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By Joe Waters

As all of us who live or work here know, Greenville has made great strides to improve our quality of life and our national and regional image through cultural renewal and strong economic development. But with the start of the new year, we should remind ourselves that Greenville’s renown for economic and cultural renewal has not impacted enough of our children and families. Last year, economists Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren found that Greenville County is among the worst counties in the United States for helping poor children rise out of poverty. Specifically, they found that a poor child raised in Greenville County would make 17 percent less at age 26 than a person raised in an average American county. Why does this issue matter for those of us who enjoy Greenville’s downtown restaurants, arts scene and expanding prosperity? If Greenville continues to grow and prosper but our underclass remains stuck more than in most American cities, we’ll limit our growth potential and won’t do much to change the national perception of South Carolina. In other words, all of our great work could be in vain. Fortunately, Chetty and Hendren also showed us why

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some places in the U.S. are better than others for economic mobility. Their findings can help us chart a better course. In a New York Times article, they described five key factors in improving economic mobility: “less segregation by income and race; lower levels of income inequality; better schools; lower rates of violent crime; and a larger share of two-parent households.” If Greenville wants to tackle these issues and ensure our community is a great place for all children to grow up, we must do more to improve the health and welfare of every neighborhood, especially those where the poorest children live and may need the most nurturing. Many of our community’s nonprofit organizations are doing yeoman’s work in early childhood and family health and education. But government and the private sector need to provide greater support. Research shows that evidencebased solutions for young children and families can have tremendous economic return, if we’re honest enough to evaluate what works best and try new innovations. We need to develop a community-wide social mobility agenda that involves business, government, universities and the social services sector. Our efforts should focus on expanding early childhood and youth programs and inter-

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ventions that are actually proven to improve life for children and families. Some ideas to consider: � Supporting mothers from the moment they discover they’re pregnant. This could involve home visits from nurses and parent educators. � Addressing persistent challenges caused by neighborhood segregation along race and class. Our county took a peaceful path in school integration in the 1960s. It’s time for new discussions about how to make Greenville stand out for its inclusion and appreciation for all of our families. � Focusing on the environmental factors in low-income neighborhoods that generate stress that can impact children’s brain development during their most critical years. Churches, community groups, law enforcement and other groups can take on some of this work. � Improving education is also vitally important, although the challenges for our most vulnerable children — barriers to economic mobility — are encountered long before they reach school age. While expanding pre-K is a worthy cause, we must also improve the quality and availability of child care and preschools. Spartanburg is considering new types of training and salary stipends for early childhood teachers, for example, and there are many other examples of progress across the nation. I believe Greenville is one of the country’s best places to live, but it isn’t yet a great place to raise a family for every mom and dad. That’s why we must focus on these “twogeneration” solutions that focus on families who face the most difficult path to economic mobility, while also helping their children. I hope the General Assembly and our local governments will do more to advance an economic mobility agenda for all families in Greenville County. Adding this work to our overall success story will bolster our economic development efforts even more. The progress Greenville has made over the last several decades is truly remarkable, but for way too many people in our community #yeahTHATGreenville is an empty slogan and a reminder that the promise is unfulfilled. Together, those of us who care deeply about our neighbors and the long-term health of our incredible community can add to our success by doing more to help all of Greenville’s children to flourish. Joe Waters is the executive vice president of the Institute for Child Success, a national nonprofit policy and research organization based in Greenville.

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Dirty Water Upstate Forever, other environmental groups sue Kinder Morgan over Belton pipeline spill ANDREW MOORE | STAFF

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Two environmental groups, including Greenville’s Upstate Forever, have filed a federal lawsuit against Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, claiming the company hasn’t done enough to clean up a gasoline spill near Belton in rural Anderson County. The lawsuit, which was filed last Wednesday by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Upstate Forever and the Savannah Riverkeeper, calls for Kinder Morgan to pay about $30 million in civil penalties for violating the Clean Water Act. “Our clean water is our most important resource,” said Upstate Forever Executive Director Andrea Cooper. “Kinder Morgan has had two years to contain its huge gasoline spill, but the company continues to pollute the Upstate’s precious clean water with gasoline pollutants.” In December 2014, Kinder Morgan’s Plantation Pipeline ruptured and reportedly leaked about 369,600 gallons of gasoline and petroleum products near Lewis Drive north of Belton. The rupture occurred near two streams that flow into Broadway Lake, Lake Secession, Lake Russell and the Savannah River, said Frank Holleman, a senior attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center. He added that more than 160,000 gallons of gasoline and petroleum product remain in the surrounding soil, groundwater and area streams. “Kinder Morgan is responsible for one of the largest pipeline spills in South Carolina history, yet thousands of gallons of gasoline have not been cleaned up,” Holleman said. “It’s well past time for Kinder Morgan to do everything necessary to clean up its spill and stop gasoline from flowing into our water.” Melissa Ruiz, a spokeswoman for Kinder Morgan, said the company “has taken full responsibility for the spill” and is continuing a “thorough and complete investigation and remediation of the site in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.” She added that Kinder Morgan has recovered 209,059 gallons of product and collected and properly disposed of about 2,800 tons of petroleum-impacted soil. The company submits monthly reports to DHEC and has spent $4.3 million through September for remedia-

Earlier this year, Kinder Morgan installed monitoring wells and recovery trenches in Brown’s Creek (pictured above) to prevent pollutants from migrating downstream to nearby waterways.

tion and repairs. Kinder Morgan completed a comprehensive site assessment earlier this year that included the installation of monitoring wells and recovery trenches in Brown’s Creek to prevent pollutants from migrating downstream to nearby waterways.

“It’s well past time for Kinder Morgan to do everything necessary to clean up its spill and stop gasoline from flowing into our water.” Frank Holleman, a senior attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center

Ruiz said pollutants have not migrated downstream. Kinder Morgan has also submitted a corrective action plan to DHEC that includes the installation of 49 biosparging wells at the spill site. That system will inject oxygen into the groundwater mixed with pollution and feed microorganisms that break down contaminants. It should be fully operational by 2017. “It is not uncommon for remediation activities to proceed over multiple years. As we’ve stated before, we will continue these efforts until no further action is required,” Ruiz said. The environmental groups are demanding a more effective cleanup effort. Holleman said the company’s sampling reports submitted to DHEC in August revealed pollution levels that were higher than the levels reported in early 2016, before Kinder Morgan started sampling from an area of Brown’s Creek that is located near the pollution source. He added that Kinder Morgan avoided testing that area of Brown’s Creek until August, choosing to instead sample downstream

where Brown’s Creek merges with another creek that dilutes the pollution. “To say that we ‘avoided’ testing the area closest to the leak is nonsensical,” said Ruiz. “The first priority is to determine how far the product has migrated and to stop further migration. That is standard practice.” Kinder Morgan first tested the area of Brown’s Creek nearest to the pollution source in August. Those samples revealed water pollution more than 200 times higher than what the company had previously reported to DHEC, Holleman said. Kinder Morgan’s September testing results revealed a 22 percent increase in benzene, a 35 percent increase in ethylbenzene, a 23 percent increase in toluene, a 15 percent increase in total xylenes and a 12 percent increase in naphthalene. “These results show that, two years after the spill, Kinder Morgan’s water pollution continues to get worse,” Holleman said. Ruiz dismissed the assertion, saying, “The claim that these contaminants are getting worse is false, and these sampling reports are being misrepresented by a coalition who simply opposes pipeline infrastructure. “The recent reports referenced now include sampling that was taken closer to the source area; we and DHEC already knew the product was there in higher concentrations and would show higher values,” she added. DHEC spokesman Robert Yanity said that “the concentrations are higher than those historically reported at this site; however, they are typical for release sites where free-phase gasoline is present.” “To date, Kinder Morgan has been responsive in their efforts to clean up this release. Site rehabilitation will continue until the release no longer poses a risk to human health and the environment,” he added. Holleman said the Southern Environmental Law Center tries to settle suits before going to trial and that the settlement must include a payment from Kinder Morgan to compensate for environmental damage that the spill has created.

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Up for Grabs Gaye Sprague to exit City Council, at least two vie for her seat CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Two candidates have emerged for the to-be-vacated Greenville City Council atlarge seat held by Gaye Sprague, and there could be more. Sprague, who has been on Council since 2009, announced last week that she will not seek re-election. Greenville businessman John DeWorken and former Greenville Forward Executive Director Russell Stall have already said they plan to run for the seat. DeWorken will run as a Republican and Stall as a Democrat. How much this year’s election will change the dynamics of council will obviously depend on who wins Sprague’s seat and what happens with the other two council seats up for re-election. David

Sudduth said he plans to file for re-election to the District 4 seat he’s held since 2005. Lillian Brock Flemming, who has held the District 2 seat since 1981, is also up for re-election. DeWorken was formerly the vice president of the Greenville Chamber and the Upstate Chamber Coalition, vice chair of the Greenville Transit Authority, legislative director of the S.C. Senate Transportation Committee and associate vice president of the S.C. Chamber of Commerce. DeWorken, 44, is owner and partner of Sunnie and DeWorken, a government relations and pro-business advocacy firm. He said among the city’s most pressing issues are effectively managing Greenville’s growth, dealing with traffic issues and ensuring neighborhoods have a voice on City Council. Stall, who retired from Greenville Forward 18 months ago, said council would be a perfect place for him to continue his work to help the city continue to be a quality place to live. When he retired from the nonprofit organization he founded, Stall said he planned to work to get the Con-

Gaye Sprague federate flag removed from the Statehouse grounds. But the flag was taken down following his retirement after Dylann Roof gunned down nine parishioners at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston. Roof was convicted on 33 federal charges in connection with the crime, and the trial is in the penalty phase now. He also faces state charges; the latter trial has been postponed indefinitely.

Russell Stall Stall said when he was in high school, he told Greenville Mayor Max Heller that he would run for public office one day. “The timing is right. I have the time and the energy,” he said. His platform includes intentional and sustainable growth, affordable housing and transportation. Filing for the City Council seats will be in March. The primary will be held in June and the general election in November.

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As for the District 4 seat, Sudduth said while Greenville is growing, there is still a lot left to do. Infrastructure is the city’s biggest issue, from prioritizing projects to being creative in how it funds them. “I want to strike a balance between the infrastructure needs in the downtown area and the neighborhoods,” he said. “The most common question I get asked by residents is when will their street get repaved and how they can get a sidewalk and how long it will take to get it. Often, I

have to tell people it’s 12 to 13 years out.” Sudduth said he would push for the state legislature to give municipalities the ability to have capital project sales tax referendums on the ballot. Counties can do that, and a roads tax referendum that failed miserably countywide in 2014 passed within the city limits. Sprague said before she leaves Council, she wants to be able to vote on a comprehensive stormwater master plan, something for which she’s pushed. Sprague was the only council member to vote against the city appropriating $18.3 million for construction of a new public works facility on Fairforest Way that will make way for a new signature city park. Sprague isn’t against construction of a new park; instead, she questioned using stormwater funds to help pay for the move before the city had a stormwater master plan in place. The city has since said it won’t have to dip into stormwater funds because of a budget surplus.

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The Road to Wellville The chance for a road ﬁx has improved, but will McMaster support a gas tax? CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster holds the key to whether South Carolina lawmakers raise the gas tax, a move that will provide a long-term funding source to fix the state’s crumbling roads and bridges. McMaster will take over as governor if Gov. Nikki Haley’s nomination by President-elect Donald Trump as United Nations ambassador is confirmed. Haley had demanded that the gas tax increase be offset by other tax cuts, and state Department of Transporta-

tion reforms and legislators knew they didn’t have enough votes to overturn her threatened veto. McMaster had not publicly disclosed his position. Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Kershaw, said whether a gas tax hike passes would depend on McMaster. “If he says he’ll support it, it will pass. If he says he will veto it, it won’t.” Last year, an attempt to increase the tax passed the House but stalled in the Senate because of the veto threat. Instead, lawmakers passed a bill that borrows $2.2 billion over 10 years for roads and bridge work, paying it back through the state’s sales tax on vehicles and other Department of Motor Vehicle fees. The state needs $600 to $800 million annually to address infrastructure needs. Greenville County business leaders say the deteriorating roads impacts the state’s ability to attract business and industry and costs drivers an additional $1,248 per year, according to data released by the Greenville Chamber. The state’s gas tax is one of the lowest in the country and hasn’t in-

creased since 1987. Sen. Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, told reporters and editors at the South Carolina Press Association’s legislative workshop prior to the start of this year’s legislative session that he’s optimistic something will get done. “The discussion over the last few years was frustrating and to the outside, it appears very little progress has been made,” he said. “Inside the Statehouse, significant progress has been made … I’m actually optimistic we’ll get there some this year. We’ve got a better chance of success now than in the past.” A bill filed in the House would raise the tax by 2 cents per yeawr for five years and a Senate plan would increase it by 4 cents over three years. But that doesn’t mean that if McMaster supports a gas tax increase, that passage will be easy or fast. Sen. Tom Davis, R-Beaufort, said before the legislature talks about raising the gas tax, it needs to reform the DOT. He called a measure passed

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last year that gave the governor authority to appoint all highway commissioners with the advice, consent and screening of legislators “fake reform.” “We haven’t put the governor in charge,” he said. “Not a single penny more should go to the DOT until we have real reform of the DOT.” House Majority Leader Rep. Gary Simrell, R-Rock Hill, said it is likely a phased-in approach to a gas tax increase would work better because he’s concerned that not enough contractors would be available to do the work if it was passed all at once. Georgia and North Carolina both passed road funding bills last year and the phased-in approach would allow contractors to ramp up for work in South Carolina. “If we don’t Gary Simrell have a sustaining revenue stream, if we’re not willing to put money in roads, asphalt companies won’t invest in South Carolina.” But Sheheen said Democrats are leery of a bill that would provide tax relief to the state’s richest residents. “If it’s more targeted, if it focuses on a real problem in South Carolina, which is local industrial property tax rates which is a tremendous problem for local South Carolina businesses, then maybe there is room for consensus to emerge,” he said. Sheheen said the state should consider tolls on Interstate 95, which he called a “disgrace to South Carolina.” “We ought to ask the feds for a waiver and put in a toll, then we need to look at other opportunities to toll. We have to look at beginning to broaden the sources of revenue.” Simrill said that if the state lifted the sales tax exemption Tom Davis for fuel, it would generate an additional 12 cents for each gallon sold and “one-third of the funding would come from people who don’t have a 29 ZIP code.”

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On the Road Again Wandering ‘celebrity’ elk relocated to Charleston nature center ANDREW MOORE | STAFF

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A young, displaced elk that wandered across state lines and settled down in the Upstate has been captured and relocated to a state nature center near Charleston, where it will eventually go on public display. The 500-pound Rocky Mountain bull elk, a rarity in South Carolina, became a viral sensation after being seen at Camp McCall, a S.C. Baptist Convention camp on U.S. 178 in Pickens County, in late October. After the sighting, pictures, videos and stories suddenly appeared on social media, celebrating the rare appearance. The young elk, named “Rocky” by some Upstate residents, was the first of its kind to come to South Carolina since 1737.

Elk were present in the Carolinas and other Southeastern states in the 1600s, but overhunting and habitat loss led to their disappearance in the 1700s. Then, in 2001 and 2002, 52 Manitoban elk were brought from eastern Canada to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in North Carolina, where the herd has grown to 150 animals. Biologists believe Rocky was part of the North Carolina herd and ventured into Pickens County in search of a female after being pushed out by a dominant bull. In November, the elk was seen in numerous locations around Pickens County, allowing residents to come close enough to offer food and pet him. Rocky then appeared on White Horse Road in Greenville, where DNR had to rescue him from a potentially deadly encounter with the area’s afternoon traffic. Biologists relocated the elk to the mountains of Oconee County, hoping he’d return to his North Carolina herd. But Rocky refused to leave and biologists had to shoot him with a tranquilizer dart on Dec. 16 in a neighborhood not far from Devils Fork State Park in Oconee County, according to a news release. DNR was left with a tough dilemma: Rocky had to be euthanized or relocated.

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“Rocky,” a 500-pound Rocky Mountain bull elk, became a sensation on social media after being spotted in Pickens County in October.

“This elk is a wild animal and not domesticated,” DNR biologist Tammy Wactor said in a news release. “It has become accustomed to people, so it will allow people to approach it, but it is unpredictable, and this behavior can create dangerous situations.” When Rocky refused to leave Oconee County in December, he began hanging out in a pasture in a community near Lake Jocassee, where he quickly became friends with a donkey. And despite several warnings from officials, locals continued to approach and feed him. Elk are cousins to deer but far larger, typically standing as tall as 9 feet and weighing up to 700 pounds. They are also more imposing, approaching people who come near, curious for food, as well as head butting or rearing up on their hind legs wanting to play. However, as bulls become adults, they become territorial and more aggressive and have been known to charge, swinging their antlers if they feel threatened or challenged. There are documented cases of fatal elk encounters. Prior to Rocky’s transfer, he was becoming more aggressive and needed to be relocated, Wactor said. Now, the celebrity elk is a permanent resident at the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s Charles Towne Landing Historic Site, a nature center near Charleston that houses and displays various animals that once inhabited the Carolinas during the colonial period. But it could be a while before the public gets to look at Rocky.

Park officials plan to keep him quarantined for a minimum of 30 days in a separate enclosure to ensure he’s not diseased. Once he’s cleared by a vet, Rocky will join the Animal Forest, a fenced enclosure that currently holds three forest bison and a large group of wild turkeys on two acres of forestland, according to park manager Rob Powell. He added that Rocky “is right at home” so far. Wild elk can live up to 15 years, eating up to 35 pounds of grass per day, competing with other males to win a mate and eventually joining a herd before winter. But they can live longer in captivity. Charles Towne Landing Historic Site constructed its Animal Forest in 1983, and has housed two Rocky Mountain elk since then. One of the elk lived more than 20 years at the park then died of old age in 2014, Powell said. How Rocky will handle the Lowcountry heat is unknown for the most part. But officials believe he’ll be just fine. “Elk can handle all kinds of weather,” Powell said. “Elk can live in coastal areas and high up in the mountains. They’re tough animals.” He also said the nature center takes several precautions to prevent its animals from overheating in the summer months. Officials put self-filling water troughs in animal enclosures to prevent dehydration and set up misters and sprinklers to cool animal enclosures to prevent dehydration and set up misters and sprinklers to cool animals off should they overheat.

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35 Years Later The long road to Clemsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second national championship WORDS BY EMILY PIETRAS | PHOTOS BY ZACHARY HANBY

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IT’S ALL ABOUT RECRUITING Key Clemson recruits through the last decade: 2006: C.J. Spiller, Ricky Sapp, Byron Maxwell and Jacoby Ford 2007: Jarvis Jenkins, Marcus Gilchrist and DeAndre McDaniel 2008: Da’Quan Bowers, Andre Ellington and Dwayne Allen 2009: Tajh Boyd, Roderick McDowell and Jonathan Meeks 2010: DeAndre Hopkins, Vic Beasley and Bashaud Breeland 2011: Sammy Watkins, Tony Steward, Martavis Bryant and Stephone Anthony Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow caught the game-winning touchdown pass in the waning seconds of the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship game against Alabama.

JAN. 1, 1982: Clemson defeats Nebraska in the 1982 Orange Bowl to claim the program’s first national title. 1982 SEASON: Clemson wins the ACC title. NOV. 23, 1982: Clemson is found guilty of recruiting violations under Charley Pell and Danny Ford. The team receives a bowl ban for the 1982 and 1983 seasons, is barred from national broadcast in 1983 and 1984 and loses 20 scholarships. 1983: The north upper deck is finished, bringing attendance to 81,000. APRIL 30, 1985: Defensive tackle William “The Refrigerator” Perry is drafted No. 22 overall by the Chicago Bears. 1986–1988: Clemson wins three consecutive ACC titles with Rodney Williams at quarterback. APRIL 24, 1988: Defensive tackle Michael Dean Perry is drafted No. 50 overall by the Cleveland Browns. JAN. 18, 1990: Ford resigns following conflicts with the administration. JAN. 21, 1990: Clemson hires former Arkansas head coach Ken Hatfield.

1991 SEASON: Clemson wins the ACC title. APRIL 26, 1992: Defensive tackle Chester McGlockton is drafted No. 16 overall by the Los Angeles Raiders. NOV. 25, 1993: Hatfield resigns, having never been embraced by Clemson fans. The more Ford-esque Tommy West becomes head coach. APRIL 20, 1996: Defensive back Brian Dawkins is drafted No. 61 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles. APRIL 19, 1997: Defensive end Trevor Pryce is drafted No. 28 overall by the Denver Broncos. NOV. 18, 1998: West is fired after a 2-8 start — the team’s worst season in 23 years. DEC. 4, 1998: Clemson hires former Tulane University head coach Tommy Bowden. NOV. 18, 2000: “The Catch II” helps push Clemson to victory over South Carolina. 2003 SEASON: Dabo Swinney is hired as wide receivers coach.

2004–2009: The WestZone project in Death Valley begins; the project includes new luxury and club seating, renovated locker rooms and relocated program offices. NOV. 20, 2004: The infamous fourthquarter brawl against South Carolina results in both teams forfeiting bowl eligibility and issuing player suspensions. 2005 SEASON: The ACC establishes the ACC Championship Game to determine the conference winner. 2006 SEASON: Running back tandem James Davis and C. J. Spiller are dubbed “Thunder & Lightning.” OCT. 21, 2006: ESPN’s College Gameday broadcasts from Clemson for the first time. APRIL 28, 2007: Defensive end Gaines Adams is selected No. 4 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. OCT. 13, 2008: Plagued by inconsistency, Bowden resigns. Swinney is named interim coach. 2008 SEASON: Swinney introduces the pregame Tiger Walk and “All In” Poker Chip traditions.

2012: Kevin Dodd, Carlos Watkins and Jay Guillermo 2013: Mackensie Alexander, Ben Boulware, Dorian O’Daniel, Mike Williams, Shaq Lawson, Wayne Gallman and Jordan Leggett 2014: Deshaun Watson and Artavis Scott 2015: Deon Cain, Ray-Ray McCloud, Mitch Hyatt, Clelin Ferrell and Christian Wilkins 2016: Dexter Lawrence RECRUITING CLASS RANKINGS, BY YEAR 2006: 18 2007: 17 2008: 12 2009: 39 2010: 20 2011: 8 2012: 14 2013: 14 2014: 13 2015: 4 2016: 6 Source: Rivals.com

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NOV. 1, 2008: Swinney gets his first career win, a 27-21 victory over Boston College. 2009 SEASON: In his first full season, Swinney leads Clemson to a 9-5 record and ACC Championship Game appearance. JAN. 17, 2010: Adams dies unexpectedly from a previously undetected heart condition. APRIL 22, 2010: Running back Spiller is drafted No. 9 overall by the Buffalo Bills. JAN. 9, 2011: Clemson hires offensive coordinator Chad Morris. JANUARY 2011: Clemson announces upgrades to football facilities, including an indoor practice facility, and continuation of the WestZone project, with concourse expansion, the oculus structure and a heritage museum.

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DEC. 3, 2011: Clemson defeats Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship Game, winning its first conference title since 1991. JAN. 4, 2012: West Virginia routs Clemson in the Orange Bowl, 70-33. JAN. 20, 2012: Clemson hires defensive coordinator Brent Venables. NOV. 10, 2012: Clemson sets a school record with their 12th consecutive home win in Death Valley. DEC. 31, 2012: Clemson defeats LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on the game’s final play, a Chandler Catanzaro field goal.

With Monday’s win, Clemson snapped Alabama’s 26-game win streak and had the program’s ﬁrst-ever victory over a No. 1 ranked opponent.

JAN. 25, 2013: Clemson unveils the team’s new 80,000-square-foot, $10 million indoor practice facility. APRIL 25, 2013: Hopkins is drafted No. 27 overall by the Houston Texans.

2012 SEASON: Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins sets a team record for career and single-season receiving touchdowns.

NOV. 14, 2013: In a victory over Georgia Tech, Boyd reaches 97 career touchdown passes, breaking an ACC record previously held by Phillip Rivers.

2012 SEASON: Quarterback Tajh Boyd sets a team record for touchdown passes thrown in a single season.

JAN. 3, 2014: Clemson defeats Ohio State in the Orange Bowl.

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JAN. 10, 2016: Clemson loses to Alabama in the College Football Playoff Championship. Deshaun Watson sets a record for most total yards in national championship game history. 2015 SEASON: Watson finishes the season with 5,209 total yards on offense and 48 total touchdowns, breaking team records previously held by Boyd. Watson comes in third for the Heisman Trophy. 2015 SEASON: Running back Wayne Gallman sets a team record for rushing yards in a single season.

MAY 8, 2014: Watkins is drafted No. 4 overall by the Buffalo Bills.

APRIL 28–30, 2016: Nine Tigers are drafted in the 2016 NFL Draft, the most since 1983.

OCTOBER 2014: Cornerback Martin Jenkins releases a music video for his “We Too Deep” rap song, which becomes a rallying cry for fans.

DEC. 3, 2016: Clemson defeats Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship Game, winning consecutive ACC titles for the first time since the 1980s.

2014 SEASON: Defensive end Vic Beasley becomes Clemson’s all-time career sack leader.

DEC. 4, 2016: Clemson earns the No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff.

NOV. 30, 2014: Morris accepts the head coaching position at Southern Methodist University. APRIL 30, 2015: Beasley (No. 8) and linebacker Stephone Anthony (No. 31) are drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft.

75 Years

DEC. 31, 2015: Clemson defeats Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff Semifinal and advances to the College Football Playoff Championship game.

DEC. 5, 2015: Clemson defeats UNC in the ACC Championship game to finish the regular season with a 13-0 record, their first undefeated season since 1981. DEC. 6, 2015: Clemson earns the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.

DEC. 10, 2016: Watson is named the Heisman Trophy runner-up. DEC. 31, 2016: Clemson defeats Ohio State in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl, setting up a championship rematch against Alabama. JAN. 9, 2017: Clemson defeats Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship, 35-31. Hunter Renfrow catches the game-winning touchdown pass with one second remaining in the game.

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The Road Ahead

NEXT MAN UP

When the championship dust has settled, what’s next for the Tigers? EMILY PIETRAS | ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Clemson’s win on Monday night against the Alabama Crimson Tide was one for the books — not only for Tigers fans who have long reminisced about the program’s 1981 championship team but also for anyone who simply enjoys a thrilling, high-stakes game of college football. Last year, the opportunity to win a national title slipped out of the Tigers’ reach in the fourth quarter, when the Crimson Tide put up 24 points to ultimately emerge victorious. This year, the Tigers flipped the script, scoring 21 points in the final quarter as they captured the program’s first title in 35 years. The goal was always to win that second championship, and anyone who helped make it happen would earn a spot in Clemson football lore. And now that that’s been accomplished, the natural follow-up question is: what’s next? How far can this program go?

Clemson fans can certainly celebrate this long-awaited title for as long as they please, but eventually the college football offseason lull will become too much to bear, and speculation will begin regarding the possibilities of the 2017 season. Which teams are considered playoff hopefuls? Which players will enter the national spotlight? And, yes — can the defending champs make a third playoff appearance in a row following the departure of key contributors like Deshaun Watson, Mike Williams, Ben Boulware and Carlos Watkins? For the Tigers, it’s without a doubt that their biggest offseason storyline centers on the quarterback position. Watson has been the face of the team, and following the game, he confirmed what everyone already knew going into the 2016 season: He’s headed to the NFL. For candidates to succeed Watson, the Tigers are certainly not short of options. After the departures of Watson and longtime backup Nick Schuessler, the Tigers will have four quarterbacks on its roster: Zerrick Cooper (freshman), Tucker Israel (redshirt freshman), James Barnes (redshirt freshman) and Kelly Bryant (sophomore). For a while, it seemed as if Cooper and Bryant would be the only two battling it out for the starting job in 2017, but the Tigers are bringing in two quarterback recruits, Hunter Johnson and Chase Brice. Rivals.com ranks Johnson, a five-star recruit, as the No. 2 pro-style quarterback prospect and the No. 7 overall prospect in the 2017 class. Rivals ranks Brice, a four-star recruit, as the No. 9 pro-style quarterback prospect. And don’t forget — the Tigers also have a verbal commitment from five-

star quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who is currently ranked as Rivals’ No. 1 overall prospect in the nation for the 2018 class. Lawrence’s commitment isn’t set in stone — until the dotted line is signed, he could always flip — but regardless, Clemson looks to be loaded with talent at the quarterback position for the foreseeable future. It’s likely that there will be a bit of a drop-off in quarterback play next season — Watson is certainly not an easy player to replace — but out of this group, someone will step up to lead the next iteration of Clemson’s high-powered offense.

“There’s no reason that Clemson is going to go away any time soon” - Kirk Herbstreit Clemson has been dubbed “Wide Receiver U” for its stable of explosive playmakers, and that looks to continue in 2017. It’s expected that Mike Williams and perhaps Artavis Scott will declare for the NFL Draft. Both are notable losses, as is tight end Jordan Leggett, but their departures will give players like Deon Cain, Ray-Ray McCloud, Hunter Renfrow, Trevion Thompson and Cornell Powell greater opportunities to be involved in the offense. Tee Higgins, a five-star recruit and Rivals’ No. 4 wide receiver prospect, and Amari Rodgers, a fourstar recruit, will also be joining the team next season. Many familiar faces will remain at the running back and offensive line positions next season. Running backs C.J. Fuller, Adam Choice, Tavien Feaster and Tyshon Dye split carries this year, and all return next season. It’s unclear who will be the one to take Gallman’s starting spot, but the positional depth is outstanding. On the offensive line, Jay Guillermo, who’s been one of the unit’s anchors at center, is the only starter who isn’t slated to return next season. Like Clemson’s offense, the defense doesn’t show any signs of slowing down, even with the departure of two of the unit’s leaders in Ben Boulware and Carlos Watkins. Once again, Clemson is expected to have a dominant defensive line. Christian Wilkins, the team’s leader in tackles for loss, will continue to start at defensive end, as will Clelin Ferrell, who made a name for himself on New Year’s Eve when he recorded a sack and three tackles for loss against Ohio State. Austin Bryant is another player to keep an eye on at the position. At defensive tackle, Dexter Lawrence, who had an excellent true freshman season, will retain his starting position and should only get better. The Tigers will also need Scott Pagano, Albert Huggins and Nyles Pinckney to fill the void left by Watkins at defensive tackle. Starting linebackers Dorian O’Daniel and Kendall Joseph are both expected to return. True freshman Tre Lamar, who was a five-star recruit and saw limited action this season, will likely have a bigger role in 2017. Clemson will lose one starting cornerback in Cordrea Tankersley but will retain Ryan Carter. Backups Marcus Edmond or Mark Fields could slide into a starting spot, and junior Adrian

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DEFENSE Ben Boulware, linebacker Jadar Johnson, safety Cordrea Tankersley, cornerback Carlos Watkins, defensive tackle KEY ARRIVALS* OFFENSE Matt Bockhorst, guard, ★ ★ ★ ★ Chase Brice, quarterback, ★ ★ ★ ★ Tee Higgins, wide receiver, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hunter Johnson, quarterback, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Amari Rogers, wide receiver, ★ ★ ★ ★ DEFENSE Justin Foster, linebacker, ★ ★ ★ ★ AJ Terrell, defensive back, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jordan Williams, defensive end, ★ ★ ★ ★ LeAnthony Williams, cornerback, ★ ★ ★ ★ *Verbal commitments. National Signing Day is Feb. 1, 2017. Baker, who sustained an ACL tear in the spring, should compete for playing time. Trayvon Mullen, a four-star recruit who saw limited action in his true freshman season, could also see his role increase. Additionally, Clemson has a verbal commitment from AJ Terrell, a five-star recruit who Rivals ranks as the No. 2 cornerback prospect and the No. 10 overall prospect in the 2017 class. Van Smith will return as a starting safety, while Denzel Johnson, K’Vonn Wallace and Tanner Muse will compete for Jadar Johnson’s spot. So while the Tigers will lose some impact players who will certainly be missed, there are reasons to be optimistic for next season and beyond. Dabo Swinney has been at the helm of one of the most consistent programs in college football over the last five seasons; now he has a national title under his belt. And recruiting and player development remain strong. Prior to Monday night’s victory, ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit told Tigernet.com, “I think they’ve [Clemson] reached that status of an elite program. It’s been five or six years now that they’ve been able to recruit consistently.” He also cited the program’s new facilities and Swinney’s personality and leadership as reasons why Clemson should remain in college football’s upper echelon. “There’s no reason that Clemson is going to go away any time soon,” he added.

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Weathering the Cold

Speakers urged the crowd to stand up for women, minorities, refugees, immigrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ community.

Snow, freezing temps didn’t stop the 300strong Solidarity Rally MELINDA YOUNG | CONTRIBUTOR

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More than 300 people, bundled up against 32-degree weather, stood between snowcovered bushes and patches of white ground in downtown Greenville on Jan. 8 for A Rally for Solidarity. Some downtown businesses and churches were closed on this freezing Sunday, but the afternoon rally had more people gathered at the Peace Center Plaza than the first weekend debut of Pokemon Go in 2016. They came to support the nation’s diversity and to show that discrimination and prejudice

have no place in the U.S. People held signs promoting inclusion for Muslims, Latinos and women, as well as signs that spoke of love, unity and tolerance. Only one sign mentioned Trump, reading, “Impeach Trump. Make America Great Again.” “America will one day live up to its ideals and its values,” said Jalen Elrod, president of the Greenville Young Democrats, who spoke to the crowd about the nation’s hope for inclusion with the country’s beginning in 1776 and the Constitution’s preamble, “We the people...” Elrod contrasted the Founding Fathers’ vision with what happened after Donald Trump was elected president: “Following the election, we all began to hear about the hate crimes that were taking place across this country. I heard stories of young Latina girls who were surrounded by mobs at school as they shouted, ‘Adios’ and ‘Build that wall’ to them.”

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Other speakers urged the crowd to stand up for themselves, as well as for all women, minorities, refugees, immigrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ communities. Members of these groups and others have experienced fear and sorrow since the 2016 presidential campaign and Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric and repeated promise to deport undocumented Latino workers and build a wall between Mexico and the U.S, the speakers said. “Imagine waking up and knowing every day that this could be your last day with your kids,” said Alejandro Mejia, a minister at the Lutheran church Parroquia Nuestro Salvador. “That is the daily reality of many Hispanics in the community,” Mejia said. “We need compassion for these families.” Another minister, Deb Richardson-Moore, who has transformed Triune Mercy into a ministry helping Greenville’s most dispossessed, including people who are homeless,

addicts and have mental and behavioral health problems, reminded the rally crowd that Jesus was a refugee. Richardson-Moore drew parallels behind Jesus’ birth and the current Syrian refugee crisis. “There is no holy family safe in Bethlehem without them on the run as refugees to Egypt,” she said. “As we see a million refugees trudging through Europe, we need to ask, ‘What if that was our Lord?’” As Richardson-Moore was talking about how so many of humanity’s problems are rooted in fear, the two-hour long rally experienced its only disruption as someone driving by shouted out, “Go Trump!” Several musicians performed a revised edition of “This Land Is Your Land,” adding the line, “Some forces are trying to divide us, the fear and hatred and all the lying. Is it fear of the immigrant, fear of the Muslim? I say, let’s welcome one and all.” The song also included a verse in Spanish and the line, “Instead of building walls, let’s tear them down. This land was made for one and all.” Chrisso Blackmon rapped a poem that juxtaposed patriotism and democratic freedom with tactical generational racism. “Oh, I wish I could use profanity in regards to the land of the free, but for this speech, I gotta keep it rated G,” he said to the crowd’s laughter.

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School holds open house on Jan. 17 Formerly Mt. Zion Christian School, BCA will hold an open house on Jan. 17 from noon–1 p.m. and 6–7 p.m. The school is located at 724 Garlington Road in Greenville. BCA is a fully accredited, private, nondenominational evangelical Christian school offering pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, with plans to open a high school in August 2017. During the program, information will be presented about the new high school; enrollment for ninth-graders opened this month. Following each program will be facility tours along with a question and answer session. Anyone is welcome to attend.

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Greenville-area students graduate in December

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Students visit the Biltmore Estate Fourth- and fifth-grade students in the Learning Enrichment and Academics Program (LEAP) at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School took a daylong trip to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville. Prior to the trip, the students read “Serafina and the Black Cloak” by Asheville author Robert Beatty, which takes place at the Biltmore House in 1899. Students enjoyed visiting the book’s setting.

From Brenau University: Kimberly Renae’ Bridges of Greenville attended the Gainesville campus and graduated with an O.T.D. degree in occupational therapy. Jennifer L. Mathews of Greer attended the North Atlanta campus and graduated with a M.S.O.T. degree in occupational therapy. From the University of NebraskaLincoln: Janice Vanourney Leister of Greenville earned a Master of Arts from the office of graduate studies.

From Coastal Carolina University: Quinten Ameris of Greenville, Bachelor of Arts in elementary education; Jamaya Binns of Greenville, Bachelor of Arts in psychology; Marc Fevrin of Simpsonville, Bachelor of Arts in political science; Zacharias Lloyd of Greenville, Bachelor of Science in applied mathematics; Kiyana Martin of Greenville, Bachelor of Science in exercise and sport science; Todd Matthews of Simpsonville, Bachelor of Science in information systems; Jalen Seawright of Simpsonville, Bachelor of Arts in history; Daniel Shands of Easley, Bachelor of Science in exercise and sport science; Uriel Smith-Jackson of Greenville, Bachelor of Science in business administration in management; and Daquan Thomas of Greer, Bachelor of Science in business administration in management. From the University of Alabama: Macy Goodwin of Greenville, bachelor’s degree; Andrew Moore of Greenville, bachelor’s degree; Turner Waddell of Easley, bachelor’s degree. Submit education news items at bit.ly/GJEducation.

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Greenville Kennel Club presents Outstanding Sportsmanship Award

Two Greenville debutantes presented at Florence ball

Dawn Demauex, seated on the left, received the Greenville Kennel Club’s American Kennel Club Outstanding Sportsmanship Award. In attendance for the presentation at the Poinsett Club were Greenville County Sheriff and Mrs. Will Lewis, also seated; Greenville County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit officers and their wives, Sgt. and Mrs. Doug Wannemacher, Sgt. Patrick Donohue, Sgt. J. D. Redmond and Master Deputy and Mrs. Jim Leathers; Greenville Kennel Club president Ken Walker; and American Kennel Club Delegate Linda Ayers Turner Knorr.

Miss Anna Janes Collins

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Two guest debutantes from Greenville were presented at the 69th Annual Tarantella Ball on Dec. 23, 2016, at the Florence Country Club. Miss Anna Janes Collins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Todd Collins of Greenville. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. Ernest Louis Rodrique and the late Mrs. Johnny Lewis Rodrique of Florence and Mrs. Jack Ervin Collins and the late Mr. Jack Ervin Collins of Greenville. Miss Collins, a freshman at the University of South Carolina, was presented by Dr. David Alan Kahn and escorted by Mr. Reamer Benjamin King III of Florence. She was sponsored by Mrs. David Alan Kahn. Miss Moseley Reed Palms is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cannon Palms of Greenville. She is the granddaughter of The Honorable and Mrs. Ervin Skipworth Swearingen of Florence and Dr. and Mrs. John Michael Palms of Isle of Palms. Miss Palms, a freshman at Furman University, was presented by her grandfather, The Honorable Ervin Skipworth Swearingen and escorted by Mr. Mason Witherspoon Gilpin of Greenville. She was sponsored by her grandmother, Mrs. Ervin Skipworth Swearingen. After the formal presentation and the debutante figure, members and guests enjoyed a seated dinner and danced to the music of Second Nature.

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Commerce Club has partnered with Bon Secours St. Francis Health System to develop a new health information program called Be Well with Bon Secours, which will highlight health and wellness topics each month on the third Tuesday at 6 p.m. Two speakers will present two different topics each month. The first event will be held Jan. 17, 6 p.m., at the Commerce Club, featuring the following topics: How to Set Achievable Goals This Year, with Greg Crowe, director of business health services, and Health Care in 2017 and What it Means for Businesses, with administrative director of managed care, Steve Poole. The series is free to members and guests. For more information or to attend, please contact member relations coordinator Ashley Baur at Ashley.Baur@ClubCorp.com or 2325600, ext. 205. Submit community news items to community@communityjournals.com.

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Events that make our community better DONATION

Eight local charities received donations before holidays The Reserve at Lake Keowee’s Charitable Foundation raised $141,000 in 2016 and donated the funds to eight local charities before the holidays. The 2016 beneficiaries include Helping Hands Children’s Shelter, Feed a Hungry Child, Pickens County Meals on Wheels, Pickens Senior Center, Ripple of One, Safe Harbor Battered Women’s Shelter, Samaritan’s Health and Family Promise. In the 10 years since the Foundation’s inception, it has raised and donated $541,000 to local charities.

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The Charity Ball Board of Greenville elects new leadership for 24th Rose Ball The Charity Ball Board of Greenville – the governing body of the Rose Ball (one of Greenville’s longest running charitable events) – has elected new leadership for the 24th Rose Ball, scheduled for Sept. 15 at the Poinsett Club. Executive Committee members: Charles Smith, president; David Beard, vice president; Leigh Heidtman, secretary; Alan Robinson, treasurer; Jennifer Haley, Rose Ball chairwoman; Wendy Wilson, Rose Ball vice chairwoman; Brian Rogers, benefactors committee chairman; Charles Mickel, benefactors committee vice chairman; Kimberly Cooley, beneficiaries committee chairwoman; Pam Evans, beneficiaries committee vice chairwoman; Benjamin Rook, past president; and Linda Grandy, ex-officio member. Board members from the 2017 Rose Ball Committee: Katherine Selvy, past Rose Ball chairwoman; Jeannette Goldsmith, arrangements chairwoman; Allison Fox, food and wine; Allison Spinks, decorations; Murray Thompson, invitations chairman; Lesa Kastler, invitations/computer list; Holly Peterson, publicity/social media; Jamie Prince, publicity; Mandy Bullock, roses/corporate; and Angi Einstein, seating chairwoman. Members at large: Flavia Harton, William Pelham, Phillip Peterson Jr., Cary Weekes and Erik Whaley. Lifetime honorary members: Gordon Cory and Jeanet Dreskin. Long-time board member and Rose Ball volunteer Joyce Parks also received unanimous approval for lifetime honorary membership to

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For over a year, Niel Brooks worked on his new album, “Northern Lights.” The Greenville-based singer/songwriter played and sang virtually everything on it. That’s why Brooks’ decision to send a copy of the album to a friend at the hipper-than-thou music site Pitchfork might have been a bad idea. The site has a bit of a reputation for cutting criticism, and Brooks got a dose of it. “It was actually a guy that I knew from high school who writes for Pitchfork now,” Brooks says. “He wrote me back and said, ‘Don’t put this out. This is a career-ending record.’” So much for the hipster demographic. But if you’re the kind of music lover who enjoys a good “dark night of the soul” album, “Northern Lights” might be perfect. The album is subdued and sparse but richly rewarding, full of characters on the run from their past, present or future. Awash in recrimination and doubt, the largely acoustic songs are almost hypnotically melodic, moving from the waltz-like “Memphis” to the almost poppy “To the End of the Night” to sparse piano ballads and poetic, delicately fingerpicked laments. It sounds for all the world like a lost singer/songwriter classic from the 1970s, one that evokes Neil Young and Jackson Browne in their more introspective moments. “I think about that music a lot,” Brooks says. “That’s just the way I heard these songs when I wrote them; it’s in that style that I think they used to call the ‘Laurel Canyon sound.’ It’s definitely that kind of feel in my head.” Brooks’ latest is a combination of storytelling and autobiography, inspired by both a painful romantic breakup and an old yearbook that he stumbled across titled “Northern Lights.” “The breakup was a very hard thing to go through,” he says. “It hurt. It was hard not to go off the deep end. And then I saw the yearbook from the early ’70s from some high school in New Jersey. And when you open up the yearbook, obviously all these people had written in it and I got the idea to write stories about these people and what they’d written. These are stories that could be written in that yearbook. But they’re all personal to me, too. I’d say about 80 percent is about me.” The songs on “Northern Lights” are broken up in sections, divided by brief-but-adventurous instrumental tracks that mix folk, blues and psychedelia. “The songs just seemed to break up that way,” he says. “I didn’t want to put out a record that was too lyrically driven, because you can bring people down that way. I wanted to have it broken up with different colors. It’s like different chapters.” Except for a bit of pedal steel guitar and backing vocals, provided by David Rothon and Lisa Stubbs, respectively, Brooks played all the instruments himself. “I tend to get into a creative headspace at around two in the morning,” he says. “So my house is set up so I can record anywhere in it. I have studio equipment everywhere.” And while it was an effective approach given the material, Brooks says that not having other musicians around left him a little unsure. “The disadvantage is not having the input of other people,” he says. “That’s a real thing I worried about while I was putting it together: What if this sucks? “And what doesn’t help is when you send it to a guy at Pitchfork and he says it sucks,” he adds with a laugh.

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When Greenville Chautauqua organizers gathered to bounce around possible themes for the 2017 season, the discussion turned to Abraham Lincoln and the power of his quotes. “The power of his words really stood out,” said Allen Coleman, the organization’s new executive director. “With that power, we keep our past alive, define our present and dream our future.” Promise keeping, storytelling, democracy and the ability to love and laugh all rely on communicating, and powerful words make for powerful communication, Coleman said. The conversation soon turned to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lennon. Once the theme was chosen, the task

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After FDR’s death in 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt remained in public life as a speaker, writer and activist throughout the ’40s and ’50s.

was to come up with a diverse selection of historical figures who incited or influenced change through their words. Six characters were chosen: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Lincoln, poet Maya Angelou, labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, “Silent Spring” author Rachel Carson and news anchor Walter Cronkite. The winter Chautauqua will highlight Roosevelt. The other characters will be featured at the main

Chautauqua Festival in June. To get ready for the new season, Dr. Judith Prince, former vice chancellor and chief academic officer at the University of South Carolina Upstate, will lead a free discussion about Roosevelt on Jan. 17. Prince, who often quotes Roosevelt in op-eds, speeches and discussions with women, says Roosevelt has inspired her life’s work. The discussion is an introduction for a weekend of performances of Roosevelt by nationally acclaimed historic interpreter Susan Marie Frontczak in February. Chautauqua has been described as “history that can’t stay in a book.” Historical figures are portrayed by a part-actor, partscholar in costume. After the actor performs a monologue, the floor is opened to audience questions. Because of that, Chautauqua is not just an actor working from a script. In order to be able to answer the questions, the performers immerse themselves into the characters by reading biographies and historical writings. Veteran Chautauqua actors say it takes them about a year to learn a new character well enough so they won’t be stumped by an audience question. Chautauqua originated as an adult education program for Sunday school teachers at

Historic interpreter Susan Marie Frontczak portrays Eleanor Roosevelt in Greenville’s winter Chautauqua program.

a campsite on Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York. Tent Chautauquas toured America until the Great Depression. One stopped regularly in Greenville. Chautauqua was revived in the 1970s as a way to promote humanities education. Greenville’s Chau-

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An opening night benefit will be held Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center at 102 Pine Knoll Drive, Greenville. Tickets are $30. Desserts and coffee will be served before the performance. Free performances will be held Feb. 4 and Feb. 5 in the Wade Hampton High School auditorium at 100 Pine Knoll Drive, Greenville. Performances start at 2 p.m.

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What the devil is in these eggs? Like most people with good taste, I have a steady appreciation for deviled eggs. They’re the perfect party food. Dainty, yet substantial. Just the right amount of richness to hold you over until the main course. Finger food that doesn’t interfere with the need to hold a drink in the other hand. Can be dressed up with garnish on a fancy platter or left bare for a casual aﬀair.

Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs

They are in a league of their own — they don’t have to win out, like speciﬁc meats and veggies do, to be chosen for the party. Should I serve prime rib or pork tenderloin? Green beans or asparagus? There’s no alternative to deviled eggs; they’re always an appropriate addition.

• 2 tsp. pickling liquid from jar of cornichons or pickles

Deviled eggs are also predictable, and I mean that in the best possible way. You know you’re going to like it when you pick one up. With the exception of holiday meals and family reunions, when the inclusion of deviled eggs is non-negotiable, I feel a sense of gratitude to the host when I encounter them at a party — “Oh, this is exactly what I want and need right now!” I’m sure you can relate. The recipe here pays homage to the humble deviled egg while adding an element of surprise. Unsuspecting partygoers always have the same response when they bite into these. The face brightens, eyes widen, and eeking through the deviled egg-stuffed cheeks, there’s an inaudible “what the devil is in these eggs?” You can almost see the cartoon thought bubble hovering above their head, delightfully surprised. This is the effect of smoked salmon deviled eggs. They’re tangy, briny and creamy, with little bits of meaty salmon and pickles that add both flavor and texture. If it’s possible to make a perfect food even more perfect, this is it.

• 8 eggs • 2 oz. ﬁnely chopped salmon • 1/3 cup mayo • 2 cornichons, diced

• Salt to taste • Optional garnish: fresh parley or dill Instructions Hard-boil the eggs by placing them in a single layer in the bottom of a large pot. Add cold water to the pot with the eggs until it covers the eggs by an inch or two. Bring the pot to a boil, then turn off the heat and cover. Let sit for 12 minutes on the hot (but turned off ) burner. Run cold water over the eggs for at least one minute in a colander, then allow to cool completely. Peel and halve the eggs. Remove the yolks and mash with a fork. Stir in the salmon, mayo, pickles, pickling liquid, Dijon and salt. Fill the egg white halves with the yolk mixture and garnish with fresh parsley or dill. (You can chop the whites and use the same filling recipe to mix this into a killer egg salad.) Emily Yepes is an advertising representative at Community Journals and a fitness instructor. She is “just” a home cook whose favorite hobby is to test and perfect recipes for her annual family cookbook.

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6:30-10:30 p.m. $50-75

On their 2014 EP, “Former Life,” the Greenville trio Benji goes from straightforward rock to a more experimental sound at will. Guitarist Chip Wiggins aims for intricacy over power, twisting his riffs over, under and around, while bassist Brian Loos and drummer Brandon Gallagher (formerly of the equally experimental band A Moment Electric) move from tricky time signatures to piston-pumping 4/4 beats. “I think as far as progressive music, we’re more experimental than A Moment Electric were, especially now,” Wiggins says. In the nearly three years since their initial EP, Wiggins says the band’s sound has changed a lot. “The second EP will really show more of what we’re doing now,” he says. “We’ve gotten heavier and darker, and we’re experimenting a lot more with effects. A lot of time changes, but at the same time more melodic because of all the different sounds we’ve worked into the songs. Because of what Brian’s doing on bass, using a really big rig with 15 or 20 pedals, it’s given us the freedom to bring out each instrument, which creates a really full sound.”—Vincent Harris

THEATER

Eleanor Roosevelt, Chautauqua Talk led by Judith Prince

CONCERT

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CONCERT

Ben Patat, Shane Ericks and Alex Hunnicut The Spinning Jenny | 107 Cannon St., Greer 7:30 p.m. | $8 This bill combines three solo acoustic singer/

This is a fundraising gala supporting Performing Arts Renaissance Theatre (PART) Company and its education outreach program for the autistic community (Hope Academy/Project HOPE Foundation). The evening includes musical theater performance by the students of Hope Academy and PART company members, including Kimilee Bryant, special celebrity guests, silent auction, open bar/food and raﬄes. VIP ticket holders will be able to arrive an hour before general admission for a special drink tasting, photo opportunities with celebrity guests and a commemorative glass. bit.ly/2jjvkvL

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songwriters with headliner Patat specializing in melodic, uplifting Christian-themed songs. 469-6416 thespinningjennygreer.com

Greenville Chautauqua Hughes Main Library | 25 Heritage Green Place Kickoff event for Chautauqua’s Season “The Power of Words.” Join an audience that loves to talk back to history led by Dr. Judith Prince, whose life’s work has been inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt. Former vice chancellor and chief academic oﬃcer and professor at University of South Carolina Upstate, Dr. Prince’s Eleanor Roosevelt-inspired life work has been honored with the Leadership Greenville Distinguished Alumnae Award, YWCA Women of Achievement in Education Award, Rotary Club of Greenville Career Award, Calder D. Ehrmann Outstanding Individual Award for Diversity from the Riley Institute at Furman University, Women Making History Award and The Urban League Whitney M. Young Jr. Humanitarian Award. 244-1499 | greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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The Brothers Osborne 7 p.m. | $15 (adv)/$18 (door) Another one of those perfectly-timed country shows that the Blind Horse does so well. The Brothers Osborne (John & TJ) are red-hot on country radio now, coming off two surging, infectiously catchy pop-country singles, “Stay A Little Longer” and “21 Summer.” This show will probably sell out. 233-1381 | blind-horse.com

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In the Gallery at Centre Stage

Centre Stage | 501 River St. Tuesday-Friday from 2-6 p.m. FREE The art of Sunny Mullarkey McGowan is presented in cooperation with the Metropolitan Arts Council. This partnership is sponsored by South State Bank. 233-6733 | centrestage.org

Eric Congdon Smiley’s Acoustic Café, 111 Augusta St. 6:30 p.m. | Free Eric Congdon plays dazzling acoustic guitar, layering riffs, chord patterns and melodies over one another like a musical spider web. His largely instrumental music is so dependent on that sparkling acoustic sound, whether he’s on guitar or bouzouki, that it’s surprising to hear who one of his main inﬂuences is. “I learned how to play guitar listening to my older brother’s Led Zeppelin records,” he says. “Just kind of playing along with Jimmy Page by ear. I liked guys like Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, but I was more drawn to guys like Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Page.” But when you listen more closely to Congdon’s music, the Page inﬂuence becomes more evident in the production and arrangement than the volume. “Page was very into structure and dynamics and building things,” he says. “And I try to use that as a blueprint for my own songs. It’s about making the song a journey.” —Vincent Harris

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FEBRUARY 11 An evening of beloved arias and songs, ranging from Schumann and Massenet to the silver screen.

JAN. 14 CONCERT

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CALENDAR Dee Lucas Blues Boulevard, 300 River St., Suite 203 | 8 p.m. | $7 (& $10 food/drink minimum)

Dee Lucas is a remarkably ﬂuid soprano sax player, wielding his instrument over a seductive mix of smooth jazz and R&B on a series of albums that have all hit the Billboard jazz charts. In fact, his style is so skillful that it’s diﬃcult to believe he didn’t start playing until he was almost 30. “My story is unique because I picked up the saxophone for the very first time at the age of 28,” Lucas says. “It was something I’d always wanted to do.” So what makes someone decide to become a musician a decade or so after most people start? Turns out Lucas just needed a push. “I’d always been fond of music and loved different styles growing up, and I’d always wanted to play,” he says. “But what really got me going was contemporary jazz music. I gravitated to artists like Grover Washington Jr., George Howard, Ronnie Laws, David Sanborn. They were taking R&B songs and jazzing them up. That grabbed my attention. Then I went back and listened to Miles Davis and all that classic jazz. I became a student of different musicians and it really fueled my hunger.” —Vincent Harris

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ECPI University Career Discovery Day ECPI | 1001 Keys Drive 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | FREE ECPI University is hosting Career Discovery Day. Attendees will have the opportunity to see interactive demonstrations, tour campus, meet faculty and staff, observe the hands-on learning environment and explore career education for the technology, business, nursing and medical professions. ecpi.edu

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JAN. 17-FEB. 21

Four Artists Show Photography at Furman

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THU

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“How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets?” storytime Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 10:30 a.m. FREE

WED

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Furman Presents Events Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Furman University, Trone Student Center, Burgiss Theatre 3300 Poinsett Highway

Terri Bright

6 p.m. FREE

9 a.m-5 p.m. | Monday-Friday | FREE

“Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise,” a documentary and panel discussion sponsored by the Urban League of the Upstate. 294-2267 furman.edu/MLK deborah.allen@furman.edu

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. FREE Travel through time along with a trio from the Greenville Jazz Collective as they perform a progression of jazz music through the years. Starting with 1920s Dixieland, swinging through Cool School and ending with modern and contemporary jazz, this diverse program features standards that set the trends for the jazz world. 271-7570 gcma.org

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Greenville Chamber Singers auditions

John Knox Presbyterian Church 35 Shannon Drive 5:30 p.m. FREE Love to sing? Want to meet and sing with some awesome women? The Greenville Chamber Singers will hold auditions for the spring 2017 season. Prospective members should fill out the audition form on the website. They will be contacted to schedule an audition time. greenvillechambersingers.org

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Furman Presents Events Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Furman University, Trone Student Center, Watkins Room 3300 Poinsett Highway 8 a.m. checkin and breakfast 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. FREE MLK Day of Service sponsored by Furman Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives in Student Life, Fraternity & Sorority Life and Heller Service Corps. 294-2900 furman.edu/MLK nancy.cooper@furman.edu

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COMMUNITY

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VISUAL ARTS

Third Thursday Tour: Wyeth Dynasty Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 11 a.m.-noon

Furman University, Thompson Art Gallery, Roe Art Building | 3300 Poinsett Highway The Furman University Art Department will host a photography exhibition Jan. 17-Feb. 21 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman campus. The exhibition, “Revision: New Directions in Traditional Genres,” features work by four emerging artists: Furman faculty member Terri Bright (Greenville, S.C.), Adam Reynolds (Columbus, Ind.), Ivette Spradlin (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Mike Tittel (Cincinnati, Ohio). The bodies of work in the exhibition represent the genres of still life, portraiture, documentary and street photography, all thoughtfully explored and reimagined. 294-3360 | bit.ly/2hhn91Y | terri.bright@furman.edu

Bring your preschool children for a storytime reading of the picture book “How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets?” by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague. 675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

FREE Meet in front of The Salon near the front door at 11 a.m. and enjoy a free docent-led tour of the exhibition Wyeth Dynasty, highlighting portraits in the show. 271-7570 | gcma.org

Planned Giving for Future Endeavors Gil Gilfillin’s generous unrestricted bequest to the Community Foundation made possible gifts to local nonprofit organizations that will enhance the quality of life in Greenville County.

Vibrant Life Yoga Studio 2021 Augusta St. 7:15 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays $10 per class or $100 for series Commit to a healthier you in 2017. Jessica Kessinger will teach you to safely do many of the most common yoga poses so that you can attend any yoga class with confidence. You’ve heard of yoga’s many benefits - this class

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CALENDAR « THEATER “Jukebox THU-FEB 19-11 Heroes” Centre Stage 501 River St.

Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. $35, $30 and $25; students are $15 with school ID, as available Get ready to rock with the greatest classic rock and Motown songs of the 20th century. With songs by legends like The Rolling Stones, Earth Wind & Fire, David Bowie, Carole King, Queen and many more, Centre Stage’s hit rock show “Jukebox Heroes” is bringing all the hits. Featuring iconic songs including “Walk This Way,” “Beautiful,” “Do You Love Me?,” “Gimme Some Lovin” and “Think,” this show will have you dancing in the aisles and reliving the ’60s and ’70s by the end of the night. 233-6733 | centrestage.org

FRI

CONCERT

Kami Ocean & The Rhythm

Mac Arnold’s Blues Restaurant 1237 Pendleton St.

FRI-SUN

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Auto Show

CAR SHOW

South Carolina International

TD Convention Center | 1 Exposition Drive

COMMUNITY

10 a.m.-9 p.m. (1/20-1/21) and 10-5 p.m. (1/22)

Furman Presents Events Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

$8 Don’t miss the hottest new cars, trucks and SUVs as they roll into the TD Convention Center for the South Carolina International Auto Show. Attendees are invited to sample their favorite vehicles with dozens of the latest 2017 models available for test drives. Guests will further be delighted to check out a collection of classic and custom autos on display at the show that most can only dream about. 233-2562 | southcarolinaautoshow.com

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FAMILY

Sundays at 2 Gallery Tour: Family Art Adventure Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. | FREE

8 p.m. | $10

CONCERT

The Broadcast Independent Public Ale House 110 Poinsett Highway 9 p.m. | $7 By definition, Asheville’s The Broadcast is an indie rock band, but that’s all semantics, because what their music is really about is crowd-pleasing showstoppers. The band is a confident ensemble playing one polished gem after another. A few tracks are straight-ahead rock and a few mix in some funk and soul, but regardless of the tune, singer Caitlin Krisko is a sly, sensual force of nature. 552-1265 | ipagreenville.com/index.html

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Furman University, Daniel Memorial Chapel 3300 Poinsett Highway 5 p.m. | FREE MLK Interfaith Celebration with Rev. Hannah Bonner (Class of 2008), proclaimer of justice, love and truth and Marlanda Dekine (Class of 2008) poet. 294-2133 | furman.edu/MLK maria.swearingen@furman.edu

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Music on Sunday Series presents Barynya Balalaika Duo Temple of Israel | 400 Spring Forest Road 3 p.m. | $20/adult; $5/child Barynya Balalaika Duo in a program including classical, Russian, Gypsy, Ukrainian and international and popular music performed on Russian button accordion, guitar and balalaika, as well as vocals. Wine and cheese reception to follow. 292-1782 | templeofIsrael.org

AUDITIONS

Greenville Chorale auditions FREE

Drawing is one of the best activities kids can do to build their imaginations! Bring the family for

The Upstate’s Symphonic Chorus will hold auditions for experienced singers. Singers must be proficient in sight singing. Auditions must be scheduled. 235-1101 | greenvillechorale.com

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Meet New York Times Bestselling Southern Author and Reader Favorite Karen White Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 2 p.m. $28/guarantees a seat, admits one to the event and includes one copy of “The Guests on South Battery” | $10/standing room only, admits one to the event and includes a $10 voucher that can be redeemed at the event New York Times bestselling author Karen White invites you to explore the brick-walked streets of Charleston in “The Guests on South Battery,” where historic mansions house the memories of years gone by, and restless spirits refuse to fade away. Ms. White will be discussing this new addition to her Tradd Street series at a book talk and signing. After her talk, she will take questions from the audience and sign and personalize books. 675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

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Emrys Reading Room: Elizabeth Cox and Diana Pinckney M Judson Booksellers 130 S. Main St. 7-8 p.m. The Reading Room invites published regional writers, poets, novelists and essayists to share from their work then join in an audience initiated Q&A. Attendees are encouraged to come early to enjoy

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Kami Turner is a seasoned singer with a gift for delivering great vocal performance. In 2010, she had the distinct honor of singing live on the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville, Tenn., for the nationally televised Stellar Awards. Her sultry tones, R&B sounds and smooth jazzy voice along with the Ocean’s amazing talent and are sure to get you on your feet for a great night of fun. 558-0747 | drmacarnoldsbluesrestaurant.com

an introductory drawing lesson and stay to explore the museum. Recommended for ages 8 and up. 271-7570 | gcma.org

Winter at Biltmore

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Smiley’s Acoustic Cafe | 111 Augusta St.

Biltmore | 1 North Pack Square, Asheville

10 p.m. | FREE

In the early months of the year, Biltmore offers a peaceful retreat following the hectic pace of the holidays. Discover the great indoors in Biltmore House, America’s largest home. Explore the conservatory with complimentary guided tours of Biltmore’s extensive orchid collection, offered weekdays. Winter specials include lowest admission of the year. Tickets include a free audio guide of Biltmore House for a limited time. 800-411-3812 | biltmore.com

Asheville’s Hustle Souls refers to themselves as a “revival act,” but hopefully their high energy rock, four-part vocal harmonies, soul-style horns and a creative rhythm section are never out of style.

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coffee or a snack prior to the reading. Authors’ books also will be available for purchase and signing. Elizabeth Cox has published novels, short stories and poetry. Her poetry has appeared in Kentucky Review, The Southern Review, The Oxford American and The Atlantic Monthly, among others. Her short stories have been cited for excellence in both Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Press. A native of South Carolina, longtime Charlotte resident Diana Pinckney is the winner of the 2010 Ekphrasis Prize and Atlanta Review’s 2012 International Poetry Prize. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize five times. Cream City Review, Crucible and Persimmon Tree are among the journals that have given her awards. Published in RHINO, Cave Wall, Arroyo, Green Mountains Review, Tar River Poetry, The Pedestal magazine, Iodine, Jacar anthologies and other journals and anthologies, Pinckney has five books of poetry, including 2015’s “The Beast and The Innocent.” 215-681-9018 emrys.org

POLITICS

Upstate Republican Women January Luncheon The Poinsett Club 807 E. Washington St. 11:30 a.m.1 p.m. Luncheon cost for members and guests in advance: $18; cost for nonmembers and those without a reservation: $20 Mayor Knox White will give the annual update on the latest news in the City of Greenville, including his insight on developments for 2017. The Mayor will also give insight into the plans for the new park in West Greenville as well as other planned buildings buildings downtown. Reservations should be made by 6 p.m. on Jan. 18. upstaterepublicanwomen@gmail.com

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SPORTS EVENT

CDS Night With the Swamp Rabbits

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N. Academy St. 7 p.m. $15 when purchased through CDSHockey.com CDS Night with the Swamp Rabbits is presented by SANDLAPPER Securities LLC. The Center for Developmental Services will receive $5 for every seat that is purchased through cdshockey. com. Help make a difference for children with special needs and learning disabilities while you cheer on Greenville’s own Swamp Rabbits as they battle the South Carolina Stingrays. Additionally, throughout the month of January, CDS will receive a portion of the proceeds from the Greenville Swamp Rabbits’ Carrots for Caring program. CDSHockey.com

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THEATER

“Memories of the Game”

Centre Stage | 501 River St. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. | $10 and $15 The Fringe Series presents “Memories of the Game.” The show centers on the McIntosh household, an African-American family of four, who must struggle with their father’s progressing Alzheimer’s disease, while grappling with their own demons and strained family dynamics. 233-6733 | centrestage.org

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“Pablo in the Snow” storytime

Fiction Addiction | 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 10:30 a.m. | FREE Bring your preschool children for a storytime reading of the picture book “Pablo in the Snow” by Teri Sloat and illustrated by Rosalinde Bonnet. 675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com

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both their lives. Featuring Allen, Suzanne and Sam McCalla with guest artist Justin Tyler Lewis. Guest directed by Carrie Smith Lewis. Strong language. Recommended for ages 16 and older. 233-6238 greenvillelittletheatre.org/studio-444

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THEATER

“Charlotte’s Web”

Peace Center Gunter Theatre | 300 S. Main St. Various times | $18-27 This heart-warming classic about an unlikely friendship between a lovable pig and everyone’s favorite spider will come alive before your very eyes. Hailed as “the best American children’s book of the past 200 years” by the Children’s Literature Association, this story teaches life lessons on unselfishness and loyalty and is sure to touch the hearts of all. scchildrenstheatre.org

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SC Bar YLD host Family Fair in Greenville

Upstate Church 679 N. Harrison Bridge Road, Simpsonville 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | FREE 843-284-9500 janthony@anthonyandmoore.com

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VISUAL ARTS

Sundays at 2: Community Connection with NEXT High School Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. FREE Meet some of the design students of NEXT High School who’ve been working on developing interactive exhibitions around social causes. Join in their project, provide feedback and learn about design in this family-friendly activity. 271-7570 | gcma.org

COMMUNITY

Furman Presents Events Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Furman University, Melvin and Dollie Younts Conference Center 3300 Poinsett Highway 3 p.m. $50 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Gala sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation. 380-5781 furman.edu/MLK, alphagreenville.org mlkgala@alphagreenville.org

Furman University | 3300 Poinsett Highway

$40-95 Furman University Music Department will host its 2017 Church Music Conference on campus and other venues Jan. 26-27. Registration includes two days of conference sessions, a conference music packet and a Friday luncheon. Hosted by Furman music faculty members, the conference features two legends of American church music, André Thomas of Florida State University and John Ferguson, the now-retired professor of organ and church music at St. Olaf College. Together they will team up to provide two days of education sessions and music-making. A highlight of this year’s conference is Thursday evening’s Hymn Festival, which will be held in the sanctuary of Greenville’s historic First Baptist Church. Registration for the event is $95. Registration for full-time students is $40. 294-2086 | bit.ly/2gxxKCv

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THEATER

“True West” Greenville Little Theatre

Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m. and Sunday 3 p.m. $15 Studio 444 presents “True West,” a modern American classic by renowned playwright Sam Shepard. This serio-comedy examines the relationship between Austin, a screenwriter, and his older brother Lee. The screenplay that Austin is writing gets taken over by the pushy, con-man tactics of Lee, and the brothers find themselves forced to cooperate in the creation of a story that will make or break

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“North, South, East, West” storytime

Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 10:30 a.m. FREE Bring your preschool children to Fiction Addiction for a storytime reading of the picture book “North, South, East, West” by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli. 675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com

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An Evening with Eleanor Roosevelt, Opening Night Beneﬁt Show Greenville Chautauqua Fine Arts Center on WHHS campus 102 Pine Knoll Drive 7:30-9 p.m. | $30 Picture this: You and Eleanor Roosevelt at an intimate party enjoying fabulous homemade desserts with a small group of avid Chautauqua

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fans. And being able to ask the First Lady of the World any question your heart desires. And Eleanor will answer them. On Friday, Feb. 3, there will be a spectacular dessert reception and private showing of the Eleanor Roosevelt Show (portrayed by nationally acclaimed historical interpreter Susan Marie Frontczak). This oncea-year fundraising event supports Chautauqua’s year-round, free community shows. This is a limited seating event that has sold out every year. Reserve your tickets today. 244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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Furman Presents Events Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Furman University, Trone Student Center, Burgiss Theater and Watkins Room 3300 Poinsett Highway 9 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Program and Rudolph Gordon College Fair sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation. 441-9067 furman.edu/MLK, alphagreenville.org mlkfair@alphagreenville.org

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Eleanor Roosevelt, a Free Chautauqua History Alive show Greenville Chautauqua Wade Hampton High School Auditorium 102 Pine Knoll Drive 2-3:30 p.m. | FREE Get ready to laugh, cry and flat-out have a great time as you meet one of the most influential women in world history, Eleanor Roosevelt. Nationally acclaimed historical interpreter Susan Marie Frontczak creates a compelling portrayal that reveals Eleanor Roosevelt not only as a relentless voice for the powerless, but also as a mass communications genius. Hear her speak for herself as she transforms the role of First Lady to become one of the most revered women of her generation. You’ll have lots of questions. And Eleanor Roosevelt will answer them because at Chautauqua, the audience is part of the show. Bring your stories. Share your experiences. Get inspired. Because it’s not just history — it’s personal. Sunday, Feb. 5, show will be sign interpreted. 244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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Fiction Addiction Bookclub Party

Fiction Addiction | 1175 Woods Crossing Road 5:30 p.m. $10/redeemable for $10 oﬀ any merchandise purchased that evening Store owner Jill Hendrix will present suggested titles for bookclubs, Carolina author Rose Senehi will talk about her new book, “Carolina Belle,” and the store will be serving wine and cheese and giving away a number of free advance reader copies. 675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com

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Book Talk & Signing with Award-Winning Author Laurie Frankel Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 6 p.m. | FREE Award-winning author Laurie Frankel will discuss her new book, “This Is How It Always Is,” a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales and family, at a book talk and signing. This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP. 675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com

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FEB. 15-27

“Masterworks of Color: African-American Art from the Greenville Collection”

Greenville County Museum of Art | 420 College St.

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singer and songwriter Edwin McCain. Selections include music from “West Side Story” and “My Fair Lady,” as well as Edwin McCain’s hit songs, “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask for More.” greenvillesymphony.org

Music on Sunday Series

Temple of Israel 400 Spring Forest Road

Wednesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays 1-5 p.m. | FREE

WED-SEP

3 p.m. $20/adult; $5/child A program of Broadway highlights, solos and duets from shows old and new, followed by a wine and cheese reception to meet the artists. A fourth consecutive year featuring Jack Cohan, piano; Brittany Hogan Alomar, soprano; and Seph Stanek, baritone. 292-1782 templeofIsrael.org

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A Musical Valentine featuring Edwin McCain and the Greenville Symphony Orchestra Peace Concert Hall 300 S. Main St. 7 p.m. | $25-$65 Consider American and world history from the viewpoint of such accomplished African-American artists as William H. Johnson, Merton Simpson and Kara Walker, among others. 271-7570 | gcma.org

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“Love Monster and the Last Chocolate” storytime

Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5

FRI-SUN

10-12 The Gunter Theatre 300 S. Main St.

2/10 & 2/11 at 8 p.m. and 2/12 at 3 p.m. $44 Three great composers (Strauss, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky) of the 19th and 20th centuries pay tribute to their classical predecessors with these witty, sparkling compositions, masterfully imitate the Baroque style. greenvillesymphony.org

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Designed for Drama: Fashion from the Classics Biltmore 1 North Pack Square, Asheville The artistry of great literary works, costume design and moviemaking comes together in “Designed for Drama: Fashion from the Classics,” Biltmore’s new exhibition in Biltmore House. Inspired by George Vanderbilt’s love of literature, “Designed for Drama” showcases more than 40 award-winning movie costumes from films based on favorite books in his collection. 800-411-3812 biltmore.com

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Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. Wednesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays 1-5 p.m. FREE Renowned silhouettist and South Carolina native Carew Rice captured the Lowcountry landscape and its people in these captivating silhouettes from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. 271-7570 gcma.org

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CONCERT

10:30 a.m. Celebrate Valentine’s Day by bringing your preschool children to Fiction Addiction for a storytime reading of the picture book “Love Monster and the Last Chocolate” by Rachel Bright. 675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

Celebrate the most romantic holiday with some of the most romantic music ever composed in a very special Valentine pops concert featuring the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and the talented

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THEATER

Wake Up, Brother Bear SCCT Headquarters 153 Augusta St.

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that MG Restaurant Group, LLC DBA/ Miso’s International Bistro intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE, & LIQUOR at University Square Shopping Center, 5000 Old Buncombe Rd., Suites 44, 45, 46. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than January 22, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Greenville WWC, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE, & LIQUOR at 1025 Woodruff Road, K103, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

Various times $8 WEEPLAY THEATRE is now offering up more interactive fun for the very young. Join Brother and Sister Bear and experience a full year of glorious seasons. Watch a waterfall melt, meet a butterfly, chase a fish and skate on an ice pond. Children get to join the action with a bag of props that help create magical moments. Please note this is a shoeless performance - everyone will be asked to remove their shoes upon arrival. scchildrenstheatre.org

Vaccines, spay or neuter, testing & microchip included!

NOTICE Please take note that Modis E&T LLC has applied to the Secretary of State’s Office for a license to operate a Private Personnel Placement Service in the name of Modis E&T LLC at 503 Scarlet Oak Drive, Fountain Inn, SC 29622. The agency will be operated by Amy Alix.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Woodward Street Drainage Improvements Project in Greenville County on February 2, 2017, 3:00 P.M. A pre-bid meeting and site tour will be held at 9:00 A.M., EST, January 19, 2017 at Greenville County Procurement Services Office, County Square, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Procurement/ or by calling 864-467-7200.

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Where I’ve Been by Bill Koon

Vladimir Putin at Augusta Circle? because I stepped off the 200 feet.

I worked at the polls back in November. It was not out of a sense of civic duty, I have to admit. Rather, I was just so tired of the election nonsense that I felt like I wanted to be on hand when it finally ended.

Vladimir Putin could only dream of cracking into the Augusta Circle precinct. We were able to close the doors at 7 p.m. We had a bite of pizza, generously sent in by a second benefactor, while the crew chief and the two students ran the technology that totaled everything up. We posted the results on the gymnasium window for all to see right away, took the machines apart and rolled them out to the chief’s car.

It was like waiting for the ball to drop at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Or better yet, I think I just wanted to be part of putting the last nail into that coﬃn. I should have known, though, that a nail was not enough; we actually needed a stake through the heart of this election. I volunteered and was called down to the courthouse to a seminar for poll workers. It was a pretty intense, no-break three hours followed by a pledge to observe our duties and obligations carefully. Thereupon we were pronounced bona fide poll workers and instructed to go cast our absentee ballots since poll workers don’t get to vote on Election Day. I was assigned to work at Augusta Circle Elementary School and told to show up promptly at 6 a.m. to help ready the polling place. And I was told that I’d be there until 8 or 9 p.m., depending on voter turnout. And I learned that we were not to leave the premises at any point during that long day. Bring a snack and some water, our instructor advised. We would be sealed in nearly as tightly as the “personal electronic ballot” cassettes that would record each individual vote.

And then I went home to bed, too weary to watch the conclusion I had been so anxious to see. Bill Koon lives in Greenville. He can be reached at badk@ clemson.edu.

efforts, and we appreciated their patience. We were seven, as the poet said. A few crewmembers were experienced, thankfully. A couple of them were high school students, which meant that they knew how to handle the technology, the voting machines and laptops and cassettes — thankfully. We worked steadily through the morning with a regular ﬂow of voters. Then we took turns lunching on deli sandwiches that some generous, anonymous soul had airlifted in.

The whole process was strictly “by the people and for the people.”

On the day itself, I was impressed by the way everything was handled by real citizens and not by bureaucrats. Our crew chief was a volunteer, just like us except for more training and experience, who drove up with the voting equipment in the trunk of his car. The whole process was strictly “by the people and for the people.” We rolled the machines into the gym like luggage, opened them, attached the legs and stood them up. It was like magic. Voila, democracy was coming to life. And by the time we got our tables and rolls and laptops ready, we faced a long line of serious voters. I call them serious voters because they were clearly doing their duty before they went to work. They knew what they were about, even if we were a little unsteady in our first moments. They seemed to appreciate our

outside. But those candidates observed the required 200-foot boundary. I know that

We dragged through a long afternoon that brought just a few straggling voters.

I saw nothing irregular about the event. Voters were ready, clearly identifiable. Only one out of more than 800 did not have picture identification. The rule preventing one spouse from telling another how to vote was observed as far as I could tell, though I don’t know what spouses might have said to each other on the way over. I don’t think we had any citizens who voted more than once — none of that “Vote early, vote often” stuff. I’m pretty sure that none of our voters were deceased, no cemetery constituency at this precinct. And I looked over a number of signature sheets to see if voters were showing up in alphabetical order the way Huey Long used to like it. Nope. Politicians were not around shaking hands. Only two of them put up “Vote for Me” signs

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