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“It’s our Second Amendment right and it’s our freedom and we shouldn’t have to go to government for our rights.”

Spartanburg Sen. Lee Bright at a Greenville public hearing on his bill, the Constitutional Carry Act of 2013.

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“Offensive weapons don’t belong in public places.”

Greenville resident Melinda Hoffman, at the same hearing.

“I never get lucky and find a spot on Main Street.

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What there is a shortage of is free parking on Main Street.”

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Greenville disabilities agency makes offer for new director By april a. morris | staff

After a search launched in October 2012 by the interim board of the Greenville Disabilities and Special Needs Board, board members announced last week that they have a candidate for the agency’s new executive director.

The board voted during its regular meeting to extend an offer to John R. Cocciolone, former president and CEO of Easter Seals’ Michigan affiliate.

As of press time, the agency could not confirm whether Cocciolone had accepted the offer. Board vice chairman Jay Rogers said he did visit the Upstate this week.

Cocciolone was selected from among more than 80 candidates from across the country. The board’s search firm, Find Great People, interviewed 20 candidates, said board chairman Alex McNair. The board participated in nearly a dozen hours of interviews over the last few weeks and conducted final interviews on Feb. 28, McNair said.

Cocciolone headed the Easter Seals Michigan affiliate between 1984 and 2010 and increased the organization’s annual revenues from $1.3 million to $35.8 million, according to his dossier. He also formed Cocciolone Consulting Group, which focuses on board development, team development, mergers and acquisitions and fund development.

McNair said during the meeting that he was excited about Cocciolone’s passion for serving clients with special needs and his track record in creative revenue development.

“He has a heart for this community, for this work, for what we are all about that is noticeable,” McNair said. Added board member Judy Gilstrap, “He has some very innovative ideas that he used at Easter Seals and if we get him, we will be very lucky.”

Board member Pearlie Harris said Cocciolone came “with a lot of knowledge.”

At this time, Cocciolone and his wife are living in Connecticut and could re-

locate, according to McNair.

C o cciolone’s salary would be in the state pay band between $100,000 and $120,000, McNair said. The Cocciolone choice will not require vetting by the state Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN), he added, but DDSN offered criteria and credentials for the search. The board plans a transition period during which interim executive director David Goodell, who has served nearly 10 months, would orient a new executive director.

“I will certainly share my perspective with him about all the strengths of this agency and maybe where there have been a few missteps in the past to help him avoid those,” Goodell said.

In other business, the interim board voted to restore a 4.5 percent administrative salary cut that had been in effect since February 2010.

Out of 30 staffers who were affected, 17 are still with the agency, said Goodell.

Robert Decker, interim finance director, reported that the agency was in the black $37,000 in January and expects to have a $365,000 gain for the year. Decker also reported that the advance of $675,000 extended to the Greenville County DSN by the state DDSN has been paid back in full.

In addition, Goodell reported that DDSN had requested $13 million in new state money for the 2013-2014 budget year, particularly to address waiting lists. Gov. Nikki Haley included $5 million in new funds in her budget, he said, “an amount more generous than we were expecting.” Goodell said he doesn’t know how much the agency will actually receive, “but it will have an impact.”

Contact April A. Morris at amorris@communityjournals.com.

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Disarming truths in gun debate Monday’s public hearing in Greenville drew the predictable speeches about selfprotection and Second Amendment rights from fervent supporters of Spartanburg Sen. Lee Bright’s drive to repeal South Carolina’s concealed weapons permit law.

The hearing was the third of four across the state seeking public input on Senate bill 115, which would allow state residents who can legally buy a gun to carry it openly – without a permit or any prior, state-mandated training – except in government buildings, private homes (without permission) or workplaces and businesses where posted signs prohibit guns.

Bright argues that state permit mandates infringe upon the constitutional right to bear arms. It’s his second attempt to get a repeal through the Legislature – but this year’s push is buoyed by public sentiment against new restrictions proposed in the wake of several high-capacity gun massacres that have rekindled America’s gun control debate.

Bright has tapped deep into the Palmetto State’s twin passions over nanny government and gun rights. He’s clearly feeling the love at these public hearings and reveling in the support he’s convinced will lure the votes he was denied last time around.

State residents care about gun control with good reason. Arbitrary gun restrictions that do more to pacify activists than protect the public should be opposed, by citizen and legislator alike.

But legislators also have a responsibility to public safety, and it is here Bright fails miserably. He shrugs off law enforcement concerns about repealing training requirements along with the permit law. Gun owners have to “be responsible” about personal instruction, Bright told WSPA-TV – but “you can take training to the extent where you start to deny people the right to carry.”

This is myopic foolishness. The image of civilians pulling guns in public spaces is fraught with unintended consequences.

State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel has already testified publicly about the “unique dangers” associated with gun combat in a dynamic environment like a public shooting. The potential for hitting innocent bystanders, the fraction-of-a-second timing required to know when to shoot (and when not to), demands significant training and retraining of law enforcement, he told senators at a committee hearing in January.

The average civilian will never get that level of training, even with the permit mandate. The minimum the law requires is an eight-hour handgun education course that includes firing the gun in the instructor’s presence. Clearly, satisfying one instructor in a controlled environment comes nowhere near the training demanded of law enforcement officers, or their experience.

Even so, it’s better than no training at all, which is the default position of any state that leaves it to “personal responsibility” to persuade people to learn how to operate a deadly weapon before carrying it out in public.

A gun’s effectiveness in self defense remains directly proportional to the skill of the person using it, as does the safety of innocent people anywhere nearby when the shooting starts. For this state to presume every person who buys a gun in South Carolina appreciates that truth enough to fork over $150 or more for training – absent the force of law – amounts to playing with the lives of its citizens.

Legislators owe it to the public – and infringe on no one’s constitutional rights – to ensure people who carry weapons in this state know how to use them. If Sen. Bright and his cosponsors can’t absorb that truth, their bill needs a quick burial in committee this time around, too.

Envision SC – what’s your idea?

What must we do to make South Carolina world-class and globally connected in the 21st century?

This is a very simple question, and how we as a state answer it will determine if we become a national and international leader in the 21st century or if we continue to drift and fall behind.

Envision South Carolina is an exciting new project launched to engage the people of our state in a conversation about this question. The project is being sponsored by the College of Charleston with the help of the SC Chamber of Commerce and numerous newspapers, TV stations, and other business and civicsector groups from around the state.

And everyone – yes, everyone – in the state can and should be a part of Envision SC and contribute suggestions and ideas.

It all began with a simple column last year about how South Carolina used to be world-class back in the colonial days – a global leader in business, politics, arts and science. But this success was built on slavery and when the Civil War thankfully changed that, our state struggled with poverty and racism. Only in the second half of the 20th century did South Carolina begin to emerge from our troubled past and take our rightful place in the nation.

Now, in the new, globally connected, high-tech world of the 21st century, the question is: Will we in South Carolina do the things we need to do to be successful in this new era? Will we invest in education and technology in ways that make real progress possible?

The cynics will tell you they already know the answers to those questions.

They’ll say that our state is too poor, too backward, too whatever to ever embrace a forward-looking, transformational approach to its future.

But the cynics in this instance are wrong. South Carolina today is poised for greatness. It has great natural beauty, and a rapidly emerging advanced-manufacturing sector featuring companies like Boeing, BMW and Michelin. Most importantly, the state has a diverse, hardworking population that has learned over

IN MY OWN WORDS by PHIL NOBLE AND P. GEORGE BENSON

the past two generations how to live and work and learn together. These are the essential ingredients for success in tomorrow’s global economy, and South Carolina is blessed with all of them.

Envision South Carolina brings together more than 40 of our state’s best and brightest in a series of interview discussions about what we must do to be successful. These interviews will be published and broadcast by the state’s media over the next six weeks. We encourage everyone to go to our website and respond to these interviews and give us your own ideas and comments about what we as a state should do.

We expect Envision SC to culminate with a special celebration day on the College of Charleston campus, which will bring together our state’s world-class doers, thinkers, students, business people and the public. But the most important part of Envision SC is YOU – the people of South Carolina.

We need everyone to give us your ideas and suggestions of what we as a state must do to be successful. History has shown that the best ideas always come from the bottom up and not the top down. That’s why we want everyone to participate.

So – what’s your idea? What do you think we need to do to become world-class in the 21st century? Look for the Envision SC interviews on television and in this newspaper, visit our website EnvisionSC.org and give us your ideas.

See the first of six interviews on page 10 of this issue.

P. George Benson is the president of the College of Charleston and Phil Noble runs a technology company in Charleston. They are cofounders of Envision SC. info@EnvisionSC.org, EnvisionSC.org.

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in urban renewal, and vitality is growing at a significant rate.”

Ethridge said Greenville’s support of the The Metropolitan Arts Council had a arts is shown in MAC’s financial success as well as the success of major art initiatives record year in 2012.

The nonprofit organization that pro- such as the expansion of the Peace Center.

“All of us at MAC – the board, the staff vides support for Greenville’s art organizations and artists in each arts discipline and our constituents – are very grateful for raised $1,377,422 in 2012, the most in its this level of success, and we look forward to 39-year history and the third consecutive continuing our trend in 2013,” Ethridge said.

MAC honored several arts supporters year MAC surpassed the $1 million mark.

But that wasn’t the only record set by at its annual meeting Tuesday night for their contributions. the organization.

Community Journals, the publisher of In 2012, records were set for: • The amount of grants MAC awarded the Greenville and Spartanburg Journals, to arts organizations and individual art- received the TD Bank Business & The Arts Partnership Award for ists. Fifty-one arts orgacompanies with fewer nizations and 20 indithan 100 employees. vidual artists received Centre Stage nominated $168,404 in project Community Journals. support during 2012.

CertusBank won the In addition, nine of award for companies Greenville’s major arts with 100 or more emorganizations received a ployees. The Greenville record of $22,000 each.

County Museum of Art • Sales at Greenville nominated the bank.

Open Studios, GreenThe Put Your Heart ville’s biggest event for the in the Arts Volunteer visual arts, hit $271,466 Award went to Steve from 140 artists who Brandt, publisher of opened their studios for the Greenville News. a weekend in November.

He was nominated by • Number of schools the Peace Center. participating in MAC’s MAC awarded Community Journals Nancy Halverson, arts integration prothe TD Bank Business & The Arts gram, SmartArts. Forty- Partnership Award for companies with president of the Chilone schools participated fewer than 100 employees. CertusBank dren’s Museum of the Upstate, received the in the program in 2012. won the award for companies with 2012 MAC Spirit of MAC has raised nearly 100 or more employees.

Collaboration Award. $902,000 for the program since a federal grant expired in 2007. She has developed many partnerships that strengthen the museum’s ability to In 2012, MAC and the Peace Cen- address critical community issues.

The Graham Foundation, founded in ter for the Performing Arts started a smART IDEA program to maximize 1985 by the late Allen J. Graham and his both organizations’ arts integration daughter, the late Frances G. MacIlwinprograms. In addition, a new training en, won the 2012 MAC Visionary Award. institute funded by Greenville County The Graham Foundation has supported Schools was started for advanced place- virtually every major arts organization in ment and International Baccalaureate the area and was a major contributor in teachers. A new partnership with the 2012 to the Peace Center’s expansion.

Minor Shaw received the 2012 MAC Children’s Museum of the Upstate is designed to increase awareness of the pro- Lifelong Support of the Arts Award. Shaw has supported personally and through gram through interactive exhibits.

“First and foremost, Greenville is an the Daniel-Mickel Foundation which she amazingly philanthropic community; chairs many arts organizations and cultural there is such as optimistic and gener- initiatives. She helped found the Goverous civic-mindedness among Green- nor’s School of the Arts and played a major villians,” said MAC Executive Director role in it being located in Greenville.

Alan Ethridge. “Secondly, virtually evContact Cindy Landrum at eryone is proud of our beautiful city and clandrum@communityjournals.com. awareness of the major role the arts play

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City says downtown has enough parking to handle ongoing development; future projects could prompt need for new garage

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

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To Brad Kimbrell, a trip to downtown Greenville is a lot like playing the lottery.

He knows there’s a chance somebody will leave one of the coveted free parking spots on Main Street just as he drives up, but he also knows the odds are long and against him.

“I never get lucky and find a spot on Main Street,” said Kimbrell, a salesman from western North Carolina who meets clients in Greenville at least once a week, usually around lunchtime. “Ever.

There’s just not enough parking.”

Kimbrell isn’t alone in his perception, but that perception is incorrect, city officials say.

“There is no shortage of parking downtown,” said Mike Murphy, Greenville’s director of public works who oversees the city’s parking. “What there is a shortage of is free parking on Main Street.”

CURRENT SPACE ‘SUFFICIENT FOR NOW’

Any new major development downtown – and there are plenty being talked about, including a new federal courthouse, apartment buildings and hotels – will have to

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In Spartanburg, the parking is easy

By CHARLES SOWELL | staff

There is no shortage of parking in downtown Spartanburg, city officials say – though sometimes there is the perception of a lack of parking, particularly for those who expect to be able to park at the front door of their favorite restaurant or store downtown, according to Mayor Junie White.

“We have three parking garages within a quarter mile of the downtown area,” White said. “One of the garages has about 50 percent of the parking spaces rented out to downtown businesses, but if you’re willing to walk a few hundred yards there is always a place to park.”

Street parking is time-limited to two hours.

“It’s set up for folks to shop, or eat lunch,” White said.

“I think the city has done a remarkable job with their downtown parking,” said Shelley Robbins of Upstate Forever. The organization’s office is located on Main Street near the intersection with Church Street.

“Most days parking on the street is more than adequate and people don’t

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Plenty of spaces are available in Spartanburg’s Dunbar Street parking garage.

need to use the garages,” she said. “Of course, when the downtown starts to grow, parking will be more of an issue.”

A study of parking in the Greenville area showed far too many parking lots have been built, Robbins said.

This is not as true in the downtown area as around the malls and big-

box stores, but is true nonetheless for smaller businesses like drugstores and groceries, including those operating downtown.

There is no reason to suspect the findings of the Greenville study are any less true for Spartanburg, she said.

City officials have high hopes for

developing the downtown business district with programs designed to lure small business into storefronts and larger businesses into the five class-A buildings that have, literally, thousands of square feet available.

One of the major shortfalls with the downtown are apartments. When the city starts attracting apartments to the area, parking will become more of an issue. That is not a near-term problem, but certainly a long-term one, city officials say.

Greenville is running out of property large enough to put in apartments and provide parking. That’s not an issue for Spartanburg. The city is land-rich in the downtown area.

Robbins said the one area in which the city has fallen short is wayfaring signs.

“A lot of the public parking garages look as if they belong to private owners. In Greenville they have done a superior job in helping motorists find their way to the garages,” she said. “All it would take to make Spartanburg’s parking easier to find is a little paint.”

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Even so, he insists the city’s current inventory of public parking garages and lots and private lots should be sufficient for now – even with the completion of the 100 East apartments on Washington Street and the opening of ONE, the $100 million development at the corner of Main and Washington streets that contains offices, retail and restaurants and the eventual home of Clemson University’s business school.

That said, the city is studying where the next parking garage will go and when it will have to be built.

“Any major construction in the central business district will have to look at whether there’s parking available or whether it will have to be included in the development,” Murphy said. “We’re slowly getting closer to the point where we’ll have to have another garage.”

Timing the need for that garage is important, as construction costs range from about $12,000 to $60,000 per space, he said.

His projection: probably two to three years.

‘CAMPING OUT’ DISCOURAGED

Greenville currently has about 800 onstreet spaces downtown and they are all free. Most have two-hour time limits, but some are as short as 15 minutes.

“Every time we have a study done, the first thing they say is we’re giving away parking in our No. 1 prime location,” Murphy said. “That is very intentional.

But we’ve got to have efficient turnover of those spots. We can’t have people camping out in those spaces.”

Some motorists used to intentionally overstay in those spots, forgoing a spot in one of the city’s 10 parking garages and decks to take a chance on getting an occasional ticket. An escalating parking ticket fee structure – capped at $48 – has decreased repeat violators, said Dennis Garrett, the city’s parking general manager.

‘A CHESS GAME’

The city’s garages provide 6,333 parking spots and motorists can find an additional 190 spaces in city-operated lots, 3,655 of which offer weekday daytime parking for $40 to $70 per month. Another 550 spots are available for public parking in privately owned lots.

Where those monthly parkers are in the city garages changes constantly, often on a month-to-month basis.

“Business parking downtown is like a chess game,” Murphy said. “We’ve got new businesses coming in and existing businesses moving over. Parking during business hours can be a challenge because downtown is a popular destination for large companies.”

For instance, the Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd law firm has already moved into ONE

from its former home in Two Liberty Place.

CertusBank will move its headquarters to ONE from RiverPlace. Clemson’s business school is moving from the Bowater building and Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP will move its offices from the SunTrust Bank building on East McBee Avenue.

Garrett said the city tries to keep about 10 percent of each garage’s capacity open for transient parkers.

“People should not have a problem finding a spot in one of our garages once everything is built up,” Murphy said.

PARKING AFTER DARK

At 6 p.m., downtown’s parking picture transforms as downtown office workers vacate their spots and the dinner crowd comes in.

“It’s like a big flush,” Murphy said.

“There’s plenty of parking unless you’re looking for a spot on Main Street or one of the side streets.”

A good example is the South Spring Street garage. Eighty-five percent of its 912 spaces are leased this month during the day, but the garage typically stays about 20 percent full at night and on the weekends, Garrett said.

A third wave of parkers comes in after 9 p.m. as an edgier, younger demographic heads downtown.

Special events such as the upcoming George Strait concert at the BI-LO Center, the Crosby, Stills and Nash performance at the Peace Center or a popular Broadway show such as “Wicked” or “The Lion King” usually fill the garages closest to the venue, with the Richardson Street garage typically serving as the tipping line.

Murphy acknowledged a string of popular events on the same night can make it difficult to find a spot to park anywhere downtown, but said those occasions are rare and happen but a handful of times per year.

The city has launched an interactive website to aid the after-6 p.m. and weekend visitors to downtown – a population that may not be as familiar as the city’s central business district office workers with the location of parking garages that blend into downtown’s hotel, office and residential developments. The Web address is parking. greenvillesc.gov. Enter a destination and the closest three city-owned parking facilities are displayed.

The city is also investigating mobile apps, one of which would allow people parking in a “pay-by-space” lot to add time from their smartphones, Garrett said.

The city has launched a marketing campaign, “Put it in Park,” to promote its available downtown parking.

“There’s ample parking downtown if you know where to find it,” Murphy said.

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ENVISION SC PRESENTS: SECRETARY RICHARD W. RILEY “I would like to see South Carolina become a garden of diversity.” – Secretary Riley Had Secretary Richard W. Riley heeded his father’s advice and not run for political office years ago, South Carolina’s modern history may have been shaped in an entirely different manner. For starters, Riley’s famed Education Improvement Act may not have come to fruition and served as a catalyst to galvanize the people of this great state in an effort to secure more education funding and an overall better education experience for all of its students. On a national level, former President Bill Clinton would not have had his two-term Secretary of Education; a man heralded nationally as a staunch education reformer.

Fortunately, Riley followed his own heart and South Carolina as well as the entire country is better because of his insubordination.

ABOUT SECRETARY RILEY HOMETOWN: Greenville EDUCATION: Furman University, University of South Carolina School of Law OCCUPATION: Senior Partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP and its affiliate, Education Counsel LLC., former governor of South Carolina (1979-1987), former Secretary of Education under Bill Clinton (1993-2001) OTHER NOTABLES: Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of South Carolina, Distinguished Professor of Government, Politics, and Public Leadership at the Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University. The College of Education at Winthrop University bears his name, as does the College of Education and Leadership at Walden University. Named one of the Top 10 Cabinet Members of the 20th Century by Time Magazine WEBSITE: nelsonmullins.com

Secretary Riley recently sat down with Phil Noble at the Greenville University Center to discuss his career and thoughts on how to make his beloved state truly world-class.

NOBLE: Talk about the cultural change and social impact that the Education Improvement Act helped foster in South Carolina.

SECRETARY RILEY: Education to me is the answer to all of our needs to the future.

We were the lowest to monetarily support education of any state other than, I believe, Mississippi. We had to have more money in the system. The Education Improvement Act was a people’s movement and I was very proud of that. I couldn’t do but so much then in the Legislature because it was controversial. Senate less than the House. But the House money bill had to emanate in the House. We had to win the House and that was very difficult. We got out of the Legislature into the public domain and it was very well received. The people kind of rose up. Every legislator had a stack of calls from people back in their districts. Every office hallway was crowded with people all of the time. And finally we picked up more and more and we finally got it done. And the people felt very good about themselves. If people get into education, get supportive of education, they support all levels of education. Even private education. Home schools. Whatever. And that changed, in my opinion, the way people felt about themselves.

Are the lessons of this still applicable today? And by this I mean bypassing the leadership and taking it to the grass-roots level, to the people. Is that still a viable model?

It’s a model that really is a movement. I think it’s about time to develop a movement of that kind. The thing that I’ve been so inter-

ested in and involved with is the Riley Institute at Furman University, which has a great program called the Diversity Leadership Initiative.

We have all of our alumni, four to five Riley hundred people, meet once a year and the topic that we meet on is “One South Carolina.” That is what I think perhaps could be the next movement. It involves the word “diversity.” I would like to see South Carolina become a garden of diversity. Where people from other countries, people from other cultures, say “You know, here’s a small state of 30 percent blacks, six percent Hispanics or whatever the exact numbers they are, they are one state. They are all working together.

They believe in each other. They want to help each other.” It’s not us and them. That to me is most important.

How does the world or the rest of the country view South Carolina?

Most people who know the state love to come here. South Carolina has a very strong reputation for being pro-business.

That’s something that I support. I want people to say South Carolina is a state that is committed to education and to diversity.

In terms of the message that you think we should strive to deliver to the world, is it we are in some ways the state that is leading in our commitment to education and in some ways leading in diversity…?

To me that would be ideal. That touches everything else. It touches character. It touches values. It touches competence. It touches all of the other important aspects

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of life, in my judgment. South Carolina is very interested in religion and spiritual things. That’s a big part of this state. And that can also be a part of this effort. I would love to see that. We need to get over all of those humps: race, religion, culture, whatever, and become one people. And I’d like to see us do that. And do that with education.

What are the barriers in your mind to our being able to accomplish these goals with regards to education and diversity?

The one big barrier is that we’re a conservative state. And I’m a conservative Democrat. We have a very difficult time turning loose the past. We perceive that to be a conservative thing and it can be in many ways looked at as being conservative; not wanting to change. I think that’s a seat and as difficult as any we have had in moving us forward as one people. I would like to see that change. That’s typical generally of South Carolinians. We love where we are. We love what we’re doing. We love our families. Our communities. But we kind of reach into the past to pull that forward when we should be changing some things. Not everything. A lot of things in the past are great. We have some peaks and we have some valleys. We don’t need to hold onto those valleys to pull us into the future.

Phil Noble lives in Charleston and is president of a global technology firm. He has launched several innovative nonprofit initiatives, including Envision SC, which he co-founded with College of Charleston President George Benson.

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Constitutional Carry draws support, dissent

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bill. Melinda Hoffman told the senators “offensive weapons don’t belong in public places.”

Other speakers were simply worried about who is going to teach people how to properly carry and shoot a firearm if the permit requirement is repealed. Linda Callahan asked the panel whether the bill included a provision to cover those concerns.

“With liberty comes responsibility,” Bright responded. Regarding the level of instruction a gun owner should have, Bright said, “I don’t like the state telling me what I should do to a certain level.”

A few speakers spoke in favor of existing limitations on firearm sales and the requirement for CWP training.

Former educator Jean Fontaine supports the current restrictions, including background checks, fingerprinting and training.

S-115 is currently in the Judiciary subcommittee. Bright sponsored a similar bill last year that died in committee.

Through Sept. 30, the Greenville Zoo will extend its hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., offering guests an opportunity to take advantage of cooler mornings during the warmer months of the year. In addition, the zoo has added a third ticket booth to shorten the wait time for both groups and individuals.

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Around 200 people packed the Greenville County Council chambers Monday to air their views about the Constitutional Carry Act of 2013 to a panel of South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee members.

If Senate bill 115 passes, South Carolina would join the ranks of Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming as an open-carry state, meaning residents over the age of 21 could carry handguns openly without a permit.

S.C. Sen. Lee Bright of Spartanburg, the bill’s chief sponsor, said weapons would still be banned in public schools or on college campuses if the bill passes.

He told the Journal he personally supports amending state law to allow weapons on college campuses. Other restrictions give private business and property owners the right to ban firearms from their premises.

Otherwise, “it’s our Second Amendment right and it’s our freedom and we shouldn’t have to go to government for our rights,” Bright told the crowd.

Dozens of supporters echoed Bright’s view throughout the hearing.

“Responsible gun ownership is the culture of the South,” Brandon Sen. Lee Bright Overly of the Palmetto Liberty Association told the senators.

Supporters emphasized the benefits they believe the open carry law would deliver. James Coleman referenced John Lott’s book “More Guns, Less Crime,” saying “Many studies have attempted to disprove Lott’s thesis, but the common thread is that, at worst, concealed carry laws lead to no change in crime.”

Coleman said an open-carry law and “concealed weapons permits (CWP) need not be mutually exclusive. It would make more sense to allow the permits to be acquired optionally for those who desire to carry while traveling in other states.”

Not all attendees favored the proposed

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Peace House to open March 21 Facility to offer overnight lodging for out-of-town therapy patients For patients undergoing treatment and therapy for illness or brain injuries, traveling long distances is sometimes part of the care. To provide a home away from home for these patients and their families, Greenville Hospital System’s Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital is opening the Peace House.

The retrofitted house is designed to offer low-cost or free stays to patients and families or family members of inpatients who live more than 25 miles away. The six-bedroom residence can house up to 12 people and includes a kitchen and common areas. These gathering places can also provide support for families experiencing similar situations.

Sarah Wagoner, the house manager, said that the Peace House is going to offer a place of respite for families that would otherwise face long drives after hours of therapy multiple times each week. Some patients do not follow through with therapy due to the cost of fuel or distance required, she said.

The community and local businesses have been very generous, donating supplies, volunteers and funds, Wagoner said. “Once they hear about it, they come on board.”

The Peace House will also offer support to injured veterans returning to their communities, but who still need therapy for traumatic brain injury.

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White-nose syndrome confirmed in SC bats Untreatable disease has killed millions in North America By april a. morris | staff

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This week, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) confirmed that white-nose syndrome, a devastating disease that affects bats, has been discovered in the state.

A dead bat was found at Table Rock State Park in Pickens County on Feb. 21 and after testing, officials confirmed it had white-nose syndrome (WNS).

The disease has killed millions of bats in eastern North America and is now found in 21 states and five Canadian provinces, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Forest Service. Georgia also confirmed the discovery of WNS for the first time on March 12.

“We have been expecting WNS in South Carolina,” said Mary Bunch, wildlife biologist with SCDNR, in the announcement.

“We have watched the roll call of states and counties and Canadian provinces grow each year since the first bat deaths were noted in New York in 2007.”

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the number of bats killed

by WNS in North America to date is estimated at up to 6.7 million. WNS is caused by Geomyces destructans fungus and is spread through bat-to-bat contact. The fungus thrives in cool, moist places like mines or caves – the very same spots where many bats hibernate.

The fungus grows on the bat’s nose and wings and the disease can cause bats to lose fat reserves needed to survive the winter. They then leave hibernation before winter is over and die. The effect of WNS can be catastrophic, with 90 to 100 percent of bats in some hibernation areas dying, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Geomyces destructans is not harmful to humans, but officials suspect that the fungus may also be transmitted from cave to cave on people’s clothing and gear. Washing clothing cannot destroy the fungus.

According to SCDNR, South Carolina species that could be affected are the big brown bat, little brown bat, Eastern small-footed bat, Northern long-eared bat, tricolored bat and Southeastern bat. The Southeastern bat is of “special concern” in the state, said Bunch.

In an interview this week, Bunch said wildlife experts cannot predict how many bats in South Carolina could be affected.

“We will see declines, we know that,” she said. Baseline populations are difficult to estimate because little tracking has been done of common bats, she added. Because the fungus thrives in colder temperatures, “we expect the greatest loss in the bats in the mountains.”

Bats don’t adhere to state lines, of course, meaning they can cross into Georgia and North Carolina, making this “really a North American problem,” she said.

Whether WNS will also affect bats that hibernate in trees or buildings remains to be seen, Bunch said.

The decimation of the bat population is of concern because bats are an integral part of a healthy ecosystem – acting as major insect controllers, affecting everything from the number of mosquitoes at a backyard barbecue to agricultural production.

At this point, there is no cure for WNS. Wildlife experts are researching the mechanics of the fungus, how bats may be resistant or susceptible, and how to treat or prevent the disease.

Bunch said there are ways that Upstate residents can help.

“If you are out in winter and notice groups of six or more bats out in the daytime, contact the local SCDNR office,” she said. Residents should also report any known caves or mines to SCDNR. Bunch also recommends putting up bat boxes if you know there are bats hibernating in your attic or building.

Recreational caving is not allowed on public lands owned by the U.S. Forest Service and the state, Bunch said, though some people have been searching for gold in mines on private lands. If possible, Bunch recommends anyone mining or exploring caves or mines to avoid wearing the same clothing to different sites to help prevent the spread of WNS. For more information, visit dnr. sc.gov/wildlife/batswns or whitenosesyndrome.org.

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The city is going underground – with utility lines on Camperdown Way in downtown.

The Greenville City Council gave initial approval to spending $1.143 million to bury utility lines on Camperdown between Main and River streets. The city will take $844,500 for the project out of its utility undergrounding fund. Duke Energy will cover the remaining $298,500.

The undergrounding program was started in response to a 2005 ice storm that crippled the region and left some portions of the city in the cold and dark for up to a week.

Duke Energy customers in the city have been paying an average $1 a month more on their electric bills since July 2008. Eighty percent of the money in the undergrounding fund is earmarked for line burial in the city’s commercial districts while the rest is used to bury power supply lines in residential areas.

Camperdown Way was chosen because of the number of major development projects done or planned in the area. A portion of Haywood Road was the first commercial corridor to have its utility lines put underground under the program.

Final approval for the Camperdown Way project is expected on March 25.

In other action, Council gave its consent to the issuance of two series of revenue bonds for the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center by Greenville County. The first series will be used to re-fund the outstanding principal of bonds issued in 2008, while the other for not more than $2 million will be used for the acquisition of land and improvements to facilities.

Council also gave initial approval to a plan to spend the nearly $1.3 million the city expects to receive in Community Block Development, HOME and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grants. The plan includes funding for afterschool programs, small loans to startup businesses in the city’s special emphasis neighborhoods, demolition of dilapidated buildings, job training programs and construction of affordable rental properties.

The council also approved a resolution approving a municipal state highway agreement between the city and the state Department of Transportation for the construction of sidewalks on Tomassee Avenue as part of the Safe Routes to Schools program. Augusta Circle Elementary requested the project.

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IS BACK WITH ASIAN FARE Food truck tantalizes regulars with fried pickled okra and beetroot curry

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Chefs Lauren Zanardelli and Graham Foster are back at the wheel of Neue Southern Food Truck after a short hiatus. They took a break during the cold months for a five-week vacation to brush up on their Asian fare.

“When we were talking about opening a food truck versus a restaurant, one of the benefits was that we would be less tethered,” says Zanardelli. Traveling is a priority for the couple, and they were dying to go to Vietnam.

In their previous career incar(Top photo) Neue Southern nations, Zanardelli was a teacher Food Truck owners Lauren and Foster raced bikes. Both, Zanardelli and Graham Foster.

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looking for a change of careers, enrolled in the accelerated Garnish Your Degree program at Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte.

They met each other the first semester and the rest, says Zanardelli, is history.

After culinary school, the couple moved to New York to earn their chops.

“It was harder than I expected,” Zanardelli says. “Was it realistic for me to work my butt off in other people’s kitchens for years? There were all these levels of stress and pressure working in a New York kitchen. Graham and I just knew it wasn’t a good fit. We started brainstorming ways to have more control over our careers.”

A restaurant was out of their scope, but after some research they decided to open a food truck. A friend suggested they come to Greenville, telling them the people here were desperate for food trucks. Foster was from the area, so it seemed like a good fit.

All of the pieces fell into place. The truck opened in September 2012 and quickly became one of the hottest eating spots in town.

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“The acceptance and reception has been better than When colder weather settled we even thought it would be. It into the Upstate, the crowds is awesome to see, ” Foster said. dropped off, but the chefs The food truck sets up shop were prepared. They hopped at Stone’s Point in front of on a plane for a little culinary The Community Tap, but can education, ready to eat their way also be found around town across Hong Kong, Vietnam at other locations like BJ’s and Japan.

Music on Augusta Road.

Fans Some of the highlights for can track their schedule and Foster included looking out at menu on Facebook and keep Kowloon Bay from his hotel abreast of special events like room window in Hong Kong, the dinner coming this spring riding on the back of a scooter in partnership with The Owl with a local Vietnamese tour restaurant. guide in the countryside of Are they looking to expand Saigon, and passing Mt. Fuji on their food truck service? Is a the Shinkansen from Tokyo to brick-and-mortar place in the Kyoto. future?

Zanardelli says they are “Almost every meal we ate playing it by ear. was its own highlight,” he says.

“We love having the truck.

The couple particularly GREG BECKNER / STAFF Some days everything goes enjoyed the Banh-mi in The Neue South food truck serves customers in the parking lot of the Community Tap. wrong, but at the end of the day Vietnam, Zanardelli said. “Our sauce on it and Golden Mountain Sauce. recipes and ideas and once they were we are glad we did it this way.” first whole day in Saigon we “To have the support that we have now were walking down the street and you We bought two sandwiches for less than home, narrowed and refined to peg is mind-blowing,” Foster says. “We’re so would see people with their little carts. a dollar and they were enormous. It was down dishes for the truck.

The chefs are serving tonkotsu ramen proud to represent this city and serve its … The guy was pointing at things to see heaven.”

Said Foster, “We would look at each and banh mi xiu mai, lamb pita, beetroot people.” if we wanted them on our sandwich. Pork other and say, ‘OK, how can we make this curry, fried pickled okra and Chinese Contact Nichole Livengood at pate, fried egg, cilantro, peppers, pickled work for the truck?’” They brainstormed long doughnuts on the new menu. nlivengood@communityjournals.com. carrots, cucumber, homemade Sriracha

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Hub City Cooperative unveils plans at meeting Invest and Grow Campaign to help build store, café

By JEANNE PUTNAM | contributor

Dozens of The Hub City Cooperative’s 870 owners celebrated the Co-op’s 2012 accomplishments at the group’s annual meeting at the Spartanburg County Headquarters Library.

Those accomplishments include ownership growth of almost 85 percent, receipt of grants and gifts totaling $24,605, selection of a safe, accessible site in downtown Spartanburg and the start of architectural design work.

The Co-op’s leadership told owners the next step will be an owner investment campaign dubbed the Invest and Grow Campaign. Co-ops are community funded, which means their owners, local banks and economic development

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organizations are given the opportunity to invest directly in the business. Hub City Cooperative’s vision is a grocery store with a 20-seat café that will provide healthy eating choices by using locally harvested and produced food.

Before Hub City Cooperative can start construction, the owners must invest roughly $1 million through owner loans and the purchase of preferred stock, with the remaining $1 million in development costs to come from other investors, lenders and community stakeholders. At this point, $500,000 is already raised or committed, co-op officials say.

“The planning, cost estimates and sales projections developed over the past two years make it possible to begin construction immediately following successful funding efforts,” said Erin Ouzts, Hub City Co-op board chairwoman. “In eight to 10 months, we will all welcome a neighborly community grocery market that truly represents

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Spartanburg.”

Hub City Co-op board member Tim Meade recently unveiled the interior store layout.

Ouzts said owners should expect there to be “historical elements to the interior design that reflect our textile and railroad heritage.”

Bill Joslin of architects McMillan, Pazdan and Smith said the renovation “outside and inside will maintain the character of the former auto dealership and preserve the collective memory of Spartanburg’s historic downtown. All but two of the many large windows and openings on the four sides of the building will be integrated into the design.”

Joslin said “daylight will flood the space for shoppers. Pedestrians will be able to look into the same storefront window of the former auto showroom and see beyond the display of local produce all the way to the café, which will serve fresh soups and salads.”

In October, the Co-op received a

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grant from the local Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) to fund store-planning activities. Since then, a nationally recognized store planner developed the interior layout for the Co-op through a process that included input from the Co-op’s owners.

The Co-op recognized the following volunteers: Angela Baker for leadership in the Owner Sales Campaign, Tara Desmond for dedication as the New Owner Coordinator, and Shannon Kemp for Graphic Design contributions.

The Co-op also welcomed Alan Duesterhaus, professor of marketing at USC Upstate and partner at Duesterhaus LLC; Simone Mack, wellness director at YMCA of Greater Spartanburg; and Laura Barbas-Roden, Spanish program coordinator at Wofford College, who were all named to the Hub City Co-op board.

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One of the FIRST Lego League teams at Sterling School is submitting a patent application for their contest entry. Rob Aldridge, coach of The Blazing Blocks-Reloaded Team 3335, led the students as they competed in the FIRST Lego League program. The FIRST Lego League is a robotics program for ages 9 through 14 designed to get children excited about science and technology. The Blazing Blocks-Reloaded Team 3335 had to invent or develop something to improve the lives of seniors. After interviewing several seniors, a medical supply representative, and through various experimentation efforts, the kids decided on improving stability via the development of the “Omni-Wheel Walker.”

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Hub City Hog Fest New competition brings barbecue to Spartanburg and funds to Mobile Meals By april a. morris | staff

Grey Wicker and his brother, Cal, have been smoking barbecue for years and dove into competition about a year ago in Mauldin and Tryon, N.C. Since they had to travel out of the Hub City to compete, the Wicker brothers decided to start their own barbecue battle: The Hub City Hog Fest.

The event has been about a year in the making, said Grey Wicker, and the community response has been surprising, with nearly 50 sponsors. The contestant slate is also full, with 35 teams from all over the Carolinas in the contest that can gain them points with the SC BBQ Association.

“Apparently, we tapped into a hungry market,” he said.

Beyond the brisket, the festival will raise funds for Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, a cause championed by the Wicker family, and a nonprofit that

delivers meals to the homebound, said Wicker. Multiple family members have driven routes for the nonprofit, he said. “We felt they could use some help and we could put our efforts behind them. They are a great part of the community.”

Organizers are hoping for a crowd to attend the two-day event that will also feature musical entertainment by nearly 10 acts, including Craig Sorrells Project, The Consumers and Marshall Hood, said Wicker. There will also be vendors, RJ Rockers beer and children’s activities.

And one of the best forms of entertainment is meeting the barbecue chefs du jour, Wicker said. Participating teams include Blue Suede Que, Limp Brizkit and Hoggy Bottom Boys. “They spend the night and cook all night long.

You’ll see some bring big, fancy RVs and some in pop-up tents and some just sleep out in lounge chairs.”

Wicker said he is excited about the first community event and first barbecue festival he’s helped plan. “We’re hoping to gain ground and make it even bigger next year. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

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Tai Chi 24-Form will be held every Thursday from March 14 through May 2, 7:15-8:15 p.m., at the Greenville Hospital System Life Center. Tai chi is focused on enhancing health, balance, strength and flexibility. Fees are $80 for members and $100 for non-members. To register, call 864-455-4001.

at A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School from 12:30-3 p.m. She is a relentless voice of reform by focusing on the links between food, family, farming and children’s health. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance and are available at cfgardenclub.org. For more information on Coopers, visit chefann.com.

Registration is now open for the International Center’s spring 2013 language classes. They are small, flexible and informal, taught by native speakers. Classes offered include English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish in a variety of levels. For more information, visit internationalupstate.org or call 864-631-2188.

Fiction Addiction is hosting a Book Your Lunch session with cookbook authors Matt Lee and Ted Lee on March 20 at noon at The Lazy Goat, Greenville. Tickets are $65 each and include one hardcover copy of “The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen.” For more information or to purchase a ticket, visit bookyourlunch.com or call 864-675-0540. In addition, The Cook’s Station at 659 S. Main St., Greenville, will host the Lee Brothers in a cooking demonstration/book signing/food-sampling event on March 20 at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, call 864250-0091 or visit theleebrosatthecookstation.eventbrite.com.

Upstate Global Professionals will host Brazilian Culture Night, a celebration of Brazilian business, culture and cuisine, on March 15. The keynote speaker is Ambassador Hermano Telles Ribeiro, general consul of the Brazilian Consulate in Atlanta. The evening will feature a focus on international business, Brazilian food, the national drink Caipirinhas, Brazilian music, and a fashion show. The event will be held 6-8:30 p.m. at The Loft at Falls Park. For more information, email info@ internationalupstate.org or call 864-631-2188.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host two turkey hunts in the Bussey Point Wildlife Management Area at J. Strom Thurmond Lake. The area will be open to all hunters on April 5 and 6. On April 13, there will be a youth hunt. To participate in the drawings, hunters must submit a letter and include desired hunt date, name, mailing address and daytime telephone number. Mail to: Ken Boyd, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, J. Strom Thurmond Project Office, 510 Clarks Hill Hwy., Clarks Hill, SC 29821-9703. Requests may also be sent to kenneth.h.boyd@usace.army.mil. Submissions must be received by 4:30 p.m. on March 20. For additional information, contact Ken Boyd at 800-533-3478, ext. 1159 or 864-333-1159.

First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina is offering two scholarships in the amount of $2,000 to qualified applicants furthering their education or pursuing a second career in 2013. The annual First Choice member scholarship is open to all First Choice members, and applications are due March 15. Online applications and complete information about this scholarship program are available at selecthealthofsc.com/community/scholarship/index.aspx.

Fiction Addiction will hold a storytime reading of the picture book “Hey, Duck!” by Carin Bramsen on March 21 at 10:30 a.m. Fiction Addiction will also hold an Easter-themed storytime reading of the picture book “Marley and the Great Easter Egg Hunt” by John Groan on March 28 at 10:30 a.m.

For more information, call Fiction Addiction at 864-675-0540.

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Pickens County beekeeper Charlotte Anderson, South Carolina’s first female Master Beekeeper and 2012 Beekeeper of the Year, will be guest speaker at the SC Native Plant Society’s March 19 meeting at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Founder’s Hall Dining Commons, Southern Wesleyan University, Central.

Carolina Foothills Garden Club will present Chef Ann Coopers, a celebrated author, educator and enduring advocate for better food for all children, on March 20 for a presentation and lunch

The First Annual Devils Fork State Park Bellfest will be on March 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. It is free with $2 paid admission to the park.

The highlights of the day will include guided wildflower walks, live bluegrass music, guided boat tours of Lake Jocassee, guided woodland songbird tours, book signings by local writers, and good food.

The National Elks Foundation is bringing Milton “Bigg Milt” Creagh to Greenville County to speak with youth, parents, law enforcement and youth-serving community organizations the week of March 18. The South Carolina Elks Association is sponsoring the local tour and has worked with Greenville Family Partnership on this event. Creagh is a nationally known speaker who has worked with the NFL, DEA, NCAA Coaches Association and numerous professional athletes. Parent evenings are open to parents of any school and will be held on March 19 at 7 p.m. at Riverside High School and on March 21 at 6:30 p.m. at JL Mann High School. For more information, visit greenvillefamilypartnership.org or call 864-467-4099.

The Spartanburg Science Center at Chapman Cultural Center will hold science camp on March 15. The day will be divided into two sessions: “The Deep Blue Sea,” 9:30 a.m.-noon; and “Mad Scientist,” 1-4 p.m. The morning session is $20 and the afternoon session is $25. Children staying all day will need a packed lunch.

For more information or reservations, call 864-542-ARTS. Slow Food International will host a coffee tasting and informational gathering on March 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m., at Little River Coffee Bar in Spartanburg. The event is focused on discussing the Slow Food movement. Admission is a $5 donation at the door.

For more information, e-mail Vivian at vportunato@yahoo.com.

A two-part class on “Dementia and Driving” will be held on March 26 and April 2 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Presenters are Leah Belle, occupational therapist and driver rehabilitation coordinator at Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital, and Amy Knight, social worker at LMSW Center for Success in Aging. The class will be held at 255 Enterprise Blvd., Greenville, in classroom A/B. To register, call 877-GHS-INFO or visit online at ghs.org/360healthed.

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In cooperation with Clarity Inc., Christ Church Episcopal School will present a screening of “The Big Picture: Understanding Dyslexia” on March 21 at 6:30 p.m. The film, which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival, profiles leaders in business, law and medicine living with dyslexia and offers practical advice for families navigating this diagnosis. The screening is free and open to the public. In addition, photography from Upper School faculty member Owen Riley is on display at Anderson University’s Vandiver Gallery through March 22.

Greenville Classical Academy will hold an Upper School Information Meeting for prospective seventh-12th grade families on March 19 at 7 p.m. and a Drop-in Open House for prospective K4-12th grade families on March 20 from 8:30 a.m.-noon.

More information is available at greenvilleclassical.com.

programs take place in and behind the scenes of the theme parks.

Areas of study include career discovery, life management, physical science, natural science, history, and arts and humanities.

The Greenville Middle Academy Mathcounts team finished seventh in the Clemson Regional Mathcounts competition.

Team members were Davis Crews, Adam Enggasser, Anna Fox and Asher Woods. In individual competition, Crews finished ninth out of 130-plus competitors; Enggasser and Will Harris ranked 17th against the same field.

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Denise Brinson’s fourth-grade science classes at Mitchell Road Christian Academy are studying blindness and the eye. They visited the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. While they were there, they visited Tony Meriweather’s technology class and learned how the blind use technology to improve their lives.

The Music Club of Greenville is now accepting scholarship applications from high school or home-schooled seniors who are residents of Greenville, Pickens or Spartanburg counties.

The student must be planning to major in music (vocal or instrument) at college. Applications are available at musicclubgreenville.org or by calling 864-458-8463. A live audition is required and there is a March 20 application deadline.

The Peoples Bank announced a new initiative to bring financial literacy to high school students across Anderson County by providing them with access to the EverFi Financial Literacy platform. This Web-based program uses the latest in new media technologies to bring complex financial concepts to life for today’s digital generation. Programs will initially be implemented at TL Hanna High School, Crescent High School and Anderson Christian School.

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The Hughes Academy Media Center recently announced that 85 students participated in the South Carolina Junior Book Award Program for 2012-2013 and 53 qualified to attend the luncheon and vote for their favorite nominee. Hughes Academy students voted “Dark Life,” “Hero” and “Mockingbird” as their top picks. Special recognition was given to Jailen Taylor and Kaitlyn Milligan for reading all 20 of the nominees and to Jarquayla Robinson for reading 12 nominees.

Northwood Middle students Robert Matthews, Eric McGee, Sarah Palmer and Sydney Schmitt were selected for the Greenville All County Band and the South Carolina Region One Honor Band. For All County Band, students attended a clinic and held a concert at Riverside High School, and for the Region One band, they attended a clinic and performed at Furman University.

Local youth golfers recently participated in the Greenville Jr. Shootout, part of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour. Those on the leaderboard included boys 15-18: first, Jonathan Hardee of Greer; second, Jake Smith of Spartanburg; third, Keenan Huskey of Greenville; and third, Will Strickland of Greer. On the boys 11-14 leaderboard: second, Christian Baliker of Simpsonville. On the girls 15-18 leaderboard: second, Victoria Huskey of Greenville and on the girls 11-14 leaderboard: first, Courtney Vogel of Greer.

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St. Mary’s Catholic School enrollment is open for the 20132014 school year. For more information, contact Nelle Palms, director of admissions, at 864-679-4117 or nelle.palms@stmarysgvl.org. In addition, St. Mary’s Women’s Club donated $2,340, proceeds of the Give a Heart Gala, to the school. The funds will be used to pay for a new K4 alphabet rug, May Science Day activities and a new educational program for the middle school.

Converse College students traveled to Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort recently to take part in the Disney Youth Education Series Program, Disney Leadership Strategies. Most of the

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events that make our community better Greenville Disabilities and Special Needs Board consumers and staff recently visited Columbia on Disability Advocacy Day. They were also able to meet with Sen. Ross Turner. Pictured in the Senate chamber are: (left to right, front row) Missy Stubblefield, Jonathan Hrab, Carmen Hightower, Cathy Hayes and Mark Smith; back row: Tommy Eubanks, Sen. Ross Turner, Erin Alexander, Jennifer Sperry and Marquetta Cruell.

Pendleton Place will host an art auction on March 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Spill the Beans, 531 South Main St., Greenville. All paintings are created by teenagers and children of Pendleton Place. For more information, call 864-735-6601 or email orginsgreenville@gmail.com.

Greer Relief will hold its 9th Annual Roses for Relief with a St. Patrick’s theme on March 16 at 6 p.m. This year’s event will feature a silent and live auction, a buffet of Irish cuisine catered by Ace Restaurant Chefs, an open bar, a DJ and live entertainment. Tickets are $75. For more information, call 864-848-5355.

Fight 4 Parkinson’s, a local fundraiser held to pay tribute and raise funds for individuals served by the Parkinson’s Support Group of the Upstate, will be held on April 13, 9:30 a.m. to noon. The carnival-themed event is family-oriented with activities for children, adults, grandparents, students and corporate teams. Teams are invited to form and raise funds to fight Parkinson’s disease. The event will be held at The Pavilion, 400 Scottswood Road, Taylors. For more information, visit crowdrise.com/fight4parkinsons.

The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce and MD 360 Greer are holding the Second Annual MD 360 Greer Public Safety Appreciation Dinner for Greer public safety professionals on March 21, 7 p.m., at the Cannon Centre in Greer. In an effort to provide this dinner at no charge to the City of Greer police, fire, and first responder professionals, the chamber is asking the business community and leaders to consider sponsoring a table or sponsoring a portion of the event. For more information, contact Mark Owens at 864-877-3131, ext. 102. Tickets are open to the public at $30 each and can be purchased at greerchamber.com.

Whole Foods will host Foothills Golden Retriever Rescue on March 23, 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. The event will help find homes for abandoned, homeless, and neglected golden retrievers. For more information, visit fhgrr.com.

The South Carolina YMCA Youth in Government program has received a $5,000 grant from the SC Bar Foundation’s annual local fundraising event, A Greenville Gathering. The foundation donated the proceeds to three local grantees: SC YMCA Youth in Government, the Upstate Mediation Center and SC Legal Services. The gift awarded to the YMCA provides students who otherwise From left: Tiffany Massey, Jack Griffeth and Mary Capers Bledsoe could not afford access. SC Bar Foundation funding supports scholarships for 15 students to participate in Model Legislature and Court Conference for high school students.

A Child’s Haven has announced its new board members for 2013: Ronnie BelleCarter of Michelin North America; Rosa Gonzalez of Centro de Familia; Christopher Major of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd; Stephanie Morgan, a community volunteer; Ramon Nieves-Lugo of Unicomm Media Group; and Dr. Elizabeth Willingham of Upstate Oncology Associates. In addition, A Child’s Haven received two $1,000 volunteer grants from the Duke Energy Foundation. This funding will provide a playground canopy and shelving.

The Rotary Club of Greenville East and City Range Steakhouse and Grill of Greenville will host a pancake breakfast with bacon, fruit, coffee and juice on March 16, 7:3010:30 a.m. Advance ticket prices are $6 for adults and $4 for children under 10. For tickets at the door, the prices are $7 for adults and $5 for children under 10. Proceeds benefit the Foster Parents Association, Rotary International Partners in Agriculture, and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. For more information, call 864-286-9018.

The National Kidney Foundation’s Upstate Kidney Walk will be held on April 21 at Furman University. Walkers will raise funds for the nonprofit, which focuses on the prevention of kidney disease and the need for organ donation. For more information, contact Mary Higginbotham at mary.higginbotham@kidney.org or call 803799-3870, ext. 104. To join a team or register, visit kidneywalk.org.

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It was a perfect fit: Fine Arts Center graduate David Garcia needed someone to help him revise a series of one-act plays he had written specifically for teenaged actors.

Current Fine Arts Center theater students needed to experience working with new plays.

The three-year partnership will culminate with the performance of three of Garcia’s plays by FAC students on March 22 and 23 in the school’s Black Box Theatre.

Tickets will be $5 at the door.

FAC theater instructor Teri Parker Lewis said a playwright sometimes “has to go through two or three cycles of hearing the play and rewriting the GARCIA play before he’s finished. It happens with all play development and it’s important that actors at some stage of their training be involved with new plays.”

Garcia, who said he wanted to be a professional actor since he was 15, was one of the FAC’s early alums, graduating in 1979. After he earned a theater degree from Florida State University, he moved to New York.

“I spent the ’90s in New York and I think I actually made a living acting one year,” he said. “It was ridiculously hard and frustrating.”

He decided to move back to Greenville along with his wife and get a “regular” job. But the theater bug was still biting him.

“I had done every job, technical, acting and directing, but I had never tried to write,” he said. “I thought this was a chance for me, that I’d take a shot and do something in theater one more time.”

He remembered his time as a student at the FAC and not having the opportunity to perform material written for teens while he was GARCIA continued on page 30

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JOURNAL CULTURE “It’s interesting to see the whole process, from the conception period to staging. We’re able to get inside the writer’s head and see what he wants. We get input and we’re able to help to create a character for the very first time.”

Fine Arts Center senior J.P. McLaurin

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(Above) Michael Matheny and Madeline Mulkey in a scene from an upcoming play at the Fine Arts Center. (Right) J.P. McLaurin sees a pie in the face coming from Cameron Trieper, back to camera, in a scene from an upcoming play at the Fine Arts Center.

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that age.

“There’s very little quality work written for teenagers,” Lewis said. “It’s hard to find material that’s not children’s theater or a musical.”

Over the past three years, the FAC students have helped tweak six of Garcia’s original one-act plays, first through readings, then through formal staged readings and, next week, through a formal production of three of the six.

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Bo,” a play about two dogs that live in adjacent yards and begin a discussion about everything, including instinct versus thought, evolution and sniffing.

J.P. McLaurin, FAC senior, plays a Labrador retriever tied to a tree.

“It’s interesting to see the whole process, from the conception period to staging,” McLaurin said. “We’re able to get inside the writer’s head and see what he wants. We get input and we’re able to help to create a character for the very first time.”

Being involved throughout the whole process broadens a performer’s range, he said, while performing a role written for him – or at least an actor his age – is a nice change.

“It’s rare we get to play a part written for us,” he said. “We’re usually cast older or really young. Playing a role for which the writer has you in mind is interesting. It’s full of opportunity.”

Julia Britt, a junior, plays Eddie in “Billie and Eddie,” a story about two girls who meet at the edge of a pond.

One of the girls had drowned at the lake 80 years before.

“Teenagers are always trying to do something risky,” Britt said. “In this play, my character realizes how important life is and how important her life is.”

Playing a 16-year-old girl should be easier than other roles for Britt. She’s a 16-year-old girl herself. “It’s eye-opening to play a character like yourself. I’m so like Eddie in real life.”

Playing a character her own age has allowed her to focus on the craft of acting, she said. “This is David’s treasure. These

characters have been living in his head all of these years. The whole process of bringing the characters to life is interesting for him and interesting for me.”

The third play, “The Budget Players Present the Right Words,” is set in a high school theater and tells the story of the young people who are left behind while the “good kids” go to a competition. They decide to put on a play.

Madeline Mulkey, a junior, says the left-behinds feel abandoned but are also motivated against all odds.

“Instead of worrying about the truth of the character and portraying it in a realistic manner, I can focus on character relationship,” she said. “This play is definitely a play that could be successful. It is very relatable to all ages.”

Both Garcia and the students have gained from the experience, Lewis said.

“It is a service to the playwright,” she said. “And it gives our students a taste of the real world. This is how new plays get developed.”

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT: Three original one-act plays WHO: Fine Arts Center alum David Garcia and FAC theater students WHEN: March 22 and 23 WHERE: Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre TICKETS: $5 at door INFORMATION: 864-355-2565

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Furman University will host the Aspen String Trio in a concert on March 18 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. The performance is open to the public and tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information, call 864-294-2086.

The annual “Body Lines: A Retrospective Look at the ‘Perfect’ Female Form” exhibit, presented by the nonprofit ED Aware, is open to the public at Coffee Underground for the month of March. A reception will be held on Thursday, March 21, 6:30-8 p.m., and will offer an opportunity for the public to connect with professionals who work toward treating and reducing present issues with body image and eating disorders. A film, “ED 101” will also be shown. In addition, “Body Lines” will be featured at three universities across the Upstate later this year. For more information, contact Nilly Barr at 864271-2740, Lynn Victory at 864-631-1035 or Anna Voss at 864631-5004, or email associatesatparkavenue@gmail.com.

In support of Upstate International’s March series highlighting the diverse cultures of the area, the Greenville County Library System presents a discussion and film series led by Upstate International’s Yuji Kishimoto, a professor emeritus of architecture at Clemson University and a special assistant to the president for Japan-US relations. The list of films, dates and locations are: Tea Ceremony – Kimono Traditions, March 18, 3-4 p.m., at the main library; March 22, 3-4 p.m., at the Augusta Road branch; and March 25, 3-4 p.m., at the Mauldin branch; and Sumo Wrestling, March 18, 7-8 p.m., at the main library; and March 19, 7-8 p.m., at the Fountain Inn branch.

For more information, visit greenvillelibrary.org or call 5279253.

The Greenville County Museum of Art will host an exhibit entitled “Southbound” from March 20-Oct. 6. This exhibition features important works by such artists as Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Andy Warhol, Leo Twiggs, Lamar Dodd and Roger Brown. For more information, call 864-2717570 or visit gcma.org.

Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra will sponsor classical guitarist Peter Fletcher at Music Sandwiched In on March 27, at 12:15 p.m. at the main library in downtown Spartanburg.

Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg awarded four cash prizes of $250 each to four members whose work was chosen by the public as the favorites in February’s all-member show. The recipients were 2-D Painting: Isabel Forbes’s “Sunday Morning Breakfast;” 2-D Drawing and Mixed Media: Carolyn Alexan-

Isabel Forbes’s “Sunday Morning Breakfast”

Carolyn Alexander’s “How Much is that Kitty in the Window?”

This is a free lunchtime concert and patrons are invited to bring their lunch or buy one there. For more information, call 542-ARTS. The Spartanburg Little Theatre presents the inaugural “First to Know Season Reveal” on March 28 at 7 p.m. Cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served and cocktail attire is recommended. Tickets are $40. For more information, call 864585-8278.

The Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium will present “A Celebration of Youth” on March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rainey Fine Arts Center on the campus of Anderson University. The performance will feature the GAMAC Orchestra, Boys Choir and Girls Choir with student musicians from local high schools, showcasing the talented young musicians in the area. Highlights of the evening will include a special 10th an- Hayes niversary celebration for the GAMAC Girls Choir and a performance by 2013 Bernhardt House of Violins Concerto Competition winner, Mallory Elizabeth Hayes.

Tickets are $15-$20 for adults and $7-$10 for students. For tickets, call the GAMAC office at 864-231-6147.

Join the North Greenville University Brass Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble for a night of music on April 2 at 7 p.m. in Hamlin Recital Hall. For more information and tickets, call 864-977-7085.

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History’s 34th Annual Juried South Carolina Artists Competition will take place beginning April 2. This competition is open to all artists working in any medium, 18 years of age or older and living in South Carolina. Cash and purchase awards exceeding $5,000 will be presented in this year’s competition. The exhibition will open with a gala reception and awards ceremony on April 27June 13. For more information, call 864-898-5963 or e-mail picmus@co.pickens.sc.us.

Send announcements to arts@communityjournals.com. der’s “How Much is that Kitty in the Window?;” 2-D Photography and Digital Photography: Patty Wright’s “Pink Surprise;” and 3-D Sculpture, Pottery, Jewelry, and Stained Glass: Doris Wright’s “Salts and Squares.” Nearly 800 votes were cast during the exhibit, which showcased 51 local artists.

Patty Wright’s “Pink Surprise”

Doris Wright’s “Salts and Squares”

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Mill Billy Blues at the Showroom

‘Creating community’ Mill Billy Blues helps Hub-Bub energize Spartanburg arts scene

On Friday, March 1, at a former car dealership in downtown Spartanburg, an allstar band of Upstate musicians called Mill Billy Blues played to a capacity crowd of 150 people to celebrate the release of their self-titled new album. The band (Shane Pruitt, Freddy Vanderford, Matthew Knights and Brandon Turner) put on a stellar performance, and why not? A packed gig and a new album are reasons to celebrate, to be sure.

But the event takes on a lot more significance when you know more about the venue: It’s called The Showroom, and it’s an outgrowth of an eight-year plan to enrich the Spartanburg arts scene and increase Sparkle City’s profile nationwide.

“The Mill Billy Blues show went really well,” says Cate Ryba, executive director of HUB-BUB, the organization that books various events into The Showroom. “It was a sold-out show. And The Sparkletones (a veteran early rock ’n’ roll group that was recently inducted into the city’s commemorative Music Walk) played a couple of weeks before that, and some of their members were at the Mill Billy show. They ended up getting onstage with the band and playing with them towards the end of the show.”

The Showroom hosts over 100 events a year. In addition to the live music, they feature art exhibits, film, experimental theatre, workshops and community forums.

The building itself started out as a home for the Hub City Writers Project, a collection of Upstate authors who sold their books from the Showroom’s back office and held readings there. But when the city’s HUB-BUB project began and chose to use The Showroom, both the venue and the city’s arts scene really took off.

“Back in 2004, the plan was to brand the city,” Ryba says. “So they hired a company called Northstar Consultants out of Nashville. What they found was that before Spartanburg could brand itself to the world, people needed to believe in the city. So they created the concept of HUB-BUB, which would be a sort of underground organization funded by the city but at arm’s length, to try to make Spartanburg a more culturally diverse and interesting place to live. The hope was that HUB-BUB would draw young, creative people to Spartanburg, and therefore more young families and more jobs.”

Ryba says the mission of HUB-BUB is to create community through dynamic arts and ideas, and community response to The Showroom’s events has generally been very strong.

“The past three music shows that we’ve done have all sold out,” she says. “So from a live music standpoint, we’ve had a lot of great support, especially when we feature local musicians. And the shows that we get here that do sell out help support some of the lesser-known or more obscure projects. We feel like it’s our responsibility to bring new ideas and new acts and expose people here to different things.”

For more information about upcoming events at The Showroom, visit hub-bub.com.

Contact Vincent Harris at vharris@communityjournals.com.

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Expanding on Coldwell Banker Caine’s strategy to better facilitate real estate research and activities as they happen, the Easley Real Estate Gallery will offer agents and clients the technology and flexibility they need to conduct business while on the go.

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R E A L E S TAT E - R E L AT E D N E W S GGAR Market Overview

Upstate has done a terri�ic job diversifying its economy, but recent news shows that much of our strength is still in manufacturing.

The Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC) announced that TIGGES USA, a German based manufacturer of fasteners and other connecting elements, will establish its �irst U.S. facility at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville County. The $1.5 million investment will generate at least �ive new jobs.

SC Tool Inc., a manufacturer and reconditioner of precision cutting tools is also expanding operations into Greenville County, with a $1.25 million investment expected to generate 30 new jobs.

South Carolina has brought in $7 billion in capital investment and more than 20,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector, according to the state, and the outlook for 2013 is positive.

The South Carolina Economic Outlook, a report by JPMorgan/Chase, suggests that the state’s economy is largely dependent on manufacturing, but that is a plus in 2013. Unemployment has declined to prerecession levels of 2007, and workers have recovered approximately 41% of the jobs lost in the last six years.

Because our state did not participate in the housing boom, home prices were not in�lated, allowing our housing recovery to track job growth in a more normal fashion.

Housing prices are stable and in alignment with other recovering markets, concluded the JPMorgan/Chase report. In January 2013, housing sales volume rose nearly 18% year GREENVILLE SC MLS SOLDS 6 MONTH COMPARISON as of February 10, 2013 over year. Median home prices climbed nearly 5% to $149,950 from $143,000 a year ago.

And homes that sold closed in 3.5 months.

A normal market is widely considered to be six months of supply on hand.

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It’s rare to have the chance to build a brand new, ALL-BRICK home in such a prestigious area for such an outstanding price. Five Forks Plantation is that rare opportunity! You’ll love the ideal location on Woodruff Road just minutes from shopping and restaurants, and convenient to I-85, I-385, downtown Greenville and Award winning schools. You’ll also enjoy our resort style amenities including a large clubhouse with a relaxing wrap around porch, a junior Olympic pool, lighted tennis courts, a paved walking path, athletic fields and 1.3 acre scenic pond. Pricing at Five Forks Plantation starts in the low $300’s with square footage ranging from 2,549 to 6,000+ sq. ft. For more information, call (864) 234-1497 or visit www.ryanhomes.com.

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The housing market turned positive in 2012, and is expected to continue improvement.

While rising prices may cause buyers to take stock, consider that home prices are still below where they were in 2008 when the median home sold for $153,724. The median listing price was nearly $176,000 as of February 10, with supplies down 10 percent from January. It’s a great time to buy a home!

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PLANTATION ON PELHAM

MLS#1255695 • $747,500 • 5BR/4.5BA

MLS#1249356 • $389,900 • 3BR/3.5BA

Lovely brick home with open floor plan and full finished basement, playroom and garage. Master plus add’l BR and BA on main, sunroom, LR, DR.

Charleston style townhome in gated community with incredible views of downtown and the mountains from the front or back balconies.

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NORTH MAIN

MLS#1234906 • $134,000 • 3BR/2BA

MLS#1229237 • $579,900 • 5BR/5BA

Great one level brick patio home! Three bedroom/ split floor plan with plenty of closet space. Close to shopping and Cherrydale.

Stunning 1920s Tudor home on beautiful tree lined street w/10’ ceilings on each level, gracious room sizes and original refinished hdwds throughout.

Suzy WITHINGTON

www.cdanjoyner.com 864.201.6001 swithington@cdanjoyner.com

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PE OPL E , AWA R D S , H ON OR S MaryEllen Wilkinson of Red Door Realty Selected to Represent Real Estate on Career Day February 22, 2013 – MaryEllen Wilkinson, Realtor for Red Door Realty, was invited for the 5th year to represent the career of Real

Estate at Career Day at Northwest Middle School in Travelers Rest, SC Feb 14, 2013.

MaryEllen divides her class into buyers and sellers and helps the buyers figure out how much money they have to spend on a home according to what their future job pays.

The sellers learn what needs to be fixed or inspected in order to get their future home ready to sell. Goal setting and a strong work ethic is the third topic that MaryEllen displays by having the class design their own business cards. MaryEllen is, also, the owner of The Magnolia Inn Travelers Rest.

Comments welcomed maryellen@ maryellenwilkinson.com

Mrs. Barber, Guidance, MaryEllen Wilkinson, Sales Agent, Red Door Realty, and Mr. Jackson, Guidance Counselor.

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PE OPL E, AWA RD S, HONOR S Coldwell Banker Caine Names Upstate’s Top Producers from January Greenville, S.C. – February 25, 2013 – Coldwell Banker Caine recently recognized its top producing agents in property sales and listings from each of its five offices – Easley, Greenville, Greer, Seneca and Spartanburg – for the month of January.

The top producing agents from each office are ranked by the total volume of business closed last month and include: · Easley: Susan McCoy, Melissa Hall, Heather Parlier · Greenville: Sharon Wilson, Nick Carlson, Jacob Mann · Greer: Alicia Waynick, Faith Ross, Linda Wood · Seneca: Pat Loftis, Brett Smagala · Spartanburg: Francie Little, Steve Hammett, Judy McCravy Top listing agents in each office are recognized for listing the highest total volume of residential properties last month and include: · Easley: Susan McCoy, Carol Walsh · Greenville: Jacob Mann, Susan Reid, Kathy Harris · Greer: Faith Ross, Charlene Panek, Linda Wood · Seneca: Pat Loftis, Lauren Willis, Tammy Davis · Spartanburg: Francie Little, Beth Beach, Kay Cox

Johnson Joins Carol Pyfrom Realty Carol Pyfrom Realty is pleased to announce that Lydia Johnson has joined the team as a licensed REALTOR. Lydia is a 16- year resident of Greenville. With a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Mass Media, she spent most of her working career with The Greenville News. She is a proud member of the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS, the SC Association of REALTORS and the National Association of REALTORS. Johnson

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

A. CASE NO: 11-4408 PROPERTY OWNER: TTS ENTERPRISES, LLC PROPERTY LOCATION: 151 C STREET (POE MILL) A.K.A. LOT 226, SECTION 1, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT ENTITLED SUBDIVISION OF VILLAGE HOUSES OF F. W. POE MANUFACTURING CO., GREENVILLE, SC. TAX MAP NUMBER: 151-9-8 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23

E. CASE NO: 12-5112 PROPERTY OWNER: NANNETTE L. COX PROPERTY LOCATION: 31 JONES STREET A.K.A. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, BEING IN OR NEAR GREENVILLE, IN THE COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS LOT NO. 39, SECTION 1 AS SHOWN ON PLAT ENTITLED "SUBDIVISION FOR ABNEY MILLS, BRANDON PLANT, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. TAX MAP NUMBER:117-9-6 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that IZUMI Japanese Steakhouse, Inc. DBA IZUMI Japanese Steakhouse, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 16 Park Woodruff Dr., Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than March 31, 2013. 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 Kugel Korp Inc. DBA/Shot!, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of LIQUOR at 3641 Pelham Road, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than March 24, 2013. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

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151 C Street (Poe Mill) a.k.a. Lot 226, Section 1, as shown on a plat entitled, Subdivision of Village Houses of F. W. Poe Manufacturing Co., Greenville, SC, Greenville County Tax Map Number 151-9-8, Greenville County, SC. 107 Williams Circle a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land with all improvements thereon or hereafter constructed thereon, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Greenville, near the Town of Fountain Inn, and shown as Lots 36 and 39 on a plat of Howard Heights, Subdivision by J. W. Crawford, dated November 19, 1961, Greenville County Tax Map Number 560.2-1-1.3, Greenville, SC. 35 6TH Street (Judson) a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the northern side of Sixth Street, in the County of Greenville, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 103 on a plat of Section 6, Judson Mills Village, Greenville County Tax Map Number 111-2-7, Greenville, SC. 9 Coleman Lane a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being in State of South Carolina, County of Greenville, near Piedmont Park located near Piedmont Ave designated as "Sisk lot" a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land in Chick Springs Township, County of Greenville, State of South Carolina, located in Piedmont Park, on the Northern side of Coleman Dr and being shown as the property of Sylvia Batson on plat of property made by H. S. Brockman, surveyor, dated March 15, 1969, Greenville County Tax Map Number P3-1-9.2, Greenville, SC. 31 Jones Street a.k.a. All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, being in or near Greenville, in the County of Greenville, South Carolina and being more particularly described as Lot No. 39, Section 1 as shown on

GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ADOPTION OF ANNUAL BUDGET 1 JULY 2013 THRU 30 JUNE 2014 FIRST READING

Washington Center students Courtney McCrary (left) and Jasmine Blackstock work on their class Box Tops for Education project assisted by para-professional Gloria Munoz.

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, 26th March, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Education Room of the Greater Greenville Sanitation Commission Headquarters located at 1600 West Washington Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, a public hearing will be held for a first reading of the 2013/2014 Annual Budget for the Sanitation Commission. The public is invited to attend.

2012/2013 Annual Operating Budget ---------------- $10,388,062 2012/2013 Annual Capital Budget ---------------------- 1,110,000 Anticipated 2012/2013 Revenue------------------------ 11,450,000 Anticipated 2012/2013 Expenses ----------------------- 11,498,062 2013/2014 Proposed Operating Budget---------------- 10,180,342 2013/2014 Proposed Capital Budget -------------------- 1,005,000 Projected 2013/2014 Revenue--------------------------- 11,450,000 Projected 2013/2014 Expenses-------------------------- 11,450,014 The percentage of change in the Operating Budgets from 2012/2013 and the Proposed 2013/2014 Budget is: . 4% Decrease 2012/2013 Tax Millage (14.54) ----- $4,143,608.00 2013/2014 Tax Millage (14.54)----$4,143,608.00 2012/2013 No Change in Sanitation Fee 2013/2014 No Change in Commercial Sanitation Fee $25.00 Vacant Lot Fee to be Levied This Notice is given in lieu of the requirements of Section 4-9-130.

Anyone wishing to be placed on the Agenda for Public Comment is asked to call the District at 232-6721 extension 221 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Public comments will be limited based on the number of persons addressing the Commission. Public comment can also be posted on the website. www.ggsc.gov plat entitled "Subdivision for Abney Mills, Brandon Plant, Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Tax Map Number 117-9-6, Greenville, SC, Any persons having interest in these properties, or knowledge of the property owner should contact the Codes Enforcement Office at 864-467-7459 on or before March 28, 2013.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 33-04/02/13, Waste Tire Transport and Recycling Services, April 2, 2013, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

PUBLIC SALE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 3/23/2013, 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: C004, Ivan Dario Zopata, 100 Turtle Creek #H86, Greenville, SC 29607 Furniture/Misc., Appliances 2. Unit: C019, Patti S. Owens, 332 Easterlin Way, Greenville, SC 29607 Furniture/Misc., Fax/Copier, Bicycle 3 Unit: D03, Jeffrey Clifton, 522 Todd Rd., Gray Court, SC 29645 Furniture/Misc.

4. Unit: G07, Damien Walker, PO Box 27210, Greenville, SC 29616 Furniture, Kites, Misc./Other

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Students from the Fine Arts Center work on a recent Saturday morning, along with staff of the soonto-open Anthropologie store, to paint a barricade currently in front of the store’s location. The project is a collaboration between the store and the school to bring a pop of spring and color to the street, announcing the store’s arrival. Fine Arts Center student Sierra Snipes’ design was chosen for the painting.

Many other students helped to paint throughout the day under the guidance of Ryan Roth, drawing and painting professor at the FAC. The barricade will be on display until the store’s opening on March 29.

Workers with Heritage Synthetic Turf install the natural grass lookalike in front of the Courtyard

by Marriott. The turf will be removed in November to make way for Ice On Main and then reinstalled after the ice rink is removed.

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C. CASE NO: 12-1001 PROPERTY OWNER: BETTY JO ROBINSON PROPERTY LOCATION: 35 6TH STREET (JUDSON) A.K.A. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND, WITH THE

D. CASE NO: 12-3467 PROPERTY OWNER: WILLIAM M. DICKSON, III PROPERTY LOCATION: 9 COLEMAN LANE A.K.A. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, NEAR PIEDMONT PARK LOCATED NEAR PIEDMONT AVE DESIGNATED AS "SISK LOT" A.K.A. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND IN CHICK SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LOCATED IN PIEDMONT PARK, ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF COLEMAN DR AND BEING SHOWN AS THE PROPERTY OF SYLVIA BATSON ON PLAT OF PROPERTY MADE

BY H. S. BROCKMAN, SURVEYOR, DATED MARCH 15, 1969.

TAX MAP NUMBER: P3-1-9.2 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 20

COMPLAINT NOTICES A complaint has been brought before the Code Enforcement Division of a dangerous, insanitary and unsafe structure located at the following locations:

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B. CASE NO: 12-387 PROPERTY OWNER: JESSIE B. & ARIE R. HILL PROPERTY LOCATION: 107 WILLIAMS CIRCLE A.K.A. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON OR HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, NEAR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN INN, AND SHOWN AS LOTS 36 AND 39 ON A PLAT OF HOWARD HEIGHTS, SUBDIVISION BY J. W. CRAWFORD, DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1961.

TAX MAP NUMBER: 560.2-1-1.3 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 27

IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF SIXTH STREET, IN THE COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING SHOWN AND DELINEATED AS LOT 103 ON A PLAT OF SECTION 6, JUDSON MILLS VILLAGE. TAX MAP NUMBER: 111-2-7 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23

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THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE GREENVILLE COUNTY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, HEARING OFFICER ON THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013, AT 10:00AM, IN ROOM 5150 OF SUITE 5100, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING THOSE PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE CASES PERTAINING TO THE HABITABILITY OF STRUCTURE(S) ON THE PROPERTY.

Calvin Pickens with Heritage Synthetic Turf works on the artificial grass being installed in front of the Courtyard by Marriott.

Saturday, March 23, 2013 • 10 AM - 1 PM

Greenville County Square• 301 University Ridge Greenville, SC For more information: www.greenvillecounty.org/Soil_and_Water/

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People attending the Minority Health Summit sneak-peek luncheon go through the food line.

From left, Coach Lee Sartor, Rainsford Reel, Tucker Phillips, Andrew DeVore and Coach Will Sims at the Spartanburg Day School Winter Sports Awards.

Physician Dana Ray speaks to the crowd gathered for the sneak-peek luncheon.

From left, Coach Alex Ericson, Zelle Richardson, Ansley DeVore, Abby Cote, Ashley Oakes and Coach Jon Lewson.

More than 100 community leaders gathered Friday, March 8, at the Kroc Center to get final details about this year’s GHS-sponsored Minority Health Summit to be held on April 13 at the BI-LO Center. The focus of this year’s summit will be obesity and the toll it takes.

From left, Coach Gary Robinette, Rett Foust, Ta’lon Cooper, Bishop Richardson, Rollins Turner, Coach Ken Winslow and Coach Shawn-Michael Wilson.

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St. Innocent Winery By: Richard deBondt

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Mark Vlossak of St. Innocent Winery speaks expansively but quietly about his wines. He wants you to know that they are the product of careful management in the vineyard and thoughtful response to the unique circumstances of a given vintage at each site. Over the course of 25 years he has managed clonal selection, spacing, and pruning of select vineyards. Much of this is reminiscent of the wines of Burgundy, but the wines have the distinct stamp of Oregon. In fact, not just the stamp of Oregon, but of the particular little piece of Oregon each comes from.

Three vineyard designate whites are currently on hand in Greenville. The 2011 Vitae Springs Pinot Gris is full bodied and dry, reminiscent of the vibrant wines of the sub-alpine regions of Northeastern Italy (near Slovenia), rich in texture with clean apple acid. The 2011 Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc demonstrates the lively fruit aroma of the grape, but has the texture to linger on the palate. This ranks among a small but growing band of serious, dry, Oregon Pinot Blancs. The 2010 Freedom Hill Chardonnay is the weightiest of the trio of whites, but with no hint of “new-age” buttery sweetness.

The wine finishes long and dry and free of undue oak flavors. This wine does not imitate either Burgundy or California.

Vineyard designate Pinot Noir has made St. Innocent justifiably famous, and again there are three out and about in Greenville, all from the elegantly transparent 2010 vintage.

Justice Vineyard is filled with edgy spice and leaves the mouth full of varying flavors. Momtazi is a bit more “wild” and eager with a tartapple finish. Freedom Hill is the richest of the trio with more fruit and a more mellow finish. All three reds have moderate alcohol. They beautifully display their differences and their commonality.

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96 Inside look, briefly?

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106 “Can you imagine?!”

109 N.L. Central team 110 Massachusetts Bay city 111 Apportion a side dish?

114 Jeté, say 117 Familia members

120 With “The,” Frederick Forsyth thriller 121 Bench a cab company softball team player?

123 Menu 124 Doctor’s orders 125 Pasta that doesn’t sound very appetizing 126 Hardy heroine 127 New followers?

128 Roles 129 Bear, to Brutus Down 1 Leftovers 2 Feel pain 3 Parental settings 4 Falls short of being acceptable 5 News initials since 1851 6 Part of a goblet 7 Parent to Philippe 8 “Leave that to me” 9 “The Waste Land” monogram 10 Looped handle 11 Give a hard time at the comedy club 12 “Deal!”

13 Nightmares for nana 14 Campus group 15 2009 James Cameron epic 16 Save for later playing 17 Most fit to serve 18 Jazz keyboardist

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LIFE IS SO DAILY WITH STEVE WONG

Finders, keepers: That’s just a chicken wing in my pocket I was walking down the street, minding my own business, heading to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch, when I saw it lying on the sidewalk: a $20 bill.

At first I thought it might one of those fake dollars – the kind you feel stupid for picking up because it’s actually just a ruse to get you to read some propaganda about the joys of Jesus, the evils of communism, or the terrible fate your family will suffer if you don’t buy some more life insurance at 1-800-DEAD-DAD. Before I stooped to snag the Jackson, I stood over it, looking up and the down the street to see who might be watching. I’m always a little paranoid that Candid Camera is nearby ready to let the nation’s TV-viewing public judge my ethical behavior.

Seeing no one and no cameras, I picked up the money and headed in the restaurant. With good fortune and money to spare, I upgraded from my usual cheap Lunch Combo No. 1 to the much better Lunch Combo No. 6. Actually, I splurged and opted for sweetened tea, instead of water. Calories be damned.

I don’t really feel bad that I found and kept a $20 bill. What was I supposed to do with it? Turn it in to the police? Put in the restaurant’s lost-and-found box? Drop it in the offering plate? Yet I couldn’t help but wonder about the person who lost it.

I’m haunted by the idea that I have found something that is not mine and any benefit I might reap will surely be tainted. (That Combo No. 6 didn’t sit too well on my stomach.)

Why can’t things just be simple, like the time I was a first-grader trotting down the school hall to the little boys’ room and found a $1 bill? I took the money straight to the principal’s office and turned it in. The next day, I was “called to the principal’s office” and thanked for my good citizenship. I was told that some very needy child had lost the money and that my honesty had made a real difference in his ability to eat lunch.

Lost things have a way of finding me. All I need do is walk across WestGate Mall’s parking lot, and I’ll find some pocket change, a tire-flattened earring, a pacifier or someone’s underwear. Some things I pick up; some things I don’t. The petrified buffalo chicken wing I found sewn into the pocket of a rented tuxedo was one of those things I wish I had not picked up. (I did get a free tux rental out of that experience.)

The one thing that I found and have kept close to my heart is a homemade music CD. Several years ago on a business trip, I rented a car. Knowing that my trip would entail several hours, I brought a few favorite CDs. However, when I attempted to insert one, there was already a CD in the player.

I ejected the obstacle to my musical enjoyment to find a CD very like the ones I brought with me. In very girly Sharpie handwriting on bright blue, the CD was labeled “Dad’s CD No. 2 Goldie Oldies (heart icon) Jamie (smiley face icon).”

Slipping the CD back into the player and punching play, the long mournful guitar strands of Boston’s debut album filled the car, reminding me of the drive to Myrtle Beach I made after high school graduation in 1977. I played that album (then an eight-track cartridge) from Indian Land, S.C., to the Grand Strand and back again, and it was More Than A Feeling. Song after song – The Eagles’ “Heartache Tonight,” Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” – reminded me of younger, more carefree days.

Still, these songs were not mine; they belong to some other dad with a 1970s fixation. Did he mourn their loss? I know I would. I still play that CD and wonder about that man. He has a daughter who likes to make him golden oldies CDs, just like I have a daughter who does the same for me. He probably likes to jam in his car when he thinks no one is looking, just like I do. I have something that belongs to him, and I hope I never have to give it back. Finders, keepers.

Steve Wong is a writer living in the peach orchards of northern Spartanburg County.

His self-centered ramblings are all about himself and whatever you care to make of them. The management of this publication takes no responsibility whatsoever for his cockeyed ideas. However, you can tell him what you think at Just4Wong@Gmail.com.

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