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Dr. Jason McCreary, Greenville County Schools’ director of accountability and quality assurance, on the OnTrack Grenville early-intervention program.

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“I’m a lifelong Democrat and have never voted for Haley, but I’m not so partisan that I cannot see that her story is a major asset we should use to the fullest.”

Phil Noble, Charleston businessman and president of the SC New Democrats, on Republican Gov. Nikki Haley.

“Twenty-five years is a long time, and there are still great changes and great efforts that need to be made to make our country an accessible place.”

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$15 million early intervention program aims to keep students on track to graduation CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Many students who don’t graduate from high school actually take the first steps toward dropping out in middle school.

OnTrack Greenville, an initiative that could total $15 million over five years, will utilize real-time data to identify students in four schools who show signs they’re disengaging from school – their grades start to slip, they stop turning in homework, they start getting in trouble or they come to school late or not at all.

OnTrack Greenville begins June 15 and targets schools in the White Horse Road corridor – Berea, Lakeview and Tanglewood middle schools and Greenville Early College, a program for underachieving middle and high school students from low-income families.

At the first signs of trouble, a team of educators and community experts will try to identify the root cause and get the students and their families the help they need. Five organizations have been chosen to implement programs with proven track records at the four schools.

“We’re not waiting six or nine weeks until the progress report comes out,” said Dr. Jason McCreary, Greenville County Schools’ director of accountability and quality assurance. “By then, it’s too late.”

The programs are: • BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) will provide a six-week summer program for 220 academically struggling rising sixth-graders. Students in

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Middle schools involved in a new Early Warning and Response System to identify students disengaging from school.

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Sub-grantees receiving money from the United Way of Greenville County to offer services through OnTrack Greenville.

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Percent of middle school students in the White Horse Road area chronically absent from school (missed 18 days or more).

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Percentage of students in those schools who received out-of-school suspension.

Percentage of middle school students in those schools that did not meet state math standards.

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the program average academic gains of 2-3 months instead of losing ground during the summer.

• Communities in Schools will provide a coordinator for each grade level at each middle school. Communities in Schools provides one-on-one support, home visits, after-school opportunities and other interventions.

• Greenville County Schools will

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“Through OnTrack Greenville, Greenville County’s middle school students, who are at risk of dropping out, will receive the tailored support they need to not only stay in school but to thrive.”

Lois Nembhard, acting director

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hire a mental health specialist and implement a teen leadership class in each school.

• Public Education Partners will provide specialized literacy training for teachers.

• Greenville Health System will start health clinics at each middle school. The clinics will have telemedicine equipment that will allow videoconferencing with GHS physicians.

“It is a proactive, prescriptive approach,” Tanglewood Middle Principal William Price said. Price said the additional resources would stop many of his students from falling through the cracks. “I know with this many people working together, there’s no way we’re not going to see some level of change.”

The United Way of Greenville County received a $3 million federal Social Innovation fund grant for the project. It is matching the grant dollar for dollar. The sub-grantees must also provide matches and the Greenville Partnership for Philanthropy, a group of charitable foundations and companies, is helping them do that.

“The Social Innovation Fund is committed to scaling and building the evidence of innovative, community-based programs,” said Lois Nembhard, acting director. “Through OnTrack Greenville, Greenville County’s middle school students, who are at risk of dropping out, will receive the tailored support they need to not only stay in school but to thrive.”

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BUDGET SURPLUS With an expected budget surplus of $400 million, elected officials are looking for ways to spend the money.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Nikki Haley called on legislators to use the money for tax relief, paying down the debt or fixing the crumbling roads system.

Haley said, “What I will tell you is that our state didn’t get to this point by just throwing money out – we got here by being smart. And what I will also tell you is that I strongly believe this won’t be the only year we have this much new money.”

South Carolina Radio Network reported that House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford (D-Columbia) said while he supports putting money toward roads, he also would like more money going to education and law enforcement.

Rutherford DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Rutherford delayed final passage of the bill that would create harsher penalties for persons convicted of domestic violence. According to the Post and Courier, he objected to the Senate’s removal of requiring immediate psychological assessments for batterers and victims. He was reported to not have enough votes to further delay passage. The House was expected to vote on the legislation Thursday and send the bill to Haley for a signature.

ABORTION The Senate passed a bill Wednesday that bans abortions after 19 weeks and sent the legislation back to the House.

Sen. Lee Bright (R-Spartanburg) filibustered the legislation last week before senators voted 24-21 for cloture.

He said he didn’t approve of added exceptions that would grant abor- Bright tions for rape and incest. Bright said Wednesday that House leaders told him that those exceptions would be removed.

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The myth of The Lost Cause No more whispers about mental illness IN MY OWN WORDS

by Phil Noble

Over 60 percent of us who live in South Carolina today were born here.

We grew up imbibing the history, heritage and myths of the South – the strongest of which is the myth of The Lost Cause.

If we look across history, we see that these creations of national/cultural myths are not unique to our South, and they often arise out of military defeats.

Much of Upstate South Carolina was settled by Scots-Irish who fled from Scotland to Ireland and then to the New World. The Scots created their own national myths based on the lore of the fight and plight of Bonnie Prince Charles and the uprising of the Jacobites in 1745. Out of this defeat, Sir Walter Scott and other romantics created many of the popular legends of Scotland – right down to the modern representation of family-name clans with kilts of distinctive plaids. Much of this is myth, as traditionally Scots used whatever plaid that took their fancy – but it’s a harmless myth.

An evil example of national myths came after World War I. Adolf Hitler propagated the myth of the Jews stabbing Germany in the back and causing the humiliation of Germany’s defeat in World War I, which led directly to the genocide of the Jews and untold atrocities against millions of others.

The myth of the Old South has shaped huge parts of South Carolina’s culture and politics. A component of this culture is a suspicion, often leading into hostility, towards “outsider” (a.k.a. Yankee) ideas, institutions and people. The great irony is that these outsiders are largely responsible for much of the economic vitality that exists today.

After World War II, Sen. Strom Thurmond, Rep. Mendel Rivers and oth-

ers used their seniority in Congress to pump billions of dollars into the state’s economy via military installations – while at the same time casting the federal government as The Great Satan, just one step this side of Gen. Sherman’s invading army.

And in the next generation it was not just Yankee money from non-Southern business investments that were South Carolina’s lifeblood, but foreign investments – from Michelin, BMW, GITI, Continental and now Volvo – that have pumped billions of dollars into our economy and created hundreds of thousands of jobs, making our state a leader in per capita foreign investment.

The current face of South Carolina, Gov. Nikki Haley, is the antithesis of the South as the domain of the goodole-boy-style Governor Bubba. She is young, telegenic and of Indian descent.

I’m a lifelong Democrat and have never voted for Haley, but I’m not so partisan that I cannot see that her story is a major asset we should use to the fullest.

She should use the years left in her term to travel the world and tell South Carolina’s story, not just to pursue new businesses and investment, but to build global partnerships – think sister city programs as a model.

The future of South Carolina is global. We need a governor who understands this, and will work to build the relationships to make it happen.

Phil Noble is a Charleston businessman and president of the SC New Democrats, an independent reform group started by former Gov. Richard Riley Noble to bring big change and real reform. Contact him at phil@scnewdemocrats.org.

IN MY OWN WORDS

by Robin Applewhite “In·ter·ven·tion: the act or fact or a method of interfering with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning).”

In 1958, when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, her disease wasn’t discussed, but there was no fault or personal responsibility assigned for unwillingly acquiring a potentially fatal, but treatable, disease.

As a 7-year old, I understood that my mother had a serious disease. I also was at high risk for cancer, as my maternal grandmother lost her life to cancer and my mother had two separate occurrences. Fortunately, I fought and won my battle with breast cancer. Early intervention, appropriate diagnosis and aggressive treatment saved my life and I am now celebrating 11 years cancer-free.

I was also at high risk for a mental health disease. My paternal grandmother took her life and my father suffered his entire adult life impaired by a serious mental health disease. The shame and stigma of my grandmother’s suicide and my father’s disruptive, bizarre and at times threatening behavior on his rare cross-country visits was embarrassing and difficult to understand.

Unfortunately, although at high risk for a mental health disease, I received no treatment as a child and was misdiagnosed and improperly medicated as an adult. Although the average age of onset for bipolar disorder is between the ages of 16 and 25, when I was finally diagnosed at age 62, I was already in crisis and the disease had progressed to a level comparable to stage-four cancer.

I inherited genetic predispositions for two very serious life-threatening diseases from both parents – both very different but treatable.

Statistics support the likelihood that early intervention saved my life and that my cancer is now in remission. Early intervention couldn’t have changed the reality of a genetic inheritance of a mental illness, but proper diagnosis and treatment would have interfered with the outcome of my condition. The humiliating, confusing and destabilizing episodes of depression and mania that plagued my life could have been avoided.

Highlighting our nation’s critical mental health issue in May, National Mental Health Awareness Month is a time for people to come together and show the passion and strength of those working to improve the lives of one in four Americans living with mental illnesses.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Greenville is hosting its 13th Annual NAMIWalks, the largest mental health and fundraising event in the U.S., on May 30. You can join the NAMI Greenville movement at namigreenvillesc.org/ walks to register, join a team or make a donation to raise awareness and fund free support and education programs.

Today there is no reason for guilt, shame and stigma, or to speak about mental illness in the whispers of my childhood. NAMIWalks is a celebration of hope and recovery, and your support can change minds one step at a time.

Robin Applewhite is a retired marketing communications and fund development professional and volunteer grant writer and fundraiser Applewhite for NAMI Greenville. Contact her at robin@ namigreenvillesc.org.

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Tightening the safety net Homeless service agency coalition sets priorities in white paper APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Though multiple Greenville area agencies have collaborated for years to tackle pieces of the complex issue of homelessness, they say more work remains to be done. A coalition of nonprofits and agencies that serve the homeless drafted six key priorities in a recent white paper.

Temporary shelters are nearly meeting the need, but permanent housing and a coordinator to organize resources and work with local leaders are necessary, the coalition said. Other priorities include more shelter space for entire families, single-room occupancy units, permanent supportive housing and medical respite beds.

Never before has the coalition arrived at a fixed set of priorities, said Reid Lehman, executive director of Miracle Hill Ministries, coalition member and coauthor of the paper. “There was remarkable agreement on it,” he said.

KEY PRIORITIES

The top priority, in Lehman’s opinion, is the homeless coordinator, a neutral position that would be based with either the city or county. This person would plan for current and long-term needs and bring together key leaders, according to the white paper. The position could be jointly funded by the city and county.

“If that leadership is in place, I feel that this [movement] will happen,” said Lehman of hiring a coordinator.

Working to address long-term needs for the homeless population will also reduce the cost to everyone, according to the paper. The chronically homeless are often cared for through emergency room visits, jail or prison, agency crisis services or hospitalizations. Cost for housing an inmate in South Carolina annually was approximately $17,300, according to the Department of Corrections, and an emergency room visit is an average of more than $2,000, according to the report.

Housing beyond a shelter is needed.

Because there are few permanent housing locations for people transitioning from temporary shelters, they may land in places like motels where there is not a supportive environment free of drugs or alcohol, said Lehman.

Addressing issues that affect more than the homeless population can also help, according to the coalition. Improved public transportation, specifically longer routes, better hours and more frequent buses, can help the newly housed to get to and from work.

Homeless service agencies encounter a rising number of people with mental illness, said Lehman, and increasing the funding for the state mental health system could provide intervention, treatment and supportive housing. Transitional housing for recently released prisoners and ABC vouchers for child care would also remove some of the barriers encountered by the homeless.

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HOW TO HELP

In addition to encouraging elected officials to expand public transportation and increase funding for mental health services, residents can support an established agency that has learned how to address the problems very efficiently, said Lehman.

When a group of people was living under the Pete Hollis Bridge in Greenville in late 2013, well-meaning donors brought donations and the population of the encampment – known as Tent City – swelled to nearly 100 because others learned about the local residents’ generosity.

“When people gave at Tent City, it exploded the problem,” said Lehman. He encourages those interested in helping to volunteer with one of the established local agencies.

Homeless agency priorities 35 permanent housing units with supportive services for mentally ill and other vulnerable adults.

A strong leader not aligned with any one agency, to be hired by a city/county collaborative, to focus communitywide efforts upon the issue.

A 15-family shelter that will allow homeless families to remain intact.

TD Saturday Market Sat., May 30 • 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Downtown Greenville Children are invited to visit GHS’ Spuds & Sprouts booth to learn how to identify and plant seeds.

Cancer Survivors Day Sun., June 7 • 2-3:30 p.m. • Embassy Suites Cancer survivors and their family members are invited to attend a celebration of life in honor of National Cancer Survivors Day®. The event includes entertainment, exhibits and light refreshments. Free; registration required.

Splash n’ Dash Sat., June 20 • Caine Halter YMCA This event for kids ages 3-16 includes a pool swim followed by a cross-country run. Fee: $15. To register, visit ghs.org/splashndash.

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25 units in the Housing First model for the chronically homeless.

50 or more low-cost, single-room occupancy beds in an alcohol- and drugfree environment.

At least 15 medical respite beds for the homeless.

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‘There is so much we can do’ Martha Childress comes home to speak at Greenville ADA 25-year event APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com University of South Carolina student Martha Childress’ life was altered in the fall of 2013 when she was struck by a bullet in Columbia’s Five Points while waiting for a taxi. After recovery and physical therapy, her injuries made her a wheel-

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I’m going to park. I have to chair user. Childress reput more thought and efturned to school in 2014 and fort into things that I do now began speaking about her than I ever did before.” experience and how changes Accessibility gaps for those can make a difference for with disabilities are not only those with disabilities. in the Upstate, said ChilMartha Childress will dress; she encounters issues share her message in Greenin Columbia and spots she ville on June 5 as the keynote visits on vacation. “Accesspeaker at an Americans sibility is an issue that most with Disabilities Act (ADA) places have,” she said.

25th Anniversary CelebraChildress cites parking action sponsored by advocacy cess as a challenge for her group Greenville CAN. and others. “People don’t “The message I want to think about the small things bring is one of awareness for like where there’s a handiaccessibility in our town,” capped parking space, but no said Childress, who is from curb cut so people can get to Simpsonville and loves to their car – just small things visit Greenville. “There is so like that,” she said. “What is much we can do to make offered is not adequate and our city more accessible and doesn’t serve those with disfriendly for everyone and USC student Martha Childress helped to organize a wheelchair tennis event at abilities like they should.” more inclusive.”

Adjusting to her new life- the school in April.

In addition to Childress’ style has been challenging in address, advocates Sandy many respects, said Childress, who add- on another dimension, she said. “I have Hanebrink of Touch the Future and Rued that she pursues a sense of normalcy. to think more about how I get places and ben Alvarez of David’s Table will speak Planning how she gets around has taken the route I’m going to take, and where at the event that will feature a com-

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munity resource fair showcasing local organizations that provide services to those with disabilities. Greenville Mayor Pro Tem David Sudduth and Greenville County Councilman Joe Dill are slated to speak. The ADA Legacy Tour Bus will also make a stop in Greenville for the event. The bus houses an exhibit of milestones in disability rights and is traveling throughout the country this year.

The 25th anniversary, which makes the ADA older than Martha Childress, is an important one to be marked, and more progress can be made, she said.

“This is a big anniversary for ADA and accessibility,” Childress said. “Twenty-five years is a long time, and there are still great changes and great efforts that need to be made to make our country an accessible place.

I would like to encourage people to focus on the time we’ve had… we have made small differences in 25 years, but we can do so much more to make our country, our cities and our homes more accessible and inclusive for people.”

From left to right, Martha Childress, Martha’s brother, Workman Childress, and mother, Pam Childress.

“Twenty-five years is a long time, and there are still great changes and great efforts that need to be made to make our country an accessible place.”

Martha Childress

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What’s Right in Health Care GHS Oncologist Receives Leadership Award Larry Gluck, MD, medical director of GHS’ Cancer Institute, received the Founders Award for Leadership from Cancer Support Community, the largest nonprofit provider of psychosocial services to cancer survivors in the country. Dr. Gluck was honored for his work to establish the Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship at GHS, which includes a firstin-nation partnership with Cancer Support Community to offer social and emotional support to patients in a hospital setting.

Partnership Expands Access to CenteringPregnancy Program GHS, Greenville First Steps and the YMCA of Greenville have partnered together to make child care available to second-time moms participating in GHS’ CenteringPregnancy Program. GHS is providing space for the child care center, and Greenville First Steps is providing funding for two trained staff members from the YMCA of Greenville’s child care program.

CenteringPregnancy offers prenatal care, education and support to expectant mothers in a group setting. To learn more, visit ghswomens.org/ centering-pregnancy.

Oconee and Greenville County EMS Receive Award Oconee EMS and Greenville County EMS received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Award for implementing quality improvement measures to treat patients who experience severe heart attacks.

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Greer looks down the road to 2030 City’s master plan anticipates “explosion of growth” in next 15 years ROBBIE WARD | STAFF

rward@communityjournals.com Greer community, business and government leaders gathered this week for the unveiling of the city’s master plan for the next 15 years, an effort to encourage growth toward sustainability, attractiveness and emphasis on further development.

A gathering at the Cannon Centre Thursday featured a formal presentation of the Greer Community Master Plan, along with a celebration of what the future could hold. It blends priorities with emphasis on growing smaller areas within the city: downtown, Wade Hampton and south Highway 14 and Highway 101 corridors.

The process resulting in the 2015 Greer

“There’s a sense in this community that we’re set to have an explosion of growth.”

Brian Martin, chairman of the Partnership for Tomorrow

master plan involved more than a year of meetings with residents, business owners, employers, city officials and others to identify the most important priorities to enhance the growing community. Designconsulting firm Kimley-Horn and Associates, the lead consultant for the plan, facilitated the long-term planning project.

The 131-page document provides a detailed snapshot of a city shared between Greenville and Spartanburg counties. The

effort is the product of the Partnership for Tomorrow, a public-private partnership of business, community and government leaders that commissioned the first city master plan in 1999.

PFT formed a broad oversight committee that helped planning consultants explain the vibrant, family-oriented community with a wealth of desirable jobs. The master plan focuses in general on three categories: transportation, parks and open space, and arts and culture.

“Now we’re ready to move forward for the next 15 years,” said Greer City Administrator Ed Driggers.

By many standards, Greer has resources other communities throughout the country would envy. Estimated at 27,167 residents in 2013, the city includes the region’s BMW manufacturing facility, and other industrial assets. It also has an existing blend of downtown venues, gatherings and cultural events that has encouraged many who work in the area to also call it home.

Efforts for planning centered around the priorities of creating healthy neighborhoods, promoting downtown, enhancing transportation options, protecting the environment and growing the local economy.

A top concern, the plan addresses anticipated transportation needs related to anticipated growth reaching upwards of 100,000 residents by 2030. Along with

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including connecting locations for anticipated public transportation in the city, the plan also looks at routes for cycling and walking. Because Greer is a high-traffic area, community members voiced concern for unruly congestion as the population grows.

“Transportation is the place where if you give people a positive experience as they travel through the city, you’re going

to solve a lot of the problem,” said Jonathan Whitehurst, a senior planner at KimleyHorn and Associates.

Greer Mayor Rick Danner said the plan’s depth and range happened in large part thanks to community engagement throughout the lengthy process.

“The number of people who have been engaged in this has been tremendous,” he said.

Greer resident Brian Martin, an attorney and current chairman of PFT, said the plan has helped many residents see the value of using strategic planning to create an even more desirable community in the next few decades.

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Councilors, opponents prepare for primaries ROBBIE WARD | STAFF

rward@communityjournals.com At least one Greenville City Council incumbent will face a primary opponent as the Monday deadline nears to seek local office.

Councilwoman-at-large Susan Reynolds will face engineer and businessman George Fletcher in the GOP primary set for Aug. 11.

Potential candidates have until noon Monday to file paperwork with Greenville County Republican, Democratic or other political parties. Candidates can also seek to appear on the general election ballot by filing a petition to the Greenville Election Commission.

Incumbents Mayor Knox White and City Council members Amy Doyle of District 1 and Jil Littlejohn of District 3 will each seek reelection to fouryear terms. Littlejohn will run as a Democrat, while the others seek the Republican Party nomination.

Greenville Commissioner of Public Works Jim Bannister, a Republican, will also seek another six-year term on the five-member commission.

White has served 19 years in office, while Reynolds and Doyle were elected in 2007, and Littlejohn in 2009.

Other City Council seats will appear on the ballot in 2017.

Candidates have later deadlines to file statements to seek office this year thanks to the council’s decision to reverse an earlier action to hold nonpartisan elections.

Along with statements of intention of candidacy, people interested in seeking local office must pay filing fees – $728.28 for mayor and $449.45 for council. No fee is required for public works commissioner. Candidates must also file statements of economic interest and campaign disclosure forms.

If any office has two candidates who advance to the general election, voters will return to the polls on Nov. 3.

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Archer is accused of exchanging the photographs for pornographic images.

Some of the students identified by investigators are current or former Mauldin High cheerleaders.

Letters were sent to parents of those students who were photographed or videotaped notifying them of closed meetings with law enforcement next week where they will be allowed to review the images, get a briefing about the investigation and ask questions. Parents of current and former Mauldin High cheerleaders were notified by their high school principal.

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Brew in the Zoo is open to adults 21 years and older. A photo ID will be required for entry. There’s no limit to the number of samples of beer provided to guests.

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Pomp and circumstance High school graduations mark the end of one chapter, the beginning of the next CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com By this time next week, thousands of Greenville County high school seniors donning caps and gowns in their school colors have walked or will walk into school gyms, chapels and arenas to the tune of “Pomp and Circumstance” as members of the Class of 2015.

They will walk out as high school graduates.

The parade of graduates started on May 14 when 84 students received their diplomas from Bob Jones Academy. This weekend, several private schools in Greenville County will hold commencement ceremonies. The graduations wrap up when Greenville County Schools holds 14 commencements over three days June 3-5.

Each graduate has his or her own story. They are stories of obstacles and overcoming them, stories of trying times and triumphs.

When Ky Tang came to the U.S. from Vietnam in the summer of 2012, he spoke no English. He will graduate 45th out of 226 in his class at Berea High. He plans to go to Greenville Tech next year and eventually major in business and become a fashion designer.

Other students overcame medical challenges.

J.L. Mann’s Amal Momani was blind at birth. Mauldin High’s Bri Wassinger

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“It’s more of a life celebration.

Her journey is a miracle.

We couldn’t have done it and, according to medicine, medicine couldn’t do it.”

Macy Snyder is Abundant Life’s lone graduate CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

Tim Snyder, Macy’s Father

clandrum@communityjournals.com When the familiar strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” fill the Abundant Life Church sanctuary Saturday, Macy

was born with spina bifida and underwent her first surgery at 18 months.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School senior Jimmy Fountain was born without a left forearm and hand but still played lacrosse, performed in school musicals and plays guitar in a band.

Some, like twins France and Wesley Wavro and Susannah and Mary Bradley Pazdan, went to school with a double.

Both sets of siblings will go to the same college as well, the Pazdans to Furman University and the Wavros to Mississippi State University.

Some left high school with college degrees as well.

Some never missed a day of school.

Some are star athletes, debate champions, award-winning musicians and national writing award winners.

Some will give valedictorian and salutatorian addresses, telling their peers to “do great things, “dream big” and “make the world a better place.”

Others listened as their classmates told them to be proud of their accomplishments, to remember the good times they had and to reach for the stars.

Some will go off to college. Others will go off to war. Still others will go off to work.

Snyder will walk alone.

Snyder is the lone graduate of Abundant Life Christian School.

It’s a walk doctors didn’t expect her

to make.

Snyder was born with tetralogy of fallot, a combination of four related heart defects – a hole between the right and

Graduating through the generations GREG BECKNER | STAFF

gbeckner@communityjournals.com Seventy-three years ago, a girl in western Pennsylvania graduated as the valedictorian of her class. This week her granddaughter will lead her class as the valedictorian of Hart County High School.

The girl from the class of 1942 was my mother, Mary Elizabeth Maple; my daughter, Autumn Elizabeth Beckner, will be wearing the high school ring her grandmother wore 73 years ago, as she has every day since she inherited it two years ago.

As a photojournalist I’ve seen my share of commencement exerAUTUMN BECKNER cises, from kindergarten to college and every school in between. Though I seldom know the graduates personally I am always filled with pride for them, for what they have accomplished.

This week I will find myself in the audience watching as my daughter graduates instead of photographing the graduates on the field. And while my mother will not be there to see Autumn address her class, a part of her will be on stage with her granddaughter, inspiring her to excel as she always has. left ventricles, an enlarged aortic valve, pulmonary stenosis and right ventricular hypertrophy.

Doctors told Snyder’s parents, Tim and Lisa Snyder, she probably wouldn’t make it and, if she did, “she wouldn’t ever do anything.”

“It’s huge for us,” Lisa Snyder said of her daughter’s graduation. “It’s a miracle for us.”

Her father said Saturday’s celebration would be more than a graduation.

“It’s more of a life celebration,” he said. “Her journey is a miracle. We couldn’t have done it and, according to medicine, medicine couldn’t do it.”

Snyder had open-heart surgery when SNYDER continued on PAGE 15

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she was 7 months old.

Snyder attended Duncan Chapel and Heritage elementary schools and Northwest Middle School. But the Snyders, whose son, Marshall, attended and graduated from Travelers Rest High, knew public high school wasn’t for their daughter.

“I was PTSA president at the high school for four years and we were familiar with the large classes and the environment,” Tim Snyder said. “We knew with Macy’s unique learning style, that she needed a place where she could thrive. It

worked out wonderfully. They know her [at Abundant Life], not just her name.”

Snyder was one of six students in her class as a freshman. She was the only one in her class beginning in the 11th grade.

“I liked being the only one,” she said.

“I got a lot of one-on-one help. At first it was kind of weird until I got used to it.

But it was pretty cool because I got more help than I would have if there had been 50 or 100 or 20 or 18. They want you to learn. I learned more than I would have if I had been in public school, probably.”

Abundant Life Christian School had 18 high school students this year.

“I got a lot of one-on-one help. At first it was kind of weird until I got used to it. But it was pretty cool because I got more help than I would have if there had been 50 or 100 or 20 or 18.”

Macy Snyder

“I still got to see my friends because we combined with other grades,” she said.

“I might have been the only one in my class, but I still had friends here.”

She said being the whole Class of 2015 made it easier to plan her senior trip.

Snyder wants to attend North Green-

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She said she told her mother not to cry at Saturday’s ceremony but knows she will anyway.

“She’s been crying for weeks,” Snyder said.

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ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Citadel Cadet Brandon Bohrn of Simpsonville was named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2015-16 academic year. Bohrn will teach English to students at a high school in North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany.

Sevier Middle School students were recognized in the Greenville County Juried Middle School Art Show. Participants Claire Babetz, Caroline Stover, Hunter Jackson and Momoko Schmidt were honored.

Dr. Mac Arnold spoke to Legacy Charter students about the music industry and music-related career options. Arnold’s band, Plate Full O’ Blues, also participated.

Shannon Forest Christian School’s Lower School teachers and staff recently surprised students with a “Frozen” flash mob during lunch. The video reached more than 13,000 people and to date has logged over 5,200 views on Facebook.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School seniors Christopher Baumgarten and Keyes Gilmer were selected to represent South Carolina Youth in Government (YIG) at the 2015 National Judicial Competition (NJC) July 28-31. Baumgarten and Gilmer are two of only six students selected from South Carolina and the first from St. Joseph’s to be part of this competition.

Washington Center is the recent recipient of numerous donations, grants and awards. The Klaver Klub, a sorority representing Beck and Hughes Middle Schools, donated $5,000 toward PTA initiatives. The Knights of Columbus funded physical therapy equipment through awarding the Hope Grant. Washington Center also received a Golden Achievement Award from the SC chapter of the National School Public Relations Association.

Pictured from left: Ross McClain (Furman University professor), Emily McPeters (Furman undergraduate), Tami McKnew (Smith Moore Leatherwood attorney) and Tod Hyche (Smith Moore Leatherwood partnerin-charge)

Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP selected Emily McPeters, a Furman undergraduate, as the winner of the firm’s juried art competition. The winning piece will become part of Smith Moore Leatherwood’s permanent collection.

All Ellen Woodside students received 12 free books during the recent Free Book Fair.

The books were provided by Public Education Partners to encourage students to read during the summer.

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COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS

United Way of Greenville County presented its 2015 Spirit Awards to four community leaders and organizations committed to making a difference. Minor Shaw, president of Micco LLC and chair of the Daniel-Mickel Foundation, received the Spirit Award for Community Leadership. Greenville County Schools received the Spirit Award for Organizational Leadership for its work, both inside and outside of the classroom. The Community Foundation of Greenville and Hollingsworth Funds received the Spirit Award for Philanthropic Leadership for their commitment to working collaboratively and strategic investments in long-term community change.

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The Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands is accepting nominations for its inaugural Women of

Distinction recognition and fundraising event. The organization asks community members to help identify women

who exemplify excellence, both through their professional achievements and civic engagement. Nominees must work or reside within Greenville County but do not have to be former Girl Scouts. The deadline for submissions is July 15. The Women of Distinction event will be held on September 10, 6-8 p.m., at CU-ICAR. For nomination and ticket information, visit gssc-mm.org/support/events.aspx.

The Junior League of Greenville recently announced its 2015 Membership Award recipients. Three awards are presented annually to members of the League who demonstrate above-and-beyond service to the Junior League of Greenville and to the Greenville community. The Jane Cardwell Hughes Sustainer of the Year Award was presented to Kim Williams for outstanding dedication and service. Abbigail

Harden received the Frances Pearce Steele Provisional of the Year Award for going above and beyond provisional requirements. The Helen Horton Hunt Active of the Year Award went to Kristen Maurer for outstanding volunteer service.

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System announced that it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. The Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers is awarded for a two-year period to TJCaccredited acute care hospitals.

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Wal-Mart and the Wal-Mart Foundation announced they gave more than $1.47 billion in cash and in-kind contributions to support extensive social and environmental work in the last fiscal year. In South Carolina, more than $31 million was donated to Senior Resources Inc., The Salvation Army of the Midlands, Golden Harvest Food Bank, Meals on Wheels of Greenville County, Children’s Attention Home of Rock Hill and Charleston’s Center for Women.

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Apartment Investment and Management Company’s (Aimco) Greenville team members focused on giving back to those in need during the recent national Aimco Cares Community Service Week. The Greenville team was one of the largest Aimco offices to achieve 100-percent participation in volunteer activities in 2014. Projects included preparing meals for Meals on Wheels, volunteering at North Greenville Crisis Ministry, landscaping at Shriner’s Hospital, cleaning at A Child’s Haven and fundraisers for Ronald McDonald House.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate announced that Mauldin High School junior Makayla Green has been awarded Mauldin High School Big of the Year for 2015 and received a $500 scholarship. Green was nominated by her Little Sister, first grader Rayna Curtis of Bethel Elementary. Makayla Green participated in Kelly Keeler’s service learning class where she designated one hour a week to mentoring and spending time with Curtis. For the past 15 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate has partnered with Mauldin High School to provide mentors to surrounding elementary schools.

A Housing Fair for Veterans will be hosted by Greenville Housing Authority, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center/ Greenville Outpatient Center, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Alston Wilkes Society on June 9, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the TD Convention Center, 1 Exposition Drive, Greenville. A light lunch will be served for veterans from 11:30 a.m. until noon. This housing fair is designed to connect homeless veterans to the VASH-Rental Assistance Program, Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) and other resources they may access throughout the Greenville community. Visit tgha.net for more information.

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From the centuries-old kimonos and origami to Shinto shrines and Jizo statues to modern karaoke machines and robots and kawaii outfits and playful mascots, Tokyo balances the old and new.

“Hello from Japan!” is a new interactive exhibit that opens at the Children’s Museum of the Upstate Saturday.

The traveling exhibit was created by the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and is part of the Freeman Foundation Asian Culture Exhibit Series, funded by the Freeman Foundation and administered by the Association of Children’s Museums.

The exhibit transports visitors to two distinct areas of Tokyo: Kawaii Central is inspired by the Harajuku district, bursting with color, trendy shops and cute kawaii style, and the Shinto shrine park where children may explore Japanese traditions.

On Saturday, members of the Japan American Association of South Carolina will help children create origami and learn to write their name using Japanese

View more photos of the “Hello from Japan!” exhibit online at GreenvilleJournal.com.

• Al:Love, a fine art exhibit featuring the work of local Japanese artists Moon and Yuri Tsuzuki.

• “Hello from Japan!” summer camp on June 22 through June 26.

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From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., children will be able to make Japanese art.

“Visitors will have a chance to learn more about Japanese cultural traditions and try some of the traditional crafts themselves,” said Jessica Hayes, program manager.

Several programs are scheduled throughout the exhibit, which runs through Sept. 7.

They include: • Drawing workshops by one of Japan’s most celebrated illustrators, Aya Kakeda.

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• Daily Famishibai storytelling.

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The Family Effect recently held its sixth annual Transformation Breakfast at the TD Convention Center. A record 900 guests attended, and the event had record sponsorship support. The Family Effect works to reduce addiction as a leading cause of family collapse and harm to children in Upstate South Carolina.

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Gary Davis from Greenville’s Green Ribbon Advisory Committee shows what the electric cord for a home charging station looks like next to the new Level III charger cord recently installed at the Richardson Street Garage. The DC Fast Charger, which rapidly charges electric vehicles (EVs) with direct-current electricity, is the fastest charger available. The charger was installed through the Nissan EV Advantage Program, which donates equipment and services to eligible site hosts throughout the country to subsidize the cost to install the chargers.

The Doodle Trail opened on Saturday, May 23, connecting the towns of Easley a Pickens. The paved trail follows the former Doodle Line for just over 8 miles and two bridges along the trail. The trail is open seven days per week, dawn to dus

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Boy Scouts salute the flag as it is raised over Veterans Corner in Simpsonville during a special Memorial Day ceremony.

Young ladies have their photograph made at Veterans Corner in Simpsonville after the Memorial Day Ceremony.

Recently The Greenville Drive, along with the Greenville Humane Society, hosted Bark in the Park. During the event General Electric made a donation of $25,000 to the Greenville Humane Society. Fans who bought tickets for the game in sections 116-119 were given a ticket for their dogs as well if they wished to bring one.

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Employees at Verizon’s regional headquarters laced up and jockeyed for position while running 2K and 5K courses along the winding roads inside Brookfield Business Park off Butler Road. Each May, Verizon gives its Greenville employees paid time off to participate in Rule the Road, part of Verizon’s commitment to employee wellness. At this year’s event, employees took part in a canned food drive for Harvest Hope Food Bank’s Back Pack Program, which offers easy-to-open, nutritious meals to kids in need while school is out for summer.

Greenville’s Nathanael Greene Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held a special service honoring Vietnam-era veterans at the Cleveland Park Vietnam Memorial over the Memorial Day weekend. Honoree Petty Officer 2nd Class William Brightman – pictured with his trained canine, Beau – helps supply service dogs to needy veterans.

In red is Kathy Gerwig, regent of the Nathanael Green Chapter.

Greer Mayor Rick Danner proclaimed May 20 as Jerry Carson Day in honor of Jerry Carson, center, a maintenance man at senior living community Manning Place. Carson recently won a Hero Award from the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA).

Kids line up for part of the third annual Take Flight 5K at the Greenville Downtown Airport. The event raised money to help complete Runway Park at the Greenville Downtown Airport.

Photo taken in front of the St. Francis Cancer Center, Millennium Campus, after a recent storm with the statue of Christ facing the rainbow.

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Swannoanoa Chamber Music Festival coming to Greenville this summer CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Some world-class chamber musicians will perform in Greenville this summer as part of an expanded Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival.

The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival is one of the oldest music festivals in the United States and will hold concerts at the Fine Arts Center on Mondays from July 6 through Aug. 3.

“Greenville offers an additional locale of atmospheric excellence,” said Inessa Zaretsky, the music festival’s director. “We’ve always wanted to perform there, and through the help of new friends and partners, we are excited to have secured the perfect venue – the beautiful Fine Arts Center.”

The festival also holds concerts at the Kittredge Theatre on the Warren Wilson College campus in Swannanoa, N.C., and the Haywood Arts Theatre in Waynesville, N.C. The expansion of the festival, which was founded in 1970, was made possible through a grant from the Elbert W. Rogers Foundation.

“The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival has been a beacon of artistic and musical excellence for 45 years,” said Beth Lee, the foundation’s president.

So you know

Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival WHEN: July 6, July 13, July 20, July 27 and Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Fine Arts Center TICKETS: $25 each or $100 for season tickets. To purchase season tickets, go to bit.ly/swannanoa-chamber. Tickets to individual concerts go on sale June 15.

INFORMATION: scm-festival.com

“Greenville is a natural place for its expansion and the Fine Arts Center is the perfect venue.”

This year’s lineup of artists includes Zaretsky, who is a pianist and composer as well as the director of the festival.

The lineup also includes The Enso String Quartet, the Philadelphia-based Jasper String Quartet and 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist Vadym Kholodenko.

Also in the lineup are flutist George Pope, bassoonist Lynn Hileman, oboist Cynthia Watson, and bassist Philip Alejo, oboist Keve Wilson and clarinetist David Bell.

LOOK WHERE A MASTERWORK ON THE PLAZA “Americana,” the Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s last Masterworks concert of the 2014-15 season, was simulcast live on the Peace Center Plaza.

The simulcast was free and people were permitted to stay as long as they liked.

“This simulcast is our way of saying thank you to the City of Greenville for supporting the GSO and the performing arts as well as offering to those who have never seen the GSO the opportunity to experience live symphonic

music,” said Sherwood Mobley, the GSO’s executive director.

Season tickets for the GSO’s 2015-16 season are on sale now at greenvillesymphony.org.

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14 bands take stage at Heylook Festival VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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At this year’s daylong Heylook Music Festival, put together by Wes Gilliam, the talent booker for Greenville’s Radio Room venue, the most eye-catching name on the bill is Islander. The Greenville quartet, who combine elements of nu-metal, rap, harcore and alternative rock, are headlining the 14-band, twostage festival after a long stint on the road supporting their 2014 Victory Records release, “Violence & Destruction.”

That album has spawned two rock radio hits with “Coconut Dracula” and “New Wave,” and the band, led by vocalist and songwriter Mikey Carvajal, has spent much of the last year playing with Emmure, Ill Nino, Wretched, Otherwise, Non Point, Papa Roach and Seether. And they’re scheduled to play several national festivals this summer, including Carolina Rebellion and Rock on the Range.

Carvajal says that, despite the band’s busy schedule, they were happy to make time for the Heylook Festival, for a couple of reasons. “We’ve always enjoyed playing in our hometown,” he says. “And

since we’re barely there anymore, it means even more when we do come home. But another thing is that we support what Wes Gilliam’s doing for the scene. He’s one of the few visionaries in Greenville who still wants to introduce people to up-and-coming music, and do something for the community, and we totally support that. So anything he wants to book us for, we’re down.”

Carvajal says that Gilliam’s work Islander with largely independent bands at the Radio Room has been a boon (Brigades) and beyond. Gilliam says that to Greenville’s expanding music scene. choosing the lineup for this year’s festival “He’s been a huge supporter, not only was challenging. “One thing I wanted to of us, but of a lot of up-and-coming do was make sure there was no overlap bands,” Carvajal says. “He doesn’t book from last year,” he says. “I wanted to make bands because of their familiarity or sure I was including acts that I thought where they are in their careers. He looks were great as well as bands that I thought for bands that are thriving and trying to were making important music that perbecome something and he puts a spot- haps people just hadn’t gotten turned on light on them to show people how hard to yet. I also felt a responsibility to showthey’re working. ” case all kinds of different facets of music.

The other bands on the bill for the I definitely wanted to have some diversity, second annual Heylook Festival run the and I think that I accomplished that.” gamut from hip-hop (Floco Torres) to Gilliam says that his relationship power-metal (Colossus) to singer/song- with Thomas Creek Brewery, which is writer (Alex Hunnicutt) to noise-rock acting both as host of the festival and

as a sponsor (alongside Earshot Music, Redhype, the Guitar Center and more), has been vital to keeping Heylook alive for a second edition. “Thomas Creek has been really great to work with,” he says. “I came to them with the idea for the first festival about 18 months ago, and they got it immediately.”

Securing Islander as the headliner for the festival is a bit of a coup for Heylook, and Gilliam says he’s thrilled to have them on board.

“Mikey and the guys have been friends of mine for a while, and I’ve been there to watch a large portion of their journey,” he says. “It’s been a whirlwind ride for them and I’m just happy I could be there as a fan and a friend.”

So you know

Heylook Music Festival WHEN: Saturday, May 30, 2-10 p.m.

WHERE: Thomas Creek Brewery, 2054 Piedmont Highway, Greenville TICKETS: $15 INFORMATION: heylookfestival.com

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SOUND CHECK

WITH VINCENT HARRIS

From Nashville with soul

Sam Lewis owes equal musical debts to R&B and rock ’n’ roll

JIM QUICK AND THE COASTLINE

JULY 10 | $20-$35

With an unmatched stage presence and a chill, grab-me-another-beer vibe, Jim Quick and the Coastline might be the most fun you’ll ever have hanging out by the Reedy River.

ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND

JULY 16 | $35-$45

Get ready to groove with the man behind the pedal steel guitar, Robert Randolph!

He’s bringing the Family Band along for a fun, funk-infused evening by the River.

DAILEY & VINCENT

JULY 30 | $25-$35

Backed by multiple Grammy Award nominations and dubbed as “The Rockstars of Bluegrass,” Dailey & Vincent are bringing a unique, high-energy sound to the TD Stage.

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Nashville singer/songwriter Sam Lewis’ new album, “Waiting On You,” is one of the best releases I’ve heard this year. Lewis and his co-producer, Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers, have created a warm, stripped-down sound that combines Lewis’ road-tested rhythm section with high-wattage guests like Darrell Scott, Will Kimbrough and Mickey Raphael.

The result of their efforts is a near-perfect album for lazing around the house on a sunny Sunday afternoon; it’s reminiscent of the early 1970s Al Green/Willie Mitchell collaborations, or the more soul-drenched Van Morrison albums of the same time period. It’s a fitting mix for Lewis’ vinegar-and-honey vocals, which are just as indebted to vintage R&B as laid-back rock ’n’ roll.

Given the sonic detail present on “Waiting On You,” it’s somewhat surprising to learn how quickly it was recorded.

“We spent 2 ½ days in at Southern Ground studios in Nashville,” Lewis says.

“It was all recorded live.”

It did, however, take a bit of work to get the songs ready for the recording sessions. “There was a good deal of preproduction,” Lewis says. “I actually spent more time on that than I did in the studio. There was a great deal of thought put into the songs before we went into the studio, which allowed us to focus on the performances rather than, ‘What if we try this or that?’ There was spontaneity, but we allowed ourselves to prepare enough to create that spontaneity.”

Lewis, who is playing an in-store show at Greenville’s Horizon Records on Saturday, says that both men had a good idea how they wanted “Waiting On You” to sound, and they knew who they wanted to record it with. “We were both interested in keeping the album as sparse as possible, and we wanted to grow everything out of the rhythm section that I’ve been playing with for the last two years.”

Those musicians, bassist J.T. Cure and drummer Derek Mixon, were intimately familiar with about half of the album’s songs from playing them on the road. “We were all pretty comfortable in these jeans that we’d worn a few times,” Lewis says. “It wasn’t about changing anything; we were just trying to execute the best versions of the songs that we’ve done numerous times.”

Without his touring rhythm section, Lewis says, he wouldn’t have been as confident in how “Waiting On You” was going to turn out. “It was comforting to know that the songs were in the best possible hands, and that they had a history with the material,” he says. “Everyone on the album had a voice, and there was no need to talk about it. We just did it.”

In addition to Lewis and his trusty rhythm section, there are some heavy hitters on the album, and Lewis says he was humbled by the presence of acclaimed players like Scott, Kimbrough and Raphael. “These are people that I listened to for years; people that I knew about long before I moved to Nashville or even thought about playing music for a living,” he says. “So to have them involved was incredible. They say that you’re not supposed to meet your heroes, but these were all top-shelf individuals who happen to be incredibly talented at their craft. And they’re interested in what I’m doing. I just think that’s amazing.”

VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR | vharris@communityjournals.com

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COMMUNITY VOICES SOIL THERAPY WITH WILL MORIN

Plant whimsy along with sunflowers Much like the ones growing tall above East Washington Street in downtown Greenville, sunflowers are nature’s reminder to pause, gaze skyward, take a deep breath, smile, and just be present with the world around you.

Every year as I plan for the growing season, along with tomatoes, peppers and herbs, No.1 on my list are sunflowers. Ever since I was a kid growing up just outside Rochester, N.Y., a local farmer would plant thousands of sunflowers that kept everyone in awe. In my opinion, nothing is more brilliant than a field of those yellow soldiers following the sun as it marches across the sky.

Much to the chagrin of my dad, I help my mom plant many of these typically towering, 12-15 foot tall beauties throughout her garden in Simpsonville every summer. Unfortunately, as I am an apartment dweller in Greenville with no space to grow anything in the ground, I am forced to find alternative landscapes to sow my own seedlings.

To some, gardening may appear challenging and never-ending, but over time as you take steps to cultivate a specific plant here, the right amount of color there, gardening can become your passion and your therapy. Call it soil therapy. Research has shown that spending a few minutes a day among plants reduces stress, increases happiness and can also heal.

Gardens can also bring communities together. In print, online and watching channels like HGTV and PBS on TV, I’m inspired at the many ways people are taking creative approaches towards their own connection to the world around them and beneath their feet. In fact, it was an episode of the PBS show “Growing a Greener World” that inspired the start of South Carolina’s first rooftop vegetable farm right here in Greenville.

I personally have been inspired and taught by two of the most creative gardeners I have ever known: my paternal grandfather and my mom. My grandfather, who had a 125+-year-old family farm in Lafayette, Ind., and a 6-acre hobby farm in Rochester, N.Y., always had the greenest of lawns. My mom, who is a master gardener through Clemson University Extension, always reminds me that a little whimsy in a garden is necessary.

Whether it is a frog made of old car parts, a repurposed door from the ReStore tucked in the corner of the garden with painted flowers, or a carving of a funnylooking old man with a hat and binoculars to keep an eye on the neighbors, pieces of whimsy are reminders to not take your yard, your garden, or yourself too seriously.

Repurposing is the best way to achieve a new look into any garden without spending a dime. One interesting whimsical item that caught my eye not too long ago was a repurposing of old golf shoes into a whimsical planter for some beautiful annual flowers.

While these shoes may have scored on the fairway, as you can tell, the added color with the rustic look of the shoes certainly scored a hole-in-one in my mom’s garden.

Over the next few months, I hope to share with you bits – and perhaps some bites – growing up from the various gardens around town. We’ll discuss ways to create a kitchen garden for less than $20, how to do big things in small spaces, and share tips from my travels around the world in search of great eats – and even cooler ways to grow those eats. Cheers!

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S Why Use a REALTOR®?

All real estate licensees are not the same. Only real estate licensees who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® are properly called REALTORS®. They proudly display the REALTOR “®” logo on the business card or other marketing and sales literature. REALTORS® are committed to treat all parties to a transaction honestly. REALTORS® subscribe to a strict code of ethics and are expected to maintain a higher level of knowledge of the process of buying and selling real estate. An independent survey reports that 84% of home buyers would use the same REALTOR® again.

Real estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetime. Transactions today usually exceed $100,000. If you had a $100,000 income tax problem, would you attempt to deal with it without the help of a CPA? If you had a $100,000 legal question, would you deal with it without the help of an attorney? Considering the small upside cost and the large downside risk, it would be foolish to consider a deal in real estate without the professional assistance of a REALTOR®.

But if you’re still not convinced of the value of a REALTOR®, here are a dozen more reasons to use one: 1. Your REALTOR® can help you determine your buying power -- that is, your financial reserves plus your borrowing capacity. If you give a REALTOR® some basic information about your available savings, income and current debt, he or she can refer you to lenders best qualified to help you. Most lenders -- banks and mortgage companies -- offer limited choices.

2. Your REALTOR® has many resources to assist you in your home search. Sometimes the property you are seeking is available but not actively advertised in the market, and it will take some investigation by your agent to find all available properties.

3. Your REALTOR® can assist you in the selection process by providing objective information about each property. Agents who are REALTORS® have access to a variety of informational resources. REALTORS® can provide local community information on utilities, zoning. schools, etc. There are two things you’ll want to know. First, will the property provide the environment I want for a home or investment? Second, will the property have resale value when I am ready to sell?

4. Your REALTOR® can help you negotiate. There are myriad negotiating factors, including but not limited to price, financing, terms, date of possession and often the inclusion or exclusion of repairs and furnishings or equipment. The purchase agreement should provide a period of time for you to complete appropriate inspections and investigations of the property before you are bound to complete the purchase. Your agent can advise you as to which investigations and inspections are recommended or required.

5. Your REALTOR® provides due diligence during the evaluation of the property. Depending on the area and property, this could include inspections for termites, dry rot, asbestos, faulty structure, roof condition, septic tank and well tests, just to name a few. Your REALTOR® can assist you in finding qualified responsible professionals to do most of these investigations and provide you with written reports. You will also want to see a preliminary report on the title of the property. Title indicates ownership of property and can be mired in confusing status of past owners or rights of access. The

title to most properties will have some limitations; for example, easements (access rights) for utilities. Your REALTOR®, title company or attorney can help you resolve issues that might cause problems at a later date.

6. Your REALTOR® can help you in understanding different financing options and in identifying qualified lenders.

7. Your REALTOR® can guide you through the closing process and make sure everything flows together smoothly.

8. When selling your home, your REALTOR® can give you up-to-date information on what is happening in the marketplace and the price, financing, terms and condition of competing properties. These are key factors in getting your property sold at the best price, quickly and with minimum hassle.

9. Your REALTOR® markets your property to other real estate agents and the public. Often, your REALTOR® can recommend repairs or cosmetic work that will significantly enhance the salability of your property. Your REALTOR® markets your property to other real estate agents and the public. In many markets across the country, over 50% of real estate sales are cooperative sales; that is, a real estate agent other than yours brings in the buyer. Your REALTOR® acts as the marketing coordinator, disbursing information about your property to other real estate agents through a Multiple Listing Service or other cooperative marketing networks, open houses for agents, etc. The REALTOR® Code of Ethics requires REALTORS® to utilize these cooperative relationships when they benefit their clients.

10. Your REALTOR® will know when, where and how to advertise your property. There is a misconception that advertising sells real estate.

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® studies show that 82% of real estate sales are the result of agent contacts through previous clients, referrals, friends, family and personal contacts. When a property is marketed with the help of your REALTOR®, you do not have to allow strangers into your home. Your REALTOR® will generally prescreen and accompany qualified prospects through your property.

11. Your REALTOR® can help you objectively evaluate every buyer’s proposal without compromising your marketing position. This initial agreement is only the beginning of a process of appraisals, inspections and financing -- a lot of possible pitfalls. Your REALTOR® can help you write a legally binding, win-win agreement that will be more likely to make it through the process.

12. Your REALTOR® can help close the sale of your home. Between the initial sales agreement and closing (or settlement), questions may arise.

For example, unexpected repairs are required to obtain financing or a cloud in the title is discovered. The required paperwork alone is overwhelming for most sellers. Your REALTOR® is the best person to objectively help you resolve these issues and move the transaction to closing (or settlement).

The National Association of Realtors®, “The Voice for Real Estate,” is America’s largest trade association, representing 1.1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 2,000 members in all aspects of the real estate industry. Please visit the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® web site at www.ggar.com for real estate and consumer information.

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

Brown patch & large patch diseases of lawns CLEMSON COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

The beauty of a lawn can be quickly destroyed by brown patch or large patch, which are serious fungal diseases (each caused by different strains of Rhizoctonia solani) that can affect all South Carolina lawn grasses. Disease can develop rapidly when daytime temperatures are warm (75 to 90 °F) and humid, nighttime temperatures are above 60 ºF, and there is an extended period of leaf wetness. Generally symptoms of brown patch begin on cool-season grasses (tall fescue, ryegrass, bluegrass and bentgrass) during the late spring. It may also occur on these grasses during warmer periods of the winter months.

Warm-season grasses (St. Augustinegrass, zoysiagrass, Bermudagrass and centipedegrass) most commonly are affected by large patch (formerly also known as brown patch) during the early spring and late fall.

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FO R T H E W E E K O F A P R I L 2 7 M AY 1 , 2 0 1 5 TOP TRANSFERS OF THE WEEK

SOUTHAMPTON – $890,000 18 Calaverdi Ct., Simpsonville

COLLINS CREEK – $824,000 2057 Cleveland St. Ext., Greenville

COLLINS CREEK – $810,600 46 Collins Ridge Dr., Greenville

COBBLESTONE – $760,000 18 Cobbler Ln., Simpsonville

KINGSBRIDGE – $625,000 205 Hemingford Cir., Greenville

NORTH HAMPTON ACRES – $592,500 140 Lake Point Dr., Greenville

AUGUSTA ROAD AREA – $590,000 17 W. Augusta Pl., Greenville

TUXEDO PARK – $583,200 200 Tuxedo Ln., Greer

NATURE’S WATCH – $540,000 3 Autumn View Ridge, Travelers Rest

VILLAGGIO DI MONTEBELLO – $530,000 605 Villaggio Dr., Greenville

KELLETT PARK – $525,000 200 Kellett Park Dr., Greenville

SANIBEL OAKS – $479,900 102 Trumpet Wood Trl., Simpsonville

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$4,840,000 $2,000,000 Ketron Place $1,125,000 $1,050,001 $1,000,000 $850,000 Oak Grove $847,500 $690,000 Oak Grove $652,500 $575,000 McRae Park $553,630 Mcrae Park $469,500 Weatherstone $455,900 Stonehaven $450,000 Bunker Hill $450,000 Gardens At Thornblade $442,500 Park Hill $437,500 Laurens Place $435,825 North Park $430,000 Weatherstone $421,850 Park Hill $420,000 Linkside $400,000 Sanibel Oaks $399,900 $360,000 Cove At Butler Springs $358,912 Brighton $358,500 Ellington Park $357,500 $355,500 Coachman Plantation $352,000 $350,000 Cove At Butler Springs $350,000 Shellbrook Plantation $346,845 Botany Woods $343,000 Silver Meadows $339,000 Meadows Of Campbell Creek $336,000 $335,000 Waterstone Cottages $329,018 Foxcroft $325,000 Highgrove $322,000 Shenandoah Farms $320,000 Cypress Run $317,000 $316,477 Stone Lake Heights $315,000 Woodland Ridge $311,004 Waterstone Cottages $305,000 $305,000 $300,000 Sugar Creek $299,900 Magnolia Commons $299,000 Highland Creek $295,000 The Edge On North Main $290,100 Heritage Point $290,000 Ravines@Camellia Village $282,948 Woodstone Cottages $282,500 Sugar Creek $281,000 $280,000 Holly Trace $276,000 Kanatenah $274,000 Stone Lake Heights $271,500 Pebblecreek $270,000 Carilion $270,000 Forrester Heights $270,000 Redfearn $269,500 Roper Meadow $269,000 Kelsey Glen $268,232 Westcliffe $267,151 Kelsey Glen $266,271 Waterstone Cottages $263,552 East Highlands Estates $260,500 Legacy Farm $260,000 The Reserve At Plantation Greene 10 Barnwood Cir Kelsey Glen $250,210 The Townes At Highgrove $250,000 Silverleaf $250,000 Trotter’s Ridge $249,500 Rolling Meadows Estates $245,000 Cameron Creek $244,176 Holly Trace $242,500 Wood Bridge $242,000 $240,000 Crossgate At Remington $237,048 Steeplechase Run $236,446 $235,000 The Edge On North Main $235,000 Warrenton $235,000 Country Club Estates $235,000 Cameron Creek $234,491 The Cove At Savannah Pointe Ct Ravines At Creekside $230,000

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Woodruff/Smith Hines Ret Gregory M Joel Mobarak Rowaida I Fm Professional Park LLC J B G C Limited Partners Eastside Manor Inc Oak Grove Park LLC Fountain Inn Partners LLC Buckley Enterprises LLC Cook Philip H Jr Meritage Homes of SC Inc Meritage Homes of South Bender David L Szabo Joseph G Randolph Joanna R Morway Debra Cason James Matthew 7 A2 Laurens LLC Talbot Samuel L Mungo Homes Inc Richardson April C (JTWROS) Rousseau Brooke Chapman Cawood Andrew Clay Ned P (JTWROS) Jr Dan Ryan Builders S C LLC Pyle Cheri Jean Jacob Alan Bunting Prope Highland Homes LLC Ti Coachman LLC Nfps Inc LS Residential LLC Meritage Homes Of South Rogers Elizabeth B (JTWROS) Cobblestone Homes LLC Meadows Of Dark Corner L European Craftsman Marbl Rosewood Communities Inc Griffith Bonnie Adams Robert L Rivera Alcides Generation Mortgage Comp Herring Julian Nathan Jr Cash Hugh I D R Horton Inc Braasch Dennis M Davis Alexis Zachary Srm Properties LLC Hickey Michael G Young Soon Rohr Jeffery C (JTWROS) Dunn Kenneth D Meritage Homes Of South Hearthstone Development Sparks-Wynn L Ann Mcallister James O Eason Cynthia G Lear Benjamin A Prosise Courtney G Wright Ethel R Waters Shannon S Triple B Company Inc Thompson Tiffane Peters James C Jr Alcalde Patrice A Nvr Inc Brown Charles B Nvr Inc Rosewood Communities Inc Day James L Blackwell Billie A $251,000

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Close inspection of cool-season grass blades reveals small, irregular, tan leaf spots with dark-brown borders. Bentgrass may not show individual lesions, but leaves will turn brown and shrivel.

Infected warm-season grasses rarely have leaf spots but instead have rotted leaf sheaths near the soil surface.

BROWN PATCH continued from PAGE 28

SYMPTOMS Symptoms of brown and large patch diseases may vary greatly with the type of grass and soil conditions. The diseases usually cause thinned patches of light brown grass that are roughly circular in shape. These areas range in diameter from a few inches to several feet. Often the center of the patch will recover, resulting in a doughnutshaped pattern.

When disease conditions are favorable, large areas of the lawn may be

GRASSES COMMONLY AFFECTED uniformly thinned and eventually killed with no circular patch being evident. This type of pattern is commonly seen on infected St. Augustinegrass

All types of warm-season or coolseason lawn grasses grown in South Carolina can be affected by large patch or brown patch, respectively. There are

no turfgrass species entirely resistant to these diseases currently available.

Brown patch is the most common and important disease of tall fescue in the Southeast. In most cases affected areas are able to recover, but tall fescue lawns less than a year old can be completely killed. Ky-31 fescue has more resistance to brown patch than all turfgrass tall fescue cultivars. Large patch is the most common disease affecting centipedegrass.

Next week: Prevention & treatment of brown patch or large patch in home lawns.

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following item: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-35 APPLICANT: Robert Adams CONTACT INFORMATION: adamsrobert12@yahoo.com or 864-243-8198 PROPERTY LOCATION: 185 Oakvale Drive PIN: WG08000503900 and WG08000504000 EXISTING ZONING: R-7.5, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 1.06 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Gibson DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-36 APPLICANT: Magdi K. Kelada CONTACT INFORMATION: magdi.alfady@yahoo.com or 718-223-0012 PROPERTY LOCATION: 1614 Anderson Road PIN: 0226000202000 EXISTING ZONING: R-M20, Multifamily Residential REQUESTED ZONING: C-3, Commercial ACREAGE: 0.1 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-37 APPLICANT: Jamie McCutchen (of behalf of Dr. Jeff Summers) for Jack E. Shaw CONTACT INFORMATION: jamiem@ccadengineering.com or 864-250-9999 PROPERTY LOCATION: 25021 East North Street PIN: 0541050110700 EXISTING ZONING: R-20, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: O-D, Office District ACREAGE: 1.3 COUNTY COUNCIL: 22 – Taylor DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-38 APPLICANT: John Broadbent CONTACT INFORMATION: interconse@hotmail.com or 864-915-2868 PROPERTY LOCATION: NE quadrant of Chick Springs Road at East Main Street, Taylors PIN: T011000201200, T011000201300 and T012000104300 EXISTING ZONING: R-12, SingleFamily Residential REQUESTED ZONING: R-M5, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 16.57 COUNTY COUNCIL: 18 – Baldwin DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-39 APPLICANT: Gordon E. Mann CONTACT INFORMATION: 864-230-3025 PROPERTY LOCATION: 4000 Block of Old Buncombe Road PIN: 0161000100400 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: S-1, Services REQUESTED ZONING: R-M10, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 6.24 COUNTY COUNCIL: 19 – Meadows DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-40 APPLICANT: Kamal Desor CONTACT INFORMATION: kamal@adamsrecycling.net or 864-621-6460 PROPERTY LOCATION: South side of Old Easley Highway at Gethsemane Dr. PIN: 0238010300200 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: S-1, Services; R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: I-1, Industrial ACREAGE: 34.4 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris

DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-41 APPLICANT: Jay Martin for Miracle Hill Ministries, Inc. CONTACT INFORMATION: jaymartin@arborengineering.com or 864-235-3589 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2219 Anderson Road and 2217 Security Drive PIN: 0224000201402 and 0224000201405 EXISTING ZONING: S-1, Services REQUESTED ZONING: R-M10, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 0.95 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Gibson DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-42 APPLICANT: James D. Martin, III for Toby Edward Abercrombie CONTACT INFORMATION: jaymartin@arborengineering. com or 864-235-3589 PROPERTY LOCATION: 756 Fairview Road PIN: 0566010101000 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: R-M20, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 6 COUNTY COUNCIL: 26 – Ballard DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-43 APPLICANT: Michael Redmon for RealtyLink CONTACT INFORMATION: mredmon@realtylinkdev.com or 864-263-5425 PROPERTY LOCATION: North side of Woodruff Road at Woodbridge Way PIN: 0531030102800 and 0531030102801 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: POD, Planned Office District ACREAGE: 3.1 COUNTY COUNCIL: 21 – Burns DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-44 APPLICANT: Philip Dean for Sunnybrook, LLC or Andy Sherard CONTACT INFORMATION: deanphilip1@gmail.com or 864-230-7130 PROPERTY LOCATION: North side of W. Georgia Road east of Fork Shoals Rd. PIN: 0585010100101 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: R-MA, Multifamily Residential REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 7.8 COUNTY COUNCIL: 28 – Payne DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2015-45 APPLICANT: Pat Gibson for Williams Rental Two, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: patgib215@gmail.com or 864-423-2459 PROPERTY LOCATION: 401, 403 and 405 Cedar Lane Road PIN: 0142000400100 EXISTING ZONING: R-7.5, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: R-M20, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 0.6 COUNTY COUNCIL: 19 – Meadows All persons interested in this proposed amendment to the Greenville County Comprehensive Plan are invited to attend this meeting.

At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendment.

NOTICE The Law Office of William J. Barnes, 403 Pettigru Street, Greenville, S.C., is now closed due to his untimely death on March 13, 2015. Any client wishing to pick up his/her file may do so prior to July 15, 2015, by calling 864-242-6663 and leaving a message. Otherwise, files dated prior to January 1, 2008, will be shredded after July 15, 2015.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015, 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 REGARDS TO THE CANEBRAKE FIRE SERVICE AREA OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND MILLAGE LEVY FOR THE TAX YEAR 20152016; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE CANEBRAKE FIRE SERVICE AREA DURING THE TAX YEAR. THE CANEBRAKE FIRE SERVICE AREA BOARD HAS REQUESTED THAT GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVE AN INCREASE OF TWO AND SIXTENTHS (2.6) MILLS, FOR A TOTAL MILLAGE OF NINETEEN AND SEVEN-TENTHS (19.7) MILLS AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CANEBRAKE FIRE SERVICE AREA FOR THE 2015-2016 TAX YEAR. THIS INCREASE REPRESENTS A LOOK-BACK CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE OF 8.31% AND POPULATION GROWTH OF 7.1% AS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. § 6-1-320(A). THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE INCREASE IS BASED ON 2014-2015 MILLAGE RATES AND IS SUBJECT TO REASSESSMENT YEAR CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. 12-37-251(E).

BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015, 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 REGARDS TO THE SIMPSONVILLE FIRE SERVICE AREA OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND MILLAGE LEVY FOR THE TAX YEAR 2015-2016; TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE SIMPSONVILLE FIRE SERVICE AREA DURING THE TAX YEAR; TO ADOPT A TEN-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN; AND TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE CONTINUED PROVISION OF FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. THE CITY OF SIMPSONVILLE HAS REQUESTED THAT GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVE AN INCREASE OF THREE AND NINE-TENTHS (3.9) MILLS FOR A TOTAL MILLAGE OF TWENTYNINE AND NINE-TENTHS (29.9) MILLS AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SIMPSONVILLE FIRE SERVICE AREA FOR THE 2015-2016 TAX YEAR. THE REQUEST OF THE SIMPSONVILLE FIRE SERVICE AREA BOARD REPRESENTS A LOOK-BACK CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OF 8.31% AND POPULATION GROWTH OF 7.1% AS ALLOWED BY THE STATE LAW UNDER S.C. CODE ANN. § 6-1-320. THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE INCREASE IS BASED ON 20142015 MILLAGE RATES AND IS SUBJECT TO REASSESSMENT YEAR CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. 12-37-251(E).

BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015, AT 6:00 p.m. (or at such time as other public hearings are concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, TO CONSIDER THE MILLAGE REQUEST BY THE SOUTH GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT FOR THE 2015-2016 TAX YEAR. THE SOUTH GREENVILLE BOARD OF FIRE CONTROL, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF S.C. CODE ANN. SECTION 6-11-271 AND 6-11-275, AS AMENDED, HAS REQUESTED GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL INCREASE THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX BY ONE AND TWO-TENTHS (1.2) MILLS, BRINGING THE TOTAL MILLAGE FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SOUTH GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT TO THIRTY-SEVEN AND FOURTENTHS (37.4) MILLS, WHICH IS ABOVE THE SIXTEEN (16) MILLS ESTABLISHED BY STATE STATUTE. THE REQUEST OF THE SOUTH GREENVILLE BOARD OF FIRE CONTROL REPRESENTS A CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE OF 1.62% AND POPULATION GROWTH OF 1.8% AS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANNO. §6-1-320(A).

BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015, 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 REGARDS TO THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND MILLAGE LEVY FOR THE TAX YEAR 2015 2016; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURES OF THE REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM DURING THE TAX YEAR. THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS REQUESTED THAT GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL APPROVE AN INCREASE OF ONE AND ONE-TENTHS (1.1) MILLS FOR A TOTAL OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF SEVEN AND TWO-TENTHS (7.2) 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 APPROVE MAINTAINING A MILLAGE RATE INCREASE OF ONE-TENTH (0.1) MILL FOR A TOTAL 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 EIGHT AND FIVE-TENTHS (8.5) MILLS. THIS INCREASE REPRESENTS A LOOK-BACK CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE OF 8.31% AND POPULATION GROWTH OF 7.1% AS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. § 6-1-320(A). THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE INCREASE IS BASED ON 2014-2015 MILLAGE RATES AND IS SUBJECT TO REASSESSMENT YEAR CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. 12-37-251(E).

BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN Greenville County Council

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015 AT 6:00 p.m. (or at such time thereafter as other public hearings are concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 16 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, KNOWN AS A PORTION OF LOT 16 LOCATED OFF BRACKEN ROAD, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE APPROPRIATE DEEDS AND AGREEMENTS RELATED THERETO. BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015, AT 6:00 p.m. (or at such time thereafter as the hearing may be held), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC 29601, FOR PURPOSES OF RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 4: ANIMALS AND FOWL, ARTICLE II: DOGS, CATS, WILDLIFE AND EXOTIC ANIMALS, SECTION 4-18 UNLAWFUL ACTS, TO INCLUDE FAILURE TO PROPERLY REMOVE ANIMAL WASTE. BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

ABC NOTICE OF APPLICATION Only $145 tel 864.679.1205 • fax 864.679.1305

email aharley@communityjournals.com NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that K.M. Food Group Inc./ DBA Azteca Mexican Grill, 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 2803 White Horse Road #D, Greenville, SC 29611. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 7, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed.

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

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Palmetto Drive IN of Greenville LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE, at 1209 Laurens Rd., Greenville, SC 29607.

To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 14, 2015.

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

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Brews, Inc. DBA/Local Brew, 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 301 Haywood Road Ste 2, Greenville, SC 29607.

To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 14, 2015.

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

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Don Pepe Super Market, LLC/ DBA Don Pepe Super Market, 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 2516B E. North St., Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 7, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Copper River of Haywood Rd, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE, at 775 Haywood Rd., Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2015. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED BIENNIUM OPERATING BUDGET COUNTY OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA NOTICE The County of Greenville, South Carolina hereby gives notice of a public hearing to be held on its proposed biennium operating budget for the first fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016. The public hearing shall be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Council Chambers, 301 University Ridge at 6:00 p.m.

REVENUES General Fund Special Revenue Fund Debt Service Fund Internal Service Fund Enterprise Fund

EXPENDITURES General Fund Expenditures Operating Transfers Out Total General Fund Special Revenue Fund Debt Service Fund Internal Service Fund Enterprise Fund

Budgeted FY2015

Proposed FY2016

144,823,132 46,021,951 18,233,372 35,895,691 19,332,006

150,473,909 56,983,124 21,590,746 40,376,320 23,568,904

Budgeted FY2015

Proposed FY2016

143,130,310 1,683,841 144,814,151 46,021,951 18,233,372 35,895,691 19,332,006

150,417,714 4,244,728 154,662,442 56,983,124 21,590,746 40,376,320 23,568,904

Percent Change 3.90% 23.82% 18.41% 12.48% 21.92% Percent Change

5.09% 152.09% 6.80% 23.82% 18.41% 12.48% 21.92%

The millage proposed for FY2015-2016 shall be 51.9 mills, representing no change in millage from the previous fiscal year. Ad Valorem tax millage levies are subject to reassessment year calculations pursuant to S. C. Code Ann. 12-3-251 (E). The estimated property tax revenue from the proposed millage for the General Fund for FY2015-2016 is $85,988,715.

AUCTION NOTICE 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 Greenville SC June 6th 2045 . The gate will open at 8:00am the auction will begin at 10:00am. The previewing will be Friday June 5th 2015 from 10:00-4:00. The auction will consist of household items, jewelry (no guarantees), tools, large tool box, misc electronics, cameras, stereo equipment, bicycles, sports equipment, holsters, car parts, and a large treadlock safe. The cars are as follows: 1997 ACURA INTEGRA VIN JH4DB7659VS001178 2003 CHEVY S10 VIN 1GCCS19X038103955 1999 FORD EXP VIN 1FMZU32EXXZC07387 1999 FORD ESCORT VIN 1FAFP10P3XW108182 1993 ACURA LEGEND VIN JH4KA7674PC028667 1991 ISUZU TROOPER JACCH58R0M8914843 1997 HONDA ACCORD 1HCD5630VA026942 2002 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER VIN 4M2ZU86E52ZJ28479 1999 FORD EXPEDITION VIN 1FMRU1760XLB37438 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY VIN 4T1BG28K0XU440126 2006 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT VIN WVWAK73C06P044562 2001 BUICK CENTURY VIN 2G4WS52J611154091 2000 FORD EXPLORER 1FMZU64E5YZA59603 2000 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER VIN JT3GM84R3Y0060719 2003 DODGE NEON VIN 1B3ES56C53D165796 1993 CADILLAC DEVILLE VIN 1G6CD53B7P4269243 1993 PLYMOUTH SUNDANCE VIN 1P3XP28D0PN635018 2004 GMC SIERRA VIN 2GETC13T241413850 1999 CHEVY BLAZER VIN 1GNCS13W2X2205581 1993 FORD F150 VIN 1FTDF15Y1PNB14185 1994 CHEVY PICK UP VIN 2GCEC19Z9R1322366 2003 FORD FOCUS VIN 1FAFP34P83W243383 2000 FORD EXPLORER VIN FMYU70E5YUA50842 1994 BUICK CENTURY VIN 1G4AG55M7R6453157 2002 DODGE RAM VIN 1D7HA16K32J261608 2004 CHEV TRAILBLAZER VIN 1GNDT13S742139331 2007 DODGE CHARGER VIN 2B3LA43R07H640681 2000 ESCLADE CADILLAC VIN 1GYEK63R3YR190049 1995 CADILLAC DEVILLE 1G6KD52B4SU211595 2006 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE VIN 4A3AK24F86E059606 1994 FORD EXPLORER 1FMDU32X4RUC27274 1993 TOYOTA CAMRY VIN 4T1SK12E2PU317312 1995 GMC SIERRA VIN 1GTFC29K6SE516614 2003 CHEV 350 VAN VIN 1GCHG35U131172466 MOTORCYCLES 1994 KAWASAKI VIN JKAZXBD14R503673 2008 TOMAS LXMTCKPU280800111

IT’S GO TIME! WATERPARKS NOW OPEN Weekends

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Page turners

History and intrigue for the summer

Based on an unsolved mystery that also happens to be the biggest missing-person case of the 20th century, “The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress” is set in the 1930s in New York City. In real life, Judge Joseph Crater’s wife, Stella, had an intriguing yearly observance.

For 39 years, starting on the first anniversary of when her husband was last seen getting into a cab on a summer night, his wife would go to the same bar in Greenwich Village and order two drinks. She would make the toast, “Good luck, Joe, wherever you are!” Then she would down her drink while leaving the other glass on the bar.

Once author Ariel Lawhon heard this story, Stella took up residence in her mind. Her historical novel is told from the perspective of the three women whose lives revolved around the judge, and how his disappearance affected each of them. The real story of Judge Crater’s disappearance is full of intriguing pieces which don’t quite fit together: missing wills, allegations of bribery, cash-filled envelopes and random injuries. Lawhon takes all of these minor details and the facts she could verify, and then fills in the blanks, weaving it all together into a fantastic mystery novel.

Note: Be careful reading this book in public. The title will elicit comments such

as “If the first is doing her job, a man wouldn’t need the other two.”

If, like me, you’re a sucker for historical fiction of this era with a touch of intrigue then you may also want to pick up: “Rules of Civility” by Amor Towles “Sutton” by J.R. Moehringer “The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers” by Thomas Mullen Review by Laura Chabot of Poor Richard’s Booksellers, 107 W. Main St., Easley, 859-0687.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

FREE – indicates free events

May 29 BOOK SIGNING

Rand Paul- Presidential Candidate 2016 Book Signing Greenville County Republican Party Headquarters 820 Wade Hampton Blvd, Greenville, 29609 5:30-7 p.m.

FREE Senator Rand Paul will be signing copies of his new book “Taking a Stand: Moving Beyond Partisan Politics to Unite America.”

627-9197 | bn.com/events crm2221@bn.com

JUNE 2

Jeff Sipe

BOOK SIGNING

Smiley’s Acoustic Café 9:30 p.m.

FREE

Reading and Book Signing for “Dreamscape” by Martha Cinader Joe’s Place | Downtown Greenville Suite 101 B, 640 South Main St., Greenville 7-9 p.m.

FREE To celebrate the print and e-book second edition of “Dreamscape: Real Dreams Really Make a Difference,” Greenville author, Martha Cinader Mims will tell stories from the book, answer questions and sign copies. The book is a collection of biographical stories and poems about fascinating people in history whose real dreams made a real difference.

558-0828 | cinader.com/events mc@cinader.com

May 30 COMMUNITY

Blood Drives Hejaz Family Day 200 Ranch Rd., Greenville 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

All blood donors receive a t-shirt and 800 Blood Connection Rewards Points.

Sticky Fingers 1 S. Main St., Greenville noon-5 p.m.

All blood donors receive $10 gift card to Sticky Fingers and 800 Blood Connection Reward Points.

Center for Developmental Services 29 N. Academy St., Greenville 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

All blood donors receive a t-shirt and 800 Blood Connection Rewards Points. thebloodconnection.org

Renowned percussionist takes the stage at Smiley’s.

292-8988 smileysacousticcafe.com

BOOK SIGNING

Marion O. Hanna’s “The Road to Mendocino” Book Signing Book Store | Joe’s Place Book Store Suite 101 B, 640 South Main St., Greenville 1-3 p.m.

FREE Marion O. Hanna will be autographing copies of her new novel, “The Road to Mendocino,” at Joe’s Place Book Store in Greenville, on May 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. Hanna is a native of Seneca. This is her second novel and follows “You Can’t Get There From Here,” a local bestseller which received wide critical acclaim.

Hanna recently retired from her position as a Columbia Municipal Court Judge to resume her writing career.

803-748-7441 hannaboliver61@sc.rr.com EXHIBIT

Opening Day: Hello From Japan The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 3rd floor 300 College Street, Greenville, 29601 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free to members; $10 adult; $9 child non-members This summer, children will have fun learning about life in present day Japan in this playful, highly immersive environment. “Hello from Japan” will transport

families to two distinct areas of Tokyo that exist side by side: one serene and exquisite, the other, too cute for words.

Kids will get to do fun activities like sing karaoke, smile for the photo booth camera, serve up a seasonal Japanese meal, and design adorable mascots for their families.

233-7755 | tcmupstate.org info@tcmupstate.org CONCERT

Steff Mahan Moe Joe Coffee (Greenville) Acoustic singer/songwriter blends folk, indie, Americana 263-3550 facebook.com/moejoecoffeegreenville CONCERT

Mourning Dove Independent Public Ale House Tickets: $6 Folk/Psychedelic/Singer-songwriter featuring Lisa Stubbs and Niel Brooks 552-1265 ipagreenville.com/index.html CONCERT

Heylook Music Festival Thomas Creek Brewery Tickets: $15 All-day festival features 14 bands on

two stages. Featuring Islander, Junior Astronomers, Brigades, Colossus, Glass, Death Of Paris, Jellyrox, Jeremy Ray, RBTS Win, Shoot The Blitz, Floco Torres, 72nd & Central, Half Measures & Alex Hunnicutt. heylookfestival.com CONCERT

Sam Lewis Horizon Records FREE Soulful singer/songwriter celebrates new “Waiting on You” album with in-store performance.

235-7922 blog.horizonrecords.net WALK/RUN/RIDE

National Alliance on Mental Illness Greenville (NAMI Greenville) NAMIWalks 5K Furman University Campus | Timmons Arena 3300 Pointsett Hwy., Greenville, 29613 10-11 a.m. | Fundraising is encouraged.

FREE Join NAMI Greenville for the 13th Annual NAMIWalks 5K at 10 a.m. May 30 on the campus of Furman University in Greenville. NAMIWalks, the largest and most successful mental health awareness and fundraising event in America, celebrates recovery from mental illness, combats stigma and promotes

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Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Oconee and Pickens County Affiliatesfree support and education programs for families and individuals living with mental illnesses. Register online at namigreenvillesc.org.

331-3300 | namigreenvillesc.org info@namigreenvillesc.org

nament in Spartanburg on May 30 at Upward Star Center. Tournament spots are filling up quickly, so interested teams (8u, 10u, 12u, 14u) should register as soon as possible (www.playnyfo.com).

845-728-3489 | Kyleauffray@apa-usa.com americanperformanceathletics.com

favorite colors with the instructor so they will be on hand during the class. Special rates for a group of 4.

360-3811 | laurakaiken.com laura@laurakaiken.com

Sunday at 2: Music in the Galleries Greenville County Museum of Art | 420 College St, Greenville, 29601 2-3 p.m.

FREE The BattleAxe Band boasts more than 10 years’ experience playing old-time Americana and bluegrass music. With tight vocal harmonies and instrumental prowess, these ladies will stop you in your tracks.

271-7570 | gcma.org | info@gcma.org

EDUCATION

May 30-Sep. 7

Dog First Aid & CPR

FAMILY

Conestee Dog Park 840 Mauldin Road, Greenville, 29607 10:30 a.m.

FREE

Interactive Tokyo Exhibit

A cycling tour to benefit Safe Harbor will take place May 30 at 8:05 a.m. at the Iva Civic Center in Iva, S.C. Registration is $35 online (available until May 28) or $40 on event day. safeharborsc.org/cycle-tour

Learn what to do in case your dog has a medical emergency. First Aid and CPR class given by Dr. Michelle Mayers from Hillcrest Animal Hospital. greenvillerec.com/event/dog-first-aid-cpr

Experience Tokyo’s vibrant culture in a new interactive exhibit called “Hello from Japan” from May 30 - Sept. 7 at The Children’s Museum of the Upstate. tcmupstate.org

WORKSHOP

FAMILY

Mosaic Mirror Workshop

May 30-Sept. 12

Come to the inaugural #FoodTRuckBash May 31. Indulge in yummy food on wheels, craft beer and wine at the Banner Bashes bar, and listening to live music throughout the day. bannerbashes.ticketbud.com/foodtruckbash

FESTIVAL

MEETING

TOUR

Safe Harbor Cycling Tour Iva Civic Center | 204 Jackson Rd., Iva, 29655 8:05 a.m. | $35-$40

NFL/NYFO 7 on 7 State Youth Football Tournament Upward Star Center 9768 Warren H Abernathy Hwy, Spartanburg 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. | Attendance is free Registration fee is $100 per team The National Youth Football Organization along with American Performance Athletics, LLC will be hosting the NFL/ NYFO 7 on 7 State Youth Football Tour-

Laura K Aiken Studio 10 Central Ave, Greenville, 29601 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Last Saturday of the month $150 all supplies included Class includes a 10 x 10 inch mirror and glass. This will be an all day workshop where you will take your project home in the same day. Learn a technique for mosaic work that excludes grouting. After paying for the class, you will discuss your

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St., Greenville, 29601 $9-$10

Saturday Bluegrass Festival Fountain Inn Commerce Park Farmers Market Pavilion 110 Depot St., Fountain Inn, 29644 7-8:30 p.m. | Saturday nights FREE The City of Fountain Inn presents the Saturday Night Bluegrass as a part of their Summer Concert Series. This is a great time to come out and relax and listen to great music. Don’t forget your chair.

408-9755 | fountaininn.org/scs diane.turner@fountaininn.org

thru May 31 EXHIBIT

Romantic Spirits: 19th Century Paintings from the Johnson Collection Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St, Greenville, 29601 FREE The exhibition “Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings from the Johnson Collection” invites viewers to consider romanticism as it developed between 1810 and 1896 in the South.

The region’s natural beauty and scenes of daily life combine with heroic portrayals of soldiers and statesmen and depictions of impending change to create a complex, evocative look at the American South.

271-7570 | gcma.org | info@gcma.org

May 31 CONCERT

FOOD

Food TRuck Bash Trailblazer Park | Travelers Rest noon-5 p.m.

Greenville County Historical Society Spring Meeting Kroc Center Auditorium 424 Westfield Street, Greenville, 29601 3-4:30 p.m.

FREE Anthony Cox will present a program, “Mapping History: Tracing Our Routes.” He will illustrate how maps provided information in various forms during our area’s history.

233-4103 | greenvillehistory.org info@greenvillehistory.org

Jun. 1 COMMUNITY

Blood Drive Cottages@Brushy Creek 101 Cottage Creek Circle, Greer, 29650 1-6 p.m.

FREE All blood donors receive 800 Blood Connection Rewards Points thebloodconnection.org FAMILY

Upstate Monarch Lymphedema Support Group Earth Fare | Pelham Road, Greenville 5-6 p.m. | First Monday of the month FREE The Lymphedema support group will meet on June 1 at 5:00 at Earth Fare on Pelham Road in Greenville, SC. Richard Nelson of the Transportation Security Administration will speak about travel issues.

244-4236 | brown2003@aol.com

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HEALTH

Free Zumba at SC BLUE SC BLUE retail center 1025 Woodruff Road, Greenville, 29607 6:10-7:10 p.m.

FREE Zumba is the perfect way to dance yourself into shape. Take a free Zumba class and burn some calories with this fun and effective workout.

286-2285 scblueretailcenters.com info@scblueretailcenters.com

Jun. 2 MEETING

Greenville County Parks & Recreation Needs Assessment TD Convention Center - June 2 1 Exposition Drive, Greenville, 29607

a free waterpark pass. greenvillerec.com/greenville-county-parksrecreation-needs-assessment

“voice” for personal, spiritual and political freedom.

283-6195 | ron.tamaccio.gtp@gmail.com

to the Upstate.

757-3022 | charterspectrumamphitheatre.com

Jun. 3

EDUCATION

John the Revelator, w/ On The Water & Brother Oliver

FAMILY

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

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

Jun. 4 APPEARANCE

Community Building at City Park - June 3 110 Park Drive, Simpsonville, 29681

Vince Coakley, Greenville’s News Radio WORD 106.3

TD Convention Center - June 4 1 Exposition Drive, Greenville, 29607

Zen Event Center | Downtown Greenville 924 S. Main Street, Greenville, 29601 6:30-8 p.m.

FREE

All meetings begin at 5:30 p.m.

FREE Help improve parks and programs in Greenville County by providing your input. All meeting attendees will receive

Coakley is the host of the Vince Coakley Radio Program heard weekdays from 10 a.m. until noon on 106.3 WORD. He is a

BB&T Scott & Stringfellow is pleased to announce

Homeschool Smithsonian Series: History of the Cellphone The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, 1st floor | 300 College Street, Greenville 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Free to members; included in admission for non-members: $10 adults/$9 child Meet Josh Bell, an anthropologist at the National Museum of Natural History as he reveals the global impacts of cellphones, exploring their social and environmental connections to our lives.

10am - Pre-Lesson; 11am - Live Webcast 11:30am - Additional Interactive Demos. Registration is required - call M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 233-7755, ext 2.

233-7755 | tcmupstate.org info@tcmupstate.org

CONCERT

Radio Room Tickets: $5 Alt-folk-blues performer heads threeband bill.

263-7868 | wpbrradioroom.com/home

Jun. 5 CONCERT

Little Big Town Tickets Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N Academy St., Greenville, 29601 10 a.m.

Tickets go on sale June 5 at 10 a.m. for the Oct. 16 concert for Little Big Town at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

250-3800

CONCERT

Rob Zombie Charter Spectrum Amphitheatre Tickets: $34.50, $39.50 Innovative frontman, writer, director brings “Super Monster Sex Action” tour

WANT TO SEE YOUR EVENT HERE? Complete our easy-to-use online form at www.bit.ly/GJCalendar by Monday at 5 p.m. to be considered for publication in that week’s Journal.

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ON VIEW THROUGH JUNE 21

Greenville County Museum of Art

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

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FIGURE. THIS. OUT. DAILY DOUBLES ACROSS

1. “Is that ___?”

4. Ghost 9. Road shoulder 13. Bozo 17. Batman and Robin, e.g.

18. Vitamin H or B7 19. Companion of Artemis 21. “I had no ___!”

22. Sign in D.C. tourist center?

26. Crook 27. Great Lakes salmon 28. Vibrating effect 29. Austrian province whose capital is Innsbruck 30. Cram, with “up” 31. Arduous journey 32. Abbey area 35. Feet parts 38. Microbe 42. 1980s car lot sign?

49. Finger, in a way 50. Spot broadcast, often 51. Grandmothers, in the U.K. 52. Low point 53. Birdlike 55. Soaking completely 57. Bantu language 58. “Out of Africa” director 60. 18-wheeler 61. Attention ___ 63. Railroad support 64. Sound of frustration

By Myles Mellor 67. Asian expanse 72. Gang land 74. Chit 75. Raises 76. Foray 80. Kind of microscope 84. Blue stone 85. Decree 86. Identifying mark 87. Piece of land 89. 12-point type 90. Sign posted at V.F.W. hall?

94. ___ and terminer 95. Car wash employee, at times 96. Hoopla 97. Back 98. Declines 101. #1 song 106. Humiliating 110. Coronet 112. Kneecap 114. Sign in diner?

117. Marine eagle 118. Minimum 119. Sponsored boy 120. Squeeze 121. Attraction 122. “Eh” 123. Sudden bursts, of a kind 124. Bloodshot DOWN

1. Scorched

2. Full of vigor 3. Doofus 4. Locale 5. 2:00 or 3:00 6. Absorbed, as a loss 7. “Saturday Night Fever” music 8. ___ a high note 9. Division of Cameroon 10. Border lake 11. ___ publica 12. Bed part 13. 2003 Bollywood flick 14. Taro variety 15. “Get ___!”

16. Send to the canvas 18. “___ of John and Yoko” (with “The”) 20. Coercion 23. Certain religious adherent 24. Each 25. “A rat!”

30. Witch’s broom 31. Objects 33. Drivel 34. One who hits 36. Doctor Who villainess, with “the” 37. Blue hue 38. Vex, with “at” 39. Icelandic epic 40. Drops from the sky 41. “___ Breckinridge”

42. Not fitting 43. Enjoy 44. “South Pacific” role 45. Wheels’ partner 46. Dark area 47. Waterwheel 48. Detangle, as hair 54. More dapper

SUDOKU

Medium

56. Language branch that includes Hungarian 57. Ball field covering 59. Game name 62. Having a spare tire?

65. “___ go!”

66. “Faster!”

68. Jetés, e.g.

by Myles Mellor and Susan Flannigan

Sudoku answers: page 19

69. Flavorful 70. “All My Children” vixen 71. Test, as ore 73. Intellectually productive 76. Clash of heavyweights 77. Sanction 78. Dash 79. Pre-1917 ruler 81. 1968 Chemistry Nobelist Onsager 82. European tongue 83. Promises 86. Small signboards 88. Ram, in Leeds 91. Threefold 92. Apprehension 93. Overlay 97. Greetings 99. Fort near Lafayette 100. Anabranch 102. Checkers, e.g.

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CULTURE | 05.29.2015 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 39

COMMUNITY VOICES

THE SYMPTOMS WITH ASHLEY HOLT

The cars that go boom I’ve seen my share of accidents along this dangerous stretch of I-85 in Upstate South Carolina. What I wasn’t fortunate enough to witness myself has been conveniently photographed and printed on the front page of the Gaffney Ledger. I’ve seen tractor-trailers overturned, crushing unsuspecting convertibles and sporty hatchbacks. I’ve seen minivans ripped in half by trains. I’ve seen delivery trucks dislodged of their fruit pie deliveries by the sudden appearance of unlucky whitetailed bucks. But I can honestly say this was the first time I’ve seen a car entirely engulfed in flames.

Sure, I’ve seen engines catch fire on occasion – what self-respecting Southerner hasn’t? But a car with huge flames and toxic smoke billowing from the interior, as if disposing of the evidence of a mob hit – this was new to me. Yet there it was, parked on the side of the interstate, blazing in the afternoon sun. As I drove past, I could see no evidence of what caused the fire. An unattended cigar butt? A backseat campfire weenie roast? Richard Pryor? The bewildered driver stood nearby, scratching his head in the familiar manner of someone with a hissing radiator or flattened Goodyear, only this guy had a car full of raging inferno. I reminded myself to check my Geico policy for just such an eventuality.

It’s odd to consider that this is such an unusual occurrence, seeing as the flaming automobile has been a motion picture cliché since Edison rolled his first Model T. TV car chases are likely to end with tumbles into California canyons, and no car flips down the mountain without then bursting into flames (camera zooms in from below on Mannix or Manimal, wincing at the carnage from the cliff above).

Burning autos are such a staple of American entertainment, in fact, that people in other countries assume this happens on U.S. streets all the time.

Granted, citizens of Mumbai and Beirut are too busy fending off car bombs in their own town squares to speculate on how many cars catch fire in the States, but to those living in more tranquil, European utopias, American highway traffic seems like one big monster truck rally.

My friends in Germany seem genuinely surprised when I tell them I’ve never witnessed an exploding car, seen a driveby shooting or jumped a Dodge over a muddy gulch while being pursued by Boss Hogg.

But I assure you, meine freunde, this was the first burning automobile I’ve seen. And okay, I’m enough of an American male to admit that I thought it was pretty cool. I was relieved to see that the driver was okay, naturally, but mostly I gawked at the smoldering wreckage in slack-jawed gol-dernity. This is genetic, you see. The male of the species is hardwired to become transfixed by violence.

Look, I’m pretty nancy-boy in many respects. I’m the sort who enjoys antiquing and laughing heartily at jokes involving Judy Garland, but even I find myself entranced by big explosions or the promise of someone’s head trauma. I’ll ignore the mind-numbing blather of any given TV set, yet find myself snapping to attention as soon as one Hollywood actor begins punching another one in the face. The only sport I like is boxing, but of course I would happily watch highlight reels of NASCAR crashes for hours.

When I was a kid, my fire chief father used to come home with stories of catastrophic house fires and exploding oil tanks. It didn’t occur to me or my brother to ask, “Was anyone hurt?” We wanted to know if anyone took pictures. Once,

Dad came home with a slide show of a particularly savage airfield fire, complete with flaming plane wreckage and oil drums being launched into the air from the heat’s intensity. It was the greatest day of our lives.

And it was clear that this poor motorist with the burning car, though shocked into sobriety by his near-death experience, was also transfixed by the sight of his melting Volvo. He was grateful to be alive – likely in need of fresh underwear – but being a male, he could not deny that the flames pouring out of his ride looked pretty damn cool.

I mean, what does the typical male do when he wants his hot rod to look extra boss? He paints flames on it, of course!

But I don’t want to belittle the guy’s tragedy. Besides the fact that the car could have been his flaming deathtrap, the unfortunate soul had to watch a beloved family vehicle disappear into a column of volcanic fury. All those dutiful car payments wasted. All that loose

change in the ashtray useless. Perfectly good Kool Moe Dee cassingle in the glove box. One minute his sporty, lime-green friend was delivering him faithfully through the Wendy’s drive-thru, the next minute it’s up in smoke.

I’m not really a car guy, but I learned to appreciate the fine details of a classic automobile while constructing plastic model cars as a boy. I’d give painstaking attention to every wiper blade and pinstripe, lovingly recreating the dashboard features and eight-cylinder engines, and…

Well, and then I would take them outside and burn them. Sorry, I’m a male.

Cars aren’t nearly as cool without fire.

Ashley Holt is a writer and illustrator living in Spartanburg. His neurotic quirks and extreme sensitivity to broad social trends are chronicled in The Symptoms, an illustrated blog. Check out his website at ashleyholt.com.

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