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PETER DEBOER RETIRES FROM ROPER MOUNTAIN AFTER 25 YEARS OF INTRODUCING KIDS TO THE NATURAL WORLD.

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“Fortunately, coral snakes are not very aggressive.”

Roper Mountain naturalist and science educator Peter DeBoer, on mistaking a dangerous Venezuelan coral snake for a harmless king snake on a hike and carrying the snake several miles in a sock tied to his belt (the snake’s color bands are in opposite order in Venezuela).

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“Some days, the wholegrain cheese pizza is the healthy choice.”

“The citizens of Greenville County should be proud and thankful that the Greenville County Council will step up and act on the difficult decisions.

They did not let politics or friendship stand in the way of making a moral decision for the most vulnerable citizens in the county.”

Carolyn O’Connell, an advocate for disabled Greenville County residents and their families, on the council’s decision to disband the Greenville County Special Needs and Disabilities Board and create a new form of government for the embattled agency.

“I was completely in awe. I literally screamed and ran around.”

Christ Church junior Lizzy Sterling, when she learned she and two teammates – just the three of them – won the South Carolina High School League 1A girls state track championship at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.

“It’s not a prank, by any means. We want to be respectful of the process.

It’s not a joke to us at all.”

Green Party candidate Jeff Sumerel, on his run for S.C.’s 4th congressional district seat on a “direct democracy” platform: he promises to put everything he does in Congress to a vote by his constituents, and majority rules.

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CORRECTION An article in our May 11 issue, “In the Loop,” incorrectly stated that James Stowell with American Hearing Loop installed the hearing loop at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenville. Scott Peyton, of Wireless Hearing Solutions in Michigan, performed that work. Also, the cost per room for the loops at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Furman University is $10,000, not $1,000. Finally, we incorrectly printed the name of the venue in Spartanburg’s Chapman Cultural Center where a hearing loop has been installed – it is the David Reid Theatre. The Journal regrets the errors.

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County Council disbands disabilities board State disability staff will run local agency until new board can be created By charles sowell | staff

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The troubled Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board became history Tuesday evening when Greenville County Council unanimously voted to rescind the 1992 ordinance creating the board and voted to establish a new board under county supervision.

The move effectively begins the healing process for an embattled agency that has faced financial problems and a litany of criticisms from the public regarding transparency issues and the amount of care owed the 2,200 disabled clients it is chartered to serve.

With a unanimous decision, “there is such a feeling of not just relief, but it is like a wrong has been righted,” said Jane Delisser, mother of a client.

State Department of Disabilities and Special Needs staff will fill in at the local board offices until the council can finalize an ordinance creating the new board, which will have seven members rather than the original 12.

Tuesday’s ordinance dissolving the old board takes effect immediately as an emergency measure.

“The actions taken by County Council Tuesday night are an example of representation at its best,” said Carolyn O’Connell, an advocate for disabled county residents and their families, in a statement after the meeting.

“I congratulate the council as a whole for their support and diligence in finding a way to make this happen,” she said. “Several council members stood out as leaders for change. Willis Meadows, Joe Dill and Dan Rawls attended agency board meetings for several months to get firsthand knowledge of the issues. After completing an in-depth investigation, Liz Seman, Lottie Gibson and Dan Rawls, members of the ad hoc committee, made recommendations for change.

“The citizens of Greenville County should be proud and thankful that the Greenville County Council will step up

and act on the difficult decisions. They did not let politics or friendship stand in the way of making a moral decision for the most vulnerable citizens in the county.”

Maj. Shea Smith of the Greenville County Sheriff ’s office said deputies were posted at the DSN headquarters at the Patrick Center overnight on Tuesday at the request of County Administrator Joe Kernell.

At Tuesday’s council meeting, Cynthia Windey, who has a daughter served by DSN, said the decision to dissolve the board and revise its form of governance “will make policies and procedures more open. People can have more input. Now we can be the best. My only question is how it will affect the interim executive director.”

S C D D S N spokeswoman Lois Park Mole said Wednesday that interim director Patrick Haddon turned in his keys and passwords to state DSN staff- Patrick Haddon ers Wednesday morning at the Patrick Center and left the premises.

DDSN Deputy Administrator for Operations David Goodell will handle dayto-day operations on site at the Patrick Center, while members of the DDSN auditor’s staff will be on hand to handle financial matters.

“What will happen with the rest of the (local) senior staff hasn’t been determined yet,” Park Mole said. “We have a lot to get done and have hit the ground running.”

The Greenville agency has been beset with financial problems and a growing chorus of complaints about dysfunction and a lack of transparency within the board and administrative staff hierarchy.

Seven of the 12 previous board members have already resigned, most citing the internal disarray and two specifically citing harassment by former board Chairwoman Roxie Kincannon and her son Todd Kincannon in their letters of resignation.

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did not returns calls or emails asking for comment by press time, but Roxie Kincannon emailed the following statement: “We’re discouraged by last Roxie Kincannon night’s County Council decision. While state law provides that only the governor can disband the board, more importantly, the county’s DisabilTodd Kinccannon ities and Special Needs Board has been handed to a state agency fraught with the same problems we worked so diligently and successfully to fix in Greenville County. Lives are at stake, and our board has no other motive than the health and welfare of the 2,200 clients we serve. Our hope is that the financial turnaround and improved client service we generated will be recognized and that cooler

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heads will prevail before permanent damage is done to the agency charged with caring for our county’s special needs residents.”

County Council created a five-member interim board on Tuesday to supervise the agency until term lengths and qualifications are determined for the permanent board. The state DDSN will continue to run the agency until the interim board is nominated and approved. Second reading on both ordinances is set for the first council meeting in June.

“I want to emphasize that citizens who rely on the board for care will not experience a disruption of services,” Kernell said.

State DDSN executive director Beverly Buscemi promised to make the local DSN more responsive to family and client needs and said she intends to meet with family members at 6 p.m. on May 30 at County Square to answer questions.

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See the Upstate on 2 wheels How well a city embraces terms like “bike-friendly” and “livability” has come to speak volumes about its culture and quality of life. Greenville and Spartanburg alike have made a fine success of both: green spaces and bike lanes abound as avid cycling communities have helped local leaders transform both cities into places where cycling is a familiar sight.

Never is this more obvious than in the sweaty month of May – National Bike Month – when the two cities shine as regular hosts of high-profile cycling events: the Spartanburg Regional Pro Cycling Classic on May 4, the annual Assault on Mount Mitchell that drew 1,200 cyclists from across the nation this past Monday, and the USA Cycling Pro Championships spinning into Greenville for the seventh – and last – time this weekend.

The two cities have attracted professional bike racing by promoting an Upstate terrain well-suited to the sport: urban bike trails to rural flatlands, rolling hills to ferocious mountain climbs. National championship organizers “want it to be the survival of the fittest,” as Greenville spokeswoman Angie Prosser told the state Municipal Association’s “Cities Mean Business” magazine. The Upstate easily rises to the challenge.

Spartanburg’s Assault on Mt. Mitchell – now in its 37th year – is a grueling endurance race that starts downtown and ends 102.7 miles away on the highest peak east of the Mississippi, with rural rollers, Blue Ridge Parkway switchbacks and 11,000 feet of climbing in between.

In Greenville this weekend, the USA Cycling Pros will pedal a twisting, 33-kilometer course in and out of the urban center that carries the peloton over Paris Mountain four times. The challenge of the course kept the pro race in Greenville four years longer than originally planned and helped the city win the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships for 2014.

But the larger goal has always been to make cycling a joy for all, not just the hard-core enthusiasts in spandex. The result, for both cities, has been miles of bike lanes, interconnecting trails and a dedicated effort to make streets safer for cyclists of all ages and skill levels.

Their success is demonstrated by their mutual designations as a Bronze Level, Bicycle-Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists – Greenville since 2009, and Spartanburg since 2007, the first municipality in the state to win the title.

The designations are good for four years, and Spartanburg just learned it has re-earned the Bronze Level for another four. The league cited the city’s quadrupling of its bicycle lanes to eight miles, the development of a new county and citywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, and a variety of projects completed or underway, including mountain biking trails in Duncan Park and the B-Cycle bike share system, the first in the South.

Likewise, Greenville is deep into developing its own Bikeville, with 13.4 miles of bike lanes now in place and 65 more miles envisioned in the master plan the city adopted in 2011. This Bikeville is about a citywide, bicycle culture that includes car-free street events, skills classes for all ages, neighborhood “bike boulevards” and a proliferating network of trails and bikeways for riders of all abilities.

There are few more colorful sights than 1,000 cyclists spinning out of downtown Spartanburg toward Mt. Mitchell, or the USA Cycling Pro peloton powering through Greenville’s Cleveland Park in tight formation. But the happiest sight, for these city fathers, is the family pedaling through the park on a sunny afternoon because it’s easy, safe and fun.

Foreclosure face-to-face The phone calls are always distressing: “The bank is getting ready to foreclose and we have nowhere to go. We got your number from ….”

Sometimes the callers don’t make it through the first sentence before dissolving into tears. While I try my level best not to, sometimes I cry, too – mostly in frustration but usually in anger. What in the world is going to happen to the 67-year-old on disability who is looking for work? Or the single mom who sneaks away from her second shift to call for help? Or the dad who has faced three layoffs? The foreclosure crisis – and it still is a crisis – is one of the worst tears in the fabric of the American family.

In the beginning of the housing crisis, a large majority of the folks in trouble had subprime loans: they had poor credit but got the house anyway. Many of those loans were bundled and sold. When homeowners tried to get the loan terms modified – meaning a potential loss for the investor – the doors were slammed in their faces, which is why many of those first foreclosure intervention programs failed.

The government’s “Making Home Affordable” program wasn’t a bad program, but from my perspective in the trenches, lenders took too long to ramp up, homeowner paperwork went into the abyss and decisions took forever. Homeowners withered away in the foreclosure pipeline. Meanwhile, the next wave of homeowners got sucked into the recession wipeout. It was brutal and unrelenting, and it crushed everything in its path. All sorts of folks who had never missed mortgage payments suddenly found themselves without paychecks.

Housing counselors worked full-time coaching, encouraging, collecting paperwork, mediating with mortgage lenders and sometimes, sadly, helping families find other places to live. Homeowners who pressed on to fight another day occasionally emerged victorious, but at a high cost: One of the first families I worked with in Myrtle Beach finally got a modification after three years. The divorce followed shortly thereafter.

About 18 months ago, South Carolina and 18 other states received funding from the Department of Treasury’s Hardest Hit Fund.

Our program is called the South Carolina

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Homeownership and Employment Lending Program, or SC HELP. Homeowners apply online, submit supporting documents and receive a response within 10 to 14 days.

Of all the programs to come down the pike, I’m encouraged by this one because it meets homeowners where they are: if unemployed, they can apply. If self-employed, they can apply, and if their situation is getting ready to take a downturn, they can apply before the first late payment. Every application is evaluated against a set of five criteria: unemployment, temporary loss or reduction in income, death of a spouse, divorce or catastrophic medical expenses. Monthly payment assistance is available, as are direct loans, which are conditionally forgivable, and relocation assistance. SC HELP coordinates with lenders to assure their participation and acceptance of funds.

Calling a homeowner to say they are eligible for assistance is sweet. I had three approvals so far this week: two families are getting loans to bring their mortgage current and another is getting monthly payment assistance.

Realistically, I know that not everyone can save their home and it really hurts. But if there is a chance, we will do all we can. Educating the public is the key. Maybe your home is fine, but I guarantee you someone you know, work with, worship with or live close to is in trouble. Tell them about SC HELP. Tell them not to throw in the towel just yet. Tell them to stop being embarrassed and seek help. Our agency will be ready to take those calls – and if classes are needed, we offer those too.

Toby Brown is a housing and foreclosure prevention counselor at the Greenville County Human Relations Commission, a HUD-certified housing counseling agency. For more information about the SC HELP program or the Human Relations Commission, call 864-467-7095 or visit www.scmortgagehelp.com.

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Ludwig suit settled in federal court

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A federal judge has ordered a $6.9 million settlement in a lawsuit against former Greenville businessman John Ludwig, who is best known for crashing his sports car into a Greenville house in 2009 and killing the homeowner inside.

U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Cain ordered approval of the Consent Judgment Agreement of April 18 between Gilbert, P.A. Portfolio LLC and SDI Funding LLC. “Accordingly,” the judge wrote, “all of the assets of SDI Funding LLC that are the subject of this litigation have been transferred to P.A. Portfolio LLC; provided, however, that this transfer shall not affect the Receiver’s authority to consummate any sales of such assets previously approved by the Court, and the Receiver is authorized to execute any documents necessary to complete such transactions.”

According to court documents, SDI, through its manager, Ludwig, entered into a Loan and Security Agreement dated March 2, 2007. As of July 31, 2011, the balance due from SDI under the loan agreement included $6,913,068 in principal and interest and applicable fees, and the loan was in full default.

Ludwig was forced to sell his information technology company, SDI Networks, after a collection of legal and personal issues following the Maserati crash. SDI Funding was formed to provide financing for contractors and real estate ventures.

Ludwig received probation for the 2009 crash, but was sentenced to three years in prison in January on assault charges related to a November argument with his wife. Ludwig was found guilty of “slapping or touching his wife in the back of the head” during the argument.

Ludwig pleaded guilty to reckless homicide after the 2009 Maserati crash. According to police reports, he lost control of the car along Roe Ford Road, traveled 490 feet through a field, uprooted a 25foot pine tree and crashed into the home of Bill Bardsley, who died at the scene.

The probationary sentence handed Ludwig by Circuit Judge Eugene Griffith outraged the community and sparked accusations of a two-tiered justice system.

Writer Cindy Landrum contributed to this report. Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@greenvillejournal.com.

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Curiosity opens the world Teaching children to overcome fear of the natural world has been science educator Peter DeBoer’s life work

By CHARLES SOWELL | staff

Teaching kids how to let their curiosity overcome fear in exploring the natural world has been Peter DeBoer’s life’s work.

“It’s the most natural thing in the world for children to be conflicted about nature. After all, we live in a world where nature shows are the extent of many young people’s exposure to the natural science,” he said. “A little practical knowledge helps overcome the fear, and natural curiosity does the rest.”

DeBoer loves to tell the story of his days as a student teacher in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where he taught at a school for oil workers’ children.

“We took a field trip deep into the interior, where we found a brightly colored snake sunning on a wall,” he said. “I remembered the old rhyme on how to identify a dangerous coral snake or a king snake. I figured this snake was a king and picked it up and put it in a sock tied to my belt.

“It wasn’t until we got back to the school that I found out that in South America the bands are in a different order and that I’d actually had a deadly coral snake tied to my belt. Fortunately, coral snakes are not very aggressive.”

The Roper Mountain naturalist and science educator will be leaving his perch at the Darrell W. Harrison Hall of Natural Sci-

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ences in June and heading for the Raleigh area to be closer to his daughters and grandchildren.

It’s a safe bet natural sciences will shortly become part of the summer curriculum for the kids.

DeBoer, 62, is a naturalized U.S. citizen born in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, after the end of World War II. “The Dutch were not very popular after the Netherlands let go of the colony,” he said. “So we moved back to the Netherlands and we lived there until I was nine.”

At that time the Dutch government began a program to relocate the displaced colonists anyplace they’d like to live at no cost to the family. The DeBoers chose Michigan, which has a strong Dutch presence.

“I showed up for school not speaking a word of English,” DeBoer said. “The first year was tough.”

His experience with a high school science teacher in Michigan who used a hands-on approach to teaching about the natural world set DeBoer on a lifetime path. “There have been quite a few of my students through the years who have made nature their career,” he said.

“We serve about 100,000 visitors here

at Roper Mountain, and I touch a significant portion of those here at the nature center.”

DeBoer seems happiest when

keepers’ association to set this up just right,” DeBoer said. “It isn’t easy to set this up, mainly because the frame holding the

It’s really nifty to see how lessons taught decades ago are still bearing fruit.”

Peter DeBoer, Roper Mountain Science Center naturalist and science educator, who will be retiring in June after 25 years.

he’s in the classroom tucked away near the rear of the center, surrounded by tanks filled with aquatic life from the various regions of the state, skulls and artifacts, and his favorite new display: a beehive where students can look in and see how bees handle their business.

“It took lots of help from the local bee-

combs has to be set up differently in order to have it open for viewing.”

DeBoer said he presses and separates honey with a device located in the classroom. The honey is sold to help raise money for the nature center.

The center keeps several hives in reserve on the Roper Mountain Farm in the event that something happens to the hive at the classroom.

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Naturalist Peter DeBoer, project manager at the ecology lab at Roper Mountain Science Center, with one of his animal friends.

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plays at the nature center rotate creatures to ensure a healthy population and to match the size of the animal to the environment, DeBoer said.

The alligator display, for instance, brings in newly hatched gators from the Savannah River Site. A few smaller gators are kept in reserve while the reptile on display grows to fill his space.

Once the display gator gets too big for his display ponds, he’s rotated to a rescue facility and a new, smaller gator replaces him.

DeBoer has been at Roper Mountain since 1987. Previously, he taught at Beck Middle School, Furman University and Hughes Middle School.

“Every now and then an old student comes by the nature center and remembers me,” he said. “It’s really nifty to see how lessons taught decades ago are still bearing fruit.”

Once he gets settled in Raleigh, he plans to travel. “One of the highlights of my life, when my girls were young, were the road trips we took out West,” he said.

Over the years, DeBoer has made dozens of field trips with Greenville students. “There’s nothing you can do in the classroom that could replace that kind of experience for a child,” he said.

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@ greenvillejournal.com.

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‘No opinions, just representation’ Jeff Sumerel has a novel idea for Washington: pure democracy

By JERRY SALLEY | staff

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Jeff Sumerel has a few different campaign slogans in mind. “It’s been said to lead, follow, or get out of the way. I promise to get out of your way” is one. “Politics as unusual” is another. There’s a reversal of Barry Goldwater’s classic slogan: “In my heart, I know you’re right.” And there’s “Don’t vote for me – vote for you!”

But the slogan featured most prominently on his campaign materials – boiling down to two words the philosophy behind his bid to take Trey Gowdy’s seat as the next U.S. congressman from South Carolina’s 4th District – is “Just Representation.”

Sumerel wants to introduce democracy, in its purest and most direct form, to Washington. He will have “no opinions” of his own, he said, and his votes will be determined not by his own conscience, but by what the people in his district in the Upstate tell him to do.

Everything he does in Congress will first be subject to a vote by his constituency, and the majority rules.

But what may surprise those who only know Sumerel from his often quirky and comedic film and stage work is that he’s absolutely serious.

“It’s not a prank, by any means,” said Sumerel. “We want to be respectful of the process. It’s not a joke to us at all.”

Becoming a candidate with no opinions, who would be “just a representative,” grew out of his observations of modern political discourse. “It’s so extreme right now,” he said. “The machine’s gotten so big. There’s so much opinion after opinion after opinion, and it’s always changing. The only way to counter that is with something else as extreme, so that would be… say nothing. Have no opinion.”

Sumerel turned to his longtime friend and collaborator, Sam Reynolds, tapping into his “expertise in IT design and interfacing as well as creative strategy, spirited willingness and keen common sense.” They began working on a way for the citizens of District 4 to express their will electronically.

Their idea is to take any bill that comes before Congress for a vote and present it in layman’s terms, and also to provide the full text “if you want to wade through it,” Sumerel said. Residents of

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District 4 can then vote directly, via the Internet or phone, on whether Sumerel should vote “aye” or “nay” on the bill.

The logistics are a work in progress. “It wouldn’t be perfect,” Sumerel said, “but (the system) is not perfect now.”

Direct democracy is not a new idea; it dates back as far as ancient Athens, was part of the discussion that spawned the Federalist Papers, and is being employed now to a limited degree in the government of Switzerland. Still, Sumerel has found resistance to the concept. “I’ve had people say, ‘Oh, these people will never vote for good things.’ Well, I don’t know what to do about that,” he said.

“Do we need to move? Or do you need to get more involved with your community and help educate them if you think they’re ignorant on the issues?”

With the campaign philosophy established, Sumerel then began looking for a political party that would help him implement it. He found receptive minds in the South Carolina Green Party – first in the county caucus of six people who met in the Hughes Main Library in downtown Greenville, then at the state convention, which convened at a Mediterranean restaurant in Columbia.

The state convention was “very sincere and spirited and small,” remembered Sumerel. “It was 22 people, but it was the largest turnout they’d had, I was told.”

When the convention was over, the South Carolina Green Party had nominated Roseanne Barr to run against Barack Obama, and Jeff Sumerel to run against Trey Gowdy.

“If I don’t keep trying some things that might seem crazy, it’s easy to get complacent,” said Sumerel. “It’s always that

thing of ‘somebody ought to do this.’

Well, okay, why not me? I don’t mind looking like an idiot.”

“I see Jeff Sumerel’s campaign in general as being an effort to call into question the existing system and to stimulate thought about the changes we need to make to create a truly democratic system,” said David Whiteman, Ph.D., a faculty member of the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina, and a member of the steering committee of the state Green Party. “His campaign focus on ‘no opinions’ might not articulate the Green Party philosophy directly, but in a campaign in which he may be outspent by hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s an innovative way to call attention to the need for fundamental reform.”

Sumerel plans to document the entire process for the public record. But this is not just an excuse to make a film, he said.

“That wasn’t the motivation, but it would be sort of stupid not to document it, since I have that skill and the resources.”

Despite his reputation as a comedic writer and performer (his prior film work includes the infomercial parody “The Power of Ignorance” and “Kudzulla,” a satire aimed at urban sprawl), Sumerel is finding his message is taking root.

“When I say, ‘This empowers you after the election,’ that really seems to resonate,” he said. “Usually, when the election’s over, you say ‘Well, that’s it.

My guy won, and maybe he or she will do what they said.’ Or if they didn’t win, you say, ‘All right, I’ll try again in two years.’ But this would be tangible. You could say, I actually voted, and I know it’s there, and I can point to it.”

The reception has surprised even the candidate. “I assumed people would say, ‘Oh, Jeff, that’s crazy,’” he said. “But they actually say, ‘You know what?

That’s not such a bad idea.’ I don’t think they’re saying I’ve got a chance to win, but then again, after some conversation, they say, ‘Well, what if?’”

Contact Jerry Salley at jsalley@greenvillejournal.com.

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Ballot is crowded for state Senate District 8

By JERRY SALLEY | staff

On June 12, Republican voters in Senate District 8 in Greenville County will choose between incumbent David Thomas and his four challengers: Chad Groover, Jim Lee, Joe Swann and Ross Turner.

Incumbent David Thomas, a Fountain Inn resident, has served in the Senate since 1985.

“As everybody agrees, the great recession has set us back a few years,” he said. “The biggest Thomas challenge is to regain our growth momentum, and that will come through improving the business climate in the Upstate so that more companies are drawn here and create more sustainable jobs.” To do this, he plans to “keep taxes reasonable and make sure regulations are sensible and accomplish the purpose that they are intended for and not just create red tape.” He hopes to “continue to see international players like Michelin, BMW and Boeing put down roots here.”

As a senator, Thomas voted for school choice, and is also in favor of tax restructuring. “When the government starts using tax exemptions to encourage people to spend money certain ways, it is overstepping its role,” he said. “Many of these tax exemptions are just about playing favorites.”

The proposed elimination of the state Budget and Control Board and the creation of a Department of Administration is “a step in the right direction,” Thomas said. “It allows the Governor to do her job, which is to be the state’s chief executive.” However, “I don’t believe that the Retirement Commission should be under the governor’s authority.”

Born in Seneca, Thomas graduated from

the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1971; earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1975; and a Master of Arts from Texas Christian University in 1979. He received his doctorate degree in law from the University of South Carolina in 1995, and is currently a partner at the Moore, Taylor & Thomas law firm.

A member of the Greenville City Council from 1979 to 1984, he served as Greenville’s Mayor Pro Tempore from 1983 to 1984. In the Senate, he is chairman of the Banking and Insurance Committee, and a member of the Corrections and Penology, Finance, and Medical Affairs Committees.

“Experience and seniority” set him apart from his primary opponents, Thomas said. As chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee and a ranking member of the Finance Committee, “I provide the district a seat at the table for some of the most important debates of the next ten years. My committee is heavily involved with health care reform and banking regulations. If anything is going to have an impact on the small businesses and everyday people in our district, it is these two issues.”

Currently, South Carolina is sorting out how to deal with the Affordable Care Act (popularly known as “Obamacare”) and the Dodd-Frank financial reform and regulation act, Thomas noted. “My position gives me the opportunity to strongly influence the outcome of legislation relating to these federal laws. Each of my opponents would have to earn seniority, which can take 20-plus years.”

Candidate Chad Groover, a Greenville attorney, said South Carolina faces three major challenges: “a depressed economy, a failing educational system, and rampant violent crime. These challenges, like a three-legged stool, are inextricably

related and must be addressed in tandem.”

To improve the economy, Groover favors reducing the tax and regulatory burdens on small businesses and Groover continuing to draw large employers like BMW and Michelin to the state. Additionally, he said, “we need to foster a spirit of entrepreneurialism in our colleges, so that graduates of our state colleges will understand the benefits and challenges of starting small businesses.”

Groover also wants to direct more education dollars to classrooms and out of the “bloated education bureaucracy,” he said.

He supports school choice legislation, and favors providing non-college-bound high school graduates with technical training.

One of the crimes driving the state’s violent crime rate is criminal domestic violence, Groover said. “We need to be more aggressive in how we prosecute these offenses. We may also want to consider the creation of specialized CDV courts.”

He hopes that better methods of transitioning offenders from prison to jobs will help reduce recidivism in the state.

South Carolina needs comprehensive tax reform, Groover said. His plan would cut the sales tax and eliminate most of the exceptions. It would also “include a lower, flatter, more equitable marginal income tax rate for all taxpayers,” and cut tax rates for commercial and rental property. “I would also consider eliminating corporate income taxes,” he said. But it is also necessary to cut state government spending and reform the budget process, he continued.

He favors implementing zero-based budgeting, capping state spending, and returning excess revenue to the taxpayers.

Groover “wholeheartedly” supports the elimination of the state Budget and Con-

trol Board, but he has some concerns about the proposed State Contracts and Accountability Authority. “It is an even larger board than the BCB, and its decisions would be even less transparent,” he said.

A native South Carolinian, Groover earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Bob Jones University in 1994 and a law degree from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., in 1998. After working for the National Law Center for Children and Families in Fairfax, Va., and spending five years as a staff counsel on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Groover spent two years in Iowa as a Special Assistant United States Attorney before returning to South Carolina to establish the Groover Law Firm in 2008 in Greenville.

“I have the experience to lead on the issues that most South Carolinians care about,” he said. “To accomplish the people’s agenda, we need to elect someone who understands the process and will put the people’s interests above his own.”

Candidate Jim Lee, an information technology and business management consultant living in Mauldin, believes that the district and the state are “challenged by outof-control spending and Lee an ever-increasing dependence on the federal government. Our tax policies are inane and incoherent and they penalize the growth engine of the economy, small and medium businesses.” He will bring jobs to the region “by working to get the government out of the way to enable the private sector to do what only it can do: create jobs and grow the economy,” he said. The biggest obstacles are high tax rates, “incoherent” tax polices, and overregulation, he said.

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have to return to their original mission and focus on training these unemployed citizens for the jobs that are available.”

Trained workers will help the state’s businesses to Swann grow and attract more businesses to the state, he said.

He is also in favor of school choice. “I believe in competition between schools for students, and I am proud of the choice parents have in District 8,” he said. “A parent can decide between public schools, magnet schools, charter schools and home schooling, and still have a personal option to send their child to a private or church school.”

Swann also believes in tax restructuring. “We learned during the recent recession that our tax structure lacks the balance it once had,” he said. “We need to eliminate many of the special interest sales tax exemptions and reduce the sales tax rate accordingly. Property and income taxes need to be restructured. After we reorganize state government along constitutionally limited lines, establish a vision and plan for our state, and eliminate non-value-adding activities by using lean enterprise, taxes can be reduced.”

Swann is also in favor of eliminating the Budget and Control board, after a new Department of Administration is performing well.

A Greenville resident since 1981, Swann holds a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University, where he now serves on the Board of Trustees, and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

A past president of Rockwell Automation Power Systems, he serves as non-executive chairman of Integrated Power Services, a provider of electric motor repair, engineering and maintenance services headquartered in Greenville.

“South Carolina needs fresh business thinking in the General Assembly,” Swann said. “State government is big business

and it must be run like a business. I have been privileged to manage a billion dollar company and been responsible for thousands of jobs. That is why I understand big business and understand creating jobs. I am the only candidate who has built three plants and an engineering lab in South Carolina, founded a business that has grown from about 300 to more than 800 employees, and participated in starting an angel capital network to help fund and nurture entrepreneurial businesses.”

According to candidate Ross Turner, the biggest challenge facing District 8 and the state as a whole is “simply the increase in size and spending of state government. Government Turner in Columbia continues to grow out of control, putting a larger burden on our families and businesses. I care too much about this state and our community to sit by and let this happen.”

Eliminating waste and changing spending priorities is key, he said. “Every day for the last few years, businesses and families are having to get more done with less money. I am ready to go to Columbia and work to make sure state government does the same.”

A Greenville native who has been in the insurance business for 26 years, Turner stressed that his experience as a smallbusiness owner will help him in the Senate.

“Most small-business people in our community can tell you in five minutes what taxes, government regulations and unnecessary paperwork would need to be cut to let them hire another person next week,” he said. “We need more people in the state Legislature who have this perspective.”

Legislators can foster economic development, he said, “but it must be done based on a return on investment analysis.” He is not opposed to government incentives to businesses to expand or locate in the state, “but making sure that dollars

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are spent with the best bang for the buck for taxpayers must be the standard.”

Turner, who graduated from Clemson University in 1986, believes that school choice “is a concept worth investigating, but it has to be measured for effectiveness in specific troubled parts of the state first.

Choices in education are a good thing as long as the choices are made by the parents of the students being taught and the local elected officials who are directly accountable to the communities they serve.”

In general, he supports the concept of tax restructuring. “South Carolina is in the modern economy,” he said. “We compete for industry around the world, but especially with other southern states.

Many of those states don’t have an income tax, and we should work to eliminate ours. Through fiscal restraint and use of state sales tax, we can achieve this.

A South Carolina with a competitive sales tax and no income tax will be at a competitive advantage versus other states as we recruit industry. We might even find that even more retirees will want to make South Carolina home, too.”

He is also in favor of the Budget and Control Board elimination, “and other attempts to make our state government more efficient and accountable,” he said.

“It’s time for our state government to begin a full move into the 21st century economy, (and) having small-business owners like me casting these critical votes in the state Legislature will help make this a reality.”

The candidates will all appear on the ballot for the June 12 primary. The Democratic candidate for the district seat, Jeff Dishner, was removed from the Democratic primary ballot by a state Supreme Court ruling earlier this month. However, if he succeeds in his recently announced attempt to appear on the general election ballot as a petition candidate, he will face one of these five GOP candidates on November 6.

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The state’s overall tax policy needs an overhaul, Lee said. “I believe we should honestly re-evaluate all of our tax policies and seriously consider a simpler, more equitable sales tax policy, such as the SC Fair Tax.” He supports the removal of the Budget and Control Board and the creation of the Department of Administration. “It is but one illustration of the inefficient and largely unaccountable state government we have that desperately needs to be reformed,” he said. “We do not effectively have three, co-equal branches of state government. We have the Legislature, a judicial branch appointed by the Legislature, and a nominal executive branch controlled by the Legislature.”

He is also in favor of school choice, “but I … do not support in any way vouchers or the use of public money to support private institutions.” Rather, he’d like to see “market-based solutions that provide parents viable choices to best meet the education needs of their children and that reform and improve public education.”

Lee, who hosts “The Palmetto Conservative” talk-radio program on the Internet, retired from the U.S. Air Force after 32 years of service, and has lived with his family in Mauldin since 1996. He holds an associate degree from Hilbert College and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Phoenix. Last week, he survived an unsuccessful attempt to have him removed from the primary ballot, based on a claim that he was not actually a resident of District 8.

“We have too many career politicians and attorneys in the Legislature,” he said.

“South Carolina is in desperate need of fresh thinking and leadership in the state Senate by servant-leaders dedicated to returning power to ‘We the People.’”

Although candidate Joe Swann agrees with his opponents that unemployment is a significant problem in the state and in District 8, he noted “this problem is complex because there are jobs available for a technically trained worker. Technical colleges

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Burns faces Campbell for District 21 Council seat

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In the June 12 primary election race for Greenville County Council, Fedra Campbell is challenging incumbent Jim Burns for the District 21 seat.

Burns has served on County Council since 2004 and sits on the Council’s planning and development and finance committees.

Burns says the biggest issues facing Greenville Burns County are interconnected: quality of life, economic development and planned growth.

Maintaining and improving the area’s quality of life will help to attract new companies, as will addressing infrastructure issues and implementing a comprehensive plan, he said.

“We have to make our county a place people want to come and visit – where they want to bring their business or ideas,” Burns said. “We must do more to make Greenville better known as a place where business people can start their business and grow it. Talent is a key factor for this. Workforce development is becoming more and more crucial.”

Infrastructure is a key issue in District 21, he said. “The tremendous growth of our area has left the roads, sewers and rights of way strangled in many areas.”

Planning for infrastructure improvements will help maintain service, he said.

Burns says the experience and knowledge he has gained as a member of County Council, along with service on various other boards, qualify him for the seat. He also cites his track record of implementing transparency changes and his goal of more effective and efficient government as qualifications.

If re-elected, Burns said he will work to make economic development more effective and implement comprehensive plan components. He also proposes more cooperation with municipalities on creating county-wide zoning.

Burns is a managing principal at Design Strategies, an architectural and engineering firm in Greenville. He holds political science, architectural design and business degrees from Clemson University. He and his wife, Kathy, have three children and attend St. Mary’s Church. Burns serves on the United Way, Chamber of Commerce,

Convention and Visitors Bureau and Metropolitan Arts Council boards.

Challenger Fedra Campbell says there are multiple crucial issues facing the county at this time, including unemployment, eroding property rights, traffic congestion, taxes and communication by elected officials.

“I would work to improve how Greenville County accepts, welcomes, (and) keeps employers, from small-business owners to large companies,” she said.

Campbell said she would work to protect district residents’ property rights and collaborate with the Planning and Zoning Committee to devise ways to reduce traffic congestion in the Eastside and Woodruff Road areas.

Campbell said the issues in District 21 are similar to those facing the county as a whole: property rights, erosion of individual rights, taxes and lack of communication from elected officials. She said her approach as a council member would be to “listen (and) hear what the issues are; then I would research the problem … and working together, would move forward with solutions (and) resolution.”

She adds that she will work to ensure small government and transparency.

Her dedicated community involvement, volunteer service and work experience qualify her for the seat, Campbell said, adding, “This is not a part-time job for me, this is a full-time job for me. I am just a phone call away.”

If elected, Campbell said she will begin by connecting with the constituents of District 21 and beginning to address their concerns, “to find out what needs to be repealed, needs to be changed and get it changed.”

Campbell is a graduate of Eastside High School with a degree in criminal justice from Greenville Technical College, and has worked as a supervisor for a private security company. She is a longtime volunteer and member of Life and Hope Assembly of God Church.

Campbell is also a volunteer on a local school improvement council. She has two children and seven grandchildren.

District 21 includes areas east of the I-85 and I-385 intersection, north to Brushy Creek Road and south to Woodruff Road. For a map of all County Council districts, visit www.greenvillecounty.org/county_council.

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

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the news in brief Collaboration between its growing alumni base, the state’s three research universities, the four South Carolina engineering schools and hundreds of statewide companies and business leaders earned the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Math a Przirembel Prize at this year’s InnoVenture Conference.

The Przirembel Prize is awarded each year and designed to discover and promote best practices in open innovation, to build relationships, and to create a sense of identity in the Southeast as a global innovation powerhouse.

The school won for connecting its innovation network to entities seeking science, technology, engineering and mathematics talent.

“GSSM is one of the best public high schools in the country,” said John Warner, CEO of InnoVenture, which awards the Przirembel Prize. “It is exciting to recognize their accomplishments through the 2012 Przirembel Prize. Many others have lots to learn from the best practices that GSSM demonstrates as a significant collaboration of diverse organizations.”

The Governor’s School is a two-year public residential high school in Hartsville that attracts students from the Upstate.

The Przirembel Prize is named for Chris Przirembel, a leader in open innovation and former vice president for research and economic development at Clemson University.

He championed much collaboration across diverse organizations during his career, including the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research.

There’s a new arboretum in Greenville.

The grounds at the Kilgore-Lewis House on Academy Street features native species of plants and trees on its five acres, including a wildflower garden, a Carolina fence garden, a butterfly garden and a sensory garden that have been tagged with botanical names of the plants.

The arboretum will be dedicated on June 5 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tree tours of the grounds will follow.

The Kilgore-Lewis House is on the South Carolina Register of Historic Places, the natural spring is on the National Register of Historic Places and the grounds are a nationally certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat.

The Kilgore-Lewis House and grounds have served as headquarters to the Greenville Council of Garden Clubs, made up of 19 local clubs, since 1974.

The house and grounds are open to the public Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

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There will be a lot of building going on at Clemson University this weekend.

More than 500 students from 47 universities will compete in the National Student Steel Bridge Competition on Friday and Saturday.

The teams, from schools in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China, have designed bridges that are more than 22 feet long and must be able to hold 2,500 pounds, span an imaginary river and minimize the amount of steel and assembly time.

“There are 47 teams coming and there will be 47 unique solutions to the design of the bridge even though all teams were given the same problem statement and requirements,” said Clemson professor Scott Schiff, who is working with a team of students to host the competition with the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering.

Clemson’s steel bridge team qualified for the national event for the 15th time in the last 16 years.

When Clemson hosted the event in 2001, it won the national championship.

All bridges will be on display on Friday from 2:30-5 p.m. on the Owen Pavilion outside the Madren Center.

The construction and load competition will be held Saturday when the teams bring their bridge pieces and tools to the Fike Recreation Center.

Up to six members of each team will build the bridges one piece at a time and are timed to see how efficiently they can assemble the bridges. Other team members bring the pieces to them from a separate staging area. It’s important the pieces are delivered in the order they are needed because no piece can be left on the floor.

“It’s not just designing a bridge that can hold 2,500 pounds ­— that’s easy,” Schiff said. “It’s designing a bridge that’s easy to build, meets all of the design requirements and construction rules and can hold 2,500 pounds.”

Teams are scored based on how long it takes to assemble their bridges multiplied by the number of team members building them, how much their bridges weigh to measure how much material they use, how little their bridges deflect when weight is added, and if they can hold the 2,500 pounds. Aesthetics also can affect the final scores.

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Opening new fronts in the ‘War on Cancer’ Spartanburg Regional’s Gibbs Cancer Center to build new center in Greer; other health systems also expanding treatment options

By april a. morris | staff

The Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System recently broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot cancer center – not in Spartanburg, but at the Village Hospital campus on Highway 14 in Greer.

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2006. David Church, vice president for oncology and support services, said the center is expanding to the Greer area so patients will not have to travel as far for treatment.

The expansion is part of the center’s master plan “to improve cancer treatment in that area,” he said. “Eighty to 85 percent of cancer care is given at a local center.”

Focusing on cancer treatment locally is a national trend as part of the nation’s emphasis on the “war on cancer,” Church

said. With the advent of regional cancer centers, patients don’t have to leave home for treatment, he said.

The Gibbs Center’s affiliation with M.D. Anderson means the care is high-quality and vetted regularly by the internationally renowned physicians network, Church said.

Gibbs also is a Community Clinical Oncology Program of the National Cancer Institute.

Spartanburg Regional is hardly alone in the building boom. Across the Up-

state, other cancer care centers are busy with expansion plans.

Earlier this year, the Greenville Hospital System announced a merger with the Cancer Center of the Carolinas, which is expected to be completed in July. Dr. Larry Gluck, medical director of oncology programs at the Greenville Hospital System, said GHS will have the largest group of oncologists in the Upstate after the merger.

Greenville Hospital’s link with the University of South Carolina medical school provides a strong focus on research, Gluck said, including the Institute for Translational Oncology Research (ITOR), which is designed to translate research to patient care. The group’s fellowship-trained surgeons and new designation as a Cancer Center of the Carolinas’ National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Clinical Oncology Program ensure patients a high level of sophistication, he said.

The Bon Secours St. Francis health system is also working to expand its cancer treatment capabilities by establishing a radiation therapy program with a linear accelerator, due to open in late 2013 or 2014. To house the accelerator within the required vault, the hospital is also applying to build a dedicated cancer center at its Millennium campus and add a new surgery robot.

This expansion is the answer for patients who want full cancer treatment services from a faith-based provider, said Dan Duggan, St. Francis’ chief operating officer. “Care is fragmented when you don’t have full service,” he said.

Nearly a decade ago, St. Francis determined a need for additional radiation treatment in the area, and the expansion of services in Greer is the response, Duggan said. In order to build the facility at the Millennium campus, St. Francis has applied for a state Certificate of Need, or CON, which is now under review. The CON review process is governed by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control and driven by the SC Health Plan, which is revised every two years. A 24-member panel reviews applications from all healthcare providers – from hospitals and surgical centers to substance abuse facilities and nursing homes – that wish to establish a service or expand.

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Spartanburg Regional Health Care System CEO Bruce Holstien, right, with Jimmy and Marsha Gibbs at the groundbreaking for the new Gibbs Cancer Center Pelham.

costs and helps prevent duplicate services, diminishing the potential for splintered care and specialty “boutique” hospitals and outpatient service centers for diagnostic imaging, ambulatory surgery and radiation therapy, the DHEC website said.

The Gibbs expansion “was held up for several years due to an appeal,” said Beverly Brandt, bureau chief of DHEC’s Bureau of Health Facilities and Services Development. “The case settled and we have been kept informed of the progress of this project since the CON was issued in 2011.”

Asked whether the Upstate expansion is due to local competition or a move to expand patient choice, Brandt said, “The SC Health Plan does not specifically address competition or treatment options, but does address improved accessibility and duplication of services.”

She said population growth, cancer rates and “utilization of existing services are important factors in demonstrating need. In making a decision, we evaluate accessibility to services and how this balances with duplication of existing services within a service area.”

Gluck said GHS has provided comprehensive cancer treatment at Greer Memorial Hospital since 2008, and the expansions may be due to each hospital’s plans rather than a major need for more cancer treatment in the area.

Duggan said the expansions may also be driven by patient preference and the new emphasis on choice. “We totally believe in patient choice,” he said.

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GO DRIVE RUN Saturday, June 2 • Race begins at 5 p.m. Kids’ race at 6 p.m.

Fluor Field, Greenville Sponsored by the Village Hospital, this family-friendly 5k follows the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville. Participants receive a t-shirt, a meal voucher and a ticket to the evening’s Greenville Drive game, all for a registration fee of $34. Let this 5k get you moving! A one-mile kids’ run around the field means kids age 10 and under can get moving, too.

ALL RIGHT NOW! SOLVING SHOULDER, HIP AND KNEE PAIN Tuesday, June 12 • 6:30 p.m. • Village Hospital Community Center Problems affecting a woman’s major joints can cause constant pain, prevent you from engaging in activities you love, and keep you from the work you need to do. Frank Armocida, M.D., of Village Orthopaedic Surgery, will lead the discussion on medications, bracing, therapy and surgery, when non-surgical treatments are not enough. Find out what women’s orthopaedic options are and what is available to you. Register online.

DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION Wednesday, June 20 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m. • Village Hospital Community Center Diabetes affects every organ in your body and Carolinas Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology can help you learn how to manage it. You must have a physician’s referral to participate, and insurance will be filed for the program’s cost.

Participants receive a free blood glucose meter and diabetes reference book.

Please contact Erica Moore at 864-560-6465 for more information and to register.

WOMEN’S WORKS Tuesday, June 26 • 6:30 p.m. • Village Hospital Community Center Find out how robotic surgery works at this fun, interactive event. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres while models show you the latest in fashion. Have a chair massage and shop a bit before learning about the newest minimally invasive techniques in women’s health from the experts in robotic surgery at Spartanburg Regional.

Register online.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS Tuesdays • 6 p.m. • Village Hospital Meeting Room One Nicotine Anonymous is a weekly support group dedicated to those who have a desire to stop using tobacco. This casual meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Joe R. Utley Heart Resource Center at 864-560-4472.

Register today at villageatpelham.com or call 864-849-9470.

The campus features the Village Hospital, the Medical Office Building, a wide variety of medical practices and the Surgery Center at Pelham. It is conveniently located at Westmoreland Road and Highway 14 in Greer.

A rendering of the new Gibbs Cancer Center Pelham under construction off of Highway 14. The 10,000 square foot $7 million facility is expected to open in the spring of 2013.

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Program encourages students to make healthy food choices Healthy Eating Decisions initiative gaining nationwide exposure By april a. morris | staff

A program developed by a Wofford College psychology professor to encourage el-

ementary school students to make healthy food choices is reaching approximately 8,300 students in Spartanburg County and attracting nationwide attention.

Healthy Eating Decisions was launched in 2009 by Dr. Dave Pittman as a way to help students choose the healthiest food options in the school cafeteria line. A member of the Spartanburg Childhood Obesity Task Force, Pittman said he had the idea for the program after hearing from school nutrition service employees about the confu-

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sion students face at lunchtime.

“The food service staff care very deeply about serving good food to the students.

Schools are seeing the impact of childhood obesity on a daily basis and want to do something to help improve the health of their students,” Pittman said. “It’s especially challenging for our younger students; they’re given three choices on entrees and very little direction on what is the healthiest choice.”

Pittman designed a program that would be free, fit with what schools were already offering and provide the guidance students were missing. Before beginning, Pittman surveyed two Spartanburg schools to see how many students were making the healthier choices on their own. The answer: “Less than 3 percent of students were making the healthy choice.”

After the program was introduced in the two schools, 10 percent of students there were choosing the healthy option, he said.

Now 16 Spartanburg County schools have adopted Pittman’s Healthy Decisions system. To participate, the schools submit their menus to Healthy Eating Decisions, where they are evaluated according to nutritional criteria developed by a pediatric dietician and returned to the schools with the healthiest meal combination highlighted.

When a student chooses all the healthy options along with white milk, they get to ring a bell in the cafeteria and receive public recognition.

“The idea is that the school is emphasizing the healthy choice and recognizing who makes a healthy choice,” Pittman said.

Greenville County schools are also hard at work on encouraging healthier lunch choices, with 11 schools adopting menus that banish chicken nuggets and hot dogs in favor of minimally processed, mostly made-from-scratch entrees with an emphasis on fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and less salt.

A sample menu would be barbecue pork on a whole-grain bun, whole-grain baked pasta, steamed green peas, vegetable soup, apples from Hendersonville and a salad bar with romaine lettuce.

Each day a vegetarian entrée is offered, and usually about 10 percent of the students select it, said Ron Jones, the chef who is coordinating the program. Twenty more Greenville schools will adopt the new menus next fall.

Pittman’s Healthy Eating Decisions has already brought about systemic change in Spartanburg. One school experienced such a decline in the demand for flavored

Signs above food options in the cafeteria at Augusta Circle Elementary School help guide students to foods that are the healthy choices.

Red is for foods that should be avoided or used sparingly, yellow is for foods that are better than the red choices and green signifies foods that are the healthiest options.

milk, the cafeteria stopped offering vanilla and strawberry, two of the highestsugar flavors.

Pittman’s ideas are now garnering national attention: Healthy Eating Decisions was recently featured in Food Service Director magazine and will be profiled in Childhood Obesity Journal this June.

School systems in Louisiana and Massachusetts have contacted Pittman about the program, he said. And nine other counties in South Carolina have signed on.

This spring, Pittman said participating Spartanburg schools have entered a friendly competition to see which one had the highest number of students choosing healthy foods over an eight-week period.

Last week, Healthy Decisions honored Jesse Boyd Elementary School with a cash prize for achieving a 48 percent daily average of students choosing the healthiest lunch option. Other participating schools averaged 24 percent.

“Teaching healthy choices is not a short-term goal,” Pittman said. “This is not something that you could change in a week, month or even a year.” The challenge comes in knowing what to choose, he said. “Some days, the whole-grain cheese pizza is the healthy choice.”

Journal writer Cindy Landrum contributed to this story.

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

Study says more senior citizens face hunger challenges By april a. morris | staff

An estimated 17.1 percent of elderly people in South Carolina faced the threat of hunger in 2010, ranking the state in the top 10 in the nation, according to the latest Senior Hunger in America report commissioned by the Meals on Wheels Foundation.

Mississippi had the highest rate at 21.53 percent and North Dakota had the lowest at 5.52 percent.

“There is no question that we are failing our seniors, some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. The numbers spell out our failure with clarity, and at the same time they call us to action,” said Enid A. Borden, chief executive officer of the Meals On Wheels Research Foundation, in a statement about the study.

Released in May, the Senior Hunger in America 2010 report used data based on 18 questions in the Core Food Security Module (CFSM). The module is used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish the official food insecurity rates of households nationwide.

Based on the answers given, researchers determine whether the respondents faced a “threat of hunger,” were “at risk of hunger” or were “facing hunger,” the lowest food security level.

The 18 questions included whether respondents could afford to eat balanced meals, ran out of food before they had money to buy more, or ate less than they thought they should due to limited funds. Most questions focused on the past 12 months.

Food insecurity “is associated with a host of poor health outcomes for seniors such as reduced nutrient intakes and limitations in activities of daily living,” the study said. “This implies that the recent increase in senior hunger will likely lead to additional nutritional and health challenges for our nation.”

The report revealed that 9.48 percent of South Carolina senior citizens were at risk of hunger and 2.21 percent were facing hunger.

Addressing hunger in senior citizens presents unique challenges tied to income, isolation and social attitudes, said Susan Douglas, executive director of

Loaves and Fishes, a nonprofit that delivers surplus food to Upstate agencies.

“After single-parent families, our next biggest population served is seniors,” said Douglas. Access is the biggest issue for seniors besides income, she said: If they don’t have transportation, they can’t travel to shop.

Seniors can be difficult to reach regarding food security and assistance, Douglas said. “Seniors don’t talk about it; they’re sometimes embarrassed and they’re independent.”

Even so, “I don’t think seniors are significantly worse off except there are more people entering senior status,” she said – a view shared by Greenville Meals on Wheels Executive Director Liz Seman.

The Greenville Meals on Wheels chapter, which will serve its 10 millionth meal this year, delivers 1,500 meals a day to homebound senior citizens, Seman said. Though GMW has not seen an increase in referrals (which typically run about 100 each month), she said she expects that to change in the near future.

“We are going to see our Baby Boomer volunteers eventually become our clients,” she said.

In Spartanburg, “our outreach staff is finding that more younger seniors, in their 60s, are facing hunger,” said Jayne McQueen, president of Mobile Meal Service of Spartanburg County. “It is definitely a growing trend.”

Older senior citizens often are discovered and helped, she said, but the younger seniors are falling through the cracks. Mobile Meal Service typically serves an average of 1,800 people each day, she said.

Some seniors are left to face hunger because of the mobility of families, McQueen said, a point that Seman also makes. “We have a more mobile society; family is no longer nearby to help,” McQueen said. “We find that some people also may be nearby, but don’t choose to take care of their senior relatives.”

Studies like the 2010 Senior Hunger in America report allow local programs to correlate the information to their own regions, Seman said. “The whole hunger picture in Greenville is a total cradle-to-grave scenario,” she says, and meal-delivery organizations serve just a portion of the residents facing hunger in the Upstate.

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By Cindy Landrum | staff

Thirty-three acres of land on Fairforest Way next to the Duke Energy Operations Center could become the new home of Greenville’s public works department – and possibly clear the way to creating a new park on the Reedy River along the Swamp Rabbit Trail.

Greenville City Council members on Monday gave initial approval to buying the land for $3.1 million.

The city has wanted to move the public works complex from Hudson Street for years because it sits in a floodplain.

Some say a park – or at least a large

swatch of passive recreation space – in that space could be as transformative to west Greenville as Falls Park was to the West End. The city has yet to earmark the money needed to build the new public works complex. Neither has it identified any money to build the park.

But the idea was suggested more than a decade ago by the Sasaki Group, a group of urban planners from Boston that proposed the city develop a “Cleveland Park West” along the banks of the Reedy River in the western part of downtown.

The idea surfaced before the Liberty Bridge was built.

Development in that area of west Greenville has had a good start with the construction of the Kroc Center, a downtown community center built and operated by the Salvation Army that opened last September.

The Kroc Center and neighboring A.J. Whittenberg Elementary take up about a third of the land Sasaki proposed be used for a park.

Mayor Knox White said in a previous interview with the Journal that when the public works facility is moved, the city would have a good start to the park. The mayor would like to see development in the edges of the potential park property because it is out of the flood plain.

Land near the public works department was among sites being considered by the University of South Carolina Upstate for a satellite Greenville campus.

The Swamp Rabbit Trail, a 13-mile biking and walking rail built on an old railroad bed from Greenville to Travelers Rest, also runs through the potential park site.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

GHS announces new neurological institute

By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff

The thundering hooves, cracking mallets and speeding ball of a polo match may not bring to mind specialized healthcare for neurological disorders, but a unique fundraiser in October aims to do just that. This week, Greenville Hospital System announced the launch of a new neurological institute and the debut of the Polo Classic, a charity event to benefit the institute.

The neurological institute will provide services for patients with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, strokes and

traumatic brain injury. A clinic model will help bundle multiple doctor and therapist visits at the same location. In addition, it will offer clinical navigators who can help patients and families locate resources for maintaining independence.

“People living with neurological disease deserve – and need – access to a full gamut of therapy ranging from diagnosis to long-term disease management,” said Dr. Mary Hughes, chief of the GHS neurology division. “The urgency is now for these patients and their families. What we do today has the potential to make an enormous difference in the quality of the lives of countless patients and families.”

The Polo Classic will help get the institute started with a movement disorders clinic specializing in Parkinson’s disease and dystonia that could be launched in 2013.

Don’t buy cheap clothes, buy good clothes CHEAP! Polo players and their ponies from the Aiken Polo Club were on hand at the press conference announcing the inaugural Polo Classic benefiting the Greenville Hospital System’s Neurological Institute to be held this coming autumn in Simpsonville.

Scheduled for October 20-21 at the Historic Hopkins Farm in Simpsonville, the fundraising event will include an introductory session where guests can learn about the game of polo, followed by a champagne lunch and polo match. Players will most likely travel from

around Charleston and Aiken to form the two teams for the polo match, organizers said.

For event details and sponsorship, contact Smoak Public Relations at 864-235-8330.

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Greenville could soon see more street performers downtown or in other areas of the city.

A city ordinance that received preliminary approval from the Greenville City Council Monday night would allow street performers in most areas of the city as long as they have a permit with their picture on it.

The city would charge a yet-to-be-determined fee for the permit. The permit would be good for one year.

Tim March, who performs as TimTV, told the council he averages between $7 and $10 per hour hula-hooping downtown.

“Please keep that in mind when you’re determining the fee,” he said.

The ordinance would prohibit street performances from within 50 feet of a school, hospital, funeral home, courthouse or cemetery, or within a dining area on a public sidewalk.

The street performer could accept tips but could not solicit donations from individual audience members. The performer could not offer T-shirts, CDs or other merchandise for sale unless they have a street vendor’s license.

Performances with flames or fireworks are excluded unless the performer first obtains written authorization from the fire marshal. Performers using knives, daggers, swords or other sharp instruments must get written permission from the police department.

Performances are limited to between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.

The ordinance also says performers may not used amplified sound, but March told council that would prevent him from doing his hula-hoop performances because he uses a boombox for his music. Flutists who do street performances also need to use a small amplification device so the instrument can be heard, he said.

City attorney Ron McKinney said the proposed ordinance is modeled after an ordinance in Cambridge, Mass.

Mayor Knox White said the ordinance could undergo some modifications before it receives final approval.

There will soon be more parking available in the West End. The city has entered an agreement with River Street Properties LLC to turn land at the corner of River and Rhett streets into a parking lot.

Under the agreement, the city will pave the lot to be used for parking. The lot will have 110 spaces.

The lease says the city will retain revenue from the parking lot until it recoups its cost. After that, the money will be divided between the city and River Street Properties equally.

River Street Properties can terminate the lease if it obtains a building permit for a major economic development on the site in excess of $1 million excluding land costs.

The Council also gave initial approval to the city’s 2012 budget. The budget calls for no tax increase.

The next regular meeting of the Greenville City Council will be held on Tuesday, May 29, at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers on the 10th floor of City Hall.

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Registration for Greenville Rec’s fall adult softball season is open for men’s open, men’s church, coed open, and coed church divisions. The leagues begin in mid-August. The early-bird special $300 team registration is available through July 6. Afterwards, the fee is $325 per team. Email richd@gcrd.org or call 676-2180 to register.

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System will host the following events.

• Line Dancing: Location: Temple of Israel, 400 Spring Forest Road. Fee: free; registration not required.

• Beginner: Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m. For those new to line dancing who want to learn the basic steps and easy dances or need a refresher course.

• Intermediate: Tuesdays from 10-11:30 a.m. This class is for those with a strong grasp of basic line-dancing steps and with line-dancing experience.

• Heartsaver® CPR AED (Adult, infant and child): June 20 from 6-9 p.m. This American Heart Association class covers understanding and recognizing symptoms of and emergency resuscitation for adult heart attack, stroke and choking, as well as choking relief techniques and rescue breathing for infants and children. Participants earn a credential card documenting successful course completion. Please note that this course does not meet the requirements for healthcare providers. Location: St. Francis eastside, Classroom 301. Fee: $40/person; register online, www.stfrancishealth.org.

• Safe Sitter: June 11/12 & June 13/14 • 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Taught on two consecutive days, this course is designed for 11- to 13-year-olds. Safe Sitter covers how to handle emergencies (major and minor). Students listen, practice and role-play to learn about safety precautions, rescue-breathing techniques, recognizing emergencies and calling for emergency help. Participants lean childcare basics such as how to feed and diaper an infant and what behaviors to expect with each age group. Principles of ethical and business aspects of babysitting also are discussed. To become an official Safe Sitter, students must pass an oral, written and practical exam with a graduation ceremony on the last day. Presented by Certified Safe Sitter Instructors. Location: St. Francis eastside, Bldg. 135, Ste. 140. Fee: $65/ child; register required; register online, www.stfrancishealth.org.

Join Pedal Chic, at 651 S. Main St., each Sunday at 5 p.m. to learn safe bike riding as a family on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. The ride will be approximately one hour long and will be perfect for all skill levels, including beginners. This will be a very easy ride; kids will be able to participate.

Western Carolina Sailing Club will host an open house Saturday, May 26, from noon until 5 p.m. Participants can spend an afternoon at the lake, swim, sail and enjoy a cookout. The club’s annual Hospice Regatta is the Hospice of the Upstate’s largest fundraiser. Directions can be found at the WCSC website: www.wcsc-sailing.org.

Team registration is open for Greenville Rec’s men’s and coed summer adult flag football leagues. Men’s leagues are offered on Thursday and Sunday evenings and

coed leagues on Tuesdays. Team registration is $250 through June 8. The six-game season begins in late June. For more information, email richd@gcrd.org or call 6762180 (ext. 134).

The 2010 census revealed a population shift within the city limits, and as a result, Greenville’s current City Council districts do not meet the guidelines of the Voting Rights Act. In March, the City held a public meeting in each of the four City Council districts to receive citizen input on its efforts to redraw the boundary lines for the districts. A new proposed plan has been developed and a public hearing set for Tuesday, May 29, at 5:30 p.m., during the City Council Special Formal Meeting. The meeting will be held in City Council chambers on the 10th floor of City Hall. This will provide an opportunity for further public comment before the plan is voted on.

City residents can view the proposed City Council district map on the city’s website at www.greenvillesc.gov/GIS/maps/pdfs/CouncilDistrictPlanMap.pdf, or do an address search to determine if the proposed changes will affect them at http://gis.greenvillesc. gov/ProposedDistricts/.

The World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta offers free admission to active and retired members of the armed forces year-round and this weekend for Memorial Day. The attraction also is opening a new exhibit featuring artwork from a decorated veteran this Thursday. David Clayman: Abstract Wood Constructions will feature artist David Clayman’s interpretations of the Coca-Cola bottle through 15 original abstract wood constructions. The World of Coca-Cola recently became the new home of Coca-Cola’s 126-year-old secret formula. For the first time in history, the vault containing the secret formula is now visible to the public. The museum includes a fully functioning bottling line, more than 1,200 artifacts and a tasting room with more than 60 beverages from around the world.

Greenville Hospital System is holding the following events.

• Hoop Fitness: Enjoy an action-packed hour of hooping on Sunday, May 27, 11:30 a.m., at the Greenville Hospital System Life Center. Fee: $8 members, $10 non-members. To register, call 455-4001.

• Self-Defense Classes: A kids’ self-defense class will take place Sunday, May 27,1-2 p.m., at the Greenville Hospital System Life Center. An adult self-defense class will follow from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Fee for kids’ class: $8 members, $10 non-members. Fee for adult class: $20 members, $25 non-members. To register, call 455-4001.

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Answers: Greenville Hospital System’s Dr. Gulzar Merchant will identify symptoms and challenges of rheumatoid arthritis and what you can do about them on Wednesday, May 30, 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the Greenville Hospital System Life Center. Free; registration required. To register, call 1-800-901-9206 and use code 76464 as reference.

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In 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared May 25 to be National Missing Children’s Day. Every year since, organizations across the country have hosted events designed to protect children and provide information on child safety. In 2007 the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children began Take 25, which is a campaign to provide education to parents and children on these issues. On May 25, the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office will be participating in Take 25. The Crime Prevention deputies will be at Frankie’s Fun Park, 45 Park Woodruff Drive, from 4 to 8 p.m.

They will distribute free child-identification kits, which contain fingerprint cards and DNA swabs. Also, several school resource officers will be providing Internet safety brochures and answering students’ questions during lunch periods at Blue Ridge Middle School, Northwest Middle School, Northwood Middle School, Blue Ridge High School, Wade Hampton High School and Woodmont High School.

Jalen is an 18 year-old boy from Boiling Springs who has sickle cell anemia. His wish was for a shopping spree. Jalen’s wish was funded through a grant from Jewelers for Children. Jalen began his shopping spree wish by stopping by Ponthieuxs Jewelry Design Studio. He was greeted with a cake and balloons to help kick off his wish.

Jalen worked with Mike Ponthieux to create a one-of-a-kind pendant to help him remember his wish. From there he headed to Best Buy and the mall for a day of shopping. Make-A-Wish grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. The South Carolina chapter grants more than 130 wishes each year and has never turned down a medically qualified South Carolina child for a wish. For more information please visit www.sc.wish.org. Jewelers for Children was founded in 1999 by the U.S. jewelry industry with the mission of helping children in need. JFC has risen over $8 million for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.

A ‘70s Disco Fever fundraiser to benefit Michael’s Way will be held Saturday, June 23, from 8 p.m. until midnight at Larkin’s Sawmill at North Main, 22 Graves Drive.

Michael’s Way is a nonprofit that believes breaking the cycle of poverty is the best way to improve the overall health of individuals and our community. Michael’s Way addresses this by helping adults break out of poverty through education to increase earning potential for a better way of life. Tickets are $40 per person or $75 per couple and include one beverage ticket and catering by Larkin’s Sawmill. A cashonly bar will also be available. There will be a Best Cool Attire contest and dance contests. Tickets are available at www.michaelswayupstate.org or at me and me design, unlimited, 109 Cleveland St.

Publix Super Markets donated approximately 30,000 pounds of non-perishable food to Loaves & Fishes of Greenville through the Food for Sharing program. The Food For Sharing program is a hunger-fighting program conducted by Publix Super Markets twice a year that encourages customers to donate food to feed the hungry in Greenville. Through the efforts and generosity of Publix customers, Loaves & Fishes was able to deliver food to feed 30,000 people. One hundred percent of the food donated stays local. Currently, 60,000 people in Greenville County do not know where their next meal will come from today.

Agents from Keller Williams Realty in Greenville joined more than 70,000 Keller Williams associates in the U.S. and Canada to participate in their third annual RED Day. RED Day, which stands for “renew, energize and donate,” is a service initiative in which the company’s associates collectively serve their communities by volunteering their time and resources. This year, Greenville Keller Williams associates volunteered at the Generous Garden Project, where they planted, harvested and distributed fresh produce to those in need. The Generous Garden Project is a local nonprofit organization that grows fresh produce and donates it to local food banks and shelters. The Generous Garden Project welcomes service groups and individual volunteers. For more information, visit www.generousgarden.org.

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With ambition, talent and high technology, Adeptus Architecture has grown in 25 years from a small firm doing small projects in the Upstate to a smaller firm doing larger and more varied projects on a national stage.

It’s what Barry Agnew had in mind in 1986 when he left a Greenville firm that “did a very narrow range” of architecture to go out on his own to do a wide range of work.

For the first 10 years, he focused on “relatively small work in commercial, residential, office buildings, restaurants and churches” with construction costs around $10 million

annually. Adeptus today is responsible for more than 10 times that.

Just two projects alone, one in Newark, N.J., and the $12-million Cherokee County administration building, represent more than $100 million.

Recently, the firm changed its name from Agnew-Rincon Architecture to Adeptus, “specialized expertise” in Latin, to recognize “the progression of our practice over the last 25 years … (and) expansion of our client base to a national venue,” Agnew said.

In one of its biggest scores, Adeptus was ADEPTUS continued on PAGE 28

Spartanburg’s jobless rate held steady at 8.6 percent in April, down from 10 percent a year ago, while Greenville slipped a notch to 7 percent from 7.1 percent, the state Department of Employment and Workforce reported this week.

Statewide the unemployment rate was down from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent in April.

The decline came despite a workforce reduction of 6,055 to slightly more than 2.1 million, due to many people abandoning the search for work. The agency said the ranks of the unemployed declined by 2,799 to 189,865 persons.

“While this is great news, we’re going to keep working hard to make our state the most competitive in the country for business development and bring more jobs for our people,” said Gov. Nikki Haley.

The agency said 28,290 people have found jobs in the past year, showing the state’s economy continues to improve.

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awarded contracts in early 2011 for the $84-million Warren Street Village being constructed by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on the perimeter of its urban Newark campus.

Adeptus won the commission, which is part of a larger urban renewal project, in a year-long design competition with major national firms. The challenge was to not only design the structures, but to bring a holistic approach to the 3.4acre village comprising dorms, an honors college, restaurant, office space, convenience store and fitness center surrounding green space.

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we are doing some major urban projects that are helping with our notoriety,” Agnew said. The firm now is working with clients in 15 states.

To Agnew’s point, out of the NJIT project came feelers from Rutgers University, which is interested in a “number of projects” on its urban Newark campus, and a feature scheduled for this fall in Strategize Magazine, a national publication aimed at high-level corporate and institutional officers.

Being able to take on these varied aspects of a major project in an urban setting was beyond Adeptus’ capability 10-20 years ago, but “the technologies we use in our business today allows us to do that kind of work.”

Interior design has become a

“Clients will strongly consider us now who would not have in the past when they wanted a local presence to have an architect available on short notice.”

Barry Agnew, managing principal and senior mentoring partner for Adeptus, on how the internet has broadened the firm’s clientele.

“consensus building” with college and city officials, planners and residential neighbors, ground was broken on the village on May 1.

“We are doing all the interior design, all the furniture, all the interior finishes, all the communications and technology equipment,” Agnew said in an interview. “We are doing this as a LEED silver facility, so we are doing the sustainability studies as well.”

The firm’s decision six or seven years ago to compete nationally for more design-image architecture “is starting to blossom as

“growing part of our practice,” Agnew added, a payoff from his decision several years ago to become one of the few licensed architects to be certified as an interior designer.

Having that extra expertise is “very attractive to clients because you can coordinate the interior design with the architecture rather than outsourcing it to another firm, giving you a higher degree of being able to tie everything together.”

Computer imaging and communications technology have

changed the nature of architecture, allowing relatively small firms to take on large projects anywhere in the country without breaking the bank with overhead.

If a presence is needed on site, Agnew said, all you need is an airport. Otherwise, the Internet’s vast capability for communicating and moving documents back and forth and the ability for instant teleconferencing allows for daily management of projects anywhere without leaving Greenville, he said.

“Clients will strongly consider us now who would not have in the past when they wanted a local presence to have an architect available on short notice.”

The economies are significant.

A few years ago, when it had spread its client base regionally, Adeptus had “settled in around the $50-million-a-year range” doing 30-40 projects a year and had a technical staff of 20, including architects and draftsmen.

With technological advances, outsourcing of engineering and a horizontal hierarchy, Agnew today keeps Adeptus’ staff to 10 “highly trained” architects doing around 20 much larger projects of significantly more construction value.

“We are trying to have fewer, but higher-level, employees. We no longer employ middle-level draftsmen. Everybody in the firm is at project manager level or above.”

The business that propelled Adeptus from local to regional to national was university work. Early

on, the firm won the commission for the renovation of Clemson’s Fike Recreation Center and that “got us interested” in larger institutional projects, Agnew said.

“One thing led to another and we started spreading out in university work. About seven years ago we ... were practicing up and down the East Coast a little bit.

Then as a national firm we accepted commissions in Chicago, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Florida. We started doing university work on a broader scale.”

Agnew finds university work fulfilling because it “is an opportunity to do a lot of different buildings, everything from dormitories to athletic facilities to classroom buildings to administration buildings. The second thing is that most universities are extremely image-conscious and that lends itself to design-oriented structures.”

Agnew was quick to add that in pursuing large national projects, Adeptus is not abandoning “our roots in the Upstate” and will continue to do commercial and institutional projects locally.

As an example, he cited the work the firm did with local officials and residents in making design elements of the new Gaffney administration building reflect “the historic nature of the city and the architecture of the old cotton mills.”

“I am revitalized in my career,” said Agnew, now 54, who has seen his ambition to take on a wider array of design challenges come together with a firm of “young and talented architects” building a national reputation.

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All but one of the sectors surveyed showed increases in employment between March and April, when not adjusted for seasonal fluctuations. Non-farm payrolls increased by 13,500 workers.

As far as the state’s metro areas, the jobless rate dropped in Florence to 9.4 percent in April compared with 9.5 percent in March. In Charleston and Columbia, jobless numbers held even at 7.1 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively.

Marion County reported the highest jobless rate in April at 16.8 percent. Marlboro reported a jobless rate of 15.7 percent and Barnwell was 13.7 percent.

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The magazine praises the area’s economy, which created $1.1 billion in new investments and 6,000 jobs during the past five years amid the great recession.

“Talk to anyone who lives in (or has visited) Greenville, South Carolina, for more than five minutes and you’re bound to hear descriptors like ‘world-class,’ ‘diverse,’ and ‘hidden gem’ – often in the same breath,” the magazine wrote.

Among the litany of pluses the article cites for business owners considering Greenville: The city has more corporate headquarters than any other region in the state, according to the state Department of Commerce. While technically a medium-sized

market, Greenville is also home to Fortune 500 companies that include 3M, Lockheed and GE. The textile industry has given way to auto manufacturing and health-science research as Greenville builds its new generation of businesses rooted in innovation and technology.

Greenville’s downtown Main Street is filled with a diverse array of restaurants that cater to a bustling international community, thanks to Michelin, BMW and Mitsubishi. The city also offers a wide variety of outdoor festivals, Broadway shows, a vibrant artists’ community and a wealth of hiking and biking trails.

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Jon Good, SIOR, and Earle Furman, SIOR, represented the landlord of 712 South Main Street in downtown Greenville in leasing a 2,087-square-foot office space. Jon Good, SIOR, Earle Furman, SIOR, and Alexi Papapieris represented the landlord of 961 Berry Shoals Road in Duncan in leasing an 80,000-square-foot industrial space to The Master Gardener Company.

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Skyline Exhibits & Design is the Greenville Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Month for May. Skyline is a company that provides exhibit, graphic and service solutions for clients’ tradeshow and event marketing needs. It has manufacturing facilities, service centers and design dealerships in more than 140 cities in 42 different countries.

Steve Hoffman founded Skyline Exhibits and Design in Greenville in 2006 after buying a portion of The Holt Group, one of Skyline’s first dealers that had a Greenville location since 1985.

Skyline Exhibits & Design has 17 employees and a satellite office in Charleston.

The company’s display product offerings range from tabletop displays to larger double-decker island exhibits.

The company recently added 15,000 square feet to its warehouse space.

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Lovers of craft beer in Greenville now have another place to find their favorite beers.

The Growler Station Greenville held its grand opening on Thursday. The store, located at 109 Augusta St. in the West End, uses a counter-pressure bottling system that keeps unopened beer fresh for up to three months. The store says it is the only one in Greenville using the technology.

The store will feature monthly “draft pick” recommendations from Dan Patrick, a well-known sportscaster and beer enthusiast, and Beer Wizard App, a free database of craft beers to help customers find the style they like that includes food pairings for each.

The store will feature glass growlers for $3.99, and growler prices range from $8.99 to $29.99.

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U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy toured Carolina Manufacturing on Monday as a part of the company’s effort to make legislators more aware of the value of the promotional products industry.

Gowdy toured the facility on Augusta Road in Greenville and saw the production of custom-printed bandannas.

Carolina Manufacturing was founded in 1947.

The company originally provided an assortment of products to dime stores, pharmacies and other retail outlets. Shortly after its founding, the company became a leading manufactures of men’s handkerchiefs under the Hav-A-Hank national brand.

In 1986, Carolina Manufacturing entered the promotional products industry by adding custom-printed bandannas, aprons, head wraps and pet triangles.

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Atlas Hydraulics Inc., a manufacturing and assembly company for quality OEM hose and tube parts, is relocating their Greenville facility at 121 McDougall Court to a larger space at 17 Hyland Drive, Suite A & B. Atlas Hydraulics produces hose and tube parts for OEM products. Along with the Greenville facility, they have manufacturing and assembly facilities in Brantford, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Woodworker Michael McDunn in his Greenville shop. McDunn, who creates unique contemporary furniture, has a show at the Spartanburg Art Museum.

McDunn’s style evolved from need to survive where contemporary wasn’t cool Exhibition at Spartanburg Art Museum showcases furniture created since 1982 When Greenville master woodworker Michael McDunn opened his custom furniture business, he didn’t want to just build furniture that copied the style of popular 18th-century pieces.

He wanted to design more contemporary pieces, the kind that

would fit in a modern-looking open living space on New York City’s 10th Avenue or in a sleek stainless-steel office building.

But he had to make a living in South Carolina, a place where contemporary furniture styles were the exception, not the rule.

“The work I do evolved from my need to survive in a part of

the country where, for many years, contemporary furniture styles were quite unacceptable,” McDunn said. “This forced me to design furniture that was fitting for both 18th-century as well as more modern environments.”

About 25 pieces of McDunn’s work are on display in “Function & Awe,” an exhibition at the

Spartanburg Art Museum. The exhibition, which runs through Aug. 4, showcases work McDunn has produced since 1982.

Much of McDunn’s work has an Asian feel incorporating free-form pieces of wood that may have been destined for mulch, firewood or a landfill.

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Wanted: Artists, must work well under pressure

By Cindy Landrum | staff

The Metropolitan Arts Council is looking for artists who can flat out work under pressure.

MAC is accepting applications from artists in most 2-D media to participate in the third annual Flat Out Under Pressure, a 24-hour art competition that will recreate work from the winning artists on recycling bins up and

down Greenville’s Main Street from the Hyatt Regency to the West End. The competition will begin at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 22, and work must be turned in at the MAC office between 10 and 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23.

Artists must submit an application that includes a portfolio of their work

by June 1 to be considered for the competition. Artists who have participated in one of the first two Flat Out Under

Pressure competitions or who have participated in Greenville Open Studios do not have to include a portfolio.

Flat Out Under Pressure was the idea of Greenville artist Janette Wesley, who had participated in a timed painting contest in Italy and enjoyed the challenge.

Artists will go to the MAC office on Friday with up to five blank surfaces.

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“From the beginning of my involvement with using an obscure piece of wood to make something lovely and fine, everything has fallen into place to keep me firmly entrenched in woodworking, sometimes as art, sometimes as craft,” he said.

“I feel that working with wood, in all its forms, is a way of preserving it and to showcase its versatility and extreme beauty.”

McDunn’s work can be found in corporate offices, including Michelin, Raycom Media, Liberty Corporation and the former Carolina First Bank, as well as in private homes and public places.

McDunn, who was the resident woodworker at the Greenville County Museum of Art for five years, also repairs furniture, something he says has helped him with construction techniques and how important proportion is to a piece of furniture’s functionality.

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said. “I don’t want to do those same things in my own work.”

McDunn said wood selection alone can change the appearance of a piece.

He made a curly maple dresser, a piece of furniture with the exact proportions of a Sheridan, and one just like it in walnut. The walnut dresser sold quickly. It took a while before anybody bought the curly maple one.

“The curly maple dresser was bright and lively. It would become the centerpiece of the

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room,” he said. “The wood selection alone can change where the pieces go completely.”

The curly maple piece will be in the Spartanburg Art Museum show.

McDunn also likes to use marquetry and parquetry in his furniture. Marquetry is pictures made from veneer, and parquetry is geometric patterns.

Two tables in the Spartanburg exhibit incorporate this technique. One is a table McDunn made for the Fine Arts Center, Greenville County Schools’ fine arts school.

The elliptical table has a sunburst made out of different colors of veneer. Around the outside of the table are pictures of items representing each of the disciplines taught at the school. The center of the table features a piece of burrow wood that looks like the folds of a human brain.

The second table was made for a hobbyist woodworker and the marquetry features a selection of the man’s an-

tique tools. The man didn’t want the table to have a traditional pedestal or legs, so McDunn built the pedestal out of strips of mahogany that were shaped to fit a form he had built. The table won first place in the prestigious East Tennessee Woodworkers Guild competition.

McDunn said designing a piece of furniture for a person is almost like making his or her clothes.

“It’s a personal thing,” he said. “You’ve got to get to know them. You want them to be happy with the piece 30 years from now.”

McDunn is a member the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, the Furniture Society, the American Marquetry Society, the American Association of Woodturners, and the Society of American Period Furniture Makers. He is a founding member of the Greenville Woodworkers Guild.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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back to certify they were empty, and then the artists have 24 hours to complete a piece of art. Each artist will be allowed to submit one piece of work for judging.

Because of the 24-hour time limit, the contest accepts works that are not yet dry.

Wendy H. Outland, owner of the WHO Knows Art art consulting business and former manager of the Blue Spiral 1 art gallery in Asheville, N.C., will jury the event.

The winning artists will share space on the exterior of the recycling bins with the sponsor of the bins. The artwork will remain on the bins for one year. The reproduced artwork doesn’t have to be the “Flat Out” entry.

In addition to having their artwork on the bins, artists are eligible for other prizes, including cash of up to $800 and a trip to Italy.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

Centre Stage carries on British tradition

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Founder of London theater specializing in farce appears in ‘Whose Wives Are They Anyway?’

By CINDY LANDRUM | staff

It’s not surprising that actor Trevor Furlong likes farce.

He comes from England – a country known for over-thetop comedies involving unlikely, extravagant and improbable situations – and was a founding member of the Monck Street Theatre in Central London, a now-defunct theater that specialized in comedy and farce.

“It’s something of a tradition in British theater,” said Furlong, who moved to the Upstate after 25 years on the London Metropolitan Police Force. “Farce is a very English medium. It’s like a saucy seaside postcard showing a buxom lady with a guy making a comment. It’s just on the edge of being too naughty.”

Furlong plays Wilson in Centre Stage’s production of “Whose

Miranda Notus as Karly McGachen and Trevor Furlong as Wilson in a scene from the Centre Stage production of “Whose Wives Are They Anyway?”

Wives Are They Anyway?”

In “Whose Wives,” the Ashley Maureen Cosmetics Company has been sold and two of its vice presidents have planned a weekend off before the new CEO arrives on Monday. With

their wives off on a shopping spree in New York City, they check into the Oakfield Golf and Country Club intending to “golf their brains out.”

They unexpectedly encounter their new boss and she in-

sists on meeting the wives, saying, “No one who went golfing for a weekend without his wife would ever work for me.” Hilarity ensues as the vice presidents try to cover for their missing wives. And, yes, the real wives do show up.

Wilson was originally supposed to play a crotchety 60-year-old man, but Centre Stage has changed the character to a faded English rock star.

Furlong said farce is perfect for him as an actor.

“Visually, I’m not leading man material,” he said. “If you are a character actor, farce is the way to go. Farce allows you to take the character and go 300 percent.”

Furlong said while comedy is difficult, farce is even harder for an actor.

“It takes a deftness of touch as an actor but you have a huge caricature of the characters

you’d find in comedy,” he said.

“Comedy is slower-paced. Farce is the proverbial snowball at the top of the hill. It starts with the first minute of the first act and the audience just has to hold on for dear life.”

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@ greenvillejournal.com.

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With the largest number of hot-air balloons entered in recent years, big names dotting the concert lineup and several sporting events and competitions scheduled, this year’s Freedom Weekend Aloft is shaping up to be a good one – if the weather cooperates.

“If the phone calls and emails are any indication, 2012 holds incredible promise,” said Keri Hall, the event’s executive director.

All the festival needs is cooperation from the weather.

Weather affected attendance in 2009 and again in 2010, when half of the four-day festival was washed out. It put the festival behind on its rent to the city of Simpsonville for the use of Heritage Park, the 90-acre park that has hosted Freedom Weekend Aloft since 2007.

“Last year was successful and we want to build on that. We want to continue the forward momentum,” Hall said.

“We’d like a weekend full of sunny skies and calm winds.”

Hopes for a big year are riding on the balloons, entertainers and more free admission opportunities for families than ever before.

This year’s Freedom Weekend Aloft will also serve as the Balloon Federation of America’s Southeast Regional Championship and the South Carolina State Championship. Eighty balloons are expected to compete.

The festival will have several specially shaped balloons, including the purple people eater, a skunk, an elephant and a zebra.

Headliners for the Friday concert are Grammy winner Colbie Caillat and singer Gavin DeGraw, who is coming

SO YOU KNOW What: Freedom Weekend Aloft Where: Heritage Park, Simpsonville When: Friday-Monday Admission: Friday, Saturday and Sunday: $12 for adults; 12 and under are free with adult admission Monday, free

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The festival will have several specially shaped balloons, including the purple people eater, an elephant, a zebra and this skunk.

off a five-week stint on “Dancing with the Stars.” Local 14-year-old singer Kylie Hinze will open.

Saturday’s headliner is Jake Owen.

Eddie Money headlines Sunday’s concert, while Monday features Dustin Lynch and Love and Theft.

Other events include a disc dog championship, a lacrosse tournament, a youth baseball tournament, a 5K run, rides, a family fun area and concessions.

The festival will offer free admissions for the first 100 minutes the gates are open on Saturday and Sunday, from noon until 1:40 p.m., in recognition of lead sponsor Greenville Hospital System’s 100th anniversary.

Admission on Monday is free as well, thanks to Bi-Lo. Freedom Weekend Aloft started in 1982 after a movie company asked the Greenville Chamber of Commerce to have a festival that would be used as a backdrop for a movie. “Hot Heir” was eventually released as a 3-D movie, but never made it to local theaters.

The festival grew to an event that attracted 150,000 and was regularly ranked as one of the top attractions in the Southeast. Freedom Weekend has been featured on ESPN and the “Today” show.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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Upstate Farm Tour showcases local agriculture Tourists can both see and sample the area’s bounty By april a. morris | staff

If you’ve ever wanted to meet the farmer who produced that succulent summer tomato or luscious berry that you picked up at the farmers market or savored in a local restaurant meal, next weekend’s Upstate Farm Tour offers ample opportunity.

Sponsored by the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and Whole Foods Market, the sixth annual self-guided tour on June 2 and 3 features 24 farms throughout the Upstate, including those in Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg counties.

This year, there are seven new farms, producing ev-

erything from certified organic beef to cut flowers.

Showcasing the diversity of the farms is a way to educate the consumers about what their local farmers produce, said Diana Vossbrinck, tour coordinator. “We really want people to not only buy local food, but we also want to connect people with the farmers who produce it.”

Highlights of tour additions include the first time cut flowers have been featured at Field and Flower, certified organic beef at Gibson Farms, and Timms Mill’s water-powered gristmill. Huckleberry Farm is a producer of fancy-breed chickens and Friends at the Farm grew out of a need for fresh, local produce for a restaurant and catering business,

says Vossbrinck.

In addition to the tasty crops, farm visitors also get the chance to see heritage turkeys, buffalo and alpacas, not to mention goats, cows, rabbits, worms and sheep on the tour. If they bring along an ice-filled cooler, they can depart with products purchased from the farms they visit.

Several thousand people are expected to attend, and after visiting multiple farms, travelers get hungry. Loath to leave their visitors to forage at a fast food joint, Vossbrinck said the tour now provides a place to sample dishes created with local products at two meal stops. Split Creek Farm in Anderson will host chef Joe Fredette of SummaJoe’s Searing Pans B:10” and Homemade

Pizza, who will be cooking locally sourced meals. Pastry chef Lisa Marvel of Marvelous Pies will be crafting local sweets at Red Fern Farm in Gray Court.

And to further expand the public’s knowledge, Slow Food Upstate is hosting workshops on bees and native plants at Parson’s Produce and Bio-Way Farms.

This weekend event is an excellent way to allow the public to see the staggering diversity in the small and ecofriendly farms of the Upstate, says Vossbrinck. “These farmers are not just growing local food,” she said. “They’re doing it in a sustainable manner.”

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

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May 25-31, 2012 Downtown Alive The Broadcast May 31 ~ 232-2273 Furman Music by the Lake Keep on Dancin’ May 31 ~ 294-2086 Peace Center Downtown Films In Darkness May 31 ~ 467-3000 Greenville Chamber of Commerce Photography by Blaine Owens & Patricia M. Crandall Through Jun. 8 ~ 242-1050 Centre Stage Whose Wives Are They Anyway?

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On Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the East North Street Concert House, Greenville, Pan Harmonia will present “La Musique de La Belle Époque.” This performance will feature sumptuous music from the late 19th and early 20th century, including works by Joseph Suk, Caesar Cui, Mel Bonis and Eric Satie’s Gnossiennes. Performers include Kate Steinbeck on flute, Amy Lovinger on violin and Kimberly Cann on piano.

Greenville Little Theatre continues class registration for their summer GLT JR. classes for children. GLT JR. will offer three, one-week courses for students ages 8-18 beginning Mondays, June 4, 11 and 18.

Classes offered are “Let’s Make A Movie,” “Let’s Put on A Musical” and “Let’s Put On A Play.” All classes are taught by professional theatre artisans in a small group environment. Courses enhance performance skills through various workshops specifically tailored for young people. No previous class or stage experience is necessary to participate. For full class descriptions, fees and

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Francesa Genovese, a member of the Carolina Ballet Theatre Company, will offer limited dance workshops this summer at Fountain Inn Center for Visual and Performing Arts. Workshops include dance for grades 1-12, tap intensive and Fosse intensive. Call 864-409-1050 for more information.

Fine Arts Center Creative Writing instructor Sarah Blackman is the 2011 winner of the Ronald Sukenick American Book Review Innovative Fiction Prize for her short story collection “Mother Box.” The book, a collection of 11 stories and one novella, will be published by independent press Fiction Collective Two (FC2), an imprint of the University of Alabama Press, in August 2013.

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When a group of three students from the Christ Church Episcopal School’s girls track team showed up to compete at the recent South Carolina High School League 1A girls state track championship at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, they had no idea they would bring home a towering trophy and make school history.

Victoria Barthelmess, Caroline Jennings and Lizzy Sterling all placed in various events in the A classification.

Barthelmess, a senior, placed first in three events, Jennings placed first in three and Sterling placed fourth in one event. And the combined effort of the small team proved to be mighty, garnering enough points, 58, to squeak past Southside Christian School of Simpsonville to win the championship by one point.

Junior Caroline Jennings was the only teammate who remained at the very end of the competition when the points were announced and her team declared the winner. “I was totally surprised,”

said Jennings. When Lizzy Sterling, a junior, heard the news via text message, she said, “I was completely in awe. I literally screamed and ran around.”

And for coach Rodney Adamee, who has been coaching girls track for 20 years, the win also came as a total surprise.

Usually a school brings a much larger team for state competitions, he said.

With such a small team in the running, “we didn’t have any aspirations whatsoever of winning the team championships,” he said. Adamee said the miniature team ran well and the points added up. “They all ran really well and they all either matched or exceeded their event seeds.” Last year, the team came in second overall, Adamee said.

To add another feather to the school’s athletic cap, this victory is the first state win for the girls track team since 1978 and the first in Adamee’s tenure. Sterling says the historical aspect adds to their surprising victory. Added Jennings, “That makes it much more special.”

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St. Joseph’s Catholic School Summer Camps will be offering athletic and fine arts camps on campus this summer. Sports camps for students include baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross-country, football, soccer, tennis, volleyball and wrestling.

Fine arts camps, for students and adults, include theatre and visual arts. Information and registration are available at www.sjcatholicschool.org.

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The Greater Carolinas Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society announced that Jonathan Hyatt, a 2012 graduate of Riverside High School in Greer, will receive a $1,000 scholarship to attend Greenville Technical College. The National MS Society Scholarship Program and the GC for MS Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to students who have multiple sclerosis (MS) or who have a parent living with MS while pursuing a college or technical school education. Hyatt’s mother is living with MS. Langston Charter Middle School recently presented $1,512 to Honor Flight Upstate SC. Honor Flight is a non-profit organization created solely to honor America’s veterans by transporting these heroes to Washington, D.C., to visit and reflect at their memorials. The money was raised through a benefit concert held at Langston Charter Middle School that Trey Myers, a senior at Brashier Middle College Charter High School, created as part of his senior project.

Girls between the ages of 5 to 14 years old are invited to start the summer at the JL Mann Cheer camp at JL Mann High School. The camp runs from Monday, June 11, to Thursday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to noon each day and will conclude with a cheer exhibition in the schools main gym. No experience is necessary to attend the four-day camp. The cost is $45. Campers will have a chance to learn from All-star and college cheerleaders. Call 864-907-2911 for more information.

The North Greenville Rotary Club recently held its annual scholarship luncheon for Interact students at Wade Hampton High School. Interact is the high school level of Rotary International. Five WHHS seniors were presented with a scholarship award for outstanding service to Rotary. Pictured in the group photo of scholarship recipients is from left to right: Jessica Koontz (faculty sponsor), Taylor Harley, Justin Hiller, Lance Radford (principal), Stella Huey, Alexis Nystrom, Caroline Chandler and Janet Beese (faculty sponsor).

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Photos available from Greenville County Historical Society - 233-4103 Not long after Furman University moved to Greenville, the Baptist Convention voted to establish a female college under the same board of trustees. The town of Anderson urged against locating the two institutions in the same town, arguing that “you cannot shut up the chambers of the heart.” Nevertheless, Greenville outbid Anderson by a gift of the property of the old male and female academies. Classes began at GFC on a limited scale in 1855. The first full session was in 1856. Construction of the college’s main building was begun in 1858, with the additional wings added later. It provided space for classrooms, offices and dormitories. In 1914 the name of the institution was altered to Greenville Woman’s College. During the Depression, matters of finance dictated that GWC become the Woman’s College of Furman University.

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HOME INFO Price: $240,000 | MLS#1227515 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 2200-2399 SF Contact: Daniel Hamilton 864.527.7685 info@mygreenvillehome.com Hamilton & Co. | mygreenvillehome.com Keller Williams Realty Send us your Featured Home for consideration: homes@greenvillejournal.com

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Renovated and ready for the Summer! Only 35 minutes from Greenville.

This property consists of a 1394 sq. ft. main house, a 384 sq. ft. guest house, a separate 576 sq. ft. enclosed boat/storage garage and a 1120 sq. ft. dock – the largest allowed on the lake! 25 feet of deep, clear water off of the dock right now. This fabulous custom built dock has a boat lift, large storage box, flag pole, swing, cabinet, lots of shade area with overhead fans, etc. HUGE SUNSET view of the Seneca River.

A gentle slope leads to the main house which consists of a screened porch, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large kitchen open to the living room with rock fireplace with gas logs and book cases. Laundry/storage room just off the carport. The guest house has a front porch (partial lake view) one large open room with room for two bunk beds, bookcases, eating area, kitchenette. Bathroom and dressing area. New heat and air, completely renovated.

HOME INFO Price: $385,000 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths 1394 SF Completely Renovated, Lakefront with Large Dock For Sale By Owner 864.630.6949

O P E N THE RIDGELAND AT THE PARK SUN 1:30-5PM

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164 RIDGELAND DRIVE - $539,000 100 W. CLEVELAND BAY CT - $460,000 141 NOTTING HILL LN - $240,000 212 RAVEN FALLS LANE - $206,980 2BR/3BA. Wonderful open floor plans, 10’ 3BR/2.5BA. The best home in SD for the 4BR/2.5BA. Brand new Arts and Crafts 4BR/2.5BA. Home to be built. A wonderful clngs, granite countertops, stainless applimoney. Live on 1st floor, 3 car garage, style bungalow. Covered front porch, stone floor plan in a great community in a very ances, 10x12 covered patios & much more. granite kitchen, open floor plan and much and shake accents, hardwoods, main level convenient location. I-85 to I-385 to Woodruff McDaniel Avenue from Augusta Rd. Left on more. Pelham Rd to R on Hwy 14, (away master suite. Hwy 14 & I-85 toward Village at Rd, Continue past Five Forks area, SD on Ridgeland, follow signs to Sales Center Beth from airport), L into SD, L on Cleveland Bay Pelham Hospital. Turn at Westmoreland. 1st Left. Dona Sero, 477-0708 Prudential C. Crigler, 678-5263 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Ct. Valorie Cardell,, 979-2913 Prudential C. L onto Abner Creek Road, subdivision on R. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1232237 Co. MLS#1222397 Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1238649 Dan Hamilton,527-7685 Hamilton & Co. Keller Williams Realty. MLS#1227515

ABNER CREEK

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DUNWOODY OAKS

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254 ABNERS TRAIL DR - $164,900 10 HEATHFIELD CT - $129,900 4BR/2BA. Traditional style hm with side entry 4BR/2BA. New roof, HVAC, carpet, tile in garage, long driveway, expanded deck, patio baths, stainless appliances, laminate floors. & fncd bkyd. 85 to Exit 60, turn on Hwy 101 1 car garage. Woodruff Rd to Scuffletown, toward Woodruff, R on 296, L on Abners Trail R on Jonesville, L on Dunwoods Oaks, R on . Elvin Rivera, 921-4733 Prudential C. Dan Oak Valley, R on Heathfield Ct Pat Norwood, Joyner Co. MLS#1237286 420-1998 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1240553

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LONG CREEK PLANTATION

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THE FARM AT SANDY SPRINGS SUN 2-4PM

11 CATBRIAR CT - $189,900 4BR/2.5BA. Huge reduction. Amazing home full of upgrades. Must see. 385 S to exit 27, R on Fairview Rd, R on Harrison Bridge, L into SD, R on Coltsfoot, L on Catbriar.

Carolyn Laws-Irwin, 567-3590 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1236203

168 PENDOCK LANE - $168,000 3BR/2BA. Ready to move in! Beautiful open floor plan and lots of upgrades including hardwood floors, stainless appliances and double ovens. Blinds on all windows.

Only 9 months old! 1/2 acre lot. Come see!

Valerie Miller 864.430.6602, www.valeriejsmiller.com The Marchant Company MLS#1239881

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$1,127,000 4BR/4.5BA V illagio di Montebello Professionally designed and decorated true Italian Style Home has spectacular views of Downtown Greenville and surrounding mountains. 4600 Sq ft. 3br/4ba/2pwdr Private office w/bath. ZHome4Sale.com Ray (864) 380-7253

112 Cope Circle | $69,900

Starter home in quiet neighborhood.

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2012 Southern Living Showcase Home Presented by $399,900 5BR/3.5BA Grandview A breathtaking, full brick, custom built home that sits on a spacious lot that includes an inground pool with plenty of outdoor entertaining space! The interior includes tons of upgrades which include Hilary Hurst (864) 313-6077

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2 Bay Springs | $133,000

Great location near Mauldin and Simpsonville w/amenities. MLS#1236273

Free admission. Accepting donated items or cash contributions to benefit the Child Life Program of The Children’s Hospital of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center.

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101 Swansgate Place | $125,000 Condo with a view of the pond.

MLS#1220455

DIRECTIONS FROM I-85: Take SC Hwy 153 exit and go toward Piedmont. Go .8 miles to River Reserve entrance on the right.

Go 1 mile on Reserve Drive to Bohicket Drive. Take the first left on Natchez Drive, then the first right onto Tugaloo Court.

Exclusively Marketed By: $239,900 4BR/3BA Gower Estates

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Adorable cottage in Augusta Road.

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LOTS AVAILABLE! www.RiverReservePhase4.com Joey Beeson 864.660.9689 | Tom Marchant 864.449.1658

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Parkins Mill/ Gower. Beautifully renovated 4bd/3ba (in-law suite) with rocking chair porch. Kitchen has new cabinets, granite, SS appliances, deck, roof. All baths updated. Hwd flrs. Huge family rm w/fp Laurie Ethridge (864) 787-0288

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GLEN MEADOWS ASHETON LAKES PLANTATION GREENE STONEHAVEN GLEN MEADOWS NORTH HILLS DURBIN ESTATES JONES RIDGE THORNBROOKE THE CORNERS AT ROPER MOUNTAIN RIVERPLACE THE LANDING AT SAVANNAH POINTE HOLLY TRACE SUGAR CREEK WOODLAND CREEK GREYTHORNE CREEKWOOD MONTEBELLO HOLLINGSWORTH PARK AT VERDAE

UNIVERSITY PARK HAVEN AT RIVER SHOALS WATERS EDGE BRUSHY MEADOWS WATSON CROSSING KELSEY GLEN FIELDSTONE KELSEY GLEN ELLINGTON PARK THE RESERVES AT RAVENWOOD

Stonehaven, Simpsonville, SC Stonehaven is an established neighborhood featuring over 400 beautiful, traditional homes with large, landscaped lawns.

Enjoy time at the swimming pool or exercising at the tennis courts or spend an afternoon relaxing at the clubhouse. Award-winning schools,

I-385, The Shops and Greenridge, restaurants, and more are just a few minutes from the inviting atmosphere that Stonehaven offers as one of Simpsonville’s most popular communities.

PEMBERTON PLACE SEVEN OAKS@BLUE RIDGE PLANTATION SPRING FOREST AT BUTLER BOULDER CREEK REGENCY COMMONS POPLAR FOREST ANSEL CROSSING BROOKGREEN EAST HIGHLANDS ESTATES PLANTERS ROW HERITAGE CREEK THE HEIGHTS TWIN CREEKS GWINN MEADOWS LAUREN WOODS LANSDOWNE AT REMINGTON CANEBRAKE CLEAR SPRINGS BUXTON STONEBRIDGE PARKVALE

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA 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: Food Products, IFB# 65-06/11/12, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200.

PUBLIC HEARING There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2012 AT 3:00 P.M. in CONFERENCE ROOM –D at GREENVILLE COUNTY SQUARE, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, S.C., for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the petitions listed below.

PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THESE PETITIONS MAY BECOME PARTIES OF RECORD

BY FILING WITH THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE (3) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DATE SET FOR HEARING, BY WRITING THEIR ADDRESS, A STATEMENT OF THEIR POSITION AND THE REASONS WHY THE RELIEF SOUGHT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROPERTY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. CB-12-17 APPLICANT: QUICK TRIP CORPORATION/Jake Sutton PROPERTY: Tax Map #B15-126.2; 7840 White Horse Road, Greenville, SC REQUEST: Variance in Signage Requirement.

CB-12-18 APPLICANT: QUICK TRIP CORPORATION/Jake Sutton PROPERTY: Tax Map #P142-1.15; 2048 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville, SC REQUEST: Variance in Signage Requirement.

CB-12-19 APPLICANT: ESPECIALLY CHILDREN CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY: Tax Map #WG2.11-4.2; 6640 Frontage Road, Greenville, SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for an Addition.

CB-12-20 APPLICANT: HILTON DISPLAYS, INC./Culvers Restaurant PROPERTY: Tax Map #539.11-13.5; 2021 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC REQUEST:Variance in Signage Requirement.

CB-12-21 APPLICANT: VIETNAMESE LOVE BAPTIST CHURCH PROPERTY: Tax Map #P15.7-119; 12 Donnan Road, Greenville, SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for a New Building.

CB-12-22 APPLICANT: CAROLINA CENTER for BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROPERTY: Tax Map #530.51-13.13; 2700 E. Phillips Road, Greer, SC REQUEST:Use by Special Exception for Expansion with Additional Structure on site.

PUBLIC HEARING A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012, AT 6:00 P.M. (or at such time as other public hearings are concluded) IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS IN REGARD TO THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2012 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2013; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM DURING THE TAX YEAR; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ANNUAL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE LEVY FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES.

SHERIFFS AUCTION The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is holding an auction to dispose of found and seized property. The auction will be held at 657 Keith Drive on June 9, 2012. The pre-viewing will be held on Friday June 8th from 1:00pm until 4:00 pm. The auction will start at 10:00am with the gates will opening at 8:00am. The auction will have household items, some electronics, some computer items, jewelry, no guarantees, new and used tools, some of the cars are as follows.

THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS REQUESTED THAT GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL MAINTAIN A MILLAGE RATE OF SIX AND ONE-TENTH (6.1) MILLS AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE LEVY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM; ADDITIONALLY THE LIBRARY SYSTEM BOARD HAS REQUESTED GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL MAINTAIN A MILLAGE RATE OF ONE AND THREE-TENTHS (1.3) MILLS ESTABLISHED FOR BUILDING PURPOSES PURSUANT TO COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2461. THE TOTAL MILLAGE FOR THE LIBRARY DISTRICT WILL BE SEVEN AND FOURTENTHS (7.4) MILLS.

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THE AUDITOR AND TAX COLLECTOR OF GREENVILLE COUNTY ARE HEREBY DIRECTED TO LEVY AND COLLECT SAID AMOUNT. HERMAN G. KIRVEN, JR., CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL FORFEITED LAND COMMISSION SALE Properties owned by the Forfeited Land Commission (FLC) of Greenville County will be sold at auction by Meares Auction Group on Friday, June 8. Details can be obtained in the Forfeited Land Commission section of the Greenville County Treasurer’s web page –http:// www.greenvillecounty.org/ County_Treasurer/ or in the Greenville County Treasurer’s Office, located at 301 University Ridge, Suite 600, Greenville, SC 29601, telephone number (864) 467-7210.

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LEGAL NOTICES Only $.79 per line | ABC NOTICE OF APPLICATION Only $145 tel 864.679.1205 | fax 864.679.1305 148 RIVER STREET, SUITE 120, GREENVILLE, SC 29601 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) 896-0110

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) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Tulfi, LLC/DBA One Stop, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 825 SE Main Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681. 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 10, 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) 896-0110

SUMMONS FOR RELIEF State of South Carolina County of Greenville in the Family Court 13th Judicial Circuit. Case No: 2012-DR-23-0093. Sumanda K. Jordan, Plaintiff Vs. Wayne Nolley, Defendant. WAYNE NOLLEY: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONSED and required to answer the Complaint in the above-captioned action, a copy of which was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina on JANUARY 9, 2012; and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on this subscriber at his office, 294 S. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, South Carolina, 29607 within thirty (30) days of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief as demanded in the Complaint.

Maurice McNab, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff, P.O. Box 5631 Greenville, SC 29603 Ph: (864) 232-1132 Fax: (864) 232-1107

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At the “Rule the Road 2K/5K” health and fitness run, Verizon presented a $15,000 donation to Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands and a $1,500 donation to Greenville’s Julie Valentine Center.

The grants are part of the company’s commitment to organizations that address domestic violence wellness in the surrounding community.

Children from St. George Greek Orthodox Church take part in a traditional Greek folk dance during the Greek Festival. The four-day festival featured live music, traditional Greek folk dance, authentic Greek cuisine, rides and games for children, a silent auction and tours of the cathedral.

Jimmy Georgiades cooks marinated chicken in one of the festival tent kitchens.

Binkee the Clown, also known as Terry Black, makes a balloon animal for a child.

Jake Good, 6, left, and Wesa Good, 4, go for a ride on one of the carnival rides.

Verizon Wireless closed the Greenville call center recently and offered paid time to nearly 1,000 employees who participated in the second annual “Rule the Road 2K/5K” health and fitness run.

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Actor Patrick Warburton, right, talks with his caddy Dennis Elmore of Greenville about the green on No. 6 at Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer course before hitting his putt.

Warburton is best known for his roles on TV’s “Rules of Engagement” and “Seinfield.”

Course marshal Bob Vander Zander holds up the quiet sign.

Actor Rob Morrow watches his shot from the rough head toward the 18th green at Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer course during the 2012 BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament.

Twenty-four celebrity golfers were paired with amateurs and Nationwide Tour professionals for the four-day event held at the Thornblade Club, the Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer course and The Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg.

Actor Terry O’Quinn hits a shot from the fairway on No. 6 at the Chanticleer course.

O’Quinn is currently on TV’s “Hawaii Five-O.”

Nationwide Tour professional Justin Bolli of Greenville hits a shot out of a bunker on the eighth hole at the Chanticleer course.

Spectators watch the action on the Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer course’s ninth hole during the 2012 BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament.

Shoppers talk to Leland G. Gibson, winner of the S.C. Cattlemen’s Environmentally Sustainable Award, at the Slow Food Upstate Earth Market in Greenville.

Anita Nunnelley, intern with Slow Food Upstate, talks with Kurt and Cassie Larsen from Little Creek Plantation.

Slow Food Upstate is collaborating with the Michael McDunn Gallery to present a guest artist at each Earth Market. Artist Hilary Jernigan, a teacher with Greenville High Academy and neighbor in the North Main community, presents her paintings.

Lindsay Wesley talks to Daniel Parson about the farm at Parson’s Produce and gets information about the Carolina Farm Stewardship Farm Tour, June 2-3, where Slow Food Upstate will offer a workshop, “The Gift of Bees,” with a honey tasting.

The Guild of the Greenville Symphony recently held its annual meeting at the Poinsett Club.

Guild President Donna Comstock, second from left, presented a check for $109,000 to the Symphony Association for the 2012-13 season.

Receiving the check were, from left to right, Bill Johnson, executive director; Dr. Kathleen Oxner, president of the Board of Directors; and Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel.

The Guild of the Greenville Symphony’s newly installed officers for the 2012-13 Symphony season are Phyllis Wilkes, Sue Fisher, Donna Comstock, Roz Smith, Ginny Johnson, Ellie Mioduski, Carol Hinton and Debi Fisher.

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Across 1 Quran religion 6 Spaceship Earth locale 11 Cotillion honoree 14 Fischer’s game 19 NFL ref’s aid 20 Tire 22 __ flush 23 Scientist who is tedious to a fault?

25 Rome’s Fontana di __ 26 Invitation on the road 27 Old Colgate competitor 29 Zipped 30 Olin of “Chocolat” 31 Lean (toward) 33 “Milk’s favorite cookie” 35 Bread maker not earning his bread?

40 Vulnerable area 44 Pound and Cornell 45 Meditative practice 46 Jewel cases?

47 Blowgun ammo 48 Fool, to Puck 50 Arranger growing into her job?

53 Les États-__ 54 Large pitcher 56 “The Valachi Papers” author Peter 57 __-car 58 Something seen in anger?

59 Jib, for one 60 Den sleeper 62 Play areas 63 Attorney who turns

heads?

67 Watch with astonishment 70 “Do __ others, then run”: Benny Hill 71 Blubber 72 Actress Lupino 75 Williams who played Potsie on “Happy Days” 76 Turf defender 78 Ride to hail 79 Grade qualifier 80 Nightclubbing club pro?

84 Sanctify with oil 86 Flier with Chicago H.Q. 87 Future J.D.s’ exams 88 China’s Sun __-sen 89 Lamebrained 90 Some candlelight vigils 92 Belle in blue?

96 __ infra: see below 97 Thailand, formerly 98 “The future __ what it used to be”: Yogi Berra 99 Hula accompanists 101 Security concerns 104 Old film short 109 Authority 111 Practitioner who likes to practice?

114 Guinness choice 115 Fantasy land 116 Valse, par exemple 117 Libertines 118 Folded sleeper

119 Tecumseh transport 120 Butter substitutes Down 1 Library catalog no.

2 Gin fizz flavoring 3 Traditional wisdom 4 Surrounded by 5 16th-century work also known as “La Gioconda” 6 Urging (on) 7 Ready-made 8 Aquatic bird 9 Big-eyed bird 10 V-sign, to a maître d’ 11 Regular paper 12 Celtic language 13 Data unit 14 Old PC monitor 15 Flicka and Fury 16 Like fireworks displays 17 Except 18 Hydroplaned 21 Samantha of “Doctor Dolittle” 24 Secluded valley 28 Pricey mushroom 31 List of events, briefly 32 Make (one’s way) 34 Finally turned (to) 35 Madagascan tree climber 36 Important layer 37 Sure competitor 38 Pool legend, familiarly 39 Côte d’__ 40 Epic narrative

41 Does in 42 Mexicali-to-Tijuana dirección 43 Casual farewells 46 Junkyard warning 49 Sprang 50 Dracula portrayer Lugosi 51 Insect stage

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62 Assad’s country 63 Really long time 64 Organs usually found in pairs 65 Banned apple spray 66 Honeycomb substance 67 Prepare to hit the road 68 Hosni’s predecessor 69 Beatles hit with the line, “Treasure these few words till we’re together” 72 Pelvic bone-related 73 “Search me” 74 Words after lost or gained 76 Bitty biter 77 Smart and 99: Abbr.

78 Bordeaux block?

79 1972 video game debut 81 Basketball Hall of Famer Dan 82 Constellation named for a stringed instrument 83 Place to sow one’s oats?

85 Mario franchise company 91 Muscle or bone 92 Wedding path 93 Serenaded 94 Colorful tee 95 Legal memo starter 97 Bypass 99 Old map initials 100 Green Hornet’s sidekick 102 Part of HEW: Abbr.

103 Florentine flower?

104 “Come __!”: “Welcome!”

105 List ender 106 Reel nylon 107 Big petrol seller 108 AAA suggestions 110 They may decide some close games, briefly 112 Fond du __, Wisconsin 113 Dockworkers’ org.

52 Bring up 55 22-year-old Stanford graduate who became a pro golfer more than six years ago 59 Adorned with sequins 60 Church hall shout 61 Tonsillitis M.D. Crossword answers: page 20

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Life after 60

By Peggy Henderson

Procrastination is in the eye of the beholder Lately I have begun to worry that I am a bona fide procrastinator. A habitual schemer who postpones writing this column until hours before the deadline.

It’s strange, because in my daily life I’m anything but a put-offer. To the contrary, I’m a list-driven taskmaster who wishes to loosen up a bit and relax like a contented, lazy cat snoozing in my shade garden.

It just so happens that I’ve just completed a self-help book, “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg, that landed on the New York Times bestseller list.

Duhigg explains how to turn a negative habit into a positive one by introducing his “habit loop.”

Running the risk of sounding evangelistic, I admit that I am flagrantly spreading the news regarding Duhigg’s habit loop. It’s a keeper for my reference shelf.

The loop uses three factors: cue, routine and reward.

For example: I want to stop eating ice cream before I go to bed at night (bad habit description). To manage this, I must recognize the cue, routine and reward involved, which are as follows: Cue: the craving begins when I wash my face before going to bed.

Routine: eat ice cream and turn off downstairs lights.

Reward: sweet ending of an OK or not OK day.

The secret is to recognize the brain cue and change the routine action with an equally satisfying reward. The cues and rewards stay the same. It’s up to the

game-changer to play by the new routine rules.

Obviously in this ice cream escapism, the deal is to replace the downstairs delight with something as rewarding upstairs. The choice remains with the escapist.

Duhigg emphasizes that the “cue, routine, reward” loop has been clinically proven by neuroscientists. Our brains can be reprogrammed. Habit-reversal therapy includes a questionnaire that asks the willing client/patient: What is the reward you’re seeking to satisfy?

Your hunger, anger, depression? Perhaps it’s a controlling nature or just plain boredom.

Besides being an obstinate procrastinator, I am impatient. I want my wishes wrapped up with no loose ends by nightfall. Out of curiosity, I Googled the “21 Days To Form a Habit” website. I know from experience that it takes more than 21 days to break a darker habit than vanilla ice cream dipping, but the principle is the equivalent. The gist of the 21-day plan is to change or create a new habit.

It is as follows.

1. Commitment 2. “I want,” not “I might”.

3. Write and post the challenge and the reason for the change.

The first two weeks into the new routine (don’t forget to reward yourself), the new activity starts to tickle your brain neuron pathways. Your perception becomes attuned with the newborn routine. A fresh feeling of change and accomplishment lightens your steps. In

21 days and after, if you aren’t successful, you’re still a winner. You know the routine and the rewards; just begin again and believe in yourself.

As for this player of the waiting game, I now understand what propels me to knowingly delay my writing task. Many authors have written about writer’s block, fear of failure, rationalizations of time issues, and of course the curse of all curses, no motivation.

This week I have experienced an epiphany. The reason I subconsciously – and now consciously – wait until the day before my deadline is that I clear the decks for just me and my tool of hyperfocus. I close my office door and the rest of the world disappears. It’s the spark that lights up the right side of my brain.

I crave (cue) the race to put sentences together, the (routine) of hovering over the keyboard and the reward of clicking the “send” key.

I relish living on the edge. I dare myself not to fail and savor the rush of success. Facing a blank screen is the same thing as an artist staring at an empty canvas. Creation is the ultimate in private drama.

Good wishes. Carry your good and bad habits with you in optimistic faith and go float your own boat. Sink or swim, but do the rowing your own way.

Contact Peggy Henderson at peg4745@aol.com.

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