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Liquor liability crisis continues to divide state lawmakers
By Jack O’Toole
If there’s one thing that everyone involved in South Carolina’s liquor liability debate seems to agree on, it’s that bar and restaurant owners need fast relief from the skyhigh insurance rates that are putting too many of them out of business.
“Small businesses are struggling while politicians dither,” said Democratic S.C. Sen. Ed Sutton, whose Charleston district contains more bars and restaurants than any other in the state. “Every week that goes by, another VFW post or restaurant closes up shop because their premiums increased tenfold or more in the span of two years.”
“Last week, two places closed in Charleston and two closed in Greenville the week before,” said Christopher Smith, executive director of the S.C. Bar and Tavern Association. “It’s just a continuing trend across the state.”
But the definition of the problem is where the consensus ends — and where a series of difficult, divisive questions about judicial fairness, victims’ rights and the insurance industry’s opaque business practices begin.
Two bills currently being debated in the S.C. Senate, each of which aims to reduce liquor liability premiums, bring those questions into sharp relief.
Lawsuit reform
Bar and restaurant owners, plaintiffs’ attorneys and lawmakers of both parties echoed those concerns in recent Charleston City Paper interviews.
Introduced by S.C. Sen. Majority Leader Shane Massey (R-Edgefield), S. 244 is a broad lawsuit reform bill, also known as a “tort reform” measure, that supporters argue would bring down liquor liability rates by ensuring insurance companies pay for only the harm their client directly caused.
Under current law, defendants in civil
What this conversation really leads to is, we need stronger DUI laws. We need a more deliberate deterrent to discourage folks from getting behind the wheel.”
—Sydney Lynn, president of the S.C. Association for Justice
suits can be required to pay 100% of the damages if a jury finds they are responsible for more than 50% of the harm — or in the case of businesses selling alcohol, as little as 1%. In other words, if a bar were to be found to just have 1% of the liability in a case, it could — at least in theory — face paying all
The Rundown
Mace alleges abuse in fiery House speech
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., lodged shocking accusations involving rape, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse against her former fiancé and three other men in a fiery Monday night House speech.
Mace used her nearly hour-long address in the House chamber to name and label a group of four men as “predators” who she said collaborated to victimize a host of females and keep thousands of recordings of some of their alleged acts.
She further alleged that S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson and prosecutors ignored the evidence she allegedly submitted. Wilson said her claims about him and his office are “categorically false” and that her speech on Monday was the first he had heard of such accusations.
The S.C. Law Enforcement Division confirmed Monday night it has an active investigation involving Mace’s former fiancé. All men named by Mace have issued denials. — City Paper staff
“Today, I’m going scorched Earth. So let the bridges I burn this evening light our way forward.”
—U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., in a fiery Feb. 10 speech given in Washington in which she made accusations of sexual assaults on multiple women, including herself. Source: C-SPAN
CP GROCERY TRACKER
Feb. 1 – Feb. 7, 2025
We’re keeping track of fluctuating costs so you don’t have to. Based on weekly average costs nationwide.
Milk (half-gallon): $1.57 (no change)
Cheese (8-ounce block): $2.82 ( $0.11)
Eggs (dozen, large white): $7.34 ( $0.77)
Bananas (per pound): $0.57 ( $0.08)
Avocados (each): $0.91 ( $0.25)
Gas (per gallon, S.C. average): $2.866 ( $0.027)
Sources: ams.usda.gov, gasprices.aaa.com
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Charleston Time Machine celebrates 300 episodes of award-winning podcast
By Skyler Baldwin
Charleston Time Machine, an award-winning podcast hosted by Charleston County Public Library historian Nic Butler, celebrated its 300th episode on Thursday.
Butler has spent his career as an interdisciplinary historian with a passion for storytelling dedicating himself to uncovering and sharing the intricate details of Charleston’s storied past. Since the Time Machine’s debut in 2017, the podcast has served as a gateway for its audience to the deep history of the Lowcountry.
“In the months prior to the launch, I was having a chat with my supervisor at the library,” he told the Charleston City Paper. “I had been saying for a couple years, ‘I’m doing all these in-person programs, and we can make a flyer, and we can advertise, and people can come hear me talk. But an hour later, it’s done, and they go home.’ ”
Without fail, he said, he would be asked when he would do it again or when he would publish the material so people could continue to learn from and enjoy his talks.
“So I just started recording episodes and putting them out there,” Butler said. “I wrote scripts based on programs I had already done — I already did the research, and I knew the topics pretty well, so I basically wrote an essay and recorded it as a script. … It was a way to record the programs I was doing and had already done, and get ahead on programs I still wanted to do.”
And the return-on-investment, he said, was greater than he could have ever expected. The podcast, which boasts 137 hours of audio content, has amassed over 650,000 total plays, reaching listeners in 50 countries. An extensive archive is available for new listeners to explore past episodes.
Blotter of the Week
A Charleston man on Feb. 5 reportedly threatened a washing machine at a Calhoun Street laundromat, saying it needed to “get its affairs in order,” before slamming the door shut hard enough for the handle to break and the glass window to become dislodged. Security footage showed the man winding up with one foot off the ground like a “baseball pitch,” according to police. Officers charged him with disorderly conduct. No word on the funeral service for the washing machine.
In addition, Butler has written 1.3 million words on Charleston’s history through the podcast, further solidifying his role as a leading voice in historical storytelling.
“I developed a way of telling these stories about specific people in Charleston’s history that I didn’t think I had the talent to do,” he said.
Charleston Time Machine was voted best Local Podcast in the City Paper ’s Best Of Charleston 2019 contest, and has been nominated several times since.
The podcast’s 300th episode, “Frederick
Douglass in 1888 Charleston,” is available online at ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine and on major podcast platforms, including iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, iHeart Radio and more.
And that backlog will serve listeners well for the next few weeks, Butler said, as he takes a bit of a break.
“For the last eight years, I’ve been scrambling to produce the next podcast, so I need to build up a bit of a buffer,” he said. “I have lots of new episodes planned, and I think the best is yet to come.”
Short-lived: T-Rav now out of governor’s race
Staff reports
Former state Treasurer Thomas Ravenel of Charleston, who got national acclaim as an early Southern Charm reality TV star, announced last week he’d run for governor as a Republican. But then lickety split, now he’s not.
Ravenel, known by many as “T-Rav,” announced his short-lived campaign on X on Feb. 6: “I’m running for governor of South Carolina and none of the lightweights currently in the race are going to stop me,” he wrote. “I have a message that’s going to change not just South Carolina but the entire country.”
But by Feb. 11, the former Bravo star announced his decision to drop out, saying
that he needed to focus on family: “Being a single father of three young children, I believe this is not the time for me to be running for governor of South Carolina,” he wrote Tuesday on X. “Consequently, I hereby withdraw my intentions to be a gubernatorial candidate in 2026.”
Ravenel, a commercial real estate developer, won a statewide election for state treasurer in November 2006. But he resigned in July 2007 after being indicted on federal cocaine distribution charges. He later served 10 months in federal prison.
Ravenel was a key player — and one of the few cast members truly from Charleston — when Southern Charm first aired in
Kids will be kids
Mount Pleasant police on Jan. 30 received several complaints about a teen-aged boy revving the engine of an orange dirt bike and driving it over grass and sidewalks along Maidstone Drive. The kid was also seen “giving the finger” to other motorists. We’re just happy to know that the spirit of Johnny Knoxville lives on in the new generation.
Bullseye would be disappointed Charleston police on Feb. 8 approached an apparently drunken woman leaning on King Street light pole for balance. When asked for her ID, she first handed him a Target gift card, then a debit card, then fell over. The woman claimed she had a friend in a nearby bar who could take her home, but officers were unable to find the friend and ultimately arrested her.
By Skyler Baldwin
Illustration by Steve Stegelin
The Blotter is taken from reports filed with area police departments between Jan. 29 and Feb. 10.
Rūta Smith file photo
Local historian Nic Butler started his podcast, Charleston Time Machine, so that more people could hear his in-person programs
Former Southern Charm star and politician Thomas Ravenel
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ACCIDENT AND INJURY CASES
of the damages for the case.
Experts say the law was designed to ensure that victims — in liquor liability cases, usually drunk driving victims or their survivors — receive their full jury award when some responsible parties can’t afford to pay.
“It’s not fair for an injured person not to be able to recover 100% of his damages,”
Massey said in a Feb. 6 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. “But the current law allows for one party to be 100% responsible even if we acknowledge that he didn’t cause all 100% — and that’s not fair either.”
A recent poll of South Carolina residents conducted by the conservative-leaning S.C. Policy Council found that a majority of state residents — 63% — support Massey’s lawsuit-reform approach in concept.
But Rep. Gil Gatch (R-Dorchester), a civil litigator who represents clients who’ve been harmed by drunk drivers, argues Massey’s bill would just flip the system’s unfairness from a wrongdoer’s insurance company onto the victim.
“What about the single mom who’s in a car accident with her kid and there’s a catastrophic injury, and because of tort reform their percent is being drastically reduced?” Gatch said. “This is about right and wrong, and it’s about standing up to these big corporate interests that want protection from having to pay out damages to people who’ve been injured.”
Moreover, he argues, tort reform has failed to bring down insurance rates in other places.
“In Louisiana, the insurance companies promised the legislature and the governor they’d bring down rates with this kind of legislation and it didn’t happen,” Gatch said. “So there’s no guarantee whatsoever that this will reduce premiums. They can just do whatever they want.”
A narrower alternative
The second bill under consideration in the Senate, S. 184, is much narrower, and perhaps as a result, enjoys at least lukewarm support from all groups involved.
Rather than overhauling the entire tort system, the so-called “dram shop” legislation, of which Sutton is a cosponsor, would set clear guidelines for when a bar or restaurant could be held responsible for overserving a patron who later caused a collision behind the wheel. In other words, this proposal would focus on liabilities of places that serve alcohol, not any lawsuit involving liability, such as construction defects or
medical malpractice.
In particular, it would require plaintiffs to prove the customer was “visibly” intoxicated at the time of service, or that the bar “knew or should have known” he was intoxicated based on the number of drinks it had served the person.
But as with the lawsuit reform bill, there’s uncertainty about whether it would actually bring down rates due to the opacity of insurance company standards.
“We absolutely support it,” the Bar and Tavern Association’s Smith said on Feb. 11. “But do we think it goes far enough? Not necessarily.”
At the Feb. 6 hearing, Sydney Lynn, president of the S.C. Association for Justice, which represents trial lawyers, noted that the narrower S. 184 would be strengthened by clearer definitions of its terms.
“I think we need to come up with what ‘visibly intoxicated’ means,” Lynn said. “How many drinks have they had? What’s their body type? How long have they been there? I think we could hammer that out.”
And then she raised the issue that some say should be at the center of the debate in the state with the highest number of driving-under-the-influence (DUI) deaths per capita.
“What this conversation really leads to is, we need stronger DUI laws,” Lynn said. “We need a more deliberate deterrent to discourage folks from getting behind the wheel.”
A stronger DUI law
After years of failed efforts to strengthen the state’s DUI law, advocates like S.C. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) President Steven Burritt say a new Senate bill (S. 52) could make a real difference, for victims and bar owners alike.
“Senate Bill 52 is a comprehensive set of DUI reforms that we endorse and think would be very positive,” Burritt said. “And I’m encouraged that that issue has repeatedly been a part of this year’s discussions [about liquor liability].”
Unlike some approaches, advocates argue, DUI reform would go directly to the heart of the problem with expensive insurance against the harms caused by drunk drivers.
“You can’t quantify it, but just the numbers say we have so many of these lawsuits because, sadly, we are number one per capita in drunk driving deaths,” Burritt said. “We’d love to see all this energy [around liquor liability] go into fixing our very broken DUI laws.”
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2014. But after the first season, he quit, only to quickly rejoin the cast. In 2018, he quit the show a second time after five seasons. No one can yet officially file to run for the
seat to succeed current term-limited Gov. Henry McMaster, because filing has not yet opened. Those interested in the Republican primary in 2026 reportedly are Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson and U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston.
Move forward now on Mace allegations Views
Remember the story about the boy who cried wolf so many times that people stopped believing him? Do you remember its end? Yes, that’s right, there actually was a wolf.
And so we find ourselves thinking of this tale after the stunning, fiery Monday night speech on the U.S. House floor by our Republican congresswoman, Nancy Mace, who accused her ex-fiance and three other men of all sorts of predatory deeds, which they have denied.
Mace long has been a lightning bug for television cameras. There are cartoons and jokes that pillory her for having a nauseating thirst for the media spotlight.
And now she is crying wolf after years of hype that cause many to close their ears. But don’t. As a society, we can’t afford not to consider the venal allegations she made in a nearly hourlong speech. We have to ask, “What if there is a wolf, or wolves here?” despite wholesale denials by those accused.
That’s why it is of utmost importance for investigators to get to the bottom of the story. And soon. They’ve had at least 14 months, so far. You’d think they’d pay a bit more attention to a sitting member of Congress. At least also on Monday, the State Law Enforcement Division confirmed that Mace’s former fiance, Patrick Bryant of the Charleston area, is a subject in an active investigation into allegations of assault, harassment and voyeurism. And since Dec. 14, 2023, “SLED has conducted multiple interviews, served multiple search warrants and has a well-documented case file that will be available for release upon the conclusion of the case,” a SLED spokesman said. What’s puzzling about this week’s firestorm is exactly why it
was done, especially since an investigation is underway. In fact, Mace’s Monday speech seems to raise more questions than were answered. For example:
• Why didn’t Mace wait for the investigation to conclude before going public?
• Wouldn’t it have been better to leak the story to the press about the investigation to put pressure on authorities to move it along? Then she could have gone to the House floor and announced the tip line to help any victim of abuse get help.
• With the speech text being released to some media before the actual speech, will she have the liability immunity that speeches on the House floor offer?
• Why did she go after S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson before the results of an investigation have concluded and gone to any prosecutor? Wilson has denied receiving information about the case and says he’s not been involved. Was Mace’s criticism of him purely intended to damage his expected gubernatorial bid in 2026?
Isaac Bailey, a South Carolina–based columnist, wrote he “wished she had spent more time previously proving herself trustworthy rather than someone obsessed with attention for attention’s sake. … I do know, however, that the issues she raised are problems that continue vexing society.”
Agreed. And if anything related to this whole sordid incident is as Mace claims, law enforcement authorities need to issue charges and prosecutors need to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.
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.
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Keeping love in the air
By Dr. Viktoriya Magid
With Valentine’s Day here, it’s a good time to take a closer look at what makes a happy couple or what “love” actually looks like — particularly since the divorce rate is high in America and a third of married couples say they’re unhappy.
Couples who report being happy in a long-term relationship have these four things in common:
Healthy communication and conflict resolution skills. Poor communication and conflict resolution is cited as one of the main reasons for breakups and divorce. Learning how to communicate openly and resolve disagreements is a valuable tool and can save a relationship.
One of the key factors in healthy communication is avoiding criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling, which world-renowned couples’ specialists have coined the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” These communication tendencies lead to a breakdown in mutual understanding, inability to empathize with one another and, ultimately, a loss of mutual trust. Without an ability to empathize with the perceived reality of another person, it is virtually impossible to reach a mutual understanding, which is necessary to resolve conflicts and differences in viewpoints.
And another lesser-known factor, without which healthy communication is made extremely difficult, is our ability to stay regulated and calm while attempting to communicate our difficult feelings. The challenge is when we get angry or frustrated, our body releases hormones that tend to trigger a “fight-or-flight” response, thus making it difficult to remain rational and empathetic during a discussion.
To listen better, we must remain in a relaxed physical state and follow these five steps:
• Calm: Keep your body relaxed with slow breathing and relaxed muscles;
• Hear: Listen with the goal of understanding, ask questions, get curious;
• Empathize: Restate your summary of how the person feels, imagine what it might feel like if you were them;
• Safe: Avoid criticism, sarcasm, defensiveness, sudden silences, name calling, yelling or loud and pressured speech; and
• Stay: Slow down the communication, sit with your loved one’s emotions, allow their perspective to sink in before sharing your perspective.
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Intimacy, affection and support of personal growth. Healthy couples know how to build emotional and psychological intimacy by celebrating each other’s successes and sharing in each other’s losses and challenges. They are true “teammates,” where mistakes are quickly forgiven. Knowing that your partner can be trusted not to betray your expectations or violate your boundaries is a key factor in intimacy-building. Creating a safe space for mutual honesty — even when it can lead to disagreements — is pivotal to allowing the couple to remain close with gestures that will communicate “I notice you, you matter to me.”
Shared responsibilities and teamwork. Happy couples feel they contribute equally. This includes meeting each other’s psychological, emotional and physical needs, as well as contributing equally in the household and child-rearing. While men are contributing more than they did a decade ago, women continue to spend approximately twice as much time caring for children and taking care of the household responsibilities, as well as carrying most of the family’s emotional and mental labor.
Shared vision and values. Happy relationships are much more fulfilling if couples share core values and a vision for their lives. For example, if one person deeply values adventure and experiences and have a long bucket list they are hoping to cross off in the next 20 years, while the other person values family time, routine and quiet evenings by the fire, it might be more challenging to reconcile differences. If one partner values a deep connection and intimacy, while the other partner feels uncomfortable with that level of closeness and prefers to have a private inner world, it might pose an unsolvable problem. While some compromises can be achieved, it is best to have deep conversations before getting into a committed relationship about one’s values, beliefs and vision for the future.
Dr. Viktoriya Magid, who earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2008, is a neighborhood therapist with an office in Mount Pleasant. More info: viktoriyamagidphd.com
The science behind why flowers make you feel good
By Toni Reale, special to City Paper
Every Monday at Roadside Blooms, we have a group of regulars who come in just to treat themselves. It also happens to be the day when our single-stem bouquet bar is half off.
We’ve been told time and again that having just a few blooms in their home or office completely brightens their mood and enhances their environment. Making this a weekly ritual has encouraged a healthy habit of self-care. Our customers say it kicks off their week and helps increase their productivity.
Just about anyone who has ever received flowers or walked into a flower shop has experienced their mood suddenly lift. But it’s not just a feeling. It’s science. From triggering brain chemicals to enhancing social connections, flowers have a powerful and measurable effect on our well-being.
Scientists know through copious amounts of research that spending time in nature has huge health benefits such as reduced cardiovascular disease and overall improved mental health. But with people spending a majority of time indoors these days, it’s important to bring in nature either through flowers or indoor plants.
Flowers increase oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine — the trifecta of feel-good brain chemicals.
Flowers increase oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine — the trifecta of feel-good brain chemicals. When released into our system we feel relaxed, happy and connected. A study from Rutgers University found participants who received flowers experienced an immediate mental health boost from our dopamine response that lasted for days. It wasn’t just the flowers that increased their mood but also the feeling of receiving a gift of appreciation or love.
The simple act of smelling flowers, like lavender, roses and jasmine, can lower cortisol levels, the stress hormone that often leaves us feeling tense or overwhelmed. This is why during a massage or when trying to relax, the go-to is always something scented with a floral essential oil.
We encourage customers to take care of their flowers over their natural life course by giving fresh cuts and fresh water (we don’t use flower food; studies have shown there’s no difference) every other day. We also want people to remember that flowers aren’t supposed to last weeks — it’s not how nature intended. Instead, observing the life cycle of our flowers can bring us closer to nature. Watching and appreciating the fresh flower start to fade and change form lets us appreciate each part of its life and may serve as a mirror to our own lives. Nothing is permanently perfect, so don’t expect flowers (or yourself) to be.
Beyond their beauty, their scent, their colorful and whimsical nature, flowers are a powerful tool for connection. Think about how a simple act — giving someone a bouquet or placing fresh flowers on a dining table — can make a space feel warmer, more inviting and more connected. Don’t forget that men deserve flowers, too. I have written about this topic of men being culturally left out of receiving flowers. To this, I will tell you that men love flowers. More importantly, receiving a token of appreciation and the trifecta of feel-good brain chemicals doesn’t consider gender.
Toni Reale is the owner of Roadside Blooms, a unique flower, crystal and plant shop at 4491 Durant Ave., North Charleston. Online at roadside-blooms.com.
What To Do
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THIS WEEKEND
Schoolhouse Rock Live
The pop culture phenomenon is coming to life in funfor-the-whole-family musical weekends in February. The Emmy Award–winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series taught history, grammar, math and more with clever tunes and is now set to light up the Queen Street Playhouse. The production follows Tom, a nervewracked teacher anxious about his first day, who tries to relax by watching TV.
Feb. 15; 3 p.m. Feb. 16; 6:30 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Queen Street Playhouse. 20 Queen St. Downtown. footlightplayers.net
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SATURDAY
Bluegrass Festival and Oyster Roast
Calling all oyster, music and beer lovers — fuel up at the second installment of the annual Bluegrass Festival and Oyster Roast at Folly Beach favorite Rita’s Seaside Grille. Jam all afternoon to local tunes by Mud Minnows, Riverfront Rascals and Highwater Honky — and enjoy the fresh grub. It doesn’t get any more Folly than this, folks.
Feb. 15. Noon to 5 p.m. Free to attend. Rita’s Seaside Grille. 2 Center St. Folly Beach. ritasseasidegrille.com
FRIDAY
Valentine’s Day Candle Class
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a new tradition at Charleston Candle Co. Mix and create your own custom-scented soy wax candles with a selection of curated, certified-clean fragrance oils. Participants will take home two candles with their bespoke scents. Candles will need to dry and cool overnight — participants can pick up their candles anytime during store hours during the week.
Feb. 14. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. $55/person. Charleston Candle Co. 218 St. Philip St. Downtown. charlestoncandleco.com
TUESDAYS
Tech Tuesdays
Let young minds dive into the exciting world of technology at the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry’s Tech Tuesdays, held every Tuesday through Feb. 25. Children have the chance to explore hands-on through a variety of fun robotic toys and interactive tech activities. Tech Tuesdays are designed to spark curiosity and inspire future innovators through creativity, problem-solving and teamwork.
Tuesdays through Feb. 25. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Free with admission or membership. Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry. 25 Ann St. Downtown. explorecml.org
SATURDAY
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Give Kids a Smile Day
Dentists at Solomon Kids Dentistry (part of Best of Charleston 2023 winner Solomon Family Dentistry) are volunteering this weekend at their Summerville office to give free dental care to children as a part of the national Give Kids a Smile campaign. The office’s goal is to see 80 children in one day for free cleanings, free dental exams, face-painting and family fun at the dentist’s office. Learn more about Give Kids a Smile at adafoundation.org.
This weekend’s Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) might get a little soggy at times, but the annual weekend showcase will feature everything people love about wildlife and nature through an incredible lineup of events.
Tickets are on sale in person and on-site for select events. For dates, times and locations, visit sewe.com
Explore curated fine art galleries, get up close and personal with wildlife at conservation-focused shows or make a splash at the ever-popular DockDogs competition. There’s something for everyone at SEWE, and the Charleston City Paper is sharing this list of events you should consider.
ALL WEEKEND: Birds of Prey Flight Demo. Experience one of SEWE’s most captivating shows. Get up-close with majestic raptors — falcons, eagles, owls, vultures and hawks — as they showcase incredible flight demonstrations. Discover the vital role these birds play in maintaining balance in our ecosystem while enjoying an unforgettable, educational experience. Free.
ALL WEEKEND: DockDogs. Get ready for one of the nation’s most exciting DockDogs events. Watch dogs of all breeds and skill levels compete in thrilling water jumping
contests. Competitions, or “waves,” will be held throughout the day from Friday to Saturday, culminating in the finals on Sunday afternoon. All competitors must pre-register. Registration opens at 9 a.m. on Valentine’s day. $40/day — General admission ticket.
ALL WEEKEND: The Dewberry Artist-inResidence, Thomas Swanston. Witness celebrated artist and conservationist Thomas Swanston’s work at The Dewberry throughout SEWE this weekend. Watch him bring migratory flocks of swooping sandhill cranes to life on canvas with his unique silver and gold gliding technique intertwined with ethereal washes of color and light. Free.
THROUGH SATURDAY: 2025 Online Auction. Start your SEWE experience early with the annual online auction. Bid on a catalog of one-of-a-kind packages, featuring premium outdoor adventures and experiences that explore wildlife and the outdoors. Winners will be notified via email after the auction closes at midnight this Saturday. Auction closes Feb. 15. No tickets needed.
FRIDAY: Intro to Archery. Get some practice with a skill that will never go out of style, and share the fun with the family. Bring the
kids to learn basic archery instruction at the beautiful Johns Island county Park. Practice your skills on both block and 3-D targets. Archery equipment will be provided, but guests are welcome to bring their own. Registered and paid chaperone is required for participants age 15 and under. $35/ person.
SATURDAY: ACE Morning Workout. Start your SEWE morning with a transformative workout experience led by renowned fitness expert Anneclaire Nelson and her team. Join The Anneclaire Experience (ACE) for a workout that blends cardio, functional movement and dynamic stretching to leave you feeling energized, strong, and ready to enjoy SEWE to its fullest. All skill levels are welcome. $45/person.
SATURDAY: Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Animal Show. Head to the Gaillard Center as experts from Busch Wildlife Sanctuary introduce the wonders of our natural ecosystems. SEWE attendees will get an upclose look at alligators, bobcats, foxes, birds of prey, snakes and more. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis — don’t miss out on this fascinating wildlife experience. $40/day — General admission ticket.
Get a close-up look at the annual Birds of Prey Flight Demos
SATURDAY: Combing the Caw Caw Wilderness. The Caw Caw Interpretive Center, just south of Charleston, is home to a variety of Lowcountry habitats that are known for their beauty and wildlife. Join a naturalist to explore a cypress and tupelo swamp, freshwater marsh, saltwater marsh and bottomland hardwood forest. Eagles, turkeys, otters, waterfowl and more are often observed from the trails at Caw Caw. $35/person.
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Locals credit area venues with fueling their romances
By Connelly Hardaway
From first dates to anniversary celebrations, Charleston locals flock to area bars and restaurants to celebrate their love stories. We talked to several couples around town about the establishments that helped them fall in love.
Whether it was Pink Belly’s noodle bowls, the oodles of vegetarian options at Jack of Cups Saloon or O-Ku’s potato rolls, these spots played a special role in these couples’ romances. Cheers to dining, living and loving well in the Holy City.
Lexy Hite and Mike Maiorelle Blind Tiger
“My fiancé and I had our first date at Blind Tiger on Feb. 2, 2019,” said Lexy Hite of Summerville. “After, we walked the pier and looked through the telescopes at the end at the stars.
“Last December, he wanted to celebrate his birthday there. So I planned it all, texted all of our friends, etc. He wanted to leave early to get there early. He parked by the pier and asked if I wanted to go on a walk. It was a nice day and I was like, ‘Sure why not, we are here super early anyway.’
“We walked to the pier, and he said, ‘Remember those telescopes from our first date? I wonder if they’re still there?’ Sure enough, they were! I started looking through and messing with them. I turned to offer him a turn, and he was no longer eye-level. He was on one knee proposing! He had a photographer on the corner of the pier snapping the whole thing.
“After, we went to celebrate at Blind Tiger
with all of our friends who were already aware he would be proposing. So his birthday party became our engagement party!”
Hite and Maiorelle got married earlier this month.
Brandon McCracken and Lauren Hall
The Windjammer and O-Ku
“I met Lauren in 2021. I was bartending at Hanahan Amphitheater when Lauren opened for Riley Green. After being left on read* for two years, she decided to just show up at the Windjammer in November 2023,” said Brandon McCracken of Johns Island.
“Lauren states she came there to see me and hopefully talk to me — and the rest is history. … I proposed to her at Red Rocks which is special because she is a musician and both places are music venues and have restaurants. Thank you to the Windjammer for making this love story come to fruition.
“O-Ku is our favorite dinner spot. Lauren likes seafood and I hate seafood. However, this queen has figured out the one and only sushi roll I will ever eat in my life, and that
is the potato roll from O-Ku. There is no other place than sitting in the window and looking at the famous American Theater which is featured in some pretty decent movies (I think [one’s called] The Notebook or something like that.) If you want to fall in love, sit in this seat, ladies and gentlemen, and then leave there and catch a gig at the Windjammer. Y’all can thank me later.”
* To be “left on read,” for those who don’t know, means that someone has seen the message you have sent but has chosen not to respond to it.
Coutesy Lexy Hite
Ashley Stanol
Chad and Jen
Klimaszewski
Wild Wing on Market Street
“In October of 2005, I worked for Wild Wing Cafe in their corporate office (where The Shelter is now) and we were kicking off a karaoke contest at the downtown Wild Wing on Market Street,” said Chad Klimaszewski of Mount Pleasant.
“My coworker, who managed events, was going out of town and asked me to cover the kickoff that particular Thursday night and unfortunately the forecast was for heavy rain, which were never fun on the market. I got down there early and wasn’t expecting much because of the rain. The market was flooding, sand bags were out in front of doors — you know, the normal drill for Market Street. So I was milling around waiting for our beer sponsor rep to show up when the door opened and two girls ran in with their jeans rolled up to their knees, boots in hands, laughing at having just waded through the market to get to this promo.
“My main contact introduced me to her coworker and BOOM … that was it. We spent the night judging karaoke performances and laughing our asses off, and it was just one of those nights when I wasn’t looking for it, and all of a sudden here was this amazing girl with this huge wonderful smile staring back at me. I went to work the next day and told my coworker and friend, ‘I met the girl I’m going to marry last night!’... and I did.”
Frances Boyd and Greg Warr Muse
Frances Boyd of Kiawah Island said her special night at a local restaurant didn’t take place on Valentine’s Day, but it was romantic enough that it could have.
“We had just begun our relationship and decided to go downtown on a chilly December night to see the lights and such. Dinner at Muse was on the agenda as we walked bundled up arm and arm. We couldn’t have gotten any closer to one another. Once seated in an upstairs room at Muse, I casually noticed, out the window, a little balcony with a table for two. I think I may have said, ‘Oh, isn’t that cute.’
“The meal couldn’t have been better. We had plenty to chat and chuckle about and so enjoyed our time there. I don’t remember this, but he said we would briefly touch hands across our little table for two. When our server came with the check, we told her how much we had enjoyed ourselves.
“Of course, she invited us to come back. ‘Next time,’ she suggested, ‘you can sit out on that balcony right out there. We call that the Romeo and Juliet table.’ Blushing a bit and smiling at one another, we said we would love to. As she left, we marveled that she mentioned that. How did she know that we were new lovers? We’ll be back in warmer weather to sit at ‘our table.’ My Valentine and I are 76 years old. We feel so lucky.”
Chris and Casey Johnson
Jack of Cups Saloon
“My (now) wife and I started going to Jack of Cups in 2016ish,” said Chris Johnson of West Ashley. “At the time, we both were vegan/vegetarian and living on James Island. Casey googled the classic ‘vegan near me,’ and that’s when it all began. We saw a review for JOC mentioning curries, nachos and other vegetarian deliciousness. Off we went.
“That was the first of many in-person dates, only rivaled by the amount of times when we would get take-out and eat in on the couch in our sweatpants. Whenever we would go there, it always felt like home. Lesley [the owner] was always there, and always made a point to come out and give us a hug/talk to us about what was going on in our lives. It just became our place to celebrate each other, to get away from something or to just enjoy each other’s company. We always said when we got married, we
would do anything to have Lesley (and her outstanding food) be a part of it.
“Fast forward to October 2020 when I was lucky enough to take a job at Jack of Cups. My (and my wife’s) dreams had come true — I could bring JOC home EVERY NIGHT. I proposed in December of 2020 and one of the first things we unanimously agreed on was that if Lesley was able, we would have JOC do our welcome party food. She did.
“To this day, anyone who attended that welcome party still talks about the food. Jack of Cups has been threaded throughout our lives since the first time we went. We love it there, and it loved us back.”
Alexandra and Devin Tombs
Moe’s Crosstown
“I had just moved to Charleston for a job, knowing no one, right after finishing my master’s degree in Albany, N.Y. The year was 2010,” said Alexandra Tombs of Mount Pleasant.
“When I first started my job, I met a few people and became close with one of my now best friends, Meg. One night after a long day at work, Meg mentioned we should go out for a drink to celebrate what was about to be our first year of teaching. One of the guys she knew, Devin, told us to meet him at Moe’s Crosstown (the original on Rutledge). At that point, Moe’s didn’t even have air conditioning; it was before the renovation. We met at Moe’s, Devin and I hit it off and the rest is history!
“Moe’s Crosstown has become such a part of our lives and our friends and families’
lives. We have the best memories of bringing everyone and anyone there, and whoever goes for the first time instantly falls in love. For our fifth anniversary, one of the traditional gifts to give is wood; I actually had an artist paint Moe’s Crosstown on a piece of wood, and it’s a piece of art we keep in our home. To add, we try to go back every August with our boys to celebrate the place and the time we met!”
Maggie Vickrey and Greg Rothman Wild Olive
“My fiancé and I went to Wild Olive for our first date back in the summer of 2018. I had never been there before or even heard of it. That day changed my life forever,” said Maggie Vickrey of Mount Pleasant. “I often share how I’d take a bullet for two things: him and WO’s ricotta gnocchi. People must think I’m crazy because of how obsessed I am with this place. Of course, the service has been impeccable every single time we’ve gone, the vibe is the epitome of cozy and everything on the menu is crafted from the gods, but I can’t help but wonder if their gnocchi tastes inexplicably magical to me because every time I’ve eaten it, I’ve been with my favorite person in the world focusing on our milestones, achievements and blessings. We’ve celebrated every anniversary there since, as well as birthdays, promotions, half anniversaries …
“We’re even trying to get their tiramisu as the dessert for our wedding! Having our first date at such an amazing restaurant set the tone for the past six years, eating and drinking together at all the spectacular restaurants Charleston has to offer. I wouldn’t trade this life for anything.
“I’ll never be able to express how much this place means to me. It’s truly our happy place, and I hope they stay open forever so we can continue this tradition as long as possible.”
Check out the online version — which is packed with even more love-filled stories — at charlestoncitypaper.com.
Courtesy Chad Klimaszewski
Courtesy Chris Johnson
Jack of Cups owner Lesley Carroll (left) with Chris and Casey Johnson
Courtesy Maggie Vickrey
Courtesy Alaxendra Tombs
Cuisine
SEWE chefs show off local ingredients
By Helen Mitternight
The Southeastern Wildlife Expo (SEWE) has jumping dogs, flying raptors and countless folks stomping about in camouflage. But the real action this year may be on the “Fresh on the Menu” culinary stage. Some of Charleston’s top chefs will be showcasing local ingredients with seafood and greens — plus game and meats many people have never tried, including ostrich.
Shuai Wang
SHRIMP TOAST SLIDERS
Fresh off his selection as one of the contestants in this season’s Top Chef television competition, Shuai Wang will be cooking shrimp toast sliders with shrimp from the Gay Fish Co. out of St. Helena Island. The appearance is one of his “duties” as Chef Ambassador for the state (it’s fair to say that Wang is having a moment), but he says he’s happy to support SEWE.
“SEWE is a great event,” Wang said. “The whole Chef Ambassador thing is pretty crazy. Someone else nominated me. It wasn’t even a thought in my head, I just put my head down and work.
“When recognition comes, I’m over the moon, but I never chase it. That’s not what cooking is for or about. I do try to push hard about supporting local farmers and fishermen (one of the tenets of being Chef Ambassador). I don’t understand why you’d buy anything else. Nothing tastes as good.” Wang and his wife, Corrie, are the owners
of King BBQ and Jackrabbit Filly, the latter of which recently opened in a new location. In 2017, he garnered a semi-finalist nod in the James Beard Awards Rising Chef category for his food truck, Short Grain.
Shuai said he is a big proponent of local seafood, even though he knows many people are reluctant to cook with fresh fish. “With prepackaged fish, you don’t know where it’s from, how it was handled,” he said. “The frozen stuff is waterlogged and won’t taste like the fish it is supposed to taste like. One of the wonderful things about living here is we have so many fish mongers who are local. Why waste that?”
Jason Stanhope
MANGALITSA PORK
Jason Stanhope, executive chef at Lowland, will be cooking pork — but not just any pork. He will be preparing Mangalitsa Pork, produced by Rutters Ranch in upstate Townville, S.C.
The pork is “a curly-haired hairy heritage hog that is really prized for its fat content and intramuscular marbling,” Stanhope said. “It’s kind of like the top of the line for a salumi hog and it’s really highly prized for cured meats.”
Stanhope, a 2015 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef Southeast, will serve lonza (dry-cured pork loin), guanciale (cured pork jowl) and n’duja (spreadable Italian sausage).
Stanhope said he doesn’t have the room to cure meat at Lowland, but he loves the whole heritage hog movement in this country that
What’s happening
Fresh on the Menu, a program created by the S.C. Department of Agriculture to promote restaurants that source at least 25% of ingredients from within the state, recently introduced the People’s Choice Awards to honor S.C. restaurants that prioritize local ingredients. Now through Feb. 21, voters can cast ballots to vote for their favorite restaurant in each of the state’s four regions: the Lowcountry, Midlands, Pee Dee and the Upstate. Voting will close Feb. 21 and the winners of each region will be announced Feb. 26. Cast your vote at freshonthemenu.com/ peoples-choice-awards.
has been developing in the past decade.
“Great things happen when Americans’ obsession for heritage hogs meets Old World Italian salumi traditions,” he said.
Stanhope said he always loves SEWE, even though his time these days is limited. After leaving his long-time job at FIG to open sister restaurants Lowland Tavern and Quinte within 60 days of each other, he recently consolidated the two into one restaurant since they were sharing a kitchen anyway. In addition, he’s recently started a supper club for about 60 people who get a monthly takeout from the restaurant.
“It felt like [it’s] Covid-19 days, a weird flashback,” Stanhope said of preparing takeout. “You know, we made a career of putting food on plates, and during the pandemic, you realized that some food is not meant to go in boxes. We were just forcing our menu into boxes because we had to. Now, it’s a pretty cool exercise to think about something that is meant to take home.”
Greg Garrison OSTRICH
When Greg Garrison, chef/partner at Prohibition here and in Columbia, was asked to cook at SEWE, he jumped at it. After all, he’s an avid bowhunter so he’s used to cooking things like venison. Then, he found out his protein was going to be ostrich.
“I was surprised and interested to find
Les Dames d’Escoffier Charleston is soliciting donations for its annual culinary bazaar, which will take place April 26 at High Wire Distilling’s Barrel Room. Les Dames is looking for like-new or gently used high-quality kitchen and culinary items from brands such as Le Creuset and Vitamix; complete sets of flatware, glassware and linens’ countertop appliances and more. Les Dames d’Escoffier is a philanthropic organization of women leaders in food, beverage and hospitality. Email info@ldeicharleston. com to learn more.
Alcove Market continues its Alcove All-Stars smoothies series, which features collaborations with like-minded partners from various Charleston industries. The series kicks off 2025 with a collab between Alcove and Charleston Wine + Food. Diners can enjoy the Broad Street Berry, a smoothie that includes raspberries, strawberries, dragon fruit, mango and more. One dollar from every smoothie purchased will be donated to the Charleston Wine + Food Foundation, which supports the local culinary, beverage, and hospitality communities. Learn more at alcovemarket.com.
Get your tickets now for a Slow Food mezcal tasting at Pink Cactus, to be held Feb. 26. Slow Food board member and beverage journalist Lauren Mowery will be leading a seminar and taking attendees through tasting five different mezcals. Snag your tickets ($50) on eventbrite.com Connelly Hardaway
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Photos by Rūta Smith; Matthew Williams; courtesy Rhonda Mitchell
From left: Chefs Shuai Wang, Jason Stanhope, Greg Garrison and Rhonda Mitchell will cook up inventive dishes in Marion Square during this year’s Southeastern Wildlife Expo
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Wakey Bakey Bagels now open
By Connelly Hardaway
From the folks who brought us BKeDSHop doughnuts comes a new concept — Wakey Bakey Bagels. Now open at 1116 Metropolitan Ave. in Summerville’s Nexton development, Wakey Bakey specializes in breakfast and lunch bagels and hopes to appeal to the diners in one of Charleston’s fastest growing areas.
One of BKeDSHop’s three locations is in Summerville, so owners Christopher Garate and Keila Viera knew the area well enough to feel confident in opening a bagel shop there, too.
“It’s our most successful and busiest store,” Viera said of BKeDSHop’s Summerville location. “We felt confident that we could do another breakfast concept and do bagels really, really well.”
Not only is the populous Summerville area great for customer traffic — the area is home to some pretty loyal customers, to boot. “I’ve done an analysis on our sales and sales trends and Nexton has the highest repeat customer trend,” Viera said. “Whereas most restaurants average about 9% percent of repeat customers, we’re up in the 30s.”
Viera and Garate first started baking and selling their bagels out of BKeDSHop, during the pandemic years, and customers were fast fans. “We were making them on Sundays and they were wildly popular … everybody loved them,” Viera said.
They couldn’t commit to a full-time bagel set-up in the doughnut shops, where, according to Viera, “making doughnuts is a huge footprint and a long, long process,” so when the time came to expand, they knew a dedicated bagel concept would work out.
Big on bagels
“We’re super big on bagel culture,” Viera said. She and Garate lived in New York for years and she noted how critical bagels are to the breakfast food lineup in the northern United States. The pair met at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park where they graduated with pastry and culinary arts degrees while working in New York City bakeries.
Wakey Bakey bagels are made fresh daily using high quality ingredients — something Viera is passionate about.
“The difference in the quality of bagels is the flour,” she said. Viera uses King Arthur Flour, which is unbleached and not bromated. “I can try a bread or bagel and I can tell the difference between someone who is using cheaper flour.”
At Wakey Bakey, bakers don’t hand roll their bagels but rather “ball them out” the day before and barely touch them before boiling them. The result is a texture that is “super light and fluffy.” Viera said that she thinks Wakey
Bakey will have “the most closely resembled bagels to a Northern bagel in town.”
Breakfast sandwiches include items like The Wakey, made with scallion cream cheese, hashbrown, American cheese, egg and bacon and The Eggie, which keeps things simple with egg and American cheese. Lunch sandwiches include a BLT and the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Cutlet.
Viera said she wants there to be something for everyone on the menu, including folks who eat vegan and gluten free diets. Diners can choose from vegan spreads and Wakey Bakey is making its own gluten-free bagels in-house. “I don’t think anybody would be able to tell the difference,” Viera said.
The spot has a solid coffee program, too, with cold brew, drip coffee and espresso drinks.
Viera envisions Wakey Bakey as more than a grab-and-go bagel joint. She said that she’s seen that Summerville residents love to have dining venues where they can hang out for a little while.
“We have tables that I think would be appropriate for people who are coming to [remote] work,” she said. “There’s plenty of seating. We want to create an environment where people will feel comfortable to hang out and moms can bring their kids or where people come to work… we encourage you to come and hang out, not just get your stuff and leave.”
Viera has seen a lot of life pass through the doors of the three BKeDSHop locations, and she’s looking forward to welcoming even more frequent fliers at Wakey Bakey.
“I really feel touched when a customer says, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve been coming here for years with my kid and this is where they’ve grown up having doughnuts,’ ” she said. “I think having that experience through your childhood, that nostalgia, is super important.”
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Nosh on breakfast sammies like The Wakey, made with scallion cream cheese, hashbrown, American cheese, egg and bacon
out that there’s an ostrich farm in (Laurens) South Carolina,” Garrison, also a partner at Repeal 33 restaurant in Savannah, said. “The first thing I asked after talking with [farmer Adam Bokor] is whether you treat it like duck or turkey, and he said it’s more like filet mignon. You serve the whole muscle cuts like the steak rare to mid-rare. He said to treat it like tenderloin and cook it on the grill. We got samples and I told my wife, ‘We’re having ostrich tonight!’ ”
The result, he said, was a cross between chicken and beef, a mild red meat with a “really good texture.”
Garrison said ostrich is more expensive than less exotic meat, and he plans to use ground ostrich at SEWE.
“We are going to have little cocktail meatballs with a sweet and sour barbecue sauce,” Garrison said. “We’ll be talking about all the variations people can try at home. I want to do something people will actually feel like is something they can do,” although he added that, for now, the ostrich is available only frozen around Greenville and Columbia and in jerky form online.
Rhonda Mitchell PEA AND COLLARD STEW
Even with a game-heavy menu, there
should always be sides, and Chef Rhonda Mitchell, owner of catering company The Drizzled Pear, will be presenting a dish with local collard greens.
She says collard greens are a “big thing on our menu” at The Drizzled Pear, and that she’s excited to be working at SEWE with farming legend Joseph Fields of Fields Farms.
Mitchell launched The Drizzled Pear full-time in 2022 and says that at SEWE, she will be preparing a dish focused on local ingredients, a coconut Sea Island red pea and collard stew that is “a rich, hearty stew with peas and tomatoes and carrots and celery and finished with collards that cook right in the broth.”
Mitchell, whose company also is one of the International African American Museum’s preferred vendors, said collards are in season for much of the year and that “greens and grits are my favorite thing.”
“A lot of people think collards are country and grandma food, but collards are everything,” she added. “Collards are versatile. You can wrap things in them, steam them, flash pan fry them, even use them in Asian food, anything that uses leafy greens. We recently made a collard green risotto for a plated dinner. They’re not just country food. The elevation comes from the way you present them.”
For the schedule of SEWE chefs events, go online at charlestoncitypaper.com.
Culture
Spoleto’s 49th lineup offers exciting shows
Staff reports
Spoleto Festival USA’s newly released 2025 lineup features more than 120 performances over 17 days this spring. Among the highlights are two operas, a special cabaret, multimedia offerings and myriad concerts across Charleston — plus plenty of “hidden delights.”
While more details will emerge, performers will include cultural icon Isaac Mizrahi, who will offer a cabaret at Charleston Music Hall that blends comedy, performance art and music. Other featured performances during the festival include saxophonist Branford Marsalis, operas by Benjamin Britten and Jules Massenet and shows by legendary singers Patti Smith, Mavis Staples and Lucinda Williams. Also expected to generate lots of interest are performances by Band of Horses and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy.
To get the scoop on some of this year’s insider favorites before ticket sales begin Feb. 21, we went straight to the source. Below is a list of some of the 49th season’s can’t-miss offerings, as told exclusively to the Charleston City Paper by festival General Director and CEO Mena Mark Hanna.
‘Fragments’
“This massive undertaking by worldrenowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein is a monumental artistic achievement,” Hanna said.” It is the result of a multi-year commissioning project, pairing new works from 27 of today’s leading composers with Bach’s timeless cello suites.
“It’s also a testament to Weilerstein’s vision and artistry. At Spoleto, you will see the world premieres of ‘Fragments 5’ and ‘Fragments 6,’ marking the first time she performs the entire six-part cycle in a single engagement. Each ‘Fragment’ pairs newly commissioned works and is a counterpoint between past and present.”
Performances are scheduled May 26, 28, 29 and 31 at the College of Charleston’s Sottile Theatre.
The Turn of The Screw
For Hanna, Spoleto’s world-premiere production of The Turn of the Screw is a fantastic
Arts, etc.
Fill your dance card at the Gailliard
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the Gaillard Center Tuesday, Feb. 25 and Feb. 26, with performances that celebrate lineage and legacy. The famed dancers will bring to life new works by choreographers for whom Ailey paved the way, as well as classics from the studio’s eponymous choreographer’s oeuvre. “Revelations,” one of the studio’s masterpieces, will be included in the show. Ticket prices vary. Learn more at gailliardcenter.org.
Catch a classic play at the Dock Street Theatre
opera, especially if you’re new to the genre.
“You may even be familiar with the story through the popular Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor, which is also based on Henry James’s chilling novella,” he said. “This chamber opera offers a more intimate experience, and the story itself is a super suspenseful ghost story — very relatable and captivating.
“The music is gorgeous and atmospheric, and the whole thing is a manageable length — perfect for dipping your toes into the world of opera, especially in the rumoredto-be haunted Dock Street Theatre.
On the power of opera, in general
Hanna says opera is a breathtaking blend of music, theater, visual art and storytelling that excites people.
“Spoleto understands its unique power to transport audiences, creating an immersive and often transformative experience unlike anything else,” he said. “This commitment to opera, a tradition true to our roots, aligns perfectly with the festival’s mission to present ambitious and impactful works.
“Plus, where else in the world could you see Wilco front-man Jeff Tweedy and Thaïs, Jules Massanet’s late–19th century French grand opera, at the same festival? Spoleto is all about putting strange bedfellows together, juxtaposing the new with the old, the experimental with the traditional.”
Britten’s The Turn of the Screw is set for a world premier at the Dock Street Theatre, with performances on May 30 and June 1, 3 and 6. Massanet’s Thaïs also is a world premier production with performances on May 23 and 25 at the Charleston Gaillard Center.
Legendary artist Patti Smith
Lots of people are excited Smith will be at Spoleto Festival USA this year.
“Patti Smith is a total legend — punk rock icon, poet, artist … the works. Seeing her live is something you’ll remember long after Spoleto,” Hanna said. “And can you imagine her in the College of Charleston’s Cistern Yard? It’s gorgeous and historic — huge live oaks and beautiful architecture. That setting combined with Smith’s energy will be pure magic. It’ll be an unforgettable night.”
Smith will perform June 3 in the Cistern Yard at the College of Charleston.
120 shows in 17 days
Also be on the lookout for:
• Bank of America Chamber Music: 24 world-class musicians with 11 programs over 17 days, including two new evening concerts.
• Orchestral concerts featuring music by Strauss, Sibelius, Mendelssohn and Mozart.
• Cecile McLorin Salvant, a visionary vocalist.
• Saxophonist Branford Marsalis with his quartet.
• Trumpeter Etienne Charles who will explore Gullah roots with local drummer Quentin Baxter
• Kronos Quartet, renowned musical innovators.
Tickets for Spoleto Festival USA go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 21 at spoletousa.org. The 49th season of the festival will start May 23 and end up with a finale on June 8.
Performances of Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie will run from Feb. 26 through March 25 at the Dock Street Theatre. The Tony Award–winning play invites audiences into the fragile world of the Wingfield family, where dreams and reality intertwine. Filled with rich characters and a haunting narrative, it’s a timeless classic that remains a powerful and resonant exploration of the complexities of the human experience. Ticket prices vary (tip: Opening night is priced pay-as-you-please!). Learn more at dockstreettheatre.org.
IAAM accepting college fellowship applications
The International African American Museum (IAAM) invites rising juniors and seniors in college to apply for the 2025 Sankofa Fellowship. The eight-day immersive experience runs from June 8 through June 15, and is designed for students with an interest in African American history, community-building and cultural preservation. Students work on a real-world storytelling project, learn from museum and cultural leaders and participate in interactive workshops. IAAM provides meals and housing. Fellows are responsible for their travel to and from Charleston. IAAM will accept applications from Feb. 15 through April 4. Learn more or apply at iaamuseum.org. —Jessica Mischner
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Acclaimed celloist Alicia Weilerstein will perform at this year’s festival
Novel delves into Gullah’s spiritual and communal life
By Herb Frazier
Sherman E. Pyatt’s latest book, Standing in the Gap, is a departure from the nonfiction archival and historical work he’s known for — but the Charleston author’s trademark knowledge and insight into local Black history and Gullah culture remains front and center.
Standing in the Gap, Pyatt’s first novel, blends his life experiences growing up on Orrs Court in Charleston with summers on Wadmalaw Island where his grandmother Emma Russell Pyatt was born.
In Pyatt’s makebelieve world, Gullah dialogue conveys the real-life communal and spiritual nature of the language’s namesake culture and what it means to “stand in the gap.”
This story revolves around Jacob Rouse, 11, who assisted the island’s midwife, Ella Mae, during his aunt’s delivery of her first child. Ella Mae also assisted in Jacob’s prolonged delivery. His was a special birth.
“Dat boy fight me from dayclean an’ through de night,” Ella Mae says. “Lawd hab mussy … Lemme tink some mo’ on dat … I ‘membub now. Jacob wuh born early de next day … and wid de veil over ‘e head.”
In Gullah culture, it is believed that a child born with a veil over its head is gifted spiritually and stands in the gap between heaven and earth, Pyatt explained. The thin membrane that wraps a baby while in its mother’s womb in Gullah culture is called the veil.
Pyatt said he was born with a veil over his face. His older relatives told him that when he was 6 years old, “I used to see a man standing in our house,” he said. “The elders paid close attention to my dreams.”
According to Pyatt, when he dreamed of a wedding, his family braced for a funeral. When he dreamed of fish, they anticipated a pregnancy.
After Jacob’s mother dies from tuberculosis, he leaves Wadmalaw when he is 13 to live in Charleston. An uncle raises him as a son.
As Jacob adapts to big city life, he talks with the ancestors in his dreams. They guide him along the path to manhood.
“ I used to see a man standing in our house. The elders paid close attention to my dreams.” —Sherman E. Pyatt
When Pyatt was a boy, his family gave him examples of what it means to “stand in the gap” for those in need, he said.
As a boy on Orrs Court, Pyatt wondered why his cousin on Wadmalaw gave his family wild game and seafood from the island. He also didn’t understand why his grandmother told him to do errands for elderly women in the neighborhood in the city without taking money for it.
Later in life, Pyatt began to understand that when his relatives on Wadmalaw had
extra food they’d share it with their relatives in the city. “My grandmother took this same concept, and she [shared] my services with the ladies in the community,” he said.
Pyatt said he didn’t have a relationship with his biological father. In his novel, however, he created strong male figures.
“Even though they may not be central figures, they are there. I have uncles who have families, and these guys stay with their wives. And these men also help Jacob in a rite of passage from a boy to a young man.”
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Charleston, South Carolina January 15, 2025
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA –COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-00252
County of Charleston, Condemnor,
vs. The Heirs of Edward Green and the Heirs of Carolina Jiles a/k/a Caroline Jiles, Landowners, and Nathaniel Green, Other Condemnee, and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof, Unknown Claimant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING
TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEES, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment. Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against the Landowners, named above, to acquire a fee simple interest in a strip of land consisting of 19,431 square feet (0.446 acre), more or less, from the real property described as follows:
ALL that certain lot of land, situate, lying and being on Sol Legare Island in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and known and designated as Lot B-2 as shown on that certain plat of Robert L. Frank entitled “A BOUNDARY SURVEY, SUBDIVISION, AND EASEMENT DEDICATION OF LOT B LOCATED ON SOL LEGARE ROAD JAMES ISLAND CHARLESTON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA” dated July 22, 1999 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County at Plat Book EF, Page 520; said lot having such measurements, butts and boundings as will appear by reference to the said plat.
BEING the same property conveyed to Edward Green by deed of John Thomas Green and Edward Green, dated June 4, 2002, and recorded June 18, 2004, in Book Y498, Page 569, in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.
TMS # 330-11-00-052
The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the real property sought herein is depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto as Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description.
The County’s acquisition of the real property is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for the paving and improvement of Jeff Gaillard Lane in Charleston County, South Carolina.
NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE
NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.
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purposes, as is more fully stated in the attached Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment. Responsive pleadings to the Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment are not necessary.
LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Condemnor County of Charleston, pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., has brought an action against the Landowner, named above, to acquire a fee simple interest in a strip of land consisting of 9,362 square feet (0.215 acre), more or less, from the real property described as follows:
ALL that certain lot of land, situate, lying and being on Sol Legare Island in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina and known and designated as Lot B-3 as shown on that certain plat of Robert L. Frank entitled “A BOUNDARY SURVEY, SUBDIVISION, AND EASEMENT DEDICATION OF LOT B LOCATED ON SOL LEGARE ROAD JAMES ISLAND CHARLESTON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA” dated July 22, 1999 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County at Plat Book EF, Page 520; said lot having such measurements, butts and boundings as will appear by reference to the said plat.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA –COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-00268
County of Charleston, Condemnor, vs. The Heirs of Carolina Jiles a/k/a Caroline Jiles, Landowners, and
Andrea Frasier, Elijah Green, Jr., Ernest Wallace, Tommaria L. Ladson, Billy Joe Ladson, Carol L. Gillard, Ronald Ladson, and Sandra Stovall, Other Condemnee, and JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all other condemnees whose names are unknown, and persons in the military service within the meaning of Title 50, United States Code, commonly referred to as the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940, as amended, if any, and the unknown heirs at law, devisees, widows, widowers, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, firms or corporations of any of the Landowner(s), Other Condemnee(s) or Unknown Claimant(s) who may be deceased, and any and all persons claiming any right, title, interest in or lien upon the real estate or other property described in the Condemnation Notice or any part thereof, Unknown Claimant(s).
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING
TO: LANDOWNERS, OTHER CONDEMNEES, AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NAMED ABOVE
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED, advised and notified, that pursuant to the South Carolina Eminent Domain Procedure Act, S.C. Code Ann. § 28-2-10, et seq., the within Condemnation Notice and Tender of Payment, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, has been filed with the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, South Carolina. The purpose of this action is to enable the Condemnor County of Charleston to acquire certain real property for its public
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-2414
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.
Sally Young, SC Bar #4686, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9521.
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Master’s Sale CASE NO. 2022CP1000011
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
MidFirst Bank, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Jacob Thomas Gamble; Baker Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc., DEFENDANT(S).
BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to Carolina Jiles by deed of Samuel Jiles, Dianna Jenkins, and Hester Cromwell dated January 28, 1904, and recorded February 19, 1904, in Book J24, Page 299 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.
TMS # 330-11-00-053
The size, shape, location, and butting and bounding of the real property sought herein is depicted more particularly on the plat attached hereto as Exhibit A, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The County’s acquisition of the real property is necessary for public purposes, more particularly for the paving and improvement of Jeff Gaillard Lane in Charleston County, South Carolina.
NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI
TO: UNKNOWN CLAIMANT(S) NAMED ABOVE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Order appointing George E. Counts, Esquire, Counts & Huger, LLC, P.O. Box 80399, Charleston, South Carolina 29416, (Telephone: 843-573-0143), as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as John Doe and Mary Roe, Condemnees herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone on their behalf or on behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the Condemnor will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi absolute.
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Andrew L. Hethington, Esquire
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North Charleston, South Carolina
29405 (843) 958-4010
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS ELIZABETH WATSON AKA ELIZABETH BLACKSTON IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILD BORN 2009.
TO DEFENDANT: ELIZABETH WATSON AKA ELIZABETH BLACKSTON
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 August 26, 2024, at 4:39 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, W. Tracy Brown, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social Services, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, S.C. 29405 within thirty (30) days of this publication, exclusive of the date of service. If you fail to answer within the time set forth above, the Plaintiff will proceed to seek relief from the Court.
W. Tracy Brown, SC Bar #5832, 3685 Rivers Avenue, Suite 101, North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-953-9625.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DOCKET NO. 2024-DR-10-3337
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES VERSUS KIMBERLY O’BOYLE AND DAVID BRIGGS IN THE INTERESTS OF: MINOR CHILDREN BORN 2016 AND 2017.
TO DEFENDANT: DAVID BRIGGS
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 November 20, 2024, at 4:39 p.m. Upon proof of interest, a copy of the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights will be delivered to you upon request, and you must serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint on the Plaintiff, the Charleston County South Carolina Department of Social Services, at the office of its Attorney, Sally Young, Legal Department of the Charleston County Department of Social
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.
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Upon authority of a Decree dated June 21, 2023, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC. March 4, 2025, at 11:00 A.M. or shortly thereafter.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the City of North Charleston, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot 248, Phase 2, Baker Plantation, as shown on that certain plat of Parker Land Surveying, LLC, entitled Final Subdivision Plat Showing Baker Plantation Phase 2, (24.050AC), TMS 485-00-00-198 Creating Lots 118-137 & 185-250, and a Property Line Adjustment Between TMS 48500-00-198, Property of Antler Road LLC & TMS 485-07-00-274, Property of Baker Plantation Homeowners Association Inc., located in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, dated November 13, 2014 and last revised December 5, 2014 and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book L14 at Page 0511 on December 9, 2014, said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, location, buttings and boundings as shown on said plat.
This being the identical property conveyed to Jacob Thomas Gamble by deed of Crescent Homes SC, LLC dated December 29, 2015 and recorded January 13, 2016 in Deed Book 0528 at Page 886
TMS #: 485-07-00.445
Current Property Address: 8151 Halbert Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406
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 sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements and easements and restrictions of record.
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
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: ANNIE CAROLINE REID
2025-ES-10-0044
DOD: 11/30/24
Pers. Rep: GEORGE MARION REID, IV 28 BEVERLY RD., CHARLESTON, SC 2907
Atty: DAVID H. KUNES, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
Pers. Rep: FRANCES READ PUCKETTE 821 RIVER RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455
Atty: PHILLIP R. MEAD, ESQ. 115 CHURCH ST., CHARLESTON, SC 29401
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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: BARBARA ANN SIMMONS 2025-ES-10-0095
DOD: 1/9/25
Pers. Rep:
APRIL L. BONNEAU
3084 EDENVALE RD., JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29455 Atty: ELAINE JENKINS, ESQ. PO BOX 364, JOHNS ISLAND, SC 29457 ***********
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:
MARY MCCOY POPE
2024-ES-10-0676
DOD: 3/7/24
Pers. Rep: LINDA P. DAVIS
6809 DAVIS RD., RAVENEL, SC 29470 Atty:
THOMAS H. BRUSH, ESQ. 12-A CARRIAGE LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29407
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Estate of: GERALD GOULD VAUGHAN
2024-ES-10-1285
DOD: 6/4/24
Pers. Rep: RICHARD B. VAUGHAN 2852 CONSERVANCY LN., CHARLESTON, SC 29414 ***********
Estate of: OSCAR CALVIN LEACH, JR.
2024-ES-10-2090
DOD: 11/6/24
Pers. Rep: CORNELIUS B. LEACH
1323 LONER RD., BLYTHEWOOD, SC 29016 ***********
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON
IN THE FAMILY COURT FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NO.: 2024-DR-10-3086
BERNARD PARKER, Plaintiff, vs. TASHARA PARKER, Defendant.
TO THE DEFENDANT 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 thereto on the subscriber, Charlie L. Whirl, Esquire, at his office, 2112 Commander Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29405, within thirty (30) days after the date of service upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default may be entered against you.
NOTICE OF FILING. The Summons and Complaint for a divorce action were filed in Family Court, Charleston County, Case Number 2024-DR-10-3086 on October 25, 2024.
CHARLIE L. WHIRL 2112 Commander Road North Charleston, SC 29405 (843) 566-9705- Office Attorney for Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-01692
The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-17 Plaintiff, -vsLorenzo Graham; Charsetta Graham; South Carolina Department of Revenue Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-17 vs. Lorenzo Graham; Charsetta Graham; South Carolina Department of Revenue, I, Mikell Scarborough, Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on March 04, 2025, at 11:00 AM, at the Front Entrance of County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, SC, to the highest bidder.
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with improvements thereon, if any, known and designated as Lot A1 containing 0.487 acres, more or less, situate, lying and being located in St. Paul`s Parish, in the County of Charleston, State of South Caro1ina, and being more particularly shown and delineated on a plat entitled “PLAT SUBDIVIDING TMS 19100-00-292 LOT A (1.660 ACRES TOTAL)INTO NEWLOTS A1-A3” prepared by Absolute Surveying, Inc. dated January 19, 2004 and recorded in Plat Book DD at page 988; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.
Derivation: BEING the same property conveyed to Charsetta Graham and Lorenzo Graham by deed of Scora Investments, Inc. d/b/a 5 Star Properties dated July
22, 2005 and recorded in Book D647, at Page 129 in the RMC Office for Charleston County; ALSO BEING the same property conveyed to Charsetta Graham and Lorenzo Graham by Quit Claim Deed of Troy C. Crist dated August 9, 2005 and recorded November 10, 2005 in Book T561, Page 514 in the RMC Office for Charleston County.
TMS #: 191-00-00-292
5664 Dixie Plantation Road, Hollywood, SC 29449
SUBJECT TO CHARLESTON COUNTY TAXES
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Master in Equity may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder).
Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order.
A personal or deficiency judgment having been demanded by the Plaintiff, the sale of the subject property will remain open for thirty (30) days pursuant to Section 15-39-720, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976; provided, however, that the Court recognizes the option reserved by the Plaintiff to waive such deficiency judgment prior to the sale, and notice is given that the Plaintiff may waive in writing the deficiency judgment prior to the sale; and that should the Plaintiff elect to waive a deficiency judgment, without notice other than the announcement at the sale and notice in writing to the debtor defendant(s) that a deficiency judgment has been waived and that the sale will be final, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date.
The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 8.59000% per annum.
Mikell Scarborough Master in Equity for Charleston County
CRAWFORD & VON KELLER, LLC
B. Lindsay Crawford, III (SC Bar# 6510)
Theodore von Keller (SC Bar# 5718)
B. Lindsay Crawford, IV (SC Bar# 101707)
Charley F. MacInnis (SC Bar# 104326)
Jason Hunter (SC Bar# 101501)
Eric H. Nelson
(SC Bar# 104712)
Katharyn L. Sophia
(SC Bar# 105541)
Crawford & von Keller, LLC
P.O. Box 4216
1640 St. Julian Place (29204)
Columbia, SC 29240
Phone: 803-790-2626
Email: court@crawfordvk.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-01890
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against Tameika M. Anderson, et al., I, the Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Charleston County Courthouse, Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 5, Block 3, as shown on a plat of Pepperhill No. 7, recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AA, at Page 117. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as reference to the aforesaid plat will more fully appear.
This being the same property conveyed to Tameika Anderson by deed of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, of Washington, D.C. a/k/a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, an agency of the United States of America dated December 16, 1999 and recorded December 29, 1999 in the Office of the Registrar of Mesne Conveyance for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book B340 at Page 728.
TMS # 395-15-00-097
Property Address: 7618 Vanderbrook Place Charleston, South Carolina 29420
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Charleston County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same 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. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Charleston County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.250% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Charleston County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.
s/Ryan J. Patane
S.C. Bar No. 103116
Benjamin E. Grimsley
S.C. Bar No. 70335
D’Alberto, Graham & Grimsley, LLC
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211
(803) 233-4999
rpatane@dgglegal.com bgrimsley@dgglegal.com
AMENDED MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE CASE NO. 2024-CP-10-01684
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against Robert D. Pettaway, I, the Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at Charleston County Public Services Building, Second Floor Council Chambers, Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as New Lot 2, Block P-Z, Section 5, all of which will more fully appear by reference to a Plat made by Atlantic Surveying, Inc., Covert B. Nelson, RLS, entitled “Subdivision Plat of Block P-Z, Section 5 (1.29 AC), TMS 469-10-00-060 into Lot 1 (0.14 AC), Lot 2 (0.15 AC), and Lot 3 (0.19 AC) & Residual (0.81 AC) located on the North Side of Azalea Drive in the City of North Charleston, Charleston County, SC, Property of DW OPP Fund, LLC”; said plat being recorded in the Charleston County Register of Deeds Office in Plat Book L19 at Page 0481. Reference is hereby made to said plat for a more complete metes and bounds description.
This being the same property conveyed to Robert D. Pettaway by deed of T M Rooke Company LLC dated July 8, 2021 and recorded July 16, 2021 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 1014 at Page 608.
TMS # 469-10-00-255
Property Address: 2280 Bailey Drive N. Charleston, South Carolina 29405
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Charleston County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same 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. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Charleston County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).
As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 2.8750% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Charleston County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against Emmanuel Flores Gonzales, Maria Rodriguez and et al., I, the Master in Equity for Charleston County, will sell on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Charleston County Public Services Building, Second Floor Council Chambers, Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, and known and designated as Lot 9, Block P, in Woodview Manor Subdivision, as shown on a plat by E.M. Seabrook, Jr., Inc., dated December 4, 1975, in Plat Book AG, at Page 46; said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings as will by reference to said plat more fully and at large appear.
This being the same property conveyed to Emmanuel Flores Gonzales and Maria Rodriguez, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, and not as tenants in common, by deed of Jerry Austin a/k/a Jerry Lee Austin and Courtney L. Austin n/k/a Courtney Austin Nixon dated July 6, 2023 and recorded July 26, 2023 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County, South Carolina in Book 1193 at Page 734.
TMS # 388-01-00-087
Property Address: 4529 Outwood Drive Ladson, South Carolina 29456
TMS # 188-01-00-087
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Master in Equity for Charleston County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same 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. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Master in Equity for Charleston County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being Waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.250% per annum. The sale shall be subject to
assessments, Charleston County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.
s/Ryan J. Patane
S.C. Bar No. 103116
Benjamin E. Grimsley S.C. Bar No. 70335 D’Alberto, Graham & Grimsley, LLC
Attorneys for the Plaintiff P.O. Box 11682 Columbia, S.C. 29211 (803) 233-4999 rpatane@dgglegal.com bgrimsley@dgglegal.com
PUBLIC AUCTION
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:
The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO. 2025-CP-10-00027
TYLOR KILGORE, Plaintiff, v. CARRIE BENNETT WILSON a/k/a CARIE BENNETT WILSON, and if she may be deceased, her heirsat-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
2.75-acres on Tibwin Road Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 729-00-00-019
and ALATHEA BENNETT and CHARLES BENNETT, both being deceased persons, their her heirsat-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them
being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe and HERBERT WILSON, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on January 3rd, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on January 6th, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on January 27th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated January 6th, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land containing Two and Three Quarter (2 ¾) Acres, situate, lying and being in St. James Santee Parish, County and State aforesaid, butting and bounded as follows:
North by lands formally of Nancy Manigault, 244 foot; East by lands of Peter Great, partly divided by big ditch; South by lands of Est. Isaac Wilson, 260 feet; and, West by lands of Charles Bennett. The same being a part of the Henry Washington land, in the Tibwin section, School District Santee No. One.
TMS # 729-00-00-019
January 28th, 2025
Date
Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553
Attorney for Plaintiff
KN PROPERTIES 1 LLC, A SOUTH CAROLINA LIMITED LIABILTY COMPANY, Plaintiff,
v. NABEE KARIM f/k/a ROSCOE SUTTON, OMAR KARIM and ERICA GLOVER and if they may be deceased, their heirs-at-law, personal representatives, successors, and assigns and spouses if any they have and all other persons with any right, title or interest in and to the real estate described in the Complaint, commonly known as:
5350 Christian Dawn Drive Charleston County, South Carolina TMS Number: 622-00-00-005
and also any unknown adults and those persons as who may be in the military service of the United States of America, all of them being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
SUMMONS & NOTICE
To the Defendants above-named:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the undersigned at his office at: 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive if the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case.
NOTICE OF FILING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Notice, Complaint and Lis Pendens were filed on January 7th, 2025, the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem was filed on January 9th, 2025 and the Order of Publication was filed on February 4th, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County, State of South Carolina.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that R. David Chard, Esquire of 2050 Spaulding Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 has been designated as Guardian ad Litem for all Defendants who may be incompetent, under age, or under any other disability or in the Service of the Military by Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, dated February 4th, 2025 and the said appointment shall become absolute 30 days after the final publication of this Notice, unless such Defendants, or anyone in their behalf shall procure a proper person to be appointed Guardian ad Litem of them within 30 days after the final publication of this Notice.
THE PURPOSE of this action is to
clear the title to the subject real property described as follows: ALL that lot, piece or parcel of land together with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Green Bay Section in the Town of Awendaw, Charleston County, State of South Carolina and known and designated as Lot A on a plat by CDS Landsurveying Inc., dated March 15th, 1994 and recorded on April 8th, 1994 in Plat Book M, Page 867, in the ROD Office for Charleston County, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more full and complete description.
TMS # 622-00-00-005
February 4th, 2025
Date
s/Jeffrey T. Spell
Jeffrey T. Spell 925 Wappoo Road, Suite B Charleston, South Carolina 29407 (843) 452-3553
Attorney for Plaintiff
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CASE NO.: 2024-CP-10- 04333
Vernelle Hollins, Plaintiff, vs. Dorothy Grant, Ebun Z. Brown, Eric Parson, Keshia Gray, Tanya Humphrey, Leon Humphrey, Curtis Humphrey, Richard Humphrey, Leon Nathaniel Parson, Jr., Mrs. Tamekka Parson, Stephanie Alexis Parson-Parker, AyJa Parson, Cheyere Banks, Lavonia Goodwine, Carlos Goodwine, Lisa Hamilton Witherspoon, Tiera Lashae Miller, Darnell Rashad Miller, Lisa P. Brunson, and Cherry Scott, if they be alive, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating the unknown heirs, devisees, issue, alienees, legatees, personal representatives, executors, creditors, distributees, administrators, successors, or assigns of the above and/or belownamed Defendants, if they or any of them be dead: Richard Parson, Rachel E. Parson, Doris Parson, Richard Parson, Jr., Leontine “Rose” Humphrey, Aleisha Humphrey, Leon Nathaniel Parson, Albertha Jenkins Goodwine Parson, William Parson, Lula Bell Parson Hamilton, William Cornelius Hamilton, Reverand Richard Parson, Albert Parson, Roosevelt Grant, and MARY ROE AND RICHARD ROE, whose true names are unknown and fictitious names designating infants, persons under disability, incompetents, imprisoned, or those persons in the military service and persons entitled to protection under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, if any, Defendants.
Summons
(Suit to Quiet Title, Partition and Judicial Sale of Real Property) (Non-Jury)
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR 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 exclusive of the day of such service if service was in person and thirty-five (35) days after service if service made upon you was by U.S. Mail, exclusive of the day of such 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 exclusive of the day of such service if service was in person and thirty-five (35) days after service if service made upon you was by U.S. Mail, exclusive of the day of such service.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE No.: 2024-CP-10-05613
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
JOSEPH WILLIAMS, and STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, v. DERRICK SUMPTER, Defendant.
TO: DERRICK SUMPTER
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer to this complaint upon the undersigned attorney, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Cameron L. Marshall, Esquire
CAMERON L. MARSHALL, LLC 7 Gamecock Avenue, Suite 707 Charleston, South Carolina 29407
Attorney for Plaintiffs, Joseph and Stephanie Williams
Dated: November 7, 2024
Master’s Sale Case No.: 2024CP1004092
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of January, 2025, 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 March, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN CHRIST CHURCH PARISH, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CONTAINING 1.00 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, WITH THE FOLLOWING METES AND BOUNDS; BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIPE APPROXIMATELY 850 FEET SOUTHWEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 17 NORTH A BEARING OF NORTH 44 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 48 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 243.60 FEET ALONG THE ESTATE OF JOHN RICHARDSON TO AN IRON ROD; THENCE A BEARING OF SOUTH 31 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 214.05 FEET TO AN IRON ROD, A BEARING OF SOUTH 58 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 17 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 221.61 FEET TO AN IRON ROD AND A CHORD BEARING OF NORTH 76 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST AN ARC DISTANCE OF 23.49 FEET ON A CURVE DEFLECTING TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 15.00 FEET TO AN IRON ROD, ALL ALONG THE RESIDUAL LANDS OF ARTHUR LEE SIMMONS; THENCE A BEARING OF NORTH 31 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 139.74 FEET ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN RIGHT-OFWAY OF MARTIN GEORGE LANE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SUBJECT to assessments, Charleston Ad Valorem Taxes, any and all restrictions, easements, covenants and rights-of-way of record, and any other senior encumbrances.
This being the same property conveyed to Arthur L. Simmons, Jr. by deed of Arthur Lee Simmons, dated April 28, 1993 and recorded May 24, 1993 in Book F227 at Page 756 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County.
TMS # 629-00-00-235 Case#: 2024CP1004092
Current Property Address: 1056 Martin George Ln Awendaw, SC 29429
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.
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 which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff on her attorney, Jennifer S. Smith, Esq., 141 Pelham Drive, Suite F 153, Columbia, South Carolina 29209, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service if service was in person and thirty-five (35) days after service if service made upon you was by U.S. Mail, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment by default shall be demanded. independent title
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-3, U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, PLAINTIFF, VERSUS Arthur L. Simmons, Jr. ; South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority;
Brian P. Yoho (803) 744-4444 011847-05327 2024CP1004092 FOR INSERTION 2/14/2025, 2/21/2025, 2/28/2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
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
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A # 2024-CP-10-04283
North Mill Credit Trust, Plaintiff, v. Bannacheck, LLC; and Tyrone Lamont Jones, Defendants.
(170385-000073)
(Debt Collection) (Non-Jury)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF THE COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 171 Church Street, Suite 120C (29401), PO Box 22795, Charleston, SC 29413, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
our understanding that you are not currently in bankruptcy. If you are in bankruptcy, please disregard this summons in its entirety and have your attorney contact our office as soon as possible.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A # 2024-CP-10-04281
North Mill Credit Trust, Plaintiff, v. Bannacheck, LLC; and Tyrone Lamont Jones, Defendants.
(170385-000065)
(Claim and Delivery) (Non-Jury)
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF THE COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
debt, any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. It is our understanding that you are not currently in bankruptcy. If you are in bankruptcy, please disregard this summons in its entirety and have your attorney contact our office as soon as possible.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS C/A # 2024-CP-10-04281
North Mill Credit Trust, Plaintiff, v. Bannacheck, LLC; and Tyrone Lamont Jones, Defendants.
(Claim and Delivery) (Non-Jury)
(170385-000065)
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.
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
Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-04819
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
South Carolina Federal Credit Union, PLAINTIFF VERSUS Gary C. Griffin a/k/a Gary Griffin a/k/a Gary Caldwell Griffin, DEFENDANTS
Upon authority of a Decree dated December 13, 2025, 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 MARCH, 2025 at 11:00 AM or shortly thereafter.
All that piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in Charleston County, South Carolina, known and designated as Lot No. 27, Block K, as shown on a plat of “Portion of Brentwood, Charleston County, South Carolina,” which plat was made March 1956, by J. O`Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, and recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book K at Page 94.
Reference is hereby craved to said plat for a more complete and accurate metes and bounds description.
This being the same property conveyed to Gary C. Griffin by deed of Mikell R. Scarborough as Master in Equity for Charleston County dated March 19, 2018 and recorded March 22, 2018 in Book 706 at Page 329 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Charleston County.
TMS No. 411-05-00-102
Property address: 648 Dellwood Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405 No personal or deficiency
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CHARLESTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2024CP1006230
Hedge Hog Industries, Corp., Plaintiff, v. Alycar Investments, LLC and Oak Bluff Homeowners Association, Inc., Defendants.
SUMMONS
TO: THE DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is served upon you, and to serve a copy of your written response to the said Complaint on the subscribers at the law office of Smith | Closser, P.A., 7455 Cross County Road, Suite 1, Post Office Box 40578, Charleston, South Carolina, 29423-0578, within thirty (30) days after the date of service hereof, exclusive of the day of service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
SMITH | CLOSSER, PA
s/Zachary J. Closser
Zachary J. Closser (SC Bar No. 74005) 7455 Cross County Road, Ste 1 (29418) P.O. Box 40578, Charleston, SC 29423 843-760-0220; 843-552-2678 (fax)
zclosser@scnlaw.com
Attorney for the Plaintiff
December 17, 2024 24-34
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 as to Complaint of Plaintiff and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for the Plaintiff, North Mill Credit Trust.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff may move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to SCRCP Rule 53, of the South Carolina Code of Law (1976), as amended, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case, which judgment shall be appealable to the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 23, 2024.
s/Lucas S. Fautua J. Ronald Jones, Jr., (SC Bar No. 066091) Lucas S. Fautua (SC Bar No. 104371) 171 Church Street, Suite 120C (29401) Post Office Box 22795 Charleston, SC 29413 Telephone: (843) 714-2531 Email: rjones@smithdebnamlaw. com Email: lfautua@smithdebnamlaw. com ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
January 28, 2025
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP., is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. It is
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 171 Church Street, Suite 120C (29401), PO Box 22795, Charleston, SC 29413, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons as to Complaint of Plaintiff and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for the Plaintiff, North Mill Credit Trust.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff may move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to SCRCP Rule 53, of the South Carolina Code of Law (1976), as amended, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case, which judgment shall be appealable to the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 23, 2024.
s/Lucas S. Fautua J. Ronald Jones, Jr., (SC Bar No. 066091) Lucas S. Fautua (SC Bar No. 104371) 171 Church Street, Suite 120C (29401) Post Office Box 22795 Charleston, SC 29413 Telephone: (843) 714-2531 Email: rjones@smithdebnamlaw. com
Email: lfautua@smithdebnamlaw. com
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
January 28, 2025
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF THE COMPLAINT
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their office, 171 Church Street, Suite 120C (29401), PO Box 22795, Charleston, SC 29413, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons as to Complaint of Plaintiff and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Attorney for the Plaintiff, North Mill Credit Trust.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff may move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master in Equity for Charleston County, which Order shall, pursuant to SCRCP Rule 53, of the South Carolina Code of Law (1976), as amended, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case, which judgment shall be appealable to the Supreme Court of South Carolina. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Charleston County on August 23, 2024.
s/Lucas S. Fautua J. Ronald Jones, Jr., (SC Bar No. 066091) Lucas S. Fautua (SC Bar No. 104371) 171 Church Street, Suite 120C (29401) Post Office Box 22795 Charleston, SC 29413 Telephone: (843) 714-2531 Email: rjones@smithdebnamlaw. com Email: lfautua@smithdebnamlaw.
com
January 28, 2025
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP., is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. It is our understanding that you are not currently in bankruptcy. If you are in bankruptcy, please disregard this summons in its entirety and have your attorney contact our office as soon as possible.
MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE 2015-CP-10-00377
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Mortgage Assets Management, LLC v. Grange Simons Lucas III
Upon authority of a Decree dated August 28, 2015, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, in the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on March 4, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL THAT LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IN ST. ANDREWS PARISH, IN THE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT THREE (3), BLOCK F, ON A PLAT BEARING THE LEGEND “PLAT OF SECTION 3, LENEVAR SUBDIVISION, CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C.”
DATED MARCH 24, 1960 BY A.L. GLEN, REG. P.S. AND L.S. AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK M AT PAGE 113 IN THE RMC OFFICE FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY. SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SIZE, SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, BUTTINGS AND BOUNDINGS AS ARE SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON SAID MAP WHICH IS MADE A PART AND PARCEL HEREOF BY REFERENCE THERETO. SAID LOT IS CONVEYED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO SAID PROPERTY, WHICH ARE SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF THE SAME DATED APRIL 9, 1960 IN BOOK D-70 AT PAGE 634 IN THE RMC OFFICE AFORESAID. BEING THE SAME PREMISES CONVEYED TO MARY KING LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, THE MORTGAGOR HEREIN, BY DEED OF GRANGE S. LUCAS, III AND MARY
CATHERINE LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 23, 1989 AND RECORDED MAY 24, 1989 IN P-184, AT PAGE 350, AND RE-RECORDED JUNE 25, 1992 IN BOOK H. 215 AT PAGE 889, AND BY DEED OF RENEE J. LUCAS, EXECUTED MAY 7, 1985 AND RECORDED JULY 29, 1985 IN BOOK W-148, AT PAGE 810. TMS#: 352-12-00-104
CURRENT ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 1412 Tara Road, Charleston, SC 29407
Parcel No. 352-12-00-104
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with bid may be made immediately. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense
of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY
J. Martin Page, Esquire Telephone: 803-509-5078 / File # 21-49077
FOR INSERTION
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
6638
Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-03268
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., PLAINTIFF versus Althea D. Capers nka Althea D. Green aka Althea D. Capers-Green; Jessie Green aka Jessie R. Green, III aka Jessie Nathan Green, III, DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 10th day of October, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of March, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter.
ALL that certain lot, piece, parcel, or tract of land, which is a portion of Lot 16 of the Phillip Tract in Christ Church Parish, County of Charleston, as shown on a Plat made by T.A. Huguerin, Surveyor, of record in the RMC Office for Charleston County, in Plat Book B at Page 85. Also includes a mobile/ manufactured home, a 2004 CLAY VIN: OHC014394NCAB BEING the same property conveyed to Althea D. Capers by deed of Hendesce Capers, Melvina Tillman, Benjamin Capers, Kenneth Capers, Herbert Lee Singleton, Patricia C. Graham, and Henry Capers, dated July 29, 2004 and recorded October 12, 2004 in Deed Book K512 at Page 157. Thereafter, Althea D. Capers nka Althea D. Green aka Althea D. Capers-Green conveyed one-half of her interest in the Property to Jessie Nathan Green, III, which deed was recorded March 31, 2011 in Deed Book 0179 at Page 667.
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 10.5000%.
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
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 February 14, 2025, February 21, 2024, February 28, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
6646
Master’s Sale 2022-CP-10-01676
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust, PLAINTIFF versus Gerald J. Mitchell, Yolonda Mitchell, Eagle Funding of SC, Inc. and HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA), DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 21st day of December, 2023, 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 March, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, shown and delineated as Lot 16, Block B on a plat entitled “West Cameron Terrace, State of South Carolina, Charleston County” prepared by J. O’Hear Sanders, Jr., Surveyor, dated August 1956 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Charleston County in Plat Book K at Page 159. Reference is hereby made to said plat for a more complete and accurate description of said lot of land. Being the same property conveyed unto Gerald J. Mitchell by deed from United States of America, dated February 18, 1997 and recorded February 21, 1997 in Deed Book H280 at Page 881; thereafter, Gerald J. Mitchell conveyed an undivided one-half interest unto Yolonda Mitchell by deed dated September 10, 1999 and recorded September 21, 1999 in Deed Book N334 at Page 401 in the ROD Office Charleston County, South Carolina.
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 following liens or mortgages are senior and superior to the Plaintiff’s Mortgage and the subject property will be sold subject to these liens: DECREE: Based on the evidence in the record and the failure of this Defendant to file an answer asserting any interest in the Property, the Court finds that this mortgage is paid in full and is hereby satisfied of record. No further filing is necessary to effectuate this satisfaction. 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 7.8750%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993
FOR INSERTION February 14, 2025, February 21, 2025, February 28, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
6659
Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-01297
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust, PLAINTIFF
versus The Personal Representative, if any, whose name is unknown, of the Estate of Willie Simmons, Jr.; Patrice Simmons, Glynice Simmons, and any other Heirsat-Law or Devisees of Willie Simmons, Jr., Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service
Jonesin’
Across
1. Drive-thru drink extra
6. Goblet piece
10. Baby kangaroo
14. Pet problem?
15. Adidas rival
16. Killer whale
17. Valuable item
18. Novel-identifying digits
19. Mister, in M¸nster
20. Pail exclusively for celebrities?
22. Mad Libs prompt
23. Denver clock reading
24. Kong, e.g.
25. Tournament seeding
27. Pond dwellers
29. Encompassed by
33. Roll up
36. “Nick at ___”
38. More wintry
39. German attack craft of WWII
41. Swanson on “Parks & Recreation”
42. Play in the NHL
43. Metronome measurement
44. Italian beach resort
46. “What ___ can I do?”
47. Sneaky kind of horse?
49. One of Santa’s reindeer
51. Savage of “MythBusters”
53. Office machine still used by some businesses
54. Text messaging letters
57. On a grand scale
60. Squishy space shuttle propeller?
63. Lean and tall
64. Former Missouri Congresswoman Bush
65. Company behind “Space Invaders” and “Bubble Bobble”
66. Remote button
67. Reunion attendee
68. Acquired relative
69. Coin-op opening
70. Intense fury
Honeycomb units
7. Walrus feature
8. Add to a website, as a video
9. Repeated phrase
10. The average cricket player?
11. Cookie with a limited-edition Post Malone flavor
12. Grayish earth tone
13. Knitting store supply
21. Fairy tale’s second word
26. Author Kingsley
27. Cold-weather wear that’ll help you get off the ground?
28. Poker-faced
30. Old phone feature
31. Collectors’ completions
32. Ash, e.g.
33. Bounty hunter Boba
34. Over, in Hanover
35. Former Cowboys quarterback Tony
37. Theoretical stopping point
40. Mario Kart character
45. “The Wire” role
48. Org. with pit workers
50. Rare and unusual
52. Slangy cash
54. Expertise
55. Mercury, for one
56. Puts in the overhead
57. Shade providers
58. Singer Anka
59. Engaged by
61. 1960s fad dance
62. Sugar source
“ET AL” —some extra stuff.
of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe, DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 10th day of October, 2024, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at public auction, the premises fully described below, at the County Council Chambers, 4045 Bridge View Drive, North Charleston, South Carolina, on the 4th day of March, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in St. James-Santee Parish, County of Charleston, State of South Carolina, containing One (1) acre, more or less and known as Lot No. 2 on a plat entitled “Plat of Subdivide Lands of Sallie Manigault’s Estate”, said plat having been made on April 2, 1981 by George D. Sample, PE & LS. The said plat is recorded in the RMC Office for Charleston County in Plat Book AT at Page 13. Said lot having such size, shape, dimensions, buttings and boundings and will be reference to said more fully at large appear. Being the same property conveyed unto Willie Simmons, Jr. by deed from James H. Simmons, dated June 8, 1999 and recorded June 14, 1999 in Deed Book L328 at Page 53 in the ROD Office for Charleston County, South Carolina; thereafter, upon information and belief, Willie Simmons, Jr. passed on March 1, 2023 leaving the Property to his heirs, namely Patrice Simmons and Glynice Simmons.
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.8750%. Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.
FOR INSERTION February 14, 2025, February 21, 2025, February 28, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
6666
Master’s Sale 2023-CP-10-00496
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
US Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust, PLAINTIFF versus Luiz Robert DeMoura; Julie A. DeMoura, DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 15th day of January, 2025, 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 March, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that lot, piece or parcel of with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being on the North side of Mary Street, East of the corner of Nassau Street, known as numbers 44-46 Mary Street. Measuring and containing in front of Mary Street, forty nine (49’) feet, the same on the back or north line, by eight (80’) feet on the East and West lines; be all said dimensions more or less; Butting and bounding to the North on Lands of Elizabeth Dewees, to the East on lands now or late of Sara Hamlin, to the South on Mary Street, and to the west on lands formerly William Dewees. Said property is subject to all applicable covenants, conditions, restrictions, limitations, obligations and easements of record. This being the same property conveyed to Luiz Robert DeMoura by deed of James S. Heyward dated September 5, 2001 and recorded September 6, 2001 in Book R381 at Page 21 in the Register of Deeds Office for Charleston County; subsequently Luiz Robert Demoura conveyed ½ interest to Kristina DeMouraDiaz by Corrective Deed dated November 15, 2006 and recorded December 8, 2006 in Book C608 at page 98. Subsequently, Kristina DeMoura Diaz conveyed her ½ interest to Luiz Robert DeMoura by deed dated November 27, 2006 and recorded December 8, 2006 in Book C608 at Page 130; subsequently, Luiz Robert DeMoura conveyed ½ interest to Julie Ann DeMoura by deed dated August 18, 2010 and recorded September 9, 2010 in Book 0142
at Page 781.
TMS No. 459-09-03-102
Property Address: 46 Mary Street, Charleston, SC 29403
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.0000%.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out.
Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING.
Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993
FOR INSERTION February 14, 2025, February 21, 2025, February 28, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
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Master’s Sale 2024-CP-10-04910
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CHARLESTON: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of and with respect to Barclays MortgageTrust 2022RPL1, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Series 2022-RPL1, PLAINTIFF
versus Lindsay M. Hendrix; Stephen H. Hendrix, Jr.;, DEFENDANT(S).
Upon authority of a Decree dated the 27th day of January, 2025, 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 March, 2025, at
11:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter. All that certain parcel, piece or lot of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Charleston, located in the City of North Charleston, shown and designated as, “Lot 25, Block G, Waltham Road, 6714 sq. ft.” on a plat entitled “FINAL PLAT, LAKEWOOD, LOTS 1 THUR 24, BLOCK H AND LOTS 22 THUR 40, BLOCK G, PHASE 2B, THE LAKES, CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA” dated May 14, 1999, prepared by A.H. Schwacke and recorded in Plat Book ED at page 264 in the RMC Office for Charleston County, South Carolina. Said property is subject to all applicable covenants, conditions, restrictions, limitations, obligations and easements of records. This being the same property conveyed to Linsay M. Hendrix and Stephen H. Hendrix, Jr. by deed of John A. Mackelprang dated July 18, 2007 and recorded July 23, 2007 in Deed Book C633 at Page 869, in the RMC Office for Charleston County.
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 April 3, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. The deficiency judgment may be waived by the Plaintiff upon written request prior to sale. THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO ASSESSMENTS, COUNTY TAXES, EXISTING EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, AND OTHER SENIOR ENCUMBRANCES. The property shall be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will be required to deposit with the Master, at the conclusion of the bidding, cash or certified check in the amount of five (5%) per cent of the bid: the said deposit to be applied to the purchase price. The successful bidder will be required to pay for documentary stamps on the Deed and interest on the balance of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 3.1250%.
Should the highest bidder fail to comply with the bid within thirty days from the date of sale, the Master will resell the property at the risk and expense of the defaulting bidder upon the same terms as above set out. Should the Plaintiff, or one of its representatives, fail to be present at the time of sale, the property is automatically withdrawn from said sale and sold at the next available sales day upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale or any Supplemental Order. The Sheriff of Charleston County may be authorized to put the purchaser into possession of the premises if requested by the purchaser. NOTICE: The foreclosure deed is not a warranty deed. Interested bidders should satisfy themselves as to the quality of title to be conveyed by obtaining an independent title search well before the foreclosure sale date. ATTENDEES MUST ABIDE BY SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR OTHER FACIAL COVERING. Any person who violates said protocols is subject to dismissal at the discretion of the selling officer or other court officials.
PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY RILEY POPE & LANEY, LLC (803) 799-9993
FOR INSERTION February 14, 2025, February 21, 2025, February 28, 2025
Mikell R. Scarborough Master in Equity
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Love requires stability and steadiness to thrive. But it also needs unpredictability and imaginativeness. The same with friendship. Without creative touches and departures from routine, even strong alliances can atrophy into mere sentiment and boring dutifulness. With this in mind, and in accordance with astrological omens, I offer quotes to inspire your quest to keep togetherness fertile and flourishing. 1. “Love has no rules except those we invent, moment by moment.” —Anaïs Nin. 2. “The essence of love is invention. Lovers should always dream and create their own world.” —Jorge Luis Borges. 3. “A successful relationship requires falling in love many times, always with the same person, but never in quite the same way.” —Mignon McLaughlin.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In celebration of the Valentine season, I suggest you get blithely unshackled in your approach to love. Be loose, limber, and playful. To stimulate the romantic and intimate qualities I think you should emphasize, I offer you these quotes: 1. “Love is the endless apprenticeship of two souls daring to be both sanctuary and storm for one another.” —Rainer Maria Rilke 2. “Love is the revolution in which we dismantle the prisons of our fear, building a world where our truths can stand naked and unashamed.” —Audre Lorde. 3. “Love is the rebellion that tears down walls within and between us, making room for the unruly beauty of our shared becoming.” —Adrienne Rich.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To honor the rowdy Valentine spirit, I invite you to either use the following passage or compose one like it, then offer it to a willing recipient who would love to go deeper with you: “Be my thunderclap, my cascade of shooting stars. Be my echo across the valley, my rebel hymn, my riddle with no answer. Be my justbefore-you-wake-up-dream. Be my tectonic shift. Be my black pearl, my vacation from gloom and doom, my forbidden dance. Be my river-song in F major, my wild-eyed prophet, my moonlit debate, my infinite possibility. Be my trembling, blooming, spiraling, and soaring.”
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Elizabeth Gilbert wrote, “The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all.” One of those strange jewels in you is emerging from its hiding place. Any day now, it will reveal at least some of its spectacular beauty — to be followed by more in the subsequent weeks. Are you ready to be surprised by your secret self? Are your beloved allies ready? A bloom this magnificent could require adjustments. You and yours may have to expand your horizons together.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 2025, the role that togetherness plays in your life will inspire you to achieve unexpected personal accomplishments. Companionship and alliances may even stir up destiny-changing developments. To get you primed, I offer these quotes: 1. “Love is a trick that nature plays on us to achieve the impossible.” —William Somerset Maugham. 2. “Love is the ultimate outlaw. It won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.” —Tom Robbins. 3. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. Yet each day reveals new constellations in our shared sky.” —Emily Brontë. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Psychotherapist Robin Norwood wrote that some people, mostly women, give too much love and kindness. They neglect their own self-care as they attend generously to the needs of others. They may even provide nurturing and support to those who don’t appreciate it or return the favor. Author Anne Morrow Lindbergh expressed a different perspective. She wrote, “No one has ever loved anyone too much. We just haven’t learned yet how to love enough.” What’s your position on this issue, Virgo? It’s time for you to come to a new understanding of exactly how much giving is correct for you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you ready to express your affection with lush and lavish exuberance? I hope so. Now would be an excellent time, astrologically speaking. I dare you to give the follow-
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ing words, composed by poet Pablo Neruda, to a person who will be receptive to them. “You are the keeper of my wildest storms, the green shoot splitting the stone of my silence. Your love wraps me in galaxies, crowns me with the salt of the sea, and fills my lungs with the language of the earth. You are the voice of the rivers, the crest of the waves, the pulse of the stars. With every word you speak, you unweave my solitude and knit me into eternity.”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Among its potential gifts, astrology can raise our awareness of the cyclical nature of life. When used well, it helps us know when there are favorable times to enhance and upgrade specific areas of our lives. For example, in the coming weeks, you Scorpios could make progress on building a strong foundation for the future of love. You will rouse sweet fortune for yourself and those you care for if you infuse your best relationships with extra steadiness and stability.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I want you to be moved by intimacy and friendships that buoy your soul, inspire your expansive mind and pique your sense of adventure. To boost the likelihood they will flow your way in abundance during the coming weeks, I offer you these quotes. 1. “Love is a madness so discreet that we carry its delicious wounds for a lifetime as if they were precious gems.” — Federico García Lorca. 2. “Love is not a vacation from life. It’s a parallel universe where everything ordinary becomes extraordinary.” —Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 3. “Where there is love there is life. And where there is life, there is mischief in the making.” —my Sagittarius friend Artemisia.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Every intimate alliance is unique, has its own rules, and shouldn’t be compared to any standard. This is a key theme for you to embrace right now. Below are helpful quotes. 1. “Each couple’s love story is a language only they can speak, with words only they can define.” —Federico Fellini. 2. “In every true marriage, each serves as guide and companion to the other toward a shared enlightenment that no one else could possibly share.” —Joseph Campbell. 3. “The beauty of marriage is not in its uniformity but in how each couple writes their own story, following no map but the one they draw together.” —Isabel Allende. 4. “Marriages are like fingerprints; each one is different, and each one is beautiful.” —Maggie Reyes.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Borrowing the words of Aquarian author Virginia Woolf, I’ve prepared a love note for you to use as your own. Feel free to give these words to the person whose destiny needs to be woven more closely together with yours. “You are the tide that sweeps through the corridors of my mind, a wild rhythm that fills my empty spaces with the echo of eternity. You are the unspoken sentence in my every thought, the shadow and the light interwoven in the fabric of my being. You are the pulse of the universe pressing against my skin, the quiet chaos of love that refuses to be named. You are my uncharted shore.”
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Love and intimacy and togetherness are fun, yes. But they’re also hard work — especially if you want to make the fun last. This will be your specialty in the coming months. I’ve assembled four quotes to inspire you. 1. “The essence of marriage is not that it provides a happy ending, but that it provides a promising beginning— and then you keep beginning again, day after day.” —Gabriel García Márquez. 2. “The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. But those who follow the art of creating it day after day come closest to discovering it.” —Pearl Buck. 3. “Love is a continuous act of forgiveness.” —Maya Angelou. 4. “In the best of relationships, daily rebuilding is a mutual process. Each partner helps the other grow.” —Virginia Satir
