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The Rundown
Debby drenches downtown, tri-county
Experts predicted early Monday that Tropical Storm Debby could bring a torrential 30 inches of rain to parts of the Lowcountry. The storm didn’t disappoint, but rainfall amounts (fortunately) weren’t as dire as first guessed.
Forecasters said the Holy City had about a foot of rain as of Wednesday morning. According to the National Weather Service, as much as 10 inches of rain fell across the area in the 48 hours of the storm starting at 5 a.m. Monday:
• Charleston, 10.6 inches
• North Charleston, 10 inches
• Mount Pleasant, 9.1 inches
Charleston recovering after Debby slams coast
By Andy Brack
Tropical Storm Debby dumped more than a foot of rain this week and caused significant flooding before dawdling at mid-week along the coast. But now the Lowcounty now is recovering.
Through it all, Bessie the Coburg Cow donned a poncho, but remained steadfast in her perch overseeing Savannah Highway in West Ashley.
Early estimates that the Lowcountry could get as much as 30 inches of water petered to a foot, but the threat was enough for Charleston Mayor William Cogswell on Monday night to announce a city-wide
curfew to keep people off streets and protect property from water splashing from flooded streets.
Debby created far less havoc on Tuesday than predicted as Charleston residents hunkered down waiting for a deluge that didn’t come. But that didn’t mean the storm didn’t have a big impact, flooding regular trouble spots like near the intersection of Huger and King streets, stranding a few cars and keeping most businesses closed.
By Tuesday afternoon when rain sputtered, kids played in muddy puddles at White Point Garden. Stir-crazy residents walked dogs. And people nabbed a convenient cocktail or two to celebrate how Debby
danced the tropical Charleston this week.
By Wednesday morning when the curfew was lifted — and the storm’s center was about 50 miles offshore heading in a northerly direction — Cogswell sent a thank-you love letter to businesses.
“You made sacrifices for the greater good of our residents and for the safety of city personnel and it made a difference,” Cogswell wrote. “You made our city better because of your actions. Thank you for helping us keep people off the roads. Thank you for feeding our staff. Thank you for giving our teams shelter. Most importantly, thank you for being a part of our city.”
Earlier, Cogswell said he didn’t take the decision on the curfew lightly.
“I know that this has not been easy, but when this is all over, I strongly encourage all residents to go out and support your local restaurant, your local boutique, and yes — your local bar. And I hope to have a toast to the long goodbye of Debby,” he said.
Meet the storm chaser
Jim Cantore breaks down storm coverage
By Skyler Baldwin
It’s never a good sign when Jim Cantore comes to town.
The adage made the rounds on social media in the days leading up to Hurricane Debby’s South Carolina landfall as Cantore, a battle-tested meteorologist with The Weather Channel who dives into the nation’s worst storms, hit the Holy City for
coverage. The arrival of Cantore, a national weather celebrity, is often a sign that things are about to get bad — but at least you know what’s coming.
“Some people think I just show up and start talking about the weather,” he told the Charleston City Paper in a Tuesday afternoon interview. “But there’s a lot more that goes into it. I spent two hours looking at everything before I even stepped outside Monday night. I wanted to get all the numbers right — the history
• Summerville, 9 inches
• West Ashley (Maryville), 8.5 inches
• Moncks Corner, 8 inches
• Daniel Island, 7.3 inches
• Kiawah Island, 6.6 inches
Heavy rain, compounded with tidal flooding and storm surge, put several areas of downtown Charleston under water, stranding a few cars and closing businesses. — City Paper Staff
“We don’t live in communist China.” —Charleston Police Chief Chito Walker on Tuesday on allowing some vehicles onto peninsula streets during a city-imposed curfew. He also strongly advised people to stay off downtown streets, stay at home and avoid driving through barricades.
GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER
7 shot, killed across South Carolina Aug. 1 to Aug. 7
Charleston police arrested Cameron Brisbane, 24, of Charleston, after an alleged James Island shooting. Brisbane is charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime. Seven others died in Georgetown, Richland, Spartanburg, Bamberg, Dillon, Pickens and Sumter counties. Seven more were hurt in shootings across the state. Nationally, there were 15 mass shootings for the week, totalling 335 for the year.
Sources: gunviolencearchive.org; S.C. official and media reports.
Photos courtesy John Gaulden
The area around Huger and King streets suffered severe flooding
Courtesy The Weather Channel
Cantore broadcasted from Charleston late Monday night and all day Tuesday
Critics point to weak state charter school law
By Jack O’Toole
Critics of South Carolina’s charter school law say two bombshell lawsuits in rural Anderson County shine a light on the law’s principal deficiency — a charter school oversight system that lacks meaningful accountability for student outcomes.
For years, studies have found that S.C. charter schools consistently fail to live up to their promise of academic excellence in a publicly-financed setting, despite a number of high-performing charters like Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg and Orange Grove Charter School in Charleston.
Most recently, Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), which has been studying charter schools since 2009, reported in 2023 that Palmetto State charter school students underperform their public school peers in reading and math. This finding placed charter schools in South Carolina, which proponents hail as a model for charters, near the bottom nationally. S.C. is one of only three states where charter students aren’t overperforming on academics.
Lack of accountability
When South Carolina passed its charter school law in 1996, the basic concept was popular among education reformers and parents in both parties. For Democrats, it offered school choice within the existing public school system. For Republicans, it promised independently-governed schools where parents and principals, not state-level education bureaucrats, would call the shots. And for parents, it provided the promise of excellence from a system that had ranked among the nation’s worst for generations.
The key, everyone agreed, would be accountability. Successful charters would be allowed to grow and prosper; failing charters would be shut down when they failed to deliver results.
Cantore
right. It’s important to me.”
Many here have a reverence for Cantore, partially due to the still-circulating clip of his 2014 broadcast outside of the College of Charleston. He was interrupted by a college student, but swiftly got back on track thanks to a firm knee to the student’s groin. The move earned him the wrestler-esque nickname of Jim “The Knee” Cantore in a witty report in the City Paper
“A lot of people came up to me on Tuesday and told me they just saw the clip,” he said, laughing. “They brought it back to life, I guess. I tell people, especially our women, not to do what I did, you know, because really, I missed.
“It’s just been a combination of being in the right place at the right time,” he added. “The knee, the thunder snow, sometimes I have a period during a big sports game. I’ve just had some great opportunities, and I’ve made the best out of them for myself and the company. But at the end of the day, I’m just a guy who wants to get the forecast right.”
To that end, South Carolina’s law required charter schools to be sponsored by the state-run S.C. Public Charter School District or an institution of higher learning. These sponsors, or authorizers, would be responsible for holding their charter schools to high standards — and closing their doors if they failed to meet them.
But in the years since, only two colleges, both private, have chosen to become authorizers: Erskine College and Limestone University. And in a number of instances, failing charters have been allowed to move from one authorizer to another to avoid closure — a process of “authorizer shopping” that critics say stems from loopholes in the law and the profits sponsors reap from the schools they regulate.
Dueling lawsuits
Two closely-watched lawsuits in Anderson County demonstrate the fraught, and allegedly incestuous, relationships that can develop between authorizers and their schools.
In the first suit, filed May 9, Erskine College claims that Icelaven Development Group — which operated three highperforming, Erskine-sponsored charter schools under the Reason & Republic brand — is in default on a 2021 loan of $1 million from the college.
But in a July 18 countersuit, Icelaven and its primary owner, James Galyean, tell a very different story.
According to Galyean, the $1 million wasn’t a loan at all. Instead, it was a direct investment in Icelaven for which Erskine received a 10% ownership stake in the company. It was only later, he claims, when Erskine wanted to unwind the deal, that Icelaven agreed to convert it into a loan.
Moreover, he alleges, Erskine charter school officials have waged a calculated campaign of “misinformation” and “threats” to destroy Icelaven in a bid to bring its schools into the Erskine officials’ recently-formed charter-school management company, Teach Right, USA
A day in the life
Cantore stayed out late Monday night covering the first round of Debby’s downpours. He described heading to bed just after midnight, only to be awakened like many others by the blaring tornado warning alert on his phone. A few hours of sleep later, his morning alarm went off, and it was back to work.
“I stepped out just to see the damage. Edisto and Moncks Corner, I was like, ‘Wow. They really got hit,” he said. “But we knew the worst tornado potential was late Monday into Tuesday morning.
“But you do all this stuff, and you write it all down on three pieces of paper, and you put those notes into a plastic bag before the broadcast, and then it just blows right out of your hand into the Ashley River.”
And that wasn’t a joke. In fact, he said, you may be able to find his forecast notes still bobbing in the river, if Debby didn’t carry them away. But papers or not, the rain is still falling, and the camera is still rolling.
“It’s just a marathon.”
Cantore was on the air until about 2 p.m. Tuesday, braving the still-flooded downtown streets late into the afternoon. When
— a move that Galyean suggests would allow Erskine officials to profit from sponsorship and professional services at the schools it oversees.
Asked for comment, Erskine spokesperson Brianne Holmes says the college looks forward to its day in court.
“Erskine College cannot comment in detail regarding ongoing litigation,” Holmes told Charleston City Paper in a statement. “The college is proud to be involved in the state’s efforts to develop high-quality public charter schools and will vigorously defend our institution against this lawsuit.”
Calls for reform
Sherry East is president of the South Carolina Education Association, which represents teachers (including charter school teachers) across the state. She tells the City Paper that she supports charter schools, but believes the law is in need of major reform — particularly in terms of authorizers and accountability.
“When a charter school fails, [the authorizer] needs to shut it down,” East said. “We need to stop authorizer shopping and make sure the children are being served properly.”
In addition, she says, the legislature should consider restricting authorizer duties to state colleges and universities.
“How can a private college be an authorizer of public schools?” she asked. “We were all just asleep when that happened, I guess.”
Also on her proposed to-do list for legislators: improved transparency, stricter oversight of for-profit management companies and limits on charter-related lobbying by authorizers and management companies.
Finally, she’d like the legislature to deliver on the promise of real competition by granting traditional public schools some of the same flexibility that charter schools currently enjoy, especially regarding discipline.
“Really, we just want an equal playing field,” East said.
was nearing the end of its broadcast on Tuesday, people were already stepping out into the partially flooding streets, playing loud music, riding bikes, walking dogs and gearing up for a classic Charleston hurricane party.
“We were still rolling, but people were out here with wine, doing vodka tonics, and the party just kept getting bigger and bigger,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Guys, we’re trying to talk about the flooding.’ But when it’s not that bad, and you know what’s coming later — well, you can have a party.”
It’s just part of Charleston’s charm, Cantore said.
“It’s part of why I love coming out here. People are so nice. They want to say hi, take a picture, tell you a story.”
asked where he stopped for lunch that day, he just laughed.
“A spoonful of peanut butter this morning,” he said. It was far from a night out at Halls Chophouse, which he said is his favorite spot to hit while he’s in town. Cantore said by the time the crew
The next time he comes back (good weather permitting, of course) it will be to officiate a wedding. Cantore said he had met a woman at the Charleston Wine + Food festival who was “a huge weather nerd,” and she asked him to officiate her coming October wedding.
“I told her, ‘I just met you 10 minutes ago,’ but she was adamant,” he said.
Andy Brack
These boys enjoyed the muddy water at White Point Garden
Don’t overlook local museums for tantalizing tales
By Herb Frazier
Charleston’s cobblestone streets and alleys, copper roofs and church steeples are drenched with a history that began before colonial times, creating stories that run through the Civil War and into the modern era.
The interpretation of the city’s culture, art and military heritage is displayed at a series of historic sites and exhibits, including the Charleston Museum, America’s first museum.
Charleston can also boast as having one of the nation’s newest museums, the International African American Museum (IAAM) that opened in June 2023.
In the glare of such museum stardom, however, visitors to the city and Lowcountry residents might not notice other galleries of history beyond the city limits.
In the spirit of remembering smaller local museums, the Charleston City Paper offers this list of places where history buffs can also find important and intriguing stories about our past.
The Village Museum
In McClellanville, a fishing community at the northern end of Charleston County, the Village Museum is celebrating 25 years of sharing the history of McClellanville and the nearby communities of Awendaw, Tibwin, Buck Hall and South Santee. That history includes the area’s indigenous inhabitants alongside people of African and European descent.
The museum’s collection includes a searchable database centered on the area’s African American history. “Peachtree Plantation: Its Land & Its People” is its latest exhibit. Peachtree is the site of the world’s first water-powered rice mill at the home of Thomas Lynch Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The museum also tells the story of Robert Blake, who was enslaved at the Blake Plantation on the Santee River, from which e he was carried away from the plantation after a short Civil War battle and given his freedom. He joined the U.S. Navy and performed heroically during a battle. Blake was the second African American to perform a Medal of Honor action.
The museum has garnered high praises in 2015 from Fath Davis Ruffins, curator of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. In a letter she wrote: “I have toured many, many museums … [It] is quite rare to find such high standards of care, such a detailed and
This is an artist’s rendition of a new building that will house the Dorchester Heritage Center on an 81-acre site in Ridgeville. The heritage center, currently in St. George, is expected to move to the new location in early 2026.
complex understanding of different parts of a local community’s history.”
The Edisto Island Museum
At the southern end of Charleston County, the Edisto Island Museum has an extensive and permanent exhibit on Gullah culture.
The museum also has an online collection of 20 oral histories that capture the island’s history and sea island culture. The oral histories were recorded in 2022, 2016 and the 1990s. The interviews include the recollections of the late Rev. McKinley Washington, who served in the S.C. Senate and was founder of the Edisto NAACP chapter.
The museum is supported by the Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society. The society received national attention in 2014 after it donated a two-room slave dwelling to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The cabin was once on the island’s Point of Pines Plantation.
Dorchester Heritage Center
The Dorchester Heritage Center, one of two local museums in Dorchester County, on Oct. 17-20 will host “The Wall That Heals,” a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. The wall will be displayed at the center’s coming location on an 81-acre site in Ridgeville that is scheduled to open in early 2026.
The heritage center, currently housed in St. George, is a regional museum dedicated to the stories of the inland Lowcountry. The museum exhibits include fossils, the Native American history of the Edisto Kuso Natchez tribe and other indigenous groups, the early colonial settlement at Dorchester and the Revolutionary War. (A cell phone app, The Liberty Trail, provides a Revolutionary War history throughout South Carolina.)
Exhibits show the railroad’s influence on small towns that dotted the railway from Summerville to St. George. The museum’s Veterans Room highlights local heroes, including Capt. Katherine Dollason, a Eutaw Springs native who was one of 66 Army nurses captured in the Philippines in the early stages of World War II.
Summerville Museum and Research Center
Did you know prehistoric saber tooth tigers, woolly mammoths and camels once lived here? This area is part of the Camelot site, an approximately 450,000-year-old area that has produced thousands of fossils ranging from rodents to megafauna. The Palmetto Paleontology Museum has partnered with the Summerville Museum to display a wide array of fossils.
The museum, in partnership with the Dorchester County 250 Committee, has a new exhibit that celebrates the role people of African descent played during the Revolutionary War. The museum’s archives also tell about Boston King, who was enslaved at a Dorchester County plantation. He joined the British Army after the war and found freedom in Nova Scotia. Eventually, he received an advanced degree in theology in England and became a teacher in West Africa by 1800.
Berkeley County Museum
The Berkeley County Museum in Moncks Corner, established by the separate Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center, displays fossils and remains of prehistoric animals and plant life, Native American settlements, African-American history and the development lakes Marion and Moultrie and the Santee Cooper project that brought electricity to rural South Carolina.
The museum will host the American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibition on Tour from Sept. 16 through Oct. 13. The museum will also have a Colonial Day program on Sept. 28.
The exhibit is being placed at the museum through a partnership with the General Marion Brigade Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Battlefield Trust.
The museum recently installed an interactive display “Priscilla kiosk” that tells the story of a 9-year-old girl who was captured in Sierra Leone and sold into slavery on a Ball family plantation in Berkeley County. The story is on display in the IAAM’s Center for Family History in Charleston.
Blotter of the Week
A baby bird on July 28 apparently fell from a Mount Pleasant man’s tree into his neighbor’s yard. According to a Mount Pleasant police report, the neighbor told the man she would take it to a local sanctuary, but instead the bird was accidentally killed by her grandchildren. The man flew into a fit of flying fury, but police defused the situation — we hope by whistling a little birdy tune.
Ain’t no snitch
A Mount Pleasant man on July 28 was stopped and questioned by Mount Pleasant police after responding to a “disturbance.” The man reportedly ran from police before being caught, but told officers he wasn’t doing anything illegal and wouldn’t tell them anything because he “didn’t want to be an asshole to his friends.” Respect.
We can relate
A North Charleston man on Aug. 3 told North Charleston police that he left his wallet unattended at a Remount Road gas station and when he returned to get it, it was gone. He added he wouldn’t be canceling the debit card inside it, because there’s only $10 in the account anyway. We’re not going to say that’s the best course of action, but we get it.
By Skyler Baldwin
Illustration by Steve Stegelin
The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between July 27 and Aug. 3.
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EDITORIAL
Debby was a resilience wakeup call for what we need to do about water
Here are the number of ways that Interstate 526 helped the Charleston area avert flooding from the unprecedented dousing it got from Tropical Storm Debby: Zero.
Nada. Zilch. Nil.
And here are the number of ways that spending $2.3 billion to extend Interstate 526 will put us in a better position to deal with the next unprecedented flooding event from a future storm to be named (get ready for it): Zero.
Nada. Zilch. Nil. Goose eggs.
Charleston County Council wants you to approve a $5.4 billion half-penny sales tax referendum in November to allow it to lengthen I-526 while the county has pressing, real needs to harden infrastructure and do smart things to protect our homes and property from future flooding.
You should vote no on the referendum and send recalcitrant council members the clear message that there are better, smarter and clearer ways to use tax dollars for roads, parks and the kinds of investments that will defend property from rising waters.
Investments, for example, could be tax credits to allow property owners to improve the resilience of their property, as outlined in a recent guide released by the Preservation Society of Charleston.
“All of these things that individuals can do that really increase the resilience of their homes also increase the resilience of their communities,” the city of Charleston’s
former resilience officer, Dale Morris, told the City Paper last month. “That makes the government’s job a bit easier. If and when a disaster strikes, more resilient areas are likely to need less assistance and intervention post-event.”
Investments could create more public rain gardens to absorb water, especially in flood-prone areas. It could restore marshes in places that have been overbuilt. Governments could require new properties to install rainwater storage on roofs of new buildings.
On an even larger scale, Charleston County could invest in building a better drainage network and big retention ponds. It could take more lessons from New Orleans and Amsterdam to devise innovative ways to channel, divert and capture water. It could bring zoning ordinances into the modern age by updating them for the first time since the 1960s. And it could build barriers, when needed.
Finally, the county, in coordination with its cities, could become the state’s leader in coordinating a regional flood control plan to develop regional resilience capabilities. As local water advocate Susan Lyons said earlier this year, “Water knows no boundaries, and all of us are bound to have serious problems — if the predictions come true about sea level rise and continuing global warming. We should all be talking to each other.”
Let’s get to work on something positive, not a tired, worn road extension that’s not going to do a damned thing — zero, nada, zilch, zil, goose eggs — the next time it floods.
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.
Get rid of the sales tax holiday. It’s
just an inane
tax bribe.
By Andy Brack
So did you load up on a bunch of tax-free goods and save hundreds of dollars over the past weekend.
Yep, as I thought, your answer was probably a big fat no.
Yet the state’s political leaders keep up with a one-weekend-a-year tax bribe to South Carolina voters to keep them in line with the establishment. From Aug. 2 through Aug. 4, South Carolina celebrated the 2024 Tax Free Weekend — an annual sales tax holiday that started in 2000 to allow shoppers a way to catch a little relief at cash registers as they buy all sorts of back-to-school items.
Things they didn’t pay the state’s 6% sales tax plus local option sales taxes on: Bedding, blankets, pillows, sleepwear, towels, wash cloths, shower curtains, diapers. None of which make much sense. Things that do make sense: Clothing, shoes, books, bookbags, lunchboxes, computers, printers, software, calculators and school supplies like pencils, paper, pens, binders and notebooks.
And then there is the list of things that aren’t taxexempt on this very special holiday weekend, some of which sound like they should be exempt but aren’t: Briefcases, wallets, cell phones, smartphones, glasses, contacts, sports equipment and more. But other items do actually make sense to not be part of the sales tax holiday: Cleaning supplies, business computers, furniture, jewelry, mattresses and box springs, office supplies, and video game consoles. When all was said and done, shoppers last year purchased more than $30 million of tax-free items, which caused the state of South Carolina to lose $1.8 million in sales tax revenues, according to the S.C. Department of Revenue. In the two decades the state has held the tax-free weekend, it has lost more than $50 million in sales tax revenues, which most people would agree is real money. Think of what could have been done with that.
In the two decades the state has held the tax-free weekend, it has lost more than $50 million in sales tax revenues, which most people would agree is real money.
Bottom line: The sales tax weekend is a gimmick to make politicians who won’t craft a smart tax policy seem like they care about shoppers. It’s just not a fair way to give a tax break to someone. A few years ago, we called tax-exempt weekend nothing more than lipstick on a pig. Still is. Wouldn’t it be better to figure out a way to provide a longer-lasting tax break throughout the year? You might wonder how. Easy: Lower the state’s uber-regressive 6% sales tax by a couple of pennies with cuts to the 80+ special interest sales tax exemptions offered to businesses throughout the year. Makes sense, but politicians don’t really want to annoy those special interests.
Or maybe state leaders could stop obsessing about the income tax — which tends to be paid by people who can afford it. Maybe they could more evenly apply sales taxes to services to relieve the regressive burden of sales taxes and lower that rate.
The sales tax holiday has another big problem — most people don’t take advantage of it because they forget, don’t realize it existed or aren’t even in the state when it’s happening. The fairness of any sales tax holiday is always in question when its application is inherently uneven.
The tax-free weekend also is a problem for businesses, according to the Tax Foundation: “Rather than stimulating new sales, sales tax holidays simply shift the timing of sales.” That said, most businesses experience slumps after such holidays, which owners complain cuts into steady, reliable, consistent sales that impact cash flow and inventory. In short, sales tax holidays make it tougher for businesses to do business.
From a policy perspective, “there is little economic justification,” the Tax Foundation argues, “for why a product purchased during one time period should be tax-exempt while the same product purchased in another time period should be taxable.”
South Carolinians save less than a dollar per person during the sales tax holiday weekend. Urge your legislators to be smarter about how they craft tax policy, instead of smearing lipstick on that pig to con voters into thinking they’re getting something really important.
Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.
Adult Education
Cartoonist Steve Stegelin is a snarky
Charleston iconoclast who makes us laugh out loud, cringe and nod at political truths.
For 20 years, he’s been Charleston City Paper ’s resident cartoonist, crafting awardwinning drawings that got better year after year. His original gritty style morphed into colorful weekly panels on important issues that sometimes skewer, sometimes nail and always entertain.
What Stegelin does in his cartoons is nothing short of remarkable. He, like outstanding cartoonists around the world, distills issues in fresh ways to hold public officials and our region accountable.
In 2022, Stegelin won the “Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning” at the annual convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. It was a big deal.
Noted the judges: “His bold and unique graphic style renders everyone, including Gov. Henry McMaster, as if they jumped off a 1990s alt-weekly comics page. His tongue-in-cheek tackling of cynical polit-
Stegelin skewers, roasts and can make you spit out your coffee
By Andy Brack
ical redistricting, mask hysteria, local gunculture and shameful treatment of women’s reproductive rights in South Carolina all led the jury to unanimously deem Stegelin’s entry worthy of the prize.”
A truth-teller
Chris Lamb, a former College of Charleston professor who got Stegelin to illustrate a book on political comebacks, likened him to a truth-teller who shares great stories. “Editorial cartoonists are satirists who cut to the quick of an issue using only a few or sometimes no words,” said Lamb, chair of the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at Indiana University Indianapolis. “They have to be able to draw well enough so readers can identify who they’re satirizing. If you don’t think that’s difficult, try it sometime. Steve, like all masters at their profession, makes his work look a lot easier than it is.”
Lamb said he loved Stegelin’s artistic style.
“Steve, like all masters at their profession, makes his work look a lot easier than it is.”
—Chris Lamb
“He’s not a graduate of an art school like some cartoonists,” he noted. “Steve’s work is visually appealing but it’s the message that gets the readers’ attention. Good cartoons can make your wince and then spit out your coffee. Steve’s work captures the imperfect world of politics in a way that grabs you by the collar and commands you to pay attention to what’s happening around you.”
How Stegelin got to the City Paper
Former City Paper Editor Stephanie Barna remembers the newspaper learned about Stegelin’s cartoons after a daycare teacher mentioned to a staffer that her husband was a cartoonist. The staffer suggested to her that Stegelin contact the paper.
“Luckily, he was really talented, and we were thrilled to find such a unique talent in our midst,” she recalled. “His illustrations were hilarious, and his tone perfectly suited the paper.”
And he still does, as Barna observed: “Stegelin has a perfectly skewed sensibility. He can highlight the absurdity of what’s going on in the world and make you laugh. And in South Carolina, there’s no limit to the amount of absurdity in politics, so he’s always had the best material to work with.”
She said he quickly became a key feature in the City Paper with an instantly recognizable style. Through the years, he also started illustrating the always-popular Blotter, which is filled with weekly absurdity taken from police reports.
“He’s been such an essential contributor to the City Paper for 20 years, and I think Charleston is lucky to have such a talent in our midst. He’s a treasure!”
After Stegelin won the big award in 2022, he reacted with typical humility: “Cartooning can be very isolating in nature, where I spend my time crafting ideas in my own thoughts and then heads-down as I spill those ideas through a pen onto the art board,” he said. “To have Pulitzer-winning, career editorial cartoonists like Rob Rogers, Matt Davies and The Economist ’s KAL select my work for this prize is an honor and humbling external validation that my voice has an impact in both Charleston and the larger political cartooning community.”
The quintessential cartoons
We asked Stegelin to name his top pieces that he drew for the Charleston City Paper over the past 20 years. Here are his favorites.
2004: JGA III
In 2004, my artwork first graced the pages of the Charleston City Paper in that year’s Best of Charleston issue. Amongst a slew of illustrations with the theme of “Monkey,” I drew what would become my debut editorial cartoon for the paper. The target was the late John Graham Altman III, then a state legislator-turned-Charleston County School Board member. Known for his anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry and the plastic flamingos that littered his Folly Road yard, JGA III (as he was known in shorthand) would become a repeat offender throughout my first few years as the resident cartoonist.
2004: Hunley funeral
It only took around a month for my cartoons to spark an angry response. When I poked fun at the burial of the crew of the recently-dredged Civil War-era submarine CSS Hunley — or more accurately, at the Confederate reenactors who came to Charleston in droves for the event — the reenactors took offense, leading to a flood of hate mail. Fearing I may have lost my cartooning gig almost immediately out-of-thegate, then-Assistant Editor Bill Davis assured me that, to the contrary, I had “arrived.”
Let’s all toast Steve’s past 20 years … and prepare for another two decades of his snark.
(Editor’s Note: Hey Steve: We agree with all of this, but don’t let it go to your head! Your next deadline, you should realize, is Sunday.)
2008: Henry Brown
A few years into my stint, the City Paper switched from black-and-white to full color, adding a new layer of depth to my cartoons. And for a long time, the available canvas for my cartoon would change each week, depending on the verbosity of the columnist I shared the page with. Despite all these changes, one constant was — and continues to be — South Carolina’s ability to produce hot-headed personalities to satirize. Case in point, former Republican Congressman Henry Brown, best known for burning 20 acres of Francis Marion Forest and a volatile debate performance against Democratic opponent (and eventual co-founder of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Alliance for Full Acceptance) Linda Ketner.
Cartoons by … you guessed it, Steve Stegelin
2009: Don’t cry for me, South Carolina
At times, I managed to extend the reach of my editorial cartooning from the Opinion page to the cover. When S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared to “hike the Appalachian Trail” only to end up in Argentina with his mistress, I once again got the opportunity to take the cover with an illustration of the Luv Guv as Evita. This piece — along with a handful of other editorial cartoons from the year — led to my first recognition with a South Carolina Press Association award for cartoons, an award I’d then come to receive routinely over the course of my career.
2009: Bipartisan-curious
Over time, my cartoons transitioned from the traditional singlepanel format to a multi-panel comic strip. As such, the politicians I lampooned became more like a regular cast of characters, my own Peanuts gang performing alongside an anthropomorphic Democratic donkey and Republican elephant. One character who has had quite the story arc is U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who started as a John McCain sidekick willing to reach across the aisle, only to devolve into a Trump-era MAGA sycophant.
2017: Tinderella
The annual Best of Charleston issues often provided an opportunity to embrace a theme instead of a political topic, and to spread out over a full-page canvas for a longer-form comic strip. The 2017 issue’s theme of “Fairy Tale” inspired a ribald Disney-fied satire of online dating, with a cartoon that continues to resonate with audiences years later.
2011: Hairy election
Speaking of Trump, he — or at least his hair — first appeared as the punchline in a strip covering the Republican candidates vying for the 2012 Presidential nomination. The GOP indeed rebuffed his advances and birtherism that election, but they obviously failed to do so again four years later. Sigh, if only they had. Of course, since they didn’t, Trump would come to be a frequent player in my cast of characters.
2018: ‘Merica first
A silver lining of Trump and his MAGA movement is the fount of hypocrisy, hate and corruption to call out, and no more so than during his time in the Oval Office. This constant practice at honing my satirical commentary paid off professionally, as a handful of strips — including some related to Trump and his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh — would receive an honorable mention in the Association of Alternative Newsmedia award for cartoons in 2019, an award for which I’d routinely be a finalist in the years that followed.
2022: Pro-life?
While plenty of cartoonists satirize events in Washington, D.C., and on the global stage, those covering South Carolina — much less, Charleston — are more rare. As such, I constantly hear appreciation from local readers when I turn my focus from national politics to instead highlight issues closer to home. This appreciation was shared by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, when it presented me with the esteemed Rex Babin Award for Local Cartooning in 2022. To learn that a trio of Pulitzer Prize winners — Rob Rogers, Newsday ’s Matt Davies, and The Economist’s Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher — judged my work worthy of the recognition definitely helped quiet the ol’ Imposter Syndrome some, as does my now sitting on that same panel, judging the same level of work in which I once competed.
What To Do
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MONDAY
Mahjong Mondays
Gather your friends for Mahjong Mondays presented by Holy Mahj and The Charleston Place every other Monday in The Palmetto Cafe. Whether you are a seasoned player or brand new to the game, Mahjong Mondays is the perfect place for laughter, strategy and shared moments with your friends. Ticket price includes a glass of wine and instruction for beginners. All game supplies provided.
Aug. 12. 5:30 p.m. $100/player. The Charleston Place. 205 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonplace.com
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FRIDAY
Waterfront Music and Movies
Bring your blankets and chairs, and sit back to enjoy an incredible sunset while listening to local musicians, and then watch an outdoor movie with the beautiful Ravenel Bridge and Charleston Harbor for a backdrop. This Friday’s event will feature music by 40 Years Too Late followed by a showing of The Breakfast Club
Aug. 9. Music starts at 6:30 p.m.; movie starts at 8:15 p.m. Free. Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park. 99 Harry Hallman Blvd. Mount Pleasant. experiencemountpleasant.com
SATURDAY
Charleston Farmers Market
Browse through a bounty of seasonal fruits and vegetables, handcrafted goods, and culinary delights as you explore the market’s charming stalls. From farm-fresh produce to handcrafted artisanal creations, there’s something for everyone at the Charleston Farmers Market. Bring the whole family and enjoy live music, special events and activities for all ages in the heart of downtown Charleston.
Aug. 10. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free to attend. Marion Square. 329 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonfarmersmarket.com
THURSDAY
Wine on the Piazza
Looking for a breathtaking view and a glass of wine? The Edmondston-Alston House is the perfect piazza for a special evening. Enjoy a self-guided tour of the Edmondston-Alston House followed by a glass of wine on the second-story piazza overlooking the historic and picturesque Charleston Harbor.
Aug. 15. 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. $30/person; $25/members. Edmondston-Alston House. 21 E. Battery. Downtown. middletonplace.org
FRIDAYS
Fossil Fridays at Charleston Museum
Get out of the rain at the Charleston Museum’s Fossil Fridays, hosted by curator of natural history Matthew Gibson. A great opportunity for families of history lovers and dinosaur addicts, this weekly event gives guests a hands-on experience with different fossils found in the Lowcountry and elsewhere. Gibson will also share what projects he is currently working on and help identify your own fossil finds.
Every Friday. Free for members; free with admission to museum. Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
By Toni Reale
Getting away from the doldrums of a predictable and scheduled life to reconnect with nature is essential to our well-being.
The repercussions of disconnection can manifest in a variety of ways such as feelings of anger, depression, loneliness and unworthiness. These feelings stymie our personal growth, our relationships and our productivity. Our technology-driven world often makes it nearly impossible to disconnect from our man-made reality and be reminded of our true nature and life purpose.
As a child, I found peace, safety and curiosity outdoors. Although I didn’t grow up surrounded by woods, I always found ways to search nearby creeks for rocks and critters, play under the soft branches of the weeping willow tree in my manicured backyard or sneak away with my best friend to what we called Bee’s Bridge, a natural haven away from parents and older siblings next to some railroad tracks. I felt then, like most children, that we weren’t separate from nature but that grown-ups were too busy to see its magic like we did. Now that I’m
grown, I am finding myself to be that grownup, too busy to see the magic of the natural world as much as I like it. Being aware of this disconnect is half the battle and a motivator to get back to those warm fuzzy at-home feelings in nature I had as a child.
I took a recent trip to the Banff area of Canada, partly for work and partly for adventure. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been with snow-covered peaks and lush green valleys surrounding the bluest glacial lakes imaginable and waterfalls in every direction. Wildlife is so abundant that we lost count of the creatures we saw.
At first, I was annoyed by the lack of cell phone coverage. I worried that if the shop needed me for something, I would be unreachable and that something would go wrong. Eventually, though, I just gave in and embraced being mostly disconnected and used the opportunity to reconnect with my true self surrounded by nature and kindred spirits.
After just a couple of days, my brain and heart frequencies reset to a new normal, perhaps the normal nature intended. My anxieties subsided, my internal clock was reset and I had more energy than I’ve had
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Banff National Park, in Alberta, Canada, provides a great escape back to nature
in a very long time. I knew that my business and my children were cared for back home and all I had to worry about was just being me and just experiencing life at this moment. I had an overwhelming feeling of hope, joy and connection. I also felt more focused and creative. I felt like a kid again, free to explore and be curious just for curiosity sake.
Being more mindful
Since the return back home to predictability, schedules and responsibilities, I’ve tried to be more mindful to take time to reconnect to myself through nature in little moments and in deliberate ways.
I have recently tried to incorporate a meditation practice into my life and have found my mind drifting to those childhood havens, safe amongst nature. Studies published in Frontiers in Psychology have shown that meditation and exposure to natural imagery can rewire brain activity and improve emotional well-being. These sorts of connections have incredible health benefits, including stress-reduction and fewer incidences of depression. Additionally people experience renewed focus and higher productivity.
While in Banff, I learned a simple way of reconnecting to nature that doesn’t require a hike or an international trip. Latifa PelletierAhmed, a native plant expert, shared with us a connection practice from an elder of the
Blackfoot Confederacy. I have taken what we heard and have incorporated additional imagery that feels more personal to me in the environment we live in. I encourage you to find something that speaks to you here and make it into something that you will relate to and use to help you feel and see that we are not just connected to nature, we are nature where balance, childhood curiosity and magic still exist.
Get comfortable and close your eyes.
Take your fingers and run them through your hair without judgment, feeling its texture. Your hair is just like the marsh grass. It grows in patterns gleefully flowing in the wind unencumbered.
Make a loose fist and glide your fingers across your knuckles. They are just like the mountains, sturdy and supportive.
Open your hand and trace the lines on your palm. They are like rivers connecting the mountains to the sea, bringing experience and grit along to move through any currents and eddies.
Place your hands over your heart and breathe. Feel the air move in and out of your lungs nourishing every cell in your body just like the trees harnessing the sun’s energy to release oxygen giving life force to the planet.
Toni Reale is the owner of Roadside Blooms, a unique flower, crystal and plant shop at 4491 Durant Ave., North Charleston. Online atroadsideblooms.com.
Cuisine
Tínto Cafe and Provisions
now open on John Street
By Gabriela Capestany
Find a new twist on the classic gourmet cafe at Tínto Cafe and Provisions, the newest storefront to open up on John Street, just steps away from King Street and Marion Square. Husband and wife duo Carolina and Kevin Jewett hope to bring a cross-cultural cafe to the peninsula, along with some classic pantry staples and locally familiar baked goods. “We are super excited to bring this new concept to Charleston and the revitalization of John Street,” said Carolina. Tínto extends from a family history of coffee in Charleston — as well as a history of owning small businesses. The Jewetts bought Belgian Gelato Cafe on Vendue Range in 2019 and rebranded it to Tínto y Crema, a coffee and gelato joint, in 2021. Using the longtime family business as a foundation, they decided to branch out
again, Kevin explained. “For us, this is an opportunity to share. … I was embraced by Carolina’s family, when they moved here they brought their culture with them and started roasting coffee.”
Carolina’s parents, Francisco and Caroline Davila, founded Coffee Roasters of Charleston in 1991 and were some of the first to bring small-batch specialty coffee to the area after immigrating to the United States in 1985 and eventually settling down in South Carolina.
“Growing up as a French-Hispanic girl in Charleston, I dreamed of opening my own business on the peninsula one day,” Carolina said.
The resulting vision is Tínto Cafe and Provisions, a European-style storefront with a variety of offerings for any kind of craving. Charcuterie boards are the central
A la carte
What’s new
Cafe and specialty market Alcove Market teams up with local brands to debut the Alcove Allstars Smoothie Series. The series launches with a collaboration between Alcove and FORM Charleston, the cafe’s neighboring luxury Megaformer studio. The Alcove x FORM smoothie blends blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, bananas, spinach, honey and coconut milk. The smoothie is available now through Oct. 31. Alcove will continue to partner with local businesses to create a rotating menu of smoothies. Learn more at alcovemarket.com.
What’s happening
Tempest Charleston celebrates four years in Charleston on Aug. 15. Diners can order from the regular dinner menu as well as special features curated by chef partners Jamie Lynch and Adam Hodgson and chef de cuisine Seth Green. Book your table at tempestcharleston.com.
Now through the end of the month, diners can order a seasonal pizza, Miss Peaches, from Uptown Social. August is National Peach Month, and Uptown is celebrating with a peach pizza (named in honor of Miss Peaches, the viral furry companion of Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports). The pizza features hickory-smoked peaches, cognac-hydrated figs and goat cheese with balsamic glazed arugula. A portion of sales from the pizza will be donated to the Charleston Animal Society. Learn more online at uptownhospitality.com. Check out a Krug Champagne pairing experience at Zero George now through the end of September. The Champagne House is presenting a series of fine dining experiences around the country, celebrating the potential of edible flowers. Learn more online at krug.com. — Connelly Hardaway
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Head to Tínto Cafe for breakfast, lunch or a glass of wine
Snag a big ol’ sandwich from Bodega Mount Pleasant’s drive-thru on your next drive to Sullivan’s Island
Pack these sandwiches for your next beach picnic
By Connelly Hardaway
Summer may be winding down, but warm beach days are far from over. And few things are as special as beach day sandwiches. While you can’t go wrong with a Pub sub, there are also plenty of local shops and restaurants specializing in really great sandwiches, perfect for fueling your next outdoor adventure.
Whether you’re playing hooky on a weekday or battling the crowds on a busy weekend afternoon, we’ve got the best spots to hit up for grab-and-go beach sandwiches.
Bodega Mt. Pleasant specializes in big sammies (breakfast and otherwise) and its location right off of Coleman Blvd. is super convenient for those headed out to Sullivan’s Island. Order takeout or head through the drive-thru to grab sandwiches like The Cow, made with double bacon, egg, white American cheese and home fries or The Gropfather, made with chicken cutlet, fresh mozzarella, provolone, pesto and nduja on Ciabatta.
Bodega Mount Pleasant’s drive-thru is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Saturday.
Head to chef Michael Toscano’s da Toscano Porchetta Shop downtown before making your way to any area beach. Every sandwich is served on housemade focaccia. Breakfast selections include the Porchetta, with a
sunny side up egg, rotisserie fennel and rosemary whole hog, crackling, provolone dolce and salsa verde. During lunch guests can peruse a lengthier sandwich list with options like the Mortadella, with arugula, shaved red onion, whipped ricotta and pickled cherry peppers.
Da Toscano Porchetta Shop is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Diners can order from the breakfast menu until 10:30 a.m. and from the lunch menu from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
While a Maserati took out part of Anthony Marini’s downtown sandwich shop, The Pass, earlier this year, the artisan deli and market is still open for to-go orders (and construction to fix the building recently started). Order from a variety of Italianinspired sandwiches like the classic, Such a Nice Italian Boy, with Mortadella (with pistachio), hot and sweet Soppressata, burrata, greens, tomatoes, red onion, housemade Italian vinaigrette, sharp provolone, pickled calabrian chili relish on ciabatta or the veg-friendly, cheekily named The V-Card, with avocado, white bean purée, roasted red peppers, greens, vincotto and benne seed crunch on a Pinsa flatbread.
The Pass is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
focus of the cafe with a deli case that displays options to build your own cheese board to either enjoy on-site or take away. A thoughtfully curated cooler full of wine and beer options makes Tínto a one-stop shop for the perfect midday break or evening aperitif.
Additionally, the cafe also provides Belgian gelato, an ode to Tínto y Crema. Kevin explained, “the idea is that there is something for everyone.”
However, Charleston fans of baked goods may be most excited to hear that the couple
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We are super excited to bring this new concept to Charleston and the revitalization of John Street.” —Carolina Jewett
has been working with David Schnell, the former owner and head baker at Brown’s Court Bakery, to create baked goods to sell at Tínto — including the locally loved chocolate chip cookie. “We’re really excited about getting to learn everything from David,” said Kevin.
The location is a true mix of European and Latin American cafe culture, just as Carolina intended. At a soft opening event, she explained the meaning behind the name of the cafe. “I was born in Colombia …. [where] ‘tínto’ is a little espresso, a little coffee. In Argentina, where my mom is from, ‘tínto’ is a glass of red wine. So it’s beautiful! You have the wine and the coffee–”
“–And all the things that go well with wine and coffee,” Kevin enthusiastically added.
With a rich offering and fresh design, Tínto is a cafe that would blend in on the streets of Paris, Buenos Aires or Charleston. Tínto is open from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
You can’t talk about to-go sandwiches in Charleston without mentioning cultfavorite spot, Cold Shoulder Gourmet . Located in West Ashley, this is the place for early beach go-ers to grab some grub; CSG sells out almost daily with an appropriate tagline, “Don’t be mad … be early.” Order from a limited, seasonal menu, with goods like the Gourmet, made with whole muscle, black truffle cream, hydroponic greens, shaved parm and truffle honey or the Spicy 2.0, with Capocollo di Dorman, nduja, black truffle cream, hydroponic greens, shaved parmesan and truffled hot sauce.
Cold Shoulder Gourmet is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Monday, and keep in mind, the sandwiches often sell out early.
James Island’s specialty shop, Wisconsin Meat & Cheese, serves a variety of to-go sandwiches (as well as charcuterie boards and party platters if you’re really trying to throw down on the beach). Order from options like the Feelin’ Peachy, a summer special with sweet peaches, brie, prosciutto, sweet honey and mixed greens on a freshly baked baguette or the Classic Wisconsin, with Usinger’s summer sausage, brick
serves up big, meaty sandwiches to fuel your next beach day
cheese, fresh mixed greens, tomato, mayo and whole grain mustard, on toasted sourdough bread.
Wisconsin Meat & Cheese’s kitchen is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
SLOW DOWN, STAY AWHILE
- SAT, 11A.M. - 9:30P.M.
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Kevin and Carolina Jewett also own Tínto y Crema, a gelato shop
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da Toscano Porchetta Shop
ARTS NEWS MUSIC
Culture
Local author Soltis releases Frankensteininspired novel
By Sydney Bollinger
Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Ladson author Leah Soltis’ novel, Heartless, tells the story of Jolene “Jo” Hall, a young woman who wakes up only to realize she’s dead. With the help of her best friend Lucy and boyfriend Eli, Jo sets off to find out both what happened and who turned her into a monster.
The premise of the novel came to Soltis in a dream, she told the Charleston City Paper.
“I’m sitting on the bed, back up against the wall, and this girl comes into my room and looks at me. She goes, ‘I’m dead. Sort of,’ and she’s falling apart. That was where the book began.”
That moment was over 10 years ago, when Soltis began work on Heartless Originally self-published on Amazon as Jo, the novel was then picked up by Polis Books out of New Jersey. But things changed six months ago, when Polis Books announced they were closing their doors. The publisher
shopped their catalog around to other small presses, and several of the titles which were picked up by Bloodhound Books, a publisher based in Cambridge, England, through which Soltis is re-releasing the horror novel this summer.
“It’s been a joy [working with Bloodhound Books]. They’re still a small press but a much bigger small press. They have marketing, they have PR, they have a whole team behind the book, and it’s been really exciting to launch with a team and having people backing me for the first time.”
Wolfman, and then 80s sci-fi flicks like Alien and Terminator, so that is what was in my brain. When I started writing, that is absolutely what came out.”
Arts, etc.
Find country music at Frontier Lounge
From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 11, Calhoun Street bar Frontier Lounge turns the stage over to some of S.C.’s best country artists: Gritty Flyright , Chance Howland and Big Harrington . During the evening, the bar serves a featured $15 supper plate with barbecue, mac ‘n’ cheese and red rice, plus there’s an appearance (and photo-op) of real-life cowboys on horseback, compliments of the James Island Cowboys. Learn more on Instagram at @frontierlounge.
Celebrate new event series “The Collection”
The Collection, a new series of curated events by Brae Richardson, offers thought-provoking experiences where minorities are not only embraced but celebrated. For the first event, The Collection hosts an Aug. 11 Day Party. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. find music by DJ B-Lord, great vibes, caviar tastings and complimentary Don Luchi Prosecco at 570 King St. Find tickets for $20 on eventbrite and stay up to date by following @thecollectionchs on Instagram.
Gorilla Zoe, Badd Wolf to perform at Purple Buffalo
Ahead of the novel’s re-release, Soltis revisited Heartless for the first time in years. She said she worried her feelings toward the book would have changed.
“I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I could still make myself laugh,” she said. “It’s definitely a much different experience now, but I still feel very connected to the novel.It’s had a fun little decade-long journey. … It’s kind of ironic because the book is about a girl who won’t die and here this little book won’t die, so it’s a really fun path that it’s taken.”
Building a horror author
As a lifelong fan of horror and genre fiction, Soltis said it was natural she became a horror author.
“My dad raised me on classic horror movies and classic sci-fi, so I grew up watching Dracula, Frankenstein, The
Soltis started writing after finishing her degree in English at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
“When I said I was an English major, people would always say to me, ‘Oh, you’re going to teach,’ and I was like, ‘No, I don’t want to be a teacher. I want to be a writer.’ And I had no idea how to do that.”.
After moving to Charleston from New Jersey for a job in the tech industry, Soltis picked up pen and paper and started writing short stories. Then, a friend challenged her to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), a challenge to complete a 50,000 word novel in one month, held annually in November.
Despite never having written anything longer than 3,000 words, she took on the challenge.
“That was when I wrote my first novel, but
Starting at 8 p.m. Aug. 17 is an epic night of live music at the Purple Buffalo in North Charleston. The all-night concert kicks off with Gorilla Zoe, followed by Badd Wolf and Cremro Smith, plus Miguel Rivera , Ikabod Krayne and Kg Escobar. Find tickets for $20 on eventbrite and learn more at @purplebuffalo843 on Instagram.
Do You Feel Anger? opens at Threshold Repertory
The Village Repertory Theatre opens its 2024-25 season with the absurdist comedy, Do You Feel Anger? Aug. 16 to Aug. 24. The story follows Sofia after she is recently hired as an empathy coach at a debt collection agency. It’s an outrageous comedy about the absurdity and the danger of a world where some people’s feelings matter more than others. All performances at Threshold Repertory Theatre, 84 Society St. Tickets start at $30 at woolfestreetplayhouse.com. — Chloe Hogan
Coming up this fall:
Fight Night by Ontroerend Goed
September 12 &13
An Afternoon with David Sedaris
October 13
This Land Is Our Land featuring Martha Redbone Roots Project and American Patchwork Quartet
October 23
American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens
November 19
A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates
October 7
Of All The People
In All The World: American Democracy
October 23 - 27
Och & Oy!: A Considered Cabaret, starring Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro
November 2
A Four-Star Tour of the World with General David Petraeus
November 22
Fall for Democracy is made possible thanks to generous support from the Wayne and Alicia Gregory Family Foundation.
Easton Corbin is ‘doing country right’
By Vincent Harris
Easton Corbin brings his latest album, Let’s Do Country Right to the Isle of Palms on Aug. 18. His fourth full length project since his self-titled 2010 debut is in some ways exactly what you’d expect if you’ve heard the country star’s previous hits like “Roll With It,” “A Little More Country Than That” or “All Over The Road,” — all of which made the top five on the country charts.
In other words, it’s a mix of raucous honky-tonk scorchers, drained-bottle ballads and more than a little rock n’ roll muscle throughout. But the album title is interesting. The song it’s named for is a good-time dustup about heading to the honky-tonk, dancing, drinking and having a good time, i.e., “doing country right.”
But Corbin readily admits that Let’s Do Country Right is about a little more than that.
“I think it’s just a mindset,” Corbin said. “Yeah, it’s about going out at night, but I think it’s about what country means to you. I think it really sums up the overall theme of the record: It’s a country record, so we’re gonna do it right.”
Country mindset
It’s not the first time that Corbin has expressed the sentiment. A quick scan of his catalog yields not only “A Little More Country Than That,” but another title that stands out: “Somebody’s Gotta Be Country.”
And it’s an approach that’s working. Over the last decade, Corbin has scored 12 country top 100 hit singles, won three American Country Awards, snagged a gold album or two and racked up tens of millions of streams on services like Apple Music and Spotify.
Corbin, Billboard’s 2010 Top New Country Artist, doesn’t shy away from his unapologetic, traditional country sound on his latest album. He will perform songs from Let’s Do Country Right on the Isle of Palms Aug. 18.
Corbin co-writes much of his material and selects the rest carefully. He said he largely attributes his success to honesty. His songs need to have something universal within them, something that both he and his audience can relate to.
“Everybody has problems and issues, and I think everybody can relate to that,” he said. “The human condition is the human condition, so if you think you’re going through something alone, I don’t think you are. There are a bunch of people going through the same things. The fundamental thing is that I record songs that I can relate to because if you record something you like, most likely your fans will like it as well.”
And Corbin is quick to add that the songs of his that people most often relate to aren’t necessarily the ones you hear on terrestrial radio.
“Sometimes a radio hit is different than something that streams, if that makes sense,” he said. “Sometimes there are radio hits that don’t necessarily put butts in the seats. And sometimes there are streaming hits that really resonate with people. I think of it as ‘hard hits’ versus ‘light hits.’ ”
Hit songs translating to ticket sales is important for Corbin, and not just for financial reasons. There are few things that Easton Corbin loves more than getting onstage and revving up his audience.
“The live show is one of the most important things that I do,” he said. “When people show up, that’s where the rubber meets the road. If you get out there and entertain people, and they think, ‘Man that’s one of the best shows I’ve ever seen,’ they’ll come back, and I think that’s important.”
And you can count on Corbin staying tried-and-true to hard country music no matter when you see him live.
“We’re going to stick to our roots,” he said. “Country music goes through trends; but I think that you can’t really fall for the trends. Just stay straight and make what you do a constant. Sometimes you can go a little bit left or go a little bit to the right, but never enough that people don’t know who you really are.”
Don’t miss country star Easton Corbin at the Windjammer, 6 p.m. Aug. 18. Find tickets for $35 at the-windjammer.com.
I did not finish the first draft in a month. I think it took about a month and a half. I had a small child, so it was a lot of writing at night once the kiddo was asleep.”
In 2012, Soltis published her first novel, Undead America: Zombie Days, Campfire Nights with the now-closed Muse It Up Press.
Now, she’s looking forward to new projects, including a crime novel about “another female main character getting into trouble.
“I’m setting it in Charleston because I love this weird little city we call home,” she said.
Women find space in horror genre
Despite horror — and genre fiction like sci-fi, fantasy, and crime — historically being dominated by male authors, women authors like Soltis have begun to make space for themselves in the genre.
She partially attributes the rise of female horror authors to the existential dread of everything happening in the world.
“It hits us hard, and we’ve got to find outlets for it,” she told City Paper. She highlighted authors Silvia MorenoGarcia (Mexican Gothic) and Mariana Enriquez (Our Share of Night) as breaking open horror for both women authors and women fans of horror.
“It feels like we’re being found. And it’s our time. And I do think some horrific things have been going on in the worlds of women lately, politically [and] economically… so we’re all dealing with it in our own way and writing these stories and grappling with real life through horror, through sci-fi,” she said.
“I think it’s a really beautiful time for women in horror and women in genre fiction in general, and I’m so excited to be this itty bitty little part of it.”
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Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans Inc., Plaintiff, vs. Adam A. Adaway, Defendant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
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, Certificate of Exemption from ADR and Notice of Right to Foreclosure Intervention in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 18, 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.: 24-41055
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE
NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
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, Certificate of Exemption from ADR and Notice of Right to Foreclosure Intervention in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 28, 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.: 24-42387
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2024-DR- 08-1250
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS
TIFFANY SPINKS, KELLY GREEN; AND TIMOTHY GREEN, DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024.
John McCormick, SC Bar #100176, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 843-719-1007
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR- 08-1061
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS
MISTY WHITTEN, QUINTON OSBURNE, KRISTY ST. CLAIR, DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2012.
TO DEFENDANT: Misty Whitten; Quinton Osburne YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on June 5, 2024, 4:30PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, John McCormick, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. A final hearing regarding the merits will be held on October 28, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. at Berkeley County Family Court, located at 300B California Ave, Moncks Corner, SC 29461. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
John McCormick SC Bar #100176 2 Belt Drive Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 843-719-1007
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-DR-10-1175
MIGUEL ANGEL RIOS CHACON, Plaintiff, vs. YUSMIN CRUZ FIGUEROA, Defendant,
SUMMONS
ANYTHING FOR $35
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A No.: 2024-CP-10-02763
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust, Plaintiff, vs. Robert B. Kanapaux a/k/a Robert Bernard Kanapaux; The United States of America, acting by and through its agent, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Discover Bank; Eugene A. Calejo, Defendant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
TO DEFENDANT: Tiffany Spinks YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on July 3, 2024, 1:28PM. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, John McCormick, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
TO: THE DEFENDANT, 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 to the said Complaint on the below subscribed attorney at her office at Bleecker Family Law 519 Savannah Hwy., P.O. Box 30245, Charleston, South Carolina 29417, within thirty (30) days from service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the said Amended Complaint.
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF April, 2024 Charleston, South Carolina
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NO.: 2024-DR-08-516
MARVETTA P. MYERS, Plaintiff, vs. JOSHUA D. CROOKS, Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, Tyla N. Bowman, Esquire within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you, not counting the day of service, If you fail to submit your Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TYLA N. BOWMAN, ESQUIRE
Attorney for the Plaintiff
P.O. Box 63384 North Charleston, SC 29419-2252
T: (843) 300-0373 F: (843) 273-8481 E tyla@bowman-law.net
March 21, 2024 North Charleston, SC
3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.
LIS PENDENS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2023-CP-10-04453
Truist Bank, formerly known as Branch Banking and Trust Company, Plaintiff, v. Any heirs-at-law or devisees of Donald A. Carr, deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons or entities entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Richard Roe; and any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned person, or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe; Derek Carr; David Christopher Carr; Donald Alan Carr, II, Defendant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES
(Non-Jury)
FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE
MORTGAGE
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at
of Way of record.
This being the same property conveyed to Donald A. Carr by deed of Premiere Property Solutions, LLC, dated November 29, 2011, and recorded December 21, 2011, in Book 0223 at Page 987 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina. Thereafter, Donald A. Carr passed away on August 15, 2020, leaving the subject property to his heirs/devisees, Derek Carr, David Christopher Carr, and Donald Alan Carr, II.
TMS No. 484-08-00-040
Property Address: 8038 Nova Court, North Charleston, SC 29420
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 11, 2023.
ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN
AD LITEM NISI
by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices at 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through of Jacob Green, Deceased; Mary Holmes Young, Albert Young, Albert David Young, Helen Stapleton, Earnestine White, Leon White, Carl Harding, Jimmy Harding, who 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.
names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe. Defendants.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Donald A. Carr to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Branch Banking and Trust Company dated November 29, 2011 and recorded on December 21, 2011 in Book 0223 at Page 988, in the Charleston County Registry (hereinafter, “Mortgage”). Thereafter, the Mortgage was transferred to the Plaintiff herein by assignment and/or corporate merger.
The premises covered and affected by the said Mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, more particularly described in the said Mortgage and are more commonly described as: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 12, Block O, Colony North Subdivision, on a plat entitled in part “Plat of Colony North Subdivision, Lots 8 thru 13, Block N, and Lots 1 thru 19, Block O” which plat is dated December 18, 1985 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County on May 28, 1986 in Plat Book BJ, at Page 25; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.
SUBJECT TO any and all Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, Easements and Rights
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the filed Petition for Appointment of Kelley Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for unknown minors, and persons who may be under a legal disability, and it appearing that Kelley Woody, Esquire has consented to said appointment, it is ORDERED that Kelley Woody, P.O. Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260 phone (803) 787-9678, be and hereby is appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons who may be under a legal disability, all of whom may have or claim to have some interest or claim to the real property commonly known as 8038 Nova Court, North Charleston, SC 29420; that he is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendants, unless said Defendants, or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for said Defendants.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be forth with served upon said Defendants by publication in Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons and Notice of Filing of Complaint in the above entitled action.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2024-CP-10-02233
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Allen Benware, III; Leanne M. Benware a/k/a Leanne Benware; GTE Federal Credit Union d/b/a GTE Financial; Dividend Solar Finance LLC; South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Defendant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury) FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 29, 2024.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO.: 2023-CP-10-05342
U. S. Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, v. Kim Eriksson; Steven Eriksson a/k/a Steve Eriksson; Stephen O’Donnell; Water’s Edge Homeowner Association, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Revenue; Foundation Finance Company LLC; Service Finance Company, LLC; Salal Credit Union; NBT Bank, National Association, Defendant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury)
FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for Plaintiff.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference or the Court may issue a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master-inEquity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that under the provisions of S.C. Code Ann. § 29-3-100, effective June 16, 1993, any collateral assignment of rents contained in the referenced Mortgage is perfected and Attorney for Plaintiff hereby gives notice that all rents shall be payable directly to it by delivery to its undersigned attorneys from the date of default. In the alternative, Plaintiff will move before a judge of this Circuit on the 10th day after service hereof, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for an Order enforcing the assignment of rents, if any, and compelling payment of all rents covered by such assignment directly to the Plaintiff, which motion is to be based upon the original Note and Mortgage herein and the Complaint attached hereto.
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on October 30, 2023.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-01213
Karen Young Washington, Plaintiff,
vs. Daisy Coaxum Murray Still, Ronald E. Harding, Greg P. Harding, Jacob Green, Deceased; Mary Holmes Young, Deceased; Albert Young, Deceased; Albert David Young, Deceased; Helen Stapleton, Deceased; Earnestine White, Deceased; Leon White, Deceased; Carl Harding, Deceased; Jimmy Harding, Deceased; collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are Minors or other disability, or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by
It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master In Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law with authority to enter a final judgment; PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on September 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2A, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush tbrush@brushlawfirm.com J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax
Charleston, South Carolina August 18, 2024
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Amended Complaint on the Plaintiff, through his Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Amended Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Amended Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons, Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 26, 2024. Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on April 26, 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 Plaintiff 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 Title 15, Chapter 67, Articles 1 and 2 for the purposes of obtaining a determination as to who are the rightful owners of the subject property and under the provisions of Section 15-61-10 et. seq for a partition of the said property described in paragraph One (1) of the Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint.
That said property affected by said Amended 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:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, 6 Carriage Lane,, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated July 17, 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 FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-01795
Samuel Jenkins, Plaintiff, v. Rose Marie J. White, Aundrey Jenkins, William Rashad Jenkins, Akia Jenkins and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees William Jenkins, Rosalie Jenkins, Florabell J. Jones and William Gilbert Jenkins, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true
ALL that certain lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, located and lying and being in St. Andrews Parish of Charleston County, South Carolina, known as Lot No. 86 of WASHINGTON PARK SUBDIVISION, as shown on a Plat made March, A.D., 1948 by G. L. Youngblood, Land Surveyor, recorded in Plat Book G, Page 47 of the RMC Office for Charleston County.
MEASURING AND CONTAINING, sixty (60’) feet in the front on Fifth Avenue, the same on the back line, by two hundred (200’) feet in depth.
BUTTIN AND BOUNDING to the North on Fifth Avenue; to the East on Lot No. 87; to the South on Lot No. 93 and to the West on Lot No. 85, as shown on the aforementioned Plat.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-10-02461
Bessie Mae Cromwell, Wanda Zellous, Audrey Mae Cromwell, Alverez C. Bennett, Gene Dale Cromwell, Vera Mae Heyward and Vergene Cromwell, Plaintiffs, -versusWilliam Davis Jr, Martin Davis, Carl Davis, Curtis Henry Davis, Alaina Davis, Inez King, Janet Davis, Jelani Davis, Shantell Davis, and Terrell Davis; Janie Cromwell, Deceased and Eugene Cromwell, Deceased, and all persons claiming under or through the heirs or devisees of Eugene Cromwell collectively designated as JOHN DOE, and any such persons who are Minors or other disability, or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldier’s and Sailor’s Relief Act, 1940, as Amended collectively designated as RICHARD ROE, and all persons entitled to claim under or through Jessie Mae Cromwell and Eugene Cromwell, also all persons claiming any right, title or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint herein, Defendants.
TMS #428-07-00-092 NOTICE OF HEARING
It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master In Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law with authority to enter a final judgment; PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on September 4, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2A, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush tbrush@brushlawfirm.com J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston, SC 29407
(843) 766-5576
Charleston, South Carolina
July 19, 2024
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Case # 2019-CP-10-03977
Dyanell Cromwell, Plaintiff,
vs The Estate of Hester Cromwell, The Estate of Joseph Cromwell, The Estate of Elias Smalls, Thomas Smalls, Johanna Smalls, Amanda Smalls, The Estate of Katherine Smalls, Earl Smalls, William Smalls and Edward Smalls, Sean Conception, Linda Bailey, Carlin Cromwell, Richard Bailey, Benjamin Bailey, Joseph Bailey, Sharon Bailey, Irena Bailey, Kenneth Bailey, Juanita Collins, The Estate of Evelyn Major, The Estate of Geneva Singleton, The Estate of Virginia Cromwell, Joanna Ella Mae Cromwell-McLoyde, The Estate of Thomas Cromwell, The Estate of Benjamin Cromwell, The Estate of Jacob Cromwell, The Estate of Florine Cromwell Moon, Deloris Walker, Melvin Moon, The Estate of John Moon, Servron Moon, Judeen Moon, Shemeake Moon, The Estate of Freddie Cromwell, The Estate of Chester Cromwell, The Estate of Lila Mae Cromwell-Harmon, The Estate of Hattie Singleton, Susan Hindsman, Larry Cromwell, Nathan Cromwell, Marion Cromwell, Thomas Bailey, Harold Cromwell, Joseph Cromwell a/k/a Yusef Shahid, Carolyn Cromwell a/k/a Carolyn Bell, The Estate of Stanley Cromwell, Jerome Cromwell, Clifford Cromwell, Katherine Cromwell, Walter “Mickey” Cromwell, The Estate of Wilton Cromwell, The Estate of Barbara Cromwell Bell, James Warren, Robert Warren, Michael Bell, Karen Cromwell, Kevin Cromwell, Shelly Cromwell, The Estate of Angela Cromwell, The Estate of Dewayne Cromwell, Keith Cromwell, Rosia Smalls, the fictitious names used to designate persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50 US Code commonly referred to as The Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations, and all other persons claiming any right, title estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate descried in the Complaint or any part thereof and the following deceased people; The Estate of Hester Cromwell, Defendants.
NOTICE OF HEARING
It appearing that this matter has been referred to the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough, Master In Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, to make appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law with authority to enter a final judgment; PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled and will be held on September 16, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Courtroom 2A, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A.
s/ Thomas H. Brush
Thomas H. Brush
tbrush@brushlawfirm.com
J. Chris Lanning
clanning@brushlawfirm.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
12 Carriage Lane, Suite A Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax
Charleston, South Carolina July 22, 2024
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-01624
Donnell Reed, Plaintiff, v. Gloria Brown Odom, Wilhelmina Johnson, Jacquetta Brown, Tyrone Brown, Daryl Washington, Denise Hylton, Stephanie Brown, Horace Mood, Denise Benson, Yolanda Jones, Adrian White, Shonte White, Elaine Stevens, Michelle Davis, Wilmer Nelson, Jr., Geraldine Brown, Old Bethel United Methodist Church, Ronald Jenkins, Adrian Jenkins, Francis Jenkins, Norman Jenkins, James R. Jenkins, Jr., Sylvia Jenkins, Janet Jenkins, Janie Nicole Allen and John Doe and Richard Roe, as Representatives of all heirs and devisees James Jenkins and Dutchess Jenkins, deceased, and all persons entitled to claim under or through them; also, all other persons, corporations or entities unknown claiming any right, title interest in or lien upon the subject real estate described herein, any unknown adults, whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as John Doe, and any unknown infants, persons under disability, or person in the Military Service of the United States of America whose true names are unknown, being a class designated as Richard Roe. Defendants.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Amended Complaint in the Action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Amended Complaint on the Plaintiff, through his Attorney, J. Chris Lanning, at his office, 12 Carriage Lane, Suite A, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof exclusive of the day of such Service; and, if you fail to answer the Amended Compliant within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in the Action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint.
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for the aforesaid County which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53, South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/ Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter final judgment in this case. An appeal from the final judgment entered by the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee shall be made directly to the Supreme Court.
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons, Amended Lis Pendens and Amended Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 29, 2024.
Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on March 29, 2024.
AMENDED LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Amended Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of the South Carolina’s
Clementa C. Pinckney Uniform Partition of Heirs’ Property Act, Sections 15-61-10, et seq., Code of Laws of South Carolina, for partition of the said property.
That said property affected by said Amended 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, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina known and designated as Lot 6 containing 2.30 acres highland and 1.22 acres wetland totaling 3.52 acres on a plat entitled “PLAT TO SUBDIVIDE 13.06 ACRES LOT 1, LOT 2, LOT 3, LOT 4 & LOT 6, THE ABBEY GREEN ESTATE, JOHNS ISLAND, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, made by James G. Pennington, PLS, Surveyor dated January 4, 2017 and recorded in Charleston County RMC Office in Plat Book L17 at Page 0020, reference to said plat is hereby craved for a more accurate description
TMS # 250-00-00-228
Property Address: Back Pen Road, Johns Island, SC 29455
GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Conrad Falkiewicz, Esquire, 6 Carriage Lane,, Charleston, South Carolina, 29407, by Order of this Court Common Pleas dated June 24, 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 FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1108
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
KENDALL ACANFORA AND ANTONIO MCCUE
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2022.
TO DEFENDANT: ANTONIO MCCUE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 19, 2024, at 3:51 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights 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, W. Tracy Brown, 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.
W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar ID #5832, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2023-DR-10-3520
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS
Rashema Payton, Samuel Gibson aka Samuel Habersham, Curtis Wheeler, Joshua Shaw, Kenyiel Mitchell, Jamesha Seabrook, Betty McFadden, Katrina Sinclair, Yashece Smith, Voneisha Nesbitt, Victoria Smith, and David Henderson, DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022.
TO DEFENDANT: Kenyiel Mitchell YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 6, 2023 at 4:50 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, William Evan Reynolds, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, 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.
William Evan Reynolds, SC Bar # 102352, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 29405 (843) 953-9625
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR- 10-0966
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS
Jessica Daise, Woodrow Rorie, and Ramon Dotch, DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2009, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2020
TO DEFENDANT: Ramon Dotch YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 3, 2024 at 3:45 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, William Evan Reynolds, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, 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.
William Evan Reynolds, SC Bar # 102352, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 29405 (843) 953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR- 10-0841
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS
Victoria Bluett, Michael White, Londrez Polite, and Thomas Defee, Jr., DEFENDANTS.
IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2008, 2011, and 2020
TO DEFENDANT: Michael White YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 22, 2024 at 9:31 AM. 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, William Evan Reynolds, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, 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.
William Evan Reynolds, SC Bar # 102352 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 29405 (843) 953-9625
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1404
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS
HAILEY PIKE AND DARNELL WASHINGTON IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2023.
TO DEFENDANT: DARNELL WASHINGTON
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of
Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 20, 2024, at 2:26 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights 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, W. Tracy Brown, 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.
W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar #5832, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405 843-953-9625
205580
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-00721
Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Plaintiff, -vsGuy Williams; Antonio U. Bennett a/k/a Antonio Urricchio Bennett; Republic Finance, LLC; Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC; Orange Elephant Roofing & Construction; and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Defendant(s).
NOTICE OF SALE
BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. vs. Guy Williams; Antonio U. Bennett a/k/a Antonio Urricchio Bennett; Republic Finance, LLC; Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC; Orange Elephant Roofing & Construction; and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles I, Mikell Scarborough, Master in Equity, for Charleston County, will sell on September 3, 2024 at 11:00 am, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, and being designated as Tract “B1”, 0.530 acres, more or less, as delineated on plat entitled “Boundary Survey Showing the Subdivision of Tract “B”, l.06 acres (TMS #478-16-00-032), to form tracts “B1”, “B2” and “B3”, property of Sarah Williams Fordham, located Midland Park Area, Charleston County, SC” prepared by Joseph O. Eelman, SCRLS No. 16492, dated October 18 1996, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book DB, at page 130. Said lot having such me, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will more fully appear by reference to said plat.
Derivation: This being the same property conveyed to Granter/ Mortgagor Guy Williams by deed of Mattie R. Williams, dated August 5, 2009 and recorded August 31, 2009 in Book 0078 at Page 174 in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County.
deposit with the Master in Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the 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 or the bid within thirty (30) 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 former highest bidder).
Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.
That a personal or deficiency judgment being waived, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
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 well before the foreclosure sale date.
The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 11.510%per annum.
B. Lindsay Crawford, III (SC Bar# 6510)
Theodore von Keller (SC Bar# 5718)
B. Lindsay Crawford, IV (SC Bar# 101707)
Charley F. MacInnis (SC Bar# 104326)
Jason Hunter (SC Bar# 101501)
Eric H. Nelson (SC Bar# 104712)
Crawford & von Keller, LLC P.O. Box 4216
1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240 Phone: 803-790-2626
Email: court@crawfordvk.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
205598
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
Facility 1: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 8/20/2024 11:45 AM
Cloreshia Griffin Appliances, clothes, bedding
Leyah Brown Boxes, household goods, storage bins, documents
George Heyward Clothing and merchandise
Linnell DL Jackson Boxes, clothes
Kearston Farr Household items, furniture
April Richards
Couches, tables, grandfather clock, washer/dryer
Shondreka Brown
Boxes of art/craft supplies
Janelle Smith 2 queen beds, totes, TVs
Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405
Lendrell Brown Sectional, 2 TVs, entertainment center
Demetria Jackson Bed, dressers, boxes/totes, deep freezer
The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
Facility 3: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
08/20/2024 10:25 AM
Rhetina Mitchener Planters, household goods
Mike Pagels
Studio apartment
Facility 4: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd.
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
08/20/2024
10:35 AM
Robert Batts
Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances
Facility 5: 1426 Hwy 17
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
08/20/2024
10:40 AM
Collin Lemmon Washer and dryer
Tess Goldberg Furniture, bedding
Earl Anne Hair Household Goods/Furniture
Facility 6: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414
08/20/2024
11:15 AM
Taj Heyward Appliances, Boxes, Furniture, Clothing
Destiny Hartman Household Goods/Furniture
Karen Aytes Household Goods/Furniture
Kobe Garrett Chairs, boxes, totes
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.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Freedom Mortgage Corporation, PLAINTIFF, vs. Theresa Maria Miller; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Timothy J Johnson, DEFENDANT(S)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT
(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)
C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-03089 DEFICIENCY WAIVED
TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee
is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.
NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on June 18, 2024.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700 Firm File No. 21294-103267
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-OP2, PLAINTIFF, vs. Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr, and if Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond Seabrook Mitchell, Sr, a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Sr, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service
of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Thelma Mitchell; Julian Mitchell a/k/a Julian E Mitchell; Raymond Mitchell a/k/a Raymond S Mitchell, Jr; Terry Mitchell a/k/a Terry L Mitchell; Raymone S Reed; South Carolina Department of Revenue; Microf LLC, DEFENDANT(S)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)
C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-03112
DEFICIENCY WAIVED
TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.
NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on June 19, 2024.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you
Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700 Firm Case No: 20456 - 98196
Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.
NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Fifth Third Bank, N.A., PLAINTIFF, vs. Timothy R Merz aka Timothy Robert Merz and if Timothy R Merz aka Timothy Robert Merz be deceased then any child and heir at law to the Estate of Timothy R Merz aka Timothy Robert Merz distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Timothy R Merz aka Timothy Robert Merz and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Melanie Katherine Merz, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Timothy R Merz aka Timothy Robert Merz; Anna Hagen Merz; South Carolina Federal Credit Union; South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT
(NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE)
C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-03317
DEFICIENCY WAIVED
TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office,
FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237
Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700
Firm Case No: 21005 - 101432
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. No. 2024-CP-1000479
Benjamin Jaxson Lovelace, TV, Angela Lovelace, and Benjamin Lovelace Plaintiffs, vs. Francis W. Schiavo, Benjamin Graham Locke, Christopher Robert Furze, Michael Orazio Garzon, John Lennox Cummings, Iota Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity, Sigma Chi International Fraternity, Inc., John Doe, and College of Charleston, 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 have a copy of your Answer to the Complaint served upon the subscriber at Post Office Box 2800, Greenville, South Carolina 29602, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
HARBIN & BURNETT, LLP s/Jennifer Spragins Burnett Jennifer Spragins Burnett SC Bar # 69617
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court on June 28, 2024.
NOTICE TO APPOINT ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT
apply to the Court for judgment by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
BERLINSKY AND LING
s/Philip A. Berlinsky
PHILIP A. BERLINSKY Attorney for the Plaintiff 2971 West Montague Avenue Suite 201 North Charleston, SC 29418 (843) 884-0000
North Charleston, SC May 17,2024
505584
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No. 2024-CP-10-00285
AAA Offshore Towing, Salvage, and Environmental, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Randolph Williams, Deceased, Linda M. Williams, Antoine B. Williams, Trent B. Williams, Sadie Singleton, Deceased, the Heirs of Sadie Singleton, Delores S. Dilligard, Deceased, the Heirs of Delores S. Dilligard, Sherry D. Lumpkin, Akeisha James, Jerome Singleton, Deceased, the Heirs of Jerome Singleton, Tara R. Shine, Lula R. Goliday a/k/a Lula Mae Dixon, the Heirs of Lula R. Goliday a/k/a Lula Mae Dixon, Curtis B. Dixon, Sr., Kevin L. Dixon, Curtis B. Dixon, Jr., Kwame Kinlaw, Eva K. Reeves, George A. Kinlaw, Joseph Kinlaw, Deceased, the Heirs of Joseph Kinlaw, James Kinlaw, Kenneth Kinlaw, Ronald Horry, Deborah Horry, Joseph Ramsey, and if any of the individually named defendants are deceased, then their heirs or devisees at law, and any other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest, in or lien upon the real property described herein, and any unknown infants or persons under disability or persons in the military services hereby designated as a class as John Doe and Mary Roe, Defendants.
PARHAM SMITH & ARCHENHOLD, LLC Cori Stewart #105193 S. Blakely Smith, #14140 Mackenzie G. “Brooke” Archenhold, #70517 P.O. Box 2800 Greenville, SC 29602 864/242-9008 cstewart@parhamlaw.com bsmith@parhamlaw.com barchenhold@parhamlaw.com
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
January 15, 2024 Anderson, South Carolina
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER 2O24CP0801409
RODNEY BETHEA, Plaintiff, vs. DANA ANN DELEON AND CLARENCE RUSSELL, Defendants. SUMMONS JURY TRIAL REQUESTED (NEGLIGENCE) (AUTOMOBILE WRECK) TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscriber at their offices, Berlinsky and Ling, 2971 West Montague Avenue, Suite 201, N. Charleston, South Carolina, 29418, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer or otherwise plead within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff herein will
Columbia, South Carolina May 23, 2024
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been or will be commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendants above named to have title to real properties quieted in the name of Plaintiff.
The properties that are the subject matter of this action are situated in Charleston County and are more properly described as follows: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in The Town of Awendaw, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 2, containing 2.27 acres on a plat made by ARC Surveying Company, Inc. dated July 1, 1999, and revised on January 12, 2000 entitled “TOWN OF AWENDAW, A PLAT OF 22.68 ACRES SUBDIVIDED INTO LOTS 1 AND 2, AND RESIDUAL, CHRIST CHURCH PARISH, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book ED, Page 778. Said tract of land having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat, which plat is incorporated herein by reference. BEING a portion of the property conveyed to numerous grantees by deed of Roger M. Young, Master in Equity for Charleston County dated April 13, 1998 and recorded on April 21, 1998 in Book F-301, Page 161.
BEING the same property conveyed to Joseph Ramsey by deed of William W. Snipes a/k/a Wayne Snipes, Marquis Kinlaw, Rosetta K. Young, Mary K. Brown a/k/a Hattie Kinlaw, William Kinlaw, and Adam Kinlaw dated December 26, 2001 and recorded December 27, 2001 in Book X391 at Page 812. TMS No. 644-00-00-011
ROBINSON GRAY STEPP & LAFFITTE, LLC
By: s/Paul H. Hoefer
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT AND ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL FOR “JOHN DOE” AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR “MARY ROE” AND ORDER FOR PUBLICATION ON UNKNOWN PERSONS
TO: THE DEFENDANTS JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE AND UNKNOWN PERSONS: 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 their offices, 2151 Pickens Street, Suite 500, P.O. Box 11449, Columbia, SC 29211, within thirty (30) days after service thereof 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 the relief demanded in said Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned attorney on behalf of the Plaintiff herein, will seek the agreement and stipulation of all parties not in default for an Order of Reference to the for Charleston stipulating that said may enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on January 18, 2024.
s/Christopher L. Boguski
Paul H. Hoefer [SC Bar # 77506]
Christopher L. Boguski [SC Bar #100546] Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC P.O. Box 11449 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 929-1400 phoefer@robinsongray.com cboguski@robinsongray.com Attorney for Plaintiff
Paul H. Hoefer (SC Bar No. 77506) Christopher L. Boguski (SC Bar No. 100546) Post Office Box 11449 Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 929-1400 phoefer@robinsongray.com cboguski@robinsongray.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs January 18, 2024
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire as Attorney 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 as Guardian ad Litem for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Mary Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is appointed as Attorney 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”), and as Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Mary Roe”), all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, 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 “Mary 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 an Attorney, Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Mary Roe”.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants, John Doe, and Mary Roe by publication in 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.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire’s representation in connection with this matter will conclude upon the filing of an Order ending this case. IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court, by BLC February 15, 2024
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-03644
J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., PLAINTIFF, VS. Sheila Henderson, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Delores Dingle, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Herman Bryan, III, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Keith Bryan, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Donna Heyward, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Maurice Johnson, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Travis L. Brown a/k/a Travis Brown, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Derrick Sergeton, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Wandesha Smalls, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Denise Smalls, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; Travis Smalls, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased, and any other Heirsat-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; 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; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; and South Carolina Department of Revenue, DEFENDANT(S).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (241136.00188)
TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE-NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 292022065, 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 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 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 or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.
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 within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.
NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
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 July 18, 2024.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 23rd day of July, 2024.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE
NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Herman Bryan, Jr. to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, dated August 24, 2007, recorded August 29, 2007, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book B637 at Page 880; thereafter, said Mortgage
was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by assignment instrument dated December 5, 2011 and recorded December 12, 2011 in Book 222 at Page 144; thereafter, assigned to Green Tree Servicing, LLC by assignment instrument dated March 11, 2013 and recorded April 2, 2013 in Book 321 at Page 95; thereafter, assigned to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing by assignment instrument dated December 31, 2019 and recorded January 24, 2020 in Book 854 at Page 869; thereafter, assigned to J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. by assignment instrument dated July 22, 2021 and recorded August 26, 2021 in Book 1026 at Page 528; thereafter, assigned to J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. by duplicate assignment instrument dated February 10, 2022 and recorded March 3, 2022 in Book 1084 at Page 109.
The description of the premises is as follows:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, designated as Lot 30, Block A located in Amberwood Subdivision in Charleston County, South Carolina as shown on “Plat of Amberwood Subdivision, Phase I, a 19.69 acre tract of Land, located in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, SC property of BerkeleyAmberwood Associates” dated November 26, 1984 and recorded in Plat Book BC at Page 96, said plat further being revised July 29, 1985 by plat recorded in Plat Book BE at Page 179, further revision to subject lot by plat recorded in Plat Book CK at Page 53, all recordings being in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, measurements, buttings and boundings as will by reference to the aforesaid plat more fully appear.
PLEASE NOTE: The above legal description has been revised so as to correct the original subdivision plat date and include reference to the revised subdivision plat.
This being the same property conveyed to Herman Bryan, Jr. by deed of Angela L. Blount n/k/a Angela L. Mason and Michael Mason dated August 24, 2007 and recorded August 29, 2007 in Book B637 at Page 306 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
Subsequently, Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr. died on or about November 12, 2020 and no probate case has been opened with the probate court for Charleston County. If any party has any information as to the existence and/or opening of a probate court file for the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., it is requested that you contact counsel for Plaintiff immediately with that information. Upon information and belief, Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr. was survived by his heir(s), Sheila Henderson, Delores Dingle, Herman Bryan, III, Keith Bryan, Donna Heyward, Maurice Johnson, Travis L. Brown, Derrick Sergeton, Wandesha Smalls, Denise Smalls, and Travis Smalls (based on his published obituary).
TMS No. 406-01-00-049
Property address: 4958 Amberwood Lane North Charleston, SC 29418
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
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-03741
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2023-A, PLAINTIFF, VS. Matthew Willis, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis, Deceased; David Willis, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis, Deceased, their heirs or devisees, successors and assigns, and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis, Deceased; 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, DEFENDANT(S).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES (241106.00032)
TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS
ABOVE-NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 292022065, 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 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 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 or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.
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 within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Kelley Yarborough Woody, made absolute.
NOTICE
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
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 July 24, 2024.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Kelley Yarborough Woody, whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 31st day of July, 2024.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE
NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Peggy S. Willis to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Discover Home Loans, Inc., dated September 28, 2012, recorded October 12, 2012, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/ Register of Deeds for Charleston County, in Book 284 at Page 275; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by assignment instrument dated January 21, 2022 and recorded February 17, 2022 in Book 1079 at Page 902; thereafter, assigned to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Trustee of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2023-A by assignment instrument dated December 6, 2023 and recorded December 12, 2023 in Book 1218 at Page 422. The description of the premises is as follows:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, and being in Sherwood Forest, on the south side of Prince John Drive, in Charleston County, South Carolina, and being shown and designated as Lot 25, Section A, on a plat of Sherwood Forest, dated August, 1953 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J, Page 55.
This being the same property conveyed to Peggy S. Willis by deed of Henry Simmons and Marie V. Simmons dated September 7, 2007 and recorded September 14, 2007 in Book R638 at Page 420 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
Subsequently, Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis died on March 27, 2016 and no probate case has been opened with the probate court for Charleston County. If any party has any information as to the existence and/or opening of a probate court file for the Estate of Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis, it is requested that you contact counsel for Plaintiff immediately with that information.
Upon information and belief, Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis was survived by her heir(s), Matthew Willis; and David Willis (based on her published obituary).
TMS No. 3500200053 Property address: 834 Prince John Drive Charleston, SC 29407
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 205577
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE PROBATE COURT
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF GEORGE BRISBON AKA GEORGE BRISBANE CASE NO: 2024-ES10-00716
DESCRIPTION/SUBJECT MATTER: PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRS
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER: JOY D. STONEY-REID, ESQ. 6650 RIVERS AVE. NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 29406 843.763.1300
DATE OF VIRTUAL HEARING: SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 TIME: 10:00 AM EST PLACE: VIRTUAL HEARING CHARLESTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT 84 BROAD STREET CHARLESTON, SC 29401
NOTICE OF HEARING IS HEREBY GIVEN TO: ANY INTERESTED PERSONS FOR THE ESTATE OF GEORGE BRISBON AKA GEORGE BRISBANE
NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR VIRTUAL HEARING SHALL BE PROVIDED BY PETITIONERS COUNSEL ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HEARING. ANY AND ALL PARTIES MY REQUEST ATTENDENCE AT EH HEARING BY PHONE OR EMAIL COMMUNICATION TO DENA BYRD-BYRUM ESQ. LAW CLERK OF THE CHARLESTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT 843.958.5012 OR DBYRD-BYRUM@ CHARLESTONCOUNTY.ORG
SUMMONS AND NOTICE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-02840
NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, Plaintiff vs. Bret Reynolds, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Discover Bank, and Credit Corp Solutions Inc.,
Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Bret Reynolds: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 3, 2024.
NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending or is about to be commenced in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendant for the purpose of foreclosing a certain mortgage of real estate heretofore given by Bret Reynolds to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing bearing date of June 20, 2019 and recorded September 9, 2019 in Mortgage Book 0820 at Page 300 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One and 00/100 Dollars ($198,921.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded February 11, 2021 in Book 0959 at Page 665, the mortgage was assigned to Caliber Home Loans, Inc.; thereafter, by assignment recorded May 23, 2023 in Book 1181 at Page 674, 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 on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, being known and designated as Lot 11, Block A, and more particularly shown on a plat of Strafford Heights Subdivision by W H Matheny dated June 1954, recorded in Plat Book J, Page 171 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, said lot having such metes, bounds, and dimensions as are shown on said plat.
TMS No. 279-16-00-016
Property Address: 3464 Hobson Drive, Johns Island, SC 29455
Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412
Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993
Attorneys for Plaintiff 6263
205588
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C.A. No.: 2024-CP-10-03222
Eric B. Dilligard, Plaintiff, vs. Nathaniel McDaniel, Joe Palmer, Fredenia Brown, and all persons claiming any right, title, estate interest in or lien upon the real estate described and any unknown adults or persons in the Military Service of the United States of America, being as a class designated as John Doe, whose true name is unknown; and any minors or persons under disability, being as a class designated as Mary Roe, whose true name is unknown, Defendants.
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING
TO DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Complaint on the subscriber at his office in Charleston, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Lis Pendens, Summons, and Complaint in the above-entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 25, 2024.
s/Lawrence M. Hershon Lawrence M. Hershon (SC Bar No. 77514)
The Hershon Law Firm, P.A. 1565 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite 103 Charleston, SC 29407 Telephone: (843) 829-2022
Attorney for Plaintiff July 23, 2024 Charleston, South Carolina 205582
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A #: 2024-CP-10-01116
Eastern Wholesale Fence LLC, Plaintiff, v. C & S Fences, LLC and Clyde Farmer, Defendants.
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT TO: DEFENDANTS C & S FENCES, LLC AND CLYDE FARMER
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, Jeffrey L. Payne, Esquire, at his office at 1831 W. Evans Street, Suite 400, Florence, South Carolina 29501, 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 IS GIVEN THAT the original Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on February 29, 2024.
TURNER, PADGET, GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A.
By: s/ Jeffrey L. Payne
Jeffrey L. Payne, Esquire
SC Bar #: 15136
1831 W. Evans Street, Suite 400 Florence, South Carolina 29501
843-662-9008
843-667-0828 Fax jpayne@turnerpadget.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
July 17, 2024 Florence, South Carolina
“COUNT THE RINGS” —while you’re over there.
Across 1. Big name in cat food
5. Minn. winter hours
8. ___ Bottom (SpongeBob’s hometown)
14. Dis
15. State of reverence
16. Aphrodite’s beloved
17. King, Waters, or Johnson, e.g.
19. Personally handle
20. Short story
22. Mount Rushmore guy
23. Holy Fr. woman
24. 1990s burgers considered one of the most expensive product flops ever
28. State home to the headquarters of Maverik convenience stores
29. Some style mags
30. Nutrition label listing
31. Dumbledore’s slayer
34. Opposite of old, at Oktoberfest
35. Jury ___ (summons subject)
36. Bar offer
40. Cincinnati’s home
41. Digit before a toll-free number
42. Richter and Roddick
43. Gold, in Grenada
44. “32 Flavors” singer DiFranco
45. The A that turns STEM to STEAM
47. The fruit it bears is olive-sized and orange-colored
50. “Antiques Roadshow” network
53. Crunch targets
54. Pat who announced 16 Super Bowls 56. Superlatively sweet?
59. Skincare brand and subsidiary of EstÈe Lauder
60. Bearded Egyptian deity
61. “I’m Just ___” (movie song of 2023) 62. Dessert spread made with fruit
Film villain Hannibal who’s definitely fictional
Regulation, for short
Klimt work, with “The”
10. Edible kelp in Japanese and Korean cuisine
11. Stock portfolio of sorts
12. Thing to be picked
13. “Looking for,” in ads
18. Christian of “Mr. Robot”
21. Did a lawn maintenance job
25. Prefix for distant or lateral
26. “___ shorts!” (Bart Simpson catchphrase)
27. Eye annoyances
28. “It’s ___ you”
31. “Succession” actress Sarah
32. ‘60s jacket style
33. Like self-evident truths
34. 180 degrees from SSW
35. Puts on
37. “Game of Thrones” actress Chaplin
38. Dosage figures
39. Shiny cotton fabric
44. Bondi Beach resident
45. Band worn around the biceps
46. Jog the memory
48. Arcade title character who hops around a pyramid
49. Knees-to-chest diving positions
50. Former spicy chip brand
51. Gets fuzzy
52. Downhill rides
55. Rock and jazz YouTuber Beato
56. Rank for Mustard or Sanders, for short
57. Take up
58. Co. that introduced Dungeons & Dragons
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Legend tells us that the first person to drink tea was Chinese Emperor Shennong in 2737 BCE. As he lounged outdoors, tree leaves fell into his cup of water and accidentally created an infusion. Good for him that he was willing to sample that accidental offering. It took many centuries, but eventually tea drinking spread throughout the world. And yet the first tea bag, an icon of convenience, didn’t become available until 1904. I don’t expect you will have to wait anywhere near that long to move from your promising new discoveries to the highly practical use of those discoveries. In fact, it could happen quickly. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to ripen your novel ideas, stellar insights, and breakthrough innovations.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I hope that in the coming months, Taurus, you will be refining your skills with joy and vigor. I hope you will devote yourself to becoming even more masterful at activities you already do well. I hope you will attend lovingly to details and regard discipline as a high art — as if doing so is the most important gift you can give to life. To inspire you in these noble quests, I offer you a quote by stage magician Harry Blackstone Jr.: “Practice until it becomes boring, then practice until it becomes beautiful.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Wohlweh is a German word that means “good pain” or “pleasurable pain.” It might refer to the feeling you have while scratching a mosquito bite or rubbing your eyes when they’re itchy from allergies. But my favorite use of the word occurs when describing a deeptissue massage that may be a bit harrowing even as it soothes you and provides healing. That’s a great metaphor for the kind of wohlweh I expect for you in the coming days. Here’s a tip: The less you resist the strenuous “therapy,” the better you will feel.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I earn my living as a writer now, but for many years I had to work at odd jobs to keep from starving. One of the most challenging was tapping the sap of Vermont maple trees during the frigid weather of February. Few trees produce more than three gallons of sap per day, and it takes 40 to 50 gallons to create a single gallon of maple syrup. It was hard work that required a great deal of patience. According to my analysis, you Cancerians are in a metaphorically comparable situation these days. To get the good results you want, you may have to generate a lot of raw material — and that could take a while. Still, I believe that in the end, you will think the strenuous effort has been well worth it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I love the fact that Antarctica doesn’t belong to anyone. Thirty nations have research stations there, but none of them control what happens. Antarctica has no government! It has a few laws that almost everyone obeys, like a ban on the introduction of non-indigenous plants and animals. But mostly, it’s untouched and untamed. Much of its geology is uncharted. Inspired by this singular land, I’d love for you to enjoy a phase of wild sovereignty and autonomy in the coming weeks. What can you do to express yourself with maximum freedom, answering primarily to the sacred laws of your own ardent nature?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Babylonia was an ancient empire located in what’s now Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Among its citizens, there was a common belief that insomnia was the result of intrusive visitations by ancestral spirits. Their urge to communicate made it hard for their descendants to sleep. One supposed cure was to take dead relatives’ skulls into bed, lick them, and hold them close. I don’t recommend this practice to you, Virgo. But I do advise you to consult with the spirits of deceased family members in the coming weeks. I suspect they have a lot to tell you. At the very least, I hope you will explore how you might benefit from studying and pondering your ancestors’ lives.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran tennis player Naomi Osaka is one of the highest-paid women athletes ever. She is also a staunch political activist. That blend of qualities is uncommon. Why do I bring this to your attention? Because now is an
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excellent time to synergize your pragmatic devotion to financial success with idealistic work on behalf of noble causes. Doing both of these activities with extra intensity will place you in alignment with cosmic rhythms — even more so if you can manage to coordinate them.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio actor Sally Field told a story about an agent who worked for her early in her career. In those formative years, all her roles were on TV. But she aspired to expand her repertoire. “You aren’t good enough for movies,” the agent told her. She fired him, and soon she was starring in films. Let’s make this a teaching story for you, Scorpio. In the coming months, you will be wise to surround yourself with influences that support and encourage you. If anyone persistently underestimates you, they should not play a prominent role in your life’s beautiful drama.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One Sagittarius I know is building a giant sculpture of a humpback whale. Another Sagittarius is adding a woodshop studio onto her house so she can fulfill her dream of crafting and selling fine furniture. Of my other Sagittarius acquaintances, one is writing an epic narrative poem in Greek, another is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Northern California to the Columbia River in northern Oregon, and another has embarked on a long-postponed pilgrimage to Nigeria, the place of her ancestors’ origin. Yes, many Sagittarians I know are thinking expansively, daring spicy challenges and attempting fun feats. Are you contemplating comparable adventures? Now is an excellent time for them.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I opened my fortune cookie, I found a message that read, “If you would just shut up, you could hear God’s voice.” In response, I laughed, then got very quiet. I ruminated on how, yes, I express myself a lot. I’m constantly and enthusiastically riffing on ideas that are exciting to me. So I took the fortune cookie oracle to heart. I stopped talking and writing for two days. I retreated into a quiescent stillness and listened to other humans, animals, and the natural world. Fortyfive hours into the experiment, I did indeed hear God’s voice. She said, “Thanks for making space to hear me. I love you and want you to thrive.” She expounded further, providing me with three interesting clues that have proved to be helpful in practical ways. In accordance with your astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to do what I did.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Scientists at the University of California devised a cheap and fast method for unboiling an egg. Their effort wasn’t frivolous. They were working with principles that could be valuable in treating certain cancers. Now I’m inviting you to experiment with metaphorical equivalents of unboiling eggs, Aquarius. You are in a phase when you will have extra power to undo results you’re bored with or unsatisfied with. Your key words of power will be reversal, unfastening, unlocking and disentangling.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every week, I imbibe all the honey from an eight-ounce jar, mostly in my cups of hot tea. To create that treat for me, bees made a million visits to flowers, collecting nectar. I am very grateful. The work that I do has similarities to what the bees do. I’m constantly gathering oracular ideas, meditating on the astrological signs and contemplating what inspirational messages my readers need to hear. This horoscope may not be the result of a million thoughts, but the number is large. What’s the equivalent in your life, Pisces? What creative gathering and processing do you do? Now is a good time to revise, refine and deepen your relationship with it.
