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Biosimilars bill lowers health care costs while providing new hope to the chronically ill IN MY OWN WORDS

By Phyllis Henderson

As a public servant for the past seven years, I have advocated tirelessly for strong families and strong communities — not only in my district, but throughout the entire state of South Carolina. And every day, it has become increasingly clear to me that keeping our families strong starts with keeping them healthy.

When I served on the S.C. House Medical, Municipal, and Military Affairs Committee, I introduced and oversaw the passage of legislation that protected South Carolina’s patients and increased the availability of quality health care. By providing our patients with access to some of the most innovative medical treatments, I believe we can change lives and strengthen our communities.

That’s why I’m extremely proud to sponsor H.3438 this year, the Biosimilars Substitution Bill, which will give South Carolinians access to life-changing biosimilar medications while ensuring that patient safety

always comes first.

Biosimilars are near-replicas of biologic drugs, complex medications developed from living cells, typically from plants. Unlike the simpler chemical drugs we’re used to, biologic medicines treat diseases at their source. For patients suffering from long-term illnesses such as cancer, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases, the emergence of biosimilars offers tremendous opportunities for expanding treatment options and providing relief.

While biologics can be incredibly effective, however, they also are very costly. Biosimilars have potential to offer a lower-cost alternative, much like generics compared to brand-name medications, meaning more South Carolina patients could benefit.

H.3438 would give patients access to these biosimilars by allowing pharmacists to substitute them for prescribed biologics, just like the ability pharmacists have to substitute generic medications for name-brand drugs to save patients money. Because biosimilars are so new to the

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market, they are not addressed in current S.C. law, making this legislation vitally important.

A second key provision of my biosimilars bill is that it sets up a communications loop between pharmacists and physicians, which is critical for patient safety. After a pharmacist substitutes an FDA-approved biosimilar for a name-brand biologic, he or she would communicate to the prescribing physician within five days to specify which medication was given. This communication could happen via electronic health records or another efficient means.

Biologics and biosimilar medications are much more complex than chemical drugs. With the communications provision in H.3438, physicians can confidently make the best treatment recommendations because they will know they have the most complete picture of their patients’ medical history.

It’s no exaggeration to say that biosimilars have lifechanging potential for millions of suffering Americans and their families. For patients with long-term illnesses, access to these drugs could make the difference between relief and living in severe chronic pain. For many families, biosimilars could potentially mean financial relief, as more treatment options gradually become available and may drive down costs.

Toward these efforts, H.3438 is a vital piece of legislation — not only because it expands access to life-changing biosimilars but also because it empowers our citizens by giving them full confidence in their course of treatment.

Recognizing the revolutionary potential of these new biosimilar medications, 26 U.S. states and Puerto Rico have already passed comparable legislation. It’s time to add South Carolina’s name to the list.

By ensuring that all South Carolinians have access to the best health care options available, we can keep our communities and families strong. As a member of the House, it’s my honor to keep fighting for your right to the treatment you deserve. This legislation will prove to be an important step in the right direction.

Phyllis Henderson is a member of the S.C. House of Representatives and has served Greenville’s District 21 since 2010.

She chairs the Health Care Subcommittee of the Legislative Oversight Committee and has served on the board of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Task Force for Women in Government, a national organization of women legislators. She can be reached at phyllish21@gmail.com.

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Vanessa Peterson, president of the East Park Historic Association, expected to see more familyfriendly development in the Stone Avenue area.

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North Main area residents shocked by new bail bonds biz on Stone Avenue CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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When East Park Historic Association President Vanessa Peterson saw a banner advertising a bail bonds office on East Stone Avenue, she was shocked. “When you’re standing in front of the building, you see houses and backyards with treehouses and swingsets,” Peterson said. “It doesn’t fit. It doesn’t make sense.”

Peterson added, “I’m actually excited about the growth and development on Stone, but I’m thinking more family-friendly development, such as walking to the grocery store, walking to dinner, and walking to stores like We Took to the Woods. I was kind of thinking that’s the

way Stone Avenue was headed. Not a bail bond office.”

Aladdin Bail Bonds, which claims to be the largest bail bond company in the United States with more than 50 locations in several western states, plans to open an office at 205 E. Stone Ave. The area is zoned C-2, a local commercial district that allows bail bonds offices by right.

That means they are not required to undergo review by the city’s technical advisory committee or require a special exception through the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals.

That surprised Peterson, who said she and other residents of the five neighborhoods bordering Stone Avenue thought the area would be protected from such businesses, just as it is from payday lenders, same-day lenders, and plasma banks.

This is the latest brouhaha on Stone Avenue — and in other commercial corridors around the city — about what kinds of businesses should back up to homes in Greenville’s longestablished and historic neighborhoods.

“The bigger picture is that we need to take a closer look at the zoning and master plans

for areas that run right up against neighborhoods,” said John DeWorken, president of the North Main Community Association.

DeWorken has announced he’ll run for an atlarge seat on the Greenville City Council. “It’s about preserving the neighborhoods and identifying areas that are very sensitive to this type of development.”

This is not the first time tensions have brewed in the Stone Avenue area as nearby residents have fought commercial growth they felt was creeping into their backyards.

More than a decade ago, payday lending, check-cashing, and blood plasma centers were proliferating along Stone Avenue, Laurens Road, and Pleasantburg Drive. City Council passed an ordinance that kept those businesses from renewing their leases if their building was within 3,000 feet of another similar business.

When Waffle House planned to build a 24hour diner on Stone Avenue, residents protested, claiming the around-the-clock operation would adversely affect adjacent residents.

That prompted the city to change its zoning

laws to require businesses that wanted to stay open all night in lighter commercial areas to secure special approval first. The restaurant was eventually allowed to stay open around the clock.

Councilwoman Amy Ryberg Doyle, who represents Stone Avenue, told her constituents in an email that the tools a city has to regulate businesses in a free market are limited.

She said that the city planning department continually reviews land use and updates zoning and requirements.

“We must remain vigilant about the impact of businesses on our redeveloping corridors,” she said.

Doyle said the city requires business licenses and it has revoked licenses of businesses that had public safety issues or operated against code.

City Planning and Development Manager Jay Graham said city staff is reviewing how other cities handle similar situations.

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‘Crippling to the City’ Proposed pension fix, business license revisions could cost Greenville millions CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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A proposed fix to the state’s pension system and a new business license bill under consideration by the South Carolina legislature could cost Greenville millions of dollars and could force significant job and service cuts, a tax increase, a significant business license fee increase, or a combination of the three.

“It would hit us with both barrels,” said City Councilman David Sudduth. “Quite frankly, the financial impact they’re projecting would be crippling to the city. It will take your breath away.”

Under a proposal by a joint House-Senate pension reform committee, state workers would contribute 9 percent of their salaries

to South Carolina’s main retirement fund.

Officers and firefighters participating in the state’s law enforcement retirement plan would contribute 9.75 percent, up from 9.24 percent.

Contributions by employers — local and county governments and school districts — to the main pension plan would rise from 11.6 percent to 18.6 percent of payroll by 2023. Employer contributions to the police and firefighter pension plan would rise from 14.2 percent to 21.2 percent over the same time frame.

The state’s pension funds have unfunded liabilities of $24.1 billion, thanks to underfunding, investment underperformance, and fewer workers supporting more retirees.

When the proposed plan is fully implemented, the city’s additional cost would be $2.4 million a year, based on today’s payroll, said Kai Nelson, director of Greenville’s Office of Budget and Management. That’s the equivalent to 44 positions, or 5 percent of the city’s workforce.

Add to that the $5.7 million to $6.8 million in business license fees the city would no longer be able to collect under a bill sponsored by Rep. Bill Sandifer, R-Seneca, and “we might as

well turn the lights off,” Nelson said.

The $6.8 million is the equivalent of 115 positions.

The bill exempts from the business CONSEQUENCES OF THE PENSION FIX license tax 25 percent of the gross income of businesses, which is collected outside the county or municiCost to City of Greenville: pal limits and allow real estate brokers and brokers-in-charge to pay a business license tax only on retained commissions.

While city officials say they supJobs Lost: port making getting business licenses less complicated, Julie Horton, the city’s government relations manager, said the bill as amended by the House Committee on Labor, ComReduction in City Workforce: merce, and Industry would favor big business over small because small businesses’ licenses would be based on 100 percent of income and big businesses’ would not; for businesses sitions, Nelson said. If the bill were passed, that have offices in other places, that the city would likely use a combination of the figure would be 25 percent.

To make up for lost revenue from exemp- three.

“It would significantly impact the city’s tions in Sandifer’s bill, Greenville would have to raise its business license fees by 52 per- ability to provide services,” he said.

“It is not revenue-neutral,” Horton said. cent, raise taxes by 17 mills, or cut 115 po-

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Just Fix It Greenville Chamber, Upstate Chamber Coalition voice support for road-repair bill ANDREW MOORE | STAFF

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The Greenville Chamber and Upstate Chamber Coalition submitted letters to the state’s General Assembly last Tuesday showing their support for several pieces of legislation, including a roads bill that would increase the gas tax by 10 cents.

“We’ve long supported sustainable, substantial, and recurring funding for our crumbling roadways,” said Jason Zacher, vice president of business advocacy for the Greenville Chamber. “This roads bill is the best way to accomplish that.”

The state House and Ways Means Committee amended and adopted that bill, also known as H.3516, last week. Now it will be added to the House legislative calendar for debate in the coming weeks, and then head to the Senate if approved.

The proposed legislation aims to create an Infrastructure Maintenance Trust Fund; increase the gas tax by 10 cents a gallon over a five-year period; increase the biennial motor vehicle registration fee $16; capitalize on out-of-state registered vehicles; create biennial registration fees for all hybrid and electric vehicles; create a motor carrier road user fee for out-to-state truckers; and reform governance of the Department of Transportation’s Highway Commission.

“We’ve been pleased with the state’s past efforts to fix our roads, but the general fund isn’t the best solution for long-term improvements. Those funds can be pulled out for more pressing needs and in a year or two, that might not be roads,” Zacher said.

For the past several years, the General Assembly has distributed a significant portion of the general fund surplus to roads, according to House Speaker Jay Lucas, a Hartsville Republican. However, pressing needs for education, social services, and retirement deficits will require those funds this year.

“Our citizens have demanded that those who use our roads must be the ones to pay for repair, not just the South Carolina taxpayer,” Lucas said. “The House also understands that every dollar raised for infrastructure repair should be used solely for the intended purpose of fixing our roads and bridges.”

A gradual increase in the gas tax, or motor fuel user fee, provides a dedicated funding stream for the Upstate’s rural roadways, according to Zacher.

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“While federal funds are available for I-85 and I-385, there hasn’t been as much support for a lot of secondary roads. Without the increased gas tax, these roads will never get the safety improvements they need,” he said.

The Greenville Chamber and Upstate Chamber Coalition also announced support for S.118, a piece of proposed legislation that would bring the state in compliance with the REAL ID provisions, which were passed by Congress in 2005. The provisions require driver’s licenses and government ID cards to be consistent across all states.

In 2007, the South Carolina Legislature passed a law forbidding state agencies from developing a REAL ID. Starting on Jan. 30, 2017, South Carolina IDs and driver’s licenses that don’t conform to REAL ID standards won’t be accepted into federal buildings, nuclear power plants, and military bases. Also, starting Jan. 22, 2018, those ID cards won’t be sufficient for boarding a commercial airplane.

South Carolina’s noncompliance with the federal provisions could impact the Upstate’s growing economy. “Our biggest concern is the air travel issue,” he said. “It’s going to become a hindrance to our businesses if their employees have to go through these extra steps to board planes or enter federal buildings.”

If the bill isn’t passed later this year, South Carolina residents will need to present an alternative form of identification such as a U.S. passport.

The Greenville Chamber and Upstate Chamber Coalition also support a bill that would increase the civil jurisdiction of Civil Magistrates Court from $7,500 to $10,000.

“This is legislation we have opposed in the past, when increases were more significant,” the Chamber said in a press release. “However, the threshold for jurisdiction has not been raised in almost two decades, and the Coalition realizes that a then thousands dollar threshold is a good compromise with advocates for increasing the civil jurisdiction.”

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Smart Growth Council candidate Wil Brasington led fight to stop downtown Walmart CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Greenville City Council District 4 candidate Wil Brasington said he would bring a fresh perspective without sacrificing experience on the most pressing issues facing the city.

“We’re going to keep seeing the need to strike a careful and healthy balance between not stalling or preventing growth and ensuring neighborhoods are preserved and protected,” he said. “We need a smart balance so we don’t become a victim of our own success.”

Brasington officially announced last Thursday he would seek the Republican nomination for the District 4 seat now held

by David Sudduth. Sudduth, who is also a Republican, announced the previous day that he would seek a fourth term.

Brasington has experience on both sides of development. As the president of the Alta Vista Neighborhood Association, Brasington led the fight to stop Walmart from building a downtown Supercenter at the corner of Church Street and University Ridge, a project he said was counter to the master plan of the area. As a member of the Greenville Planning Commission, Brasington has reviewed and approved new developments.

“Downtown is the heart of our city and neighborhoods are its soul,” Brasington said. “Not all growth is bad. I will work to promote continued economic development while ensuring that the resultant growth is orderly, planned, and smartly executed.”

Brasington, who is executive director of the Clemson University Alumni Association, said he believes in taking a collaborative approach to pursue the most desirable outcome. The key, he said, is to understand the different points of view. “A truly effective elected official should spend more time listening to the people he represents and less time talking to them. You need to have your finger on the pulse of the community,” he said.

The city’s most pressing issues all stem from growth, he said.

“So many issues tie directly back to growth,” he said. “The need for affordable housing in Greenville has been exacerbated in large part by the growth downtown and gentrification. Traffic on Augusta Road and Woodruff Road are byproducts of growth. If you talk about infill, it’s inevitable because

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"We need a smart balance so we don't become a victim of our own success." we’re landlocked. It has to be done in the right way. It falls under the broad category of smart, balanced, and measured growth.”

While he supports the new City Park along the Reedy River, Brasington said the city must be sure the surrounding development doesn’t displace longtime residents or price them out of their homes. “I support the city’s affordable housing initiative and will work to ensure that there is a dedicated source of funding for the program,” he said.

Brasington served on the city’s residential infill task force that came up with new rules for infill after the demand for housing in established neighborhoods close to downtown caused developers to buy up properties that could be subdivided into multiple lots. That caused concern among residents already there about water runoff, clogged roads, and oversized houses.

Brasington is a graduate of Leadership Greenville and Leadership South Carolina.

He formerly served as a board member for the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority. He’s been chairman of the Greenville Revitalization Corporation since 2015.

This is Brasington’s first run at public office. He was student body president at Clemson University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.

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Sudduth Speaks City must strike a balance between downtown, neighborhood needs CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Investment in downtown has fueled Greenville’s growth, but City Councilman David Sudduth said the city must balance that growth with the needs of its neighborhoods to maintain Greenville’s quality of life.

Sudduth has officially announced he will seek re-election to the District 4 seat he’s held since 2005. District 4 encompasses the southeastern part of the city that includes Augusta Road, Parkins Mill, the TD Convention Center, the downtown airport, and the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research.

“We have to find a balance,” said Sudduth, who served for four years as the city’s mayor pro tem. “Will we continue to develop downtown? No question. But we’ve got to make sure we’re investing in our neighborhoods, too.”

Sudduth said he led the effort to double the money the city spends on repaving city streets and building new sidewalks. “Even at $1 million a year, people have to wait more than 50 years to get their street repaved. That’s unacceptable. It’s unacceptable to have to wait 15 to 20 years to get a sidewalk.”

Sudduth said he would support state legislation that would give municipalities the right to hold sales tax referendums to pay for specific infrastructure projects; unlike county governments, city governments cannot currently ask the public to vote on penny sales tax-type ballot referendums.

Such taxes would spread the cost of infrastructure needs to those who visit but don’t live in the city. The city has one of the biggest disparities between daytime and nighttime populations of any of the nation’s municipalities.

“I’d like to be able to provide that as an option,” he said.

Sudduth said as the city grows, conflicts

will occur between commercial and residential. “The city has done a great job in the past striking a balance with proactive planning, but you’ll still have things pop up that may not be consistent with the comprehensive plan.”

He said prior to a 2008 ordinance he helped to craft, there was a proliferation of payday lenders locating within the city limits. Most, he said, were in strip shopping centers that backed up to neighborhoods and the city had no way to deal with them. The ordinance, which prohibited payday lenders from renewing their leases if they were located within 3,000 feet of a similar business, resulted in a drastic reduction.

“Even at $1 million a year, people have to wait more than 50 years to get their street repaved. That’s unacceptable.”

“We were just trying to be creative,” he said.

Sudduth said he led efforts to build a new fire station on Verdae Boulevard and a new police-training center on Mauldin Road, and expand trolley service to include Augusta Street and surrounding neighborhoods. The councilman also co-authored a city ordinance banning smoking in restaurants, bars, and at special events and led a task force that banned drivers from using handheld devices while driving. That ordinance was later repealed after the state legislature passed a statewide law that banned texting while driving.

“I’m extremely proud of my record on council and to have played a role in our tremendous success,” he said. “We must maintain our momentum and continue to position Greenville as the city where people want to live, work, and raise a family. There’s still work to be done.”

Sudduth is vice president and chief operating officer of the Greenville Health System’s Health Sciences Center. He is a Clemson University graduate and a former member of the Clemson Board of Visitors. He serves on the Greenville Water Commission.

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Shock Spots EMS, health systems roll out a lifesaving smartphone app

that says that people who render emergency care at the scene of an accident or emergency are not liable for any civil damages for personal injury or as a result of failure to act to provide care or further treatment. State laws also provide legal cover to citizens who use an AED in an attempt to revive someone.

At last week’s PulsePoint rollout, truck MELINDA YOUNG | CONTRIBUTOR driver John Engel described how two strangmyoung@communityjournals.com ers saved his life after he “dropped dead” on Greenville’s two major health systems and a loading dock.

“I was making a delivery at C.F. Sauer and the Greenville County emergency medical system have joined forces on a lifesaving app pulled up to the deck and sent the dispatchthat connects heart attack victims to good er a text,” Engel says of his life-and-death Samaritans who are comfortable giving CPR moment in August 2015.

Engel went into cardiac arrest, but was and using an automated external defibrillarevived by a man who tor (AED). was driving by and Now, it’s especially saw him collapse. The easy to be a hero with man started chest the county’s adoption compressions, and of the PulsePoint mothen another person bile app. brought over a defiHere’s how it brillator. works: EMS is called “In eight minutes, after someone colthey brought me back lapses from apparent to life,” Engel says. cardiac arrest in a “The ambulance arpublic place. EMS will rived in 13 minutes.” then send out an alert As Engel’s case through PulsePoint shows, it sometimes that lets people who takes EMS too long to have downloaded the respond. app know that some“It takes time for one nearby is having the dispatcher to take a heart attack. If the the call and dispatch PulsePoint user is able the crews. It takes to help, he can then time for the crews assist the heart attack to turn out, suit up, victim. and leave the station.

“If somebody And it takes time to doesn’t do something travel to the scene,” quickly — hands-on says Kimberly French, chest compressions vice president of prowithin a few minutes fessional services for — that person is goPulsePoint. ing to die,” says Marty “Even the best Lutz, medical director EMS agencies have of transport services at response times of the Greenville Health four or five minutes,” System and medical The PulsePoint app alerts good Samaritans French says. “When director of Greenville when someone nearby has sustained a heart attack, allowing them to provide assistance until we talk about sudden County EMS. EMS arrives. cardiac arrest, every “Beyond eight minutes without oxygen-rich blood, a person second counts, and for every minute that a can suffer brain damage, even death,” says patient does not receive CPR, their chances Craig McCoy, CEO of Bon Secours St. Fran- of surviving go down 8 to 10 percent.”

That’s why it’s crucial to get bystanders to cis Health System. “So early detection of do CPR in the minutes it takes professional cardiac arrest, early response is key.”

The app also tells good Samaritans where responders to arrive. “PulsePoint helps get hands on chest sooner and AEDs to the the nearest AED is located.

“Without that shock, the heart will mostly scene faster,” French says.

BSSF and GHS each contributed $25,000 quiver and eventually stop within minutes,” to secure the right to use the free PulsePoint says Lutz.

South Carolina has a good Samaritan law app.

Health Events Greenville Community Baby Shower Sat., Feb. 25 • 10 a.m.-3 p.m. • TD Convention Center Service agencies will be on-site offering information and resources. A fashion show highlighting maternity and children’s clothing will also occur. Free; registration required.

Woman to Woman Thurs., March 2 • 6-8:30 p.m. • GHS Life Center® This support program pairs gynecologic cancer patients with survivors who provide emotional support and mentoring. Call 455-5694.

The Facts on Cataracts Wed., March 8 • Noon-1 p.m. • Spartanburg Marriott Join GHS ophthalmologist Alan Leahey, MD, for a discussion on cataracts.

Lunch provided. Free; registration required.

Men’s Health Seminar: Treating Erectile Dysfunction Wed., March 15 • 6:30-8:30 p.m. • Greenville Memorial Hospital Learn about treatment options for erectile dysfunction from William Flanagan, MD, of GHS Regional Urology Men’s Health Center. Free; registration required.

Wipe Out Colorectal Cancer Thurs., March 23 • Noon-1 p.m. • Greenville Hilton Join GHS colorectal surgeon Cedrek McFadden, MD, to learn about colorectal cancer and how you can prevent it. Lunch provided. Free; registration required.

To register, for more information or to see a full schedule of events, visit ghs.org/healthevents.

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Graham wants to know if Flynn was ‘compromised’ by Russia U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is calling for an investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned last week after it was revealed that he misled Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

“I want to know, did General Flynn do this by himself or was he directed by somebody to do it?” Graham said in an interview with CNN’s Kate Bolduan last Tuesday.

Officials said Flynn didn’t divulge classified information during the conversation, which was captured on a routine wiretap of diplomats’ calls.

However, Flynn told Russian ambassador Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak that the Trump administration would likely adopt a more accommodating approach to sanctions.

Graham said he had “a hard time believing” Flynn would suggest lifting U.S. sanctions against Russia without support from Trump’s incoming administration.

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According to officials, Flynn left the impression that sanction relief would be possible under the Trump administration and urged Russia not to retaliate against future sanctions because an overreaction could complicate relations.

written, according to U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.

to further study the city’s request.

Last week, Gowdy appeared on Fox News and shared his thoughts on the executive order, which bans people from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, and Somalia from entering the U.S. for 90 days, and suspends the U.S. refugee resettlement program for 120 days.

The Greenville City Council recently passed a resolution asking the state Department of Transportation to install a barrier-separated bike and pedestrian lane when it rehabilitates the bridge.

Many believe the order unfairly targets Muslims.

However, Gowdy said the new administration could ease some of those concerns by further clarifying the categories of people barred from entering the U.S. from the seven countries listed.

“With different categories, like nonimmigrant visa holders vs. U.S. citizens vs. non-U.S. citizens, there’s a different legal analysis,” Gowdy said.

Gowdy explained that a U.S. citizen is entitled to “the full panoply of constitutional rights and due process,” while a Yemeni citizen, for example, isn’t entitled to due process or Constitutional protections.

“If you have a visa and you have relied upon that visa to either rent an apartment or put your kids in school, then you do have certain property interests that you would want protected. Therefore, you are entitled to due process,” Gowdy said.

Gowdy added that it’s up to the administration’s legal advisers to provide Trump with evidentiary basis that can withstand a court’s scrutiny, more specifically the Supreme Court.

Last week, three judges with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the Justice Department’s request to lift a Seattle-based judge’s restraining order, which blocked authorities from carrying out the temporary travel ban.

“You don’t want federal judges overlooking battle plans or decisions to strike certain targets or decisions related to war or national security. It is not a blank check that the chief executive and commander in chief has. But you certainly don’t have to clear everything with an Article Three unelected federal judge,” Gowdy said. —Andrew Moore

Graham said he wants to know if Flynn “was somehow compromised” by Russia.

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The protected lane could be built without reducing the number of vehicular traffic lanes if the sidewalks are removed.

“Drivers will not know the difference,” Mayor Knox White said. White added that the sidewalks aren’t used because of heavy traffic on Church, one of the main arteries into downtown. —Cindy Landrum

RECREATION

Upstate lands 2018 Bassmaster Classic The Upstate has once again landed bass fishing’s version of the Super Bowl: the Bassmaster Classic.

The 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be held March 16–18 at Lake Hartwell with daily weigh-ins at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. It will mark the second time in four years the tournament will be held in the Upstate.

“Bringing the Bassmaster Classic back to the Upcountry of South Carolina was an easy decision,” said Bruce Akin, CEO of B.A.S.S., which conducts the event, in a release. “Despite record-cold temperatures when we were there in February 2015, fishing fans turned out in force.”

Akin said 103,000 fans turned out over the threeday tournament, a 40 percent increase over 2008 and one of Bassmaster’s largest turnouts ever.

Lake Hartwell continues to build a national reputation as a championship lake, said Neil Paul, executive director of Visit Anderson.

The Washington Post reported last Monday that former acting attorney general Sally Yates informed the Trump administration that Flynn’s misleading statements could open him up to Russian blackmail.

“If somebody in the administration is subject to being blackmailed, I think that’s something I’d like to know about,” Graham said. “I think if the shoe were on the other foot, we’d want to know the answers to these questions.” —Andrew Moore

“They put one on the Ravenel Bridge in Charleston,” said Councilwoman Amy Ryberg Doyle, a proponent of Complete Streets, an approach that says streets should be designed, operated, and maintained for all types of transportation, not just vehicles. “The Church Street bridge is our Ravenel Bridge.”

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TRANSPORTATION

Church Street bridge bike lane delayed Work on the Church Street bridge that was expected to start in April has been delayed, giving the City of Greenville more time to convince the state to install a protected bicycle and pedestrian lane on the bridge.

The SCDOT had planned to start rehabilitating the bridge in April. But the bids came in too high, delaying the project and allowing the organization

“The opportunity to host the Bassmaster Classic for the second time in four years solidifies the Upstate of South Carolina as a destination, nationally, for bass fishing,” Paul said. “Lake Hartwell is a tremendous natural resource and continues to gain national attention as a championship fishery, and we welcome anglers from all levels to enjoy its greatness.”

The Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo will be held at Greenville’s TD Convention Center.

“Nothing says, ‘I love you’ more than a repeat customer,” said Chris Stone, president and CEO of VisitGreenvilleSC, in a release. “Seeing the wild enthusiasm outdoorsmen have for the Bassmaster Classic has made this a must-attend road trip for area anglers.”

The average economic impact of the Bassmaster Classic has averaged more than $24 million. — Cindy Landrum

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As a child, Matt McClain helped his grandfather work on his farm, a vast 2,000-acre property in central Missouri. Scattered throughout the farm were deer stands. McClain saw them as treehouses and, like many kids would, enjoyed playing on them.

McClain’s father and grandfather are both master woodcrafters. The talent was passed down in the family. “My dad’s excellent at building furniture, and my grandfather could pretty much build everything out of wood.

Through nurture, I just acquired the skill,” McClain says.

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Little did he know that a knack for constructing treehouses would one day blossom into a full-fledged business.

It started when McClain built a treehouse for his kids about eight years ago.

Word quickly traveled among neighbors, who admired his craftsmanship. “People in the neighborhood would say, ‘You got to check out Matt’s treehouse,’” he says.

The calls asking McClain to build treehouses soon followed.

In August 2015, McClain, who also owns Invert Boardsports located at Hampton Station, launched TreeHugger Customs. As the name indicates, initially the business’ main focus was constructing personalized backyard treehouses. “It started with just building treehouses and play forts and swingsets — playground type of stuff versus going and buying a cookie-cutter one,” McClain says.

Charles and Alice Ratterree met McClain through mutual friends, and his team constructed a customized backyard play set for their two kids, a son in fourth grade and a daughter in kindergarten.

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McClain’s team has several customized backyard treehouses in the works and has built at least a dozen in the last year. Photos by Christopher Phillips.

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daughter wanted a swingset. They took the time to listen to my kids and come up with an amazing thing.”

For their projects, McClain’s team uses reclaimed wood and other sustainable materials, and over time, they’ve amassed an extensive collection of various materials.

That propensity to stockpile will soon lead to a retail arm of TreeHugger Customs. This spring, McClain plans to open the company’s warehouse, located at Hampton Station, to the public. “If you need to find an old board to build shelves in your house, you can come poke around. You can shop from the materials we collect,” McClain says.

“We’re constantly looking for materials.

We use salvaged, reclaimed things, whether it’s a metal rack from an old mill or some

lumber. Anything old, cool, and unique we just like to get our hands on,” he adds.

The materials are found through various means. For example, while driving in the country, McClain and his team may notice a dilapidated barn or structure on a property that has become a liability. They’ll knock on the door and offer to remove it at no cost.

More often than not, the owner will take them up on it. “For a lot of people, there’s a huge benefit to that rather than to pay,” McClain says.

The team also makes use of Craigslist, posting ads that offer to remove a building or tear down a house. Additionally, McClain will often get calls from contractors who let him know about demolitions they’re about to undertake.

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“I have a lot of contractor friends calling to say, ‘Hey, we’re demoing this building, and there’s a bunch of great twoby-sixes; come and get them.’ Or, ‘We’re ripping a roof off, and there’s a lot of great metal,’” he says. “My phone’s ringing all the time, just because people know me. A lot of times I’ll do it at no charge just to collect the materials.”

Through word of mouth and references, McClain and his team have been approached to work on new projects outside of treehouses and backyard play sets. They’ve expanded into tailor-made furniture construction, building farm tables for Birds Fly South Ale Project at Hampton Station. One recent project was working on the Revel Event Center, formerly The Handlebar. The owner of the building referred McClain to the leasers, who contacted him about doing the build-out.

“We just walked through the space and shared ideas, and the next thing you knew, we were doing some pretty cool design and build work on the commercial side, which we had never done before,” says McClain.

“They have a unique style about them as far as the design aspect. They use a lot of different materials to really make a unique looking space,” says Howard Dozier, who hired McClain’s team for the Revel project.

“Coming from the old Handlebar, it’s an iconic music venue. … The transformation was really dramatic. People come and see the change, and they say it’s like night and

day.”

Although the Revel project was a venture into more unfamiliar territory, McClain sees the ability to expand and shift focus as an advantage of being an entrepreneur. “Half of starting a business is being flexible and not backing yourself into a corner with one particular niche. I think there’s a lot of benefit to being adaptable in terms of your work scope,” he says.

TreeHugger Customs currently has three full-time employees, including McClain’s sister, Chelsea Rosen, who is “VP of everything.” Others are contracted out depending on the scale of each project.

In collaboration with Company Interiors, McClain and his team just completed a remodeling of Community Tap’s tasting room, transforming it into a kind of “woodsy, antique vibe” by using old barn wood and texturing walls. Along with opening the warehouse, future plans for the TreeHugger Customs team include working on more treehouses, of course, but also interior projects, such as the upcoming Stone Pin Bowling Alley, located on the bottom floor of Revel Event Center.

“We aren’t licensed interior designers, but we’re creative and we have ideas,” McClain says. “Our motto is if it’s fun and we think we’ll enjoy the project, we’ll do it. That’s kind of our prerequisite for our jobs.”

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Spinx announces beneficiaries of 17th Annual Charity Classic Golf Tournament Spinx has chosen five charities that will benefit from its charity golf tournament on May 10: American Red Cross of the Upstate, American Red Cross of the Lowcountry, Safe Harbor, Ronald McDonald House of the Carolinas, and Harvest Hope Food Bank. The tournament will take place at the Cliffs at Mountain Park and Cliffs Valley courses.

LITERACY PROGRAM

Program volunteers needed for Miracle Hill and Greenville Literacy program A trial partnership between Greenville Literacy Association (GLA) and Miracle Hill Ministries to provide educational tutoring and training for the homeless and for individuals in recovery has now been solidified. GLA’s services are provided to guests at Miracle Hill’s homeless shelters and recovery centers in Greenville. Anyone interested in volunteering for the GLA-Miracle Hill educational partnership should contact Eleanor Vaughn at vaughn@greenvilleliteracy.org or Rhonda Corbett at rcorbett@miraclehill.org.

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Leadership Greenville class helps conduct roof repair On Feb. 16–18, Leadership Greenville Class 43, Rebuild Upstate, and Upstate Warrior Solution partnered to remove and replace the roof of Air Force veteran George Vickers and his wife, Lois, of Travelers Rest. The Vickerses have lived in their home for more than 45 years, and the project will help them continue to live safely in their home for years to come.

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“Screenagers” showing open to public CCES is presenting “SCREENAGERS: Growing Up in the Digital Age” on Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m. This 68-minute award-winning documentary reveals how tech time impacts adolescents’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower children to best navigate the digital world and find balance. Any parent and child who regularly use a screen will benefit. Register online at bit.ly/2lnsCph.

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School wins basketball tournament The school won the two-day SWISH tournament for the second year in a row. Camperdown Academy, Einstein Academy, and Sandhills School of Columbia also competed.

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Music teacher presents at statewide music educators conference Abe Marsh, a music instructor for GTCHS, presented a workshop titled “High Quality, No Cost Music Technology Courses” at the SC Music Educators Association conference in Columbia. In the courses, students study hardware and software used in the music industry by producers, composers, mixers, DJs, and performers. They create soundtracks for video and explore hip-hop and techno as well as recording and mixing live bands.

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Last Friday, CHASS Productions, a booking agency, held a concert at the Revel Event Center with Greg Payne and the Piedmont Boys, Darby Wilcox and the Peep Show, and Jacob Johnson.

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Tucked away in a warehouse just south of downtown Greenville, marine biologist Valeska Minkowski has been quietly incubating a food source thatʼs typically found thousands of miles away off the coast of California: Pacific white shrimp.

Minkowski regularly monitors water temperature, salinity levels, and calculates the exact amount of food needed per shrimp.

The farmed Pacific white shrimp come from a certified hatchery in Florida.

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In June, Minkowski started an indoor shrimp farm called Urban Seas Aquaculture. It’s a big change of pace for the scientist who once spent summers studying and reintroducing sea urchins to coral reefs off the coast of Florida.

Now Minkowski is part of a small, yet growing, group of American farmers trying to feed the country’s seemingly insatiable appetite for shrimp and other seafood, without damaging coastal ecosystems and using harmful chemicals.

“I feel like I’m trying to save the entire ocean sometimes,” says Minkowski. “I’m really trying to curb the effects of traditional shrimp farms and trawlers that disrupt coastal ecosystems and cause food safety issues.”

Americans consumed 4.8 billion pounds of seafood in 2009, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Then they consumed an average of 3.8 pounds of shrimp in 2012, twice the amount three decades ago.

But the nation’s taste for shrimp comes with huge environmental costs, according to Minkowski. However, the shrimp farmer stressed that there’s a huge difference between store-bought shrimp and what she’s growing in her warehouse.

The U.S. imports about 90 percent of its shrimp from Latin America and Southeast Asia, according to Al Stokes, manager of the Waddell Mariculture Center in Bluffton, a facility overseen by the state Department of Natural Resources.

Traditional shrimp farmers typically use chemicals and inadvertently spread bacteria, which disrupt coastal and ocean ecosystems, Minkowski said. They also inject growth hormones and antibiotics into their shrimp.

The increasing concerns over traditional shrimp farming techniques have created a new generation of shrimp farmers, like Minkowski, who are developing ways to reduce their environmental footprint. It’s known as aquaculture.

At Urban Seas Aquaculture, Minkowski is using a system that recirculates saltwater and uses filtration and temperature control to promote the growth of biofloc, or beneficial bacteria, to keep shrimp healthy. There are no pesticides, no hormones, and no antibiotics, thus no environmental impact.

“It’s a self-contained system that’s sustainable and healthy for the environment,” says Minkowski. “However, there are daily challenges that pop up.”

Growing the shrimp requires a good amount of scientific knowledge, says Minkowski, who regularly monitors water temperature, balances

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their offspring.”

Most of South Carolina’s shrimp catch is sold out of state, because the demand for seafood is so high across the country, says Stokes. That’s forcing some Upstate restaurants to purchase their shrimp from nearby states.

Anthony Gray, executive chef at Bacon Bros. Public House, said he purchases South Carolina shrimp when possible.

However, he’s also purchased shrimp from small suppliers in North Carolina during shortages.

“We use a good amount of shrimp on the menu, especially for our shrimp and grits. But when the supply gets low, Greenville’s not a priority for coastal shrimpers. We just need more reliable suppliers here,” he says.

While Minkowski hasn’t secured any buyers yet, she’s gotten several requests to franchise her shrimp farm. “I don’t think I want to break out of the Upstate,” she says. “I just don’t think I could maintain that freshness if we started selling elsewhere.”

Minkowski said she might eventually develop a hatchery and even raise tilapia. “I have a lot of ideas floating around, but I’m honestly just focused on getting

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It takes between four and five months for Minkowski to raise the shrimp, which come from a certified Florida hatchery, to market size. Last year, Minkowski purchased 20,000 shrimp and placed them inside four circular pools.

Now she’s weeks away from selling her first batch of shrimp, which she estimates will cost about $15 a pound.

Minkowski is hoping to garner interest from Greenville’s restaurant scene, especially as chefs continue to source locally.

“I probably wouldn’t have started my farm had Greenville’s restaurant scene not been so supportive of the farm-totable concept,” Minkowski says. “My shrimp are fresh, local, and environmentally friendly, so I think people will be receptive.”

Minkowski added that her farm could also provide Greenville’s restaurants with a year-round supply of fresh, locally grown shrimp, something they can’t get from traditional shrimp farms and trawlers along the South Carolina coast.

“South Carolina doesn’t get shrimp all year due to seasonal reproduction,” says Stokes. “Right now, the state only recognizes three seasons for certain varieties of shrimp, including brown shrimp and

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THREE NEW EXHIBITIONS! NOW ON VIEW! Masterworks of Color: African-American Art from the Greenville Collection More than 50 works are included in this exhibition that explores the viewpoint of African-American artists. The earliest examples are clay vessels made by enslaved potter and poet David Drake along with an 1850 painting View of Asheville, North Carolina by free man of color Robert Duncanson. The exhibition also features works by such 20th-century luminaries as William H. Johnson, Romare Bearden, and Jacob Lawrence. More contemporary highlights include Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Leo Twiggs, Gary Grier, and Jonathan Green.

Alongside Masterworks of Color, the GCMA presents In a Mirror, Darkly, which examines the issues and images created when white artists portray black subjects and experiences, and Carew Rice, a retrospective of the renowned Lowcountry silhouettist’s works from the 1930s through the 1960s.

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Tim March, aka TimTV, has taught martial arts for more than three decades and leads TimTV and the Secret Cirkus, a local performance troupe. Photo by Will Crooks.

The Ninjaplex is a home to Greenville’s martial arts-meets-big top counterculture EMILY PIETRAS | ASSOCIATE EDITOR

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Discreetly tucked away within the former Action Concrete building on Beverly Road is the Ninjaplex, a martial and circus arts training center. It’s not exactly the type of facility one would expect to find in Greenville — and that’s exactly why Tim March, aka TimTV, thought it was a needed addition to the city’s cultural landscape.

March, who is originally from the Detroit area, has been teaching martial arts for three decades, and he also leads TimTV and the Secret Cirkus, a local troupe of performers who specialize in “circus sideshow skills, fire arts, vaudeville, and burlesque.”

March first began teaching back in Michigan, where he opened a martial arts school that “kind of became a central hub for different groups of people — music people and circus people and performance groups.” When he moved to Greenville in 2008, March wanted to replicate the type of community that he helped cultivate in Detroit.

But that goal wasn’t without its challenges.

When March tried to find places in town that

would embrace his unique skills, he frequently received pushback.

“Over and over again, I kept hearing, ‘You should check out Asheville. There’s nowhere in Greenville for you.’ But Asheville already has plenty of weird and alternative lifestyles.

They didn’t need me,” he says.

“I live in a very imaginative version of reality. I have a lot of creativity in my everyday life, and it doesn’t fit the model of regular society, consumer society,” March explains. “I needed a place where I could be nurtured and celebrated for the things I am and could do the same for others.”

In Greenville, he says, “There was a whole section of people who had alternative lifestyles and were on the fringe culture, but didn’t have a home or place to be.”

So rather than packing his bags for our North Carolina neighbor, March took matters into his own hands. He actively “made himself visible” in the community, particularly downtown. For example, he’d walk up and down Main Street on stilts — certainly an effective method to get people’s attention.

“I made myself seen. If people needed to find me, they could,” March says. Eventually, word spread, and people interested in March’s skills began approaching him to find out how they also could be involved.

Prior to moving into the Ninjaplex, March’s troupe was headquartered at Victor Mill in Greer, followed by a stint at the Garaj Mahal in the Cherrydale area off of State Park Road.

In December 2015, that facility closed, and March had two choices: either move into a

smaller space and “give up a lot of things, or call in a lot of favors and do a fundraiser to open up a bigger place.” He opted for the latter, and the Ninjaplex opened in January 2016 at 15 Beverly Road.

The Ninjaplex’s tagline is “We Build Superheroes,” a message that resonates not only with the mission of the facility but also with March personally. “One of my silly little quotes about myself in one of my bios was that I play the part of a guy who thinks he’s a superhero. Basically that’s kind of my take on life,” he says.

The concept of creating superheroes is intertwined with March’s approach to teaching kids’ martial arts. First and foremost, he wants his pupils to learn “problem-solving skills, clarity of mind, and awareness to make good choices.”

“If I just turn you into a great fighter, when’s the last time you got in a fight? How often are you going to need to fight someone? Rarely, if ever,” March says. “But if I turn you into a great person, you can use that every day.”

As for the members of the Secret Cirkus, it may come as a surprise that the performers — whose range of skills include the fire arts, stilt walking, hula-hooping, juggling, and contortion — all essentially started from scratch.

“None of them were performers before coming to me,” says March. A few had experience in dance, gymnastics, or the like, but they all “just had excitement and curiosity.”

Cirkus arts training operates similarly to any other type of mentorship or apprenticeship. Interested participants observe the al-

ready established performers within their area of choice, and “they kind of intern,” March says. “We recommend you just come and play.

I own a whole bunch of different circus props and tools. … Our main thing is to be here and listen to the ideas of everyone and see if we can make it work.”

TimTV and the Secret Cirkus can be hired to perform at anything from town festivals to charity and corporate events. Locally, the Enchanted Chalice Renaissance Faire is an “automatic booking” each year, March says, and the troupe has also performed at the Reedy River Duck Derby.

In the future, March envisions the Ninjaplex also expanding into a multipurpose space for various events. For example, in January and February, it served as the venue for Benderama 2K17, a concert benefit for transgender youth; a three-band rock show; a performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show;” and GamerHaus, an all-night video game meetup.

The turnout for Benderama 2K17 was especially encouraging, says March. Of the attendees, “more than half were there [at the Ninjaplex] for the first time.”

March emphasizes that the Ninjaplex aims to be an inclusive environment and is open to people of all ages. “It’s less about a blanket statement of us trying to appeal to a certain demographic, and it’s more about each person that comes in being celebrated as an individual,” he says. “Superheroes don’t come in one shape and size.”

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The words “bluegrass” and “mass” don’t usually go together.

For one thing, lively bluegrass-style music is far removed stylistically from the typically solemn, classical, or medieval music to which the Latin liturgical lyrics are set.

Second, it’s difficult to imagine kneeslapping, toe-tapping bluegrass being appropriate in a church.

But those preconceived notions are exactly what the Herring Chamber Ensemble hopes to dispel during its winter concert Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m., in Furman University’s Daniel Chapel.

The chamber group will perform “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass,” among other shorter works, in a program entitled “A Bluegrass Mass/Other Worldly Sounds/ Songs of Love.”

“I’m not a big fan of bluegrass music,” the chamber choir’s founder and director, Bingham Vick, says. “It’s been a growing experience for me.”

Vick is also the con- Bingham Vick ductor of the Greenville Chorale, from which the 22 Herring Chamber Ensemble members are chosen.

He says the change of pace in musical styles has been positive.

“It’s really very moving,” he says of the

bluegrass mass. “People both from traditional and liturgical backgrounds find it fascinating.”

Written by Carol Barnett in 2008, “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass” includes the five sections of a traditional mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei) interspersed with ballads of personal expression, which will be sung by Rosemary Hughes, mezzo-soprano and director of music and arts at Buncombe Street United Methodist Church.

The voices are accomRosemary Hughes panied by a bluegrass band — fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass. The lyrics are partially in traditional Latin and partially in colloquial English.

Barnett wrote the bluegrass mass “to bring the solemnity of the classical choirbased mass together with the down-home sparkle of bluegrass.”

Vick says this is a style of music most, if not all, of the vocalists have never performed before.

“The chamber ensemble has worked very hard to get the style,” he says. “It’s rhythmically quite complex.”

For the classically trained singers, switching to a folk-style characterized by frequent improvisation means scooping into notes rather than landing squarely on the note.

That’s not to say this composition is less difficult than a classical mass.

“The writing in the chorus is not easy,” Vick says. “It requires a change of gears mentally.”

Hughes, who sings the solo ballads between sections, echoes Vick’s sentiments.

“It’s a lot harder than it sounds,” she says. “It’s good for your brain. We are always really tired after rehearsal.”

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Hughes is immersed in religious music daily and has appreciated the exposure to a new genre of music.

“I enjoy musical theater, and have a wide interest spectrum, but we don’t sing a lot of bluegrass,” she says. “It’s been fun to play around with a sacred text in a more colloquial style.”

Hughes particularly enjoys the composer’s incorporation of modern events — like 9/11 — into an ancient style. “It’s taking something timeless and putting it in an accessible form,” she says.

Other works to be performed are “Gitanjali Chants,” texts by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore set to plainsong, and “Stars,” a composition accompanied by the ethereal sounds produced by rubbing fingers around water-filled wine glasses.

The ensemble will also tackle “Dappled Things,” a traditional piece about nature’s blemished, yet still beautiful creations.

The program closes with jazz hits from the 1920s and ’30s.

“A Bluegrass Mass / Other Worldly Sounds / Songs of Love” What: Herring Chamber Ensemble When: Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m.

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Margaret Bowland’s powerful paintings explore the shared pain of segregation CHRIS HAIRE | EDITOR

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For much of Brooklyn-based painter Margaret Bowland’s life, race has been a taboo subject. Raised in Burlington, N.C., during the 1950s and ’60s, Bowland remembers how those she knew refused to talk about the very issue around which much of society was organized.

“I grew up in the segregated South, and the largest single visual fact of my life was racism. It was also the thing never talked about,” she says. “The damage done to me growing up in the segregated South was nothing compared to the pain suffered by African-Americans. However, damage like that does do damage to everyone in the place.”

Although the days of Jim Crow are now behind us, Bowland stills finds that some folks simply don’t want to talk about the subject of race — or at least hear what she, a white woman, has to say about it.

In Bowland’s three paintings that are being shown at the Greenville County Museum of Art’s exhibition, “In a Mirror, Darkly,” she aggressively addresses the subject of race, using imagery that plays upon stereotypes to raise important questions about racism and misogyny.

The works in question, “And the Cotton is High,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” all feature a young black girl with white paint on her face; in one case, she’s standing in a cotton field wearing a cotton hat, and another she’s emerging from the inside of a watermelon.

“My feeling about the work is, even though she is covered in white paint and wearing a costume, the truth of the child’s real identity shows through in her face out of the sheer strength of who she is, and therefore the work is a kind of triumph,” Bowland says. “It’s like, ‘You throw anything at me you wish and I will still prevail.’”

While Bowland says she has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from African-Americans art lovers — she even counts celebrated black filmmaker Spike Lee as one of her fans — her critics are primarily white like herself.

“I think with white people it makes them extraordinarily uncomfortable to even think about race,” she says, noting later that some of the criticism may be a form of overcom-

“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Margaret Bowland

pensation on the part of her white critics.

However, Bowland insists that she is, in many ways, telling her own story. “I feel that because I was in the segregated South, that I do I have a right; this was my heritage, too.”

For the painter, her work is a direct result of the lies and pain that she saw around her on a daily basis.

And it’s this willingness to speak of a childhood during segregation that has been viewed positively by the black community.

“I have gotten extraordinary letters from women, African-American women, that tell me that it completely speaks to their own childhood and also that it makes them feel wonderful to see themselves so beautiful,” she says.

But as powerful as Bowland’s images are, and as shocking as seeing a black girl in socalled whiteface may be, the artist’s obsession with white makeup has more to with feminine standards of beauty than race.

“Putting white paint on women is something that has been going on for hundreds of years in every single culture,” she says, noting that Queen Elizabeth I, one of England’s most powerful monarchs, was first to make her already pale skin even paler because of societal dictates.

“They covered these women in white to make them projection screens so that they could be anything the man wanted them to be,” Bowland says. “To me, what the white paint is about is finding out that you’re not unconditionally loved, that you must be someone [who] someone can place their own dreams upon and make come true.”

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A Nile-free Dallas Toler-Wade will focus on his family and his own project, Narcotic Wasteland.

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Nile shakeup: Dallas Toler-Wade exits death metal giant VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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For more than 20 years, Dallas TolerWade and Karl Sanders stood alongside one another onstage in Nile, conjuring holy hell out of their guitars as the leaders of Greenville’s own technical death metal band.

Over the course of eight studio albums and countless live shows, the group grew from a local bar band into a world-touring mainstay of their genre, with both Sanders and Wade handling the band’s guttural, growling lead vocals. They’ve charted

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albums in America, but they’ve gained much more popularity overseas, particularly in Europe and Scandinavia, where their albums regularly hit the Top 10.

But playing death metal live is punishing, and in an age where albums sales aren’t what they used to be, constant touring is still a necessity, even for bands like Nile who are playing progressively larger stages.

As the band’s most recent European tour progressed, Toler-Wade found himself increasingly burnt out.

“The band had never really taken a break,” Toler-Wade says. “It’s tough out there on the road. It’s a lot of fun, don’t get me wrong, but there’s a not-so-good side to it, too. On that last tour, one night I ended up getting up into a confrontation with another artist from another band.”

He doesn’t elaborate, but that incident caused him to take a hard look at his priorities. “Everybody needs a break,” he says. “And my son’s about to graduate from school. There are a lot of other reasons, too, but mainly I really need to be home right now.”

On Feb. 13, both Sanders and Nile drummer George Kollias released statements announcing Wade’s departure from the band and thanking him for his contributions, but there’s no denying that the split seemed abrupt. The band’s first tour date of the year was the day after the announcement, and when asked about Toler-Wade’s leaving, Sanders’ answer is to the point.

“Dallas quit, and now we’ve got a new guy,” he says. “It’s really that friggin’ simple.”

That new guy is Brian Kingsland, and despite Sanders’ fear that Nile would have to search far and wide for a new guitarist, they found him in Piedmont, S.C. “We lucked out,” Sanders says. “We found somebody that lives in the Upstate. How awesome is that? [Nile bassist] Brad Parris said he knew a guy that could do the job, and he was right.”

In fact, Kingsland’s audition was beyond anything Sanders ever expected. “We put Brian through a pretty stringent gauntlet,

The new lineup of Nile: (Clockwise) George Kollias, Brad Parris, Karl Sanders, and Brian Kingsland.

but he walked through it like a champion,” he says. “He dug in and did his homework; he studied all the live versions of our songs.

He can tell you who sang the song in which way on what tour. If ever there was any exemplary way to join a band, that would be it.”

And Toler-Wade is moving on musically, as well. He’s finishing up the second album by the group that used to be his side project, Narcotic Wasteland. After an extended break, he’s looking forward to hitting the road with them on a smaller scale.

“It’s supposed to be fun,” he says of playing in a band. “When I joined Nile back in 1997, I don’t think any of us thought we were going to do anything other than play regionally. I never really cared about any of that. It’s about the music. You’ve got to be able to pay bills, but the most important thing is having fun with this uncompromising music, wherever that takes you. It can take you down at the local bar or it can take you around the world.”

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Learn from Bob Ross, and think of your garden as a blank canvas Just as the famous PBS personality Bob Ross painted various landscape scenes with simple brushstrokes on evergreen trees, a bird in the sky, and even flowers in the foreground, every garden is, in itself, a blank canvas.

Whether you live in a home that is two or 200 years old, you can create a beautiful Bob Ross-esque painting in your garden canvas with simple touches. You can add bright colors or accent current landscaping with a softer palate.

You, too, can be bold and remove shrubs that have outgrown their space (typical lifespan is 10–12 years) or cut down non-native and overplanted species like the Leyland cypress. In return, you’ll gain an area that is a blank canvas, a space with endless possibilities.

With the loss of a large screening plant that provided vast amount of backyard privacy, what do you do? First, consider the other parts of the yard and landscape; take in what you like about those areas and parts that may not be all that perfect. This is your opportunity to replicate those positive attributes in this newly open space.

You could create a hardscape with structures like an extended arbor allowing decorative vining plants (a climbing rose, trumpet vine, clematis, morning glory, or edible nasturtium) to provide privacy. Be careful not to plant green ivy, as it can get out of control in a hurry.

Other planting options include the Clemson Cooperative Extension-recommended varieties of hollies (Foster’s holly, Savannah holly) or fragrant tea olive — a personal favorite. In difficult areas, you can try a wax myrtle or yaupon holly, as both tolerate difficult growing conditions. Or forgo the privacy and invite your neighbors over to enjoy conversation, drinks, and eats around a new outdoor fire pit.

While you are considering your options, take the time to feed your soil. The former inhabitants of these garden locations had been in their home for many years and eaten up many valuable nutrients any new planting will require. Regenerative agriculture is a thing — and it’s very important to be aware of.

Your main goals as a home vegetable grower, wannabe farmer, or just a simple weekend grass mower are to minimize soil loss and increase organic matter. The most basic steps to regenerate your soil, assist the natural biome that lives within the soil, and in turn help your garden thrive are: • Add a layer of compost to the top half-inch of topsoil and lightly rake it in.

• Don’t till. Machine tilling does more harm

than good. Tilling can oxidize organic matter, disturb roots, cause soil compaction, and do much more damage than I can explain in this column (Google “no-till gardening”). Try using a pitchfork to slowly break up and aerate hard soil. Use a hoe to remove any weeds. Gardens that have used the no-till method for years have loose, fluffy soil with vibrant healthy plants.

• Rotate your vegetables and your colorful annuals. This is the same technique used by large farmers across the globe. If you buy the same varieties every spring (petunias, impatiens, etc.), plant them in different areas. Rotating them allows the previous areas to recover.

• Cover crops help reduce erosion and loss of nitrogen to the air while increasing organic matter.

Some crops, like clover, field peas, and vetch also add nitrogen while roots break up compacted soil.

Consider your blank canvas and how you can add new life to your yard or even a balcony.

Small steps are OK, as are bold ones, to breathe a new, invigorated life in your garden.

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The Upper Room, 7 College St. | 7:30 p.m. | $15

Greenville’s Wirewood are an acoustic guitarand-cello duo, but they don’t play classical duets or dinner-party background music. Instead, they play blissfully catchy pop songs, with Keith Groover handling the rhythms on guitar (complete with some occasional percussive tapping on the guitar’s body) and cellist Laura Koelle playing the melodies, swooping and diving around the notes with the flexibility of a vocalist. “I think cello is the world’s greatest melodic instrument,” says Groover, the duo’s primary songwriter, “and I think the guitar is the world’s greatest rhythmic instrument. So I think our sound really works well like that.” At first, Groover tried to write more traditional, classically themed material for Koelle’s cello, but he realized he wasn’t playing to her strengths. “The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the songs that Laura really nails are the straightup melodic ones,” he says. “And so I decided to write straight-up songs with singable melody lines. She’s basically the singer of the group.” —Vincent Harris

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VISUAL ARTS

In the Gallery at Centre Stage Centre Stage | 501 River St.

Tuesday-Friday from 2-6 p.m.

FREE The art of Sunny Mullarkey McGowan is presented in cooperation with the Metropolitan Arts Council. This partnership is sponsored by South State Bank.

233-6733 | centrestage.org

EDUCATION

Random Acts of Science Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. WednesdaySunday at 11:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.

FREE Experience demonstrations of chemical reactions and engineering.

233-7755 | tcmupstate.org

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A WoodBine Senior Living Community

Waterstone on Augusta is a premier senior living community offering assisted living and memory care.

bar tab (including food) paid up to $50. The team in second place will get to choose a book each from the Joe’s Place secret stash.

864-558-0828 | joesplacellc.com info@joesplacellc.com

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James Gregory: “The Funniest Man in America”

Private and Companion Suite Offerings Onsite Dietician and Community Chef Organized Programs, Events, and Activities

The ridiculous, the common, and sometimes even the simplest events all become hilarious in the hands of this master storyteller and worldclass comedian.

233-6733 | centrestage.org

FUNDRAISER

Antonakos Foundation’s Community Celebration

Edward G. Burton Executive Director

Antonakos Foundation Embassy Suites Golf Resort & Conference Center | 670 Verdae Blvd.

Ginger Shiflett

Community Relations

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Trivia Night

Monies raised throughout the evening will fund the foundation and help to award five deserving Greenville County seniors graduating this spring.

The event features live music by The Maxx, dancing, silent auction, raffle, and door prizes. The cost of the ticket includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Attire is dressy casual. antonakosfoundation.org

Questions will cover random trivia including, but not limited to, books, wine, and art. Previous categories have covered musical instruments, cereal, and common bonds, just to name a few. The winning team will receive their

Continuous Licensed Nurse Coverage

7 and 9 p.m. | $35-42

7-8 p.m. | $65

Joe’s Place | 640 S. Main St., Ste. 101B

Downtown Location

Centre Stage | 501 River St.

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Brother Oliver, w/ Mark Webb & Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster

The Spinning Jenny | 107 Cannon St., Greer | 7 p.m. | $9 in advance, $12 at the door The Greenville band Brother Oliver, aka multiinstrumentalist siblings Andrew and Stephen Oliver, has evolved over its three-year existence from a stripped-down folk act to an outfit that mixes psychedelia-tinged acoustic rock and pop melodies. But in truth, it’s surprising that they started playing in a band at all. “I wasn’t allowed to listen to rock or pop when I was growing up,” Andrew says. “I was raised hyper-religiously, in ways that I’m grateful for but also many ways that were extremely difficult. I wasn’t allowed to listen to any music that involved a drum kit.” But when he began taking trumpet lessons in his teens, Andrew’s instructor would send him home with jazz and rock CDs to practice with, and his obsession with music was born. “I was late to the party, so everything was intriguing,” he says. “Everything sounded amazing. I started making my own music, and I just decided I was going to work in music for the rest of my life. My passion overtook me, I guess.” —Vincent Harris

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Sound Quality Concert Series. The performance is conducted by director of bands Leslie W. Hicken, director of athletic bands Jay Bocook, and guest composer/conductor Timothy Mahr, who will present the Consortium World Premiere of his work Symphony No. 1.

864-294-2086 | bit.ly/2kEfoRQ furmanmusic@furman.edu

International Cocktails and A Twist: UI’s Epic Party and Fundraiser Upstate International City of Greer Events Center 301 E. Poinsett St., Greer 6:30–10:30 p.m. | $85/person and $125/couple This year, we are adding a twist to our usual silent auction with our 100 for 100 fundraiser.

Buy your mystery package for just $100, and you could be the winner of Peace Center tickets, Michelin tires, a French dinner for four, Dollywood tickets, a Total Wine tasting, a Charleston hotel weekend, and much more.

631-2188 | conta.cc/2kq46Aa info@upstateinternational.org

CONCERT

Symphonic Winds in Concert Furman University | McAlister Auditorium 3300 Poinsett Highway

MUSIC

Psycho Psycho w/ The Guilty Remnant & Kingdom Faust The Soundbox Tavern 507 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville 9 p.m. | FREE Initially, the Greenville trio Psycho Psycho might seem like an emo pop-punk band, but though they do have some tight riffs and melodic vocals, they’re a lot closer to a hardcore outfit in terms of raw impact. There’s not a lot of polish here, but there is a lot of power.

FRI-SAT

8 p.m. $12/adults, $10/seniors, and $5/students/youth Join conductor Timothy Mahr and the Furman University Symphonic Winds ensemble in their performance of “Masques, Reels, and Dances.”

This concert is the latest installment in the

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“I Am Not Your Negro”

The Peace Center | 300 S. Main St. Feb. 24, 7 p.m. and Feb. 25, 3 and 7 p.m. | $10 “I Am Not Your Negro” is a 93-minute film by Raoul Peck from the writings of author

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A spelling competition among corporate teams of 4 featuring emcee JDew. Bring your enthusiasm! Create team costumes/ themes to help your spellers stand out!

Prizes to the first place team.

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Thursday, March 30 from 6-9 pm at Larkin’s Sawmill

Details & Registration Information: GreenvilleLiteracy.org/bee

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THREE WAYS TO ATTEND: • BEE a corporate sponsor • BEE an individual fundraiser ($1500 min./team of 4) • BEE an audience member ($25/person) To BEE involved, contact Eleanor Vaughn at (864) 467-3458 or vaughn@greenvilleliteracy.org.

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And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.

864-467-3000 | peacecenter.org

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THEATER

The Greer Children’s Theatre presents “Madagascar” J. Harley Bonds Career Center 505 N. Main St., Greer Fridays & Saturdays at 7 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. $15/adults, $12/students/seniors/military, $7/children Family fun entertainment based on the movie. greerculturalarts.com

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“Peter and the Starcatcher”

Greenville Little Theatre | 444 College St. Feb. 24-25, March 2-4 and 9-11 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 26, March 5 and 8 at 3 p.m.

A theatrical musical based on the best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, this magical play takes you on a wild journey. It chronicles the adventures of an orphan, soon to be called Peter Pan, and Molly, a girl charged to protect a parcel of stardust from falling into the wrong hands.

233-6238 | greenvillelittletheatre.org info@greenvillelittletheatre.org

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“39 Steps” at North Greenville University

North Greenville University Billingsley Theatre 7801 N. Tigerville Road, Tigerville 7:30 p.m. | $12 adults, $5 students This is the last weekend to see the comedic spoof of this classic 1935 film.

864-977-7085 | bit.ly/2l3QSd6

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Super SaturdayMaker’s Fest

Explore the world of “making” with guest “makers” from all over the Upstate. Activities include 3D printing and clay-working.

233-7755 | tcmupstate.org

AUTHOR TALK

Fiction Addiction: Author Panel

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Fiction Addiction | 1175 Woods Crossing Road 2 p.m. | $10 Meet historical fiction authors Amber Brock (“A Fine Imitation”), Elizabeth Cox (“A Question of Mercy”), Danny Johnson (“The Last Ride Home”), and Janet Lee Berg (“Rembrandt’s Shadow”) as they talk about their latest books.

Tickets can be redeemed for $10 discount on a purchase of the featured authors’ books prior to the event.

675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com info@fiction-addiction.com

FUNDRAISER

Hearts Like Yours Hearts Like Yours Fundraising Solutions The Upcountry History Museum 540 Buncombe St. 7-11 p.m. | $100 Join us for a night of fun, friendship, and charity as we work to ensure that no cancer patient in Greenville fights alone. There will be food, an open bar, a silent auction, an art show, and a wine pull. Proceeds benefit the GHS Cancer Institute. Guests must be 21 and older.

414-6249 | hlycharitygala.planningpod.com

COMMUNITY

6 Hours on the Ridge Bike Race Upstate SORBA Pleasant Ridge Camp & Retreat Center 4232 Highway 11, Marietta, SC 29661 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | 25$ Try your endurance in this six-hour mountain bike race taking place in Pleasant Ridge County Park.

864-660-1065 | bit.ly/2jYFlPE

Drumming Master Class and Demonstration with Tez Sherard Huguenot Mill, 101 W. Broad St. Noon | $25 Drummer Tez Sherard has played everything from rock (with Edwin McCain) to funk (with the Craig Sorrells Project) to blues (with Wanda Johnson), so he could probably have handled his upcoming percussion masterclass all by himself. But where’s the fun in that? So he recruited veteran jazz drummer Sonny Thornton and country-rock band Greg Payne and The Piedmont Boys’ drummer Colt Strickland to come along from the ride. “When I thought of the idea for the class, I wanted to infuse both their styles into it,” Sherard says. “We’re from totally different worlds in terms of drumming. I wanted to have interplay between the three of us.”

The first half of the class will feature each of the drummers on the kit, displaying their styles with a trio. Then in the second half, the real fun begins. “Each player’s going to play something from a different genre,” he says.

“Sonny’s going to be playing ‘Old Time Rock and Roll,’ by Bob Seger, using the brushes.

Colt will be playing a funk song, and I’ll be playing something totally out of my jurisdiction.” —Vincent Harris

COMMUNITY

Palmetto Panel Diane Hardy and Stacy Shae Madren Center, Clemson University 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | $45 The Palmetto Panel is designed to educate, motivate, and energize citizens of South Carolina so they have the confidence and knowledge to engage local and state government more effectively.

864-449-7700 | bit.ly/2k4jxhJ brenda@stewartmarketingandconsulting.com

COMMUNITY

Greek Night

Children’s Museum of the Upstate

Daughters of Penelope Theodore Hellenic Center | 406 N Academy St.

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

6 p.m.

The Daughters of Penelope proudly present Greek Night on Saturday, Feb. 25. Cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.

945 E. Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302 864-238-9501 864-573-2353 GreeknightGreenville@gmail.com

• Companion Care • Light Housekeeping • Personal Care 26 Rushmore Drive, Greenville, SC 29615 • In-home Safety Solutions

864-268-8993

COMMUNITY

Veteran Partnership Day The Upstate Warrior Solution The Outpost Training Facility | 120 Orders St. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | FREE Join the Upstate Warrior Solution, When Life Sucks, and Upstate Veteran Business Network at the newly opened Outpost Training Facility for a day focused on physical fitness. The goal of The Outpost Training Facility is to create a community that will bridge the gap

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between veterans and civilians through physical fitness and create an atmosphere that highlights the camaraderie that veterans miss most about the military. Guests (veterans and civilians welcome) can come work out for free, receive discounts on apparel, enter to win three free personal training sessions, and meet the veteran partner organizations onsite.

864-568-8686 | bit.ly/2lSGlVZ

MUSIC

Tar Hag w/ Veldtchasm & Behind the Sun Radio Room | 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive 9 p.m. | $5 (over 21) $7 (under) Boasting a unique two guitars, no bass lineup and a singer with a howl like a wounded bear, Tar Hag is pure, skull-crushing stoner metal, stomping a miles-deep groove into the Earth and taking no prisoners.

864-263-7868 | bit.ly/2m4fFSp

Greenville Jazz Collective for a Mardi Gras party that can’t be beat. Try gumbo, beignets, king cake, and Mardi Gras-inspired pizza. Masks are not required but encouraged, as is dancing.

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South Carolina Children’s Theatre SCCT Headquarters | 153 Augusta St. various times | $8 This “swing” version of the Grimm Fairytale, based on “Twelve Dancing Princesses,” is fun for boys and girls, and there will be a post-show dance party after every performance.

864-467-3000 | scchildrenstheatre.org

THEATER

“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” Peace Center | 101 W. Broad St.

tory. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music; she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.

864-467-3000 | 800-888-7768 peacecenter.org

THEATER

“Alice in Wonderland” Greenville Technical College Barton Campus | 506 S. Pleasantburg Drive 7:30 p.m. (Feb. 23-25) and 3 p.m. (Feb. 26) FREE Greenville Technical College is proud to present an adaptation of Carroll’s children’s classic stories, which never fail to refresh the imagination. Reconnect with the tale’s eccentric characters, including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Duchess, the White Knight, the wicked Queen of Hearts, and of course, Alice. Recommended for all ages. dan.robbins@gvltec.edu

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COMMUNITY

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“A Streetcar Named Desire”

Mardi Gras at the Swamp Rabbit Café

“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband, Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music his-

Clemson Players | Clemson University Brooks Center for the Performing Arts 141 Jersey Lane

Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery 205 Cedar Lane Road 5-8 p.m. | FREE Once again, we’re partnering with the amazing

Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. $15 (adults), $10 (students A classic of the American stage, Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” is a sensual

and heartbreaking portrait set against the backdrop of 1940s New Orleans. This play features two of the most memorable characters in dramatic literature: the visceral Stanley Kowalski and his sister-in-law, the fragile and tormented Blanche DuBois. Once they meet, they begin to crash towards Blanche’s breaking point. bit.ly/2ipiudK

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Sundays at 2 Gallery Talk: Masterworks of

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. | FREE Join us for a guided tour of Masterworks of Color: African-American Art from the Greenville Collection, and consider how David Drake, William H. Johnson, Merton Simpson and others have impacted America’s story.

271-7570 | gcma.org

CONCERT

Herring Chamber Ensemble Winter Concert Greenville Chorale | Charles Daniel Chapel Furman University | 3300 Poinsett Highway 2:30 p.m. | $30 (adults), $15 (students)

MUSICAL DESSERTS AND MAGIC A delectable, musical treat for the ears...

Violin Virtuoso Roman Kim performs Paganini’s thrilling Violin Concerto SATURDAY, MARCH 4 at 8:00 PM & SUNDAY, MARCH 5 at 3:00 PM

The Peace Center

An exhilarating program awaits that includes Rossini’s Overture to “The Thieving Magpie” made famous in Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, “A Clockwork Orange.” The highlight of the evening features young virtuoso Roman Kim, who will amaze with his technical wizardry in Paganini’s magnificent Violin Concerto. The concert closes on a very satisfying note with Dvorak’s enthralling “New World Symphony.”

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The concert program “A Bluegrass Mass/ Other Worldly Sounds/Songs of Love” will showcase the breadth and depth of the 22 talented professional singers who make up the Herring Chamber Ensemble. Call the Peace Center Box office to purchase tickets.

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Lang Lang Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St.

7:30 p.m. | $20-95 Heralded as “the world’s ambassador of the keyboard” by The New Yorker, the star pianist Lang Lang has been selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine, citing him as a symbol of the youth of China and its future. His open-hearted, emotive playing on the grandest of stages - such as consecutive performances on the 56th and 57th Grammy Awards and the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics - have earned him the title “hottest artist on the classical planet” from The New York Times. Visit online to purchase tickets and view the evening’s program.

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Furman University Presents Art by Anna Kell Furman University Thompson Art Gallery, Roe Art Building 3300 Poinsett Highway Anna Kell’s “Escape from Cultivation” is motivated by a desire to understand cultural attitudes toward nature and the environment, which she attempts to highlight through the appropriation and critique of mass-produced representations of idealized nature and floral decorations imprinted on the many domestic artifacts that she uses. On display are paintings and a sculptural installation composed of cast-off furniture.

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FREE Join us each Tuesday for open art for children under 5 in Off the Wall. Younger ones will have opportunities to use paint, clay, and other materials that change throughout the month. Off the Wall: 9-11 a.m., music: 11:45 a.m. The new Spark!Lab is open for children under 5 from 9:30-11 a.m.

233-7755 tcmupstate.org

THEATER

Abraham Lincoln, Chautauqua Talk led

by Dr. Vernon Burton Greenville Chautauqua Hughes Main Library 25 Heritage Green Place 7-8:30 p.m.

FREE Discuss the words of Abraham Lincoln with the author of “The Age of Lincoln.” Dr. Vernon Burton is a prolific author, an eminent Lincoln scholar — and, like Lincoln, tells a great story.

For Dr. Burton, Southern history is personal.

He grew up in Ninety-Six and graduated from Furman University. He is Clemson University creativity professor of humanities; professor of history, sociology and computer science; and director of the Clemson CyberInstitute.

Dr. Burton’s “The Age of Lincoln” (2007) won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Literary Award for nonfiction and was selected for Book of the Month Club, History Book Club and Military Book Club. He is also the author of “The Essential Lincoln, Speeches and Correspondence” as well as eight other books on Southern history.

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Greenville Garden Club Green Valley Country Club 225 Green Valley Road

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017, AT 6:00 p.m. (or as soon thereafter as other public hearings are concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT SHOULD BE ENLARGED TO INCLUDE THOSE CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED ON MONTAGUE CIRCLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORDERLY COLLECTING AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE, GARBAGE AND TRASH WITHIN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE NEW BOUNDARY LINES TO RESULT FOR THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE GREENVILLE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBERS (“TMS#”) 0430000300100 0430000300108 0430000200200 0430000200300 0430000100400 0430000200400 0430000401100 0430000100500 0430000200709 0430000402100 0430000300101 0430000200715 0430000300109 0430000300107 0430000200712 0430000200706 0430000401900 0430000200600 0430000200701 0430000300103 0430000402000 0430000200705 0430000300105 0430000401101

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Lambo Taps, 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 at 120 South Main Street , Suite B and C, Simpsonville, SC 29681. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than February 26, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that David B. Duncan DBA Cherokee Rose Saloon 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 2824 Geer Highway, Marietta, SC 29661. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 5, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP#53-03/23/17 – Rail Removal Project for Swamp Rabbit Trail South Segment, March 23, 2017, 3:00 P.M., E.D.T. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

PUBLIC SALE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 3/11/2017, 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: B012, Evangeline S Butler Furniture, Clothing, Boxes, Misc.

2. Unit: A010, Katherine M Flanagan Furniture, Boxes/Misc.

3. Unit A026, Ashley J Huffstetler Furniture, Household Items, Boxes/Misc.

4. Unit C258, Terry L Edens Bike, Chairs, Boxes/Misc.

5. Unit E22, Mary C, Wright Appliances, Boxes/Misc.

6. Unit C198: Michael D Stroud Furniture, Household Items, Boxes/Misc.

7. Unit A050, Joseph G Rollins Furniture, Boxes/Misc.

8. Unit E16 Allison C Burnett Furniture, TV, Appliances, Boxes/Misc.

9. Unit C233, Dennis R Young Tools, Furniture, Misc.

10. Unit B217, Dennis R Young Tools, Mini Fridge, Clothing/ Misc.

11. F02, Grant P Mies Wooden Furniture Pieces/Misc.

LEGAL NOTICE RATES ABC Notices $165 •All others $1.20 per line

10 a.m. $30 The Greenville Garden Club is holding a fashion show fundraiser to benefit several community gardens in the area. It will feature fashions from Mariani’s Boutique. All money raised will benefit local garden projects that the Greenville Garden Club supports throughout the year, including volunteer projects with special needs children and a mural garden at the Center for Developmental Services.

313-2629 debra.crawley@gmail.com

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Life Lessons from a Dog Trainer with Connie Cleveland

Integrity matters — to dogs and their people In the eighth grade, my best friend and I sat in math class and awaited the return of our most recent test.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the A-minus on my paper. My friend was disappointed in her B. Comparing papers, she exclaimed, “That’s not fair! I got one more question right than you did, and you got a higher grade.”

Believing that I could help improve her grade, we approached the teacher with both papers.

I explained to the teacher that she had made a mistake.

She looked over both papers carefully and said, “You are right, Connie, I did make a mistake.

You got a higher grade than you deserved.

Your grade should be lower.”

Now it was my turn to say, “That’s not fair! If you change my grade, you will be teaching me that honesty does not pay. I shouldn’t have said anything to you because I’m going to suffer for being honest.”

She smiled and said, “Connie, you don’t want to be honest just to benefit yourself. You want to be honest because you have integrity. It is moments like these that reveal who you are. You can choose to always seek what is best for you, or choose to do what’s right because it demonstrates your integrity.”

As my teacher had warned, our decisions sometimes put our best interest — if “best interest” is defined as the acquisition of money, success, popularity, and acclaim from others — in conflict with our integrity. Integrity — the honesty, truthfulness, or accuracy of one’s actions — is about who we are as human beings; integrity sometimes means that we will “lose out” on certain material or external benefits.

If I thought integrity was a moving target as a young woman finding my way, as a business owner it flies in my face on a daily basis. There is not a business owner reading this who doesn’t recognize how constant the pressure is to violate our integrity. The attorney is told that he must achieve a certain number of billable hours in order to make partner. Should he pad his hours just a little, when they fall short? Should a freelancer or contractor report the cash income she has received on tax returns, or “let it slide?”

Should the coach tell his middle-school student’s eager parents his honest perceptions about their child’s talent in football — or tell them that most likely the child will have a college scholarship and maybe even make the pros? Every industry, every company faces issues like this every day.

The dog training industry is no exception. At the Dog Trainers Workshop, we have chosen to make integrity one of our core values, and we are constantly tested.

Perhaps it is a boarding client who arrives with a dog and bags full of special treats and food. No, the dog doesn’t get all those treats at home, but the client wants us to give them to assuage their guilt about leaving him. I’m faced with a choice. I either quietly take the unnecessary treats and dispose of them without the owner’s knowledge, or I explain, expecting their disapproval, that I cannot risk unusual food choices while they are away because of GI upset and other health issues.

One of my personal daily challenges is to resist the part of the dog-training culture that says dog training can be “purely positive” as they define “positive.” The suggestion is that dogs should not be corrected (however mildly), and in some extreme cases, not even told when they make a mistake.

Telling owners who consider their dogs a member of the family that they will not have to discipline or correct appeals to their desire, if not their common sense. Consequently, difficult dog behaviors are not being distinguished and owners are led to believe training failures occur because of their personal shortcomings, not because of the methodology. Ultimately, this causes more dogs to be given away or, worse yet, euthanized.

Not only does this methodology lack coherence but also some trainers are dishonest about what methods they’re actually using. Frequently I learn that another “purely positive” trainer uses other methods behind closed doors, but does not admit it because dishonesty leads to greater financial reward, popularity, and acclaim from others.

When training dogs, I believe that if the dog could talk, he would tell me exactly what it is that I’m trying to teach him. I have no interest in tricking dogs into doing what I want, as the woman did who rang the doorbell whenever she wanted the dog off the furniture. Instead, I want all my owners to respond as one client did when she said, “He doesn’t know what I want, but he trusts that I will make it clear.”

Ultimately, the dogs give me the answer. Dogs trust us to tell them the truth. It is integrity that creates credibility and trust. It takes ages to earn trust, and only one instant to lose it. Though we may lose external privileges and rewards, earning trust within our relationships — including our dogs — through our integrity is ultimately so precious.

The dogs know it. Integrity is worth it.

Connie Cleveland, a nationally recognized dog trainer, is the founder of Dog Trainers Workshop, a training and boarding center in Fountain Inn.

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