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“In these seven seats before you tonight, there are no black seats and there are no white seats, there are only the people’s seats.”

“This is not the ‘Greenville Way’ I’ve grown accustomed to and this is not the Greenville I would encourage people to move to.”

Greenville City Councilman David Sudduth, explaining his vote to switch to a nonpartisan election system that will remove party labels from the city ballot.

Greenville City Councilwoman Jil Littlejohn, speaking against the election change.

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Lynn W. Ballard trounced opponent Todd W. Frederick in Tuesday’s runoff vote to choose the Republican nominee for the June 17 special election to fill the Ballard unexpired term of deceased District 26 County Councilman Dan Rawls.

Ballard and Frederick were the front-runners in the April 29 special election primary, but Ballard did not capture the majority required to avoid a runoff race.

Election officials said 515 ballots were cast Tuesday, with Ballard receiving 343 votes and Frederick 168.

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to-door in District 26. “I campaigned hard. I thank God for the win.”

Ballard said he was looking forward to continuing to campaign for the two elections coming up in June.

Ballard will face Democratic candidate Windell Rodgers June 17 to fill Rawls’ unexpired term that ends in December.

The winner will be sworn in after June 17 in time to be a voting council member at the July 8 council meeting, said county spokesman Bob Mihalic.

District 26 voters will be back at the polls before then, however. The Nov. 4 election will decide who represents the district for a new four-year term that begins Jan. 1. The Republican primary for the Nov. 4 election is June 10 and the runoff, if necessary, on June 24.

Ballard and Frederick have entered the general election race, along with fellow Republicans C.E. (Ed) Poore and Clifton (Buddy) Dyer. Democrat Windell Rodgers has also entered the race.

Ninety-seven percent of high school seniors who received targeted services from Communities in Schools programs in South Carolina graduated and 94 percent of students in kindergarten through the 11th grade were promoted to the next grade, according to a report released Wednesday.

This comes at a time when nearly one in four high school students in the state drop out, according to “Changing the Picture of Education in South Carolina,” Communities in Schools’ 2014 spring report.

The report covers the 2012-13 school year.

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The program addresses basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter as well as transportation, medical care and mentoring.

The report said 84 percent of K-12 students who received targeted and sustained services met their academic performance goals, 80 percent met behavior goals and 78 percent met attendance goals.

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Government has role in arts Rocking Scotland When Gov. Nikki Haley was interviewed following the opening of Artisphere in Greenville last week, she caught the attention of arts supporters around the state. In her interview, she restated her position that she believes the arts, while a worthy cause, should not be supported by taxpayer dollars.

After her interview with the local media, though, many arts supporters, including myself, were taken aback by one thing in particular – that this was said at Artisphere, which is supported by the very tax dollars Haley referred to. And while many of us had questions that arose from her statements, there is one very important item to note: We have made some great progress.

When the governor’s FY14 budget proposal was released in January, it maintained level funding for the Arts Commission. That funding included a $1 million increase in recurring dollars specifically for grants to local organizations – money back into the community.

During this legislative year, there have also been alternative methods for supporting the arts that have been met with bipartisan support. The biggest example is legislation, which has passed the Senate and awaits its time on the House floor, that gives the SC Arts Commission the ability to develop and administer a “cultural district designation program” – a method of designating parts of a community that are centered around arts and culture.

It’s true that during her first three years, Gov. Haley singled out the Arts Commission for funding cuts, elimination and consolidation through budget requests and vetoes. And it is true that it took a bipartisan effort from advocates and members in both the House and Senate to keep that funding intact in South Carolina each of those times.

But over the past few years, arts supporters and the Arts Commission have made great strides in working with Gov. Haley and the entire Legislature on the arts. And in fact, in Gov. Haley’s remarks at Artisphere, she even stated “there is a role for government when it comes to arts.”

The question for Gov. Haley then is,

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what exactly is that role?

Locally, almost every municipality supports its local arts community with public funds either through hospitality and accommodations grants/funds, ownership or management of an arts facility, or with financial and marketing support for festivals, performances and more. In the Upstate, local and county governments have played a crucial role in helping advance the arts with the understanding that the arts have the capability to grow their community.

Our communities have seen dramatic results by investing a comparatively small amount of public dollars in exchange for greater community identity, higher tourism numbers, business recruitment and public enjoyment.

There is certainly something to be said for public investment in the arts – and our region is a prime example. The arts community has worked tirelessly alongside our local and state governments to effectively use the arts as a tool for community development, and not something that simply gets funded.

While the arts can sometimes be a hot topic in South Carolina, at the end of the day, we all have to realize one thing – we need to continue to work together to further the arts; we cannot work separately from each other.

So no matter who says what, or what their intentions are, we need to sit at the same table and work towards the same goal: making South Carolina the greatest state it can be.

George Patrick McLeer, an Upstate native, is an arts administrator with experience in both the nonprofit and government sectors. He is a board member of the SC Arts Alliance, Mauldin Cultural Council, St. Joseph’s Catholic School Alumni Board, and a member of the Upstate International Advisory Council.

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We’ve always prided ourselves in being on the cutting edge of Scottish Games, and this year our Celtic Bands will catch your hair on fire if you stand too close.

We’re “Rocking Scotland” in many ways, flames being just one of them.

Seven Nations, the prototype Celtic rock band, will be invading the Entertainment Tent as will Cu Dubh, with its very own belly dancer. We’re paying homage to the strong Viking strain that permeates our Celtic heritage with new elements, including Cu Ruadh, who will be swinging fireballs and flaming swords at Wee Scotland and at the Celtic Jam after the Games.

The First World Championship “Rock the Kilt” contest will be held in the Entertainment Tent.

Our Joint Military Salute in the Opening Ceremonies constitutes one of the most dramatic and spectacular Memorial Day tributes in the state. We will have our beloved Royal Highland Fusiliers serving as the Honor Guard.

The commanding officer of the 2d Scots has sent the Battalion Pipe Major, who also serves as the Queen’s Own Piper. We are honoring S.C. Army National Guard troops from all across the state, as our courageous home team has finally come home from deployment in Afghanistan.

President John F. Ceannaideach’s Clan is our Honored Clan this year.

The wild Kennedys will invade Greenville in force and we are delighted to welcome them to the Games. The Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization is sending a large contingent of their beautiful and talented title-holders and we are particularly pleased to have the reigning Miss SC, Brooke Mosteller, come this year – she was the first Miss Greenville Scottish Games.

Wee Scotland is braced for an onslaught of wee Celts who will receive their passports and plunge into storytelling with the Scottish Woods Faeries, wall climbing and other activities reminiscent of the brave Scots who settled our area in such numbers. Crafts, face painting and many new attrac-

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tions will tickle their fancy.

Our Heavy Athletes will be flexing muscles and throwing logs and boulders all over the place, so keep alert.

And our Border Collie expert is back, getting his sheep together with the help of his brilliant dogs. We have 19 pipe bands competing; our Massed Bands at Opening Ceremonies will feature more than 400 pipers and drummers to blow your kilt sideways. You will find vendors to satisfy your every Scottish need, both externally with the dry goods folk and internally with the food trucks.

Demonstrators will be available to show you how it was done and help you try your hand at throwing axes like the Vikings did. And Raptors – if there was ever a Viking/Scot symbol it would be one of these fierce birds of prey. Our Games will be graced not only with the Miss SC participants, but with an equally beautiful mother/daughter set of Clydesdales, which originate in Scotland, not St. Louis.

We’ll get you in the mood with the Great Scot! Parade Friday May 23 on Greenville’s Main Street at 6 p.m. It’s more than 65 units of sheer Scottish fun, with pipe bands, Kilt on a Stilt, floats and lots of surprises to delight your family. The Great Scot! Ceilidh follows immediately afterwards at the TD Stage in the Peace Center’s amphitheater (if you don’t know what a Ceilidh is, just follow the crowds).

Tickets are available at the gate and on our website at gallabrae.com. Active-duty military members are admitted free with a valid ID. Gates open to the public at 8:30 a.m. Saturday May 24, and the Opening Ceremonies begin at 10:15 a.m.

Dee Benedict is president of the Greenville Scottish Games.

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Cash seeks to ‘restore Judeo-Christian heritage’ Powdersville businessman to challenge Graham in Senate primary

someone who has seemingly unlimited resources that he collects from California to New York and all points in between, along with all of the businesses and groups that want to curry favor with an incumbent.

Our campaign is a mixture of grass-roots organization and activism along with mass media – hopefully enough to introduce me to enough people that I can’t meet on the campaign trail. I have more campaign signs out right now than any other candidates’ altogether. We’re making a concerted effort to create name identification. We hope to have a vigorous and enthusiastic phone bank soon. We’ll also be out doing some door-to-door activity.

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sjackson@communityjournals.com Richard Cash, a 54 year-old Upstate businessman, is one of six Republican challengers seeking to unseat U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the June 10 primary.

Cash, a former corporate computer analyst, owns and manages a fleet of neighborhood ice cream trucks and a pre-owned vehicle business in Powdersville. In 2010 he tested the political waters by entering the race for Gresham Barrett’s vacant congressional seat with eight other Republican candidates. Cash won the primary vote after a 14-month campaign and narrowly lost a run-off to Rep. Jeff Duncan.

Cash has a degree in economics from Furman University and a master’s in theology from GordonConwell Theological Seminary. He’s been married 29 years and has eight children ranging in age from 10 to 25. He is a pro-life administrator of a ministry called Pastors for Life, where he organizes volunteers, plans rallies, and coordinates pro-life activity throughout the Upstate.

His latest television ad emphasizes his pro-life stance by highlighting his 10 arrests between 1989 and 1993 for peaceful protests at abortion clinics. Cash hopes to capture voters’ attention and show he is not shy about standing up for his beliefs.

Cash sat down with the Greenville Journal to offer insights into his views and campaign.

What’s the most important issue of your campaign?

I would say it’s the need for America to turn back to God. To renew and restore Judeo-Christian heritage. I know that’s not necessarily the politically correct answer.

What made you decide to challenge Sen. Graham?

I think Lindsey Graham has taken a number of positions and votes outside the position of South Carolina voters of what they would want him to do.

I believe it’s God’s will for me to run. That is the bottom line answer. I’m very committed to preserving the

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heritage of our country for the next generation and the one after that. I think that the greatness of America – one that makes it unique – is wrapped up in the ideas of Christianity, capitalism and the Constitution. I think all elements of our heritage have been under attack for a generation.

What makes you the better candidate?

I’ve been blessed with a good education; I have an economics business degree from Furman and graduated with honors. I have a varied background. I’ve spent 20 years in the world of business – seven as a computer programmer and 15 as a small-business owner – so I think I have a pretty good grasp of how ordinary Americans view government and what they want from government.

Another thing that differentiates me is that I speak out very directly about the cultural and moral issues that are destroying this country.

What is your campaign strategy? Do you have enough funds to run a successful race?

We’re going to finish the race fine. We can always use more money, especially when you’re running against

What are your views on the polarization of Washington?

Sen. Graham is presenting himself as a conservative who gets things done. The problem with Sen. Graham is that he’s often getting the wrong things done, which is why he has six challengers in a Republican primary.

On some issues there needs to be gridlock. We’re 17 1/2 trillion dollars in debt. You can’t just keep going a trillion in debt every year. We’re going to go off the cliff at some point. I would take a stand and not raise the debt ceiling without some kind of structural reform. The credit card is maxed out.

What endorsement have you not received but would really move your campaign forward?

I’ve been to Washington on a couple of occasions to make the rounds to the organizations whose philosophy would be similar to mine. It would certainly be nice to have some endorsements and even nicer to have some donations from some of these organizations, but it’s not something that I am counting or depending on.

What is the biggest challenge you are facing in this race?

One of the challenges has been that the media hasn’t done much to cover the race and to introduce the candidates to South Carolina. A lot of the big media support Lindsey Graham. I’m not sure if that’s intentional or not. It seems to be a very quiet race considering the incumbent is so intensely disliked by so many people across this state.

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The Greenville Zoo’s master plan continues, with big changes ahead for the 54-year-old attraction SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

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A pregnant giraffe, a new home for the lions and saying goodbye to Joy the elephant are just a few of the changes ahead for the Greenville Zoo. Fundraising efforts for new attractions and refurbishments are part of the master plan for the 54-year-old Greenville landmark that attracts more than 300,000 visitors annually.

Work began in 2011 on a master plan for the zoo, which opened in 1960 and has begun showing its age. The redesign was led by consultants from PJA Architects + Landscape Architects, a Seattle-based company that has worked on animal exhibits and holding areas for Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom and master plans for zoos in Columbus, China and Singapore.

Most of the Greenville zoo’s exhibits “are at least three decades old and some do not meet the changing standards for modern zoos,” Dana Souza, the city’s director of parks and recreation, noted in a previous Journal story.

The Seattle firm analyzed the zoo’s landlocked site at Cleveland Park and found limited opportunities to expand. The parking lot is in a floodplain and is often full due to the popularity of Cleveland Park and the Swamp Rabbit Trail. Businesses and residences are located behind the zoo. Only six of the zoo’s 14 acres are used because it sits on a hill.

PJA consultants met with city and zoo officials, talked to community members and held public meetings. Out of that came a 20-year master plan that was adopted in September 2013.

The plan proposes a new lion enclosure and a new two-story rainforest exhibit, an expand-

ed Asian exhibit, new bird aviaries, expanded orangutan and leopard exhibits, new restrooms, a new gift shop and new dining options.

Another big acquisition for phase one of the master plan is a large tiger exhibit, said Amanda Osborne, executive director of Friends of the Greenville Zoo. “It will be located on a few acres where there isn’t anything now, and it will be spectacular.”

In April, Greenville City Council adopted a resolution to provide up to $3 million from tourism-related funds over five years (2014-2019) towards the phase one improvements. Council also gave the green light to begin fundraising to raise the $9$12 million that the zoo will need.

MAKING ROOM FOR BABY LIONS A top priority for the zoo is a new, expanded home for the lions that will support a breeding program.

The new African-themed exhibit will include an elevated viewing platform and viewing window where “you can look in and see the babies and how zoo employees interact with the animals,” said Charles Gunning, an architect with Craig Gaulden Davis, which designed the new lion structure.

An African-themed plaza with an African village tree is also planned and will add some “thematical elements” to the area, he said.

The lion exhibit “will really be transformational,” said Osborne. “It’s kind of a preview of what’s to come with the master plan.”

Gunning worked with PJA to ensure the zoo continues to meet its accreditation needs regarding the lion habitat and breeding program. According to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), only 30,000 wild lions are left in Africa. The Greenville Zoo’s breeding program allows it to work with zoos across the globe to ensure that captive populations are protected.

The zoo currently has two male lions, Chuma and Saied, half-brothers that came from the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia. Once the expanded lion’s den is completed, the

JOURNAL NEWS brothers will probably go to another zoo via the AZA’s Species Survival Plan breeding program. The Greenville Zoo would then receive another pair of male lions and one or two females to begin a breeding program here, said Zoo Administrator Jeffrey Bullock.

Osborne said $100,000 has been raised toward the lions’ new home, but “we’ve really just begun the process.” Depending on how much money is raised, additional educational and interactive elements could be incorporated, such as rainwater collection and vegetative roof, zoo officials said.

Friends of the Greenville Zoo is also working on a new crowdfunding platform and a new website, and is looking at grant opportunities. One of the largest fundraising events, Brew in the Zoo, is scheduled for May 30.

If all goes well, Bullock hopes work can begin on construction documents later this summer.

SAYING GOODBYE TO JOY In 2011, AZA changed its standards regarding elephant enclosures, requiring zoos to have three female elephants and room to store a bull elephant, Souza said.

Plans were already underway to relocate the Greenville Zoo elephants to another facility by 2016 when Ladybird, one of the zoo’s two African elephants, died in March.

Ladybird was brought from the Lion Country Safari Wildlife Park in Loxahatchee, Fla., in 2006 to be a companion to Joy, the zoo’s other female African elephant.

Since AZA regulations prohibit zoos from holding single elephants, zoo officials have been working with the AZA and the species survival program since Ladybird’s death to find a new home for the 44-year-old Joy. “Joy is an older elephant, and we want her somewhere where she can get the medical care she needs, be with other elephants and won’t get moved again,” said Bullock. “We want the best location for her where she can live out the rest of her life.”

The zoo expects to say goodbye to her sometime in June. While Osborne says there “are a lot of great ideas,” nothing has been finalized for a temporary replacement exhibit for that space.

“We want something that will have a positive impact on the zoo and something the community will embrace,” Bullock said. In phase two of the master plan the area will become the new two-story rainforest exhibit with free-flying birds.

GIRAFFE BABY WATCH Kiko, the zoo’s baby giraffe, became an instant Internet sensation at his birth last October, and is now one of the zoo’s top attractions.

The birth was shown live on Giraffe Cam, a streaming video system that was installed in the giraffe barn and paddock, and people from as far away as Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Africa had been on pregnancy watch.

Now, mother Autumn is once again pregnant and expected to give birth sometime in July. Bullock says baby watch will begin in June and zoo staffers are excited to share that

HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY OF

THE GREENVILLE ZOO PRE 1957

Zoo located in McPherson Park with ducks, buffalo and several other animals

1960

New zoo opens in Cleveland Park

1962

Large monkey dome constructed

1963-1970 Hired first director 1976

Friends Of The Zoo was formed

1977-1979 FOZ opened the “Land of Touch” (a petting area) & “Bird of Prey” program started 1981-1982 Zoo housed 70 animals in 11 display areas 1983

$1 million capital campaign projected to rebuild facility with natural displays housing 500 animals

1986

Phase I of zoo reopens

1987

Phase II open

1989

Renovation of elephant exhibit completed

1995

The Zoo celebrates its 10th annual Boo in the Zoo Halloween program

1997

The alligator exhibit, featuring one male and two female American alligators and two alligator snapping turtles, opens

2002

Grounds crew built a new tortoise yard.

2003

Bornean Orangutan and Amur Leopard exhibit opens to the public

2004

Greenville Zoo receives notice that it has been reaccredited.

2012

Zoo and Friends embark on Master Plan process to shape the future of the Zoo. Kiko, a male Masai giraffe, is born to parents Autumn and Walter. Over one million viewers look at Giraffe Cam to see a glimpse of Kiko

2013

Master plan is adopted by the City of Greenville. Plans include nearly $60 million in improvements over 20 years.

2014

African elephant and longtime Zoo resident, Ladybird, dies. City of Greenville allocates $3 million to fund master plan implementation over the next five years

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experience once again via the Giraffe Cam. As part of the species survival program, Kiko will probably move away sometime this summer after his sibling is born.

Clearly, “there’s a lot going on,” Osborne said. “Hopefully every time someone comes to the zoo there will be something new and exciting to see.”

The zoo is now preparing for the accreditation renewal process that comes around every five years. It’s an intense process that looks at all programs, procedures, facilities and staff, but it’s worth it, Osborne said. “Having the accreditation puts the Greenville Zoo as one of the top 10 percent in the county.”

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City Council finalizes change to nonpartisan municipal elections JOE TOPPE | STAFF

jtoppe@communityjournals.com In the face of near-unanimous opposition from the audience, a divided Greenville City Council voted 4-3 Monday to switch to a nonpartisan election system that would remove party labels from the city ballot.

Council members Amy Ryberg Doyle, Gaye Sprague, Susan Reynolds and David Sudduth voted to make the change, which will do away with primaries and allow candidates to run for city office without aligning themselves with a political party. Mayor Knox White and council members Jil Littlejohn and Lillian Brock Flemming voted against the ordinance.

Community leaders from across Greenville stood before council Monday and voiced their opposition to the change.

Greenville resident and former Charleston City Councilman Kwadjo Campbell said he argued against the change to nonpartisan elections in Charleston many years ago because he believed it would cripple the ability of the city’s black population to influence public policy.

Nearly 20 years later, Charleston’s African-American community has seen its worst fears realized as the dilution of minority voting strength resulted in a negative cultural, economic and political impact, he said. “Do not make the mistake we did in the city of Charleston; be better than we were.”

Alienating a percentage of the population will trouble the city, said former Michelin executive Calder Ehrmann.

“For those of us that lived through the flag and MLK, God help us if we didn’t learn that we need to do this together.”

Greenville resident Vic Rosenthal said he was surprised the city would proceed on the election issue amid communitywide opposition. Nonpartisan elections are more divisive, they invite spoiler candidates and increase the likelihood of corruption, he said. “Y’all are trying to fix something that isn’t really broken.”

Following public comments, White once again asked those in the audience who were against the election change to stand, and roughly 30 people stood up. When those in favor of the election

change were asked to stand, three attendees rose to their feet.

Councilwoman Susan Reynolds said city officials began discussing a change to nonpartisan elections two years ago.

Of the more than 38,000 registered voters in Greenville, only a small percentage showed up to the public hearings in January to oppose the change, she said. “We have been transparent in this process.”

Councilman David Sudduth said the small percentage of opposition does not constitute a groundswell of feedback.

The issue before council has nothing to do with race, he said. “In these seven seats before you tonight, there are no black seats and there are no white seats, there are only the people’s seats.”

Councilwoman Jil Littlejohn said she found it “careless and irresponsible” to move forward without a task force to study and advise the city on the process.

“Greenville has a lot of growing up to do when it comes to diversity and inclusion,” she said. “This is not the ‘Greenville Way’ I’ve grown accustomed to and this is not the Greenville I would

encourage people to move to.”

The issue is not a change from partisan to nonpartisan elections, but the social divide it creates, White said. The democratic process demands that the voices of those who show up be heard, he said, and there is overwhelming public concern that dropping party labels is not the right course.

“Typically, something like this would prompt us to table the matter and spend a little more time. There is no big hurry,” he said.

The final vote was then taken and concluded with an emphatic “No” from White.

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Tax increase needed for school budget School board will take first – and probably only – vote on budget June 3 CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Property taxes would go up and the Greenville school district’s fund balance would be raided by more than $7 million to pay for the budget presented by Superintendent Burke Royster on first reading Wednesday.

The school board’s first – and likely only – vote on the nearly $507 million budget will be held June 3.

Legislators are calling this year’s state budget the “education budget” because it provides school districts with more money for students who cost more to educate, such as students who come from low-income families, the gifted and talented, students whose native language is not English and those who struggle to read.

But Trustee Lisa Wells called the characterization a “shell game,” because the state budget now before the Senate would finance the increase by doling out money due Greenville from another funding source at a lesser rate, thanks to Greenville County’s relative wealth compared to the rest of the state.

“The dollars don’t necessarily match the enthusiasm [of state legislators],” Royster said. “They took it away from us in one hand and they gave it back to us in another. But in the hand they gave it back to us in, we only get 72 cents of every dollar.”

The budget working its way through the Legislature mirrors Gov. Nikki Haley’s education plan and focuses on students living in poverty, reading coaches and expansion of classroom technology.

But Royster said the Greenville district already has reading specialists and smaller classes at the first-grade level to facilitate students’ learning to read. Greenville schools already exceed the reading level the state expects districts to reach through the

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JOURNAL NEWS new program, he said. an inconvenience,” he said.

Royster’s budget proposal gives all The budget includes increased district employees a 2 percent pay raise. health insurance costs, seven support Bus drivers would staff positions needed get a bigger increase for the new Dr. Phinas the district renize J. Fisher Middle “The dollars don’t vamps their pay School and $26,000 necessarily match the schedule in an atto replace musical inenthusiasm [of state tempt to attract more struments for middle legislators].” drivers. The district and high school band is short 40 to 60 and strings programs.

Superintendent Burke Royster bus drivers, forcing “There is no fluff in some to drive double this,” said Lynda Levroutes and impacting entis-Wells. “It’s clean. instructional time in the morning, It’s lean.”

Royster told the board. “It’s not just The school district could raise taxes

by 10.7 mills under state law that allows tax increases for school operations based on population growth and the rate of inflation.

The 4.9 mill tax increase Royster proposes would apply to business property owners, industries and anyone owning personal property such as a motor vehicle or boat. The owner of a $20,000 car could expect to pay $5.88 more than last year. Homeowners would not be affected.

A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for June 3 at 6 p.m. The regular board meeting will start at 6:30 p.m.

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At first, Steve Pettit didn’t want to attend Bob Jones University. Now, more than three decades later, he’s the school’s first president from outside the university’s founding family.

Pettit was studying business administration at The Citadel when he decided he had a calling to preach. A BJU board member who attended the Washington, D.C.-area church where Pettit’s family worshipped – a church pastored by a BJU graduate – invited him to visit the campus.

“I didn’t want to come to BJU at first,” said Pettit, who earned a master’s degree in pastoral studies there. “But I think it was the working of God in my heart – first of all because I fought it and then because when it came time to surrender, God gave me an incredible peace.”

On Saturday, Pettit became BJU’s fifth president.

“This was certainly not on my bucket list,” said Pettit, who has been a full-time evangelist traveling across the country and the world with his own evangelical team. “But the Lord opened the door. My wife and I believe that God has called us to BJU, and we will be obedient to his call.”

Pettit takes over for Dr. Stephen Jones, the great-grandson of evangelist Bob Jones Sr., who founded the school in 1927. Stephen Jones cited health concerns for his resignation.

The school’s search committee began with 130 names that were narrowed down to a handful of candidates who were “solid men evangelically,” said Larry Jackson, chairman of the BJU board of trustees. “Our hearts kind of focused on one very quickly.”

Jackson said Pettit’s emphasis on discipleship and his extensive experience working with college students made him a natural choice. “He is committed to BJU’s biblical positions and educational quality, and we look forward to the leadership he will bring to the university.”

Before being named president, Pettit served on the school’s board of trustees.

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and faculty, Pettit said it is an unprecedented time for the university in which change must be embraced with courage and humility.

“I truly desire to honor BJU’s heritage and continue – by God’s grace – to fulfill its mission. I particularly want to emphasize the primacy of the local church, encourage relational discipleship among our students, faculty and staff, and continue the emphasis on academic excellence and living a godly life,” he said.

“I do believe there ought to be a place where people take seriously biblical obedience, holiness and the commands of Scripture. And I believe that Bob Jones University is a place where we take those things seriously.”

Pettit will be formally installed as president in the fall. He finished up his last tour of the Steve Pettit Evangelical Team this week. He is expected be in the presidency full-time in early June and said he will initially focus on “listening and learning.”

One of the first things Pettit will have to deal with as president is the release of a report by GRACE, or Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment, into handling of past sexual abuse allegations. Earlier this year, the organization’s contract with the school was terminated and then reinstated.

According to the latest update by GRACE, the organization expected to begin “the final stage of drafting the final report” early this month. There was no estimate how long the process will take.

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Her round-the-clock philosophy guarantees she’s the most responsive Realtor in town.

“People sometimes ask, ‘Do you ever turn it off ?’ and honestly, the answer is ‘No, I don’t,’” says Melissa, an agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS®. “The real estate market is shifting dramatically. Homes here are moving quickly so being responsive is more important than ever. Buyers AND sellers need someone who’s easily-accessible. I work hard to anticipate my clients’ needs and address them quickly.”

Abundant energy and enthusiasm are backed by 11 exceptional years of real estate experience, a combination that’s made Melissa the #1 individual agent within the Upstate’s #1 company for the past three years.

She’s a consistent Multi-Million Dollar Producer, a Luxury Collection Specialist, and is designated as a Certified Relocation Specialist as well.

Melissa comes by her real estate savvy honestly – “I get it by blood and marriage,” she laughs, noting her mother, her mother-in-law, even her sister are all Realtors – and she credits her success to a supportive spouse. Melissa and her husband of 18 years, Tony, have three children – Ashley, 15; Hannah, 11; and Ty, 7 – so almost all of her away-from-work hours are spent on their activities.

She does make time to give back to the community. This is Melissa’s third year as co-chair of Greenville’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, a role she performs in honor of her mom, Sammie Ferrigan, a five-year stage 4 breast cancer survivor. In 2009 Melissa was the event’s top overall individual fundraiser and she consistently serves as captain of the Race for the Cure team for C. Dan Joyner’s N. Pleasantburg office. Additional community service comes via active participation at Brookwood Church.

Melissa is a journalism school grad who utilizes a solid marketing and public relations background to creatively position clients’ homes.

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In the past, if a cardiac patient with an implanted heart device needed an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan to get a closer look at a circulation problem, a CT (computed tomography) scan would be done instead because the MRI magnetic forces could damage the heart device.

In the Upstate, however, several patients are part of a clinical trial for a cutting-edge implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (ICD) that is MRI-safe.

Dr. Richard Vest of Upstate Cardiology has outfitted two patients with a Biotronik ICD with ProMRI technology. A cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist, Vest Vest specializes in treating patients with heart rhythm problems. In addition, his colleague Dr. Craig McCotter has implanted several of the new ICDs. Upstate Cardiology’s patients were the first in the state to receive these new devices.

An ICD is implanted under the skin of a patient’s chest and thin leads are connected to the heart. An ICD can perform the work of a pacemaker, emitting low-level electrical pulses to control a slow heartbeat. In addition, it can monitor heart rhythms and deliver a high-energy shock to patients with dangerous or abnormal heart rhythms like ventricular tachycardia (unusually fast heartbeat) or fibrillation (quivering or irregular heartbeat) that can result in cardiac arrest.

With previous devices, either the device or the patient could suffer damage if subjected to the powerful magnetic field within an MRI machine. Biotronik said the device might absorb and conduct heat, or the magnetic field could damage the computer components or the leads attached to the heart.

The device itself could also move.

“Clinically it has been a challenge if these patients can’t get an MRI,” Vest

The Biotronik ProMRI implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (ICD) functions as a heart pacemaker and a defibrillator. In addition, it is the first ICD that can be used in an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanning machine.

said. In many instances, an MRI is the best diagnostic tool, especially for soft tissue, but couldn’t be used, he said.

As part of the study, patients at Upstate Cardiology have the device implanted, go to a routine follow-up and then have an MRI scan about six weeks after surgery, said Vest. They also have follow-up appointments at one month and three months after the MRI scan to monitor how the patient’s heart and device are doing, he said.

For an MRI scan, a cardiologist can program the ICD to an “MRI-safe” mode, which temporarily switches off the high-energy shock function and then reset it after the scan is complete, Vest said.

This MRI-safe ICD technology had been tested in patients in Europe and was approved for use by the European Union in Feb. 2013, said Vest. Upstate Cardiology is part of a third-level trial.

The device will then go on to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), he said.

“It was very exciting to us to find out that when we did this initial implantation, we were actually the first in the state of South Carolina to implant one of these devices in a patient,” said Vest. “We felt our patients were receiving cuttingedge technology and we’re really able to be part of an exciting clinical trial when it comes to ICD implantation.”

Vest said he is pleased that patients “can participate in this clinical trial that addresses this specific problem of allowing them to have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and allowing them to have an MRI scan. We think this will be definitely helpful to patients in the future to further promote their better care.”

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A program supported by Clemson University’s Center for Workforce Development is doing its part to ensure the manufacturing industry’s next generation of skilled labor is eager to work.

The program, Communities in Schools, allows students in five Greenville County schools to become part of a program designed to make pre-engineering and science concepts fun with hands-on activities, while showing how they apply to real-world jobs.

Amy Keely, director of after-school programs, said Communities in Schools focuses on dropout prevention and provides activities taught by a team from the Roper Mountain Science Center.

The activities are designed to help students realize science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are part of their everyday lives, Keely said, exposing them to a variety of possible careers to help them make

connections between their interests and their strengths.

“In order for our country to be more competitive globally, our students need to have an interest in STEM and a better understanding of options in STEM careers,” she said.

Students need exposure to manufacturing skills at the elementary and middle school levels, said Rebecca Hartley, director of pathways for the Clemson University Center for Workforce Development.

Exposing students to STEM-based subjects at an early age may incline them to become more interested in a relative career path, she said. “We want to change the old perception of manufacturing by showing students places like Michelin, BMW and GE as companies that offer sustainable careers.”

Hartley said she hopes the program will serve as a model for others offered on a larger scale. The program exposes students to a growing South Carolina industry early in their education, she said. “Our focus is on advanced manufacturing because that is currently the

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The curriculum has been made part of the Roper Mountain Science Center’s long-running “Science on Wheels” program, said Jennifer Romatelli, the center’s curator of outreach.

The program includes studies on air pressure, chemical reactions and the properties of sound, she said.

During its inaugural year, the engineering-and-science program will visit students in the second through eighth grades at Chandler Creek Elementary, Duncan Chapel Elementary, Monaview Elementary, Sue Cleveland Elementary and Woodmont Middle.

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On May 17-18, S.C. Comicon soars into town, featuring local artists, authors, artists for DC and Marvel, comic book vendors, and much more to delight comics fans. At the center of it all will be television’s original Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno, who will appear at the event to sign autographs and meet fans.

Ferrigno, 62, is best known for his portrayal of the terrifying green Hulk in the 1978-1982 television series “The Incredible Hulk.” For Ferrigno, landing the favorite role of his life was a dream fulfilled.

“I just loved the character and to play him was a dream come true,” said Ferrigno. “I auditioned and then was hired the next day.”

Ferrigno said he could relate to the Hulk and understand the way the creature thinks and feels, so it was a “natural audition” for him. His love for the character began as a child, when Ferrigno was dealing with an 80 percent hearing loss following a series of ear infections – a condition that led him to be bullied in school.

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To cope with the bullying, Ferrigno looked to comic books and found heroes in Superman, Spider-Man and the Hulk.

“Spider-Man had that secret identity.

He was the separate person, and I felt the same way,” Ferrigno said. “Peter Parker is this average guy who people pick on, but his secret identity makes him powerful.”

Ferrigno said he also initially liked Superman for the same reasons because Clark Kent was an average guy who became a superhero. However, the Hulk was the superhero who ultimately inspired him most, because after reading those comics, Ferrigno began bodybuilding.

“When I was a kid, I used to read Hulk comic books and I loved how strong, fast and powerful he was,” Ferrigno said. “The activity [weightlifting/bodybuilding] connected me with him.”

Weightlifting and bodybuilding allowed Ferrigno to create a “secret identity” for himself and opened a whole other realm of opportunities, he said.

He won International Federation of Body Building’s (IFBB) Mr. America and Mr. Universe in 1973, came in second at the Mr. Olympia competition in 1974, and when he came in third in 1975, found himself featured alongside one of his idols, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the

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documentary “Pumping Iron.” To this day, he and Schwarzenegger are the biggest names on the weightlifting/bodybuilding circuit, Ferrigno said.

Though in his 60s, Ferrigno still does bodybuilding and weightlifting, as well as personal training. He credits his passion for physical fitness as his motivation to stay in shape.

“It’s all about passion because I love working out,” he said. “I do not want to let myself go like I have seen other people do.

I have always wanted to have longevity and still do the same things [I did when I was younger] in my 60s and 70s.”

However, while Ferrigno has moved forward with his career, he is still deeply connected with the Incredible Hulk, voicing him in the animated series and in the Avengers movie franchise.

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body motion in CGI,” he said. “I understand how he thinks and feels, but I feel that my voicing him makes him more believable.”

Ferrigno said the Avengers depiction of the Hulk was “phenomenal because of how he interacted with the other heroes.”

While he likes how the new movie franchise has advanced the Hulk side of the character, Ferrigno said Bill Bixby remains the best Dr. David Banner in his opinion. Bixby “had the look and he made everyone feel he was Banner. You want to take him home and sympathize with him.”

Ferrigno said he believes the connection to characters like the Hulk endure and can be felt by children and adults alike due to their power and the way audiences can relate to them.

“When we are kids, we are fascinated with superheroes because we share what they go through,” he said. “Even as an adult, we still feel that attraction to them because of power.”

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One of his recent projects was an episode of “Star Trek Continues,” a fan-made production aimed at continuing the final two years of the Enterprise’s original five-year mission. Ferrigno, who stars in the episode as a green-skinned Orion slave trader, introduces a showing of the episode, “Lolani,” at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, during S.C. Comicon. Director Chris White, a Greenville resident, will lead a Q&A session afterward.

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amorris@communityjournals.com The label on the box of personal cleansing wipes or Kitty Litter may read “flushable,” but Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) says that items boasting this convenient disposal method are less than kind to their collection and wastewater treatment systems.

Last week, ReWa launched Potty Protocol, a new awareness campaign to inform consumers about what should be flushed. The snappily named initiative is a facet of the system’s Be Freshwater Friendly education campaign, which focuses on consumers’ day-to-day changes that can impact clean water.

Just because an item can be flushed, doesn’t mean that it breaks down in water or won’t clog pipes and equipment, said Ashley Rhinehart, spokeswoman for ReWa. “It’s becoming worse and worse because companies are promoting these items as flushable that aren’t really flushable,” she said.

Consumers flush away everything from baby wipes and cotton swabs to medical bandages and diapers, all of which cause wastewater treatment problems, according to ReWa. Even something as small as dental floss can cause issues, said Rhinehart.

A Consumer Reports test pitting the wipes against toilet paper revealed that toilet paper broke up after about six seconds and the tested wipe was still intact after 10 minutes.

“The utility industry is very concerned, especially since the wipes in-

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dustry is catering to a high demand for these convenient personal and household cleaning products. As the demand increases, so does the potential for expensive sewer line repairs,” according to ReWa. Rhinehart did not have figures on the cost of cleanup or repairs to the utility’s systems caused by non-flushable items, but said clogs at lift stations take up staff time that could be used in other areas.

The popularity of items billed as flushable has caught the attention of service providers nationwide. The National Association of Clean Water Agencies lists more than 40 media mentions of flushable items causing issues with wastewater treatment systems from Hawaii to Iowa. Multiple providers have similar campaigns to ReWa’s.

Rhinehart said that many consumers don’t know about the potential damage caused by the disposable products they may flush, and ReWa wants to spread the word. “We’re trying to reduce the amount of trash in our system,” Rhinehart said.

F I N D O U T M O R E AT P O T T Y P R O T O C O L . O R G .

Author events S.C. journalist Laura Ann Garren will be signing copies of her book, “The Chattooga River: A Natural & Cultural History,” at Fiction Addiction on May 18, 1-3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. In addition, novelist John Warley will speak about his book, “A Southern Girl,” and the state of international adoption at the International Center on May 20, 2 p.m. Customers can reserve a personalized book copy for either event and RSVP to the May 20 event by calling 864-675-0540 or emailing info@fiction-addiction.com.

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ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School fifth- and sixth-grade students in Catherine Pate’s art classes visited the Greenville Zoo recently to practice drawing “en plein air” or “in the open air.” Students used this challenging technique to sketch animals on exhibit at the zoo. A grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council helped fund the trip and provided a sketchbook for each student to practice their live animal studies.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced this year’s National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists. Local recipients include: Casey E. Cunningham of Southside Christian School; Robert W. Moser III of Christ Church Episcopal School; Jeremy Berres Bell of Southside High School; Kerry Song Yan of Riverside High School; Jiayang Zhao of Christ Church Episcopal School; William H. Cummings of Mauldin High School; and Thomas Sullivan Caldwell of Wade Hampton High School.

The South Carolina School for the Arts is seeking high school students to participate in the 2014 season of The Anderson University Repertory Theatre, which will include summer performances of a comedy by Moliere and six humorous short plays. High school students will earn one hour of college credit for participation in a multi-week drama course. The program cost is $225. To request an audition date, contact Robert Homer-Drummond at rhomerdrummond@andersonuniversity.edu or 864-328-1419, or contact Charity Yost Reed at cyreed@andersonuni-

versity.edu or 864-328-1847. Auditions will be held until May 21. To be considered, students should prepare a fun, one-minute monologue for the audition and bring a recommendation from their high school drama or speech teacher.

Fine Arts Center Dance students Makenna Farr, Kathy Gale, Olivia Hopkins, Ellen Kilby, Peyton Lemen, Samuel Painter, Ashley Pavia, Nicole Pavia, Lucy Quattlebaum, Kiersten Rist, Callie Thackston and Leah Wade were recently inducted into the Fine Arts Center Chapter of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA).

The Bob Jones University Vintage staff recently announced the 2014 yearbook has been dedicated to Dr. Bruce McAllister for his lifelong commitment to advancing the kingdom of God. McAllister earned four degrees from BJU and currently serves as director of ministry relations at the university.

The students in the Washington Center’s Medical Homebound Program love books. Sarah Tanner’s students choose a special book every time they have an instructional session. Books follow the monthly theme of the Unique curriculum or weekly News2you papers. Students may choose to have a book read to them, listen to a book on tape or respond to recurring phrases with a voice output device.

Langston Charter Middle School students were recently recognized at the Model United Nations Conference. Individual awards went to: Rachel Begley as Clerk; Charlie Forstein, C.C. Snoad and The Christ Church Episcopal School Class of 2014 Anna McGowan as Presiding Officelebrated College Signing Day on May 1, with cer; and the Outstanding Statesman seniors wearing a T-shirt from their chosen college Award went to Haseeba Karim and and placing their flag on a cake decorated with maps of South Carolina, the U.S. and Europe. The Zoe Feser. Group Awards were preIB class of 2014 is pictured above. sented to Snoad, Alana Atkins, Emily Smith, Emily Weeks and Marlee McCutchen for representing Burundi and their proposal advances to plenary. Sydney Keffer and Nora Beth Norton were recognized for Outstanding Native Attire.

Karim and Emily Pyle were recognized for Outstanding Booth at Festival of Nations. Snoad, Atkins, Smith, Weeks and McCutchen received Outstanding Resolution for representing Burundi. Blake Sorrell, Alejandro Escobar and Jeffery Yowe also received Outstanding Resolution for representing Togo; and Anna McGowan and Dallia Clark for Outstanding Resolution representing Namibia.

Seventh- and eighth-grade Greenville Middle Academy strings students recently traveled to Williamsburg, Va., to participate in the Music Showcase Festival at Busch Gardens. Greenville Middle’s students competed against 15 other performing groups and won outstanding section awards for violin and cello sections.

The group also received a superior rating and took first place in the string orchestra division while receiving the highest scores in school history at a competition.

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The Upcountry History Museum, 540 Buncombe St., Greenville, will host Lunchbox Learning on May 22. The program will be a Meet & Greet with the Royal Highland Fusiliers and is free to museum members and $5 for other guests. Chick-fil-A will offer boxed lunches for $7 and salads for $6, but they must be reserved before the event. For more information, call 864-467-3100 or email info@upcountryhistory.org.

In honor of Children’s Book Week, Kate DiCamillo, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, the American Booksellers’ Association and Fiction Addiction invite the public to attend the first-ever Indies First Storytime Day on May 17, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., at Fiction Addiction. Authors, illustrators and customers will be volunteering as storytime readers. For more information, call 864-675-0540 or email info@fiction-addiction.com.

Chapman Cultural Center in downtown Spartanburg will host nearly 70 summer day camps from late May through mid-August. Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg Regional History Museum, Spartanburg Science Center and Spartanburg Youth Theatre will offer camps. Camp listings and registration forms can be found at chapmanculturalcenter.org. For more information, call 864-542-ARTS. The 2014 Park Hop Campaign will kick off with an opening celebration on May 17, 1-4 p.m., at Conestee Park. This free family event is open to the public and will feature fresh food, music, games/activities, a scavenger hunt and a chance to win prizes. The 2014 Park Hop Passport will also be unveiled. Registration is not required, but event attendees may register at parkhop.org to receive a free Park Hop gift.

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Daylily and Hosta Gardens, 2396 Roper Mountain Road, will donate 10 percent of sales to Greenville County Animal Care during the weekends of May 16-18 and June 6-8. The garden is open Friday and Sunday noon-6 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and offers over 900 different varieties of daylilies and hostas. The gardens are pet friendly, dogs on leashes are welcome. For more information, email daylilygarden@charter.net or visit daylilyandhostagardens.com.

Peter and Karen Iocavelli, pictured at the 2014 Hope Ball, were instrumental in helping the Cancer Society of Greenville County raise more than $1.3 million to benefit local cancer patients. The society will hold its ladies golf tournament on June 2.

The 2014 Hope Ball, which benefits the Cancer Society of Greenville County, featured 560 guests and raised $1.4 million, including pre-event fundraising, a $750,000 pledge from The Peter and Karen Iacovelli Foundation and an additional $252,175 from sponsors and attendees. The Hope Ball is held every two years and is the Cancer Society of Greenville County’s largest fundraiser. The organization will also hold its Ladies Golf Benefit on June 2 at Green Valley Country Club. Registration deadline for individuals or teams is May 26. For more information, call 864-232-8439 or visit cancersocietygc.org.

Honor Flight Upstate SC will hold its first annual gala fundraiser on May 20, 6-9 p.m., at the Upcountry History Museum. Honor Flight sends local World War II and Korean War veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials built in their honor. The party will feature gourmet food, live WWII-era music, an appearance

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With its Hometown Heroes event, Cabela’s stores will honor the contributions of those who serve by offering employee pricing to all veterans, active duty military and reserves, law enforcement, firefighters and EMS personnel May 15-18. To participate, shoppers should present their service ID at checkout.

Greenville Rotary Charities awarded $15,000 to the Generations Group Home Tuesday marking the first time the full grant amount has gone to one charity. The grant money will go toward replacing a roof and general repairs at the Hartwell House, which features the game room used by all of the boys at Generations Group Home. Hartwell House also houses 11 boys. Generations works with adolescent and pre-adolescent males who are in primary need of specialized services for abusive behaviors.

The Reedy River Duck Derby launched 10,000 rubber ducks over the Reedy River Falls and raised funds for charity through the event sponsored

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"The Phantom of the Opera" is a family affair for Ben Jacoby (right).

His father played the Phantom for more than 800 shows on Broadway.

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Actor keeps it all in the family Ben Jacoby follows in father’s footsteps with role in Broadway classic CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com “The Phantom of the Opera” is more than a Broadway classic to actor Ben Jacoby. It’s a family affair.

Jacoby’s father, Mark, gave more than 800 performances on Broadway as the lead character in the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic.

Now Jacoby has one of the lead roles

in the grittier, more realistic, reconceived “Phantom” national tour that is in Greenville through next weekend.

“It’s an important show for my family,” Jacoby said in a telephone interview last week before the show arrived for its Peace Center run. “Being able to have a role in a musical that my father played the lead role in for so many years is a testament to the show. It has lasted this long for a reason.”

The musical is based on the French

novel “Le Fantome de l’Opera” by Gaston Leroux. The central plot revolves around a beautiful soprano, Christine Daae’, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius named Erik, known throughout the production as “The Phantom of the Opera” or Opera Ghost.

The musical opened in London’s West End in 1986 and on Broadway in 1988.

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it the longest-running show on Broadway by a wide margin over shows such as “Cats,” “Chicago,” “The Lion King” and “Les Miserables.”

Jacoby plays Raoul, the aristocratic rival to the Phantom.

“It’s the same basic love triangle as in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’” Jacoby said. “Raoul is the third piece of a love triangle. I think Raoul, if you really think about it, is just a man who is in love. He’s in love with Christine as much as the Phantom is.”

Although Jacoby grew up around the theater and he had performed in some shows in high school, he didn’t think about it as a career for himself until he went to Denison University in Ohio. He majored in English literature and theater.

Then he decided to go to UC-Irvine to pursue an MFA in acting.

“It was always a hobby,” he said. “It was a slow transition from hobby to potential career.”

His decision to audition for “Phantom” was more professional than personal, he said.

“When you’re an actor, you go to any audition you can get, especially when it’s a large national tour,” he said. “While it is an important show to my family, it was important to me professionally because of the artistic merit of the show.”

His father has offered some advice, but it was more broad than specific to “Phantom,” Jacoby said.

“He’s a proud dad,” he said. “But with ‘Phantom,’ it’s a different role and a different production. It’s a new staging that puts different values, different takes on things.”

But, make no mistake, it is still “Phantom.”

“The score is the same. The story is the same,” he said. “But it looks completely different. It’s a redesigned set. It has redesigned costumes. The original could be classified as stylized. Ours, it’s more realistic.”

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Since the musical is set in the Paris Opera House before electricity, the lighting casts intense shadows reminiscent of what it would have looked like before electricity and the even lighting it helps produce, he said.

The score is still luscious, sweeping and romantic, Jacoby said. The story is still one of unrequited love.

“There’s a huge theme of not being good enough to be loved. I think people can relate to that,” Jacoby said. “There’s something at the core of the story that

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relates to so many people.”

Jacoby said Raoul is a challenging role.

“Raoul is a large role with a lot of stage time. It can be exhausting physically,” he said. “At the end of the week when we’ve done eight shows, I’m tired.

Stamina is a challenge. The show is almost entirely scored through and sung.

And people forget that when they see a character in an upper level set that the actor has had to climb several sets of stairs offstage to get there.”

Jacoby said his father and his col-

lege professors taught him several lessons that have helped him in his career in musical theater. The most important, he said, is not to overspecialize.

“I tell young theater students not to close themselves off to musical theater. In this role, I do a long of singing and acting and some dancing,” he said. “I think if you overspecialize too early, you’re essentially taking yourself out of consideration for hundreds of possible jobs. Versatility is the most important thing to an actor.”

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Musical omnivores Gigi Dover stirs up a gumbo of styles A quick Internet search will reveal that singer/songwriter Gigi Dover is occasionally classified as “country rock,” which is both interesting and largely incorrect.

Dover and her husband and musical collaborator Eric Lovell have cast a much wider net, drawing from worldwide musical influences to create a unique and intriguing gumbo of musical styles. The sound they achieve on Dover’s most recent album, “The Robin Is High & The Moustache Is WHO: Gigi Dover & Big Love Long,” is one of the most ambiWHERE: The Bohemian, 2 W. Stone. Ave., Greenville tious releases I’ve heard in the WHEN: Friday, May 16, 9:30 p.m. last few years.

Over multi-instrumentalist INFO: 864-235-7922 or thebohemiancafe.com Lovell’s intricate, layered arrangements, Dover’s seductive voice ebbs and flows along with the music, which incorporates everything from laid-back Latin-style grooves to propulsive psychedelic sitar-and-tabla backdrops. Each song somehow manages to be entirely different from the others, yet the album is incredibly cohesive and powerful. It’s an exciting mesh of styles that doesn’t really sound like anything else.

It sounds like a style that would be difficult to recreate live, and since Dover and her band Big Love are playing The Bohemian Café on May 17, that was one the first things I asked her about. But Dover says that reproducing the songs’ arrangements live is her goal.

“Eric played a lot of the instruments you hear on there, and we take those instruments with us on the road,” she says. “We try our best to recreate what we’ve recorded as closely as possible.”

Dover and Lovell are both musical omnivores, seeking out as many different styles as they can.

“We both spend a lot of time searching out new sounds,” Dover says. “We both listen to music from all over the world, and we study different cultures and styles.

We try to merge that with our own music and see how those influences manifest themselves when we go into the studio.”

With Lovell handling most of the arranging and production, Dover is free to craft her lyrics, which she creates in different ways.

“Sometimes the lyrics come first, as a story,” she says. “Sometimes the lyrics come after hearing the song, or the tone of the song. And the first cut on ‘The Robin Is High’ (“Moonlight”) was autobiographical to the letter. Eric said, ‘Gigi, we need one more song for this record,’ and I said, ‘Well, let me go for a walk and see what I can find,’ and in the sky as I was walking, you could see Venus and Jupiter and Mars; there were five planets visible at twilight that year. In the song I talk about meeting a stranger with no front teeth; it was this little kid I met in the street who ran up and gave me a hug. All that happened to me on my walk.”

Dover has found an ideal musical and personal partnership with Lovell.

“Eric’s has a real depth of knowledge about how different styles of music can work together and change the mood of a song,” she says. “And his knowledge of all things stringed is a big part of what he does. But he does the recording and engineering, too. He’s the man behind the curtain and in front of the curtain.”

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THE WEEK IN THE LOCAL ARTS WORLD

The Spartanburg Art Museum at the Chapman Cultural Center is showcasing “Out of Line,” the works of Asheville-based artist Randy Shull, through June 22.

The exhibit is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. It is free to attend. The museum is also presenting a multi-location public art installation project called “No Vacancies” through July 18. In empty storefronts along Main Street, students have created works of art relevant to each site. For more information, visit spartanburgartmuseum.org or call 864-582-7616. Also at the Chapman Cultural Center is “Elvis: A Concert Experience” on May 18, 3 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit elvisconcert.com or call 864-542-ARTS. The Art Bomb studios, 1320 Pendleton St., Greenville, will hold its Spring Show on May 17, 6:30-9:30 p.m. The evening will feature work by artists Diane KilgoreCondon, Katie Walker, Greg Flint, Darryl DeBruhl, Cathy Zaden-Lea, Paul Flint, Alexia Timberlake Boyd, Elizabeth Shanks, Tim Speaker, Kim Dick, Teri Pena, Blake Smith, JoCarol Mitchell-Rogers, Jane Dorn, Susan Young Evans, Jay Owens and Katy and Tim Cassell. In addition, The Snopes Family Band will provide live music.

The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg recently awarded $4,750 through its Community Grants program to five local organizations. Annually, a total of about $12,000 is awarded to people or programs that are “actively engaged in the performing, visual, literary or folk arts.” Recipients included: Hub City Farmers’ Northside Community Garden and Mural, City of Spartanburg Spring Fling, Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, Woodland Heights Elementary’s Ocean Artsploration and Carma Music Camp.

Ugly Words Writing Lab is hosting a free interactive workshop on May 24, 9:30 a.m.-noon, for ages 10-14. After meeting at Falls Park, participants will explore downtown Greenville to create a unique travel guide written for kids, by kids.

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The Fountain Inn Symphony Orchestra will present “Earth, Wind and Fire” on May 23, 7:30 p.m. at the Younts Center for Performing Arts, 315 N. Main St., Fountain Inn. Works performed represent American, French and Russian musicians whose styles symbolize the diverse composition techniques that emerged during the early to mid 20th century. Guest artists will be the father-daughter duo Fabio and Maria Parrini in the performance of Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos. For more information, visit yountscenter.org.

“Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part 1: Millennium Approaches” will be performed at the Warehouse Theatre May 30 and 31, June 12 and 19 at 8 p.m.; May 31, June 14 and 21 at 2 p.m. “Part 2: Perestroika” will be performed June 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m.; June 7 at 2 p.m. In addition, a discussion titled “AIDS and Altruism: Perspectives from the Early Years of the Epidemic” will be May 28, 6 p.m. Also, Michael Brodeur’s “Pansies and Other Fruits” painting exhibit will be in the theatre’s lobby May 30-June 19. For more information, visit warehousetheatre.com.

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W. Mountainview, North Main Area Live within minutes of Downtown Greenville in this stunning new home constructed in this popular North Main Area. The home designed for Highland Homes by Mel Dias Designs, when completed, will look as though it has been a part of this traditional neighborhood for years, but will incorporate craftsman architecture with the modern luxuries and green technologies of homes built today.

This plan offers plenty of space for the whole family to spread out. Amenities include hardwood floors, Granite countertops, and Energy Star appliances and high efficiency heating and air conditioning systems. Don’t miss this opportunity to own brand new construction in this convenient and established North Main community.

HOME INFO Price: $639,000 Square Footage: 3110 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3.5 Open Floor Plan, Large Family Room, Master Bedroom Suite on Main, Office/Study, Eatin Kitchen, Energy Efficient Appliances, Relaxing Screened Porch, Exercise Room and Two-car Garage.

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O P E N S U N D AY, M AY 18 F R O M 2 – 5 P M 301 Breton Dr., Greer Looking for the perfect family home in a top school district? This is it! All brick, custom, one owner, in desirable, upscale, gated Hammett Creek. A rare find with open floor plan and 3 bedrooms on the main level. Second floor has 4th bedroom, full bath, and large room that can be family media room.

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PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONORS The Reserve At Lake Keowee Names Alexander Raimondi New Community Club Manager

Raimondi

After a nationwide recruitment effort, The Reserve at Lake Keowee’s Board of Directors proudly announces the appointment of Alexander Raimondi as the property’s new Community Club Manager. Raimondi, who was unanimously approved by the Board and began his new post on April 21, hails from a long and distinguished career in successful private club management, with emphasis in staff development, financial planning and marketing. The Reserve at Lake Keowee said farewell in late February to Charles (“Chuck”) Pigg, who retired as The Reserve’s

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Community Manager after serving since the community was founded in 2000.

Raimondi has extensive experience in private club, country club and community association operations. He served as General Manager/Chief Operating Officer at the prestigious Wilderness Country Club in Naples, Fla.; The Polo Club of Boca Raton in Boca Raton, Fla.; and The Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass. Raimondi is an active member of the Club Managers Association of America.

The board was attracted to Raimondi’s personal management philosophy, that a club manager must possess integrity, trust, perseverance and passion for the club he serves. Raimondi also regards communication, training and leading by example among his highest values. He is continuously engaged in and believes highly in

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professional development for both himself as well as his staff.

Raimondi stated, “I am very excited and proud to be part of The Reserve at Lake Keowee and look forward to the opportunities and a bright future ahead. My wife and I are eager to join ‘The Reserve Family’ and to reside in the Upstate.”

The Reserve members were notified of Raimondi’s arrival in a statement on April 18.

Chairman of The Reserve at Lake Keowee’s Board of Directors, Denny Britten, expressed the Board’s excitement that Raimondi would be joining The Reserve.

“The Board is confident that Alex has the capacity, energy, and experience to lead us through the challenges ahead while improving our membership experience and satisfaction,” Britten wrote.

Raimondi’s appointment signals a new chapter in progressive community leadership at The Reserve, and another high point in a year marked by high sales and encouraging signs for 2014 sales activity. Already this year,

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home construction is at a healthy pace, with 55 new home starts underway, averaging three new submittals per month to the community’s Architectural Review Board.

Rutledge Livingston, Director of Sales at The Reserve, stated, “We couldn’t be more excited to work with Alex.

He will undoubtedly add to the warm, community-centric culture here at The Reserve, and help us continually protect and nurture the hallmarks of the lifestyle and member experience here while cultivating, enhancing and refining areas of opportunity for us.”

Bateman Joins Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Kendall Bateman

joined the company and serves as a Sales Associate at the Pelham Road office.

Bateman is a graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Prior to joining C. Dan Joyner, she worked as a Resources Representative for Kemet Electronics Corporation.

“We are very excited that Kendall Bateman has joined the Pelham Road office,” said Duane Bargar, Broker-in-Charge. “We look forward to working with her.”

Bateman currently lives in Greenville’s Eastside with her husband, William, and 7 month old baby, Carter. She is active at Grace Church and a member of the Junior League of Greenville and the Red Shoe Society. In her free time she enjoys Clemson football, photography, and interior design.

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S Realtors® Report Positive Outlook in Commercial Market with Increases in Sales Volume, Income Realtors® who practice commercial real estate reported an increase in sales transaction volume and medium gross annual income last year, according to the 2014 National Association of Realtors® Commercial Member Profile.

NAR commercial members who were surveyed conduct all or part of their activity in commercial sales, leasing, brokerage and development for land, office and industrial space, multifamily, and retail buildings, as well as property management. The survey shows that even with challenges in the market, commercial members saw a rise in median sales transaction volume to $2,554,700, up nearly $50,000 from 2012.

“Despite a government shutdown, regulatory changes and a budget sequestration, ongoing job creation has helped the commercial market make continued progress,” said 2014 President of The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® and Co-owner of Flagship Properties SC and The Office Centers, LLC, in Greenville, SC, Jon Pickhardt. “Realtors® who practice commercial real estate help build our nation’s communities by helping their clients make informed business decisions and reliable commercial investments that support economic growth. A stronger commercial market is a good indicator of a recovering and growing economy.”

Commercial members completed a median of eight transactions in 2013, equal to the previous year. Nine percent of commercial members reported not having a transaction in 2013, also the same as 2012. Brokers typically had a greater sales transaction volume than sales agents.

Seventy-six percent of commercial members reported having a leasing transaction; their median transaction leasing volume in 2013 was $431,600. Twenty-nine percent of members cited investment sales as their primary business specialty, making it the most popular area of concentration. Land sales and office leasing were reported as the second and third most popular primary commercial specialties.

Realtors® reported an increase in annual gross income for the fourth year in a row. The study found median annual gross income for 2013 was $96,200, an increase from $90,200 in 2012; that is the highest reported level since 2008.

Commercial members who manage properties typically managed 60,000 total square feet, representing twenty total spaces. Those who manage offices typically managed 25,000 total office square feet, representing eight total offices.

Twenty-eight percent of commercial members were involved in international transactions in 2013. Sixteen percent of commercial members reported an increase in international transactions, while only 1 percent had a decrease. Nearly one-fourth of commercial members reported international business is important to their company.

The typical commercial NAR member has been in real estate for 25 years, in commercial real estate for 15 years and a member of NAR for 18 years. Eighty percent of members reported working at least 40 hours a week, with about half stating that they spend 75 to 100 percent of their time on commercial real estate activity.

Commercial members are predominately male with a median age of 59. However, women are slowly becoming a stronger presence in the industry; 35 percent of those with two or fewer years’ experience are female, up from 33 percent last year, and sales agents have the largest representation of female practitioners with 29 percent.

The 2014 NAR Commercial Member Profile was based on a survey of 2,213 members. Income and transaction data are for 2013, while other data represent member characteristics in 2014.

Approximately 70,000 commercial real estate professionals are members of NAR, making it the largest commercial organization in the industry.

The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America’s largest trade association, representing 1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 1,800 members in all aspects of the real estate industry. Please visit the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® web site at www.ggar.com for real estate and consumer information.

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

NEW LISTING ~ CHARLESTON PLACE

6 CHARLESTONPLACE COURT • 4 BR/ 5 FULL BA / 2 HLF BA • 7000+ SQ FT HEATED POOL • BUILT IN 2007 • 0.8 ACRES • $1,199.000 • MLS 1279574

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Charlotte Sarvis

864.979.6713

864.346.9943

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Beautiful custom all brick home!

Directions: From I-85 or I-385 travel East on Woodruff Road (SC 146) for approximately 5 miles. Five Forks Plantation is on the left (Pawleys Drive). Turn left onto Clifton Grove Way. Model Home is on the right just before the Clubhouse.

Schools: Monarch Elementary Beck Academy | JL Mann Academy Contact: Ryan Homes | 864.234.1497

1101 KENSINGTON LAKE DR EASLEY • 4BR/3.5BA • $364,500 • MLS 1278488

Five Forks Plantation, Simpsonville, SC Five Forks Plantation offers all brick, side entry garage homes in the prestigious Five Forks area from the mid $300s to the $600s. You’ll enjoy the country club-style amenities that include a large clubhouse with full kitchen and wrap-around porch, a junior Olympic size pool, lighted tennis courts, athletic field and a 1.3 acre scenic pond. Ryan Homes offers the quality and features you would expect in a custom home but at a much better price.

Plus, every new Ryan Home is Independently Inspected to be ENERGY STAR® Certified saving over 30% on your utility costs versus standard new homes! It’s no wonder why more homeowners have trusted Ryan Homes with their largest investment than any other builder in the Upstate.

Visit the decorated Brookmere model today!

• 3200-3399 Sq. Ft. • Hardwoods throughout • Granite in kitchen and baths • All closets have new closet systems • Newer Architectural Roof • 0.58 acres, irrigation system • Powdersville school district

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Millennials Are Now the Largest Home-Buying Generation As the spring real estate market heats up, the Carolinas continue to outperform most of the country. One group that has been particularly active is the Millennials – who are responsible for 31 percent of recent home purchases, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).

Born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, the Millennials are now the largest home-buying generation since the Baby Boomers.

“The Millennials are a strong force to be reckoned with in this new economy,” said Allen Tate President and COO Pat Riley in the May-June edition of Carolinas Market Update, a bimonthly real estate video series produced by the Allen Tate Companies. “When we sell this new generation a home, we help them build a future.”

Unlike their parents’ generation who bought their second home by age 30, the Millennials have waited to settle down, for a variety of reasons: They have struggled to find living-wage jobs in the post-graduation job market.

They have lacked the financial means to live in a place they want to live, so they’ve settled for renting.

They want a lasting relationship with a life partner and have delayed buying a home until they find their soul mate.

They are holding out for job loyalty, as they have been discouraged by seeing their parents’ generation lose their jobs.

They have been saddled with a large amount of college debt.

But now this group is ready, willing and able to buy. According to NAR, 87 percent of buyers age 33 and younger feel that a home is a great investment. With a median household income of $73,000 and in their peak years to start or add to a family, the Millennials are well-positioned to have a significant impact on the real estate market in this new economy.

Today’s real estate market is seeing activity from other generations as well, according to Riley.

Generation X (born early 1960s to 1980s) and Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) each make up 30 percent of recent home buyers. The remaining 9 percent of recent home purchases were by the Silent Generation (born during the Great Depression and World War II) who are now moving into retirement communities or care facilities.

Sharpe currently lives in Greer with his wife, Nicol, and their two children Keltie and Bryson.

He enjoys hiking, backpacking, fishing and other outdoor activities.

Kathy Weeks, Upstate Regional Vice President at Allen Tate Realtors, announces Top Agents for April 2014.

Rogoff

Neil

Robby Brady Team

Crane

Rick

Murphys

Sharpe Joins Berkshire Hathaway C. Dan Joyner

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810 S. Almond Drive MLS#1273598 $399,000

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Herseys

John Yukich Team

In the Greenville Office, Kathy Rogoff was Top Listing Agent and John Neil was Top Producer.

The Robby Brady Team was the Top Listing and Producing Team for the Greenville office.

In the Easley Office, Jackie Crane was Top Listing Agent and Missy Rick was Top Producer.

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51 Belmont Avenue MLS#1279356 $612,500

KINGSBRIDGE

201 Hemingford Circle MLS#1275036 $629,900

ROCKWOODATAUGUSTA Lot 9 Jenkinson MLS#1271064 $597,500

Ranked #3 again! Out of 150 agents. #12 in Greenville County!

864.419.2889 | See my listings and more at HelenHagood.com

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® is pleased to announce that James Douglas (Jim) Sharpe joined the company and serves as a Sales Associate at the Pelham Road office.

Sharpe is a graduate of Florida Gateway College in Lake City, Florida, with an AA Degree in Computer Science. He has been a realtor in the upstate for four years and provides exceptional knowledge and service to his clients.

“We are very excited that Jim has joined the Pelham Road office,” said Duane Bargar, Broker-in-Charge. “Our past experience together has proven him to be a hardworking, ethical individual..”

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The Murphys (Celia and Gary), were the Top Listing and Producing Team for the Easley office.

In the Greer Office, Kathy Sheehan was Top Listing Agent and the Top Producer.

The Herseys (Paul and Marcia) were the Top Listing Team and The John Yukich Team was the Top Producing Team.

Sixth Annual “RED Day” Set to Lend a Hand in Greer›s Piedmont Women’s Center

Ansley Crossing, 113 Ansley Crossing Court, Simpsonville The Winnfield model is a spacious home that features a master on the main floor with open living areas and close to 2,700 sq. ft. 3 bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths with a large open media/living area upstairs provides plenty of room for family and or guest. This homes has a large formal dining area as well as a eat-in breakfast/keeping room with a stone fireplace. Granite in the kitchen, recessed can lights, and pantry all adorn the spacious open kitchen. Ansley Crossing is in the pop-ular Five Forks area of Simpsonville. We offer a LOW MAINTENANCE life-style to include lawn maintenance and trash pickup.

Only 35 homes will com-plete this quaint and cozy neighbor-hood. Conveniently located approxi-mately 1 mile from Woodruff. Close to shopping, restaurants, medical fa-cilities and more. This great home is priced at $245,998 with additional incentives of *$12,014 through the month of March.

HOME INFO Price: $245,998 Directions: Directions: Take I-385 (exit 35) and go east on Woodruff Rd. Turn right on Scuffletown Rd. beside the Publix.Approximately 1 mile down on the right.

Contact: Laura Moore | 864-881-8113 drhorton.com/upstatesc To submit your Featured Home: homes@greenvillejournal.com

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Keller Williams associates may have taken the day off on Thursday, May 8, 2014, but it was hardly a day of rest. Associates with Keller Williams Realty of Greenville chose to “Give Where They Live” as part of RED Day, the company’s annual day of service, dedicated to renewing, energizing, and donating to their local communities.

As part of the RED Day effort, Keller Williams Realty of Greenville chose to spend the day with Piedmont Women’s Center in Greer on Thursday, May 8th. Since 1991, Piedmont Women’s Center has served women, men, and their unborn babies with pregnancy-related needs offering the physical care and personal guidance many of them cannot find elsewhere.

“RED Day is built on the belief that people can and should come together to achieve extraordinary things to help others,” said Team Leader Michael Brown.

“Last year, we volunteered at the Generous Garden Project, where we helped with planting and building. We can’t tell you what an impact it made on each of us personally. We all know that filling all the gaps in our communities can’t be accomplished by serving just once a year.

RED Day just happens to be the one-day expression of the constant state of the Keller Williams culture. We see a need, discover who can meet it and get it done.”

Since the first RED Day in 2009, Keller Williams associates have given almost a half million hours of community service through activities ranging from food and blood drives to cleaning up trash in public parks, revamping gardens at nursing homes and rebuilding homes and schools for community members in need. To this day, it is one of the largest events in the real estate industry.

For more information about RED Day, visit (www.kw.com/redday.)

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$1,089,000 • 1271350 • 4 BR/3.5 BA

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135 Newfound Ln. - Easley

5 Wandflower Ct. - Neely Farm

232 Rocky Top Dr. - Condo

$325,000 • 1279259 • 3 Homes on ≈12.91Ac

$270,000 • 1278895 • 4 BR/2.5 BA + Bonus

$269,000 • 1279461 • 3 BR/2 BA

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6 Woodbluff Pl. - Neely Farm

209 Amberjack Ct. - Foxglove at Pebble Creek

6 Crocus Ct. - Country Gardens

$239,000 • 1279565 • 3 BR/2.5 BA

$206,900 • 1278387 • 3 BR/2.5 BA

$156,757 • 1279186 • 3 BR/2.5 BA + Bonus

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Joan Rapp | 864.901.3839 | joan@marchantco.com

Valerie Miller | 864.430.6602 | vmiller@marchantco.com Chuck Miller | 864.293.4778 | cmillergsp@aol.com

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$139,900 • 1278896 • 4 BR/2 BA

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Monsignor Andrew K. Gwynn, Inc., intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 762 Mauldin Rd., Greenville, S.C. 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2014.

For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Red Lobster Restaurants, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/ permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 1940 Wade Hampton Blvd, Greenville SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colorado, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 4 Market Point Drive, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 25, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that CT Hotels LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 4295 Augusta Road, Greenville, SC 29605. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 25, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed.

Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

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

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Frankies Pizza, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 101-B The Parkway, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed.

Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

GREENVILLE COUNTY ROAD NAME CHANGE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before the Greenville County Planning Commission on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. in Conference Room D, County Square; for the purpose of hearing comments from those persons interested in the following road name change: APPLICANT: Donald J. Lineback PROPERTY LOCATION: Heading North on Hwy 25/Hwy 276, take Furman University exit towards roundabout, turn right at roundabout onto Old Roe Ford Road. (Old Roe Ford Road, approximately 1.2 miles, ending at Roe Ford Road) EXISTING NAME: Old Roe Ford Road (K-97) REQUESTED NAME: Carl Kohrt Drive

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:

COMPREHENSIVE PROSECUTION CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AND REMOTE DATA ACCESS AND STORAGE, until TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014, 3:00 P.M. E.D.T.

• Bridge Parts for Greenville County, IFB #64-05/28/14, 3:30 P.M.

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

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014, AT 6:00 P.M. (or as soon thereafter as other public hearings are concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO LEVY AND IMPOSE A ONE PERCENT (1%) SALES AND USE TAX, SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM WITHIN GREENVILLE COUNTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-3730 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED; TO DEFINE THE PURPOSES AND DESIGNATE THE PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX MAY BE USED; TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM TIME FOR WHICH SUCH TAX MAY BE IMPOSED; TO PROVIDE THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX; TO PROVIDE FOR A COUNTY-WIDE REFERENDUM ON THE IMPOSITION OF THE SALES AND USE TAX AND PRESCRIBE THE CONTENTS OF THE BALLOT QUESTION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE REFERENDUM BY THE GREENVILLE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TAX, IF APPROVED; AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO. BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

• Medical Supplies and Pharmaceuticals for Greenville County, IFB #63-06/04/14, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/Bids.asp or by calling 864-467-7200.

• Provide Civil Process Services For Various Greenville County Offices, RFP #62-6/3/2014, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/RFP.asp or by calling (864) 467-7200.

SUMMONS NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CA# 2013- DR-23-4492 October 8, 2013 Jefferson Neil Jones and Tia Cook Jones, Petitioners vs.

Christopher Lindsey, Katie Massengale, and Lance Preston Wayne Cannady, minor under the age of fourteen (14) years, Respondents.

TO THE RESPONDENT ABOVE NAMED, CHRISTOPHER LINDSEY: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Petition on the Petitioners or their Attorney, David W. Holmes, at his office, 712 North Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29609, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition with the time aforesaid, Judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

April 29, 2014 Greenville, South Carolina HOLMES LAW FIRM By: David W. Holmes SC Bar #2577 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONERS (May 9, 16, and 23)

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE GREENVILLE COUNTY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, HEARING OFFICER ON THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014, AT 10:00AM, IN ROOM 5150 OF SUITE 5100, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING THOSE PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE CASES PERTAINING TO THE HABITABILITY OF STRUCTURE(S) ON THE PROPERTY. A. CASE NO: 14-266 PROPERTY OWNER: GARY ALLEN NEWSOME PROPERTY LOCATION: 428 OLD GEORGIA ROAD A.K.A. LOT 2 F.T. EPPS ESTATE (C.S. WELLONS SUBDIVISION) A.K.A. LOT 1 OF C.S. WELLONS SUBDIVISION. TAX MAP NUMBER: 612.3-1-13 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 26 B. CASE NO: 14-436 PROPERTY OWNER: WILLIAM M. DICKSON, III PROPERTY LOCATION: 132 CURRENT DRIVE. TAX MAP NUMBER: 246.11-133 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 25 C. CASE NO: 14-443 PROPERTY OWNER: ARTHUR HARBIN, JR. PROPERTY LOCATION: OLD PARIS MOUNTAIN ROAD (BRUTONTOWN).

TAX MAP NUMBER: 175-1-14 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23 D. CASE NO: 14-444 PROPERTY OWNER: CONNIE S. GRUMBLES PROPERTY LOCATION: 121 STALLINGS ROAD A.K.A. 9999 STALLINGS A.K.A. 3.67 ACRES – STALLINGS ROAD. TAX MAP NUMBER: 246-1-2 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 25 E. CASE NO: 14-1380 PROPERTY OWNER: ARTHUR V. ZIEGLER PROPERTY LOCATION: 108 9TH STREET (JUDSON).

TAX MAP NUMBER: 111-11-3 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23 A complaint has been brought before the Code Enforcement Division of a dangerous, insanitary and unsafe structure located at the following locations: 428 Old Georgia Road a.k.a. Lot 2 F.T. Epps Estate (C.S. Wellons Subdivision) a.k.a. Lot 1 of C.S. Wellons Subdivision, Greenville County Tax Map Number 612.3-1-13, Greenville County, SC. 132 Current Drive, Greenville County Tax Map Number 246.11-133, Greenville County, SC. Old Paris Mountain Road (Brutontown), Greenville County Tax Map Number 175-1-14, Greenville County, SC. 121 Stallings Road a.k.a.

9999 a.k.a. 3.67 acres – Stallings Road, Greenville County Tax Map Number 246-1-2, Greenville County, SC. 108 9th Street (Judson), Greenville County Tax Map Number 111-11-3, Greenville County, SC. Any persons having interest in these properties, or knowledge of the property owner should contact the Codes Enforcement Office at 864-467-7090 on or before May 29, 2014.

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Roost hosted a mini-Taste of the Upstate for local children to shine a light on childhood hunger in the community last week. The event was an extension of Loaves & Fishes’ annual food extravaganza, Taste of the Upstate. Executive Chef Trevor Higgins helped the children from the Frazee Dream Center create healthy flatbread pizzas.

Culver’s joined with Greenville Technical College to help the college raise money for a Habitat for Humanity build. Jim Clark (left) of Culver’s presents a check for $292 to David Ackerman of Greenville Tech.

Damon Qualls, a fifth-grade teacher at Alexander Elementary School, received a surprise award from the Horace Mann Company at an assembly at the school, recognizing Qualls’ ability to secure Donors Choose grants for his classroom. He just received his 100th grant and has rallied nearly 800 supporters to raise over $45,000 for the students at Alexander ES. Alexander Elementary School is one of the leading schools, in fully funded projects, with nearly $86,000 raised to provide deserving students with essential materials and resources.

Greenville Women Giving held its 8th Annual Celebration recently at the Gunter Theater.

Attendees included Zane Meadors, Carter Meadors.

Taking part in Stone Academy’s CHAMP/FAME field trip to the Greenville Downtown Airport were (from left) Javaughn Williams, Kevin Navarette Leyva, Rekius McGee, Jahzier Thorne, Ati Workamn, Dajah Farrow, Danielle Falzaranno and Chloe Sullivan. Students were able to tour the airport, see airplanes and learn about careers in the aviation field.

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Sgt. David Weiner with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office plays taps while the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard raise the flag to full staff then lower it to half staff during the Greenville County Law Enforcement Fallen Officer Memorial Service at the law enforcement center. The annual service recognizes the sacrifice of all Greenville law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty since 1797.

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St. Joseph’s Catholic School students recently ventured into the community for the school’s annual work day to assist with a variety of charitable needs in honor of St. Joseph the Worker’s May Feast Day celebration. At one location, 12 fathers showed up to work alongside their sons at a home in need of repairs.

Mark Hapstack, department head for Mechanical Engineering Technology at Greenville Technical College, tries out a square-wheeled trike created as a senior project by students in the program. Michael Cruise Bell, a member of the student team that created it, stands to his left. Other members are Robert Thrall, Jack O’Connor, Jenson Munson and Nick Short.

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During the 10th annual Artisphere opening ceremonies, the commissioned sculpture “10 Artisphere” by local artist John Acorn was dedicated.

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FIGURE. THIS. OUT. ADDRESSING THE CROWD ACROSS 1 Braying beast 4 PC display 7 Places for prayer leaders 12 Bourbon barrel wood 15 “Silly me!”

18 Silly talk 20 Collar attachment 21 Certify 23 Apt address for hit men?

25 “Get busy!”

26 Helmet attachments 27 Porcine cry 28 Apt address for prizefighters?

29 Overjoys 31 “C’est magnifique!”

34 “Besides that ...”

35 i follower 37 Capable, kiddingly 38 Chiapas chaperon 39 Mollycoddle 41 Apt address for petrologists?

45 Basic dance 47 It’s a gas 48 Native Canadian 50 Apt address for surgeons?

55 Put under a spell 57 Liberal group?

59 Scientific map subjects 60 “Three Days of the Condor” org.

61 Scena segment 62 Miler Sebastian 64 Bug user 65 Jerk

68 Apt address for an Orlando team?

72 Football Hall of Famer Marchetti 73 Projecting window 75 Finder’s reward 76 It may be artificial 77 Grate stuff 79 Pull back, as talons 81 Two in seventy-five?

82 Aaron Burr was once tried for it 86 Apt address for photographers?

89 Africa’s Mobutu __ Seko 91 Kiddie lit. redhead 92 Car deal component 94 Apt address for gossip columnists?

96 Synagogue leaders 100 Two-time U.S. Open winner 102 Burn at the beach 103 Bee follower 104 Jai __ 105 Ankle-related 106 What burglars may walk on 109 Apt address for dairymen?

112 Hummable bit 114 Fairy tale brother 117 Searches for anew 118 Apt address for Australian zookeepers?

121 For kicks 122 Jalisco gal pal 123 Missing more marbles 124 Mil. award 125 Turning meas.

By John Lampkin 126 River to the Bering Sea 127 USCG officer 128 Carol contraction DOWN 1 Some three-wheelers, briefly 2 “M*A*S*H” actress 3 Untouchable 4 Parkinson’s treatment 5 Tight gathering 6 __ Plaines, Illinois 7 Et __ 8 Anise-flavored liqueur 9 Grab some z’s 10 Subj. for aliens 11 Boater’s pronoun 12 Irish actor Milo 13 Like a GI who missed the boat?

14 Didn’t trash 15 Responds to kitchen aromas 16 Futile 17 British stew 19 Where to see hands on a wrist 22 Traveler’s aid 24 Credit sharer 28 Coty Award winner Bill 30 Big period 32 2013 Women’s British Open winner Stacy 33 Auth. unknown 35 SAT item 36 Exude 39 Hand over 40 Pops the top off 42 Old-style golf wear

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43 Sasquatch kin 44 Honey substitute?

46 Member of the Panthera genus 49 Spy novelist Ambler 51 Classical music lover, facetiously 52 Mine, in Monaco 53 Vegas light 54 Beantown hockey hero 56 Nanny follower 58 Aesthetic attitude 61 Negotiate a figurative hill?

62 Put under a spell 63 Klutz 65 German village 66 Sportscaster Hershiser 67 Poet Dove 69 Performers’ union acronym 70 SAT item 71 Wing for Dumbo 74 “Chicago Hope” Emmy winner 78 Equinox mo.

80 Burned media, for short 81 Salome septet 82 Country singer Clark 83 Apollo protection 84 Mayberry moppet 85 River to the Mediterranean 87 “In my opinion ...”

88 Deviate 90 Bakery tool 93 One who’s bound to order?

95 Tropical blow 96 Muzzleloading aid 97 Far-out bunch?

98 Holiday tree

Easy 99 Theodore of “The Defiant Ones” 101 Nancy’s buddy 105 Things to do 107 Mexican restaurant staples 108 “__, you noblest English”: “Henry V” 110 Coin datum

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119 __ Darya River 120 Corrida kudos Crossword answers: page 45

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DAD, M.D.

BY JOE MAURER

Children learn by doing – conversation included Often when Kristen and I are in the middle of a conversation, my four-yearold Anna Jane interrupts us to point out that Kristen should refrain from using the “s-word.”

Our “s-word” does not rhyme with mitt and is not commonly used as a verb, adjective and/or noun. I don’t like the word; I think it’s stupid. See? It’s a mean and ugly word.

Apparently, Kristen is not quite as vehement about this, since she continues to use the stupid word daily – and then gets corrected, daily.

There are different theories on how speech develops. Behavioral therapist B.F. Skinner believed the emergence of language is the result of imitation and reinforcement. He recommended we refrain from using language we don’t want our children to learn: The more we use it and react when they do use it, the greater the possibility that they will integrate it into their vernacular.

A parent should not stage a commu-

nity intervention if a child uses a curse word, for example. A prodigious reaction reinforces the power of the word.

It also appears it is equally as important how we talk to our children.

There’s infant-directed speech and, for lack of a well-defined better term, “Joe, our two-year-old does not understand sarcasm” speech.

My wife often talks to our children like they’re cute, cuddly puppy dogs.

I’ll give her that; I didn’t birth them. I, on the other hand, talk over their heads (which is usually followed by groans and eye-rolling. This winter ago my oldest, Lilly, asked why she keeps getting the rhinovirus, aka the common cold. My wife shook her head in exasperation, then called me stupid).

But I’m vindicated. This spring at a national meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Stanford University psychology professor Dr. Anne Fernald presented research suggesting that speaking in

more complex sentences boosts a child’s language development.

The study results suggest “it’s not just hearing lists of words that matters, as much as rich, varied language with good grammar that trains babies’ brains to learn through context,” she said. “It’s making nets of meaning that then will help the child learn new words.”

Erika Hoff, a psychology professor at Florida Atlantic University, further explained, “Children can hear lots of talk that goes over their head in terms of the meaning, and they still benefit from it.”

For example, instead of handing a toddler a ball and saying, “Here’s your ball,” hand him the ball and say, “I’d love to squat down to play catch but I’m quite certain it would take me a half hour to get up. I have hair sprouting out of my ears, I’ve developed hyperopia and if I eat drive-thru tacos I have to chase them with several cupfuls of Maalox. Getting old stinks.”

Probably too much, but you get the

point.

Psychologists like Dr. Fernald are churning out evidence that the more complexly and directly we speak to our children (meaning: turn the TV off), the quicker and more completely they develop language. It is beneficial to converse with them like adults, even if they look at you like you have three eyeballs.

Don’t stress out too much; I wouldn’t run out to purchase the “English Grammar Workbook for Dummies.” Also, while you add in some deeper conversations with your children, keep up the baby talk. It’s maternal, natural and fills a heart with joy.

As often as possible, though, throw in some adult discourse – just refrain from using stupid words.

Dr. Joe Maurer is a pediatrician with The Children’s Clinic, a nine-doctor practice that is part of the Children’s Hospital of the Greenville Health System. He and his wife, Kristen, are blessed with three rowdy kids aged 6, 5 and 2. Contact him at jmaurer@ghs.org.

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