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FROM OUR FROM POINT OF VIEW, HEALTH CARE’S FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT.

It’s looking that way because we’re making it that way—all of us, working together. After all, that’s how Greenville Health System has become a leader in medical care, education and research for more than a century. Today, GHS is still leading the way, transforming patient care through integrated programs and interconnected teams. All while providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Together, we’re creating a model of change for the nation. Learn more at ghs.org/modelofchange.

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“Whether it was to celebrate a big win or lick your wounds after your girlfriend broke up with you, The Clock was there with its soothing onion rings and sweet tea in which to drown your sorrows.”

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The Clock Drive-In at Wade Hampton Boulevard and North Pleasantburg Drive opened for business in 1953.

Time’s up for The Clock Iconic Greenville diner to close at end of month

By JEANNE PUTNAM | contributor

In a modern society, very few buildings bring a sense of nostalgia. Sitting on the corner of Wade Hampton Boulevard and Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville, The Clock Drive-In transports patrons back to the 1950s diner that reminds the public of the diners in “Grease,” “Happy Days” and “American Graffiti.” For the customers of The Clock, confirmation that the diner is closing at the end of March marks the end of an era.

For many Wade Hampton High School alumni, eating at The Clock has been a decades-long tradition. According to Wanda Kelly Detlefsen, “In the ’60s, The Clock was the one place you wanted to see and, more importantly, be seen. The refrain on Friday was, ‘I will see you at The Clock.’”

Easley High School teacher Andy Hunter said, “As I look back on my teen years at Wade Hampton, I realize what a part The Clock played in my everyday life. Whether it was to celebrate a big win %

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or lick your wounds after your girlfriend broke up with you, The Clock was there with its soothing onion rings and sweet tea in which to drown your sorrows.”

“Back in my day, Wade Hampton class of ’74, not everyone had a car, so The Clock became your means of contact with the outside world beyond school hours,” said Hunter.

The Clock served as a place for many dates and as an institution for families in the area. Tim and Amanda Taylor said that they met on a blind date 27 years ago at The Clock and have celebrated many of their anniversaries there, not to mention holding family gatherings there.

According to Brenda McCoy, it is such an institution in her family that when her brother comes from Florida to visit family, he stops at The Clock to eat before coming home.

Above all, The Clock has been so entwined with the lives of Wade Hampton High School that the alumni hosts their reunions there and have even used the diner’s likeness on at least one of the reunion T-shirts.

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OPINION VOICES FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, HEARD HERE

State GOP leadership Making room for food trucks seeks to stifle dissent

FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK

Food trucks are the latest evolution in Greenville’s growth as a foodie town – a complement to the city’s emerging national reputation as a gastro hub extraordinaire.

With growth, come growing pains. So it is no surprise the Greenville community is engaged in testy debate over how the rolling eateries might co-exist with their sister brick-and-mortar restaurants in the battle for clientele.

First, it’s important to note that food truck vendors will have their say. The rules proposed at this point are an early draft, subject to change, and city staffers will be meeting with both food truck and restaurant owners in the coming weeks.

That said, the city uncharacteristically flubbed the public relations by giving first-draft duties to an eight-member task force that included restaurants but no food truck vendors. City public information director Angie Prosser further telegraphed the us-versus-them mentality when she reportedly told the City Council at a recent work session, “We haven’t talked to them yet because we wanted to talk to you first.”

Casting food truck vendors as “them” implies an adversarial relationship the vendors do not deserve and the city emphatically does not need. Food trucks are a niche market that enhances Greenville’s ethnic diversity in small, tasty bites. Handled wisely, they should complement rather than compete with sit-down restaurants and bring – in planning-geek terms – a “social fabric on the street” that attracts the young urban workers city leaders covet.

However, the rolling eateries must also respect the legitimate concerns of their stationary sisters whose significant financial outlay helped Greenville earn its foodie status. Most restaurants don’t turn a good profit for months and sometimes years after opening, and the competition for repeat clientele is fierce. They can hardly be blamed for resisting rivals who can roll up and park right outside their door.

The draft rules make a decent attempt at balance, lifting the current ban on food trucks downtown, but limiting their operations to private property 250 feet from an open restaurant. Vendors would be allowed on public property or rights-of-way only for permitted special events.

Truck vendors complain that this restricts them to the fringes of the central business district, and it does. But the limits are comparable to those imposed in cities like Asheville and Raleigh, where food trucks are established and plentiful. Asheville allows food carts vending prepackaged foods in its central business district, but limits food trucks (four at a time) to one parking lot adjacent to the downtown bus terminal. In Raleigh, food trucks may conduct sales on public streets only for special city festivals, and operate on private property downtown up to 20 days a year at a 150-foot distance from private dwellings and 100 feet from the front door of a restaurant.

Charleston has no laws specific to food trucks, but its strict regulations concerning peddlers, transient businesses and cart vending downtown pretty much restrict food trucks to private property edging the central business district.

Mayor Pro Tem David Sudduth has raised the idea of allowing food trucks to park a block or two off Main Street during lunch hours, or use a side alley certain days a week. Both are ideas worth exploring, and there are sure to be others.

This is a debate Greenville is lucky to be having. The challenge to all concerned is to strike a balance worthy of Greenville’s reputation as the food lover’s place to be.

The Democratic Party operates in the interest of protecting power, secrecy and money. The Republican Party operates in the interest of protecting power, secrecy and money. When normal working people threaten this political machine, it is natural that insiders protect the machine.

The Journal ran an article recently about Harry Kibler of RINO (Republican In Name Only) Hunt proposing that somebody challenge state Republican Party leadership. I am neither a politician nor an activist, but as a taxpayer, I agree with Mr. Kibler that insiders are looking out for themselves and not the state. The Republican establishment is not fiscally conservative, and proof is found in the state expenditures since they took control.

During the 2012 Republican national primaries, the party damaged its credibility with its own members by acting to restrict tea party candidates from having even a minority of delegates. Many voters told party leaders of their dissatisfaction, and some simply refused to vote. Republican voters demand school choice, transparency, less regulation, less internal revenue code, and an end to warrantless surveillance. These demands are in line with the words of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and the Republican Party platform.

Instead of supporting their own platform, Republican politicians have partnered with Democrats to expand government waste.

This partnership also solidifies their hold on the political machine. Rather than support their party members, leadership is hindering advocates for limited government.

This arrangement also exists on the state level. In a recent conference call, South Carolina politicos discussed ways to block grass-roots candidates.

In a clever tactic, this group – which assembled to block conservative candidates – calls itself the South Carolina Conservative Alliance (a tax-exempt organization).

Some known participants are either lifelong politicians or get their money from lifelong politicians. Examples include David Wilkins, Tony Denny, Glenn McCall and Richard Quinn & Associates (the political consulting firm that represents big-

IN MY OWN WORDS by RAYMOND L. EVANS

spending politicians Lindsey Graham and Glenn McConnell).

A Richard Quinn employee started a group called Save Our Primary, a petition page which requests your information and threatens, “If common-sense, mainstream conservatives fail to unite and participate in the 2013 reorganization of the S.C. Republican Party, a handful of smaller, louder groups could dominate the process.”

The “smaller, louder groups” are apparently voters who are upset that incumbents are generally bought and sold like items at a flea market. The stated purpose of the page is to prevent nomination of candidates by convention.

Nomination by convention is only one idea proposed to stop corruption. Some party leaders supported it before the tea party adopted it, and it is not uniformly supported by tea partiers. Therefore, the function of Save Our Primary appears to simply be the gathering of data for RQ&A. When establishment insiders use deceptive marketing to present themselves (lifelong politicians and their cronies) as the conservative group, they lie. By misrepresenting tea party and libertarian voters as Todd Akin and liberal voters, they lie. When the state GOP impedes grass-roots candidates, they endanger themselves.

If the GOP splintered, the Democrats would win by plurality. Considering the state’s rising spending, cronyism and favors for special friends, the Democrats might be more successful implementing transparency and efficiency where the RINOs have failed.

Raymond Evans is a Greenville resident who has lived in South Carolina for more than 30 years.

He attended Greenville Technical College and Limestone College, and is owner/operator of EPIC Residential Properties LLC. He may be reached at evaray107@yahoo.com.

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What’s happening at Oak Grove Lake?

IN MY OWN WORDS by JOE BARRON and TY HOUCK

On April 12, 2012 around 2:30 p.m., a whirlpool the size of a large beach ball started near the dam at Oak Grove Lake Park in Greenville. Eight hours later you could see the lakebed at this park popular for fishing, walking and cycling.

The pipe through the dam had developed a leak – and other than blocking off the road across the dam to traffic and constructing a low stabilizing rip-rap check dam, no one seemed to be doing anything about it. Then in December 2012 work began, the dam was excavated, the old pipe removed, and work progressed steadily – only to halt again. What happened?

The Greenville County Recreation District (GCRD) and Greenville County Public Works have worked diligently to restore the dam from the moment the leak was detected. First, GCRD engaged CCAD Engineering to study the problem and prepare repair plans, specifications and permit applications. A contractor was sent to stabilize the breach while Terracon, a geotechnical firm, tested the soil around the pipe and under the lake for use in repairing the dam.

Testing indicated that the remaining sections of the pipe were also corroded and the soils underneath it were wet and soft. Officials decided instead to pressuregrout the soft soil around the old pipe to stabilize the dam. This option avoids cutting the road and dam and typically is quicker and less costly.

Each of the construction firms GCRD prequalified to bid on the repair work had significant experience with dams, sliplining and grouting. Unfortunately, the bids came in high. The two low bidders were asked to rebid the project – this time to open the dam and replace the pipe and soil. As it turns out, this option turned out to be the most cost-effective.

After the necessary design, review, permitting and bidding processes were completed, construction began in December, 2012. The contractor, RCS Grading Inc., worked long hours to complete the work before Christmas and the winter rains.

Unfortunately, the moisture content of the soils from the dam was such that the necessary compaction could not be obtained – a step critical to public safety in

What’s Right in Health Care A worker helps install a new pipe at the dam at Oak Grove Lake Park.

an earthfill dam. Dryer soils had to be brought in, compacted and tested and the new pipe installed while the soils from the dam were allowed to dry.

Work then progressed rapidly, and the new pipe was installed and sealed and the fill material placed around it. Then the rains began, every three to seven days, meaning the stockpiled soils could not dry to the extent needed for proper compaction of the lifts. Hauling out the stockpiled soils and hauling in drier soil was not economically viable. Until warmer and drier weather prevails, the “lake” will remain missing from Oak Grove Lake Park.

GCRD and its team remain committed to a timely completion of the work, but will not compromise on safety and quality in the process.

Oak Grove Lake Park is located on Oak Grove Lake Road just off Roper Mountain Road about a mile from I-385. For more information, visit GreenvilleRec. com/OakGroveLake.

Ty Houck is director of greenways, natural and historic resources at the Greenville County Recreation District. Joe Barron is a professional civil engineer with CCAD Engineering in Greenville and has worked on small dam repair designs since his days as state park engineer in the early 1980s.

Healthcare Organization of the Month Patewood Memorial Hospital, part of Greenville Health System (GHS), was named April 2013 Healthcare Organization of the Month by Studer Group, which implements evidence-based leadership systems to help organizations produce outstanding results.

This national award, presented monthly to an organization that stands out from its peers, serves as an example of what is right in health care.

Quality Awards for Spine Surgery & Hip/Knee Replacements BlueCross BlueShield of SC recognized GHS’ Patewood Memorial Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for quality in both spine surgery and in knee and hip replacement.

In addition, GHS’ Greer Memorial Hospital was recognized for knee and hip replacement surgery, and GHS’ Greenville Memorial Hospital was recognized for spine surgery.

Cancer Accreditation The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons recently granted three-year accreditation with commendation to the GHS Cancer Institute. Accreditation is limited to facilities that have voluntarily committed to providing the highest level of cancer care and that undergo a rigorous evaluation process and performance review.

A Leader in Advocacy The S.C. Primary Health Care Association presented GHS with the Community Health Center Leadership Award. This award honors organizations that contribute to the community health center movement by demonstrating a commitment to the state’s medically underserved population through outstanding advocacy efforts. New Horizon Family Health Services nominated GHS for the award.

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The Peace House on Augusta Street in Greenville.

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Peace House puts out the welcome mat Patients and families in long-term therapy can overnight near the hospital Days or weeks in the hospital recovering from a long-term illness or brain injury is followed by weeks or months of outpatient therapy. An unexpected part of therapy for some families is hours of travel to receive the right care. Patients who live more than 25 miles away from Greenville Health

By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff System’s Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital now have a comfortable place to lay their heads: the Peace House.

Located on Augusta Street in Greenville, The Peace House opened this week and will soon be available to patients and their families, said Elaine Dwyer, project director and manager of the hospital’s brain injury and young stroke program.

Any patient who is participating in therapy or families of patients still in the hospital are welcome, she said.

The house is filling a real need for some families, Dwyer said. “They’re exhausted and they need to gather their resources because they’ve now got a family member who wasn’t disabled before and now they’re facing a really scary future.

Yet the rehab team really needs them to participate; they’re exhausted and depleted, yet they need to rally for their family member. That opportunity (for us) to provide support for caregivers is huge.”

The six-bedroom former boarding house can accommodate up to 12 people and includes a common area, kitchen and laundry. There’s also space in the 3,000-square-foot house for 24-hour staff, if required, said Dwyer. House manager Sarah

Wagoner will also be available during business hours.

Much of the electrical wiring in the house had to be replaced, and doorways and bathrooms had to be brought up to code for patient access, said Robert Craigo, project manager of safety and security with GHS facilities development.

Truckloads of sheetrock were installed along with a sprinkler system, alarm system and kitchen. “We had to bring it up to hospital standards.”

Local businesses and organizations donated much of the supplies and “This house is to outfit the Peace House, said designed to relieve labor James Floyd of GHS facilities developa burden and allow ment, who helped oversee the project. patients to finish He cited one plumbing company that donated toilets and sinks as just one their course of of many contributors. therapy. It’s an “That was just another dollar that we didn’t have to spend,” he said. incredible value “The Peace House project required to the patient.” extraordinary vision – but also exArmy veteran Dan Driscoll, traordinary heart and perseverance,” co-owner of Paul Davis said Greenville Health System presiRestoration and dent and CEO Mike Riordan. “I’m Remodeling of the Upstate proud to work for a healthcare system that goes the distance on a project like this – but especially proud to live in a community that partners with us on the journey.”

Peace House will help to ease a burden for patients and families who may be burning many hours and gallons of fuel to travel to therapy appointments, said Dwyer. She estimates that more that 150 patients come from other areas for therapy at Roger C. Peace each year. The facility is unique to the area, but drew inspiration from houses at Duke and Emory hospitals, she said.

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PROJECT COST TO STAY: Guests pay a $20 deposit and $10 per night, though no one is turned away due to lack of funds.

WHO QUALIFIES? Guests must live outside a 25-mile radius of the Greenville Memorial campus and be referred by the hospital.

Referrals are taken on a first-come, firstserved basis; once full, families/patients go on a waiting list.

HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY STAY IN A ROOM? The house has six bedrooms, limited to one per family with up to two people per room.

MAY CHILDREN STAY? Children are allowed on a case-by-case basis.

Considerations include the age of the child and other guests using the house at the time. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

WHAT ARE THE HOUSE RULES? Smoking, alcohol, weapons and pets (except for guide dogs) are not allowed. Daily meals are not provided. A central kitchen, common room and laundry are available for guests’ use.

Guests are responsible for cleaning their own room and leaving it ready for the next family at checkout. A professional service cleans the house weekly.

HOW MAY I CONTRIBUTE? Philanthropy and donations are always welcome. Current needs are rocking chairs for the front porch and gently used purses for donation to Purse with A Purpose, a spring shopping social fundraiser to benefit the Peace House. For more information, visit thepeacehouseproject. org or call 864-455-4504.

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Patients and their families are facing a real challenge with long-term rehabilitation and recovery, Dwyer said. Inpatient rehabilitation can last up to eight weeks and outpatient can be upwards of four months, she said. “I’ve heard stories of families spending every night in the hospital on one of those recliner chairs for weeks and weeks. Or they sleep in their car because they can’t afford a hotel or the gas to get back.”

Roger C. Peace is the only hospital with CARF-accredited rehabilitation spinal cord and brain injury programs in the state, which makes it a major draw for patients from all over the region, Dwyer said. The state has a fund to help provide care for indigent patients, she said, but the patients must go to an accredited hospital.

“We’re hoping that more people will have a chance to get care because they

have a place to stay,” she said.

Medically retired veterans are another target population for the Peace House, she said. There are thousands of injured veterans who are returning to the Palmetto State, many of whom need treatment for conditions addressed at Roger C. Peace. “We’re a natural fit.”

Nate Moore, a volunteer and member of The Mission Continues, will be interning for six months at the Peace House and said a similar location helped him during his recovery.

A veteran who was injured in Afghanistan in October 2010, Moore received therapy for a brain injury, staying at a similar house in Virginia for seven months. When he was able to return to the area, he continued outpatient therapy at Roger C. Peace.

Moore said facilities like the Peace House offer patients more personal attention in a less clinical, freer setting.

Where he stayed in Virginia, however, did not allow family members to stay with patients and he was separated from his new wife who was still in the Upstate. “It was like a second deployment, honestly,” he said.

Moore said he hopes to be a resource and support to everyone who stays at the Peace House, especially his fellow veterans.

The plight of injured veterans like Moore is what inspired Army veteran Dan Driscoll to help with the launch of the project nearly a year ago.

Driscoll is co-owner of Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling of the Upstate.

His company participates in community projects and helped jumpstart Peace House renovations. Driscoll said the project resonated with him because his son-in-law, a wounded, activeduty member of the Army, is working through multiple surgeries to recover from a training accident.

Driscoll has been involved with the project for about nine months. He said renovations progressed on a different schedule due to the volunteer labor force and material donations. “Normal construction time periods kind of went out the window,” he said.

Now that the project is complete, Driscoll said, it will serve a unique purpose for patients whose “therapy period is often much longer than a hospital stay.”

“This house is designed to relieve a burden and allow patients to finish their course of therapy,” he said. “It’s an incredible value to the patient.”

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

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Physician News GHS welcomes these new doctors & sites!

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Trails effort hits the ground running Diverse group launches ambitious plan to combine existing county trails into 137-mile long network

By CHARLES SOWELL | staff

An ambitious plan that would knit about 100 miles of existing trails in Spartanburg County into a 137-mile long network kicks off on July 1.

That’s when a full-time trails manager and an advisory board of city and county officials from the various communities in Spartanburg start a blitzkrieg effort to jumpstart the plan.

The planning stage for the trail system wrapped up last year with the production of a trails master plan for the county. The plan was produced by a diverse group that included the City of Spartanburg, the Spartanburg Area Transportation Study, Partners for Active Living, the Spartanburg Area Conservancy, the Mary Black Foundation, Upstate Forever, ACHIEVE Spartanburg, Pacolet Milliken, the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, Glendale Outdoor Leadership School, the Bike/Pedestrian Commission and concerned citizens.

The trail system is being designed by Alta Planning + Design and will include a variety of trail surfaces from paved walking and biking trails to rougher natural surfaces designed for foot traffic only.

“A trail system that doesn’t connect anything isn’t what we want,” said Ned Barrett, of Partners for Active Living. “Connectivity is key to the success of the system.”

The connection to business will be a key to selling the plan, leaders acknowledge.

“Greenville, S.C.’s Swamp Rabbit Trail, a roughly 17-mile trail corridor created largely through a rail to trail conversion, has documented economic gains,” the county’s trails master plan said. “The por-

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A Spartanburg B-Cycle bike share station is located along the Mary Black Rail Trail.

tion of the trail within Greenville County (outside of the City of Greenville jurisdiction) saw more than 350,000 users in its first year open. This level of bicycle and pedestrian traffic has been a boon for the small city of Travelers Rest. The mayor described the Swamp Rabbit Trail as ‘the single most important thing that has happened to Travelers Rest in years.’”

Since development of the trail, property along the corridor has increased more than threefold, 21 new businesses have opened and several more have plans to do so. Overall, the businesses near the county segments of the trail have reported revenue or sales increases of 30 to 85 percent since the trail opened in Travelers Rest.

“Spartanburg has already begun realizing the benefits of connecting retail to trails. Local bike store BikeWorx relocated its store to a building adjacent to the Mary Black Foundation Rail Trail and created an asphalt path connecting the trail to its

door,” the recreation plan said.

There is also a quality of life issue that plays a key role in recruiting big businesses like BMW and various suppliers to the area, said Eric Davis, project planner at Spartanburg Parks and Recreation. Davis is in charge of the trail system.

“They look for this kind of thing in a community, it makes a difference,” he said.

“Look what the Swamp Rabbit has done for Greenville.”

Spartanburg’s planned system would be vastly larger than Greenville’s trail.

“Right now we don’t have any money to speak of for this,” Davis said. “That will have to come with time and we’ll nibble away until the system gets built. Odds are, it won’t happen in my lifetime, or yours, but it will happen.”

The master plan prioritizes projects based on a variety of criteria. Topping the list is the Cottonwood Trail to Country Club Road segment, which will be a multi-

use trail of about 1.3 miles that will cost $1.49 million and follow an existing power line right of way.

“This segment is a crucial link in connecting two popular trails – the Cottonwood Trail and the Mary Black Foundation Rail Trail,” the master plan says. “The segment follows an existing utility easement from Woodburn Road (at Pheasant Drive) to Country Club Road (at Moulton Street).

The easement is particularly wide south of Woodburn Road to the substation and already includes several informal dirt trails.”

Another section of connecting trail uses the streets of the city to connect the other end of the Rail Trail to the system. It will stretch from Country Club Road to the Rail Trail East, cost $500,000 and continue for about one-third of a mile.

The trail will use road right-of-way and traffic land reconfiguration to give walkers safety and a better walking experience.

One of the longer sections on the current priority list is from North Spartanburg Park, the USC Upstate Passage of the Palmetto Trail. It would be 3.17 miles long and cost slightly more than $3.5 million. The multi-use trail would follow Fawn Branch Creek as a riparian buffer.

“Of the proposed trail segments in the Boiling Springs community, the trail segment along Fawn Branch Creek between North Spartanburg Park and the USC Upstate Passage of the Palmetto Trail is the most feasible near-term option,” the master plan says.

Davis said the trail system would go a long way toward addressing the county’s chronic obesity problem by making exercising more convenient.

“In Spartanburg County, an estimated 28 percent of adults are physically inactive and 30 percent of adults are obese.

The county ranks 18th out of 46 counties in South Carolina for overall health,” the master plan says.

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@communityjournals.com.

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ENVISION SC PRESENTS: GEORGE HINCAPIE “I could live anywhere in the world that I want to, but I can’t imagine living anywhere else.”

– George Hincapie

As one of only a handful of cyclists who can claim to have ridden professionally for over 19 years, George Hincapie achieved a level of success that few could ever imagine. Having logged over a million miles of riding, cycling

ABOUT GEORGE HINCAPIE HOMETOWN: Queens, N.Y. EDUCATION: Farmingdale High School (New York); cycling competitions around the world OCCUPATION: Cyclist (retired); business owner, Hincapie Sportswear OTHER NOTABLES: National Professional Road Champion: 1998, 2006, 2009; Tour de France Yellow Jersey assists: 19992005, 2007, 2011; Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; U.S. National Team: 1991-93, 1998-99 WEBSITE: georgehincapie.com, hincapie.com

afforded Hincapie the opportunity to see the world and experience some of the most pristine and majestic scenes and topography there is to offer.

And yet, Hincapie chose to make Greenville his home.

After riding in a record 17 Tour De Frances, pedaling over 40,000 miles in just that epic race alone, Hincapie decided to retire at the end of 2012 in order to focus on his business pursuits and philanthropic efforts.

It would seem a man so used to traveling and being on the road might be hard to slow down, but the fact is Hincapie loves this state and was more than willing to share his thoughts and ideas with Phil Noble of Envision South Carolina on how to make the state truly world class.

NOBLE: What made you decide to move to South Carolina?

HINCAPIE: I moved to South Caroli-

na in 1999 because I wanted to be somewhere on the East Coast because most of my races were in Europe and it’s obviously easier to get there from here. South CaroHincapie lina, particularly Greenville, is one of the best places to ride a bike on all of the East Coast. My wife loves it here.

She’s from Dijon, France, and she prefers living in South Carolina more so than going home to France.

Cycling is definitely a global sport.

In your opinion, do South Carolinians really get the sport? Have we reached that level of acceptance and understanding of cycling?

I think we’re getting to that point.

Greenville has put in place the Swamp

Rabbit Trail Network, which invites people to get out and ride their bikes. Or even go for a run. I truly believe when cities have those sorts of initiatives to get people to get out and be healthier, everyone wins; whether it’s cycling or running or anything active. I’m a big proponent of pushing anything that gets people outdoors; running, cycling, playing soccer, tennis or whatever it may be.

How would you compare South Carolina to other places in the sense of how we are promoting cycling and active lifestyles in general?

I think we’re getting close. I think we need to promote more safety issues with cars and/or cyclists or runners. I think our bigger cities – Charleston, Greenville, Columbia – do a good job promoting healthy lifestyles, but we can always do a better job at that. Whether it’s pushing the messages out in social media showcasing the tremendous assets

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that we have – the beach, beautiful lakes, big mountains, vast networks of roads that have limited traffic, great weather – we should be able to push these things out nationwide and worldwide to send that message out that this state has a little bit of everything that people can come and enjoy.

What do you say to your international friends and fellow bike riders who ask you why you live in South Carolina?

When you get here to South Carolina, you immediately see that the communities are so friendly. It’s a great place to raise families. The cities are so full of culture. We have big international companies like Boeing and Michelin that also bring in culture and smart, successful people. That spreads throughout the state. There’s just so much the state has to offer. I think the state needs to do a better job of putting that message out worldwide and promoting what we have more. I could live anywhere in the world that I want to. I’m not really tied to South Carolina or Greenville, but I can’t imagine living anywhere else.

If you were suddenly placed in charge of all of South Carolina, what would you do?

I would promote health. I think health is a huge factor in the success of a state, a community or anything.

Being healthy raises the level of every aspect within a state or community. It raises the level of performance, happiness, getting things done. I would promote healthy eating, nutrition and just being healthy overall. I would promote people being active and exercising.

Then I would make it my goal to promote this state as much as possible outside of its boundaries to the rest of the country and to the world. I would bring

in more tourism. We have such beautiful places and cities here in South Carolina that just aren’t receiving as much attention as they should be getting.

What’s your advice to the little kid who comes up to you and says “I want to be like you one day”?

There’s no denying, I’ve been through a lot lately. Everybody makes mistakes.

And what I would say is, just stay on the course. You can only rely on talent so much. Talent will only get you so far.

But it’s the mix of talent, hard work and dedication that’s going to take you above where you ever imagined being. There are really no secrets. It’s just hard work, talent and how badly do you want it.

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Residents object to Paris Mt. rezoning

By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff

A proposal to build a multi-unit development on Paris Mountain met strident public opposition during a Greenville County zoning hearing Monday night.

Fellow Paris Mountain landowner Eric Kaufmann wants to build a 74-unit, fivestory condominium off Altamont Road on a ridge near the mountain’s summit. The project, called Altera, would also feature a wellness center, arts and crafts barn, boathouse and food service for residents and members, Kaufmann said at the hearing.

Opponents filled the council chambers, voicing concerns about preserving the watershed, issues with additional drivers on Altamont Road and safety, and setting the precedent of rezoning. “This land cannot sustain what Mr. Kaufmann has proposed,” said resident Vicki Kaufmann Yockey, who told the council she grew up on the mountain. “It would destroy the property.”

Kaufmann is requesting a rezoning from an Environmentally Sensitive District-Paris Mountain (ESD-PM) to a Flexible Review District (FRD). The

current density of the ESD-PM district is 1.1 units per acre, said planning staff.

Jeff Beacham, an environmental advisor for the Altera project, said Altera would preserve up to 40 acres of green space.

The developer is conducting a study to determine the best and most reliable method of wastewater treatment, which Beacham said is vital due to the elevation and lack of sewer lines (most Paris Mountain homes use septic systems).

The development has planned an onsite treatment facility, but has not determined what type of system, he said.

Kaufmann said the on-site plant could help the Altamont Forest development, which had problems with wastewater treatment dating back to 1997.

Council member Sid Cates said he was concerned about the wastewater issue and called it “a major obstacle to me.” Ray Orvin, executive director of Renewable Water Sources (ReWa), said a connection to Altera would take approximately 18 months to two years to build and cost approximately $2 million.

Orvin said ReWa has an agreement to do two studies. The audience applauded

his request that wastewater issues be resolved before any rezoning happens.

The revised Altera proposal was given first reading at Tuesday night’s council meeting and goes to the Greenville County Planning Commission on March 27. The council’s Planning and Development Committee will take it up on April 1 and full council will decide whether to kill it or give it second reading on April 16. Third and final reading is scheduled for May 7.

In other business Tuesday, council moved another FRD at Pelham and Boiling Springs roads forward to third reading. Amendments included provisions for pedestrian access, sidewalks, setbacks and stormwater control measures.

Council also voted to reopen applications for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission due to a vacancy. The application period will be open for two weeks.

Greenville County Council is scheduled to meet again on April 2 at 6 p.m. at County Square.

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

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City identifies possible site for new fire department

By Cindy Landrum | staff

side fire station’s equipment and personnel.

The city has not raised property tax rates in 17 years.

Castile told the council the time has also come to begin thinking about locations it wants to add to the list of commercial corridors where utilities are put underground.

A project to bury utility lines on a short portion of Haywood Road is nearly complete, while work on Camperdown Way and Rhett Street is expected to begin soon.

The city also has Augusta Street and Faris Road on the list in conjunction with a possible private development project. It will also relocate utility poles on Augusta Street from Lupo to Capers Street and at Rhett and Wardlaw streets.© 2011 PoleCTA, relocations are Inc. not eligible for a match from Duke Energy under the city’s undergrounding program.

Possible future projects include Augusta Street near Westminster Church, Stone Avenue, West Washington and another portion of Haywood Road.

The undergrounding program was started in response to an ice storm in 2005 that left some city residents in the cold and dark for as long as a week.

Eight hundred fifty-six Greenville homeowners have used the undergrounding program’s residential component to have the service lines buried. The undergrounding program allows a subsidy of $1,500 for completion of the work.

Nearly 2,200 residences have been assessed since the program started in September 2010. The rest of the homeowners decided not to go through with the line burial. For some, the subsidy didn’t cover all of the costs; others did not want to have landscaping or sprinkler systems disturbed.

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Greenville may be making progress on finding a piece of property for a new fire station that would serve the city’s burgeoning far eastside that includes Woodruff Road, ICAR and Verdae.

Response times in the area are well outside the national fire standards that call for a station to respond to 90 percent of its calls for emergency service in four minutes or less.

According to the city’s 2013-17 capital improvement plan, only about one-fifth of the fire service calls in the far eastside – which contains interstate highways and some of Greenville’s most congested areas – are answered in four minutes or less.

“Growth will continue to challenge response times,” City Manager John Castile told the City Council at a work session Monday afternoon.

Greenville Fire Chief Steve Kovalcik said a piece of land has been identified as a possible site for the new station, but the city has not contacted the owner of the property yet.

In addition, he told council that the fire department is in the process of hiring the Charlotte architecture and planning firm Stewart Cooper Newell to study the conditions and locations of all of the city’s fire locations.

“I’m not expecting them to say everything is great,” said City Manager John Castile. “I’m not sure they will say they all need to stay where they are.”

Some of the city’s fire stations were built decades ago and requirements have changed, Castile said. Some maintenance on the stations has been deferred in the past, he said.

Councilmember David Sudduth said one option to fund the new fire station and other station renovations would be through one bond issue. Mayor Knox White told the council another decision it will have to make is how to fund a far east-

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Landfill battle goes to Legislature

By CHarles Sowell | staff

Two bills working their way through the South Carolina House and Senate have the potential to strip local counties of the authority to determine how waste is handled within their borders and what fees they may impose to finance landfill construction.

The two bills – H 3290 and S 203 – have forced local governments into a battle with big waste management companies that threatens hundreds of millions of dollars in bond funding and, potentially, the viability of the Home Rule Act. The House bill, called the “Business Freedom to Choose Act,” was recently passed. The Senate bill is pending.

“The bill would remove county authority to determine waste handling activity and landfill siting, thereby giving the waste industry free reign,” wrote environmental attorney Gary Poliakoff in a friend of the court brief in federal court before Judge Joe Anderson.

The brief was filed in a federal lawsuit over the Lee County Landfill, a private

landfill that receives waste from a variety of states.

In addition to self-determination regarding waste disposal, the proposed legislation also strips counties of the right to impose fees to pay for bonds issued to finance public landfill construction.

“The bill is a direct threat to Home Rule,” said Joe Dill, president of the state Association of Counties and a member of Greenville County Council.

“It is part of an ongoing process down in Columbia where local governing bodies see their powers taken away, one item at a time.”

The bill is not so much a current threat to Greenville County, Dill said, but will “hit hard” in Spartanburg County, where residents pay a $47 annual fee for waste disposal.

However, Spartanburg County Council Chairman Jeff Horton said, “I have no issue with the legislation, so long as they (the Senate) do away with the fee provision.”

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the flow of waste within the county’s border. The waste industry lost that challenge in the state Supreme Court and turned to the Legislature for relief.

Shelley Robbins of Upstate Forever told a House panel the environmental group “has not taken an issue on flow control and we aren’t doing so today. … The Supreme Court has ruled on the issue and we simply don’t have the political climate to support it in the Upstate. That’s not why I’m here. I’m here because the amended language in H 3290 is so broad, ambiguous and overreaching that it will strip our counties of their most basic authority to manage and pay for solid waste disposal in a way that is safest and most efficient for their citizens.”

Robbins said solid waste collection and disposal “is essentially a utility, one that has serious public health implications, much like sewer. Indeed, one of the amended sections in this bill is Title 44 Chapter 55 – Health. This is the statute that governs drinking water, wastewater, septic tanks … and garbage. Counties must not be stripped of their authority to protect public health. Indeed, they are mandated to do so.”

Dill said the two bills essentially force residents to choose a private industry option rather than a public one to deal with their garbage issues. “Here in Greenville, we consider waste disposal to be very much a public service that government provides.”

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@communityjournals.com.

spartanburg county council from the march 18 meeting

A $250,000 federal grant for a mental health court would help the Sheriff ’s Office ease crowding at the Spartanburg County Jail if it is awarded, Maj. Neal Urch told County Council Monday night.

Council unanimously voted for the plan that would see the Spartanburg County Foundation, United Way of the Piedmont and the Mary Black Foundation seek a U.S. Justice Department grant to start the program, Urch said.

The court would be similar to systems currently used in Greenville and Charleston. Suspects arrested and booked into jail for a non-violent offense would be evaluated for mental health issues. If mental illness is found to be a factor in the crime, offenders could be placed in a judge-monitored treatment program in lieu of prison.

In other business, the council approved: Seeking a $1.4 million lease agreement for equipment, mostly for the Sheriff ’s Office, for the coming fiscal year.

Using state funds for two victim advocate positions at the Solicitor’s Office that were previously funded by the county. The shift will save $87,000. Council agreed to let the solicitor keep $40,000 of that to provide raises for senior assistant prosecutors.

An ordinance at first reading to ease requirements for a demolition permit.

County Council next meets at 5:30 p.m. on April 15 in council chambers at the county administration building 366 N. Church St. Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@communityjournals.com.

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The rate request requires approval from the state Public Service Commission and would increase revenue for Duke by $220 million. Duke claims the money is needed to offset investments in infrastructure and new energy production.

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By CHarles Sowell | staff

The state wildlife department’s delayed harvest program for trout has become so popular that three streams have been added to meet the demands of fishermen who want a quality experience on the water, said Dan Rankin, chief

fisheries biologist for the Department of Natural Resources in the Upstate.

A big part of that success has been participation by Trout Unlimited (TU) in improving trout habitat and helping to stock delayed harvest water.

Jim Hopkins, president of the Mountain Bridge Chapter of TU in Greenville, led a combined effort with the Chattooga River Chapter in stocking the newly designated delayed harvest section on Eastatoe Creek recently.

Lugging five-gallon buckets filled with fish and water, about 35 senior members of both chapters (the older guys who were free on a Thursday) TROUt continued on page 18

Richard Stewart, with the Department of Natural Resources, scoops trout out of the tank on the back of the DNR pickup truck to load into a bucket lined with a plastic bag. The fish were used to stock Eastatoe Creek.

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scattered about 1,000 large fish over a quarter-mile long section of stream.

Delayed harvest sections of streams come under special regulations for six months of every year. Starting in No-

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Charlie Green with the Mountain Bridges chapter of Trout Unlimited carries a bucket heavy with live trout down the trail along Eastatoe Creek.

After a short hike in, Green released the trout into the creek.

vember, the stream is closed to all but fishermen using single hook artificial lures. No fish of any size may be kept.

Afterward, regular fishing rules and creel limits apply to the stream and those who fish for the table are allowed in.

“Delayed harvest started as an experiment in the early 2000s on the Chattooga River on a two-mile stretch of river starting at the state Route 28 Bridge,” said Rankin. “It was so popular that the Legislature decided to add sections on the Chauga (a tributary of the Chattooga), Eastatoe Creek (which feeds into Lake Keowee) and Howard Creek (a tributary of Lake Jocassee).”

Rankin said it took South Carolina longer than neighboring states to go to the delayed harvest system because the state has so little trout water. “We only have about 200 miles of streams that will support trout,” he said.

Officials with DNR were concerned about meeting the needs of the people who fish for the table and the catch and release fishermen, mainly fly fishermen like the members of Trout Unlimited.

Mike Harvell, of the Chattooga River chapter, said the delayed harvest program has changed the face of fly-fishing in South Carolina.

Volunteers Tom McInnis, left, and Charlie Green, both with the Mountain Bridges chapter of Trout Unlimited, prepare to release trout in the Eastatoe Creek.

Rankin agreed, adding, “Once we saw the success that North Carolina was having, we started our program here.

North Carolina has thousands of miles of fishable trout streams, but the delayed harvest program started generating business, too. They found that where they started a DH program, a fly shop

was almost sure to follow to serve the fishermen who use the stream.

“The same proved true here with the Chattooga River Fly Shop opening up shortly after we launched the program on the river there.”

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@communityjournals.com.

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Habitat project under fire in Simpsonville

By Jeanne putnam | contributor

Simpsonville City Council recently approved a new Habitat for Humanity project called Woodside Park, on a five-acre tract of land at the end of Beattie Street. However, some citizens, along with councilwomen Geneva Lawrence and Sylvia Lockaby, remain opposed to the development, which is in Lawrence’s ward.

In early January, Habitat for Humanity hosted a public workshop to present the proposal to interested citizens. Simpsonville planning director David Dyrhaug said 10 to 20 people attended the meeting with questions for Habitat.

“There were some concerns expressed about development in general on this tract of land,” he said.

The issues that drew concern at the workshop and a later City Council meeting included drainage at the site, preservation of the natural environment, compatibility of architecture and design with the surrounding community and the walkability of the site by recreational us-

ers of the development.

Lawrence’s conclusion at meeting’s end was that “the people in the surrounding area did not want anything to do with the project.” Lawrence has repeatedly called for Habitat to change its vision for this project and explore rehabbing the “empty inventory” (her term for vacant existing homes) within the city.

At the Feb. 25 city meeting, Lawrence added that she felt the property should be rezoned from multi-family to recreational because she felt it would be better used for walking trails and as a park.

Kay Ashe, a citizen who spoke at the council meeting, said, “This property should be left as a natural area. What is wrong with having land left undeveloped?”

Ashe and Lawrence both pointed to unbuilt lots in the 2008 Greenville County Redevelopment Authority (GCRA) project in Westwood, saying they did not want to see the same thing happen with the Woodside Park project. The Westwood project had nine lots, but accord-

ing to both Ashe and Lawrence, only one house has been built.

GCRA executive director Martin Livingston confirmed that the Neighborhood Housing Corporation (NHC), a nonprofit housing corporation, had built only one home. Livingston said that NHC does plan to complete the project. NHC was unavailable for comment.

Ashe emphasized that the “one house built sat vacant for about a year and the house wasn’t sold to a local person, but someone relocating” to the area.

“There are seven or eight lots remaining with no house,” she said. “This has benefitted no one but the people who bought the one house.”

However, while Ashe and Lawrence spoke out about the proposed project, councilperson Brown Garrett spoke in favor of Habitat, praising the previous construction of houses on Richardson Street and Hedge Street.

Contact Jeanne Putnam at jputnam@communityjournals.com.

Taking flight Upstate Business Journal, Airwolf Aviation Services, Greenville Downtown Airport and Greenville Jet Center have joined forces to give away an entire flight-training package. First prize will be one entire Airplane Pilot Training Program, which includes all the training, books and exams necessary to qualify someone to get a private pilot’s license. Second prize will be one Discovery Flight Lesson, which includes 45 minutes of ground instruction and a 45-minute flight. The contest is going on now through 5 p.m. on May 18. Contest rules and entry forms can be found in the Upstate Business Journal, Greenville and Spartanburg Journals and TOWN magazine. Entries can be mailed or dropped off during regular business hours to Airwolf Aviation Services, 100 Tower Drive, Unit 8, Greenville, SC 29607. Winners will be notified on May 19, International Learn to Fly Day.

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Fighting disease and illness can be a financial nightmare, so Southeasternbased pilots are lending their time and aircraft to ease the economic stress of medical patients.

Mercy Flight Southeast is a nonprofit volunteer pilot organization that provides critically ill patients with free, private air transportation to distant medical facilities when other means are too expensive or impractical.

With 650 pilots and 300 land-based volunteers, Mercy Flight averages a whopping 3,000 charitable missions annually for patients in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.

Steve Purello, Mercy Flight’s CEO, has been flying missions for 16 years.

“These are not emergency flights,” he explained. “They are chronic appointments. It’s an unusual cancer that no one around you can figure out how to treat, or a disease that no one has a cure for – except that all of a sudden you find out that 750 miles away there’s a doctor that has this new procedure that might work, but you now have to go there 15 times in the next 15 weeks. Even people

who are in decent health shape or decent shape financially can get wrecked by having to do that kind of thing.”

Mercy Flight works to alleviate the burden. Volunteer operators based in Leesburg, Fla., work closely with patients’ medical doctors to secure the necessary medical releases and coordinate appointments and flight times before the mission is filled by a willing pilot – a process that typically takes two to three days.

What’s more, pilots shell out the cost for fuel and plane upkeep, while community donations fund administrative costs. Not a bit of government money is received. That means for every dollar donated to Mercy Flight, $5.75 is returned in services.

Though the majority of passengers are medical patients, Mercy Flight also flies organ recipients, relocates domestic abuse victims, and has aided in homeland security for disasters like Hurricane Katrina.

“We have 30-something people in our database that are waiting for a heart, a liver, a kidney, a lung, maybe two lungs,” said Purello. “Those people we have all set up so that they can call as soon as that organ becomes available. [The call] comes through our answering service that’s 24 hours a day, and I have 10 pilots lined up for each one of those people. They only have a three-hour window when they receive that call that an organ is available, so we only have three hours to get them there. Otherwise, they lose it.”

Mercy Flight’s Pilot of the Year for 2012, Jack Schuler, has been volun-

teering with the organization for more than 10 years, but has been flying charitable missions for decades. He often flies the same patients repeatedly and forms relationships in the process.

He said, “There was a patient over in Savannah a couple of years ago that had terminal brain cancer and I would take her up to the Duke University and wait for her while she was treated, then bring her back. I flew her up there probably six or eight months and got to know her and her family. Then she died and, because I got to know the family so well, I was invited to the funeral and that was very, very nice.”

Pilot Schuler has flown Thomas, a Mercy Flight passenger from Hilton Head, on several occasions for the last three years. Battling serious illness and financial setbacks, Thomas turned to Mercy Flight for help.

“I would go as far as saying that [Mercy Flight] is one of the ones responsible for saving my life,” Thomas said. “If it wasn’t the doctors and Jack Schuler flying me down there, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Mercy Flight pilots are glad to help regardless of the high costs.

“It just gives me great satisfaction to know that I’m helping other people, you know?” said Schuler.

Purello agrees. “You do one mission, you’re hooked,” he said. “You see these people, and you have your health and a couple of bucks in your pocket – you realize how grateful you are to be in that position. If I have an airplane, it’s better than going for a hundred-dollar burger. It’s so much better to be able to use that and give back to somebody else who’s less fortunate.”

For more information on Mercy Flight Southeast, visit mercyflightse.org.

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Ala. Wyche said if the game catches on and the NFL says its timing is good that it might be expanded to an Southeast allstar bowl.

“We will have players who play in the National Football League,” Wyche said.

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He just doesn’t know who or how many.

“This is like the show on television, ‘The Big Break,’” said Wyche, who is commissioner of the game. “This game can be the big break a player at a smaller school needs. They’re long shots.

They know that. But this gives them a chance.”

To play in the game, participants must have played high school or college football in South Carolina.

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More than 100 players are on the team rosters.

Players who don’t get a shot at the NFL may give themselves a chance to earn a roster spot on a Canadian Football League or Arena Football League team, the organizers said.

“We’ve got probably 30 guys who have a chance to get themselves on the radar,” Wyatt said.

Some of them are Mars Hill quarterback Jon Richt, son of Georgia head coach Mark Richt who was on the Clemson roster at one time; Austin Sargent, an offensive lineman from Gardner-Webb; Dyrell Roberts, a split end at Virginia Tech; Jordan Mosely, an offensive lineman from Johnson C. Smith; Gee Gee Greene, a running back from Navy who played in the Raycom College Football All-Star football game in January; and Calgary offensive lineman Kirby Fabien, who was selected to the East/West Shrine game in Tampa this year.

Organizers hope the game will become an annual event and eventually become bigger than the Senior Bowl in Mobile,

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Greenville attorney David Wyatt, an NFL agent for more than a dozen years who has seen firsthand how much talent is in the state.

“There’s not enough opportunity for South Carolina guys to showcase themselves,” Wyatt said. “In South Carolina, we love football. This game will showcase the talent that grew up here and give the players an opportunity to be mentored by players who have been where they are now and have gone through the process firsthand.”

The game will pit the Upstate versus the Lowcountry.

Legendary Clemson coach Danny Ford, who led the Tigers to a national championship and five Atlantic Coast Conference titles, will coach the Upstate team. Coaching the Lowcountry is Willie Jefferies, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the first AfricanAmerican to be named head coach of a Division I-A football team when he took over at Wichita State in 1979. Instead of assistant coaches, the game has mentors, all former NFL players.

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‘The Mommy Myth’ Why America (and the world) obsessed over Susan Smith EVENT: “The Mommy Myth: Susan Smith, Infanticide and the New Politics of Gender” Women’s History Month event at Converse College WHO WAS THERE: Spartanburg community members and Converse students, faculty and staff SPEAKER: Dr. Keira V. Williams, assistant professor of history and women’s and gender studies, Coastal Carolina University

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This March, Converse College’s Women’s History Month series focuses on portrayals of women in popular media and how they impact women’s lives and choices. During the series, Dr. Keira Williams shared insights into how the media’s portrayal of Susan Smith in her notorious 1990s murder case was shaped by the political and social climate of that time.

In 1994, 23-year-old Smith from Union, S.C., captured the world’s attention and sympathy when she claimed her two young sons had been kidnapped by a black male carjacker. Smith made more headlines nine days later when she confessed to murdering them by rolling her car, with the boys strapped in their car seats, into a local lake. Legal experts, psychiatrists, politicians and journalists speculated for the better part of a year about what could drive a mother to commit this most heinous crime.

Given more than 200 cases of American mothers killing their children every year, Williams examines the question of why this case garnered so much media attention. She found answers in the context of early 1990s debates among U.S. political and cultural leaders about family values, women’s roles, and the implications of both for American society.

THE “MOMMY MYTH” AND “FAMILY VALUES” POLITICS: “The ‘mommy myth,’ a phrase coined by cultural historian Susan Douglas, is a very specific ideal produced by ‘family values’ politics: white, middle-class, married, full-time motherhood. Women, according to this ‘mommy myth,’ were incomplete without children, and ‘Good Mothers’ devoted their entire beings – body, soul, time and mind – to their children. The image permeated pop culture and politics of the late 1980s

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and 1990s, as seen in movies like ‘Baby Boom’ and ‘Steel Magnolias’ as well as in political debates and magazine feature stories. It was this script that Smith delivered when she played the bereft mother who had been victimized by a carjacker/kidnapper. The ‘mommy myth’ influenced the media as they rounded out missing details of Smith’s life, creating her full-blown image as a middle-class, stay-at-home ‘Good Mother’ that did not mirror her reality.”

EXAMINING THE SMITH CASE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE: Williams decided early on not to focus on the “why” question of motive, because, she said, “Generally, I think the answer to that question is fairly simple but also rather unsatisfying in cases of infanticide: mental illness.” Instead, by focusing on the media’s representations of Smith, she was able to track images of womanhood and motherhood through the public’s responses to the case. “I traced the history and evolution of these images in an attempt to explain why we were all so fascinated with the Susan Smith case.”

WHY TACKLE SUCH A TRAGIC AND DISTURBING SUBJECT AS INFANTICIDE? “Most of my research since undergraduate school has been on gender and crime. For my master’s thesis, I focused on female victims of lynching. For my dissertation, I wanted to explore even more difficult questions about gender and crime, such as how to make sense of violent crime when it is committed by unexpected perpetrators. In this culture, maternal infanticide is probably the most confounding crime of all, so I decided to take that on. And Susan Smith was a natural choice, because she got

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The “Mommy Myth” continues to play a role in today’s American political discourse: Williams offers, “Exhibit A: Obama’s recent speech on gun violence in Chicago, in which he said (among many other policy prescriptions) that we need to do more to ‘promote fatherhood.’ That’s a pretty clear echo of the early ’90s concept that single mothers – the ‘Bad Mothers’ that are the flip side of the ‘Good Mother’ in the mommy myth – produce crimi-

nals. As Melissa Harris-Perry recently said, that’s seeking a false, personal, familial solution to a problem – like urban crime, deteriorating schools, disparity of wealth, etc. – that stems from structural inequality (I’m paraphrasing Harris-Perry here).”

Differentiating reality from stereotypes is key for all of us: “I’d like for the images that I analyze in my book to serve as a genealogy, or a kind of ancestry of political images, for how we read all mothers, so that when

these images crop up in the news – and they do on a daily basis – readers can see them for what they are: political representations, not lived realities. As political representations, they drive policy (like welfare reform, or the lack of support for working mothers), and I think many of us can agree that policy should be based on reality, not stereotypes.”

By Beth Lancaster, director of media and public relations for Converse College.

Converse College’s cultural events series is open to the public. Learn more at www.converse.edu.

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TreesGreenville fights the green battle By shelby livingston | contributor

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It’s no revelation that all things leafy and green have long been losing the battle against their notorious environmental foe, concrete. And yet, it’s a common fact that the world needs trees: Lose them, and our personal and environmental health is bound to suffer.

Membership- and volunteer-based nonprofit organization TreesGreenville is fighting the green battle by planting, promoting and protecting trees. Since 2005, TreesGreenville has worked to maintain a healthy urban forest by planting over 2,800 trees in Greenville parks, schools and neighborhoods and logging over 7,000 volunteer hours. “[Greenville] has had a lot of economic growth and development,“ said Joelle Teachey, executive director of TreesGreenville. “Typically, when it’s not done in a sustainable way, you lose a lot of trees as land is converted from forest to urban land use. We just thought it was important to also be replanting trees and protecting the trees that we have, and helping to teach people how to take care of the trees even in their own yard. If we take care of it properly it’ll live longer, so we’ll get the benefits of a mature tree longer.”

Trees clearly spruce up the eyesores created by industrialization, but experts say the benefits far exceed aesthetic appeal. Trees clean up air quality, retain and purify the water supply, and lower energy costs.

For example, one mature tree will remove about 10 pounds of ozone, dust,

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ash, smoke and nitrogen oxide each year, said Teachey.

“Greenville County is barely passing the Clean Air Standards set by the EPA for ground-level ozone. So trees contribute to that – the more trees the better just as far as having clean air,” she said.

Equipped with an ISA Certified Arborist, Lisa Goodson, TreesGreenville plants a wide variety of tree species in parks and schools through the group’s Legacy Tree Project, focusing on trees that will live to be at least a century old.

Through its Neighborwoods program, TreesGreenville also plants in Green-

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ville County neighborhoods, the majority of which are affordable housing districts.

“It helps the neighborhood come together,” Goodson said. “You know, they get out and get to know each other in the process. Of course, it beautifies and increases the value of their properties, which is a welcome thing. Landscape alone can increase property values by up to 20 percent.”

In addition to shade trees, TreesGreenville is adding new arbors to its roster: low-maintenance edible fruit trees.

“We’ve gotten great feedback. Say, a single mom who can’t necessarily afford to give her kids fresh fruit gets really excited at the thought of having a plum tree in her yard that in a few years’ time is going to be producing a lot of plums.

Unfortunately, fresh fruit is expensive,” Teachey said.

Any city, municipality, park or school can seek support from TreesGreenville in the form of a tree planting or an education workshop in which Goodson speaks on how to properly plant and prune trees. This active participation on the part of the beneficiaries is one reason the organization has a high survival rate, Teachey said.

“We have better than a 99 percent survival rate,” she said. “A lot of that is because we don’t just knock on somebody’s door and give ’em a tree. You know, there’s got to be a little bit of a buy-in.

We select our site partners based on the fact that they want the trees, and they have the ability and interest to properly care for a tree.”

TreesGreenville is wrapping up the planting season with a packed March calendar. On March 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. is the organization’s annual ReLeaf Party, a membership drive and fundraiser at the Furman president’s estate, White Oaks. Also, on March 23, TreesGreenville will plant close to 50 trees and shrubs along the Hammett Street Extension as part of the Poinsett Corridor Revitalization Coalition.

“There are a lot of ways people can participate in TreesGreenville,” said Teachey. “You can join, you can come and volunteer, you can plant a tree in your own yard and register it on our website. You can just get involved and help keep the ‘green’ in Greenville.”

For more information, visit treesgreenville.org.

Contact Shelby Livingston at slivingston@communityjournals.com.

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CBS News recently released the latest “Best Professors” list, compiled by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, and North Greenville University’s professors were ranked second. The center generates the list according to the composite teaching scores schools received via ratemyprofessors.com, a website which allows students to “grade” their professors. NGU professors ranked second behind Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

Fifth- and sixth-grade students at St. Anthony’s School participated in a Black History Month Arts and Social Studies Infusion program. The students learned the artistic techniques of collaging and had the opportunity to create their own collages. All of the students’ personal collages were joined together into a larger collage. The larger collage is an image of President Barack Obama, and it has many textures, materials, colors and student writings. As part of the lesson, the students learned that they have a voice. Through their collages, they shared with President Obama their “dreams for a better world.”

Some of the dreams included world peace, better healthcare, and feeding the hungry. The students are sending their collage to President Obama.

tography, Marine Biology, and Science & the Law. The scholarship deadline is April 15 and the application deadline is May 15. Scholarships are only available to South Carolina residents. To apply, call 843-383-3958 or visit scgssm.org/goscitech.

Clemson University’s Upstate Writing Project will hold three youth writing camps this summer. The Young Writers’ Camp, June 17-28, 9 a.m.-noon, gives young writers the opportunity to develop writing skills. During the Young Writers’ Film Camp, June 17-28, 1-4 p.m., young writers will have the opportunity to write their own scripts and create movies and other media presentations. The Young Writers’ G@ming Camp, July 15-19, 9 a.m.-noon, allows campers to use software to create their own video games while exploring this new form of writing. All camps are open to rising fifth- through ninth-graders and are held at the University Center of Greenville. For more information, visit upstatewritingproject.org or email rachelsanders@upstatewritingproject.org.

Southside High School recently announced that its AFJROTC Academic Team qualified for the National Finals in Washington, D.C. Out of more than 800 Air Force teams, Southside’s team is one of 16 schools to qualify for the competition to be held June 21-25.

Greer Middle College Charter High School students Elijah Williams and Kari Bradford were selected for the 2012-2013 Region 2A All Region Basketball Teams.

Savanna Hall was also recently awarded the title of Miss GMC 2013.

For her senior project at Greenville Tech Charter High School, Miranda Symons is sponsoring a blood drive at the school on March 28, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The public is invited to come by and donate blood. For more information, email miranda.symons@staff.gtchs.org.

The Bob Jones Academy Forensic Team was named State 1-A Champions in Speech and Debate for the seventh consecutive year at Daniel Carter, a fifth-grade student at Mitchell Road Christian Academy, placed fourth in the recent South Carolina Forenthe final competition at the district level of ACSI (Association of Christian Schools Internasic Coaches Association’s Speech tional) spelling bee. He will compete in the regional ACSI spelling bee in Atlanta on March 23. and Debate Championship. The team finished third overall. The Miriam Jones Bradley, author of the Double following students advanced to Cousins mystery series for kids, came to Greenelimination rounds and then on to placing the top in the state: Callie Gieck, Richard ville Classical Academy in Simpsonville to give Petersen, Marina Shew, Micah Samuels, Jacquelynne Perry, Peter Donovan, Michael a writing seminar to GCA’s second-sixth grade Leung, Leah Petterson, Jonathan Savoy, Kerry Marley, Elliot Lovegrove, Eliot Coss, students. She is pictured here autographing one Elliot Kelley, Will Christmas, Mary MacDonald, Nichole Martinson, Helena Sullivan, of her books for Kaira Lowery, a GCA third-grade Margaret Stegall and Caleb Miller. student.

Believe In Greatness recently held its second annual Youth Empowerment SumSpartanburg Community College will host a free open house event on March 26, mit at Spartanburg Methodist College. The event hosted nearly 50 students from 4-7 p.m., in the Dan Lee Terhune Student Services Building on the SCC central cam- Spartanburg School District Three, and featured academic sessions on higher educapus in Spartanburg. The event is open to students, parents and career-seekers inter- tion, leadership and positive character. Students from Converse College, Spartanburg ested in SCC’s academic programs. For more information about the open house event Community College, Spartanburg Methodist College, USC Upstate and Sherman and to register online, visit sccsc.edu/open or call 864-592-4216.

Chiropractic College co-facilitated sessions with professionals from the community.

Christ Church Episcopal School thirdgraders returned from lunch this week to find that Ellen Gordon’s classroom was the scene of a simulated “earthquake”. Students worked in groups to reveal what had happened and brainstorm the most efficient ways to get supplies to “victims” and return the classroom to working order. The project introduced the grade’s unit on natural disasters.

The Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics is accepting applications for its weeklong residential summer camps for rising eighth-, ninth- and 10th-graders.

GoSciTech, held on GSSM’s Hartsville campus, will be offered June 16-22, June 23-29 and July 7-13. Students can attend GoSciTech for up to three weeks, focusing on a unique area of interest each week. Courses offered this summer include: Game Theory, Science of Music, Engineering, the Search for Life Out There, CSI, Codes & Cryp-

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The Patriot Players of J.L. Mann Academy High School recently participated in the South Carolina Thespian Festival. Joey Kadera, a deaf senior, received a superior rating and the Judges Choice award to go to the National Level of the Thespian Festival this June in Nebraska. He is the first deaf student to ever participate in the Thespian Festival. Charity Irby, a junior, also received a superior rating in Acting, and sophomores Ariana and Ciarra Sylvia received a superior rating in Duet Musical Theatre. Out of 22 high schools, J.L. Mann Academy High School earned four superior and four excellent ratings. The troupe also received an excellent rating for their performance of the one-act play, “Check Please.”

The Greenville Chamber’s NEXT economic development initiative has launched a jobs portal, nextupstatesc.org/job-score, to support NEXT companies and engage job seekers and interns. Economic impact data derived from an annual survey of NEXT company CEOs in Nov. 2012 showed that these companies produced 168 new jobs from Oct. 2011 to Sept. 2012. In addition, NEXT companies employed 104 interns during the past year.

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A TEEN DRIVER ONCE, TOO. Here’s your chance to redeem yourself. Join us to see some improv by Chicago’s world famous Second City Communications. Come out to the Drive It Home Show and have a little fun while you learn how to help your teen be a safer driver. This event is brought to you by The Allstate Foundation, in partnership with The National Safety Council, and is hosted by your local Greenville Allstate Agents.

The Peace Center for the Performing Arts – Gunter Theatre Wednesday, March 27, 2013 7:00–8:15 p.m.

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community news, events and happenings

Registration for the community is underway for evening and weekend art classes at Furman, Greenville County Museum of Art and First Baptist Greenville including gourd crafting, a stained glass workshop, metal earrings galore, beginning drawing, artist books, oil painting and more. Visit furman.edu/learningforyou or call 864-2942153 or 864-294-3134 for a complete schedule and registration.

The Equipment and Training Center, designed to teach and equip those interested in music ministries, will host a grand opening on March 30, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at 25 Woods Lake Road, Suite 401, Greenville. There will be light refreshments, performances by local artists, musicians, and vocalists, and tours. For more information, call 864-387-6228 or visit eat-center.com.

The American Advertising Federation of Greenville will host a Creative Fuel Session titled “Mad Women” on March 27 at the Commerce Club, Greenville. Speaker Jane Mass will talk about her work on the world famous “I Love New York” campaign and being called “a real-life Peggy Olson” by People Magazine. Visit aafgreenville.org for details and tickets.

Haywood Mall will hold a Caring Bunny event on March 24, 9-11 a.m. Caring Bunny is a special event dedicated to families that have children with special needs, providing a subdued environment to visit this year’s Bunny Photo Experience. Many steps are taken to reduce sensory triggers, creating a more comforting environment for a visit with the bunny. Participants are encouraged to RSVP by visiting abilitypath.org.

The City of Spartanburg Special Events presents “Meet the World on the Square” on March 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., on E. Main Street in downtown Spartanburg. This parade features the international community of the Upstate and culminates with events and an international mixer on Morgan Square. The parade begins at 10 a.m.

Verizon Wireless stores around the Upstate are hosting free workshops to help individuals learn how to use their cell phones. Upcoming workshops include March 26, 6-7 p.m., and “Windows: Getting Started,” at both 469 Congaree Rd., Greenville, and 4 Market Point Dr., Greenville. Classes are free, but registration is required at verizonwireless.com/workshops.

The City of Mauldin will host its second annual Easter Egg Drop on March 23 from 1-5 p.m. at Sunset Park, 211 Fowler Circle. The event is for children preschool through fifth grade. At 2:30 p.m., third-fifth graders will hunt; at 3:30 p.m., first-second graders; and at 4:30 p.m., preschool-K5 will hunt. For further information, call 864-335-4875 or visit cityofmauldin.org.

Tours of four historical downtown Greenville churches, “Open Doors – A Walk Through History,” will be offered free to the public on March 23. Churches include Christ Church Episcopal, First Presbyterian Church, Buncombe Street United Methodist and St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Each tour will be a half hour in length. For more information, contact Christ Church Episcopal at 864-271-8773 or ccgsc.org; Buncombe Street United Methodist at 864-232-7341 or bsumc.com; St. Mary’s Catholic at 864-271-8422 or stmarysgvl.org; and First Presbyterian at 864-235-0496 or firstpresgreenville.org.

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The Junior League of Spartanburg will hold its first annual Bunny Breakfast on March 23, 8-10 a.m., at Fatz Café, 100 Southport Road, Spartanburg. The event will feature breakfast, crafts and photos with the Easter Bunny. Bunny Breakfast is a fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the League office. For additional information, call 864-583-5842.

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The Spartanburg County Historical Association will present its monthly Lunch & Learn on March 22 at 12:30 p.m. at Chapman Cultural Center. This month, Genealogy 101 will be presented by volunteers Ronald Swain and Fran Hough. Admission is $5. For more information, call 864-542-ARTS. Spartanburg Science Center will host the first-ever Junior First Lego League Upstate Robotics Expo on March 23, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Chapman Cultural Center.

Teams will conduct small projects and make models out of Lego elements to illustrate this year’s theme, Senior Solutions. The public is invited to this free event. For more information, call 864-542-ARTS. Gardening for Good will host “Starting a Community Garden” on March 23, 9 a.m. to noon, at Nicholtown Community Center. This workshop will cover everything from basic vegetable gardening and composting to volunteer management.

Admission is $10. To register, visit ggardeningforgood.com. For more information, call 864-239-3757.

A program entitled “Guyology: Just the Facts” will be held on March 24 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Greenville Hospital System’s Patewood Medical Campus. This program for boys in fourth and fifth grade eases the transition into puberty through open discussion. It is $50 dad/son. To register, visit the events page at girlology.com.

The SC Native Plant Society invites the public to a volunteer lakeshore restoration workday at the Furman Lake on March 23, 9 a.m.-noon. The morning will include an educational overview of the project’s design and function and how that affects the health of the lake, as well as the removal of undesirable weeds. Participants should wear appropriate clothing and bring a small digging implement. For more information, contact Rick Huffman at 864-901-7583 or earthdesignrick@gmail.com.

“Gottschalk at the Gist’s,” a musical performance, will be held at Rose Hill Plantation, 2677 Sardis Road, Union, on March 23, 4-6 p.m., in the Gist mansion ballroom. Seating is limited and registration is required. Call, register online or e-mail

by March 21. Tickets are $5 per person, ages 6 and older, but free with S.C. Park Passport Plus. For additional information, call 864-427-5966, email rosehill@scprt. com or visit southcarolinaparks.com/rosehill.

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The Korean War Veterans Association, Foothills Chapter of SC #301, invites the public to a groundbreaking ceremony for the Korean War Veterans Memorial at Conestee Park, 840 Mauldin Road, Greenville, on March 23 at 3 p.m. Construction of the Memorial will take place in May with a dedication planned for June 1. The memorial will include an Honors Walkway of engraved bricks which may be purchased in honor or memorial of a veteran, family member, or friend for $50 or $75.

For more information, contact Lew Perry at 864-574-5569.

Upstate Forever, in partnership with Greenville County Recreation District and Spartanburg County Parks, is hosting “Charlotte, N.C.: Land Use Policy and Transportation Investment Working Together,” a daylong learning experience on March 26.

Participants will tour and discuss the Transit Oriented Development that has taken shape in the South End, ride light rail, and hear speakers. There is no cost to attend, and lunch is included; however, space is limited. To reserve a seat, RSVP to 864-3270090 or sbarrett@upstateforever.org or for information, visit upstateforever.org.

The South Carolina Children’s Theatre presents “Celebrate the Easter Bunny” with stories and pajamas on March 29, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dress up in your coziest pajamas and snuggle down to hear an animated reading of two Easter stories: “The Story of the Easter Bunny” by Katherine Tegen and “Piggy Bunny” by Rachel Vail. Admission is $10 per child, adults are free and PJs are optional. Advance reservations are required and seating is limited. For tickets, visit scchildrenstheatre.org.

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The Blue Ridge Council of the Boy Scouts of America delivers scouting programs to nearly 11,000 young people in eight counties in the Upstate, including Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Oconee and Pickens. Officers for 2013 include: council president, Phillip Kilgore; president-elect, Michael Thompson; immediate past president, King Dixon; commissioner, Fred Hyslop; vice president, administration, Harry Bolick; vice president, development, Hal Johnson; vice president, district operations, Mac McLean; vice president, endowment, Bruce White; vice president, exploring, John Mansure; vice president, facilities, Everett Baker; vice president, finance, Dannie Newell; vice president, membership, Dr. Eric Baker; vice president, program, Scott Kilgore; vice president, risk management, Robin Foster; treasurer, Gene Hindman; legal counsel, Lindsay Smith; national council representatives, Dr. Bill Dukes and Russell Smart; and scout executive, Mike Butler.

AFL presented over $20,000 in grants to five nonprofit organizations in the Upstate. Recipients included The Middle Tyger Community Center, The Greenville Tech Foundation, The Upstate Family Resource Center, Miracle Hill Ministries and Spartanburg Interfaith Hospitality Network.

Jody Gallagher, president and CEO of AFL; Wanda Fowler, executive director of MTCC; Corie Culp, community relations manager of AFL; Cathy Sparks, director of counseling services for MTCC; Susanne Hite, director of marketing communications for AFL; Kurt Dallas, vice president of global cable systems at AFL; Steve Althoff, executive vice president and general manager of AFL.

Spa for Spays, a fundraiser which raises money for local animals in need, will be held on March 23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Marriot of Greenville. Participants can choose from services including massage, relaxation, beauty, hair, make-up, health, spirituality and wellness services. It also includes photo sessions, portraits and costume themed “silly shots,” two silent auctions and food. For an appointment or more information, email spaforspays@speakforanimals.com.

St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Spartanburg, will hold a pastry sale and luncheon on March 27. The pastry sale begins at 11 a.m. and the luncheon is scheduled for 11 a.m.-2 p.m. For carry-out lunch orders, call 864-585-5961.

The former Greer Jaycees’ president, Kyndra Kemp (right), presented Greer Relief executive director Caroline T. Robertson (left) with a donation of $1,800 from the Greer Christmas Parade proceeds.

The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation recently honored the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville during the annual fundraiser and STEM-education celebration: “Keep on Dreaming,” The 21st Annual Townes Award Dinner.

The owner of Taylors Windows and Screen, Mark Nichols, and staff donated and replaced all the windows and screens for the Greenville Ronald McDonald House through its Windows of Opportunity program.

Holy Trinity Anglican is holding its annual Spring Plant Sale to help The Greenville Rescue Mission’s food program. This year will have a yard sale table with numerous items, including fabrics, decorative lighting, bicycles and gardening related items. The event will also include a Kidzs Korner with a free prize for each child, teaching demonstrations and a Greenville Master Gardener to answer questions about plants and plant problems. There will be plants, shrubs and small trees for sale, both for sun and shade. The event will be held on April 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Greenville.

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Harriet Goldsmith has been selected as chairwoman of the Community Foundation board of directors and will serve a two-year term. She joined the board in 2006 and brought with her the idea of forming a women’s collective-giving group, Greenville Women Giving. Other officers are Dick Wilkerson, vice chair; Jo Hackl, past chair; Sue Priester, secretary; Perry Gilreath, asst. secretary; Doug Kroske, treasurer; Bill Bridges, asst. treasurer; and J. Tod Hyche, legal counsel. The foundation also welcomed to the board: Ann Bryan, community volunteer; Mark Crocker, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP; Frances Patterson, Elliott Davis LLC; and Brenda Thames, GHS University Medical Center.

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JOURNAL CULTURE MOUNTAINS IN MOTION

HEIGHTS, CAMERA,

ACTION Banff Mountain Film Festival celebrates nature’s adventures

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

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Crunching numbers is a monotonous, thankless, boring job.

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It may just be the biggest adrenaline rush a person can get indoors.

From the journey of two men who try to go from Antarctica to the South Pole and back completely unassisted to the poignant tale of a world-renowned snowboarder and BASE jumper who re-examines the toll of living life in a whirlwind of adrenaline, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour provides adventure at every turn.

Then, as a natural breather, the series throws in some nature and environmental films with towering mountains and breath-taking views.

Called the Sundance of outdoor films – and geared toward the fleecejacket type rather than the tuxedo and evening dress crowd – the films will stop in Greenville at the Camelot

Cinemas this weekend.

It’s a perfect fit, said Joel Koontz, an employee with Half-Moon Outfitters who organizes the festival’s Greenville stop.

“It appeals to the demographic of the people who live here,” he said.

The festival was started in the late 1970s to celebrate the spirit of adventure and the mountain culture. Ten films were shown that first year. The festival now routinely receives more than 300 film submissions from more than 30 countries every year, made by anyone ranging from high school students to professional film crews.

Banff started its world tour in the mid1980s, bringing some of the films entered into the film festival to three Canadian cities. It now has more than 500 screenings on all the world’s continents that are seen by about 330,000 people annually.

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Twenty-eight films were chosen for the world tour. The Greenville tour dates are March 22 and 23.

The lineup will feature different films each night, although Koontz said there’s a possibility that a film will be re-shown on Saturday if it gets a good reception on Friday.

The longest film is 57 minutes long; the shortest – about skating on sea ice – is only two minutes long.

The final film lineup won’t be determined until the day of the show, Koontz said.

“Typically, we show between eight and 15 films.”

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the world tour’s “road warrior” who will be in Greenville, he said.

One is “Crossing the Ice,” the Banff Film Festival’s grand prize and People’s Choice award winner. The film tells the story of Australian adventurers James Castrission and Justin Jones, who are trying to journey from Antarctica to the South Pole and back completely unassisted, dragging their food and shelter across kilometers of barren ice.

Many others have tried – all have failed.

The other is “Wild Bill’s Run,” a film about Wild Bill Cooper and a ragtag crew’s expedition over the top of the world. Their goal was to snowmobile from Minnesota to Moscow.

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Other films that could be shown in Greenville include “1st Afghan Ski Challenge,” which tells the story of gutsy first-time skiers in a quiet corner of the conflicted country of Afghanistan who take part in the first-ever downhill racing competition in that country.

“The Denali Experiment” is a16-minute film about the decision of a freeride skier and a mountain snowboarder to descend Mount Denali. Alaska is the subject of another film as well: “The Dream Factory” looks at how people leave everything to follow their dreams and journey to America’s last frontier. The film shows the past from the early gold rush days to the present and takes a glimpse at the future.

Other possibilities are “Flow Hunters, “ a film about paddlers on New Zealand’s white water; “The Gimp Monkeys,” which tells of three friends who attempt the first all-disabled ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan; and “Gone Curling,” a film about the disparate characters bound together by their love of outdoor curling, a sport that is threatened by a changing climate in the highlands of New Zealand.

The films are set in some of the world’s most beautiful places, such as the Grand Canyon, the setting for “Last of the Great Unknown”; the Canadian Rockies, the setting for “Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies”; and waterfalls, the setting for “Huck.”

Advance tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets are $15 at the door. Last year’s film festival in Greenville sold out.

Half-Moon Outfitters is also sponsoring a Banff Film Festival World Tour stop in Athens, Ga. on March 26 and Charleston for the first time on April 20.

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Quilt collection offers glimpse of Spartanburg’s past

By SHANDI STEVENSON | contributor

A quilt on display at the Mary Black Foundation offices in Spartanburg, part of a collection that once belonged to Mary Snoddy Black, for whom the foundation is named.

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The former Duke Power Building on Spartanburg’s Main Street houses the offices of the Mary Black Foundation and a rare display of quilts that represent a piece of the area’s history.

The collection includes 16 quilts that once belonged to Mary Snoddy Black, for whom the foundation is named. The quilts were made between about 1850 and 1917 by Mary Black and members of her family.

Stitched into each quilt is a handwritten label detailing who made the quilt and when. Sometime before her death in 1927, Black recounted these details to her two adult daughters, who wrote the labels and stitched them to the quilts.

It’s the labels above all that make this collection such a find for the researcher, says textile scholar Laurel Horton, whose 2005 book “Mary Black’s Family Quilts: Memory and Meaning in Everyday Life” explores the quilts and their stories.

“For Mary, each quilt contained the seeds of stories about the intertwined lives of the women in her family,” Horton wrote. By labeling her quilts, Black made sure they would be preserved not only as mementos or works of art, but also as chapters in the story of a family, and of Spartanburg County, she said.

Mary Snoddy was born in 1860 near what is now Wellford. Her ancestors settled in the Upstate in the late 18th century, and by Mary’s birth her family owned hundreds of acres in the Wellford area, according to Horton. In 1889, Mary married Hugh Black, a young doctor

Each of the quilts on display at the Mary Black Foundation offices in Spartanburg were made between about 1850 and 1917 by Mary Black and her relatives.

who arrived in upstate South Carolina on horseback to open a medical practice.

The Blacks moved from Wellford to Spartanburg in 1894, and Dr. Hugh Black and two sons, also doctors, were instrumental in founding the Mary Black Hospital, named in honor of Mary Snoddy Black.

Today, the Mary Black Hospital, the Mary Black School of Nursing and the Mary Black Foundation honor the memory of a woman who, in Horton’s words, “led an ordinary life” but “touched many lives in special ways.”

Family members say the quilts were folded away in trunks in the basement of the Black family home in Spartanburg for decades. Marianna Habisreutinger, one of Mary Black’s two surviving grandchildren, says when the Mary Black Foundation offices were being decorated, the idea of the quilts “just hit me.” She thought it seemed “so appropriate” to display her grandmother’s quilts on the walls of the foundation bearing her name.

In 1996 the first 10 quilts were framed and displayed at the Mary Black Foundation’s previous smaller offices. In 2006, the quilts were moved to the foundation’s current location, where the remaining six quilts were added to the display.

Horton learned about the quilts when Dr. Janice Yost, then president of the Mary Black Foundation, called in 1997 to ask whether she would be interested in writing a short booklet about them. Horton did write that booklet, a brief guide called “Quilts: Threads of our Heritage,”

but it was only the beginning. Horton became increasingly intrigued with the history of the area and ended up working

on her much larger book about the quilts from January of 1998 to its eventual publication in 2005.

“It was just a joy to work on,” says Horton, who feels that “being able to research and write this book was a real high point in my career.” Horton worked hard to ensure the book would provide valuable information to serious textiles scholars, but also be accessible and engaging to anyone interested in the history of Spartanburg County, or in learning what women’s lives were like a century ago.

Quilts document women’s lives, Horton says: Often, women didn’t write many diaries or letters, but the quilts they create for their families or as gifts tell part of their stories.

And of course, the quilts are beautiful artwork, says Molly Talbot-Metz, director of programs for the Mary Black Foundation.

They are free for anyone to view during the foundation’s business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; phone 864-573-9500 to let someone at the foundation know you’ll be stopping by.

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George Strait Legendary country superstar.

Tickets: $70.50, $90.50. Call 864-2413800 or visit bilocenter.com.

3/23, The Handlebar

Watson’s Riddle Southern rock supergroup featuring Paul Riddle of The Marshall Tucker Band. Tickets: $14. Call 864-233-6173 or visit handlebar-online.com.

MTV star fronts thrash-metal all-star band. Call 864-948-1661.

4/5, The Bohemian

The Bad Popes Upstate’s own country-rock band.

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4/6, Peace Center

Sarah Jarosz Rising new bluegrass star.

Tickets: $10-$35. Call 864-467-3000 or visit peacecenter.org.

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Bobby McFerrin Grammy-winning vocal Renaissance man. Tickets: $10-$55. Call 864-4673000 or visit peacecenter.org.

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The word that comes up a lot when I read reviews of your albums is “restless.”

Do you think of yourself as a restless musician?

I guess I am. But I think of it more as being curious. Also, I’m always trying to better myself as a musician in any way that I can. Sometimes I’ll hear something that sends me off on a tangent and I’ll just follow it. But the most important thing is to know who you are and where you come from, so you can have something to bring to the table when you play.

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If you go see guitarist Charlie Hunter at The Handlebar Listening Room on March 29, the first thing you’ll notice is the kind of guitar he’s playing. It’s a custom-built, seven-string model that allows him incredible flexibility, making it possible for him to handle bass, rhythm and lead duties all by himself.

But once you get past that novelty, you’ll be spellbound by the music he produces.

Hunter is typically found in the “jazz” section of your local music store, but he’s a musical omnivore, channeling virtually every genre onto his fret board and making it all sound fresh. Over the course of 18 years and 15 albums, Hunter has played rock, country, jazz, gospel, R&B, blues and more, often on the same song.

Hunter’s latest release is a duo album with his drummer, Scott Amendola, called “Not Getting Behind Is the New Getting Ahead,” and he and Amendola are playing shows together as a duo as well. I spoke with Who: Charlie Hunter,above, and Scott Amendola Hunter recently about the advantages of playing in such a small lineup, and about his musical curiosity.

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A St. Joseph’s Catholic School student turned her senior class trip into a chance to qualify for the popular television show “American Idol.”

After spotting a poster for the “Disney American Idol Experience” on the way to the hotel at Walt Disney World Resort, St. Joseph’s students and teachers urged Clare Ruble, a senior who performs in school musical productions, to try out.

She did – kind of on a lark.

A casting director handed her a list of songs and asked her to sing one. She chose a familiar one – the National Anthem.

He liked what he heard and asked her to sing several more acapella from a long list of Disney songs. He then gave her an audition number and told her to go practice “Part of Your World,” “Re-

flection” and “Colors of the Wind.”

She sang the three songs for the producer and made a promotional video around the park to help her get votes.

They did her hair and makeup.

“I was gorgeous from the neck up,” said Ruhle, who called herself a “hot mess” because she had spilled syrup on herself earlier that day.

Time with a vocal coach came next.

Then it was time for the semifinals.

“They filmed it exactly like the TV show is filmed,” Ruhle said. “It’s a replica. They have the theme song, the lights, the judges, the host and the music. It was an amazing experience.”

The semifinals featured Ruhle and two other contestants. They each sang a song and the judges critiqued their performances before the audience voted.

“I won my semifinal round and the whole class was going crazy,” she said.

A half hour later, Ruhle competed in the finals with the other five semifinalists from the day.

“All the other finalists were dressed nice, wearing black, and I’m in shorts,” she said.

They went through eliminations until

Ruhle and two others remained.

When Ruhle was announced the winner, a “confetti monsoon” fell from the sky and the St. Joseph’s contingent went crazy.

“It was unbelievable,” she said.

For winning the competition, Ruhle won a “dream ticket” that will allow her to perform in front of the “American Idol” TV judges and avoid the long lines and preliminary eliminations in one of the show’s audition cities.

Ironically, Ruhle doesn’t watch “American Idol.”

“I tried to get into it two years ago, but I’ve only watched one season,” she said.

She said she doesn’t know where – or even if – she’ll cash in her “dream ticket.”

“I probably will end up doing it; I don’t think my friends will let me not audition,” she said. “It all really depends on scheduling.”

For those who don’t want to wait until the next “American Idol” season to potentially hear Ruhle sing, there’s good news.

She’s got a lead role in St. Joseph’s production of “Annie Get Your Gun” this weekend.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.

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HUB-BUB presents the 2013 Expecting Goodness Short Film Festival on March 23 at the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg. About a dozen independent films will be screened in two showings: new filmmakers and veteran filmmakers. In an Oscarlike environment, judging and awards will be conducted. The festival is open to the public 13 years old and over and cost is $15. For tickets and more information, call 864-542-2787, visit chapmanculturalcenter.org or expectinggoodness.com.

Fountain Inn Repertory Experience will present “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” March 22-24 at the Fountain Inn Center for Visual and Performing Arts. The production is based on the Disney film and the Lewis Carroll novels “The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass.” Tickets are $5-$10 and can be purchased at ftinnarts.org or by calling 864-409-1050.

The Furman University Jazz Ensemble will perform a concert on March 22 at 8 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. The ensemble’s seasonclosing concert is open to the public and features guest artist Erik Applegate, an acoustic bass performer, composer and bandleader from Colorado. For the program, arrangements by Applegate, John Clayton, Cole Porter, Wayne Shorter and others will be performed.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. For more information, call 864-294-2086 or email furmanmusic@furman.edu.

Bob Jones University presents the Living Gallery March 2830 at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. with an additional program March 30 at 2 p.m. This year’s Living Gallery features an all-new original drama, “The Shadow of the Cross,” which tells the story of those connected closest with Jesus Christ at the time of his crucifixion.

Tickets are $9-$11 and can be purchased at the BJU Programs and Production box office from noon to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday, online at livinggallery.bju.edu or by calling 864-770-1372.

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who is touring with Taylor Swift this spring and whose song “The A Team” was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, will perform in concert at Furman University’s Timmons Arena on March 26 at 8 p.m.

Sheeran will be joined by special guest Matt White. Tickets for the public are $30 in advance and $35 the day of the show. There is a limit of two tickets per person, for both the public and Furman students. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or at the Timmons Arena Box Office. For more information, call 864-294-2068.

The Tablefields Market Kitchen, 117 Woodruff Road, Greenville, will host a Meet the Artists Reception on March 22, 5-7 p.m. The community is invited to meet the artists of the Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville who are featured in the restaurant’s décor. Four AGGG members have been selected: pencil artist Gerda Bowman, painter Kathy DuBose, surrealist Kevin Henderson and photographer David Waldrop.

The annual Hub City/Emrys Creative Writing Prizes were recently awarded to Valerie Norris in fiction and Alex Hubbard in poetry. The contest was sponsored by the Hub City Writers Project and the Emrys Foundation. Hubbard won the poetry contest for a set of three poems. Second place in poetry went to Terresa Haskew and the third-place winner was Alice Baird. The winner in the short story contest was Norris, a Greenville fiction writer and former winner of the Carrie McCrae Literary Award. Second place in fiction went to Joe Bodie

and the third-place winner was Terresa Haskew.

The International Ballet will be holding its Spring Gala on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gunter Theatre in Greenville, featuring Upstate native Cara Marie Gary, and her partner Alberto Velazquez, of the Joffrey Ballet, Chicago. Two weeks after performing on the Peace Center main stage, Gary returns home for one night only, where she and her partner will be showcasing George Balanchine’s “Stars and Stripes” and “Don Quixote” pas de deux. Tickets are $35 and available at 864467-3000 or peacecenter.org. For more information, call 864879-9404 or e-mail at iba1@bellsouth.net.

On March 23, Hellzapoppin Circus Side Show Revue is dropping the anchor and pulling off the road for a night in Spartanburg at Ground Zero at 3052 Howard St. from 8-10 p.m. Joining them will be sideshow couple Captain and Maybelle. Tickets are $15. The performers showcase everything from sword-swallowing and fire-eating to acrobatic break dancing. For more information, call 864-948-1661 or visit hellzapoppin.com.

Furman University will present its Art Department senior show April 8-May 4. The Roe Art Gallery is open to the public 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call 864-294-2074.

The Greenville Little Theatre will present the comedy “Elvis Has Left The Building,” opening April 5. The cast includes Brian C. Coker, Eric Chamness, Todd Janssen, Cindy Mixon and Beth Munson.

Ticket prices are $26 with discounts available for seniors, children, and groups of ten or more. Show dates are April 5-6, 11-13, 18-20 at 8 p.m. and April 7 and 14 at 3 p.m. For more information, call 864233-6238 or visit greenvillelittletheatre.org. The theatre’s box office at 444 College St. is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

North Greenville University will present William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” on April 10-20. For more information, contact the North Greenville University Cultural Events Office at 864-977-7085.

Another RoadSide Attraction will perform at The Handlebar, 304 East Stone Ave., Greenville, on April 8 at 8:30-11 p.m. This is an all-ages show; people under 18 will be admitted with an adult, and there is a $5 cover. For more information, visit ReverbNation. com/AnotherRdSideAttraction or call 864-233-6173.

The North Greenville University Fine Arts Series features a series of events throughout the spring. A free choir concert will be held on April 16 at 7 p.m. in Turner Auditorium. On April 1720 at 7:30 p.m., the Billingsley Theatre will feature Italian Renaissance Commedia – unscripted and performed by masked actors such as Arlecchino, Brighella and Pantilone. Tickets are required for this event. A free concert band performance will take place on April 22 at 7 p.m. in Turner Auditorium. The Student Chamber Concert will be held on April 23 at 7 p.m. in Hamlin Recital Hall.

Tickets are required. On April 29 at 7 p.m., there will be a free jazz band performance in Turner Auditorium. On April 30 at 7 p.m., there will be a free orchestra concert. For more information, call 864-977-7085 or email theatre@ngu.edu.

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Pruitt A graduate of Clemson University, Pruitt’s previous job titles include Office Engineer with Rodgers Builders and Heathcare Superintendent of Harper Corp. He is a member of IPTAY and volunteers regularly at the schools his children attend.

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209 RIVER WALK BLVD . $359,000 . MLS#1238987 4BR/2.5BA Beautifully updated and maintained inside & out. A must come see! From Adams Mill Rd turn into SD on River Walk Blvd, Straight thru stop sign on River Walk Blvd, Home on Left before culdesac.

Contact: Jeff Henson 678-5295 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

FORRESTER WOODS

109 RED BRANCH LANE . $409,000 . MLS#1246700 4BR/3.5BA Cul-de-sac, spacious plan and Oakview Schools. Large kitchen, den w/built-ins, formal LR & DR. Large MBR w/fpl, jetted tub & sep. shower.

Contact: Jake Dickens 616-6005 Coldwell Banker Caine

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119 ROCKWOOD DRIVE . $325,000 .

14 CRUSOE CT . $265,000 . MLS#1244392

111 NIGHTINGALE LANE . $357,500 . MLS#1255725

3BR/2BA 1,800 square feet, private fenced-in backyard, convenient to Rockwood Park, new electrical and plumbing throughout, stainless steel and granite in kitchen, fully renovated bathroom, lots of storage

4BR/2BA Gorgeous custom home only 5 minutes from Lake Robinson. Wonderful features.Wade Hampton to L on Hwy 290, R on Hwy 101, go approx 6 miles to L on Mays Bridge, R on Pennington, L on Poole, R on Crusoe

5BR/4BA Great home in great location. Lots of green space for everyone. Large lot. Wonderful neighborhood. Woodruff Rd to Miller Rd, Left into SD, Left on Nightingale, Home on Left

Contact: Heath McLaughen (864) 525-2536

Contact: Scott Holtzclaw 884-6783 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Tim Keagy 905-3304 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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609 OAK POINTE CT . $169,000 . MLS#1255224

313 JENKINS BRIDGE ROAD . $279,900 . MLS#1250471

3BR/2.5BA Great home. Come see! Roper Mtn Rd past Dove Tree SD, Turn Left on Oak Grove Lake Rd, Right on Fielding Way, Home on Right

3BR/3BA A beautiful farm house located on a corner lot with tons of yard space for gardening, pets and children to run & play! The updates include: stainless appliances in 2010, roof in ‘02, HVAC 5 ton in ‘09

Contact: Norm MacDonald 313-7353 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Hilary Hurst (864) 313-6077 Coldwell Banker Caine

TAYLORS AREA

COUNTRY WALK

3 CARDEROCK CT . $224,999 . MLS#1252783

38 FAIRFORD CIR . $159,900 . MLS#1253659

2 LONG ACRE LANE . $65,000 . MLS#1255092

5BR/2.5BA Beautiful home on oversized CDS fenced lot conveniently located! Awesome kitchen! New custom patio! 385 S to Exit 29, R on West Georgia, L in SD, L on Tulip Tree, R on Crowflock, L on Carderock

3BR/2BA Beautiful renovated brick/vinyl ranch home with detached workshop. Spacious and updated. Brushy Creek Rd from Old Spartanburg Rd, Left on Taylors Rd, Left on Fairford Circle. Home on Left.

3BR/2BA A tranquil neighborhood located just off Fork Shoals Rd. This cozy split floor plan sits on a large 1.32 acre, level lot that is perfect for a game of football or pets to run about! Must See!

Contact: Vivian Gorski 349-6090 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Wanda Reed 270-4078 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Hilary Hurst (864) 313-6077 Coldwell Banker Caine

BEAVER BROOK

FAWN BRANCH

5 BEAVER BROOK CT . $147,900 . MLS#1254621

598 FAWN BRANCH TRAIL . $105,000 . MLS#1251206

3BR/2BA Pristine 1 story home o large fenced lot. Country front porch and back deck and stone patio. Hwy 101 North from Greer, Left on Milford Church, Right on Groce Meadow, Left on Beaver Brook Ct

3BR/2BA Reduced. Absolutely immaculate one-owner home in Boiling Springs close to everything. 85 North to exit 75, Left on Hwy 9, Left on Old Furnace Rd, Right on Hanging Rock Rd, Right on Fawn Branch Trail

Contact: Jean Keenan 380-2331 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Courtney Thompson 641-8655 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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month of January. Nancy McCrory and Karen Turpin were recognized as Volume Listing Agents of the month.

Kathy Slayter was recognized as Unit Listing and the Unit Sales Agent of the month. Tom Marchant was recognized as Sales Volume McCrory

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117 James St. - Downtown

108 Augusta Ct. - Augusta Rd. Area

720 Villaggio Dr. - Montebello

$580,000 • Non-MLS • 5 BR/3 BA

$574,500 • 1252698 • 4 BR/3.5 BA

$569,900 • 1254535 • 3 BR/3.5 BA

Historic Willie Ward home.

Col Elias Earle Historic District.

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21 W Tallulah Dr. - Augusta Rd. Area $509,000 • 1256055 • 4 BR/3 BA Sought after st. Mstr on Main, hdwds, fenced yd, 1 car gar. Updated: Roof, windows, Hot water heater, shutters & tile Tom Marchant 864.449.1658

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Great street, 4 yr old custom built home, hdwds on 3 lvls, Gourmet Kitchen, ss appl., hdwds, granite, 2 car 30’x26’ detached garage. loggia w/fpl, amenities.

Anne Marchant 864.420.0009 | Jolene Wimberly 864. 414.1688 Nancy McCrory 864.505.8367 | Karen Turpin 864.230.5176

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107 Winding River Ln. - Whitehall Plntn $355,000 • 1255696 • 4 BR/4.5 BA

225 Meyers Drive - Sunset Hills $337,500 • 1255804 • 3 BR/3 BA

Open 5000+ sf home w/finished walk out basement & gourmet Kitchen. Backs up to protected nature preserve.

Lrg garage & workshop, fresh paint, move in ready, ≈ 3 acres Joan Rapp 864.901.3839

Sought afters st, Augusta Rd. area, ≈ 0.42 acres & 1990 sf, hdwds, updated kitchen ‘08

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6343 Highway 418 - Fountain Inn $249,921 • 1252537 • 4 BR/3 BA 2 + acres convenient to Woodruff Rd., New roof Joan Rapp 864.901.3839

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101 Ramblewood Ln. - Wildaire $182,500 • 1250944 • 3 BR/2 BA

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Cul-de-sac lot, hardwood floors & built-ins, convenient location

Kathy Slayter 864.982.7772

Mary Praytor 864.593.0366

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108 Lomond Lane - Glen Garry $149,900 • 1254199 • 3 BR/2 BA Amazing ranch w/fenced yard, offers granite counter tops and upgraded carpet, cabinets, lam. hdwds.

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23 Sunbriar Dr. - Rolling Green Vil. $118,900 • 1237087 • 2 BR/2 BA

228 Cornerstone Ct. - Magnolia Pl. $89,000 • 1255313 • 4 BR/3 BA

One Story Brick w/1 car garage. Sunroom, pvt fenced-in back yard. Close to 385 and shopping. Move in ready

Quite st., corner lot, life alert alarm sys., fresh paint & carpet, covered patio

Valerie Miller 864.430.6602 | Chuck Miller 864.293.4778

Barb Riggs 864.423.2783

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PE OPL E, AWA RD S, HONOR S April A. Breton Joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Greer Greenville, S.C. – March 14, 2013 – Coldwell Banker Caine’s Greer office recently welcomed April A. Breton as a residential sales agent.

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 2 5 – M A R C H 1, 2 013 SUBD. RUTHERFORD PARK CLAREMONT SPAULDING FARMS FIVE FORKS PLANTATION BRUCE FARMS THORNBLADE KILGORE FARMS BELLAGIO

Breton A seasoned real estate professional, April has been in the business since 1987, with much of her time spent in property management and holds the Certified Property Manager (CPM) and Accredited Residential Manager (ARM) designations.

She plans to focus her efforts at Coldwell Banker Caine in residential sales and relocation.

“We are thrilled to welcome April to the Coldwell Banker Caine family,” said Susan Clary, Broker-in-Charge, Greer office.

“She will be an asset to our incredible team of real estate professionals.”

April enjoys spending time with her daughter, Laura Grace Breton, age 7 and her two dogs. Her hobbies include reading, karate and travelling in her free time.

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LILIANA DEANGELI 967-4497 PELHAM RD.

CARL JONES 430-4793 SIMPSONVILLE

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GRETCHEN STATHAKIS 640-9008 WOODRUFF RD.

JULIA DICKEY 879-4239 GREER

DALE MICHELLE RAFFERTY HAWKINS 679-2342 901-1027 EASLEY/ PLEASANTBURG POWDERSVILLE

SUZY WITHINGTON 201-6001 AUGUSTA RD.

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Members of the Spartanburg County Medical Society went to Columbia on March 13 – “White Coat Wednesday” – to discuss legislative issues related to healthcare. They met with members of Spartanburg’s legislative delegation, including S.C. Reps. Eddie Tallon, Doug Brannon, Mike Forrester and Rita Allison.

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Elevator Maintenance, RFP# 34-04/08/13, 3:00 P.M. A Mandatory Pre-Proposal meeting and site tour will be held at 9:00 A.M. E.D.T., March 27, 2013 at Greenville County Procurement Services Office, County Square, 301 University Ridge Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601.

Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

COMPLAINT NOTICES A complaint has been brought before the Code Enforcement Division of a dangerous, insanitary and unsafe structure located at the following locations: 151 C Street (Poe Mill) a.k.a. Lot 226, Section 1, as shown on a plat entitled, Subdivision of Village Houses of F. W. Poe Manufacturing Co., Greenville, SC, Greenville County Tax Map Number 151-9-8, Greenville County, SC. 107 Williams Circle a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land with all improvements thereon or hereafter constructed thereon, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Greenville, near the Town of Fountain Inn, and shown as Lots 36 and 39 on a plat of Howard Heights, Subdivision by J. W. Crawford, dated November 19, 1961, Greenville County Tax Map Number 560.2-1-1.3, Greenville, SC. 35 6TH Street (Judson) a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being on the northern side of Sixth Street, in the County of Greenville, State of South Carolina, being shown and delineated as Lot 103 on a plat of Section 6, Judson Mills Village, Greenville County Tax Map Number 111-2-7, Greenville, SC. 9 Coleman Lane a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being in State of South Carolina, County of Greenville, near Piedmont Park located near Piedmont Ave designated as "Sisk lot" a.k.a. all that piece, parcel or lot of land in Chick Springs Township, County of Greenville, State of South Carolina, located in Piedmont Park, on the Northern side of Coleman Dr and being shown as the property of Sylvia Batson on plat of property made by H. S. Brockman, surveyor, dated March 15, 1969, Greenville County Tax Map Number P3-1-9.2, Greenville, SC. 31 Jones Street a.k.a. All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, being in or near Greenville, in the County of Greenville, South Carolina and being more particularly described as Lot No. 39, Section 1 as shown on plat entitled "Subdivision for Abney Mills, Brandon Plant, Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville County Tax Map Number 117-9-6, Greenville, SC, Any persons having interest in these properties, or knowledge of the property owner should contact the Codes Enforcement Office at 864-467-7459 on or before March 28, 2013.

DEPUTY ASSESSOR REAL PROPERTY SERVICES County of Greenville Government Greenville, South Carolina Salary Range: $50,467.35 Under general supervision, participates in and supervises subordinate staff assessing real and personal property for the purposes of taxation as prescribed by Statute, and serves as Assessor in that official’s absence. Basic knowledge of drafting; thorough knowledge of supervisory skills; knowledge of how to interpret and apply various tax related laws, policies and procedures.

Must be able to work in a team environment. Associate’s degree in a related field and considerable experience in real property appraisal with some experience at the supervisory level. Must have successfully completed required course of study in Assessment/ Appraisals.

Apply online at: www.greenvillecounty.org or the County of Greenville, Human Resources Department, 301 University Ridge, Suite 500, Greenville, SC 29601.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013 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-13-17 APPLICANT: DAVID DILL PROPERTY: Tax Map #B8.21-146; 13 EL PASO DRIVE, GREENVILLE SC REQUEST: VARIANCE in Right Side Setback CB-13-18 APPLICANT: SAMANTHA HAFFEN PROPERTY: Tax Map #439-8-10 106 EARNSHAW AVENUE, GREENVILLE SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for a Home Bakery as a Home Occupation

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 36-04/11/13, Banking Services for Clerk of Court, April 11, 2013, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 35-04/25/13, Twin Chimneys Landfill MSW Cell 5 Construction, April 25, 2013, 3:00 P.M. RFP#37-04/25/13, Quality Assurance for the Construction of Twin Chimneys Landfill Cell 5, April 25, 2013, 3:30 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

NOTICE NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION (Termination of Child Support) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE 13th CIRCUIT DARYL S. THOMAS PLAINTIFF V. BELICIA M. GRANT DEFENDANT, PLAINTIFF TAKE NOTICE that a Petition to terminate your receipt of child support payments has been filed in Greenville County Family Court in the 13th Circuit, Greenville County, South Carolina. YOU ARE required to make defense to such pleading not later than May 6, 2013, exclusive of said date, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for summary judgment for the relief sought on or after May 7, 2013. You are also hereby notified that you have the right to be represented by to a lawyer in this case. This the22nd day of March, 2013.

Charles W. Marchbanks, Jr., Attorney for Plaintiff 1225 S. Church Street, Greenville, SC 29605 (864) 5521606 S. C. Bar No. 76395

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that TLJG LLC/ DBA Bubbly, 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 20 West McBee Street, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this license/ permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than April 7, 2013. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that IZUMI Japanese Steakhouse, Inc. DBA IZUMI Japanese Steakhouse, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 16 Park Woodruff Dr., Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than March 31, 2013. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Kugel Korp Inc. DBA/Shot!, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/ permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of LIQUOR at 3641 Pelham Road, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than March 24, 2013. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

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CB-13-19 APPLICANT: ADVENT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PROPERTY: Tax Map #539.31-19.3; 2258 WOODRUFF ROAD, SIMPSONVILLE, SC REQUEST: VARIANCE in Left Side Setback and Use by Special Exception for Additional Buildings CB-13-20 APPLICANT: IGLESIA PENTECOSTAL UNIDA PROPERTY: Tax Map #238.21-19; 1103 OLD EASLEY HWY, GREENVILLE SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for a Church CB-13-21 APPLICANT: HOPEWELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PROPERTY: Tax Map #566.2-19/566.2-1-8.6; 1420 NEELY FERRY ROAD, SIMPSONVILLE SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for Additional Building on site for Classroom.

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Greenville Health System president and CEO Michael Riordan makes a few remarks during a ceremony at the system’s Greenville Memorial Campus marking the change of GHS’s name from the Greenville Hospital System to the Greenville Health System. The name and logo change reflects the system’s evolution from a single freestanding hospital to an academic medical center and integrated health care delivery system featuring five medical campuses. All GHS hospitals, institutes, centers and practices will now use the same logo.

Sixty employees gathered in the Greenville Memorial Hospital atrium holding cards with part of the former name and logo on one side and the new name and logo on the other. With a drum roll, the employees flipped the cards over to reveal the new name, Greenville Health System.

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And now comes spring One of the best things about spring is that the Super Bowl is over. I mean, how can we make it a bigger spectacle short of human sacrifice? Maybe we could settle for cutting off the arm of the losing quarterback.

Look, I’m a football fan; have been for a long time. But I’d like to actually see a game – not a million commercials or some self-conscious coach delivering an inspirational talk in a locker room – or 30 minutes of darkness.

The whole scene has gotten old. The teams rush onto the field through a lot of smoke to the cheers of fans who have painted themselves in team colors and/or are wearing cheese wedges on their heads. Some performer tries to embroider the National Anthem and gets it tangled up – wasn’t it Christina Aguilera who seemed to be singing it backwards in 2011?

Mascots have gotten more and more prominent – no longer just an ugly bulldog, but war eagles and falcons and steeds and Seminole warriors and rambling wrecks.

I bet there is some team in Florida that is, by now, “The Great Pythons” with a mascot that will eat a Key deer or a cocker spaniel at halftime.

That’s why I like the University of Oregon, which spoofs all of it with their nickname “The Mighty Ducks.” As far as I know, they have not waddled one out yet.

And I’m glad that Clemson still has not produced a real tiger – although they have brought out a university president who wears a tiger suit.

Meanwhile, on-field celebrations by players who make a big tackle or catch an important pass or score a few points flourish. Some guys seem modest and/or pious as they attribute good fortune to the heavens with a gesture or a prayer; others goose-step around vainly soliciting applause. Is this Greek tragedy or comedy?

Then there’s the epic halftime show; Prince looking like a box of pancakes not too long back. Recently, it was Beyonce who was probably lip-syncing whatever it was she was singing. But who cares about her voice. I guess it’s a good thing the lights went out during the game and not during her performance.

Plus we got an exciting behind-the-scenes look at thousands of stagehands hauling platforms out to the 50-yard line and back in a marvel equal to the building of the pyramids or Stonehenge or Disneyland.

We kept it simple back in my day. I played high school ball in Columbia on a team that was known as “The Capitols.” Wasn’t easy for us to come up with a mascot, so we just skipped it and jogged onto the field from behind the grandstand. At halftime we ladled water out of a bucket while marching bands blasted some Sousa and spelled out “C. H. S.” on the field. And the lights stayed on. Playing in the Super Bowl would not have thrilled me more.

But back to spring. Another good thing about it is baseball – not nearly as intense as football and certainly not as rowdy.

There’s a little fanfare at the beginning when some brave soul works through the National Anthem. And we all stand and stretch, as if waking from a nap, in the middle of the seventh inning while crooning about “peanuts and crackerjacks” in mellow voices. Fans chat and amble around for another beer during the game. A player may wave to the heavens after a home run, but I don’t recall any of football’s appeals for more applause.

Remember these scenes involving retiring heroes: Chipper Jones is cool as he loosens up at third base there in Atlanta. He’s graceful, scooping the ball with one hand and languidly tossing it over to first. Now, pull up Ray Lewis, the wild man linebacker for Baltimore. His face is painted; he wears protective gear up and down his body like Beowulf or Mel Gibson. And he’s haranguing his teammates with something like “Give me a touchdown (or a sack) or give me death.”

My conclusion, in case you are getting antsy: I wish that football would chill a bit, and I hope that baseball will keep its cool. See you, faithful readers, at Fluor Field – in the spring. A little later on, we can start talking about our next Super Bowl party.

April 6th

Kick off the return of spring with Spartanburg County’s legendary festival!

Race or float this classic whitewater run. All participants will have a chance to win prizes and enjoy live music, BBQ, boat demos, and more at the finish Spectators welcome. Festival is free!

Visit SpartanburgParks.org or call 864-804-5815 for more information.

Registrat ion Fee: $25 per p er early regi son stration (by Marc h 29) $30 per p erson (after Ma rch 29)

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