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The interim director of the Greenville Disabilities and Special Needs Board painted himself as rescuer of the embattled county agency at Tuesday’s longanticipated meeting between the Greenville County Council and DSN board and staff. Patrick Haddon told the council Committee of the Whole that he found the state-funded agency mired in red ink with a disturbing record of medical errors when he took the Haddon interim job in February – a choice that itself drew criticism due to the speed with which Haddon replaced his predecessor, who was fired,

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and Haddon’s lack of experience in the disabilities field. Seven board members have resigned from the agency in recent weeks, most citing dysfunction and a lack of transparency within the board and administrative staff hierarchy. The agency was headed toward a $1.2 million shortfall when Haddon arrived. Haddon told the council he fired the finance director and hired a new one last week, and he expects the agency to finish the fiscal year with a $50,000 to $60,000 surplus. The County Council called Tuesday’s meeting in response to a groundswell of complaints about the agency, its staff and board chairwoman Roxie Kincannon, who refused Council Chairman H.G. Butch Kirven’s invitation to join Haddon and agency lawyer David Holmes in answering questions from council members. The council is weighing whether to ask Gov. Nikki Haley to remove the remainder of the board and start over with new faces. The council nominates board members to the governor, who has sole

authority to appoint or remove them. Kirven said the council will meet again in a week to take action, telling the close to 100 people in the audience Kincannon that “County Council now has a unique opportunity to make some badly needed and far-reaching changes to a system that has a long history of problems.” Board member Tammy Dantin was the only agency representative to speak other than Haddon and Holmes, telling the council that she has been frozen out of the information loop by Haddon and board chairwoman Kincannon. “I figured since no one else will talk about it, I will,” she said. She told council she knows very little about the operations of the disabilities organization, that she has received little training, and that decisions concerning services and financials were closely held by the board’s leadership and Haddon. Holmes and Haddon took up the

bulk of the session responding to the County Council’s list of 32 written questions and with Haddon’s reported findings and the changes he said he has made since taking the interim job. Haddon said his review of DHEC inspection reports dating back to 2008 uncovered “continual problems” with medication delivery. “We were giving medications either to the wrong person at the wrong time or the wrong dose,” he said. “We have had many alleged staff abuses and potential neglect.” In the past 10 months the agency had been cited 12 times for not complying with regulations to assure proper care is given, he said, adding two contract nurses have been fired and the agency is now short 25 staff positions. Haddon said his “biggest worry” is that staff shortages will “lead to exhaustion” and potentially abuse and neglect. The county agency has a budget of about $20 million and serves 2,200 clients who suffer from spinal cord injuries, autism, mental retardation and related disabilities. Council didn’t have the opportunity to ask many other questions, but at one point Councilman Joe Dill questioned

the recent firing of Harold Edmonds as finance director. “It’s my understanding that he helped get you all out of a tight financial situation,” Dill said. “To my way of thinking you don’t fire a man who’s done that kind of thing for you. You hug him and hold him close.” Edmonds has an extensive background in accounting and came to Greenville DSN from the Charles Lea Center in Spartanburg. He has since gone back to work at Lea, a spokesman for the center told the Journal. Haddon disputed the contribution that Edmonds had made to the board’s fiscal recovery and said DSN had already hired Edmonds’ replacement, Alan DeFlorio of Myrtle Beach. DeFlorio’s background is in ad sales for seven television stations and as a national sales representative with HRP. He has worked for WHNS-TV in Greenville as a sales representative and was working in sales for WMBFTV in Myrtle Beach at the time of his hiring, according to DeFlorio’s LinkedIn Web profile.

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State must cover train victims’ losses State Sen. Harvey Peeler has been admirably persistent in his determination to set aside public funds to help cover the staggering medical costs of the victims of the miniature train derailment that killed 6-year-old Benji Easler and injured 28 other adults and children in Spartanburg last year. Peeler convinced the Senate Finance Committee last week to add a proviso to the state budget that would set aside $2 million in a “Spartanburg Amusement Train Disaster Relief Fund” to aid crash victims. The proviso allows donations from businesses and individuals as well – and stipulates a matching $2 million grant from Spartanburg County. This is where the good will falls apart. Spartanburg County does not have $2 million to put in a special relief fund. Spartanburg County is facing $1 million in unfunded needs in a proposed $80 million general fund budget that the county administrator balanced by slashing operating costs, freezing positions and taking eight vehicles out of the county fleet. The budget restraints are due in part to flat revenue collections in a still-stumbling county economy. But the Legislature played a heavy hand as well. State lawmakers have been steadily shrinking the pass-through tax dollars the state is obligated to return to local governments every year, while layering more and more restrictions on the number of ways cities and counties can raise tax revenue themselves. Lawmakers blame the economy for their parsimony. That excuse has run out of air. Last Wednesday, the state Board of Economic Advisors added $137 million in revenue projections to the current fiscal year budget, and another $155 million to the coming 2012-13 budget. And this was after adding close to $1 billion to the state budget last fall. Meanwhile, the families and victims of the Cleveland Park accident are expected to divide $600,000 between them – the per-incident cap state law sets for damages against the state and its political subdivisions. A cap on monetary damages is necessary to protect governments from being bankrupted by a multi-million dollar damage award. But medical costs have skyrocketed since the Tort Claims Act became law in 1986. A $600,000 per-incident limit will not begin to cover the medical costs of 29 hospital trips, rehabilitation of the severely injured and the death of a six-year-old. Governmental negligence is clearly indicated in the March 19, 2011, train derailment. Investigators determined excessive speed caused the crash. The train lacked a speed regulator, and a state inspector admitted days after the crash that he faked a safety report and never tested the ride. What’s more, the man’s national certification had lapsed, along with that of six other fellow inspectors. In the wake of this tragedy, the Legislature passed a flurry of miniature train laws requiring speed regulators, mechanical inspections, training for drivers and documentation of all the above. Yet a bill amending the Tort Claims Act to allow victims of government negligence to recover actual damages languishes in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Cleveland Park victims cannot be retroactively helped by the bill even if it passes. But state officials have a clear moral duty to compensate the injured and their families for the full economic damages they have suffered. Do not hide an empty political gesture behind Spartanburg’s limited budget. The Legislature must fully fund Peeler’s budget proviso without demanding of Spartanburg what it cannot give.

Not your grandmother’s games All of us associated with producing the Greenville Scottish Games wait all year to have our one day of riotous celebration, and POW! It’s over. Not enough Scot for us, and according to lots of feedback, not enough Scot for you, either. This year we are, in effect, bringing Scotland to you. So we expanded the fun into a multi-day multi-event we call Gallabrae, a mashup of two Scottish words meaning “something bold and daring” and “beautiful highlands.” We added a lot of unexpected and entertaining activities to our gorgeous downtown Greenville with the Highland Fling. Starting Thursday, May 24, you’ll see and experience Celtic rock music, colorful Scottish characters, pipe bands and Men in Plaid all over the place. The Marine Jazz Band will be on hand at Downtown Alive at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, performing with our newest Celtic Rock band, Cleghorn. The Great Scot! Parade will be back, Greater and Scottier than ever, on Friday, May 25. Pipe bands, Kilt-On-A-Stilt, the Scottish Woods Faerie, clans, Miss and Teen Miss Greenville Scottish Games, our heavy athletes – even the dogs are Scottish! The 2nd Division U.S. Marine Corps Band will be marching in the parade, helping us celebrate our Joint Military Salute honoring our armed forces and their Scottish comradesin-arms. Following the parade, Albannach and Coyote Run take the stage in front of the Hyatt for an incredible street party as we join forces with Main St. Jazz. The Scottish Games on Saturday, May 26, are going to be intense. We were honored to have been selected for the 2012 Heavy Athletics World Masters Championship, a real coup for our Games. We will have 115 of the world’s strongest athletes coming from all across the U.S., Canada and Europe with their families. You’ll see tons, literally, of these really big guys all over the Games throwing unbelievably heavy things over astoundingly high bars. Our Chief of the Games this year is the Duke of Hamilton, Chief of Clan Hamilton, the Premier Peer of Scotland. He holds more titles than anyone else in Scotland and is the embodiment of the finest Scotland has produced over generations of leadership. We are also delighted to have the Earl of Eglington,

IN MY OWN WORDS by DEE BENEDICT

Chief of Clan Montgomery, and his family, and the Viscount Dunrossil. These prestigious individuals are spending their time with us over the course of Gallabrae and the Games, and we plan to make sure they, and you, have plenty of wonderful things to say about us when they, and you, return home. The Opening Ceremonies promise to be like nothing you’ve seen, here or in Scotland. We’ve gathered more than 45 clans together for the Parade of Tartans. The Royal Highland Fusiliers are back with a new batch of young heroes who have just returned from Afghanistan. Our own “home team” of heroes, the S.C. Army National Guard 228th Tactical Signal Brigade – who themselves have just returned from Afghanistan – will be joining them on the main field. Plus the U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Division Band, plus some 400 pipers, all on the main field. And here’s a special heads-up for you, if you want to see a team of US Army Special Forces diving out of the sky. With flags. And parachutes. Wee Scotland has some intriguing new attractions for your children, including a photo contest and Flat Stanley activities. Our Border Collies are back chasing everything in sight – maybe they’ll herd up some heavy athletes for us – and our demonstrators and vendors provide visual and edible textures of Scotland. Highland Dancers. And, new this year, Raptors. We don’t stop there: Celtic Jam Saturday night after the Games brings all three of our awesome Celtic bands together under one huge tent. We have them in a tent because if they were in an actual room, they’d knock the walls down. All active-duty military will be admitted free with valid ID. Veterans will receive a special recognition so you will know who they are and can thank them for their service. Please visit www.gallabrae.com for all the information you will need to plan your weekend with us. We look forward to welcoming you there. Dee Benedict is president of the Greenville Scottish Games.

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the grant. Livingston says the estimated cost for the cleanup is $500,000 and the organization is hoping to make up the difference with donations and reduction of cleanup fees. Once the site is cleaned up, the community is poised to move ahead with the park. To begin park planning, residents in the surrounding neighborhood organized

a neighborhood association. In the fall of 2010, the GCRA, Clemson University’s Landscape Architecture program students, and Clemson’s a.LINE.ments Studio worked with neighborhood residents to develop a design for a park and improvements for the surrounding neighborhood. About 20 Clemson students used a visual site analysis to create conceptual designs that the community could provide feedback on during three meetings, said Mary Beth McCubbin, director of external projects for Clemson’s Landscape Architecture school. Using the feedback, a graduate student compiled the desired elements and came up with a final design that could be used in applications submitted for federal and state grant funding, she said. The design process not only provided students with real projects for a real community, McCubbin said, but the input sessions offered an opportunity for neighborhood cohesion. “One of the outcomes is bringing the community together for a common vision. We concen-

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It’s been nearly 10 years since the historic Poe Mill was destroyed by fire in 2003. Only two smokestacks and piles of rubble remained of the 107-year-old mill on the approximately 11-acre site. Several years later, local skateboarders used the ruins to create a makeshift skate park.

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Building debris is scattered across the site of the former Poe Mill.

trated on how green space can be a catalyst for change in a community.” According to the multiphase proposed master plan, the site includes an improved skate park, educational wetlands, walking trails, additional parking, recreational areas, a splash and performance area, a shaded patio, and a history building with a courtyard. After the site is cleaned up, GCRA can turn over the area to the Greenville County Recreation District. “As soon as the land is ready, we can take it on and turn it into a county park,” said rec district director of community relations Mike Teachey. A facet of the plan that is already moving forward prior to site cleanup is the creation of neighborhood gateways that identify and beautify the neighborhood. Kwadjo Campbell, president of the Poe Mill Neighborhood Association, said the association will begin preparations for a gateway near Buncombe Road and Shaw Street soon. “We’re really excited because we’re moving on that aspect this summer,” he said, adding that five other gateways are slated to be built

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dents want crime addressed,” he said. McCubbin said neighbors understand a park by itself won’t create security for a community – but it will spark more interest in that community. “This all came about because the community valued a group of skateboarders who had appropriated the ruins.” Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.

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Woman gets 11 years after pleading guilty to DUI killing By jerry salley | staff

A Berea woman will spend 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a Department of Transportation worker last April while driving under the influence of numerous prescription drugs. At a court hearing in Greenville May 14, Misty Dawn Dawson, 30, pled guilty to felony DUI resulting in death. Taylors resident Noah Lark, 60, was working on Laurens Road near the I-85 overpass when the accident occurred on April 6, 2011. An EMT crew took Lark to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where he died later that day. In court, Dawson apologized to Lark’s family. “I hope that someday they will forgive me,” she said. Dawson had been in the Greenville County Detention Center for nearly a year; after being released on bail after the April accident, she received a second DUI charge on May 31, 2011, revoking her bond. Assistant Solicitor Sara Lee Drawdy said that after the accident in April, a drug test found several medications, including oxycodone, Lortab, Xanax, Klonapin, Ambien and Zoloft, in Dawson’s system. Dawson’s attorney, Caroline Horlbeck, stressed that there were no illegal substances found in her client’s system, and that this was Dawson’s first offense. She said Dawson was taking the medication for recurring migraines and gastrointestinal pain, and was also dealing with the stress of caring for her ailing father, now deceased, and her two children, now ages 3 and 9. She had left her job as a help-desk supervisor at the Bi-Lo corporate offices on the morning of April 6, feeling ill, when

her burgundy Ford Explorer “plowed into” the back of a DOT truck, according to Drawdy. Dawson showed no signs of braking before the wreck, Drawdy said. AuDawson thorities said that Dawson’s speech was slurred and she was having difficulty keeping her eyes open. Before Judge Robin Stillwell pronounced the sentence, family and friends in the courtroom spoke on behalf of both the victim and the accused. “I do not hate her,” said Lark’s daughter, Christi Mills, at the hearing. “I hate the decisions that she made when she got behind the wheel.” Family friend Dante Thompson remembered Lark as a youth minister who led boys on turkey-shooting expeditions. “Not a day goes by that I don’t think about him,” he said. “I’m a better man because of him.” Dawson wiped away tears while both families spoke. “She would have never done this intentionally,” said Dawson’s mother, Ellen Dawson, who remembered her daughter as a “wonderful child.” After expressing condolences to both families, Stilwell sentenced Dawson to 18 years’ imprisonment, suspended to 11 years followed by 5 years of probation. “You made a decision that day that had a profound impact on people who didn’t deserve what happened to them,” the judge told Dawson. Contact Jerry Salley at jsalley@greenvillejournal.com.

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Ballot challenge dies, but petitions bring new hope By JERRY SALLEY | staff

With the failure of a lawsuit brought by a Greer candidate for state Senate, it appears likely that the 180 candidates – including more than a dozen in the Upstate – who were disqualified by a South Carolina Supreme Court decision will remain off the ballot for the June 12 primary. But that doesn’t mean that grass-roots organizers across the state intend to give up. On Monday, May 14, a three-judge federal panel threw out the lawsuit, filed by Columbia attorney Todd Kincannon on behalf of Amanda Somers, a candidate for state Senate in District 5, which includes parts of northern Spartanburg and Greenville counties. The lawsuit accused the state Election Commission of violating the federal Voting Rights Act by sending out absentee ballots to military and overseas voters that had only federal candidates on them. Kincannon had originally intended the lawsuit to specifically address the disqualification of 180 candidates statewide after the Supreme Court decision on May 2.

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However, in a hearing last week, U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie questioned Somers’ standing, since she was not one of the candidates affected by the ruling. Kincannon then decided to focus on the military and overseas ballots issue. But the three judges threw out the case after an hour-long hearing on Monday, agreeing with Election Commission attorney Liz Crum that Somers had no standing to challenge the ballots. Kincannon has said that he plans to pursue other cases on behalf of dozens of other dissatisfied candidates. Meanwhile, in press conferences across the state on Monday, a newly-formed organization, Operation Lost Vote, announced its launch of “a statewide movement to inform voters that their right to a free and fair election was stripped from them by a corrupt legislature and an activist court.” Press conferences were scheduled for Spartanburg, Columbia, Aiken, Charleston and Myrtle Beach, and were hosted by groups such as the Spartanburg Tea Party, RINO (Republican in Name Only) Hunt, Palmetto Liberty PAC and the Carolina Patriots. The Spartanburg press confer-

ence was hosted by Kerry Wood of Inman, who was disqualified from the ballot for the state Senate District 11 seat. Operation Lost Vote plans to provide resources for candidates who have been tossed from the ballot and who want to continue to run as a petition candidate in the November 6 general election. In order to appear on the November ballot, a petition candidate must gather signatures from at least 5 percent of the registered voters in his district by July 16. Wood and two disqualified state House candidates, Republican Gaye Holt of Moore and Democrat John Lewis of Spartanburg, all said on Monday that they would run as petition candidates. “We are simply not going to sit by and wait on the same legislative body that created this problem and appointed this court to fix anything, as it is clear their intention is to do nothing,” said Operation Lost Vote’s Harry Kibler, founder of RINO Hunt, which has targeted many of the incumbents in this election. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, May 2, the five justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that can-

didates who did not file a paper economic disclosure statement at the same time they officially filed for office were not qualified to appear on primary ballots. Incumbents are exempt from this rule, since they already have economic statements on file. The state Senate did attempt to pass legislation last week that would have allowed many of the disqualified candidates to refile their candidacy paperwork, but abandoned their efforts after repeated blocks by Sen. Jake Knotts (R-Lexington), whose own primary challenger, Katrina Shealy, was removed by the ruling. In Greenville County, disqualified candidates include: state Senate candidates Jeff Dishner (District 8) and Ennis Fant (District 7); state House candidates Israel Romero (District 20), David Gahan (District 22), D.C. Swinton (District 23), Tony Boyce and Selden Peden (District 25) and Renita Barksdale (District 27); Dexter Reaves, candidate for sheriff; and County Council candidate Ralph Sweeney. Contact Jerry Salley at jsalley@greenvillejournal.com.

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Stephens, Cates battle for District 20 By april a. morris | staff

In the primary race for Greenville County Council District 20, political newcomer and businessman Scott Stephens will be challengCates ing incumbent Sid Cates. Cates, who was elected to County Council in 2007, serves on the Public Safety and Human Services and Finance committees. The current economy, controlling county costs and economic development are the county’s most pressing issues, says Cates. Continuing to offer tax breaks to encourage business to relocate to the county will help to boost the local economy, he said. Cates said he has multiple strategies for stimulating economic development, including marketing, cooperation with

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the City of Greenville, increasing the number of jobs in the county, maintaining and expanding flights at the airport and maintaining quality of life. “We have a good reputation of strong higher education, cultural awareness, living quality, cleanliness and safety; we need to maintain these qualities and advertise them,” he said. Issues affecting District 20 include the economy and road conditions, which are currently addressed through the Prescription for Progress program, Cates said. Cates believes his experience as an educator and administrator along with service on the county’s library board qualify him for the seat. “I bring to County Council experience, leadership, fiscal management, teaching, professionalism and integrity.” If reelected, Cates says, “I will continue, as I have in the past, studying material that we have to make decisions on, make decisions based on conservative, traditional principles if appropriate, or make decisions on

common sense if no principle is involved. I will not compromise on principle. I intend to be professional in my actions and work with integrity to achieve goals.” Cates is a North Carolina native who came to Greenville to attend Bob Jones University. In addition to a degree in chemistry, he holds degrees in textile chemistry, educational administration and educational leadership. Cates has served as headmaster of Northside Christian Academy in Charlotte, principal of Bob Jones Academy, Educational Director of BJ LINC distance learning and professor at Bob Jones University. He and his wife, Candy, have two daughters and four grandchildren. He is a member of Suber Road Baptist Church in Greer. Scott Stephens is owner of Camille’s Sidewalk Café Stephens and director

profit sector, qualify him for the seat. “I have proven that I will be active in our community and will bring this activity to County Council.” If elected, Stephens says he will begin with working to add transparency to County Council. He will also work to support small businesses in the county. Stephens is a Greenville native and graduated from Greenville High School. He has degrees in public administration and counseling. He is former director of Calvary Home for Children and Harvest Hope Food Bank. He is a facilitator of council for the Pickens County Children’s Services Council and serves on the state’s Board of Social Work Examiners. He and wife, Loretta, have two sons and are members of First Presbyterian Church in Greenville. District 20 encompasses areas north of Highway 29, west to Poinsett Highway, north up to Tigerville Road and some areas of Taylors. For a complete map, visit www.greenvillecounty.org/ county_council. Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.

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Living well at work

By jerry salley | staff

When Robyn Knox joined Southern Weaving as vice president of human resources in 2007, she saw problems immediately. The company was experiencing high health insurance renewals, increasing more than 30 percent year after year, she remembered. Also, “there were several employees with serious health conditions; absenteeism and turnover were high; and recoveries from illnesses and injuries were slow.” Knox and the senior management of Southern Weaving, a Greenville company specializing in industrial woven products, soon agreed: For a company, there is an overall cost of the poor health of its employees. One way to offset that cost is by implementing an employee wellness program. A little over four years later, the more than 175 employees of Southern Weaving have lost a total of 800 pounds through a Weight Watchers at Work series. A smoking cessation program has helped around 40 of them quit smoking. And the company was able to reduce the cost of medical insurance by 5.5 percent, Knox said. “We have also seen improved attendance, better productivity, lower turnover, and fewer work-related accidents,” she said. “All of which

I believe are related to having a healthier workforce.” LiveWell Greenville At Work, part of the LiveWell Greenville initiative, wants to help share that success. At their May Wellness Roundtable Luncheon on Monday, May 21, at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, LiveWell at Work will bring Knox together with representatives from three other area companies – T&S Brass, Rosenfeld Einstein and Elliott Davis – that have had similar successes with their employee wellness programs. The idea is to inspire, motivate, network and share information, said Eleanor Dunlap, lead facilitator at LiveWell Greenville. Companies like T&S Brass and Southern Weaving “were really shining stars when we had our launch,” Dunlap said. “They stood up and told what they were doing and what their early results were, and there was a really neat buzz in the room – like, if they could do it, we could do it. That’s the kind of spirit that we want to cultivate here.” “Targeting people at business makes a lot of sense,” said Richard Osborne, consultant to LiveWell Greenville At Work, noting that the workplace is where many adults spend most of their time away from home. “Through businesses, you’ve got that controlled environment, and you’ve got someone to lead the charge – the employer who has a reason for people to have better health.” Research shows that companies can realize significant financial benefits from an employee wellness program. In 2010, researchers at Texas A&M University, Baylor University and the

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“We have also seen improved attendance, better productivity, lower turnover, and fewer workrelated accidents.” Robyn Knox, vice president of human resources at Southern Weaving.

“Comprehensive” is the key word. “You can’t just go into it and have a day at the lake, or a walking campaign, or a non-smoking poster up in your break room, and call it a wellness program,” said Osborne. “It doesn’t take a whole lot more work, but it has to have that structure to it so that you make sure you’re addressing what you really need to address.” Larger companies have been exploiting these benefits for years, Osborne said. In 2007, Michelin launched its Choose Well-Live Well program; in the first year, the company realized a return on investment of $7.2 million versus a projected $2.1 million, reported the magazine South Carolina Business. Now, LiveWell Greenville At Work wants to get mid-sized companies on board. On its website and through its quarterly roundtable discussions, the group is gathering tools and resources

to make employers’ jobs easier as they put together their wellness initiatives, Osborne said. At www.livewellgreenville.org, an employer can download the LiveWell Greenville At Work Toolkit, a step-bystep guide to instituting a wellness program in the workplace. There’s also a link to an online workplace assessment and employee survey. Employee feedback is crucial, said Osborne. “You can’t just force-feed your employees. What are their interests? What are they going to be most likely to subscribe to?” The survey can provide many of those answers, he said. Formed three years ago by the Piedmont Health Care Foundation, the LiveWell Greenville coalition’s stated mission is “to make Greenville County a healthier place to live, work and play.” In addition to its workplace wellness initiative, LiveWell Greenville has also worked to provide safe walking and biking areas; healthier foods in schools, workplaces and childcare centers; and better access to parks. Connecting businesses to existing local resources – and to each other – is the main strength of LiveWell Greenville At Work, said Dunlap. “Our role is to connect,” she said. “And to foster this motivating environment to continue.” Tickets to the May Wellness Roundtable Luncheon are $15. For more information, visit www. livewellgreenville.org. Contact Jerry Salley at jsalley@greenvillejournal.com.

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Spinx market meets neighborhood opposition Hearing on proposed zoning change postponed By Cindy Landrum | staff

Another neighborhood association board has come out against a proposal by Spinx to build a “curbside gourmet market” on the former Gene’s Restaurant site on the edge of Greenville’s downtown. The board for the Heritage Historic District, which encompasses the area behind the library around Atwood Street, West Park Avenue and Townes Street, has voted to oppose the project as it is proposed, said Don Hudson, president. A hearing on Spinx’s request to rezone two parcels of land on Butler Avenue needed for the project was postponed because there wasn’t a quorum of the Greenville Planning Commission at its meeting last week. The city’s planning staff has said the rezoning request is “reasonably consistent” with the city’s rezoning criteria. Spinx said the proposed Downtown

Market would provide Greenville with “a unique curbside gourmet market experience.” The store would offer “products more associated with specialty food stores than a traditional convenience store.” According to documents filed by Spinx with the city planning department, the new store would use many of the same concepts of Parker’s Urban Gourmet Market in the historic district of Savannah. According to the documents, the company believes the market could enhance the Buncombe Street corridor and provide a better gateway to downtown. But the Heritage board said it is concerned about the store being open 24 hours a day and the presence of a gas station in the historic district, Hudson said. In its application, Spinx said it is committed to limiting the number of fuel pumps but will not eliminate all of the pumps because fuel is one of the core products offered by Spinx and the project’s economic viability would be significantly compromised without them. In a letter to the board of the HamptonPinckney Historic District, which also

“There are people in the neighborhood who are completely against the project and people in the neighborhood who are completely for it.” Don Hudson, Heritage Historic District president

neighbors the lot, Spinx said it proposed to have an off-duty police officer at the store from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. for the first 90 days to address neighbors’ concern about vagrancy and increased crime. The Heritage board is also concerned that the plans they were shown by Spinx do not match the streetscape plans for the city’s Cultural Corridor. The board also expressed concern about large beer and delivery trucks traveling on West Park and Atwood as well as concerns about the store’s impact on traffic in the neighborhood. In documents filed by Spinx, the company said it expected the store to “intercept existing traffic, not increase it.” But

the company said it would work with the neighborhood and city officials to implement traffic calming measures if needed. Hudson said other Heritage board concerns include lighting issues and the potential increased beer and wine sales have for adding to the neighborhood’s problem with transient traffic and litter. The city planning staff said the proposed rezoning would allow for a viable redevelopment opportunity, which could promote a logical and orderly development pattern by providing for the reasonable use of the property without compromising the integrity of the adjacent residential uses. “There are people in the neighborhood who are completely against the project and people in the neighborhood who are completely for it,” Hudson said. “We, as a board, voted to oppose the project as it is presently presented.” City planning director Jean Pool said the hearing has been rescheduled for May 31. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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That little Esso gas station that operated in downtown Greenville for more than half a century – the last full-service station left in the city until it closed a year ago – could soon be replaced by another representation of days gone by. American Roadside Burger wants to demolish the station and replace it with a restaurant that represents the aesthetic and appearance of drive-in restaurants that once dotted the American landscape in the 1950s and 60s. The proposal will go before the city’s Design Review Board on June 7 for a certificate of appropriateness. American Roadside Burger is a fast casual restaurant featuring hamburgers, sandwiches, sides and milkshakes. According to the application, the chain would like to build a 3,000-square-foot restaurant on the site with outdoor covered dining. American Roadside Burger installs a free-standing, two-sided digital clock at each of its locations, a nostalgic nod to the old-time clocks that graced diners and restaurants on the roadside during that era. The clock would have the message “Time for a Burger.” Whimsical prose shaped like interstate signs would be post-mounted in the outdoor seating area. Sign examples filed with the application said, “We believe in love,” “We believe in peace,” “We believe

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Give it a hurl Greenville Gaels bring ancient Irish sport to the Upstate By LEIGH SAVAGE | contributor

Rob Parrott had never heard of hurling when he wandered by Stephen Quigley’s booth at the 2011 Return to the Green. But he was looking for an activity that would get him outside and keep him fit, so he talked with Quigley about the sport and watched a couple of videos. “It looked like a good workout, and it looked interesting,” Parrott said. “And there was a social element, with the players going by the pub after the games.” He convinced his friend John Walsh to come check out the booth and they decided to attend a practice. They’ve been hooked ever since. In one year, the Greenville Gaels hurling team has grown from eight attendees at its first practice to more than 80 members, around 30 of whom play regularly. The season kicked off in April, with a pub league (casual local matches) and a traveling team, which takes on other city teams such as Augusta, Charlotte, Atlanta and Orlando. Hurling is an ancient Gaelic sport that has been played for more than 3,000 years, and is thought to be among the world’s fastest field games. It is considered the “grandfather” to sports such as golf and hockey. Players, ideally teams of 15 per side, use a wooden stick called a hurley to hit a sliotar (a small ball) between the opponent’s goal posts – over the crossbar for one point, or under the crossbar

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into a net (guarded by a goalkeeper) for a three-point score. The ball can be caught and carried for up to four steps, hit in the air or struck on the ground, as well as kicked or slapped with an open hand. “We have players who have backgrounds in football, lacrosse, rugby, tennis – all over the map,” Walsh said. “Each sport brings something that translates onto the field.” Stephen Quigley was always an athlete, swimming and cycling while growing up in Indiana. But like many people, he thought hurling looked strange the first time he saw it. He was doing student teaching in Cork, Ireland, and his supervisor was a hurling coach who encouraged him to try the game. “At first, I thought it looked like a guy running down the field carrying an egg in a spoon,” Quigley said. “I didn’t get it.” But once he tried it, it reminded him of playing catch with his dad. A favorite aspect of the game is “having a poc around,” which is the Irish terminology for hitting the ball back and forth. He

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possible without the support of The Irish Pub, which has offered funding whenever it was required in addition to knowledgeable team members and, of course, a place to hang out after games. The Gaels are always looking for new players, and encourage people to check out the Greenville Gaels Facebook page or website (www.greenvillegaels.com) to learn more. Practices are on Wednesday nights at Greenville parks, and pub league matches are typically Sunday afternoons at Heritage Park in Simpsonville. But if you show up, know that you might end up obsessed. “It’s addictive,” Quigley said. “It’s a skills game, and it has all the elements of the games we grew up playing. You move a lot, there are no time-outs, and

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Scottish Games outgrows its name Festival celebrating all things Scot builds on its success By Cindy Landrum | staff

When Dee Benedict and the rest of the organizers of the Greenville Scottish Games started talking about starting a festival that would highlight Greenville’s Scottish heritage, they noticed one thing.

One Highland Games was the same as the rest, except for topography, and they didn’t change from year to year. “Basically, they were the same and the same people went to them,” Benedict said. “We decided to draw in other demographics.” And draw they have, so much so that the Greenville Scottish Games has outgrown its name and the weekend. “We keep adding something each year because we think if we get people to the Scottish Games, they’ll be hooked, even if they aren’t

Scottish,” Benedict said. “You know, you don’t have to be French to go to Mardi Gras.” Although the Greenville Scottish Games are still held on a Saturday – on Memorial Day weekend at Furman University this year – everything else is now called Gallabrae, a combination of Scottish words meaning “bold and daring” and “hillside.” This year’s Gallabrae will attract a diverse crowd – there’s something for car lovers, music lovers, families with children, military personnel and veterans, athletic competition

lovers, dog lovers, dance lovers, and anybody who just likes to have fun, Benedict said. New this year is a raptor demonstration. “It’s important to attract people even if they are not of Scottish heritage,” she said. “Greenville and Western North Carolina have the largest number of Scot-Irish descendants than anywhere else in the country. It has impacted the heritage of the area in a number of ways: our sense of humor, our sense of family, our music, and our dances. We want people to understand why Scots are so cool.” Events get underway on Thursday with the Highland Fling, an expansion of Gallabrae’s downtown element that will feature bag-

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Saturday, May 26 The Greenville Scottish Games beginning at 8:30 a.m. Furman University British Car Show Demonstrators Pipe bands Border collie competition Heavy games Highland dancing

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members of the U.S. Army National Guard 228th Tactical Signal Brigade. Members of the U.S. Army Special Rangers will parachute into the festival site, Benedict said. This year’s Games will feature the Heavy Games World Championship Master’s tournament. The event rotates between the U.S. and Canada and will feature 115 athletes from across the world. Because of the championship competition, the Games’ amateur heavy games competition will be held Sunday. Celtic Jam, a concert featuring three Celtic bands, will be held Saturday night. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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New life for soles Shoe collection program benefits homeless Upstate residents By april a. morris | staff

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As the mercury rises and Upstate residents reach for their shorts and sandals, they will likely encounter dust-bunny-covered shoes that haven’t seen the light of day for many months. Instead of leaving that fuzzy footwear in the closet for another season, Mast General Store and United Ministries are asking residents to donate gently used shoes during the fifth annual Sharing Our Shoes (SOS) collection effort through May 31. Shoes collected will benefit United Ministries’ effort to distribute footwear to the Upstate’s homeless population through the organization’s Place of Hope day shelter, said United Ministries manager of marketing and community relations Linda Williamson. “We just hand them out to our homeless as needed.” In addition to shoes, the shelter provides other basic needs like shower facilities, telephones, laundry facilities and medical checkups, Williamson said. Consultations with case managers who help clients address the causes of their homelessness are also available. “The homeless are sometimes walking five to 10 miles a day to get to various services,” said Nick Bush, team leader at United Ministries’ Place of Hope shelter. Because walking is often the only form of transportation for the homeless population, “their shoes get worn out very, very quickly,” Williamson said. The shelter has received nearly 300 pairs of shoes in the last 18 months from the collection effort, Bush said. “We find that we typically need sizes 10-12 and that’s what’s donated.” Shoes that are not used by Place of Hope are passed along to the clothes closet at Triune Mercy Center. All types of shoes are accepted, from sandals to hiking boots, and are collected at Mast General Store in downtown Greenville. In addition to benefiting those who could use the gently used shoes, passing them along keeps them out of the landfill. “We all have unused shoes with many miles left in them,” said Fred Martin, president of the Mast Store. “At this time, there is so much need. Our employees and our customers are always so generous and eager to share what they have with the people who matter to us most – our neighbors.” Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.

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Greenville makes progress on its vision for 2025 By Cindy Landrum | staff

Almost seven years ago, hundreds of community members outlined what they wanted Greenville County to look like in 2025. They pictured a place with state-ofthe-art schools, a marquee downtown park along the Reedy River and minorleague baseball downtown. They saw a county that had an automotive research center, an IMAX theater and a children’s museum. They saw a place to live that embraced diversity, and offered high-wage quality jobs and thriving suburban municipalities. On Monday, Greenville Forward reported progress has been made on many of Vision 2025’s goals, but much work needs to be done. “Greenville is in a period of monumental success,” said Minor Shaw, co-chair of Vision 2025. “Vision saw what was great about Greenville, but it also saw problems.” The nonprofit Greenville Forward was created in 2006 to help Greenville achieve the vision. On the list of Vision 2025’s finished or nearly complete projects is the Swamp Rabbit Trail, a 13-mile cycling and running path, made on an old railroad line from downtown Greenville to Travelers Rest. The list also includes bringing low-cost Southwest Airlines to the GreenvilleSpartanburg International Airport, a billion-dollar school construction plan, Fluor Field, the Upcountry History Museum and the Lake Conestee nature center. It also includes a trolley on Greenville’s Main Street, a medical school and the Clemson University International Center of Automotive Research.

Some progress has been made on the establishment of a park in Greenville’s center city and terminal renovation at GSP. But other projects haven’t gone very far. They include greenways on the Saluda River, a high-speed rail from Atlanta to Charlotte, beautification of Wade Hampton Boulevard and Laurens Road, redevelopment of Stone Avenue, and regional and statewide mass transit projects. Russell Stall, executive director of Greenville Forward, cites progress in all of Vision 2025’s work areas – education, sustainability, health and wellness, creativity, connectivity, inclusiveness, and innovation. Among the accomplishments: Increasing Greenvillians with college degrees to 30 percent. Renovating and constructing parks, including four water parks, and renovating fields at Municipal Stadium. Implementing healthy school lunch programs in some elementary schools. Constructing a medical school at the Greenville Hospital System campus. An improved bus system. Passage of a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. Constructing the NEXT Innovation Center. But Stall said nonprofits have difficulty finding reliable data. Stall said Greenville Forward is starting greenvilleindicators.com, a datainformation portal with information on issues ranging from homelessness to living wages for artists. The site will help identify gaps and avoid duplication, Stall said.

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Come Dream With Me (named for what parents were asked to do) grew from an idea proposed by Sherry Fields, the mother of a special-needs child with spina bifida. Her daughter passed away in 2009 and never got to participate in the quintessential teenage experience that is prom. Fields, a longtime employee of Family Connection, a nonprofit that provides support for families of children with disabilities and special healthcare needs, first presented the idea to advocates and parents last year. The inaugural Come Dream with Me Prom 2011 was a great success, she said. With even more planning and support, volunteers worked to make this year’s prom on May 11 even better. “The community came together and donated prom dresses,” Fields said, providing participants a generous selection. The girls “looked fabulous and could keep their dresses.” About 150 young people ranging in age from 8 to 30 – most of them in high school – walked the red carpet as they entered the Greenville Hilton ballroom, Fields said. Besides the sheer fun of prom, organizers wanted to give both parents and students the security of knowing promgoers were safe from any embarrassment or physical limitations, Fields said. Parents could drop their children off or stick around to enjoy the festivities – and about 100 parents did, she said. And though the prom-goers had diagnoses that ranged from diabetes to spina

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bifida, that didn’t stop them from taking to the dance floor with gusto, wheeling, twirling and moving to the music, said Tom Moran, director of outpatient clinics at the Greenville Hospital System, also a partner of Family Connection. “They started dancing as soon as the DJ started the first record and some didn’t stop until we closed the doors at 10,” he said. Fields said she was very pleased at how willingly the community volunteered time and donations to help pull off the event. Prom organizers were also grateful to the event’s sponsors, the Greenville Children’s Hospital and Allen McKinney of Eldeco Inc. Fields said parents were as thrilled as their children. “One mother said it was the best Mother’s Day present she had ever gotten because her daughter was happy, smiling and accepted. She was among her peers.” Fields said many students ended the night with “Thank you” and “I love you.” And she’s already been asked, “How soon can we do this again?” For more information on Family Connection, visit www.familyconnectionsc.org. Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.

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Law allows charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities at school they would have attended By Cindy Landrum | staff

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South Carolina law will no longer force some of the state’s middle and high school students to choose between academics and athletics – attending a charter school that could better meet their educational needs versus a traditional public school that offers their sport. “This says we are not going to punish children who don’t go into traditional public schools by denying them access to athletics and things that they should automatically have the ability to do,” Gov. Nikki Haley said during a bill-signing ceremony Monday at Greenville Tech Charter High, one of the state’s most successful charter schools. The state’s new charter school law allows charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities at the traditional public school they otherwise would attend, if the sport or activity is not offered at their charter school. The law has been nearly four years in

the making. At the 2008 YMCA Youth in Government model legislature program, Noah LaBelle, then a Langston Charter Middle School student, introduced a bill to allow charter school students to play for the high school sports teams they otherwise would be zoned for. The bill caught the attention of some state legislators. The new law also allows single-gender charter schools, authorizes colleges and universities to sponsor charter schools without going through a local school district or the state charter school district, and fines school districts that don’t release money to charter schools on time. State officials expect the law to increase the number of charter schools in the state, but aren’t sure by how many. State Education Superintendent Mick Zais, who attended the signing, said he hopes the new law will increase the number of charter schools operated by the state’s 31 colleges and universities that

Gov. Nikki Haley, seated, signs a bill at Greenville Tech Charter High, watched by (from left) Principal Fred Crawford, state Reps. Garry Smith and Phil Owens, and state Education Superintendent Mick Zais.

have teacher education programs. “The problem with the traditional model of teacher education programs is that students spend three and a half years on campus and one semester in the classroom,” he said. “By having charter schools sponsored by colleges and universities, the classroom experience could be the central focus, not a tack-on.” Zais has made increasing school choice his top issue. “One thing that every parent knows

is that while every child is special, every child is different,” he said. “Yet our traditional school model puts every child in the same classroom, expects them to learn the same material in the same way on the same schedule. Should we be surprised that that doesn’t work for some children?” Greenville Tech Charter High Principal Fred Crawford said he has had a handful of students each year not attend his school because it did not offer the sport they wanted to play. “It’s a little unfair to ask a student to make the choice between academics and athletics,” he said. Some public school district officials have expressed concern that they’ll have to pay for coaches to coach students they don’t get money for and that charter school students could take a spot on a team that otherwise would go to a student who attends the school. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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Approval of an amendment to the Greenville County Hospitality Tax distribution at the May 15 County Council meeting boosts the Peace Center’s fundraising efforts by $1 million – allowing the Peace Center to reach its $21.5 million fundraising goal for the extensive renovations to the performance hall and surrounding campus on Main Street. Councilman Bob Taylor said the amendment would not result in a tax increase. Since the U.S. Cycling Championships will not be held in Greenville after this year, $75,000 slated to support that event over three years was moved to support the Peace Center. The additional funds will be distributed within a 10-year time period, according to the amendment. Launched in January 2010 with a $2.5 million pledge from the City of Greenville, the Peace Center’s 20th Anniversary Campaign was for renovations designed to promote greater access to the campus and facilities. A wraparound glass lobby on the theatre’s façade creates more public space and an overhaul of the area near the Reedy River will include the new TD Pavilion. In a statement, Peace Center president Megan Riegel said additional donations are pending and these would allow the Peace Center to pursue goals that were previously eliminated due to funding concerns. Additional projects include upgrades to the Huguenot Mill and development of a community education center. “More than 80 percent of funding for this campaign has come from the private sector and we believe there are still many individuals and corporations that will support this campaign and help the Peace Center succeed with its mission-critical projects,” said Rick Timmons, campaign co-chair and incoming Peace Center Board chairman, in the statement. And for the second time in a month, citizens raised the subject of chickens during the County Council meeting. On May 1, chicken owner Luanne Keller asked the council to review the ordinance that applies to stray animals and reconsider including stray chickens under the same policy as stray dogs. At the Tuesday meeting, resident Lyman Campbell spoke in support of raising backyard chickens and urged the county to reconsider restrictions on residents keeping chickens in some residential areas within the county. Councilman Jim Burns said he was approached by three constituents just days before to discuss backyard chickens, and suggested the council planning and development committee consider the issue at its next meeting. He recommended the committee examine the ordinances of cities such as Asheville regarding urban chickens. “It’s gaining in popularity and we should get ahead of it rather than behind it,” Burns said. On Tuesday, May 22, Greenville County Council’s Committee of the Whole is scheduled to meet to discuss Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board issues. The Greenville County Council’s next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 5, at 6 p.m. at County Square. Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.

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The Taste of the Upstate benefitting Loaves & Fishes will be held on June 3, 6-9:30 p.m., at the Embassy Suites Golf Resort and Conference Center. Taste of the Upstate is a premier dining experience where ticketholders can sample some of the Upstate’s finest restaurants all in one place. This event will feature a silent auction and the sounds of Encore. The live auction will include one-of-a-kind items, such as private dining experiences with a personal chef from Table 301, and a cooking demonstration experience with Chef Patrick Wagner at the Greenville Technical College Culinary School. Tickets for Taste of the Upstate are $60 and can be purchased at all area Bi-Lo stores or online at www.tasteoftheupstate.com. You can also call the Loaves & Fishes offices at 232-3595 for tickets. Senior Action, the nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening Greenville County’s maturing population and their families by providing access to resources needed for physical, emotional and social well-being, has playing spots and sponsorships remaining for its fourth annual golf scramble tournament on May 21 at Fox Run St. Joseph’s Catholic School students Country Club in Simpsonville. In addition spent Friday, May 4, working in the to golf, the day’s program will also include a community in celebration of the feast day silent auction, refreshments, and awards and of the school’s patron saint, St. Joseph prizes following completion of the tournathe worker. Pictured are seventh-grader ment. Tournament registrations are $80 per Drew Luzzatti (bottom) and sixth-grader player. The $80 fee includes golfing priviSkyler Arnold washing windows at St. leges, a gift package, brunch and beverages, Anthony of Padua Catholic School. prizes, an award dinner, and access to the silent auction. The tournament will begin with a noon check-in and registration, followed by a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Awards, prizes and the silent auction and dinner will follow completion of the tournament in the Fox Run clubhouse. For additional information, visit www.senioraction.org. On June 2 at 8 a.m., the first annual Pedal for PAALS (Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services) cycling event will roll out of Lake Robinson in Greer. Join FinishStrong.org in helping support PAALS, a nonprofit service dog organization. Cyclists can choose between a 53-mile SAG-supported course engaging in four climbs including Pack Mountain, Callahan Mountain, Greenville Watershed to the state line and Camp Old Indian; a 25-mile SAG supported course; and a five-mile course that will have ride leaders supporting the cyclists. The five-mile course can be ridden multiple times. Suggested donations are $20 per rider or $35 per family. Register online at www.helpmeredith. com or www.finish-strong.org.

In conjunction with Women’s Healthcare Week, Bon Secours St. Francis Community Health Outreach is addressing the unique healthcare needs of the growing number homeless women in Greenville. The staff is providing each woman a health resources kit—a reusable bag with preventive health educational materials, a list of local sources for healthcare services and basic hygiene and first aid items. Every day, the Outreach staff—strategically located at points throughout the community, including Triune Social worker Connie Haudricourt, Bon Secours St. Mercy Center, West Greenville, Ster- Francis Community Health Outreach, shares a health ling and San Sebastian—provides resources kit with a client at Triune Mercy Center. women and their families free health education and referrals to local services. Women are further assisted with medication and transportation vouchers, as well as items for basic hygiene. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Greenville is hosting the NAMIGreenville 5K Walk on Saturday, June 2, as part of their Strike Out Stigma campaign to help raise donations for the nonprofit, as well as raise awareness of mental illness in the Greenville community. Registration for the walk will be at 8 a.m. and the walk will begin at 9 a.m. at Fluor Field. There is no fee to walk as entry is by donation. The NAMI-Greenville 5K Walk will begin on the field and will tour around the streets of the city and the Swamp Rabbit Trail before ending at Fluor Field. After the walk, activities will include music and comedy shows. In addition, there will be booths with mental and general health information. Chick-fil-A will be offering breakfast and lunch items for sale with a portion of the sales going to NAMI. For information, visit www.strikeoutstigma.com. Participants in the walk earn a chance to be entered into a contest for an eight-day cruise for every $50 of online donations. Junior Achievement of Upstate SC will hold its annual golf tournament on Friday, June 15, at The Preserve at Verdae. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and play begins at 9 a.m. with a shotgun start. The festivities will end with a reception, raffle, Chinese auction, awards and door prizes. The team fee of $550 per team or $150 per player includes cart rental, greens fees, breakfast, lunch, and snacks and drinks. For information on participating in the JA Golf Tournament as a team, sponsor or prize donor, contact Susan Spencer at 864-244-4017 or susan.spencer@ja.org. Send us your announcement. E-mail: greenvillecommunity@greenvillejournal.com

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WYFF 4, the NBC affiliate in Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson and Asheville, recently launched a new, state-of-the-art news set in high definition. “The new set utilizes innovative technology, and is modern, while still incorporating personality and warmth in a design that fits our region,” said John Soapes, WYFF 4 president and general manager. The new set features two 70-inch touchscreen monitors, the first in the market used to better explain and connect viewers to details of news stories. In addition, the set utilizes color-changing lights to create a variety of moods and diffused graphics for adding depth and dimension. “Viewers will see an instant benefit now that we have so many ways to showcase a story,” said Justin Antoniotti, WYFF 4 news director. “Plus, our working weather set will be a huge factor during severe weather for team weather coverage and will give us many ways to visually warn viewers with radar, video and graphics.” The City of Greenville Parks and Recreation Department invites senior adults to the Senior Prom, “Step Into Paradise.” More than 200 senior citizens will enjoy dinner, dancing and entertainment at the annual event for adults 55 years and older. Tickets are still available for $15 per person and can be purchased by contacting Janet Robinson at 467-4327. The prom will be held at the TD Convention Center on Friday, May 18, from 6 to 10 p.m. For more information, visit www.greenvillesc. gov/ParksRec/CommunityCenter/#seniors. Greenville Hospital System and the Piedmont Dermatological Society are hosting a free skin cancer screening on Saturday, May 19, 9-11 a.m., at Patewood Medical Campus. Participants should wear a bathing suit under loose-fitting clothes. Registration for the free event is required. To register, call 1-877-GHSINFO (447-4636) or visit ghs.org/360healthed. The South Carolina Children’s Theatre’s fifth annual Caribbean Crush is scheduled for Friday, May 18, at Zen. Tickets are $40 per person in advance or $45 at the door. There will be live music, food, drinks and a silent auction. For more information, visit www.scchildrenstheatre.org/events/caribbeancrush.

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The South Carolina Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America recently recognized the charitable efforts of Debbie Nelson, principal of DNA Creative Communications, with the 2012 George L. Johnson Community Spirit Award. Nelson accepted the award from its namesake, George Johnson, for the nonprofit programs she has created at DNA since 2009 – LIVE HERE GIVE HERE and Shine the Light on Your Nonprofit. The George L. Johnson Community Spirit Award was originally created in 1995 to recognize outstanding achievement in service to the community above and beyond the day-to-day duties of public relations careers. The firm also received for the second year the 2012 Mercury Award for Public Service for its work on Project Rx: A River Remedy, and received the 2012 Silver Wing Award of Merit for the design and development of Renewable Water Resources’ Annual Report to the Community. Accepting these awards for their team’s work was DNA Account Manager Emily Kosa and Account Coordinator Meg Ried, presented by current SCPRSA President Alice Grey Harrison. Bon Secours St. Francis Health System’s fifth annual prostate cancer screening will be held June 9, from 8 to 11 a.m. All men age 40 and older are encouraged to attend this important screening. Includes lab work, education and exam by a physician. Co-sponsored by the Upstate Chapter of Us TOO Prostate Cancer Support Group. Location: St. Francis downtown, Outpatient Center. Fee: free; registration not required. If you are sponsoring a community event, we want to share your news. Submit entries to e-mail: greenvillecommunity@greenvillejoural.com

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Upstate capacitor manufacturers thwart smugglers KEMET and AVX create supply chain in Congo for conflict-free ore By DICK HUGHES | contributor

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Global capacitor manufacturers KEMET and AVX are leading an international initiative to keep your smartphone free of a mineral exploited by smugglers and armed militias intent on wreaking murderous havoc in Central Africa. The two Upstate companies are the world’s largest producers of capacitors made from tantalum, a mineral favored by electronics makers for its capacity to store high levels of energy in a small space and efficiently release it as you tap away. If your cellphone has lots of bells and whistles and enormous capacity, it probably has a capacitor made with about 40 to 50 milligrams of the mineral. Video game consoles, laptops, receivers, TVs – indeed, all electric devices – have capacitors, though not all are made of tantalum. However, those that are number in the billions, making tantalum a crucial ingredient for the electronics industry – and a danger. The United Nations reports that millions

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of people, mainly civilians, have been killed, maimed and displaced in conflicts funded by ill-gotten coltan, the ground source of tantalum, and even more so by gold and other valuable minerals looted from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the mineral-rich DRC, smugglers and opportunistic neighboring countries have managed to exploit with impunity AVX AT A GLANCE Annual Revenue:

$1.6 billion* Net Income: $244 million F/T Employees: 11,200

worldwide, 1,200 U.S. • Facilities in United States, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Israel and France • Traded on NYSC as AVX • Founded in 1977; based in Fountain Inn

John S. Gilbertson, CEO and president of AVX

• Subsidiary of Kyocera Corp. of Japan *Revenue and income as of fiscal year ended 3/30/2011

KEMET AT A GLANCE Annual Revenue:

$985 million* Net Income: $7 million Employees:

10,400 worldwide • Traded on NYSE as KEM • Founded 1919 as division of Union Carbide, divested in 1987

Per-Olof Loof, CEO and president of KEMET

• Facilities in Europe, Mexico, China, Indonesia and United States • Based in Simpsonville

*Revenue and income as of fiscal year ended 3/31/2012

a primitive supply chain to fund militias and criminal gangs for indiscriminate civil wars and illicit profit. In 2007, when humanitarian groups attacked the mobile phone industry for irresponsible sourcing of material, image-sensitive companies such as Motorola, Nokia and Sony boycotted tantalum from the DRC, creating an economic crisis where coltan was mined and causing even greater unrest. Adding to the pressure, the 2010 DoddFrank financial reform act requires publicly traded companies to publicly disclose what materials in their products came from conflict-affected areas in Central Africa. AVX and KEMET were taking steps to address the issue well before that legislation was passed. “In 2009, we started exploring how to get around effectively what is an embargo of material from the DRC and bring back into the supply chain validated conflictfree material,” said Peter Collis, vice president for AVX Tantalum. Collis and William Millman, technical and quality director, were interviewed by phone from their United Kingdom office. Rather than dealing with the problem, many international corporations simply walked away, making matters on the ground worse, AVX and KEMET officials said. “When the trade dropped by 70 or 80 percent, you had a large number of artisanal miners who had no income, and they started to drift into the towns. They drifted into the militias. They were going to survive no matter what. There was an awful lot of social disruption that was caused by the embargo.” Choosing to “responsibly engage,” Millman spent two years working with international agencies, federal and regional governments in the DRC and electronics manufacturers to replace the supply chain that was easy and profitable to exploit. This spring, AVX delivered the world’s first validated conflict-free tantalum capacitors with minerals from a certified conflict-free mine in the DRC’s Katan-

ga region and smelted into tantalum in China by a smelter certified to process conflict-free ore only. KEMET also was involved “very early on,” despite being warned “not to get involved in the Congo, that it was fraught with opportunity for failure,” said Daniel Persico, KEMET’s Daniel Persico, KEMET’s vice presivice president for stratedent for strategic gic marketing and busimarketing and business development. ness development “Our answer was if we don’t do this, we have people in the Congo whose livelihoods were taken away from them, and we have an opportunity to put their livelihoods back together. No. 2, we have an opportunity to take a leading place in the industry by saying this is the way it needs to be done,” he said. Both companies quickly discovered that the indigenous system of multiple layering of traders and speculators – from the point artisanal workers get hired to dig ore to the point the ore is smelted – had become a sieve for smuggling, worker exploitation and market manipulation. “The last thing the traders wanted to participate in was anything that involved transparency and traceability,” said Millman. Both companies decided take direct control, buying only from mines willing to undergo rigorous conflict-free audits, compensate workers fairly through cooperatives, pay government taxes, reinvest in the mines and villages and follow strict rules for “bagging and tagging” ore. “These mining materials are bag-bybag recorded by government officials at the site, and they take their rightful taxes at that point,” explained Millman. “Now the government has skin in this game. They can see a revenue stream of taxation, so they invest in security.” Working conditions have also improved. In the traditional system, Mill-

Per-Olof Loof, chief executive officer of KEMET, center, in reflective vest, visited the site of a conflict-free mine in Kisengo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before he would sign off on a contract.

man said agents of the traders “would go out with cash in their pockets and negotiate on a miner-by-miner basis. They would beat the price back to the very lowest level: ‘Do you want your cash for food today or don’t you?’” AVX and KEMET, working with the concession-holders of the mines, added mechanization to increase production without destroying the livelihoods of the hand-miners. “The jobs are set up so everyone gets paid every day based on the total output versus what an individual effort might produce,” Persico explained. He said KEMET will spend $150,000 annually, “which is a lot of money in the DRC, for sustainable projects on the ground, which includes schools, medical clinics, wells with clean water, solar street lighting … teaching them to be self-sufficient from an agrarian perspective.” Millman said AVX made clear from the outset “that we would pay world-market price for the materials. We wanted to send a message to the world that our interest was not to facilitate low price material from Africa because of the working conditions.” Both companies found that by eliminating middlemen, costs are lower or neutral even as they pour more money into improving and upgrading

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working conditions and investing in preserving security of the conflict-free supply chain from start to finish. “We paid world price to the trader, and in that regard nothing has changed,” said Millman. “The difference was with the trader, the profits went into a Swiss bank account and now it goes back into reinvestment on the ground in changing the artisanal mining into a semiindustrial one.” Another major benefit, said Persico, is by taking “all the speculators out of the picture,” KEMET will cut from 300 to 150 days the time it takes to turn raw ore out of a mine into a completed capacitor. While KEMET and AVX are “addressing it a little differently, it is important we are both addressing it for the right reasons,” Persico said. “It is important they are successful, also.” With the two companies on the same page, they set the standard for other producers and ensure the electronics industry of a reliable supply of conflictfree tantalum from the DRC.

Said Persico, “We require hundreds of thousands of pounds. AVX requires hundreds of thousands of pounds. You could throw a blanket over AVX and KEMET, which are the largest in the world.” While they have created a model of how to do it, there is no guarantee your smartphone is free of minerals from conflict-funded sources because the capacitor industry is the only one that has taken concrete action to ensure its materials are out of reach of smugglers who sell to armed groups. “Tantalum was not the funder of conflict,” said AVX’s Collis. “It is gold.” Nongovernment humanitarian organizations “highlighted phones because they were so ubiquitous, but actually there is 10 times more value of gold in the mobile phone than tantalum, but we didn’t spend time pointing at others. We got on with it.” Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

Efforts intensify to water down Dodd-Frank Act By Dick Hughes | contributor

KEMET and AVX have embraced a provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform act that would require publicly traded companies to disclose if they are using materials in their products that are susceptible to exploitation to fund civil and criminal unrest. KEMET and AVX, the world’s leading makers of tantalum capacitors, widely used in smartphones, have working supply systems that guarantee all of their minerals are conflict-free. Industries that use tin, copper, gold and other minerals in their products are trying to eviscerate or eliminate the Dodd-Frank provision as it makes its way through rule-making at the Securities and Exchange Commission, KEMET and AVX officials said. Provision 1502 of Dodd-Frank puts responsibility on the SEC to require publicly traded companies to report if “conflict minerals” from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or adjoining nations are used in their products. “The tin guys, the copper guys, the gold guys are all very shy with this, but the tantalum industry said there is no point in waiting and waiting for clarification of the SEC rules,” said

Peter Collis, vice president of AVX’s tantalum division. “Our customers are telling us they demand this.” Daniel Persico, KEMET’s vice president of strategic marketing and business development, points out that the act does not require industries to be conflict-free, only to report if they are not. “There are a lot of people with their heads in the sand hoping that 1502 goes away, frankly,” he said. “1502 is not going away. I suspect it will get watered down, and that is unfortunate because it will be saying it is not as important as it really is. “The other industries are well behind because they see this as a cost rather than an opportunity to do the right thing. For us, it is about doing the right thing.” With support and some prodding from cellphone makers, KEMET and AVX are well beyond what DoddFrank requires by creating a closedpipe supply chain that guarantees that tantalum is conflict-free, and they have done so with adding cost. “Our point is the humanitarian and economic interests can live side by side,” said Persico. Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes @greenvillejournal.com.

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Earl Russell Jr. pioneered do-it-yourself picture framing By Dick Hughes | contributor

Earl H. Russell Jr., owner of Greenville’s House of 10,000 Pictures and a pioneer in do-it-yourself framing, died on May 6. He was 79. Russell owned and operated House of 10,000 Pictures for nearly 30 years and was well known in the Upstate as frequent guest on “The Nancy Welch Show” on WSPA-TV. He first opened the store off Augusta Road in 1971 and later added a second store at Haywood and Laurens roads. Russell ran both stores for several years, but eventually merged the Augusta location with the one at Haywood and Laurens to “focus on Greenville’s high-growth Eastside.” At one time, he operated a sister store, Frame It Yourself, a retail workshop environment that pre-dated the popularity of do-it-yourself framing. For many years, Russell appeared regu-

larly on “The Nancy Welch Show” to demonstrate framing specialties shadow boxes, French mats and needlepoint framing. Russell sold House of 10,000 Pictures, which is now called Laurel Creek Framing and is located across from Sirrine Stadium. “Dad valued relationships and always made it a point to know something personal about each of his customers,” said his son William. “That’s how he became known in the retail picture-framing market – by treating customers as friends.” Russell was active in the Second Presbyterian Church, having served as deacon and elder. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary Barnwell Aiken, and four sons, Walter, Alan, Tindell and William. A memorial service was held at Second Presbyterian Church. Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes @greenvillejournal.com.

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The real estate market in Greater Greenville and Spartanburg continued its slow recovery in April. Compared to a year ago, sales of homes, including condos, in Greenville were up 4.2 percent for the month and 10.9 percent for the quarter. Realtors reported selling 606 homes in April, 10 fewer than last month but 24 more than April 2011. The median price rose 3.9 percent to $140,312 from a year ago. Also encouraging, average days between listing and sale fell from 116 to 107. In Spartanburg, home sales were up 1 percent for the month and 15 percent for the quarter. Realtors sold 209 homes in April, 53 fewer than in March when sales were strong. The median price dropped by 0.8 percent to $115,000 and days on

the market rose 14.2 percent to 179. According to South Carolina Realtors, sales were down 1.3 percent but pending sales were up 10.9 percent from a year ago, and the median price of sold homes was up 3 percent to an average of $146,000. It is still very much a buyers’ market, despite recent trends in inventory decline. The number of residential properties on the market fell 16 percent to an 11.5-month supply for single-family homes and 12.6 months for condos. Most realtors believe inventory has to get down to around a seven-month supply for a market balance between buyers and sellers. “Favorable supply-demand trends may be ticking away from the buyer for the first time in years,” said South Carolina Realtors. — Dick Hughes / Contributor

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TD Call Center En Route

TD Bank has taken its first announced steps to move office workers to the $90-million Greenville I-85 complex it purchased for a song when it acquired the troubled South Financial Group, parent of Carolina First. The bank told 200 workers at a call center in Springfield, Mass., last week that their jobs were being moved to Greenville in December. The news was first reported by the Boston Globe and confirmed by TD. The number of jobs projected from closing the Springfield facility is a fraction of the “more than 1,600” jobs that TD promised to put into the three buildings. The bank is getting state financial incentives to create the new jobs in Greenville. TD Bank, a division of Toronto-Dominion Financial, obtained the complex virtually for free when it acquired all the Carolina and Florida assets of TSFG in a transaction valued at $61 million in 2010. The complex cost TSFG just under $90 million and was intended to be its corporate headquarters. Two office buildings comprise 300,000 square feet of office space, and the center building, which TSFG did not complete, has 40,000 square feet. The buildings meet LEED sustainability standards. The complex sits on 62 acres. Construction began in March 2006, when TSFG was growing rapidly. The office buildings were largely completed in 2009

when the bank, then under great financial stress, said it would not move into the new buildings. It was put up for sale. After TD acquired TSFG, it put marketing on hold. With great fanfare on Nov. 16, Bharat Masrani, president and CEO of the bank, Gov. Nikki Haley and local and county officials announced that TD would occupy the buildings. TD said it is spending $17.1 million for renovation of the three buildings to make them more appropriate for back-office operations.

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The holding company of Park Sterling Bank, which gained a foothold in the Upstate with acquisition of Community Capital in Greenwood, has agreed to purchase Citizens South Banking of Gastonia, N.C., for $77.8 million. The acquisition, if approved by shareholders and regulators, will strengthen Park Sterling’s position in the Charlotte, N. C., metropolitan area, and it gives the bank the holdings in Georgia that Citizens South acquired when it picked up failed New Horizons Bank of East Ellijay in a deal with the FDIC. Under terms of the agreement to sell to Park Sterling, Citizens South shareholders can choose to receive $7 per share in cash or for 1.4799 in Park Sterling shares for

each Citizens South share. The deal stipulates, however, that only 30 percent of the transaction be paid in cash. At $7 per share, Citizens South shareholders are being offered a 40 percent premium over the value of their stock as of Friday’s closing. About 11.5 million shares are outstanding. Purchase price excludes $20.5 million in preferred stock Citizens South sold to the U.S. Treasury. James C. Cherry, chief executive officer of Park Sterling, said the acquisition will make Park Sterling “the largest community banking franchise in the very desirable Charlotte-Gastonia market. The addition of Citizens South’s assets will boost Park Sterling’s total assets to $2.4 billion and create a network of 45 branches in the Carolinas and North Georgia. Citizens South, which was founded in Gastonia in 1904, has 21 branches in North Carolina and Georgia and one in York County, S.C. It reported a loss of $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2012, and it lost $1.3 million in 2011. Park Sterling had a profit of $1.7 million in the first quarter. Because it received financial assistance in the acquisition of Horizon Bank in Georgia, additional regulatory approval will be needed from the FDIC. Correction: An item in last week’s Fine Print misspelled the name of George Wolfe, the president-elect of the South Carolina Economic Developers’ Association. The Journal regrets the error.

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Apparel Maker Takes Profit Hit

Delta Apparel, the Greenville-based maker and marketer of casual and sports clothing, reported net income for its latest quarter of $1.9 million, or 22 cents per share, down from $5.7 million, or 65 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Sales increased $500,000 to $125.5 million over the same period in 2011. Robert W. Humphreys, chairman and chief executive officer, said while he was disappointed in results for the company’s third quarter, “economic and apparel marketplace improvements that are just beginning to happen warrant cautious optimism.” He said the “inordinate cotton price increases” of 2011 “are now moderating” and cotton bought at higher prices is working its way through inventories. Humphreys expects sales volumes “to return to a more normal growth pattern” as pricing stabilizes. He also said steps are being taken to reduce costs by bringing “all of our branded businesses under one enterprise system” and moving several functions of private label manufacturing offshore.

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Love of Appalachian ballads leads artist to paint the Dark Corner By Cindy Landrum | staff

English-born artist Julyan Davis’ introduction to America came in the form of the first record album he owned, a collection of folk ballads. He started illustrating those ballads while in college.

Davis came to the United States just out of college and was drawn to the South after reading Carl Carmer’s book, “Stars Fell on Alabama,” an autobiographical story of the time Carmer lived in the state during the early 20th century. The Asheville-based painter combines his love of traditional Appalachian moun-

tain music and his fascination with the dilapidated rural South in “The Appalachian Ballad/Dark Corners,” an exhibition at the Greenville County Museum of Art. The exhibit runs through July 1. After living in Alabama for a while, Davis eventually found himself in Davis continued on page 36

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regular box-office prices that range from $32.50 to $135. The added performance will benefit The Actors Fund, a national human services organization that helps those working in performing arts and entertainment with such necessities as social services and emergency assistance, health care and insurance, housing lion king continued on page 36

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Upstate residents will have one more chance to see what undoubtedly will be the area’s biggest Broadway production ever. A special performance of the Disney blockbuster musical “The Lion King” has been scheduled for Thursday, June 21, at 2 p.m. Tickets for the special performance are on sale at

Sydnee Winters and the lionesses perform in “The Lion King.”

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and employment, and training services. “The Lion King” will play in Greenville for four weeks beginning June 12. Peace Center officials say ticket sales for the 33-show run have been “very brisk” but that tickets are still available for all performances, although some shows are nearing sell-outs. Peace Center officials said ticket buyers’ best bet for securing the best seats will be weekday performances and during the week of July 1 through 6. Peace Center officials said the only way to guarantee the authenticity of a ticket is to purchase it from the Peace Center Box Office, the only authorized ticket seller for the production. The Peace Center expects “The Lion King” to be its biggest Broadway show ever. Blockbuster multi-week Broadway shows fill hotel rooms and pack restaurants with out-of-town and out-of-state guests paying accommodations and local sales taxes that support other festivals and arts events. “Wicked,” the last multi-week blockbuster Broadway show to come to the Peace Center, is a good example. There were 24 performances of “Wicked” and more than 98 percent of the 48,864 available tickets were sold, generating more than $4 million in ticket sales alone. More than half the tickets were sold to households outside of Greenville County. Fourteen percent of tickets were sold to households with outof-state addresses. While more than half of those households were from North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, households with addresses as far away as Washington State ordered tickets. Ticket buyers came from 46 of the 50 states.

North Carolina, first in Highlands and now in Asheville. Last winter, he happened to visit Greenville’s “Dark Corner,” an area of northern Greenville County once known for murders, moonshine and mayhem. He said he found the area filled with story. “These stories are old, but one only has to pick up a newspaper to see they remain fully contemporary.” While the paintings are set in the present day, nothing in them is new. “With its fiery independence and clannish loyalties, South Carolina’s ‘Dark Corner’ typifies exactly the culture that keeps this music alive,” he said. “And what a name. That was a gift, because these paintings are all about the dark corners to which our hearts can take us.” For instance, “Where the Sun Refuse to Shine,” a painting inspired by the song “Dark Hollow,” shows a train passing over an old railroad track over a river. The song, punctuated by the sound of a train whistle that has become the country symbol of loneliness, tells the story of unrequited love and how, contrary to Alfred Lord Tennyson’s famous line, it is not better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. The song says it is better to go “mad” than to even think about the one you love in the arms of another. Other paintings that dramatize lyrics from traditional ballads in the Greenville museum exhibition include “Barbara Allen,” “Pretty Polly” and “Banks of the Ohio.” Davis said the music, with its Celtic origins, has provided his connection to the Southern landscape. “The songs have given me an old, familiar narra-

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What makes you sleep so sound? From Darling Corey. © Julyan Davis, 2012

tive and a human history that connects to my own background,” he said. “Some artists are happy to record every alien vista and strange culture travel can provide, but I have found this old tie important in placing me in this new land.” Davis is known primarily as a landscape painter and his typical subjects are the South Carolina lowcountry, Western North Carolina and the Maine coast. On Sunday, June 24, Davis will conduct a gallery talk about his work and about the influence of another artist who used Maine as one of his main subjects, Andrew Wyeth. The Greenville County Museum of Art has the largest collection of Wyeth watercolors of any public museum in the world. Davis has a bachelor’s degree in painting and printmaking from the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. His work is in the collections of the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, the Morris Museum in Augusta, Ga.; the Bascom Fine Art Center in Highlands, N.C.; and the Byam Shaw Permanent Collection in London. His work can also be found in the North Carolina Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh and the Governor’s Western Residence in Asheville as well as the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Monument in Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Southern College; Samford University; and the Retirement Systems of Alabama’s headquarters. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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32 teams clash here for national lacrosse tournament By jerry salley | staff

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Lacrosse players from Grand Canyon University, in black jerseys, fight for a loose ball against players from Savannah College of Art and Design during the first round of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association’s National Championships at the Wenwood Soccer Complex.

Thirty-two top-ranked men’s lacrosse team from all over North America came to Greenville this week to compete in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association National Championships. The MCLA chose two sites in Greenville for the tournament, taking place May 15-19. Competition began at the Wenwood Soccer Complex on May 14 and 15. The competition was then scheduled to shift to Sirrine Stadium for the semifinals and finals on Thursday, May 17, and Saturday, May 19. The field includes the four-time Division I champions, the Brigham Young Cougars, defending their 2011 title; the Colorado State Rams, also four-time Division I champions; and the University of Michigan Wolverines, three-time division champions. The Panthers of Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich., will defend their 2011 Division II title. The first-round games at Wenwood

Park on Monday and Tuesday were free and open to the public. Tickets to the semifinals and finals at Sirrine are $5, with students admitted free. The finals will be covered by Fox Sports South, and webcast live on www.mcla.us. Greenville beat out Denver, Colo., and San Diego for hosting rights due to “the intimate setting of Sirrine and the welcoming nature of Greenville in general,” said Tony Scazzero, MCLA board president. Wednesday night was MCLA Appreciation Night at the Greenville Drive. Scazzero was scheduled to throw out the first pitch; lacrosse demonstrations were scheduled on the diamond between innings. The events throughout the week were expected to attract more than 3,000 spectators, according to Todd Bertka, vice president of sales at the Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau. The GCVB expected an economic impact of $2.5 million during championship week, he said.

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Greenville County Museum of Art Julyan Davis: Dark Corners Through Jul. 1 ~ 271-7570 Lowcountry Through Sep. 9 ~ 271-7570 Portrait of Greenville Through Sep. 30 ~ 271-7570 Andrew Wyeth: The Greenville Collection Ongoing ~ 271-7570

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the week in the local arts world Artisphere presented by TD Bank kicked off its 8th annual art festival with the dedication of a permanent public sculpture, Stephen Kishel’s “Paradigm Pathway,” along the Reedy River. Located next to the Wyche Pavilion, the newest addition to Greenville’s Art in Public Places initiative is an aluminum structure to honor the late Buck A. Mickel and his love of contemporary art.

As part of an effort to promote more creative senior portraits for high school seniors, a group of photographers are participating in The Battle for Senior Photography to help students and parents overcome institutional visions of senior photography. This month, a rotating gallery will be at the following locations: Marble Slab through May 20; Spill the Beans, May 21-27; and CanvasOne, May 28-June 2. For more information, visit www.canvasone.com. The Greenville County Library System will hold its Summer Reading Kick-off with Hobey Ford and his Golden Rod Puppets on Friday, June 1, 4:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m. at the Hughes Main Library. The event features a trip through the magical world of animals with a life-size alligator and various soaring bird puppets. Fun for all ages. Call 527-9248 for more information. The Bookends Mother-Daughter Book Discussion Group will hold an Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, June 5, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Hughes Main Library to celebrate the kick-off of summer reading. This is a chance to learn about Bookends, what they’ll be reading this summer and to find out what’s new in young adult literature. This group is for rising 8th-12th grade girls with an adult female caregiver. Call 527-9248 to register. Author Andrea Cefalo will be signing copies of her debut young adult novel, “The Fairytale Keeper: Avenging the Queen” at Fiction Addiction on Friday, June 8, from 4-6 p.m. Snow White was a pet name her mother had given her, but Adelaide’s mother is dead, claimed by a rampant fever just like thousands of others in Cologne. When the parish priest, Father Soren, commits an unforgivable atrocity, he pushes Adelaide to her breaking point, but if she seeks justice against the cruel priest, she risks sacrificing everything: her father, her friends, her first love and maybe even her life. For more information, call 864-675-0540 or visit www.fiction-addiction.com. Marvin Hamlisch, one of the world’s greatest living composers, will perform at Spartanburg’s Chapman Cultural Center on Tuesday, June 26, at 8 p.m. as a benefit for The Spartanburg Little Theatre. As a composer, Hamlisch has won three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards. He has written music for Broadway shows like “A Chorus Line,” “They’re Playing Our Song,” and “The Goodbye Girl” in addition to motion picture scores. Tickets are $40 ($30 for Little Theatre season members), and a complete sellout of the 500 seats is expected. Call 864-542-ARTS or visit www.chapmanculturalcenter.org for information or tickets.

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Two University of South Carolina students from Greenville, William “Cole” Franks and Daniel Grier, have been named Goldwater Scholars, a prestigious honor awarded to the nation’s top undergraduates pursuing careers in math, science and engineering. The 282 scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,123 students nominated by faculty members at colleges and universities nationwide. Daniel Overly, a 2012 Bob Jones University gradu-

ate, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Austria in Collaborative Piano. Under the grant, Overly will teach English part-time in an Austrian secondary school for the 2012-2013 academic year while pursuing a master’s in vocal coaching with an emphasis in art song and oratorio at the prestigious Konservatorium Wien in Vienna. The JL Mann High School newspaper, Mannuscript, capped off a record-breaking year with numerous

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Julia Elizabeth Tolbert worked with many of the South’s premier artists, but her own art is largely unknown. Wofford College’s Oakley Coburn, the school’s dean of the library and director of cultural events, wants to help change that through a current and future exhibition of her watercolors, oil paintings, drawings, prints and ceramics. “From family histories, she evidently wasn’t very interested in selling or showing her work,” he said. “She didn’t care much about money; certainly she didn’t care about framing, often re-using salvaged frames. We hope that this collection, as we restore and present in this and future exhibitions, will let her become better known.” A fraction of the nearly 300 works given to Wofford by the Tolbert family in 2011 are on display in the Sandor Teszler Library Gallery on campus. An exhibition of work by Tolbert’s grandniece Roxi Tolbert is hanging in the school’s Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery. Both exhibitions run through June 1. Julia Elizabeth Tolbert studied under Lamar Dodd, the man for whom the University of Georgia’s School of Art is named, who was known for his paintings of the South. While there, she was a colleague of Reuben Gambrell, the man who received the first master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Georgia and whose collection is housed at the South Carolina State Museum. Tolbert’s paintings are included in the permanent collections at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston and the University of Georgia Hargreth Archives in Augusta, Ga. Tolbert was active as an artist through

the 1940s and into the mid-1950s, when physical challenges including progressive myopia and an essential tremor limited her ability to see and to control brushes. Tolbert, who taught art at Lander College and the University of Georgia, was active in national politics when she was a young adult. Her father was the leader of the Republican Party in South Carolina until his death in 1946. But Tolbert is only one of a line of talented artists in the family. Recent paintings by her grandniece Roxi Tolbert, now a doctoral student at Kent State, are on exhibit in the Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery on the Wofford campus. “Both artists are products of their time in history,” Coburn said. Julia Elizabeth Tolbert’s work is for the most part representational. Often the skies are moody and in turmoil, but sometimes the sunlit images work in striking contrast to the darker scenes, he said. Coburn said Roxi Tolbert shares some of the same schools of influence as her great-aunt, but her works reflects a much more contemporary aesthetic. Coburn said Roxi Tolbert’s work could be described as essentially expressionistic with a little attempt at photo-realism. “She seems to imbue the paintings with a sense of mystery, or of storytelling, as if the viewer is arriving nearly at the instant of something about to happen,” Coburn said. Joseph McJunkin Tolbert, Julia Elizabeth Tolbert’s grandnephew, had an exhibition at Wofford last year that the artist described as “punk rococo.” Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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688 IVYBROOK AVE - $172,000 1010 POWDERHORN RD - $164,900 3BR/2.5BA. Maintenance free townhome w/ 3BR/2.5BA. Adorable home with split floor master on main, open floor plan, DR, sunplan. Sunken LR, scrnd porch, irrigation sysroom. 85 N to Pelham Rd, exit R off ramp, tem & great landscaping. 385 S to Exit 27, turn on Garlington Rd, R into SD, To enter turn L back over 385, cross Main St into SD, gate code 243-1271. L on Ivybrooke Ave, Hm Hm is in the back on SD on R. Linda Bobo,, on L Bobbie Schultz,, 243-1271 Prudential 982-8322 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1235141 MLS#1239562

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109 MEADOW WOOD CT - $199,900 5BR/2.5BA. Charming home, Forest Acres School District. In-law Suite w/ full BA. Large fenced lot. I-85 to Exit 40, L @ GM Dealership, L on Sheffield, L @ 4-way on Crestview, R on Meadow Ridge, R on Meadow Woods Linda Ballard, 449-6302 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1238839

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203 ANGIE DRIVE - $179,900 3BR/2.5BA. Beautiful home with many wonderful features throughout. Upgraded kitchen & bathrooms. 2 large decks. E. North St to Brushy Creek, 1st L on Woodharbor, R on Angie, Hm on L. Scott Holtzclaw, 883-6783 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1240746

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101 DEL RISO CIRCLE - $179,200 3BR/2.5BA. Ranch home, den w/fireplace, large kitchen, formal DR & LR, sunroom, deck, lg bkyd & outbuilding w/electricuty. South on Hwy 81, R on Mt Airy Church Rd, R on Del Riso Circle, Hm on L. Joanne Beresh, 269-5403 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1234599

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1 1 2 A n t ig u a Wa y, T h o r n b l a d e C l u b , G re e r This fabulous custom brick ranch home offers not just luxury, but lifestyle as well! Located on the 13th fairway at the Thornblade Club, you have a front row seat to one of the top rated golf courses in SC. Soaring ceilings, open floor plan, and superb craftsmanship. The beautifully carved mahogany front door gives you a taste of the interior’s architectural splendor. The open floorplan, dramatic vaulted ceilings and grand views make the home perfect for entertaining. The kitchen features imported Italian cabinetry, exquisite tile work and plenty

of counter space. Spacious master bedroom with golf course view and recently renovated spa-like master bath. Closets, closets and more closets. 3 out of 4 bedrooms feature spacious walk in closets. From closets, to attic, to storage cabinets in the garage, you will never have to worry about renting a storage unit again. The attached 3 car garage features a huge workshop and extra room for your golf cart. Fully finished 43’ x 20’ bonus room. Property also features a 16’ x 40’ lap pool with a motorized cover and patio. 112 Antigua Way is more than an address, it’s a lifestyle. www.112Antigua.com

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Thornblade Club $1,275,000 112 Anitgua Way, Greer, SC 4 bed / 3.5 bath, Fairway views! MLS 1235274

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125 Linkside Drive, Taylors, SC 3 bed / 2.5 bath, Beautiful home, large lot! MLS 1238022

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$759,000 AUGUSTA ROAD

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$549,000 CHANTICLEER

Wonderful home has been renovated and expanded w/ 5BR, 4.5BA. Kitchen includes ss appl’s, custom cabinets, and center island. Master on main with trey ceiling and luxurious bathroom. Gorgeous hardwoods on main. Upstairs is a kid’s haven w/large playroom. Walk to award winning Augusta Circle Elementary. Welcome home! TOM MARCHANT 864.449.1658 MLS#1239919

10 Club Forest Lane - 4 BR/3.5BA updated home on quiet, cul-de-sac street. 3 BR upstairs, Master on Main. Updated kitchen w/granite c’tops and stainless appl’s. Open den w/gas log fpl and french doors to deck. Formal LR and DR. Newly added walk-in laundry. Home office on main level. Zoned Augusta Circle. Owner/Agent HEIDI PUTNAM 864.380.6747 MLS#1240240

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$435,000 LINKSIDE

Immaculate golf course, 5BR, 4.5BA brick home on 0.75 acre, fully sprinklered, lush lot backs up to the 7th green at Linkside. Screened in porch, beautiful hardwoods fand the recent updates to kitchen and BAs. Approx. 4390 s/f. New roof, 2 new HVAC units. Close to downtown. Pebble Creek golf memberships are available. VALERIE MILLER 864.430.6602 MLS#1239427

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$239,000 ASHBY PARK

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$182,900 SQUIRES CREEK

$120,000 BROOKSIDE CIRCLE

Minutes from Main Street Greenville in a park like setting. Adorable cozy cottage is move-in ready, with large LR space with fireplace, rocking chair front porch overlooks park across the street. New plumbing in 2008, new wiring in kitchen and bath in 2009. Beautiful original hardwood floors and smooth ceilings, a real gem. MARY PRAYTOR 864.593.0366 MLS#1238907

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4BR, 2.5BA, bonus room, approx. 3600SF. Large foyer opens to dining room. Designer kitchen just renovated in 2011. Gorgeous granite c’tops and freshly painted kitchen. Hardwoods, wide staircase to upstairs, beautifully landscaped yard, large screened in porch. Award winning schools. Upscale amenities. JOYE LANAHAN 864.404.5372 MLS#12306057

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5 BR, 4.5 BA home on aprox. 1/3 ac lot. One owner home w/beautiful gleaming hdwds and ceramic in sunroom. Kitchen has granite counters and ss appl’s opens to family rm with gas fpl. 3 car gar for storage AND additional 800 sqft for more rooms that can be added in attic. Central vac and security system. Seller says bring all offers. JOYE LANAHAN 864.404.5372 MLS#1238690

$329,900 CARISBROOKE

Brick ranch patio home with 3 BR, 2 BA built in 2002. 3rd BR (Bonus) plus storage area upstairs. Approx 2,000 SF on main level w/ large GR featuring gas fpl/switch operated and vented and beautiful hdwds, large galley kitchen w/ bkfst room, DR/keeping rm. Master suite has pvt access to screen-in porch. ANNE MARCHANT 864.420.0009 or BRIAN MARCHANT 864.631.5858 MLS#1236090

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104 Sorrento Drive - Just Reduced. Quality custom home w/5BR, 4.5BA, open floor plan and approx. 5600+/-SF. GR w/gas FP and french doors to covered porch. Gourmet Kitch w/custom cabinets, granite c’tops, ss appl’s, and walk-in pantry. Master Suite on main. Media and game rm up. Beautiful landscaping. NANCY MCCRORY 864.505.8367 or KAREN TURPIN 864.230.5176. MLS#1239451

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FANNIE MAE OWNED 6 Blackwatch Way Recently updated 5BR, 3BA home w/ 2 story entrance with coved ceiling, bonus rm, formal living and dining rms, spacious kitchen with combined breakfast room/den, a office/study or guest rm with full BA on main floor. Eligible for Home Path mortgage. Visit www.homepath.com for more details. KATHY SLAYTER 864.982.7772 MLS#1240835

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$749,000 MONTEBELLO

This 4BR/2BA home located in Augusta Rd has been updated including: new kitchen with updated cabinetry, granite c’tops, new ss appl’s, new lighting. New carpet in den, new paint, updated BAs, refinished hdwds throughout. Great (.4 acre) lot with tons of future potential. Seller will provide a one-year First American Home Warranty. TOM MARCHANT 864.449.1658 MLS#1236640

Ruskin Square at Hollingsworth Park It’s happening at Verdae. Ruskin Square at Hollingsworth Park features a new style in city living with maintenance-free lawns and homes interset amid shared pocket parks, plazas and pedestrian-friendly streetscapes. It’s an easy stroll to the 20-acre central park and residents enjoy being close to everything. Classic homes are under construction now. Buyers may build the custom home of their dreams or select from a

FANNIE MAE OWNED Secluded custom home n’hood is tucked away with mature landscaping and large lots. 4 BR and 2.5 BA, w/covered wraparound porch. Formal foyer, DR or study with double French doors. Gourmet kitchen with large bkfst area with a bay window. Eligible for Home Path Mortgage. Visit www.homepath.com for more details. KATHY SLAYTER 864.982.7772 MLS#1240862

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119 LANDWOOD AVE - Don’t miss this 2BR, 1.5 BA home. Renovated w/granite in kitchen, tile in BAs, and refinished hardwoods throughout. Approx 1200 +/- sq. feet Electrical wiring and pipes for plumbing have been upgraded and replaced during last 6 years. 8x10 work shed with electricity. 2 car carport with electricity also. GORDON SEAY 864.444.4359 MLS#1235859

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consulting and restaurant ownership. His hobbies include home remodeling and tailgating.

Steve Dowd attended Clemson University, and has been in real estate since 2003. A former agent with The Caine Companies, Dowd returns after a short time in the Coldwell Banker Caine Referral Company. His past experience includes software Steve Dowd

Heather Durbin, a native of Florida, is also no stranger to the real estate business. Durbin spent 5 years with Coldwell Banker Caine before pursuing a corporate career in 2007. She is a graduate of Hollins University with a degree in Biology and Heather Durbin

enjoys running and biking in her free time. Keith Fowler, a native of Simpsonville, comes to real estate after successfully opening and operating two local businesses. A graduate of Greenville Technical College, Fowler enjoys golfing in his free time and plans to make golf community real estate his focus. Keith Fowler

Highgrove $363,000 • MLS 1237109

Cindy Fox Miller & Associates Releases New Website and Digital Marketing May 8, 2012 – Cindy Fox Miller & Associates of Keller Williams Western Upstate is pleased to announce the official launch of our newly redesigned custom website at www.cindyfoxmiller.com. Featuring a fresh new creative design, and state of the art mobile, search engine and social media marketing and introducing many new interactive property search features including quick and new to market

searches tailored to our area’s most popular searched areas and communities along with our exclusive neighborhood previews of many of Greater Greenville and the Upstate’s finest communities, our goal is to be your #1 online resource for all your property search needs with automatic updates each day from both Greater Greenville and Western Upstate MLS to insure you have access to the

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Pebble Creek $249,900 • MLS 1238812

Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine Greenville and Spartanburg Brokers Represent Local Real Estate Transactions May 9, 2012 – Brokers from Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine’s Greenville and Spartanburg office recently represented the following area real estate transactions: • Brian Scurlock represented the Landlord, Green Gate, LLC, in the leasing of 2,833 SF of office space at Suite 705, Green Gate Office Park, 25 Woods Lake Road in Greenville, to Fant Reichert & Fogleman, Inc., represented by Sammy DuBose of CBC Caine’s Greenville office. • George Zimmerman, CCIM of CBC Caine, represented the Landlord, Charles S. Martin, Jr., et al, in the leasing of 2,485 SF of office space at 1003 Grove Road, Suite E, in Greenville, to SpeechWorks, Inc.

• Pete Brett, CCIM of CBC Caine, and Brian Scurlock represented the Seller, SCB&T, NA in the sale of a 5,842 SF Office Building at 4115 E. North Street in Greenville, to DCPeek Holdings, LLC. • Rick Cauthen represented the Landlord, Anne H. Potter, Trustee, in the leasing of 1,500 SF of retail space at 503 N. Main Street in Mauldin, to Ross Turner for Senate. • David Sigmon represented the Landlord, TCD Properties, LLC, in the leasing of 1,645 SF of office space at 2015 Laurens Road, Suite B in Greenville to Jason Staiger. • Nicholas Sardone represented the Landlord, Augusta Road Properties, LLC, in the leasing of 3,650 SF of office space at 1425 Augusta Street in Greenville to Greenville Hospital

System. • David Sigmon represented the Landlord, Mountain City Land & Improvement Co., LLC, in the leasing of 6,295 SF of office space at 148 River Street, Suite 101 in Greenville to oneminutenews.com. • Tim Satterfield of CBC Caine’s Spartanburg office represented the Landlord, TCFM, LLC in the leasing of 3,000 SF of office space at 131 Main Street, Suite 108, in Spartanburg to The American National Red Cross. • Tim Satterfield of CBC Caine’s Spartanburg office represented the Purchaser, Northside Development Corporation, in the purchase of 2 lots at 265 & 267 Arch Street in Spartanburg from Longbow Realty, LLC.

Woodside $84,500 • MLS 1238228

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May 11, 2012 – Keller Williams Powdersville/ Easley office participated in Keller Williams Red Day May 10 by donating food items to Golden Harvest Food Bank. RED Day (Renew, Engergize and Donate) is an initiative dedicated to celebrating Keller Williams Realty’s year-round commitment

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986 E. Lakeshore Drive • Landrum, SC MOUNTAIN LAKE HOME with DEEP WATER DOCK in place with 224 feet on the water. BEAUTIFUL LAKE HOME! Completed in 2004 with separate living areas for friends, family, or rental income. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, kitchen, large living area with hardwoods, 1778 sq ft, and private deck overlooking lake. Downstairs has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, private kitchen, large living area with hardwoods, 1778 sq ft, and private deck overlooking the lake.

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PRICE $20,109,664 $2,340,000 BROOKFOREST $1,525,000 $1,268,750 KILGORE PLANTATION $949,500 COMMERCE CENTER $810,000 $800,000 CLAREMONT $715,000 MARSHALL FOREST $682,500 GRIFFITH FARM $680,000 RIDGELAND @THE PARK $570,000 BOXWOOD $565,000 $525,000 VALLEY OAKS $500,000 $500,000 $490,000 VILLAGGIO DI MONTEBELLO $470,000 THE VALLEY AT TANNER ESTATES $448,785 THE PLANTATION ON PELHAM $430,000 ACADIA $400,000 HAMPTON’S GRANT $385,000 HAMMETT CORNER $376,153 MELVILLE WESTERVELT $370,000 OAK CREEK $369,800 THE PRESERVE AT PARKINS MILL $365,000 HIGHLANDS $365,000 RIVER WALK $361,000 HEARTHSTONE AT RIVER SHOALS $354,067 PROVIDENCE SQUARE $352,500 HOLLAND PLACE $347,000 $335,000 TROLLINGWOOD $330,500 HAMMETT CORNER $329,743 PENNINGTON PARK $327,500 $319,960 $312,500 VERDMONT $307,500 LATOSCA $305,880 MONAGHAN $300,000 $300,000 OAK CREST $292,750 $291,300 FOXCROFT $285,000 QUAIL HILL $277,500 ACADIA $275,000 BRAEMOR $270,519 COVE AT BUTLER SPRINGS $270,000 THE PLANTATION ON PELHAM $270,000 J C COX EST. $265,000 SHADOWOOD $263,000 VERDMONT $255,000 STRATFORD FOREST $255,000

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LINDA BOBO 982-8322 SIMPSONVILLE

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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148 RIVER STREET, SUITE 120, GREENVILLE, SC 29601 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE GREENVILLE COUNTY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, HEARING OFFICER ON THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012, 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: 10-914 PROPERTY OWNER: ESTATE OF CLYDE E. BRITT (OR CLYDE E. BRITT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DECEASED), BARBARA BATSON, TERESA FOWLER, BARRY BRITT, STEVE A. BRITT, AND JAMES ROBERT BRITT PROPERTY LOCATION: 14 DAVIS STREET A.K.A. LOT 36 SAN SOUCI PARK A.K.A. ALL THOSE PIECES, PARCELS OR LOTS OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, GREENVILLE TOWNSHIP, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOTS 37 AND THE WESTERN HALF OF LOT 36 OF A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SANS SOUCI PARK TAX MAP NUMBER: 170-3-7 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 19 B. CASE NO: 11-5083 PROPERTY OWNER: JAMES B. DEMPSEY PROPERTY LOCATION: 8 PIEDMONT AVENUE A.K.A. LOT 7 ON A PLAT OF EDGEMONT, A SUBDIVISION MADE FOR JUDSON MILLS TAX MAP NUMBER: 115-9-4 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 23 C. CASE NO: 11-5090 PROPERTY OWNER: RICHARD EARLE FOSTER PROPERTY LOCATION: 4604 WHITE HORSE ROAD A.K.A. LOT 21, ON PLAT OF L. O. PATTERSON, TRUSTEE TAX MAP NUMBER: 230-3-9 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 25 D. CASE NO: 11-5284 PROPERTY OWNER: LLOYD T. WAKEFIELD, JR. PROPERTY LOCATION: 75 N. ESTATE DRIVE A.K.A. LOT 50 ON PLAT OF CRESTWOOD, INC. A.K.A. SITUATE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF NORTH ESTATE DRIVE, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 50 ON PLAT OF CRESTWOOD, INC. TAX MAP NUMBER: 379-4-26 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 25 E. CASE NO: 11-5355 PROPERTY OWNER: ROMA O. BURGESS (LIFE ESTATE), PAUL DANIEL HEATON PROPERTY LOCATION: 401 OLD HUNTS BRIDGE ROAD A.K.A. ROUTE 3, HUNTS BRIDGE ROAD A.K.A. ALL THAT LOT OF LAND, COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PARIS MOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP CONTAINING 0.71 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING A PORTION OF LOT #3 OF THE SHOCKLEY PROPERTY TAX MAP NUMBER: 509.2-1-43.2 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 19

COMPLAINT NOTICES A complaint has been brought before the Code Enforcement Division of a dangerous, insanitary and unsafe structure located at the following locations: 14 Davis Street a.k.a. Lot 36 San Souci Park a.k.a. all those pieces, parcels or lots of land, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Greenville, Greenville Township, being known and designated as Lots 37 and the western half of Lot 36 of a subdivision know as Sans Souci Park, Greenville County Tax Map Number 170-3-7, Greenville County, SC. 8 Piedmont Avenue a.k.a. Lot 7 on a plat of Edgemont, a subdivision made for Judson Mills. Greenville County Tax Map Number 115-9-4, Greenville County, SC. 4604 White Horse Road a.k.a. Lot 21, on plat of L. O. Patterson, Trustee, Greenville County Tax Map Number 230-3-9, Greenville County, SC. 75 N. Estate Drive a.k.a. Lot 50 on plat of Crestwood, Inc. a.k.a. situate on the southern side of North Estate Drive, being known and designated as Lot 50 on plat of Crestwood, Inc., Greenville County Tax Map Number 379-426, Greenville County, SC. 401 Old Hunts Bridge Road a.k.a. Route 3, Hunts Bridge Road a.k.a. all that lot of land, County of Greenville, State of South Carolina, Paris Mountain Township containing 0.71 acres, more or less, and being a portion of Lot #3 of the Shockley property, Greenville County Tax Map Number 509.2-1-43.2, Greenville County, SC. Any persons having interest in these properties, or knowledge of the property owner should contact the Codes Enforcement Office at 864-467-7459 on or before May 31, 2012.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Field Cutting and Brush Hogging at Greenville County Landfills, RFP# 62-06/01/12, June 1, 2012, 3:00 P.M.. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Medical Supplies and Pharmaceuticals, IFB #64-06/05/12, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

NOTICE OF ACTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C/A No. 2012-DR-23-1470 Briana Nadine Smith, Plaintiff, vs. Derrick R.Q. Smith, Defendant. YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court in the Family Court of Greenville County, South Carolina, the object of the prayer is to obtain a divorce from Derrick R.Q. Smith. Contact: The Carruthers Law Firm 111 Toy Street Greenville, SC 29601

PUBLIC NOTICE THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-11470 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. ON TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012, GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE WHICH ADJUSTED THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CLEAR SPRING FIRE AND RESCUE DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THAT AREA KNOWN AS TAX MAP NUMBERS 0552010100328, 0555010100700 and 0552010100902; AND DIMINISHED THE FOUNTAIN INN FIRE SERVICE AREA BY THE SAME. THE PURPOSE FOR THE ENLARGEMENT WAS TO PROVIDE FOR FIRE PROTECTION BY THE CLEAR SPRING FIRE AND RESCUE DISTRICT TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA. THE RESULT OF THIS ACTION IS THE NEW BOUNDARY LINE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE FOR VIEWING. NO ADDITIONAL BONDS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT NOR WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES IN THE COMMISSION OR THE PERSONNEL OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION OF THE CLEAR SPRING FIRE AND RESCUE DISTRICT HERMAN G. KIRVEN, JR., CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that CES Woodruff Road, 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 1145 Woodruff Road, Greenville SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than May 20, 2012. 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) 898-5899

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Falls Park Eatery, LLC DBA Overlook Grill, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON AND OFF premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 601 South Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than May 20, 2012. 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) 898-5899

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Wings Bar & Grill, 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 50 Orchard Park Drive, Greenville SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than May 27, 2012. 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) 898-5899

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that CEG Woodruff Road, 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 1117 A Woodruff Road, Greenville SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than May 20, 2012. 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) 898-5899

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Palmetto Grill and Taproom, 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 103 E. Beacon Drive, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than June 3, 2012. 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) 898-5899

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How it was

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hile most of you know me as Jack Leggett, coach of the Clemson Tigers baseball team…

Richard Furman hall

Photos available from Greenville County Historical Society - 233-4103 Furman University moved to Greenville County in 1851 and occupied a site on a hill above the Reedy River purchased from Vardry McBee. Construction of the main building on the new campus began in 1852 and was completed in 1854. The Charleston architecture firm of Lee and Hall was commissioned to design the building. The result was the most architecturally significant building in Furman’s history. Designed in the Italianate style popular in the Victorian era, the main hall consisted of a central section flanked by an east wing and bell tower. Richard Furman Hall was named in honor of the clergyman who had been instrumental in founding the institution. The bell tower would become an enduring symbol of the university. A replica was erected in the lake of the new campus.

From “Remembering Greenville: Photographs from the Coxe Collection,” by Jeffrey R. Willis

How it is County Square

Greg Beckner / Staff

Furman University moved to a new campus six miles north of Greenville in 1958. The former site, home to the school for over 100 years, would become a shopping mall, later purchased by Greenville County and today known as County Square; and, closer to the Reedy River behind County Square, the home of the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities.

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the week in photos

look who’s in the journal this week

photos by Greg Beckner / Staff

Officers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol salute the flag while taps is played at the Fallen Officer Memorial Service at the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center. The annual event was held in conjunction with the National Peace Officer Memorial Service in Washington D.C., part of National Police Week 2012.

Chief Terri Wilfong of the Greenville Police Department reads the names of the law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty in Greenville County since 1797 at the Fallen Officer Memorial Service.

Trumpeter Sergeant David Weiner of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office plays taps as the flag is lowered during the Fallen Officer Memorial Service.

Above: Before the start of the “Come Dream With Me” prom, Simone Dantin gets some help with her makeup from Virginia College student Gwenna Rowe.

Right: Dancing at the “Come Dream With Me” prom. See related story on page 24.

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Greenville Women Giving co-chairs of the 2012-2013 board and founding members of the organization are, from left to right, Frances Ellison, Harriet Goldsmith and Sue Priester.

photos by Greg Beckner / Staff

Alyssa Bushnell takes to the dance floor at the “Come Dream With Me” Prom at the Hilton in Greenville. The prom was for young adults with special healthcare needs.

People gather in the lobby of the Peace Center’s Gunther Theater for a reception prior to the start of the 6th annual Greenville Women Giving meeting and grants presentation. More than $460,000 was awarded to grant recipients this year, bringing the total of charitable giving by the philanthropic organization to $2.1 million over the past 6 years.

Inspired by Greenville Women Giving, a group of students from Stone Academy formed their own organization, the “Make the World A Better Place Club.” Club members were recognized at the meeting and received a donation for their group from Greenville Women Giving.

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Street musicians Lucy Allen and Marshall Goers of Mauldin perform on South Main Street.

Artisphere attracted large crowds to downtown. The free public art festival offered food, live entertainment and more.

Greenville artist and blacksmith Ryan Calloway with Creative Ironwork hammers a piece during a live demonstration at Artisphere.

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Charles Edwards and Janice Haynes, left, talk with Greenville artist Genna Grushovenko during Artisphere.

Above: Glassblowers Heather Sutherland and Ryan Gothrup work together on a piece during a demonstration at Artisphere.

Sidewalk artist Anthony Cappetto works on a chalk drawing on the sidewalk next to the Reedy River at Artisphere.

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Across 1 Cardiovascular implants 7 “Apostrophe (‘)” album maker 12 Word with first, second or third 19 How some tapes are played 20 ‘90s sitcom bookstore owner 21 With deception 22 Where peasants work? 24 Telescope user’s aid 25 Timberland 26 Sarkozy’s state 27 Luxurious fabric 29 “The Price Is Right” action 30 Senior attachment? 31 Fireplace shelf 33 Alumni newsletter word 35 Where Jefferson can be seen 37 VW followers 38 Doughnut shape 40 Saws 42 Charcuterie fare 45 Fight organizer? 47 “Thong Song” singer 48 Puts forward 51 “Perfect! Right there!” 52 MSN alternative 53 Place to hear 51-Acrosses

54 Decides one will 55 Appointment book opening 57 Fair vis-à-vis cloudy, say 59 Loft filler 60 Ones without appointments 62 In the thick of 64 Hold water, so to speak 66 Mary Jane, e.g. 67 Telescope protector? 70 GI delinquent 73 Father of the Titans 76 Eczema symptom 77 Hand raised in support, say 80 “A Farewell to Arms” conflict, briefly 82 Nocturnal insects 84 Fall in the rankings 86 Puts on notice 87 Reservation waster 89 Green gp. 91 Clark’s “Mogambo” co-star 92 Mozart movements 93 Big yawns 94 Commercial jingle segments? 97 Many miles off 98 Sales targets 99 Inn season visits 100 Chowderhead 103 Enterprise crewman 105 Hairy TV cousin 107 Sale rack abbr. 108 Puppeteer Baird

109 One of the Books of Wisdom 111 “Cape Fear” actor 113 __ avis 115 Archipelago component 117 “Could regret this, but tell me” 119 One tending a brush fire? 122 Prince of the Tigers 123 Forearm bones 124 Prepare for a comeback tour 125 Australian brew 126 Australian gems 127 Burning Down 1 Putting on airs 2 City in NW Iran 3 Nice girls? 4 Discouraging words 5 “The Jack Pine” Canadian painter with an echoic name 6 Chic getaway 7 Citrus shaving 8 Literary middle name 9 Level of achievement 10 Treaty-signing memento 11 Additions 12 Push-up garment 13 Shenanigans 14 Displayed zero talent 15 Go astray 16 Doesn’t speak clearly? 17 Jai __

18 “Blue” TV lawmen 19 Implant, as an idea 23 Fantasy writers’ awards 28 Sweet wine with a woman’s name 32 Heavenly body 34 Novelist Ferber

36 Throw off 38 __-frutti 39 Oceanographer’s workplace 41 Shortly 43 Blue hue 44 “Twelfth Night” sir 45 One taking chances

46 Four-sided figures 47 Nursing a grudge 48 Comic strip punches 49 Aquarium beauty 50 Aimless walks around the Gateway Arch? 53 “Clever” 56 Isn’t quite perpendicular 58 Work to edit 61 Sealed 63 Render harmless, in a way 65 Winged croakers 68 See to the exit 69 Scotch choice, familiarly 71 Preminger of film 72 Minus 74 Baking entrepreneur Wally 75 “Get cracking!” 78 One with a long commute, perhaps 79 Gin berries 80 L.A. Sparks’ org. 81 Shepherd’s comment 83 Cookout aid 85 Missing something 88 Title for Brahms 90 Berry rich in antioxidants 94 Tugboats, at times 95 “CHiPs” actor 96 Watering hole 98 One issuing a citation? 100 Penetrate the mind 101 Gulf War reporter Peter 102 Father on a base 104 Slyly cutting 106 An official language of Sri Lanka 108 Knockoff 109 Sec 110 Hodgepodge 112 River originating in Cantabria 114 DH stats 116 Simple earring 118 Short order? 120 Criticize 121 Big Band __

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in my own words with courtney tollison, ph.d.

Aiming high Greenville Army Air Base brought immense benefits to Greenville community Seventy years ago, in the midst of World War II, Greenville’s culture and economy changed dramatically with the opening of the Greenville Army Air Base (GAAB). Constructed within an aggressive 90-day schedule by Charlie Daniel’s Daniel Construction, a locally based architecture firm which later merged with Fluor Corporation, the air base injected new energy into this area. Over the past 70 years, GAAB has operated under many different names and served different purposes, yet one aspect of its presence has remained constant: Whether known as the Greenville Army Air Base, the Greenville Air Force Base, Donaldson Center, or the S.C. Technology and Aviation Center (SCTAC), this airfield and business center located on the south end of Augusta Road has brought immense benefits to our community. After World War II erupted in Europe, the U.S. War Department recognized an urgent need to train young service men and women. In August 1941, the War Department contacted U.S. Senator Roger C. Peace as part of the government’s efforts to find a location suitable for an air base. Sen. Peace spearheaded efforts to attract an air base here, and days after Pearl Harbor in 1941, local media released news that Greenville and several other sites had been selected for the development of U.S. Army air bases. The 2,800-acre base opened in late May 1942, and the first troops arrived in August.

Originally the purpose of the base was to train B-24 crews, but within several months the need for B-25 replacement crews became so urgent that the base focused its efforts on preparing replacement B-25 Mitchell medium bomber aircrews, ground crews, and Engineer Aviation battalions for overseas service. At the end of its first year of operation, nearly 8,400 servicemen and women, including 2,400 African American troops and nearly 70 members of the Women’s Air Corps (WAC), had been stationed at the base. Over the course of the war, GAAB became the largest of the U.S. Army Air Forces’ B-25 training bases, with estimates indicating that two of every three medium bomber crewmen in World War II trained in Greenville. These men and women invigorated Greenville; troops worshipped in Greenville’s churches, forged friendships and were welcomed into Greenvillians’ homes, and some eventually married local young women and returned here after the war. Civilians infused a patriotic purpose to their efforts at welcoming and hosting these young men and women who hailed primarily from the Northeast. Winners of GAAB sporting events won steak dinners at the Blue Ribbon Cafe and complimentary admission to the Carolina Theater downtown. The economic benefits of the base were reportedly more significant than the contributions of the largest local textile mill at that time. For

several years, B-25s were omnipresent in the skies above Greenville. World War II ended in 1945, and two years later, the United States Congress created the U.S. Air Force as a separate branch of the armed forces. Hence, the Greenville Army Air Base became known as the Greenville Air Force Base. During the 324 days of the Berlin Airlift in the late 1940s, arguably the first major proxy conflict of the Cold War, reserve groups at Greenville AFB deployed C-54s to replace the C-47s that had begun the drops that sustained the people of West Berlin during the Soviet-imposed blockade. Four years later, the base was renamed in honor of Greenvillian John Owen Donaldson, a graduate of Greenville High School and Furman and Cornell Universities who joined the Royal Air Force during World War I and became a flying ace. He is credited with having shot down eight enemy aircraft and was decorated by the U.S., Great Britain, and Belgium. During the Korean War in the early 1950s, planes from Donaldson performed cargo drops and airborne parachute operations in South Korea and transported troops and supplies to Japan. In the 1950s, planes from Donaldson also participated in Operation Deep Freeze, a multinational effort to develop a research base in Antarctica. It is believed that planes from Donaldson performed the first several supply drops in Antarctica. Around this time, the base became known as the Troop

Carrier Capital of the World because of the supplies and numbers of troops which departed from here for various overseas locations. In the early 1960s, however, the Air Force moved Donaldson’s Military Air Transport Command to Hunter Air Base in Savannah. The next year, the base closed. The city and county purchased the property and eventually developed the Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park, which was governed by a joint city-county commission. In 2008, Donaldson was renamed the S.C. Technology and Aviation Center (SCTAC), yet the airfield has remained known as Donaldson Field. Over 80 businesses that employ over 4,000 people are located there, and the property is popular amongst local cyclists. In November of this year, the Upcountry History Museum will open its first permanent display since its opening five years ago, and the display will feature the history of the Greenville Army Air Base. The display will open as part of the museum’s Veterans Weekend activities, and will honor many decades of veterans who were stationed here in Greenville during their service, and the impact that this airfield and business center has had on our community. Dr. Courtney Tollison is Assistant Professor of History at Furman and Museum Historian at the Upcountry History Museum.

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