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“If I’m ever put into a position to take Fountain Inn off the list, if ever there is a motion on this floor, I’ll vote against it. If it passes, I’ll resign from the board.”

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Without the vision of then-mayor Max Heller and a tricky public-private partnership that brought the Hyatt to Main Street four decades ago, downtown Greenville might not be the vibrant place it is today.

Forty years ago, Main Street had turned into a four-lane fast track to the suburbs and the malls for which department stores and specialty shops had fled downtown. By the time Heller became mayor in 1971, the street was a collection of vacant buildings and empty streets, a place to hide from visitors and business prospects.

When a group of Greenville’s leaders – including attorney Tommy Wyche and the late Buck Mickel – asked Heller to run for mayor, he said yes, with one condition: They would agree to raise money to transform downtown.

Heller – who escaped Nazi-occupied Austria as a 19-year-old and went on to own his own shirt company – envisioned Main Street as a pedestrianfriendly, tree-lined two-lane street where families would gather, diners would enjoy meals on sidewalk cafes and shoppers could stroll from specialty shop to specialty shop.

His vision was controversial; some shop owners didn’t want the trees because they feared they would block their store signs from passersby. Others thought it foolish to narrow Main Street to just two lanes of traffic.

A key to the transformation was the opening of the Hyatt in 1982.

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was born and raised in Greenville – to this time retail, which White noted “is get the chain to consider building a hotel always the last to come.” in a city smaller than those in which the The hotel’s multi-million renovation company typically chose to locate. coupled with the construction of the But it took a complicated public-pri- $100 million ONE multi-use developvate financial partnership to make the ment at the corner of Main and WashHyatt a reality. Ultimately, ington has prompted a the city owned much of the new wave of retail in the ground floor that was conNorth Main area. sidered a city park.

Destination retailer An“It was an extremely comthropologie has opened plicated deal. It almost didn’t in ONE, while a Brooks happen a couple of times,” Brothers store is planned. said Minor Shaw, Mickel’s Kilwin’s Chocolate and Ice daughter.

Cream will open a franPublic-private partnerchise in one of the retail ships have helped with spaces at the Hyatt. construction of many of White said he believes downtown’s other attrac2013 will be the year when tions – the Peace Center for The newly renovated Hyatt Greenville no longer has to the Performing Arts, River- Regency in downtown recruit retail for downtown.

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The boys are back in town Bats cracked, baseballs soared and cheers filled the sky last week as once again, the Greenville Drive is back at play on Fluor Field.

With an average of 5,104 in announced attendance last year for 68 home dates, there’s every reason to expect the team to hit its 2013 goal of 350,000 tickets sold – a mark it just missed in 2012 thanks to several rain delays and two home-date rainouts.

Even so, just over 347,000 fans poured through the gates last season – lured by the cheers and the music, the sing-alongs and the energy that vibrates from that West End stadium every time Greenville’s boys of summer come out to play.

Like the Liberty Bridge and Falls Park surrounding it, the Greenville Drive ball club is an unexpected success story, birthed by the joint vision of leaders – public and private – willing to spend money and take chances.

The Drive looms so large, is so central to the West End’s enthusiastic vitality, that it’s hard to remember the turmoil that preceded the team’s arrival eight years ago.

The 2002 departure of the Greenville Braves had sparked a bitter community tug-of-war over where, who and how a successor would emerge.

The competitors in the three-way were Mauldin, pushing a double-A team and a Mauldin site; Mandalay Baseball Properties, offering a $27 million privately owned stadium built to triple-A standards; and the city of Greenville, pitching a downtown site and a ball club willing to shoulder all costs for a new stadium.

Minor League officials chose Greenville, and in so doing granted the city an even greater gift: the opportunity to leverage baseball for a bigger vision.

Not everyone liked the idea of a downtown ballpark, fearing disruptive noise and crowds. But Greenville leaders were convinced a West End stadium could be a magnet for the kind of mixed-use development that creates distinctive, walkable communities with that elusive but much coveted “sense of place.”

The result, eight years later, proves them right: The West End is a diverse mix of theaters and artists, shops and restaurants, condos and green space.

And every game night its streets epitomize the “walkable city” as hundreds of baseball fans saunter their way to Fluor Field to root for the home team.

It’s important to note Greenville owes much of that transformation to the civic leadership our home team bestows in season and out. Led by team coowner and president Craig Brown, the Drive regularly opens the ballpark to community initiatives, from charitable causes to business networking events. A prime example is the upcoming April 29 “Just Drive” campaign, when high school students will enjoy free admission and a pre-game VIP picnic if they pledge to give up texting while driving.

Given all this, it’s only natural that BaseballAmerica magazine should honor the Drive with its 2012 Class A Freitas Award, given annually by division to the minor league ballclubs that “show sustained excellence in the business of minor league baseball.” The Drive “is the poster child for how a stadium can drive downtown development,” South Atlantic League President Eric Krupa told the magazine last fall in support of the award.

All true, all well deserved. But for now, what matters is the boys are back in town. Games to watch, hot dogs to eat, “Sweet Caroline” to be sung. Play ball, boys. Play ball.

How far we’ve come Picture this: It’s summer, it’s hot, your children are home from school, they want to go play with their friends, they want to go to the pool. Because you live in 2013, they can and they do. But it hasn’t always been that way.

Some folks can remember summers in the late 1940s. It was hot and kids had just as much energy. But you wouldn’t dream of letting them go swimming, or even out of the house, because there was a highly contagious disease going around that could cause paralysis and even death. It was called polio.

The healthy world that our kids grow up in today is made possible, in part, by the March of Dimes. Created in 1938 by President Franklin Roosevelt, who had polio himself, the March of Dimes funded research for the vaccines developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin that would end the polio epidemic in the United States. There hasn’t been a single new case of polio here in more than three decades.

For the March of Dimes, the polio vaccine was only the beginning of its work to help make kids and babies healthier.

Flash forward to the 1960s: You’re expecting your first child when you develop a fever, swollen lymph nodes and a strange rash. You have rubella, commonly known as German measles. Because you’re pregnant, if you pass the disease to your unborn child, she could be born with severe birth defects.

In 1969, Dr. Virginia Apgar and the March of Dimes led a rubella immunization program with the goal of eradicating congenital rubella syndrome. Today, the U.S. can boast that it hasn’t had a case of congenital rubella syndrome in 30 years.

The 1960s also brought a new president.

John F. Kennedy was an inspiration to a generation. But there was a sadness in the Kennedy family. A baby son, born too soon and weighing only five pounds, died from breathing problems.

Death was a tragic but common outcome of preterm births before the 1970s, when the March of Dimes called for a regionalized system of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) all across the U.S. The breathing problems that claimed the Kennedys’ son remained a challenge until the 1980s, when March of Dimes grantee T. Allen Merritt of

IN MY OWN WORDS by PAUL C. “BO” AUGHTRY III

the University of California San Diego Medical Center developed “surfactant therapy” to help the immature lungs of babies born too small or too soon. This treatment is now used in hospitals every day, and has saved the lives of tens of thousands of babies.

Advancements continued, and in 1993 March of Dimes launched the National Folic Acid Campaign to raise awareness of the importance of this B-vitamin in preventing serious birth defects of the brain and spine known as neural tube defects (NTDs) and to encourage childbearing-age women to take a daily multivitamin with folic acid. The foundation also lobbied the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to add folic acid to the grain food supply, which was mandated in 1998. NTDs have declined by about onethird since food fortification.

As the March of Dimes enters its 75th year in 2013, funds are being allocated to research new treatments to prevent or halt preterm labor. And in communities across the country, more women are getting essential services and education to have the healthiest possible pregnancy.

Why the history lesson? Because as parents in 2013, we’re lucky. Our children will likely be healthier than any from previous generations. And while most of the country is familiar with the name March of Dimes, few know the full scope of what this remarkable, uniquely American organization has done and is doing to create a healthier future for our children and grandchildren.

Just look how far they have come.

I hope you will support the March of Dimes this year by making a donation or participating in March for Babies in honor of its 75th birthday. To find out more, please contact 864-551-2640, email lgreen@marchofdimes.com or visit marchforbabies.org.

Bo Aughtry is the Greenville March of Dimes board chairman and principal and president of the Windsor Aughtry real estate company.

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Protecting Paris Mountain

Artist’s rendering of the original plan for Altera’s front entrance

Altera condo proposal raises new questions about adequacy of zoning laws for Greenville’s favorite mountain

By CHARLES SOWELL | staff

For years residents of Paris Mountain have been under the impression that their beloved mountain was protected by Greenville County’s Environmentally Sensitive Zoning ordinance.

According to the conservation community, that impression is a delusion – in reality, the ordinance is toothless and offers little in the way of real protection.

County Councilman Joe Dill said he plans to ask his fellow council members to rescind the zoning ordinance for Paris Mountain. “There have been too many unintended consequences surrounding this zoning, and I think we ought to do away with it.”

Councilman H.G. Butch Kirven said he wasn’t opposed to sacking the zoning, but would take time to study the options before voting.

What would replace the ordinance is a matter of some debate. Dill said existing zoning laws should be adequate to protect Paris Mountain. Or, the council could ask staff to come up with a new zoning law for the mountain.

A CONDO BIGGER THAN WAL-MART Nothing in the existing law would prevent dense stands of new subdivisions, like the one approved by county officials for Eric Kaufmann’s proposed 74-home subdivision on his property on the mountain’s second highest peak.

Kaufmann is now requesting his 50-acre property be rezoned under the county’s flexible review district zoning to allow construction of a 336,000 square-foot condo housing 74 high-end dwellings. The complex would be called Altera.

The size of the planned building is significant: As a comparison, Wal-Mart Su-

percenters typically range from 98,000 to 260,000 square feet.

Kaufmann prefers to compare the condo building to Asheville’s Biltmore House, as it has a five-acre foundation and was actually a residence. He said the new plan for the condominium would give it a more “national park look” that would blend more easily into the surrounding forest.

Kaufmann said Wednesday that representatives from protesting residents on the mountain had refused to meet with him, as the county council’s planning and development committee requested.

“They wanted to know if I still planned the condo project, and when I said yes, they said there was nothing to talk about,” he said.

Kaufmann said he will go ahead with plans for a 74-home subdivision if his rezoning request is turned down.

“Greenville County, Paris Mountain State Park and the local residents all need to be concerned with this project.

The county has recognized through ordinance that Paris Mountain is an en-

“They wanted to know if I still planned the condo project, and when I said yes, they said there was nothing to talk about.”

Developer Eric Kaufmann

vironmentally sensitive district,” said Dennis Chamberlain, attorney for the Bartram Group of the Sierra Club. “Despite the good intent of the ordinance, it has no substance or teeth if the county allows the exceptions or variances to be used to allow such a project to go forward.”

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD After two riotous meetings before county officials over the plan, Kaufmann has already had drawings made for a scaledback main building, shaving 35 feet off the roofline, but keeping the planned number of condos at 74.

He also has no plans to alter the other amenities planned for the development: a 10,000-square-foot spa and wellness center built into a hillside, a 5,000-squarefoot nature center, a 5,000-square-foot arts and crafts barn and a 6,000-squarefoot lake house built on the shores of an existing 3.5-acre man-made lake. The lake house would also serve as a restaurant and bar open to residents of the condos and to members of his proposed development.

Dill said including commercial in the project could be the kiss of death.

“I don’t see this passing with commercial included,” he said. However, “if [Kaufmann] can convince other homeowners on the mountain to go along with him, it has a real chance of passage. We just don’t vote for projects that come in for this much opposition. If people don’t want it, we’re not going to force it down their throats.”

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Chamberlain said the Sierra Club will

closely monitor “the failure to come forward with a viable wastewater treatment plan and a backup plan. It is critical that ReWa be involved now to prevent another Altamont Forest wastewater disaster. If this project is allowed to go forward by the county, we expect to be involved with the DHEC permitting process to insure the requirements of in the Clean Water Act and the NPDES permitting process are fully met.”

Altamont Forest, a densely populated development by the late Greenville architect Joe Hiller, famously dumped untreated sewage into Mountain Creek that feeds the ponds and reservoirs at Paris Mountain State Park.

That won’t be an issue at Altera, Kaufman insists. “We’re working with a local engineering firm to install a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant.”

Jerry Traynham, president of Aqueonics Inc., said his full-service water and wastewater consulting, design, engineering and construction company is pleased to be part of Kaufmann’s plans.

“This particular site, because of its environmental sensitivity, would require our top-of-the-line treatment facility,” he said. “We installed a similar plant in Utah, right next to Robert Redford’s ranch and a native trout stream. It has worked like a dream.”

Kaufmann plans to recycle the treated wastewater and use it on-site to help recharge the ground water.

The process used in an Aqueonics plant is adjustable, said Traynham. “If the situation changes, like with a big spill or change in wastewater input, the operator can quickly adjust.”

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@communityjournal.com.

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Before you drop a bag of used clothes or shoes into a box labeled “donations,” read the signs carefully or you could inadvertently be sending your donation to a for-profit company.

A recent proliferation of donation boxes operated often by out-of-state, for-profit organizations has become a concern because they are impacting local nonprofits and could be fooling donors, said Brad Majors, vice president for marketing and development for Goodwill Industries.

The donation boxes are not always labeled clearly, and Goodwill has joined forces with another local nonprofit, Miracle Hill Ministries, to push for more transparent labeling, he said.

Such labeling could become enforceable. Last week, Greenville County Council gave first reading approval to an ordinance that would require donation boxes to provide signage on three sides listing the soliciting organization’s name, physical address and telephone number. The proposed ordinance also stipulates that the sign should indicate if donated items are tax deductible.

Majors said the for-profit operators collect items for salvage. Some may give a small donation to a nonprofit, but many do not. “In some cases, all of the resources leave South Carolina and they sell the donations to the salvage business,” he said.

One company is even using donation boxes shaped much like Goodwill’s, he said.

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Donations left in some boxes may not go to charity.

increase in the for-profit receptacles, which has had a definite impact on donations, Majors said. “They just put more and more up every week.”

The nonprofits at the very least want conspicuous signage, said Majors.

“There’s nothing wrong with people making a profit, but what happens is they are not 100 percent clear.” The wording on the for-profit boxes often uses terms like “recycling,” he said. “Many say they’re making the world a better place in some way, but they’re never really very specific about it. … What we’re looking for is either really clear labeling or something done that makes it very, very clear of what side these people stand on.”

Majors said he would like to see only attended donation centers, but realizes that unattended boxes offer convenience to donors.

“If you want to make the Greenville community a better place, then make sure that you’re giving [your donation] to a real nonprofit that has a mission of making the quality of life better for all of Greenville County citizens,” he said.

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ENVISION SC PRESENTS: ADAM WITTY “South Carolina by nature has to be more entrepreneurial.” – Adam Witty In 2005, Adam Witty had an epiphany of sorts. Heeding the advice of his mentor, Witty decided to start a publishing business from the spare bedroom of his apartment on James Island, and realized he could create a niche for himself that would truly pay off.

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were experiencing declining sales and upheaval amid technological innovations and the growth of self-publishing efforts, Witty recognized a growing need and parlayed this into Advantage Media Group Inc., a globally operated company based in Charleston.

What began in his apartment has now grown into an international success with ever-growing revenue streams and employees throughout the country. Charismatic and articulate, Witty is now a much sought-after speaker who clearly enjoys spreading his entrepreneurial spirit to others.

Recently, Witty sat down with Phil Noble and Envision South Carolina to lend his perspective on making the state he now calls home a truly “globally connected” success story.

NOBLE: You in many ways personify what Envision South Carolina is all about in demonstrating what it takes to use homegrown tal-

ent to be worldclass. Talk about your business for a moment.

WITTY: Advantage Media Group is a leading publisher of business, self-improvement Witty and professional development books and online courses. Really our business is helping entrepreneurs, business leaders, professionals, [to] share their stories, their passion, and their knowledge in the form of a book, or in the form of an online course to help other people learn and grow. We really feel like we have a serious business and a serious mission in helping people share this information. The only way that the next generation can be better than this generation is through a transfer of knowledge so that the next generation is smarter than this gen-

eration. We feel like we play a pretty big role in helping do that, by allowing successful people, experts and gurus, share their information through books and online courses to help other people learn and grow.

How big is your company in terms of people, revenue and reach?

This year we’ll do $4 million dollars in revenue, so we’re still a baby, climbing. I’m proud to say that’s all been organic. There’s been no venture capital; outside investors. … It’s all just been through profitable, organic growth. We have 16 full-time people in Charleston, and then we have 12 outside of Charleston who work from their homes.

Have you followed any of what they’re doing at USC with The Palmetto College, the online, standalone “college”?

I’m vaguely familiar with it, and what I would say, in my opinion, is

journal news they’re going in the right direction.

The cool thing about online learning right now is, there really aren’t any rules … it gives you a lot of freedom to be creative and, truthfully, kind of invent it as you go. When you look at education, whether it’s Clemson, USC or College of Charleston, or whether it’s professional development … it’s still education. When you look at education in general, the problem is for most people and for most companies it’s inaccessible, and it’s becoming increasingly unaffordable. So what the Internet does is it completely levels the playing field, it democratizes education, and it allows you to make it available to more people at a much, much more affordable rate. … I just think it’s a game changer. And that’s a good thing, because for us as a country to be competitive in a global economy, we have to have the most educated and skilled workforce in the world. And if the Internet helps us get people more educated, more skilled quickly, more efficiently, more cheaply, why wouldn’t we want that everywhere?

My strong hunch is that South Carolina is sort of in the middle in terms of online education. We got a head start with ETV… we’ve lost that preeminence, but we started so far ahead (of other states) that we’re still sort of in the middle. I always thought that was an opportunity for a real competitive advantage if South Carolina had said, “We’re going to become the leading state in online learning,” particularly dealing with the problems of the Corridor of Shame and so forth. Do you see any barriers or any reason why we couldn’t do that?

Not at all. The cool thing about South Carolina is that it’s still a small

enough state where if you got the right stakeholders together, and in this state you could probably get all of the key ones in one room, and say, “We want to own this….” You could do it. … South Carolina by nature has to be more entrepreneurial. If we don’t want to, just because of necessity we have to. So I think certainly when it comes to online learning, but also entrepreneurship and innovation, I think South Carolina has all of the pieces to be a leader in that, if they want to; not only for necessity but also because I think a lot of the right elements are in place here.

What are the barriers to our being able to attain that?

I would say the biggest barrier to the state of South Carolina is a psyche, and it’s a mindset that a lot of people have that South Carolina’s 48th. I can’t tell you how many people have that attitude about education in South Carolina. They just expect to be number 48 or 49 (in education ranking), and know by the grace of God that Alabama or Mississippi will be beneath us. So we’re programmed that we’re going to be 48th and if you say, “Hey, we’re going to be 40. Or we’re going to be 35,” they can’t even fathom it.

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The proposal calls for $7.4 million of work during 2013-14, including the rehabilitation of the Poinsett parking garage, $500,000 for the city’s public camera system downtown and on Haywood Road, and pedestrian improvements on West Camperdown Way, Coffee Street and Washington Street.

The plan also includes nearly $1 million to improve access to the Swamp Rabbit Trail at several locations, $630,000 for a proposed Cancer Survivors Garden and $350,000 for a River Street underpass to improve pedestrian access to the Swamp Rabbit Trail and landscape and street improvements on North Main Street.

The improvements are part of the city’s $30.7 million 2014-18 capital improvement program.

The final four years of the Capital Improvement Program are considered planning years. Approval for funding for the first year is expected in conjunction with approval of the city’s 2014 operating budget.

A public hearing is scheduled for May 20 for both budgets.

Greenville Downtown Airport’s community aviation park will get a $10,000 boost from the city. Council designated $10,000 from its Sunday Alcohol Permits fund for the park.

The first phase of Greenville Downtown Airport’s community aviation park is finished and the area is now open as a free public green space. The park has an educational amphitheater, fencing, grass and an exercise perimeter “taxiway” and walking “runways.” The exercise “taxiway” and “runways” will be painted to look like real ones soon.

A 15-foot cross-section of a Boeing 737 fuselage has been donated to be transformed into a handicapped accessible park entrance. The fuselage is now in Greenville.

The park will have playground equipment and a picnic pavilion. The 1.5-acre park is next to the Runway Cafe.

Airport officials said they hope the park will become more than a place for children and adults to watch airplanes take off and land, but will generate interest in aviation careers. A national shortage of pilots is expected in 15 to 20 years, said Lara Kauffmann, the airport’s public relations director.

Before 9/11 and the security changes the terrorist attacks inspired, more than 10,000 school-aged children a year would go on tours at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, exploring areas the flying public typically doesn’t get to see and actually boarding a plane.

The next regular meeting of the Greenville City Council is April 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers on the 10th floor of Greenville City Hall.

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“Take charge of your destiny” is a phrase offered as advice in everything from careers to coping with pain – but for Greenville resident Terry Gerics, grabbing the proverbial bull by the horns literally added years to her life.

By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff Gerics, 62, was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at age 43 and was told that she would eventually need a kidney transplant. Last year, doctors told her the time had come.

Her friends had applied to be donors, she said, but none qualified. She was on the verge of needing dialysis.

A hairstylist, Gerics always works on Saturdays, but said for some reason, she felt compelled to volunteer at the annual National Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk in April last year. Her job was to give out race labels to donors and past recipients, but found no labels specifically for a waiting recipient.

“I wrote on one, ‘Kidney needed, any blood type,’ and pinned it on my back, never giving it another thought,” she said.

Her unorthodox label caught the eye of Fountain Inn resident Sarah Thorne, 27, who runs Thorne Ambulance Service with her husband and who was volunteering that day. Thorne’s service often transports patients who are on dialysis.

Thorne had just joined the family business after being a sheriff ’s deputy in Spartanburg County, but was still settling into her commitment to work in the medical field, she said.

“I felt called by God to be there for some reason. My daughter and I were going up to get a T-shirt and when I saw Terry, all of the sudden I felt like this was something I needed to do and without hesitation said, ‘You can have my kidney,’” said Thorne.

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The surgery, with both women in the operating room at the same time, was successful. Gerics was up in about 12 hours and Thorne in a few days.

Thorne said she would advise those who are considering kidney donation to pursue it. “It was not painless, but was worth it.” A donor life, I need to help others get this same doesn’t always have to be a perfect match gift, so I’m searching for a kidney for a because there are medical techniques to 52-year-old man. At the walk this year, make the donation work, she added.

I’m going to wear a picture of him on my “And you need to be obedient,” she back,” she said. said. “When you feel called to be doing Contact April A. Morris at something, and to be in a certain place at amorris@communityjournals.com. a certain time, you may not understand … for everything there is an absolute reason.”

Thorne said both women have another thing in common beyond a kidney. “I think both of us are very persistent and have little patience.

Once we decide to do something, we want to do it as soon as possible.”

Gerics calls it a miracle. “God put me April 21, 2 p.m. there and put Sarah there,” she said. “I knew I had to be there.”

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Greenville County Schools Superintendent Burke Royster received a oneyear contract extension this week.

Royster’s contract was extended through June 30, 2016, by the school board on Tuesday after the superintendent’s first annual performance review.

Royster was hired as superintendent last April after a sometimes testy and long selection process.

Royster’s salary will remain at $215,000.

His annuity will increase 1 percent to 11 percent of his annual salary.

“Mr. Royster met or exceeded the Board’s expectations in each area of his

annual evaluation – organizational values, development and implementation of the Education Plan, delivery of educational program and board-superRoyster intendent partnership,” said Board Chairman Chuck Saylors in a written news release. “The Board is very pleased with Mr. Royster’s efforts to continue to move our school system forward for the betterment of our students and communities, and we look forward to continuing to work with him.”

Greenville County Schools is the nation’s 47th largest school district with 71,000 students.

Royster served as the district’s deputy superintendent from 2005 until his selection as superintendent. His 33-year education career began in 1980 as a teacher at Starr-Iva Middle School in Anderson School District 3.

Royster had also served as assistant principal at Greenville’s Monaview Elementary and was principal at Waccamaw High and Seneca High and assistant superintendent for administration and instruction in Oconee County.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.

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BMW Pro-Am tees off More than 20 celebrities will be hitting the links this spring in the 13th annual BMW Pro-Am golf tournament presented by SYNNEX Corporation.

The tournament pairs celebrity golfers and amateurs with pro golfers in a fourday competition over three golf courses.

Many players are returning from the 2012 tour and eight are coming back after not participating in recent years.

New this year is Craig T. Nelson, star of television’s “Parenthood.”

Also in the competition are Terry O’Quinn of TV’s “Lost,” Joe Don Rooney of the band Rascal Flatts, movie actor Kurt Russell, actress Paula Trickey, comedian and actor O’Quinn George Lopez, hockey great Wayne Gretzky and singer-songwriter Edwin McCain.

“We’re excited to be able to host such a great group of celebrities in Greenville during tournament week,” said tournament executive director Darin MacDonald in a statement. “And at only $10

for a daily ticket, spectators are getting an amazing value. We hope the community comes out to the tournament to support the charities and cheer on the celebrity contestants.”

Spectators can get a targeted glimpse of celebrities through the new Celebrity Tracker, which follows players as they check in along the Thornblade Club course. In addition, the free Party on the Plaza at the Peace Center’s Graham Plaza features the opportunity to watch streaming video of the private Celebrity Concert.

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Former University of South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore epitomizes what Coaches 4 Character is all about.

The nonprofit organization, started six years ago by former Western Carolina University and Presbyterian College basketball coach Greg Blatt, emphasizes the importance of education and character development to at-risk students in the fourth through 12th grades.

Two events on Monday involve Lattimore, a graduate of Byrnes High in Spartanburg County.

“We couldn’t find a more appropriate speaker than Marcus,” Blatt said. “He is the epitome of character and academic effort.”

The event is a “Thank You” reception designed to allow Upstate residents the opportunity to show Lattimore their appreciation for his accomplishments on – and off –the football field just days before the 2013 National Football League draft.

The reception will be held at the Courtyard Marriott and Nantucket Seafood Grill on Main Street in Greenville at 5 p.m. Admission is a $50 donation to Coaches

4 Character and includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

The second event is a Coaches 4 Character program for students.

The event, held at Redemption World Outreach Center on Haywood Road, begins at 7 p.m. The program is free for students and $5 for adults.

Lattimore’s Gamecock career came to an early end last October when he was sandwiched by two Tennessee defenders and his right knee twisted in a way knees are not meant to bend, tearing three major ligaments and dislocating the knee. © 2011 CTA, Inc. It was the second year in a row Lattimore’s season came to an early end because of a knee injury. His sophomore season ended with an ACL injury to his left knee.

Lattimore, South Carolina’s all-time touchdown scorer and sixth all-time leading rusher with 2,677 yards, found his football future in doubt.

But the once sure first-round NFL draft choice has made a remarkable comeback.

At USC’s Pro Day last month, NFL scouts cheered Lattimore and the progress he has made.

“When things get tough, Marcus is stronger than ever,” Blatt said. “Our organization is about teaching kids the importance of character development and education. Marcus demonstrates those ideals to the fullest.

That’s exactly why so many people, football fans, whether Gamecocks, Tigers, Paladins or Terriers, are Marcus Lattimore fans.”

The best part, Blatt said, is Lattimore is one of the Upstate’s own.

“He’s bigger as a man than he is a football player. He works hard, doesn’t give © 2011 character, CTA, Inc. up and is of the utmost ” Blatt said. “What a lesson for students, or for that matter, all of us. He really is the best role model we could ask for.”

Over the past six years, Coaches 4 Character has brought in some of football’s biggest names – Steve Spurrier, Phillip Fulmer, C.J. Spiller and Dabo Swinney – and basketball’s Roy Williams, Vivian Stringer, John Thompson III, Tom Izzo and Bobby Cremins.

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Display screens, part of the OR-Max scheduling system at Greenville Health System, allow nurses and doctors to see when a patient is ready for surgery and pinpoint any potential delays.

GHS system offers real-time patient info

By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff

Waiting for the doctor to arrive and tell you that a loved one is out of surgery can seem like one of life’s longest waits.

But what if you could follow a patient’s progress like travelers check the arrival and departure boards at the airport?

Since November, Greenville Health System has been using such a concept to schedule patients in their operating rooms.

Created by Columbia-based Integrated Business Systems and Services (IBSS), the system uses a radio frequency ID (RFID) tag – similar to ones used for theft deterrence everywhere from

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Wal-Mart to libraries – attached to the patient’s chart. As the patient (and chart) pass through portals, the tag triggers milestones and automatically updates the patient’s status. The data can go to doctors and nurses and to waiting families who track the case via an ID number.

In the waiting room, family members can watch as the status changes from pre-op to surgery to recovery using a color-changing icon, said Gilbert Ritchie, GHS’s director of anesthesia and perfusion services.

“Just that color change information comforts the family members to know that things are progressing, without knowing any more detail. We have found that families very much appreciate that, rather than only waiting for a phone call update from the operating room or waiting for the surgeon to emerge to speak to them,” Ritchie said.

The tracking system also improves efficiency, allowing nurses to give the time previously devoted to phoning about status updates to patient care instead.

“It saves time because they don’t have to pick up the telephone as often to find out what’s going on,” he said.

Coordinating up to 100 surgeries a day reaches the complexity of an airport terminal, Ritchie said. With automatic updates from the RFID tags moving through the process, the OR-Max can send out text messages to notify anesthesiologists or surgeons that a patient is on his way to or in the operating room. The notice helps physicians “plan their next few minutes so that they’re not delaying surgery,” he said.

The tracking aspect also helps connect staffers who work in different areas to the bigger picture. “Those employees have tended to focus on what’s happening in their area because that’s where they’re responsible,” Ritchie said. “OR-Max has helped them connect to the larger perioperative processes and helped improve their ability to make better decisions.”

George Mendenhall, CEO of IBSS, said this sort of technology has been used for years in manufacturing and for airline vendors, but this was their first healthcare project. He said the feedback from GHS has been overwhelmingly positive.

OR-Max allows hospital staff to see into the “near future,” he said, and “allows the staff to be proactive, and that makes a tremendous difference.”

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Festival shares Jewish culture with Upstate

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

ShalomFest started five years ago as a way to introduce the Upstate to Jewish traditions, culture and food.

“We think it’s been very successful,” said Dahlia Rehg, chair of this year’s ShalomFest. “The Jewish community in the Upstate is growing, but it is not large. So many people aren’t familiar with Jewish traditions. Our traditions may be very different, but all of our values are the same.”

This year’s event, scheduled for Sunday at Temple of Israel on Spring Forest Drive off Haywood Road in Greenville, will feature lectures by two Jewish women who are well known in the Upstate.

Shirley Sarlin, a mainstay in Greenville theater, will speak about “Strong Jewish Women, Past and Present,” while

Trude Heller, the wife of the late Greenville mayor Max Heller, will talk about her experience escaping her native Austria during the Holocaust. Heller’s lecture is appropriate for sixth-graders to adults.

“The Temple of Israel wanted the festival to be about more than food,” Rehg said. “The outreach and education part of the festival is designed to show the community we’re part of the community. The more we know each other, the stronger the community will be.”

Sunday’s festival, which runs from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., will feature a recreation of a traditional Jewish wedding, a Passover Seder, a baby-naming ceremony and a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.

Rabbis from Greenville and Spartanburg will lecture on topics such as the importance of community in Judaism, the spectrum of Jewish belief in America

and figures from Jewish folklore.

There will be a cooking demonstration as well.

Food will be sold, including such items as brisket, challah, kugel, corned beef, matzoh ball soup, potato knishes, blintzes, strudel, hamantaschen, rugelach, matzoh brittle and mandel bread.

Sampler plates will be available to allow people to try new foods, Rehg said.

The festival will include children’s activities, including a station where children can write their names in Hebrew.

About 3,000 people are expected to attend.

“We are thankful for the community,” Rehg said. “The festival has been very well received. Clearly, there are a lot of people interested in different cultures.”

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.

WHAT: ShalomFest WHERE: Temple of Israel, 400 Spring Forest Drive, Greenville WHEN: Sunday, April 14, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

COST: Festival is free, food items for sale at event INFORMATION: shalomfestsc.org

Dining for Women event highlights foreign aid

By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff

Upstate-based giving circle Dining for Women is offering donors a chance to learn exactly how their dollars make an impact in the lives of women and girls in developing nations during an April 18 event sponsored by the nonprofit and Oxfam America.

At “Women Report from Abroad: Personal Stories of Foreign Aid Success,” Martha Kwataine will speak on the success of using a small investment of U.S. foreign aid to improve the health of people in rural Malawi communities.

Kwataine is executive director of the

Malawi Health Equity Network and a human rights leader regionally and nationally.

Kwataine will share the stage with Dining for Women co-founder Marsha Wallace, who will share how the organization invests in women and girls in developing nations. Founded in 2003, Dining for Women now has 8,500 members and more than 400 chapters nationwide. It has raised more than $2.5 million for grassroots programs.

Dining for Women holds monthly “dine-in” dinners where attendees give the money they would have spent at a restaurant to a program that helps

women worldwide, often focusing on healthcare, micro-credit loans, education, vocational training and economic development.

Members also hear the stories of the women who benefit. “Part of our mission is to educate and inform so we can enhance understanding of the issues these women face. Through education we become stronger, more informed advocates for change in the world,” Wallace said in a recent statement.

Dining for Women was also recognized in a letter from former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as “a powerful example of how individual acts of giving, when aggregated, can

make a deep and transformational impact.”

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Decision delayed on new Fountain Inn High opening District says first-year attendance would be 114 if school opens in 2017

By Cindy Landrum | staff

A decision on whether to postpone the opening of the new Fountain Inn High School will be put off a year, the Greenville County School Board decided during a marathon committee of the whole meeting on Monday.

Fountain Inn High is scheduled to open in 2017, but Superintendent Burke Royster has said if that date is kept, the school would open with no more than 114 students – less than one-tenth of capacity – and require a big debt service tax hike.

District officials have said the school’s projected enrollment would increase to 455 if the opening was delayed until 2022.

Royster recommended on Monday that an occupancy date for Fountain Inn High be determined in 2015 but that the

school open no earlier than 2019.

After a debate that lasted more than four hours, the school board voted to approve the long-range facilities plan, keeping the school’s opening date at 2017 during a one-year study period through which district administrators will evaluate “innovative means” to address middle and high school facility needs in southern Greenville County as well as allow “meaningful community engagement.”

The plan requires a 5-mill debt service tax increase, a property tax hike that will hit both residential and commercial property owners.

Royster told the board the millage increase – the first in 14 years – is needed to pay for technology infrastructure, school maintenance and repair costs, renovations and expansions at the district’s four career centers and athletic facility improvements needed to provided equity among schools across the county.

Royster said the first school projects built under the district’s $1 billion BEST school construction program are now 10 years old and funding of a regular main-

tenance program is necessary. taxes would rise to 54 mills in 2015-16 “We don’t want to face another 1999 and stay there through 2022-23. with overwhelming building needs, a sigBoard member Crystal Ball O’Connor, nificant amount as a result of the deferral who represents Fountain Inn, said there of maintenance,” he said. was a “serious flaw” in the data presented Fountain Inn High School would be the by the administration. She said the board first new high school built in Greenville should look at building capacity, not proCounty in 40 years. gram capacity. She said “We are committed to the school board said building a high school in 1990 it wanted high in Fountain Inn,” Roys- “We are committed to schools with enrollments ter said. But he said the building a high school between 1,500 and 2,000 enrollment numbers students. Mauldin and in Fountain Inn.” aren’t there to justify the Hillcrest highs both exSuperintendent Burke Royster school opening in 2017. ceed that.

District administrators O’Connor and Lisa said opening the school Wells, the other board in 2017 would require a 41 percent debt ser- member representing the Fountain Inn vice tax increase in a two-year period. area, said adding grades six through eight Taxes for debt service are expected to to the high school would allow the facility rise to 47.5 mills in 2013-14. Opening to open in 2017. Attendance zones could the school in 2017 would require another also be changed, they said.

12.5-mill tax increase in 2015-16. Taxes “We as a board have made a promwould remain at 60 mills until 2018- ise to Fountain Inn since 2009,” 19 before falling to 54 mills annually O’Connor said. through at least 2022-23.

Fountain Inn officials have said that by If the opening were delayed until 2022, using the two ZIP codes that comprise

the Fountain Inn area, there would be enough students to open the school in 2017. But district officials said there are 14 factors they consider when drawing attendance lines and that a school with those ZIP codes would have a poverty rate of more than 50 percent.

Betty Farley, the district’s director of planning, said the recession and the opening of some charter high schools have slowed high school enrollment growth in the district.

Board member Chuck Saylor said it’s not a question of whether the school is built; it’s a question of when.

“If I’m ever put into a position to take Fountain Inn off the list, if ever there is a motion on this floor, I’ll vote against it. If it passes, I’ll resign from the board,” he said. “That’s my commitment here. But we’ve got to take the emotion out of this and take the politics off the table.”

Several Golden Strip officials told the board that the area’s growth is about to explode and Fountain Inn needs its own high school.

Project Rx announces spring collection date

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.

Contact Jeanne Putnam at jputnam@communityjournals.com.

By Jeanne putnam | contributor

Project Rx: A River Remedy will hold its sixth annual drug take-back event on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community members can properly dispose of their unused or unwanted medications at various locations around the Upstate, including drive-through locations in Greenville at McAlister Square, 225 South Pleasantburg Drive, and St. Francis millennium, 2 Innovation Drive.

Project Rx was founded in 2010, in response to community concern about water quality and pharmaceutical pollution.

“Holding on to medications opens up the potential for them to find their way into the wrong hands, whereas flushing the medications can disrupt the balance in our local waterways,” said Stacey Flax of Renewable Water Resources (ReWa).

“At this time, incineration with law enforcement is the route we chose because it has the least environmental impact.”

The program is a partnership with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ReWa, and a collaboration

between Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, the Carolinas Institute for Community Policing, the Greenville County Medical Society, the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office and Greenville Family Partnership.

The program offers free collection sites and anonymous acceptance of unwanted or expired prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, vitamins and supplements for Upstate residents to safely dispose for free. Participants are required to use a black permanent marker to eliminate personal information from labels, but must keep the name of drug visible.

Sharps or syringes will not be accepted.

Upstate residents who find unused or expired medications after Project Rx is over are advised to store them and bring them to the next collection event. The program typically has collection events each fall and spring.

“The success of Project Rx – with five events collecting 6,756 pounds of medication – demonstrates the need to continue this community service,” said Flax.

“A participant at this event brought med-

ication dating back to 1960 – for 52 years they were waiting for a disposal solution.”

For more information and a list of collection sites, visit aRiverRemedy.org or facebook.com/ariverremedy, or call 864467-4099.

WE REINVENTED ENTIRE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. WE CAN REINVENT HEALTH CARE, TOO.

In fact, we’re doing it already, in our own, proven way: by working together. That’s how we’re making health care more efficient, while bringing even more vital services to the Upstate. Just ask Dr. Heather Moreira, one of the first pediatric and internal medicine specialists in South Carolina. She’s seen how people working together can make a great community better. And she’s part of the team that’s doing the same for health care. Learn more at ghs.org/modelofchange.

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Decision delayed on new Fountain Inn High opening District says first-year attendance would be 114 if school opens in 2017

By Cindy Landrum | staff

A decision on whether to postpone the opening of the new Fountain Inn High School will be put off a year, the Greenville County School Board decided during a marathon committee of the whole meeting on Monday.

Fountain Inn High is scheduled to open in 2017, but Superintendent Burke Royster has said if that date is kept, the school would open with no more than 114 students – less than one-tenth of capacity – and require a big debt service tax hike.

District officials have said the school’s projected enrollment would increase to 455 if the opening was delayed until 2022.

Royster recommended on Monday that an occupancy date for Fountain Inn High be determined in 2015 but that the

school open no earlier than 2019.

After a debate that lasted more than four hours, the school board voted to approve the long-range facilities plan, keeping the school’s opening date at 2017 during a one-year study period through which district administrators will evaluate “innovative means” to address middle and high school facility needs in southern Greenville County as well as allow “meaningful community engagement.”

The plan requires a 5-mill debt service tax increase, a property tax hike that will hit both residential and commercial property owners.

Royster told the board the millage increase – the first in 14 years – is needed to pay for technology infrastructure, school maintenance and repair costs, renovations and expansions at the district’s four career centers and athletic facility improvements needed to provided equity among schools across the county.

Royster said the first school projects built under the district’s $1 billion BEST school construction program are now 10 years old and funding of a regular main-

tenance program is necessary. taxes would rise to 54 mills in 2015-16 “We don’t want to face another 1999 and stay there through 2022-23. with overwhelming building needs, a sigBoard member Crystal Ball O’Connor, nificant amount as a result of the deferral who represents Fountain Inn, said there of maintenance,” he said. was a “serious flaw” in the data presented Fountain Inn High School would be the by the administration. She said the board first new high school built in Greenville should look at building capacity, not proCounty in 40 years. gram capacity. She said “We are committed to the school board said building a high school in 1990 it wanted high in Fountain Inn,” Roys- “We are committed to schools with enrollments ter said. But he said the building a high school between 1,500 and 2,000 enrollment numbers students. Mauldin and in Fountain Inn.” aren’t there to justify the Hillcrest highs both exSuperintendent Burke Royster school opening in 2017. ceed that.

District administrators O’Connor and Lisa said opening the school Wells, the other board in 2017 would require a 41 percent debt ser- member representing the Fountain Inn vice tax increase in a two-year period. area, said adding grades six through eight Taxes for debt service are expected to to the high school would allow the facility rise to 47.5 mills in 2013-14. Opening to open in 2017. Attendance zones could the school in 2017 would require another also be changed, they said.

12.5-mill tax increase in 2015-16. Taxes “We as a board have made a promwould remain at 60 mills until 2018- ise to Fountain Inn since 2009,” 19 before falling to 54 mills annually O’Connor said. through at least 2022-23.

Fountain Inn officials have said that by If the opening were delayed until 2022, using the two ZIP codes that comprise

the Fountain Inn area, there would be enough students to open the school in 2017. But district officials said there are 14 factors they consider when drawing attendance lines and that a school with those ZIP codes would have a poverty rate of more than 50 percent.

Betty Farley, the district’s director of planning, said the recession and the opening of some charter high schools have slowed high school enrollment growth in the district.

Board member Chuck Saylor said it’s not a question of whether the school is built; it’s a question of when.

“If I’m ever put into a position to take Fountain Inn off the list, if ever there is a motion on this floor, I’ll vote against it. If it passes, I’ll resign from the board,” he said. “That’s my commitment here. But we’ve got to take the emotion out of this and take the politics off the table.”

Several Golden Strip officials told the board that the area’s growth is about to explode and Fountain Inn needs its own high school.

Project Rx announces spring collection date

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.

Contact Jeanne Putnam at jputnam@communityjournals.com.

By Jeanne putnam | contributor

Project Rx: A River Remedy will hold its sixth annual drug take-back event on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Community members can properly dispose of their unused or unwanted medications at various locations around the Upstate, including drive-through locations in Greenville at McAlister Square, 225 South Pleasantburg Drive, and St. Francis millennium, 2 Innovation Drive.

Project Rx was founded in 2010, in response to community concern about water quality and pharmaceutical pollution.

“Holding on to medications opens up the potential for them to find their way into the wrong hands, whereas flushing the medications can disrupt the balance in our local waterways,” said Stacey Flax of Renewable Water Resources (ReWa).

“At this time, incineration with law enforcement is the route we chose because it has the least environmental impact.”

The program is a partnership with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ReWa, and a collaboration

between Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, the Carolinas Institute for Community Policing, the Greenville County Medical Society, the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office and Greenville Family Partnership.

The program offers free collection sites and anonymous acceptance of unwanted or expired prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, vitamins and supplements for Upstate residents to safely dispose for free. Participants are required to use a black permanent marker to eliminate personal information from labels, but must keep the name of drug visible.

Sharps or syringes will not be accepted.

Upstate residents who find unused or expired medications after Project Rx is over are advised to store them and bring them to the next collection event. The program typically has collection events each fall and spring.

“The success of Project Rx – with five events collecting 6,756 pounds of medication – demonstrates the need to continue this community service,” said Flax.

“A participant at this event brought med-

ication dating back to 1960 – for 52 years they were waiting for a disposal solution.”

For more information and a list of collection sites, visit aRiverRemedy.org or facebook.com/ariverremedy, or call 864467-4099.

WE REINVENTED ENTIRE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. WE CAN REINVENT HEALTH CARE, TOO.

In fact, we’re doing it already, in our own, proven way: by working together. That’s how we’re making health care more efficient, while bringing even more vital services to the Upstate. Just ask Dr. Heather Moreira, one of the first pediatric and internal medicine specialists in South Carolina. She’s seen how people working together can make a great community better. And she’s part of the team that’s doing the same for health care. Learn more at ghs.org/modelofchange.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 26 at the TD Stage at the Peace Center Tickets are $60 per adult ($65 at the door) $30 per person for students (21 and older); seniors (60 and over); and military* * IDs will be checked at the door. Each ticket includes appetizers, food & wine tastings, dessert tasting (from 6-8 pm), and live jazz (from 6:30-10 pm). After 8 pm, a cash bar and cash food concessions will be open. Ticket locations: The Ronald McDonald House, Horizon Records and Divine Desserts by Andrea.

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community news, events and happenings

Fountain Inn will hold its International Festival on April 13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The event will include carnival rides, food, live music, arts and crafts and two bike rides. The Family Fun Ride and Park Tour will begin at 10 a.m. at the Farmers Market Pavilion. Admission is $5 per person or $20 per family. The 20-mile Industrial Run Ride will begin at noon at the Farmers Market Pavilion. Admission is $25 per person. For more information, visit fountaininn.org/events.

YMCA of Greenville will host its Healthy Kids Day celebration on April 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at both the Y Adams Mill Program Center and the Y Hollingsworth Outdoor Center. Admission is free. Buses will shuttle between the two sites. For more information, visit ymcagreenville.org or call 864-242-1111.

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control will conduct a forum on April 18, 5:30–7:30 p.m., at Greenville County Council Chambers, 301 University Ridge, to let the public recommend which foods they think should be removed from or should remain on the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program list of eligible foods. Persons wishing to publicly comment will be asked to register to speak at the door. For those unable to attend the meetings, comments can be submitted through scdhec.gov/snap, snapcomments@dhec.sc.gov or by calling 1-866-664-0483.

The Coaches 4 Character Program will be on April 15 at 7 p.m. at Redemption World Outreach Center. The cost is free for students, $5 donation for adults. At 5 p.m., Coaches 4 Character will host a reception for Marcus Lattimore at the Nantucket Seafood Grill. Tickets are $50 and include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. For more information, contact Greg Blatt at 843-816-3297, or gblatt@coaches4character.com.

Celebrate Day of the Child/Day of the Book with Criss Cross Mangosauce, April 19, 7-7:45 p.m., at the Hughes Main Library. Participants will have the chance to win a book. For more information, call 864-242-5000, ext. 2634 or visit greenvillelibrary.org.

Six gardens in the Simpsonville area will be open to the public for the 2013 Garden Tour, sponsored by the Greenville Council of Garden Clubs Inc, April 19-20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets will be for sale at The Kilgore-Lewis House, 560 N. Academy St., 864-232-3020. Pre-purchased tickets are $18, and $20 on the day of the tour.

Greenville Rec will host the Hershey’s Track and Field meet, presented by the Greenville Track Club, for boys and girls ages 9-14 at Greenville High School on April 20. Register online by April 18 at greenvillerec.com/event/hersheys. For more information, contact Joe Lanahan at 864-676-2180, ext. 142 or joe@gcrd.org.

The Upstate Heart Walk on April 13 aims to help raise awareness of heart disease, the nation’s most common cause of death. To register, visit upstateheartwalk. org. Proceeds benefit the American Heart Association.

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A free Chautauqua discussion on Herman Melville led by George Frein will be held April 16, 7-8:30 p.m., at the Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Place.

For more information, call 864-244-1499 or visit greenvillechautauqua.org.

The Evening Music Program sponsored by Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music will resume classes in acoustic instruments April 15. The program is designed to teach ages third grade to adult. The six-week sessions will be held in Easley, Greenville, Pickens and Clemson. Cost is $60 per session and instrument rental is available for $25. Enrollment is through April 15. For more information, visit yamupstate.com.

Greenville Bully Walk’s Hot Dawg Day for dogs will be held on April 13 at Cedar Falls Park, Fountain Inn. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and will include a Frisbee catch, tennis ball toss and a hot dog lunch. All dogs must be neutered or spayed and owner must bring proof of vaccinations. Donations will be accepted.

Attendees must RSVP by calling 864-325-6028.

Send us your announcement. Email: community@communityjournals.com.

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activities, awards and accomplishments

On April 26, 3:30-7 p.m., Stone Academy will hold Arts Alive, an annual school festival that includes an afternoon of music, food, games, rides and silent auction. The event is open to the community and is the school’s largest fundraising event. For more information, visit artsalive2013.com Christ Church Episcopal School will host a Cavalier Evening in Wonderland gala on April 20 at 6 p.m. at the TD Convention Center. The evening includes silent and live auction items as well as dinner. Proceeds benefit CCES. Visit cces.org for more information.

“Multiplying Colors and Textures,” a math and art integration project designed and painted by Rebecca Valencia’s third-grade single-gender class, opened the Cherrydale Elementary School’s Content Art Integration Rotational Art Show. “A Graphic Alphabet” by Charles Simons’s first-grade class, also on show, was created using science, English and language arts and art standards.

Simpsonville Elementary PE teacher Christine Amond was recently honored in the “All-Star Teacher” Showcase sponsored by Bon Secours St. Francis Health System and nationally by Project Fit America. Every year, Project Fit America receives teacher evaluations and follows up with every school in the country. Through this process they discover teachers who have gone far beyond the typical program implementation.

The Bob Jones Academy Mock Trial Team recently participated in the South Carolina Bar Association’s High School Mock Trial state competition in Lexington. Of the 49 teams, BJA finished sixth. The following students won individual awards: Recognized as Most Effective Witness: Jordan Gillespie (Simpsonville), David Schaedel (Greenville), Stephen Sidwell (Greenville), Ann Thai (Greer) – three awards at this competition. Recognized as Most Effective Attorney: Nichole Martinson (Greenville), Marina Shew (Greenville) and Margaret Stegall (Greenville) – five awards at this competition.

The Langston Charter Middle School Speech and Debate Team won first place in the 2013 South Carolina State Forensic Tournament. The team includes: Ankith Khandhavalli, Lauren Schmitt, Hew Kneeland, Aleeza Masood, Varsha Gopal, Sarim Masood, Tanner Street, Nikhil Vallabhaneni, Anish Chaluvadi, David Schmitt, Haseeba Karim, Hasna Karim, Aparna Mahendranath, Roann Abdeladl, Charlotte Capers Snoad, Raghed Tawab, Mathew Zemitis, Robert Yang and Johnny Jajack. Seventy-five students from nine schools participated in the tournament.

Stone Academy recently competed in the ASCE Bridge Competition.

Stone Academy entered 15 bridges and seven held the maximum weight: The Lightning Bolts, The Ride the Rhinos, Double R to the E Cyborg Bridge Builders, J Crafters, The Rainbow Llamas, The Neon KAPS and the Super Ninja Ponies. Stone Academy also won two district awards. The Candy Conductors (Danielle Falzarrano, Abigail Arnold and Eleanor Hart) won third place for best architectural design, and The Lightening Bolts (Owen Cheek, Connor Bell, Dylan Fritz and Allistair Garner) won third place for the most original design.

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Inviting all youth 18 and under to participate! Sign up as a team of 4 to compete in 3 relay races which include freestyle, backstroke, breastroke, t-shirt relay, float relay, medley relay, and a mystery relay. Each team pays a $100 entry fee ($25/swimmer) and then raises money for Pendleton Place.

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Create the Cure, a charity event to raise funds for pancreas research, will be held April 28, 5:30 p.m., at Twigs Tempietto. Tickets are $30 and include dinner.

Purchase tickets at crankypanky.com or at the Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery.

Any artists who would like to exhibit or sell their work at the event should contact Christy Dias at crankypanky1@gmail.com.

The sixth annual Upstate Forget-Me-Not Ball, a black-tie-optional gala benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association, will be held on April 19. The evening will feature Geoff Hart of WYFF as master of ceremonies, live music by Encore, and a live performance by artist JaredE. Tickets can be purchased at fmnball.org/upstate.

The fourth annual RAM Masters Golf tournament will be held April 27 at Pebble Creek Country Club with proceeds used to enhance the athletic fields at Greenville Middle Academy. The cost per player is $65, including lunch, and prizes will be awarded. Registration is available at greenville.k12.sc.us/gvillem/index.asp. For additional information, contact Kim Townsend at ktownsend@greenville.k12.sc.us.

Greenville native and hit singer/songwriter Edwin McCain will perform an intimate concert to benefit Family Connection of SC, a nonprofit organization that supports families who have children with special needs. The concert will be held at 6 p.m. April 28 in The Hall at Senate’s End, downtown Columbia. Tickets are $75 and only 400 tickets will be sold. To purchase tickets, visit familyconnectionsc.org or call 803-252-0914.

The Mountain Bridge Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold its primary fundraising banquet at 6 p.m. on May 4 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 910 Devenger Road, Greenville. Proceeds aid in conservation, youth education and charitable activities. The night will include a fly-casting contest, a live and a silent auction and music from Starr Nolan’s All Strings Considered bluegrass band. Dinner is included. A cash-only bar will be serving wine and beer. A special presentation will be given on the chapter’s Trout-In-The-Classroom Program. Tickets are available at the door, from a member or at a local fly fishing shop for $20 for adults and $10 for children under 12 years old.

McKinney Dodge Ram Chrysler Jeep is sponsoring Party Down for the Playground, a fundraiser to add playground equipment to the new aviation-themed community park at the Greenville Downtown Airport. The event will be held May 4, 7-11 p.m., at the southwest apron of Greenville Downtown Airport. The fundraiser will feature food, drinks and music from Retro Vertigo. Tickets are $15. For more information or to buy tickets, visit greenvilledowntownairport.com/partydownfortheplayground.

Pendleton Place is hosting the First Annual Swim & Race for Pendleton Place on May 11 at the Greenville Westside Aquatics Complex. This event is open to youth under the age of 18 and consists of fun relay races which consist of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, medley, T-shirt, float and a mystery relay. All proceeds benefit Pendleton Place for Children and Families. On the day of the event, prizes will be given out based on fundraising for the top fundraising team and the top fundraising individual. There will also be a spirit award. Swimmers can register online at pendletonplace.org and sign up in teams of four for three relays.

Caribbean Crush, a fundraiser for the SC Children’s Theatre, will be held on May 17. The evening features Caribbean steel drum music, beach drinks, silent auction and casual beach attire. Tickets are $50 per person and patron tickets are $150. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit scchildrenstheatre.org/ events/caribbeancrush or call 864-235-2885, ext. 10.

The Take Flight 5K will take place on May 25 at the Greenville Downtown Airport runway. The proceeds will go to add playground equipment to the new aviation-themed community park at the Greenville Downtown Airport. To register, visit book-events.com/takeflight5k. For more information, visit greenvilledowntownairport.com or call 864-242-4777.

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GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL SENIOR

FINDS HIS VOICE THROUGH WRITING DeSantis continues school’s tradition of gold medal portfolio winners

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

As a writer, Anthony DeSantis is fearless.

The South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities senior isn’t afraid to explore religion, sexuality and

ethnicity in his writing; he’s not afraid to place his own vulnerability out there for everybody to see.

“Writing allows me to figure things out,” he said. “It’s a lot about discovery and rediscovery. But it also allows me to share my voice with other people, not in an egotistical way, but maybe by providing insight in my own life can help them, too.”

And what DeSantis discovered recently is he is a gold medal portfolio winner in the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards,

a prestigious national prize that includes a $10,000 award.

The contest included more than 230,000 submissions.

DeSantis’ portfolio included short stories, essays and poetry – the genre DeSantis said is easiest for him in which to work.

“I think it’s the most versatile medium,” he said. “Personally, I have a strong infatuation with language. Poetry is about the music of language, the movement of language.”

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DeSantis is the ninth Governor’s School creative writing student to win a gold medal in the past eight years.

Governor’s School Creative Writing Department Chairman Scott Gould said DeSantis has evolved as a writer during his time at the residential high school.

“He earned it. It’s not a fluke. Last year, as a junior, I would have never picked him to get something like this,” Gould said.

“But as last year and this year went on, I saw the strides he made. He continues to evolve as a writer.”

Mamie Morgan, poetry instructor at the Governor’s School, said there’s a tendency in contemporary writing to shy away from the passionate. “We’re becoming more modest as artists.”

But DeSantis is not afraid to be vulnerable, she said. “He’s not afraid of subjects that are extremely difficult to navigate.

He’s one of those people who can marry intelligence with emotion.”

Morgan said DeSantis doesn’t simplify things that aren’t simple. He’s incredibly funny and “I think he just tells a hell of a story,” she said.

And that includes how the Simpsonville resident found out he won the award.

DeSantis and his classmates had just returned to class from writing poetry downtown when he got a call on his cell phone from the 212 area code. DeSantis had applied to colleges in the Washington, D.C., area and when he saw the distant area code, he thought it might be one of those schools.

Instead, the voice on the other line identified itself as somebody from Scholastic.

The caller went on to congratulate DeSantis for winning one of the seven writing gold medals. The call came on his 18th birthday.

“It was total shock,” he said.

DeSantis, who will attend American University in the fall and major in international studies and minor in Spanish, will use part of his prize money to attend a three-week study-abroad program in Rome this summer.

Means sister and sister let’s be honest: Does it matter our parents never taught us Italian?

I carve a sculpture of two cherubs, porcelain-skinned with dark, knotted hair and they loom over a great-great grandfather – immigrant man – anxious to unpack his bags after he makes it off a ship called The Jupiter.

This is America, he could say. He could imagine himself and his descendants: growing old and dying here.

Unthinkable is the generation soaked with Green Apple Smirnoff.

Two watered-down Italian-Americans.

When exactly are the best memories supposed to be made?

Our skin isn’t porcelain anymore and the dark, knotted hair, for better or worse, is straightened and dyed.

DeSantis had hoped to go to Rome with Governor’s School vocal students when they sang at the Vatican, but the trip wasn’t open to other departments, he said.

A friend who is traveling to Rome on a family vacation asked him to go along but the trip was out of DeSantis’ price range.

Then he got a letter from American University about the Rome study-abroad program. His parents said he could go if he could come up with the money. Soon after, he received the call from Scholastic.

“I think it’s fate,” he said.

While Gould was talking with the Journal about DeSantis, he learned Slate magazine decided to publish one of DeSantis’ pieces.

“They don’t realize he’s in high school,” Gould said. “The goal is when Laws of Conservation they’re here the works are so crafted, so mature that you don’t know they I have tried making my life a contradiction, are written by 18-year-old kids.” ripping away assertions of chemistry Gould said the Governor’s School teachers who think they know the world. creative writing program’s success comes in part because writing is the One says that nature does nothing but focus. loathe the bundles of concentrated energy “It’s the focus for three hours a we call ourselves. Says that we are an oddity. day,” he said. “They’re being taught by writers who are going through the I ask if nature wants us to be stardust, spread same things they are.” light-years apart. He nods. I consider a reason Contact Cindy Landrum at to exist: adrenaline-drenched possibility of fallacy. clandrum@communityjournals.com.

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SCCT shows send message

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

Each of the five shows in the South Carolina Children’s Theatre’s 2013-14 Main Stage lineup are musicals – and each entertainingly delivers a message that is as relevant for adults as it is for children, said Betsy Bisson, SCCT’s artistic director.

“Fortunately, children’s literature usually has a good teachable moment,” she said. “And good children’s theater has a great message but is entertaining and funny, too. No child likes to be lectured to and not many adults do, either.”

The new season opens with “Annie,” the popular musical based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie.” “‘Annie’ is about inclusion and how to work together,’” Bisson said.

Meanwhile, composer and playwright Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman have turned another one of Greenville children’s author Melinda Long’s pirate stories into a musical.

“Jingle Arrgh The Way” will put a pirate’s touch on Christmas as the pirates help Jeremy Jacobs out after a stomach bug decimates Jacobs’ school Christmas pageant.

“The story explores the idea that it is better to give than to receive,” Bisson said.

“Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type,” the SCCT’s show for January and February 2014, is based on the Caldecottwinning book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.

Shivering in a cold barn at night, Farmer Brown’s cows use a typewriter to request blankets. When Farmer Brown says no, the cows decide to go on strike.

The story is all about negotiation and compromise, Bisson said.

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

In the musical’s subplot, Pinkalicious’ brother likes pink, but his father won’t let him have anything to do with the color.

It turns out the father had the worst case of pinkititus the doctor had every seen.

“The story is one of acceptance, selfcontrol and moderation,” Bisson said.

Rounding out the season is “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Based on the children’s book by Judith Viorst, the story is about Alexander and a day in which nothing is going right.

He doesn’t get a window seat in the carpool, finds no dessert in his lunch bag and can’t find blue sneakers in his size.

He decides that he wants to move to Australia – until he discovers people living in Australia have bad days, too.

“It shows us that we shouldn’t let little things get us down,” Bisson said.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@communityjournals.com.

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Live music builds loyal patrons for Radio Room Over the last two years, Greenville’s Radio Room club has gradually evolved into one of the few places in town where you can hear musicians playing original music virtually every night.

Along with Smiley’s Acoustic Cafe on Augusta, The Radio Room (aka WPBR), located at 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive, has made an effort to feature live music at least four nights a week, eschewing the usual cover bands in favor of young, underthe-radar talent. The club’s website shows 32 bands scheduled for the month of April alone, often on double or triple bills, and with musical styles ranging from electronica to jazz fusion to reggae, sometimes on the same night.

The Radio Room has been a fixture on the Greenville bar scene for quite a while, but the recent concentration on live music is mostly the result of new ownership and the arrival in 2011 of the club’s booker, Wes Gilliam.

Gilliam had been playing in bands since his teens, and had an extensive list of contacts when he started the job.

“When I came here, I had my Rolodex of people I knew from when I had been in bands, so we started there. And word got around, so we have friends who want to bring their friends from Atlanta or Athens or wherever. It’s been just a natural progression.”

Gilliam says that the Radio Room was already familiar with his ability to put players on their stage. “I was always one of the guys that helped put on shows, even before I was working there. They’d call me when a band dropped out at the last minute.”

When the new owners arrived, Gilliam says the increased emphasis on live music was completely natural. “It felt like we were immediately on the same page. From the beginning, our attitude was, ‘We’re a music venue, let’s do what we do and make it awesome.’”

So how has the Radio Room managed to make a four- or five-night-per-week live music schedule work, when other venues in town stick with two or three? It’s a combination of loyal patrons, positive vibes, honesty, promotion and a solid dose of booze.

“If it’s a weeknight, we try to make sure there’s a market for whatever kind of music it is, or we promote it really hard,” Gilliam says.

The Radio Room’s crowd is mostly service-industry employees who are fiercely loyal, to the extent that Gilliam created a mailing list simply because “I’d have people texting me or contacting me on Facebook every day asking, ‘What’s going on tonight?’ We have a lot of people that come to the shows from the service industry that just want to come out and see a good band after work.”

And like any smart promoter, Gilliam also knows that the best way to a musician’s heart is often through his liver. “We give bands free PBR and half off of our well-liquors.

And for bands who are on a tight budget, it means a lot to them.” But his main focus has been to treat both the musicians and the club’s customers as fairly as possible.

“Our turnouts have been really great, and I feel like I have an obligation to our people not to let them down. It can be a little intimidating. But hopefully, we do a good job with what we do, and people like what we do. And I think that we treat the bands the way they should be treated. We try to be friendly. We try to treat them like we would like to be treated if we were playing somewhere.”

Visit the Radio Room’s website at wpbrradioroom.com for a full concert calendar.

Contact Vincent Harris at vharris@communityjournals.com.

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Kenny Roby, “Memories & Birds” ★★★★✩ In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a musician named Scott Walker made a series of expansive, moody, melodic and occasionally odd albums, unleashing his impossibly rich voice on his own idiosyncratic originals and covers of writers both unexpected (Jacques Brel) and traditional (Burt Bacharach). In the late 1980s and early ’90s, England’s Tindersticks followed much the same path, creating minisymphonies and impeccably arranged pop songs for singer/songwriter Stuart Staples.

I mention these two artists because, after listening to Kenny Roby’s justreleased album, “Memories & Birds,” they’re the only two comparisons that I can draw from to explain what he’s done here.

Roby, a South Carolina-born, North-Carolina-based singer who once fronted the band Six String Drag, played an album release show recently at The Handlebar Listening Room, which featured many intricately arranged, richly melodic songs – but the album itself almost demands a topflight set of headphones.

The songs are drenched with instrumentation, including clarinet, cello, viola, flute and a full horn section alongside the typical guitar, keyboards and drums. The lyrics are married completely to the songs themselves, essen-

tially creating still-life audio paintings that seem to stop time as they twist and wind their way through the meticulous arrangements. What’s more, Roby was smart enough not to overstay his welcome; the eight songs on “Memories & Birds” transport the listener for just the right amount of time.

Great albums don’t just happen, and this is clearly the work of an artist who took the time to make sure every note was the way he wanted it. And while it’s not necessarily an album I’d recommend for someone who wants to roll down the windows and crank up the guitars, it’s one of the most strikingly original pieces of sustained excellence I’ve heard in quite some time. It’s an album that creates its own world and makes the listener forget his own for a while.

Contact Vincent Harris at vharris@communityjournals.com.

This year six spectacular gardens located in the Simpsonville area will be open to the public and brimming with gardening ideas. Five outdoor kitchens are featured, each with local chefs serving up tasty samples. Meet local artists as they paint and sketch in the gardens.

Plants, herbs, bulbs and unique kitchen items will be for sale!

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The Greer Heritage Museum, 106 S. Main St., Greer, will host two quilt shows in April: The St. Matthew UMC Quilt & Craft Guild of Taylors, April 17-20 and The Peach Patchers’ Guild of Greer, April 24-27. Quilts will be on exhibit during regular museum hours Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. All programs are free. For information, call 864-877-3377.

Delly Productions LLC and The Cazbah present Rhythm on The Roof on April 18 from 8-11 p.m. on The Cazbah Rooftop. The performance will feature Douglas, Ga., singer-songwriter Becky Greene.

The Clemson University Concert Band and Clemson University Symphonic Band join forces to present an evening of music at 8 p.m. on April 16, at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and are available at clemson.edu/Brooks or 864-656-7787, 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Viva Les Divas, a new collaboration between Greenville jazz staples Whitney Walters and Jean Calvert, comes to the Mauldin Cultural Center, 101 East Butler Road, on April 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 at mauldinculturalcenter.org or by calling 864-335-4862.

The Clemson Players and the performing arts department present a One-Act Play Festival April 16-21 at Clemson University’s Brooks Center. Tickets are $11 for adults and $6 for students and are available for purchase at clemson.edu/Brooks or by calling 864-656-7787.

Frame Designs will hosting a book signing for three South Carolina artists: Patti Brady and Phil Garrett of Greenville and Mike Williams of Columbia, who are included in the recently published book “100 Southern Artists” by E. Ashley Rooney. The book will be available for sale at a reception on April 18, 3:30-7:30 p.m., at 1322 East Washington Street, Suite B1. For information, call 864-2422255 or visit framedesignsedhouse.com.

The Fountain Inn Center for the Visual and Performing Arts will present “Gypsy,” a production loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, April 19-28. Tickets are $10-$18 at ftinnarts.org and 864-409-1050.

Emrys, a local, nonprofit literary arts organization, is bringing writer Natalie Goldberg to Greenville. She will speak about her new book, “The True Secret of Writing,” on April 25 at 7 p.m. at the Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe St. Light refreshments will follow her talk and books will be available for purchase and signing. Limited seating is available. Tickets, $10 for Emrys members and $15 for non-members, are available at emrys.org.

Jazz singer Tish Oney will present The Peggy Lee Project at Chapman Cultural Center April 25 at 7 p.m. She will team up with the Upstate Jazz All-Stars, which includes Dr. Gregg Akkerman, piano; Adam Knight, guitar; Shannon Hoover, bass; and Tony Christopher, drums. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.

For more information, call 542-ARTS.

“No Rhyme or Reason” by Pat Cato. 42 x 48, mixed media on canvas. Sold to a visitor from Michigan who viewed the piece at the Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville. 200 N. Main St. patcatoart.com.

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Fountain Inn Arts Center Fountain Inn Chorale Spring Concert Apr. 12 ~ 409-1050 Furman University Percussion Ensemble Concert Apr. 13 ~ 294-2086 The Warehouse Theatre Romeo and Juliet Through Apr. 13 ~ 235-6948

Greenville Chautauqua Society Herman Melville, Discussion Apr. 16 ~ 244-1499

Furman University Theatre The Winter’s Tale Through Apr. 20 ~ 294-2125

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Greenville Little Theatre Elvis Has Left the Building Through Apr. 20 ~ 233-6238

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Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® Announces Top Producer Office Awards for February GREENVILLE, S.C. – March 17, 2013 – Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce the following Top Producer awards for February 2013.

Top Producers for Listings: · Easley/Powdersville Office –Mary Ross and Sheri Sanders Team · Garlington Road Office – Ann Sparks and Donna O. Smith & Partners · Greer Office – Paige Haney and Jan Walker Team · Pleasantburg Office – Melissa Morrell and The Chet and Beth Smith Group · Simpsonville Office – Susan McMillen and Sandra Palmer/Carl Jones Team

NEIGHBORHOOD INFO 11 lots remaining priced from $70,900 – $79,900 Directions: Woodruff Road, right on Scuffletown Road.

Right on Jonesville Road. 2 miles on the left.

Top Producers for Sales: · Easley/Powdersville Office – Linda Ballard and Sheri Sanders Team

Schools: Simpsonville Elementary Hillcrest Middle | Hillcrest High

· Garlington Road Office – Eddie Burch and Donna O. Smith & Partners · Greer Office – Paige Haney and Jan Walker Team

Contact: Providence Realty & Marketing 864.676.1719 | www.alleghenycommunity.com

· Pleasantburg Office – Bob Morgan and The Chet & Beth Smith Group · Simpsonville Office – Debbie Hearn and Sandra Palmer/Carl Jones Team Top Producers Overall · Anderson Office – Foronda Hall and The Cleaver People(Woodbury) · Garlington Road Office – Wand Reed and Donna O. Smith & Partners · Greer Office – Paige Haney and Jan Walker Team · Pleasantburg Office – Melissa Morrell and Chet and Beth Smith Group · Simpsonville Office – Debbie Hearn and Sandra Palmer/Carl Jones Team · Pelham Road Office – DanaMathewes and Spaulding Group

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Allegheny, Simpsonville Allegheny is a gated community of 45 homesites of which 11 are available for custom building. The lots range in price from $68,900 to $79,900 and there’s wooded lots available as well cul-desac and lots with private backyards. The existing homes are beautifully crafted by local builders with exteriors of brick and stone. All homes have either 2 or 3 car garages that are side loaded and the homes feature granite countertops, deluxe master suites, open kitchens, and outdoor living space. Community Information: Gated entrance. Community pool with cabana that features outdoor fireplace and summer kitchen. All utilities in place including public sewer and water, gas, and cable. Public schools are Simpsonville Elementary, Hillcrest Middle, and Hillcrest High and Five Oaks Montessori school is across street for toddlers through 8th grade.

Lot 1

SOLD

Lot 16

SOLD

Lot 32

SOLD

Lot 2

SOLD

Lot 17

SOLD

Lot 33

$74,900

Lot 3

SOLD

Lot 18

$79,900

Lot 34

$74,900

Lot 4

SOLD

Lot 19

SOLD

Lot 35

SOLD

Lot 5

$77,900

Lot 20

SOLD

Lot 36

SOLD

Lot 6

SOLD

Lot 21

SOLD

Lot 37

$70,900

Lot 7

SOLD

Lot 22

SOLD

Lot 38

SOLD

Lot 8

$72,900

Lot 23

SOLD

Lot 39

$74,900

Lot 9

SOLD

Lot 24

SOLD

Lot 40

$76,900

Lot 10

SOLD

Lot 26

SOLD

Lot 41

$70,900

Lot 11

SOLD

Lot 27

SOLD

Lot 42

SOLD

Lot 12

SOLD

Lot 28

SOLD

Lot 43

SOLD

Lot 13

SOLD

Lot 29

$76,900

Lot 44

SOLD

Lot 14

SOLD

Lot 30

SOLD

Lot 45

$75,900

Lot 15

SOLD

Lot 31

SOLD

Lot 46

SOLD

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HOME INFO Price: $600s to $800s Square Footage: 2500-3000 Open Floor Plans, Quality Finishes, Elevators Two Car Garages, Private Patios, Green Spaces Schools: Sara Collins Elementary Hughes Middle | Greenville High Contact: Patrick Franzen | 864.250.1234 patrickfranzen@msn.com Highland Homes | 864.233.4175 www.highlandhomessc.com To submit your Featured Home: homes@greenvillejournal.com

McBee Avenue, Downtown Greenville McBee Park is an urban gem…the perfect opportunity to enjoy a new home within walking distance of the heart of Downtown Greenville… shopping, entertainment, fine dining, parks and so much more! McBee Park offers eight single-family lots, each with private garden areas, but open to generous green spaces. Entertain with ease in an open floor plan specifically designed to fit your lifestyle. The two and a half story homes, complete with two car garages and elevators, will feature brick exteriors complimentary to the architecture of the neighborhood.

Interior features include high ceilings, rich mouldings, large windows and doors, hardwoods, custom cabinetry, granite countertops and Wolfe and Sub Zero appliance packages. Don’t miss the chance to be this close to downtown in your very own newly constructed home in the sought after McBee/McDaniel area…a brief walk to everything Downtown!

140 MOUNT VISTA $365,000 | 3BR/2.5BA

Looking for a great opportunity to find that diamond in the rough and make it your own? This home has great potential with room to go up and out! It is located in one of Greenville’s favorite areas near the Greenville Country Club and could be described as a place where you will see your neighbors and make new friends. 1500+ sq ft on the main level include 2BD/1.5 BA and there is 600+sq ft upstairs with a full bath. There is an unfinished walk out basement that is great for storage. The yard is fenced, there is a large deck in back with a retractable awning and the landscape consists of mature trees and flower beds. This property is zoned for Blythe Academy with the Language Immersion Program, Hughes Academy and Greenville High School. Come and see it today!

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O P E N S U N D AY, A P R I L 14 F R O M 2 – 4 P M KINGSBRIDGE

HAMMETT CREEK

523 CHAMBLEE BLVD . $769,000 . MLS#1252608

1 CROWN GATE COURT . $735,000 . MLS#1256407

3 CLAYMORE COURT . $592,500 . MLS#1257061

4BR/4BA Beautiful home under construction in gated community. MBR and 2nd BR + Study on main. Upstairs2BR/2BA + Bonus. 385 S to Roper Mtn exit, L off ramp, go 5 miles to Right into SD on Chamblee Blvd.

5BR/4.5BA Spacious all brick home located in premier gated community. This great floor plan includes hardwoods, plantation shutters, detailed moldings, french doors

4BR/3.5BA True stunning showplace with upgraded saline water pool, huge yard, master suite with lux BA, refinished hardwoods. Granite and new SS appliances in kitchen with keeping room and access to screen porch.

Contact: Margaret Marcum/Leigh Irwin 420-3125/380-7755 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Cynthia Serra 864-272-1918 Allen Tate Realtors

Contact: Helen Hagood 864-419-2889 Coldwell Banker Caine

PARKINS MILL AREA

THISTLEDOWN

GREENVILLE COUNTRY CLUB AREA

9 QUAIL HILL DRIVE . $585,000 . MLS#1245172

19 THISTLE BROOK CT . $529,000 . MLS#1252171

27 SYLVAN DR . $474,000 . MLS#1254461

4BR/3.5BA Convenient relaxing surroundings on quiet street. Spacious den with fpl and rec rm, updated kitch and MBA, large BR with full BA on main, oversized laundry rm w/sink. Pvt backyard has two patios and a fire pit.

3BR/3.5BA Energy Star hm in gated community. Bonus room, unfished basement, MBR on main, 2 car garage, dream kitchen w/double ovens. I-385 S to Roper Mountain Rd Exit, Left off ramp, go 1 mile to Left into SD.

4BR/3.5BA Beautiful Charleston style home offers open floor plan and modern amenities. Goourmet kitchen, custom built cabinetry and much more. Augusta Rd to Byrd Blvd, Right on Sylvan, Home on Right.

Contact: Sharon Wilson 864-918-1140 Coldwell Banker Caine

Contact: Leigh Irwin 380-7755 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Ellie Linder 430-5881 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

HOLLY TRACE

AUGUSTA ROAD AREA

PELHAM FALLS

8 CIRCLE SLOPE COURT . $359,000 . MLS#1255678

441 LONGVIEW TERRACE . $319,000 . MLS#1257048

312 RIVERWAY DR . $315,000 . MLS#1255891

4BR/5.5BA Brick stately traditional home in Holly Trace, home is located in a cul-de-sac and sits on one of the largest, most private lots in the subdivision. Floor plan boasts of 4 bedrooms and 5 full baths.

3BR/2.5BA 3BR/2.5BA. Charming home has updated kitchen w/granite, master on main w/walk-in closet & updated BA w/double vanities & much more. Augusta Rd to E. Faris, Right on 2nd Lingview Terrace, Home on Right

4BR/3.5BA Beautiful riverfront home. Gourmet kitchen, master w/sitting area overlooks river. Awesome community. Pelham Rd to intersection w/Hwy 14, go straight then Left in Pelham Falls Dr, Right on Riverway.

Contact: Charlotte Sarvis 864-346-9943 Carol Pyfrom Realty

Contact: Anna Hill, 787-7653 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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

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O P E N S U N D AY, A P R I L 14 F R O M 2 – 4 P M PLANTERS ROW

BRADFORD NORTH

502 KINGSMOOR DR . $239,900 . MLS#1252551

314 YOUNGERS CT . $237,000 . MLS#1256908

101 REDSPIRE DR . $224,000 . MLS#1253154

5BR/3.5BA Gorgeous home w/3300SF. Bonus room, Formal LR & DR, 2 story GR with gas fp, covered patio & more. Come see! Hwy 14 South, Left on Pollard, Left on Amesbury, Left on Kingsmoor, Home on Right.

5BR/3.5BA Move In Ready 5br, 3.5ba (3100 sq ft) on Cul de Sac. Built in 2008 and meticulously maintained.

Sunroom, Finished Basement, Deck, Patio, Privacy Fenced, Professionally landscaped/irrigation system.

3BR/2BA All brick one level garden home. Poinsett Hwy towards Furman, Take Old Buncombe Rd exit, Left over bridge, 1/2 mile to Left on Redspire.

Contact: Steve May 346-2570 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Hope Guerra (864) 787-8950

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PLANTERS ROW

Contact: Phyllis MacDonald 313-3753 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

WYNDHAM PLACE

4189 BERRY MILL ROAD . $199,900 . MLS#1255030

21 MARSH CREEK DR . $189,000 . MLS#1255790

102 HIGH CREST CT . $174,900 . MLS#1253966

3BR/2BA Priced below appraisal, this beautiful piece of property has been family owned since the home was built in 1955. It sits off Berry Mill Road with Blue Ridge Mountains rising from behind.

3BR/2.5BA Move-in ready. 2000 +/- SF fully furnished.

Open floor plan. Lg kitchen, MBR on main. Bonus or 4th BR. 385 S to Right on E. Butler, Left on Ashmore Bridge, Left on Marsh Creek into SD. Home on Left.

3BR/2.5BA This beautiful townhome with master on main is just what you’re looking for.I-385 S to Exit 31, Hwy 417.

Stay right to Hwy 417. Right on 417. Right on Bethel then Right into SD. Left on High Crest Ct

Contact: Lydia Johnson 864-918-9663 Carol Pyfrom Realty

Contact: Beth French 386-6003 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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

FOX VALLEY

EASLEY/ LIBERTY AREA

20 MAPLE DRIVE . $94,900 . MLS#1253108

110 E. BEATTIE ST . $94,000 . MLS#1254780

3BR/2BA Immaculate hm, great location. Fenced yard, shed, screened porch, covered front porch. Hwy 81 N (GVL St), Turn on Simpson Rd, L on Old Williamston Rd, R on Woodland, R on Rolling Green, L on Maple Dr

3BR/2BA Beautiful home. Large open areas. MBA w/garden tub & sep shwr. One yr Warranty. From Easley 123 to Hwy 178 exit, Right on Hwy 178 towards Liberty, Left o Mills Ave, Left on E. Beatte St, home on Right

Contact: Jesse Childress 367-7018 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Marie Barton 903-1840 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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PE OPL E, AWA RD S, HONOR S Carol Pyfrom Receives New “Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE®)” Designation GREENVILLE, S.C. – Professional negotiation skills are a must for all real estate agents helping home buyers and sellers, especially in the current market.

Carol has been Pyfrom awarded the Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE®) designation by the Real Estate Negotiation Institute (RENI). The CNE® is earned by real estate professionals after successfully completing formal negotiation training from. Agents who receive this certification are in the top 1% of all agents nationally.

With professional negotiation skills, agents are able to help clients obtain better results in the sale or purchase of their home. CNE® agents have a powerful competitive edge because of their ability to 1) communicate effectively to uncover more information, 2) help clients understand their options, 3) work collaboratively with others, and 4) resolve deadlocks. CNE® agents have a thorough understanding of how to negotiate effectively to help achieve their client’s goals.

The Real Estate Negotiation Institute is the leading negotiation training and coaching company in the real estate industry. Tom Hayman, the CEO and Co-Founder of RENI, is a professional negotiator with 35+ years of negotiation experience. Hayman asserts “Any Buyer or Seller who hires CNE® agent can feel confident they have one of the best trained negotiators in real estate.

They should achieve superior results and have better resolution of all issues when represented by a CNE® agent.”

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STONEBROOK FARM

PLANTERS ROW

7 NEW FOREST CT . $644,900 . MLS#1256235

314 YOUNGERS CT . $237,000 . MLS#1256908

5BR/4.5BA Elegance abounds in this lovely 5/4.5/3 cul-de-sac home in the gated comm. of Stonebrook Farm! Spacious rms, hdwds throughout downstairs. Master on main, outdoor kitch and covered porch.

5BR/3.5BA Move In Ready 5br home on Cul de Sac. Built in 2008 and meticulously maintained. Sunroom, Walk Out Finished Basement, Privacy Fenced, Deck, Patio, Professional Landscaping and Irrigation.

Contact: Shay Hughey (864) 561-0400 Palmetto Upstate Realty

Contact: Hope Guerra (864) 787-8950

R E A L E S TAT E - R E L AT E D N E W S GGAR Market Overview: Between January 2012 and January 2013, not a single state in the U.S. lost net jobs Further, zero job losses have occurred nine times in the last 17 months, says Ted C. Jones, senior vice president of Stewart Title Guaranty Company.

101 TREETOPS CT. GREER MLS#1252165

Goodwin Foust will donate all the proceeds from the sale of this home to the Brightlife Organization and the Institute for Translation Oncology Research of GHS.

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Boasting 31,100 more jobs in January than the year before, South Carolina ranked number 16 in the nation for job growth – a gain of 1.72 percent. The Greenville Metropolitan Statistical Area had a 6.9 percent unemployment rate in December 2012, well below the 7.8 percent national rate, said the Richmond Federal Reserve’s economic report in March.

South Carolina’s households reported 2.0 percent increase in personal income from a year ago. That’s positive for homeownership which was 71.5 percent in 2012 over 6 percent higher than the U.S. rate of 65.4 percent. South Carolina currently ranks 12th in the nation in homeownership rates.

In Greater Greenville, housing sales were over 13 percent higher in February 2012 than the year before. Year over year, median prices rose from $135,500 to $145,250. As of March 10th, there were fewer homes for sale and homes were selling faster than the year before. Listings were over seven percent fewer and homes that sold closed 12 percent faster.

For the last six months, more homes have sold in Greater Greenville than the year before, which could mean the best spring market in years.

It’s a great time to buy a home!

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 1,600 members in all aspects of the real estate industry. Please visit the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® web site at www.ggar.com for real estate and consumer information.

“Every market is different, call a REALTOR® today.”

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9 Quail Hill Drive Treat yourself and your family to this wonderful 4br, 3 full bath, and 1 half bath home on .84 acres in the sought after Parkins Mill area. Convenient relaxing surroundings on this quiet street. Elegant foyer, gracious size formal living room and dining room, spacious den with fireplace and recreation room, updated kitchen and master bath, large BR with full bath on the main level, oversized laundry room with sink, and abundant storage throughout.

The backyard is a private oasis with two patios and a fire pit. Award winning schools!

MLS# 1245172

$585,000

Sharon Wilson- ABR ,CRS, GRI

111 Williams Street Greenville SC 29601 sharonwilson.net • swilson@cbcaine.com • 864.918.1140

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA AMENDED SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2012-CP-23-2009 TINA FREEMAN YOUMANS, Plaintiff, v. DUGOUT OF GREENVILLE, INC., DREDD (LAST NAME UNKNOWN) AND PROTECTIVE DIVISION ONE SECURITY, LLC, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office at 112 Wakefield Street, P.O. Box 10496, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 within thirty days (30) after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to appear and defend by filing an answer to the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Respectfully submitted, FLETCHER N. SMITH, JR., Attorney at Law 112 Wakefield Street (29601) Post Office Box 10496, F.S., Greenville, South Carolina 29603 (864) 232-6541 GREENVILLE, South Carolina Dated: November 12, 2012

SUMMONS NOTICE IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE 2013-DR-23-0928 Dorothy Lynn Foxx, Plaintiff, vs.

JohnDoe, Defendant.

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION Upon showing to my satisfaction of due diligence as required by S.C. Code Ann. § 15-9-710 (1976 and Supp. 2001), I hereby order that the Defendant in this matter, John Doe, be served by publication of the Summons in the following newspaper which is most likely to give notice to the Defendant: the Greenville Journal.

Such publication should take place one per week for three weeks, pursuant to the S.C. Ann. § 15-9-740 (1976 and Supp. 2001).

IT IS SO ORDERED. March 20, 2013 SUMMONS TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you (and which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court) and serve a copy of your Answer upon the attorney for the Plaintiff, at her office located at Post Office Box 10184, Greenville, SC, 29603, within thirty (30) days after the date of such service, exclusive of the day of service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, judgment by default will be render- ed against you for that relief demanded in the Complaint.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF PICKENS IN THE PROBATE COURT 2012-ES-39-00584 In the matter of William Daniel Thomas, Deceased Jimmy R. King, Esq. as Agent for the Estate of Smith Thomas, Petitioner, vs. Heirs of the Decedent, William Daniel Thomas, a/k/a William Danny) Thomas, a/k/a Dan Thomas, a/k/a William D. Thomas, Respondents.

TO: Heirs of the Decedent, William Daniel Thomas YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you (a copy of the Petition can be obtained from Lewey C. Hammett, Jr., P.A. or from the Pickens County Probate Court), and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the subscriber at his office at Lewey C. Hammett, Jr., P.A., 1821 North Boulevard, Anderson, South Carolina 29621, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer the Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for the said relief demanded in the Petition.

This shall also serve as Notice of a Hearing scheduled for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. at the Pickens County Probate Court located at 222 McDaniel Avenue, Suite B-16, Pickens, South Carolina 29671. Please be advised that the Probate Court may change the Hearing date to a date after June 19, 2013. Therefore, it is your responsibility to contact the Pickens County Probate Court for the dates of any Hearings occurring after June 19, 2013. You have the right to retain an attorney to represent your interest in this matter. If you retain legal counsel, please have your attorney to advise the Pickens County Probate Court immediately.

Respectfully submitted, LEWEY C. HAMMETT, JR., P.A. LEWEY C. HAMMETT, JR. 1821 North Boulevard Anderson, SC 29621 (864) 226-5006 Attorney for Petitioner March 20, 2013

FORFEITED LAND COMMISSION SALE The Forfeited Land Commission (FLC) of Greenville County will begin selling assignments on properties not sold at the Greenville County Delinquent Tax Sale. This sale will begin April 30, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the Greenville County Treasurer’s office, 301 University Ridge, Suite 600. Random numbers will be drawn to establish place in line at 1:00 p.m. The FLC will accept offers-to-purchase equal to the published price for each property. Offers-to-purchase will be considered in the order submitted.

The FLC reserves the right to reject any offer-to-purchase that does not meet these published requirements.

Payment will only be accepted in the form of cash, cashier’s check or money order from a recognized financial institution and must be received at the time the sale is made. Property is sold “as is”.

Tax accounts of buyers must be in good standing with the Greenville County Tax Collector. A list of the properties as well as an offer form can be obtained in the Forfeited Land Commission section of the Greenville County Treasurer’s web page –http://www.greenvillecounty. org/County_Treasurer/ or in the Greenville County Treasurer’s Office.

SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2013-CP-23HAROLD LEE MOON, Plaintiff, v.

JESSICA DAWN PARSONS and ANNA CHASSE, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office at 112 Wakefield Street, P.O. Box 10496, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 within thirty days (30) after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to appear and defend by filing an answer to the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Respectfully submitted, FLETCHER N. SMITH, JR., Attorney at Law 112 Wakefield Street (29601) Post Office Box 10496, F.S., Greenville, South Carolina 29603 Greenville, South Carolina Dated: February 7, 2013

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Aramark Educational Services, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at Trone Student Center, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville SC 29613. 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 28, 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

A group of students, teachers and parents recently took a trip to the State House and were welcomed by Rep. Phyllis Henderson of Greenville.

Greenville Classical Academy eighth-grader Levi Humphreys won fourth place in Environmental Science in the 2013 Greenville County & South Carolina Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

The South Carolina Association of Nonprofit Organizations (SCANPO) recently presented Greenville First Steps with the 2013 Erin Hardwick Award. The nonprofit was honored for its success, management and governance. Pictured are Madeleine McGee (SCANPO President), Sally Ehrenfried (Blackbaud), Derek Lewis (Greenville First Steps Executive Director), Beth Jamieson (Greenville First Steps Community Resource Director), Anita Case (2012 Winner, Catawba Care).

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Amelia Gray from Greenville Classical Academy won second place in Behavioral Science in the science fair.

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Greenville Tech students are helping fund the Trikes for Tykes program.

Steve Spinks, president of The Spinx Company, volunteered on behalf of Habitat for Humanity recently. Spinks and 18 other CEOs led by Dick Wilkerson are funding – and with their employees, building – a home for Karen Taylor and her family in Habitat’s 2013 CEO Build.

(Top right and right) Employees at 45 Greenville County companies and organizations participated in United Way of Greenville County’s “Be a Bunny” effort this year, collecting more than 1,700 Easter baskets.

Miss South Carolina Ali Rogers and former U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins met at Greenville's Meyer Center for Special Children at their legislative breakfast.

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66 St. Louis player 67 Prunes 68 Wrath, in a hymn 70 Eponymous comet tracker 71 Maximum trio?

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76 PC port 78 Far from in vogue 79 Merman of Broadway 80 Squirrel away 82 College Football Hall of Fame inductee 29 years after Knute 83 Like epics 84 Beach bags 85 Still-life vessel 89 Like drinkable milk 90 Beckett’s homeland 91 Mystery writer’s forte 93 Frequent child companion?

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The Symptoms By ashley holt

Too cool for drool

clashed harshly with the yodels and hogcalling of my other hillbilly contemporaries. She was exotic and foreign, which in the brutal food chain of middle school, made her a bottom-feeder.

Aside from her alienating speech patterns, Delores was unnervingly pale – that near-albino pigment that only the sickliest of rain-soaked Londoners can achieve.

She was thin and gawky in an Ichabod Crane sort of way, with a huge overbite and stringy, blond hair too thin to cover her jutting, Prince Charlesian ears. She was covered in freckles – a lone feature that could make even the sultriest of schoolgirls unacceptable in the unenlightened ’80s. She had a fashion sense at least 20 years out of date, wearing girly jumpers and colored stockings that made her look like one of the kids on “Family Affair.”

Naturally, I was deeply in love with this

strange and wondrous creature. But for the sake of my social standing in the schoolyard, I couldn’t tell anyone. Admitting that I swooned over this gangly nerd girl would have reduced my own social standing to that of Myron Lockerman, the thalidomide kid who threw up on the gym coach.

And so it was that the enchantingly awkward Ms. Dewhurst stayed at arm’s length, even as I quizzed her in class about her native England. She puzzled me by claiming to prefer the South Carolina swamps to her home in London. “England is so duhtee,” she chimed like Big Ben. I should have seen this as a hopeful sign. Delores didn’t want to return to England. She wanted to stay here with me, where I could snuggle on the couch with her, giving her the benefit of my cultural enrichment by teaching her about “Star Trek” and Bigfoot.We could have been very happy.

Instead, I shunned poor Delores in favor of chum-approved girls from the regional trailer parks and bowling alleys. My Monty Python quotes were lost on these cultural vacuums, and I was forced to entertain inane blather about their Van Halen albums and unicorn collections. They were obsessed with hair and jeans. They made out with acne-covered Bubbas at the video arcade and smoked menthols behind the Putt-Putt. Delores read Jane Austen and Hawthorne. She wrote romantic poetry with gloriously refined penmanship. The girls I went out with were keen on tractor pulls. I was a peer-pressured idiot.

The divine Delores Dewhurst vanished after middle school – probably to teach English in some Montessori academy,

leading the children in song to reinforce their understanding of past participles.

Ultimately, my romantic life turned out great, but what of poor Delores? Is she still suffering the emotional pains of having been snubbed by that incredibly charming and attractive American boy?

It’s hard to imagine she wouldn’t be.

Many of you women out there lament your school days, the years of getting teased and bullied by the other girls for being fat, dorky or generally skanky to the point of cootie infection. And though it’s really no consolation, you should keep in mind that we boys were equally teased and bullied…if we ever let it be known that we were attracted to the fat, dorky, skanky, cootie-infected likes of you.

We did like you, but we couldn’t admit it to our Cro-Magnon classmates without inviting wedgies at best. Confessing to a sexual attraction to mountain goats would have been less traumatizing than telling your friends you thought the chunky girl with pinkeye was kind of nice.

And that’s a shame, because that’s the sort of girl who can talk you out of trying to catch footballs on the back of a moped.

Ashley Holt is a writer and illustrator living in Spartanburg.

His neurotic quirks and extreme sensitivity to broad social trends are chronicled in The Symptoms, an illustrated blog. Check out his website at www.ashleyholt.com.

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I envy you people who say you have no regrets. That is, I would envy you if I thought you were being truthful, and not simply living in denial about all the disgraceful lapses in judgment that blot your permanent record.

Regret could be considered my primary character trait. My life is a rich tapestry of bad jokes at funerals, lampshade-clad party gymnastics, and anger-fueled outbursts of “I don’t need your stinking job!” when clearly I did. My body itself is a testament to regrettable actions. I’m covered in scars received not from acts of orphan-saving valor, but from double-dog dares that I couldn’t catch a Nerf football from the back of a moving moped and similar adventures. If I did it, it’s likely that I regret it.

But often it’s the actions I DIDN’T take that bring the most regret. And of course, being a nerve-wracked wallflower type all my life, I usually regret the missed romantic opportunities – the broads not taken. Sure, there were the inebriated make-out sessions with mystery meat that I wisely preempted before juniors were conceived. No regrets there. But then there were those objects of desire I was simply too pants-wettingly terrified to go near. And that includes my biggest regret, Delores Dewhurst.

Delores sat behind me in my sixthgrade English class. And I found her especially intimidating in this field of study because she herself was English. What on earth this royal subject was doing in a South Carolina public school was a mystery, but even then I knew it was a grave injustice. Her lilting, British accent, like Mary Poppins on the verge of song,

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