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Phillip Chapman recalls a time in the 1950s and 1960s when children would gather in downtown Greenville at the intersection of Ann and Manly streets and ride bikes, skate and play hide-and-seek under the streetlight.

Chapman was born in the neighborhood known as Little Texas, once a thriving African-American community bordered by Church and East North streets.

All signs are long gone now of the neighborhood that included roughly 75 homes and multiple businesses. The Bon Secours Wellness Arena stands on the spot where the neighborhood children would play baseball, Chapman said.

Former residents and local officials gathered this week to begin work to en-

sure Little Texas is not forgotten. To honor the neighborhood and its families, former residents, city and county officials met with Bon Secours Wellness Arena representatives to plan a permanent reminder to be located on the arena’s outdoor plaza.

Residents were moved out of the neighborhood in the late 1960s as the city began to make way for construction of what became the BI-LO Center and later the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

Tony Mims, a Little Texas resident and host of an annual reunion, said he remembers the uprooting of the neighborhood. “Even at 15, I didn’t like the way we had to move.”

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THE JOY IS IN THE JOURNEY. ROLLING GREEN VILLAGE,

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Former Little Texas residents (from left) Tony Mims, Lewis Mims and Gregory Clinkscales chat at a planning meeting to commemorate the neighborhood. Before residents were moved out, Little Texas stood on the Bon Secours Wellness Arena site.

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the high number of homeowners at a time when ownership wasn’t always possible for many African-Americans, Mims said, one of the distinctions “that made Little Texas so vital.” Through tax records, he traced some homes back to 1918, when the owner of a drugstore on Main Street was selling properties to families in the area.

TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY “It was said that you had to sign into Little Texas and sign out of Little Texas,” Mims said of the close community, which was home to nurses, teachers and other professionals. His grandmother Floree Mims organized a children’s club, said Charlotte Walker, who was born in Little Texas.

A local teacher, Ms. Kelso, would tutor neighborhood children on the weekends if they were struggling, Walker said.

Neighbors would also throw a “chitlin party” to raise money if a neighbor was in danger of losing their home, said Lewis “Butch” Mims.

Grammy-winner and vocalist Peabo Bryson is a native of Little Texas and the 8 O’Clock Superette was in the neighborhood before moving to Cleveland Street.

No one is certain how the area got its name, but Lewis Mims said there were

Fast Fact Gregory Clinkscales lived in a house on Ann Street in Little Texas with his extended family, including 11 kids, mother, aunt and grandmother. Clinkscales has worked for many years at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena – where the Little Texas neighborhood once stood.

spots where bootleg liquor was sold and gambling went on. The combination led to conflict and a reputation reminiscent of the Wild West. Tony Mims said that the name was coined to keep other neighborhoods from horning in on successful business and enterprise: “We had to hold our own with a rough name.”

Whatever its origin, the name Little Texas will return to the spot where the bustling neighborhood once stood. Organizers will meet with more former residents for additional input and begin work on a design over the next few months, they said.

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South Carolina is among 35 states that maintain some type of certificate of need (CON) program to ensure access and quality of care for the citizens we serve.

While hospitals recognize that health care delivery is changing nationwide, abrupt change leads to uncertainty, and uncertainty is an unfavorable environment for business.

After all, for many South Carolina communities, hospitals are the largest employers, chief economic drivers and a critical factor for potential employers choosing where to locate their next manufacturing facility or distribution center. That’s why South Carolina’s hospitals support CON reform that maintains the program and provides certainty for an industry that continues to adjust to federal health care reform and other measures that change the way we do business.

Opponents say CON creates barriers to the “free market.” But what many do not understand is that for hospitals, health care is not a free market.

Unlike other facilities, hospitals are required to provide emergency treatment to everyone that walks through our doors, regardless of ability to pay. Meanwhile, providers like physician practices and outpatient surgical centers can avert patients who are uninsured or underinsured who often end up in our emergency rooms. When you couple that with the fact that the U.S. government remains the largest purchaser of health care services through Medicaid and Medicare – with whom we cannot negotiate and which reimburse hospitals at less than cost – you begin to understand the need to plan for the health care needs of citizens so everyone has access to treatment. That’s the importance of CON. Without health planning, specialty facilities could set up shop next to hospitals and siphon away the more lucrative services and patients, leaving hospitals only to manage the sickest and most indigent members of the community. This would lead to more hospitals closing their doors as they lose the profitable services and

commercially insured patients relied on to subsidize the services for the uninsured and underinsured. Any hospital will tell you, this is the business model we depend on to meet our mission to serve everyone in our communities.

The state’s rejection of Medicaid expansion has only intensified that issue, as hospitals continue to have a high number of uninsured patients to care for. If the state were to take advantage of federal tax dollars to provide health coverage to more

South Carolinians, there would be less of a need for CON. If more people had health insurance, hospitals would have less uncompensated care to subsidize. This would also likely lead to a reduction in cost for those that pay health insurance premiums.

Until we provide a solution for the state’s working poor, hospitals will be more concerned with protecting CON to maintain access to care.

But CON is not just about access. Medical literature overwhelmingly shows that volume = quality. The more heart procedures a facility performs, the better the outcomes that facility achieves. Eliminating the CON program could lead to a proliferation of services that reduce volume at certain facilities, thereby reducing outcomes. For hospitals, CON is not only about protecting access, but also quality.

That’s the importance of CON. Allan Stalvey is the senior vice president of advocacy and communications with the South Carolina Hospital Association, responsible for overseeing the Association’s advocacy efforts at the state and federal levels.

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servant-leadership from many, but system level change requires an intensely vested community or an unhealthy dose of tragic In a prior life, I had it easy, analyzing the headline news. Over the last couple of growth prospects of midsize companies. Sure, years, the leverage for change was highthey told us what we wanted to hear, but we profile cases of dying children and shockalso understood their market pressures, ingly excessive caseloads. Only then did the talked to their competitors, and analyzed community wake up, it appears to me.

How does foster care get better? What their financial statements. The best companies gained market share, used cash wisely, does your own business run on? Not your and had the humility to understand failure is salesmanship – no offense – but rather on your ability to offer a relationship that possible, and learn from the experience.

Now, I run an entrepreneurial char- matters to your stakeholders, from the cusity that builds awareness and meaningful tomer to the employee to the vendor to the programs benefitting children who were in investors. Transactions are not the critical imminent danger at home, had no capable measurement; relationships are. This nugrelative to live with, and were dropped get offers the only long-term solution.

Foster care is going through a transinto foster care – a necessary business that is constantly put down, argued about, formation as a business. The children are scorned, yelled about, blamed and sued, victims of transactions – removal, disruption, crisis. Transactions are tension points and that’s all on a pretty good day. where the system, underWhy does the business rarely gain accolades? Why Nationally, if in care standably, spends significant do investors not line up? between 12 and 24 energy. The business realizes a focus on tension points exWhy is the term “foster care” such a pariah to so many? months, 37 percent hausts operations, and the The obvious answer is, “The of the children have child’s voice gets muffled in the corresponding systemstate isn’t a good parent.” moved to three or atic upheaval.

Would anyone want their While a lawsuit, highown child to be dropped into more placements, profile child deaths and a system where there are two and 30 percent exhausted case management times more children than remain in this have brought a refocus homes to look after them; “foster flux” for towards the child’s primary a system where “care” is the two or more years. needs for relationship – with non-constant variable? caregivers, siblings, educators, Read the stats: Nationally, if in care between 12 and 24 months, mentors and peers – the next question is, 37 percent of the children have moved to “Will this enlightened focus last?”

Only if the community gets more inthree or more placements, and 30 percent remain in this “foster flux” for two or volved at this critical juncture.

Stay tuned – and remember one thing. more years. Among youth who age out at 18, a quarter have a diagnosis of PTSD as The customer must be heard in every busiyoung adults and 20 percent have a serious ness, and so much more in this business we depressive disorder. call “foster care.”

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No tax hike in proposed city budget But expect to pay more for trash pickup and to visit the zoo CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Greenville city residents won’t pay higher property taxes under a proposed 2015-16 operating budget, but they will pay more for trash pickup, wastewater and stormwater collection, and to visit the zoo and park in the city’s garages.

The Greenville City Council got its first look at the budget at a work session Monday.

The $168.4 million budget includes a $2 a month increase for solid waste collection, a 5 percent increase in sewer fees, a 25 cent admission increase to the Greenville Zoo and increased monthly and daily fees to park in the city’s garages.

The budget emphasizes infrastructure improvements – with

The cost to park in the city’s garages is one of the increases residents will see in lieu of higher property taxes in the coming year.

millions of dollars included for trail expansion, sewer rehabilitation, land acquisition for a new city park, fire station improvements, sidewalks and street repaving. Also on the list are a new Market Point Connector Road to help relieve traffic congestion on Woodruff Road, Village of West Greenville streetscaping and public safety

cameras for downtown.

The budget also includes nearly $2.3 million to implement an automated solid waste and recycling collection system and money to expand Greenlink bus service later in the evening and on Sundays.

But Mayor Knox White talked about what’s missing from the budget – money for a plan for the area near the Reedy River downtown.

“We’ve got developers coming in left and right and we don’t know what to tell them,” White said. “It’s time to get serious about planning from RiverPlace to the park. I don’t know of any other area in the city that is as hot and we don’t have a plan.”

The Council will have a second budget work session on Monday.

A public hearing and first reading of the budget is set for May 18 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers in City Hall. Final reading of the budget and the city’s Capital Improvement Program budget is June 8.

The proposed budget can be found at bit.ly/gvl-budget.

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WHAT IT INCLUDES: • Automated trash trucks and 17,000 recycling bins • Expanded bus service hours and increased trolley service • $100,000 in police overtime for Clemson events at Bon Secours Wellness Arena • Trail expansion • $2.1 million for first phase of city park (mostly land acquisition) • $700,000 for new sidewalks • $500,000 in street resurfacing • $1 million for zoo master plan

THE PRICE TAG • Property taxes unchanged • 5% wastewater fee increase • $2 per month solid waste fee increase • 1.6% stormwater rate increase • Increase in parking rates • 25 cent increase in zoo admission fee

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Building for the future

Architecture students’ semester-long project creates designs for SCCT’s new home CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com When Debbie Bell looks at the Cureton property next to the South Carolina Children’s Theatre headquarters on Augusta Street, she sees more than open land – she sees possibilities and a future campus where productions can be staged and students of all ages will learn.

That includes some fourth-year Clemson University architecture students.

During a semester-long collaboration be-

tween SCCT and Clemson, 34 architecture students came up with potential designs for the theater’s new space, giving some realworld flavor to a class assignment.

“They are really affected by program constraints, site constraints and having a client,” said Bill Pelham, a Clemson grad and Greenville architect with a penchant for theater who helped jury the six designs chosen as finalists. “Having a client gives the students another level of information and allows them to focus on solving the problem.”

A 1900s-era Victorian house once occupied the property, but Josephine Cureton, the last surviving member of the prominent Greenville family that owned it, specified in her will that the structure be demolished and the land leased to the Children’s Theatre

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for its new permanent home. The property borders the burgeoning West End and Falls Park.

“We say it has one foot in the city and one foot in the park,” said Julie Wilkinson, a lecturer in the School of Architecture.

The SCCT has hired the architecture firm of Craig Gaulden Davis and a capital campaign consultant to analyze its future facility needs and what the community will support, Bell said.

The SCCT currently holds its main stage shows at the Peace Center, its second stage and educational programming at its Augusta Street headquarters. The shop and storage are in two other locations.

Bringing those together in one location is a goal, as is being able to expand its programming.

The project presented the students some challenges: how to meld the mechanical nature of theater with a poetic look, how to design a facility that has to appeal to the youngest child to adults, and how to balance the theater’s facilities needs with the need for green space.

“As an adult, you have to put yourself back in the mind of a child,” said Michael Smith, one of the student finalists. “When I was a kid, something didn’t have to have bold colors to attract me. It just had to be interesting.”

Kunal Patel’s design emphasized connectivity to the community. Paths weave through the site to bridge the divide between park and urban city street. They also are designed to heighten awareness of the theater.

“The theater acts like more than just a theater,” Patel, a senior from Seneca, said.

Senior Maddy Orick, from Charleston, said the property would add a piazza to the city and the building would act like a shroud. “It keeps it protected and safe,” she said.

The theme of a shroud is used inside the building as well as Orick plays off the idea that the curtain is a shroud until it goes up to reveal the magic of theater. Orick’s design shows a lobby with light, color and whimsy, a contrast that’s not revealed from the outside and becomes apparent once a patron walks in the door.

Chase Freeman, a senior from Palm Springs, Calif., used chaos from order as his theme. In his design, the different spaces were visually connected so children could see exactly where they were going and how they needed to get there.

“It doesn’t have a single hallway,” he said of the design jurors called “most poetic, most arresting and most dynamic.”

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Colbert Report’s finale helps South Carolina teachers Comedian teams up with ScanSource, Share Fair Nation to help classrooms CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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More than 800 teachers in South Carolina will have small classroom material requests funded by an unusual source – the end of the wildly popular Comedy Central late-night political satire program “The Colbert Report.”

Comedian Stephen Colbert auctioned off his desk and set pieces after “The Colbert Report” ended in December.

He used that money, combined with funds provided by Greenville’s ScanSource and Share Fair Nation, an initiative created by the Morgridge Family Foundation, to fund every classroom project in South Carolina listed on the crowd funding DonorsChoose.org website Thursday— nearly 1,000 projects for more than 800 teachers at more than 375 schools, for a total of $800,000.

Charles Best, a former New York public school teacher who was dismayed by a shortage of books and classroom supplies, started DonorsChoose.org in

2000. He proposed a website where teachers could post affordable projects that donors could consider funding.

To get the idea off the ground, he— unbeknownst to the 10 colleagues he persuaded to post projects—used $4,300 of his $30,000-a-year salary to pay for them all unanimously.

DonorsChoose.org has raised nearly $5.7 million for nearly 13,000 projects in South Carolina schools.

Among the Greenville County Schools projects funded by Colbert, Share Fair Nation and ScanSource: • A butterfly kit, caterpillars with food and a display cage so kindergarteners at Hollis Academy can study life cycles.

• 30 adapters to allow music students at Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School to plug headphones into new keyboards in the school’s piano lab so they can practice.

• School supplies for Alexander Elementary students to start the new school year.

• T-shirts and fabric transfer paper so Paris Elementary first-graders can create a T-shirt to show what they’ve learned about a research topic.

• 100 packs of pencils for students at Tanglewood Middle.

Stephen Colbert announced the funding of South Carolina classrooms in need at a conference hosted by DonorsChoose.org in New York.

Colbert announced the funding at a conference hosted by DonorsChoose. org in New York on Thursday morning.

Alexander Elementary School teacher Damon Qualls, who has had 126 projects funded on the website, including five projects on Thursday, was at the conference.

After the announcement, Colbert joined a Google Hangout videoconference with Qualls’ school where students, teachers, administrators, local school officials and state Superintendent of Education Mollie Spearman expressed thanks for the funding.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF JUDGE ORDERS PLATINUM PLUS CLOSED PENDING TRIAL Circuit Judge Charles Simmons on Wednesday ordered the temporary closure of Platinum Plus pending the outcome of a civil lawsuit filed by 13th Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins.

Wilkins filed motions in April seeking a temporary injunction and permanent closure of the strip club for violating the nuisance statute due to prohibited acts of prostitution, assignation and lewdness, according to court documents.

Wilkins’ motion came after a yearlong undercover investigation of the club by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.

Elephant Inc., the parent company for Platinum Plus, and Frontage Road Associates Inc. are defendants in the lawsuit. According to court documents, Elephant Inc. denies the accusations.

Simmons said none of the evidence submitted by the solicitor shows that Frontage Road Associates Inc., the company that owns the property, participated in prohibited acts.

Simmons wrote in his order, “Now, in light of both the degree and the nature of the evidence, [Elephant Inc.] has clearly crossed the

lines it agreed to operate within and the lines that the applicable law allows. [Elephant Inc.] may not close its corporate eyes to the activities in its location at 805 Frontage Road and then claim blindness as a defense.”

Elephant Inc. is filing an appeal to stay the order until an appeals court rules, according to WSPA.

MEETINGPOINT TO DEBATE ‘BINDING OF ISAAC’ MeetingPoint, an outgrowth of the Year of Altruism, aims to take “bite-sized chunks of altruism and use them to honor the values we share by doing things to better strengthen our community,” says founder Rabbi Marc Wilson.

The group will host interfaith Bible discussions, beginning with a discussion and debate on May 12 at the Hughes Main Library.

“The Akedah – The Binding of Isaac” will focus on the theological, literary and cultural implications of the controversial episode in Genesis 22.

Panelists include Rev. Pat Jobe of the Greenville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Dr. Jay Jacoby formerly of UNC-Charlotte

and Rev. Eric Cain of the Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection at Furman University.

The event is free and will be moderated by Dr. Bryan Bibb. For more information, visit facebook.com/MeetingPointSC.

GREENVILLE WOMEN GIVING FUNDS EIGHT GRANTS This week, Greenville Women Giving announced its ninth round of grants, funding $541,218 for programs within eight local nonprofits.

Recipients, which broadly serve children and those with special needs, include Blue Tent, Center for Developmental Services, Frazee Dream Center, Generation Group Homes, Harvest Hope Food Bank, Mill Community Ministries, Safe Harbor and Taylors Free Medical Clinic.

To date, the organization, whose members contribute to a collective pool, has given $3.6 million over the last nine years. Greenville Women Giving focuses on funding high-impact initiatives that focus on education, human services, arts, health and environment.

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City talks trash Automated collection proposed; less trash and more recyclables goal CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com For 18,000 households in Greenville, weekly trash collection is like magic. Put the trash in a big bin and roll it out to the curb before work on your neighborhood’s designated day of the week.

If there’s too much to fit in the bin, pile it up high or put it next to it. Recyclables go into a separate container, although the city doesn’t accept everything that can be recycled and sometimes residents don’t recycle things that can. Pull into the driveway after work and the trash is all gone.

But there are problems.

Too much trash ends up at the landfill. Too little is recycled. There’s a high employee turnover rate, too, as employees don’t see hanging off the back of a garbage truck as something they want to do for the rest of their lives. Safety is

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a concern, especially since the November 2013 death of a sanitation worker who was run over by a garbage truck.

It also takes a big chunk – $2.128 million this year – out of the city’s general fund budget because the monthly solid waste fee the city charges only covers about half of the cost.

After two years of study, the city is poised to change the way it does trash – and that will take a bigger bite out of residents’ wallets, although city officials say making the switch will actually save the city around $1 million through 2022.

The city’s proposed budget calls for automating most of trash collection. The city would buy new garbage trucks with mechanical arms that pick up the bins.

Similar-sized bins would be used for recyclables. Because the city would go to a single-stream recycling system, it could take wide-mouth plastic containers such as yogurt cups, clamshell containers that strawberries come in and sour cream and cottage cheese containers. Plastic bottles must have necks for the city to accept them now.

A “follow-up” truck could be used to pick up items placed beside trash bins now such as brooms and old mops, said Amy Ryberg Doyle, one of the council members on the committee.

Gaye Sprague, another council member on the committee, said residents would have incentive to recycle because they would be charged if they regularly use a second trash bin. Chips in the bins will be coded to particular addresses and could help the city tailor incentive and education programs, Doyle said.

The new system would still allow the city to pick up leaves and yard debris.

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Poop patrol Waste not Henderson County poised to send trash to Union County, not Greenville APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

County to consider pet waste penalties Greenville County residents who don’t clean up after their pets may be facing a fine if Greenville County Council approves an amendment to the animal control ordinance.

The proposed change, which is slated for first reading on May 19, would make it unlawful to allow domestic animal feces to accumulate on a person’s property.

Paula Gucker, assistant administrator for community planning and development, said enforcement would be complaint-driven.

In response to a call, an animal control officer would visit the site and determine if a fine of $75 to $500 should be issued.

The focus would be on enclosures or yards where the accumulation is such that an officer could not walk, Gucker said.

In addition, council will hold a public hearing for the county’s Hazard Mitigation Plan update, which gives the county access to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants in the event of natural hazards like flooding or ice storms, she said.

County Council is scheduled to meet again on May 19 at 6 p.m. at 301 University Ridge, Greenville.

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amorris@communityjournals.com Henderson County, N.C., appears poised to choose Union over Greenville for a solid waste contract that sparked a “Don’t Dump on Greenville” campaign against out-of-state waste.

Henderson County commissioners will vote this month on a hauling contract with Republic Services to the Upstate Regional MSW Landfill in Enoree, S.C. Commissioners put off the vote scheduled for this week to receive information from the county attorney.

Greenville County Council began debating the idea of accepting N.C. solid waste at its Twin Chimneys Landfill after Henderson County issued a request for proposals in February for the hauling contract that expired in June 2015.

Greenville was listed as a potential contract partner due its proximity to Henderson County, said director of engineering Marcus Jones. Beyond a 75-mile radius, the cost of fuel to haul 75,000 tons of solid waste annually is too high, Jones said.

Assistant Greenville County Administrator Paula Gucker said Greenville’s Twin Chimneys Landfill has the capacity and staff to accept additional waste, and council members have given county administrator Joe Kernell permission to sell landfill space to entities within a 75-mile radius. Kernell said the landfill operation is not self-sufficient and must be supported by the county’s general fund.

However, the specter of out-of-state waste spawned a protest group, Don’t

Dump on Greenville, which launched a campaign in opposition. The council

itself was split on the issue, with several council members supporting the contract while others argued the additional trucks required to haul the waste would further damage county roads and reduce the life of the landfill.

Henderson County would pay $34.26 per ton for hauling services by Republic Services, according to the proposed contract. The county had the previous contract with the same company, but for $35.88 per ton. Henderson County’s five-year contract with Republic Services would begin on July 1. Commissioners are scheduled to take up the issue May 20, according to Jones.

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Legacy Charter: NCAA probationary status deters potential athletes Hearing held in Legacy Charter, NCAA lawsuit CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Legacy Charter School on Tuesday asked a judge to grant a summary judgment in its favor in its lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association over the association’s review of the school’s curriculum for college athletic eligibility purposes.

In its lawsuit, Legacy alleges the NCAA arbitrarily placed the school on probationary or “extended evaluation status” after the school asked the NCAA Eligibility Center to certify that its core classes met NCAA academic standards.

The lawsuit claims the extended evaluation status and lack of a list of NCAA Eligibility Center-approved courses have dissuaded prospective student-athletes from attending.

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“Our academic standards are dramatically higher than required by the High School League. It can’t be about approving academics.”

William Brown, the school’s founder and board chairman

plan on attending any NCAA Division I or II school must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center and meet academic and amateur requirements. To be certified, students must graduate from high school, successfully complete all core courses, have a minimum 2.0 grade point average in those core courses and have a minimum qualifying score on the SAT or ACT. The NCAA Eligibility Center maintains a list of approved core courses for every high school in the country that has registered with the NCAA. Athletes from schools whose core courses hadn’t been certified are reviewed for initial eligibility on an individual basis.

The NCAA told Legacy it wasn’t cleared because it is not a member of the South Carolina High School League. In court papers filed prior to Tuesday’s hearing, Legacy said its academic standards are higher than the High School League’s and that High School League limits on number of practices, length of athletic season and number of competitions in which teams can participate are inconsistent with its educational philosophy.

“We need to be with our students yearround both academically and athletically,” said William Brown, the school’s founder and board chairman. “Our academic standards are dramatically higher than required by the High School League. It can’t be about approving academics.”

The lawsuit said other schools in the Carolinas and Tennessee that do not

Details THE OPPONENTS Plaintiff: Legacy Charter School Attorneys: Troy Tessier, Wyche (Greenville) C. James Zeszutek and Nicholas J. Godfrey, Dinsmore & Shohl (Pittsburgh) Defendant: NCAA Attorneys: John E. Cuttino, Gallivan White & Boyd (Columbia) Bill C. Odle, Shook Hardy & Bacon (Kansas City, Mo.)

THE ISSUE Certification of Legacy’s curriculum for college athletic eligibility purposes

WHY IT MATTERS Although colleges do review athletes for initial eligibility on an individual basis from schools with core courses that aren’t NCAA-certified, the lack of certification could keep students from attending Legacy.

participate in their state’s high school athletic league are not in extended evaluation status. Three of Legacy’s “sister” charter schools with identical academic programs – Greenville Tech Charter High School, Brashier Middle College High School and Greer Middle College High School have already been certified, the lawsuit said. But the NCAA said those schools are members of the High School League.

“It’s a typical David and Goliath story,” Brown said. “This casts a shadow on Legacy and what we’re doing here. It puts us in a bad light unfairly.”

In its motion for summary judgment, the NCAA said Legacy had no valid legal claim.

In 2012, basketball coaches at three Greenville high schools accused Legacy of recruiting players for its start-up basketball team, potentially depriving them of players.

The judge did not rule on Tuesday.

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OUR SCHOOLS

ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

THE GOOD

EVENTS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER

The National Association of Letter Carriers will conduct its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 9. Last year, letter carriers nationwide collected more than 74.4 million pounds of non-perishable food. To make a donation, customers should leave their non-perishable food donations in a bag near their mailboxes on May 9 before their letter carrier arrives.

Loaves and Fishes will host its annual Taste of the Upstate fundraiser on May 31. The event will have a Masquerade in Venice theme and will include live and silent auctions as well as musical entertainment from The Greenville Jazz Collective. Tickets are $70 each and available at loavesandfishesgreenville.com or by calling 232-3595.

The 2015 Rose Ball will be held on Sept. 18. Fifty percent of the proceeds will benefit St. Francis Hospital and the remaining 50 percent will benefit A Child’s Haven, Cancer Society of Greenville County, Family Effect, Greenville Free Medical Clinic, Greenville Health System, Homes of Hope, Julie Valentine Center, Meals on Wheels of Greenville, Pendleton Place for Children and Families, Project Hope Foundation, Safe Harbor, Salvation Army of Greenville County, Triune Mercy Center and United Ministries.

From left: John Harris, Bev Cannon, Sophie Anderson, author Dr. Gary Chapman, Maddie Buisch, Bobby Black, Raghed Abdel-Tawab, Apoorva Mahendranath and Aryan Naveen.

Dr. Gary Chapman, author of “The Five Love Languages” series, spoke to the Langston Charter Middle School parents, students and faculty about leadership, community service and the love languages of teenagers. In addition, Langston Leadership Awards were presented to: John Harris, Sophie Anderson, Maddie Buisch, Raghed Abdel-Tawab, Apoorva Mahendranath and Aryan Naveen.

More than 1,000 distinguished high school seniors have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards.

Local recipients include Colin Rodwell, Greenville Tech Charter High School; Micah R. Tan, Wade Hampton High School; and John W. Tierney, St. Joseph’s Catholic School.

The University of South Carolina was recently named as South Carolina’s site for the “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare” national tour, April 11May 1, 2016. The First Folio – the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s works published in 1623 that includes 36 of his plays — will visit all 50 states beginning in January 2016.

Hughes Academy will hold the Cougar Strong 5K on May 16 at 9 a.m. at Hughes Academy. Participants can register at eventbrite.com under Hughes Academy.

In addition, the PTSA will dedicate their new outdoor educational space, Giving Garden, that was 100 percent community funded on May 18 at 9:30 a.m.

The University of South Carolina will host 20 of the country’s best high school pianists at the Southeastern Piano Festival in Columbia, June 14-21. Southside High School student Annabelle Yang, who studies piano with Lisa Kiser, is

scheduled to participate. The event gives pianists scholarships to attend the festival that includes guest artists, group and private lessons, professional sound and video recordings, and the chance to compete for more than $8,000 in prize money and for college scholarships.

Bob Anderson, a student in the honors program at Greenville Technical College, has been selected as the Alden Transfer Scholarship recipient this year at Furman University. The Anderson scholarship pays full tuition for two years of study at Furman.

Will Harris, eighth-grade student at Greenville Middle Academy, is a member of a robotics team comprised of students from six different schools. The team received first place (out of more than 100 teams) in the teamwork category at the Lego Robotics World Championships.

The Riverside High School Choral Department will present their annual Spring Concert on May 14 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the door.

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CBM (Christian Blind Mission), with U.S. headquarters in Greenville, is responding to Nepal’s recent earthquake by supplying relief efforts to some of the most vulnerable victims – children, women and men with disabilities. CBM is asking community members to join its efforts by making an online donation at cbmus.org.

The ninth annual Wheels for Meals Charity Ride for Meals on Wheels featured more than 100 of 350 registered riders who braved the rain and cold for the late April event.

This year’s event raised $132,795. To date, Wheels for Meals has raised a total of $950,000 in its nine-year history. In addition, Meals on Wheels has been selected by the local Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and the Yard House to receive a $2,000 grant as part of the Restaurant Community Grants program from the Darden Restaurants Foundation.

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COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS

The City of Mauldin’s Office of Cultural Affairs recently selected the first installation for its Mauldin Public Art Trail. Central, S.C., artist Joey Manson’s sculpture “The Depot” was chosen by the Mauldin Cultural Council, approved by the city and will be fabricated and installed in coming months. Manson’s sculpture was developed by combing through the history of Mauldin and embracing the theme for this year’s program, “Crossroads.” The Mauldin Public Art Trail is an annual program that will feature nine unique pieces of public art situated around the perimeter of the Mauldin Cultural Center’s outdoor amphitheater that are replaced every 10 years. For more information, visit mauldinculturalcenter.org.

“The Depot” by Joey Manson

Connections for Sustainability will host a Workforce Resource Fair on May 9 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Kroc Center. The event is designed to connect residents with many of the free or low-cost resources available to help them find a job and/or advance their career. There will also be workshops on improving credit scores, information about paid job training programs and job seeker workshops. The event is free and open to all ages and skill levels. Lunch will be provided. A Spanish interpreter will be available and Mobi-Rec, the city’s mobile recreation vehicle, will be on site and recreation staff will provide games and activities for children.

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Cassini machine provides help for cataract patients Local practice uses new technology to measure corneas APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Patients who have surgery to remove cataracts see a dramatic improvement in their vision – but how will they see for years afterward?

A new technology, Cassini, provides more accurate measurements of a patient’s cornea that can help ophthalmologists correct astigmatism during surgery and leave patients with even clearer vision.

Surgeons typically use a corneal topographer to

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measure the front surface of a patient’s cornea, said Dr. Joseph Parisi of Clemson Eye. This machine uses a series of lighted rings and measures the reflection of the rings, he said. The measurement could be affected by changes in the tear film on the eye and by dry eyes.

An intraocular lens implant to correct the cataract would fit perfectly, but would not always correct a patient’s astigmatism, he said. The Cassini technology is a novel way of measuring the curvature of the eye and uses red-, yellow- and green-colored LEDs that map the front and back of the cornea, creating GPS-like coordinates for the surgeon, he said.

It gives “an accurate point-to-point location of curvature” that is not affected by moisture on the eye, Parisi said. The back of the cornea measurement gives the surgeon an even clearer picture of the shape of the eye, which allows a more accurate prescription on the new, implanted lens, he said.

In addition to the measurements for surgery, the Cassini technology can also be used as a corneal camera and detect conditions like an abnormal cornea, Parisi said, as well as document a patient’s tear film.

Clemson Eye was able to do a beta test of the Cassini before its launch, and found it “a great help in many, many patients,” Parisi said. The new information the machine provides may influence a doctor “to maybe change the way he treats patients,” he said. “So far we’ve been very happy with it.”

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bjeffers@communityjournals.com High school students don’t have to wait until after graduation to start working on big projects. That’s that theme of iT2Pi, a group led by high school students throughout Greenville looking to collaborate on projects dealing with science, technology, engineering and math.

On May 17, 1-5 p.m., iT2Pi is hosting an expo at the Furman Timmons Arena aimed at getting students ages 7-17 interested in working on entrepreneurial projects and connected to industry professionals.

The expo will feature some 60 different hands-on exhibits with drones, 3-D printers, robots and other technology projects. “It’s not going to be ‘Oh, I saw this.’ It’s going to be ‘Oh, I engaged in this,’” said Bekk Blando, one of the group’s organizers and a senior at Riverside High School.

Several of the exhibits will have “takeaways,” which are projects such as a catapult made out of popsicle sticks or

a circuit with an LED light and battery that attendees can build and take home, Blando said.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in workshops and a competition where they are given a set of supplies and must use those to solve a given problem.

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Bovinoche is not your average backyard barbecue

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“Not another food festival,” you say?

Well, Bovinoche is not your average food festival.

For this unusual, primal and welldone spectacle, the chefs barbecue whole cows, yaks, pigs, a nine-foot alligator and more on an open flame in Simpsonville on May 16.

While this fifth annual “night of the cow” isn’t your typical finger-food-fest, this meat feast is for the “regular” person, according to its tagline: “a food and wine event for the regular person.”

“Our target audience is anybody who likes meat and is interested in unusual ways of cooking,” said Jeff “Rhino” Bannister, founder of the extreme food fest.

(To answer the obvious next question, he got his nickname after friends said he was like a rhino in a china shop. He has a rhinoceros tattoo on his back to match).

A Charleston native, Bannister said he has always been adventurous with food and cooked his first whole pig at the age of 15 without any formal training.

“All Southern men know how to cook,” he said. “It’s just something we have always done.”

The idea for Bovinoche, which was featured in The Wall Street Journal, was born after Bannister saw a TV show that featured renowned Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann preparing a whole cow “asado” style, which involves cooking whole animals in a daylong event with family, friends, music and wine. Bannister said he wanted to replicate this energizing and one-of-a-kind experience for the Upstate.

yak, alligator, pigs and more So you know What: Bovinoche Where: Simpsonville City Park When: May 16, 3-11 p.m.

Cost: $45 at bovinoche.com, $40 at Greenville’s Community Tap or Simpsonville’s Chamber of Commerce (includes all food). Children 12 and under are free with a ticket-holding adult.

Note: Part of the proceeds will benefit Loaves and Fishes and Special Olympics.

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“I want them to be well fed, and I want them for a few hours to have forgotten about what’s going on in the world and to just enjoy that time and that moment with their family and friends and positive people,” Bannister said.

Bannister’s vision will come to life again next week with music from Hot as a Pepper, bouncy houses for children, fire eating by Tim TV and The Secret Cirkus, ice sculptures, beer, wine and, most importantly, a variety of

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1 WILD BOAR

6 WHOLE LAMBS

1 WHOLE ALLIGATOR BACONWRAPPED AND STUFFED

4 WHOLE PIGS

Side items: Table 301, High Cotton, High Street Hospitality and Grill Marks are each providing sides for 1,000 people.

>> done asado like they do in Argentina,” Bannister said.

Sean Porter, Bannister’s partner and owner of Porter Renovations, was the brainpower behind the design and construction of the racks that can support these four-legged creatures, including an 800-pound cow. Porter said Bannister showed him a rack made from a car frame that was featured on the show “No Reservations” with Anthony Bourdain, and he then guesstimated the measurements and modernized the design.

Porter also helps with the cooking and said they try to offer a new animal each year, such as the llama a few years ago, last year’s swordfish or this year’s yak, so “people who came the first year are still interested in coming the fifth year.”

His favorite part about being in the pit is the “organized chaos” that makes him lose track of time and his own hunger and thirst, Porter said. (A volunteer now follows him around to remind him to eat and drink).

“It’s hectic when you’re in the cooking pit and need to have all the animals come off at a certain time, but I seem to thrive in chaos,” he said.

Randall Knight of Nard’s Backyard BBQ, who has helped with the cooking at Bovinoche since its launch in 2011, said people should come out just to see the spectacle, like the 800-pound cow cooking for 16-20 hours on an open fire.

“They stand back and say, ‘Wow! Look at that! That’s awesome.’ It’s really a show to cook so many things. They’re

in total amazement – especially when they get to taste it,” said Knight.

This is an asado, a day of invigorating adventure that Bannister and his team of volunteers want people outside of the Patagonia of South America to enjoy.

“Bovinoche’s core value and goal is to give people a positive experience that they never knew existed,” Bannister said. “Everybody is sitting in cubes and working all day long. People are dying for a new adventure and to see something new and positive.”

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Artisphere

National arts festival, local talent

Seventeen Greenville artists will be on Artisphere’s Artists Row

CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com When nationally acclaimed Artisphere gets underway Friday courtesy of TD Bank and a host of other sponsors, its Artists Row will have a local flavor.

Seventeen of the 121 spaces on Artists Row will be filled with local artists, a record for Greenville’s 11-year-old downtown arts festival.

Some of them are familiar to Artisphere patrons. Others are new. Here’s an introduction to them all.

landscapes into intimate and nostalgic moments, Rob Buntin infuses intense color combinations with a deliberate technique to maximize the potential of the oil medium. Buntin studied art at Furman University.

figurative work. Her style, which combines the lighting techniques found in realism with bold paintingknife strokes of impressionism, has been described as “peaceful, yet still subtly invigorating.”

LYNN GREER ▲

JOSEPH BRADLEY ▲

KENT AMBLER ▲ Kent Ambler knew he’d be an artist. He was introduced to printmaking while a student at Ball State University in Indiana and discovered he had an innate feel for the process of making woodcuts.

His surroundings – 10 acres on Paris Mountain – offer endless subject matter. Mark making is the main focus in Ambler’s woodcut prints, while surface and paint application are the main focus in his paintings.

ROB BUNTIN ▼ With a focus on transforming contemporary cityscapes and

Joseph Bradley’s career as an artist had a bit of an unusual impetus – he was held up in a bank robbery. The experience forced an evaluation of what energized him. Now a nationally known artist, Bradley, a Greenville native, is known for koi, wildlife and landscape paintings.

DARIN GEHRKE ▲ As a potter, Darin Gehrke’s goal is to make work that is striking and functional. Since Geherke returned from living in China, his work has focused on making ceramics that combines Chinese and Japanese aesthetics. Prior to moving to Greenville, he worked in a garment district studio in New York City and taught adult ceramics classes.

Lynn Greer’s emphasis is color.

Whether the variety found in the sky and lights of Greenville’s cityscape at night, a breathtaking landscape or a bunch of flowers, Greer tries to make a statement through new combinations of color. Greer, a graduate of the University of Georgia, has participated in every Artisphere except the first one. She said she loves the watercolor medium because of its fluidity and unlimited ability to surprise.

at the College of Charleston. The more time she spent around jewelry, the more she enjoyed seeing how people reacted to something she had a part in creating.

She now creates handmade, precious metal jewelry that is simple and elegant.

SARAH MANDELL ▲ Sarah Mandell buys old discarded leather belts from thrift stores, obtains scraps from upholstery shops and buys leather by the bulk and turns them into jewelry. She turns scrap wood into pendants. Mandell, the owner of the indie craft business Once Again Sam, is participating in Artisphere for the first time.

HALLIE GILLETT ▼

JANINA ELLIS ▲ Janina Ellis is the third generation in a family of artists. Her grandmother was an oil painter and her mother is one of the top U.S. scrimshanders, or maritime engravers. Ellis is a painter who now concentrates on

Hallie Gillett worked as a children’s book illustrator after graduating from the Savannah School of Art and Design. Her watercolors feature the feet of fairy-tale characters and hidden objects from childhood favorites. She calls it “art for the visually articulate.”

ERIN AND JASON HALL ▲ Erin and Jason Hall met in the clay studio at Clemson University.

Full-time ceramic artists, they specialize in eclectic, handmade, functional and sculptural ceramics. They work primarily in stoneware and porcelain and fire in a high temperature gas reduction kiln.

LEANDRA HILL Leandra Hill worked at a jewelry store while she pursued a career in research psychology, studying memory and cognitive functioning

JERRY MAXEY ▲ Jerry Maxey has always worked with wood, starting with building things and refinishing furniture at his father’s upholstery shop. When he found himself without access to a workshop, he started making baskets at the urging of a friend.

Now he combines both in his art.

CULTURE | 05.08.2015 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 21 main focus of Poterala’s work is the reinterpretation of the jewel – often by removing it and replacing it with the unexpected or reincorporating it in unique and captivating ways.

Poterala is a Greenville native.

So you know

DANIELLE MILLER-GILLIAM ▲ Jeweler and precious metal artist Danielle Miller-Gilliam grew up in a steel mill town in western Pennsylvania. Miller-Gilliam, who was five years old when she told her parents she was going to be an artist, discovered her passion for working with metal while making a large-scale welded steel sculpture.

She became entranced by jewelrymaking in college. Her present work consists of jewelry with kinetic elements designed to attract and engage the attention of the wearer.

Artisphere, presented by TD Bank WHEN: Friday noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

LLYN STRONG ▲

WHERE: Downtown Greenville

At first, Llyn Strong thought she would be a painter or a graphic designer. She didn’t make her first piece of jewelry until 1972. Now, she’s the owner of a downtown store that features her own original jewelry designs as well as that of more than 30 jewelry and glass artists.

INFORMATION: artisphere.us

Artisphere highlights 1 – Artist Row Booths #1-13 2 – Artist Row Booths #14-50

JACKI NEWELL ▲

3 – Artist Row Booths #51-77

Jacki Newell, who grew up in Omaha, Neb., began painting as a hobby as a teenager. She loves painting outdoors, and says the move to the Greenville area was perfect because where else could she find so much incredible scenery to paint? Newell said she wants the viewer to experience what she loves about the scene, which is almost always the light hitting the subject and shimmering in the air.

4 – Artist Row Booths #78-121

JUDY VERHOEVEN ▲ Mixed-media artist Judy Verhoeven made her first collage with gum wrappers she collected from family and friends. She’s still collecting paper and turning it into works of art.

5 – Opening Night Gala 6 – Greenville County High School Exhibit Exhibit featuring artists from Greenville County Schools’ 14 high schools.

7 – STEAM Exhibit STEAM exhibit focuses on relationship between creative technology development and art such as drawing with robots and exploring light wavelengths through theater lighting.

KATIE POTERALA ▼ Katie Poterala’s work is sensitive to the relationship between beauty and decay and people’s relationships to previous objects. A

8 – Kidsphere A place where little artists create crafts to keep.

JARYD WALLEY ▲ Jared Walley has built scenery and props for television shows “In Living Color” and “Beverly Hills 90210” and movies “Independence Day” and “Titanic.” Now he builds custom farm tables.

10 – Culinary Arts Cafe Stage

17 – Silent Auction Gallery

11 – Festival Merchandise

18 – Art Lab Nuture the artist within with DIY projects such as kitchen printmaking and event latte art.

12 – Bike Valet 13 – Wine & Craft Beer Experience Dozens of wines, including Artisphere’s own private label, and craft beers.

14 – Artists of the Upstate Sixty-nine works of art by 51 artists.

15 – Main Stage Music and performances by local arts organizations, including After-Hours concerts Friday and Saturday nights.

16 – Artist Demo Row See art being made, including traditional printmaking techniques of etching, letterpress and silkscreen.

20 – Brian Olsen’s Art in Action Festival favorite Brian Olsen paints portraits of famous people in a matter of minutes.

FU – Furman University Street Murals CU – Clemson University Ceramics B – Beverages F – Food R – Restrooms P – Parking

9 – Culinary Arts Café

Vote for your favorite

19 – Aerial Artists Revolve Aerial Dance combines acrobatics and the expression and meaning of dance.

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Vote in our annual Artisphere: Arts. Culture. Life. Artist of the Upstate Juried Exhibition “CROWD FAVORITE” CONTEST. The winning artist will be profiled in his or her own feature in a future issue of the Greenville Journal.

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U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy took time out from the chairmanship of the Benghazi hearings to attend the Military Order of the Purple Heart State Convention, where Doug Greenlaw was elected state commander. Pictured from left: Stephen Duerk, Nancy Duerk, Doug Greenlaw, Lynn Greenlaw, Thom Shea, Nancy Shea, Trey Gowdy. Front: Chance Shea.

US NAVY PHOTO BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS ADAM AUSTIN/RELEASED

Ens. Michael Pruitt, from Willamston, communicates with local authorities during a strait transit detail aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).

PHOTOS BY GWINN DAVIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOS BY GWINN DAVIS / CONTRIBUTING

Close to 100 supporters of medical marijuana gathered in One City Plaza in Greenville Saturday.​

The TD Saturday Market on Main Street opened for the season last weekend.

The recent John Cameron Memorial Spe Open Golf Tournament presented by Car Holdings raised more than $85,000 for Ca head. The 144 golfers and business support enough to create 157 scholarships for those needs to attend camp this summer. Camp S held at Greenville County Rec’s Pleasant R and Retreat Center and provides camping e for youth and adults with special needs and

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PHOTOS BY GWINN DAVIS / CONTRIBUTING

The Rotary Club of Greenville Evening, a service organization of local business men and women, held the Reedy River Duck Derby at Falls Park.

The May ONE Block Party – which included the grand opening of the Greenville Center for Creative Arts – brought hundreds to the Village of West Greenville last Friday.

PHOTOS BY GWINN DAVIS / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOS BY GWINN DAVIS / CONTRIBUTING

The Greenville Drive recently held its annual Safe Kids Upstate day. The first 300 kids through the Main Street gate for the Drive’s game against the Augusta Green Jackets were fitted for bicycle helmets from Safe Kids Upstate. A pregame parade for Upstate safety patrols was held, and during the game, Drive players and coaches wore special Safe Kids jerseys that were available for fans in a silent auction. ​

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Mother dearest Survey reveals adult children pick mom over dad As the third most celebrated U.S. national holiday, Mother’s Day is also one of the most stressful, according to a national survey by senior care provider Visiting Angels. Here’s why:

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amount spent by the majority on Mother’s Day gifts

would celebrate with mom if Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were on the same day

• Mother’s Day seems a bigger holiday than Father’s Day

WHAT MOM REALLY WANTS • Tied for top gift: a card and dinner out • Tied for 2nd: homemade gifts and quality time with family • Tied for 3rd: spa, flowers and phone call Source: Visiting Angels

WOMEN SAID:

57% – even though they have kids now, this day is for their mom 21% – they’re moms now, and wish the day could just be about them MEN SAID:

39% – Mother’s Day is for their mom, not their wife 30% – are torn between celebrating wife or mom

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SOUND CHECK Repercussions

WITH VINCENT HARRIS

With just drums and vocals, Jon Mueller moved beyond the musical into the spiritual Concert Review: Jon Mueller at Cabin Floor Records, May 1 One of the few drawbacks of being both a music fan and a music writer is that it’s often difficult to achieve complete release while listening to a great song or watching a great performance. Even as I enjoy a genuinely excellent musical moment, it’s hard to get lost in it because I’m typically breaking it down, analyzing why I’m enjoying it and figuring out how to explain that to others.

But Jon Mueller’s show last Friday at Cabin Floor Records is something I can only analyze in retrospect, because it was a performance so powerful, so spiritual, so far beyond what can be broken down and parsed out that it’s daunting to even try.

And yet I feel compelled to do so because of the experience, which I will attempt to re-create below.

At around 9:15 p.m., Mueller, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, sits down behind an Arabic bass drum, which resembled a wooden snare drum turned on its side. At his feet are pedals that Mueller will use to manipulate, delay and loop the vocals he will alternately whisper, moan and shout in to the two microphones in front of him.

He begins playing a rhythm on the drum with his left hand; it’s rapid but unhurried, like an accelerated heartbeat, steady and powerful. He begins chanting into the microphones, so softly at first that I strain to make out the words before it dawns on me that this is a language I do not understand. Whether it’s simply a series of rhythmic syllables or a foreign tongue, I’m not sure.

The vocals are louder now, echoing phrases bouncing off one another, off the walls, off the people standing around me. My eyes are closed, and I’m not thinking about the style or the exertion or the performer; I am entirely immersed in sound.

The vocals rise higher and higher upon the still-steady rhythm, layer upon layer upon layer of sound creating a wall of music so intense that I feel I could reach out and touch it. And then, as suddenly and abruptly as the end of a dream, the vocals stop, and only the rhythmic drumming remains. It is as if I have walked off of a cliff, but there is no gravity. My only tether is the ever-pulsing rhythm.

Now Mueller begins playing both sides of the drum, building another cathedral of vocals over top of his primal foundation. I will later realize that he played somewhere around 40 minutes without stopping, but in the moment, time loses all definition.

The buildup is faster this time, the chanting more feverish. I feel sweat on my forehead, chills down my spine, and a growing dovetailing of exhilaration and tension. In these seemingly endless minutes, as the drumbeat becomes a polyrhythmic barrage that combines the purely physical with the purely spiritual, I feel that if anyone touches me, talks to me, even moves near me, the spell will be broken and the feeling will be so excruciatingly intense I will have to leave the show.

I am at once outside my body and entirely present in each moment. The music feels like it is part inside my head and, in some strange, ancient way, always has been. As the voices and the drum reach upward towards their climax, I find myself on the verge of tears.

And then, with a final, massive strike to the drum, comes silence. The performance is over. I open my eyes and see that Mueller’s are closed, his hands clasped as if in prayer above the drum. The crowd sits silent for 20, 30 seconds, stunned and, perhaps, as moved as I am. It’s almost as if applauding, or even speaking, will break the spell.

VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR | vharris@communityjournals.com

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Featured Builders, Homes, & Neighborhoods | Open Houses | Property Transfers | Real Estate News | Anything and Everything HOME

THIS WEEK’S FEATURED HOME

123 Grove Creek Drive, Beechwood Farms

DETAILS

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One-owner custom built stately home on 2.3 acres features a stone and brick exterior with a circular driveway and center fountain with manicured landscaping. The rear covered porch and stone patio plus coy pond are simply awesome! An elegant balustrade crowns the entryway, which is highlighted by columns and arches. A grand staircase leads to a balcony loft, which separates the two-story foyer and great room. Built-in cabinetry, a gas log fireplace and French doors lead to the veranda. Kitchen features an awe-inspiring gas cooktop hood and side shelving as well as stainless appliances. Hardwoods grace the main living areas. You must see this home!

Price: $565,000 | MLS: #1299166 Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 4.5 Square Footage: 3,999 Schools: Sue Cleveland Elementary Woodmont Middle & High Schools Melissa Morrell | 864.918.1734 Bershire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner REALTORS To submit your Featured Home: homes@greenvillejournal.com

PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONOR S Ashley Haynes Joins Allen Tate Company

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Allen Tate Realtors (www.allentate. com), the Carolinas’ leading real estate company, is proud to announce that Ashley Haynes has joined the company’s Greer office.

Haynes received a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Mars Hill University

and is a seasoned business professional, with over eight years of experience in banking. She enjoys living in the Upstate with her husband and two children. “Ashley offers her clients exceptional service and attention to detail. Feel confident that you are in good hands when you choose Ashley Haynes as your Realtor,” said Erika DeRoberts, branch manager of Allen Tate Realtors Greer office.

Haynes joins a growing group of licensed Realtors for the Greer office and a large network of licensed Allen Tate Realtors throughout the Carolinas.

Casie Barnwell Joins Allen Tate Company

Barnwell

Allen Tate Realtors (www.allentate. com), the Carolinas’ leading real estate company, is proud to announce that Casie Barnwell has joined the company’s Greer office.

Casie Barnwell is an award-winning new home sales professional. Her eight

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HOME INFO Price: $345,000 | MLS: #1299464 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3 Square Footage: 2,600+ Schools: Duncan Chapel Northwest Travelers Rest Contact: Vallerie Miller | 864.430.6602 The Marchant Company To submit your Open House: homes@greenvillejournal.com

630 Forrest Haven Court, Greenville Open floor plan in Paris Mountain area. 10 mile, 180 degree views!

The views are amazing and so is this home. Everything you are looking for, large kitchen with granite counters, and stone backsplash opening to the great room with gas log fireplace. High ceilings and the light filled rooms create an essence of immediate feeling. Separate dining room and breakfast room area.

All rooms are on the main level. The desirable split floorplan with the master bedroom on one end of the home and the 3 bedrooms on the other end. One additional bedroom has an en suite bath perfect for guests/in law. When you are in this home you will experience the ultimate in peace and tranquility.

The landscaping has been a labor of love and meticulously planned and care for. Enjoy the golf cub near by at Paris Mountain Golf and Country Club.

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PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONOR S plus years in the industry has given her experience and knowledge of customer service, relocation, marketing, construction, lot selection, mortgage requirements and more. Barnwell lives in Greer with her husband and two children. “Casie Barnwell is an expert negotiator, she works hard for her clients so that they not only save money in real estate but due to her great customer service, they truly enjoy the process,” said Erika DeRoberts, branch manager of Allen Tate Realtors Greer office.

Barnwell joins a growing group of licensed Realtors for the Greer office and a large network of licensed Allen Tate Realtors throughout the Carolinas.

Chad Choquette Joins Allen Tate Company

Choquette

Allen Tate Realtors (www.allentate. com), the Carolinas’ leading real estate company, is proud to announce that Chad Choquette has joined the company’s Greer office.

Chad Choquette has a BA in Graphic Design and minors in

advertising and web development. Choquette enjoys to travel, build websites and apps, hiking, biking, and anything in the great outdoors. “Chad Choquette uses technology to enhance the home buying or selling experience. Clients will enjoy saving time and money with Chad as their agent,” said Erika DeRoberts, branch manager of Allen Tate Realtors Greer office.

Choquette joins a growing group of licensed Realtors for the Greer office and a large network of licensed Allen Tate Realtors throughout the Carolinas.

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GREENVILLE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 6-10, 2015 TOP TRANSFERS OF THE WEEK

KINGSBRIDGE – $615,000 5 Dempsey Glen Lane, Simpsonville

AUGUSTA CIRCLE – $595,000 119 Meyers Drive, Greenville

SPAULDING FARM – $553,000 104 Northbrook Way, Greenville

RIVER WALK – $490,000 316 Parkside Drive, Greenville

CLEVELAND – $475,000 13 Vannot Street, Greenville

THE PLANTATION ON PELHAM – $435,000 9 Micasa Court, Greenville

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Cove At Butler Springs Country Estates Bell’s Grant Forest Heights Woods At Riverside Richland Creek @ North Main

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HOME INFO Price: $829,000 | MLS: #1299469 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 4.5 Square Footage: 4000-4199 Schools: Augusta Circle Elementary Hughes Middle Greenville High Contact: Sharon Wilson | 864.918.1140 Wilson Associates To submit your Open House: homes@greenvillejournal.com

17 W Seven Oaks Drive, Greenville One level beauty in Chanticleer sits on 2 lots! This spacious 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath has a large formal living room and a sunny bright dining room with a great bay window. The updated kitchen opens into a warm and inviting den with a fireplace and built-in bookcases. You will love walking out of the den onto a wonderful covered porch with slate flooring to sit and enjoy the beautifully landscaped yard. The master suite has 2 very large walk in closets.

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Lovely Country French style home with an open floor plan, wide planked hardwood floors and lush, private outdoor space with screened porch and stone patio. You’ll find a beautiful kitchen with tons of storage, a desk for your computer and bar area that flows well into the family room. There is a formal living room and dining room and bonus (upstairs). The owners say they love the floor plan and their large master suite with a place to read and enjoy a view of the back yard. This home is located near the Greenville Country Club Chanticleer golf course. Walking distance to the Chanticleer Towns’ pool and tennis courts.

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5BR/4.5BA Completely renovated Alta Vista home - great attention to detail. Beautiful eat-in kitchen. Master suites up and down. Basement w/workshop, fenced, wooded back yard. Zoned for sought-after Augusta Circle Elementary.

3BR/2BA Turn key ready home with new landscaping, flooring, and paint! Open floorplan conducive to entertaining. Fully fenced backyard great for kids and pets!

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PEOPL E, AWA R D S , HONOR S The Marchant Company Quarterly Breakfast When: March 5, 2015 Who was there: Greater Greenville Community Leaders Speaker: Ken Miller, City of Greenville Chief of Police Presenting: Getting Started with Greenville Police Department Seabrook Marchant, Founder/ President/Broker In Charge of The Marchant Company welcomed and recognized Business and Ken Miller and Community Leaders before Seabrook Marchant introducing Ken Miller, City of Greenville Chief of Police. Chief Miller comes to Greenville after service tenures in Greensboro NC as Chief of Police; multiple positions in Greater Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, NC and Greenville, NC in addition to serving our country in the United States Air Force.

At the time of the Breakfast, approximately six months into his new position, Chief Miller related the importance of his initial orientation to and the importance of fully understanding of the Policing Climate in the City of Greenville. Forums and individual meetings with community groups and members; business employee groups and members and City Council members have been his focus. Also, an Independent Community Telephone Survey was engaged containing 60 evaluation questions to reach all community demographics.

Chief Miller outlined the strengths of the City of Greenville Police Department as to its young and malleable force; the uniform desire to forge Police-Community relationships and the strong desire to have a positive reputation to further instill and enhance Community confidence. The January 2015 reorganization centered on relationship driven and Neighborhood oriented geographic ownership by Department Lieutenants and Officers and by developing Community Coordinators and Outreach Teams united in collaborative problem solving in Prevention, Intervention, and Enforcement.

Establishing core pathways to be a National Model for Exceptional Policing is the mainstay of the vision Chief Miller expressed for his department by applying the best practices with productive Community partnerships creating the safest city possible. A primary focus will be on trust with relationship driven organizational improvements and collaborative problem solving with no cross purpose conflicts. This will also include resource development in personnel, technology, equipment, and facilities. According to Chief Miller, these will be paramount to building momentum for Excellence.

Earlier in the Breakfast presentation, Seabrook Marchant updated the group on 2015 versus 2014 Greater Greenville, regional and national real estate market activity and encouraging local trends affecting real estate sales.The Marchant Company is locally-owned real estate company that has been in business for over 20 years. With over 200 years of combined experience in the Greenville and South Carolina real estate marketing, The Marchant Company offers a full line of services including: seller’s agency, buyer’s agency, bank-owned (RE) services, relocation packages, property management and real estate investment services.

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WELCOME! JENNIFER SIMMS 2014 real estate sales of $5.3 Million*

*GGAR MLS Statistics 2014

Proud supporters of the American dream. www.cbcaine.com

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Summer At Home is just around the corner.

F E AT U R E D H OM E

346 Laguna Lane Come visit our newest completed home at The Courtyards on West Georgia Rd. This home features everything from a soaring 2-Story foyer to a soaring 2-story flagstone, gas fireplace.

On-site finished hardwood floors flow throughout most of the main level including the main floor master bedroom.

The gourmet kitchen is gorgeous with glazed cabinetry, soft-close drawers, pot filler, ceramic tile backsplash with a hand-painted tile mosaic accent, double trash drawer, butler’s panty, and more! A main level guest bedroom sits at the front of the home perfect for an office.

Upstairs you will find two-additional bedrooms along with a large unfinished bonus room. This home features a covered front porch and a covered rear porch overlooking the large, all-brick fenced yard with iron gates to the front.

The Courtyards on West Georgia Rd is the exclusive community of Virani Custom Homes

by John Bailey. All homes are designed to accommodate your lifestyle and every floor plan has a master bedroom plus a guest bedroom on the main level. Because Virani cares about community appearance, every home is built with a fenced-in brick yard to keep up the sustainability of the community. All floor plans are customizable and include everything you would expect in your custom home. Model home is open daily.

www.ViraniCustom.com

Call to reserve your spot today.

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HOME INFO Price: $345,000 | MLS#: 1292873 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3 Square Footage: 2400-2599 Schools: Ellen Woodside Elementary Woodmont Middle | Woodmont High Contact: Holly May | 864.640.1959 hmay@cbcaine.com www.MovingtheUpstate.com Coldwell Banker Caine To submit your Featured Home: homes@greenvillejournal.com

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NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE NEIGHBORHOOD INFO Community Size: 26 lots. Only 3 lots remaining!

Details: Conveniently located to I-85 and only 15 minutes from downtown Greenville.

Schools: Powdersville Elementary Powdersville Middle Powdersville High School HOA Fees: $250 annually

OPEN HOUSE –SUNDAY, MAY 17TH FROM 1-4 PM Cravens Creek, Piedmont, SC Located only 15 minutes from downtown Greenville with close proximity to I-85, Cravens Creek is a quiet community with over half acre lots. Only 3 lots remain in this 26 lot subdivision. J. Francis Builders is pleased to announce the completion of their 2 latest custom homes in Cravens Creek.

Home features include open floor plan, granite countertops, hardwood floors in main living areas, 3 BRs on the main level, stainless steel appliances, large master closet, walk-in pantry, custom cabinets, gas fireplace, floored attic storage, bonus room upstairs that can be converted into BR, workshop under the house, in-ground irrigation & screened porch overlooking a private backyard. Model Home #1 (shown above) is located at 104 Cravens Creek Court. It’s approximately 3,000 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, sits on .62 acres, and is listed for $359,900. Model Home #2 (shown at right) is located at 102 Cravens Creek Court. It’s just under 3,000 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, sits on .64 acres, and is listed for $355,900. Contact us today to see these beautiful homes!

CONTACT INFO Contact: J. Francis Builders | 864.288.4001 | rachel@jfrancisbuilders.com Directions to Neighborhood: I-85 S to Exit 40, right onto Highway 153, left onto River Road, left onto Childers Circle, left onto Cravens Creek Ct.

To submit your Neighborhood Profile: homes@greenvillejournal.com

G R E E N V I L L E T R A N S A C T I O N S C O N T. SUBD.

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Townes@Riverwood Farm Brentmoor Townes@Riverwood Farm

Mill Pond@River Shoals

Haven@River Shoals Townes@Brookwood

Farm@Sandy Springs Walnut Ridge Gresham Park

Creekwood Bryson Meadows Summer Wood Wellington Green Bell’s Creek Coleman Estates Summer Wood Fair Heights

$226,500 $226,000 $224,500 $224,000 $222,000 $220,000 $216,770 $215,000 $213,000 $212,000 $212,000 $209,250 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $199,500 $193,000 $192,000 $190,000 $189,900 $188,000 $187,000

Mistry Ranjit C (Jtwros) Jones Bobby G (Jtwros) Setzer Terry A Jr Brissey Thomas Richard J Buffkin Kristi A Inman Wayne F (Jtwros) Dahlmeyer Lisa M (Jtwros Levy Joshua L Stover Karine A Gary Michael Jonathan Adams Homes Aec Llc Onstad Roger M (Jtwros) Salem Radio Properties I Long Melissa B (Jtwros) Demirel Kaan (Jtwros) Mungo Homes Inc Johnson Lauren Margaret Radtke Lubov L (Jtwros) Winslett Kamella (Jtwros Roper Brandon (Jtwros) Burrell Kristin (Jtwros) Feichter Alison (Jtwros)

104 Hingham Way 1806 Timberlake Dr 305 Hillsdale Dr 4 Forest Glenn Ct 2 Brazos Ln 800 N Main St 239 Chestatee Ct 600 Mt Sinai Ln 25 Croft St 5 Taiga Ct 3000 Gulf Breeze Pkwy 2 Carter Run Ct 4880 Santa Rosa Rd 111 Peachtree Dr 10 Kinner Ct 441 Western Ln 15 Rustcraft Dr 110 Adelaide Dr 219 Horsepen Way 116 William St 31 Rustcraft Dr 110 Bleckley Ave

Sparrows Point Churchill Falls Poplar Forest Lansdowne@Remington North Hills Parkway Commons

Shelburne Farms Enoree Point Long Creek Plantation Inglewood Meadowbrooke Seven Oaks Montebello

Edgewood@Paris Mtn Park Downtown Riverside Glen Wedgewood Place Ivy Glen Buxton

$185,500 $185,000 $184,000 $183,900 $182,500 $180,000 $180,000 $176,000 $176,000 $175,000 $173,000 $169,900 $169,000 $169,000 $165,000 $165,000 $165,000 $163,500 $162,750 $162,000 $161,359 $160,500

Kelliher-Gibson Gwendoly Sumbal Marni (Jtwros) Carson John A Iv Abbott Kim Carla (Jtwros Moehring Anne-Marie Btk Enterprises Llc Penney Marie A Thwaites L Whitney Fitzgerald Charles W (Jt Hagen Rebecca L Hicks Steve J (Jtwros) Thrasher Carol K (Jtwros Newell Joseph P (Jtwros) Davenport Laura L (Jtwro Srmof Ii 2012-1 Trust Vollnogle Bruce R Gatas Joseph (Jtwros) Hackel Kyle Chew Kieran Bradley Arledge Daniel (Jtwros) Wilkes John W (Jtwros) Warth Rebecca B

113 Innisbrook Ln 115 War Admiral Way 3 Crevasse Ln 2 Shefleys Rd 712 Bennett St 26 Parkway Commons Way 1116 State Park Rd 314 Highgate Cir 201 Finley Hill Ct 11 Teakwood Cv 126 Forest Lodge Dr 202 Cross Field Rd 20 E Indian Trl 248 New Farm Rd 9990 Richmond Ave Ste 400S 101 Ramblewood Ln 8 Corey Way 55 Armour Ct 108 Valley Glen Ct 129 Monarch Pl 10 Mcfadden Dr 214 Crestwood Dr

Richardson Judy A Irrevo Reed Tabitha L Latorre Angie Hicks Leslie Yates Thor M Jr Van Swol Charles N Nvr Inc Brookwood Townes Llc Holleman Dayne E Bellomo Mary A (Jtwros) Crown Holdings Llc Weir Erik C Gospel Fellowship Assoc Hewitt Evelyn Fay Hendricks Katlyn P Wm Capital Partners Xv L Allen Dean (Jtwros) Vaona Hartley Family Lim Biggio Carol Gibson Arthur B Wells Kevin W Caun Brady J (Jtwros)

Hillis Chad Frederick Bryant Vera W Netzel Barry J Hill Charles Evan Jr (Jt Up North Llc Jbrh Llc Mountain View Solutions Bigelow Dennis C (Jtwros Davis Jessica Ann Grossman Tiffany R Segbers Brigitta M (Jtwr Owens C Brian Goble Paul J Promenade De Montebello Mauney Brian Vatakis Joseph A Beers Jeffrey A (Jtwros) Foster’s Properties Llc Kemble-May Andrea C Johnson Barrett T Eastwood Construction Ll Simons Emily Hallen

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Survey reveals

TOP REMODELING PROJECTS DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS

Bathroom remodeling once again edged out kitchens as the most popular type of remodeling project, according to a new survey by the National Association of Home Builders.

Through 2009 kitchens had dominated home remodeling projects as the most common, but that trend switched in 2010 and then again in 2014 as bathroom remodeling takes the throne.

Bathroom remodeling was cited as the most common remodeling project in 2014 by 78 percent of remodelers, just barely edging out kitchen remodels at 77 percent, NAHB reports. Other types of remodeling projects trail kitchens and baths by a wide margin.

Source: “Remodeling Jobs – Baths Edge Kitchens Again for Top Spot,” National Association of Home Builders Eye on Housing blog (May 1, 2015)

Survey says The following is a breakdown of the most common remodeling jobs in 2014, according to NAHB: 1. Bathroom remodeling 2. Kitchen remodeling 3. Windows/door replacement 4. Whole house remodeling 5. Room additions 6. Repairing property damage 7. Handyman services 8. Decks 9. Siding 10. Finished basement 11. Roofing 12. Bathroom additions 13. Enclosed/added porch

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F E AT U R E D N E I G H B OR H O OD The Reserve at Asheton Lakes, Simpsonville, SC At The Reserve at Asheton Lakes you can enjoy being a homeowner, without the hassle!

These maintenance-free townhomes provide upscale living without the work, leaving your weekends open to explore the Upstate and surrounding areas. Homes at Asheton Lakes range in size from 2400-2700 square feet. All floorplans feature the master suite on the main level, three to four bedrooms, two car garages, and high quality finishes throughout.

Free finished bonus room on move-in ready homes!

CONTACT INFO Contact: Cothran Homes | 864.214.3024 CothranHomes.com

Directions to Neighborhood: On I-385 South take exit 35 left on Woodruff Road, The Reserves at Asheton Lakes is on the left after the Hwy14 intersection.

To submit your Neighborhood Profile: homes@greenvillejournal.com

NEIGHBORHOOD INFO Community Size: 32 homes Amenities: Private Gated Access & Community Pool Schools: Oakview Elementary Beck Academy Middle J.L. Mann High School

Available Homeplans: The Sutton – 2,449 sq. ft.

3 Beds / 2.5 Baths Starting at $249,900 The Howden – 2,742 sq. ft.

3 Beds / 2.5 Baths Starting at $268,900 The Ardleigh – 2,672 sq. ft.

4 Beds / 3.5 Baths Starting at $283,900

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PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONOR S Two New Agents Join The Greer Office Of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors

Boyd

Granados

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce that Karen Boyd and Deborah Granados have joined the company’s Greer office.

Boyd joins C. Dan Joyner with three years of experience as a broker and a background in property management. She and her husband, Murrrell, currently reside in Greer. In her spare time, Boyd enjoys music, outdoor sports and spending time with her family and friends.

Granados, a native of South Carolina, earned

a degree in accounting from Greenville Technical College. She holds the designation of South Carolina Notary and is also the treasurer for her home owner’s association. Granados lives in Greer with her husband and three children. In her free time, she enjoys baking and cake decorating.

“We are excited to have these new agents at our Greer office and welcome them to our C. Dan Joyner family” said Avanelle Pelfrey, Broker-In-Charge of the Greer Office.

LeadingRE Institute 2.0 training and development division curriculum. It is awarded after successful completion of 12 courses in the Sales Certification series, focusing on strategy, readiness, service, communication, commitment and loyalty.

“Earning the LeadingRE Sales Specialist certification will greatly improve my performance as a sales professional and the level of service that I can deliver to my clients,” said Williams. “The information is extremely relevant in today’s real estate market.”

Williams can be reached at 864-420-4019 or via email at JoAnn.Williams@allentate.com.

gives clients an edge in both pricing and marketing.

His negotiating skills help both buyers and sellers feel confident they are getting the best price for the property.” said Erika DeRoberts, branch manager of Allen Tate Realtors Greer office.

Foice joins a growing group of licensed Realtors for the Simpsonville office and a large network of licensed Allen Tate Realtors throughout the Carolinas.

Cary Johnstone Joins Coldwell Allen Tate Realtor® JoAnn Banker Caine in Greenville Williams Receives LeadingRE Coldwell Banker recently welcomed Sales Specialist Certification Joe Foice Joins Allen Tate Company Caine Cary Johnstone as a resiJoAnn Williams, a Realtor in the Allen Tate Simpsonville office, has earned the LeadingRE Sales Specialist certification (LSS) from Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, the world’s largest network Williams of independent residential real estate firms.

The LSS certification is offered as part of the

Allen Tate Realtors (www.allentate.com), the Carolinas’ leading real estate company, is proud to announce that Joe Foice has joined the company’s Simpsonville office.

Joe Foice has been in real estate since 1988, Foice starting out in Baltimore, MD. In his real estate career, he has also served as an appraiser and professional photographer. “Joe’s background in both real estate sales and appraisal

dential sales agent to its Greenville office.

Prior to joining Coldwell Banker Caine, Johnstone worked as an HR Manager for SC Telco Johnstone FCU. She was awarded Employee of the Year by a previous employer. As a Greenville native, Johnstone is intune with all that the Upstate has to offer. In her free time, she enjoys listening to live music at any venue, tailgaiting for the Tigers, reading and spending time with

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PEOPL E, AWA RD S, HONOR S family an friends.

“We are pleased to welcome Cary to our Greenville team,” said Stephen Edgerton, President and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine. “Her incredible work ethic easily transitions over to her real estate career, where she provides an excellent experience for her clients.”

Two New Agents Join The Pelham Road Office Of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of two new Sales Associates to its Pelham Road office. Angie Bowbliss and Diana Henderson join the company’s second largest office as its newest real estate professionals Bowbliss becomes a member of the C. Dan Joyner team with nine-plus years of previous experience in the real estate industry. Bowbliss Henderson Bowbliss is a Certified Distressed Property Expert and specializes in short sale facilitation. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Furnishings and Interiors from the University of Georgia. Bowbliss now lives in Greer with her two children. In her free time, she enjoys running, staging homes and interior decorating.

Henderson commences her career as a real estate agent with experience as both a teacher and as an executive administrative assistant. She attended Iowa State University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences. Henderson currently resides in Simpsonville and is a member of the board for her Home Owner’s Association. Henderson enjoys interior decorating, volunteering for events in her community and sports.

“We are thrilled to gain two new agents at our Pelham Road office, and we look forward to working with Angie and Diana,” said Duane Bargar, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Road Office.

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 69-05/28/15, Mobile Digital Video System, May 28, 2015, 3:00 P.M. RFP# 70-06/04/15, Westside Aquatics HVAC Services, June 4, 2015, 3:00 P.M. A pre-proposal meeting and site visit will be held at 10:00 A.M., May 21, 2015, at Greenville County Procurement Services Division, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601. After a short meeting a site visit will be held at the Greenville County Westside Aquatics Complex, 2700 West Blue Ridge Drive, Greenville, SC 29611.

Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/RFP.asp or by calling 864-467-7200.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following:

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following:

IFB# 66-06/02/15, Construction of Summary Court, June 2, 2015, 3:30 P.M. A pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 A.M., E.D.T., Tuesday, May 19, 2015, located at the Greenville County Procurement Services Division, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601.

Food Products for Greenville County, IFB# 64-05/27/15, 3:00 P.M.

The specifications and drawings are available on CD-ROM for $50.00 per CD which is non-refundable. The CD may be purchased at the Greenville County Procurement Services Division, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, between the hours of 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. CD’s will not be mailed.

Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/bids.asp or by calling 864-467-7200.

Medical Supplies and Pharmaceuticals, IFB# 67-05/26/15, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/Bids.asp or by calling (864) 467-7200.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Legal Notice and Advertisement Services, RFP #65-05/29/15, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that PCH Management Inc DBA Clubhouse Grille, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON AND OFF premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR, at 101 Pebble Creek Dr., Taylors, SC 29687. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 24, 2015.

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

LEGAL NOTICES Only $.99 per line

NEW LISTING!

125 DRAW BRIDGE CT., GREER • CASTLE ROCK SUBDIVISION • 4BR/2.5BA + BONUS • $289,900 Mountain Views and private cul-de-sac lot helps to describe this exceptional ranch style home with 4 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths on main floor and additional BR/Bonus plus full bath up!!! 9’ to 11’ ceilings, all hardwood fl. main, open floor plan, fireplace, granite countertops, front and back covered porches. Potential for huge workshop in crawl space! MLS 1298555

ABC NOTICE OF APPLICATION Only $145 tel 864.679.1205 • fax 864.679.1305 email aharley@communityjournals.com

NEW LISTING!

116 FORRESTER CREEK DRIVE, GREENVILLE • FORRESTER CREEK SUBDIVISION • 3BR/2.5BA • $229,500 Dynamic, hard-to-find brick ranch off Miller Road!! SO close to shopping and interstates. Private fenced lot.

Upgrades includes new carpet in Great Rm, interior painting including cabinetry, new granite in kitchen, to name a few!!

Eat-in kitchen plus formal DR, wood burning firplace, lots of attic storage and 2 car garage. Won’t last! MLS 1299589

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AFTER 700 YEARS of HEAVY LIFTING, you’d think THE SCOTS HAD NOTHING LEFT to PROVE. IT’S BIG, IT’S BOLD and IT’S 10 YEARS STRONG.

MAY 22

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GRE E NVI LLE, SOUTH CAROLI NA

Gallabrae is back, and - after 10 years - is bigger than ever. So gather your clan and join us for as much haggis dishing, drum banging, boulder heaving, and bagpiping that we can get away with. It’s a weekend full of heritage and a party like no other, with tons of attractions for the wee ones too.

Visit GA LL A B R A E .COM for more info.

FRIDAY Downtown Greenville GREAT SCOT! PARADE 6:00 pm

SATURDAY Furman University THE GREENVILLE SCOTTISH GAMES 8:30 am -5:30 pm BRITISH CAR SHOW MILITARY TRIBUTE & MASSED BANDS CELEBRATION WEE SCOTLAND for KIDS CELTIC JAM 6:30 pm

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Page turners

Top cookbook recommendations for mom Every mom is familiar with that daily refrain, “What’s for dinner?”

Curtis Stone does an excellent job answering that question with his cookbook, What’s for Dinner: Delicious Recipes for a Busy Life.

Fiction Addiction’s cookbook club cooked out of this book for three months and we found the recipes straightforward and the dishes tasty. Our only complaint was that the prep time for the recipes seemed underestimated, so make sure to utilize your older children or your husband as your sous chefs and put them in charge of peeling and chopping.

My favorite, so-simple dish was Roasted Pork Loin with Rosemary Salt, Shallots, Potatoes, Carrots, and Parsnips on page 88. If you can’t sneak parsnips past your family then just leave them out or substitute another vegetable. The surprise hit out of the book was the recipe for Oatmeal Coconut Butter Cookies, which is definitely worth tracking down Golden Syrup (try Publix or World Market) for. I don’t usually like oatmeal or coconut, but could not stop devouring these cookies.

To learn more about summer art camps for kids ages 5 -13, visit gcma.org/learn.

Make Art SUMMER CAMP So for Mother’s Day, take your mom out to eat but then give her this cookbook to use for the rest of the year!

Greenville County Museum of Art

420 College Street Greenville, SC 29601 864.271.7570 gcma.org Wed - Sat 10 am - 6 pm Sun 1 pm - 5 pm

Other cookbook recommendations:

• Back in the Day Bakery Made with Love

by Cheryl & Griffith Day • Mastering the Art of Southern Vegetables

by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart • Good Food, Good Life

by Curtis Stone

admission free

GCMA Journal Summer Camp.indd 1

5/1/15 3:59 PM

Giselle

ONE NIGHT ONLY - May 21, 2015 - 7:30PM

Peace Center Gunter Theatre

featuring JOFFREY BALLET’S Cara Marie Gary and Temur Suluashvili

love. betrayal. forgiveness.

Join us for a pre-show SILENT AUCTION in the lobby Opening at 7pm Recommended by Jill Hendrix, owner of Fiction Addiction (1175 Woods Crossing Road, www.fiction-addiction.com)

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

FREE – indicates free events

thru May 27 FAMILY

Moonlight Movies TD Amphitheatre | Falls Park 8:30-10:30 p.m.

FREE Moonlight Movies return to Falls Park Wednesday evenings.The free film series will be projected onto a giant inflatable screen. Moviegoers are invited to come early before 8:30 p.m. events.greenvillesc.gov

May 8 CONCERT

The Fortunate Sons Main Street Fridays FREE Using original vintage gear and instruments and accurate costumes, The Fortunate Sons claim to be “the world’s greatest tribute to America’s greatest band: Creedence Clearwater Revival.” bit.ly/mainstfridays CONCERT

Terravita Independent Public Ale House Wait for the drop: This Boston dubstep trio made up of Matt Simmers, Chris Barlow and Jon Spero brings the bass.

552-1265 | ipagreenville.com

CONCERT

NEEDTOBREATHE Presents The Tour de Compadres Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N Academy St, Greenville, 29607 7-11 p.m. $45.50, $35.50, $25.50 The Tour de Compadres featuring NEEDTOBREATHE, Ben Rector, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, and Colony House will be at the Arena Friday, May 8. Get your tickets today.

250-3800 bonsecoursarena.com/event/needtobreathe marketing@BSWArena.com

May 8-May 9 READING

SCGSAH Creative Writing Senior Readings SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities

FRIDAY, MAY 8

Blue Ridge Fest Downtown Pickens | 734 W. Main St., Pickens, 29671

The festival boasts the largest classic car cruise-in event in the Upstate. In 2014, the event raised more than $172,000 to benefit local non-profit organizations.

(800) 240-3400 | blueridge.coop COST: $12-$25

Sakas Theatre 15 University St., Greenville, 29601 7-8:30 p.m.

FREE Open to the public Creative Writing Seniors at the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities will present readings of their work at 7 p.m. in Sakas Theatre. scgsah.org

May 8-14 GALLERY

SCGSAH 15th Annual Senior Visual Art Exhibit SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Lipscombe Gallery 15 University St., Greenville, 29601 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Monday - Friday FREE Seniors from the Visual Arts department at the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities will exhibit works in the Lipscomb Gallery on campus. The gallery exhibit is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests must register at the front administration building to be escorted to the gallery. scgsah.org

May 9 WORKSHOP

America’s Boating Course

HEALTH/FESTIVAL

Anderson County Library FREE

Fitness Fest

The United States Power Squadron will offer the 8 hour America’s Boating Course at the Anderson County Library.

UpstateBoatingCourse.org WORKSHOP

Hagood Mill Homesteading Class Hagood Mill 138 Hagood Mill Rd., Pickens, 29671 10 a.m.-Noon $45/student Eliza A.H. Lord will teach Ecosystems on the Homestead at Hagood Mill on May 9 from 10 a.m. to noon. Advanced registration is required. Tuition is $45 per student. Students must be 18 to enroll.

898-2936 | visitpickenscounty.com/calendar

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N. Academy St., Greenville, 29601 8 a.m.-noon FREE Fitness Fest offers entertaining fitness activities for family members of all ages, interests and fitness levels. Attendees will be able to take part in free fitness classes, free neck and shoulder massages, stretching and warm-up demonstrations, sports medicine core demonstrations and other interactive fitness displays from a variety of vendors. Wellness experts and dieticians will be available to answer questions. Children’s activities include: Kid’s Zumba class, slap shot cage and parachute play area. stfrancishealth.org/bewellfans CONCERT

WALK/RUN

The Eric Weiler Band

Tails & Trails 5K - Dog Friendly

Smiley’s Acoustic Café FREE

Lake Conestee Nature Park 601 Fork Shoals Rd., Greenville, 29605 8:30 a.m. $30 The first annual dog-friendly 5K trail race to benefit Animal Care will be on May 9 at 8:30 a.m. at Lake Conestee Nature Park.

The cost is $30 on race day. Dogs race free.

Post-race activities include the posting of results and award presentation, plus tailwaggin fun with our pet costume contest, and vendor party. greenvillecounty.org/ACS

Blues-influenced guitarist/singer/songwriter plays in his adopted hometown.

282-8988 | smileysacousticcafe.com CONCERT

6 String Drag Moe Joe Coffee (Greenville) Tickets: $7 In the late ’90s, the Carolina quartet stood out as alt-country pioneers. After 16 years in hibernation, 6 String Drag is back.

263-3550 | moejoecoffeeandmusic.net

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» May 10 PERFORMANCE

SCSGAH Music Department presents: Opera Scenes SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Smith Recital Hall 15 University St., Greenville, 29601 3-4:30 p.m.

FREE Students from the Music Department at the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities will perform Opera Scenes at 3 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall on campus. scgsah.org EXHIBIT

Mothers Day at the Miniature World of Trains Miniature World of Trains 7 Falls Park Dr, Greenville, 29601 1-6:10 p.m. $3 Bring your mom to MWOT today and receive admission for just $3 each.

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May 12 BOOK LAUNCH

Angela Williams Book Launch Fiction Addiction | Haywood Mall 1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5, Greenville, 29607 4-6 p.m.

FREE South Carolina author Angela Williams will celebrate the launch of her new memoir, “Hush Now, Baby,” at Fiction Addiction on Tuesday, May 12, from 4-6p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

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Apple: Getting Started Verizon Wireless Store 469 Congaree Road, Greenville, 29607 6-7 p.m.

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May 12 CELEBRATION

Pendleton Place Anniversary 1133 Pendleton Street Greenville, SC, 29601 3:30-7 p.m.

Pendleton Place will celebrate 40 years of service to the community with a concert by Delvin Choice and tours of the agency. All former clients and board members are invited to attend and to contact Pendleton Place.

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A Tribute to Chocolate Thunder, featuring The Shane Pruitt Band, Zataban and The Jamie Wright Band

Downtown Alive FREE Eclectic experimental jam-rock. bit.ly/downtownalive

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Upstate blues and soul heavyweights come together to pay tribute to the late Linda Rodney.

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Applied Theatre Workshop

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May 14-May 17 Triune Mercy Center and Greenville County Juvenile Detention Facility 222 Rutherford St., Greenville, 29609 The Applied Theatre Centre is offering an opportunity for others to learn how to help marginalized groups in their own communities through theatre. appliedtheatrecenter.org info@appliedtheatrecenter.org

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Ground Zero | Tickets: $15 Rising hard-edged modern-rock quintet.

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May 14 CONCERT

Chamber Singers Spring Concert Furman University | Daniel Chapel 3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville, 29613 7 p.m.

FREE The “Tour of Song: Europe to America” will feature a musical journey featuring songs from Ireland, England, Germany and America, including classical, Shaker, gospel and Gershwin. greenvillechambersingers.org WORKSHOP

Android: Getting Started Verizon Wireless Store 469 Congaree Road, Greenville, 29607 6-7 p.m.

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Gaithers Homecoming Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N Academy St, Greenville, 29607 7 p.m. $76.50, $36.50, $27.50 The Gaithers Homecoming Celebration is coming to the Arena featuring the Gaither Vocal Band and special guests on May 15. Get your tickets to this amazing night of gospel music.

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75. Imitating 76. Crystal-lined rock 77. Artist Max 78. Judy’s partner 79. Eggs 81. Dump 83. Not mono 84. Drag 85. European erupter 86. “ER” doctor 87. Groundless 88. Bad end 89. Catch sight of 95. Midsection 97. 1773 jetsam 99. “Raiders of the Lost ___” 102. Skill 103. Walk through snow 104. Mythological messenger 105. Genesis brother 108. Ear part 110. ___ lazuli 111. Object of many prayers 112. In a playful manner 113. Lift 114. Deli offering 115. ___-American 116. Arduous journey 118. Face-off 122. Milk 123. Common contraction 124. Grassy area 125. “Go on ...”

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LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE

WE’RE KICKING OFF SUMMER

WITH CHRISTOPHER MYERS

Short memories and the cereal bowl of life I used to write a regular column here at the paper. Those were the days – wisecracking reporters talking on black desktop phones; expletives and pages flying through banks of tobacco smoke; and editors, drunk on misanthropy and cheap whiskey, cutting masterpieces into bite-sized chunks.

In those days, reporters made coffee in pots, watched videos on tape, and listened to both sides before endorsing the Democrat. Internet connections were slow; it took hours to steal a good idea.

My career dissolved in stages. First, the mayor stopped taking my calls (granted, I was outside his window and it was 4 a.m.). One morning I came in to find 100 monkeys and typewriters in my office. “I read about it someplace,” said the editor, a blatant lie given that editors never read anything. The handwriting was on the wall (out of habit, I plagiarized it).

The last straw came when I violated the cardinal rule of newspaperdom: I ate one of the publisher’s doughnuts, some bran thing with sawdust sprinkles. Before anyone could say “Hot Now,” I was on the street, press card and participles dangling behind me.

Since then and at a diminishing rate, people have asked if I’m still writing. I still dabble – appeals to the IRS; post-dated tuition checks; unsigned graffiti accusing the publisher of war crimes, not to mention abominable taste in doughnuts.

And now, thanks to short memories and falling journalistic standards, I’m back. I have to say the place hasn’t changed much; still a bunch of low-IQ primates making faces at each other. And then there are the monkeys.

As I approach middle age (and I intend to keep approaching it until it disappears in the rearview mirror), I find myself wondering about my legacy. All of us want to be great, but math, the same harpy who ruins credit ratings, says this cannot be. Most of us are relegated to the middle of the bell curve. After all, not everyone can be the best lefthanded golfing president of all time; some of us have to settle for just being competent.

That is the force that drives me. Love of honor – the Greek word for it is “philotimeomai” (not as good a word as “souvlaki” – but then again, what is?) – an amalgam of glory, acclaim and an intersection named after me in a seedy part of town. After all, I’m only a generation-and-a-half from The

Greatest Generation. This makes me 28 percent great, the rest being a combination of neuroses, beer, movies quotes, golf lies, stories that used to be cute but are now offensive, more beer, a clicking sound in my left knee, and a tendency to digress.

For the sake of philotimeomai (and because my Soulmate wants me off the couch), I’ve decided to risk my thimbleful of journalistic reputation on a hard-hitting, noBBQ holds-barred, multi-hyphenated series of articles on breakfast cereal. That’s right. In a world where terrorists, economic disaster, and climate change threaten to destroy us all (during sweeps week if CNN gets lucky), I’ll be investigating why contents may have settled during shipping.

I’m aware of the powerful forces arrayed against me (General Mills, Cap’n Crunch and eight essential vitamins, to name a BBQ few). But I have courage (different thimble) and some weapons of my own, not the least being a Huckleberry Hound spoon, acquired in 1966 with box tops from Sugar Stars and available on EBay for $5.95.

Cereal and I have a lot in common; we’re soggy, unhealthy, and mal-caloric. But we are undeterred, bobbing back to the surface again and again, ever struggling to escape the bowls that life has assigned us, not to mention awkward extended metaphors. We aim for nutrition, but often cause indigestion. Stay tuned.

Christopher Myers lives in Greenville, where he has worked as a physician for 23 years. He spends his free time pursuing the perfect tomato and looking forward to the overthrow of government. Those emailing cbmyers32004@yahoo. com with complaints about today’s column will receive a reply borrowed from either his children or a presidential candidate: a) I didn’t mean it, b) I did mean it but didn’t think you’d catch on, or c) What difference does it make now?

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