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Greenville passed an ordinance in 2013 that allowed food trucks to operate in the central business district for the first time. But food

truck operators say the rules are too restrictive.

The ordinance allows food trucks to operate on four designated food truck spots: East Camperdown Way, Falls Street at Camperdown Way, Spring Street at East North Street and the Rhett Street surface lot.

Food trucks may also operate on private property that is no closer than 250 feet from an open restaurant,

unless the restaurant owner provides written documentation that they don’t object to the truck being closer.

City staffers have been in conversation with food truck operators about their concerns. Kai Nelson, director of the city’s Office of Management and Budget (which oversees food truck licensing), told City Council on Monday that food truck

operators want expansion of designated locations, a food truck “park” where more than one truck could serve regularly, expanded operating hours and the allowance of food trailers.

Nelson said city staff is meeting this week for further discussion on the issue. Some of the requested changes would require amending the ordinance, he said.

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Upstate counties wary of taking on state roads aboncimino@communityjournals.com Upstate county council members say they’re open to discussing the transfer of some state roads to counties in exchange for state funding. However, they say the state’s long history of insufficiently funding counties for state projects through the local government fund means a loss of trust.

“You’ve got to have some credibility and trust, and they have lost that with the local government fund,” said Spartanburg County Councilman David Britt. “We’re struggling because the state has failed to pay us the $4 million a year that they owe us.”

This week, the House Transportation Infrastructure & Management Ad Hoc Committee approved a list of recommendations to fix the state’s roads problems. One of the components included ceding some state roads to counties that would go along with a $1 million bump in the local government fund, or C-funds, followed by additional funds based on a distribution formula.

Greenville County Councilman Sid Cates said the county has improved the quality of roads under its jurisdiction, which would indicate that counties could do a better job in the long run if local governments took on some state roads.

“If we get those roads, we’ll do them well, but we’ve got to have the money,” he said. “I think it would be a good idea because I think we do well in maintain-

ing the roads we have, but there’s got to be some funds that come with it and that are not going to be reneged on … In the last several years, they have reneged those funds to the tune of several million dollars.”

The local government fund hasn’t been fully funded in seven consecutive years, according to the SC Association of Counties. The law requires the state to give 4.5 percent of the previous year’s revenues to local governments to use for counties providing state services, such as court administration. The state would have to increase funding to the local government fund by $90 million this year to make up for insufficient funding in previous years, as well as account for increases in general fund revenue.

“We haven’t been a good friend to local government,” said Chandra Dillard, D-Greenville. “I can understand their reluctance to take on more on their plate and not know how they’re going to get it done.”

Without those funds, counties can either stop funding state services like courts, or they can fund them with local taxpayer money, said Spartanburg County Councilman Bob Walker. Walker – who served 16 years in the House and spent time on the education and public works committee as both chairman and a member – said the county loses around half a million a year to make up the cost.

“There’s just too much possibility that

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However, the larger issue may be acthe counties will get hurt in the end, and we’re experiencing that now with countability for the department, said the local government fund,” he said. “I Anderson County Council Chairman think they’re trying to unload a prob- Tommy Dunn. “We have to look at any lem that they’ve got onto the counties type of proposal…but right now, we so they don’t have to deal with it any- wouldn’t be interested,” he said. “The DOT is such a more.” big thing that’s Instead of been this way ceding roads “There’s just too much for years. They to counties, a possibility that the counties have to answer better option will get hurt in the end. … I might be to to somebody.”

Cutting down let states keep think they’re trying to unload a on red tape and ownership but problem that they’ve got onto taking care of funnel funds to counties to take the counties so they don’t have existing roads – rather than care of them, he to deal with it anymore.” building new said. The recSpartanburg County Councilman Bob Walker ones – would be ommendations a sign of progfrom the comress, he said. mittee included restructuring the S.C. Department “We know we’re behind the eight ball of Transportation as per Gov. Nikki too, but that’s primarily because of the Haley’s State of the State three-point recession; I think if we had the money, proposal to fix roads, which include we would do a better job.”

Other recommendations include raisrestructuring, raising the gas tax by 10 cents and decreasing income tax from 7 ing the auto sales tax cap from $300 to $500, adding an excise tax equivalent percent to 5 percent.

One of the restructuring recommen- to the state sales tax of 6 percent, lowdations includes increasing highway ering the bar for project minimums commissioners’ terms of service from within the State Infrastructure Bank four to 12 years, which would increase from $100 million to $25 million, and accountability and allow them to be- capping the gas tax at 26.75 cents per come more familiar with the complexi- gallon.

With so many elements, getting a bill ties of the issues, said Dillard.

“Something as complicated as roads, based on the recommendations may be you’re only barely getting your feet wet difficult to impossible, said Dillard, but it will at least start a conversation. over four years,” she said.

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Charles Townes died last week at 99 years of age. Unless you lived in Greenville, you probably didn’t read about it in a South Carolina newspaper. Gov. Haley didn’t issue a proclamation; the Legislature didn’t order the state flag flown at half-staff.

His death made the front page of the New York Times, though. They said his work “transformed communications, medicine, astronomy, weapons systems and daily life in homes and workplaces.”

All of this tells you something about how we do such a terrible job sometimes of recognizing the truly great things and great people here in South Carolina.

Dr. Charles Townes, Greenville native, won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics. His work has touched the lives of virtually every South Carolinian and millions – no, billions – of others around the world.

If you’ve ever played music or seen a movie on a CD, he was there. If you have ever bought anything that used a bar code and scanner to check out, made a phone call, used the Internet via fiber optic networks, flown in an airplane, or used a digital navigation system to go to grandma’s house, he was there.

In virtually every aspect of modern life, you’ve been touched by his work.

Dr. Townes invented the maser, the underlying technology of the laser. As the Times said, “The technology revolution spawned by lasers, laying the foundation for much of the gadgetry and scientific knowledge the world now takes for granted, was given enormous momentum by the discoveries of Dr. Townes.”

Those are just the most visible examples of his work. Again, the New York Times: “Dr. Townes developed radar bombing systems and navigational devices during World War II, advised presidents and government commissions on lunar landings and the MX missile system, verified Einstein’s cosmological theories, discovered ammonia molecules at the center of the Milky Way and created an atomic clock that measured time to within one second in

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IN MY OWN WORDS by PHIL NOBLE

300 years.”

All this from a gangling young man who grew up in Greenville, graduated from Furman (valedictorian at 19 with two bachelor’s degrees) and went away to change the world.

About two years ago, I had the great privilege of interviewing Dr. Townes for the EnvisionSC project. I will never forget his answer to my concluding question: How do you occupy your time? He said he still went to his lab every day and was “spending my time thinking about the stars and the future; there is so much still to learn.”

What a stunning answer from a man closing in on 100 years.

Let me give you a few other names: Charles Goldstein, Kary Mullis, George Furchgott. All of these men won Nobel Prizes, all were South Carolinians, and they all left the state and did great things in other places. By and large all these men and their achievements have been ignored in their home state.

It’s not too late to recognize them and celebrate their great achievements. But maybe the greatest tribute we could pay them is to finally fix our broken schools. Who knows how many future Nobel Prize winners are sitting in some run-down school in the Corridor of Shame, thinking about what could be?

Phil Noble is a businessman in Charleston and president of the SC New Democrats, an independent reform group founded by former Gov. Richard Riley to bring big change and real reform. Noble Reach him at phil@scnewdemocrats.org.

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Questions persist for county EMS Council members fear ambulance relocations will harm rural response times APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Changes to the way Greenville County’s emergency medical system (EMS) posts ambulances around the county have cut response times that were rising before the switch, Greenville County Administrator Joe Kernell told County Council this week.

Several council members remained unconvinced.

The county tried a similar system in the mid-1990s and an injured woman ended up waiting 45 minutes for an ambulance, Councilman Joe Dill said. “Show me that this will work and I’ll be happy,” he said.

Councilman Lynn Ballard said if a need exists in the county’s central area, resources should be added there rather than shifting them from more remote areas.

Dill and Ballard raised the issue at last month’s council meeting after both reported calls about long waits for an

ambulance in the rural northern and southern areas of the county – well beyond the 12 minutes, 30 second goal set by county EMS, they said.

In a council workshop Tuesday, EMS interim director Tim Gault said response times countywide had crept up to 13 minutes, 15 seconds in late December. “We felt it necessary to make tweaks in the system to address response times,” he said. Dill and Ballard said rural residents have paid the price with longer response times.

Gault said EMS changed to a dynamic posting system in 2008 that moves some ambulances or quick-response vehicles to areas that might not be covered when an ambulance responds to a call. The previous model was station-based, which parked all ambulances at permanent locations like fire stations or County Square.

Most EMS calls originate in the central portion of the county and up to 21 ambulances are working countywide each day, Gault said. The county also has 14 licensed first-responder fire departments that can help.

In addition to response times, EMS is measured on clinical care for the most critical cases like cardiac arrest, stroke,

trauma and sepsis, Gault said. With the changes, January 2015 response times were reduced to 12 minutes, 21 seconds for those most critical cases, he told the council. The 2014 average was 12 minutes, 56 seconds, he said.

EMS identified “intermediate posts” at gas stations where ambulances can be stationed to provide coverage if others are out, said EMS captain of operations Larry Hill.

“The geography of our county is an impact,” he told the council. Before the change, each area was only covered by the nearest static station, he said. “If we still had that station-based model, some areas in the county, we can’t get to within 12 minutes and 30 seconds.”

Gault said quality coverage is the goal, and “there are conversations going on to improve the response times in the southern area.” Asked if increasing staffing would help, he said the county does “need to follow the demand as the demand grows within the system to be able to staff the hours to meet the model. We do need to add some planned resources where they’ll be used efficiently down the road.”

Kernell said the Tuesday discussion

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Greenville County EMS average response times* (in minutes) 2010............................... 12:54 2011............................... 12:13 2012............................... 12:10 2013............................... 12:41 2014............................... 12:56 Jan. 2015........................ 12:21

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was well timed, as the county is entering its biannual budget planning period. “If I had a magic wand, we could add a bunch of ambulances, but no one wants to raise taxes,” he said.

Dill said he wants the discussion continued at a formal council meeting.

County fire chiefs, whose stations often house EMS ambulances, should be included in the debate, he said.

Greenville County Council is scheduled to meet again on Feb. 17, 6 p.m., at County Square, 301 University Ridge, Greenville.

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Shoot or don’t shoot?

A reporter learns firsthand what it’s like to make a life-or-death decision – in milliseconds CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com If I had been a real cop, you might be going to my funeral.

When my partner and I walked up to the door of the house at the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office training center in Taylors, we knew we were answering a domestic call, but nothing else.

A knock on the door put us in the middle of an alcohol-fueled dispute between two brothers. We went inside. As my partner talked to the brother who made the 911 call, I asked the drunk what was going on.

“I’m leaving. I’m gonna get my jacket,” he said, disappearing for a second into the other room. It looked like the situation would end peacefully. But when the drunk reappeared, pop – I felt something hit my shoulder. Pop. He shot my partner. I fired. Pop. Pop. My gun jammed. Pop. I got hit in the head. Gunshots continued to ring out. When it was over – really, in a matter of seconds – the shooter lay

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Sgt. Shane Craig with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office critiques a trainee’s performance at the GCSO training facility; Lower left: A Greenville County Sheriff’s Office officer plays the part of an assailant during a training simulation at the GCSO training facility.

facedown, dead on the floor.

Luckily for me, the “shooter” was a Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office training officer, the “bullets” were a type of paint pellet and the “incident” was part of a Sheriff ’s Office media day designed

to give reporters a taste of the training deputies go through. In other words, make-believe.

But in 43 instances across South Carolina last year, the shootings were real.

DEADLY CONFRONTATIONS There were 43 officer-involved shootings in South Carolina in 2014. In those shootings, 18 suspects were killed.

Twenty were injured.

One law enforceOfficer-involved ment officer died. shootings in South One is facing Carolina are rising, according criminal to statistics provided by charges. the State Law F i v e Enforcement Division. of the officer-involved 2015 – 3* shootings were 2014 – 43 in Greenville 2013 – 42 County. Three involved the 2012 – 44 G r e e n v i l le 2011 – 38 County Sheriff ’s 2010 – 30 Office, the other 2009 – 27 two, the Green2008 – 42 ville Police De2007 – 31 partment.

2006 – 44 Last Septem2005 – 28 ber, Evan Casey Bennett shot out 2004 – 29 the front doors * (as of Feb. 1) of the Greenville

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Law Enforcement Center. He didn’t go in; instead, he ran to the parking lot, where he waited for officers to show up.

When one did, Bennett shot the officer and then killed himself. Police say he killed two security guards at a closed textile plant days earlier. Moments before arriving at the LEC, he killed his stepfather, who had confronted Bennett about the guard shootings.

In a second local fatal officer-involved shooting, deputies were called to a Citgo station to investigate a vehicle parked by a pump for two hours. When a deputy responded, he saw the occupants asleep and a handgun in the driver’s lap.

When officers told the pair to exit the car with their hands up, the passenger, Jordan Browder, climbed out with one hand in his waistband, then his pocket, Loftis has said. Browder walked toward the deputy and was shot to death. He didn’t have a weapon.

In the other three shootings in Greenville County, the suspects were injured.

REVERT TO TRAINING Loftis said his deputies are well trained and revert to that training when situations get tense. At the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, law enforcement officers spend 12 weeks on the firing range and in classrooms, learning to use their weapons and gear, defensive tactics and when to use dead-

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bjeffers@communityjournals.com Five seconds. That’s how long the paralyzing shock from a Taser lasts. That’s how long you lose your ability to move and breathe.

During a recent media day hosted by Greenville County law enforcement, attendees could volunteer to feel the effects of a Taser. For some unexplained reason, I thought it might be fun to sign up to “feel the effects.”

Two people went before me, and since they didn’t die, I figured everything would be fine. When my turn came, two officers flanked me as I stepped onto the mat. They explained, as each one took an arm, that they were there to lower me down slowly so I didn’t GREG BECKNER / STAFF smash my face being well aware on the that dozens of poground. lice officers and felA third officer low news people are explained what watching, I restrict was going to "POLICE ISSUE X26 TASER-WHITE" myself to moaning, happen. When BY JUNGLECAT - OWN WORK. “Oh man.”

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One Mississippi: The initial jolt strips The experience left me a little shaky your mind of everything except the afterward, but with no lasting pain. desire for the pain coursing through The next day my back was a little stiff your body to stop. and the prongs left a couple marks Two Mississippi: By this point I think where they hit, but all in all the nightthe only way to find relief would be to mare was contained within those five rip the prongs out. I simultaneously excruciating seconds. realize I can’t move my arms (or any People have asked me if I would do other part of my body). it again.

No. The answer is no.

Three Mississippi: My lungs have stopped working. I’ve lost all ability to breathe – not the most comforting SEE THE ACTION of feelings.

Four Mississippi: The floor gets See Benjamin Jeffers’ Taser demoncloser as the officers lower me towards stration at greenvillejournal.com. it. On the inside I want to scream. But

ly force. At the Sheriff ’s Office, they’ll get an additional 16 weeks of field training and yearly firearms training.

Over the years, the firearms training has changed, Loftis said.

“Firearms training used to consist of shooting at stationary silhouettes. In that situation, the law enforcement officer is not challenged. They are not put under any stress,” he said. “The training today is more realistic. We don’t train to

shoot to kill. We train to shoot to eliminate the threat.”

Now, in addition to quarterly firearms qualifications and in-service training, officers go through yearly “shoot, don’t shoot” scenarios.

One is like a large video game. The officer is equipped with a laser gun and shouts out verbal commands, much like SHOOTER continued on PAGE 10

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him in the neck. Two in the chest. The other hits the foot of the baby carrier.

he would on the streets. The instructor makes the “suspect” respond in various scenarios. The officers decide – shoot or don’t shoot.

My turn. The room is dark. Suddenly a man walks out from an alley. He’s carrying an infant carrier and a machete. I draw my weapon.

“Put the baby down. Drop the knife,” I shout at him. He walks toward me.

“Stop. Drop the knife. Drop the knife,” I shout. He doesn’t. He gets closer. When he moves the machete toward the infant carrier, I fire. Four shots. One hits

USE OF FORCE Geoffrey P. Alpert, a criminal justice professor at the University of South Carolina, began his career in police research in the 1980s, analyzing after-action reports in Miami after several officer-involved shootings that sparked riots.

“The issues we faced in the ’80s and today are a balance of officer and public safety,” Alpert said during testimony to the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing on Jan. 30.

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“It really is a national embarrassment that we do not have a clear picture of police use of force or deadly force.”

University of South Carolina Criminal Justice Professor Geoffrey P. Alpert testifying on Jan. 30 before the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

lice use of force in minority communities nationwide, including Ferguson, Mo., and Cleveland. The task force’s report to President Obama is due in March.

“It really is a national embarrassment that we do not have a clear picture of police use of force or deadly force,” Alpert said in his testimony.

Bob Kaminski, a USC professor who specializes in policing and research, said he’s not convinced the number of officer-involved shootings is actually increasing because the only source of national data is the FBI supplemental homicide report, and data is not reported by every police agency.

“While many agencies collect information on police use of force and deadly

force, no single repository exists to examine patterns, trends or even anomalies,” Alpert said. “As a country, we keep vital statistics on so many aspects of our lives and the world in which we live, but not on the highest level of government intrusion.”

Most officer-involved shootings are found to be justified. But that doesn’t mean they all had to happen, Alpert told the panel. As much can be learned about police encounters that go right – the ones where things could have turned violent but didn’t – as with those that go wrong, he said.

REVERT TO TRAINING During the training day, I go through multiple scenarios. Even though I know they are not real, my heart rate climbs.

I get tunnel vision, seeing only the man who just shot at me, not that he dropped the gun when he turned to run.

“Why did you shoot him?” the training officer asked.

“Because he had a gun,” I said.

“He did?” The training officer pointed to the gun lying on the ground.

If that had been a real incident, I would have faced an internal review and a criminal investigation. I would have faced years of second-guessing for a decision I made in a split second.

Instead, I got in my car and drove home.

He currently teaches at the University of Vermont Law School and is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos, a nonpartisan public policy research and advocacy organization.

Speth is the recipient of numerous awards and has authored several books, including his most recent, Angels by the River: A Memoir.

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Gun rights could be issue on domestic violence bill

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BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com South Carolinians convicted of domestic violence would be banned from gun ownership for up to 10 years if the bill the Senate Judiciary Committee gave overwhelming approval last month passes the full Senate.

The bill passed the Judiciary Committee Jan. 22 on a 19-2 vote. Sens.

Lee Bright and Tom Corbin voted against the bill after they and others failed to push through several Bright amendments to soften or eliminate the ban.

While Corbin told the Journal he didn’t entirely oppose the bill, he was concerned about “the part that takes away your Second Corbin Amendment rights without due process.”

Becky Callaham, executive director of Safe Harbor, praised Senators Larry Martin, Mike Fair and Ross Turner, Martin three of the bill’s cosponsors, for listening to reform advocates and victims.

Although Callaham doesn’t believe legislation can completely address all the changes needed in the state, she said, Fair “At least it will start to slow down the carnage of domestic violence in South Carolina.”

South Carolina ranks No. 2 in the country for women murdered by men.

Martin, the Judi- Turner ciary Committee’s

What’s Right in Health Care chairman, has said 2015 is the year lawmakers will address the issue head on.

In addition to the gun ban, Senate bill S. 3 would create three degrees of domestic violence, based on the severity of the incident, with a tiered system of punishments that range from 30 days in jail for misdemeanors to up to 10 years in prison for felony convictions.

Current law increases penalties based on whether the incident charged is the first, second or third occurrence.

S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson called the Senate bill “a solid bill. It’s proven in other states, and it’s compliant with the U.S. Constitution.” Wilson strongly supports the tiered penalties as vital to improving victim safety.

Federal law already contains a gun ban for domestic violence offenders, but South Carolina has no enabling state legislation to enforce the ban.

Having access to a gun “exponentially” raises the death rate in domestic violence cases, Callaham said.

According to the Violence Policy Center, “An analysis of female domestic homicides … showed that prior domestic violence in the household made a woman 14.6 times more likely, and having one or more guns in the home made a woman 7.2 times more likely, to be the victim of such a homicide.”

Callaham also advocates for more training of police, family court judges and social services workers to recognize signs of domestic abuse.

S.3 is headed to the Senate floor, where Corbin said he will introduce amendments to address his concerns about lack of due process. A similar bill, H. 3034, is working its way through the House.

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF NATIONAL CHAPTER SUSPENDS FURMAN FRATERNITY

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at Furman University has been suspended by the fraternity’s national office for three years.

A news release posted on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon website said the suspension is “as a result of many members’ health-and-safety violations and their inability to adhere to the national organization’s standards and expectations.” The violations include “allegations of hazing through forced alcohol consumption during bidnight activities,” the release said.

Furman has confirmed through an internal investigation “that the fraternity had engaged in behaviors that put the health of our students at risk,” Connie Carson, Furman vice president for student life, wrote in an email sent to students. “This incident follows a prolonged period of probationary actions spanning several years. … Unfortunately, SAE has continued to disregard policies, procedures and standards of behavior required on our campus and by their national headquarters.”

Members of the chapter have been suspended from the fraternity until they graduate from the university, the national organization said.

The SAE release said the local chapter violated a university-imposed sanction, and a panel of alumni and staff conducted a membership review this past fall following other incidents. “The men were given multiple opportunities to resolve their infractions on several occasions, but we regret they failed to work through these issues after repeated attempts to assist them,” the release said.

Carson wrote the fraternity believed the closure was necessary “in order to stop this pattern of behavior and enable the chapter to continue at Furman in the future.” The fraternity has operated at Furman for 147 years.

VACANT ARMORY MAY GET NEW LIFE

The vacant former National Guard Armory on Laurens Road may be set for a second life as a maintenance facility for the city of Greenville. The city has approached joint-owner Greenville County to ask if the city could make improve-

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ments to the property and share use of the facility.

“It’s kind of an eyesore as it sits right now. We’re keeping it mowed,” County Administrator Joe Kernell told County Council at a recent workshop.

The approximate value of the county’s share of the property is $400,000, he said. County officials looked at renovation costs several years ago, which totaled approximately $2-$3 million, he said.

Though the city has asked to simply share use, Kernell said the county might consider asking for a trade: the county’s share of the armory in exchange for the city’s share of the jointly owned Greenville County Law Enforcement Center.

If the city should leave the LEC, the contract states the county must pay back the city’s share of the investment, he said. The sheriff ’s office and city police departments now share that space. However, the county will soon “need that space for detention operations. The sheriff is about out of space and we’ll have to plan something for him,” Kernell said.

Unfortunately, “both [law enforcement] departments are out of space and there are some needs with that building,” Kernell said. Eventually the property could be a detention campus, he said. Council Chairman Bob Taylor asked Kernell to investigate a potential trade with the city.

CLEMSON SUSPENDS TUCKER HIPPS’ FRATERNITY

A Clemson University hearing board has issued a five-year suspension of Sigma Phi Epsilon, the fraternity being pledged by Tucker Hipps, a 19-year-old sophomore who fell to his death from a bridge near campus last September while running with members of the fraternity.

Fraternity members told investigators Hipps began “having some issues” and fell behind the group on the S.C. 93 bridge that crosses Lake Hartwell near campus.

His body was found in the lake near the bridge. Authorities said he died from a head injury consistent with an unsupported fall from 20 to 23 feet. His death is still under investigation.

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF The hearing board decision is subject to an appeal process and further review, the university said in a release.

The suspension was for alleged violations of the student organization conduct code, the release said. The university’s investigation stemmed from reports of incidents that occurred during the new-member education process held in the fall of 2014, the release said. It was not a criminal investigation and it concerned actions by the organization, not by individual students, the school said.

The fraternity’s national office suspended its Clemson chapter on Sept. 23, saying the suspension would be maintained until the investigation of Hipps’ death is concluded.

The fraternity said it has been investigating anonymous allegations spread through social media that Hipps’ death was linked to hazing. Though the fraternity and Clemson University have found the chapter in violation of their respective conduct policies, neither have been able to produce evidence suggesting Hipps’ death was the result of hazing, the university release said.

“The pain of Tucker’s death has only been worsened by the fact that we don’t appear any closer to understanding what happened,” said Sigma Phi Epsilon CEO Brian Warren in a release.

“We haven’t found evidence to suggest this was related to hazing, but hazing and fraternity pledging are real problems on college campuses that need to be addressed.

It’s the reason SigEp is committed to replacing the outdated and broken pledge system with an experience based on equal rights and responsibilities for all members.”

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WITH BENJAMIN JEFFERS

WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN DRIVEWAY AFTER 911 HANG-UP CALL The Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office arrested Bobby Leon Smith, 54, of 2 Mayflower Ave., in connection with the death of a woman who was found dead Tuesday in a driveway of his residence.

Sgt. Jennings Autrey said police received a 911 hang-up call on Tuesday night and dispatched deputies to the scene. Shamese Logan, 23, of 15 Milton Drive, was found dead upon the deputies’ arrival, Autrey said.

Authorities said an altercation that allegedly occurred between B. Smith Logan and Smith led to the shooting. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office said the victim had multiple gunshot wounds.

Smith was charged with one count of murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and armed robbery, according to warrants.

Officers are also seeking Jahru H. Smith, 51, in connection with the homicide. Jahru Smith has active warrants for murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and J. Smith armed robbery.

The investigation remains active. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME.

POLICE LOOK FOR SUSPECT IN ARMED BANK ROBBERY

Police are searching for a man in connection with an armed robbery at First Citizens Bank at 2420 Laurens Road. According to a police report, the suspect was armed with a black pistol and stole about $9,000 from the bank.

In the report, witnesses described the suspect as an approximately 300-pound black male wearing new work boots, denim pants and a camouflage jacket with an orange vest underneath.

An employee at the bank was quoted in the report as saying the suspect left on foot toward a vacant building and a Grease Monkey auto shop. The suspect drove off in a new dark gray Toyota Camry, the employee said in the report.

A teller said the suspect entered the bank and walked straight up to her, according to the report. She said the suspect handed her a note and told her to fill a bag with only $100 bills.

The report said only one customer was inside the bank at the time of the robbery.

Investigators are asking anyone with information to call 23-CRIME or 271-5210.

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guard and water gun. Triple and VIP sliders receive other goodies such as shirts and hats.

The Slide the City concept was conceived by the same group that puts on the Color Me Rad 5K runs. Slide the City was tested at two events last year and is being launched nationwide this year.

The Spartanburg/Greenville event will be one of three planned in South Carolina this year. The other two are planned for Columbia and Fort Mill.

Bagwell said the company considered Greenville, but couldn’t find a road straight and long enough for a 50-foot drop downtown except Main Street, and the city didn’t want to shut that street down an entire weekend day for a giant water slide.

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Slide the City, the giant slip-andslide event with a fanfare of social media buzz, is set to come to Spartanburg on April 25.

The concept is just what you think it is – a giant (1,000-foot) vinyl slick with water squirting at you along the way. According to the company’s website, it’s a” family-friendly slipand-slide water party event.”

Scott Bagwell, spokesperson for Slide the City, says the company will be partnering with the arts organization HUB-BUB as the designated charity for this event. HUB-BUB will provide 100-110 volunteers to assist with setup and running the event. Slide the City then provides the arts agency a discount code of 20 percent off, and gives money back to HUB-BUB for each volunteer that helps out.

The event will include live music, food, drinks, water, and of course the biggest slip-and-slide ever to hit asphalt, says the website.

Attendees are encouraged to bring water buckets, floaties and non-realistic water guns to squirt, spray, splash, and get all attending soaked. Inflatable tubes are required. Those purchasing a Triple or VIP pass receive one with their admission; all others need to provide their own tube or purchase one for an additional charge.

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TIMELINE April 1991 Kathleen Reynolds established Generations Group Home with 12 beds, but had to turn away 40 boys.

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Kathleen Reynolds, founder and CEO of Generations Group Home.

Generations Group Home Executive Director Brian Clark and the Generations of Heroes wall, made up of former graduates and donors to the home.

Generations Group Home aims to break cycle of abuse APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Nearly 25 years ago, Kathleen Reynolds founded a place for second chances for children ages 10 to 19

who were growing up in institutions, and – because their problems were not addressed – ending up repeating a cycle of sexual abuse.

Generations Group Home created a home-like residential setting, with a staff that works to stop the cycle of sexual abuse by equipping young men with the skills and therapy to succeed. The goal of the organization is “no more victims.”

Reynolds said she started the small group home in 1991 “pretty much to

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A place for second chances

1992 Capacity expanded to 20 boys and 30 staff.

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see if it works.” In the first year, Generations had to turn away 40 boys and added 20 more spots within 12 months, she said. The Horizons campus was the first and is an open facility.

Generations’ approach is intense, with one staff per three residents. The boys in the program attend school and therapy and learn social skills, said new executive director Brian Clark. Clark has worked at the nonprofit for more than 20 years, and recently took over

The original Generations Group Home was located in the brick house on the left. The first expansion of the facility was the construction of the gray building on the right.

the post from Reynolds, who will focus more on outreach.

UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS RATE In prison, the teens would learn to follow the rules and get by, but no new skills to make them successful once they were released, Clark said.

The intensive Generations approach works: The organization boasts a recidivism rate of only 2 percent, compared GENERATIONS continued on PAGE 16

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to juvenile prison recidivism of about 72 percent nationally and in South Carolina.

Because of this success, the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice approached Generations to create a program for their young offenders in 1997. The second campus, Bridges, maintained the stellar success rate, said Reynolds. And for residents with dual issues, Pathways was constructed in 2011 to offer a program driven by a psychiatrist.

Reynolds attributes the program’s success to the individual treatment plans created for each resident about 10 years ago.

“We shifted from asking,

‘What’s wrong with that kid?’ to ‘What happened to him?’” Clark said, noting that many young offenders were abused themselves. The approach makes staff more sensitive and more tolerant of what can be viewed as disruptive behavior, but is actually a reaction to maltreatment or abuse they have experienced in the past.

In addition to therapy, residents learn about socially normal activities, simple respect and consequences, said Reynolds. “I apologized to a 16-year-old for a very small thing and he said it was the first time an adult had ever said sorry to him,” she said.

Simple things like yearly

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1998 Opened the Bridges campus, adding 26 beds

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success rate of the Upstate’s Generations Group Home

Christmas gifts and eating at a non-fast food restaurant were rare for some residents, she said.

The residential program allows the youth to develop trust and take risks when they may already feel bad about themselves, Clark said. Many just need a little guidance to get them back on track and be successful, Reynolds added.

For appropriate behavior, residents can participate in Friday Star Parties, which often include a meal and activities with volunteers.

number of residents at Generations Group Home

2011 Opened the Pathways campus, adding 30 beds and three levels of care.

Have 130 total staff.

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The third expansion of Generations was the construction of the current facility.

1999 Aftercare services started, following young men 90 days after discharge

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percentage of rape, abuse and incest victims under age 18, according to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)

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Generations Group Home Executive Director Brian Clark talks with one of the residents.

2015 Longtime employee and facility director Brian Clark takes over as executive director

Founder and CEO of Generations Group Home Kathleen Reynolds, center, at the groundbreaking for the facility’s fourth expansion, the Pathways facility.

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Graduates sometimes return to visit, like one who was in the military and came to speak to the residents, who thought he was a typical speaker. The visitor then revealed that he had been a resident just like them. He served as an excellent example of future success, said Reynolds. “It’s so important that they reach their potential.”

In addition to being a successful model, the Generations program is financially viable, with those who complete the program not returning to prison and costing taxpayers money, Reynolds said. According to a 2011 Annie E. Casey Foundation report, incarcerating one youth costs approximately $88,000 per year.

Reynolds and Clark said the organization is working to reach out even farther to break the abuse cycle by starting a community-based program for those who have begun to engage in sexually inappropriate behaviors, but do not yet require out-of-home placement. This will help to reach those boys before they enter the justice system, said Reynolds.

In addition, the program is looking to extend the 90 days they follow a participant after he returns home.

This approach also helps to reunite families, Reynolds said. “We want victims to become survivors.”

THREE LEVELS OF CARE Horizons – open, highmanagement residential Bridges – residents placed by Dept. of Juvenile Justice Pathways – psychiatric residential The program names were chosen by residents to illustrate avenues to a successful future, said Generations founder Kathleen Reynolds.

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Biltmore goes Downton Costumes from popular PBS show on display at Asheville estate SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

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So you know COST: Admission to the exhibition is included in price of regular estate ticket purchases.

WHEN: The exhibition runs through May 25.

EXTRAS: A special “Dressing Downton” hotel package is available at The Inn on Biltmore Estate Feb. 5-May 22. Includes accommodations, daily chef’s breakfast buffet, Afternoon Tea in the Library Lounge, admission to Biltmore House valid for length of stay, audio guide to Biltmore House, Biltmore souvenir guidebook, valet parking at the Inn and complimentary estate shuttle service.

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Fans of “Downton Abbey” on PBS can get a taste of English aristocracy without traveling across the pond at a new exhibit opening Feb. 5 at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville.

More than 40 costumes worn on the show will be placed in rooms throughout Biltmore in the new exhibition titled “Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times.” The exhibition compares elements of the fictional TV series and the real lives of the Vanderbilts, who lived in the Biltmore House during the same early-20th-century era.

“The day-to-day running of Biltmore House was surprisingly similar to what’s depicted on ‘Downton Abbey,’” said Ellen Rickman, Biltmore’s director of museum services. “Just like Downton has Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes, Biltmore had its own cast of fascinating characters. Displaying these fabulous costumes from the show gives us an unparalleled opportunity to delve into Biltmore’s stories.”

Themes include the evolution of fashion, nuances of etiquette, changing roles of women, and the

life of service staff. Costumes on display will range from country tweeds and servants’ uniforms to lavish gowns and evening attire cut from fine fabrics and decorated with intricate embroidery, lace and beading.

The award-winning costumes, created by renowned London costume house Cosprop Ltd., were designed with inspiration from photographs and historic patterns. Some are original pieces from the period, while others incorporate antique decorative elements that inspired the overall costume design.

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Student essays tackle online privacy, security concerns With online privacy concerns becoming a more common part of our daily lives, area high school students studied the ethical implications of Internet technology through a program offered

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issues: employer monitoring of employees’ social media participation, technological surveillance by the government and filtering of Internet content by educational institutions.

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In the 21st century, terrorism has skyrocketed and so has technology. The U.S. government wants to use new gadgets to stop terrorists, but surveillance poses an ethical dilemma.

The government intrudes into the personal lives of millions of American citizens in its effort to stop terrorism. The most ethical decision this country can make is to continue surveillance because safety is more important than privacy.

I understand why someone would think that government surveillance is unconstitutional. The Fourth Amendment states that citizens have the right to be “secure” against “unBy Ross Rothell, reasonable search and seizure” and that warrants should be Landrum High School issued only if there is “probable cause.”

However, there is no physical search and seizure involved in surveillance; only information is collected. Although surveillance encroaches on data safety, it protects overall safety. Another argument: Probable cause means that a citizen is surveilled only if he or she is suspected of criminal activity, so there is no reason to collect everyone’s data.

This is not true; probable cause is attempting to stop terrorist attacks. An exnational security officer said this: “If you want to connect the dots and stop a terrorist attack, you have to have a field of dots.”

I can stand on a soapbox all day, but I cannot change anything on my own.

The responsibility of determining what can and cannot be done falls to lawmakers and judges. Regarding the NSA scandal, President Barack Obama said Americans “can’t have 100 percent security and 100 percent privacy,” and he was right.

The balance of each has to be decided through the collaboration of the Supreme Court and executive branch. In Katz v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that “the government’s activities in electronically listening to and recording the petitioner’s words … constitute as a ‘search and seizure’ within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.”

Katz v. United States kept government surveillance ethical by drawing the line at wiretapping. The NSA abides by all rulings made by the Supreme Court, including the ruling in this particular case. In a speech in June 2013, President Obama said the government “digests phone numbers and the duration of phone calls, seeking links that might identify potential leads with respect to folks who might engage in terrorism,” but does not engage in warrantless wiretapping.

However, that doesn’t mean we get the 100 percent privacy the president spoke of. The Foreign Surveillance Act of 1978 states that “the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order to acquire foreign intelligence information.” It also created a “court that shall have jurisdiction … to approve electronic surveillance anywhere in the United States.”

The system of checks and balances limits the government’s surveillance powers and maintains ethical policies.

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Antonakos Foundation honors way family lived Scholarship fund established in memory of victims of 2013 Alaskan plane crash CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Ashley Underwood wants her sister, brother-in-law and three nieces and nephews to be remembered for the way they lived, not the way they died.

A foundation being established in their name will grant her wish.

Malet and Kim Antonakos and their three children, Ana, Mills and Olivia, died in 2013 while on vacation in Alaska when their small, single-engine air taxi crashed shortly after taking off from Soldotna Municipal Airport. Their longtime friends, Chris and Stacey McManus and their children, Meghan and

Connor, also died in the crash.

Underwood said the new Antonakos Foundation would emphasize “the things that were important to my family. It will allow the community to remember the way they lived, not the tragedy.”

The foundation will award scholarships to students who reflect the family’s commitment to school, athletics and community, said board member Scott Davis.

The idea for the foundation came a few months after the plane crash, he said. Davis was School Improvement Council chairman at Beck Academy; Kim Antonakos was slated to be PTA chair that year.

Davis and others were discussing ways to remember Kim and her family; a statue and several other alternatives were batted around. Then came the idea of a scholarship based on what the applicant had done to make a difference in their school and their community, rather than finan-

The Antonakos family, from left: Mills, Kim, Melet, Ana and Olivia.​

cial need, Davis said.

The foundation will hold its first fundraiser on Feb. 7 – a polar plunge for students at the home of Lynn and Joel Norwood. In addition, an Antonakos Foundation Community Celebration will be held on Feb. 20 at the Embassy Suites. Tickets to the event, which is for adults, are $50. More information is

available about both events at antonakosfoundation.org.

The total number of scholarships awarded will depend on how successful fundraising is, Davis said. The first scholarship will be awarded to a J.L. Mann student because this year would have been Olivia Antonakos’ graduating class. Initially, students from Mann, Greenville High and Christ Church Episcopal School will be eligible. The goal is to expand the scholarships to other Greenville County schools, Davis said.

The foundation wants to build an endowment to fund the scholarships in perpetuity, he said.

The first scholarship recipients will be announced in May, he said.

“The scholarships will award the students who are not necessarily the A students, but students who have been involved in their schools and their communities and have made them better places,” Davis said. “The Antonakos family had a flat-out love for their schools and their community. We are going to honor that with the scholarships.”

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ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Shannon Forest Christian School will transition its early childhood program to Shannon Beginnings in August 2015. The program is for 3- and 4-year-old students, and options include attendance two to five days a week with comparable pricing. For more information, contact Emily Watkins, ewatkins@shannonforest. com, or Reida Pearson, rpearson@shannonforest.com.

The Upper School students were all smiles at The Chandler School after completing DNA models as a hands-on way to learn the various parts of the structure.

Bob Jones Academy will host its annual open house Feb. 16, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m., on the Bob Jones University campus. For more information, call 770-1395 or visit bobjonesacademy.net.

Class of 2015, back row, from left: Deacon Murr, Russell Page, Taylor Burbage, Tristan Pawson, Joel Henderson, Caleb Mead, Levi Noell-Baba, Stephen Yurkin and Caleb Grillo; front row, from left: Marilyn Baughan, Delaine Page, Lauren White, Dani Payne, Katherine Wolfe and Caroline Morton.

Hampton Park Christian School recently celebrated Homecoming. Alumni were welcomed with a reception, and the senior class of 2015 was recognized.

Langston Charter Middle School leadership teacher Bev Cannon recently won the Bobby O’Rear Outstanding Advisor Award at Youth in Government (YIG) in Columbia. YIG is a YMCA program in the United States that allows middle and high school students to serve in model governments at the local, state, national and international levels.

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William (Witt) Tyler Dickens II, a fourth-grader at CTC Sterling School, has been awarded the school’s Griffin Award.

Teacher Kim Black nominated him for the award, which is given quarterly for good citizenship. The award is named for the Griffin, which is the school’s mascot, and stands for wisdom and courage.

Fifty-nine Beta Club members from Blue Ridge Middle School attended the recent State Junior Beta Club Convention in Myrtle Beach. Students participated in many academ- Dickens ic and artistic competitions with fellow Betas from all over the state. Songfest, where students take a well-known song and rewrite it with Beta Club lyrics, was a success. Blue Ridge Middle finished in third place in the state.

Other honors included Kye Lampinen, second place in oil and acrylics; and Dylan Johnson, second place in technology.

Sterling School and Charles Townes Center middle school students won awards at the recent South Carolina Junior Beta Club Convention: Arnav Lal, second place in recycled art; Will Bain, second place in sketching pastel; Simon Coneybeer, second place in sketching pen or pencil; Alex Fossum, Courtney Fuller and Zoe Stuart, first place for poster; Ashlyn Cooper, Anthony Cinquemani, Andy Xu and Joseph Campbell, first place in quiz bowl; David Brown, Daniel Li, Tatum Gee, Brennan Koontz and Anna Lawrence, second place in Tower of Power; Arnav Lal, first place in math; Simon Coneybeer, first place in social studies; and Sarah Simmons, third place in essay.

Southside Christian School will host an open house and campus tour for parents of students ages 18 months through 12th grade on Feb. 6, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27. The informational sessions begin at 9 a.m.

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St. Mary’s School K3 student Lucy Upham successfully completes the “Count and Clip” game. This game helps Christine Layton’s preschoolers work on counting, number recognition and fine motor skills.

The Woodmont High School Athletic Hall of Fame recently honored the second class in the Athletic Hall of Fame during the home basketball game with Greenville High School. The five inductees were Sherry Carter, Donald Crowe, Kristi Kerns Farmer, Gary Moon and Sam Perry.

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Greenville Technical Charter High School’s Board of Directors recently extended the contract of Dr. J. Brodie Bricker as interim principal of Greenville Technical Charter High School through the 2015-2016 school year. Bricker has served as interim principal since April 2014. The search for a principal for GTCHS will resume this fall.

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Colleen Marsh was chosen as Sevier Middle School’s Teacher of the Year for 2015-2016. Marsh teaches band, strings and percussion. In addition, Sevier Middle’s sixthgrade ELA classes participated in Speed Dating with a Book. Students rotated among stations to take a few moments to familiarize themselves with a variety of books. At the end of class, students checked out the books that appealed to them.

Children in Carmella Pillai’s elementary class of the Montessori School of Greenville show off their science presentations from their Super Science Show.

Dr. Sam Horn, who was named vice president for ministerial advancement by Bob Jones University president Dr. Steve Pettit last October, recently officially joined the school’s administration. In addition, Horn will begin serving as Dean of the Seminary and School of Religion at the end of the academic year in May.

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The Mauldin Garden Club will meet Feb. 7, 10 a.m., at the Mauldin Cultural Center, East Butler Road, to discuss the upcoming Spring Fling event on April 11. To learn more, visit mauldingardenclub.org or email rcjoneshomeimprovements.net.

The 13th annual Strawberry Festival in Slater is seeking art/crafts vendors for its May 2 event. The festival benefits Foothills Family Resources, which organizes the food and music, and Blue Wall Group/Slater-Marietta Arts Center, which organizes the art and craft fair. All vendors keep 100 percent of the revenue, and the cost for a space is $35 for the day. For additional information, call 864-387-7840, 864-735-6970 or email bluewallgroup@ymail.com.

Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) is accepting applications for its 2015 Energy Security Prize, powered by the InterTech Group, and partnered with Clemson University and CNBC. The prize is designed to support the critical efforts of companies to advance American energy security by helping to end oil dependence. The grand prize winner of the 2015 Energy Security Prize will receive $125,000. The first runner-up will receive $35,000, and the second runner-up will receive $15,000. The application period lasts until April 10, with winners announced on June 23. To learn more and apply, visit secureenergy.org/prize.

Pat Dilger, principal at Overstreet Studio, was elected 2015 chair of Greenville Transit Authority (GTA)/Greenlink during the board’s annual meeting. An urban designer, Dilger has served on the board since 2010. Elected as vice chairman was Dr. Julian A. Reed, Ed.D, MPH, associate professor of health sciences at Furman University. Reed is the author of the recent economic impact study on the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail.

Reed also will chair the GTA/Greenlink Development Committee. Sam Zimmerman was elected to a second term as treasurer and also will serve as chair of the GTA/Greenlink Finance Committee. Greenlink Transit director Mark Rickards serves as board secretary.

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The Greenville Tech Foundation has received a gift of $26,001 from Surendra and Neeli Jain to benefit an endowed scholarship fund formed in 2010. Funds are awarded to students pursuing an associate of science degree at Greenville Technical College. Jain is founder of Jain Chem Ltd. and owner of CPJ Technologies and Ulterion.

The Brrr in Grrr Ice Bowl Tournament at Greer Century Park on Feb. 7 will benefit Greer Relief. The Ice Bowl is a collection of disc golf events held yearly with a mission of raising funds to fight hunger. For more information, contact Bob Ley at robertley75@gmail.com or Jack Dolan at jaxondolan@gmail.com. Registration is $40 per team and teams can register at http://goo.gl/opVAFc. The 2015 Greenville Roast will feature the Man of the Hour Bob Hughes, president of Hughes Development Corp., in support of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas. The event will be held March 14, 6 p.m., with cocktails followed by dinner and roast at the Hyatt Regency, Greenville. Hughes will serve as emcee and the roasting panel will feature Merl Code, Hayne Hipp and Cecil Nelson. Tickets are $50-$100 and sponsorships are available. Visit rmhccarolinas.org for more information.

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The Junior League of Greenville recently awarded six grants totaling $38,974 for programs that enhance the physical, emotional and educational well-being of children and families. The JLG’s Community Project Research and Development committee chose the following organizations to receive the grants: FAVOR (Faces and Voices of Recovery) for its children’s programming, The Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands for career exploration, The Pleasant Valley Connection for a community garden program, The South Carolina Children’s Theatre for a field trip and book for Title I schools, The Sterling TORCH program for its after-school and summer tutoring programs, and The Upcountry History Museum for electronic integration and language services into its exhibits.

Greenville Garden Club members Ginny Price, Meta Armstrong and Caroline Morris recently began a charitable project at the Center for Developmental Services. The club is having a fashion show on March 4 to raise funds for the project.

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Artists’ group has big plans for the West End BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

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GCCA continued on PAGE 26

Above: An artist’s rendering of what Brandon Mill will look like after the completion of remodeling into condominiums. The Greenville Center for Creative Arts will use space in the former Cotton Delivery and Grading Building; Left: The water tower at Brandon Mill.

Plans for the arts center • Classroom space • Exhibition space • Studio space • Retail space • Event space

GREG BECKNER / STAFF

In the early 1900s, Brandon Mill on the west side of Greenville was the heart of a textile community. More than just a place to work, the mill functioned like a community center, said former Brandon Mill worker Pete McAbee.

“The mill was very prominent as a focal point in that community,” McAbee said. But as textile operations were moved to other countries, the mill was eventually forced to shut down, he said.

Now a group of Greenville artists is looking to bring back some glory to the old mill, which will soon house the Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA).

Creating a visual arts center for Greenville has been a goal of many years for artist Carrie Brown and her friend and fellow artist Randy Armstrong, who dreamed of a dedicated space where artists could teach, collaborate and learn from each other.

After expressing their desire to friends, they recruited a group of artists committed to creating the Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA).

Board members said finding the space at Brandon Mill was the first and biggest step. Now they can work on community outreach by recruiting artists to rent studio space and participate in teaching classes.

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The Greenville Center for Creative Arts will use space in the former Cotton Delivery and Grading Building of Brandon Mill as well as space in the former cotton warehouse building.

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Georgia developer Pace Burt has already planned 150 loft apartments in part of the Brandon Mill complex, but he worked with the artists to secure 71,000 square feet of space for GCCA. Part of the space will be shared with Dunlop Sports, which currently occupies one of the buildings at the mill.

GCCA board chairman Bryant Brown

said the group plans to divide the space between multiuse classrooms, 50 studios for rent and exhibition and retail space.

Board members said the arts center would be a place where local and nationally recognized artists could teach classes, which are scheduled to begin in May. Becky Johnson, a board member who has administrative experience with art centers in Dallas, said the goal is to ultimately have 50 classes going per week.

Some of the group responsible for getting space at Brandon Mill for the Greenville Center for Creative Arts are, from left, Don Kilburg, Patricia Kilburg, Carrie Brown, Randy Armstrong, Becky Johnson, Tracy Hardaway and Bryant Brown.

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“I think it’s going to be a huge anchor for the West End,” Bryant Brown said.

Board members said it was unusual for a city the size of Greenville not to have an arts center, when areas surrounding Greenville such as Anderson and Spartanburg all have arts centers of their own. Bryant Brown said past efforts to create a similar arts center in Greenville have failed because the groups tried to do too many things at once. GCCA intends to focus on a sustainable visual arts core and evolve over time, he said. “What’s been the demise of the other ones is they’re the jack of all trades and the master of nothing.”

He and other members stressed that the arts center would be a community center where anyone ranging from people with little or no visual art experience to advanced artists could learn and collaborate.

So far the organization has been funded though private donors. They are looking for public funding.

The center will cater to Greenville needs, Bryant Brown said, and in the

future he hopes the space will have the capacity to host events such as weddings and corporate outings.

This week, the group appointed Cherington Love Shucker, a former director of operations for Keeling & Associates, as executive director.

Shucker said in a release, “I am delighted that the art center will affect lives across the City of Greenville and Greenville County and support the revitalization of the Village of West Greenville.”

The Greenville Center for Creative Arts named Cherington Love Shucker executive director this week. A Greenville native, Shucker recently returned to the area after living in Asia and New York City, and spent six of the last 10 years working in New York City for Keeling & Associates LLC, a higher education consulting firm. Shucker is married to ceramic artist Darin R. Gehrke, and they have one daughter.

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Fete Tuesday Emrys Foundation celebrates the literary arts in Mardi Gras style APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Mardi Gras is a time to cut loose before the traditional Lenten season, and the Emrys Foundation gives a chance for supporters of the arts to celebrate with its Fete Tuesday fundraiser on Feb. 17. The evening will feature Mardi Gras attire and masks along with a parade, New Orleans jazz, Cajun food and silent auction. This year’s event honors a “Regina and Rex” and 2015 honorees are Linda and Earle Furman.

Emrys, which translates into “child of light,” was founded in 1983 to support the arts and later targeted the literary arts.

The organization hosts readings through the Reading Room and open mic, writing workshops through the Writing Room and publishes the Emrys Journal.

Linda Furman has been a member of Emrys for nearly 20 years and said she was happy to help the organization.

“We are really honored to do this,” she said. “Emrys is well worth the time. It’s great for up-and-coming authors and established authors.”

Though Furman is a visual artist who has worked in pottery, drawing, painting and mixed media, she said she attends the Reading Room events and

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“You don’t have to be a writer to be a member or enjoy being a member,” she said. “A lot of people have never heard of Emrys … they should learn all about it.”

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During the rest of the 2014-15 school year, schools may hold up to 13 federal smart snacks-exempt fundraisers of up to three days each, the state Department of Education announced. That allows the sale of food items that don’t meet the low-sodium, low-sugar and low-fat limits of the Federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

Unhealthy snacks were banned in South Carolina schools beginning in July, an action schools said hurt PTAs and other organizations’ ability to raise money for programs.

In 2015-16, public schools will be allowed to sell junk food in 30 three-day-long fundraisers. The number of exemptions falls to 30 one-day fundraisers in 2017-18 and beyond.

State Superintendent Molly Spearman said she urges schools to seek alternatives to junk food fundraisers, but said federal mandates aren’t the way to make it happen. One Greenville County school, Wade Hampton High, held a mattress sale earlier this year to raise money for its booster club.

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It’s probably fair at this point in his career to call Stevie Tombstone a Renaissance man. After all, he’s going from purveying greasy, revved-up rockabilly with his band The Tombstones to revealing a keen songwriter’s eye (think John Hiattmeets-Todd Snider) with a penchant for stripped-down acoustic accompaniment.

He’s taken on songwriting and production tasks for a variety of artists, including Joshua Morningstar, Black Eyed Vermillion and Tonya Watts, and he’s recently added “label owner” to his resume with the Altco Recordings imprint.

Even so, being an executive was never on Tombstone’s agenda. “I swore I’d never be on that side of the table when I started out,” he says with a laugh. “I had just left WHO: Stevie Tombstone the last label I was with; we didn’t see eye- WHERE: The Velo Fellow, 1 Augusta St. to-eye. And some of the folks that were WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 7, 9 p.m. working with them approached me about COST: Free starting my own label. So it kind of all fell INFO: 242-9296 or thevelofellow.com together overnight, more or less.”

It was shortly after creating the label that Tombstone’s vision went beyond his own work.

“At first, it was just an outlet for my stuff just so I could have it online,” he says.

“But then the light bulb went off: ‘Wait a minute, I don’t like the way things are going these days. Maybe I can help.’”

Having spent a couple of decades on the other side of the fence as a working musician, Tombstone has a clear vision about the kind of artists he wants on Altco. “It’s like I tell people, it’s not what I’ve done, it’s what I know not to do. The key is knowing which doors not to open.”

Tombstone says he tends to use Altco “as a showcase for people who I believe deserve that chance and are working hard, and I appreciate their art. It’s art that might be overlooked otherwise. I’m trying to do it in an artist-friendly way, where at the end of the day everybody’s satisfied and everybody gets a fair shake.”

The label has already experienced more success than Tombstone expected, and it’s caught him off guard.

“It’s taken off quicker than I thought it would, and I’m glad,” he says. “Things have been changing a lot, we’re getting a lot of momentum, and it’s been a pleasure working with my partner Ralph Miller. It’s turned into a big family.”

So, given Stevie Tombstone’s current careers as label owner, producer and songwriter, where does that leave time for his own work, most recently demonstrated on 2012’s stellar “Greenwood” album? Well, he does have a new single, called “Whiskey & Cocaine,” due out later this month, but it’s been a bit of a struggle to keep everything balanced.

“I’m still getting a grip on that,” he says. “I’ve been going for quality and not quantity, but I’ve got a family to support, and I’ve got to keep my own career afloat, so I can make better decisions for the label. I try to do one thing at a time.

When I get in the car to go on tour I try to take that label-head title off.”

On the plus side, Tombstone says that, while touring, he can always keep an eye out for prospective new Altco Records artists. “I’ve kind of been working on my craft and doing reconnaissance work at the same time.”

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In the Greenville-Midtown Office, John Neil was Top Listing Agent and Kathy Rogoff was Top Producer.

The Top Listing and Producing Team for the Greenville-Midtown office is The Robby Brady Team.

In the Easley Office, Jackie Crane was Top Listing Agent and Steven O’Shields was Top Producer.

The Missy Rick Team was the Top Listing and Producing Team for the Easley office.

In the Greer Office, Spencer Ashby was Top Listing Agent and Kathy Sheehan was the Top Producer.

The Top Listing and Producing Team for the Greer Office is the Herseys (Paul and Marcia).

Top Agents for the Greenville-Woodruff Road Office are Ryan Rosenfeld as Top Listing Agent and Cynthia Serra as the Top Producer.

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SUMMONS FOR RELIEF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Case No.: 2014-DR-23-3706 Wendy J. Sabino, Plaintiff, vs.

Wendy Choice, John Doe, TO: JOHN DOE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONSED and required to answer the Complaint in the abovecaptioned action, a copy of which was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina on August 26, 2014; and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on this subscriber at his office, 294 S. Pleasantburg Drive, PO Box 5631, Greenville, South Carolina, 29606 within thirty (30) days of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief as demanded in the Complaint.

LAW OFFICES OF MAURICE MCNAB, LLC Maurice Mcnab Attorney for Plaintiff P. O. Box 5631 Greenville, SC 29603 Ph: (864) 232-1132 Fax: (864) 232-1107

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COUNTY OF GREENVILLE 2014-DR-23-424 Date filed: January 24, 2014 Time filed: 3:53 PM Erica Nease Zavala, Plaintiff, -vs.- Jose Cruz Zavala Centeno, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is attached and herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Complaint upon the subscriber, at 304 Pettigru Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the thirty- day period, the Plaintiff (s) will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein and judgment by default will be rendered against you.

David J. Rutledge Attorney for Plaintiff P.O. Box 10664 Greenville, SC 29603 (864) 467-0999

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Cheers Grill & Spirits, 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 23 Rushmore Drive, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than February 22, 2015. 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

AUCTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 2/21/15, at 9:00 a.m. at Woodruff Road Storage, 1868 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, Woodruff Road Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by:

1. Unit: A046 Elizabeth L Mortimore, Furniture, Totes, Boxes, Misc.

2. Unit: C242 Marilyn Lindsey Baskets, Craft Items, Furniture, Boxes, Misc.

3. Unit: B012 Evangeline S Butler, Furniture, Clothing, Boxes, Misc.

4. Unit: H23 Robert Davis, Appliances, Bikes, Dirt Bikes, Misc.

5. Unit: B089 Thomas E Thompson, Furniture, Golf Clubs, Boxes, Misc.

6. Unit: B172 Marcus Bellamy, Furniture, Clothing, Shoes, Misc.

7. Unit: C088 Joe A Richey Furniture, Chandelier, Pictures, Misc.

8. Unit: C116 Damond K Anderson, Bikes, Drums, Misc.

9. Unit: C282 Rene Barnett Furniture, Guitars, Boxes, Misc.

10. Unit: C283 Rene Barnett Furniture, Chainsaw, Misc.

11. Unit: D37 Nora Hussein, Cedar Chest, File Cabinets, Boxes, Misc.

12. Unit: E16 Allison C Burnett, Furniture, TV, Appliances, Boxes, Misc.

13. Unit: C233 Jessica Pitts Furniture, Children’s Items, Boxes, Misc.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Whole Foods Market Group, Inc, 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, at 1140 Woodruff Road, Suite 200 B, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than February 8, 2015. 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

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be received until 5:00 P.M. on February 24, 2015 in the office of Duncan Chapel Fire District, 5111 Old Buncombe Road, Greenville, South Carolina 29617, Attn: Asst. Chief Russell Watson for the construction of the Duncan Chapel Fire District – Station 2 and immediately thereafter publicly opened and read in the Conference Room.

Bids will be received for a Single Prime Contract. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held for interested bidders on February 13, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the office of the Duncan Chapel.

Interested subcontractors are encouraged to attend. Complete plans and specifications for this project can be purchased from ARC Document Solutions, 225 South Academy Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 (864) 233-5371, during normal business hours.

Electronic copies of the plans and specifications for this project can be obtained from Earl Architects, 301 North Main Street, Suite 1730, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, Attn: Scott Meade (864) 271-7555 during normal office hours. The Duncan Chapel Fire District reserves the unqualified right to reject any and all proposals.

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On Feb. 6 at 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., The Children’s Museum of the Upstate (TCMU) will present Dress-up & Drama: Family Fun. The program is free with paid admission.

233-7755 tcmupstate.org

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On Feb. 6, Greenville County Recreation will hosts Kid’s Night Out at the Pavilion from 6 to 10 p.m. Children ages 5 to 12 can enjoy the bounce house, ice skating, playing games or watching a movie with popcorn. Dinner includes pizza, chips, and a drink. Registration is required.

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The Mike Frost Band will play at Blues Boulevard (Greenville) on Saturday, Feb. 7. Tickets are $7, and there is a $10 food/ drink minimum.

Ages 6 and up are invited on Feb. 7 to make yarn wrapped hearts at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. at TCMU. They will use wire and yarn to create a Valentine’s gift for someone special.

There is limited space. The program is free with paid admission.

242-2583 bluesboulevardjazzgreenville.com

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TCMU will hosts Story Time & More: Goodness Gracious Groundhog! on Feb. 7 at 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Ages 5 and under can hear a story about Groundhog Day before making a groundhog puppet. Free with admission.

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F TIES THAT BI N D The Fine Arts Center’s Community Exhibit “Ties That Bind” will be on display Feb. 6 through March 26.

Winter Jam, which will feature Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Newsong and more, will take place at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Friday, Feb. 6. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC

The SC Children’s Theatre has extended its Teddy Bears’ Picnic Wee Play Theatre program for ages 0-5 through Feb. 7. Performances are at 153 Augusta St. and tickets are $7.

235-2885 scchildrenstheatre.org

FEB. 7 & MARCH 14 L E A R N T O S TA I N G L A S S

BL U E G R AS S

webtrac.greenvillerec.com 322-PLAY(7529) ext. 215

M E TAL The Glassery, 32 Rushmore Drive, Greenville, is offering a beginner stained glass class on Feb. 7 or March 14. The class is a five-hour session and cost is $75 per person.

Nitrograss will play at Southern Culture on Saturday, Feb. 7 Admission is free 552-1998 southernculturekitchenandbar.com

Marrow of Earth Black Winter Metalfest Volume II will take place at Ground Zero on Friday, Feb. 6.

Tickets are $15.

948-1661 reverbnation.com/venue/groundzero2

Spartanburg native Kim Daisy will be signing copies of her new cookbook, “Daisy Cakes Cookbook,” at Fiction Addiction on Feb. 7, 3-5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Reserve copies of the book online or by calling. Books will also be on sale at the event. This event has been changed from Feb. 5.

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

HO W S W E E T

Meals on Wheels of Greenville will celebrate the 20th annual Sweetheart Charity Ball on Feb. 7 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. Proceeds go toward providing homebound residents with hot, healthy food and a daily check-in. Cost is $150 per guest.

233-6565 lpatrick@mowgvl.org

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395-1026 glassery@charter.net glasseryco.com

FEB. 8

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS

The Fountain Inn Symphony Orchestra will present Camille Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” featuring guest artists Lisa Dillard and Erica Pauley on piano on Feb. 8, 3 p.m., at the Younts Center for the Performing Arts.

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From 2 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 8, arts educator Brian Morgan will lead families on an artmaking activity at the Greenville County Museum of Art. Participants will create a one-of-a-kind Valentine print. All ages are welcome. All Sundays at 2 events are free.

271-7570 gcma.org

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FA N CY NANCY S INGS

The SC Children’s Theatre will present “Fancy Nancy: The Musical” Jan. 30-Feb. 8 at the Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre.

Nancy and her friends are excited to dance in the school recital, but when she is denied the role of her dreams, the story takes an unexpected twist. scchildrenstheatre.org peacecenter.org

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The Metropolitan Arts Council will host “Spaces: Works by Alice & Bruce Schlein” at the MAC Gallery at 16 Augusta Street through Feb. 9.

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F W E L L WAL K E R S The Bon Secours Wellness Arena will be open select dates for Well Walkers to walk the 1/4 mile track around the arena’s concourse.

Parking and admission are free. Current dates are Feb. 10, 24 and 26, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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The free event includes lunch. Registration is required.

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AUTHOR AL E X K AVA New York Times bestselling mystery author Alex Kava will be discussing the first novel in her new Ryder Creed series, “Breaking Creed,” at Fiction Addiction on Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10 or $28.57, which includes two tickets and a hardcover copy.

S TO RY TI ME & MO R E

On Feb. 10-12 and 14 at 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., ages 5 and under can make marble paint hearts at the Children’s Museum of the Upstate. The program is free with paid admission.

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467-3132 greenvillearts. com

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

Democratic Women of Greenville County will hold their February meeting at Southern Fried Green Tomatoes, 1175 Woods Crossing Road, on Feb. 9, 12:15 p.m. Former Lt. Gov. Nick Theodore will be the guest speaker and will share his thoughts about the November 2014 elections and talk about his new book, “Trials and Triumphs: South Carolina’s Evolution 1962-2014.” Fiction Addiction will have books available for purchase at the meeting. A lunch buffet will be available for $15 per person. Reservations are strongly encouraged.

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The Cancer Support Community Book Club meets Feb. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m., in the lobby of the Cancer Institute of Greenville Health System, 900 W. Faris Road. Cancer survivors are invited to meet new people and enjoy a good book. Coffee, tea and light refreshments provided.

455-5809

Girls on the Run and Girls on Track, programs combining training for a 5K with esteem-enhancing workouts for girls ages 8-15, begin spring session on Feb. 11. Cost is $199 and scholarships and payment plans are available.

455-4001 ghs.org/girlsontherun

HE A LTHY CU R I O SI T Y

Greenville Forward’s Momentum series will feature a discussion focused on Creating Healthy Curiosity: Getting to Know the Unknown featuring Upstate International on Feb. 11, 11:45 a.m., at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce.

Cost is $8-$10. Registration required.

Fiction Addiction hosts free children’s story times at 1175 Woods Crossing Road every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Titles for February include “A Crankenstein Valentine” by Samantha Berger, Feb. 12; “Yoda: The Story of a Cat and His Kittens” by Beth Stern, Feb. 19; and “Madeline and the Gypsies” by Ludwig Bemelmans, Feb. 26.

675-0540

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KI C K Y OU R B OOT S U P

greenvilleforward.com

FEB. 11-21

DU R ANG / DU R ANG

Furman University presents this production by Christopher Durang and directed

by Rhett Bryson Feb. 11-21. Cost is $8-$16. furman.edu 294-2125

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On Feb. 12, Jason Aldean and special guests Cole Swindell and Tyler Farr pull into the Bon Secours Wellness Arena for the Burn It Down 2015 Tour. Tickets are $32.25 and $62.25. bonsecoursarena.com ticketmaster.com F

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F C E R AMI C W O R K The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the Benson Campus of Greenville Technical College will feature the recent works of ceramic artist Daniel Bare through Feb. 20. Bare’s work explores thrown and altered functional wares and experimental post-consumer fused ceramic sculptures.

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Spartanburg Regional History Museum is taking a look at the local Civil Rights movement from the Civil War to the present with its “Civil War to Civil Rights” exhibit at Chapman Cultural Center. Open through Feb. 28.

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Michael E. Allen’s exhibit “From the Mountains to the Sea” is on display at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce Gallery through Feb. 12.

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FEB. 21

G E T U P A N D DAN C E

TCMU presents Open Art Studios Tuesdays- Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. and weekends from 1 to 4 p.m. Free with paid admission. All ages are welcome.

233-7755 tcmupstate.org

751-3056 thebloodconnection.org

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FEB. 15

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THE RE TUR N O F W I CK E D

Centre Stage will present “Rock ’n’ Roll” featuring tunes spanning the ’50s through the ’90s. The production includes hits from artists such as Ray Charles, The Four Seasons, Chicago, Stevie Wonder, Foreigner, Journey, Aerosmith and Tom Petty. Tickets are $25-$35. Student rush tickets may be available.

294-2074 karinanoelhean.com

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F K A RINA NOEL HEAN “A Storm, A Structure” featuring drawings

by Karina Noel Hean will be on display through Feb. 13 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman University campus.

The Peace Center welcomes back “Wicked,” the prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” through Feb. 15. The show tells how the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch came to be. Tickets start at $60.

467-3000 peacecenter.org

233-6733 centrestage.org

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Centre Stage hosts “Impressions of Greenville,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Jacki Newell.

F THE S E A R CH FO R T R U T H Hampton III Gallery will feature the work of Paul Matheny through Feb. 28. The gallery is located at 3110 Wade Hampton Blvd., Suite 10.

233-6733 centrestage.org

FEB. 28

268-2771 hamptoniiigallery.com

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The American Cancer Society and the Greenville Road Warriors present Stick it to Cancer to benefit Relay For Life of Greenville on Feb. 13, 7 p.m. Tickets are $12-$15. And $4 for each ticket purchased will go toward Relay For Life of Greenville. A luminary ceremony, survivor recognition and a jersey auction will follow the game.

Lake Hartwell Sail & Power Squadron will be offering the America’s Boating Course on Feb. 14, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 1100 Log Shoals Road, Mauldin. The eight-hour course covers boat handling, anchoring, finding directions, adverse conditions and using the marine radio. This course has been approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and is recognized by many major insurance carriers and the United States Coast Guard.

Spend Feb. 16 ice skating at the Pavilion and hang with the Road Warriors. Public skate sessions are open 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. The Greenville Road Warriors players will be making an appearance to skate with the public at the 1:15 p.m. session followed by autograph signing from 2:45 to 3:15 p.m.

S T I C K IT TO CANCER

greenvilleroadwarriors.com/stickit christine.posner@cancer.org

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CONGRESSIONAL BR E AK FAS T

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The SC Children’s Theatre is offering a Kid’s Night Out for K3fifth grade on Feb. 13 and 14, 6-10 p.m.

The evening includes drama activities, snack, craft and movie time. Cost is $30 and $15 for each sibling. scchildrenstheatre.org

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FEB. 15

CALLIN G A L L PROCR AS TI NATO R S

SC BLUE retail center in Greenville reminds everyone Feb. 15 is the last day to register for coverage. Visit SC BLUE retail center on Woodruff Road or call for an appointment.

286-2285 F I HE A RT S I MPS O N VI L L E The Simpsonville Chamber of Commerce Main Street Chapter is organizing an I HEART Simpsonville Valentine’s event on Feb. 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Carolina Olive Oil. This event is free to the public and will include live music, a wine tasting, heavy appetizers, sweet treats and door prizes. simpsonvillechamber.com

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F F U R M A N A RT E XH I B I T Professor Glen Miller presents “A Gallery Drawing (Installation).” The closing reception will be March 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., with a gallery talk at 7 p.m.

233-6238 greenvillelittletheatre.org

The Conestee Park Criterium is a competitive cycling race held as part of Hincapie’s 2015 Spring Training Series. The all-day event will take place Feb. 14 at Conestee Park. Spectators are encouraged to come watch the race around the parking lot that was specially designed to accommodate this unique form of road racing.

Furman University presents a Guest Artist Recital from the Miami String Quartet as part of the Sound Quality Concert Series Feb. 19, 8 p.m., in Daniel Recital Hall. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students.

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The Greenville Little Theatre will present nationally renowned pianist Emile Pandolfi in concert on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Joining Pandolfi on stage is noted soprano Dana Russell.

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The Clemson Players present “Eurydice” at 8 p.m. Feb. 19-22. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. “Eurydice” is a retelling of the Orpheus myth through the eyes of the heroine.

EMILE PA N DO L FI

Free Planet Radio will perform at the Fine Arts Center Feb. 13. Tickets will be available at the door, $15 for adults, $7 for students, $5 for Fine Arts Center students.

This evening promises a richly unique aural experience, which includes the exotic sliding string sounds of the Indian dotar dancing around a pulsing jazz bass accented by the shimmering jingles of an Egyptian riq tambourine.

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The Greenville County Republican Party will host a Congressional Breakfast with with Reps.

Jeff Duncan, Trey Gowdy and Mick Mulvaney on Feb. 18, 7:30 a.m., at the Poinsett Club, Greenville.

Cost is $25 per person. Mulvaney RSVP required. chairman@greenvillegop.com ted.linda@att.net

MUSIC THERAPY DRUM GROUP

Cancer survivors are invited to learn how to manage stress and express their feelings through music therapy Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m., in the lobby of the Cancer Institute of Greenville Health System.

furman.edu

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FIRE presents “Willy Wonka,” based on the novel by Roald Dahl, on Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 27-March 1. Show times are Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 3 and 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m.

409-1050 yountscenter.org

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JACK COHAN AND FRIENDS

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AS HE VI L L E A UTHO R S

Meet Asheville authors Jamie Mason, Megan Shepherd and Katherine Howe for a book talk followed by a Q&A and a book signing at Fiction Addiction Feb. 19, 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and can be redeemed toward a purchase of the featured authors’ books.

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

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The Temple of Israel concert series hosts Jack Cohan and Friends Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. Cohan is joined by Brittany Hogan, vocalist and instructor at the Governor’s School, and Seph Stanek, member of the Stanek NY Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Cost is $20 at the door.

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Jonathan Odell will be signing his historical fiction novel “Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League” at Fiction Addiction Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for an individual and include a $10 voucher at the store. A ticket for two is $16.96 and includes a signed paperback copy. Odell will also be featured in the Emrys reading series at 7 p.m. at Gringos, along with poet Kathleen Nelly.

Build a boat out of cardboard and duct tape to race in a pool for prizes, on Feb. 28 at the Westside Aquatic Complex. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. and the race begins at 11:30 a.m. Family boats are $25.

Corporate-sponsored boats are $100 and scout boats are $15.

J O N ATH AN ODELL

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

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F M EM B ER AP PRECIATION There will be a new member workshop Feb. 24 at 6:15 p.m. at the SC BLUE retail center. This workshop is designed for both new and current members.

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Join Partners In Agriculture for Boots, Barbecue and Beer on Feb. 28 to celebrate G r e e n v i l l e ’s overwhelming support to end malnutrition and enrich education in Haiti - the most impoverished country in the western hemisphere. Tickets are $50.

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Gala – A World Sensation, the opening night event that kicks off Upstate International Month, will take place at the Westin Poinsett Feb. 27, 7-11 p.m.

The night will include a live band, dancing, international entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and drinks and a silent auction. Tickets are $75 for members and $95 for non-members.

Greenville Garden Club is hosting a fashion show fundraiser at Thornblade Country Club at 11:30 a.m. Each $30 ticket price includes a lunch, glass of wine, door prizes, and a ticket to the show featuring PJ’s Fashions of Landrum, S.C. The proceeds will benefit the landscaping project at Center for Developmental Services, a 501(c)3 organization.

internationalupstate.org/gala2015

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NSAI - the Nashville Songwriters Association International Greenville chapter will meet March 10 at 7 p.m. at The Practice Pad, 413 Vardry St., Ste. 2. Songwriters of all ages, genres and stages of writing are invited. The first two meetings are free.

Come prepared to either sing or play one song and bring six copies printed out of your lyrics. Other meetings are scheduled for April 14 and May 12. lori@kylieodetta.com nashvillesongwriters.com

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F O R E V ER CH ARLIE

On March 5, Chris Tomlin brings his Love Ran Red Tour to Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Special guests include Tenth Avenue North and Rend Collective. Tickets start at $29.

616-3022 ggghaiti@gmail.com

On Feb. 26, The Forever Charlie Tour brings Charlie Wilson and special guests Kem and Joe Thomas to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Tickets start at $49.50.

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LOVE RAN RED

MARCH 10

greenvillerec.com

Edible Upcountry Magazine, the SC Organization for Organic Living and Greenville Tech’s Culinary Institute of the Carolinas are sponsoring the Cultivate conference.

The three-day event offers classes and hands-on workshops focused on organic and sustainable growing techniques, seasonally and sustainably-oriented cooking classes and networking for area food producers, food buyers and institutional and government representatives.

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Debbie Crawley - 352-2559 Beth Satterfield - 234-0200 Robin Smith - 414-3628

Emrys will offer two writing workshops this spring, including “Creative Nonfiction: Or How I Learned to Tell My Story” with Scott Gould and “Using What You Know to Write What You Don’t: A Poetry Workshop” with Mamie Morgan. Both classes will be held at SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and cost $100 each. Space is limited.

Red Assemblage Hampton III Gallery is hosting an exhibition of three-dimensional steel work by Yuri Tsuzuki March 12-April 18. An opening reception is scheduled for March 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. The gallery will host a free Coffee and Conversation with the artist on April 11 from 11 a.m. to noon.

emrys.org

hamptoniiigallery 268-2771

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The Guild of the Greenville Symphony will hold The Black and White Ball, Legends, on March 7, 6 p.m., at the Westin Poinsett Hotel. The ball, a major Guild event, will benefit the Greenville Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are $160 per person. Sponsorships are available.

On March 18 from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., the Carolina Foothills Garden Club will present James T. Farmer at The Poinsett Club. Farmer is a professional garden, floral and interior designer, as well as an acclaimed cook and author. A buffet lunch is included. Early bird tickets are $75. After Feb. 18, tickets are $85.

BL A CK AND W HI T E B A L L

370-0965 guildgso.org

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Rolling Green Village Retirement Community recently held its annual Service of Remembrance in honor of residents who had died during 2014. The service was presided over by RGV Chaplain Dan Groves. Residents and family members of the deceased were among the crowd.

Attendees were invited to pick up a smooth engraved stone after the service, as a tangible memory of the friends and family they had lost.

Chaplain Groves reminded the audience that, “When you lose someone you love, they become a memory. Let the memory become a treasure.”

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Flowers left on the statue of Charles Townes downtown mark the death of the Greenville native and Nobel laureate last week. Townes, who was responsible for many inventions and innovations, is most famous for inventing the laser.

After the feast, Mabel, a Ringling Bros. elephant, predicted a Patriots Super Bowl win.

The Legacy Lady Lions basketball team finished their season with an overall record of 10-2, and were champions of the Carolina Chargers Holiday Tournament.

The tournament MVP was Samiya Morton-Dotson.

Making the all-tournament team were Mahogney Beasley and Leah Love-Pendegrass. The team’s head coach is Jessica Auguste, and Keunna Thomas is assistant coach.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants enjoy a vegetarian feast on the floor of the Bon Secours Wellness Arena during a free public event.

Attendees learned about the pachyderms from a Ringling Bros. animal care specialist.

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1. Timber wolf 5. Puts on a show 9. Burst 14. Squeakers 18. Chart anew 19. Marinate 20. Modern Greek coin 21. Wing-shaped 22. Blatant 23. Arizona Native American 24. Overthrow, e.g.

25. Word repeated after “Que” 26. The products of thinking men 29. Something to follow 30. Kitchen drawer?

31. Ethiopian royalty 32. Like some arms 34. Think about, before er 37. Expected liberator 40. Pitch indicator 41. Chili ingredients 43. Love handles, essentially 44. “That’s it!”

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JOURNAL CULTURE

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BY JOE MAURER

Raising a rock star A few weekends ago, my enigmatic and recalcitrant 5-year-old, Anna Jane, decided she needed short hair. We were watching our niece and nephew for a few days, so we postponed discussions until things settled down. Anna Jane disagreed with this plan.

That Sunday afternoon, she snuck into her bedroom and used her brother’s Disney safety scissors to chop off chunks of her hair – until she looked like Pink after a trim from a drunken stylist. With amazing kindergartener conviction, she explained that she needed a haircut because she’s “a rock star, dude.”

It clearly had nothing to do with the fact that she wasn’t getting the attention she needed or that she gets satisfaction from watching her mother’s face turn bright red when she yells.

She also asked me to explain exactly what rule she broke by cutting her hair.

Admittedly, she hadn’t broken any. (She will make a great lawyer if the rock star thing doesn’t work out.) So after dinner one night, I asked our kids what rules the Maurers live by. It started well: “We tell the truth.”

“We are kind to others and ourselves.”

“We don’t hit.”

“We always share our toys.”

Kristen and I felt like darn good parents – until things took the irrevocable turn to the bizarre.

“Don’t punch in the face.”

“Don’t offer boogers to your sister to eat.”

“Don’t let farts out from under the covers.”

“Don’t pee in the shower.”

In an attempt to bring some focus back, we asked them to define the most appropriate punishments for rule breaking.

“Standing in the corner.”

“Going to bed early.”

“Cleaning up pee in the shower.”

And with that, we closed our session.

Despite the deviation into chaos, the exercise offered some great insight into our family. While we do provide ongoing rules and expectations, there’s an obscurity and inconsistency to them that needs some refinement. It’s unreasonable to demand that our children obey us if it’s not clear what we expect of them. Certainly we can assume they have some degree of insight and common sense, but they also need a solid

framework to build on.

If our rules clearly stated that Anna Jane should respect herself and us, we could expect a meaningful conversation about how altering her body (butchering her hair) without our permission violated both of these principles. Without this understanding, we were stuck accepting that her actions were simply because she’s “a rock star, dude.”

Kristen and I were trucking along, running feverishly from gymnastics to horseback riding to Sunday school, putting out behavioral fires periodically, but not addressing the underlying, smoldering rebellion. Nothing was overtly wrong. In general, our kids listened and behaved well. But Anna Jane’s beauty salon experiment served as a reminder that parenting isn’t a static process.

We, as parents, need to remain active in parenting and consistent with expectations. Disciplining on the fly (or not at all) allows kids to determine what they believe is important. Passive or sporadic parenting creates confusion for children, which allows them to draw their own conclusions on rules and purpose.

Family values and expectations should not be left to a child’s discretion or interpretation.

I suggest periodically creating intentional moments to check in with kids.

After our dinner conversation, we spent the next few days clarifying the Maurer family values. To stress their importance, we wrote them down on a small poster board. (We’ve learned that both the girls are visual learners, so while this step seemed silly, it was crucial.)

The day after creating the poster, Anna Jane drew a permanent “cat face” on her overly expensive American Girl Doll – reportedly so that our dog would quit biting it.

We think she wanted to remind us that, while our intent was great, change doesn’t happen overnight. While we’ve seen mainly positive results, patience is critical.

We’ll keep working on it, dude.

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