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Porgy House faces uncertain future
By Stratton Lawrence
In 1934 when George Gershwin summered in a wooden house behind the dunes, Folly Beach was a very different place.
Big band music backed beauty contests held on the pier, and the roads to the island’s ends were shady, sandy thoroughfares.
The quiet aesthetic that inspired Gershwin to write the score to Porgy and Bess, including the iconic song “Summertime,” still exists at 712 West Ashley Ave. The home of writers DuBose and Dorothy Heyward looks much as it did 90 years ago, thanks to the restoration efforts of local architect and owner Myles Glick and his late wife, Kathy. Now, the house is on the market for $3 million. And as Glick passes stewardship of the Porgy House to a new owner, soaring home values, a lack of protection for historic homes on Folly Beach and the constant threat of hurricanes and rising waters leave the future of the landmark at risk.
Historical significance
The Heywards’ play Porgy and its subsequent musical by Gershwin mark a turning point in American literature where Black subjects became primary protagonists versus deferential characters, like Jim in Huckleberry Finn. The original Porgy was the first Broadway production to feature an all-Black cast. The Heywards’ roles in that integration are often overlooked in South Carolina history.
Recognizing that historical weight, Folly residents and local preservationists gathered Dec. 3 in the salon of the Porgy House to discuss ideas for the future of the home and the formation of a community action committee.
“Something special happened here,” said
“It’s not just the board-and-batten architecture,” Ward said. “That’s inspiration in itself, but it’s also the concept of the salon layout that’s so energizing.”
The Glicks felt that energy when they purchased the home in 1998, and Kathy shared it via private tours with writers and travelers until her passing in 2022. Her obituary highlights the “ultimate gift” she gave the community through the restoration and tours of the Porgy House.
The home continued to inspire writers during the Glicks’ tenure. Novelist Dorothea Benton Frank visited and made the home the centerpiece of her book, Folly Beach, and Charleston Stage director Julian Wiles wrote the musical Gershwin on Folly after repeated visits.
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North Charleston Mayor Reggie Burgess and city council members on Dec. 9 swore in Ron Camacho as the city’s new chief of police, officially beginning his tenure as the top law enforcement official in one of the state’s largest cities.
Camacho brings nearly three decades of experience in law enforcement with a robust track record of community engagement in a variety of roles, including as police chief for the Chambersburg (Pa.) Police Department.
“Chief Camacho is a dedicated and visionary leader who understands the needs of our diverse community,” Burgess said. “We are excited to welcome him to North Charleston and look forward to his contributions to making our city safer and stronger.”
Burgess also highlighted Camacho’s ability to work with internal components in the police department, his understanding of the needs of the citizens and his belief in the same community policing model that Burgess previously implemented in the North Charleston Police Department as evidence for his comfortable fit for the role. —Skyler Baldwin
“It’s South Carolina. Sweating’s what we do.”
community organizer Layle Chambers. “A South Carolina native-born son of aristocracy, a Midwestern girl who wrote plays, and a Jewish son of immigrants came here to write about the Gullah people in a way that was not condescending. If we do nothing, that could just be a memory.”
A tear-down vs. preservation
“This is not set up as a house but as a meeting place,” said Dr. James Ward, former professor of art and architectural history at the College of Charleston, as he gestured around the Porgy House’s second-floor salon. The room, framed by a central fireplace and encompassed in walls and ceilings of dark cypress wood, served as a social hub in the 1930s. As writers and socialites, Ward explained, the Heywards needed a place to isolate and a place to host. They could retreat to their small writer’s booth behind the house or gather with fellow creatives in the salon.
But since his wife’s passing, Myles Glick said the house has become a burden that he’s no longer able to properly maintain. He met with Folly Beach officials as recently as 2022 to discuss a sale, but felt that the city lacked the funding and desire to maintain the house. After making significant repairs, he put it on the market in June 2024.
The home and writer’s booth sit on a halfacre spread over two lots, one row back from the beach. Folly Beach has no program to recognize historic homes or incentivize their preservation. Instead, city law prioritizes flood compliance. Owners of a historic house not raised high enough— like the Porgy House — are limited in the amount of money they can spend to repair their homes (50% of the appraised value every 10 years).
Folly Beach voters opted to cap shortterm rental permits in 2023, meaning that buyers of smaller, non-flood-compliant homes have fewer options to balance
—Carlos, a fictional S.C. immigration officer, said to an overheated English visitor in Richard Osman’s new mystery, We Solve Murders .
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Seven shot, killed across S.C. Dec. 5 to Dec. 11
Robert Brown III, 40, of North Charleston, died in an apparent Dec. 3 shooting in a Lowel Drive apartment, according to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office. No arrests have been made as of press time.
Six others died in shootings in York, Orangeburg, Florence, Hampton and Newberry counties. Eight more were hurt in shootings across the state. Nationally, there were six mass shootings for the week, totalling 481 for the year.
Sources: gunviolencearchive.org; S.C. official and media reports
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The exterior (top) and interior (above) of the Porgy House today. It’s on the market for $3 million.
GOP factions fight for power in 2025 legislative session
By Jack O’Toole
For Republicans old enough to remember President Ronald Reagan’s once-hallowed 11th Commandment — “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican” — last week’s knives-out GOP infighting over leadership positions in the state legislature’s 2025-26 session might have seemed like a sin against party unity.
But according to long-time Palmetto State political observers like Beaufort Republican Sen. Tom Davis, it was just the inevitable consequence of now-unchallenged GOP power in South Carolina — and a clear sign of things to come.
“The larger a majority party gets, the more likely it is to splinter,” Davis told the Charleston City Paper this week. “Eventually, you start debating amongst yourselves instead of debating with the other side because it’s a foregone conclusion that whatever you promote is going to get passed.”
As a result, Davis says, the larger a majority becomes and the longer it stays in power, the harder it is to stay focused on issues with strong support in every wing of the party.
“Everybody comes to Columbia with different priorities,” Davis said, noting that today’s GOP majority is made up of social conservatives, libertarian conservatives and populist conservatives. “So you start with the issues everyone agrees on, but sooner or later you get to a point where you’ve exhausted those and then it’s a question of which faction will hold sway with the remaining issues.”
And that broader intra-party fight, most political watchers say, is what South Carolinians saw begin to play out last week in the General Assembly — particularly in the House, where Speaker Murrell Smith, R-Sumter, had to fend off a leadership challenge from members of the comparatively small, but hard-right S.C. Freedom Caucus.
A hard-right perspective
Controversial since its founding in 2022, the 17-member S.C. House Freedom Caucus quickly rose to prominence in Palmetto State politics by publicly accusing GOP leaders of selling out conservative principles in service of what it calls a moderate, “Uniparty” agenda.
Tensions arising from those charges broke out repeatedly on the House floor in the 2023-24 session, with one GOP member going so far as donning a tinfoil hat to mock the group’s support for making gold and silver legal tender in the state.
“I want you to support this amendment because I want you to stop thinking, too,” S.C. Rep. Micah Caskey, R-Lexington, said sarcastically from the rostrum, hat on head. “This allows us to trade genie lamps in for our parking tickets.”
But according to the new chair of Freedom Caucus, S.C. Rep. Jordan Pace of Berkeley county, its members are simply holding Republicans accountable for their promises.
“We just want people to vote the way they campaign,” Pace said in a Dec. 9 interview.
“When somebody campaigns as a solid conservative and they don’t vote that way, well, that’s what we have a problem with.”
Moreover, he argues, the group’s agenda of deep tax and spending cuts, closed party primaries and further action on social issues like a no-exceptions ban on abortion are precisely what voters gave Republicans a supermajority to do.
That’s why caucus members challenged Smith last week, he said, and why they plan to keep fighting for what they see as governmental and political reform throughout the next session.
“Whoever is in power determines policies,” Pace said. “And in recent memory, people in leadership positions have been more willing to broker deals with the Democrats and the moderate wing of the Republican caucus than they are with the conservatives.”
Institutionalists vs. populists
Republican insiders tell the City Paper that this escalating fight between idealogues like Pace and institutionalists such as Smith will determine the shape of major legislation as the session gets underway in January.
And according to some, the greatest political strength of the caucus — its unwillingness to compromise on what members say are core principles — is also its greatest weakness when it comes to getting things done.
“They wouldn’t like to hear this, but they would be more effective if they looked for common ground,” said longtime Republican consultant Chip Felkel. “One of the things they don’t understand is that compromise is not a four-letter word.”
At least to date, Felkel says, that attitude has been the source of much of their own frustration.
“They see themselves as enlightened warriors for truth and justice,” Felkel said. “But they tend to waste time fighting about bills that have no chance of passing and then attacking leadership because they didn’t get their way.”
On the Senate side, Davis sees much the same battle shaping up, with a growing hard-right populist contingent agitating for institutional changes to make the body more responsive to the wishes of GOP primary voters.
“There’s a tension between those who want the Senate to act with more dispatch, and those of us who see the Senate as the chamber that deliberates and has checks and balances that allow everyone to be heard,” Davis said.
Majority of preschool suspensions are Black students, data shows
By Herb Frazier
Seventy percent of the preschool suspensions in the Charleston County School District (CCSD) after August 2020 involved a Black child, according to four years of the district’s data.
But from the 2021 school year through 2024, 24% of the 714 suspension incidents involved White children and nearly 5% involved Latinx students, according to the data.
It is difficult to clearly report the race and gender of students of the 3- to 5-year old students who were suspended because of how the data is reported. But school officials and an education advocacy group generally agree Black children spend the most time out of the classroom because of behavioral issues.
They do not agree, however, on how to interpret the data or the reasons for a higher suspension rate for Black students. For example, the school district’s analysis included data involving pre-kindergarteners (PK-3 and PK-4), but not kindergarteners. They also don’t agree with how to fix the problem.
Andy Pruitt, CCSD’s director of communications, said educators acknowledge and are “deeply concerned about the disparities in discipline and achievement data between students of color and their White peers. These inequities are unacceptable, and we are committed to taking meaningful, decisive action to address them.”
The school district recently released the suspension data to the Beloved Early Education and Care (BEE) Collective, a Tri-county advocacy group, and its research partner, Impact Stats in Buffalo, N.Y. The groups requested the data under the state’s Freedom of Information Act.
In its analysis of the suspension data, Impact Stats said Black children suspension rates spiked to 80% during the 2023-24 school year. Its analysis included kindergarteners.
The district, however, disagrees with that finding, saying Impact Stats used a non-
standard approach in its analysis, which led to inflated disparities. The group’s analysis focused on incidents rather than students, ignoring that a small percentage of students were suspended more than once, Pruitt said.
But Dr. Melodie Baker, Impact Stats’ president and CEO, said the data from the school district “only focused on gender, race and incidents. They did not provide enrollment or the number of 3-5 year old students who were suspended more than once so we couldn’t produce that information if we wanted to.”
Pruitt said the district has a “wellestablished system for assigning consequences based on specific, well-defined student behaviors, which is laid out in the Progressive Discipline Plan.”
Pruitt said the BEE Collective and Impact Stats offered an inaccurate and distorted portrayal of the district’s disciplinary data which may “mislead the community, hinder collaboration efforts and misrepresent the district’s significant progress toward equitable disciplinary practices.”
The district is continuing a long-standing practice of closely monitoring suspensions, he said. The monitoring is even more important this school term because suspensions spiked to 219 incidents involving 103 students during the 2023-24 school year, according to district data. That data does not provide the students’ race or gender.
Meeting postponed
Early this year, the BEE Collective and Impact Stats released a report, “Facing a Broken System,” that accused the district of unfairly suspending more Black children than White students. The American Heart Association’s Voices for Kids initiative funded the report, which recommended steps that policymakers, educators and parents can take to reduce suspensions.
On Dec. 6, the district served Treva Williams, the BEE Collective’s campaign manager, with a four-page letter asking the group to “cease misrepresenting student data
for questionable motives” or face legal action.
The district’s staff attorney, Lindsay Anne Thomas, wrote that the BEE Collective “attributes gaps in suspension rates to systemic, racist funding practices with very limited evidence.”
The BEE Collective and the district were scheduled to meet recently, but the district cancelled the meeting, Williams said.
“Why does the district insist on using suspensions as a tactic to address behavioral problems when it clearly doesn’t work?”
Williams asked during an interview. “I hope the district puts in as much energy into addressing their massive disparities as they do claiming we are sharing skewed data.”
Baker said, “As research scientists, we stand by our methodology, which is consistent with practices endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and other reputable organizations. … Their statement lacks research support and citations, unlike our findings.”
The district’s focus on incidents rather than individual students distorts the analysis, Baker said. “[It] fails to recognize the significance of the findings,” she said. “The concentration of suspensions among a small number of students can reflect systemic biases and highlight the need for targeted interventions.”
Pruitt said suspensions are the last resort and are only used when “all preventative measures and interventions have been exhausted, and a child’s actions pose a serious safety risk.
“We will continue to intentionally focus on providing all students with increased wrap-around services, community support, outreach, and family engagement to curb behaviors that lead to disciplinary measures,” he said. “Recognizing the importance of maximizing classroom time for all children, CCSD has implemented intentional strategies to manage challenging behaviors and reduce reliance on disciplinary measures.”
For a breakdown of the data, visit charlestoncitypaper.com.
A North Charleston man on Nov. 30 reportedly tried to pay for food from a local food truck near Rivers Avenue with a fake $100 bill. When the truck owner called him out for the scam, the man quickly grabbed $40 from the tip jar on the counter and ran. Police later caught the suspect and arrested him for the theft.
Two-for-one deal
A Charleston man on Nov. 28 reported his white Bildabike bicycle stolen to city police. The bike was reportedly secured with a chain and combination lock — which were also stolen. According to reports, the bike was last seen a week ago, which coincidentally is also the last time temperatures were reasonable for bike-riding. He should have nabbed a snowmobile.
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cash flow with personal use. Home values have dropped, exacerbated by national trends, and many older homes are now effectively worth their lot value. The only rule to discourage tearing down a historic home is the $5,000 cost of a demolition permit for a home more than 50 years old, versus $500 for a newer home. The city has issued 10 demolition permits since January 2023, equating to the loss of an existing home on Folly Beach every twoand-a-half months.
That’s not the future Glick wants for the Porgy House, whose two lots could legally accommodate two new homes with marsh and ocean views from their top floors.
“I don’t want anybody tearing it down or even moving it over to one lot,” Glick said. “I want to preserve Kathy’s legacy. I want it to look the same way it does now, on the same property.”
Glick said that an easement will accompany the home’s sale to assure that the house is preserved in place and prevent the construction of a modern home on the lot. But nothing is in place today, and at a $3 million price tag, no serious buyers have
stepped up since it was listed in June.
“The Porgy House is clearly the most outstanding cultural site for Folly,” said Nancy Moore of the island’s tourism and visitor promotions committee. That group proposed a historic marker for the house earlier in 2024, only to discover that a similar initiative was underway by the local Exchange Club.
“It’s an indication of interest more than a lack of organization,” said Moore of an overlap she partially attributes to the home going on the market.
For an expanded version of this story, visit charlestoncitypaper.com.
Nope, just that bad Mount Pleasant police on Dec. 8 pulled over a man for being unable to keep his car in a single lane on Interstate 526. Officers determined he did not have a valid driver’s license. They conducted a field sobriety test, which the driver passed, meaning he wasn’t drunk — he was just really that bad behind the wheel. The car was towed. The driver was picked up by a friend and not charged.
By Skyler Baldwin
Illustration by Steve Stegelin
The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Nov. 28 and Dec. 8.
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No education in third kick of voucher mule
South Carolina Republicans have tried to craft a private school voucher plan that could pass constitutional muster for years — and twice since 2020. Both recent incidents got them a solid “F” from the state Supreme Courts.
S.C. Senate Education Committee Chairman Greg Hembree’s response heading into 2025? Hold my beer.
The new plan from Hembree (R-Horry), which was unveiled at a committee hearing this week, is substantially similar to previous GOP efforts in that it funnels public money into private schools. Which, of course, is precisely what the Supreme Court keeps trying to tell them is unconstitutional.
But Hembree now says he’s cracked the code — that one weird trick that will magically make vouchers legal in South Carolina.
Under this plan, the legislature would pay for the vouchers with state lottery money instead of state general fund money. And everybody knows that lottery money isn’t really public money. Right. Even though it’s sitting in state bank accounts. And even though state legislators like Hembree are the public’s stewards to spend it.
But as critics have pointed out, the real problem with voucher efforts is that they don’t pass the laugh — or public smell — test. Why? Because they use public money to pay for private schools. And that’s just wrong.
As S.C. Education Association President Sherry East told the S.C. Gazette this week, the whole scheme amounts to “putting lipstick on a pig.”
“You can call it something different [with the lottery money] but the consequences to public schools will still be the same,” East said.
And as the latest test scores show, South Carolina’s children — more than 90% of whom attend public schools — can’t afford those consequences.
According to the S.C. Department of Education, fewer than one-third of 8th graders in South Carolina are currently doing math at grade level and only about half meet expectations in reading. And when you drill down, the numbers were even worse for minority students, as the City Paper noted in a previous editorial.
“In the 8th grade, just 13% of Black children are meeting expectations in math, 34% in reading. Unsurprisingly, the news for 8th grade Hispanic kids isn’t much better — 23% are succeeding in math, 40% in reading. And finally, perhaps explaining those two results, only 19% of students in poverty are working at grade level in math, 40% in reading.”
Long story short: S.C. public schools are already struggling to educate our kids in K-12 schools. And a voucher program that steals desperately-needed public resources intended for college students isn’t a solution for that problem, particularly when the voucher program is capped at 15,000 students, a tiny fraction of the state’s 800,000 K-12 population.
Perhaps the most famous words ever uttered on the subject of education in South Carolina were those of Democratic U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings, who once wryly noted, “There’s no education in the second kick of a mule.”
South Carolina Republicans, who’ve already twice ignored that bit of simple wisdom by failing to get vouchers past the state Supreme Court , should consider it carefully before they push through yet another voucher bill — and risk a third kick in 2025.
We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:
1. Deal with the water. Build a strong resiliency plan to harden infrastructure and make smart climate change decisions about development, roads and quality of life.
2. Fix roads, traffic. Repair and improve roads and reduce traffic. Speed up alternatives, including more public transportation.
3. Be smarter about education. Inject new energy into the broken Charleston County school board by focusing on kids, not national mantras.
4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.
5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.
6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.
7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.
8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.
9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.
10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.
The state program lots of people love
By Andy Brack
Take this column as a sign of things that are here.
The S.C. Department of Archives and History on Dec. 5 unveiled a new exhibit in Columbia about those historical markers — signs – you see dotted across South Carolina’s landscape. The exhibit celebrates the state’s collection of 2,000 markers spread high and low — from Table Rock to the Temple of Sport in the Lowcountry.
Eric Emerson, the agency’s director, said he’s constantly amazed at how much people enjoy the historic markers.
“In this age where everything is digital and apps and online and people want to access history digitally, that there is something tangible and out there in the public still generates interest among South Carolinians,” he said. “People love the program.”
Edwin Breeden, who coordinated the exhibit and helps to verify what’s on new markers, said the state’s marker program allows the department to partner with local groups to shine a spotlight on history and its relevance now.
“It makes people more aware of the ways that history is not just something that unfolds in other places,” he said. “It’s something that has real connections to places across the state.”
Back in 1936, the department, then called the S.C. State Historic Preservation Office, established the official state historical marker program. It’s one of the oldest programs of its type and, interestingly, isn’t filled with a bunch of hurdles. If a group wants a marker, it needs to do research, come up with wording, apply and be able to pay the $2,500 to $3,000 for the aluminum marker. But before the department gives its seal of approval, it verifies the information and ensures the proposal has local, state or national historic significance.
“We also usually do a lot of additional research,” Breeden said. “But it’s a fairly straightforward process.”
In an average year, the program approves 50 new markers. Here’s a look at some interesting ones:
• First marker: Long Canes Massacre, Greenwood County. The program’s first marker actually commemorates a 1760 Cherokee attack on 23 settlers in McCormick County, but is physically located just over the county line.
• 2,000th marker: Finley High School, Chester. The marker, unveiled in October, recognizes a 1950s-era equalization school erected during the state’s civil rights struggles. Alumni sponsored it. Gov. Henry McMaster, a big fan of the marker program, spoke at its dedication.
• A favorite marker: Table Rock in Pickens County. “That was a really fascinating project to work on because it was for a natural feature,” Breeden said. “It was kind of challenging to tell the history that wasn’t just reciting geological facts.” It includes the social and cultural history of the mountain and how it became an icon for the state.
• Reminder markers: Emerson said he is fascinated with markers in places that people wouldn’t know had history unless the markers were there. Examples are signs that denote Cherokee townships that have no trace today. Or a 2008 marker near Charleston International Airport that highlights the importance of a 1790s garden by French botanist Andre Michaux who imported plants that were tremendously important to American agriculture.
• Odd marker: Mars Bluff atomic bomb accident, Florence County. In 1958, a U.S. Air Force jet with a nuclear payload accidentally dropped an unarmed bomb used for a nuclear payload. While the warhead was not installed, the bomb’s high explosives detonated on impact, leaving a huge crater and destroying a house. “It’s an unusual story that a lot of people aren’t aware of,” Breeden said. Emerson agreed.
To see the agency’s new free exhibit on markers, visit the department Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: 8301 Parklane Rd., Columbia, S.C. The exhibit is open through March.
Andy Brack is editor and publisher of Charleston City Paper. Have a comment? Send to: feedback@ charleston citypaper.com.
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The new exhibit in Columbia
Here’s a survival guide for winter houseplants
By Toni Reale, special to City Paper
As winter settles in, plant lovers often worry about their houseplants. Are those curled leaves and lack of growth signs of trouble? Did they make it inside in time to escape the chill? What to do about a plant that’s too big to take inside?
Take a deep breath — your plants are likely just fine. They’re not dying. They’re resting. Like bears hibernating in winter, houseplants go dormant during the colder months, conserving energy for a vibrant comeback in spring.
Why do plants go dormant?
Like us, houseplants are creatures of comfort. According to the University of Georgia Extension Service, most indoor plants prefer daytime temperatures between 65°F and 75°F and nights above 50°F. But winter brings shorter days, lower light intensity and fluctuating temperatures, all of which send signals to plants to slow down.
Dormancy is nature’s way of protecting plants. During this survival mode, they focus on conserving energy — dropping leaves, pausing growth and soaking up less water. While they may look sleepy on the surface, they’re hard at work beneath the soil, nurturing their root systems for future growth.
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To help your dormant houseplants thrive, start by creating an environment that meets their winter needs. Here are some essential tips:
• Find the right spot: Choose a sunny, draft-free location. Avoid areas near cold windows or heat vents, as sudden temperature shifts can stress plants. Heat vents can also dry them out, causing browning leaves.
• Rotate regularly: Turn your plants every couple of weeks to ensure they grow evenly and receive light on all sides. You could also introduce a grow light for your plants that usually receive a lot more sun.
Water less, water smarter
Overwatering is the quickest way to harm dormant plants.
• The finger test: Forget rigid watering schedules. Instead, stick a finger into the soil about 1-1.5 inches deep. If it’s dry, it’s time to water.
• Bottom watering: Place pots on a tray and add water to the tray. Let the roots
While they may look sleepy on the surface, they’re hard at work beneath the soil, nurturing their root systems for future growth.
absorb what they need, which can take up to a day. This method prevents overwatering and reduces the risk of root rot.
Humidity: The missing ingredient
Winter air can be tough on tropical houseplants, which love humidity. Here’s how to help:
• Cluster plants together: Grouping plants creates a mini humid microclimate.
• Try a humidifier: A humidifier near your plants can work wonders, providing consistent moisture.
• Bathroom bliss: If you have a bathroom with good light, consider moving a few plants there to enjoy the natural humidity.
• Misting: While misting can help, its effects are short-lived compared to a humidifier.
Hold off repotting, fertilizing
Tempted to try out that pretty new pot you got for the holidays? Hold off until spring. Repotting or fertilizing during dormancy can stress your plants. Fertilizer, in particular, can do more harm than good. Instead, keep plants in their nursery pots and place them inside decorative pots for a temporary fix. If you don’t want to see the soil or the nursery pot, try putting a bit of Spanish moss on top.
Give those leaves a wipe
Winter is an excellent time for a little “houseplant housekeeping.” Use a damp cloth or soft paper towel to gently clean the tops and undersides of leaves. Dust-free leaves not only look better but also perform better, especially in low-light, low-humidity conditions. Plus, wiping leaves helps prevent pests like spider mites and mealybugs from settling in. With these tips, your houseplants will not only survive the winter but also flourish when warmer days return.
What To Do
SUNDAY
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29th Christmas Light Parade
Brilliantly lit floats and community groups will march up West Coleman Boulevard as the Mount Pleasant Christmas Light Parade sets sail to the delight of thousands of residents and visitors.
The festivities begin with a spectacular Pyrotecnico fireworks show, immediately followed by the start of the parade at Live Oak Drive traveling south and ending at the intersection of West Coleman Boulevard and Patriots Point Road.
Dec. 15. Parade starts at 5:30 p.m. Free. West Coleman Boulevard. Mount Pleasant. experiencemountpleasant.com
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SATURDAY
25th annual Holiday Market & Craft Show
Stock up on goodies such as fresh produce, baked goods, hot food, homemade preserves and handcrafted gifts created by local artisans. Come see this year’s assortment of Christmas ornaments, glass work, whimsical crafts and a wide variety of original art by locally recognized potters, artists, craftsmen and photographers.
Dec. 14. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free to attend. Mount Pleasant Farmers Market Pavilion. 645 Coleman Blvd. Mount Pleasant. experiencemountpleasant.com
THURSDAY
Ashley Hall Carolers
Feel the holiday spirit with a special evening of performances by Ashley Hall’s elementary school choirs. Enjoy classic carols from Jingle Bells to Deck the Halls, and embrace the holiday season with friends and family. And whether you’re coming for the carols, you’ll stay for the specialty cocktails and hot cocoa sure to warm your bones in the chilly weather. This event will take place on the Gabrielle Plaza or inside the lobby pending weather.
Dec. 19. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free to attend. Hotel Bennett. 404 King St. Downtown. hotelbennett.com
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Charleston Farmers Market
Browse through a bounty of seasonal fruits and vegetables, handcrafted goods and prepared foods as you explore the charming stalls inside Marion Square. From farm-fresh produce to food truck favorites, there’s something for everyone at the Charleston Farmers Market. Bring the whole family and enjoy live music, special events and activities for all ages in the heart of downtown.
Dec. 14. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free to attend. Marion Square. 329 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonfarmersmarket.com
FRIDAYS
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Fossil Fridays at Charleston Museum
Unravel the mysteries of the past with Fossil Fridays at the Charleston Museum, hosted by curator of natural history Matthew Gibson. A great opportunity for families of history lovers and dinosaur addicts, this weekly event lets you get hands-on experience with different fossils found in the Lowcountry and elsewhere. Gibson will also share what projects he is currently working on and help you identify your own fossil finds.
Every Friday. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free for members; free with museum admission. Charleston Museum. 360 Meeting St. Downtown. charlestonmuseum.org
Fünfrock delights Charlestonians with his French creations
By Connelly Hardaway
Chef Rémy Fünfrock is always busy. Always.
As the executive chef at La Patisserie, Hotel Bennett’s French pastry shop in Charleston, Fünfrock is constantly whipping up culinary delights for hotel guests and visitors alike.
Needless to say, the holidays bring an added layer of activity to the bustling patisserie. Fünfrock wouldn’t have it any other way.
“It just goes, goes, goes,” Fünfrock said of La Patisserie’s supply of daily goods. “It doesn’t matter what we put in the showcase — it just goes. So, that’s great.”
A James Beard Award–nominated chef, Fünfrock has been at the helm of La Patisserie since it opened in 2019. Before he joined Hotel Bennett, Fünfrock worked at The Sanctuary at Kiawah. The Lyon-born chef got his start in France, though, when he long ago decided that baking was far more fun than cooking.
French origins
After attending culinary school in France, Fünfrock decided he needed to give as much attention to post-meal dishes as he did to cooking in general.
“My goal was to maybe one day open a restaurant,” Fünfrock said. “And I needed to have good desserts if I had good food.” He worked in a pastry shop where everything was made from scratch, an important foundation for his future as an award-winning pastry chef.
He also tried his hand at the regular restaurant business in France. “And I didn’t like it,” he joked.
So, Fünfrock’s future was decided: The goal was to work only in pastry shops. Eventually Fünfrock was working as the pastry chef in Roger Vergé’s 3-star Michelin restaurant, Moulin de Mougins, about three miles north of Cannes, France.
Vergé introduced Fünfrock to Daniel Bouloud, owner of world-renowned Manhattan restaurant Daniel, among other celebrated dining spots. In 1997, Fünfrock moved to the United States to work as the executive pastry chef at Daniel.
Now firmly planted in the South, Fünfrock is passionate about introducing Lowcountry locals and visitors to French pastries.
“It has been a long process,” Fünfrock said of teaching customers about French desserts. “When we first opened everybody was like, ‘What is this? What is that?’ … People were not trying as much because it was so different from what they were used to seeing.”
Now, though, Fünfrock said customers trust the team at La Patisserie, and repeat customers return over and over for newto-them treats. Part of the learning curve
You’ll find daily delights in La Patisserie’s pastry showcase — and a life-size gingerbread house in the hotel’s lobby this holiday season
involves distinguishing between a bakery and a pastry shop.
“I am very attached to the fact that it’s a patisserie and not a bakery,” the chef said. You will not find donuts or cupcakes at La Patisserie. Perhaps, though, you’ll find a newfound love for a dessert you never knew you even liked.
“To change the perception of someone who doesn’t like a specific product and [for them to say] they love it shows that maybe everything they had before was not properly made,” Fünfrock said.
He said he loves watching customers’ faces as they take in the daily pastry showcase.
“All of a sudden, I see a big smile,” he said. “That makes me happy. They don’t have to say anything.”
Holiday traditions
Over the past three years, Hotel Bennett has started its own holiday tradition: the implementation of a life-size gingerbread house in the hotel lobby. Naturally, the hotel’s in-house pastry chef is in charge of the massive undertaking.
With 150 pounds of icing and 320 pounds of gingerbread, the monstrous pastry takes three months to design, bake and put together. While fun and whimsical, the gingerbread house doesn’t have any ties to traditional French celebrations.
“We don’t do that in France at all,” Fünfrock said.
Regardless, he gives the people what they want. And he and the team work hard to put together a delightful experience for all hotel visitors.
If you’re looking for a French holiday tradition, well, Fünfrock is happy to fill you in on some of his childhood favorites.
“The festive time of holidays [in France] is [centered] around food and, of course, desserts,” Fünfrock said. He reminisced about favorites like marzipan, chocolate-dipped fruits and pralines roses (pink sugar-coated almonds) from his hometown of Lyon.
Fünfrock noted that different regions of France have their own specialty desserts and traditions, and that while American traditions are not quite the same, parts of downtown Charleston itself remind him of Europe.
He likened Hotel Bennett’s corner of King Street to the location of a pastry shop where he worked in Provence.
“You have the church [across the street] and the square not too far away,” he said. “It gives me goosebumps now, just talking about it. We start early in the morning and around seven in the morning when we take a break, we have a cup of coffee or something and sometimes we go outside to get a bit of fresh air because it’s so hot in the kitchen.
“The sunrise is here and sometimes I just get out on the street and take two to three minutes to feel the sea,” Fünfrock continued.
“And it just brings back memories. So, all I want to do is go back into the kitchen and bake some more French stuff.”
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Cuisine
Local gifts for the foodie in your life
By Connelly Hardaway
It’s not too late to stock up on cool, local gifts for the Charleston foodie in your life. Here’s what we’re gifting this holiday season. Local cocktail company Bittermilk celebrates 10 years in the Lowcountry this year. The brand recently launched two new mixers — one is here for the long haul and one is seasonal (so grab it while you can). The Bourbon Barrel–Aged Manhattan mixer joins the company’s roster of classic cocktail mixers. Aged in Willet bourbon barrels, the well-balanced mixer is great with rye bourbon or soda water, if you’re mixing up a mocktail. Bittermilk’s limited-edition Espresso Martini mixer is blended with freshly-roasted, local Second State Coffee and goes well with vodka, rum, bourbon or soda water. Learn more at bittermilk.com.
What’s new
Chef Michael and Courtney Zentner of the forthcoming restaurant Merci officially opened their market space, Petit Merci, on Dec. 11. Adjacent to the soon-to-open bistro at 17 Montagu, Petit Merci sells a rotating list of freshly prepared foods such as focaccia and breads, soups, take-and-bake meals and pastries, along with a selection of produce and home wares. Customers can order coffee and espresso drinks made with Second State beans, too. Petit Merci will be open Wed. through Fri. from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more at merchichs.com.
Pitmaster Pat Martin, founder of Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint, penned a book, Life Of Fire: Mastering the Arts of Pit-Cooked Barbecue, The Grill and The Smokehouse, that’s perfect for the barbecue lover in your life. Pair it with Martin’s
Bar-B-Que’s sauce and spice set and your barbecue besties will be ready to get grilling (or smokin’) ASAP. The sauce set includes classic flavors like Alabama White and more intense, spicy varieties such as the Devil’s Nectar, described as “really, really, really” hot. Learn more at martinsbbqjoint.com.
Speaking of sauces, Kwei Fei has its very own chili crisp that’s perfect for adding to, well, anything. The “deep, umami-based spice” will, according to the product’s description, “move your palate into high gear.” Exciting! Buy the chili crisp online or in person. Learn more at kweifei.com.
I’On’s quaint wine bar, Saint Urban’s, is selling a decadent caviar experience this holiday season. The Beluga Box Caviar Experience comes in two different grades (00 and 000) and three different sizes (28, 20 or 100 gr). It also includes blini and crème fraîche. Call (843) 212-4269 or email Saint Urban’s hello@sainturbans. com to purchase and learn more at saiturbans.com.
Spicewalla Charleston, the brand’s first retail location outside of Asheville, carries all of the company’s new, seasonal releases. Head to 49 John Street or shop online for
goods like The Sauce, Spicewalla’s firstever hot sauce, the result of a collaboration with T-Pain, that was created with Western North Carolina–grown red jalapeño peppers. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Helene. Sales from another collaborative product, the Speculoos Blend, created with James Beard-nominated pastry chef Caroline Schiff, will benefit the Southern Smoke Foundation. Learn more at spicewallabrand.com.
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria recently launched a line of pasta sauces — perfect for gifting to Italian food lovers or those preparing their
Vicious Biscuit recently launched a holiday menu featuring seasonal drinks and food items. Guests can choose from drinks such as the white peppermint mocha latte or The Angry Elf, a creamy cocktail made with Bailey’s Irish Cream, Kahlua and Jameson Irish Whiskey. Pair your sips with a sweet potato biscuit infused with cinnamon and brown sugar. Learn more at viciousbiscuit.com.
The Obstinate Daughter recently added a cocktail made with local resident and actor/comedian Danny McBride’s new tequila, Don Gato, to its menu. The drink, Sweater Weather, is made with two kinds of Don Gato Tequila, plus St. George Spiced Pear, triple sec and housemade margarita mix.
What’s happening
Book your spot now for Sorelle or Frannie & The Fox’s Feast of the Seven Fishes Italian celebration meal. Sorelle’s multi-course menu will be available from Dec. 20 to Dec. 23. The $145/per person tasting menu will highlight seven different locally-caught fish and shellfish. Frannie & The Fox’s menu ($125/per person) will be available on Dec. 24. Look forward to dishes like tuna carpaccio, blue crab fritters and seared scallops. You can reserve tables at both restaurants at resy.com.
Firefly Distillery continues with its slate of spirited holiday celebrations this weekend. Kick off the festivities at the bourbon release party Dec. 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Head back to the distillery on Saturday for holiday spirits cocktail making classes at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 14. Learn more at fireflydistillery.com.
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Courtesy Martin’s Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint’s sauce and spice set is perfect for your grill master bestie
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Spice things up with Kwei Fei’s Chili Crisp (above) or Spicewalla spice blends (right)
Feast of the Seven Fishes dinners. Choose from options like marinara, tomato basil and arrabbiata. You can use the sauces on pasta, of course, or head to grimaldispizza.com to find more recipes. Local wine shop Graft has a monthly wine club, Extra Sauce, that includes more than just wine. While the bottles — selected by Graft’s sommeliers “with a commitment to sustainable, organic or biodynamic farming” — are great, the extras are nice too, from recipes for pairings, discounts on retail purchases and a custom tote bag. Learn more and
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Want more holiday cheer from pitmaster Pat Martin? Head to charlestoncitypaper.com for a recipe for creamed charred corn from his book, Life of Fire: Mastering the Arts of Pit-Cooked Barbecue, the Grill and the Smokehouse .
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Handmade local gifts illuminate season
By Sydney Bollinger
Pull out your holiday wish lists. Charleston boasts a prolific creative community — from clothing and jewelry designers to fine artists to leatherworkers. This means you can find exactly what you’re looking for — and then some — this giving season by checking out the wide range of artists and artisans right here in the Lowcountry. Need inspiration? Here are a few of our favorite handmade and artisanal gifts this holiday season.
Acrylic earrings offer bright, bold designs
In 2020, needing a creative outlet aside from her day job in graphic design, Rae Sumlin began designing jewelry using resin. Now she also works with acrylic to make unique, wearable art through her brand The Design Demon.
“I like working with acrylic, especially coming from resin, [because of] the durability … and customization I get to do,” said Sumlin, who also owns North Charleston’s Feminist Magic Market.
Sumlin creates all of her own designs in Adobe Illustrator before sending the files to a Glowforge, which cuts the acrylic into pieces.
“I like to describe it like Legos. You have your base Lego piece, and that’s what I’m attaching [the other pieces] to. I hand assemble from there, and a lot of my work has hand-painted details, so I use the engraving setting on my Glowforge and then paint in those engravings.”
Sumlin finds inspiration for her wearable art in movies, pop culture iconography, “good patterns” and bright pops of color. Some of her most popular designs include character portraits of iconic figures like Velma from Scooby-Doo and Wednesday Addams. She also makes artsy compact mirrors, as well as custom charm necklaces, the newest addition to her product line, which
offer a variety of horror-themed enamel charms in either gold or silver.
• Shop The Design Demon in-person at pop-up markets in the Charleston area or online at shopdesigndemon.com.
Simple, yet elegant leather wallets
Veteran Marcus Vause, owner of Harland Handmade and a Garden & Gun Made in the South Awards Style Runner-Up, is not trying to change the world with his handmade leather wallets — but there’s no denying his practical, built-to-last designs are the opposite of fast fashion.
Vause, who lives in Hanahan, first started leatherwork after buying an inexpensive kit and scrap leather. His skill progressed and he purchased Harland Handmade from a friend in 2023. Since then, he has been perfecting his minimalist designs with a utility mindset.
“Is it something you’re going to use every day? If it is, that’s exactly what I want to be pumping out,” Vause said.
He aims to use the best materials available to him and has a personal relationship with a tannery in Tuscany, Italy. As Vause has improved his craftsmanship, he has also come up with more intricate designs that spotlight his skill without sacrificing timelessness or quality. His best-selling wallet, the Emerson, is a stitchless number with space
for four to six cards and quarterfolded cash. Recently, he added The Cistern Passport wallet, inspired by a need he saw during his travels in Italy, and the Grove wallet, a unisex design.
Regardless of the item, Vause prioritizes functionality, durability and elegance. “[The wallets] are meant to be a product you keep forever, and I want people to be able to experience that at a relatively low price point,” he said. “We’re using materials that have been around for thousands of years, and the processes to make them have been around for thousands of years. For me, it’s three words: simple, practical, elegant.”
• Visit harlandhandmade.com to order a bespoke leather wallet.
Functional art for home, plus creative workshops
Daisy McClellan thinks about art in all parts of her life. The fiber and textile artist makes functional punch needle art and also employs sewing and natural dyeing techniques in her work.
“I have a very whimsical, fun style. I have three young kids that are five, seven, and nine, so everything I do is inspired by them and how they look at the world,” McClellan said.
She also finds inspiration in giving old objects new life. Many of her ice-dyed and indigo garments, for example, are made with thrifted clothing, making each piece unique.
In addition to creating her own art,
Candle-making class with local artist Daisy McClellan makes for a memorable gift
McClellan helps others grow in their creativity and artistic ability through a wide range of crafting kits and in-person workshops. She offers kits on handweaving and candle-making, as well as workshops on those same topics and indigo- and ice-dyeing.
“I think people have really lost touch with the importance of handmade and valuing that,” she said. “If someone’s receiving something handmade, they [know you] put a little bit more thought into it. They saw the [gift] and it made them think of you.”
• Find Daisy McClellan’s work at daisymcclellan.com/shop.
For more local and handmade gift ideas visit charlestoncitypaper.com
Harland Handmade is a veteran-owned local business specializing in elegant, long-lasting leather wallets
Spend your holiday break at the movie theater
By Kevin Young
Over the past few weeks, movie theaters have felt a boost in business due to bigbudget hits Wicked Part One, Gladiator 2 and Moana 2. With Christmas around the corner, these venues will be bustling even more, thanks to the arrival of five new releases — including a remake, a prequel, a sequel, a biopic and an original film from the folks at A24.
Mufasa: The Lion King
Families will get the backstory of an orphan named Mufasa on Dec. 19. You may have heard of him from the now-30-year-old animated Disney film The Lion King — a popular flick, inspired by a hack writer named Bill Shakespeare and his play called Hamlet. The Disney ’toon set 1994 ablaze upon release with its hero’s journey and memorable songs that remain as popular now as they were then. The Lion King not only sired a couple direct-to-video sequels and prequels, but also a handful of animated series, a long-running Broadway musical and a 2019 photorealistic animated remake that became one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time. It was only natural that Disney would re-re-revisit The Lion King property ASAP. In this prequel/sequel directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk), the film starts off after the events of the 2019 film, when Rafiki tells Mufasa’s origin story to Kiara, Mufasa’s granddaughter.
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
The following day, Dec. 20, families can go back for more film fun and see the second movie based on a beloved video game. This go-around, the Sonic franchise introduces us to a popular character, Shadow The Hedgehog, voiced by Keanu Reeves. For those not in the know, while Sonic is a blue good guy, Shadow is his dark rival. In Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Sonic’s OG nemesis, Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey), creates Shadow as a way to get his mojo back. When things quickly spiral out of control, the main antagonist of the Sonic world, Dr. Eggman, may find himself forming an unlikely alliance with everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog.
A Complete Unknown
Music biopics have always been a thing. But in recent years, thanks in large part to Bryan Singer’s Bohemian Rhapsody and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, they have become more popular than ever. This holiday season, Fox Searchlight and director James Mangold have decided to focus on the ascent of music legend Bob Dylan, played by Timothee Chalamet. Mangold’s film has faced derision from fans who have doubts about Chalamet capturing Dylan’s essence,
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and the overall biopic treatment. That being said, it should be noted that Mangold, the man who gave us Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, has also given us a few successful mainstream biopics in the past, like Ford V Ferrari and the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line. This Christmas Day, you can find out if the Dylan biopic is a genuine detail of a legend or just another Wikipedia entry filled with needle drops.
Nosferatu
Also landing into theaters Christmas Day is a movie calling all the film buffs with a darker holiday spirit: Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Terror. Directed by Robert Eggers, the film revisits the well-worn territory of F.W. Murnau’s popular 1922 silent film. Known mostly for being part of the unsettling German Expressionist cinema movement, Murnau’s film follows the titular vampire as he preys on victims and brings pestilence to a town. Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse), a director with a particular visual style, has taken on the remake with his tried and true obsessive focus on unsettling imagery and vibes. Playing the titular character (aka Dr. Orlok), this go around is none other than Pennywise himself, Bill Skarsgard. The film also stars Lily Rose Depp.
Babygirl
But, “Hey”, you’re likely saying to yourself, “What if I want to see a movie that’s not a sequel, or based on an old movie, a Disney classic or a popular musician?” An original, non-IP based option out there for movie lovers out there: Halina Rejin’s Babygirl. Written and directed by Reijin (Bodies Bodies Bodies), the erotic thriller follows a CEO, Romy (Nicole Kidman), who embarks in a torrid affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). Based on word-of-mouth and movie nerd buzz, Rejin’s movie has left audiences speechless, thanks in large part to Kidman’s killer performance.
Arts, etc.
Submit your art in the Pour House competition
It’s time for the annual mural competition at The Charleston Pour House in collaboration with Redux Contemporary Art Center. Selected artists will be invited to paint murals at the Pour House Jan. 24 through Feb. 9. Then, community members will vote for their favorites, who will take home cash prizes. To get involved, submit your art by Jan 3, 2025. Details at reduxstudios.org. — Chloe Hogan
Spoleto Chamber Music series on sale now
Subscriptions to the 2025 Spoleto Chamber Music series (May 23 to June 8) are now on sale. Attendees can look forward to an appearance by the acclaimed quartet Owls, performances of three world-premiere pieces by composer-in-residence Mahsa Vahdat and more. Buy a subscription package early and save by visiting ticketing. spoletousa.org/packages. — CH
‘Outsider art’ show opens at the IAAM
On Dec. 4, the International African American Museum opened its latest special exhibition, Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South The compelling collection features works by 28 African American artists, many of whom have been marginalized under labels like “folk,” “self-taught” or “outsider.” Unsettled Things is divided into three thematic sections: “Life,” “Spirit” and “Matter,” exploring the nuances of everyday existence. Included with museum admission, on view until May 2025. Learn more at iaamuseum.org. — CH
Book signing in Lincolnville
Dr. Edda Fields-Black will discuss her book, COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom during the Civil War, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dec. 14, at the Charles Ross Municipal Building in Lincolnville. FieldsBlack is a professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. The book is based on original documents written by a descendant of one of the participants of the Combahee River Raid, one of Harriet Tubman’s most extraordinary accomplishments. Sponsored by the S.C. Humanities. Free registration to this event is available at Lincolnvillesc.org. —Herb Frazier
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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on February 21, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Stacey L. Kaufman, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Stacey L. Kaufman, SC Bar # 12105, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, (803) 608-7417.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-08-2170
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
the date you receive this notice, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to respond to the Petition within the time stated, the plaintiff will proceed to seek to terminate your parental rights to the above-captioned child at the final hearing.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the final hearing in this case is scheduled for February 4, 2025 at 11:00 a.m in the Berkeley County Family Court, located at 300 B California Ave., Moncks Corner, SC 29461. If you believe you have parental rights to this child, you must make attend the hearing to assert those rights.
Sally C. Dey, Attorney for Plaintiff, SC Bar # 67778, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, S.C. 29461 (843) 697-7564
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-08-1515
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS NICOLE MARIELLE ERDMAN, CHRISTOPHER PAUL CARTAGENA, AND RICHARD LEFEVER, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN IN 2016, 2019, AND 2020.
TO DEFENDANT: NICOLE MARIELLE ERDMAN
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on August 16, 2024 at 4:06 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Stacey Kaufman, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
Stacey Kaufman, SC Bar # 12105, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, (803) 608-7417.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BERKELEY IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, John McCormick, Legal Department of the Berkeley County Department of Social Services, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service.
If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
John McCormick, SC Bar # 100176, 2 Belt Drive, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, (843) 719-1007.
DOD: 9/10/24
Pers. Rep: ELIZABETH MASTRANGELO 510 BUFFLEHEAD DR., KIAWAH ISLAND, SC 29455
Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********
Estate of: ROBERT LEE DYE, IV 2024-ES-10-2079
DOD: 10/29/24
Pers. Rep: ROBERT LEE DYE, III 1481 JARDINE LOOP, LITTLE RIVER, SC 29566
Pers. Rep: ANN POND DYE 1481 JARDINE LOOP, LITTLE RIVER, SC 29566 ***********
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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: STEVEN MAURICE KING 2024-ES-10-2077
DOD: 10/3/24
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.
VERSUS JOHN AND JANE DOE IN RE: BABY BOY (DOB: Nov. 2024)
NOTICE TO: JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Permanency Planning and Termination of Parental Rights regarding the minor child in this action, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County Family Court, on November 21, 2024 at 3:48 PM, at 300-B California Ave., Moncks Corner, SC 29461, and to serve a copy of your response to the Petition upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff at the address below within thirty (30) days following
DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-08-1926
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
VERSUS KATHLEEN DODDS, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN IN 2009, 2011, 2013, AND 2017.
TO DEFENDANT: KATHLEEN DODDS
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Berkeley County on October 16, 2024 at 2:26 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Berkeley County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina
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Estate of:
PHILIP JAMES BERGAN
2024-ES-10-2152
DOD: 11/14/24
Pers. Rep: DAVID A. BERGAN
5 WEST 86TH ST., #10B, NEW YORK, NY 10024
Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401 ***********
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2024-DR-10-3156
Eliana Ferreira Vieira Alves, Petitioner, -v-
Laurindo Do Nascimento Alves, Respondent,
IN THE BEST INTEREST OF: Ketellyn Vitoria Vieira Alves, a minor child under the age of eighteen (18} DOB: 12/2/2009
SUMMONS
of service. If you fail to contest, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings within the time aforesaid, your failure to respond will constitute your consent to the Legal Custody by the Petitioner, and you shall forfeit all of your rights and obligations with respect to the said Legal Custody from the Petitioner.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that you must file with the clerk of this court your current address and you must advise the clerk of any changes in your address during the pendency of the herein mentioned proceedings.
November 6, 2024 Charleston, SC
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING TO: THE RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a final hearing has been set in the above entitled action for 11:00 AM on the Friday, January 31st 2025 on the second floor Courtroom D, of the Charleston County Family courthouse.
Pers. Rep: CYNTHIA L. WILLIAMS 2939 BOHICKET RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Atty: ALLISON S. LEARD, ESQ. PO BOX 1857, GOOSE CREEK, SC 29445
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Estate of: RALPH MICHAEL MASTRANGELO 2024-ES-10-2068
Pers. Rep: LEWIS SPENCER KING 8246 GOLF RIDGE DR., CHARLOTTE, NC 28277
Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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Estate of: DAVON LAVELLE HIGGINS 2024-ES-10-2084
DOD: 5/4/24
Pers. Rep: KAREN E. JEFFERSON 4775 APARTMENT BLVD, #J12, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29418
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Estate of: CHARLES JOSEPH MCKINNEY, JR. 2024-ES-10-2095
DOD: 11/1/24
Pers. Rep: ANTHONY MCKINNEY 4308 CRANESBILL CT., WILMINGTON, NC 28409
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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: SHIRLEY JOHNSON GRANGER 2024-ES-10-2137
DOD: 10/12/24
Pers. Rep: LORI G. BARWICK-WRIGHT 3871 KAREN DR., NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29405
TO: The Respondent abovenamed: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Legal Custody, within thirty (30) days hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, by filing a copy of your answer to the undersigned attorney, Kenneth Edwards, Esquire, P.O. Box 1563, Hollywood, South Carolina 29449. If you fail to answer or respond within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be entered against you, for the relief demanded in the Petition for Legal Custody.
Dated this 6th day of November, 2024, at Charleston County, South Carolina.
NOTICE
TO: THE RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT an Action for Legal Custody, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk, Family Court for the ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, in the County Judicial Building, located and situated at 100 Broad Street, corner of Broad and Meeting Streets, Charleston South Carolina. 29401.
If you wish to object to the Action for Legal Custody, from the Petitioner, you should cause your response in writing to be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the herein mentioned Court within thirty (30) days of the publication of the Notice. You must also inform the Clerk of Court of your current address and subsequent address changes. Failure to respond within thirty (days) of receipt of this Notice shall constitute your consent to the above Action for Legal Custody from the Petitioner.
Dated: 6th day of November, 2024, at Charleston County, South Carolina.
NOTICE OF FILING
TO: THE RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to SCRCP 4 (e), the original copy of the Summons, Complaint, Notice and Notice of Filing and Notice of Final Hearing were filed in the Office of Clerk, of the Family Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, located and situated at 100 Broad Street, corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, Charleston, South Carolina. 29401.
IF YOU desire to contest, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings, you must file a written response thereto within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this Notice, exclusive of the day
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to be present in the Family Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, located at the courthouse, 100 Broad Street, corner of Broad and Meeting Streets, Charleston, S.C. 29406, at the aforesaid time.
Dated this November 20, 2024 Charleston, South Carolina.
Kenneth Edwards, Esquire P.O. Box 1563 Hollywood, South Carolina 29449 Phone: (843) 889-1011 Attorney for the Petitioner
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO: 2024-DR-10-3158
Eliana Ferreira Vieira Alves, Petitioner, -vLaurindo Do Nascimento Alves, Respondent, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF: Joao Pedro Vieira Alves, a minor child under the age of eighteen (18} DOB: 5/19/2014
SUMMONS
TO: The Respondent abovenamed: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Legal Custody, within thirty (30) days hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, by filing a copy of your answer to the undersigned attorney, Kenneth Edwards, Esquire, P.O. Box 1563, Hollywood, South Carolina 29449. If you fail to answer or respond within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be entered against you, for the relief demanded in the Petition for Legal Custody.
Dated this 6th day of November, 2024, at Charleston County, South Carolina.
NOTICE
TO: THE RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT an Action for Legal Custody, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk, Family Court for the ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for the County of Charleston, State aforesaid, in the County Judicial Building, located and situated at 100 Broad Street, corner of Broad and Meeting Streets, Charleston South Carolina. 29401.
If you wish to object to the Action for Legal Custody, from the Petitioner, you should cause your response in writing to be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the herein mentioned Court within thirty (30) days of the publication of
the Notice. You must also inform the Clerk of Court of your current address and subsequent address changes. Failure to respond within thirty (days) of receipt of this Notice shall constitute your consent to the above Action for Legal Custody from the Petitioner.
Dated: 6th day of November, 2024, at Charleston County, South Carolina.
NOTICE OF FILING
TO: THE RESPONDENT ABOVE
NAMED:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to SCRCP 4 (e), the original copy of the Summons, Complaint, Notice and Notice of Filing and Notice of Final Hearing were filed in the Office of Clerk, of the Family Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, in and for the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, located and situated at 100 Broad Street, corner of Meeting and Broad Streets, Charleston, South Carolina. 29401.
IF YOU desire to contest, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings, you must file a written response thereto within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this Notice, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to contest, intervene or otherwise respond to these proceedings within the time aforesaid, your failure to respond will constitute your consent to the Legal Custody by the Petitioner, and you shall forfeit all of your rights and obligations with respect to the said Legal Custody from the Petitioner.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that you must file with the clerk of this court your current address and you must advise the clerk of any changes in your address during the pendency of the herein mentioned proceedings.
November 6, 2024 Charleston, SC
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING
TO: THE RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a final hearing has been set in the above entitled action for 11:00 AM on the Friday, January 31st 2025 on the second floor Courtroom D, of the Charleston County Family courthouse.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to be present in the Family Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, located at the courthouse, 100 Broad Street, corner of Broad and Meeting Streets, Charleston, S.C. 29406, at the aforesaid time.
Dated this November 20, 2024 Charleston, South Carolina.
NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF HEARING
South Carolina Magistrate Court Charleston, South Carolina Case Number: 2024CV1010600750
Plaintiff: Jared Nicholas Hassard
Defendant: Steve Baugh and Felicia Baugh DBA Set in Stone
TO: Steve Baugh and Felicia Baugh DBA Set in Stone, whose last known address is 1952 Longgrove Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 and 1295 Horseshoe Bed, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 and any other interested persons.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a civil action has been filed against you in the Magistrate Court for Charleston County, South Carolina, by the Plaintiff
in the above-referenced case.
The Plaintiff is seeking monetary damages of $7500 for failing to honor contract dated June 5, 2023 and fraudulently holding deposit of $4575 and not returning it.
YOU ARE SUMMMONED and required to answer the allegations of the above complaint and present any appropriate counterclaims/ crossclaims within 30-days. Your answer must be received by the:
Clerk of Court
Small Claims - City 101 Meeting Street, 3rd Floor, P.O. BOX 941, Charleston, SC 29403
Phone: (843) 724-6720
Fax: (843) 724-6785
Email: citysmallclaims@ charlestoncounty.org
If you fail to answer within the prescribed time, a judgment by default may be rendered against you for the amount or other remedy requested by complaint, plus interest and costs. If you desire a jury trial, you must request one in writing at least five (5) working days prior to the date set for trial. If no jury trial timely requested, the matter will be heard and decided by the Judge.
You are further notified that this notice is being provided to you by publication as you could not be personally served with the complaint and summons after reasonable efforts.
Dated this 19th of November, 2024.
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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-10-05820
KENNETH MIDDLETON, Plaintiff,
v. IDA MAE FRIDAY, a deceased person, her heirs, distributees, 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:
2019 Baker Drive Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 472-04-00-032
and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the Military Service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against
you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on November 21st, 2024, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on November 25th, 2024 and the Order of Publication was filed on November 25t, 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 November 25th, 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: The eastern most portion, as more fully described below, of that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Charleston County, formerly Berkeley County, known and designated on a plat made by Richard C. Rhett, Surveyor, dated January 2nd, 1926, as lot No. C on the said plat, which is recorded the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County in Book N-33, at Page 15. This piece or parcel has been described in prior conveyances as being Lot D on the said plat.
Grantors are advised that the parcel hereby conveyed is apparently correctly described as Lot C, rather than Lot D; whatever the correct lot designation, it is the intention of grantors to convey all their right, title and interest in the property claimed by Ida Mae Friday at her death.
TMS # 472-04-00-032 November 26th, 2024 Date
s/Jeffrey T. Spell
Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553 Attorney for Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-03296
LINDA STOKES AND YOLANDA YVETTE STOKES, Plaintiffs, vs. JAMES ROBERT ROBINSON, ELIZABETH ROBINSON (Daughter of James Robinson) GENEVA ROBINSON, MARION ROBINSON, ADALIA ROBINSON, STACY ROBINSON, LAVONDIA SPENCER, JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons or legal entity of any kind who may be an heir, distributee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of any of the said Defendants, if any be deceased, and CLAUS MIDDLETON, JAMES ROBINSON, ELIZABETH ROBINSON, JULIUS ROBINSON, FLORENCE ROBINSON, LOUISE ROBINSON, VIRGINIA ROBINSON, ALBERTHA ROBINSON, MARTIN ROBINSON, JULIUS ROBINSON, JR., all of whom are deceased, any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcels of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein, and PERRY ROBINSON, Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon John J. Dodds III at his office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE OF FILING
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on June 27, 2024.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiffs to clear title to the parcels of real estate hereinafter described and to establish ownership of said parcel of real estate in the name of the lawful owners, free and clear of all adverse claims, liens and encumbrances whatsoever, saving and excepting outstanding real property taxes, as well as to effect a Partition In Kind of the said three (3) parcels. The parcels which are the subject of this action were at the commencement of this action and are now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and are more fully described as follows: ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, shown and designated as Lot 1 (1.62 acres), Lot 2 (1.10 acres) and Lot 3 (1.90 acres) as shown more fully on a plat entitled “Plat of the Subdivision of Lands of Claus Middleton
Estate, Located in the Snowden Section of Christ Church Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina” prepared by George D. Sample, PE and LS, dated July 30, 1978, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina (“ROD”) on October 25, 1978, in Plat Book AL, at Page 138. Said lots having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear. Being the same property conveyed to Claus Middleton by deed of Peter Major, dated January 15, 1913, and recorded in the (“ROD”) on January 27, 1913, in Book E-26, Page 265. Lot 1: TMS#: 556-00-00-010; Lot 2: TMS#: 556-00-00-247; and Lot 3: TMS#: 556-00-00-248.
NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on August 5, 2024, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465-0459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Claus Middleton, James Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson, Julius Robinson, Florence Robinson, Louise Robinson, Virginia Robinson, Albertha Robinsonm Martin Robinson and Julius Robinson, Jr., all deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.
John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 john@cisadodds.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS
unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Sanders Smalls and/or Leon Hamilton, if either or both be deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, and JIM WALTER HOMES, INC., Defendants.
SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon John J. Dodds III at his office located at 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 29464, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the date of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE OF FILING
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 19, 2024.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff against the Defendants to quiet title to, and confirm a tax title, relative to the following described real property, together with improvements, located in Charleston County, South Carolina, to-wit: All that certain lot, piece, parcel of land, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina and known and designated as Lot B-1 and as shown on a plat of the Joseph Deleston Tract made by Trident Engineers, Inc., dated February 3, 1981, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina (“ROD”) in Plat Book AT, at Page 15, reference to which is craved for a more complete and accurate description of the measurements and boundaries. BEING the same property conveyed to Sanders Smalls and Leon Hamilton by deed from the Heirs of Lavenia D. Gladden, Margaret Gladden, Wallace Gladden, Christina Ross, James Smalls and Thomas Smalls, dated February 1, 1987, and recorded February 23, 1987, in Book L-162, Page 95.Also, being the same property conveyed to Galina Bogatkevich by Tax Deed, dated March 18, 2022, and recorded in the ROD O on March 22, 2022, in Book 1092, at Page 248. T.M.S. No. 334-15-00-057.
NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
Hamilton, if they be deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein; such appointment to become absolute unless the said Defendants or someone in their behalf shall procure the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem on or before the thirtieth (30) day after the last publication of the Summons herein.
John J. Dodds, III 858 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite 101 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (P) (843) 881-6530 john@cisadodds.com
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF SUMMONS (COLLECTION – NONJURY)
Carolina, on November 8, 2024, at 8:08 a.m., the object and prayer of which is the recovery of a sum certain due Plaintiff by Defendant, CASSANDRA MONIQUE CDE BACA, and for such other and further relief as set forth in the Complaint.
s/Cynthia Jordan Lowery Cynthia Jordan Lowery #12499 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC 78 Wentworth Street Post Office Box 22828 Charleston, SC 29413-2828
Telephone: (843) 579-7000
Facsimile: (843) 579-8714
Email: cynthialowery@mvalaw.com
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December 6, 2024 CHARLESTON, SC
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-04868
NewRez LLC dba Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF, VS. Gary Melancon a/k/a Gary John Melancon; Sarah V. Melancon; and Henry F. Fishburne, DEFENDANT(S).
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT (241136.00229)
TO THE DEFENDANTS GARY MELANCON A/K/A GARY JOHN MELANCON; SARAH V. MELANCON; AND HENRY F. FISHBURNE ABOVE NAMED:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-04716
GALINA S. BOGATKEVICH, Plaintiff, vs. SANDERS SMALLS AND LEON HAMILTON, and if either or both be deceased, then JOHN DOE, adults, and RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents, and persons in the Military of The United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any
You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on November 26, 2024, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 294650459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Sanders Smalls and/or Leon
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CIVIL CASE NUMBER: 2024-CP10-5627
SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. CASSANDRA MONIQUE CDE BACA, Defendant.
TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is hereby served upon you and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 78 Wentworth Street, Post Office Box 22828, Charleston, South Carolina 294132828, or to otherwise appear and defend, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint, or otherwise to appear and defend, within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will obtain a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
November 8, 2024 CHARLESTON, SC
NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT
TO DEFENDANT CASSANDRA MONIQUE CDE BACA:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Complaint in the above-entitled action, together with the Civil Action Coversheet, Summons, Exhibits and Verification, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407, Columbia, SC 29204 or P.O. Box 2065, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 27, 2024.
AND CORLEY, P.A.
By: _/s/Angelia J. Grant
Ronald C. Scott (rons@scottandcorley.com),
SC Bar #4996
Reginald P. Corley (reggiec@scottandcorley.com),
SC Bar #69453
Angelia J. Grant (angig@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #78334
Allison E. Heffernan (allisonh@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #68530
H. Guyton Murrell (guytonm@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #64134
Jordan D. Beumer (jordanb@scottandcorley.com), SC Bar #104074
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407 Columbia, SC 29204 803-252-3340
Doe”) and any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability (which are constituted as a class designated as “Richard Roe”), it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is appointed Guardian ad Litem on behalf of all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”), all unknown minors or persons under a disability (constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”), all of which have or may claim to have some interest in the property that is the subject of this action, commonly known as 15 Ophir Drive, Charleston, SC 29407, that Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, constituted as a class and designated as “John Doe”, all unknown minors and persons under a disability, constituted as a class and designated as “Richard Roe”, unless the Defendants, or someone acting on their behalf, shall, within thirty (30) days after service of a copy of this Order as directed below, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians ad Litem for the Defendants constituted as a class designated as “John Doe” or “Richard Roe”.
SCPUBLIC
ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A NO. 2024-CP-10-05039
GITSIT Solutions, LLC, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Separate Trustee of GITSIT Mortgage Loan Trust BBPLC1, Plaintiff vs. The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of James Johnson, Jr.; Katrena R. Hanks, Marketa Hopkins, Romona PalmoreHaynes, James Johnson, III, Tercell Riley, Vonda Johnson, Jamell Foster, Damione Foster, Juanita Johnson and any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of James Johnson, 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; Charleston County Clerk of Court; South Carolina Department of Probation Parole and Pardon Services; Derek Lorenzo Grant; State of South Carolina; and The South Carolina Department of Revenue, Defendants.
It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the Appointment of Kelley Y. Woody, Esquire as Guardian ad Litem for all unknown persons and persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America (which are constituted as a class designated as “John
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall be served upon the unknown Defendants by publication in the Charleston City Paper, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action.
SUMMONS AND NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT(S) KATRENA R. HANKS, VONDA JOHNSON, DAMIONE FOSTER, JUANITA JOHNSON, 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; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above action, a copy which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 2838 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and, if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on October 8, 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 James Johnson, Jr. to GITSIT Solutions, LLC, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Separate Trustee of GITSIT Mortgage Loan Trust BBPLC1 bearing date of December 16, 2009 and recorded January 8, 2010 in Mortgage Book 0101 at
Page 476 in the Register of Mesne Conveyances/Register of Deeds/ Clerk of Court for Charleston County, in the original principal sum of Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($315,000.00). Thereafter, by assignment recorded December 20, 2011 in Book 0223 at Page 592, the mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, N.A.; thereafter, by assignment recorded October 18, 2012 in Book 0285 at Page 533, the mortgage was assigned to Champion Mortgage Company; thereafter, by assignment recorded April 14, 2015 in Book 0469 at Page 193, the mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, N.A.; thereafter, by assignment recorded October 9, 2015 in Book 0509 at Page 789, the mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, N.A.; thereafter, by assignment recorded January 4, 2016 in Book 0526 at Page 997, the mortgage was assigned to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; thereafter, the mortgage was assigned to the Plaintiff by assignment to be recorded 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 parcel of land in City of Charleston, Charleston County, State of South Carolina, as more fully described in Deed Book 95, Page 379, ID# 350-04-00-019, being known and designated as Lot 12, Block C, Section 3, West Oak Forest Extension, filed in Plat Book R, Page 39, recorded 12/04/1963. That certain lot, together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County and State aforesaid, shown as “Lot 12, Block C”, on a plat of a portion of West Oak Forest Extension Section 3, drawn by A.L. Glen, dated December 4, 1963, recorded RMC Office, Charleston County, Plat Book R Page 39, reference being had to such plat for a more accurate delineation of the dimensions, boundaries and measurements of such lot.
