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‘Won’t go back’ chant inspires Harris supporters

By Herb Frazier

Hilton Head Island native Emory Campbell, a legend in the state’s Gullah Geechee community, laments the days when politicians couched the bitter politics of race, class and gender in polite terms to hide racist intentions.

“But now it is coming from the top. I have never seen so many official rallies that shout out … racism,” Campbell, former executive director of the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, said in 2018. “And then you get ‘we want to make America great again.’

“That means we want to go back to the good old days … the most terrible days of my life,” he explained, citing the era’s proliferation of segregated public accommodations.

Even more relevant today

Campbell’s observations, which appeared in a 2018 documentary, remain relevant today, as the chant “not going back” has become an anticipated and contagious refrain during Vice President Kamala Harris’s rallies when she throws a verbal jab at her Republican opponent for the presidency.

“Not going back” is a defiant response that reverberates loudly in voter-rich swing states across the country as Harris tries to sell herself as a forward-thinking alternative to Donald Trump. For different reasons, the phrase resonates with people of different genders, ages and races. It may even have more relevance for Charlestonians who know the city’s history as a cradle of slavery and the legacy it has left on the nation.

A slogan is born

During Harris’s Aug. 6 rally in Philadelphia, 17 days after President Joe Biden ended his run for a second term, the Vice President used a slightly longer version of the now familiar catchphrase to introduce her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

“Tim and I have a message for (former president Donald) Trump and others who want to turn back the clock on our fundamental freedoms: We’re not going back. We’re not going back,” she told the crowd. That promise prompted Harris’s partisan supporters to spontaneously chant: “Not going back.”

Dr. Hollis France, chair of the political science department at the College of Charleston, said the slogan means more than a loss of reproductive rights following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade protections. It also means resisting the “idea of White Christian motherhood,” she said.

Rejecting a return to the past counters the notion that “somehow women should not be in the public sphere [because] they have nothing to contribute,” France stressed.

A witness to the past

Walter Brown, 91, a former volunteer poll worker in Mount Pleasant, lived as a boy in an integrated Charleston eastside

Charlestonian Jean Brooks Murphy remembers when her family’s business, the Brooks Motel and restaurant on Morris Street in the 1960s, was listed in the The Negro Travelers’ Green Book, a coast-to-coast guide for Black travelers to inform them of safe places to stop. Murphy agrees with Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign mantra that the country should not go back in time. “Back then [White] people disrespected us and especially our women,” she said. “Now we will stand up for ourselves.”

neighborhood with the children of German and Greek immigrants. It gave him an edge so he was not intimidated by White people, he said.

The Rundown

Sumar Street redevelopment approved by city council

Charleston City Council on Tuesday approved plans for the redevelopment of the former Piggly Wiggly site at Sumar Street in West Ashley. The vacant lot will be transformed into a mixed-use property that includes bike and pedestrian paths, affordable housing units and green space.

The council passed the first reading of the $300 million plan at its Sept. 10 meeting, selecting Edens for the development contract. The plan includes outdoor dining, affordable apartments, all-new stormwater systems and a 3,000-square-foot community space.

The city is planning to invest $44 million into the redevelopment and is looking to utilize income from tax increment financing to garner funding.

City leaders said the developer will soon close on the property, with construction expected to start in early 2025. —Skyler Baldwin

“If Trump wins, I still think that I’m probably better off serving the people of our country as chairman of the Banking Committee, as opposed to going into the administration.”

—U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on his future in the Republican Party should former President Donald Trump win the presidential election in November.

The Hotel James (left), which once stood at the west end of Spring Street in Charleston, is listed in the 1952 edition of the Green Book

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8 shot, killed across South Carolina Sept. 18 to Sept. 25

The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Sept. 20 shooting that killed Katie Sullivan, 38, of Goose Creek. Michael Scott Vasko, 31, also of Goose Creek, is in custody. Criminal charges remain pending, according to reports. Seven others died in Georgetown, Horry, Spartanburg, York, Florence, Laurens and Union counties. Seven more were hurt in shootings across the state. Nationally, there were seven mass shootings for the week, totalling 403 for the year.

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

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CCSD teachers, advocates on fence about new book rules

By Skyler Baldwin

About a month into the school year, Lowcountry teachers and education advocates are unsure about the impact of new state regulations that require teachers to report all books and instructional materials used in their classrooms to an online database. Some fear the rule could lead to easier politically motivated book bannings.

State Regulation 43-170 passed the Statehouse and went into effect in July. The regulation aims to bring full uniformity related to the process of reporting concerns or complaints related to instructional materials other than those adopted by the S.C. Board of Education using the online database.

Instruction materials subject to the regulation include textbooks, books on teachers’ shelves, film strips, podcasts, internet materials and more. All must now be catalogued and listed on a public school’s website by individual staff members. The database will then be accessible by parents and guardians, and complaints can be filed electronically. Materials will then be reviewed by the district school board.

A slippery slope

Some say the vague language of the regulation could lead to sweeping book bans and censorship.

“It was originally meant to maintain age appropriateness of content, but it has not achieved that,” said Paul Bowers, director of communications for the ACLU of South Carolina. “Teachers and librarians came up to Columbia in the summer to warn the Board of Education that this would be a tool for book banning that the state was prepared to hand to groups like Moms for Liberty and similar groups that have popped up all over the state.

“What we’ve seen so far is chaos,” he added. “We’re getting reports from teachers and librarians now who have come back to

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work thus far in office has been to cut ties with teachers, to discredit their input

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assert ideological control over what happens in schools. This is no kind of freedom.”

—Paul Bowers, ACLU of South Carolina director of communications

school and are mostly unclear about what is and is not allowed under the new law.”

That uncertainty of what is “age-appropriate,” Bowers said, has led to school staff self-censoring their own classrooms out of fear of repercussions if the regulation is not followed properly.

“If teachers and librarians are saying, ‘Well, we are just going to have instructional materials related to state standards,’ then I think that would be OK,” said Charleston County School District board member Carol Tempel. “But books that could be about two dads and their kids, what are we going to do about books like that? Those are the kinds of books that the Moms for Liberty folks don’t want anything to do with.

“Based on the criteria, I think any teacher would be hesitant to have a story like that in their classrooms,” she added.

Bowers said the regulation is a part of a greater trend of right-wing political groups and individuals trying to assert control over the state’s education system.

“If you look at [state Superintendent] Ellen Weaver’s career trajectory, this is a person who has never worked at a public

Weaver aligns schools with indoctrinator, critics say

By Jack O’Toole

A controversial content producer whose videos will soon be available in South Carolina public schools spoke openly in 2023 of his efforts to “indoctrinate kids” into conservative views, according to videos and social media posts.

Dennis Prager, president of PragerU, made the remarks last year at a Moms for Liberty conference in Philadelphia at which S.C. Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver was a panelist.

Last week, Weaver announced a new partnership to place “high quality, standards-aligned” PragerU videos and lesson plans in S.C. public school classrooms. But critics say the videos are little more than conservative propaganda — a charge that Prager seemed to play into with his remarks at the conference.

In a June 29, 2023, Moms for Liberty keynote address, Prager told attendees that he’d recently asked a group of protesters why they thought he was “despicable.”

“All I heard was, ‘Well, because you indoctrinate kids.’ Which is true. We bring doctrines to children. That is a very fair statement,” Prager said. “But what is the bad of our indoctrination?”

The Charleston City Paper asked Weaver’s press spokesperson Monday whether Prager’s comments raised concerns for the superintendent. As of publication time Wednesday, the newspaper received no reply.

But S.C. Education Association President Sherry East called Prager’s indoctrination remarks “disturbing” in a Monday interview.

“I’ve reached out to the social studies community and I will tell you they are not happy,” East said. “We absolutely should not be using these videos in our classrooms.”

What is PragerU?

Founded in 2009 by talk-radio host Dennis Prager and his longtime producer Allen Estrin, the Prager University Foundation, or PragerU, is a nonprofit that produces short videos (typically

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school a day in her life and has instead spent her time in a very insular bubble of right-wing think tanks,” he said. “Her work thus far in office has been to cut ties with teachers, to discredit their input and assert ideological control over what happens in schools. This is no kind of freedom.”

Videos on the PragerU site include titles like “The Good News About Climate Change”

about five minutes) on politics, religion and history. It’s funded by a variety of conservative individuals and foundations, including fracking-billionaires Farris and Dan Wilks, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, and the Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation.

Despite its name, each page of the PragerU website carries the following fine-print disclaimer: “PragerU is not an accredited university, nor do we claim to be. We don’t offer degrees, but we do provide educational, entertaining, pro-American videos for every age.”

But these videos aren’t like the Boomer-era Schoolhouse Rock videos, such as “How a Bill Becomes a Law.”

Rather, PragerU’s videos, which the organization says have racked up more than 9 billion views over the years, feature wellknown conservative pundits, professors and celebrities presenting on a host of topical issues, such as “The Good News About Climate Change” and “What Radical Islam and the Woke Have in Common.”

Specific videos that have come under fire from teachers include one in which a cartoon Christopher Columbus tells timetraveling kids that “being a slave is better than being killed,” and another with a cartoon Frederick Douglass who incorrectly

More on teachers’ plates

Teachers are required to have instructional materials logged by Oct. 11, according to Jody Stallings, president of the Charleston Teacher Alliance. And while teachers have known about the new regulations since the start of the school year, some are struggling to log the number of books they have in their classrooms.

“What I’ve been hearing is annoy-

teaches children that the United States was early to the cause of abolition. Another frequently-raised concern involves the video presenters themselves. While most of the site’s 360 performers are widely-respected members of the conservative mainstream — people like Stanford University history professor Niall Ferguson and political columnist George Will — critics say that many others come from the far-right fringe of American politics. Commonly cited examples include:

Candace Owens: Fired by The Daily Wire after what the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) described as “escalating antisemitic rhetoric,” Owens has called Judaism a “pedophile-centric religion that believes in demons [and] child sacrifice.”

Tucker Carlson: Dismissed by Fox News in 2023, Carlson has been called “the most influential voice in right-wing media.” Now an X-based podcaster, he was widely condemned last month (including by many conservatives) for hosting, and praising, an amateur historian who contends that Winston Churchill, not Adolf Hitler, was the “true villain” of World War II.

Dinesh D’Souza: Pardoned by President Trump after a felony conviction for making illegal campaign contributions, D’Souza’s 2022 documentary film 2000 Mules alleged that Democrats conspired to steal the 2020 election by using “mules” to stuff ballot drop boxes around the country. After being sued for defamation, the film’s distributor withdrew the movie, publicly apologized for its false claims and settled for an undisclosed “substantial” amount.

Jack Posobiec: Described by the ADL as an alt-right “conspiracy theorist and author,” Posobiac actively promoted the “Pizzagate” conspiracy, which claimed that a Hillary Clinton-approved pedophile ring was operating in the basement of a Washington, D.C. pizzeria.

Other PragerU presenters who’ve raised eyebrows include controversial figures such as Turning Point USA

ance that teachers have to take the time to catalogue these books themselves,” Stallings said. “It’s just one more step toward an inevitable breaking point. I’ve heard from elementary school teachers who have a hundred or so books, and they have the smallest planning periods, and the most courses, and they don’t have students who can help them with the task. It has not hit all teachers equitably.”

President Charlie Kirk, “In Defense of Internment” author Michelle Malkin, and indicted former Trump attorney John Eastman.

Brandon Fish of the Charleston Jewish Federation said he’s troubled by some of the people PragerU has chosen to spotlight.

“The fact that PragerU uses figures like Candace Owens who’ve been documented as putting forward antisemitic ideas is really concerning to us,” Fish said. “We just want our kids to be able to go to schools and not have curricular materials that are attempting to convert them to a different religion or indoctrinate them with partisan ideologies.”

What’s next for PragerU?

In a Sept. 20 statement, S.C. Department of Education spokesman Jason Raven said the agency “continues to work with PragerU to finalize a customized list of resources which will be provided to the public on the Department website and through an existing curriculum portal for teachers.”

To kick off that process, PragerU released a 67-page spreadsheet containing videos it says are “aligned” with South Carolina educational standards. Listed titles run the gamut, from “Why Frog and Snake Never Play” and “The Little Red Hen” to “Income Inequality is Good” and “Was Jesus a Socialist?”

Meanwhile, legislators seem split along party lines on the issue.

“Current school curriculum includes boat-loads of leftwing rhetoric and faith-based philosophy,” Berkeley County Republican and S.C. Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Jordan Pace wrote in a Sept. 16 social media post. “[If] the state is going to have an effective monopoly on education, then Gov’t school curriculum should match the values of the majority of its people. Democracy, right?”

But in a Sept. 20 press conference, Richland Democratic Rep. Jermaine Johnson condemned the new partnership and called on the superintendent to change course.

“Do not indoctrinate our children,” he said. “I’m saying today, I’m demanding today, stop indoctrinating our children.”

In addition to classrooms, instructional materials in school libraries have to be catalogued as well, Tempel said.

CCSD Trustee Darron Lee Calhoun II said Sept. 9 that district leaders had no choice but to implement the policies to align with the state regulation, despite several trustees not wanting to. Specific policies will be further discussed at the next board meeting on Oct. 2.

Stallings

PragerU

Brown followed the rules when he took his “sweetheart” to the segregated Gloria movie theater on King Street. They sat in the balcony with other Black patrons. But Brown said he drank from the water fountain in the Condon’s Department Store labeled “Whites only.”

He defied the rules on the city’s Beltline bus and sat behind the driver when Black riders were required to sit at the back of the bus. Brown believes the driver didn’t perceive the young Cub Scout as a threat to the status quo, so he didn’t order him to move.

“I didn’t feel intimidated,” said Brown, a retired Charleston County school teacher who taught at the formerly all-Black Buist Elementary School. “I was just as good as any White person,” he said.

A new generation

“Every generation has a moment when they see something happen to them,” said the 42-year-old John Thomas III, an assistant professor of political science at the College of Charleston.

Thomas said his students remember the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minnesota while in police custody. “In the short time the youth have been around, they can see this is something we don’t need to go back to,” Thomas said.

Thomas said his students, who’ve not yet reached adulthood, “sadly aren’t going to understand what it meant to have affirmative action because it was ripped out when they were in college.

“We have already been pushed back with the undermining of voting rights, a woman’s right to choose [to have an abortion] and the striking down of affirmative action,” he said. “So, when Kamala says we are not going back, for me, she is saying enough is enough.”

Buildings have memory

When Michael Allen’s two sons and daughter were younger, he took them to the old train station in North Charleston to show them the waiting room for “colored” travelers. In that setting, he told them what it was like to live in a segregated society.

“When I hear those words ‘we won’t go back’ it evokes those memories in me,” said Allen, a retired National Park Service community partnership specialist.

The excitement of the Harris-Walz campaign prompted Allen and his wife, Latanya Allen, to stand in a torrential rain Aug. 29 before they and thousands were ushered into Harris’s rally in Savannah.

“For me and my wife, we felt we were in the midst of history,” Allen said. “To hear people collectively say — won’t go back — that was emotional and a tone of confirmation of what Kamala is saying.”

Blotter of the Week

Charleston police on Sept. 14 charged a downtown man with a noise violation after he revved his motorcycle at a dead stop near the intersection of King and Morris streets. The rider reportedly told police he did it for a group of onlookers who asked to hear the bike. The real criminal here: the dude who totally noticed the cops behind the rider and asked him to rev the bike anyway.

Now that’s scary

A North Charleston man on Sept. 21 told city police that a bullet ripped through his apartment ceiling, ricocheted off the wall and came to rest on the floor. Officers collected the bullet, investigated the apartment above and found no evidence of any shots fired — or any resident for that matter. Our best (or maybe just funniest) guess: Rats found a gun?

Bad place for a nap

Charleston police on Sept. 21 found an apparently drunken woman napping in the road on Meeting Street and using the curb as a makeshift pillow. We’re a little jealous of this show off. We have a hard enough time falling asleep at night and here this woman is falling asleep on a concrete mattress with a concrete pillow.

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Stop Ellen Weaver’s indoctrination of South Carolina’s students

t’s pretty remarkable how the people who campaign on platforms of wanting less government in people’s lives are the very folks to obsess in using government to control lives.

The latest case in point is in the leadership of Ellen Weaver, the state’s freshman state superintendent of education who is trying to control what students read and see in schools.

At issue now is her decision to align the state Department of Education with PragerU, a controversial content producer that pumps out videos with information that its leader has admitted seeks to indoctrinate students into adopting conservative viewpoints.

As if South Carolina isn’t conservative enough.

As Statehouse bureau chief Jack O’Toole reported this week, these PragerU videos aren’t the cute educational Schoolhouse Rock videos from a generation or two ago. They are, in many cases, intellectually disingenuous and dangerous. Here are loony examples of what’s in some of the 360 videos produced by PragerU:

On slavery. A cartoon version of Christopher Columbus doesn’t deny slavery, but says, “Slavery is as old as time and has taken place in every corner of the world. … Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don’t see the problem.”

On activism. A cartoon Frederick Douglass tells children that “big problems need to be approached very carefully,” when, in fact, he was the leading abolitionist

of the 19th century.

On climate change. In a video called “How To Think Objectively,” PragerU uses sarcastic rhetoric that denigrates climate change — falling into the misleading trap that it says in the video it wants students to avoid.

On the left. Dennis Prager narrates one video that starts, “Why does the left hate Israel?” The five-minute presentation then shows him on camera fighting a straw man version of the left: “Israel is a liberal democracy. It extends full rights to women, to gays and to its many Arab citizens. … But compared to most countries, not to mention its neighbors, it is a civil rights paradise.” The left hates Israel? Democracy? Civil rights? That would certainly be news to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. If there’s ever an example of conservative political indoctrination in a video, this is it.

South Carolina lawmakers need to wake up to what’s happening in our public schools. Weaver seems to be operating with the strategy of doing whatever she wants, as she is strategically pushing what sounds like stuff that came from the pages of George Orwell’s 1984. It is dangerous, inappropriate and irresponsible. And it threatens freedom of thought, ideas and discourse.

State lawmakers need to rein in Weaver and her state agency. It seems to be spinning more and more out of balance with the kinds of book bans, inaccurate videos and thought-control tactics typically found in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, not South Carolina.

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST

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.

Have confidence in South Carolina’s elections

By Andy Brack

The question you should ask whenever you hear elected officials squawking about “rigged elections” is this: “So that means the election that put you in office was rigged, right?”

Of course, their elections weren’t rigged. And in South Carolina, they point to no specific election that was rigged — other than the one that former President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim was stolen. Everyone else’s elections? They were just fine. Which should make you question Trump’s claims.

Way too many gullible people get outrageous notions of rigged elections from being hopped up on Russian-backed internet propaganda, myths, old-wives tales, rumors, outlandish conspiracy theories and fake news developed by un-American cynics who want to stir up trouble.

Across the nation, countless audits of state and county election processes after the 2020 election consistently showed one thing: America’s elections are conducted professionally, transparently and with real accountability.

And while there may be an issue here or a problem there during the closely-monitored elections, most tiny snafus are because people — not machines — screwed something up, as explained by Howie Knapp, executive director of the S.C. Election Commission.

“We conducted audits of the [2020] election, and every county publicly tested their machines at the time,” Knapp said. “It was as perfect an election as we could have gotten under the circumstances that we had in November 2020.”

“If people think that is possible, they’re giving the government way too much credit.”

There’s no corruption in elections in South Carolina, he told us this week emphatically, elaborating with this: “If there are issues with the system, it’s incompetence. For an election to be rigged in this state — I’m not including municipal elections — everybody from myself and my commission to the poll managers would have to be on the same page.

“We’d [have to] be tighter than the mafia,” he said. “If people think that is possible, they’re giving the government way too much credit.”

Repeat: No corruption. No collusion. No rigging. No voter fraud.

But occasionally, in anything in which 2.4 million people do something on the same day, there will be small problems.

“We have poll managers, you know, turning away voters because, for whatever reason, their name didn’t come up on the electronic poll book, or just not doing procedures correctly. And that comes from a lack of training.”

So it’s people problems, not machine problems.

“We’ve had a lot of turnover with county directors and poll managers and poll workers around the state,” he said.

Since 2021, the state has lost 80% of its county elections directors, which Knapp said concerns him.

“If people are skeptical and they don’t have an agenda other than just finding out the truth, we encourage them to volunteer as poll managers so they can see firsthand what the system is about,” he said. “We’re not hiding anything.

“We’re doing everything we can, from testing it on the front end, getting people trained who are skeptical and auditing the results. I mean, there’s nothing else we can do besides telling people what we’re doing … We’re being as transparent as possible.”

Yep, that sounds like a big old conspiracy — to invite people in to see what’s happening.

A recent survey by the Election Commission showed 82% of South Carolinians had confidence in the state’s election system. And 95% said they thought polling places were organized and well-run. Those numbers can improve with more education, a continued commitment to transparency and accountability, and people starting to really question the looney Internet mess about rigged elections.

Participate in this year’s elections. It’s one of every citizen’s greatest powers. If you’re not registered, fill out the form and register. Your window is narrowing.

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

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Jump, Little

Children:

Jay Clifford

Jonathan Grey

Evan Bivins

Mathew Bivins

Ward Williams

Steve Carroll

Linard McCloud

Bill Wilson

Lynette White

Bob Sachs

Shovels & Rope:

Michael Trent

Cary Ann Hearst

John Holenko

The Groovy

Cools: Jim Orr

Keith Bradshaw

Jonothan Jackson

Verno Monroy

Ed Hunnicutt

What To Do

THROUGH OCTOBER

1

Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch

The beloved Boone Hall pumpkin patch is back. Now one of the largest fall events in the Palmetto State, the pumpkin patch has been running since 1997, bringing all ages together for a day of good old-fashioned fun on the farm. Head to the petting zoo, try your hand at the rubber duck races or get lost in the 8-acre corn maze; just don’t forget to grab a pumpkin, on sale by the pound, on your way out.

Sept. 27 through Oct. 27. Hours of operation vary. $15/ ages 3 and up. Boone Hall Plantation. 1235 Long Point Road. Mount Pleasant. boonehallplantation.com

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SATURDAY

Charleston Farmers Market

Browse through a bounty of seasonal fruits and vegetables, handcrafted goods and prepared foods as you explore the charming stalls inside Marion Square. From farm-fresh produce to food truck favorites, 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. Check out the market’s new Instagram page @charlestonfarmersmarket for more info.

Sept. 28. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free to attend. Marion Square. 329 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonfarmersmarket.com

THIS WEEKEND

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Fourth Annual Mountain Apple Festival

Get into the fall spirit at Jedburg Junction with this year’s installment of the annual Mountain Apple Festival, featuring the freshest fruit from family-owned Holt Orchard in Henderson, N.C. Enjoy live music, performances, great food, all sorts of cuddly animals at the All Thing Acre petting zoo and, of course, the apple barn.

Sept. 28 to Sept. 29. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free to attend. Jedburg Junction. 850 E. Butternut Road. Summerville. jedburgjunction.com

SUNDAY

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Trick or Treat at the Museum

Kick off the Halloween season early at the Charleston Museum. Don your costumes, grab the whole family and visit the Education Classroom for crafts, activities and spooky snacks. After the fun, embark on a guided trick ortreat trail along designated areas throughout the museum. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sept. 29. 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. $10/members; $15/nonmembers. Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org

WEDNESDAY

5

Paint and Sip: Maple Leaf in Water

Gather under twinkling lights on the Butcher and Beer Garden patio to paint on canvas with other artists of all skill levels. Enjoy fresh, local favorites from an extensive food and beverage menu to get your creative juices flowing, then follow an artist’s step-by-step instructions to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of your own to take home.

Oct. 2. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. $37/person. Carolina Butcher and Beer Garden. 604 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant. charlestonpaintparty.com

Courtesy Boone Hall

By Chloe Hogan

Art offers new perspectives and allows us to re-examine old ones. Storytelling on the stage has the power to reach our hearts in unique ways, while comedy invites us to laugh at the absurd and the familiar. Visual artists use imagery to say what words cannot. In compiling a list of must-see art for the fall in Charleston, one common theme seemed to emerge: the power that art can play in helping us to heal and grow.

Zurfluh is healing through painting

West Ashley–based artist Karl Zurfluh creates representational paintings that feature ghostly pilots and flight symbols, often combining multiple techniques — from spray painting to graphic design — to achieve cinematic and dynamic images. Zurfluh, artist-in-residence at the Gibbes Museum of Art until Oct. 20, said he aims to “start a conversation at the human experience of grief, to build through light, (and show) positive directions we can use to heal.”

In addition to fine art painting and muralmaking, Zurfluh has worked for more than 20 years as a creative director. He’s done graphic design, digital illustrations for movie posters and video games and animation at Nickelodeon. Since moving to Charleston in 2014, he has dedicated those skills to a singular focus: his paintings. This choice to bring together disparate elements into a singular canvas has resulted in a rich visual language, which Zurfluh is using to talk about navigating loss and growing through pain in his current body of work, Light Pilots.

Karl Zurfluh combines various techniques to make paintings that examine and heal emotional wounds.

He’s in studio at the Gibbes Museum working on his series Light Pilots through October.

Photos by Ashley Stanol; provided

Pugh’s “See No Evil” took first place in the 2024 MOJA Juried Art Exhibition which is on view now at City Gallery through Oct. 13

“The lines in my work represent the altitude indicator from an A4, which was my dad’s plane,” he said. “The altitude indicator is one of the most important instruments. It basically tells the pilot where the ground is, allows them to fly at night and in the fog. It introduces the idea of navigating through things that are unseen.”

When Zurfluh was 11 months old, his father, a Navy pilot, was killed in action.

“My family chose not to talk about the whole tragedy. And that silence about him was something I carried on for a long time. So with this body of work, I wanted to talk about it. I wanted to talk about my dad’s legacy.”

His paintings capture the journey of navigating grief and making new pathways through the darkness.

“I believe that we’re all pilots. Our consciousness navigates our physical bodies through this human experience. It’s not about a specific person. It’s not about a specific pilot. It’s about humanity,” Zurfluh said. “All of us have this experience of grief that we don’t talk about. I share my experiences with others so that we can all talk and grow as one.”

Visit Zurfluh’s studio at the Gibbes Museum of Art until Oct. 20. An exhibition of his Light Pilots is set for spring 2025 at the Gibbes Find open studio hours at gibbesmuseum.org and check out @karlzurfluh on Instagram.

MOJA shows

we are all ‘One’

Now through Oct. 6, Charleston celebrates the 40th annual MOJA Arts Festival, spotlighting Black artistic and

cultural contributions, especially through African American and Caribbean legacies. MOJA is named for the Swahili word for “one” — fitting for this celebration of harmony and community.

MOJA’s wide range of performances includes the Sept. 28 event Gospel at the Gaillard with singers Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Kelontae Gavin and Mike Brown & FOCUS. Or enjoy R&B with Lalah Hathaway at the Music Hall, and jazz with Hank Bilal and Willie Bradley at the Dock Street Theatre. There’s even an Oct. 4 show on the Gaillard stage from comedian Marlon Wayans (White Chicks, Scary Movie). Events in dance, poetry, storytelling, theater, children’s activities, local cuisines and of course, visual art round out the lineup.

This year’s poster art is made by local painter Demetrius Bing, who “makes abstract art from the heart,” according to our recent City Paper. And at the City Gallery near downtown’s Waterfront Park, the 2024 MOJA Juried Art Exhibition will be on view through Oct. 13, highlighting the work of artists across the state.

Learn more about MOJA and its offerings at mojafestival.com.

The Minutes

shines

light on political absurdity

The Footlight Players at Queen Street Playhouse offer a theatrical exploration of political inanity with The Minutes, a dark,

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straight from Broadway comedy by Tracy Letts, on stage Oct. 4 through 20.

Director Kyle Barnette said the show has a lot to say about “local politics, the erasing of some people’s history and the great lengths people will go just to maintain the status quo.”

Set in Big Cherry, a fictional midwestern small town, the play centers around the local city council. As the group convenes for its November meeting, all appears routine: They recite the pledge of allegiance under fluorescent light, hear out-oftouch proposals on ways to celebrate the upcoming Founder’s Day and chit-chat on mundane issues.

But newcomer Mr. Peel can’t get a straight answer to simple first-timer questions: Where are the minutes from the last meeting, and why is committee member Mr. Carp missing?

After much insistence, Mr. Peel finds out more than he anticipated — about what happened to Mr. Carp and about the town’s history, which its council, Mayor and citizens want to suppress.

As Barnette put it, the show is “consistently hysterical … until it’s not.” The Minutes asks us to consider what we would do when a hard truth surfaces. “Satire is a great way to point out flaws in society and make you step back and think” Barnette

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“ Satire is a great way to point out the flaws in society and make you step back and think.” —Kyle Barnette

said. “Comedy is a very powerful tool because it can charm you and disarm you.”

The Minutes is on stage at Queen Street Playhouse Oct. 4 through Oct. 20. Find tickets starting at $46 at footlightplayers.net.

The Cake contends with collective division

In Bekah Brunstetter’s topical dramatic comedy, a vivacious, conservative North Carolina baker named Della faces a crisis of conscience when her goddaughter Jen asks her to bake a cake for her wedding to another woman. Inspired by a real case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court CONTINUED ON

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More upcoming visual and performing arts to enjoy

PURE Theatre covers love over time in The Last Five Years

Starring Manny Houston and Heather Rice, this musical follows a struggling actress and a successful writer as they sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives Nov. 5 to Nov. 21. Learn more at pureatheatre.org.

Beach Creeps takes over Hed Hi Studio

Hed Hi Studio hosts a one-night immersive experience by Charleston artists Creighton Barrett and Taylor Faulkner, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 11. Learn more at hedhistudio.com.

Spike Lee speaks at Music Hall

The Gibbes Museum of Art hosts a lecture from filmmaker and art collector Spike Lee on Oct. 15. Learn more: gibbesmuseum.org.

See a star-studded lineup at Riverfront Revival

Riverfront Revival, the two-day music festival curated by Hootie & the Blowfish founding member Darius Rucker, produced by SRE Entertainment, is set to take place Oct. 11 and Oct. 12 at North Charleston’s Riverfront Park. Find the lineup and details at riverfrontrevival.com.

The Charleston Literary Festival sparks conversation

The south’s largest celebration of literature kicks off Nov. 1 to Nov. 10 to provide a forum for the transformative power of books, conversations and big ideas. Learn more: charlestonliteraryfestival.com

The Halsey hosts a parade and celebration

The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Oct. 26. Festivities will include a free parade within the College of Charleston’s campus at 1 p.m. and a ticketed artsy event in the historic Cistern Yard. Learn more: halsey.cofc.edu.

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in 2018, this play offers an emotional exploration of an issue that disrupted our national consciousness.

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The Void Theater Company offers subversive contemporary work in intimate settings — and putting those two approaches together is intentional, said artistic director Shannon Carmody, who also appears on stage.

“One of the things I deeply believe in is the power of storytelling through theater. When somebody is in the room with you, there’s nothing like it,” she said. “You’re all experiencing this story together. We’re all there together, breathing the same air, even if we have different views.”

The show is produced in collaboration with the North Charleston theater South of Broadway, where it will also be staged for two weekends in October. True to both companies’ missions, The Cake provides solace for the dynamic challenges faced by people in our community.

“[With] the direction that we’ve been going, and with the election coming up, it feels even more relevant now than it was when I first learned of it,” Carmody said. “Right now, everything’s so divided and people can’t even talk to each other. This show is so good because you really are rooting for everybody, and everybody has flaws. There’s not a ‘bad’ person.”

The play follows four characters from completely different spots on the political

The Void Theatre Co., led by Shannon Carmody (above), joins forces with South of Broadway Theatre to stage The Cake

spectrum: Della (Langley Cornwell), her husband Tim (Dick Latham) and fiancées Jen and Macy (Shannon Marie Carmody and Teddi Lynette Thomas).

“The characters are so developed, it allows you to see why people make the choices they make,” Carmody said. “You see why their beliefs are so deeply ingrained based on their life experience. And then, it is also challenging that, and asking how we can grow.”

The Cake is on stage at South of Broadway Theatre Company, 3346 Rivers Ave., 1A, North Charleston, Oct. 12, 13, 19 and 20. Find tickets for $18 at citypapertickets.com and thevoidtheatre.org.

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Cuisine

Bar Copa brings good drinks, food and vibes to Johns Island

By Connelly Hardaway

Johns Island resident and food and bev veteran Roderick Groetzinger is here for a good time. He loves refreshing cocktails and small (but delicious) food menus. So, he created a new bar and restaurant, Bar Copa, where diners could get all of his favorite things, on Johns Island, no less. Located in the space formerly occupied by Groetzinger’s liquor store, Equal Parts, Bar Copa is, as Groetzinger described it, “a cocktail bar with unbelievable food.”

He said that as a Johns Island resident and a father to young kids — he noticed that there weren’t really any cocktail bars on the island.

“There are a lot of people in my demographic that want that downtown-caliber experience of food and drink and vibes and culture without having to leave the island,” Groetzinger said.

With more than 25 years of experience working in the food and beverage industry, Groetzinger has an idea about what types of bars and restaurants work, as well as the kinds of cuisines and drink cultures he’s interested in.

He cited his experience at two former restaurants — James Island’s Sermet’s

Southernterranean Cuisine-Bar, and Folly Beach’s Wiki Wiki Sandbar — as having first fed his love of two popular drinking cultures: aperitivo and tiki.

In a 2020 issue, Punch magazine discussed the convergence of the two cocktail approaches. Brad Thomas Parsons wrote: “The rise of the spritz, and the aperitivo category, has run tandem with the revival of tiki, both in its original form and in new takes on the genre that seek to reckon with its complicated past. Enter ‘aperitiki.’ ”

On (Johns) Island time

Groetzinger said the apertiki movement subconsciously inspired Bar Copa, which features both spritzes and rum-forward drinks. Order from an inventive cocktail menu that includes concoctions like the Lost In Translation, made with Cimarron Blanco, Amaro Montenegro, Dolin Genepy and cucumber-lime cordial.

As for the food, Groetzinger said that he wanted to present fresh, flavorful dishes — more than just charcuterie options but less than, say, a full meat and side entree you’d find at a larger restaurant.

“If I’m going to spend $50 on food in a restaurant, I want to have three things that

What’s new

This week The New York Times announced its list of favorite new (and old) restaurants in America, including Johns Island’s Lost Isle . Patrick Farrell wrote this of Lost Isle, which opened in December 2023: “There’s a party going on behind a tattered ranch house outside Charleston … where the entire menu is cooked just a few feet away over open fires of white oak.”

Cutlery brand Middleton Made Knives, founded by Quintin Middleton, opens its first brick and mortar store in October. Located in Storehouse 9 at Navy Yard Charleston, the shop — the first African American–owned knife retailer in the state — will feature a wide range of handcrafted blades and sharpening services.

Follow @middletonmadeknives on Instagram for grand opening information.

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are $17 each and try all different kinds of [dishes],” he said.

Groetzinger wants folks to choose their own adventure at Bar Copa. “You can come in and spend a ton of money if you want, and you can also come in and get out of

Mellow Mushroom is partnering with the Susan G. Komen Foundation through Nov. 11 for a breast cancer fundraiser. One dollar from each order of a limited Go Pink cocktail and ribbonshaped pretzels (a Mellow signature) will be donated. Learn more at mellowmushroom.com.

Hotel Bennett and Firefly Distillery host an end of summer party from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 27 in the hotel’s 9th floor observatory. Tickets ($65) include handcrafted Firefly cocktails and light bites. Learn more and buy tickets at hotelbennett.com.

AMOR Healing Kitchen hosts an Avondale block party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 28. The party will feature sidewalk sales, games and crafts for kids, live music and, of course, AMOR’s plant-based foods. Two local authors will be on site signing books. Learn more at amorhealingkitchen.org.

What we’ll miss

Longtime Charleston staple Cru Cafe announced its last day of service, Sept. 28. Owner and Executive Chef John Zucker said that after 23 years, the restaurant no longer has the staff to support a successful business. Cru Catering, the restaurant’s sister business, will operate as usual, Zucker said on Instagram. — Connelly Hardaway

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After more than 25 years in food and bev, Roderick Groetzinger opened a spot filled with his favorite dishes

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Mex 1 is fresher than ever, thanks to a restaurant-wide upgrade on the heels of its 12th anniversary.

The flagship location of Mex 1 Coastal Cantina opened in West Ashley in 2012, bringing a SoCal vibe to St. Andrews Blvd.

Charleston City Paper writer Eric Doksa had this to say of the new spot in 2013: “The restaurant may not be near the water, but the surfer vibe is at high tide.”

Mex 1 opened a second location on Sullivan’s Island in 2016. A third location opened in 2018, in North Mount Pleasant, but it recently shuttered so that the team could focus on their busier restaurants.

“We’ve done our best to keep up and evolve,” said Mex 1’s marketing and beverage director, Morgan Hurley. He said that over the past 12 years Mex 1 has made subtle changes but nothing as dramatic as its recent move: bringing on a new culinary director, Ruddy Bollat, and new director of

operations, Michelle Longo.

“We wanted to bring Ruddy and Michelle on board for a fresh set of eyes,” Hurley said. “As an established brand, we need some creative energy and some innovation. How do we stay relevant for the next 10 years?”

Fresh, fun, filling

Longo and Bollat started at Mex 1 this past summer and Longo said that Hurley and Mex 1 owner Dave Lorenz gave the pair time to settle into their roles — and into the Mex 1 lifestyle.

“It’s flavorful, it’s bright. Everything is super fresh,” Longo said. “I think, kind of understanding who Mex 1 was, the lifestyle behind all of that [helped Bollat] run with the menu.”

Bollat said that he’s brought small touches to the existing menu, elevating flavors with previously underutilized Mexican spices. He’s also incorporating some fusion cuisine with items like an ahi tuna taco topped with ginger.

And for all the crispy brussels fans out there — Bollat has a particularly flavorful

New Mex 1 menu items include both an ahi tuna and short rib taco

version of the dish, deep fried to perfection and topped with tangy pickled onions.

Mex 1 has introduced some new weekend game day specials, too, such as wings, sliders and fajitas.

“We had a good menu,” Hurley said. “But it wasn’t really good.” The team identified Mex 1’s top sellers, like its chicken tacos, and worked to improve the existing recipes rather than replace favorites with something entirely different.

Bollat changed the restaurant’s street corn recipe, too. By fire roasting it and adding a chipotle mayo, he elevated a food

item that Hurley said the team didn’t even know needed elevating.

“I’ll never forget we tried it [against the old recipe] to see the difference,” Hurley said. “And we were like, ‘We’ve been serving this for 10 years?’ It’s small things like that and that aha moment. We were so stuck in, ‘We don’t need to change that.’ … So how do we make it better?”

As with any restaurant, progress isn’t possible without a strong team working behind the scenes.

“We’re like-minded, so we’ve been feeding off of each other,” Longo said of the relationship among her new coworkers. “We’re all kind of pushing up and having fun at the same time. It feels exciting.”

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here for a reasonable price.”

Current food items include seasonal crudo, whipped feta, a crab roll and shrimp la plancha.

In addition to the food and drink, Groetzinger said people are showing up for the ambiance, too. “Everybody that looks at me [says], ‘Thank you, thank you for this,’” he said. Situated near a swath of residential neighborhoods, Bar Copa is the perfect landing place for people looking to walk (or golf cart) to happy hour.

“You can get a killer glass of wine and a couple of small plates and listen to some fun tunes and it’s a very welcoming, tropical [space],” he said. The bar and restaurant features tall ceilings, huge windows and lots of plants and colorful accents.

“We love you Johns Island and this is for y’all,” Groetzinger said. “Hospitality is a very, very important thing to me. I always say it’s like you’re having a house party, and all you want is for everybody to be impressed with the way it looks, the way it feels. It’s our home and you’re welcome.”

Bar Copa

Photos by Ashley Stanol

The small-ish Bar Copa menu is light and bright, with dishes like crudo and whipped feta

Culture

Charleston’s The Psycodelics hit the big screen

By Ryan Biddix

Arts, etc.

Hed Hi hosts skate video and ’zine release

Hed Hi Studio hosts a one-night-only event from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 28, the premiere of a locally-made skate video, Bert by RJ Hample , and the release of What Up Vol 3, a mini-mag of skate photography by Jason Wilson Free to attend. Learn more on Instagram @hedhistudio.

Corrigan Gallery shows The Beast, the Beauty and the Buddha

The spirited sounds and stories of Charleston’s funk sensation, The Psycodelics, will reverberate through the iconic Terrace Theater Sep. 29 as it hosts the premiere of The Psycodelics: The Movie. Directed by filmmaker and local business owner Cory Schwartz, this musical documentary takes viewers on an intimate retelling of the Charleston–based band’s evolution, capturing everything from their humble beginnings as young musicians to their current fame as artists moving and shaking the funk genre.

Schwartz’s connection with The Psycodelics band members reaches far deeper than the rivers lining the swampy Lowcountry. As the former owner of the popular James Island restaurant Cory’s Grilled Cheese, he provided a hub for budding musicians. Schwartz fondly recalled the band members’ initial foray into his world.

“They used to come and jam at my shop,” he said in an interview with Charleston City Paper. “I followed their career as they matured, and when I transitioned back into professional video work, I made a few

videos for them. That personal connection and the archival footage I had been collecting for years made me realize I was uniquely suited to tell their story.”

The resulting indie doc captures more than the band’s musical journey. It also depicts their struggles and successes, as well as their profound and lasting impact on the Charleston music scene. Schwartz emphasized that the film focuses on the band’s roots — how their early experiences playing in church and formal music education shaped their talents and perspectives.

“I wanted to showcase their musical development and their approach to funk while ensuring that their incredible music took center stage,” he explained.

A few hurdles along the way

Filming the members of The Psycodelics was not entirely devoid of obstacles. One of the difficulties Schwartz had to surmount was recording in venues with huge crowds and still obtaining quality audio to do justice to the band’s energy.

“Getting up on stage to film their live shows was crucial,” he said. “Their chemistry as musicians is extraordinary, and you can feel their camaraderie in every note.”

While footage selection was a difficult process for Schwartz, he stressed the importance of portraying the band’s spirit.

“There were many moments that didn’t

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Corey Schwartz documents the band’s journey — from humble beginnings in Charleston to sharing their funky music all over the country

make it into the film, but it was clear that we needed to focus on their growth as musicians and the impact of their friendships,” he noted.

The premiere promises to showcase local talent and deliver an inspiring narrative about following one’s dreams. Those in

Local art gallery owner Lese Corrigan has been getting back into the studio to make some art of her own — and she is ready to share her work. Throughout October, Corrigan will exhibit those creations — a collection of new sculptures, composed of recycled and natural materials and inspired by human foibles. The show runs Oct. 3 through Oct. 30 with a public opening reception on Oct. 4, starting at 5 p.m., as part of the Charleston Gallery Association First Friday Artwalk. Learn more at corrigangallery.com.

Shovels & Rope performs at Music Farm

Husband-and-wife duo Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent are celebrating their Charleston homecoming on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4 at Music Farm. The two are on tour in support of their upcoming album, Something Is Working Up Above My Head (released in September). It has received wide acclaim and was just featured in Rolling Stone. Tickets are $35 at musicfarm.com.

Meet and greet with Nicholas Sparks

North Charleston’s Books-A-Million hosts a meet-and-greet with acclaimed author Nicholas Sparks to promote his newest book, Counting Miracles, at 3 p.m. Sept. 29. Tickets ($30) include a signed copy and one professional photo with Sparks. Learn more at eventbrite. com. — Chloe Hogan

For daily updates from Charleston’s art and music world, check out the Culture section at charlestoncitypaper.com.

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All-star band Beat covers King Crimson at Music Hall

By Vincent Harris

Legendary bassist Tony Levin said “I’m just the bass player” several times with a chuckle during a recent interview. That’s kind of like Michael Jordan saying he was “just a basketball player.” In other words, it’s true, but it’s also massively modest.

Levin has spent most of his musical life in demand, playing bass on albums by Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel and perhaps most notably Paul Simon — that’s Levin’s bass you’re hearing on the hit single “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.”

He was also a member of one of the most challenging, progressive rock bands of all time: guitarist Robert Fripp’s mighty King Crimson. Levin joined a revamped version of the group in the early 1980s along with guitarist Adrian Belew and drummer Bill Bruford, and they made three albums of heavy, intricate and intense music.

Now, Levin and Belew are returning to that music with Beat, a project that includes the insanely talented guitarist Steve Vai and drummer Danny Carey from Tool. On Sept. 29 at the Charleston Music Hall, Beat will reinterpret the classic material from Crimson’s ’80s era. Not pay tribute — reinterpret.

“I’ve never been in a tribute band,” Levin said, “I’ll put it this way: It doesn’t make my mouth water. But when Adrian told me who was going to be doing it, I could assume that it would be different in a really valid musical way, and my mouth did water. And also this is special material. It has room in it to grow and go to different places.”

The Robert Fripp–approved ensemble will tackle material from the Crimson albums Discipline, Beat and Three Of A Perfect Pair, all of which were released between 1981 and 1984. So not only is the material challenging, but Levin also hasn’t played it in 40 years or so.

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attendance will have the chance to hear behind the scenes stories, as narrated from Schwartz’s distinct perspective.

He said he hopes the documentary will shed light on The Psycodelics’ contributions to funk, which Schwartz believes remains relevant in today’s culture.

Beat takes the Charleston Music Hall stage on Sunday.

“It’s been a lot of ‘Wow,’ ” Levin said of preparing for the tour. “ ‘Wow, this is so good. Wow, my part is a lot harder than I remember. Wow, I have a lot of practicing to do.’ But I was thinking that I have the easiest job here, because Steve Vai has to learn to play what Robert Fripp played.”

Which is why it’s a bit surprising that when we conducted this interview in early September, Levin was preparing to rehearse with the full group for the first time. But he wasn’t worried.

“I’m fine with that,” Levin said. “We allowed ourselves a lot of time to rehearse and get comfortable with the material, and the current plan is to learn almost all of the three albums and then choose what’s best for the shows. My hope is that the material will be a bit different in each show.”

There is typically a bond or an affinity that bassists and drummers have for each other, and though Levin has only played with Tool’s Danny Carey behind the kit a few times, he’s confident that the drummer can push him to new heights on bass.

“Here’s one thing I know about him,” Levin said of Carey. “He’s a great drummer. So it’s going to be a good experience for me. And a growing experience. If he’s musically kicking my butt, then all the better. If he’s moving me to up my game, then I’m ready for that. Plus, he’s a great guy.”

After the Beat tour is over, Levin still

“Funk is as fresh as it’s ever been,” he asserted. “The ’Delics are one of the most compelling bands in the genre to watch. I hope this film helps them reach a broader audience, and leaves a lasting mark on the music festival circuit.”

The film premiere — which kicks off with a red carpet and ends with a Q&A with Schwartz, The Psycodelics and music journalist Chelsea Grinstead — marks a

has plenty to do, which seems standard for a man who’s played on more than 500 albums. On his just-released new record, Bringing It Down To The Bass, Levin’s name is above the title, not buried in the session musician credits.

“In a way, the album ended up as autobiographical,” Levin said, “because I revisited so many guys I played with, like [guitarist] Mike Portnoy, who I was in Liquid Tension Experiment with. I reassembled some Peter Gabriel alumni [drummer Manu Katche and violinist/vocalist Shankar]. Steve Hunter, the guitarist, and I not only played on Peter Gabriel’s first record, but also on many Alice Cooper albums before that, and on Lou Reed’s Berlin.”

As we finished up our conversation and Levin added one more “I’m just the bass player” dash of humility, we felt compelled to ask: Levin has to take great pride in his reputation as a brilliant, first-call musician that bassists the world over admire, right?

“Nope,” he said pleasantly. “I hear about it, and it pleases me. It flatters me, but it’s not something I carry around in my inner self. I simply approach my own music and everybody else’s music with the best intentions to try and make it as good as I can.”

Beat plays King Crimson at the Charleston Music Hall 8 p.m. Sept. 29. Tickets start at $49.50 at charlestonmusichall.com.

momentous occasion both for the band and their fans. The result is much more than just a biopic about music and musicians; rather, it becomes a story of the power of dreams, passion and community.

This funky night with the band blasts off at the Terrace Theater 7:30 p.m. Sep. 29. Find tickets for $30 and learn more at thepsycodelicsmovie.com.

Former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin band together with Steve Vai and Danny Carey to create Beat, a creative reinterpretation of the three iconic King Crimson albums.

Across 1. President Franklin

7. Immediately 11. Leatherworker’s poker

14. Of a part of the heart

15. LBJ son-in-law Charles

16. By way of

17. *Big, round housecats (answers to starred clues are new words added to Collins Official, for international non-US play as of 1/1/25)

18. *Most materialistic and high-class (using four different vowels)

20. In ___ (basically)

21. Golf stroke

22. Algonquian-speaking Canadian group

23. Four-hour movies, maybe

25. Feathered scarf

26. *Flattens out like a hot resting dog (just a fun word to say)

29. *Whatchamacallit (previously in the list, but with a Y)

33. Infants’ sicknesses

34. Four-handed piano song

35. Psychologist/writer/PBS host LeShan

36. Little help

37. Mario’s brother

39. Video games playable by large groups simultaneously

40. Happy tail movement

41. Bit of a cloud

42. American tennis star Stephens

44. *”Isn’t that true?” (not a type of mineral)

46. *Became a huge fan of (all tenses are now fair game)

47. “Oh yeah? ___ who?”

48. “The ___ Kid” (1950s Western)

49. Liquidation event

51. Oktoberfest ___ (website with an “O’Fest Essentials” category)

53. Nevada neighbor

56. *Cranial attack in a fight (surprisingly, new to the list as one word)

58. *Subject-changing segue word (either spelling is new)

60. Java brewer

61. Multigenerational baseball surname

62. Sweetsop relatives

63. “Yup,” without the out-loud part

64. Forrest played by Tom Hanks

65. Malaria-carrying fly

7. Photographer Diane 8. Chimney remnants

9. Be adjacent to

10. Simple sandwich, for short

11. Statistician’s unnamed guy

12. Sagacious

13. “The ___ Show with Stephen Colbert”

19. Desktop image

21. Computer lab inventory

24. “This party rocks!”

25. Commit to the ___

26. Uh, it’s a vowel sound

27. King of Troy in “The Iliad”

28. Place for “iced tea”?

29. Harbor hauler

30. Bank jobs

31. “What Have ___ to Deserve This?” (Pet Shop Boys song)

32. Became less difficult

34. Tzatziki, for example

38. Fair ___ laws

39. Any one species constituting a genus

41. “The ___” (Diana Ross musical)

43. Gaps

45. Oregon college near Portland

46. Maya Harris, to Kamala Harris

48. Jokester

49. Avoid

50. Bubbly British chocolate bar

51. “Life & Beth” streamer

52. Molecular component

54. At the drop of ___

55. “___ the weather up there?”

57. Checkout purchase (if you forgot to bring one)

58. Fitting

59. Sugar suffix

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Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Service Bldg. 4045 Bridge View Drive, N. Chas.

Meetings are open to the public and will include a time for public comment. For more information go to greenbelt. charlestoncounty.org under Upcoming Meetings

The GAB is a 14-member board appointed by Charleston County Council to evaluate the Greenbelt Programs to ensure the purposes and goals of the Comprehensive Greenbelt Plan are being met.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-08-476

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS JORDAN ELIA, MICHAEL ELIA, AND ERIC JUSTICE, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN IN 2012 AND 2014.

TO DEFENDANT: ERIC JUSTICE

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on March 15, 2024 at 3:08 p.m. 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, Stacey L. Kaufman, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 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.

Stacey L. Kaufman, SC Bar # 12105, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, (803) 608-7417.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-DR-08-1385

MACARENA SANCHEZMARQUEZ, Plaintiff, vs. PETER MITCHELL, 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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-04332

Anthony Campbell and Samuel Grimes, Plaintiffs, vs. Esther T. Pryor, E. Ulysees House, Deceased and Mary House, 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 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 E. Ulysees House, Deceased and Mary House, 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.

TMS No.471-13-00-178

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

July 24, 2024 North Charleston, SC

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-DR-08-1136

KEITH O. MATTHEWS, SR., Plaintiff, vs. PENZOLA BONNEAUMATTHEWS, 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

June 12, 2024 North Charleston, SC

of Thirty (30’) feet with a depth running East and West of One Hundred (100’) feet, and a width on its back orWest line of thirty (30’) feet. Be the said dimensions a little more or less.

TMS No. 471-13-00-178

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM

TMS #411-15-00-191

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated August 23, 2024, which has been filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 27th day of August 2024. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs or their Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 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 Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on the 19th day of September 2024

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/Thomas H. Brush Thomas H. Brush Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar # 000974 tbrush@brushlawfirm.com 12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407

The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 27th day of August 2024.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiffs against the above-named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, 12-51-40, et seq. and 12-61-10, et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs are the owners of a portion of the said property described as follows:

ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Ferndale, a subdivision of Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 26, Block 4, on a plat made by James O’Hear, and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book E, at Page 20. Said lot having a frontage on Nesbitt Avenue

Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order. AND IT IS SO ORDERED!

s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action dated August 15, 2024, which was filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 15th day of August 2024. A copy of said Complaint is herewith served upon you, and you are to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiffs or their Attorney, Thomas H. Brush, at his office located at 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 Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated at Charleston, South Carolina on the 20th day of September 2024

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/Thomas H. Brush

Thomas H. Brush Attorney for the Plaintiff SC Bar # 000974 tbrush@brushlawfirm.com 12A Carriage Lane Charleston SC 29407

The original Summons and Complaint in the above captioned action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on the 15th day of August 2024.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action has been commenced and is pending in this Court upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiffs against the above-named Defendants, that said Action is brought under the provisions of Section 15-53-10, et seq., (known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, 12-51-40, et seq. and 12-61-10, et seq. and Section 15-67-10, et seq. of the Code of Laws of the State of South Carolina, for the Quieting of a Title for the purpose of obtaining a decree establishing that the Plaintiffs are the owners of a portion of the said property described as follows:

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NUMBER: 2024-CP-1004141

Joanne W. Porcher, Plaintiff, -versus-

Davida Y. Breshers, Edna J. Breshers, Daniel M. Edwards, Sr., Letiesha Edwards, Dana L. Edwards, Daniel M. Edwards, Jr. and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Edna D. Washington, Jestine D. Washington and Letty W. Edwards, all of whom are deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants.

ALL that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying, and being on the East side of Henry Street (formerly Merritt Street), South of Dorchester Road, in the settlement of Murray Hill, St. Phillip’s and St. Michael’s Parish, County of Charleston and State of South Carolina; possessing the following metes and bounds, to wit: Measuring and containing forty-two (42’) feet in width on the front or West line; thirty-seven (37’) feet in width on the back or East line; and one hundred and twenty-three (123’) feet in depth on the North and South lines; be the aforesaid measurements a little more or less. And bounded on the front or West line by Henry Street (formerly Merritt Street); on the North by property of parties unknown; on the East by property now of formerly Eugene Cochran; and on the South by a lot under contract of sale to J.L. Sims and Mary Ann Sims by the grantor herein.

TMS # 411-15-00-191 Property Address: 2631 Henry Street, North Charleston, SC 29405

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDEN AD LITEM

Upon reading and filing the within Petition for the Appointment of a Guardian ad Litem and after mature consideration of same, and it being made to appear to my satisfaction that it is necessary that a Guardian ad Litem be appointed to appear in this action and represent the interest of such of the Defendants as may be

infants, incompetents or otherwise under any disability, it is ORDERED, that Conrad Falkiewicz, 6 Carriage Lane, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad Litem for such of the Defendants herein as may be infants, incompetents or otherwise under disability, to appear herein and represent their interest; it is further ORDERED, that such appointments shall become absolute unless within thirty (30) days after the last publication of the Notice of the Appointment of Guardian ad Litem herein, exclusive of such last day of publication, such Defendants, as may be infants, incompetents; or otherwise under any disability appear herein or someone appears in their behalf to procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem; it is further ORDERED, that a Notice of Appointment and of the name and address of the person so appointed shall be sufficient publication of this Order.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED!

s/Julie J. Armstrong, Charleston County Clerk of Court

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that Charleston County Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., in the Beverly T. Craven Council Chambers, Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC regarding an ordinance repealing certain sections of the Charleston County Code of Ordinances to provide consistency with state law and to conform with current practice.

Public comments, written and oral, are invited. Submission of written public comments is encouraged and those wishing to provide written public comments for the public hearing should email comments to public-comments@ charlestoncounty.org by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

Kristen L. Salisbury Clerk of Council

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that Charleston County Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., in the Beverly T. Craven Council Chambers, Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, S.C. prior to final action being taken to convey the real property listed below to the buyers listed below:

1980 Dogwood Road, Charleston, SC, 29414, TMS# 355-15-00-037, to Charleston Habitat for Humanity

2225 Doris Drive, Charleston, SC, 29414, TMS# 355-11-00-020, to W.E.H. Inc.

7646 Allwood Avenue, North Charleston, SC, 29418, TMS# 40408-00-105, to Charleston Revival

1912 Morgan Avenue, North Charleston, SC, 29406, TMS# 475-12-00-037, to Delancy Street South Carolina

6306 Brandt Street, North Charleston, SC, 29406, TMS# 47512-00-060 to Narrow Gate

9789 Peatwood Drive, Ladson, SC, 29406, TMS# 388-01-00-057 to J & W Construction & Design LLC

Public comments, written and oral, are invited. Submission of written public comments is encouraged

and those wishing to provide written public comments for the public hearing should email comments to public-comments@ charlestoncounty.org by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

Kristen L. Salisbury Clerk of Council

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1043

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Brittney N Collins and Rodaro M Simmons

DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, & 2015

TO DEFENDANT: Rodaro M Simmons

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 15, 2024 at 8:08 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 Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 294055714 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.

Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9625.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 15, 2024 at 10:45 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 Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 294055714 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.

Charleston County Department of Social Services, Legal Office, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North 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-10-1107

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS KIMBERLY O’BOYLE and DAVID BRIGGS.

DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2017, 2016

TO DEFENDANT: DAVID BRIGGS

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on April 19, 2024, at 3:40 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, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2178

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Brendalyn Johnson, Terrance Brown and Dale Robinson. DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2012, 2023

TO DEFENDANT: Terrance Brown

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on July 30, 2024, at 4:14 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, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2277

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS HALEY KOCAK and STEPHEN SCIARRINO.

DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024

TO DEFENDANTS: HALEY KOCAK and STEPHEN SCIARRINO

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on August 14, 2024, 1:40 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, Sally R. Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Sally R. Young, SC Bar # 4686, 3685 Rivers Ave., Suite 101, N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405-5714, (843) 953-9625.

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of: WILLIAM EARL BLAIR

2024-ES-10-1366

DOD: 5/14/24

Pers. Rep: BETTY ANN BLAIR 9067 DELANCEY CIR., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29406

Atty: MARY K. LINTON, ESQ. AND JULIE L. MOORE, ESQ., 96 BROAD ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

***********

Estate of: JERROLD HODGES ANDERSON

2024-ES-10-1383

DOD: 5/17/24

Pers. Rep: RICHARD LEE ANDERSON

2845 MOOSE TRAIL, JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

Atty: JEFFREY T. SPELL, ESQ. 925 WAPPOO RD., #B, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ***********

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of:

ROBERT ALLEN NIGRO

2024-ES-10-1443

DOD: 6/30/24

Pers. Rep: LEE ANNE TAYLOR 53 KIAWAH ISLAND CLUB DR., KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455

Pers. Rep: JOHN WALTER NIGRO 6446 GLENDORA AVE., DALLAS, TX 75230

Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Estate of:

JIMMY BENNY ORTIZ

2024-ES-10-1634

DOD: 8/16/24

Pers. Rep: TERESSA RENEE KELLEY 4342 WATERVIEW CIR., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418 ***********

ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

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

Estate of:

DIANE C. CUDAHY

2024-ES-10-1673

DOD: 9/6/24

Pers. Rep: JULIE LONGMUIR

33-27 91ST ST., #6D, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372

Atty:

SUSAN A. TESCHNER, ESQ.

3 LOCKWOOD DR., #204, CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

ELIZABETH COX PRYOR

2024-ES-10-1675

DOD: 8/22/24

Pers. Rep:

SHIRLEY S. LUTZ

4733 S. PAMLICO WAY, NAGS HEAD, NC 27959

Atty: ANDREW W. CHANDLER, ESQ.

115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of:

ELEANOR CRAIG KLINE

2024-ES-10-1683

DOD: 8/26/24

Pers. Rep:

STEVEN E. CRAIG

22 RUTLEDGE AVE., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Atty: F. PATRICIA

SCARBOROUGH, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

Estate of: GALEN LIONEL BARIL 2024-ES-10-1688

DOD: 8/4/24

Pers. Rep: EILEEN CALLAHAN 659 SCHOONER RD., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Financial Servicing Corp

was

LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL PEOPLE OF Charleston, South Carolina, United States –

This public notice and affirmation that Kaia-Lynne of the family Yurko has been born on the land in a mortal body. The living female is the result of life and love and physical embodiment of the biological father David-Richard Edward: Yurko and biological mother Courtney-Lynne Brandenburg: Yurko (nee Brandenburg). KaiaLynne of the family Yurko is their living daughter from the moment of conception from the first combining of their unique genetic code and was born earthside on the land in the geographical location commonly known as Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Republic, United States of America. She was born on August 24th in the calendar year 2024 Anno Domini at the hour and minute of 1:57 AM, weighing 7 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long. She is happy, healthy and thriving!

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-03119

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Trustee of Bosco Credit II Trust Series 2010-1 VS Estate of Angel G. Hernandez and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of Angel G. Hernandez, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all Unknown Heirs of Deceased Defendants, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Ditech Mortgage Corp. successor in interest to Green Tree Servicing LLC successor in interest to Conseco Finance Servicing Corp successor in interest to Green Tree

It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of 7. Kelley Y. Woody as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), any all other persons entitled to claim under or through them being a class designated as Mary Roe; All Unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein, being a class designated as Jane Doe, all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 2292 Ballston Court, North Charleston, SC 29406 that Kelley Y. Woody is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants by publication in the Charleston City Paper a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE ANY ALL OTHER PERSONS ENTITLED TO CLAIM UNDER OR THROUGH THEM BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS MARY ROE; ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JANE DOE; 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, PO Box 4216, Columbia, South Carolina 29240, 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

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 to Wendi F. Hernandez and Angel G. Hernandez bearing date of October 14, 1998 and recorded October 19, 1998 in Mortgage Book Z312, at Page 688. in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of $13,545.00 that, and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 36, BLOCK C, THE TIMBERS SUBDIVISION, SHOWN AND DESCRIBED ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT BY TRICO SURVEYORS, INC. ENTITLED, “PLAT SHOWING THE TIMBERS SUBDIVISION, A 11.753 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, PROPERTY OF PHIL-JO CONSTRUCTION CO., LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, DATED NOVEMBER 3, 1988, AND REVISED DECEMBER 29, 1988, AND RECORDED JANUARY 4, 1989, IN THE R.M.C. OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN PLAT BOOK BU, AT PAGE 50.

SUBJECT to all conditions, covenants, easements, reservations, restrictions, and zoning ordinances that may appear of record, on the recorded plats or on the premises.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THE MORTGAGOR(S) HEREIN BY DEED OF RODNEY W. CHANDLER AND LISA A. CHANDLER DATED OCTOBER 8, 1994, AND RECORDED IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK H253 AT PAGE 691.

TMS#: 486-15-00-076

Physical Address: 2292 Ballston Court, North Charleston, SC 29406

Crawford & von Keller, LLC PO Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29204 Phone: 803-790-2626 Email: court@crawfordvk.com

PUBLIC AUCTION

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

Facility 1: 810 St. Andrews Blvd Charleston, SC 29407 10/08/2024 11:45 AM

Orecia Hughes Wares, Appliances, catering equipment

Household

clothing

Facility 2: 2118 Heriot St. Charleston, SC 29403

10/08/2024

12:15 PM

Michael Williams Queen bed set, w/d, boxes

Balessia Ravenel Boxes, household goods, furniture

Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407

10/08/2024

12:45 PM

Joshua Wilson Furniture, boxes

Bill Yancy Motorcycle

Alphonso Garris

Sofa and Bed

Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405 10/08/2024

1:00 PM

Tawana Lofton Clothes, Tv

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.

MORE CLASSIFIEDS ONLINE

AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Facility 1: 1108

10/8/2024

10:25 AM

Kristina Daehn Furniture

Scott Williams Bed, washer dryer, tv

Facility 5: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd.

Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

10/8/2024

10:35 AM

Ellen Fetridge Household Goods/Furniture

Lynn Weirick Keep Sakes Sail Boat

Facility 6: 1426 Hwy 17

Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

10/8/2024

10:40 AM

Tiffany Blalock Household Goods/Furniture

Facility 7: 3510 Glenn McConnell Pkwy Charleston, SC 29414

10/8/2024 10:00 AM

Jeremy Ledford Household items for storage

Bailey Williams Clothes, Small furniture pieces, wall decor

Patricia Venning

3 bd home full furn

Alberta Grimes Furniture and household goods and clothes

Brandis Haynes Dining table/6 chairs, mattress, queen head board, boxes

Facility 8: 2443 Savannah Hwy Charleston, SC 29414

10/8/2024

10:30 AM

Donald Page Tools / Kitchen items/ boxes/ Mattress

William Davis Personal equipment

William Davis Personal Items/ Clothes

Arvilla Simmons Furniture

Arvilla Simmons Personal Items / Boxes

Selina Andino Household Furniture

Facility 9: 45 Grand Oaks Blvd Charleston, SC 29414

10/8/2024 11:15 AM

Stacey Manigault Household Goods/Furniture

Facility 10: 1951 Maybank Hwy Charleston, SC 29412 10/8/2024 11:30 AM

Nausaya Choice Clothes bins, baby strollers, flat screen TVs

Luke Hunt

Household goods, furniture and some items from a full garage and some work supplies.

Evan Mcferrin Household items and furniture

Matthew Michaud Furniture, boxes

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the

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:

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

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

C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-01244 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Annette L Wright Jackson aka Annette Stinson, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Herbert Wright aka Herbert Wright, Sr; Dewitt Davis, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Myrnal S Wright aka Myrnal Marie Sherman Wright; Herbert Wright a/k/a Herbert Wright, Sr and Myrnal S Wright a/k/a Myrnal Marie Sherman Wright, and if Herbert Wright a/k/a Herbert Wright, Sr and Myrnal S Wright a/k/a Myrnal Marie Sherman Wright, be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estates of Herbert Wright a/k/a Herbert Wright, Sr and Myrnal S Wright a/k/a Myrnal Marie Sherman Wright, distributees and devisees at law to the Estates of Herbert Wright a/k/a Herbert Wright, Sr and Myrnal S Wright a/k/a Myrnal Marie Sherman Wright, 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; Herbert Wright, Jr; Jerry D Allen Gaillard aka Jerry-Allen Gaillard; Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, DEFENDANT(S)

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RICHLAND

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

C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-03112 DEFICIENCY WAIVED

(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.

attorney.

McKENZIE LYBRAND, L.L.P.

Post Office Box 58

Columbia, South Carolina 29202 (803) 223-6160

John F. McKenzie

Attorney for the Plaintiff June 28, 2024

NOTICE

TO THE DEFENDANT ZACHARY

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 March 7, 2024 and the Amended Summons and Complaint were filed on April 18, 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

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)

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

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

SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEXINGTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2024-CP-32-02800

Nathan Darius Wilson, Plaintiff vs. Zachary Ryan Taylor and County of Lexington, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer 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, 2006 Sumter Street, 2nd Floor, Post Office Box 58, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof. Your answer must be in writing and signed by you or by your attorney and must state your address or the address of your attorney, if signed by your

RYAN TAYLOR:

Notice is hereby given that the Complaint in the foregoing action, together with the Summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Lexington County on the 28th day of June, 2024.

McKENZIE LYBRAND, L.L.P. Post Office Box 58

Columbia, South Carolina 29202 (803) 223-6160

John F. McKenzie

Attorney for the Plaintiff September 12, 2024

of which is hereby served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, South Carolina 294132828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

August 30, 2024 CHARLESTON, SC

NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO DEFENDANT ILYA KISELEV: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Civil Action Coversheet, Summons, Exhibits and Verification, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, on August 30, 2024, at 9:06 a.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery of a sum certain due Plaintiff by Defendant, ILYA KISELEV, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828

Telephone: (843) 579-7000

Facsimile: (843) 579-8714

Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw.com

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

September 9, 2024 CHARLESTON, SC

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOCKET NO. 2024CP1004092

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Extra Room Self Storage - North Charleston located at 8911 University Blvd. North Charleston SC 29406 intends to hold an Auction of storage units in default of payment. The sale will occur as an Online Auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 10/15/2024 at 10:00AM. This sale is pursuant to the assertion of lien for rental at the self-storage facility. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods, furnishings and garage essentials.

John Plutschak unit #2216; Aikeem Gadsden unit #3034; Toni Piscatella unit #3135; Michelle Piscatella unit #3216; Andrea White unit #3220.

This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply.

SUMMONS (COLLECTION – NONJURY)

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CIVIL CASE NUMBER: 2024-CP-10-04395

SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. ILYA KISELEV, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy

Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-3, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Arthur L. Simmons, Jr.; South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority Defendant(s).

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived (011847-05327)

TO THE DEFENDANT(S), Arthur L. Simmons, Jr.:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 1056 Martin George Ln, Awendaw, SC 29429, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 629-00-00-235, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1221 Main Street, 14th Floor, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 292023200, 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 MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the

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

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on August 13, 2024.

s/ Brian P. Yoho Rogers Townsend, LLC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

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

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

Jeriel A. Thomas (SC Bar #101400) Jeriel.Thomas@rogerstownsend.com

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

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

Columbia, South Carolina

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 NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (241136.00188)

Court for Charleston County on July 18, 2024.

SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MINOR(S) RESIDE(S), 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 Notices upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff shall apply for such appointment.

LIS PENDENS

and Lis Pendens address a quiet title action for ownership of the property identified as TMS #41116-00-019.

SHELBOURNE LAW FIRM /s/ P. Brandt Shelbourne

P. Brandt Shelbourne, Esq. (Bar #15143)

131 E. Richardson Avenue Summerville, SC 29483 (843) 871-2210 brandt@shelbournelaw.com

of Charleston, South Carolina.

RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC 2 838 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29205 (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2022-CP-10-03126

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2023-CP-10-05281

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TO THE DEFENDANTS HERMAN BRYAN, III, 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; AND TRAVIS SMALLS, INDIVIDUALLY, AS LEGAL HEIR OR DEVISEE OF THE ESTATE OF HERMAN BRYAN A/K/A HERMAN BRYAN, JR., DECEASED ABOVE NAMED:

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-1608

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

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

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

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

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of

Karl E. Singleton, Plaintiff, vs. Broadus S. Rose, Jr., deceased, Rachelle Rose, individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Broadus S. Rose, Jr., and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, fictitious names designating the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, issue, executors, administrators, successors or assigns of the Defendants named above, and RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE, fictitious names designating infants and persons under any disability or incompetent, including those persons who might be in the Military Services within the meaning of The Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act, Title 50, United States Code, and any other person or legal entity who or which has or claims any right, title, interest or lien in or to the real property described in this Amended Complaint, Defendants.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

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

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on March 26, 2024. An Amended Complaint was filed on August 15, 2024.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the thirtieth day after completion of service of this Summons and Notice, or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, the undersigned will move for a general order of reference in this action to a Master in Equity or 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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, upon the Complaint of the Plaintiff named above against the Defendants named above to confirm and quiet title to the property described as follows: ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the improvements thereon, situate in Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 494, Block DZ, on a plat of the subdivision known as Dorchester Terrace #4, recorded in Plat Book F, Page 146, in the RMC Office for Charleston County; said lot having such shape, and dimensions, more or less, as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. BEING the same property conveyed to Karl E. Singleton by deed of Lakeside REO Ventures, LLC, dated February 27, 2017, and recorded March 8, 2017, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County in Book 0622, at page 59.

TMS # 411-16-00-019

Property Address: 2738 W. Surrey Drive, North Charleston, SC 29405

NOTICE OF ORDER NISI APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

TO THOSE OF THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE WHO MAY BE UNKNOWN PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING TO HAVE ANY RIGHT, TITLE, OR INTEREST IN OR TO, OR LIEN UPON, THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TMS #411-16-00-019, INCLUDING MINORS OR THOSE UNDER LEGAL DISABILITY, OR JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, REPRESENTING ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE THE HEIRS, DEVISEES, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATORS, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS OF THOSE UNKNOWN PARTIES OR THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS; AND RICHARD ROE AND MARY ROE, REPRESENTNING ALL PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE, CLAIM OR MAY CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE KNOWN AS TMS #411-16-00-019.

NOTICE is hereby given that the order appointing Amanda Leviner, attorney at law, 120 S. Magnolia Street, Summerville, South Carolina 29483, telephone number 843-501-0602, fax number 843501-0607, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons designated as JOHN DOE and JANE DOE or as RICHARD ROE and MARY ROE for purposes of this action, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, on June 7, 2024.

Unless any of you or someone on your behalf shall cause, within thirty days after the service of this notice, exclusive of the date of service, a different person to be appointed to represent you, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making absolute the appointment of Amanda Leviner.

NOTICE OF FILING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in this court upon complaint of the above-named plaintiff against the above-named defendants. This Complaint

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

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

C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-03594

Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., Plaintiff vs. Alexis Michelle Smith and Unknown Occupant(s), Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Alexis Michelle Smith and Unknown Occupant(s);

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office, 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 July 17, 2024.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Circuit Court upon the complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above Defendant(s) for the purpose of claiming and repossessing collateral, which secures the repayment of a certain Contract bearing date of August 14, 2021 and given and delivered by Defendant(s) Alexis Michelle Smith to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. in the original principal sum of Ninety Five Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Six and 68/100 Dollars ($95,266.68). Said collateral is described as a 2022 CMH VIN: CLM110668TN mobile home and is located in the County

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

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust HB5

v. Mary E. Cheatham a/k/a Mary E. Singleton, The United States of America, acting by and through its agent, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Upon authority of a Decree dated August 14, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on October 1, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 23, BLOCK 6, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF WESTCHESTER, III, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK Z, PAGE 89, IN THE R.M.C OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MARY E. CHEATHAM BY DEED OF MARY E. SINGLETON DATED JULY 19, 1999 AND RECORDED JULY 22, 1999 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY IN BOOK Z330 AT PAGE 271.

CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1567 Seacroft Road, Charleston, SC 29412 Parcel No. 427-05-00-176

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 File # 22-43169 FOR INSERTION 9/13/24, 9/20/24, 9/27/24

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust 2021-GS4, Plaintiff vs. Sharon Mungin aka Sharon R. Mungin, South Carolina Housing Trust Fund, LVNV Funding LLC and Larry L. Smalls, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Sharon Mungin aka Sharon R. Mungin:

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

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on October 25, 2023.

NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you have a right to be considered for Foreclosure Intervention.

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 Sharon R. Mungin to U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust 2021-GS4 bearing date of May 4, 2007 and recorded May 29, 2007 in Mortgage Book B627 at Page 392 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($128,000.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded March 22, 2012 in Book 240 at Page 638, the mortgage was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA; thereafter, by assignment recorded November 5, 2014 in Book 438 at Page 974, the mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Funds Society, FSB, doing business as Christiana Trust, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee for BCAT 2014-6TT; thereafter, by assignment recorded September 24, 2019 in Book 0823 at Page 590 the mortgage was assigned to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for CMLTI Asset Trust; thereafter, by assignment recorded May 8, 2020 in Book 0880 at Page 845 the mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as Trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust; thereafter, by assignment recorded January 11, 2022 in Book 1066 at Page 790, the mortgage was assigned to MCLP Asset Company, Inc.; thereafter, by assignment recorded September 20, 2022 in Book 1138 at Page 441, 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 piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 3, Block N, as shown on a plat on Glyn Terrace, made by W.H. Matheny, dated August 2, 1965, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book T, at Page 88; said lot measuring and containing and butting and bounding as shown on said plat. TMS No. 4080800115 Property Address: 4005 Marilyn Drive, North Charleston, SC 29418 Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 6368

THIS PAPER

SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-03691

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-FF11, Plaintiff vs. Jerome Gadsden; and Credit Acceptance Corporation, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Jerome Gadsden:

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 July 22, 2024, and thereafter amended on August 23, 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 Jerome Gadsden and Lottie Gadsden to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF11 bearing date of May 23, 2006 and recorded May 31, 2006 in Mortgage Book J585 at Page 456 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Three Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($112,300.00).

Thereafter, by assignment recorded October 1, 2008 in Book 12 at Page 971, the mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, c/o Wells Fargo Home Mortgage ; thereafter, by assignment recorded October 29, 2015 in Book 514 at Page 48, the mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF11, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF11., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situated, lying and being on Commander Road in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, formerly part of the North Charleston Public Service District, and also formerly known as St. Philip’s and St. Michael’s Parish, and known and designated as Lot 121, on a plat of Nafair Addition, as shown on a plat made by the John McCrady Company, Francis M. Harleston, Licensed Surveyor, dated June 15, 1940 and recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Plat Book F, page 63. Said lot having such approximate size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings, location and encroachments as shown on said plat and as further shown on a unrecorded plat by W. L. Gaillard dated November 24, 1986. Said premises are known under the present numbering system as 2132 Commander Road.

TMS No. 469-11-00-054

Property Address: 2132 Commander Road, North Charleston, SC 29405

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff 6379

Notice is hereby given that Charleston County Council and Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections will hold a joint public hearing on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., in the Beverly T. Craven Council Chambers, Lonnie Hamilton, III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, pursuant to Section 4-37-30(A)(2) of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, to provide notice that Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections will conduct a referendum to impose a special sales and use tax in the amount of one-half (½) of one percent in Charleston County for not more than twenty-five (25) years, or until a total of $5,400,000,000 in resulting revenue has been collected, whichever occurs first, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. The purpose of the sales and use tax will be to fund the following projects:

Project (1) For financing the costs of highways, roads, streets, bridges, and other transportation-related projects facilities, and drainage facilities related thereto, and mass transit systems operated by Charleston County or jointly operated by the County and other governmental entities.

$4,968,000,000.

Project (2) For financing the costs of greenbelts. $432,000,000.

A referendum shall also be conducted by the Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, on the subject of the issuance of not exceeding $1,000,000,000 of general obligation bonds of Charleston County, payable from the special sales and use tax described above, maturing over a period not to exceed twenty-five (25) years, to fund completion of projects from among the categories described above.

Public comments, written and oral, are invited. Submission of written public comments is encouraged and those wishing to provide written public comments for the public hearing should email comments to publiccomments@charlestoncounty. org by 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

Kristen L. Salisbury Clerk of Council

MidFirst Bank, Plaintiff,

v. Jakera Mims; Oakleaf Estates Homeowners Association, Inc.; B and D Training Services, Inc., 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 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.

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 June 20, 2024. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

Brock & Scott, PLLC 3800 Fernandina Road, Suite 110 Columbia, SC 29210 Phone (803) 454-3540 Fax (803) 454-3541

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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By Rob Brezsny

January 27, 1970, Libran songwriter John Lennon woke up with an idea for a new song. He spent an hour perfecting the lyrics and composing the music on a piano. Then he phoned his producer and several musicians, including George Harrison, and arranged for them to meet him at a recording studio later that day. By February 6, the song “Instant Karma” was playing on the radio. It soon sold over a million copies. Was it the fastest time ever for a song to go from a seed idea to a successful release? Probably. I envision a similar process in your life, Libra. You are in a prime position to manifest your good ideas quickly, efficiently, and effectively.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have passed the test of the First Threshold. Congratulations, Scorpio! Give yourself a kiss. Fling yourself a compliment. Then begin your preparations for the riddles you will encounter at the Second Threshold. To succeed, you must be extra tender and ingenious. You can do it! There will be one more challenge, as well: the Third Threshold. I’m confident you will glide through that trial not just unscathed but also healed. Here’s a tip from the Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “Those who do not expect the unexpected will not find it.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What development are you so ready for that you’re almost too ready? What transformation have you been preparing for so earnestly that you’re on the verge of being overprepared? What lesson are you so ripe and eager to learn that you may be anxiously interfering with its full arrival? If any of the situations I just described are applicable to you, Sagittarius, I have good news. There will be no further postponements. The time has finally arrived to embrace what you have been anticipating.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn screenwriter and TV producer Shonda Rhimes has had a spectacular career. Her company Shondaland has produced 11 prime-time TV shows, including Grey’s Anatomy and Bridgerton. She’s in the Television Hall of Fame, is one of the wealthiest women in America, and has won a Golden Globe award. As you enter into a phase when your ambitions are likely to shine extra brightly, I offer you two of her quotes. 1. “I realized a simple truth: that success, fame, and having all my dreams come true would not fix or improve me. It wasn’t an instant potion for personal growth.” 2. “Happiness comes from living as your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I have performed in many poetry readings. Some have been in libraries, auditoriums, cafes, and bookstores, but others have been in unexpected places: a laundromat, a bus station, a Walmart, a grocery store, and an alley behind a thrift store. Both types of locations have been enjoyable. But the latter kind often brings the most raucous and engaging audiences, which I love. According to my analysis, you might generate luck and fun for yourself in the coming weeks by experimenting with non-typical scenarios — akin to me declaiming an epic poem on a street corner or parking lot. Brainstorm about doing what you do best in novel situations.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I have two related oracles for you. 1. During the unfoldment of your mysterious destiny, you have had several homecomings that have moved you and galvanized you beyond what you imagined possible. Are you ready for another homecoming that’s as moving and galvanizing as those that have come before? 2. During your long life, you have gathered amazing wisdom by dealing with your pain. Are you now prepared to gather a fresh batch of wisdom by dealing with pleasure and joy?