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S.C. spends millions to support opioid crisis recovery efforts

By Skyler Baldwin

South Carolina’s $360 million portion of a national opioid lawsuit settled in 2023 is paving the way for hundreds of new initiatives and programs aimed at tackling addiction at the local level.

And that’s night and day from just a few years ago before former S.C. Rep. Eric Bedingfield took his role as chairman of the S.C. Opioid Recovery Fund (SCORF) Board.

“[The situation then] was incredibly bad,” he said. “I lost my son eight years ago to the opioid epidemic.

“We didn’t have these funds yet. It was kind of hysteria. There just wasn’t enough money being put into the system to combat what was happening around us.”

But that’s changed as the state has spread millions of dollars to fight the epidemic, Bedingfield said.

“We’ve addressed harm reduction and prevention programs, and we’re talking to more middle and high school kids than ever before.”

Prior to the release of settlement funds, opioid-related deaths were staggeringly high and climbing rapidly. In 2022, 2,296 people died due to a drug overdose in South Carolina, a 6% increase from 2021, according to the S.C. Department of Public Health. Of those, 1,864 overdoses were from opioids — and 1,660 were fentanyl. Death rates for 2023 and beyond have not yet been released.

A positive impact

Bedingfield said it’s difficult to see the impact the funds have had, as the SCORF Board is only just beginning to analyze incoming audit reports from the first year of funding. But he’s confident from what he’s seen that the money has made a difference in getting people into recovery.

Part of the reason he said it’s difficult to analyze is because the programs differ so vastly by community.

“Our communities are developing programs that are impacting them locally and giving us the opportunity to say, ‘Hey, every community is different. Everybody is going to have to tackle this differently.’ … These funds have been spent on critical needs that

“There’s a lot of fear when it comes to these programs because people tend to not view them as us trying to prevent someone from using drugs, but we’re thinking differently than this has been thought about in the past.” —Eric Bedingfield

will impact local communities far into the future. And they are definitely thinking outside of the box.”

those with substance abuse issues can come in and say, ‘I’m going to use, and I don’t have a clean needle,’ and we can help them.”

Rosemont elects new leadership

Rosemont residents Monday night elected the Rev. Christopher X. Buggs as president of the Rosemont Neighborhood Association along with a slate of six other new officers.

Rosemont sits on the Charleston Neck area between the Lanxess chemical plant, which emits a foul odor, and the long-planned Magnolia project, which is expected to bring thousands of new residents to Rosemont’s doorstep in the coming decades.

Rosemont is poised to receive nearly $1 million in federal, state and city grants through the non-profit Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities to mitigate threats from sea level rise, storm water flooding and pollution. —Herb Frazier

$317,000

From prevention programs, information campaigns, Narcan distribution programs, partnerships with EMS and law enforcement agencies and more, residents across the Palmetto State have found several ways to support those struggling with addiction.

Controversial harm reduction

In some pockets, more controversial initiatives like needle exchange programs have helped local communities rein in the severity of the crisis before working to bring down numbers. Through these programs, addicts can exchange used needles for clean, new ones, reducing the chance of infection, overdose and death when using illicit drugs.

But these programs are uncommon in South Carolina and a lot smaller than in larger areas across the nation where addiction is more prevalent, such as neighborhoods in New York City and Chicago.

“There’s a lot of fear when it comes to these programs because people tend to not view them as us trying to prevent someone from using drugs, but we’re thinking differently than this has been thought about in the past,” Bedingfield said. “Of course, we prefer people to not be using these drugs at all, but

But due to the way some laws are written in South Carolina, needle exchange programs can be problematic. Used needles are considered drug paraphernalia, putting program volunteers and state workers at risk of being charged with possession. One bill, S. 854, was filed last year to address the issue.

Services reach thousands

The Charleston Center, Charleston County’s premier substance use prevention, intervention, education and treatment facility, received $1.7 million in 2023 from the first round of the opioid settlement. Funds were used to add and strengthen more than a dozen government programs and partnerships, including the hiring of a new opioid initiative coordinator, Sarah Halse.

Halse said she’s excited about a lot of coming programs funded by the settlement, including an as-yet-unnamed community app that will be able to provide real-time support to individuals who reach out for help.

“We want to help people find Naloxone or test strips, show people how to administer Nalaxone, how to find different meetings in the community, how to access

The increase in median home costs in Charleston over the last 10 years. In 2014, the median home cost was $244,488. By 2024, it had grown to $561,579, a 129.7% increase. After surging an unprecedented 40% in two years during the 2020 recession, home prices have since stabilized, but high mortgage rates and persistent inflation have left costs sky-high.

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Weekly data, Jan. 10, 2024

Every time you visit a grocery store or a gas pump, you may notice a price change. We’re now keeping track of costs so you don’t have to. Numbers are based on weekly average costs nationwide.

Milk (half-gallon): $2.32 ( $0.73)

Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.62 ( $0.26)

Eggs (dozen, large white): $2.20 ( $0.33)

Bananas (per pound): $0.52 ( $0.01)

Avocados (each): $0.96 ( $0.62)

Gas (per gallon, U.S. avg.): $3.071 ( $0.02)

Gas (per gallon, S.C. avg.): $2.802 ( $0.03)

Sources: ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com

Culinary legend Dupree passes

By Andy Brack

Nathalie Dupree, the grand dame of Southern cooking whose infectious personality and vast knowledge of how to blend tastes into memorable concoctions, died Jan. 13 in Raleigh, N.C. She was 85.

A celebrated national figure in the culinary world who won four James Beard Awards, Dupree wrote 15 cookbooks and appeared in more than 300 television shows. In 2020, she and historian husband Jack Bass moved from Charleston to Raleigh to be closer to Bass’ children. They moved to Charleston two decades earlier when Bass, author of nine books, was teaching at the College of Charleston. They married in 1994.

In Charleston, the couple often entertained in their Queen Street single house with Dupree offering impromptu parties to host friends’ new books or to tout a favored cause. These were relaxed affairs where people talked politics, food and books, helping themselves to delectable food from a dining table and wine in coolers on a sloped porch with a mish-mash of wine glasses that looked like they were on a flea market table.

Dupree often welcomed people into a small kitchen that had a regular stove and packed refrigerator. All around were wellused cooking tools — spoons, whisks, bowls, knives and everything in between. Often on a nearby countertop was a can of caffeinefree Diet Coke. When cooking, she wasn’t averse to using microwaves or lots of butter.

“She loved oranges, fresh shrimp, cornbread and field peas,” remembered Charleston private chef Lauren Furey, who interned with Dupree in 2019. “She ate small pieces of biscuit dough when no one was looking. If I caught her, she would offer me some and jokingly say, “Never eat raw dough!’ ”

Furey, who now has a cooking show on SCETV, said Dupree taught her to season food with love and was instrumental in her building confidence.

“Her eyes lit up when she opened the door every morning. Or, if I opened the door, she usually was sitting in her comfy chair, surrounded by piles of cookbooks that she was reading and reviewing. She made everybody feel like they belonged.”

Dupree, who was born in 1939 in Hamilton, N.J., got bitten by the politics bug before making a career in food. She reportedly was the youngest precinct captain for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1960. Fifty years later, she ran as a write-in candidate in an unsuccessful — but fun — attempt to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina.

But food was what led people across the country to know and adore Dupree. Her culinary career started in a co-op house in college, only to cross an ocean where she earned a certificate at Le Cordon Bleu and operated the kitchen of a restaurant in Spain. She later opened a restaurant, Nathalie’s, in the

back of a Social Circle, Ga., antique shop with then-husband David Dupree. It quickly became a destination for foodies in Atlanta before food enthusiasts had a nickname.

Dupree upped the food ante in the late 1970s by directing the South’s first participation cooking school at Rich’s department store in Atlanta where she taught more than 10,000 students. That gig led to the start of a popular television career that spanned PBS, Food Network and The Learning Channel.

“Her quips and messy foibles in the kitchen endeared her to legions of fans,” an obituary said. “Applying French techniques she learned in culinary school to the bounty of the Southern garden, market, rivers and ocean, she lifted the profile of Southern food to a national audience. Her 15 cookbooks stand as reliable guides for the home cook filled with what she called ‘do-able’ recipes.”

Dupree co-founded the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) along with chefs Julia Child, Jacques Pepin and Martin Yan. She also was the founding chair of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, as well as a founder and board member of the Southern Foodways Alliance.

She also organized several chapters of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an international association for women dedicated to advancing women in the culinary industry. In 2011, it bestowed Dupree with its highest honor, Grande Dame.

A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at Meadows Funeral Home in Monroe, Ga. In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome to the Atlanta chapter of the Les Dames d’Escoffier International Scholarship Fund to help the future careers of young female cooks. According to a family member, plans are being discussed for another memorial in Charleston in the spring.

Check out the longer version of this obituary online for more insights and past City Paper coverage about Dupree.

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Dupree authored 15 cookbooks

School choice issue tops opening legislative debate

By Jack O’Toole

As the South Carolina General Assembly returned to Columbia this week to begin its 2025 legislative session, GOP leaders made it clear that passing a new private school voucher program was at the top of their agenda. The program would replace the one that was struck down by the S.C. Supreme Court last September.

S.C. Senate Education Committee

Chairman Greg Hembree explained the need for speed at a pre-session hearing last month, noting that hundreds of lowincome families lost their vouchers after starting school due to the ruling.

“These are real families that are caught in this sort of political, legal, Columbia problem,” Hembree said. “It’s our obligation, if we didn’t get it right, we need to fix it and fix it fast.”

To do that, Hembree’s new legislation, S. 62, would fund the vouchers with money generated by the S.C. Education Lottery, which he argues is exempt from the state constitution’s ban on using public money to benefit private schools.

But critics like S.C. Education Association President Sherry East, whose group sued to have the previous voucher law overturned, say the state constitution is clear — no public money of any kind for private schools. So if lawmakers want to have a voucher program, she told the Charleston City Paper in a Jan. 13 interview, they need to hold a constitutional referendum. But that idea doesn’t have much support among voucher proponents in the legislature, she said.

“As we heard one legislator say, ‘We can’t do that; the voters aren’t smart enough to vote on that,’ ” East said. “Well, I think that’s wrong. I think they are smart enough to figure it out. And I don’t think they want any part of their tax dollars paying for private schools.”

Opioid

health care and more,” she said. “And we’ll be able to do all of that through this application we’re developing.”

Between April 2023 and November 2024, the Charleston Center:

• Distributed 2,902 prescription drug deactivation systems

• Distributed 1,035 safe storage units to safely store prescription drugs

• Reached 813 people through 38 training programs

• Participated in 72 outreach events reaching more than 5,000 people

• Distributed 5,998 Naloxone kits

Why vouchers?

Voucher advocates say school choice programs of all kinds empower parents to take control of their children’s education, leading to better outcomes.

“For a student who isn’t thriving in the public school system, both public charter schools and private scholarships can be excellent alternatives,” said Sam Aaron, research director at the S.C. Policy Council. “They often can provide a more tailored learning experience that traditional public schools may not offer.”

Moreover, he argued, all schools benefit from the additional alternatives.

“As the saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats,” Aaron said. “More competition in the education space leads to better educational results.”

Under Hembree’s plan, families with incomes up to almost $200,000 would be eligible, with a cap of 15,000 participants. This is in contrast to Arizona, where an uncapped voucher program led to a $1.4 billion budget shortfall in 2024 — though advocates note that some voucher programs have been found to cost less than public schools.

Critics point to mixed results

Critics of private school vouchers, including some who support other forms

The Charleston Center tracks the data through its new public dashboard, which was also launched thanks in part to the opioid settlement funds.

Stigma still a problem

With increasing efforts and a shifting mindset on the opioid epidemic, health care specialists are hoping the general stigma against those struggling with addiction begins to wane, but so far, it hasn’t.

“The work we’ve been doing with law enforcement and the judicial system has helped to break down their perceptions of people struggling with drug addiction,” Halse said. “But there are still pockets of stigma within those areas and the com-

of public school choice such as charter and magnet schools, note research on existing state voucher programs is, at best, mixed.

On one hand, they say, most studies show improved parent satisfaction and higher graduation rates among voucher recipients. But the same body of research also suggests that students in voucher programs score lower than their public school counterparts on most standardized tests. For instance, a study of Louisiana’s voucher program found significant declines in math performance, with no measurable gains in other subjects.

Conversely, the average student in a U.S. charter school is outperforming the average public school student, according to Stanford’s CREDO assessment, a largescale, long-term study that many in the field consider the gold standard.

This has led some to question the legislature’s priorities, especially in light of CREDO’s finding that South Carolina is one of only three states where charter students are falling behind those in public schools. Why, they ask, aren’t lawmakers working to address well-known problems with the state’s charter school law, including its weak accountability standards?

“We need to update our charter legislation,” said Derek Black, the Ernest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of South Carolina and an education policy expert. “And I think with an update, you’d see this system just makes a lot more sense than a voucher system.”

In fact, he believes the research is so clear that it leads him to wonder what the drive toward vouchers actually represents.

“I think what we’re trying to do here is privately finance cultural choices rather than academic choices, or at least that’s what I see when I look at the data,” Black said.

munity as a whole.”

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Blotter of the Week

A West Ashley man described as wearing red scrubs and having “feces all over himself” on Jan. 6 reportedly stole a case of beer from an Ashley Crossing store, ripped the box open when outside, chugged one of the beers and walked off with another, leaving behind the rest of the case. There are times when we are left with more questions than answers, and right now, we’re pretty happy that way.

Laundry looting

A North Charleston woman on Jan. 12 told police that several of her clothing items were taken from a Northwoods Boulevard hotel laundry room. The woman said she had left roughly $2,000 in clothes (designer brands, of course) near a washing machine and set a timer for half an hour to check on them. Look, we don’t like to blame victims here, but …

Wait, that worked?

“When we post something about Narcan or saving a life, we still see a lot of negative comments on social media that show a lot of intolerance toward people with substance abuse disorders, not realizing these people are loved ones, friends or parents,” she added. Making recovery a more normalized practice and taking a public health approach to drug addiction and the opioid crisis specifically will go a long way toward addressing underlying problems, Halse said.

North Charleston police on Jan. 11 pulled over a car with a busted brake light on Northside Drive, but when engaging the driver, could see several firearms in the vehicle and smell marijuana. Police asked one of the passengers if he had any weapons on him (after identifying the handgun in his waistband), to which he answered, “No.” Police cleared the occupants of any warrants and let off all of them with warnings.

By Skyler Baldwin

Illustration by Steve Stegelin

The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Jan. 6 and Jan. 12.

12 ways to honor Nathalie Dupree

Legendary cookbook author Nathalie Dupree often referred to her foodie interns and friends as “my little chickens,” symbolizing her role as the grand dame and mother hen of Southern cooking.

Her Jan. 13 death at age 85 in Raleigh leaves a generational hole in Southern foodways. She connected us to the pork chops, biscuits, butter, greens, field peas and the food staples of the old South, often through the lens of “New Southern Cuisine.”

But the legacy of Dupree, who won four James Beard Awards through the years, is in her cookbooks and how she inspired a new generation of food enthusiasts, from the home cook to contemporary chefs.

Charleston food stylist Ashley Strickland Freeman, a former apprentice, had a typical comment echoed in an array of tributes this week, telling the City Paper that she wouldn’t be where she is in her career without Dupree’s attention and mentoring.

“Nathalie taught me so much — how to write a proper recipe headnote, how to organize a cookbook and to be bold — to make that phone call, take that leap of faith. She loved connecting people and was always so generous — happy to give me advice whenever I needed it and always up for a visit. She was witty and sarcastic and had an amazing sense of humor.”

Yes, Dupree continually paved the way for Southern women who wanted to become chefs and cookbook authors.

Charleston private chef Lauren Furey was an apprentice in 2018 while finishing a degree at the College of Charleston.

“Nathalie took me under her wing and taught me about cooking and life,” Furey recalled. “She always welcomed my questions about recipes and encouraged me to try new things in order to grow. I will spend the rest of my life sharing

everything that she has taught me.”

Beyond all of the awards Dupree won through the years, it is this leadership for building the next generation of women culinary professionals that may be her greatest gift. And it’s something we should all take to heart in our professional and personal lives. If there were ever a guide for success recommended by Dupree, it surely would include these dozen maxims:

1. Have fun.

2. Speak your mind.

3. Don’t sweat the small stuff (in life).

4. Follow the recipe (but improvise if you need to).

5. Use real butter.

6. Pay your talents forward.

7. Tell the truth.

8. Get involved in your community.

9. Be prepared.

10. Have grace.

11. Use common sense.

12. Laugh more.

There will be a Charleston tribute to Dupree sometime in the months ahead that perfectly aligns with her values — to generate more money for scholarships to inspire new generations of Southern women in the culinary arts. We hope you’ll help.

Nathalie Dupree was a national treasure. She’s been missed in Charleston since she left a few years ago with husband Jack Bass to be nearer to family in Raleigh. But she was always a phone call away. Now that she’s really gone, the hole in our hearts is even bigger.

Nathalie Evelyn Meyer Dupree, 1939–2025. Rest in peace.

CHARLESTON CHECKLIST of community objectives

We encourage community leaders to act on these audacious priorities:

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

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

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

4. Conduct public business in public. Be transparent in public business. Stop the secrecy.

5. Invest in quality of life. Build more parks. Have more festivals. Invest in infrastructure that promotes a broad sense of community.

6. Engage in real racial conciliation. If we embark on more conversations and actions on racial reconciliation, our community will strengthen and grow.

7. Develop fewer hotels, more affordable housing. Make Charleston a more affordable place to live for everyone.

8. Develop Union Pier at scale. Let’s not put ship-sized buildings on the coveted Union Pier property downtown. Instead, make what comes appropriate.

9. Build and follow a 50-year plan. Plan for the county’s long-term future and follow the plan.

10. Pay people more. Pay a living wage. Push South Carolina lawmakers to set a real minimum wage.

Bring back common sense, thinking, civics

By Andy Brack

It’s beyond unfathomable that people are really talking about taking Greenland or Panama by force — and that others around the world are paying attention and responding with grave concerns.

Sure, when the future leader of the free world, President-elect Donald Trump, starts spewing nuttiness again about Greenland — and then throws in Panama for good measure — you probably need to pay attention, particularly when the United States has a huge nuclear arsenal in its back pocket. But come on, really? This is nonsense — just another way for the narcissistic Trump to try to steal the limelight from real events that matter, from the terrible wildfires in California to the war in Ukraine to the emotional state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter.

Instead of giving these issues and others their proper respect, we’re left with a political version of Seinfeld — big, old nothing-burgers. Perhaps that’s what’s ahead for four more years — emotional rollercoasters of political nothingness — not to make America great, but to lead the country into a downward spiral, just as Great Britain lost world power decades ago to become just plain old Britain.

Americans of all stripes should be outraged by this manufactured malarkey caused by intellectual laziness about what democracy actually is, the lack of appreciation for history and the unfettered algorithm that spews forth nonsense in the social media channels that addict Americans.

Americans of all stripes should be outraged

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this manufactured malarkey caused by intellectual laziness about what democracy actually is.

Even some solid conservative Republicans seem to be a little frustrated, as illustrated in recent days by a comment by S.C. Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, after the squeaker of a vote to reelect U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, as House Speaker. He wrote:

“The number of messages and emails I have received today from people complaining about me not voting for U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson for Speaker of the United State House of Representatives really … seriously … makes me question if there is even a basic understanding of civics (or spelling or geography) in this country. Please bring back Schoolhouse Rock!”

Massey also hit it out of the park this week by encouraging holistic tax reform, not just another round of income tax cuts being sought by the establishment. He said he believes sales and property taxes that fund local governments also need to be on the table, particularly when some local governments have passed measures so that taxes on prepared food at restaurants are higher here than in places like Los Angeles and New York City.

“In the name of home rule, we’ve let some localities go crazy,” Massey said, according to the S.C. Daily Gazette. “That has an impact on the business climate.”

A Charleston City Paper story last week also highlighted how some budgeting experts said a proposal to reduce South Carolina’s income tax is little more than a bait-and-switch to give the richest South Carolinians another tax cut to the detriment of regular taxpayers.

So yes, bring back more civics education in the form of the $50 million national campaign called for in 2018 to teach people about the importance of free speech, the common good, democratic institutions and the rule of law. Bring back common sense. Stop paying so much attention to the screen. Bring back thinking.

As GOP Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Berkeley, said in 2019: “All educated people should have an understanding of our founding documents and understand where individual rights come from and how those individual rights are exercised. If we ever lose sight of those, we’re back into mob rule.” Embracing the rule of law, he said, “is something that conservatives and liberals should both embrace — the whole notion of a public discourse where you’re in the marketplace of ideas.”

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

The rustic blacksmith shop and cottage where legendary artisan Philip Simmons worked and lived until his death in 2009 will become a classroom for historic preservation students at a local college he inspired.

Students in a preservation research methods class at the American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) took on a new history assignment Jan. 13 to write a report on the Simmons property at 30½ Blake St., said the college’s provost Christina Rae Butler.

Each spring during the semester-long course that Butler has taught for nearly a decade, students have done a deep dive into the history and condition of some of Charleston’s historic structures owned by churches, individuals and small nonprofit groups. At the end of the semester, they’ve recommended what’s needed to repair, preserve and interpret the buildings, Butler said.

Building

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This spring semester, another section of the class is studying the interior of Hibernian Hall on Meeting Street, she said. The course is required for the 150 students at the nonprofit, four-year college that opened in the Old City Jail two decades ago.

Matt Garton (above, left) chair of blacksmithing at the American College of the Building Arts (ACBA), and his student Reginald “Reggie” Middleton of Charleston, an ACBA senior, hammer a hot metal rod on the anvil used by famed blacksmith Philip Simmons. Garton and Middleton are keeping the fire going in the shop after Simmons’ nephew, master blacksmith Carlton Simmons, with whom Middleton interned, died in September.

arts college collaborating with Simmons site

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The Simmons legacy

For the Simmons property, students will prepare a report for the two-bedroom cottage Simmons purchased in 1959 and an adjacent blacksmith shop, Butler said.

During his 77-year career over a hot forge, the nationally-recognized Simmons crafted more than 500 pieces of ornamental wrought-iron gates, fences and window grills that adorn the city’s historic homes and some that are not so well known.

He made his first gate in 1944 for Charleston clothier Jack Krawcheck. He even made ice picks and hooks that longshoremen once used to grab cotton bales.

The ACBA students are expected to present the report in May to the Philip Simmons Foundation, which owns the property tucked away on Charleston’s east side.

Before his death two weeks shy of his 97th birthday, tourists visited Simmons’ shop to watch him hammer glowing hot metal on a heavy anvil that rang with each blow.

A year after Simmons died, the foundation turned the cottage into a gift shop and museum that drew tourists who filed past Simmons memorabilia and his inspired hand-crafted items large and small.

Preserving a working museum

Meanwhile, his nephew, Carlton Simmons, continued to work in the shop for commercial clients and demonstrate the craft for tourists. Studying under his uncle, Carlton also became a master blacksmith.

But the blacksmith shop fell silent when Carlton Simmons, 65, died unexpectedly in September. His passing raised concern as to who would continue the blacksmithing legacy at the Simmons property. The idea emerged to use it as a place to train students for the historic preservation profession and the blacksmithing trade.

Rossie Colter, the Simmons Foundation’s long-time project administrator, calls the collaboration with the college a “wonderful opportunity to preserve the property as a working museum to show students the old fashioned blacksmith techniques” and to sustain the Simmons legacy.

The students’ interaction with the “Simmons campus” will continue after the report is submitted, Butler said. There’s a hope that students in the college’s blacksmith class can intern in the shop where Simmons worked with his nephew and cousin, the late Joseph Pringle.

During the decades of a family collaboration, Simmons produced the entrance gate to the federal courthouse in Columbia, and Carlton Simmons made the decorative ironwork at the entrance to the International African American Museum in Charleston.

Matt Garton, the chair of blacksmithing at the college, said he also hopes the college can supervise a summer internship program at the Simmons campus and finish some of Carlton Simmons’ uncompleted commercial work.

One example includes a Carlton Simmons-designed gate for the Anson African Burial Memorial at the Charleston Gaillard Center.

Inspirational founder

Philip Simmons is best known for his gates that include images of birds, fish, trees and stars, all elements of his boyhood surroundings on Daniel Island. The works are accented with whimsical touches and graceful scrolls.

When Simmons left Daniel Island at age 8, he lived with his mother, Rosa Simmons, in Charleston, and she enrolled him in Buist Elementary School. As he walked to school, young Philip was drawn to the sights and sounds of Peter Simmons’ (no relation) blacksmith shop at Calhoun and Concord streets, one of about 15 shops in the city at that time.

When young Philip reached 13, Peter Simmons, a formerly enslaved man, began to teach his mentee the trade. Peter gave Philip the business when he retired, Colter said.

When the horse and buggy era faded, flames in blacksmith shops cooled. But Simmons made decorative iron pieces to conform with the changing times.

Butler said blacksmithing still has a place in the 21th century.

“Even though you can get a machine to cut steel, it is not hand craftsmanship,” she said. “It does not have the same human spirit put into it. A machine can’t do repair work. You still need preservation trades

people, for example, to take a Simmons gate apart to fix corroded joints.”

Simmons used modern welders, power hammers and hand forge work, she said. “It is important to keep those blacksmithing traditions alive from a cultural standpoint,” she stressed.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo’s devastation in 1989, Charleston was faced with a severe shortage of trained craftsmen to repair damaged historic structures.

Philip Simmons is credited with inspiring a group led by Charleston resident John Paul Huguley to fix the problem.

“I am the founder of the college, but I often call [Philip Simmons] the inspirational founder of the college,” said Huguley,

who studied architecture and engineering preservation at the University of Virginia.

“I didn’t have a vision to start a college, but the day Philip Simmons and I met [for breakfast in the late 1990s], he said to me. ‘Before I die, I want to make sure my trade is carried on.’ ”

With those words, Huguley said he realized “this was not about just setting up a school, but this was about saving a legacy and teaching a new generation of people the old techniques.”

Blacksmith students (above); 2024 graduate Paul Reilly (right)

Photos by Andrew Cebulka/American College of Building Arts

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Firefly Distillery oyster roast

Partnering with Lowcountry Oyster Co. for the fourth year in a row, Firefly’s annual all-you-can-eat oyster roast series continues this weekend and will run monthly through March. In addition to oysters, attendees can purchase different cuisines from various food trucks, enjoy music from Charleston’s most popular DJs, sip on specialty Firefly cocktails and more. Jan. 19. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $35/ticket. Firefly Distillery. 4201 Spruill Ave. North Charleston. fireflydistillery.com

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THROUGH FEBRUARY

Middleton Place Camellia Walks

Every winter, the beauty of camellias enhances America’s oldest landscaped gardens with thousands of blossoms. Embark on special walking tours given by expert guides focused on these historic flowers, including the 1786 Reine des Fleurs, one of the first camellia varieties planted in the United States. Tours are held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and are limited to 20 people at a time.

Jan. 18 through Feb. 27. Tours embark at 11 a.m. $15/ticket, plus general admission. Middleton Place. 4300 Ashley River Road. West Ashley. middletonplace.org

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations

The Charleston chapter of YWCA is holding several events over the weekend and on Monday to celebrate one of the most impactful figures in U.S. history, prolific Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Participate in a youth open mic night on Saturday at the Fox Music House, gather for an Ecumenical reception Sunday afternoon and celebrate with friends, family and neighbors at the MLK Day Parade Monday morning. Visit ywcagc.org for a full schedule of events. Event days and times vary. Free. Event locations vary. ywcagc.org/mlk-celebration.html

SATURDAYS

Patriots Point ‘Pay What You Can’ Day

Every Saturday in January, Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum will adjust its admission prices based on visitors’ financial needs. Guests are encouraged to pay any amount they wish for standard museum admission, which grants access to the USS Yorktown, the USS Laffey and the Vietnam Experience. Pay What You Can purchases must be made in person at the ticket booth. Active duty military and children under the age of 6 get in for free. Jan. 18. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. 40 Patriots Point road. Mount Pleasant. patriotspoint.org

THURSDAY

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Sherman’s March, Rediscovered

U.S. General William T. Sherman launched his famous March to the Sea, a 250-mile trek from Atlanta to Savannah that crushed the Confederacy and helped end the Civil War, 160 years ago. Join Bennett Parten and author and scholar Vernon Burton for a moderated discussion aimed to give this critical moment in American history the attention it deserves. Jan. 23. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. $50/general admission, book included. Charleston Library Society. 164 King St. Downtown. charlestonlibrarysociety.org

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Chef Loong Dim Sum in West Ashley offers delicious soup dumplings

By Gabriela Capestany

“Xiaolongbao” means “little basket bun” in Chinese, but the bites are better known as soup dumplings in the U.S. Xiaolongbao are a dim sum staple. They’re also delicious. These delicate, addictive pouches contain a sweet or savory filling suspended in soup and wrapped in a thin dumpling dough.

Until recently, the popular Chinese bite was a rare find in Charleston. Chef Emely Yan, the owner of Chef Loong Dim Sum in West Ashley, changed all that, bringing her love of xiaolongbao to the city.

The restaurant opened late last fall at 1662 Savannah Highway.

“We lived in Philadelphia for a couple of years and then we moved to Charleston, and we have [always been] really interested in Cantonese dim sum. We would go to a dim sum place probably every two weeks,” said Yan, who explained that her family owns a restaurant in the Xi’an region of China, an area famous for its hand-pulled Xi’an noodles. “That’s why we wanted to bring these two together, the dim sum with soup dumplings and noodles.

“We sell like 600 dumplings a day — that’s a whole lot of dumplings,” continued Yan, who oversees the kitchen and makes most of the dumplings. “Our soup dumplings are handmade. We went

able for a first time dim sum diner.

“[It’s a] gateway because soup dumplings are so good,” the chef said, “and I feel like not a lot of people are familiar with them. We even made a tomato flavor. I don’t think anyone else in the United States is making [tomato soup dumplings].”

Offering something for everyone is what Yan aims to do at Chef Loong.

“China is a huge country just like America. It has north, south, east, west. We thought, why don’t we bring some signature dishes from other places?”

Alongside Yan’s main offerings, the soup dumplings and hand-pulled Xi’an noodles, she features other Chinese classics, such as Peking duck, five-spice chicken and entrees with Sichuan chili heat.

“We want people to have something they’re familiar with, too,” Yan said.

What’s new

King Street’s newest contemporary Italian restaurant, Legami, recently released a new winter menu. Chef Andrea Congiusta has introduced dishes such as burrata with pistachio salsa verde, zucchini scapece and focaccia and roasted asparagus with parmigiano reggiano crema and a crispy poached egg topper. Also new: a roasted chicken cacciatore glazed in tomato sauce and roasted potato crema and topped with olives, pine nuts and capers. Learn more at legamichs.com.

In honor of Veganuary, Mellow Mushroom locations have brought back the Miss Mushroom pizza made with minced garlic, Mellow red sauce, fresh spinach, dairy-free mozzarella, sliced portobello, caramelized onions and dairy-free feta crumbles. Diners can order the pizza now through March 10. Learn more at mellowmushroom.com.

What’s happening

Popular Sullivan’s Island restaurant Obstinate Daughter is currently closed for repairs following a kitchen fire earlier this month. Stay tuned to OD’s social media @theobstinatedaughter to follow along with updates.

The Taste of Folly returns this weekend, from Jan. 17 through Jan. 18. Head to the Tides Hotel from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Friday night for the annual cocktail competition. Tickets are $55 at the door and include all cocktails in the competition. Center Street will be closed off to traffic and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday for live music, 70+ vendors and hot dog and oyster shucking contests. Tickets are $15 at the gate and kids under 12 are free. Learn more at visitfolly.com.

to different places to study how to make them, [learning from] different chefs and different people. Then we came up with the recipes that we [currently] offer. We make everything ourselves, like our own chili oil and different kinds of peppers to make our own spices.”

Aside from traditional fillings such as pork or chicken, Yan said she wants to offer new concepts that might be more approach-

Above all, Yan said she is excited to bring a delicious and culturally rich piece of China to the area.

“Charleston is one of the most historic cities in the United States, and I think the soup dumpling is a perfect fit for this city … since it has a long history, too, [which dates] back to the Qing Dynasty. Charleston has a lot of potential for more authentic Chinese food.”

Chef Loong is open for lunch and dinner Thursday through Sunday and lunch on Mondays.

Book your reservation now for Wild Common’s annual two-night truffle dinner, to be held on Jan. 24 and Jan. 25 in collaboration with The Crooked Ram’s chef Tiara Adorno. Join Wild Common’s chef Orlando Pagan and Adorno for a tasting menu full of fresh truffles. Each dish will be prepared to showcase the versatility of the star ingredient, with menu items such as hamachi crudo with black truffle dashi gelee, winter roots and citrus salad with black truffle–olive crumb and a brioche donut with black truffle pastry cream. Guests can book reservations at resy.com. — Connelly Hardaway

Photos by Ashley Stanol

Chef Emely Yan, the owner of Chef Loong Dim Sum in West Ashley, has brought her love of xiaolongbao to the city

Robots — yep, robots — deliver some of the dishes at Chef Loong

UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS

How to make Dry January easy at local establishments

By Connelly Hardaway

We’re a little more than halfway through January. So how are those “Dry January” resolutions going?

If the term is unfamiliar to you boozehounds, Dry January is an annual campaign during which folks aim to abstain from alcohol during the first month of the new year. (According to Time, Dry January launched in 2013 under the organization Alcohol Change UK.)

Whether you’re cutting back entirely or just a tiny bit, there are plenty of ways to quench your thirst without sacrificing taste. Local bars and restaurants are rocking fun mocktail menus (that are generally available year-round, too), and local companies are curating comprehensive non-alcoholic (NA) and alternative beverage options.

It’s worth noting that any bar serving delicious alcoholic beverages can usually whip up a tasty NA drink with the ingredients on hand. Just be sure to ask nicely and tip big if you’re asking for something off-menu.

Editor’s note: We don’t love the word “mocktail” because NA cocktails can exist on their own without having to riff off their alcoholic cousins, but it’s familiar and easy to use, so that’s what we’re going with here.

Here’s where to celebrate this month: Marbled & Fin always offers a selfdescribed “robust” NA beverage menu. A selection of the restaurant’s signature cocktails can be made NA, meaning you can have all the flavor without the hangover. These drinks include the Much Appreciated, made with kiwi matcha yuzu and sea salt, and the I’ll Take Five made with guava, elderflower, verjus and makrut lime leaf.

The Matador offers three exclusive NA cocktails featuring Lyre’s NA spirits. Guests can choose from the scratch margarita, pomegranate mule and cucumber paloma. We’re keen on the mule, made with Lyre’s NA tequila, chili-pomegranate syrup, fresh lime and ginger-orange syrup.

Hotel Bennett serves mocktail menus at its three dining outposts, Camellias, Gabrielle and Fiat Luxe. Guests will find a variety of mocktails made with the NA spirit Seedlip at each location. Gabrielle also serves NA beer, such as Heineken Zero, and NA wine like Hand on Heart, a Cab Sav from California.

Spots like Sweatman’s Garden and High Rise Dry Bar are perfect for folks looking to cut back on booze anytime of year. Sweatman’s is a “sodary” that focuses on housemade sodas that can be made into either mock- or cocktails. High Rise Dry Bar opened on James Island in August 2023 and offers hemp-derived products and mocktails made with legal cannabis seltzers. You can sip on any crusher from Gingerline as a “zero proof” beverage.

Sip on refreshing zero proof drinks like The Matador’s cucumber Paloma

Choose from the Coco Pina, made with banana, creme de coco, pineapple and lime, or the Peach Aperol Paloma made with peach, lime and grapefruit soda (minus, of course, the Aperol).

Satellite Bar at Stars Restaurant offers several refreshing mocktails including the Silver Lining, made with lavender, blueberry and fresh lemonade, and the Midnight Train to Georgia, made with passionfruit, ginger beer and bitters.

Another rooftop bar, Citrus Club at the Dewberry, serves mocktails year-round, too. We love the sound of the spicy “margarita,” made with green tea, agave, lime and habanero tincture.

Known for its extensive cocktail list, Felix Cocktails et Cuisine offers mocktails, too. Sip on drinks like the Faux Fun, made with zero proof bourbon, orange juice, lemon-ginger syrup and Sweatman’s tonic.

Check out the grab-and-go NA and alternative beverage selection from King Street store Sèchey. As of last year, in addition to shopping Sèchey’s curated selection of no and low-ABV drinks, you can also find some of Sèchey’s best-selling brands at your local Target, sold in exclusive variety packs.

Sipland, which describes itself as a “marketplace” and “cultural community,” is a new resource in the flourishing world of beverages with low or no alcohol. Head to Sipland’s website to shop curated goods.

Skipping booze but still looking for a buzz? There are local companies for that, too, including Levity, the first hemp-derived Delta 9 THC non-alcoholic spirit, and, of course, High Rise seltzers, which include hemp-derived products as well as drinks that feature and focus on adaptogens.

Some local breweries make low and no-ABV beers. Local brew company Ceebo, for instance, crafts a stand-out NA malt beverage.

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Culture

Annex Dance Company breaks the 4th Wall

By Ryan Biddix

Annex Dance Company will debut its new work of performance art Jan. 25 at the Sotille Theatre. A collaboration with former Charleston poet laureate Marcus Amaker and local filmmaker and College of Charleston alumnus Maggie Bailey, 4th Wall combines live dance, film projection, musically poetic soundscapes and audience participation to blur the lines between audience and performer, process and participation.

Pushing boundaries is second-nature to Annex. The experimental dance company, formed in Pennsylvania in 2007, enjoyed three successful seasons in the Keystone State before deciding to pack up shop to take part in Charleston’s ever-expanding arts scene.

The group’s winter performance, 4th Wall, is a reflection of their experience ever since, exploring its emergence and evolution in Charleston’s collaborative, coastal arts scene. In a recent Charleston City Paper interview, Annex Dance Company associate artistic director Julie Clark offered some insight into these themes:

“Annex’s journey to this show can be seen as a metaphor for the city’s evolving arts scene — the collaborations and relationships we have with Marcus, Maggie, the Sottile Theatre and each other span multiple years and are filled with previous projects and shows … 4th Wall is about this creative process, and really embodies what it’s like to be an artist in Charleston and beyond.”

The term “fourth wall” refers to the figurative “wall” that separates performers on stage from audience members. Similar to the function of a two-way mirror — albeit an imaginary one — the boundary is meant to be opaque to performers but invisible to audience members, who can observe all of the action taking place. When either party becomes aware of the veil, this is considered “breaking the fourth wall,” a common artistic ploy used to engage and invite the audience

into the highly-crafted world on display.

With artistic process and collaboration at the center of the company’s identity, the show’s blend of poetry, film and dance promises to explore each performance medium, both individually and as a collective.

Charleston’s first poet laureate and the current librettist for the Chicago Opera Theatre, Amaker shared his excitement about this approach.

“Each medium offers something unique. Poetry brings introspection, music adds immediacy, the film provides a sense of narrative and dance adds a physicality that ties it all together. Experiencing all of these in real time allows for layers of interpretation and connection that wouldn’t be possible in a single medium.

“There’s also something deeply powerful about the unpredictability of live performance — it demands presence from both the performers and the audience, which feels especially fitting for a project like this.”

Co-collaborator and College of Charleston graduate Maggie Bailey, who contributed her filmmaking talents, expanded on what it was like crafting this collective narrative.

“The biggest hurdle [was] balance,” she said. “The projection and the live performance need to add different components to the conversation … The film language and mobility of the camera allows us to get close to the dancers and highlight movements, gestures and details in a way that live performance can’t.”

According to Clark, the extra effort required to pull off the ambitious under-

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Get the kids jazzed at the Gaillard Center

The Gailliard Center brings the mighty magic of jazz to its youngest patrons with the return of Jazz Day for Kids, held Jan. 21 and Jan. 22 from 11 a.m to 12 p.m. in partnership with Charleston Jazz . Open to students from kindergarten through middle school, the immersive experience features an electrifying big band concert hosted by legendary local musician and two-time Grammy Award winner Charlton Singleton . What better way to indoctrinate the next generation of jazz enthusiasts than a day spent with masters of the genre? For more information, visit charlestonjazz.com.

Colour of Music Festival to return in February

taking was more than worth it. “Creating a show that involves so many people and such a high level of technical elements takes time, talent and financing,” she said. “We carved out the time to bring all of the collaborators together inside the Sottile Theatre back in September, which was logistically difficult but crucial to understanding how the technical elements of live music and video projections could work in the space.”

In addition to physical coordination, financing such a complex performance required lengthy rehearsals and extended rentals of theater space. Nevertheless, through patron support and fundraising efforts, Annex forged ahead, creating a show meant to include and inspire both audience and artist.

As a result of continuing community support, Annex and its partners say they hope to bring more innovative exercises of artistry to the public — both in Charleston and beyond.

“We are committed to the arts in our city,” Annex founder and lead choreographer Kristin Alexander said. “We will continue to strive to expand our impact throughout South Carolina and the Southeast with professional modern dance and collaborative art-making that is innovative and accessible.”.

To purchase tickets to this upcoming performance at the Sottile Theatre, visit https://cofc.evenue.net/events/ADC1. Additionally, if you wish to support the efforts of Annex Dance Company, donate at https:// fundly.com/2024-2025-season-support.

Returning to the concert stage after sold-out performances in 2024, the 2025 Colour of Music Festival returns to Charleston Feb. 5 through Feb. 8. Honoring Black History Month, the Festival will spotlight chamber music offerings featuring Charleston premieres and a literary presentation — all with a focus on Black female artists and Black composers. Tickets range from $15 to $38. For more on the festival lineup and event locations, visit colourofmusic.org.

Learn about art in style

Aesthetics and art cut a smart figure as the subjects of a Jan. 31 lecture at the Gibbes Museum of Art . Join Kelly Peck , the curator of “Statement Pieces,” a new ensemble collection of fashion pieces that transcend their medium, as she discusses the incredible wearable works on view, their placement alongside other pieces from the Gibbes’s permanent collection and how she found inspiration to pair clothing and art together. Tickets are $20 for museum members and $30 for visitors. Reserve a seat and learn more at gibbesmuseum.org. —Jessica Mischner

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The production of 4th Wall relies on collaboration from a creative ensemble

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston ex-pat Donohue touts local scene on Stray Dogs

By Kyle Petersen

It’s been almost a decade since singersongwriter Conor Donohue relocated to New Orleans from Charleston. And while his plans to return home continued to be thwarted by connections in the Big Easy — romantic and otherwise — his musical output continues to show strong collaborative traces from the diaspora of musicians he’s met in both places.

Just like on 2019’s Let Love Contaminate, a record that seems to trace Donohue’s journey southward, the singersongwriter once again collaborated heavily with Charleston multi-instrumentalist Joel T. Hamilton (Mechanical River, Working Title) on his new album Stray Dogs, with both Hamilton and the New Orleans–based Emily Eck (Arcade Fire, Dr. John) getting production credits. Among the liner notes you’ll also see a whole host of former and current Charleston scene musicians, from Slow Runner’s Michael Flynn and Josh Kaler to percussionist Nic Jenkins to lap steel guitarist Tyler Ross.

According to Donohue, the bulk of the recording was done in two sessions during 2020 and 2021 at the height of Covid-19, and utilized a core group that included Hamilton and Ross, as well as drummer Ron Wiltrout and bassist George Baerreis. The finished arrangements, however, came together gradually over the last few years, with Donohue recording and trading overdubs with the co-producer and numerous others as he tinkered with the songs and arrangements in his home studio.

“I was just endlessly working on it there in my music room back in New Orleans,” he recalls. “I would fire stuff to Joel [Hamilton],

he would give me notes, and then I would just keep on hammering away.”

While the songs on the album retain the wry introspection and existential lamentations that Donohue became known for in the Holy City scene, it also feels like a natural evolution for the singer-songwriter. There’s more of a groove base to the arrangements, which decenter the rhythm guitar in favor of dominant bass lines or propulsive percussion as the guiding principle.

“I try to not just work with a guitar in my hands,” Donohue explained. “There’s an old Tom Waits saying that ‘your hands are like dogs, they go to familiar places.’ So when I’m on a guitar, I’m very much in my hands, going to familiar places. They go to where they are comfortable, and the stuff that comes out is very comfortable, but if I’m on a wurlitzer, if I’m playing bass, if I’m just going for a walk and trying to sing a melody, sometimes it opens it up a little bit easier to find something a little bit different.”

The result is evident in songs like “Feel That Hit” and “Franklin & Royal,” where the rhythm section and vocals are enough to carry the song as the guitars and keys spurt in and out of the mix. It’s a little jazzy, a little Waitsian, even a little Radiohead — and 100% Donohue.

He also credits his rhythm section of Wiltrout and Baerreis for their contributions, as well as collaborators like Nic Jenkins, who would send him potential drum loops and different parts to spur the composition process.

Lyrically, many of these songs seem like a reflection of Donohue’s maturing life in New Orleans. He’s both part-settled with a long-time partner and a clear sense of community in the city, but also working as a bartender with a staff he affectionately

describes as “psychopaths” in a place that gives him a front row seat to the ecological shifts of climate change. Songs like “Apocalypse Industry” and the title track, he said, were literally penned while closing up the bar in moments of pure inspiration.

The meditative period of early Covid-19 lockdowns played a big part in the writing and recording process as well, he noted, given the reduced hours and hum of human activity in a town that thrives on it.

“I wasn’t working as much. People weren’t going out as much,” Donahue said. “I had time to almost be a full-time musician, which I’d never been able to do in my life before.”

Some of the political content on the record, like “Wait” and “River,” the latter of which was directly inspired by a protest speech in the wake of George Floyd’s

murder, also stemmed from this time period. Even at his most scathing or downhearted, however, Donohue, as always, manages to find a glimmer of hope and warmth in his bleak narratives.

“That’s pretty much how my brain works,” he said. “It’s like, ‘What’s the world going to be like in three years? Are we all going to be washed away? Financial collapse, wars waging everywhere, nuclear explosion, blah blah blah.’ You just try to focus on the breath, focus on the moment.

“This record is definitely big-picture, but also full of the kind of those smaller moments, whether it’s bike rides or being in love or nice dinners with your partner and friends or just focusing on your health. Taking those moments for yourself is important too.”

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Conor Donohue mixes familiar players with fresh sounds on new album Stray Dogs

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

Case No.: 2024CP1004656

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

CASE NUMBER: 2023-CP-1000650

Lavenia Palmer Jamison, Plaintiff, vs. Robert Broom, Jhanara Ullah and JOHN DOE, adults, RICHARD ROE, infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military service of the United States of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown person or persons who may be an heir, distribute, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Martha Lee Palmer Ullah who is deceased, and any or all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcel of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint herein filed, Defendants,

NOTICE OF HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing in this matter has been scheduled before the Honorable Mikell R. Scarborough and will be held on February 25, 2025 at 2:00 p.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, 100 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, Courtroom 2A. The purpose of this hearing is to determine the value of the below referenced property and for a partition of sale of the property:

TMS # 583-00-00-080

Property Address: Lot 19 Parkers Island Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466

BRUSH LAW FIRM, P.A. s/ J. Chris Lanning

J. Chris Lanning clanning@brushlawfirm.com

12-A Carriage Lane Charleston, SC 29407 (843) 766-5576 - Phone (843) 766-9152 - Fax Charleston, South Carolina January 8, 2025

Tory Benjamin & Amber Cheerice Jamerson, Plaintiff, V. Kamilla Faith Jones, Defendant.

SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber, Law Office of Cezar E. McKnight, at its office 126 West Mill Street Kingstree, South Carolina 29556, P.O. Box 949, Kingstree, South Carolina 29556, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for a judgment by default against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

SIGNED at Kingstree, South Carolina, this 17th day of September, 2024. /s/ Cezar E. McKnight

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

126 West Mill Street Post Office Box 949

Kingstree, South Carolina 29556

Telephone: (843)374-4529

Facsimile: (843)401-0197

Email: cezar@cezarmcknight.com

CITY OF CHARLESTON PUBLIC NOTICE - Abandoned Boats

The City of Charleston is preparing to remove and dispose of the following abandoned boats in and around the waters of the City of Charleston; descriptions and locations are shown below:

Vessel Name- Kwa Heri

Vessel Description- 35’ Dufour Sailing vessel with a white hull

Vessel Location- 32°46’50.6”N /

79°57’37.0”W Fed Doc #- 1078591

Vessel Name- Scorpius

Vessel Description- 33’ Tartan sailing vessel with white hull, stranded in marsh

Vessel Location- 32°55’41.1”N /

79°49’52.9”W Fed Doc #- 620856

Vessel Name- unknown

Vessel Description- 27’ Hunter sailing vessel with white hull, sinking in river

Vessel Location- 32°46’00.9”N /

80°00’30.5”W SC Reg #- SC5832CB

Vessel Name- Mudd Dauber

Vessel Description- 28’ Lear Siegler sailing vessel, sunk with mast visible

Vessel Location- 32°46’35.6”N

79°57’22.1”W SC Reg#- SC2099BZ

Vessel Name- unknown

Vessel Description- white Sea Ray

cabin cruiser, stranded in marsh

Vessel Location- 32°45’27.5”N

80°00’41.8”W Fed Doc #- 958630

Vessel Name- unknown

Vessel Description-37’ Pearson

cabin cruiser, stranded in marsh

Vessel Location- 32°45’27.5”N

80°00’41.8”W NC Reg#- NC8145DA

Vessel Name- Imagine

Vessel Description-24’ Bristol sailing vessel, stranded in marsh

Vessel Location- 32°48’20.3”N

79°58’26.7”W SC Reg#- SC7663BL

If you are the owner of any of

the above boats or if you have abandoned a boat in or around the waters surrounding the City of Charleston, please contact the police department at (843) 577-4727. Any of the above boats not claimed will be removed and disposed of by the City of Charleston. (843) 577-4727 merrillm@charleston-sc.gov

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1586

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

VERSUS SAIR RICHARDSON, RIAS RICHARDSON AKA RIAS RICHARDSON, JR., AND MARQUIS GRAHAM IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2022.

TO DEFENDANT: MARQUIS GRAHAM AND RIAS RICHARDSON AKA RIAS RICHARDSON, JR.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on July 16, 2024, at 9:07 a.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, W. Evan Reynolds, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

W. Evan Reynolds, SC Bar No. 102352, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-355-2000.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2521

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Christine N. Wilson, Sean Wilson and Justin Meyers, DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2010 and 2013.

TO DEFENDANT: Christine N. Wilson

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 4, 2024, at 3:07 pm and the Amended Complaint in this action was filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on September 5, 2024, at 3:48 pm. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Angelica Gonzalez, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 29405 within

thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Angelica Gonzalez, SC Bar # 106325, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, Charleston, S.C. 29405, (843) 953-9637.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-1042

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS Jasmine Del Castillo and Christopher Bailey Gale DEFENDANTS. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2024

TO DEFENDANT: Christopher Bailey Gale

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on April 15, 2024 at 7:46 am. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint will be delivered to you upon request from the Charleston County Clerk of Court, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 294055714 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

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

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:

GRACE MUCKENFUSS SPELL

2024-ES-10-2197

DOD: 9/27/24

Pers. Rep: BRUCE M. SPELL

115 BRADD ST., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483

Pers. Rep: RICKY D. SPELL

94 KINGS MILL CT., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: P. BRANDT SHELBOURNE, ESQ.

131 E. RICHARDSON AVE., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483

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Estate of:

BRIAN COURTNEY FOKES

2024-ES-10-2231

DOD: 7/5/24

Pers. Rep: BRIAN COURTNEY

SAMUEL-FOKES

104 N. ROMNEY ST., #A, CHARLESTON, SC 29403

Atty: ROBERT A. WALTERS, ESQ.

1534 BLANDING ST., COLUMBIA, SC 29201

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Estate of: ABRAHAM BROWN, JR. 2024-ES-10-2239

DOD: 11/13/24

Pers. Rep: KIMBERLY S. MATHENIA 8666 GRASSY OAK TRAIL, NO. CHARLESTON, SC 29420 ***********

Estate of: DAVID MYERS GRAHAM, JR. 2024-ES-10-2242

DOD: 11/29/24

Pers. Rep: BURKE L. GRAHAM 853 FOOTPATH LANE, EARLYSVILLE, VA 22936

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

Estate of: THEONIE S. MASTORIDIS 2024-ES-10-2244

DOD: 10/11/24

Pers. Rep: MEROFIA MASTORIDIS 1727 ORANGE GROVE SHORES DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

Atty: JOHN E. ROMANOSKY, JR., ESQ. 1 COOL BLOW ST., #201, CHARLESTON, SC 29403

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Estate of: KATHERINE MARIE SHIVER STRICKLAND 2024-ES-10-2257

DOD: 11/10/24

Pers. Rep: WILLIAM A. STRICKLAND 2186 BOATWRIGHT RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 ***********

Estate of: ALICE SWOPE THOMPSON 2024-ES-10-2271

DOD: 12/26/23

Pers. Rep: WILLIAM K. SWOPE 1811 WILSHIRE DR., CHARLESTON, SC 29407

Atty: MADELIENE LEIGH KING, ESQ. 1525 SAM RITTENBERG BLVD., #208, CHARLESTON, SC 29407 2186 BOATWRIGHT RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

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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: MABLE PRIOLEAU BROWN 2024-ES-10-2277

DOD: 10/16/24

Pers. Rep: MARK BROWN 483 FT. JOHNSON RD., CHARLESTON, SC 29412

Atty: JEFFREY C. MOORE, ESQ. 1 CARRIAGE LN., BLDG H, 2ND FL., CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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Estate of:

DAVID REIS PERRY 2024-ES-10-2282

DOD: 12/18/24

Sp. Admin: GREGORY SAPHIER 10975 SOUTHWEST 69TH AVE., MIAMI, FL 33156

Atty:

DANIEL FRANCIS BLANCHARD, III, ESQ. 151 MEETING ST., #400, CHARLESTON, SC 29401

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Estate of: BEVERLY CORRINE TEAGUE KSENZAK

2024-ES-10-2287

DOD: 11/16/24

Pers. Rep:

SHELLEY COLEMAN 548 CARTERS GROVE RD., CHARLESTON, SC 29414

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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: JERRY LEE SCOTT, SR. 2024-ES-10-2185

DOD: 11/14/24

Pers. Rep: BARBARA E. SCOTT 4472 LOGWOOD DR., LADSON, SC 29456 ***********

Estate of: GENE ARTHUR CADDELL

2024-ES-10-2192

DOD: 10/8/24

Pers. Rep: JANET L. KELLETT 1888 LANDSDOWNE RD., BOWMAN, SC 29018

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Estate of: SUSAN E. MILLER 2024-ES-10-2303

DOD: 11/15/24

Pers. Rep: EILEEN A. RUSH 251 AUSTIN CREEK CT., SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483

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

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Estate of: MARY COTTON WILGUS 2024-ES-10-2304

DOD: 12/16/24

Pers. Rep: JOHN J. WILGUS, JR. 1731 SHARON AVE., CHARLESTON, SC 29407

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PUBLIC AUCTION

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

Facility 1: 1108 Stockade Ln. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 02/04/2025 10:00 AM

Alyce Rogers Home goods, Furniture, art, sound equipment , electronics, accessories, clothing

Heather Bailey Business Goods/ Office Supplies and furniture

Facility 2: 1904 Hwy 17 N. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 02/04/2025 10:15 AM

Kira Donegan Furniture and personal items

Marla Carter Appliances, boxes, 2 bikes

Natasha Weston Boxes

Facility 3: 1640 James Nelson Rd Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

02/04/2025 10:20 AM

Paisley Hoge Furniture and boxes

Lauran Tolly Furniture

Facility 4: 1117 Bowman Rd. Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

02/04/2025

10:25 AM

Scott Williams Bed, washer dryer, tv Jan Owen Furniture items

Facility 5: 1514 Mathis Ferry Rd. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

02/04/2025 10:35 AM

Keiara Washington Suitcase 5

Facility 6: 1426 Hwy 17 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

02/04/2025 10:40 AM

Douglas Crow Household Goods/Furniture

Douglas Crow Household Goods/Furniture Facility 7: 2118 Heriot Street Charleston, SC 29403

02/04/2025 12:15 PM

Martene Pendigrast Boxes/bins

Queenester White 2 dressers 1 chest 1 heater bed frames, mattresses, dryer

Pakesta Long Ten boxes/ 8 Bags

Facility 8: 1540 Meeting Street Road Charleston, SC 29405 02/04/2025 1:00 PM

David McGahee Boxes

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

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

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. Natashia R Singleton, and if Natashia R Singleton be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Natashia R Singleton, distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Natashia R Singleton, and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Imani J Singleton; The United States of America, by and through its Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development; A O, a minor; K D, a minor; A B, a minor,

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT

(NON-JURY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE)

C/A NO: 2024-CP-10-03751

DEFICIENCY WAIVED

TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm LLP, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master-in-Equity/Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity/Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCACR, effective June 1, 1999.

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

YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you.

NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court on July 24, 2024 and the Amended Summons and Complaint were filed on December 4, 2024.

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

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

known and designated as UNIT

NO. F, BUILDING 3, Riverland Place Horizontal Property Regime, a horizontal property regime, established pursuant to the South Carolina Horizontal Property Act, Section 27-31-10, et seq. 1976, South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended and submitted by Master Deed dated June 11, 2003 and recorded on June 19, 2003 in RMC Office for Charleston County in Book M453 at Page 109. Said dwelling unit conveyed hereby being shown on the Exhibits attached to the Master Deed. SUBJECT to any and all restrictions, easements, rights of way, covenants and conditions of record. CONVEYED TOGETHER WITH an undivided percentage in the common elements, restricted common areas and facilities of the property described in said Master Deed attributable to said Unit. BEING the same property conveyed to Derek Byzinski and Marilyn McNeil by deed of Fannie Mae a/k/a Federal National Mortgage Association, dated January 22, 2015, and recorded on January 27, 2015, in Book 0453, at Page 956 in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. TMS # 343-07-00-212.

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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-10-00862

RIVERLAND PLACE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY REGIME, Plaintiffs, vs. DEREK BYZINSKI AND MARILYN McNeil, 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, Certificate of Exemption, Lis Pendens, Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on February 15, 2024.

LIS PENDENS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff against the Defendants for, among other things, the foreclosure of that certain Notice of Lien filed by Plaintiff against Defendants and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County on July 20, 2023, in Book 1192, at Page 506. The property which is the subject of this action was at the commencement of this action and is now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows: ALL that certain condominium unit

Notice and Complaint in the above action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on December 3, 2024.

LIS PENDENS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10-5981

MARIE RIVERS BRATHWAITE, HARRY JAMES RIVERS and JANIE R. NESBITT, Plaintiffs, vs. VANESSA WORLETT BROWN ALLEN, VERNON DOWNES JR., JACQUELINE FULLER, 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 ROBERT RIVERS, SR., VICTORIA RIVERS, ROBERT RIVERS, JR., LOURETTA RIVERS DOWNES, all of whom are deceased, and any and all other persons or legal entities, known and unknown, claiming any right, title, interest or estate in or lien upon the parcels of real estate described in the Lis Pendens and Complaint filed herein, Defendants.

SUMMONS

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:

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

NOTICE OF FILING

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons, Lis Pendens,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiffs against the Defendants to clear title to the parcels of real property hereinafter described (“Subject Property”) and to establish ownership of the Subject Property in the names of the owners as lawful heirs free and clear of any adverse claims whatsoever and to Partition By Sale the Subject Property. The Subject Property was at the commencement of this action and is now situate in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and is more fully described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, measuring 3.62 acres, more or less, and more particularly shown as Lot 1 on that certain Plat by James O. McClellan III, P.E. and L.S., # 2476, entitled “General Property Survey & Plat of Robert Rivers Sr. Est. Located in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston Co., S.C.”, dated December 14, 1996, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina (“ROD”) on February 28, 1997, in Plat Book DB, at Page 70. BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to Robert Rivers, Sr. by deed of Jimmie Weston, dated December 26, 1962, and recorded in the ROD on February 19, 1963, in Book R-78, at Page 268. TMS#: 785-00-00-004

ALSO ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina, measuring 1.00 acres, more or less, and more particularly shown as Lot 2 on that certain Plat by James O. McClellan III, P.E. and L.S., # 2476, entitled “General Property Survey & Plat of Robert Rivers Sr. Est. Located in St. James Santee Parish, Charleston Co., S.C.”, dated December 14, 1996, and recorded in the Register’s Office for Charleston County, South Carolina (“ROD”) on February 28, 1997, in Plat Book DB, at Page 70. BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to Robert Rivers, Sr. by deed of Jimmie Weston, dated December 26, 1962, and recorded in the ROD on February 19, 1963, in Book R-78, at Page 268. TMS#: 785-00-00-015

NOTICE TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

You will please take notice that by Consent Order filed in the Clerk’s Office on December 27, 2024, Walter R. Kaufmann, Esquire, PO Box 459, Mt. Pleasant, SC 294650459, was appointed Guardian ad Litem Nisi for such of the unknown Defendants whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, insane persons, incompetents and persons in the military of The United State of America, being fictitious names designating as a class any unknown persons or legal entities of any kind, who may be an heir, distributee, devisee, legatee, widower, widow, assign, administrator, executor, creditor, successor, personal representative, issue or alienee of Robert Rivers, Sr., Victoria Rivers, Robert Rivers, Jr. and Louretta Rivers Downes, 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

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL

Name and address of Purchaser: ELIZABETH PROVO, 70 EASY ST, CARBONDALE, CO 81623-9147.

LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES: A fee simple undivided 0.0022634921241123% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0206-7E Deed Book 1125, Page 259, Mortgage Book 1125, Page 2663. Total amount presently delinquent $32,735.41, Attorneys fees $450.00, Costs $508.69. You are currently in default under certain provisions of the above referenced mortgage and timeshare instrument. As provided for in paragraph 4. of the aforementioned mortgage, the lien-holder has chosen to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure procedure in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 32 of Title 27 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL

MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT.

Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL

Name and address of Purchaser: EFFEREN V. HARDNETT, 250 PIEDMONT AVENUE NE UNIT 906, ATLANTA, GA 30308.

LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844%

ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Declaration”), having Interval Control Number: 98-0326-13O Deed Book 1134, Page 472, Mortgage Book 1134, Page 477. Total amount presently delinquent $14,598.96, Attorneys fees $450.00, Costs $508.69. You are currently in default under certain provisions of the above referenced mortgage and timeshare instrument. As provided for in paragraph 4. of the aforementioned mortgage, the lien-holder has chosen to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure procedure in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 32 of Title 27 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY

ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT.

Any response or inquiry should be made in writing to King Cunningham, LLC, Attn: Jeffrey W. King, Esq. who is serving as Trustee in this matter, at the following address: 1000 2nd Ave S, Ste 325, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582.

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND INTENT TO SELL

Name and address of Purchaser: MICHEL TONDREAU & CHANTAL GAGNE, 83 RUE BROOK, GATINEAU, QC, CANADA J9H 2Y5.

LIBERTY PLACE VACATION SUITES: A fee simple undivided 0.00399374221908844% ownership interest in and to the Project in perpetuity as tenant(s) in common with the Owners of other Vacation Ownership Interests in the Project, as established by and subject to that certain Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Vacation Ownership Instrument for Liberty Place Vacation Suites, recorded September 25, 2019 in Book 0824, Page 157, et seq. of the records of the R.O.D. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, as amended or supplemented from time to time

Deed Book 0, Page 949, Mortgage Book 849, Page 987. Total amount presently delinquent $12,314.96, Attorneys fees $450.00, Costs $530.20. You are currently in default under certain provisions of the above referenced mortgage and timeshare instrument. As provided for in paragraph 4. of the aforementioned mortgage, the lien-holder has chosen to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure procedure in accordance with Article 3 of Chapter 32 of Title 27 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-32325, S.C. CODE ANN., 1976, AS AMENDED, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU FAIL TO CURE THE DEFAULT OR TAKE OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER WITHIN THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RISK LOSING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH A NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, UNDER THE NONJUDICIAL PROCEDURE, YOU WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT OR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED EVEN IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE THROUGH THE NONJUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRE FORECLOSURE OF YOUR TIMESHARE INTEREST TO PROCEED THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. AN OBJECTION MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE BEFORE THE END OF THE THIRTY-DAY TIME PERIOD. YOU MUST STATE THE REASON FOR YOUR OBJECTION AND INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS ON THE WRITTEN OBJECTION. IN A JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR OBJECTION, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO A DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED IF THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE RESULTING FROM THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE AMOUNT OF THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. FURTHERMORE, YOU ALSO MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT FOR THE COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER IN THE JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS COMPLETE ABSENCE OF A JUSTIFIABLE ISSUE OF EITHER LAW OR FACT RAISED BY YOUR OBJECTIONS OR DEFENSES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE OF YOUR TIMESHARE ESTATE, BY PAYMENT OF ALL PAST DUE LOAN PAYMENTS OR ASSESSMENTS, ACCRUED INTEREST, LATE FEES, TAXES, AND ALL FEES AND COSTS INCURRED BY THE LIENHOLDER AND TRUSTEE, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEFAULT. Any response or inquiry should be made

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No. 2021-CP-10-04100

THE BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff, v. FADOL BROWN AND DAVID SIMMONS, JR., Defendants.

NOTICE OF SALE

Upon authority of a Decree, the Master-in-Equity for Charleston County will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below at the County Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of the Public Services Building located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 or shortly thereafter.

ALL that lot, piece and parcel of land with buildings and improvements thereon situate, lying and being on the South side of Poplar Street in the City of Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot 58 on a plan of 92 lots laid out of for CarolinaFlorida Realty Company, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book C, Page 128.

The said lot measuring and containing in front on Poplar Street thirty-five (35’) feet, on the back line thirty-four and ninety-three one hundredths (34.93’) feet, in depth on the West side one hundred six and twenty-eight hundredths (106.28”) feet, and on the East side one hundred four and twenty-six hundredths (104.26’) feet.

BUTTING AND BOUNDING to the North on Poplar Street, to the East on Lot 60, to the South on Lot 57, and to the West on Lot 56, all as shown on said plat.

Being the same property conveyed to Fadol Brown and David Simmons, Jr., by deed of David Simmons, Jr. and Theresa Marie Brown, dated and recorded September 27, 2018 in the Office of the Register of Deeds in Book 0749, Page 992.

TMS # 463-12-03-135

Property address: 15 Poplar Street Charleston, S.C.

A personal or deficiency judgment having been waived, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, any compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master-in-Equity, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid; the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance.

Should the highest bidder fail and refuse to make the required deposit at the time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days from the date of sale, the Master-in-Equity will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

The successful purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps on the Foreclosure Deed, and interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate

If Plaintiff or its representative fail to appear and bid at the foreclosure sale, any such sale shall be null and void and of no effect.

SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OR RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES.

Mikell R. Scarborough

Master-in-Equity for Charleston County 17 Day of January 2025 Charleston, South Carolina

Submitted by:

Larry D. Cohen, Esquire P.O. Box 30547

Charleston, South Carolina 29417 Tel. (843) 225-4445 Ldcohen@Ldcohenlaw.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

The Bank of South Carolina

THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA”, which Plat is dated November 5, 2003, and was recorded in the R.M.C. Office for Charleston County, South Carolina, in Plat Book O 480, at Page 775; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as are shown and delineated on said Plat.

THIS CONVEYANCE is subject to any and all Restrictions, Covenants, Easements and Conditions of record affecting said property.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following: During such time as the property described herein is used for a purpose for which assistance under the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, P.L. 104-120, was provided or for another purpose involving the provisions of similar services or benefits, then no person having an interest in this property shall refuse service for or accommodation or other benefits to any person with respect to the property on account of the person’s race, color or national origin or otherwise engage in discrimination conduct of any kind on account of ‘ a person’s race, color or national origin. This covenant is appurtenant to and shall run with the land described herein.

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following: The grantee(s)’, their heirs, successors and/or assigns, herein agree to pay Berkeley Electric Cooperative Inc. or any successor electric utility company regulated by the South Carolina Public Service Commission, a monthly charge, plus applicable State of South Carolina Sales Tax, for operation and maintenance of street lighting system.

terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

David B. Wheeler

Telephone : 843-579-7000

FOR INSERTION

January 17, 24 & 31, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

of record, and any other senior encumbrances.

This being the same property conveyed to James Hart, III by deed of Ethel L. Terry a/k/a Ethel Lee Terry, dated January 24, 2002 and recorded January 30, 2003 in Book U434 at Page 705 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.

TMS # 4631201035

Case#: 2024CP1003621

Current Property Address: 1150 King Street Charleston, SC 29403

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

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

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. IF for any reason the Plaintiff’s agent does not appear to bid at the sale, the sale will be deemed canceled. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

County, SC property of BerkeleyAmberwood Associates” dated November 26, 1984 and recorded in Plat Book BC at Page 96, said plat further being revised July 29, 1985 by plat recorded in Plat Book BE at Page 179, further revision to subject lot by plat recorded in Plat Book CK at Page 53, all recordings being in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said lot having such size, shape, measurements, buttings and boundings as will by reference to the aforesaid plat more fully appear.

PLEASE NOTE: The above legal description has been revised so as to correct the original subdivision plat date and include reference to the revised subdivision plat.

This being the same property conveyed to Herman Bryan, Jr. by deed of Angela L. Blount n/k/a Angela L. Mason and Michael Mason dated August 24, 2007 and recorded August 29, 2007 in Book B637 at Page 306 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County. Subsequently, Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr. died on or about November 12, 2020, leaving the subject property to his heirs, namely Sheila Henderson, Delores Dingle, Herman Bryan, III, Keith Bryan, Donna Heyward, Maurice Johnson, Travis L. Brown, Derrick Sergeton, Wandesha Smalls, Denise Smalls, and Travis Smalls.

TMS No. 406-01-00-049

Property address: 4958 Amberwood Lane, North Charleston, SC 29418

4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC., on the 4th day of February, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.

ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 204, ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT PREPARED BY THOMAS AND HUTTON ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING, ENTITLED “A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF A PORTION OF TRACT B-3B TO CREATE ASHLEY PARK PHASE 6, CITY OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” RECORDED ON APRIL 11, 2016 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK L16 AT PAGE 164 IN THE CHARLESTON COUNTY ROD OFFICE. SAID LOTS HAVING SUCH SIZES, DIMENSIONS, BUTTING AND BOUNDINGS AS REFERENCE TO SAID PLAT WILL SHOW. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO DINAH JONES HOUK BY DEED FROM JOHN G. FOSCOLOS, JR BY DEED JULY 14, 2022 AND RECORDED JULY 15, 2022 IN THE REGISTERS OFFICE OF BOOK 1124, PAGE 475, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

TMS # 306-01-00-034

Current Property Address: 4244 Scharite St, Charleston, SC 29414

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Sienna at Grand Oaks Homeowners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Richard C. Gallier, Defendant;

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on February 4, 2025 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, together with any and all improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and more particularly shown and delineated as Lot 32, Sienna at Bee’s Landing, Phase 2, on a Final Plat of aforesaid subdivision prepared by Trico Engineering Consultants, Inc., dated July 26, 2001, recorded in Plat Cabinet EF, Slide 358, Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, and said lot having such boundaries and measurements as shown on the above described plat, which is specifically incorporated by reference herein.

Subject to any and all restrictive covenants, easements and right-ofway of record.

Master’s Sale Case No. 2022-CP-10-03379

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

SEA ISLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC., Plaintiff, vs. EFRAIN CAMPOS A/K/A J. EFRAIN CAMPOS; IMELDA CAMPOS; SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSING TRUST FUND, Defendants.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 17th day of March, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Public Services Building (PSB), 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of February, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Johns Island, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot No. 48, SEA ISLAND PLACE SUBDIVISION on a Plat entitled, “A FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT OF LOTS 28 THRU 48 PHASE II SEA ISLAND PLACE CONTAINING 9.580 ACRES OWNED BY SEA ISLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, LOCATED IN

THIS CONVEYANCE is further subject to the following: The lot owner, lessor, and/ or his heirs, successors and assigns, shall contact Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. or their successors, three (3) days prior to any digging or excavation work on said property, including swimming pool installations, trenching, or any type of digging. Upon notification by the lot owner, lessor and/or his heirs, successors and assigns, a field survey will be conducted by Berkeley Electric Cooperative, Inc. personnel to insure that there are no conflicts with the Cooperative’s safety requirements. Any excavation in violation of Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s safety requirements is expressly prohibited.

This being the same property conveyed to Efrain Campos and Imelda Campos by Deed of Sea Island Habitat for Humanity, Inc. dated March 9, 2005, and recorded on March 22, 2005, in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book V-529 at Page 725.

TMS # 279-10-00-151

ADDRESS: 3335 ISLAND ESTATES DRIVE, JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455

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

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

Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within 20 days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same

Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1003621

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

The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee on behalf of the holders of the CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS

James Hart, III; Shelmore Surety, LLC;, DEFENDANTS.

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 12th day of December, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at CHARLESTON COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 4th day of February, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the east side of King Street in the City of Charleston, State and County aforesaid, known and designated as Lot No. 5 on a plat of a tract of land on the east side of King Street, surveyed and platted into ninety-two (92) lots at the request of the Carolina Florida Realty Company, by G. M. Howe, which plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in plat Book C at Page 128; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.

SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444

011847-05333 2024CP1003621

FOR INSERTION

01/17/2025, 01/24/2025, 01/31/2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-03644

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

J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., PLAINTIFF VERSUS Sheila Henderson, Individually, as Legal Heir or Devisee of the Estate of Herman Bryan a/k/a Herman Bryan, Jr., Deceased; et.al., DEFENDANTS

Upon authority of a Decree dated December 12, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the Emergency Operations Center, Public Services Building (PSB) located at 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina on the 4th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the improvements thereon, designated as Lot 30, Block A located in Amberwood Subdivision in Charleston County, South Carolina as shown on “Plat of Amberwood Subdivision, Phase I, a 19.69 acre tract of Land, located in the City of North Charleston, Charleston

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

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

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

NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search prior to the foreclosure sale date.

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY

Ronald C. Scott (803) 252-3340

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Master’s Sale Case No. 2024-CP-10-04262

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

Movement Mortgage, LLC vs. Dinah Jones Houk, South Carolina Department of Revenue

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 11th day of December, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers,

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

PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY Nicole K. O’Shaughnessy, Esquire Telephone: (803) 828-0880 FOR INSERTION 1/17/2025; 1/24/2025; 1/31/2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity A-4832206

01/17/2025, 01/24/2025, 01/31/2025

Being the same property conveyed to Richard C. Gallier by deed of Palmetto Traditional Homes LLC, dated October 31, 2002, and recorded November 13, 2002 in the ROD Office for Charleston County in Book N425, at Page 796.

TMS No.: 305-04-00-177 Property Address: 486 Hainsworth Drive, Charleston, SC 29414

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH: The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to that certain mortgage lien held by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Generation Mortgage Company, and/or Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in the original amount of $273,000.00 dated July 21, 2011, and recorded July 29, 2011, in Book 0199 at Page 618 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title.

See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008) Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Attorney for the Plaintiff

Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to any and all liens including taxes, tax liens, government liens etc. recorded in the Charleston County Register of Deeds or filed with the Clerk of Court and/or with/by the South Carolina Department of Revenue or the Internal Revenue Service or any other agency or department of the United States of America.

KRISTIN 843-885 4086

NOTICE OF SALE Docket No. 2023-CP-10-4848

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Ashleytowne Village Horizontal Property Regime (A) a/k/a Ashleytowne Village, Inc., Plaintiff, against Virginia Allen, Defendant;

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on February 4, 2025 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or unit, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Unit Number 801 in Ashleytowne Village Horizontal Property Regime (A), as shown on the plans and specifications attached to the Master Deed of Ashleytowne

Village Horizontal Property Regime (A), dated October 28, 1982 and recorded on November 5, 1982 in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book V-129, Page 325, and the amendments thereto.

Together with the undivided percentage interest in the General Common Elements of the property described in Section 1 of Article 4 of said Master Deed appurtenant thereto.

This being the same property conveyed to Virginia Allen by deed of Debra B. Tillman, Patricia B. Googe, Glenn E. Googe, Mark A. Burnup and David M. Burnup dated March 2, 2017, and recorded March 30, 2017 with the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 0626 at Page 859.

TMS Number: 358-16-00-116

Property Address: 2770 Jobee Drive, Apt. 1, Charleston, SC 29414

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:

The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in

THIS BEING the same property conveyed to Todd J. Peterson and Pamela C. Peterson by deed of The H. A. Rooke Company, Incorporated, dated May 23, 1994, and recorded May 24, 1994, in Book H243 at Page 402 with the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office.

TMS Number: 427-10-00-015

Property Address: 1350 Fiddle Way, Charleston, SC 29412

TERMS OF SALE: FOR CASH:

The Master-in-Equity will require a deposit of Five (5%) Percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent), same to be applied on the purchase price only upon compliance with the bid, but in case of non-compliance within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale, same to be forfeited and applied to costs and the property re-advertised for sale upon the same terms at the risk of the former highest bidder.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title. See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Attorney for the Plaintiff

Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

NOTICE OF SALE

Docket No. 2023-CP-10-0669

By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, heretofore granted in the case of Egret’s Pointe Property Owners Association, Inc., Plaintiff, against Todd J. Peterson and Pamela C. Peterson, Defendants;

I, the undersigned Master-in-Equity for Charleston County, will sell on February 4, 2025 at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the County Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on James Island, in the City and County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, know and designated as Lot No. 54A, EGRET’S POINTE SUBDIVISION

– PHASE II, as shown on a plat made by Lawrence J. Kennerty, Jr., R.L.S., dated June 14, 1993, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book CN, Page 32, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully appear.

SUBJECT to restrictions recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Book J221, Page 534 and in Book M221, Page 344, and any and all easements of record.

Development, Discover Bank, and Credit Corp Solutions Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.

The sale shall be subject to taxes, to existing easements and restrictions of record, and to homeowners association assessments accruing subsequent to the date of the deed issued to the purchaser [Purchaser to pay interest on his bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of 6.875% per annum].

The sale shall be subject to that certain applicable tax lien(s) and/or possible tax lien(s) held by South Carolina Department of Revenue pursuant to a search of “Todd Peterson” in the MyDORWAY State Tax Lien Registry; and that certain lien held by Seaside Plantation Property Owners, Inc. in the original amount of $2,226.00, recorded March 26, 2022, in Book 1094 at Page 047, with the Charleston County Register of Deeds.

Any sale pursuant to this order is without warranty of any kind. Neither Plaintiff nor Court warrant title to any third-party purchaser. All third-party purchasers are made parties to this action and are deemed to have notice of all matters disclosed by the public record, including the status of title. See Ex parte Keller, 185 S.C. 283, 194 S.E. 15 (1937); Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. Turner, 378 S.C. 147, 662 S.E.2d 424 (Ct. App. 2008)

Purchaser shall pay for all costs of recording the deed.

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

Mikell R. Scarborough Master-in-Equity for Charleston County

Attorney for the Plaintiff

Derek F. Dean Simons & Dean 147 Wappoo Creek Drive, Suite 604 Charleston, SC 29412

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-02840

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, PLAINTIFF versus Bret Reynolds, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, The United States of America, acting by and through its agency, The Secretary of Housing and Urban

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 11th day of December, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of February, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, being known and designated as Lot 11, Block A, and more particularly shown on a plat of Strafford Heights Subdivision by W H Matheny dated June 1954, recorded in Plat Book J, Page 171 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, said lot having such metes, bounds, and dimensions as are shown on said plat. Being the same property conveyed to Bret Reynolds and Moriah Grace Reynolds aka Moriah Reynolds by deed of Michael T. Tecosky, dated May 18, 2015 and recorded May 27, 2015 in Deed Book 0478 at Page 375; thereafter, Bret Reynolds and Moriah Grace Reynolds aka Moriah Reynolds conveyed the subject property to Bret Reynolds by deed dated June 20, 2019 and recorded July 11, 2019 in Deed Book 0807 at Page 362.

TMS No. 279-16-00-016

Property Address: 3464 Hobson Drive, Johns Island, SC 29455

Since a deficiency judgment is being demanded, the bidding will remain open for thirty (30) days after the date of sale, pursuant to S.C. Code ANN. Section 15-39-720, (1976), to close on March 6, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. The deficiency judgment may be waived by the Plaintiff upon written request prior to sale. The Sale is made subject to the Right of Redemption of the United States of America, pursuant to Section 2410(c), U.S. Code, for a period of 120 days from date of sale. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.2500%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

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

FOR INSERTION January 17, 2025, January 24, 2025, January 31, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity 6613

at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of February, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. ALL that certain piece, parcel, lot or tract of land, with the improvements thereon, if any, situate, lying and being in St. Andrews Parish, in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 2, Block R, on a plat bearing the legend “The Ponderosa, St. Andrews Parish, Charleston County, South Carolina,” by E.M. Scabrook, Jr., CE & LS, dated June 9, 1965, and recorded in Plat Book T at page 48 in the Office of the RMC for Charleston County, and having the boundaries and measurements as shown on the last described plat. This description is made in lieu of the metes and bounds description as permitted by law, Section 30-5-250 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976) as amended. Being the same property conveyed to William Wolfe Kelly and Mary Allison Kelly, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, and not as tenants in common, by deed of Randall L. Hedglin, Jr. and Nicole R. Hedglin, dated August 1, 2022 and recorded August 3, 2022 in Deed Book 1128 at Page 722.

TMS No. 3070100131

Property Address: 759 Cartwright Drive, Charleston, SC 29414

Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.

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

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

FOR INSERTION January 17, 2025, January 24, 2025, January 31, 2025

Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity

Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights in this action, filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on October 16, 2024, at 9:07 a.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Angelica Gonzalez, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.

Angelica Gonzalez, SC Bar #106325, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9637.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2022-CP-101000051

Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-02907

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

Planet Home Lending, LLC, PLAINTIFF versus William Wolfe Kelly, Mary Allison Kelly, and Ponderosa Civic Improvement Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).

Upon authority of a Decree dated the 12th day of December, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below,

No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.2500%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out.

6615

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2944

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS MARTY KING AKA MARTY LOUIS KING, JR. IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2011.

TO DEFENDANT: MARTY KING AKA MARTY LOUIS KING, JR.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the

MARK VAHALA VERSUS TRAVIS TARDIFF, ET. AL.

THE DEFENDANT: TRAVIS TARDIFF

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, And required to attend the hearing scheduled for 1/28/2025 10:30AM at 100 broad street, Charleston SC 2940.

This matter involving a complaint for breach of contract and other legal claims against the defendant. Where as the court has ordered that service by publication is appropriate. SC Code section #15-7-710 South Carolina law allows for alternate means of service by publication under these circumstances.

The defendant had listed addresses in Mount Pleasant SC in court filings.

The defendant originally appeared pro se in this matter and is now avoiding service

The defendant has been charged in criminal case #2022A1010205511 for similar behavior that took place in this case.

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20. MM

22. Stadium cheer

23. The whole thing

24. “No Hard Feelings” band The ___ Brothers

25. Initials for home projects

26. Band known for elaborate videos

28. Thurston Howell ___ of “Gilligan’s Island”

30. Segment between “Eat” and “Love”

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35. XX 39. ___ carte

40. “The Jungle” novelist Sinclair

41. “American Fiction” actress Rae 42. 35mm camera initials

43. “Luck ___ my side” 44. Animation collectible

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49. On vacation

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58. “The Color Purple” protagonist

59. “Dallas Buyers Club” Oscar winner Jared

60. Of majestic proportions 61. Road repair stuff

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“Peter Pan” pixie nickname

15. Places for big-name players

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18. Smoothie superfruit

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26. “Citizen Kane” director Welles

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38. “Don’t Stop ___ You Get Enough”

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47. Presidential daughter of the 2010s

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55. Tech news site once owned by CBS

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. He has also been shortlisted for four other prestigious awards. I find it odd that his acclaimed novels have received mediocre scores on the prominent book-rating website, Goodreads, which has 150 million members. Why is there such a marked difference between expert critics and average readers? I speculate that those in the latter category are less likely to appreciate bold, innovative work. They don’t have the breadth and depth to properly evaluate genius. All this is my way of encouraging you to be extra discerning about whose opinions you listen to in the coming weeks, Aries — especially in regard to your true value. Trust intelligent people who specialize in thoughtful integrity. You are in a phase when your ripening uniqueness needs to be nurtured and protected.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Every joke is a tiny revolution,” said author George Orwell. I agree, which is why I hope you will unleash an unruly abundance of humor and playfulness in the coming days. I hope you will also engage in benevolent mischief that jostles the status quo and gently shakes people out of their trances. Why? Because your world and everyone in it need a sweet, raucous revolution. And the best way to accomplish that with minimum chaos and maximum healing is to: 1. do so with kindness and compassion; 2. be amusing and joyful and full of joie de vivre.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Research suggests that if you’re typical, you would have to howl with maximum fury for a month straight just to produce enough energy to toast a piece of bread. But you are not at all typical right now. Your wrath is high quality. It’s more likely than usual to generate constructive changes. And it’s more prone to energize you rather than deplete you. But don’t get overconfident in your ability to harness your rage for good causes. Be respectful of its holy potency, and don’t squander it on trivial matters. Use it only for crucial prods that would significantly change things for the better.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I invite you to write a message to the person you will be in one year. Inform this Future You that you are taking a vow to achieve three specific goals by January 15, 2026. Name these goals. Say why they are so important to you. Describe what actions you will take to fulfill them. Compose collages or draw pictures that convey your excitement about them. When you’ve done all that, write the words, “I pledge to devote all my powers to accomplish these wonderful feats.” Sign your name. Place your document in an envelope, write “MY VOWS” on the front, and tape the envelope in a prominent place in your home or workplace.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Congratulations on all the subtle and private work you’ve been doing to make yourself a better candidate for optimal togetherness. Admitting to your need for improvement was brave! Learning more about unselfish cooperation was hard work, and so was boosting your listening skills. (I speak from personal experience, having labored diligently to enhance my own relationship skills!) Very soon now, I expect that you will begin harvesting the results of your artful efforts.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Construction on the Great Wall of China began in the 7th century BCE and lasted until 1878. Let’s make this monumental accomplishment your symbol of power for the next 10 months, Virgo! May it inspire you to work tirelessly to forge your own monumental accomplishment. Take pride in the gradual progress you’re making. Be ingeniously persistent in engaging the support of those who share your grand vision. Your steady determination, skill at collaborating and ability to plan will be your superpowers as you create a labor of love that will have enduring power.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): We are all accustomed to dealing with complications and complexities — so much so that we may be tempted to imagine there’s never a simple solution to any dilemma. Copious nuance and mystifying paradox surround us on all sides, tempting us to think that

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every important decision must inevitably be taxing and time-consuming. As someone who specializes in trying to see all sides to every story, I am especially susceptible to these perspectives. (I have three planets in Libra.) But now here’s the unexpected news: In the coming weeks, you will enjoy the luxury of quickly settling on definitive, straightforward solutions. You will get a sweet respite from relentless fuzziness and ambiguity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When my daughter Zoe was 11 years old, she published her first collection of poems. The chapbook’s title was Secret Freedom. That’s a good theme for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. You are currently communing with a fertile mystery that could ultimately liberate you from some of your suffering and limitations. However, it’s important to be private and covert about your playful work with this fertile mystery — at least for now. Eventually, when it ripens, there will come a time to fully unleash your beautiful thing and reveal it to the world. But until then, safeguard it with silence and discretion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): From a distance, Brazil’s Rio Negro looks black. The water of Rio Solimões, also in Brazil, is yellowish-brown. Near the city of Manaus, these two rivers converge, flowing eastward. But they don’t blend at first. For a few miles, they move side-by-side, as if still autonomous. Eventually, they fuse into a single flow and become the mighty Amazon River. I suspect the behavior of Rio Negro and Rio Solimoes could serve as a useful metaphor for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Consider the possibility of allowing, even encouraging, two separate streams to merge. Or would you prefer them to remain discrete for a while longer? Make a conscious decision about this matter.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): During the next three weeks, doing the same old things and thinking the same old thoughts are strongly discouraged. For the sake of your spiritual and physical health, please do not automatically rely on methods and actions that have worked before. I beg you not to imitate your past self or indulge in worn-out traditions. Sorry to be so extreme, but I really must insist that being bored or boring will be forbidden. Stated more poetically: Shed all weak-heart conceptions and weak-soul intentions. Be of strong heart and robust soul.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Wilderness campers have developed humorous terms to gently mock their fears and anxieties. The theory is that this alleviates some of the stress. So a “bear burrito” refers to a hammock. It addresses the worry that one might get an unwanted visit from a bear while sleeping. A “bear fortune cookie” is another name for a tent. “Danger noodle” is an apparent stick that turns out to be a snake. “Mountain money” is also known as toilet paper. I approve of this joking approach to dealing with agitation and unease. (And scientific research confirms it’s effective.) Now is an excellent time to be creative in finding ways to diminish your mostly needless angst.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you were producing the movie of your life, what actor or actress would you want to portray you? Who would play your friends and loved ones? How about the role of God or Goddess? Who would you choose to perform the role of the Supreme Being? These will be fun meditations for you in the coming weeks. Why? Because it’s an excellent time to think big about your life story — to visualize the vast, sweeping panorama of your beautiful destiny. I would also love it if during your exploration of your history, you would arrive at interesting new interpretations of the meanings of your epic themes.

“WELCOME TO 2025” —it’s 3x15, squared.

HOSTED AT 5 VENUES ACROSS CHARLESTON

HOSTED AT 5 VENUES ACROSS CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL

CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL

37 John St. Charleston, SC 29403

Housed in an old train station from 1850, The Hall was created in 1993 and exists to create extraordinary experiences and promote the finest local, regional, and national music and entertainment acts. Over the past few years, the Hall has been working hard to promote more comedy in Charleston with over 100 nationally touring comedic acts brought to The Hall over the past two years.

Housed in an old train station from 1850, The Hall was created in 1993 and exists to create extraordinary experiences and promote the finest local, regional, and national music and entertainment acts. Over the past few years, the Hall has been working hard to promote more comedy in Charleston with over 100 nationally touring comedic acts brought to The Hall over the past two years.

MUSIC FARM

MUSIC FARM

32 Ann St. Charleston, SC 29403

The Music Farm was created in 1991 and has woven itself into the artistic growth and expression of Charleston. The Farm exists to create extraordinary experiences and promote the finest local, regional, and national music and entertainment acts. The Farm was renovated in 2022 and re-opened by the same team that runs the Music Hall. Since re-opening, the Farm has added seated shows to bring in more comedy and alt-comedy to the space from Beth Stelling to Sean Patton to LGBTLOL to Rip City Chs.

The Music Farm was created in 1991 and has woven itself into the artistic growth and expression of Charleston. The Farm exists to create extraordinary experiences and promote the finest local, regional, and national music and entertainment acts. The Farm was renovated in 2022 and re-opened by the same team that runs the Music Hall. Since re-opening, the Farm has added seated shows to bring in more comedy and alt-comedy to the space from Beth Stelling to Sean Patton to LGBTLOL to Rip City Chs.

Theatre 99

Theatre 99

280 Meeting St B, Charleston, SC 29401

Theatre 99 creates original, never-gonna-see-it-again hilarity every week. As “Charleston’s Home For Improv Comedy,” improv is our thang. We perform improvised plays based entirely on audience suggestions. It makes for the funniest theatre experience around.

Theatre 99 creates original, never-gonna-see-it-again hilarity every week. As “Charleston’s Home For Improv Comedy,” improv is our thang. We perform improvised plays based entirely on audience suggestions. It makes for the funniest theatre experience around.

Shows are typically PG-13, but since they are based on audience suggestion, you never know what will happen. There is adult language and innuendo in the shows. They are not in the “family friendly” category. We think shows are appropriate for 15 years and older.

Shows are typically PG-13, but since they are based on audience suggestion, you never know what will happen. There is adult language and innuendo in the shows. They are not in the “family friendly” category. We think shows are appropriate for 15 years and older.

Wit’s End

Wit’s End

3320 Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405

Exciting news! Wit’s End Comedy Lounge, the new premiere destination for all things comedy in South Carolina, is thrilled to announce its participation in Charleston Comedy Week 2025! This week-long celebration will feature Charleston’s finest comedians, both past and present, along with a few big surprises that are sure to delight comedy fans. Join us for an unforgettable week of laughter, delicious food, and fantastic cocktails at Wit’s End Comedy Lounge, where the best in comedy comes to life!

Exciting news! Wit’s End Comedy Lounge, the new premiere destination for all things comedy in South Carolina, is thrilled to announce its participation in Charleston Comedy Week 2025! This week-long celebration will feature Charleston’s finest comedians, both past and present, along with a few big surprises that are sure to delight comedy fans. Join us for an unforgettable week of laughter, delicious food, and fantastic cocktails at Wit’s End Comedy Lounge, where the best in comedy comes to life!

LOFI Brewing

LOFI Brewing

2038 Meeting Street Rd, North Charleston, SC 29405

Besides being an amazing local brewery, LoFi has also been promoting great shows in their space over the past few years including comedy. From album releases, to music trivia, to comedy nights to underground hip hop hangs, LoFi has made itself an important part of Charleston’s art scene and is helping to keep Charleston weird.

Besides being an amazing local brewery, LoFi has also been promoting great shows in their space over the past few years including comedy. From album releases, to music trivia, to comedy nights to underground hip hop hangs, LoFi has made itself an important part of Charleston’s art scene and is helping to keep Charleston weird.

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Comedy week poster designed by AAron UtterbACk - @ron_roUte

37 John St.

32 Ann St. Charleston, SC 29403

280 Meeting St B, Charleston,

CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL

Maria Bamford

Maria Bamford is revered for her deeply personal and experimental comedy about mental illness. She’s the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult and is the star of four hour-long standup specials (Local Act, Weakness is the Brand, Old Baby and Maria Bamford: the special, special, special!) and the surreal, semi-autobiographical Netflix comedy series Lady Dynamite, about a comedian who suffers a nervous breakdown. Maria was the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials and starred alongside Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn in The Comedians of Comedy. She also created and starred in the cult hit web series The Maria Bamford Show, in which she plays all the characters.

Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt continues to leave his distinctive imprint across all areas of entertainment, from his award-winning comedy specials to his many guest roles on television. His most recent comedy special We All Scream (which also marked his directorial debut) launched on Netflix last September and Oswalt was recently nominated for a Grammy for his comedy album. Last year, he starred in the Magnolia Pictures comedy I Love My Dad, winner of the Grand Jury and Audience awards at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival.

Dave Attell

1.23.25 8p 1.25.25 7p 1.26.25 7p

Dave Attell, the legendary stand-up comedian’s, new Netflix Comedy Special HOT CROSS BUNS premiered in March to huge numbers and rave reviews. He is best known as the host of Comedy Central’s INSOMNIAC WITH DAVE ATTELL, which gave him a cult following. He can next be seen in the Hulu series LIFE & BETH alongside Amy Schumer, Michael Rapaport, and Michael Cera. He can also be seen on BUMPING MICS with Jeff Ross, currently streaming on Netflix, and HBO’s CRASHING with Pete Holmes. His series DAVE’S OLD PORN ran for 2 seasons on Showtime, and his stand up series, DAVE ATTELL’S COMEDY UNDERGROUND, and his one hour special, ROAD WORK, were featured on Comedy Central. ROAD WORK is currently streaming on Paramount+.

MUSIC FARM

RIP CITY CHS

Rip City CHS is an experimental comedy/variety show that features original sketches, characters, music, performance art, and anything else in between. It’s basically Charleston SNL. The works are being performed for the first time for a live audience and the rotating cast keeps the show different every month. Rip City CHS is curated & produced by Nameless Numberhead (Henry Riggs & Maari Suorsa)

Sloppy Boys w MIDS

The Sloppy Boys are a “party rock” band from LA consisting of comedians Mike Hanford, Jeff Dutton and Tim Kalpakis. Prior to forming The Sloppy Boys, all three were writer-performers on the sketch comedy show “The Birthday Boys,” produced by Bob Odenkirk, which aired on IFC.

Together, the Boys have self-released three albums, Lifelong Vacation, Dancing on the Wind, and Paradiso. Their fourth, Sonic Ranch, was produced by Money Mark (Beastie Boys, Beck) at the legendary Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas. The entire process was captured by director Robert Holguin for his feature-length comedy-rock-doc Blood, Sweat and Beers or How The Sloppy Boys Made an Album on a Farm in West Texas.

The Sloppy Boys also host a weekly cocktail-making podcast, ranked a Top 3 Comedy Podcast by Vulture. New episodes drop every Friday.

Todd Barry

He’s appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ,The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan and Late Night With Seth Meyers and his acting credits include The Wrestler, Road Trip, Flight of the Concords, Chappelle’s Show, Spin City, Sex and the City. You may have heard his voice on the animated series Bob’s Burgers, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Todd is also the author of the critically-acclaimed 2017 travel memoir Thank You For Coming To Hattiesburg.

1.23.25 8p 1.24.25 8:30p 1.25.25 8p BUY TICKETS!

Laughway to the Weekend

1.22.25 8p

Come laugh it up with us halfway to the weekend! This improv comedy show will feature 3 acts of hilarious improv and sketch comedy. Wednesday nights are a Charleston tradition that feature long form improv comedy. Every show is different and completely based on audience suggestions. Show is appropriate for 15 years and older. It is not “family friendly.”

Mary Kay Has a Posse

They’re back and celebrating 21 years together! Charleston’s original all-lady improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny! Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules. “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper. If you are easily offended or feel that a woman’s place is in the kitchen, stay home.

Doozy

This improv show features Dan O’Connor (Impro Theatre), Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), Brandy Sullivan (Theatre 99) and Greg Tavares (Theatre 99) doing improvised scene after scene based entirely on audience suggestions. Buckle up because this show a doozy!

Clean Improv Show

Perfect for kids! Have you ever been to an improv show and thought, “I’d love to bring my 10 year old, but it’s just not clean enough for them”? Well, now we’ve got you covered! Theatre 99 is presenting a one hour hilarious short form show that is clean as a whistle. No need to take cover from “F” bombs. This show is chock-full of fun and is just as side-splittingly funny as what you’ve come to expect here at Theatre 99. All improv – all based on your suggestions.

1.23.25 7:30p 1.24.25 8p 1.25.25 6p 1.25.25 8p

No scripts! All improv! This high-energy comedy improv show is entirely based on your audience suggestion so every show is different. It’s the longest running show in Charleston. The Have Nots! (Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares) will perform their unique brand of improv comedy AND you never know who will join them on the stage! Come find out why critics say “The Have Nots! have it!”

Wit’s End

Luis J. Gomez

Luis J. Gomez is a comedian, writer, podcaster, and producer based out of New York City. He is most known for hosting the popular podcasts Legion of Skanks, The Regz and Real Ass Podcast. His television appearances include NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”, Comedy Central’s “Roast Battle”, TruTV’s “Comedy Knockout”, two seasons of NBC Seeso’s “What’s Your F@%king Deal?!”, “The Jim Gaffigan Show”, and more. Luis is a seasoned stand up who has performed his brand of edgy, in-your-face comedy all over the world! He was named a “Breakout Performer” at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and has performed at the Moontower Festival and on Bert Kreischer ’s “Fully Loaded Tour”. Luis regularly appears on the largest podcasts in the world such as The Joe Rogan Experience, Kill Tony, The Tim Dillon Show, and Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast! In 2016, Luis started the GaS Digital Podcast Network with his good friend, and fellow podcaster, Ralph Sutton. That same year he co-created the comedy festival Skankfest which has now sold out 7 years in a row and has amassed a cult like following among comedy fans world wide!

Best of Charleston Stand Up

Get ready for an unforgettable night of laughter and excitement at the Best of Charleston! This is your chance to see these rising stars before they go on to bigger and better things. Join us for an evening filled with hilarious performances, unexpected twists, and non-stop entertainment. Whether you’re a comedy aficionado or just looking for a fun night out, this event is not to be missed!

Best of Atlanta Stand Up

Prepare for a night of side-splitting laughter as we bring you the Best of ATL! This show will highlight some of the absolute best comedians from one of the fastest-growing and hottest scenes in stand-up comedy: Atlanta! Expect an evening packed with hilarious performances from top-notch talent, and keep an eye out for some surprise guests who will make the night even more unforgettable.

Josh and Dan’s Stupid Secret Show

1.23.25 7/9p 1.24.25 8/10p 1.25.25 8p 1.25.25 10p

Get ready for a night of side-splitting laughter and unexpected surprises with Josh and Dan at the Stupid Secret Show! These two comedic powerhouses are teaming up to bring you an unforgettable evening of hilarity, wit, and pure entertainment. Josh Bates And Dan Sweeney are both comics who host the award winning podcast, Lowcountry Lowlifes. Be ready for a night of stand up acts, jugglers, musicians, and perhaps a live birth! Okay probably not that.

LOFI BREWING

Disco Karaoke Afterparties

Sing and dance to your favorite songs under the disco ball at LO-Fi. Aside from crafting Charleston’s lightest craft beer lineup, including its best selling Mexican Style Lager, LO-Fi Brewing has also become the breakout underground concert venue in Charleston. Expect food popups, disco lights, and other fun experiences at back-to-back after parties with COMPLETELY FREE ADMISSION.