINS JR., TRACI L. RANKINS STANBERRY, FRANCES JACKIE WILLIAMS, ALMETTA W. RIVERS, JAMES B. WILLIAMS, GEORGE M. WILLIAMS, KAREN D. EVANS, JOHN DOE, adults, and 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 or legal entity of any kind who may be an heir, distributee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of any of the said Defendants, if any be deceased, and JESSIE WILLIAMS, ERNESTINE WILLIAMS CAPERS, FRANK JESSE WILLIAMS, ARTHUR WILLIAMS SR., ERNESTINE CAPERS RANKINS, DOUGLAS CAPERS JR., and ARTHUR WILLIAMS, JR., all of whom are deceased, and any 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 filed herein, Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon John J. Dodds III at his office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 26, 2024.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiffs against the Defendants to clear title to the parcel of real property hereinafter described (“Subject Property”) and to establish ownership of the Subject Property in the names of the owners as lawful heirs of Jessie Williams free and clear of any adverse claims whatsoever and to Partition in Kind the Subject Property. The Subject Property was at the commencement of this action and is now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows:

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Bears Bluff Road, Wadmalaw Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, measuring 6.4 acres, more or less, and shown as Residual 6.4 ac. + or - on a Plat prepared by G. E. Lohr, Registered Land Surveyor, dated March 27, 1978, entitled “LANDS OF JESSIE WILLIAMS WADMALAW ISLAND CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina (“ROD”) on May 26, 1978, in Plat Book Q, at Page 141.Being a portion of the same property conveyed to Jessie

You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on March 14, 2024, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-0459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Jessie Williams, Ernestine Williams Capers, Frank Jesse Williams, Arthur Williams Sr., Ernestine Capers Rankins, Douglas Capers Jr. and Arthur Williams, Jr., all deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein. John J. Dodds III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS

VANESSA PROVANCHER, MARVIN FLOYD, & BRANDY SMOAK DEFENDANTS.

IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN IN 2019, 2020, & 2022.

TO DEFENDANT: MARVIN FLOYD

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Dorchester County on February 22, 2024. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Dorchester County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Dawn M Berry, Legal Department of the Dorchester County Department of Social Services, 216 Orangeburg Rd Summerville S.C. 29483 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.

Dawn M Berry SC Bar # 101675 216 Orangeburg Rd Summerville S.C. 29483 843-486-1861

COPYRIGHT NOTICE OR THE STRAW

This copyright notice informs the potential user of the name DESTINY ALLIYAH MARSHAY PHILLIPS and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, destiny el, 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 Financing Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name with the intent of obligating me, plus cost, plus triple damages.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

Facility 1: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 05/07/2024

10:20 AM

Anita Baker Household items

Renee Williams Household items

Facility 2: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 05/07/2024

10:35 AM

Tarvia Blake Apartment Things

Bertrum McQueen Household Goods and Furniture

Renea Williams

Household Goods and Furniture

Joseph Copley

Household Goods and Furniture

Facility 3: 1426 Hwy 17

Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 05/07/2024 10:40 AM

Matthew Thomas 86’ tv, boxes

Facility 4: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414 05/07/2024 10:00 AM

Lewis Rawls Misc household items

Marcellus Hunter Business products

Erika Johns Master bedroom, office, some tools

Brittany Dent Bedset, clothes, shoes, TV’S (2) Toys etc

Facility 5: 2443 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414 05/07/2024 10:30 AM

Gerald Frazier Personal Items

Facility 6: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412 05/07/2024 11:30 AM

LJH Landsurveying, LLC

Household goods, furniture and work supplies.

Facility 7: 9670 Dorchester Rd Summerville, SC 29485 05/07/2024 10:15 AM

Melissa Medeiros Boxes

Arthur Snodgrass Misc household items

Josh Benbrook Household goods

Daria White Smalls Boxes

Facility 8: 6941 Rivers Ave North Charleston, SC 29406 05/07/2024 12:30 PM

Angel Williams 3 Bedroom and appliances

Trevonte Singleton 2 Bedroom set, tv’s

William Holmes Lumber

Facility 9: 5146 Ashley Phosphate Rd North Charleston, SC 29420 05/07/2024 12:00 PM

Leah Turner

Queen bed, frame, couch, dining set, 50- and 40-inch TV’s, clothes, crates, kitchen supplies, air fryer

Kateshia Garrett

Storage bins and Christmas tree

Aoleon Harrison 2 containers, bags and boxes

Soleah Wright 2 bedrooms, dressers, love seat, household items

Rebecca Richardson

Household furniture

Shamasia Jones

Clothing, furniture and tv’s

Facility 10: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414 05/07/2024 11:15 AM

Master’s Sale

Case

Facility 1: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 5/07/2024 11:45 AM

Heath Verner Household items furniture decor and clothing

Karen Jackson Living room items

Facility 2: 2118 Heriot St. Charleston, SC 29403 5/07/2024 12:15 PM

Shaniqua Franklin Couches, table, chairs

Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 5/07/2024 12:45 PM

Javionah Tucker Boxes only

James Ellis Couch, chair, ottoman, boxes

Eric Greenway Tool box, tools, tool cabinet

Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405 5/07/2024 1:00 PM

Ernest Murray Household Goods/Furniture

Facility 5: 1861 Ashley River Rd. Charleston, SC 29407 5/07/2024 1:15 PM

Adrienne Nelson Clothing

Charles Miller Boxes, beds

Jchernavia Shipman 2 bdr

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

Edward R Flanary, Jr; Jonathan M Flanary; Daybreak Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S)

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 16th 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 7th day of May, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, including any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and shown and designated as LOT 17, DAY BREAK SUBDIVISION, lying South of Diddy Drive, lying West of Kaycee’s Court, on a plat of survey dated July 25, 2002, prepared by Absolute Surveying, Inc. and entitled “FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT FOR DAYBREAK SUBDIVISION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS GRAYFORD” and duly recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on July 29, 2002, in Plat Book EF, at Page 763. Reference to said plat being craved for a more complete description as to distances, courses, metes and bounds.

SUBJECT to all Easements, Restrictions, and Rights of Way of record.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto Edward R. Flanary, Jr. by virtue of a Deed from Keli Walden dated October 29, 2018 and recorded November 1, 2018 in Book 0757 at Page 508 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

THEREAFTER, Edward R. Flanary, Jr. conveyed the subject property unto Edward R. Flanary, Jr. and Jonathan M. Flanary by virtue of a Quit-Claim Deed dated December 19, 2018 and recorded December 31, 2018 in Book 0769 at Page 392 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS #560-12-00145

Current Property Address: 1609 Diddy Drive Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

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

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

April 19th, 2024; April 26th, 2024 and May 3rd, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Robert Ford, Daisy Ford Riley, Jessie Ford and Marion Elizabeth Ford, Plaintiffs,

v. John Ford, Sr., Isabella Mitchell, John Ford, Jr., Ruby Smith, Herman Smith, Edward Ford, Adeline Ford Gadsden, Thadeus Gadsden, Ernest Ford, Marie Ford, Samuel Ford, Evelina Middleton and Elizabeth Worthy all of whom are deceased persons, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Successors and Assigns and Spouses, if any they have and all other persons entitled to claim under them or through them, and all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 39.071 Acres on Old Jacksonboro Road known by TMS # 187-00-00-006 and 13.763 acres on Old Jacksonboro Road known by TMS # 187-00-00-233 And also any unknown heirs, devisees or Distributes of the Deceased Defendants, And any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class Designated as Richard Roe and Jessie Ford, Pearl W. Burell, Francis W. Martin, Carolyn W. Miley, Alma W. Curnell, Joseph Smith, Samuel Smith, John Henry Smith, Earl Rivers, Ron Rivers, Dana Maria Heathy-Worthy and Tiffany Worthy, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a

acres respectively and shown and designated as “Tract J” and “Tract F” on a plat entitled “PLAT SHOWING TWO TRACTS OF LAND TOTALLING 52.834 ACRES, COMPRISED OF TRACT J, 39.071

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

reference

said plat more fully and at large appear.

TMS # 187-00-00-006 (Tract J) and TMS # 187-00-00-233 (Tract F) s/Jeffrey T. Spell Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407

has been

or

and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as JOHN DOE; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as RICHARD ROE, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice and Complaint were filed on April 5th, 2024, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on April 9th, 2024 and the Order of Publication was filed on April 9th, 2024 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Carl B. Hubbard, Esquire of 2201 Middle Street, Box 15, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina 29482 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated April 9th, 2024 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hollywood, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing 10 acres, more or less, and shown and delineated as “NEW TRACT “B-1” 435772.0 SQ. FEET 10.00 Acres” on that certain plat entitled “SUBDIVISION PLAT TRACT “B” 94.51 ACRES TMS NO. 163-00-00-164 OWNED BY: BCR-1031 RVN LLC CREATING TRACT “B” (64.93 ACRES) TRACT “B-1” (19.49 ACRES) & TRACT “B-2 (10.00 ACRES) LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF HOLLYWOOD CHARLESTON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA”, prepared by Kevin M. Schwacke, Sr., PLS No. 20468, of A.H. Schwacke & Associates, Inc., dated July 5th, 2022, and recorded July 26th, 2022 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South

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

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known as Lot No. 3 in the subdivision of Sunrise Heights on a plat of the same by Hilliard B. Good, entitled “Plat of Subdivision of Sunrise Heights, situated on the South side of Burton’s Lane, in Charleston Heights, Charleston County, South Carolina, formerly parts of Lots 8 and 10 of the Stromboli Tract” dated November 16th, 1954 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book J, Page 148.

Measuring and containing 30 feet in front on Burton’s Lane, the same on the back line by 90 feet in depth.

Butting and bounding to the North on Burton’s Lane on said plat, to the East on Sunrise Street on said plat, to the South on Lot No. 4 on said plat and on the West by Lot No. 2 on said plat.

TMS #: 466-03-00-057

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell

Attorney at Law 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff

April 12th, 2024

Date

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2023-CP-10-03337

By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Robert Barnett, as Trustee of the RH 401(k) Plan against Kenneth B. Canty, et al., I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., at the Charleston County Public Services Building, Second Floor Charleston County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, N. Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

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, known and designated as Lot 76, Schieveling Plantation Subdivision, as shown on a plat entitled “Final Plat Showing: The Subdivision of TMS No. 358-00-00-006 Into Schieveling Plantation Phases V and VI, Lots 60-74 and 76-104; Parcels B, G, J, K, L, M, N, O and R; New Rights-of-Way; and Tract A2B Residual, Property Owned By Schieveling Plantation Development, L.L.C., Located in The City of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina” prepared by Richard D. Lacey, Professional Land Surveyor, of Hoffman Lester Associated, Inc., dated January 28, 2002, and recorded March 27, 2002, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EF at Page 480-481. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

Being the same property conveyed to Kenneth B. Canty and Aretha Canty by Deed of James

TMS No. 358-14-00-110

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY IS: 695 Fair Spring Drive Charleston, South Carolina

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES, IF ANY.

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, Five per cent (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. 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 30 days days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder.)

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.

Purchaser to pay for preparation of the Master in Equity’s deed, documentary stamps on the deed, recording of the deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.00% per annum.

The sale is subject to the right of the United States of America to redeem the subject property within 120 days after the date of sale as provided by law.

/s/Mikell R. Scarborough

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County

Plaintiff’s Attorney:

J. Kershaw Spong [SC Bar #5289]

C. Elizabeth Weston [SC Bar #103305]

Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC P.O. Box 11449 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 929-1400 kspong@robinsongray.com lweston@robinsongray.com

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

DOCKET NO. 2024CP1001670

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee of CSMC 2019-RPL11 Trust, Plaintiff,

v. Charlotte Keller Oliver; Donald George Oliver, Jr; Keith Taylor; Defendant(s).

SUMMONS

292023200, within thirty (30) days after the

hereof, exclusive of the day of

service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

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

NOTICE

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on March 29, 2024.

s/ Brian P. Yoho

Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rogerstownsend.com

Brian P. Yoho (SC Bar #73516), Brian.Yoho@rogerstownsend.com

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400)

Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend. com

R. Brooks Wright SC Bar #105195) Brooks.Wright@rogerstownsend. com

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor Post Office Box 100200 (29202) Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 744-4444

Columbia, South Carolina

Master’s Sale 2023-CP-10-05708

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Newrez LLC d/b/a/ Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Michelle Anne Pelow and Justin Pelow, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated the March 19, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Charleston County Public Services Building, Second Floor Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, City of North Charleston, South Carolina 29401 on the 7th DAY OF MAY, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

Deficiency Judgment Demanded (013225-03728)

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Keith Taylor:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 13 Captiva Row, Charleston, SC 29407, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 353-10-00-135, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200,

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 11, Block AA, Northwood Estates Subdivision, which lot is more fully delineated on a plat made by William H. Mitchell, dated August 8, 1966, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book V, at Page 37, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Michelle Anne Pelow and Justin Pelow, as joint tenants

with the rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by deed of Timothy Quain LeBlanc dated May 25, 2021 and recorded May 27, 2021 in Book 0995 at Page 802 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 485-02-00-071

Property address: 8300 Witsell Street 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 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-10-01028

South Carolina Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF, VS. Penderlee Swinton a/k/a Penderlee C. Swinton, DEFENDANT(S).

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (242258.00023)

TO THE DEFENDANT PENDERLEE SWINTON A/K/A PENDERLEE C. SWINTON 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. Samuel

TO MINOR(S)

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 23, 2024.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

By: /s/Angelia J. Grant

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

NOTICE OF SALE

Docket No. 2019-CP-10-6585

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Hidden River on the Ashley Homeowners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Vera Mae White and Jerome Joshua White, Defendants;

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on June 4, 2024, at 11:00 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 tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 97 of a subdivision of The Park at River’s Edge recorded in Plat Book EJ at Page 714 (Book A-580 at Page 773) and having according to said plat, metes and bounds as shown thereon.

Being the same property conveyed to Vera Mae White and Jerome Joshua White by deed of REDUS South Carolina, LLC dated October 10, 2012 and recorded October 30, 2012 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office in Book 0287, at Page 935.

TMS

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 senior lien held by American Financial Resources, Inc., by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for American Financial Resources, Inc., in the original amount of $94,261.00, dated October 10, 2012, and recorded October 30, 2012, in Book 0287 at Page 938 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds; that certain lien held by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the original amount of $14,729.00, dated April 20, 2015, and recorded June 25, 2015, in Book 0485 at Page 749 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds; and that certain lien held by The Park Recreational Development, Inc. in the original amount of $3,689.36, dated November 9, 2018, and recorded November 15, 2018, in Book 0760, at Page 381 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

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

Master’s Sale

Case No. 2022-CP-10-05608

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Builders FirstSource-Southeast Group, LLC, Plaintiff,

v. Anson Street Construction, LLC, Dana Marie Slaven, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions, LLC, Defendants.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 5th day of December, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 7th day of May, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

OF SALE: FOR CASH:

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

The sale shall be subject to

All that lot of land, situate, lying and being in Avondale, a section of West Charleston in St. Andrew’s Parish, in the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, known and designated as Lot 173 on the plat of part of Section “A” in Avondale made by W.L. Gaillard, dated February, 1946 and recorded in Plat Book F, at page 230 in the RMC Office for Charleston County. Measuring and containing in front on the Northwest line on a street on said plat known as Rosedale Drive ninety-two (92) feet, on the back of Southeast line seventy-five (75) feet, on the Northeast line one hundred and eight and six-tenths (108.6) feet, and on the Southwest line one hundred sixty-two and eight-tenths (162.8) feet, be the same dimensions a little more or less. Butting and bounding on the Northwest by said street, known as Rosedale, on the Northeast by Lot No. 174 on said plat, on the

Southeast by Lot No. 111 on said

As a deficiency judgment is being demanded, the sale will be re-opened for bidding at the Charleston County Master in Equity’s Office, 100 Broad Street, Suite 266, Charleston, South Carolina, at 11:00 AM on the 6th day of June, 2024. PLAINTIFF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WAIVE THE DEFICIENCY UP TO AND INCLUDING THE DATE OF SALE.

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

Steven L. Smith, Esquire Telephone : 843-760-0220

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

of Covenants and Restrictions of the Dewees Island Property Owners Association.

the same property conveyed to Michael Delambo and Amy Delambo, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by Deed of Charlotte W. Lawson, Trustee of the Charlotte W. Lawson Trust dated February 2, 2001, Deed dated August 16, 2017, and recorded August 18, 2017, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book 0660 at Page 617.

TMS #: 608-14-00-046

Property Address: 284 Pelican Flight Drive Dewees Island, SC 29451

ASSESSMENTS,

C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-01297

US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust, Plaintiff

vs.

The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Willie Simmons, Jr.; Patrice Simmons, Glynice Simmons, and any other Heirsat-Law or Devisees of Willie Simmons, Jr., Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 11, 2024.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE

NAMED:

following described property, to

South Carolina,

known and designated as Lot 72 on a plat entitled, “DEWEES ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA,” by E. M. Seabrook,

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master-In-Equity or his agent, at the conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) percent of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within twenty (30) days, then the Master-In-Equity or his agent may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales day at the risk of the said highest bidder.

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

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

As a deficiency judgment is being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, on June 6, 2024, at the Master in Equity’s Courtroom 2A, at the Charleston County Judicial Center, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401, as provided by law. THE PLAINTIFF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WAIVE DEFICIENCY UP TO SEVEN (7) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE.

If Plaintiff or its representative does not appear at the scheduled sale of the above-described property, then the sale of the property will be null, void and of no force and effect.

In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day.

Judge Mikell R. Scarborough Master-In-Equity for Charleston County Charleston, South Carolina March 19, 2024

J. Ronald Jones, Jr.

Bar No: 066091

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP 171 Church Street, Suite 120C Charleston, SC 29401

Phone: (843) 714-2531

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 1124 Sallie Manigault Lane, McClellanville, SC 29458, that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; GLYNICE SIMMONS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Willie Simmons, Jr. to US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust bearing date of October 16, 2008 and recorded January 14, 2009 in Mortgage Book 0029 at Page 767 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/ Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($213,500.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded February 19, 2014 in Book 389 at Page 249, the mortgage was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association; thereafter, by assignment recorded December 11, 2018 in Book 765 at Page 444, the mortgage was assigned to Specialized Loan Servicing LLC; thereafter, by assignment recorded July 20, 2021 in Book 1015 at Page 500, the Mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in St. James-Santee Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing One (1) acre, more or less and known as Lot No. 2 on a plat entitled “Plat of Subdivide Lands of Sallie Manigault’s Estate”, said plat having been made on April 2, 1981 by George D. Sample, PE & LS. The said plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AT at Page 13. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings and will be reference to said more fully at large appear. TMS No. 7290000066

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Lis Pendens, and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 30, 2024.

J. Martin Page, Esq. (SC Bar: 100200)

D. Max Sims, Esq. (SC Bar: 103945)

Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor Columbia, SC 29201 Phone (803) 509-5078

BCP No.: 24-40112 5942

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Charleston Co. Case No. 2023-CP-10-03915 Berkeley Co. Case No. 2023-CP-08-03449

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Banc of America Funding Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-G, Plaintiff,

V. William 0. Hanahan, III; Frances G. Hanahan; Elizabeth H. Clark; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Rocket Mortgage

LLC £’k/a Quicken Loans Inc.; South Carolina Department of Revenue, Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case captioned U.S. Bank National Association, et al. v. William 0. Hanahan, III, et al. and bearing Charleston County Case Number 2023-CP-10-03915 and Berkeley County Case Number 2023-CP-08-03449, the following property will be sold on May 7, 2024, at 11:00 AM at the Charleston County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC to the highest bidder: ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, OR TO BE BUILT THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON JAMES ISLAND, CITY OF CHARLESTON, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 11, BLOCK D, ON A PLAT OF MARLBOROUGH SUBDIVISION (FORMERLY CHARLESTON RACQUET CLUB) BY SIGMA ENGINEERS, INC., DATED MARCH 22, 1972, AND DULY RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RMC FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN PLAT BOOK AB AT PAGE 148.

SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS WILL BY REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT MORE FULLY AND AT LARGE APPEAR. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO WILLIAM 0. HANAHAN, III, BY DEED OF DEVON W. HANAHAN DATED APRIL 17, 2002, AND RECORDED APRIL 22, 2002, IN BOOK U403 AT PAGE 541 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 522 West Wimbledon Drive Charleston, SC 29412 TMS: 340-04-00-055

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, CHARLESTON AD VALOREM TAXES, EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND/OR OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES.

TERMS OF SALE: A 5% CASH DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED. The deposit will be applied towards the purchase price unless the bidder defaults, in which case the deposit will be forfeited. If the successful bidder fails, or refuses, to make the required deposit on the day of sale or fails or refuses to comply with the bid within 30 days, then the property will be resold at the bidder’s risk. 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 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 7% per annum. For complete terms of sale, see Master in Equity’s Order and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale - Deficiency Demanded as to Defendant William 0. Hanahan, III filed with the Charleston County Clerk of Court at Case No. 2023CP-10-03915.

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.

Bruce Berlinsky, Esquire Special Referee

Dated: 4/10/24

Jennifaye Yerdina Orown and Russell Edward Brown. Jr.. Plaintiff: vs. Estate of Edward Steplight, Estate of Mae Alma Simmons, Estate of Edwin Moultrie StepIight, Estate of Mary Louise Steplight Brown. Estate of Arylette Renea Brown, John Doe. Mary Roe, and any Defendants who may be deceased and all other persons claiming any right title, estate, interest in or lien upon the lands of Edward Steplight, or any portion thereof, including any such that may be infants, incompetents, or otherwise under any disability.

Defendant(s).

SUMMONS FOR QUIET TITLE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs or their attorney, George E. Counts, Esquire, at 27 Gamecock Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint.

Dated this 20th day of March, 2024, at Charleston, South Carolina 29407.

Dated: March 20,

NAMED ABOVE: 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 judicature, and will move His or Her honor for an order referring the above entitled action to the Charleston County Master in Equity, for the purpose of holding a hearing into the merits of said cause, together with the authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Charleston County Master in Equity, as aforesaid, that such appeal shall be made directly to the Supreme Court of South Carolina or alternatively to the South Carolina Com1 of Appeals.

Dated: March 20, 2024

NOTICE OF RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL (Quiet Title)

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL:

LIS PENDENS (Quiet

Title)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is no”” pending in the Court upon complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants to quiet title to the belo11· described property. The premises covered and affected by tlte said action at the time of title filing of this Notice is described as:

All that certain lot part, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in School District #22 St. Pauls Township, Charleston County, in the State aforesaid and containing Two (2) acres more or less, and bounded as follows,: Northwardly by Right of Way ACLRR Company and land leased by Agatha P. Dukes to Sanitary 7 Drainage Commission of Charleston County, Eastwardly by local road that leads out to Highway #162, Southwardly by local road which divides lot hereby conveyed from lot owned by Joseph R. Frasier, Jr. and lot divided off for Paul A. Smith. All of the above description more fully appearing when reference is had for Subdivision Plat of the Davis Tract, by Jas A. Postell, Surveyor. Being the same premises conveyed to Edward Steplight by Deed of Joseph R. Frasier, Sr., dated September 16, 1946; recorded December 16, 1946, with conversion dated January 1, 1946 in Deed Book F047 at Page 617 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County

TMS#: 247-00-00-019 March 20, 2024 Charleston, S C. NOTICE NISI TO THE INFANT DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED, IF ANY, IF THEY BE OVER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS AND TO THEM AND THOSE WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE IF THEY BE UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment ofa Guardian Ad Litem to represent you in this action within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, and if you fail, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff herein. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED!

The Court shall provide for the non-petitioning joint tenants or tenants in common who are interested CD in purchasing the property to notify the Court of that interest no later than (10) days prior to the date set for the 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 SC Code of Laws, Section 15-61- 25 (A).

NOTICE OF FILING (Quiet Title) TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of tl1e Clerk of Court for Charleston County, the object and prayer of which is to remove any possible cloud on the title to certain real property located in Charleston County, South Carolina, outlined by The Plaintiff, and other relief as set forth in the Complaint. NOTICE TO DEFEND (Quiet Title) TO: NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint and the Notice of Lis Pendens were filed in the Office of the Clerk for Charleston County on March 20, 2024, that the Order of Publication and the Order Appointing GAL, Nisi were filed on March 20, 2024. TAKE NOTICE: That the original Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice Nisi, Notice of Intent to Refer, Notice of Right of first Refusal, and Notice of Filing in the above-captioned case were filed in the office of the Charleston County Clerk for the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit on the 9th day of April, 2024.

George E. Counts

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Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Have you ever gotten your mind, heart, and soul in sweet alignment with the spiritual beauty of money? An opportunity to do that is available. During the next four weeks, you can cultivate an almost mystical communion with the archetype of well-earned wealth. What does that mean? Well, you could be the beneficiary of novel insights and hot tips about how best to conduct your finances. You might get intuitions about actions you could take to bring more riches into your life. Be alert for help from unexpected sources. You may notice that the more generous you are, the more the world’s generosity will flow your way.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Bordering the Pacific Ocean for a thousand miles, Chile’s Atacama Desert is a place of stark and startling beauty. Unfortunately, its pristine landscape is also a dumping ground for vast amounts of discarded clothes that people bought cheaply, wore out quickly and didn’t want anymore. Is there any other place on earth that more poignantly symbolizes the overlap of sacred and profane? In the coming weeks, Taurus, you will possess a special aptitude for succeeding in situations with metaphorical resemblances to the Atacama. You will have an enhanced power to inject ingenious changes wherever messiness is mixed with elegance, wherever blemished beauty requires redemption and wherever lyrical truths need to be rescued from careless duplicity or pretense.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): My Gemini friend

Alicia thrives on having a quick, acute, whirling-dervish-like intelligence. It’s one of her strong points now, but it wasn’t always. She says she used to be hyperactive. She thought of serenity as boring — “like some wan, bland floral tea.” But after years of therapy, she is joyous to have discovered “a kind of serenity that’s like sweet, frothy hot chocolate spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.” I’m guessing that many of you Geminis have been evolving in a similar direction in recent months — and will climax this excellent period of relaxing growth in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): All Cancerians who read this oracle are automatically included on the Primal Prayer Power List. During the next 13 days, my team of 13 Prayer Warriors and I will sing incantations to nurture your vigor, sovereignty, and clarity of purpose. We will envision your dormant potentials ripening. We will call on both human and divine allies to guide you in receiving and bestowing the love that gives your life supreme meaning. How should you prepare for this flood of blessings? Start by having a long talk with yourself in which you describe exactly why you deserve these gifts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A meme on Instagram said, “The day I stopped worrying about what other people think of me was the day I became free.” This sentiment provokes mixed feelings in me. I agree it’s liberating not to be obsessed with what people think of us. On the other hand, I believe we should indeed care about how we affect others. We are wise to learn from them about how we can be our best selves. Our “freedom” includes the discernment to know which ideas people have about us are worth paying attention to and which are best forgotten and ignored. In my opinion, Leo, these are important themes for you to ruminate on right now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is a holy place for Islam. Jerusalem is the equivalent for Judaism, and the Vatican is for Catholicism. Other spiritual traditions regard natural areas as numinous and exalting. For instance, the Yoruba people of Nigeria cherish Osun-Osogbo, a sacred grove of trees along the Osun River. I’d love it if there were equivalent sanctuaries for you, Virgo — where you could go to heal and recharge whenever you need to. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to identify power spots like these. If there are no such havens for you, find or create some.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In my astrological opinion, you are entering a period when you can turn any potential breakdown into a breakthrough. If a spiritual emergency arises, I predict you will

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use it to rouse wisdom that sparks your emergence from numbness and apathy. Darkness will be your ally because it will be the best place to access hidden strength and untapped resources. And here’s the best news of all: Unripe and wounded parts of your psyche will get healing upgrades as you navigate your way through the intriguing mysteries.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to my astrological perspective, you are entering a phase when you could dramatically refine how relationships function in your life. To capitalize on the potential, you must figure out how to have fun while doing the hard work that such an effort will take. Here are three questions to get you started. 1 What can you do to foster a graceful balance between being too self-centered and giving too much of yourself? 2. Are there any stale patterns in your deep psyche that tend to undermine your love life? If so, how could you transform or dissolve them? 3. Given the fact that any close relationship inevitably provokes the dark sides of both allies, how can you cultivate healthy ways to deal with that?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I feel sad when I see my friends tangling with mediocre problems. The uninspiring dilemmas aren’t very interesting and don’t provoke much personal growth. They use up psychic energy that could be better allocated. Thankfully, I don’t expect you to suffer this bland fate in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. You will entertain high-quality quandaries. They will call forth the best in you. They will stimulate your creativity and make you smarter and kinder and wilder. Congratulations on working diligently to drum up such rich challenges!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1894, a modest Agave ferox plant began its life at a botanical garden in Oxford, England. By 1994, a hundred years later, it had grown to be six feet tall but had never bloomed. Then one December day, the greenhouse temperature accidentally climbed above 68 degrees F. During the next two weeks, the plant grew twice as tall. Six months later, it bloomed bright yellow flowers for the first time. I suspect metaphorically comparable events will soon occur for you, Capricorn. They may already be underway.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Have you felt a longing to be nurtured? Have you fantasized about asking for support and encouragement and mentoring? If so, wonderful! Your intuition is working well! My astrological analysis suggests you would dramatically benefit from basking in the care and influence of people who can elevate and champion you; who can cherish and exalt you; who can feed and inspire you. My advice is to pursue the blessings of such helpers without inhibition or apology. You need and deserve to be treated like a vibrant treasure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his book Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception, Thom Hartmann theorizes that distractibility may have been an asset for our ancestors. Having a short attention span meant they were ever alert for possible dangers and opportunities in their environment. If they were out walking at night, being lost in thought could prevent them from tuning into warning signals from the bushes. Likewise, while hunting, they would benefit from being ultrareceptive to fleeting phenomena and ready to make snap decisions. I encourage you to be like a hunter in the coming weeks, Pisces. Not for wild animals, but for wild clues, wild signs and wild help.

Homework: Is there any important situation where you’re not giving your best? Fix that, please. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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The Charlestowne Climate Coalition, that merry band of climate activists, work to craft a Charlestowne area that leads on climate action. That means changing policy to support green buildings, walk, bike and public transportation infrastructure, composting, nature preservation, clean energy, and more! The CCC believes in a grassroots, joyful, and justice-centered approach to mending our heating world.

VOLUNTEER PERSONAL ADVOCACY

Take your food waste to the many free compost dropoff sites around the Charlestowne area (or backyard it yourself) to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.

Dominion Energy wants to build a massive gas plant on the shores of the Edisto. Its methane pollution and harm to the Edisto watershed would be unacceptable. Fight back!

On the last week of every month, CCC convenes a get-together full of updates from our climate action partner groups and actions to take collectively. Join us!

The Marsh Appreciation and Restoration Society for Happiness Project has taken on the quest to restore our beloved marshlands to their former biodiverse glory!

Ecological revitalization of their neighborhoods is possible only with valiant volunteer efforts, such as planting native plant species, cleaning up litter and debris, citizen-science monitoring of their flagship creek, and educational outreach.

Purchase five (or 25) plants native to the Lowcountry and plant them in your yard! TMP loves buying from Roots and Shoots Nursery and Native Plants to the People.

@friendsofgadsdencreek tirelessly fight to protect Gadsden Creek from being filled. Speak up to decisonmakers and urge them to work for the creek’s protection.

Every year The Marsh Project hosts a good number of cleanups and planting days. Follow on Instagram to learn more and sign up to volunteer for an event!

Creek Watcher Stop the Septic Clean or Build

Volunteer to sample water quality at a site of your choosing! You’ll be trained to join the science-based water quality monitoring program and take your own measurements once a month. Reach out to Cheryl cheryl@charlestonwaterkeeper.org to join a workshop.

Contact your legislators about the issue of septic tank reliance in coastal areas. Potential pollution from large developments threaten our recreational activities, fishing, and commercial oystering.

The sunkissed boaters of Charlestowne Waterkeeper work to protect and restore Charlestowne’s waterways. From rivers Cooper to Ashley to Wando to Stono, they collect water quality data and keep vigilant for leaks and spills. Wicked hexes of bacteria and plastics endanger the peace of our kingdom – the Waterkeepers stand as vanguards against those threats.

Waterkeepers are always teaming up with other groups to keep our waterways clean and build out marsh grass and oyster beds. Join the next volunteer opportunity!

HAPPY EARTH WEEK!

From our peaceful salt marshes to our stately Grand Oaks, we celebrate the beauty and bounty of the South Carolina coast.

This Earth Week, help protect the natural resources we all love. Scan here to give

Hordes of litter goblins bedevil our creeks and shores! Clean them out with:

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Join the SI Trademen and the CCL Knights in repopulating the Oyster Queen’s loyal servants, who then heal the marshlands.

Conservation

Join the Ride of Silence, May 15 across the North Bridge, honoring those who lost their life to the lack of walk and bike infrastructure and demonstrating the need for change. If thou readst this past May 15, volunteer with the Riders of Charlestowne Moves.

In November, Charlestowne County shall hold a referendum on a new tax to fund the highway expansion of 526.

The Knights of the Conservation League fear the massive funds required would be wasted –that traffic would not actually be alleviated, and that there are much less environmentally destructive ways of assisting the villagers of Johns Island. Sign on to their quest!

Aquarium CHS Surfriders

League Sustainability Institute

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