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Post-election GOP agenda focuses on tax cuts, school vouchers

By Jack O’Toole

After a red wave election that handed South Carolina Republicans virtually unchecked power in all three branches of state government, the question for GOP leaders is clear: What do they plan to do with it?

And while no detailed policy proposals are yet available, Gov. Henry McMaster and GOP leaders in the Statehouse began laying out their top priorities in a series of postelection press conferences and statements last week — priorities that state Democrats acknowledge they’re powerless to block.

“There’s no system of checks or balances right now, and that’s unfortunate,” former S.C. Democratic Party Chairman Trav Roberts told the Charleston City Paper. “Our system was designed to allow for majority rule while also protecting the minority, and that’s just gone.”

But conservative activists, led by the hard-right S.C. House Freedom Caucus, say Republicans have a duty to deliver on the mandate voters gave them.

“President Trump’s winning message, which is shared by the S.C. Freedom Caucus and voters alike, is to cut taxes, improve our infrastructure, decrease regulation and spending, shrink the size of government, protect individual rights and end the woke mind virus which has infected our institutions of higher learning and government schools,” Freedom Caucus members said

There’s no system of checks or balances right now, and that’s unfortunate. Our system was designed to allow for majority rule while also protecting the minority, and that’s just gone.” —Trav Roberts, former S.C. Democratic Party Chairman

in a social media post. “We challenge our colleagues in the now expanded supermajorities in both chambers to listen to the people, and lead boldly on these issues.”

The GOP agenda … so far

Though still a work in progress, the updated agenda sketched out by party leaders would represent a major step toward meeting those Freedom Caucus demands.

School vouchers: After seeing school voucher plans struck down twice in the S.C. Supreme Court, Republicans believe the new, more conservative court majority will be more open to the idea. The legislative sticking point in the coming session is likely to be eligibility. At issue: Income. The House GOP supports a voucher program that’s open to all parents regardless of income, while Senate Republicans favor one that’s at least initially aimed at families in poverty.

More income tax cuts: Under current

law, S.C. is set to continue to cut its top income tax rate in 0.1% increments over the next two years — from 6.2% to 6.0%.

But in a Nov. 6 letter to members, House Republican leaders said it was time for S.C. to go much further — specifically to “reduce our income tax rate to below that of our neighbors.” For perspective, Georgia’s flat income tax rate is 5.49% and North Carolina’s is 4.5%; Tennessee and Florida have no income tax.

Infrastructure: With the fourth-largest state road system in the country at 41,500 miles, and more than 25% of its 8,000 bridges considered to be in poor condition, South Carolina would be facing a major infrastructure challenge even if it weren’t also the fastest-growing state in the country. Earlier this year, the legislature passed an additional $200 million for bridge repairs and another $300 million

Monkeys, an emu, Bigfoot, oh my!

With several rhesus macaque monkeys still on the lam as of Nov. 13 from a Yemassee research facility after their Nov. 6 escape, funky animal news from across the state is making headlines.

Residents of Loris and Green Sea, just outside of Myrtle Beach, have been sharing photos of an emu running amok.

But headlines get even weirder, as a hunter claimed to have spotted Bigfoot in the Midlands near Pomaria on Nov. 2. The hunter, who was identified in a report simply as “J.M.,” reported sighting a 7-foot-tall creature with “long brown hair, ape-like face and long arms.” There have been dozens of Bigfoot sightings in South Carolina, including four in Oconee County, where the annual S.C. Bigfoot Festival is held each fall. — City Paper Staff

1,000%

The percentage increase in online sales of emergency contraceptive medication from telehealth company Wisp after the Nov. 5 election results. The increase follows a surge in social media activity calling for women to stock up on contraceptives, many of which have a shelf life of four years, the length of former President Donald Trump’s new term. Source: CNN

GUN VIOLENCE COUNTER

6 shot, killed across S.C. Nov. 7 to Nov. 13

Jamere Milligan, 16, of North Charleston died en route to a hospital after a Nov. 10 shooting near Chestnut Street, North Charleston police said. They arrested a suspect Monday. The investigation is ongoing.

Five others died in Richland, Greenville, Horry, York and Cherokee counties. Five more were hurt in shootings across the state. Nationally, there were 12 mass shootings for the week, totalling 458 for the year.

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

One80 Place brings new affordable housing model to Meeting St.

By Jessica Mischner

One80 Place is set to transform a vacant peninsula lot in Charleston into a new $44 million mixed-use affordable housing and family shelter project.

The planned development at 573 Meeting Street — which is located within One80 Place’s existing homeless and supportive services campus — is projected to be complete by summer 2026 and will exclusively serve homeless individuals and families.

“We believe housing built specifically to support people moving out of homelessness is critical to ending homelessness, once and for all,” said Stacey Denaux, One80 Place’s CEO.

Tackling two challenges

The six-story living space will permanently house 70 formerly homeless individuals with the second floor operating as a family shelter for 65 women and parents with children.

The goal is to tackle two major challenges confronting the area’s most vulnerable residents when it comes to housing: the lack of affordable options available and accommodations geared toward helping families find immediate shelter while transitioning back into permanent homes.

“Housing built specifically to support people moving out of homelessness is critical to ending homelessness, once and for all,” Denaux said. “The impact of this project will be profound and long-lasting.”

573 Meeting Street is the result of a collaborative effort between One80 Place, one of the largest homeless service pro-

viders in South Carolina, The Michaels Organization, the nation’s largest privatesector owner of affordable housing, and Spandrel Development Partners, a multidisciplined real estate development firm.

“After seven years of planning, we are very excited to see this development now poised to start construction and to make One80 Place’s vision for this transformative community a reality,” said Spandrel Development’s co-founder, Emanuel D. Neuman. Spandrel, which is based in New York City but has offices in Charleston and a lengthy Southeast portfolio, has developed several mixeduse apartment projects in Charleston, including two others at 511 and 530 Meeting Street.

At the new building, One80 Place will offer residents comprehensive supportive services, including case management, health care, tenancy support and legal services. Units at the new complex will be reserved for individuals earning no more than 50% of the federal Housing and Urban Development area median income and spending no more than 30% of their income on rent.

Ensuring long-term local support

The City of Charleston Housing Authority has committed project-based rental assistance for all 70 rental units, further ensuring long-term affordability for residents, according to a recent press release on the project. Michaels will provide property and investment management services,

ensuring the community remains a longterm asset to the neighborhood.

Financing for the $44 million endeavor was made possible through 4% low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds allocated by the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, funding from the City of Charleston through the Charleston Redevelopment Corporation, the CLIMB fund, Charleston County, South Carolina Housing Trust Fund and private donations to One80 Place.

“We are thrilled to reach this milestone for 573 Meeting Street and we are grateful for the support of the city, the state, and all our partners for their support of this development,” said Bruce Morgan, senior vice president of development at the Michaels Organization. “This development exemplifies what the public, private and nonprofit sectors can accomplish when working together to create high-quality, serviceenhanced affordable housing solutions that enhance communities and lift lives.”

Charleston adds 52 new staff members to 2025 draft budget

By Skyler Baldwin

The City of Charleston is adding 52 new positions to the coming fiscal year’s budget, bringing the balanced draft budget’s total to about $330 million. That’s a 6% increase from last year’s approved $311 million budget.

New staff positions are coming to several city departments, with the fire department adding 24 new members, 20 of whom will have temporary, half-year positions. Additional positions run the gamut from street and sidewalk crews to parking safety officers and senior tourism officers.

Some members of the City Council, however, worry the focus on adding new staff may be taking priority away from bolstering existing staff salaries — a hot topic in earlier workshops.

“We’re creating new positions, but we’re not focusing on the staff that we have,” council member Caroline Parker

said at the Nov. 12 workshop. “We can find the money. We can change the budget. We can move things around.”

Councilman Robert Mitchell added that while he wasn’t asking for answers during the workshop, he worried that if the city decided to grant raises to existing staff later, that the budget would not allow for them to be distributed until January 2026. Charleston Mayor William Cogswell said he believed that wouldn’t be the case, and that there would be space in the budget to provide staff raises as soon as they were determined.

“There’s a lot at work here, and again, I’m all for figuring out ways to ensure we can pay our employees what they’re worth,” Cogswell said. “But dropping a number in right now would be a little rushed.”

Councilman Ross Appel seconded Cogswell’s point.

“I would agree with the mayor’s suggestion of waiting until we flesh out more of the performance-based pay increases,” he said. “Obviously, employees are looking for

more money. That’s no secret. But to go with that, they really want advancement opportunities. I think it makes sense to roll all of that out together instead of guessing about it now.”

By the numbers

In the last month, Charleston City Council members slashed recommended expenditures by about $820,000, increased business licensing fees by about $1.5 million (up to $52.5 million total), increased parking fees (up to $1 per 20 minutes instead of 30 minutes) and finalized salary savings for new and existing positions.

The largest revenue increases come from:

• an increase to property taxes, bringing the annual revenue up to $120.1 million from $114.4 million;

Courtesy one80 place

One80 Place and its partners plan to transform 573 Meeting St. into a mixed-use example of transitional and affordable housing

for road repairs and improvements. After Tuesday’s elections, McMaster and legislative leaders are promising more in 2025. Liquor liability reform: With bars and restaurants across the state continuing to close due to sky-high liquor liability insurance premiums, the state legislature failed to deliver on its promise to cut rates earlier this year when a Senate lawsuit reform bill went down to defeat in the final weeks of the session. But continuing strong opposition from S.C. Mothers Against Drunk Driving and other victims’ advocacy organizations means promised efforts to revive the bill next year will face significant obstacles in both chambers.

DEI: Long-targeted by conservative opponents of what the S.C. Freedom Caucus called “the woke mind virus” in its postelection statement, “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” (DEI) initiatives at state colleges and universities will face new scrutiny next year, according to Statehouse GOP leaders. A bill banning DEI considerations in hiring, firing and promotions died without a vote in the Senate last year after passing the House with overwhelming Republican support. Abortion: Though unmentioned thus far by McMaster or Statehouse GOP leaders, several current and newly-elected Republican legislators are expected to push for a complete ban on abortion in the state of South Carolina, which currently outlaws the procedure after six weeks. In addition, legislators could look at new laws cracking down on mail delivery of abortion medications, as well as travel across state lines for the procedure.

Budget

• An increase to business licensing fees, bringing the annual revenue up to $52.5 million from $47.9 million;

• An increase to franchising fees, bringing the annual revenue up to $15.8 million from $14.5 million;

• And the increase to parking fees, bringing the annual revenue up to $45.3 million from $39.8 million.

The largest expenditure increases come from:

• Increases to public safety departments to $152.5 million from $133.9 million

• Increases to culture and recreation departments to $38.6 million from $8.4 million

• Exact amounts for salary increases and new position salaries were not available.

The draft budget is due to council members by Nov. 19. The council’s first vote on the budget’s approval will be held at the first Charleston City Council meeting in December.

Blotter of the Week

Someone apparently stole more than $3,000 worth of construction tools from a trailer at a West Ashley construction site on Nov. 6, according to Charleston police. Police noted there was no sign of forced entry, and there were no security cameras that would have captured the event. Hold on, is this the reason that construction projects take so damn long around here?

Let off with a warning (not) North Charleston police on Nov. 6 pulled over a man for having an expired tag near Tanger Outlet Blvd. While investigating, the man became confrontational, leading to the officer calling additional units and searching the vehicle. Police reportedly found an illegally modified handgun and marijuana. They charged him for both, but let him off with a warning for the expired tag.

Short-lived plan

A downtown man between Nov. 3 and Nov. 11 reportedly stole more than $12,000 from a downtown hotel he worked at by manipulating the online reservation system. We imagine the first time it worked — in which he stole only $250 — the rush got to him, which ultimately led to his grand $2,500 heist that got him caught. Not this time, Icarus.

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County Council needs to rebuild trust after voters rejected referendum

Charleston County voters sent a clear message to County Council members by voting down a halfpenny sales tax to fund roads and other projects by a whopping 23-point margin.

And what 127,572 voters essentially said was this: We don’t really trust you to do what you say you’re going to do with billions of dollars. Go back to the drawing board.

But some people on the losing side of the referendum that would have generated $5.4 billion seem to be viewing the results with rose-tinted glasses. They ignore the pervasiveness of the no vote — how voters in 171 of the county’s 182 precincts said they didn’t want the county’s plan, which included using half the money to extend Interstate 526 across Johns Island.

Supporters of the referendum seem to think voters were just against the tax part of the referendum, not the guts of what it would do. But voters aren’t stupid. They’ve been paying a half-penny tax for years — this vote simply would have extended it. And voters might have said yes if there had been good stewardship by the county with the money that already has been collected. But the county’s pitiful record of not completing most of the road projects it funded with past halfpenny money muddied its fiction about its potential for success with new local option sales tax dollars. And that made voters across the county wonder how they could trust the county this time to use the billions of funds correctly. It’s telling that no precinct on James or Johns islands — the places I-526 would have run through — supported the half-cent referendum.

So Charleston County Council has its job cut out for it. It has to rebuild trust with voters before asking for more money.

DAnd it needs to become more transparent, or voters will keep holding the county accountable at the polls.

Now is the time to develop practical plans to reduce traffic without extending a big new road that would clog traffic more, not make things move more quickly. There are all sorts of strategies Charleston County could develop to smooth traffic flows throughout the county, not just in the western part of the county — better interchanges, flyovers, improved mass transit and more.

So while council members are back at the drawing board, they need to develop additional plans that build resilience to the flooding that’s going to come as the climate continues to warm. Failing to get a handle on future flooding now when there is time will cause much more harm down the road than blowing billions of taxpayer dollars on a road that would be under water in a bad storm.

It’s time to end the obsession with extending Interstate 526. It’s time to interpret voters’ preferences honestly. And it’s time to move forward with realistic, practical solutions that will make a difference.

Public service is hard work. Now it’s time to get down to it.

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community

objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.

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

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

4. Conduct public business in public. B e 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.

ATTORNEY

GARY A. LING

ACCIDENT AND INJURY CASES

Trump’s election leaves many frightened

By Andy Brack

Lots of thinking women across South Carolina are scared by the election of Donald Trump to the White House. And they should be: His election signals a throwback era for misogyny and control in more ways than one. We should listen to their voices, not just the roar of red Republicanism in Washington.

Already, there are reports that women are stockpiling abortion pills and gender-affirming medications ahead of what one person called a “reproductive apocalypse” that they fear is coming under the new Trump administration, The Guardian reported.

“There has been a recurring theme among people like [incoming Vice President] J.D. Vance and his mentor and advisor, Peter Thiel, that denigrates women who make their own choices, whether about pregnancy or marriage or careers or how they vote,” one Columbia advocate noted. “People who fear change from 1950’s traditional roles and those who just fear women line up behind them. I wish these folks had sought counseling instead of political power.”

And while women see their reproductive health threatened — yet again by men making decisions about what they can do with their bodies — bigger societal issues are looming.

“This election was a referendum on men’s unwillingness to give up power and willingness to hold on at any cost,” said one disappointed Columbia progressive advocate. “We saw how easily they were willing to kick out women who are speaking truth to power during the primaries here in South Carolina.”

Women also worry about how a red wave of politics across the country will promote more inequality and limitations in a nation where women earn significantly less than men doing similar jobs. They worry that the election of Trump, a convicted felon, will boost violence against women, including rape.

“To ignore fundamental issues like [Trump’s] felony convictions, a court finding of sexual assault, his intention to take care of women whether we want it or not, has emboldened the fragile egos of the male electorate and those women they still control. I am afraid for our country, colleagues, friends and family.”

Another Charleston leader, who asked not to be named, lamented how South Carolina women are worn out by election politicking after a big loss earlier this year when the state legitimized a fetal abortion ban. That, she said, ignored women’s calls for reproductive health freedom. But there’s more.

“The worst of it are the consequences to individual women across this state who are the people behind our horrible domestic violence, maternal health, poverty and infant mortality rates. Why care about addressing a statistic in this state when you can avoid responsibility by blaming those in the statistics for the problem?

“It is time to be like geese and build a flock of women and men, young and old, with resources (not just financial) and who have the relationships and the trust to lead or hang back when needed by your flock.”

One male leader in Columbia added, “We are already in MAGA heaven and diminished human rights hell. It remains to be seen if federal measures more stringent than the ones already in place in South Carolina will take effect. There is some hope that the Trump reality will set in on the Republican women who believed him.”

When another longtime advocate for women’s rights was asked what she thought the Greatest Generation that defeated Nazis would take away from the election, she said they’d be “rolling in their graves.

“Less than 100 years after they defeated fascism, it has sprung up again where they would have least expected it.”

Many women who think about these things see a tough four years ahead for equality and fair treatment.

“Misogyny clearly played a role in getting Donald Trump elected twice,” an Upstate analyst noted. “Women are more likely to be poor than men, partly from discrimination, partly from interrupted careers and the responsibilities of motherhood, especially for single mothers.”

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

Reconnecting with Caitlyn

as shelter celebrates 150 years

By Andy Brack

Caitlyn’s getting older. Perhaps the most famous shelter animal in the 150-year history of the Charleston Animal Society, she’s now 12.

These days, she’s a little slower around the house where she lives with the West Ashley family of the lawyer who prosecuted her abuser. But boy, is she still a story of resilience and inspiration.

“Caitlyln is tremendously sweet,” said attorney and Charleston School of Law graduate Ted Corvey. “She’s obviously been through a lot, but she is super-sweet.”

And these days, she has a new playmate — the 1 ½ -year-old son of Corvey and his wife, Danielle, a teacher.

“He crawls on her and hangs on her constantly. She’s been fascinated and interested and lorded over and protected him ever since he was a tiny baby.”

Caitlyn, who now weighs 45 pounds, gained notoriety in 2015 when news spread of a temporary caretaker who tightly wrapped black electrical tape around her muzzle.

“It was wound incredibly tight,” said Corvey, who was working back then as the assistant solicitor who ended up prosecuting Caitlyn’s abuser. “In her efforts to get it off and eat and drink, it just swelled up.

“She’s got per-

manent scarring — there are no structural issues — but there is permanent scarring around her muzzle.”

A 150-year story of caring, helping

Caitlyn is just one of the 10,000+ animals that have been through the society’s shelter annually since 2015.

Founded in 1874, the Society’s ongoing mission has been to prevent cruelty to animals. In addition to caring for homeless animals and adopting them into new homes, it reunites lost pets with families and responds to animals in man-made crises and natural disasters.

“Charleston Animal Society has pursued leading practices to turn around the dynamic and become a lifesaving model for the South and the country,” CEO Joe Elmore said. “Its openminded approach and leadership has proven that we don’t have to be on the bottom of so much and that we can actually be a leader.

“The staff, volunteers, adopters, donors and community support of the Animal Society’s mission to prevent cruelty to animals, particularly unnecessary euthanasia, is an inspiration.”

The early decades of what originally was called the S.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals didn’t focus as much on helping pets until after World War II, Elmore reminded.

“The Animal Society did not start sheltering operations until 74 years into its history in response to systemic cruelty in government’s treatment and inhumane disposal of animals, from drowning to shooting to gassing them,” he said. “This awakened nonprofit organizations across the region and country to get involved with animal sheltering, in addition to their advocacy efforts.

“All of this is committed to memory so that we don’t replicate the mistakes of the past and continue to be vigilant to the everyday threats to our own humanity in the care of helpless, innocent animals.”

Laurel and Hank Greer, longtime local volunteer leaders and donors to the Society, highlighted its transition from a facility that struggled to help animals, having had to

euthanize many, into an organization that became the Southeast’s first “no-kill” community in 2013.

“They achieved that in record time,” Laurel Greer said. “That is the main reason we love the Animal Society, but since then, they have done so much more in our community and beyond!”

Paws

in the Park set for Nov. 23

Charleston Animal Society, the largest charity in Charleston County, will host the state’s largest event benefitting animals when Paws in the Park lights up Charleston’s Brittlebank Park from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 23.

Not only will it be a huge celebration of the Society’s 150th anniversary, but it will also be action-packed with activities for some 3,000 expected guests in fun zones and an interactive history exhibit to live music performances and even a place where visitors can adopt a new family pet.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door and include free oysters and chili. Paws in the Park will include the Society’s popular Chili Cook-off, which showcases 29 Charleston–area restaurants and local chefs competing to be the 2024 chili champion. Attendees can sample chili and vote for who they think should win.

For an extra $10, guests can also enjoy beer samples from nine area breweries. Music will be by three acts — Vallenato Flavor, 2024 City Paper Music Award–winner Lauren Hall and headliner Midnight City Band. Learn more: charlestonanimalsociety.org

What’s next for the Charleston Animal Society

Plans are underway to expand the Animal Society’s Remount Road campus to help support emergency needs of counties across the state, as well as to help law enforcement, emergency management and other

Volunteers are the lifeblood of activity at the Charleston Animal Society, which helps thousands of animals every year.

agencies fulfill their missions, Elmore said.

“By constructing a high-volume spay/ neuter clinic, emergency overcapacity shelter and training center, we can expand our capacity to save and improve the plight of at-risk animals across the entire state, building more compassionate communities, which will benefit individuals and families, including their animals,” he said.

Greer encouraged anyone interested in helping or volunteering to visit the shelter to see what its professionals and volunteers do everyday.

“It’s so hard to tell people about all the things that we do to save the lives of our precious pets,” she said. “The best way to have them learn about us is for them to visit the facility. There, they will see and hear about all of the incredible work we do … and see how hard we work to find forever homes for the animals in our care.”

She said the Charleston nonprofit continues to work to make the whole of South Carolina become a no-kill state for abandoned animals.

“Our staff has been assisting with spay/neuters and training the shelters in the state on how to achieve this goal. This will accomplish our biggest dream.”

BY THE NUMBERS

SURGERIES. By the end of 2024, the Charleston Animal Society would have completed more than 173,000 spay and neuter surgeries on cats and dogs to reduce the number of pets born in the Lowcountry. This year alone, it has completed 15,000 spay and neuter surgeries.

LOTS OF CHOW. Shelter animals eat approximately 30 tons — 60,000 pounds — of food every year. “We do get in exotic animals, including ferrets, bunnies, birds, goats, horses, ducks, chickens and many others which require specific food and which is not included in this total,” said spokesman Kay Hyman.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. The society, which takes in about 90% of the county’s abandoned animals, has sheltered more than 20,000 pets this year. Serving an average of about 10,000 animals (and growing) in recent years, “it’s safe to say we have cared for hundreds of thousands of animals since our inception in 1874,” Hyman said.

What’s Caitlyn doing these days?

Corvey successfully prosecuted Caitlyn’s abuser, who he said is now in federal prison on unrelated old charges after serving a sentence related to the dog’s treatment. He said he and his wife didn’t adopt Caitlyn immediately. That came two years later after another placement didn’t work out and Caitlyn was back in the Animal Society’s care. At first, they took in Caitlyn as a foster pet. But it wasn’t long before it was clear that she got along with the couple’s other dogs that Caitlyn found her permanent home.

“She’s been a joy and blessing in our lives. I don’t think she’s ever happier than when we’re home hanging out as a family,” said Corvey, who now is on the board of the Animal Society he sees Caitlyn’s story as one of perseverance. “She’s made a full and best recovery. She’s living her best life.”

AT ONE TIME. The shelter can provide direct services for up to 1,200 animals in its system of care at the same time. But its growth is leading shelter officials to planning and building an expansion.

A TIMELINE

• 1874: South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opens. Six years later, a more formal humane society was organized, mostly to deal with neglect of working animals and stray dogs.

• 1900: Dr. John Ancrum, second president of the SCSPCA, dies, leaving part of his estate to the organization after deaths of other relatives — with the provision that it adopt his name.

• 1940: The organization officially became known as the John Ancrum Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

• 1948: First shelter built, 667 Meeting St., Charleston.

• 1951: Second shelter built, 188 St. Andrews Blvd., West Ashley. Ten years later, it moved to Dupont Road.

• 1980: Shelter moved to 3861 Leeds Ave., North Charleston.

• 2007: Name changed to Charleston Animal Society.

• 2008: Shelter moved to current location, 2455 Remount Road, North Charleston.

• 2013: Society becomes first No Kill Community in Southeast.

• More: charlestonanimalsociety.org

Photos courtesy of Charleston Animal Society

What To Do

1 THROUGH DECEMBER

Holiday Festival of Lights

Hop in the car and cruise along a three-mile display of lights throughout James Island County Park. The annual holiday festival features more than 2 million blinking, twinkling and dazzling bulbs, and more than 750 unique displays. Don’t forget to visit the Christmas village to grab fresh hot cocoa, s’mores, candy, gifts and more. And, of course, make sure to visit old Kris Kringle himself.

Nov. 15 through Dec. 31. 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Entry prices vary by night. James Island County Park. 871 Riverland Drive. James Island. ccprc.com/3665/holiday-festival-of-lights

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SATURDAY

Kulture Klash

Back for its ninth edition this weekend, this year’s eclectic celebration of the arts in the Holy City is taking over a brand-new arts venue in North Charleston’s Navy Yard. Featuring more than 100 visual artists, including legendary mural and graffiti artists, and live musical performances by local musicians and DJs, there is something for everyone at this one-day, twostage event. Read more about this event at charlestoncitypaper.com.

Nov. 16. 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets start at $40. North Charleston Navy Yard, Building 64. 2301 Noisette Blvd. North Charleston. kultureklashchs.com

SUNDAY

3 2nd annual MashFest

King BBQ and Holy City Brewing are joining forces and heading to The Porter Room to bring the Lowcountry a bourbon, barbecue and beer festival like no other. Enjoy live music, public art installations, cigar rolling demos and three barbecue tasting stations. Tickets include barbecue and two drink vouchers good for beer or a signature cocktail.

Nov. 17. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. $75/general admission. Holy City Brewing. 1021 Aragon Ave. North Charleston. holycitybrewing.com

SATURDAY

4 Hari Kondabolu at Wit’s End

Don’t miss Hari Kondabolu, a comedian, writer and podcaster based in Brooklyn, as he headlines Charleston at Wit’s End Comedy Lounge this weekend. His 2018 Netflix special was named on several “Best of” lists, and his 2017 truTB documentary, The Problem with Apu, has become a nationally acclaimed critique still discussed today.

Nov. 16. Doors open at 6 p.m.; show starts at 7 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Wit’s End Comedy Lounge. 3320 Rivers Ave. North Charleston. witsendcharleston.com

WEDNESDAY

5 Central Creek Farmers Market

If you’ve missed out on the last two months of fresh local produce at the Central Creek Farmers Market in Moncks Corner, don’t worry — you still have one more chance. Enjoy fresh food, local artwork, live music and makers from the Goose Creek community — all under the Casey Pavilion at Central Creek Park. This will be the last installment of the market until next year’s season.

Nov. 20. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free to attend. Central Creek Park Casey Pavilion. 147 Old Moncks Corner Road. Moncks Corner. cityofgoosecreek.com

Cuisine

Toscano showcases Mexican cuisine

By Gabriela Capestany

Chef Michael Toscano is no stranger to new ventures as the founding force behind Le Farfalle, da Toscano Porchetta Shop, da Toscano Fugazzi and Da Toscano (in New York City). He is a known provider of wellloved Italian cuisine.

Toscano’s new pop-up concept, Blanca Estrada, will showcase the chef’s wider culinary repertoire as he takes on a new challenge: the perfect taco.

Blanca Estrada is slated to open in the next month at 164 Market St., which will serve as a temporary location until Toscano secures a permanent spot for the venture.

The shift may surprise fans, but Toscano’s roots play heavily into Blanca Estrada and its menu reflects his heritage and upbringing.

“I became a student of Italian cuisine, and that’s when I fell in love with Italy. But more of my background is Mexican,” he said. “My father is Italian, but I grew up eating Mexican food. My mother is Mexican — her [family] is from Guadalajara — so I grew up with a strong influence of Mexican cuisine.

“It’s going to be authentic. And there’s going to be an influence of childhood memories that I have of different dishes.”

High-quality, casual fare

Carne Guisada, one of the chef’s favorites, is a standout on the menu. It’s a slow-simmered, hearty beef stew served in a chili gravy sauce.

“[There are] many versions of it in Mexico, but you definitely see it in Texas,” Toscano explained. “There’s a Texas rancher version that my mother grew up eating and just loves. And so I love it. When you put it in a perfectly toasted, homemade flour tortilla with cilantro, onions and a

What’s new

Alcove Market continues its Allstars Smoothie Series with chef Meherwan Irani of Chai Pani and its spice brand and retail shop, Spicewalla. Order the Gingerbread Smoothie, made with Spicewalla’s signature blend, anytime now through December, and Alcove will donate $1 from every sale to the Southern Smoke Foundation, a nonprofit that supports members of the food and beverage industry during times of crisis, and which is currently aiding those affected by Hurricane Helene.

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Black Food Truck Festival brought in more than 13,100 attendees and generated an estimated $10.20 million in total economic impact during its April event featuring more than 40 Black-owned food trucks and vendors. It also reported that 83% of ticketholders came from outside of the Charleston area. Follow @blackfoodtruckfestival on social media for more on next year’s festival.

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little salsa verde, it’s just magic.”

Above all else, Toscano said he hopes to showcase high-quality local ingredients — especially meats — in tacos that will be served at the pop-up.

“This is solely going to be a taqueria,” he said, explaining that the future, permanent Blanca Estrada will feature a full restaurant menu.

“We’ll be toasting tortillas from scratch — taking the dough, pressing it and toasting them to order. [We are] making an experience with really well-thoughtout, well-sourced proteins and vegetables that will be going in those tortillas,” he said. “Between that and the whole beverage program of all our favorite [margaritas and] agua frescas … how do you not love that?”

Overall, simplicity is what Toscano hopes will make Blanca Estrada stand out.

“You just focus on those few things and do them well … the meat cookery, how we marinate, how we braise and stew and grill.”

Toscano emphasized that Mexican cuisine is casual.

“It’s meant to be eaten on a paper plate, devoured the second you get it. We’re trying to really pay homage to what it’s supposed to be, and make it excellent by doing that.”

At the start, Blanca Estrada will occupy the former UPS storefront adjacent to Le Farfalle. “We share a wall. … We couldn’t let the space directly next door go away,” he said.

While Toscano plans to eventually turn the pop-up space into a pizza shop that connects to Le Farfalle, he decided to initially use it to show off his newest concept.

“We knew that [we wanted] to do Blanca Estrada somewhere as a full-on thing. So with this [pop-up] opportunity, I used it as a moment to get it going while we’re looking for its final place,” he said.

While Blanca Estrada is still preparing to begin its taco service, Toscano predicts the restaurant will open around Nov. 20. Follow @blancaestradachs on Instagram to learn more.

Get your tickets now for the Camellias Paddington Bear tea experience at Hotel Bennett . The popular tea room will host the family-friendly event twice-daily at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m from Nov. 25 through Nov. 27. Enjoy Paddington-themed treats, finger sandwiches, scones and (of course!) marmalade. Tickets are $95/adults and $65/children under 12. Learn more at hotelbennett.com.

What we’ll miss

White Duck Taco Shop Charleston announced its immediate closure late last month. The Asheville–based franchise wrote on Instagram: “The impact of Hurricane Helene has left White Duck Taco’s home in Asheville devastated, affecting our headquarters and our River Arts location.”

Johns Island sushi and seafood restaurant Blu Oyster announced on Instagram that it will be closing Nov. 19, saying: “We only get one chance at this short life, and right now, prioritizing health and family has become our focus.” The restaurant will be open with a limited menu and limited staff from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. through Nov. 18. — Connelly Hardaway

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Michael Toscano draws inspiration from his Mexican heritage at new taqueria, Blanca Estrada

Culture

Gibbes takes a retrospective look at its 1858 Prize

By Jessica Mischner

The Gibbes Museum of Art is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art with a major new exhibition on display through Jan. 12, 2025. The retrospective highlights artwork and success stories from the diverse group of American artists who have been recognized by the annual prize.

“Recognizing and supporting artists from our region is at the heart of the Gibbes’ mission,” said Angela Mack, president and CEO of the Gibbes. “The prize has evolved dramatically over the last 15 years, and we are proud to see many of its past recipients recognized by national and international art entities.”

Originally established as the Factor Prize for Southern Art in 2008, the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art recognizes artists working across all media whose work fosters a new understanding of art in the region. Artists from the following states are eligible to apply: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Finalists and winners are determined by a panel of established arts professionals, curators, artists and previous prize winners.

The retrospective exhibition, Celebrating the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, offers not only a look back at 15 years’ worth of creativity and expression, but also serves as a collective example of the way institutions and places of learning provide platforms for public awareness and professional success when it comes to art and artists. Over the past decade-and-a-half, the 1858 award has become one of the South’s most prestigious art prizes. It’s a point of connection for creators and potential patrons. Additionally, each of the artists recognized by the prize has continued to garner accolades regionally, nationally and internationally.

Previous winners have subsequently received awards from the Joan Mitchell Fellowship, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Winning artists’ work

Arts, etc.

The Pour House hosts Makers Market to support Helene relief

Nov. 16 from noon until 5 p.m., the Charleston Pour House will host an afternoon market with makers, artists and vendors affected by Hurricane Helene. Find unique, handmade holiday gifts while supporting a good cause. Learn more on Instagram at @chspourhouse.

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has been introduced into the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Gibbes Museum of Art.

In addition to the monetary award of $10,000 given to each year’s winner, artwork is chosen by the Gibbes curatorial team, in collaboration with the artist, for display in the Mary Jackson Modern and Contemporary Galleries for the duration of the year following the winner’s announcement. For example, a collection of pieces from Sherrill Roland, the multi-disciplinary artist who took home the 2023 prize, is now on exhibit at the Gibbes until 2025.

Since 2013, the 1858 Prize has been underwritten by the Gibbes’s young patrons auxiliary group, Society 1858, which supports the museum through social and educational programs tailored for up-andcoming art patrons.

“The fact that this initiative, this award, rests so largely on the dedication, efforts and energy of our younger members and patrons is just extraordinary and so meaningful,” Mack told the Charleston City Paper. “This exhibition recognizes their work, too, and should give us all a lot of hope for the future of Southern art.”

Below, a sampling of past prize winners.

2009 Stephen Marc

Stephen Marc is a documentary/street photographer and digital montage artist. His latest photography book, American/True Colors, documents 12 years of America and Americans. Marc set out to pay homage to photographers such as Robert Frank, Walker Evans and Dorthea Lange, and

produced the first and most comprehensive survey of Americans by an African American photographer.

2014 Sonya Clark

Sonya Clark participated in the Gibbes Museum’s Visiting Artist Residency in 2016. Her exhibit, We Are Each Other, is currently on display at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City following its debut at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Her work is in numerous prestigious collections, including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

2017 Bo Bartlett

Bo Bartlett opened the Bo Bartlett Center at Columbus State University shortly after receiving the award. Based on the belief that art can change lives, the center focuses on community outreach programs that help foster inclusivity by encouraging participation from diverse voices, as well as partnering with other institutions.

2023 Sherrill Roland

Sherrill Roland’s multimedia art practice combines installation, sculpture and performance to describe his experience serving 10 months in prison for a crime for which he was later exonerated.

Celebrating the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art runs through Jan. 12, 2025, at the Gibbes Museum of Art. For more on the exhibit, and the three 2024 finalists in contention for this year’s prize, visit www.gibbesmuseum. org/1858-prize/. A forthcoming article will cover the museum’s Nov. 13 panel discussion on the prize and its history.

The annual auction at Redux Contemporary Art Center is the organization’s biggest fundraiser, supporting exhibitions, education opportunities and community events. The live auction and party will be held 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 16. Tickets cost $150 to attend and include live entertainment, delicious food and drinks by The Cocktail Bandits. Can’t make it in person? You can also bid online after the party’s over for a chance to score one (or more!) of the 200-plus pieces of locally-made artwork. Learn more at reduxstudios.org.

Don’t

miss Boatwright’s paintings at the AikenRhett

House Museum

Local artist David Boatwright created 13 site-specific paintings to be exhibited in the Aiken-Rhett House Museum His show, That’s All Folks!, has been extended to remain on view until Nov. 18. Free with museum admission. Read more about the show at charlestoncitypaper.com; find details by visiting historiccharleston.org.

Catch The New Vibe art show and red carpet

Don’t miss the second annual New Vibe art show presented by CalArts on Nov. 23. The event will feature local artists, DJ sets, a red carpet, drinks provided by Don Luchi Prosecco and more. Tickets start at $30 on eventbrite for a night of culture to be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at South Carolina Society Hall. Learn more on Instagram @_cal_art_. —Chloe Hogan

Courtesy Gibbes Museum | “They Combined Beauty”

Stephen L. Hayes, 2021 winner of the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, created this mixed-media piece using wood, rope, books and other found objects

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Experience the sounds of America’s melting pot

By Stratton Lawrence

When artistic director and composer Rhiannon Giddens brought her idea of a musical project built around the American railroad to the Grammy Award–winning musical ensemble, Silkroad, she was met with some initial skepticism.

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“It was a little jarring — I couldn’t see how to make the shift (from the Silk Road in Asia to the U.S.),” admitted Kaoru Watanabe, a Japanese flutist and Taiko player with the international ensemble. “But when she talked about how the railroad is a conduit of information, technology and music, it’s a perfect analogy of culture traversing great distances.”

Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silkroad organization in 1998, bringing together musicians from around the world to write and perform together. When Giddens — who debuted her Pulitzer Prize–winning opera, Omar, at Spoleto Festival USA in 2022 — became Silkroad’s artistic director in 2020, she naturally drew the connection to the Appalachian music she studies and plays.

American Railroad draws from the intermingling of cultures as the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad, constructed between 1863 and 1869, pushed west. Chinese, Scotch and Irish immigrants, along with formerly enslaved people from Africa, toiled together, using songs to both lighten the mood and time their syncopated sledgehammer strikes to drive railroad ties.

The project includes a podcast and PBS television show hosted by Giddens, a 13-track album released this week, and a tour that heavily favors the Southeastern U.S — including a show at the Charleston

Gaillard Center on Nov. 19.

The album’s first release, “Swannanoa Tunnel/Steel-Driving Man,” recalls the story of men trapped when one of the tunnels carved through Swannanoa, N.C.’s steep mountains collapsed. Its release — scheduled for Oct. 1, months in advance — coincided with the near-total destruction of much of that town just days before by Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters.

“The story itself is already very tragic, and we try to channel that when we perform it,” Watanabe said. “The timing of its release feels profound — it adds another layer of weight.”

Like the album, the tour draws from the international influences of its 13 musicians, including Scottish harpist Maeve Gilchrist, indigenous American singer Pura Fé, Malian balafon player Balla Kouyaté and Indian tabla player Sandeep Das. The sounds come together in the most eclectic “world” music possible.

“Silkroad musicians are not just masters of their instrument, but they also have the mentality of reaching across to other types of music,” Watanabe said. “This lets us come together outside of our own musical worlds.”

Watanabe wrote a piece for American Railroad (“Fukagu Sanjurokkei”) and participated in the project’s outreach, including busking at Grand Central Station as a trio with Gilchrist and Syrian clarinet player Kinan Azmeh.

“I play Japanese flutes and drums, which is already different to some people, but you bring together Irish harp and Syrian clarinet, and it leads to a lot of questions,” Watanabe said. “The fact that it works well together is pretty magical. People are surprised and delighted that it can sound like a natural

thing that’s been around for centuries.”

During research for the American Railroad project, Silkroad discovered stories of late 19th-century dance halls in lower Manhattan where Irish immigrant and African former slave communities came together for what Watanabe described as “dance battles.”

“You’d have this Celtic dancing versus dancing from across the African diaspora, with the audience deciding the winner,” he explained. “The accompanying music might include an African drummer, an Irish fiddle player, singers and guitar players.

“Recording technology didn’t exist back then, but if you try to imagine what it sounded like, that’s part of the language we’re trying to tap into.”

When the Silkroad Ensemble visits the Gaillard to perform songs from American Railroad this month, the audience can simply enjoy the music or pick up a free booklet in the lobby that offers background on each composition, which pairs with the multimedia podcast, website and TV show offerings.

Watanabe said, “The concert is part of a larger package. … It’s all driven by good storytelling and music making and trying to create a beautiful sound.”

Find tickets for American Railroad, Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, 7:30 p.m., Nov 19, starting at $29 at gaillardcenter.org.

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Grammy Award–winning ensemble, Silkroad, led by artistic director Rhiannon Giddens (right), presents “American Railroad” Nov. 19 at the Gaillard

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COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

C/A NO.: 2024-CP-10-02065

HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Fremont Home Loan Trust 2006-E, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-E, Plaintiff,

v. La Shaun Smalls a/k/a Lashaun Smalls; Dale Holland; Renney Tayao; Service Now SC, LLC; City Electric Supply Company; CKS Prime Investments, LLC, 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 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.

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PLEAS

C/A NO.: 2024-CP-10-04218

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, v. Stephen M. Miernicki, Defendant(s).

SUMMONS AND NOTICES (Non-Jury)

FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:

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

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1488

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Raven S. Frazier, Darren D. Perry, and Sharon Frazier DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2019, 2020, 2021, & 2023

TO DEFENDANT: Raven S. Frazier

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on May 28, 2024 at 7:18 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

and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for CHARLESTON County on September 3, 2024, at 12:41 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: KAY ELAINE BOGGS

2024-ES-10-1837

DOD: 9/30/24

Pers. Rep: ERIC LARSON 291 CABRILL DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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

Estate of: LEROY HUGHLAN HOWARD 2024-ES-10-1858

DOD: 3/18/24

Pers. Rep: MICHI HOWARD-TAYLOR 26 ARLINGTON GARDENS, MARGATE KENT, UNITED KINGDOM CT93TB

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Estate of: THELMA BROWN LEE 2024-ES-10-1862

DOD: 7/25/24

Pers. Rep: WILBUR R. LEE 3251 OLD POND RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

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

Estate of: LYNDA LOUISE NOLTA 2024-ES-10-1867

DOD: 9/17/24

CHARLESTON, SC 29407 ***********

Estate of:

ELIZABETH LUCAS HANAHAN SCARBOROUGH CLARK 2024-ES-10-1882

DOD: 9/22/24

Pers. Rep: MIKELL R. SCARBOROUGH 339 MARTELLO DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

Estate of:

SHIRLEY M. CHAPLIN

2024-ES-10-1864

DOD: 5/24/24

Pers. Rep: TERRIE C. SELF 308 WYNFIELD FOREST DR., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485

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

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Estate of: JOSEPH COHEN

2024-ES-10-1908

DOD: 6/30/24

Pers. Rep: DAVIN BURNELL 2072 IDLEWOOD LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: VERONICA G. SMALL, ESQ. PO BOX 1065, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29465

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Estate of: JANIE MAE BROWN 2024-ES-10-1912

DOD: 7/6/24

Pers. Rep: SHIRLEY BROWN 139 ALEXANDER ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29403

Atty: JONATHAN S. ALTMAN, ESQ. 575 KING ST., #B, CHARLESTON, SC 29403

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Estate of: CHARLES HENRY SONNENBERG 2024-ES-10-1949

DOD: 9/3/24

Pers. Rep: MARILYN BACHE CHASSIE SONNENBERG 1885 RIFLE RANGE RD., #22, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29464

Atty: RICHARD J. PAUL, ESQ. PO BOX 2380, MT. PLEASANT, SC 29465

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ESTATES’ CREDITOR’S NOTICES

CO. OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

a South Carolina corporation, and U-HAUL CO. OF ARIZONA, an Arizona corporation; Plaintiffs, vs. CARLLISHA SIMMONS, an individual; and DEANDRA THOMPSON, an individual, Defendants.

SUMMONS TO: CARLLISHA SIMMONS, an individual; and DEANDRA THOMPSON, an individual: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint of U-HAUL CO. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC., a South Carolina corporation, and U-HAUL CO. OF ARIZONA, an Arizona corporation, a copy of which is enclosed herewith and served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon counsel for Plaintiffs U-Haul Co. of South Carolina, Inc. and U-Haul Co. of Arizona, at the law office of Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP, 40 Calhoun Street, Suite 400, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, within thirty (30) days of the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON

IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2488

SOUTH CAROLINA

Pers. Rep: CYNTHIA LEIGH FOOTE 3763 EAST COSTILLA AVE., CENTENNIAL, CO 80122

Atty: M. JEAN LEE, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401

2 year old male. For more information, call (843) 871.3820 or email adopt@dorchesterpaws.org

3 year old female hound mix. (843) 747-4849, www.charlestonanimalsociety.org

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint, Cover Sheet for Civil Actions and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 19, 2024. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also filed in the Clerk of Court’s Office.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint and Certificate of Exemption from ADR in the above-entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 20, 2024. A Notice of Foreclosure Intervention was also

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS MARY GRAHAM, VIRGIL CRADIC.

DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2008

TO DEFENDANT: VIRGIL CRADIC YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED

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Estate of: MICHAEL JOHN REINECK 2024-ES-10-1878

DOD: 8/10/24

Pers. Rep: ROSS REINECK 450 S CR 198, FREMONT, OH 43420

Atty: CAMPBELL D. COXE, JR., ESQ. 1700 ASHLEY RIVER RD., #A,

Estate of:

WILLIAM JAMES HUSTON, JR. 2024-ES-10-1931

DOD: 10/12/24

Pers. Rep: EMILY SAADE

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN FURTHER NOTICE that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Complaint as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This 12th day of February 2024.

Respectfully

CALL KRISTIN 843-885 4086

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, U-Haul Co. of South Carolina, Inc., U-Haul Co. of Arizona, and ARCOA Risk Retention Group, Inc.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-01816

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company Plaintiff, -vsSerge LaJeunesse; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for South State Bank; SunRun Inc.; Brookdale at Forest Hills Homeowners Association Inc. Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-3087

U-HAUL CO. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, a South Carolina corporation; U-HAUL CO. OF ARIZONA, an Arizona corporation, and ARCOA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation; Plaintiffs, vs. DEQUANETTE WHITLOCK, an individual; CHRISTOPHER MODEN, an individual: TYRONE JONES, an individual, and NORRIS WASHINGTON, an individual; Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO: DEQUANETTE WHITLOCK, an individual; CHRISTOPHER MODEN, an individual; TYRONE JONES, an individual, and NORRIS WASHINGTON, an individual.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint of U-HAUL CO. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC., a South Carolina corporation, and U-HAUL CO. OF ARIZONA, an Arizona corporation, and ARCOA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”), a copy of which is enclosed herewith and served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon counsel for Plaintiffs, U-Haul Co. of South Carolina, Inc., U-Haul Co. of Arizona, and ARCOA Risk Retention Group, Inc., at the law office of Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP, 40 Calhoun Street, Suite 400, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, within thirty (30) days of the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service.

Respectfully submitted, COPELAND, STAIR VALZ & LOVELL, LLP

By: s/Kristen K. Thompson

KRISTEN K. THOMPSON

State Bar No.: 100659

TAYLOR L. CARY State Bar No.: 105136

40 Calhoun Street, Suite 400

Charleston, SC 29401

kthompson@csvl.law

tcary@csvl.law

Ph: (843) 727-0307

BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company vs. Serge LaJeunesse; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for South State Bank; SunRun Inc.; Brookdale at Forest Hills Homeowners Association Inc., I, Mikell Scarborough, Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on December 03, 2024, at 11:00 AM, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings arid improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and being known and designated as Lot 4072, Brookdale Subdivision, Phase 4-C, as shown on that plat entitled “FINAL PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TRACT 3, 6.614 ACRES PLAT BOOK `L 15` PAGE 149 TO FORM LOTS 4057 THROUGH 4085 BROOKDALE PHASE 4C AND A 5` UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTY OF D.R. HORTON, INC. LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SC” by Joseph 0. Eelman, SCRLS No. 16492-B, dated March 26, 2015, revised on April 6, 2015 and recorded on May 14, 2015 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L 15 at Page 212. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

Derivation: BEING the same property conveyed to Serge Lajeunesse by deed of Jason L. O`Donnell, Cynthia L. O`Donnell and Barbara Manns dated October 10, 2018 and recorded October 22, 2018 in Book 754 at Page 905 in the Office for Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS #: 397-05-00-850

7666 High Maple Cir., North Charleston, SC 29418

SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES

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

Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.

A personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded by the Plaintiff, the sale of the subject property will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to Section 15-39-720, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976; provided, however, that the Court recognizes the option reserved by the Plaintiff to waive such deficiency judgment prior to the sale, and notice is given that the Plaintiff may waive in writing the deficiency judgment prior to the sale; and that should the Plaintiff elect to waive a deficiency judgment, without notice other than the announcement at the sale and notice in writing to the debtor defendant(s) that a deficiency judgment has been waived and that the sale will be final, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

SOLD SUBJECT TO a mortgage given by Serge Lajeunesse to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for South State Bank in the original amount of $260,200.00, dated 10/10/2018, and recorded on 10/22/2018, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Book 754 at Page 906.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 10.24% per annum.

Mikell Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County

CRAWFORD & VON KELLER, LLC

B. Lindsay Crawford, III (SC Bar# 6510)

Theodore von Keller (SC Bar# 5718)

B. Lindsay Crawford, IV (SC Bar# 101707)

Charley F. MacInnis (SC Bar# 104326)

Jason Hunter (SC Bar# 101501)

Eric H. Nelson (SC Bar# 104712) Crawford & von Keller, LLC P.O. Box 4216 1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240 Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2023-CP-10-04121

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

Plaintiff, -vsAnna Matthews; City of Charleston Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company vs. Anna Matthews; City of Charleston, I, Mikell Scarborough, Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on December 03, 2024, at 12:00 PM, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder. Attorneys

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot Fourteen-B (14B), Block A, on a plat of a portion of Dunmovin Subdivision by E. M. Seabrook Jr., Inc. CE and LS dated October 28, 1964, which plat is duly recorded in the Charleston County RMC Office in Plat Book T, Page 45. Said plat being of such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as are shown and delineated on said plat.

Derivation: Being the same property conveyed to the Mortgagor herein by Woodrow W. Blizzard by deed dated and recorded October 1, 2001 in Book R383 at Page 17.

TMS #: 279-14-00-056

3581 Spence Street, Johns Island, SC 29455

SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.62500% per annum.

Mikell Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County

CRAWFORD & VON KELLER, LLC

B. Lindsay Crawford, III (SC Bar# 6510)

Theodore von Keller (SC Bar# 5718)

B. Lindsay Crawford, IV (SC Bar# 101707)

Charley F. MacInnis (SC Bar# 104326)

Jason Hunter (SC Bar# 101501)

Eric H. Nelson (SC Bar# 104712)

Crawford & von Keller, LLC

P.O. Box 4216

1640 St. Julian Place (29204) Columbia, SC 29240

Phone: 803-790-2626

Email: court@crawfordvk.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

C/A #: 2024-CP-10-03948

STATE FARM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. HOWARD L. JOHNSON, III, Defendant.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (Non-Jury)

TO THE DEFENDANT HOWARD L. JOHNSON, III ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 508 Meeting Street, West Columbia, South Carolina 29169, or at Post Office Box 11682, Columbia, South Carolina 29211, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

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

PLEAS NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

C/A #: 2024-CP-10-03947

STATE FARM FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. HOWARD L. JOHNSON, III, Defendant.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (Non-Jury)

TO THE DEFENDANT HOWARD L. JOHNSON, III ABOVE NAMED:

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

s/Benjamin E. Grimsley

S.C. Bar No. 70335

Ryan J. Patane

S.C. Bar No. 103116

D’Alberto, Graham & Grimsley, LLC

Attorneys for the Plaintiff

P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211 (803) 233-4999

bgrimsley@dgglegal.com rpatane@dgglegal.com

This copyright Notice informs any potential user of the name ERROL ORLANDO RATLIFF, ERROL RATLIFF, ERROL RATLIFF SR. or ERROL ORLANDO RATLIFF SR. that is intended as pertaining to me errol khalid bey, in Propria Persona Sui Juris, Propria Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use there-of without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligation me, plus cost, plus triple damage.

This copyright Notice informs any potential user of the name JEREMIAH DYSHONE EVANS, JEREMIAH EVANS that is intended as pertaining to me jeremiah khan el, in Propria Persona Sui Juris, Propria Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use there-of without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus cost, plus triple damage.

s/Benjamin E. Grimsley S.C. Bar No. 70335

Ryan J. Patane S.C. Bar No. 103116 D’Alberto, Graham & Grimsley, LLC

Attorneys for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211 (803) 233-4999 bgrimsley@dgglegal.com rpatane@dgglegal.com

This copyright Notice informs any potential user of the name DENAIRO DUPRECE PRICE, DENAIRO PRICE, DENAIRO PRICE JR. or DENAIRO DUPRECE PRICE JR. that is intended as pertaining to me denairo khan bey, in Propria Persona Sui Juris, Propria Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use there-of without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus cost, plus triple damage.

RECYCLE THIS PAPER

This copyright Notice informs any potential user of the name ZANIYAH PASCHAL or ZANIYAH PORTIA PASCHAL that is intended as pertaining to me zaniyah khan el, in Propria Persona Sui Juris, Propria Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use there-of without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus cost, plus triple damage.

This copyright Notice informs any potential user of the name DESHARA LASHAE EVANS, DESHARA EVANS or DESHARA LASNAE EVANS that is intended as pertaining to me de’shara khan bey, in Propria Persona Sui Juris, Propria Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use there-of without my express, prior, written permission signifies the user’s consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC Financial Statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligation me, plus cost, plus triple damage.

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 12/03/2024 11:45 AM

Ronald Addison Boxes, Files and Furniture

Facility 3: 1533 Ashley River Rd Charleston, SC 29407 12/03/2024 12:45 PM

Henrietta Royal 3br household living room set and bedrooms, boxes of personal items, kitchenware, etc

Facility 4: 1540 Meeting Street Rd Charleston, SC 29405 12/03/2024 1:00 PM

Jacqueline Jacques Chairs, appliances, household items bed frame

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the

LaRon Timmons Household Goods/Furniture, Tools/Appliances

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

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-04854

JUDY C. SIGLER a/k/a JUDY SIGLER, Plaintiff,

-versus-

WYNELL C. BARRINEAU, STEPHANIE CARTER, BONNIE HULSEY, and JOHN DOE, SARAH ROE, fictitious names representing unknown minor, incompetents, persons in the military, persons imprisoned, and persons under any other legal disability, and RICHARD ROE and JANE ROE, fictitious names representing unknown heirs, devisees, distributes, and the following deceased persons, H.S. CARTER, LARRY MARTIN CARTER, JEROLENE CARTER, and JUDY ENFINGER CARTER, Defendants.

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY of Charleston in the Court of Common Pleas

C/A No.: 2024-CP-10-04854

UNKNOWN PERSON WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED HEREIN; ALSO ANY PERSON WHO MAY BE IN THE MILTARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office, 21 Gamecock Ave., Ste. A, Charleston, SC 29407, 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 entered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.

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 September 26, 2024.

of Carolina Terrace, made by W.L. Gaillard, Surveyor, December 1939, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book F, at Page 51; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, more or less, as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear and being bounded as shown on the said plat.

s/ C. Mac Gibson, Jr. C. Mac Gibson, Jr. 21 Gamecock Ave., Sta. A Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 852-4646

TICE CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO ADOPTION OF THE CHILD AND FORFEITURE OF ALL YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CHILD.

G. EDWARD HAWKINS, III HAWKINS LAW FIRM, P.A. 2 Cavalier Avenue Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 225-7565

ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONERS

Charleston, South Carolina September 4, 2024

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

C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-02636

PNC Bank, National Association, PLAINTIFF, vs. Mary K Schneberger; Steven K Schneberger; Winnsboro Lakes Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S)

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

May 21, 2024.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION

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

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

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hutchens Law Firm LLP P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 20879-100709

Ami E. Calhoun, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, by virtue of a Deed of Phillip G. Rushton and Theresa S. Rushton dated November 12, 2003, and recorded November 24, 2003, in Book P476 Page 448, in the Office of Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS # 3540300104

Current Property Address: 2110 Fife Lane, Charleston, SC 29414

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

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

of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina.

TMS # 305-04-00-306

Current Property Address: 629 Halstead Street, Charleston, SC 29414

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

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF ANN STREET BRAND, LLC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ann Street Brand, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company (the “Company”), was dissolved on 07/08/2024. All creditors of and claimants against the Company are required to present their respective claims and demands immediately to the Company so that it can proceed to collect its assets, convey and dispose of its properties, pay, satisfy, and discharge its liabilities and obligations, and do all other acts required to liquidate its business and affairs. With respect to all claims, please take notice of the following:

1. Claims must be in writing and include the name of the claimant, the amount of the claim, and a short summary of the basis for the claim.

2. Claims should be mailed to the Company at Ann Street Brand, LLC, c/o Gavigan Law, PLLC, 10700 Sikes Pl., Ste 375, Charlotte, NC 28277, Attn: Timothy B. Gavigan.

3. A claim against the Company will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication date of this notice. Ann Street Brand, LLC

By: /s/ Thomas E. Wicker

Name: Thomas E. Wicker

Title: Manager

Date: 10/29/24 (704) 814-4460 tim@gavigan.law

Judy C. Sigler aka Judy Sigler v. Wynell C. Barrineau, et al, John Doe and Sarah Roe, fictitious names representing unknown minor, incompetents, person in the military, persons imprisoned, and persons under any other legal disability, and Richard Roe and Jane Roe, fictitious names representing unknown heirs, devisees, distributes, or personal representatives of the following deceased persons, H.S. Carter, Larry Martin Carter, Jerolene Carter, and Judy Enfinger Carter. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Kimberly Shelton, Esquire, as the 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, Kimberly Shelton is appointed as Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and person who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as John Doe), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as Richard Roe), all of which have or may have a claim to some interest in the real property that is the subject of this action, being identified as 19 Sycamore Road, County of Charleston, South Carolina (TMS# 418-00-00-030), that Kimberly Shelton 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 DEFENDANTS ALL

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION 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 abovenamed Defendants for the purpose of suit to quiet title and partition for the aforesaid real property.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REFER PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the expiration of thirty (30) days follow the service of a copy of the Notice of Intent to Refer upon you, the Plaintiff intends to seek an Order to refer the above-captioned action to the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, South Carolina, for the purpose of holding a hearing into the merits of said case, together with the authority to enter final judgment therein, and to provide that should any appeal be taken from the final judgment of the Master-in-Equity, as aforesaid, that such appeal shall be made directly to the Supreme Court of South Carolina or, alternatively, to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

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

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas, Charleston County, South Carolina, upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants to clear title to the subject real property hereinafter described and to establish ownership of the subject real property in the names of the lawful heirs of the late H.S. Carter. That said property affected by said Complaint in this action hereby commenced was at the time of the commencement of this action, and at the time of the filing of this Notice, are described subject property is identified at 19 Sycamore Road, Charleston, County of Charleston, South Carolina (TMS#: 418-10-00-030)

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 19, in Block K, on a plat of an extension

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2024-DR-10-2565

KARLA SOLEDAD GUZMAN JARQUIN and PABLO ANIBAL LIMA GONZALEZ, Petitioners, v. JOSE MANUEL PEREZ, Respondent.

SUMMONS

TO: JOSE MANUEL PEREZ, RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve your Answer to said Petition upon the undersigned attorney for the Petitioners, at his offices located at 2 Cavalier Avenue, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service and, if you fail to answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioners will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE FURTHER that if you fail to appear and defend and fail to answer the Petition as required by this Summons within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service, Judgment by Default will red against you for the relief demanded in the Petit’ NOTICE OF PENDING ADOPTION ACTION

TO: JOSE MANUEL PEREZ, RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE as follows: That an action for adoption of the minor child, Victor Manuel Perez Guzman, has been initiated in the Charleston County Family Court, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina; and Within thirty (30) days of receiving this notice you must respond in writing by filing with the Court in which the adoption is pending, A Notice of Intent to Contest, Intervene or otherwise respond; and The Court must be informed of your current address and of any changes in your address during the adoption proceeding; and FAILURE TO FILE A RESPONSE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF RECEIVING NO-

DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

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

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-02867

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

PNC Bank, National Association, VS. John E Calhoun; Ami E Calhoun a/k/a Ami E Copeland; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development,

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 19th day of September, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of December, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT PIECE, parcel or lot of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 45, Block C, Forest Lakes Subdivision, as shown on a plat made by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., dated March 2, 1979, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AM, Page 114; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat appear. SUBJECT to any and all easements, restrictions and rights of way of record.

THIS BEING the same property conveyed unto John E. Calhoun and

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

November 15th, 2024; November 22nd, 2024 and November 29th, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2019-CP-10-05136

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

Gateway Mortgage Group LLC, a division of Gateway First Bank VS Jerilyn Kuthe Leavell; Moss Creek Property Owners Association, Inc.; South Carolina Electric and Gas n/k/a Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 14th day of April, 2022, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of December, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

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

SUBJECT to all covenants, restrictions, conditions, easements and right of way of record.

BEING the same property

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

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

FOR INSERTION

November 15th, 2024; November 22nd, 2024 and November 29th, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-04979

R. WAYNE WIGGINS, Plaintiff, v. TONY SINGLETON and FLOSSIE COAXUM, both being deceased persons, their heirsat-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as: 4209 Highway 174 Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 061-00-00-034 and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and FREDERICK L. COAXUM, Defendants.

SUMMONS & NOTICE

To the Defendants above-named:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the

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

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

NOTICE OF FILING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on October 4th, 2024, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on October 4th, 2024 and the Order of Publication was filed on October 23rd, 2024 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated October 4th, 2024 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.

THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that tract of land in St. Pauls School District No. 19, and more particularly described as follows: Bounded on the north by the lands of the grantor now conveyed to Flossie Coaxum, on the east by the S.C. Highway No. 174, on the south by the lands of Ella Simmons, and on the west by the lands of the grantor now conveyed to James Seabrook and Charlotte Singleton, and containing three acres, more or less.

LESS AND ACCEPTING: All that tract of land in St Pauls School District and more particularly described as follows: Bounded on the north by the lands of Tony Singleton, on the east by S.C. Highway No. 174, on the south by the lands of Ella Simmons, and on the west by the lands of James Seabrook, and containing one (1) acre, more or less. Being property conveyed to Robert Holmes by deed from Tony Singleton, dated 2/4/1943, and recorded 2/26/1943, at V43-491.

LESS AND ACCEPTING: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land measuring and containing one (1) acre, more or less, situate, lying and being in St. Paul’s School District, No. 19, Charleston County, South Carolina and being more fully described as follows: Beginning at an iron stake on paved S.S. Highway No. 174 which said iron stake is the Southeast corner of the lands hereby conveyed and is located Two Hundred Ten (210) feet North of a County maintained dirt road and running thence in a Westerly Direction along lands of the Estate of Tony Singleton for a distance of Four Hundred Eight (408) feet to an iron stake and thence running in a Northerly direction along lands of James

Seabrook for a distance of One Hundred Five (105) feet to an iron stake and thence running in an Easterly direction along the lands of Flossie Coaxum for a distance of Four Hundred Six (406) feet to an iron stake on S.C. Highway No. 174 and thence running in a Southerly direction. along S.C. Highway 174 for a distance of One Hundred Five (105) feet to an iron stake being the point of beginning.

Being property inherited by Fred Singleton, Mattie Singleton, Bessie Washington, Isabelle Holmes and Flossie Coaxum as heirs of Tony Singleton, as evidenced by deed to Christopher Singleton, dated 3/10/1966, and recorded 3/21/1966, at E85-187.

TMS # 061-00-00-034

October 23rd, 2024

Date

s/Jeffrey T. Spell

Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 jeff@jeffspell.com Attorney for Plaintiff

by answering the Amended Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers of Knowles Law Firm, PC located at 768 St. Andrews Blvd., Charleston, SC 29407 within thirty (30) days 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 Amended Complaint.

June 6, 2024

Charleston, South Carolina

NOTICE OF FILING

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Amended Summons and Amended Complaint were filed on June 6, 2024 and the Lis Pendens was filed on June 11, 2024 and the Notice Nisi was filed on June 11, 2024 in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, South Carolina. FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire of P.O. Box 1173, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-1173, has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, underage, or under any other disability by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated the 12th day of June, 2024 and the said appointment shall become absolute thirty (30) days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, shall procure a proper person to be appointed as Guardian ad Litem for them within (30) days after the final publication of this Notice.

Respectfully Submitted,

June 12, 2024

Charleston, South Carolina

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

NOTICE NISI

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Civil Action No.: 2023-CP-10- 00947

HENRY BAILEM, IV, JOSEPH BAILEM, SHEILA BAILEM, DIANE JEFFERSON, MICHAEL JEFFERSON, SR., RASHICA COAKLEY, AND ANN BAILEM SIMMONS, Plaintiff,

v. COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT, DRB GROUP SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC f/k/a DAN RYAN BUILDERS SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC, MARIE P. HOWARD, LEWIS B. HOWARD, JR., LANELLE P. JOHNSON, WILLIAM BAILEM, SR., X SYVIER LYNN JOHNSON, SONIA MARIA SIMMONS, KENNETH DAVIS, JUANITA NELSON, TITUS HOWARD, MYEISHA HOWARD, JAMES HOWARD, AND JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, fictitious names used herein to designate the unknown heirs at law, distributes, and/or devisees of all persons claiming under or through the devisees, and any such persons who are minors or members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America, as contemplated by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Act, 1940, as Amended, and all persons entitled to claim under and through any of them, Defendants.

AMENDED SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend

approximately 1.67 acres of land as shown as Lot 1 on the aforementioned plat.

Subject to the easements as shown on said plat.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the north on lands of Ballam, to the west on John Ballam Road and Lot 2, to the east on lands now or formerly of Mitchum and to the South on lands now or formerly of Howard McManus and McCaster.

T.M.S. No. 561-00-00-074.

Rashica Coakley Tract (Lot 2)

All that lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston as shown on a plat by James G. Pennington, P.E., and L.S., entitled “Plat of lands of John Ballam Estate located in the Liberty Hill area of Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina,” dated July 23, 1986, and recorded in Book BK, Page 135, of the RMC Office for Charleston County.

Said property containing approximately 1.40 acres of land as shown as Lot 2 on the aforementioned plat.

Subject to the easements as shown on said plat.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the north on lands now or formerly of Flora Ballam, to the south on John Ballam Road, to the west on Lot 3, and to the east on Lot 1.

T.M.S. No. 561-00-00-090.

Michael Jefferson, Sr. and Diane Jefferson Tract (Lot 3)

Said property containing approximately 2.72 acres of land as shown as Lot 5 on the aforementioned plat.

Subject to the easements as shown on said plat.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the north on lands now or formerly of Isaac Wright Estate, to the south on John Ballam Road, to the west on Six Mile Road, and to the east on Lot 4.

T.M.S. No. 561-00-00-060.

John Ballam Road

Said property containing approximately 1.41 acres of land as shown as John Ballam Road on the aforementioned plat.

This copyright notice informs any potential user of the name EMMANUEL TYRELL DANIEL MILLER and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, emmanuel miller bey, an American National, In Propria Persona, Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express prior, written permission signifies the users consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC financial statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. Ninety-Two (92) as more particularly shown on Plat of Palmetto Terrace, surveyed by C.P. Collette, R.L.S, No. 1709, dated January 26, 1961 and recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Plat Book N at Page 30.

TMS No.: 229-13-00-055

Address: 5718 Glifton Avenue, Ravenel, SC 29470

Summons and Notice

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned at his office, 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2, North Charleston, South Carolina 29406, 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, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

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

INTO 38 LOTS, EXISTING PUBLIC ROAD PROPERTY LINE & RIGHTOF-WAY ABANDONMENT/ ADJUSTMENT, AND P.O.A. AREA, PROPERTY OWNED BY RHH LAND INVESTORS, LLC, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” prepared by Andrew C. Gillette, P.L.S. 5933-B of Parker Land Surveying, LLC, dated February 7, 2020, and recorded June 16, 2020 in the Office of the ROD for Charleston County in Plat Book L20 at Pages 0213-0215. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Lisa Jones by deed of Nija Nicole Hill dated May 31, 2022 and recorded June 16, 2022 in Book 1117 at Page 172 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 406-10-00-271

Property address: 4669 Palm View Circle, North Charleston, SC 29418

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Plaintiffs have applied to the Court for appointment of a suitable person as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown and known Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability, and said appointment shall become final unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf, within thirty (30) days of the service of this Notice, shall procure to be appointed a Guardian ad Litem for them.

Respectfully Submitted,

June 11, 2024

Charleston, South Carolina

AMENDED LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, which action was brought by the above-named Plaintiffs against the above-named Defendants to determine the rightful owners of the below described real estate.

That the premises affected by this action is located within the County and State aforesaid and is more particularly described as follows:

Ann Bailem Simmons Tract (Lot 1)

All that lot, piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston as shown on a plat by James G. Pennington, P.E., and L.S., entitled “Plat of Land of John Ballam Estate located in the Liberty Hill area of Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina,” dated July 23, 1986, and recorded in Book BK at Page 135, of the RMC Office for Charleston County.

Said property containing

Said property containing approximately 1.29 acres of land as shown as Lot 3 on the aforementioned plat.

Subject to the easements as shown on said plat.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the northwest on land on Cephus Wright, to the northeast on Lot 2, to the southeast on John Ballum Road, and to the southwest on Lot 4.

T.M.S. No. 561-00-00-091.

Joseph and Sheila Bailem Tract (Lot 4)

Said property containing approximately 1.20 acres of land as shown as Lot 4 on the aforementioned plat.

Subject to the easements as shown on said plat.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the northeast on lands of Cephus Wright, to the south on John Ballam Road, to the west on Lot 5, and to the east on Lot 3.

T.M.S. No. 561-00-00-092.

Henry Bailem, IV Tract (Lot 5)

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the 5 above-mentioned lots.

Respectfully Submitted, KNOWLES LAW FIRM, PC

s/ Brian M. Knowles

Brian M. Knowles, Esquire

768 St. Andrews Blvd., Charleston, SC 29407

T: 843-810-7596

F: 877-408-1078

brian@knowlesinternational.com www.knowlesinternational.com

LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT M. TURKEWITZ, LLC

Robert M. Turkewitz, Esquire

768 St. Andrews Blvd., Charleston, SC 29407

T: (843) 628-7868

F: (843) 277-1438

rob@rmtlegal.com www.rmtlegal.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

June 11, 2024 Charleston, South Carolina

This copyright notice informs any potential user of the name LISA MARIE JONES/MARTIN and all its derivatives that is intended as pertaining to me, lisa marie bey, an American National, In Propria Persona, Sui Juris, Proprio Solo, Proprio Heredes, that any unauthorized use thereof without my express prior, written permission signifies the users consent for becoming the debtor on a self-executing UCC financial statement in the amount of $500,000 per unauthorized use of the name used with intent of obligating me, plus costs, plus triple damages.

RDC File No.: 24-13663 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 24-CP-10-4426

PRG Land, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. E. Lowell Rinkenberger and Dorothy E. Rinkenberger, Defendants.

Lis Pendens

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws §12-61-10, et. seq., and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, upon a complaint of the Plaintiff abovenamed, against the Defendants above-named, for the purpose of obtaining a Decree establishing that the Plaintiff is the sole owner in fee simple of the title to the property described in the Plaintiff’s Complaint, and that the Defendants do not have any right, title, interest, claim, estate in or lien upon the said property; that the premises affected by the said Complaint in the action hereby commenced were at the time of filing of this Lis Pendens described as follows, to-wit:

Notice of Filing

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons and Complaint, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina on September 3, 2024.

s/R. David Chard

S.C. Bar No.: 1190 Attorney for the Plaintiff 2050 Spaulding Drive, Suite 2 N. Charleston, SC 29406 (843) 554-6984 david@chardlawfirm.com

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-01188

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

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Lisa Jones a/k/a Lisa Michelle Jones; et.al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated July 12, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd DAY OF DECEM,BER, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land together with the improvement thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of North Charleston, County of Charleston, shown and designated as Lot 22-D as shown on that certain plat entitled “FINAL PLAT SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS 406-10-00-061, ASHLEY

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2023-CP-10-01369

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

Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Rosemary Cherban, and if Rosemary Cherban be deceased, any Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Rosemary Cherban, Deceased; et al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated July 14, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston,

State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 21 on a plat entitled, “PLAT

SHOWING THE SUBDIVISION OF TMS NO. 337-00-00-161

INTO MERIDIAN PLACE PHASE

1, LOTS 1-98, COMMON AREAS

A, B & C, AND NEW PRIVATE RIGHTS-OF-WAY, PROPERTY

OWNED BY MERIDIAN PLACE,

LLC, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,” by Richard Lacey, PLS, dated September 8, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 286 and 287, and dated October 19, 2000 and recorded in Plat Book EE at Pages 492 and 493 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina.

SAID lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

Please note that the above legal description has been modified to add recording information for the individual plat.

This being the same property conveyed to Rosemary Cherban by deed of John C. Boozer, Jr. dated August 13, 2001 and recorded August 16, 2001 in Book Y-379 at Page 024 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 337 06 00 021

Property address: 1341 Pinnacle Lane, Charleston, SC 29412

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-03462

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

EQUITY PRIME MORTGAGE LLC, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Joseph Adam Ocasek and Kimberly Lynn Ocasek, DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated October 11, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024 at

11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain lot, and any improvements thereon located, situate, lying and being near Summerville and Ladson, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as New Lot 1 and new Lot 2, on a plat of the “Subdivision of a Property of Kristofer C. Sekely (TMS# 385-10-00-016), described in Deed Book 0508 at Page 960, being a Portion of Tract B into Lot 1 (4.057 acres) and Lot 2 (0.500 Acres) located near Ladson, Charleston County, South Carolina,” which plat is duly recorded in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L17, Page 0425, said lot in general having- such size, shape and dimensions, more or less, as will by reference to the said plat more fully appear.

This being the same property conveyed to Joseph Adam Ocasek and Kimberly Lynn Ocasek, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by deed of Kristofer C. Sekely dated September 20, 2022 and recorded October 14, 2022 in Book 11432 at Page 294 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.

TMS No. 3851000016 (222 Fiddie Street) & 3851000034 (226 Fiddie Street)

Property address: 222 & 226 Fiddie Street, Summerville, SC 29485

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-03741

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

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2023-A, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Matthew Willis, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis, Deceased; et.al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated October 10, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public

Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 3rd DAY OF DECEMBER, 2024 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, and being in Sherwood Forest, on the south side of Prince John Drive, in Charleston County, South Carolina, and being shown and designated as Lot 25, Section A, on a plat of Sherwood Forest, dated August, 1953 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book J, Page 55.

This being the same property conveyed to Peggy S. Willis by deed of Henry Simmons and Marie V. Simmons dated September 7, 2007 and recorded September 14, 2007 in Book R638 at Page 420 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Peggy S. Willis a/k/a Peggy Lynn Willis died on March 27, 2016, leaving the subject property to his/her heirs, namely Matthew Willis and David Willis.

TMS No. 3500200053

Property address: 834 Prince John Drive, Charleston, SC 29407

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

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-04925

Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., Plaintiff

vs. The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Donald L. Green; Sadie Green; Deron Green; and Unknown Occupant(s), Defendants .

TO THE DEFENDANT(S):

The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Donald L. Green; 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 October 2, 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 December 18, 1997 and given and delivered by Defendant(s) Donald L. Green to Oasis Housing in the original principal sum of Forty Nine Thousand Thirty One and 77/100 Dollars ($49,031.77). Said collateral is described as a 1998 CYPR VIN: GMHGA4409717731A\B mobile home and is located in the County of Charleston, South Carolina.

RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC 2838 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29205 (803) 799-9993

Attorneys for Plaintiff 6438

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-04323

NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, Plaintiff vs. Robert F. Shier, III, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Corey King, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) Robert F. Shier, III:

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 August 27, 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 Robert F. Shier, III to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing bearing date of May 27, 2016 and recorded June 10, 2016 in Mortgage Book 0560 at Page 104 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 Nine Hundred Seventeen and 00/100 Dollars ($112,917.00). Thereafter, the mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff by assignment dated July 10, 2024 and recorded August 1, 2024 in Deed Book 1259 at Page 992 in said ROD Office., and that the premises effected by said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof are situated in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is described as follows: All that certain lot, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 32, Block 41, in Pepperhill No. 8 Subdivision and which lot is more particularly shown and designated on a plat entitled “Plat Showing Pepperhill No. 8, City of North Charleston, Charleston County, SC” by C. Rogers Jennings, RLS, and which plat is recorded in Plat Book AR at Page 10 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, SC. Said lot reference to said plat more fully appear.

TMS No. 395-06-00-081

Property Address: 3433 Smoketree Court, North Charleston, SC 29420

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC Post Office Box 11412 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 Telephone (803) 799-9993 Attorneys for Plaintiff 6451

SC Home Offer, LLC

v. F. Kirk Patterson; Gary P. Patterson; Michael B. Patterson

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: You are hereby summoned and notified that an action has been filed against you in the Greenville County, SC court in action number 2024-CP-2302853. You have thirty (30) days from the last date of publication of this notice to answer the complaint. You must also serve a copy of your answer 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.

Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC

S. Lindsay Carrington 408 East North Street Greenville, SC 29601 864-272-0556 6450

Lands of Sallie Manigault’s Estate”, said plat having been made on April 2, 1981 by George D. Sample, PE & LS. The said plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AT at Page 13. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings and will be reference to said more fully at large appear. Being the same property conveyed unto Willie Simmons, Jr. by deed from James H. Simmons, dated June 8, 1999 and recorded June 14, 1999 in Deed Book L328 at Page 53 in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina; thereafter, upon information and belief, Willie Simmons, Jr. passed on March 1, 2023 leaving the Property to his heirs, namely Patrice Simmons and Glynice Simmons.

TMS No. 7290000066

Property Address: 1124 Sallie Manigault Lane, McClellanville, SC 29458

I N THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Colonial Savings, F.A., PLAINTIFF versus James R. Ryan, Amy E. Ryan, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, River Towne Property Owners Association, and Synchrony Bank, DEFENDANT(S).

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-01297

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

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

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

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. 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. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.8750%. 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. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993 FOR INSERTION November 15, 2024, November 22, 2024, November 29, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 6469

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 10th day of October, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of December, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Mount Pleasant, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, located in Rivertowne and shown and designated as Lot 49, Rivertowne, Phase 4, Section 3, Tract 2, on a plat entitled “Final Subdivision Plat of Phase 4, Section 3, Tract 2, Rivertowne, owned by: D.R. Horton, Town of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina”, prepared by Thomas and Hutton Engineering Co., dated May 17, 2002, and recorded August 16, 2002, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book EF Pages 831 and 832. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. Together with all and singular, the rights, members, hereditaments and appurtenances to the said premises belonging or in anywise incident of appertaining. Being the same property conveyed to James R. Ryan and Amy E. Ryan, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by deed of D.R. Horton, Inc., dated September 26, 2005 and recorded September 29, 2005 in Deed Book V555 at Page 159.

TMS No. 5830500219 Property Address: 2187 North Marsh Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

Since a deficiency judgment is being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the date of sale, pursuant to S.C. Code ANN. Section 15-39720, (1976), to close on January 2, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. The deficiency judgment may be waived by the Plaintiff upon written request prior to sale. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. 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. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.7500%. 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. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day

upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993 FOR INSERTION November 15, 2024,

DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME

PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JESSE

W. SWEATMAN JR. AND PHYLLIS

M. SWEATMAN BY DEED OF ALICE NATALIE TANKERSLEY SWEATMAN (RESERVING A LIFE ESTATE UNTO HERSELF)

DATED JUNE 29, 2000 AND RECORDED JULY 11, 2000, IN BOOK Y-350, PAGE 416, PHYLLIS M. SWEATMAN CONVEYED HER INTEREST TO JESSE W. SWEATMAN JR. BY DEED

DATED JANUARY 28, 2009 AND RECORDED JANUARY 29, 2009, IN BOOK 0032, PAGE 218, IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

URRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 409 Cheves Drive, Charleston, SC 29412

Parcel No. 424-05-00-055

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 # 23-53435 FOR INSERTION November 15, 22, 29, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 6346

public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 3rd day of December, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL that certain lot, piece, parcel, or tract of land, which is a portion of Lot 16 of the Phillip Tract in Christ Church Parish, County of Charleston, as shown on a Plat made by T.A. Huguerin, Surveyor, of record in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book B at Page 85. Also includes a mobile/ manufactured home, a 2004 CLAY VIN: OHC014394NCAB BEING the same property conveyed to Althea D. Capers by deed of Hendesce Capers, Melvina Tillman, Benjamin Capers, Kenneth Capers, Herbert Lee Singleton, Patricia C. Graham, and Henry Capers, dated July 29, 2004 and recorded October 12, 2004 in Deed Book K512 at Page 157. Thereafter, Althea D. Capers nka Althea D. Green aka Althea D. Capers-Green conveyed one-half of her interest in the Property to Jessie Nathan Green, III, which deed was recorded March 31, 2011 in Deed Book 0179 at Page 667.

TMS No. 583-00-00-034 MH00051282 (MH) Property Address: 2927 Canyon Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466

and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993

FOR INSERTION November 15, 2024, November 22, 2024, November 29, 2024

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C.A. NO.: 2023-DR-10-3338

MICHAEL R. JUTRAS, Plaintiff, V. ZHANNA TAGI-ZADE, Defendant.

SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you (and which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of Court) and to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscriber, at his office located at 925-D Wappoo Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days after the date of such service, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

THE MCMILLIAN LAW FIRM BY: _/s/ William J. McMillian, III_ William J. McMillian, III (SC Bar #: 68314)

925-D Wappoo Road

Charleston, South Carolina 29407

Phone: (843) 900-1306

Fax: (800)861-3096

Email: jay@mcmillianlawsc.com

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

October 18, 2024 Charleston, South Carolina

“THE FOLLOW-UP” —there’s a replacement.

Across

1. Swedish automaker

5. Long-lasting style

9. Fighting words

14. Experienced

15. WWII opponent

16. Specialized market

17. British elevator that flat-out doesn’t work?

19. Does a vet’s job

20. Greek vowel

21. “___ be here soon”

22. Move briskly

23. Movie star known for silly and bumbling characters?

27. Rubber squeakers, e.g.

30. A in German class

31. Floating out there

32. California’s La ___ Tar Pits

33. Med. insurance option

36. “This event totally reminds me of a traveling carnival”?

41. Musical aptitude

42. “___ Calm and Carry On”

43. Cuba libre garnish

44. Served as

45. 2015 Emily Blunt crime film

48. Two focuses of a Grateful Dead-themed vegan restaurant?

52. Company found at many airports

thereafter. ALL THAT LOT, PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON JAMES ISLAND IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE AFORESAID, AND BEING KNOWN BY THE NUMBER

TWENTY-ONE (21), ON A PLAT OF DOG WOOD PARK, MADE BY JOHN MCCRADY COMPANY

MARCH, 1946 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK F, PAGE 235 ON APRIL 3, 1946. SAID LOT HAVING

SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS

AS ARE SHOWN THEREON, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A FULLER

53. “South Pacific” Tony winner Pinza

54. Rubber duckie’s home

57. ___ Sark (scotch brand)

59. Group that reports on a single Greek island?

61. “Ignore that last comment”

62. “What’s Hecuba to him, ___ to Hecuba”: Hamlet

63. “Because of the Times” group Kings of ___

64. Cares for

65. General ___ chicken

66. Office furniture

Down

1. Out of trouble

2. Touch upon

“Dark Angel” actress Jessica

Arthur of “The Golden Girls”

Minuscule

Napoleon and Peron, for example

Rummage (through)

Ariz. setting all year long

Contacts

Go quietly (around)

12. “Stop kidding around!”

13. Avian homes

18. Napoleon Dynamite’s uncle

23. Trading card figure

24. Soft ball substance

25. “Mon ___!” (French cry)

26. ___ empty stomach

27. Go out with

28. Accident-preventing org.

29. Equipment

32. Fast jazz subgenre

33. “Aquarius” musical

34. Rogers once married to Tom Cruise

35. Cookie that partnered with Coca-Cola

37. Furniture retailer with a blue and yellow logo

38. Recognized

39. Get out the message?

40. TV chef Bobby

44. Broken beyond belief

45. Defiant challenge

46. Van Gogh bloomers

47. Nile snapper, for short

48. Implied

49. Egg cell

50. Feel at home

51. Razzes

54. Swing support

55. Unusual crafts

56. Top or bottom bed

58. QB’s gains

59. “This is ___ normal”

60. Long familiar