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jtoppe@communityjournals.com With spring on the way and visitors to downtown increasing, the City of Greenville has placed new signs along the Swamp Rabbit Trail officials say are intended to make the walkways safer for everyone.

The three-pronged safety initiative includes a new LED crosswalk at River Street and “Mandatory Bicycle Dismount” and “Bicycle Bypass” signs placed along high-traffic areas of the trail.

Although police will not enforce a mandatory dismount, the signs will serve as friendly reminders to cyclists that there are better places to ride faster, said Dana Souza, director of Greenville Parks and Recreation.

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the process of rephrasing the wording, he said. The rider dismount will be encouraged between River Place and Falls Park, and at the water fountain in front of the Hampton Inn. Souza said the bicycle bypass will allow riders to avoid the heavy congestion of Falls Park by detouring down Broad Street and Camperdown Way until reaching Ridgeland Drive near Cleveland Park.

The project is two years in the making because the city needed approval on the LED crosswalk from the South Carolina Department of Transportation, he said. The crosswalk will increase safety for trail users by illuminating the pedestrian crossing.

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County, cities seek input on hazard mitigation plan Municipalities join in planning for the first time APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com For the past year, county officials have been creating an update for the Greenville County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Aside from the daunting name, the plan provides guidance on how the county can best prepare for and respond to natural hazards like flooding, winter storms and tornadoes to minimize damage to property, infrastructure, businesses and the local economy.

The hazard plan dates back to 2005 with a 2010 update, but this year’s process includes the cities of Greenville, Simpsonville, Fountain Inn and Mauldin for the first time, said Robert Hall, floodplain administrator for Greenville County.

Travelers Rest and Greer are not part of this round of planning, but can join at a future date, said Hall.

Officials evaluated a total of 13 potential hazards outlined by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) and chose winter storms, flooding and high winds or tornadoes as those with the highest risk in Greenville County, said Hall.

Planners discounted risk from tsunamis and volcanic activity, Hall said, but will be revising their assessment of earthquake risk after recent nearby seismic activity.

Residents who remember last year’s flooding in Mauldin or the occasional Reedy River overflows in downtown Greenville know that disaster doesn’t stop at man-made borders. All the more reason for the cities to become involved, Hall said.

“Hazards cross municipal lines; there’s no reason to do multiple risk assessments,” he said.

The plan includes a list of projects that will help to shore up stormwater handling, evaluate emergency routes for first responders and public works equipment, education, training and monitoring. The county has 14 rain gauges and weather monitoring stations at five areas throughout the county, Hall said.

Each proposed project is evaluated based on cost, benefit, impact and feasibility, he said. On March 25, officials also want public input on suggestions of other measures they can take to be prepared and respond, as the end result should be “everybody’s plan.”

Taking a look at potential issues can help avoid headache, Hall said, noting that officials are conducting a study of the Gilder Creek watershed in a relatively undeveloped area. Having inforHAZARD continued on PAGE 7

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Fight for Emma’s Law On New Year’s Day 2012, Emma Longstreet was going to church with her family when a car ran a red light and slammed into their van, instantly killing Emma and critically injuring her mother, father and three brothers.

After drinking until 5:30 a.m. and sleeping just a few hours that morning, the driver, Billy Patrick Hutto Jr., still had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of almost .20, more than twice the legal limit.

Emma was six years old. Sadly, this was not Hutto’s first DUI arrest. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), first-time offenders have driven drunk an average of 80 times before they are convicted. Every time a person gets behind the wheel while intoxicated, innocent lives are at risk.

A bill referred to as Emma’s Law, S.137, passed the Senate March 13, 2013. This law will require all repeat and first-time offenders with a BAC of 0.12 or higher to use an ignition interlock device (IID) – a mini-Breathalyzer that measures a person’s BAC before the car will start – on their vehicle for at least six months.

This law would eliminate ineffective license suspension time for drivers, allowing them to get back on the road sooner if they have an IID installed. This practice enables them to safely commute to work or school, and would have the residual effect of reducing taxpayer subsidies of drunk driving fatalities, which were estimated at $1.75 billion in 2011.

Currently, South Carolinians convicted of repeat impaired driving have the option of installing an IID. But many of them are not taking advantage of the opportunity. The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services reports only 11.7 percent of DUI offenders have obtained an IID. The 17 states that have laws requiring IIDs report significant re-

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sults. New Mexico has seen a 60 percent reduction in DUI recidivism for first-time offenders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports IIDs, on average, reduce repeat drunk driving incidents by 67 percent.

In South Carolina, the Department of Public Safety reports one person is killed or injured in a DUI crash every 2.1 hours. In recent years, drunk driving fatalities represented 41 percent of all traffic deaths in South Carolina. South Carolina is among the worst in the nation for DUI-related deaths at 46th out of 50, with 358 fatalities in 2012. Our state must act now in order to eradicate this reckless behavior. We can no longer afford to let these actions go unpunished.

Upon learning of Emma’s Law, I committed to doing everything I can to help win its passage. Emma’s father presented me with a pink bracelet that says “Don’t Drink and Drive. Remember Emma Longstreet.” I wear that bracelet every day as a reminder of the unnecessary crime of drunk driving and the many lives lost because of it.

The tragedy of Emma Longstreet and all victims of drunk driving are the catalysts for this legislation.

While it has passed the Senate, it awaits a vote in the House. I encourage all South Carolinians to let your representatives know you support Emma’s Law. Drunk driving is 100 percent preventable. It requires personal responsibility coupled with necessary safeguards to protect our friends and family.

Alan Wilson is attorney general of South Carolina.

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Historians frequently attribute this quote to Edmund Burke, the 18th-century Irish diplomat, philosopher and political theorist. Burke was a staunch supporter of the American Revolution. His more than 200-year-old warning remains valid today, especially for anyone who believes in the principles our founders incorporated into our Constitution.

In today’s America, we don’t have to look far to find glaring examples of serious “evils” – executive and legislative overreach, bureaucratic excesses, judicial activism and downright illegal behavior.

Whether it’s Obamacare, IRS chicanery, NSA snooping, EPA mandates or bizarre court rulings granting young children the right to “declare” their gender and use the restroom of their choice at school. It’s out of control, and it’s our fault.

Without informed and involved citizens, common-sense ideas like operating the government on a balanced budget, asking every citizen to pay something for the government services they enjoy, enforcing immigration laws, requiring photo identification before voting, or giving parents the opportunity to send their children to a school of their choice are often unceremoniously dismissed by our elected representatives. Instead, they tend to sponsor grand new schemes requiring more intrusive, more expensive government. Politicians of all persuasions repeatedly ignore basic economic principles in favor of trite rhetoric, flawed logic, and special interests. They’re out of control, and it’s our fault.

Sadly, many voters don’t take the time to learn about issues and problems facing our nation, or the political philosophy of the candidates offering to solve them. Instead, they follow family traditions, blind party loyalty, or self-serving motivations when they cast their ballots.

Just look at the outcome of our last election. For whatever reason, millions of voters chose not to vote. That kind of decision-making ignores the obvious consequences of “tuning out.” These were good

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men and women who chose to do nothing.

It’s not just inept leadership, it’s bad social policy. How did we evolve to the point where a prominent U.S. senator considers our military veterans “terrorists” because they own weapons? How did political correctness supplant a robust effort to keep our country safe from real terrorists? How did people who entered this country illegally become “victims” of our society, entitled to welfare payments, food stamps and an education funded by taxpayers?

How did traditional family values become so perverted that nearly half our “families” have no fathers? It’s out of control, and it’s our fault.

Fortunately, the fix is not all that complicated. Every citizen simply needs to get involved and stay informed about what’s going on in Greenville, Columbia and Washington. It’s not that hard to do. In Greenville, the Greenville Journal does a fine job recapping city, county and Upstate initiatives. In Columbia, the South Carolina Policy Council is one of several organizations that do a good job highlighting key statewide issues. In Washington, there are blogs that serve as watchdogs for Congress.

Finally, voters should provide frequent feedback to their elected representatives.

That’s easy, too. Every representative can be reached at the state (scstatehouse.gov) and federal level (house.gov or senate. gov).

Remember, changing the status quo takes effort. Our reward is better, less expensive government.

Ron Tamaccio of Greenville is a retired professional airline pilot with 34 years flying experience. He served with distinction as a senior officer in the US Army Reserve and administrative officer for the US Department of Transportation in Atlanta.

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Candidates file for Greenville County Council seat District 26 seat left vacant after Rawls’ death Five candidates have filed for the special election to fill the Greenville County Council District 26 seat left vacant by the unexpected death in February of councilman Dan Rawls.

District 26 covers much of southern Greenville County below U.S. Highway 185, including parts of Piedmont, Williamston and Fountain Inn. At the close of filing, Windell Rodgers, pastor of Greater Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Greenville, was the lone Democrat. The four Republicans pursuing the seat are Lynn W. Ballard, Buddy Dyer, Todd W. Frederick and Ed Poore.

Ballard is a retired manager in the chemical industry and retired U.S. Postal Service rural carrier. Dyer is

owner of MSI Inc. and a member of the Greenville County Arena District.

Frederick is owner of Whiter Than Snow Appliances in Piedmont, and Poore is chairman of the Piedmont Public Service Commission and former auditor with the S.C. Tax Commission.

County election officials set the special election to fill Rawls’ unexpired term for June 17, with a primary to be held on April 29. If needed, a runoff will be held May 13.

Another election to fill the seat for the four-year term beginning January 2015 will be held in November.

Filing for that race closes on March 30 at noon, according to Conway Belangia, director of voter registration and elections for Greenville County.

“At this point, only Ed Poore and Windell Rodgers have filed for the November General Election for the four-year term beginning January 2015,” Belangia said.

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mation now is important as the county develops, he said, recalling the lack of planning for developments along Brushy Creek, where homes were built in the floodplain and are now frequently underwater.

Greenville County is continuing the Flood Mitigation Acquisition Program, an initiative launched in 2007 to buy homes in floodplains. The program has purchased 120 structures.

The plan is not only a tool for preparedness, but also helps the county and the cities qualify for grant funding to make improvements and disaster relief funding after an event, said Hall.

Following public input, the plan will be reviewed by the SC Emergency Management Department and then

by FEMA. Another public meeting is scheduled for later this year before Greenville County Council considers the final plan for adoption, Hall said.

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Classroom standards spark controversy Debate continues over Common Core CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com One thing that nearly everybody can agree on is the need to improve the nation’s public schools. One thing just about no one manages to agree on is the best way to do it.

Nothing better illustrates this truth than the debate now raging in South Carolina and across the country over Common Core.

Common Core is a new set of standards that define what students must learn in kindergarten through 12th grade in English language arts and math.

It began in 2009 when the National Governors Association (former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford was chairman of the Republican Governors Association at the time) and the Council of Chief State School Officers announced an effort to create voluntary national standards in math and reading.

The goal, they said, was to ensure students were better prepared for college or the workforce.

President Barack Obama encouraged adoption of the standards by tying billions of dollars in “Race to the Top” education reform grants and federal waivers to No Child Left Behind, President George W. Bush’s signature education reform law, to states adopting “college and career ready standards.”

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia adopted Common Core standards. Only Texas, Virginia, Alaska and Nebraska did not. Minnesota only adopted the reading standards. States could add to the standards if they desired.

But Indiana, one of the earliest adopters of Common Core, recently changed its mind when its legislature passed a bill to repeal it. Legislatures in several other states, including South Carolina, are considering bills that would do the same.

The debate over Common Core involves those on the political right and political left, Republicans and Democrats.

“It’s one of the few things in education which those on the far right and those on the far left agree, although for vastly different reasons,” said Ed Dickey, a professor and associate department chair in the University of South Carolina College of Education’s Department of In-

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struction and Teacher Education.

Common Core has come under fire for both what it contains and what the standards purportedly represent.

Some opponents reject Common Core because they believe it infringes on states’ rights and lessens local control over education. They see it as the federal government telling states what to teach.

Others say the new standards aren’t rigorous enough and promote a “one size fits all” education that ignores the fact that some children learn at a different pace and in a different way.

Critics say the standards limit the teaching of literature and creative writing, while supporters say they force students to think and reason more deeply, skills that they’ll need when they get to college or the workforce.

Dickey, a member of the committee that wrote South Carolina’s first math standards in the 1990s, does a lot of work nationally with Common Core.

“There’s a sense it was rushed. It was,” he said. “There’s a sense it was pushed by Obama. It was. Common Core has become a political issue. You hear very little about content.”

ELECTION ISSUE Common Core is shaping up to be a key issue in the South Carolina Superintendent of Education race this year, especially on the Republican side.

Filing for the statewide race is now underway and at least nine candidates have said they intend to run.

At least one Republican has announced she will base her campaign on repealing the standards – Sheri Few, a Kershaw County resident and executive director of South Carolina Parents Involved in Education, which has been rallying against the standards for at least a year.

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“There’s been a kind of overwhelming misunderstanding, anger and frustration with Common Core.”

Dr. DeeDee Washington

Meka Childs, outgoing Superintendent of Education Mick Zais’ former deputy superintendent, said she voted against Common Core when she was a member of the Education Oversight Committee because she thought its adoption was rushed.

She said that while Common Core will be an issue in the campaign, it should not be the next state superintendent’s only focus.

“I’ve seen the results from states that are super-focused so much on one thing,” she said. “There are not many elected offices where the answer to just one question should influence who is elected.”

State Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Berkeley, introduced a bill that would repeal Common Core in South Carolina, but a bill passed by the Senate Education Committee contains amendments that would keep the standards in place but require a review no later than 2018.

Passage by the committee is no guarantee the bill will reach the Senate floor.

Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, filed a minority report that requires two-thirds of the Senate to vote to hear the bill with a special order.

IN THE CLASSROOM While the debate rages, teachers in Greenville County Schools are teaching the new standards.

“People have asked which side the district is on, and that’s inappropriate,” said Dr. DeeDee Washington, Greenville County Schools’ associate superintendent for

academics. “We’re not in the business of adopting standards. We implement the standards that have been adopted.”

Common Core calls for greater focus in mathematics, according to the Common Core website, corestandards.org. That means in kindergarten through second grade, teachers teach concepts, skills and problem-solving related to addition and subtraction. Grades three to five focus on multiplication, division and fractions.

Much of the math related to statistics was pushed to middle school, Dickey said.

“In elementary school they wanted students to do numbers and fractions really well. They wanted to not throw in everything in K-5, and something had to be moved.”

While some concepts were rearranged, a state committee of educators who reviewed the new standards found a lot of commonality among South Carolina’s old standards and Common Core. According to the study, 97 percent of the standards were a match.

“Yes, there were differences, but there aren’t any gaps of any consequence,” Dickey said of the math standards.

“It’s hard to divorce how you teach from what you teach,” he said. “It is changing the way teachers teach. If all a student is asked to learn are multiplication tables, you can use a drill and skill approach. But when the standards call for a different level of understanding, you have to change how you teach so students get a practical, in-depth understanding. Common Core is not telling teachers how to teach, but it is changing the way they teach.”

Classrooms are no longer quiet and teachers no longer do all the talking.

Students spend more time working in groups. Technology plays a larger role.

“There’s still the need for core knowledge. There’s still a place for memorizing math facts. None of that has gone away,” Washington said. “But for years, way before Common Core was talked about, we’ve made an intentional shift to balancing delivery of instruction with student-driven learning.”

Washington said she expects the Common Core standards to change – just like all of the state’s previous standards have.

“There’s been a kind of overwhelming misunderstanding, anger and frustration with Common Core,” she said. “For us, implementing the standards has been a big job but it’s been a really exciting time.

Whether you’re a parent, educator, citizen or legislator, we’ve got to remember we’re all in the same business, and that’s educating our children.”

TSA opens Greenville Precheck application center JOE TOPPE | STAFF

jtoppe@communityjournals.com Travelers looking to avoid the lengthy screening process before boarding their flights at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) can now apply to bypass the long lines and take their places in the fast lane.

The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new Precheck application center in Greenville will provide local travelers with additional options to apply for the expedited screening program.

Rosylin Weston, director of public relations at GSP, said TSA’s program would improve the customer service experience while enhancing current airport projects.

“By speeding up the screening process, this program will offer convenience to customers around the Upstate,” she said. “In addition, the completion of our terminal renovation will include a consolidated screening checkpoint.”

The TSA Precheck screening process allows U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to go through a pre-enrollment process online or visit

an application center to provide biographic information, fingerprints and an application fee of $85 for a five-year membership.

Once approved, travelers will receive a Known Traveler Number (KTN) and have the opportunity to utilize TSA Precheck lanes at security checkpoints in more than 115 participating airports and nine major U.S. airlines.

Although TSA continues to incorporate random and unpredictable security measures throughout airports, the program would allow accepted travelers to keep their shoes, light outerwear and belts on while going through the screening process, said TSA spokesman Mark Howell. The Precheck program would also allow a traveler to keep a laptop in its case and keep 3-1-1 compliant liquids and gels in a carryon bag, he said.

Including Greenville, TSA is currently expanding to more than 300 application centers across the country.

The application center is located at the Haywood Plaza on 30 Orchard Park Drive, Suite 21, in Greenville.

More details are available at tsa.gov/ tsa-precheck.

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Wilkins House fundraisers third of way to goal JEANNE PUTNAM | CONTRIBUTOR

jputnam@communityjournals.com The Save the Wilkins House Initiative announced Wednesday that organizers are a third of the way to their $360,000 goal to move the house.

If the goal is met by the April 29 deadline, the historic house will be moved “a stone’s throw away from its original location,” said Kelly Odom, chairman of the Save the Wilkins House Initiative. $720,000 is required to move the historic house from its current location at 1004 Augusta St. in Greenville to the corner of Mills Avenue and Elm Street and save it from the wrecking ball. Half of that has already been donated, Odom said.

Roughly $120,000 has been raised of the remaining $360,000 needed, Odom said, and the Save the Wilkins

House Initiative and the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation are awaiting word on a variety of grants submissions.

“Any sort of pledges or donations that are made, if for some reason the house doesn’t get moved, the money will be returned to all donors,” Odom said.

The Wilkins House is located on four acres that were recently sold and will be redeveloped by new owners.

The house itself dates back to 1876 and was built for William T. Wilkins, a merchant who made his fortune in New York before coming to Greenville and marrying a local woman, Harriet Cleveland. The house was constructed by local contractor Jacob Cagle.

For more information or to donate money to the cause, visit palmettotrust.org/savethewilkinshouse or learn more at the Save the Wilkins House Facebook page.

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City makes slow progress burying utility lines

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At more than $1 million for every 1,000 feet of burial, the majority of utility lines along Greenville’s commercial corridors remain up in the air.

City Engineer Dwayne Cooper said efforts to place utility lines underground began after a major ice storm shut down Greenville for weeks a decade ago, although actual work did not begin until 2010. The burial program is designed to improve the reliability, aesthetics, infrastructure and safety of the electrical systems.

However, burying the overhead facilities along Greenville’s commercial corridors is an expensive process and would take many years to complete.

To date, the city has completed a line burial project along Haywood Road spanning 1,000 feet south from Woods Lake, and a similar project on West Camperdown Way between River Street and Main Street.

A second Haywood Road project will extend the buried lines an additional 1,000 feet to the Kanpai of Tokyo restaurant, while projects along the city’s other commercial corridors are expected over the next few years, Cooper said.

In place of burial, the city is relocating utility poles in close proximity to traffic on Augusta Street to behind the businesses, he said. The poles are a safety issue to travelers and have contributed to additional power outages.

Cooper said the city relocated the overhead facilities between Lupo Street and Capers Street at a cost of $200,000, while another relocation project is expected to begin on West Washington Street between Mulberry and Trescott in May. The overall response from business owners on Augusta Street has been good, he said. With the poles being so close to the traffic, accidents routinely left businesses without power.

Vicki Chism, manager of Gantt’s Uniform Outlet, is concerned about construction affecting the flow of customer traffic but says the work is needed.

“Considering the width of Augusta Street, I see this as a positive adjustment,” she said.

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Utility lines on Haywood Road are set to be routed underground as part of an ongoing line burial project.

on utility bills to city residents, Cooper said.

Residential property owners in the City of Greenville can apply for residential service line conversion through the city’s Weather the Storm program, he said.

Homeowners interested in the program must submit a written request to the City’s Utility Program Marketing Coordinator. If the homeowner meets the eligibility requirements, a representative of Duke Energy will meet with the homeowner to determine the cost of the conversion.

Duke Energy will come out and assess the cost of burying the lines and will provide a $1,500 credit along with the city towards that cost, Cooper said.

If the fee should exceed the $1,500 credit, the property owner will have to pay the difference, he said. The City of Greenville will also pay up to $300 on a meter box conversion needed for underground utilities.

Ryan Mosier, a spokesman for Duke Energy, said the program started in September 2010 and has completed 928 overhead-to-underground conversions for residential customers in Greenville.

As Duke Energy works on new construction of neighborhoods and commercial developments, underground service is the preferred way of doing business, he said. “We are looking for the most reliable methods of utility construction.”

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A shopper at the Home Depot on Woodruff Road told police he was accosted in the store by a man who claimed to have a gun and threatened to kill him if he didn’t hand over his money.

According to the Greenville Police Department, the victim told the man he didn’t have any money, but the gunman forced him to go to his car. The victim gave the man some money and the man got in a car and left.

The incident happened on March 13, according to police.

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Authorities made an arrest in one Greenville County homicide and are investigating another.

Richard Neil Davis, 57, of 109 Guillory Road, Simpsonville, is charged with murder and is being held at the Greenville County Detention Center.

Davis is charged in connection with a death of a woman found dead inside his motel room at the Intown Suites on Mauldin Road Sunday morning. The woman died from blunt force trauma, according to a warrant.

In the second case, authorities are looking for a man in con- Davis nection with the stabbing death of 42-year-old Janice Latonia Hackett of 13 Rangeview Circle, who was found dead late Sunday night in her home.

Warrants have been issued charging Sylvester Keejaun King with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. He has not been arrested, and investigators think he may be in Charlotte.

Clemson University defensive back Martin Jenkins is one of four college athletes who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and five of its conference.

The lawsuit calls the NCAA and the SEC, ACC, Pac-12, Big 10 and Big 12 conferences an “unlawful cartel” that has restricted the earning power of football and men’s basketball players while making billions of dollars off their labor.

The lawsuit seeks monetary damages for the plaintiffs – Jenkins, Rutgers basketball player J.J. Moore, UTEP football player Kevin Perry and Cal football player William Tyndall – as well as a finding that the defendants are violating federal antitrust laws.

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During Engineer’s Week, eighth-grade Hughes Academy students enrolled in Gateway to Technology courses collaborated with engineers at General Electric to invent, design and improve a product that would make students’ lives easier. The students created prototypes, used MakerBotMakerWare, and produced parts using a 3-D printer. General Electric donated two MakerBOT 3-D Printers to Hughes Academy.

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Former Shannon Forest teacher accused of lewd act SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com A former Shannon Forest Christian School (SFCS) teacher was arrested and charged last week with inappropriately touching a 12-year-old student. Christopher Stuart Kay, 32, of Greer, was charged with lewd act on a minor and indecent exposure.

The Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office received the report on Feb. 7, 2014. According to reports, investigators with the Crimes Against Children unit allege that between August 2010 and June 2011, Kay had masturbated in front of the 12-year-old victim several times, and on one occasion touched the victim inappropriately in an attempt to sexually arouse the victim. Kay was a teacher as well as the baseball coach for Shannon Forest at the time of the incident, and the victim was on the baseball team.

In a statement, SFCS says that the teacher named in the allegation was terminated from SFCS in June of

2011 for performance reasons, and SFCS was not aware, at any time during this employee’s tenure, of any accusations relating to inappropriate behavKay ior or interactions with students.

Officials at the school said that “SFCS does not condone, support or tolerate inappropriate behavior by any administration, faculty or staff member.” Per the SFCS Employee Manual, employees must agree that their “lifestyle and behavior, both on and off campus, should reflect the highest Biblical standards of morality, self-discipline and Christian commitment.”

School officials said all employees are held to this standard.

The school will cooperate fully with all agencies regarding any pending investigation, officials said.

Be Freshwater Friendly Why Not Adopt-a-River?

By Blake Visin IS Director at ReWa

That’s exactly what Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) has done for the past 20 years; we’ve adopted a 1.5 mile stretch of the Reedy River that flows from Interstate 85 through the Mauldin Road facility to the adjacent Conestee Foundation’s property. Additionally, over the last ten years, Boy Scout Troop 421 has participated in a ‘minisweep’ of the one mile section of Brushy Creek that flows into the Reedy on the Mauldin Road campus.

The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and S.C. Department of Natural Resources organize the statewide event, which is held in conjunction with the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. Anyone can participate – individuals, families, schools, youth groups, civic and conservation clubs or businesses. Each year, the 3rd Saturday of September is the official sweep day covering lakes, streams, rivers, and ocean fronts across the state. This past year, 2013, was the 25th anniversary of this event with roughly 5000 participants statewide.

During the inaugural years of ReWa’s Reedy River Sweep, our team collected up to two tons of trash and an average of 200 tires per year. It is estimated that ReWa’s efforts have removed over 2,000 tires from just one section of the Reedy River; an astonishing number that thankfully has dropped dramatically in the past two years.

Other local organizations have participated in this annual event throughout the years. Greenville Technical College has offered extra credit in certain classes for assisting with their sweep on their part of the Reedy River that flows along campus. Their first year, they had almost 100 participants. ‘Friends of the Reedy’ focus their attention on the downtown area of Greenville including Cleveland Park, and include Boy Scout Troops that express an interest. The ‘Save Our Saluda’ members have their sweep on the Middle Saluda River. Several other groups, such as the Conestee Foundation, host similar events with the common goal of protecting and improving the water quality in the Upstate.

We are fortunate in South Carolina to have such a vast amount of wonderful aquatic resources. We are home to a diverse wildlife population.

However, if we don’t care for our natural resources, they simply won’t be there. Can you imagine a future in which your children or grandchildren won’t be able to enjoy our beaches, lakes, rivers and streams?

So plan ahead, the 3rd Saturday in September, and get involved in this rewarding activity. The returns are immediate and the example you set will last even longer.

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Clemson research could help diabetics worldwide Students use home printer to produce cheaper blood sugar test strips

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clandrum@communityjournals.com Student researchers at Clemson University have come up with a cheaper way for diabetics to test their blood sugar: with an inkjet printer and parts found in electronic stores.

The student-developed devices work much the same as conventional test strips and glucometers. Diabetics put a drop of blood on a strip and insert it in the glucometer to check their blood sugar.

The difference is price.

The students’ test strips can be printed for about a penny each – compared to commercial strips that can cost up to $1 apiece – by rigging an inkjet printer to use enzymes instead of ink.

“We’re using an Epson printer that we bought for $80,” said Delphine Dean, an associate professor of bioengineering at Clemson.

The research is part of the bioengineering department’s broader effort to improve living conditions in Tanzania by providing low-cost medical devices, including an infant warmer and grasswoven neck braces.

Diabetes is a health issue in Tanzania and other East African nations, mainly because a shortage of testing equipment and drugs causes many cases to go untreated.

Donated commercial test strips and glucometers haven’t helped because the test strips are useless if they don’t match the glucometers, and it is difficult to find replacement parts for the glucometers, Dean said. That forces patients to go without testing, she said.

The student-made glucometer is composed of widely available parts in U.S. electronic stores or bought in bulk and shipped to remote parts of the world.

“What excites me most about this is it puts the technology in the hands of people who are in need,” said Tyler Ovington, a senior from Greenville. “It empowers them to provide themselves health care and make the standard of health care we have in the U.S. more ubiquitous around the world to give all

Tyler Ovington solders pieces together to make a glucometer that will read test strips printed on an inkjet printer.

populations a fair chance at life.”

The students are now working to get approval in the U.S. and Tanzania for distribution and human testing. In the test, patients would use the student device and then use a commercially available glucometer so that results can be compared. Dean said she hopes testing can begin within six months.

When asked whether the studentmade glucometer is accurate, Dean said, “Surprisingly so. It’s actually as accurate or better than some of the meters on the market.”

Kayla Gainey, a doctoral candidate from Sumter and one of the students involved in the research, used her own experience as a Type 1 diabetic in helping design the glucometer. She said she wanted to design a device that would work with as little blood as possible.

“To me, more blood means more pain,” she said.

Dean said she could foresee the students’ research being put to use in the U.S. as well as developing countries. She said she doesn’t foresee diabetics each having a rigged inkjet printer in their individual homes. Rather, she envisions clinics that provide services to lowerincome residents printing test strips and distributing them to their patients.

Alex Devon, a senior from Greenville who has been to Tanzania twice in the past six months, said the potential impact on the research excites him the most.

“I’ve done work on the infant warmer and just seeing the progression it has had and knowing the potential for this design is really incredible,” he said.

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jtoppe@communityjournals.com An overgrown piece of land alongside the Swamp Rabbit Trail near downtown Greenville will soon be transformed into a six-acre blend of walkways, gardens and gathering spaces designed to promote community renewal and healing.

Dana Souza, Greenville’s director of parks and recreation, updated City Council Monday on the progress of a two-phased Cancer Survivors Park being built between Cleveland Street and South Church Street.

Construction on the $4.5 million park is set to begin in May, he said.

The City of Greenville has contributed $1.2 million to the project while the park’s lead organization, Patients First, raised the rest of the money privately.

Souza said Patients First agreed to raise the money beyond what the city contributes to the project.

Including design and fundraising, the agreement specified Patients First would also hire the contactors to build the park, he said. Once the park is completed, it will be turned over to the city.

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Council denies rezoning for new Eastside subdivision JEANNE PUTNAM | CONTRIBUTOR

jputnam@communityjournals.com Greenville County Council voted 6-4 at its regular council meeting Tuesday to deny a developer’s request to rezone Boiling Springs and Phillips roads to a Flexible Review District.

The developer had requested rezoning of the property to build a 54-home development, Windwood Cottages, on roughly 13 acres. Residents have voiced strong objections to the plan, citing concerns about increased traffic, flooding and traffic safety on Boiling Springs Road. Nearly 1,000 signatures have been collected in petitions against the rezoning.

Prior to the vote, the council unanimously approved an amendment to the request, which would allow for an access point on Phillips Road, a dedicated left-turn lane and sidewalks.

However, even with the amendment on the rezoning ordinance, Councilman Jim Burns objected to rezoning.

“There is nothing necessarily wrong with this development,” said Burns.

“Where I see the problem is the density that this development adds to it on an already overburdened infrastructure.”

Burns said in his more than nine years on council, he has never seen the degree of neighborhood opposition as this project has prompted.

Councilman Sid Cates spoke in favor of the rezoning, saying the area is already zoned for 45 houses and the change would only add seven or nine residences.

Cates argued that since the houses would be cottages, they would house

people primarily without children, such as retirees or professionals, and that would mean less traffic.

In the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, council members unanimously passed the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department Advisory Board resolution, which allows those who sat on the former Greenville County Recreation District Commission to hold their seats with their normal term expirations.

Council members voted to amend terms to three years instead of five years and to adjust Joel Vanderwood’s term to May 31, 2017, from May 31, 2018, and extend John Liston’s term from May 31, 2015, to May 31, 2016.

The vote was done to stagger the terms so that three seats would open in 2015, two seats in 2016 and two seats in 2017.

In other business, the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure unanimously voted to pass the Unattended Donation Receptacle Ordinance. The ordinance allows for “donation receptacles” to be located only outside of the operational site of a company or organization that collects used clothing, footwear, books or other salvageable household goods for resale or donation as a primary business function.

Additionally, the ordinance imposes a $200 per day fine against those in violation with provisions for the county to remove and destroy a donation receptacle in violation after 15 days.

Greenville County Council is scheduled to meet again April 1, 6 p.m. at County Square, 301 University Ridge, Greenville.

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If you tell Spartanburg resident Chuck Holmes to go fly a kite, he probably will.

He’s got plenty from which to choose – the two-time national award-winning kite flyer has a collection of more than 100 of the brightly colored wind catchers, and some will be on display in a Spartanburg Art Museum exhibit that runs through April 30.

Spartanburg’s community-wide initiative “Spartanburg Soaring!” developed from Holmes’ desire to display some of his kites at the Chapman Cultural Center so the public could enjoy them. From that came a multi-event series that organizers hope will promote civic pride and create a sense of playfulness throughout the city and county of Spartanburg – and that the rest of the Upstate will join in.

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The International Kite Festival will also include a parade.

Kiting is a multi-generational activity, attracting young children and senior adults and every age in between, event organizers say.

Holmes’ passion for kite flying began when he was about 12 years old, when his father returned home from a business trip with a simple plastic kite.

Years later, while dating his now-wife Karen, he discovered his soon-to-be father-in-law was a fellow kite enthusiast. His passed the passion down to his daughters, Allison and Lauren, and hopes to keep the tradition going with KITES continued on PAGE 18

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his grandchildren.

“I would like them to realize that this is something that they can do together,” he said.

While the kites Holmes first made and flew were simple, they can be intricately complex.

Holmes’ collection of kites features some three-dimensional cellular kites, compound kites, bowed kites and, his specialty, the della Porta, an Italian kite that reminds him of framed artwork whipping through the skies. The della Porta was originally intended for either lifting fireworks at night or the development of manned flight, and is one of the oldest recorded Western kites.

The American Kite Fliers Association says the first kite is believed to date back more than 2,000 years ago.

“The della Porta is rectangular with the height of one and a half times the width, so it’s like a portrait,” Holmes said.

Holmes personally built about 40 of the kites in his collection. One, a Bermu-

dian, is an octagonal kite he built more than a decade ago using only red, white and blue.

While Holmes likes the colors, he also likes the neatness of the frame and the fittings he made that allow it to be easily adjusted and flown.

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kite collection includes examples from kite-makers around the world, including four by Bobby Stanfield, a national kitemaking champion who is known for his cellular kites of the 1980s and 1990s.

Other kites in the Spartanburg Art Museum exhibition were made by members of Holmes’ family, including a rokkaku kite – one used for battles – with a cat’s face in black and purple.

“She used a drawing from a pumpkin carving kit,” he said. “It is one of the best kites for showing contrast. The black stops almost all of the light, but the purple glows with intensity.”

A kite installation on Spartanburg’s Main Street between the Kress building and the Venus Beauty Supply store is a collaboration between artist Aimee Wise, with the Johnson Collection; Chapman Cultural Center President and CEO Jennifer Evins; and Holmes.

Wise envisioned an eclectic selection of commercially made kites that will be strung across five cables spanning between the two buildings. Five cables spaced apart on the Kress building will come together at a single point on the Venus building. The kites are strategically placed to give the whole thing a sense of movement.

“The idea behind the kite installation was not only to catch people’s eyes downtown, but to invite them to view this space and experience a whimsical celebration of kites and kite flying as an art form, pastime and research tool,” Wise said.

Wise said kites have been used in a number of ways in different cultures and each developed its own styles and techniques.

“As an artist, I personally gravitate towards a combination of art and science because I feel like the two directly influ-

ence one another in so many ways,” she said. “That connection is important for me on an educational level as well as a creative level. I think my favorite thing about this installation project is utilizing the open space to promote art as an interactive experience.”

For more information on Spartanburg Soaring! events, go to chapmanculturalcenter.org.

SPARTANBURG SOARING! EVENTS CHUCK HOLMES’ KITE EXHIBIT An exhibition at the Spartanburg Art Museum – Through April 30

COMMUNITY KITE-FLYING FIELDS Kite-flying events and competitions – March 22, 2 to 4 p.m. – Woodland Heights Elementary playground and Thomas E. Hannah YMCA

INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL Kite-flying competition, Upstate International Parade – March 29, 1 to 4 p.m.

SPARTANBURG SOARING! SCAVENGER HUNT Participants will pick up a booklet of clues from the Chapman Cultural Center and then go downtown to find hidden kites, all featuring a poem from the recent poetry competition

SPARTANBURG SOARING! POETRY SATURDAY Readings and poetry workshops by awarding professionals, 1 to 4 p.m. Poetry Slam, 6 to 9 p.m.

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clandrum@communityjournals.com The main criteria for the scholarship the Rotary Club of Greenville will award one Greenville County high school senior this fall is reflected in its name – the Service Above Self Scholarship.

The recipient of the scholarship – a renewable grant worth $20,000 over four years – must demonstrate a commitment to community service he or she must continue throughout the life of the scholarship.

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To maintain the scholarship, the winner must agree to complete 100 hours of community service and keep a 3.0 grade point average.

The Rotary Club of Greenville has long focused on education. Its Teacher of the Year program launched years ago sets a standard for the level of recognition the club intends this new scholarship to train on outstanding students in the community, Kivett said.

These students often volunteer at least 20 hours a week, while working another 20 hours a week, playing sports and maintaining straight-A averages, she said.

“However, there is a big gap in the financial aid available to many of them who fall just short of the very top percent of their class, or have just slightly over the financial means to qualify for many forms of aid,” she said. “These students are leaders in their schools as well as their communities and will someday, hopefully, become leaders in the Upstate as well.”

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Familiar voice advances on ‘The Voice’ CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com A voice familiar to audiences of local theaters’ musical revue shows has advanced on the NBC television show “The Voice.”

Delvin Choice, a 2008 graduate of the Fine Arts Center and Wade Hampton High, won a battle round on the popular talent search show Tuesday to advance in the competition.

Choice, who lives in the Greenville area, had tried out for the show last year, but didn’t get any of the coaches to turn their chairs around during the blind auditions. At that point in the process, the coaches sit with their backs to the singers so they can, as the name suggests, judge only the quality of the voice. If they like what they hear, they push a button and the chair spins around.

Last year, the coaches told Choice to come back and try again.

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Shakira, Usher and Blake Shelton – to spin around. Choice chose Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5, to be his coach.

In Tuesday’s battle round, Choice and 19-year-old rocker Caleb Elder, a donut shop worker from Virginia, sang “The Man,” a song by Aloe Blacc, a singer, songwriter and rapper Levine chose as his advisor for this year’s shows.

After choosing Choice as the winner, Levine said he had a “booming voice that is captivating. The song that blows people’s minds, it’s coming.”

Choice, who studied at the Fine Arts Center under the late voice teacher Michael Rice, has performed around Greenville since he was a senior in high school, once landing a role in Greenville Little Theatre’s production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”

Choice also appeared in GLT’s “Carousel,” “Motown Magic” and “Smokey Joe’s Café.”

At Centre Stage, Choice brought down the house with his performance of “O, Holy Night,” in the theater’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Yule” Christmas musical revue. He also performed in “Rock ‘n’ Roll Forever,” a revue of 1980s hit songs.

Choice is now lead singer for the band Steel Toe Stiletto, which plays at Main Street Fridays at NOMA Square at the Hyatt in downtown Greenville on May 16.

Choice works at Starbucks in Anderson and attends NewSpring Church.

Choice appeared on WYFF-4, Greenville’s NBC affiliate, after the show wearing a “Team Lobster” Tshirt. That’s the moniker Choice’s friends and co-workers have adopted that pays homage to the singer’s hairstyle on the show.

Choice told WYFF anchors Michael Cogdill and Carol Goldsmith that his motto is “changing lives by chasing dreams.”

“It’s almost like ‘The Beverly Hillbillies.’ You’re taking your dream and it’s becoming reality,” he told them.

Choice said he hopes his time on “The Voice” inspires others to chase their dreams. “A couple of years ago, this was fantasy and a dream.”

“The Voice” airs on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on WYFF4 TV.

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Leonard to speak at Minority Health Summit April 12 event to focus on cancer detection & education APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com The eighth annual Greenville Health System Minority Health Summit puts a focus on cancer in the ring at its April 12 event featuring world boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist Sugar Ray Leonard as the keynote speaker.

Knock Out Cancer is the theme of the day, which will feature Leonard along with a physician panel, lunch, community health organizations, entertainment and education on disparities in cancer detection and cancer myths.

According to the National Cancer Institute, cancer rates have declined; however, the death rate for all cancers combined is 25 percent higher for African-Americans than for whites.

Dr. Cedrek McFadden, a colon and rectal surgeon who spoke at the summit kickoff event last week, said some people see a stigma Sugar Ray Leonard associated with a cancer diagnosis, a negative perception that is often based on half-truths and myths.

Organizers hope to address these myths and fears, said summit chairwoman Melinda Hudson Gillispie.

“We are not backing down. We are going to fight back and knock out cancer.”

Not all diagnoses are fatal, McFadden said, and with an anticipated 18 percent increase in the number of cancer survivors in the future, “going into the office or surgery is hopeful.”

While there is no sure prevention, early detection and helping to educate patients on the evolution of cancer treatment is important, he said.

Several cancer survivors spoke at the kickoff, sharing their stories and how their cancer was diagnosed.

George Lloyd, who was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 49, had been through three surgeries, adding that doctors will monitor his condition for the rest of his life. He said that the doctors were well trained, however. “You have to spend some time yourself in taking command of your health.”

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Running for Hershey Greenville County Rec will host the Hershey’s Track and Field Meet on March 29 at the Eastside High School track at 9 a.m. Hershey’s Track and Field Games are open to youth ages 9 to 14. Kids of all skill levels are encouraged to sign up for this day of fun and fitness featuring events such as running, jumping, and throwing. For more information and to register, visit greenvillerec.com or call Wilbur McNeil at 864-288-6470. Registration is open through March 21.

The history of rock Greenville Technical College’s Social & Behavioral Sciences Department presents its Ninth Annual Invited Anthropology Lecture entitled “Pre-Historic Rock Art of the Upstate” on April 4 at 11 a.m. in the UT Auditorium at the Barton Campus, Greenville Technical College. The event is free and open to the public and will feature Tommy Charles, independent research archaeologist with the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology & Anthropology (SCIAA).

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Shannon Forest students will have their artwork featured in the annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit on display March 24-April 25 at the Greer campus of Greenville Technical College, 2522 Locust Hill Road, Taylors. A closing reception will be April 24, 8 p.m.

facilitator and assessor at the inaugural Lean & Six Sigma Performance Bowl at the conference where practitioners refresh, compete in, and test their skills on a day-long simulated improvement project.

Artwork by Sarah Auslund, 11th grade; Katelyn Overby, 11th grade; Kelly Wrobel, 10th grade; Lauren Neal, ninth grade; and Megan Auffarth, 11th grade; will be featured in the annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit.

Applications for the Mary Wheeler Davis Scholarship are now being accepted by The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg at Chapman Cultural Center. One or more $1,000 scholarships are awarded annually to Spartanburg students pursuing undergraduate college degrees in the visual or performing arts. The selection is based on character, financial need and artistic potential. In addition to completing the application, the student must submit a resume; letters of recommendation; statements pertaining to career goals, scholarship use, and need; and support materials, such as writing samples, tapes, films or videos. Applications for the 2014 scholarship are available from The Arts Partnership, c/o Chapman Cultural Center, 200 E. St. John St., Spartanburg, SC 29306, by calling 864-278-9693, by emailing aHughes@SpartanArts.org, or by downloading the forms at chapmanculturalcenter.org. Completed applications must be returned to The Arts Partnership office by 5 p.m. on April 4.

The St. Mary’s Catholic School Ducks and Lady Ducks basketball teams brought home two state championships recently. Both the boys and girls basketball teams, coached

by Willis Holliday, finished their seasons undefeated and won their conference as well as state tournament.

The Prince of Peace Catholic School St. Cecilia Choir performs at the POPCS annual Grandparents Tea, directed by music teacher Kelly Herd.

Marco Luzzatti, master black belt train-the-trainer at Greenville Technical College, was selected to be on a panel with leading experts from Saab Sweden, PNC Financial Services, and Dr. Pepper Snapple at the 2014 International Lean & Six Sigma World Conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 26-27.

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United Ministries’ Adult Education Program recently honored around 70 graduates during a cap and gown ceremony held at Buncombe Street United Methodist Church to award each participate his or her GED. Four hundred guests filled the church auditorium to capacity with family and friends of the graduates being honored.

Shannon Forest Christian School spring production features a Sherlock Holmes comedy trilogy including “The Affair of Lady Fairfax,” “The Venus Figurine” and “The Golden Limping Stick” on March 28 and 29, at 6 p.m. in the West Campus (US) Gymnasium.

For tickets, email Elizabeth DeVault at edevault@shannonforest.com. Tickets will also be available at the door. The cost is $3 for students, children and faculty and $5 for adults.

Greer Middle College Charter High School student Gabi Laserna placed second in her age division in the City of Greer’s 2014 Black History Month Essay contest. Laserna was recognized at the Black History program and presented with a $50 gift card. In addition, 47 students recently attended the 76th Annual S.C. State Beta Club ConOur Lady of the Rosary Catholic School students recently vention. Junior Micah Wilparticipated in a program called “Fill a Bag, Fill a Hungry liams ran for state president Heart.” The students collected items for the OLR Church and was elected. Awards food pantry for Saint Vincent the Paul. included Savannah Ralph, first place in pencil drawing; and Rachel Lawrence, who competed in the finals of special talent.

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To broaden the availability of the Jewish baked goods for sale at ShalomFest ’14, Temple of Israel currently is accepting pre-orders via ShalomFest.org. Through March 24, Upstate residents can pre-order cookies, cake and noodle kugel, made using traditional recipes. Orders will be available for pickup at Temple of Israel April 4-6. ShalomFest ’14, the Upstate’s only Jewish cultural and food festival, will be held on April 6, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Temple of Israel’s campus, 400 Spring Forest Road, Greenville. It is free to attend. For more information, visit shalomfest.org.

Bob Jones University will hold its annual Bible Conference March 24-28. Services will be held daily at 10 a.m., 1:30 and 7 p.m. except for March 27 when services will be at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. This year’s speakers include Dr. Gary Anderson of Baptist Mid-Missions, Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. Mike Harding of First Baptist Church of Troy, Troy, Mich.; Dr. Sam Horn of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Plymouth, Minn.; Dr. Les Ollila, former president of Northland International University, Dunbar, Wis.; Dr. Gerald Priest, former faculty member of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, Greenville; Dr. Bob Shelton, an evangelist from Greenville, and Dr. Charles Whitfield, a retired pastor from Birmingham, Mich. All services will be webcast live on bju.edu. Other activities include a BJU Concert Band performance on March 25 at 3:30 p.m. in Stratton Hall, Parents’ Day on March 26, Alumni Day, and a Foundation Brass concert on March 27 at 11:30 a.m. in the Student Center Mall. For more information, visit bju.edu/events/bible-conference.

Care for Mom has expanded to become a collective of trained birth and postpartum doulas, serving expectant and new mothers throughout the Upstate. Together, the five Care for Mom doulas offer decades of experience in childbirth education, labor support and postpartum support. With their assistance, women birthing in any setting can have the best chance of achieving the experience they want and then caring for their newborns with confidence. For more information about monthly doula chats, where you can get detailed information about the role of a doula and meet members of the Care for Mom collective, call 864-419-3289 or email info@careformomdoula.com.

The Year of Altruism will commemorate the atrocities of the Holocaust and the thousands who risked their lives to rescue and protect victimized Jews at a special Holocaust Memorial Convocation on March 24 at 7 p.m. in Younts Conference Center at Furman University. The Holocaust Memorial Convocation will bring light to humanity’s immeasurable capacity for compassion, mercy, self-sacrifice and idealism as a universal story.

The Convocation will feature Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and senior scholar of the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University in New York City. Dr. Paul Thompson, associate professor of history and chair of the Department of History and Political Science at North Greenville University, will offer introductory comments. The Holocaust Memorial Convocation is free and open to the public. To learn more, visit yearofaltruism.org/upcomingevents.

Stratos Aviation will be conducting a pilot refresher course on March 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Greenville Downtown Airport. Subjects that will be covered include: ForeFlight on board, latest regulations, flight maneuvers, aircraft performance, weather and more. Lunch and refreshments will be offered following the course. RSVP by March 22 to attend. For more information and to register, call Stratos Aviation at 864-272-6268 or email info@stratosaviation.com.

stage The Millennium Drive in celebration of the Upstate’s booming international automotive market and to coincide with the month-long Upstate International Festival. The inaugural event will feature vehicles that showcase the past and future of the automobile. Admission is free, and will feature food trucks and live family entertainment. For more information, visit cuicar.com/millenniumdrive.

Join master gardener Suzy Seagrave to learn how to grow the best tomatoes on March 25, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Greenville Health System Life Center. The fee is $10.

To register, call 455-4001.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School will host a panel discussion entitled “The Affordable Care Act, SJCS, Religious Liberty, and Catholic Teaching on Love and Sexuality” on March 26, 7 p.m. Panel presenters will include Rev. Jon Chalmers, chaplain, St. Francis Hospital; Dr. Ingeborg Collins, a Catholic female physician; Rev. Jeffrey Kirby, a moral theologian and Vicar for Vocations for the Diocese of Charleston; and Matthew Utecht, a Catholic attorney who devotes his practice to health care law. The event is open to the community. For more information, visit at sjcatholicschool.org.

The Miniature World of Trains will open its BETA concept the weekend prior to the grand opening on March 29. Work will still be going on with the display as well as the Transportation Museum of the World “Mini Museum,” so expect some dust during the sneak peek weekend. In addition to the sneak preview, the Piedmont N Southern N Scale Modular Club will be presenting their display for the next three weekends. Admission is $3 per person on March 22 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and March 23 from noon-6 p.m. Admission is $5 per person March 29 11 a.m.-6 p.m. For more information, visit miniatureworldoftrains.com.

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The Kiwanis Club Greenville-Eastside presents its Annual Pancake Breakfast March 22, 8-11 a.m., at Pelham Road Baptist Church. Admission is $6 for all-youcan-eat pancakes, silent auction, magic show and carnival games for children.

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On March 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) hosts a free international car cruise. CU-ICAR will

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Pleasant Valley Connection will open its Talented Tenth Teen Center on March 25, 5 p.m., with a ribbon cutting and light refreshments. The center is located at 502 Old Augusta Road, Greenville. For more information, call 864-236-0151, ext. 102.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas will hold its second annual Greenville Roast at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Greenville on March 21. The 2014 roastee is Stewart Spinks, founder and chairman of the Spinx Company. Proceeds from the evening benefit the Ronald McDonald House and FAVOR Greenville, Spinks’ charity of choice. Purchase tickets at greenvilleroast.eventbrite.com.

Renewable Water Resources’ (ReWa) Be Freshwater Friendly campaign was awarded the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Public Information and Education Award at their national conference. Be Freshwater Friendly is an educational campaign developed to inform the community on how small changes in day-to-day actions can have an impact on aquatic resources and the local environment. For more information, visit befreshwaterfriendly.org.

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The Simpsonville Rotary Club presented a check to the Old Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, a historic African-American Church in Simpsonville, to complete funding for a cemetery project. Clemson will also provide equipment and technology to research and reclaim the cemetery. Additionally, the club has

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Spartanburg Methodist College hosted Pioneering Women 2014 to acknowledge women of character, courage and commitment in the Upstate community.

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A group of Greenville business leaders recently kicked off the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home in the Abigail Springs community in Taylors as part of the CEO Build campaign. Participants are: Mark Nantz, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System; Angela Webb, CertusBank; Bob Morris, Community Foundation of Greenville; Tim Brett, Complete Public Relations; Ben Rook, Design Strategies; Joe Erwin, Erwin-Penland; John Uprichard, Finding Great People; Scott Ruby, Fluor Corporation; Michael Riordan, Greenville Health System; Dr. Keith Miller, Greenville Technical College; D.J. Rama, JHM Hotels; Don Erickson, Lockheed Martin; Ted Hendry, United Way of Greenville County; Ben Haskew, Greenville Chamber of Commerce; and Steve Wetmore, Wal-Mart Distribution Center.

During Greenville Family Partnership’s (GFP) annual meeting, it announced five new members to the board of directors.

New members include Zachary Davis, assistant professor of chemistry at Newberry College; Marie Majarais Smith, SC Victim Former GFP intern Quentin James (first from left, clockwise) poses Assistance Network; Gwen for a photo with Carol Reeves, executive director of GFP (center) Wise, Wise Ideas LLC; and and former interns Cris Ivan (second from left, clockwise), Sean Joni Young, community Glenn, Elizabeth Jordan, Zachary Davis and Bradley Phillips at the volunteer. They join cur- GFP Annual Meeting. rent board members Steve Althoff, Anne Butfiloski, Geno Church, Eddie Fewell, Ed Goodson, Geri Guy, Mike Kaplan, Sheriff Steve Loftis, Steve Ranck, Dr. John Sanders, Dr. Randolph Smoak, Mary Suddeth, Leigh Turner, Jake Van Gieson and Jack Welch.

Upstate residents are asked to clean out their closets, attics or basements to donate items in good condition for a garage sale to benefit the aviation park at the Greenville Downtown Airport. Items may be dropped off at the main terminal lobby at 100 Tower Drive, Greenville. The garage sale will be held on May 31 beginning at 7 a.m. in an aircraft hangar near the Runway Café. For more information, call 864-242-4777, ext. 11.

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When South Carolina Children’s Theatre artistic director Betsy Bisson called local church choir directors in search of a boy to play one of the leads in the theater’s upcoming production, she told them two capabilities were crucial.

The boy had to be able to sing – and he had to be comfortable wearing the color pink.

Luke Caudell walked into his audition wearing pink Nike Elite socks and a pink shirt.

When he started to sing, Bisson knew she had found the perfect actor to play the brother in “Pinkalicious: The Musical.”

“Pinkalicious” tells the story of a girl who can’t stop eating pink cupcakes and ends up turning pink, with what her doctor calls the second worst case of pinkititus he’s ever seen.

The doctor prescribes green food coloring.

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In the musical’s subplot, Pinkalicious’ brother likes pink, but his father won’t let him have anything to do with the color. It turns out the father was the person who had the worst case of pinkititus the doctor had ever seen.

But Caudell didn’t wear pink to the audition to increase his chances of getting the role. He had been wearing pink ever since he found out his grandmother, Shirley Sova, had breast cancer.

Sova was diagnosed on Feb. 1, 2013, her birthday.

Caudell said he was scared and had lots of questions the night he found out his Mimi had cancer. The last one was what he could do to help. His mother, Michelle Caudell, told him he could keep loving his grandmother unconditionally and he could wear pink in honor of her and the other women who were fighting the disease.

“I can do that. I look good in pink,” Caudell said with tears running down his face.

On the morning of Mimi’s surgery, he wore a pink Carolina T-shirt and hot pink Nike Elite socks.

He’s worn pink several times a week since, even though Mimi is doing well and now drives other women with the

So you know: WHAT: “Pinkalicious: The Musical” WHO: South Carolina Children’s Theatre WHERE: Peace Center Gunter Theatre WHEN: March 28 and April 4, 7 p.m.; March 29, March 30, April 5 and April 6, 1:30 p.m.; March 29, March 30 and April 5, 5:30 p.m.

TICKETS: Adults, $26; Children 18 and under, $17. All tickets to the 5:30 p.m. performance on March 30 are $16.

INFORMATION: 864-467-3000 Luke Caudell and Shirley Sova.

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“Other kids started copying me and started wearing pink, too,” he said.

Caudell, who is 11 and in the fifth grade at Sara Collins Elementary, had never been in a play before.

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Combining the choreography with the lines has been the most challenging part so far, he said. “When you’re running out of breath, that’s when you have to sing the loudest.”

Caudell said he thinks being in the show has brought him and his Mimi a little bit closer even though they’ve always been close.

“I’m really excited about doing it,” he said.

“Pinkalicious” is a remarkably difficult show to do, Bisson said. Like many others adapted from children’s books, the production is frequently performed by

theaters as a school show and was written to have as small a cast as possible.

But Bisson enlarged the cast from its original six to 18 players by significantly expanding the role of the show’s ensemble.

In the original script, the ensemble sings in one of the production’s numbers. In the SCCT’s version, the ensemble “is all over the show,” Bisson said.

“The principals are the heart of the production, but the ensemble’s the blood,” she said. “We’ve never done a show like this where the ensemble is so integrated into the show.”

But no matter the size of the cast, the musical’s message is still the same.

“The story is about acceptance,” Bisson said. “The father doesn’t want to let his son wear pink because he loves him. In the end, he loves his children no matter what color they are.”

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Lila Smith, center, as Pinkalicious, and Luke Caudell, next to Smith on the right, as her brother Peter, in the South Carolina Children’s Production of Pinkalicious.

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Downtown music events return Downtown Alive, Main Street Fridays feature local, regional bands CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Music is coming to downtown Greenville.

Greenville Heritage Main Street Fridays opens tonight and runs through September, while Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive will fill NOMA Square in front of the Hyatt with a variety of music on Thursday nights through August.

“Downtown Alive and Main Street Fridays are two of the marquee events that the city puts on that make this place such an amazing destination,” said Alan Berry, president and CEO of Greenville Heritage.

Main Street Fridays kicks off with Fortunate Sons, a Creedance Clearwater Revival cover band from the Upstate that is a regular act at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino.

The bands playing Main Street Fridays, 16 of which are new to the music series, include Steel Toe Stiletto, a group that features Delvin Choice, a graduate of the Fine Arts Center who successfully auditioned for NBC’s “The Voice.”

Chocolate Thunder, a.k.a. Simpsonville native Linda Rodney, a singer who has been called a mix of Tina Turner, Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin all rolled into one, takes to the stage in June.

Bands scheduled for Main Street Fridays through April are Fortunate Sons, March 28; Mike Frost Band, April 4; The Herringbones, April 11; 5th and York, April 18; and Derrick Dorsey Band, April 25.

May’s performers are NuSound, May 2; The Rock Doctors, May 9; Steel Toe Stiletto, May 16; True Blues, May 23; and Soul Stew, May 30.

In June, The Flashbacks will take to the stage June 6; Chocolate Thunder, June 13; Southern Crescent, June 20; and Shades of Brown, June 27.

July’s bands are Hot As a Pepper, July 11; Deja Nu, July 18; and Zataban, July 25.

August’s lineup is The Bad Popes, Aug. 1; Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’ Blues, Aug. 8; Citizen Mojo, Aug. 15; Eric Weiler, Aug. 22; and Soul Intent, Aug. 29.

In September, Encore plays Sept. 5, Wanda Johnson on Sept. 12, Underteaux on Sept. 19 and Winedown on Sept. 26.

Local favorite bluesman Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’ Blues will perform in August for Main Street Friday.

Downtown Alive is the Metropolitan Arts Council’s single largest fundraiser, said Alan Ethridge, the organization’s executive director. Five percent of Downtown Alive’s proceeds will go to MAC’s new $25 million endowment campaign to fund grants to area arts organizations and individual artists.

Country band Outshyne takes to the stage on March 27. The band, formed in 2007 by high school friends living in the Upstate, has shared the stage with artists such as Gary Allan, Joe Nichols, Justin Moore, Tracey Lawrence, Colt Ford, Lee Brice and Eric Church.

In addition, Downtown Alive will feature the Shane Pruitt Band, Benton Blount, The Piedmont Boys, The Whiskey Gentry and Retro Vertigo.

Bands playing Downtown Alive in March and April include Outshyne, March 27; Shane Pruitt Band, April 3; The Mobros, April 10; Brian Collins Band, April 17; and Stereo Reform, April 24.

In May, Jamie Wright Experience takes the stage on May 1, Solution on May 8, Benton Blount on May 15, The Erica Berg Collective on May 22 and The Sound Committee on May 29.

June’s bands are The Mulligan Brothers, June 5; Riyen Roots Band, June 12; The Jaywalkers, June 19; and The Piedmont Boys, June 26.

In July, Downtown Alive features The Jones Machine, July 3; Tyler Boone Band, July 10; The Get Right Band, July 17; The Whiskey Gentry, July 24; and Reggie Sullivan Band, July 31.

August’s lineup is Emily Lynch, Aug. 7; Retro Vertigo, Aug. 14; The Swingin’ Richards, Aug. 21; and The Work, Aug. 28.

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Grammy-nominated vocalist Jane Monheit says the time has come to be herself.

“Everything I’m singing now is a reflection of my truest self,” she said. “After all this time in the industry, after touring for 13 years, it’s time to just be me, with complete and utter freedom.”

Monheit chose the material for her latest album, “The Heart of the Matter,” based on the quality of the lyrics.

The result is an album that contains familiar standards and compositions

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Randy Newman, two songs by Ivan Lins recorded in the original Portuguese and a Monheit original – “Night Night Stars,” a song based on some-

thing her then 2-year-old son said on a drive on a dark starry night.

Monheit will perform in concert on Saturday at the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn. Monheit hit the jazz and contemporary scene after she finished second at the 1998 Thelonious Monk competition. She was 20 and a student at the Manhattan School of Music.

“The Heart of The Matter” is her ninth studio album.

“I knew that I wanted the material to be chosen based on the lyrical content,” she said. “Over the years,

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my singing has really taken on that focus. At the beginning of my career, I wanted to show proof of my knowledge of music, that I could improvise and sing through the changes.”

But as she got older, especially after getting married and having a child, that changed.

“I started feeling the lyrics more simply because I had more to sing about. Focusing on the technical side was part of my learning process, but over time, all of that became a natural part of my singing,” she said. “Now I use it to support the lyric, not just to prove myself.”

She said collaborating with Grammy-winning producer Gil Goldstein helped produce the distinctive, continually changing sound of “The Heart of the Matter.”

She said the album reflects the comfort zone she has finally reached in the recording studio.

“I’m very close with my band, so to hear Gil’s beautiful work with my family beneath it inspired me to be completely unself-conscious,” she said. “I think I’ve finally reached my level of onstage, live interpretation in the studio, which has always been a challenge for me.”

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by South Carolina author Sandi Morgan Denkers as a finalist for the 2013 Book of the Year Awards in the Adult Fiction category. A panel of more than 100 librarians and booksellers will determine the award winners, who will be unveiled on June 27 at 6 p.m. during the American Library Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas.

With awards in over 60 categories, cash prizes will be given for the best in fiction and nonfiction.

Pointers for princesses Area moms now have the opportunity to expose their daughters between the ages of 8 and 12 to topics that aren’t typically taught in school – among them, manners, modesty and etiquette.

The Pure Princess Conference will be held May 16 and May 17 at LifePoint Church, 25 Woods Lake Road, Building 8, in Greenville.

Tickets for the event are $25 for the first child and $20 for each additional child. Adult tickets are $10.

Those who register before May 1 can save $5 off each child’s ticket.

Profits will be donated to Greenville-based charity Water of Life.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit pureprincess.org or call 864-473-8068.

Correction: Due to an error on the Blues Boulevard website, last week’s “Sound Check” column inaccurately referred to musician Shannon Hoover as a professor at Furman University. Hoover is, in fact, a professor at USC-Upstate.

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‘Whose Line’ stars bring improvised laughs to Peace Center Two masters of improv comedy, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” have teamed up to present a live tour, “Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: The Two Man Group Tour.” The performance is coming to the Peace Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, June 14, at 8 p.m.

Based on a British show of the same name, the American version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” ran on ABC from 1998 to 2007, hosted by Drew Carey.

Mochrie and Sherwood were featured performers on the original British show who joined the roster of improvisers in the American version. In 2013, The CW revived the show, which is now hosted

by Aisha Tyler.

In a similar format to their TV show, in their live show Mochrie and SherWHO: Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: The Two Man Group Tour WHERE: The Peace Center WHEN: Saturday, June 14, 8 p.m.

wood will take contributions from the audience to create original scenes.

Throughout the evening, the show becomes truly interactive as audience members are called to the stage to participate.

Colin Mochrie had begun his improv career in Vancouver, British Columbia, when a friend introduced him to Ryan Stiles, a standup comedian and writer living in Vancouver. Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood Mochrie and Stiles teamed up and Mochrie’s first appearance on the began performing in a Theatresports troupe in Vancouver. Shortly af- British “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” was ter performing at the Expo ‘86 world’s in 1991, and he remained a regular cast fair in Vancouver, Mochrie moved to member until that show ended in 1998.

Toronto. There, he auditioned for The When the show moved to America, Second City, a legendary comedy the- ABC officials wanted to drop Mochater, where Stiles was working at the rie; they thought the comedian looked time. Mochrie worked at Second City “too old” and “not hip enough.” Those involved in the show – including Stiles, for three years. who had co-starred with Drew Carey on “The Drew Carey Show” – prevailed, TICKETS: $35 and up, on sale to and Mochrie remained a mainstay on general public starting March 22 the ABC show, appearing in every episode of its run.

INFORMATION: 864-467-3029 or Sherwood was a regular cast mempeacecenter.org ber on ABC’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” as well on the British version

– which was rerun in America on Comedy Central – and will be seen on the second upcoming season of the new “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” on The CW. His credits include “The Drew Carey Show,” “The Green Screen Show,” over 100 appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” numerous appearances on VH-1’s “I Love The ’80s” and “I Love the ’90s,” and guest-hosting “Talk Soup.” Sherwood briefly worked as the announcer on the daytime game show “The Price Is Right,” also hosted

by Drew Carey.

Mochrie and Sherwood’s DVD, “Two Man Group: Live and Dangerous Comedy,” is available in stores now.

Pre-sale tickets are now available for Peacekeepers and may be purchased by calling 864-467-3029.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, March 22 at 10 a.m. at peacecenter.org, by phone at 864467-3000 or at the Peace Center Box Office located at 300 S. Main Street, Greenville. Tickets start at $35. Additional information is available at peacecenter.org.

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Look for the Project Pinwheel Special Insert in next week’s Journal.

APRIL IS PREVENT CHILD ABUSE MONTH

Project Pinwheel Walk for Prevention will take place. An expected 300 participants will meet at First Baptist Greenville and walk down the Swamp Rabbit Trail with pinwheels to the Julie Valentine Statue in Cleveland Park. Once the walkers arrive, everyone will plant pinwheels in one of South Carolina’s largest pinwheel gardens.

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Join us for the walk, plant pinwheels in Cleveland Park, stay for family friendly activities and snacks.

Visit ProjectPinwheel.com to see more details on the Walk for Prevention and to make a donation.

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SPRING INTO ART. Legacy of Impressionism

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Donna the Buffalo Renowned jam band finally returns.

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Justin McCorkle Band Son of founding Marshall Tucker Band member George McCorkle fronts his own band. Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 day of show. Call 864-582-0056 or visit hub-bub.com.

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Five Oaks Academy presents Rockin’ For Russ Local artists put on benefit for a friend in need.

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SOUND CHECK Notes from New Orleans

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band gets down with the past, present and future of Big Easy music To understand the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, you must first understand Preservation Hall. Located in the heart of the French Quarter and operating as musical venue and a nonprofit organization, Preservation Hall was established in 1961 as a way to protect the jazz legacy of New Orleans. The Hall’s vast reach involves the venue in more than 400 shows and performances a year, including at least 100 shows by its namesake group.

Also founded in the early 1960s, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has toured and recorded for more than 50 years, playing classic New Orleans jazz from “When the Saints Go Marching In” to Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. Over the years, the band has been showered with accolades, from the National Medal of Arts to the NAACP Image Award.

Both the Hall and the Jazz Band seemed to come full-circle in the early 1990s, when Ben Jaffe, son of founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe, became creative director of WHO: Preservation Hall Jazz Band Preservation Hall (as well as joining the WHEN: Thursday, March 27, 7:30 p.m. band on tuba and double bass). After an exWHERE: The Peace Center tensive 50th anniversary celebration, Jaffe oversaw one of the more audacious moves TICKETS: $15-$35 in the band’s history: its first album of allINFO: 864-467-3000 or peacecenter.org original compositions, 2013’s “That’s It.” The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will be playing the Peace Center on Thursday, March 27. I had the opportunity to speak with creative director Ben Jaffe last week.

What does the role of creative director entail for Preservation Hall?

I oversee the entire operation of Preservation Hall; there are over 400 shows a year that I have a hand in.

When you decided to record an album of new songs, did you encounter any resistance to the idea?

I think that the timing of the project was spot on. We spent most of 2011-12 celebrating our 50th anniversary, and released a compilation project, a four-CD collection dating from the band’s beginnings to the present. After we spent the better part of two years in the road celebrating our anniversary, it felt like the right time for us to move our tradition forward, and to keep pace with the times. On the outside, it may feel like a bold step, but to us, it felt like we went back and took a chapter out of the book of the pioneers of jazz; people like Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, the people who literally wrote the American jazz songbook. Part of our responsibility is not only to honor our traditions and our past, but to also contribute our own artistic influence and see where the music evolves from here.

Do you plan to continue recording original material?

I think that the band has an obligation to continue to perform music from the New Orleans songbook. But I also feel like we have a responsibility to write new songs and explore new artistic areas. It’s a way of remaining relevant. Music needs to reflect the times. And it’s important to me to make sure our music reflects where we are and what we listen to and dance to in New Orleans; otherwise you become a museum piece. You end up recreating something that happened 100 years ago instead of being part of a community. And we’re part of the New Orleans musical community. Our music should reflect the times. Whether it’s Trombone Shorty or Dr. John or the Neville Brothers or Lil Wayne, we’re all creating our own New Orleans music.

Who are your own New Orleans musical heroes?

The biggest person that I admire as a composer, performer and entertainer is hands-down Jelly Roll Morton. I think he is overlooked and underrated as an American composer. He deserves to be held in the same esteem as Miles Davis or Duke Ellington or Charlie Parker or Stravinsky or any 20th-century composers. There was also a performer whose name was A. J. Piron who had a society orchestra in the early 20th century, and he was one of our great composers, musicians and performers.

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THE WEEK IN THE LOCAL ARTS WORLD

U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey is the headliner for the seventh annual Clemson Literary Festival, taking place from March 26 to March 29. A reading and book signing featuring Trethewey will be at 8 p.m. March 27, at the Clemson University Alumni Center. The Literary Festival will host a number of other award-winning authors in its Downtown Reading Series. Authors Marlon James and Kelly Link and poet Mathias Svalina will read at 4:30 p.m. March 27, at 356 Sushi and Martini Bar. Two readings will take place at Overtime Sports Bar starting at 5 p.m. March 28, featuring Craig Morgan Teicher, Ethan Hauser, Denise Duhamel, Alissa Nutting, Natalie Shapero and Benjamin Percy. An expanded Family Day will take place on the final day of this year’s festival. Family Day will feature readings from Melinda Long, author of the best-selling “How I Became a Pirate,” and Tommy Hays, author of the 2013 Fall Okra Pick “What I Came to Tell You.” All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit clemson. edu/litfest.

Registration is open at the Pickens County Museum of Art & History for a workshop taught by Christina Laurel and Kathryn Schnabel on March 29. The workshop, entitled “Creative Living: Grow Your Inner Artist,” will run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This class, designed for adults (18+ years), will be in the Liz SmithCox Educational Studio. Tuition for this class is $80 ($70 for museum members).

Pre-registration is required and must be paid by March 27. Registration may be done online at visitpickenscounty.com/calendar, in person, or by calling the Pickens County Museum at 864-898-5963. Workshops will be held at the Pickens County Museum, 307 Johnson St. in Pickens.

Furman University music faculty will present a chamber music concert March 24 at 8 p.m. in the historic Newberry Opera House, Newberry. A reception with

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the performers follows the concert. As part of the Furman Music Department’s Partners in the Arts outreach initiative, the event is open to the public. Tickets are $15 for adults and $7.50 for students. Tickets are available at the door. For more information, call the Furman Music Office at 864-294-2086, or contact the Newberry Opera House at 803-276-6264.

The Greenville Little Theatre (GLT) presents “Don’t Dress For Dinner”

by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon. The play will be directed by guest director John P. Fagan. The cast includes Evan Harris, Todd A. Janssen, Meg Pierson, Antonio Swagler, Britney Teie and Jenna Troum. Tickets are $26 with discounts available for seniors, children and groups of 10 or more. Show dates are April 4-5, 10-12, 17-19 at 8 p.m. and April 6 and 13 at 3 p.m. For more information, call the box office at 864-233-6238 or visit greenvillelittletheatre.org. Greenville Little Theatre’s box office is located at 444 College St. on Heritage Green, and is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Younts Center for the Performing Arts presents Jane Monheit on March 29 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 864-409-1050, email civiccenter.boxoffice@fountaininn.org, or visit yountscenter.org.

Hampton III Gallery presents “Coffee and Conversation: The Art of Collecting” Saturday, March 22, 11 a.m.-noon. Sandy Rupp will moderate the discussion at the gallery at 3110 Wade Hampton Blvd., Suite 10. For more information, call 864-268-2771 or visit hamptoniiigallery.com.

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Markley Row, Greenville Don’t miss this gated enclave of luxury homes in Greenville’s vibrant West End where Custom building meets contemporary design. Markley Row is a six-home upscale neighborhood offering street-level, walkable access to city life. Located at the corner of Markley and Rhett, the development blends outdoor living with modern amenities.

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16 E. Prentiss Ave., Greenville Charming 3 bedroom 2 and ½ bath Augusta Road home complete with white picket fence! One block off Crescent Avenue in the highly sought after August Circle School District. Numerous updates were done in the past 5 years throughout this warm and welcoming home. Awesome kitchen with breakfast bar and separate sitting area. Master bedroom on main with updated bath and spacious walk in closet. High ceilings, gleaming hardwood floors, and open floor plan. Upstairs features 2 additional large bedrooms and a bonus room/den.

Nice size deck for grilling and entertaining. Walking distance to shopping, downtown and Swamp Rabbit. Come view this fantastic home today!

HOME INFO Price: $514,900 | MLS: #1256806 Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 2.5 Square Footage: 2600-2799 Schools: Augusta Circle | Hughes Middle Greenville High Contact: Sharon Wilson, GRI, CRS, ABR 864.918.1140 | swilson@cbcaine.com To submit your Open House: homes@ greenvillejournal.com

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HOME INFO Price: $840,000 | MLS: #1275697 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 4.5 | Square Footage: 4800–4999 Schools: Augusta Circle Hughes Middle | Greenville High

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OPEN THIS WEEKEND PARKINS MILL AREA

O P E N S U N D AY, M A R C H 2 3 F R O M 2 – 4 P M FOX CREEK FARM

BARRINGTON PARK

1147 PARKINS MILL RD . $775,000 . MLS# 1262757

15 FOXHUNT LN . $679,000 . MLS# 1275229

18 BELFREY DRIVE . $579,900

4BR/4BA Home with all the bells & Whistles. Must see!!! Laurens Rd to Parkins Mill, Go Through stop sign, Home on Left.

5BR/3.5BA Gorgeous home. Beautiful landscaping adorn the fabulous outdoor living space 85 to Pelham Rd exit.

South, x 14,Pelham becomes Batesville. Left on Anderson Ridge. Left into S/D, home on left

5BR/4.5BA Beautiful home located in the heart of this very desirable eastside community. Updated kitchen, floors, fixtures, baths, and more! Batesville TR Barrington TL second stop TL Turnberry TR Belfrey.

Contact: Leslie Provence | 414-0747 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Lois Leder | 918-5067 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

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APPLE VALLEY

CHANDLER LAKE

395 WINESAP RD . $339,900 . MLS# 1273603

1 TEA OLIVE PLACE . $309,900 . MLS# 1272397

4BR/3BA Great house with a full basement.

Must see!! I-85 N - Exit 60, Hwy 101. (Right) Left on Apple Valley. Right on Jonathon into SD. Right onto Winesap

4BR/3BA Beautiful home on .62 acre lot!

Gorgeous features! Come see! 385 South to Exit 27, Right on Fairview, continue approx 2.5 miles to Right into SD, Right on Tea Olive

Contact: Roger Tate | 630-2999 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Barry Ledford | 339-2254 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

NEELY FARM

PELHAM FALLS

OAK HILL ESTATES

1 WHIFFLETREE DR . $277,000 . MLS# 1274584

118 BELAIR DR . $259,999 . MLS# 1269492

305 RIVER WAY DRIVE . $279,900 . MLS# 1275488

4BR/3BA Stunning corner lot home! Updates!

Open floor plan. I-385 S. to Right Fairview Rd., Right on Harrison Bridge, Right on Neely Farm Dr, Home on corner of Whiffletree.

4BR/3BA Lovely country home on 1+ ac overlooking farmland. 385 S to Exit 23 Hwy 418, Right on 418, Left on Greenpond Rd, Right into SD, Home on Right.

3BR/2.5BA Huge kitchen! Gorgeous granite countertops, large island! Cozy family room with fireplace. Upstairs laundry. New carpet. Screened porch, 2 decks. Pelham Falls Drive to right on River Way. On right.

Contact: Vivian Gorski | 349-6090 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Linda Bobo | 982-8322 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Nancy Janich | 313-2393 Keller Williams Realty

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OPEN THIS WEEKEND FAIRVIEW WOODS

O P E N S U N D AY, M A R C H 2 3 F R O M 2 – 4 P M MORNING MIST

HADLEY PARK

101 SHAGBARK CIRCLE . $249,900 . MLS# 1270780

202 GROTON CT . $224,900 . MLS# 1272008

318 MOONSTONE DR . $148,000 . MLS# 1275158

4BR/2.5BA Hard to find home located on 3+ acres. Immaculate condition!! 385 S to Right on Fairview Rd exit 27, Cross 418, Right in Shagbark, home on Left.

4BR/3.5BA Beautiful home on quiet cul-de-sac.

Bonus or 5thBR. Updated!! 385 to W. Georgia, Turn Right, approx 5 miles, turn Left into SD, Right on Groton Ct, Home on Right.

3BR/2.5BA Wonderful move-in ready townhome. Immaculate. Private location.

I385 S to Butler Rd, right on Butler, SD on left approx 1/2 mile .

Contact: Sandra Whiting | 616-4113 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Ellis Crigler | 616-1348 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

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LAURENWOOD

WALKERS CROSSING

MARTINS GROVE

110 LAUREN WOOD CIRCLE . $145,000 . MLS# 1275386

203 MCCRAY CT . $143,500 . MLS# 1274369

306 TRIPMONT CT . $117,900 . MLS# 1272668

3BR/2BA Convenient. Fresh paint.

Openfloor plan, huge master, bonus & more. Taylors Rd to Lauren Wood Circle. Home on Right.

2BR/2BA Lovely home. Great location. Open floorplan. Conveniently located. Quiet neighborhood. I385S to Woodruff Rd, L off exit, R on Hwy 14, R on McCrary Ct.

3BR/2BA Extremely well maintained home with many upgrades! 385 S to Exit 27 Fairview, Right on Two Gait Ln into SD, Left on Torrey Ct, Left on Tripmont.

Contact: Charee McConchie | 419-4554 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Tim Keagy | 905-3304 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Bob Schmidt | 313-4474 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

G R E E N V I L L E T R A N S AC T ION S F E B R U A R Y 24 - 2 8, 2 014 SUBD.

PRICE SELLER

$1,181,556

$1,050,000 MOUNT VERE ESTATES $1,000,000

$900,000

$895,000 KILGORE PLANTATION $860,000 BARRINGTON PARK $795,000

$765,222

$750,000

$725,000

$675,000 COBBLESTONE $668,000

$637,500 DEERFIELD $617,500

$600,000 BARKSDALE $585,000 STEEPLECHASE RUN $528,000 HIGHLAND TERRACE $525,000

$514,275 CLIFFS VALLEY LAUREL COVE $505,000 BOYCE-LAWN ADD. $498,000 HAMMETT’S GLEN $485,000 HOLLINGSWORTH PARK@VERDAE $479,679

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PRICE SELLER

$470,000 400 NORTH MAIN CONDOMINIUMS $469,000 PRESERVE@PARKINS MILL $468,101 GLEN MEADOWS $448,000

$445,000 IVY GROVE $436,615

$435,000

$433,763 BENNETTS CROSSING $427,500 ASHETON LAKES $420,000 ABINGTON PARK $413,190 IVY GROVE $410,711 SHADOW CREEK $410,000

$400,000 STONE LAKE HEIGHTS $397,000 FIVE FORKS PLANTATION $396,428 TROLLINGWOOD $391,000 PLANTATION GREENE $385,000

$380,435 CHANCELLOR’S PARK $376,500

$375,000 FIVE FORKS PLANTATION $368,618

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ADDRESS

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ON THE MARKET BELLS GRANT

LAUREL LAKE

301 ST. HELENA COURT . $555,650 . MLS# 1274980 4BR/3BA Extreme Attention to DETAIL and Unmatched QUALITY throughout this Charleston-style Home. See MLS for specifics and call/email Barb Turner 864.901.7389/ BarbTurnerGreenvilleSC@gmail.com to schedule appointment.

Contact: BARB TURNER | 901-7389 Convergent Property Group

14 AVENS HILL DRIVE . $550,000 . MLS# 1275959

5BR/4.5BA Gorgeous basement home with 3 car garage, beautiful kitchen adjoins keeping room with coffered ceiling and stone fp, loft, rec-room, flex rooms, MBR on main,workshop, .7 acre pvt lot Contact: Pam McCartney | 630-7844 | BHHS

AUGUSTA ROAD

RIVER WALK

WHITEHALL PLANTATION

454 LONGVIEW TER . $499,000

15 DEER TRACK RD . $399,900 . MLS# 1275860

404 WINDING RIVER LANE . $309,900 . MLS# 1274592

3BR/3.5BA 3BR/3.5BA Beautiful home on a wonderful, family friendly street. Formal living and dining room. Large Den with gas fireplace. Large Finished basement/bonus.

OPEN HOUSE 3/22/14 2pm-4pm. Buyer’s Agent Welcome

4BR/3.5BA 4 BR/3.5 BA Brick home with master on main. Bonus Room + Craft Room. Fenced yard with easy access to walking trails.

4BR/2.5BA Immaculate home with bonus, formal living, sunroom, morning room and more! Nearly 3,500sf, and backs to wooded common area! Visit GreenvilleMoves.com for even more info!

Contact: Cotton Clarke | 607-5846 For Sale By Owner

Contact: Margaret Marcum | 420-3125 C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

Contact: Cameron Keegan | 238-7109 RE/MAX Moves

RIVER SHOALS

MILLER HEIGHTS

10 WATEREE WAY . $224,900 . MLS# 1272003

15 SOUTHERN HEIGHT DR . $174,500 . MLS# 1274566

4BR/2.5BA Well-kept home only minutes from tons of shopping in gated community! Bonus room, office, and fenced yard that backs to vacant land! Visit GreenvilleMoves.com for more info!

3BR/2.5BA Beautiful 3 BR, 2.5 BA, plus bonus and 2 car garage convenient to shopping, restaurants & schools.

Home features hardwoods, ceramic tile, stainless appliances, custom cabinetry, paved patio & more!

Contact: Cameron Keegan | 238-7109 RE/MAX Moves

Contact: Anne Marchant | 420-0009 The Marchant Company

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G R E E N V I L L E T R A N S AC T ION S F E B R U A R Y 24 - 2 8, 2 014 SUBD.

PRICE SELLER

KILGORE FARMS $362,425

$360,000 STONEHAVEN $360,000 RICHLAND CREEK @ NORTH MAIN $360,000 BERKSHIRE PARK $360,000 CARSON’S POND $350,000 CLIFFS AT GLASSY EAST $347,000

$345,000 TUSCAN WOODS $345,000 SILVER RIDGE FARMS $343,000

$340,000 FOREST HEIGHTS $339,605 HUNTERS LANDING $339,000 KILGORE FARMS $327,000

$325,000 SHENANDOAH FARMS $321,409 TOWNES@THORNBLADE $316,230 ROCKWOOD PARK $315,000

$313,000 HAMMOND’S POINTE $312,500

$310,000 BOULDER CREEK $304,000

$300,000

$294,744

$292,000 KILGORE FARMS $285,261 ST JAMES PLACE $285,000 TOWNES AT HIGHGROVE $282,500 CAMDEN COURT $281,500 COVE AT BUTLER SPRINGS $281,250 COTTAGES@RIVERWOOD FARM $280,000 THE RIDGE AT SUNSET $274,690 HAVEN AT RIVER SHOALS $273,015 CASTLE ROCK $267,736 BOTANY WOODS $265,000 HOLLINGSWORTH PARK@VERDAE $264,500 PARK HILL $263,400 VERDMONT $263,000 VERDMONT $260,840 SUGAR CREEK $260,000 BRIDGEWATER $257,073 MORNING MIST $255,194

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JOURNAL CULTURE THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE GREENVILLE COUNTY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, HEARING OFFICER ON THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014, 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. A. CASE NO: 13-656 PROPERTY OWNER: NEIL FERIA PROPERTY LOCATION: 700 EDGEMONT AVENUE A.K.A. PT. 7 CEDAR LANE GARDENS. TAX MAP NUMBER: B11-2-6.1 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 19 B. CASE NO: 14-282 PROPERTY OWNER: HENRY Y. WILLIAMS (LIFE ESTATE) PROPERTY LOCATION: 1 TAYLOR STREET A.K.A. LOTS NOS. 28 AND 29 ON A PLAT OF PROPERTY OF MRS. SARA E. ADAMS. TAX MAP NUMBER: T6-13-30 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 18 C. CASE NO: 14-286 PROPERTY OWNER: SADIE ROBISON PROPERTY LOCATION: 4584 HIGHWAY 14 A.K.A. A 2.79 ACRE TRACT ON PLAT OF J.W. MILLS PROPERTY. TAX MAP NUMBER: 629.2-1-8.3 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 17 D. CASE NO: 14-296 PROPERTY OWNER: WINFRED POOLE PROPERTY LOCATION: 124 PATTERSON STREET A.K.A. ¼ ACRE – PATTERSON STREET – GROVE TOWNSHIP. TAX MAP NUMBER: 610.2-1-7 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 26 E. CASE NO: 14-370 PROPERTY OWNER: WILLIAM H. WASHINGTON PROPERTY LOCATION: 122 STEPHENSON STREET A.K.A. STEPHENSON STREET A.K.A. ALL THAT PIECE, PARCEL OR LOT OF LAND IN CHICK SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, GREENVILLE COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR THE TOWN OF TAYLORS. TAX MAP NUMBER: T6-13-3 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 18 F. CASE NO: 14-434 PROPERTY OWNER: WILLIAM M. DICKSON, III PROPERTY LOCATION: 611 EDGEMONT AVENUE A.K.A. PT. LOT 75 & 76 A.K.A. 601 EDGEMONT AVENUE A.K.A. ALL THAT CERTAIN PIECE, PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING ON THE SOUTHERLY SIDE OF EDGEMONT AVENUE, IN THE COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS A PORTION OF LOTS 75 AND 76 AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF G.J. DOUGLAS ESTATE, AS PREPARED BY CENTURY LAND SURVEYING COMPANY DATED JANUARY 2, 1979.

TAX MAP NUMBER: 145-2-10 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 19 G. CASE NO: 14-439 PROPERTY OWNER: JEFFERSON F. & HELEN F. CURETON PROPERTY LOCATION: 10 PELZER STREET A.K.A. LOT 23, SECTION 1, VICTORMONAGHAN MILLS. TAX MAP NUMBER: 142-17-12 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23 H. CASE NO: 14-440 PROPERTY OWNER: D & CH SOUTH LLC PROPERTY LOCATION: 6 PELZER STREET A.K.A. LOT 25, SECTION 1, VICTOR-MONAGHAN MILLS. TAX MAP NUMBER: 142-17-14 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23 I. CASE NO: 14-441 PROPERTY OWNER: KELLIE C. WILSON PROPERTY LOCATION: 2 D STREET (JUDSON) A.K.A. LOT 45, JUDSON MILLS VILLAGE, SECTION 6.

TAX MAP NUMBER: 114-6-10 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23 J. CASE NO: 14-445 PROPERTY OWNER: WALTER SEAWRIGHT PROPERTY LOCATION: 10 BOYCE STREET (PIEDMONT) TAX MAP NUMBER: 610.2-1-28 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 26

COMPLAINT NOTICE A complaint has been brought before the Code Enforcement Division of a dangerous, insanitary and unsafe structure located at the following locations: 700 Edgemont Avenue a.k.a.

Pt. 7 Cedar Lane Gardens, Greenville County Tax Map Number B11-2-6.1, Greenville County, SC. 1 Taylor Street a.k.a. Lots Nos. 28 and 29 on a plat of property of Mrs. Sara E. Adams, Greenville Tax Map Number T6-13-30, Greenville County, SC. 4584 Highway 14 a.k.a. a 2.79 Acre Tract on Plat of J.W. Mills property, Greenville County Tax Map Number 629.21-8.3, Greenville County, SC. 124 Patterson Street a.k.a. ¼ Acre – Patterson Street – Grove Township, Greenville County Tax Map Number 610.2-1-7, Greenville County, SC. 122 Stephenson Street a.k.a.

Stephenson Street a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land in Chick Springs Township, Greenville County, State of South Carolina near the Town of Taylors, Greenville County Tax Number T6-13-3, Greenville County, SC. 611 Edgemont Avenue a.k.a.

Pt. Lot 75 & 76 a.k.a. 601 Edgemont Avenue a.k.a. all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being on the southerly side of Edgemont Avenue, in the County of Greenville, State of South Carolina, being known and designated as a portion of Lots 75 and 76 as shown on plat of G.J. Douglas Estate, as prepared

by Century Land Surveying Land Surveying Company Dated January 2, 1979, Greenville County Tax Map Number 145-210, Greenville County, SC. 10 Pelzer Street a.k.a. Lot 23, Section 1, Victor-Monaghan Mills, Greenville County Tax Map Number 142-17-12, Greenville County, SC. 6 Pelzer Street a.k.a. Lot 25, Section 1, Victor-Monaghan Mills, Greenville County Tax Map Number 142-17-14, Greenville County, SC. 2 D Street (Judson) a.k.a. Lot 45, Judson Mills Village, Section 6, Greenville County Tax Map Number 114-6-10, Greenville County, SC. 10 Boyce Street (Piedmont), Greenville County Tax Map Number 610.2-1-28, Greenville County, SC. Any persons having interest in these properties, or knowledge of the property owner should contact the Codes Enforcement Office at 864-467-7090 on or before April 3, 2014.

PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 3/29/14 at 9:00 a.m. at East North Storage, 4329 East North Street, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, East North Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore store with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: A024, Patricia A. Crosby, 80 Thruston St. Apt 212, Greenville SC 29605 Bags, boxes, misc.

2.Unit: A047, Spencer Brunson, 4 Wolseley rd. Greenville SC 29615 Furniture, misc.

3. Unit: A157, Heather Mclean, 428 Wheeler Ln. LaFollette, TN. 37766 Furniture, boxes, misc 4.Unit: A178, Juliana Little, 4 Red Bark Ct. Taylors, SC 29687 Refrigerator 5. Unit: A179, Brandon Zuber, 17165 Mt. Woodson rd, Ramona, CA.92065 Household item, misc.

6. Unit: B253, Dannette Greene, 302 Brushy Creek Rd. Taylors, SC 29687 Furniture, misc 7. Unit: B318, Betty McFadden, 506 Connecticut Ave, Greer, SC 29650 Microscopes, chairs,misc 8. Unit: C011, Eddie Beason, 302 Brushy Creek Rd, Taylors, SC 29687 Tools, misc.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 AT 3:00 P.M. in CONFERENCE ROOM –D at GREENVILLE COUNTY SQUARE, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, S.C., for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the petitions listed below.

PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THESE PETITIONS MAY BECOME PARTIES OF RECORD

BY FILING WITH THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE (3) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DATE SET FOR HEARING, BY WRITING THEIR ADDRESS, A STATEMENT OF THEIR POSITION AND THE REASONS WHY THE RELIEF SOUGHT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROPERTY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. CB-14-05 APPLICANT: LEAD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL PROPERTY: Tax Map #0371.0007-003.00; 29 Ridgeway Dr., Greenville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception to operate a Primary/ Secondary Charter School on site in R-12 zoning.

CB-14-06 APPLICANT: RADHJA “ANDREA” SALAZAR PROPERTY: Tax Map #0550.1701-066.00; 303 Grimes Drive, Simpsonville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception to for a home bakery as a Home Occupation.

LEGAL NOTICES Only $.99 per line ABC NOTICE OF APPLICATION Only $145 tel 864.679.1205 • fax 864.679.1305 email: aharley@communityjournals.com

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that South Carolina CVS Pharmacy, L.L.C, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 2446 Hudson Rd., Greer, SC 29650. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 6, 2014. 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 Yard House USA, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 1025 Woodruff Road (Bldg L 101), Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 23, 2014. 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 Cliffs Club at Mountain Park, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 154 River Road, Marietta, SC 29661.

To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 30, 2014. 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 Soby's LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 207 S. Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 23, 2014. 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 Soby’s on the Side, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 22 East Court St., Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than March 23, 2014. 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 Blue Ridge Olive Oil. LTD, Co., intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/ permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 4 Market Point Drive Ste F, #1 Greenville, SC 29607.

To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 6, 2014. 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 Blue Ridge Olive Oil. LTD, Co., 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 4 Market Point Drive Ste F, #2, Greenville, SC 29607.

To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than April 6, 2014. 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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SPECIAL OCCASIONS Alexander - Miller Mr. & Mrs. Harold Mark Alexander of Simpsonville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Nicole Davis to Jack Parker Miller, Jr. the son of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Parker Miller, Sr. of Greenville.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Clemson University where she earned a Masters of Professional Accountancy. She is employed with Dixon Hughes Goodman in Greenville.

The prospective groom, also a graduate of Clemson University, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Science.

He is currently in his third year of Medical School at the University of South Carolina- School of Medicine.

A July wedding is planned in Greenville, SC.

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LOOK WHO’S IN THE JOURNAL THIS WEEK This past week, players from the Road Warriors came to visit children at the Center for Developmental Services (CDS). They signed autographs and gave children the opportunity to play hockey in the CDS lobby. Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m. is CDS Night at the Road Warriors game. A portion of the tickets purchased through greenvilleroadwarriors. com/cds will directly benefit CDS.

A bistro in the park. French-inspired fare.

As the temperatures rise and the days get longer, join us on the patio for amazing views and delicious cuisine.

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Austin Webb performs at the Nashville Connection Heroes Salute at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville last Saturday night.

Former Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers was a special guest at Five Oaks Academy speaking to the school about her positive early-education experience with the Montessori teaching influence.

Students from Carolina Academy spent a recent day job shadowing at AT&T. Junior Achievement and AT & T partnered to facilitate the event.

Chef Teryi’s Baked Goat Cheese

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FIGURE. THIS. OUT. CALL ME

ACROSS 1 Matter of faith 6 Statutes 10 Plays the harpy 14 Puckish sort 17 Brooks Robinson, notably 19 John’s 2008 running mate 20 Schubert classic 22 Precursor to reality shows like “Punk’d” 24 Least likely to make a faux pas 25 Blackthorn fruit 26 Beach feature 27 Test in a small room, maybe 29 Comes in last 30 Sploshed 32 Apothecary’s bottle 33 Guard 34 “Oh, I give up!”

39 Singer Grant 40 Plant sometimes called a false shamrock 41 Australia’s lang.

42 Intimate 44 __ Martin Cognac 45 Collar target 47 Hank who voices Moe Szyslak 50 Soup holder 53 “Annie” couple?

54 Unlikely job for one with acrophobia?

57 Pet shop purchase 59 Perch

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60 Spinner in the wind 61 Fell from grace 62 Slide preparations 64 North Pole explorer 66 Straightened (up) 67 “Walk on By” singer Warwick 68 Narrated 69 Honda, even in reverse?

70 Reporter assigned to a platoon, e.g.

71 Deceptive action 74 Dancer Charisse 77 Mario Kart console 78 Lampoon 80 Shells out 81 Botanical balm 82 Bath sponge 84 A pop 85 Seal, in a way 87 Girl o’ my heart 88 1952 Groucho Marx film 94 Many a cottonwood 96 River nymph 97 Solo 98 Rose pest 99 Colorado resort 100 Smart __ 101 Nimbus 105 Most fair 107 General Lee, in “The Dukes of Hazzard” 110 Sexy sleepwear 111 “Silas Marner” novelist

112 Lacing aid 113 Opposite of six, on a die 114 Gather 115 Phoned 116 Uplift DOWN 1 Severinsen and a dwarf 2 Spoken 3 Futurist painter Severini 4 Without pretension 5 “Fight of the Century” contender 6 Barely believable 7 “... such stuff / As dreams __ made on”: Shak.

8 Wild African pig 9 “Funny Girl” actor 10 Italia seaport 11 Stratford’s river 12 Brylcreem, e.g.

13 Request at a sitting 14 “That proves it” 15 King novel 16 Sitting duck 18 Swirling currents 19 __ Domingo 21 Without a key 23 Select 28 Edible tuber 31 Upsilon follower 32 __ code 33 “Ice Road Truckers” truck

34 Links cry 35 Team in a field 36 Ewes’ guys 37 Second in command 38 Starfleet captain 43 Legendary attendant of Charlemagne 45 Own (up)

Medium

46 “Never __ Me Go”: Kazuo Ishiguro novel 47 Slightly open 48 Screwball 49 Lowest gin card 51 Secondhand 52 Prof’s degree 54 What’s-his-face

55 Went like the dickens 56 Skirt 58 Really amazing, to a dude 59 Artist Magritte 61 Not taped 62 __ Valley, Calif.

63 Where the ends of 22-, 34-, 54-, 71-, 88and 107-Across and 14-Down can be found 64 Slipshod 65 Actress Sommer 66 Binds 67 Web revealer 68 “OMG, stop telling me all this!”

69 Call out 71 Doe’s beau 72 Use 73 Give a hoot 74 “Pinocchio” goldfish 75 “In __ Eyes”: Peter Gabriel hit 76 Agcy.

79 Miles off 81 Stood before the court 83 Flashing flirtatious looks 84 Self-playing instrument 85 Lozenge 86 Writer Rand 87 Ribbed fabric 89 Keeping up (with) 90 Kool Moe Dee genre 91 German ballads 92 Worker with many keys 93 Fridge juice: Abbr.

94 Cellist Casals 95 One doing sums 99 Cambodia setting 100 All aflutter 102 Hybrid citrus fruit 103 Snorkeling site 104 Affectedly cultured 106 Before, to Byron 108 Continuous babble 109 “I see,” at sea Crossword answers: page 48

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PAST AND PRESENT WITH COURTNEY TOLLISON HARTNESS, PH.D.

Overcoming horror to remember the Holocaust For 10 years in the classroom at Furman University, I have observed the responses of college students to the study of the Holocaust of World War II: their intellectual and emotional attraction to this event teeters between disgust and bewildered incomprehension – not because they aren’t smart enough, but because the history is so mindblowingly horrific.

The numbers are staggering: 12 million deaths between Adolf Hitler’s assumption of power in 1933 and the end of the war in 1945, with the majority occurring in the final three years of the war. At the war’s end, two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish population and one-third of the world’s Jewish population no longer existed.

As a history professor, I am often approached by those who lament the history instruction in our educational systems today. Those concerns can’t be resolved here, of course, and while I am often empathetic, I believe the Holocaust represents an era in history in which students remember the lessons from their K-12 preparation.

They are drawn to the people involved, particularly the children saved by Kindertransport and young resistors such as Corrie ten Boom, and Hans and Sophie Scholl. They exhibit not only a strong interest in history, but also an ability and eagerness to engage in the exercise of thinking historically. Innately, they

ask the questions that historians ask of the past: What were the factors that led to these events? Who and what motivated these events?

What is the legacy of this?

The challenge for those of us who teach this history is to move beyond that bewildered incomprehension towards a deeper appreciation – to the extent that is possible. Thus the exercise of acting as historian helps mitigate a natural inability to digest such an enormously terrible past.

I don’t believe I moved beyond my own bewildered incomprehension of the Holocaust until I lived in Ukraine for six months in 2010.

The poet Paul Celan hailed from the town where I lived, Chernivtsti. On my usual walk home after teaching, I passed the apartment building in the former Jewish quarter where he and his family lived before World War II, when this part of western Ukraine belonged to Romania.

Before the war, 47 percent of Chernivtsi’s population was Jewish, and as such they contributed healthily to the community as doctors, bankers, local political leaders, etc. But Romania sided with Germany in World War II, and was thus a complicit partner in Nazi Germany’s quest to eliminate Jews from Europe. The Romanians issued orders to burn Chernivtisi’s beautiful 70-year old synagogue and create a ghetto near the train station that would eventually hold

50,000 Jews from the region. The local train transported them to concentration and death camps in the region.

Celan survived time in a camp during the war, but his parents did not. In 1955, he authored the commentary for the first postwar documentary film about the Holocaust, “Night and Fog,” when it was shown in West Germany’s schools in 1955.

He killed himself by jumping in the Seine River in Paris in 1970.

While nearly half of Chernivtsti was comprised of Jews before the war, Jews represented fewer than 1 percent after. It stuns me that it remains that way even today.

The historical marker on the exterior of the building where Celan lived became a daily reminder for me that a man and his family once lived in that space and were torn from it, and that this city had been radically and permanently changed by the Holocaust. I was living in the midst of the former Jewish quarter, and I frequented the same train station used to send these city residents to their deaths. The Holocaust became more real to me than it ever had been before.

Greenville’s Year of Altruism was

inspired in part by the overwhelming response amongst Greenvillians to commemorate Jews who perished in the Holocaust and to honor the gentiles who risked their lives to aid them.

The Year of Altruism will thus host a Holocaust Memorial Convocation on Monday, March 24, at 7 p.m. on the Furman University campus. The featured speaker for the evening is Dr. Jacob Schacter, whose talk “Remembering the Holocaust: The Importance of Altruism” promises to be commemorative and personal.

A noted scholar whose CV includes Harvard and Yeshiva universities and a well-regarded and extensively published author, Schacter is also a rabbi and a son of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, the first rabbi to liberate the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in April 1945.

Join us, in hopes that we can all more fully comprehend a past of inhumanity that inspired acts of super humanity.

Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness teaches history at Furman University and is program director for Year of Altruism.

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