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“The first draft is about getting the words out of my head and onto paper. I can’t edit while I’m writing. I give myself permission to write a really bad first draft.” Jo Hackl, author of the upcoming “Smack Dab in the Middle,” on the writer’s eternal struggle.
“There’s a certain joie de vivre that comes from having longer, sun-drenched days. However, I’d contend that the true character of South Carolina summers is misery.”
“Greenville’s allergies are bad for me, but good for business.” Dr. Thomas Sellner, an ENT physician at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, sniffing opportunity in the air.
Andrew Huang, food writer and blogger, looking forward to the season.
“It was about getting my hands in the dirt to learn the local food scene. That’s where I started to build lasting relationships with local farmers. I put the time in.” Adam Sturm, Greenville chef and proprietor of Adam’s Mobile Market.
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Group Envisions future of transportation in the Upstate CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF
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Imagine a city with driverless, low-speed electric vehicles shuttling people around downtown. Imagine a car-sharing system that could unclog the traffic nightmare that is Woodruff Road. Imagine an intelligent traffic signal system that uses data from vehicles to change lights based on cars on the road, reducing the instances where cars idle needlessly. Or a system that can advise drivers of crashes or road closures so they can take an alternate route. Or a streetlight system that can alert a driver that a pedestrian is in the roadway. Imagine automated podcars shuttling Greenville residents between college campuses or to and from parking at GreenvilleSpartanburg International Airport. Envision Upstate is imagining all that. Greenville was one of 10 cities chosen to participate in Envision America, a smart city initiative based on Envision Charlotte
that seeks to help with challenges in energy, waste, water or air by connecting the cities to business and education partners to help implement their plans. Sixteen of 25 corporate groups that heard Greenville’s five-minute pitch at an Envision America conference in January indicated they want to work with Greenville, said Doug Webster, a member of the Envision Upstate team and chairman of the Greenville Green Ribbon Advisory Committee. Greenville’s plan focuses on transportation, a sector that can help reduce energy costs, relieve congestion and help air quality. With the Upstate’s place in the transportation industry with automotive companies, the International Transportation Innovation Center, CU-ICAR and electric bus manufacturer Proterra, it makes perfect sense. “The transformation of the transportation industry in the United States is occurring
much faster than anybody expected,” said Fred Cartwright, CU-ICAR executive director. “There’s a whole new set of players in the automotive industry – Cisco, Apple, IBM.” With that, cars are smarter and semiautonomous, he said. “A new car today can park itself, brake itself and steer itself,” Cartwright said, adding that Greenville is a perfect place to research, develop and test new technology with CUICAR, ITIC and a high concentration of automotiverelated companies. Envision Upstate is looking at a number of initiatives and Webster said it’s “not as important that we do it expeditiously as we do it correctly.” “We’re really early in the process,” he said. One key is that the initiatives solve a problem, Cartwright said. “We don’t want to have a solution looking for a problem,” he said. “We have to make
sure it will make a difference.” Webster said he doesn’t think most people realize the opportunities for personal rapid transit and other innovations that could create a multimodal, multijurisdictional transportation plan. Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is seeking proposals for a podcar transit system that would be the first of its kind at a U.S. airport. The personal rapid transit system would carry passengers between the airport’s economy parking lot and the airport terminal building. The system would provide “on-demand” service and the electric-powered trip would take an average of five minutes. Passengers at GSP could face an almost half-mile walk to get from the economy lot to the terminal. Airport commissioners looked at buying a shuttle bus system similar to that used by the Atlanta airport, but it had an estimated price tag of $25 million to $30 million. The podcar system would cost about $20 million. Proposals will be reviewed this summer.
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New iStent Treats Glaucoma Glaucoma has been called “the silent thief of sight” because it doesn’t have any overt symptoms until damage is done and vision is lost. It is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States, after cataracts. The only way to detect glaucoma is through an eye exam. Now, a tiny implant is giving glaucoma patients new hope. It is called the iStent – the smallest implant ever approved by the FDA. Clemson Eye, a leader in eye care innovation, was among the first practices in the area to offer this solution to its patients. The L-shaped iStent opens up a channel that drains fluid from the eye and reduces pressure. Glaucoma is caused when the network of tissue that drains fluid out of the space between the iris and cornea becomes blocked or drains too slowly. The resulting pressure can damage the optic nerve and cause vision loss or blindness. “Glaucoma has no cure,” says Dr. Joseph Parisi, Medical
Director and Chief Ophthalmologist at Clemson Eye. “Lowering the pressure in the eye is the only way to treat it. If we can reduce the pressure, then we can stop the disease’s progress.”
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A regime of eye drops is generally used to reduce The tiny L-shaped iStent measures just 1 x 1/3 mm. “So far, Clemson Eye cataract patients who received the eye pressure. the stent have maintained a reduction in eye pressure and Unfortunately, multiple eye drops and an inefficient drug seen the number of their eye drop medications cut in half,”1 delivery system (i.e., the drops often do not make it fully says Dr. Parisi. He adds that an eye exam is the best way to into the eye) are a challenge for glaucoma patients to be detect glaucoma and protect your vision. compliant in administering their medications. “Glaucoma 1. Clemson Eye iStent and cataract patient clinical results, 2015. drops are costly (about $1,200/year) and many patients struggle to administer them as prescribed,” says Dr. Parisi.
Cataract Patients Now Seeing Near To Far Cataracts, a clouding of the eye’s natural lens, affect about 22 million Americans over age 40. Left untreated, cataracts can lead to blindness. They are the leading cause of vision loss in the United States. Surgery is the only known treatment for cataracts. Two things happen during the surgery: Your clouded lens is removed and an artificial intraocular lens is implanted. The lens requires no care and simply becomes a permanent part of your eye. You don’t see or feel the lens implant. Cataract surgery is one of the safest and most commonly performed surgeries in the U.S.1 It is a 15-minute out-patient procedure. People with cataracts can opt for basic or laser cataract surgery.
It cannot correct astigmatism or poor reading vision. This manual, bladed surgical procedure is covered by Medicare and most health insurance plans. It is a safe, excellent option. However, if you wore eye glasses before your basic cataract surgery, you will most likely need them after it. Laser Surgery Laser cataract surgery involves using a laser and computer-guided software system to create incisions that are up to 10 times more precise than manual incisions. Here, patients have the option of advanced lenses that can correct astigmatism and provide a range of vision from near-to-far.
“Through laser cataract surgery with Vicky and Doug Kingsmore, advanced lenses, we can deliver the best Clemson Eye Cataract Patients. possible visual outcomes for our cataract patients, regardless of their age” says Dr. Joseph Parisi, Medical Director and Chief Ophthalmologist at Clemson Basic Surgery Eye. “Our laser cataract patients enjoy excellent restored Basic cataract surgery involves removing the diseased vision, whereby they are entirely free of or much less lens and implanting a monofocal lens. The monofocal dependent on eye glasses.”2 intraocular lens clears your vision at a single focal point.
A portion of the cost of laser cataract surgery and advanced lens implants is covered by Medicare and most health insurance plans. However, an additional payment is required. Clemson Eye patients have the option of 24-month, 0% payment plans. When they developed cataracts, Clemson University benefactors Vicky and Doug Kingsmore opted for laser cataract surgery at Clemson Eye. Mr. Kingsmore had an advanced multifocal lens implanted during his laser cataract surgery. “After my surgery, I could read the telephone book and newspaper. It helped me tremendously. But more than anything else, it improved my golf game! It has been the most wonderful thing to happen to me in my adult life,” he says. Mrs. Kingsmore had her laser cataract surgery a couple years after Doug’s, and she too opted for a multifocal lens. “It’s a different world,” she says. “It’s a much brighter world. And I don’t need to look for my glasses anymore, because I can read just about anything without them.” 1. http://www.aao.org/publications/eyenet/200609/pearls.cfm 2. Clemson Eye Laser Cataract with Advanced Intraocular Lens Replacement Results, 2015.
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OPINION Views from your community
Time for servant leaders in the Senate IN MY OWN WORDS
By William Timmons
Columbia is broken. Most everyone reading this will agree with that statement. Sadly, most would admit that they do not have much hope that things will get better. This is a sad state of affairs, and it is no longer acceptable. That is why I decided to run for S.C. Senate District 6. I want to be part of the solution. I have been blessed to call Greenville home my whole life. Raised to value faith and family, I was taught that serving others and giving back to this community is both a privilege and a responsibility. It has never been a question of whether I would find ways to give back to my community, but how. I believe in servant leadership, and the time that I have spent serving on the boards of Pendleton Place, the American Red Cross and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate gives me hope for a brighter tomorrow. Through my involvement with these organizations, I witnessed firsthand the ways in which ordinary citizens with busy schedules can band together and do amazing work. I spent several years in the 13th Circuit solicitor’s office as a prosecutor, where my work on behalf of victims of domes-
tic violence was recognized by Gov. Nikki Haley. Gov. Haley asked me to join her Statewide Domestic Violence Task Force. There I saw how a statewide group of leaders could impact an important issue like domestic violence. As a small businessman, every day I feel the impact that government regulations, red tape and taxes have on all our lives. Jobs and the economy depend on good government. Career politicians have forgotten what it is like to live and work in the world that they have created. Our founding fathers believed that citizen legislators are the best answer to keep the power of government in check. Clearly, our legislature has lost its way; many of our elected officials continue to put their own self-interest above the interests of the people they were elected to serve. Real ethics reform must be our first priority if we ever hope to find lasting solutions to our infrastructural and economic challenges. I personally like and respect Mike Fair, but he has been in Columbia longer than I have been alive. He now depends on Columbia’s special interests to fund his campaign. He also takes a taxpayer-subsidized legislative pension that pays him three times his annual salary, while other state government
employees only receive a small portion of their salary as pension. This race is not about whether you know and like Sen. Fair; it is about making fundamental changes to the way Columbia does business. This is why I am pledging to limit myself to no more than three terms should I have the honor to be elected as your next state senator. No one is more responsible for Columbia’s sad state of affairs than the career politicians who set up shop in the Statehouse and dole out benefits to themselves or their family, friends and campaign contributors. I will bring a sense of urgency and conviction to pursuing and supporting real ethics reform in the legislature. At a minimum, our state legislators must be held to the same standards of accountability as other elected officials throughout the state. The pressing need for ethics reform could not be higher. With an economy so dependent on a roads system that is constantly falling apart, economic growth is stifled. Businesses depend on functioning roadways to get their goods to market, and our tourism industry depends on roads to bring visitors to our state. We simply cannot have senators directing government contracts to their businesses or their campaign contributors’ businesses. Perhaps not surprisingly, the senate has made a gesture of progress as it relates to ethics reform in an election year. While their reforms were a step in the right direction, it can be compared to the first half-mile of a marathon – we still have a long way to go. A well-functioning government will never appear until we show the special interests and corrupt career politicians the door. Join me in saying no to more all-expenses-paid trips for senators to foreign lands, no to appointing your relatives to government jobs and no to pension-filled perks for parttime legislators. We need a senate that works for the people, not the special interests and themselves. Let’s fix the core problem in Columbia by electing citizen legislators that support term limits and that understand the detrimental effect government has on businesses today. By replacing career politicians with servant leaders, I have faith that we can get our state back on track. William Timmons, candidate for S.C. Senate District 6, is an attorney and entrepreneur living in Greenville.
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NATIVE CLIQUE creates a summer festival marketplace with local flair LETY GOOD | STAFF
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Individuals with a knack for timeless and classic items can explore Greenville’s vintage and handmade scene at a new summer festival in downtown called Native Clique. “We just saw there was a need for vintage dealers,” said Lily Wikoff. “We really wanted to put an emphasis on anything local and vintage.” Wikoff is a designer, artist and owner of Lily Pottery in downtown Greenville. And she’s also one of the creators of Native Clique, a mini summer festival showcasing local makers of vintage and handmade art. With the help of friends Malia Schopf of Maliasmark aiding with vendor coordi-
east. Festival highlights include vendors showcasing their handmade jewelry, metalwork and midcentury décor, vintage clothing and more. Wikoff said the mini summer festival will have an “old-school vibe” with a variety of food trucks, a kid zone with an inflatable bounce house, a dunk tank, an outdoor stage for live music, a petting zoo and a beer tent. “What we originally envisioned has really grown, based on each of our individual passions and experiences,” Schopf said. “We wanted a focused, curated group of talented vendors featuring some Greenville regulars, some out-of-town heavy-hitters new to the Greenville scene and some new up-and-coming Greenville
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nation and social media and Katie Hughes of Totem Events, who came on board to help organize bands, food trucks and volunteers for the day, the team successfully organized the inaugural event that will take place next door to Wikoff’s shop. “Lily and I wanted to create a show in downtown Greenville with an all-inclusive fun festival vibe, where anyone could come and shop vintage and new on-trend pieces for their home and for themselves,” Schopf said. “The whole show is really a huge collaborative effort.” Schopf said she had always been a picker “looking for interesting and odd décor pieces for [herself], rescuing items that others no longer saw value in.” She wanted to share her passion with others, and that’s when she created Maliasmark, an online vintage décor and recycled art store. “At Maliasmark, we live by our tagline: ‘Rust and Ruin, Reborn.’” The Native Clique festival will feature vintage and local handmade goods and art from over 35 vendors across the South-
artists and entrepreneurs who are doing exciting things.” Wikoff said she hopes to do the festival more than once a year. “We’d love to start off doing two a year,” she said. “The eventual goal is we start to travel with it.” Native Clique kicks off Saturday, June 11, at 10 a.m. on Irvine Street, at the corner of Coffee Street. Spartanburg’s Lit Coffee will offer their popular cold brew, and Upcountry Provisions from Travelers Rest will offer breakfast options for individuals who may already be downtown for the farmers market. Food trucks will begin offering lunch and dinner options at around noon, according to Schopf. Live music by the Dead 27s, TJ Lazer, Darby Wilcox, Chelsey Ashford and more will go on throughout the day and continue after 6 p.m. The Automatic Taco, Highway 301 and other food trucks will offer event-goers a taste of Greenville. “It’s all about celebrating local and coming together over some cool stuff,” Wikoff said.
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Modal aims to bring modern hostel to West Village CAROLINE HAFER | STAFF
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Joe Hindman is redefining what a hostel is by bringing Greenville its first modern hostel and boutique to the Village of West Greenville. The idea for Modal came after Hindman, a marketing professional and co-founder of Volunteer With Purpose, spent a year traveling for business around the country and stayed in several stateside hostels that fostered to all demographics. Hindman and business partner Caleb VanWingerden wanted a place that individuals could come to experience Greenville. “We want to create a catalyst for the traveler to get a deep dive into the local community,” says Hindman. Who will stay the night at Modal? “Retirees, couples on anniversary and college students” – anyone and everyone that makes up a community, says Hindman. He intends Modal to become a melting pot where native concept meets foreign vibes. “Modal was designed for individuals like you and me to become more, together,” he says. Hindman and VanWingerden are tackling the perceived idea of what a hostel is by being intentional in the design – by choosing words, partners and locations that represent their intended brand and what they stand for, they say. The two have collaborated with local artists to decorate the rooms in the hostel. Each room will display a different artist’s work, and that room will then be named after the artist. All of the work will be available for purchase. In the common rooms, Modal will serve locally brewed beers, and the entire space will be locally decorated. More than a place for the traveler, Modal is place for the community of West Greenville to come and experience life together, Hindman and VanWingerden say. The 6,000plus square foot property will feature food trucks, local musicians and a common room to encourage community involvement.
“We want to showcase what the Village has to offer,” says Hindman. Modal plans to start booking guests in spring 2017, but before they do, Hindman and VanWingerden need funds, which they plan to earn through an Indiegogo campaign. The campaign goal is $55,000 that will be used to put a down payment on the space and begin renovations. Through the campaign they will launch videos of what to expect from the hostels. Modal will kick off their Indiegogo campaign with a launch party at the Textile Hall in the Village on June 9 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. For more information, visit StayModal.com.
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Million-dollar lottery ticket sold in Greenville Somebody who bought a Powerball ticket in Greenville is holding the ticket to be $1 million richer. The South Carolina Education Lottery said in a news release that a ticket sold at the QuikTrip on Woodruff Road matched all five white ball numbers drawn for Saturday night’s drawing. The winning numbers were 6, 33, 34, 58 and 59. The Powerball number was 12.
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From farm to truck to table How a Greenville chef redefined the food truck ANDREW MOORE | STAFF
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Greenville chef Adam Sturm quit his job at a high-end restaurant in 2013 and purchased a white Chevrolet P20 step van from Craigslist. Three years later that investment has led to local acclaim, a growing business and now, a partnership with Grenville Health System to put his healthy meals in the hands of GHS employees. Around the time Sturm bought his van, the food truck scene was taking off in Greenville. Curbside vendors were cooking up mouth-watering hamburgers and delicious tacos for residents on the run. Sturm wanted to be a part of it. But he wanted to be different. Sturm spent three months renovating the inside of the van, adding freezers and a wash station. After being certified, he opened Adam’s Mobile Market, a food truck to provide Greenville with fast, accessible health food. The concept grew from a decorated culinary career. Growing up in Pennsylvania, Sturm watched his older brother bounce around from restaurant to restaurant as a chef. He knew it was the career for him. “He was taking it to the art level, not just the food level. Just being able to take raw ingredients and make something . . . that concept was eye-opening,” Sturm said. After high school, Sturm moved from town to town and cooked at local restaurants. But then he decided to enroll in Johnson and Wales in Charlotte, graduating with a degree in food and beverage
management in 2007. Sturm then moved to Greenville and became sous chef for La Bastide, which later closed in 2009. He then became the executive chef for The Cliffs at Lake Keowee until 2013. That’s when Sturm needed a change. “I had a baby on the way and just needed more time at home. I was also in the position where I could go a different route in the food industry. So I decided to get into retail,” Sturm said. Sturm worked at the New York Butcher Shoppe on Augusta Road for income during his transition. It was the gig that led to his food truck concept. “I had always made food for people. So seeing customers willing to take the products home and cook meals was so cool,” said Sturm. “That’s what I wanted to do.”
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Sturm had no problem getting products when he opened his food truck concept. His visited Broken Oak Organics, a Greenville farm he had volunteered at for years. “It was about getting my hands in the dirt to learn the local food scene. That’s where I started to build lasting relationships with local farmers. I put the time in,” Sturm said. His selection only grew. Sturm began selling produce from Tyger River Smart Farms, Red Tree Produce and 3 Oaks Farms. He then expanded and sold honey from Bee Well Honey Company and mill products from Asheville’s Bear Branch Milling. But Sturm needed a place to sell. He got permission to park outside Upcountry Provisions in Travelers Rest and Quest Brewery in Greenville. “It was intimidating at first. But the end
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goal was more important. I wanted to show people that you can eat seasonally and local and do it in a convenient way,” Sturm said. While business continued to grow, Sturm wanted more. He wanted the van to become a healthy alternative to fast food. That’s when he visited Greenbrier Farms for meats and started to rent certified kitchen space at Naked Pasta in West Greenville. From there, Sturm prepared meals that residents could take home and enjoy after a long day at work. He branded them “take and bakes.” He was competing against Burger King, McDonald’s and the other countless fast-food chains and trucks
throughout Greenville. “Adam’s the only person selling highquality foods from a truck. He’s breaking the notion that pre-made meals can’t be good or healthy. It’s a game-changer,” said Nick Thomas, owner of Automatic Taco. Sturm prepared meals on a weekly basis and posted a menu on his Facebook page. It became a hit, providing Sturm a steady income and local farms increased exposure. “Adam is bringing my product to the people. So it’s connecting the farm to the families,” said Roddy Pick, co-owner of Greenbrier Farms. “It also gets our name out there.”
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After two years of business, Sturm began to feel the pressures of increased demand. He left Naked Pasta and began preparing meals in a certified kitchen at Greenbrier Farms, which gave him more space to prepare. But things weren’t slowing down. Brianne Hughes, a wellness specialist with Greenville Health System, reached out to Sturm in January. She wanted the food truck on the hospital menu. “Our main goal is to bring healthier choices to our employees and to the community,” said Hughes. “The local and convenient options from his market were a no-brainer.” In March, Sturm began parking at Greenville Memorial Hospital twice a week, providing doctors, nurses and patients a healthy meal. But it wasn’t long before he needed help. Sturm was running out of hands in the kitchen because of the high demand. So he reached out to chef Angela Pope from Larkin’s on the River and Frank Ingle, a former sous chef at Restaurant 17. “Greenville has so much access to good food. But some people just don’t take advantage of it. So I just love that he’s increasing public awareness,” Ingle said. Sturm’s setup at the hospital was a success. That’s when he identified more opportunities to not only increase business but to make his food more accessible. He brainstormed and pitched an idea to Hughes. Soon after, Adam’s Mobile Market was added to the Greenville Health System’s online marketplace for employees. “I wanted to add more value to our partnership,” said Sturm. “I deliver seasonal bags directly to their workspace. It’s just a neat way to have interactions with the employees.” The bags include meats, eggs, four seasonal vegetables and a grain product. It also includes honey or granola. Bags are available to employees at Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greer Memorial Hospital, Patewood Memorial Hospital and Hillcrest Memorial Hospital. Deliveries are made twice a week. Sturm hopes to branch out in the future. He’s already added Reedy River Farms and Day Spring Farms to his inventory. But he also wants to serve more people. “I want to control the growth this time. But that doesn’t mean I want to stop. I’m hoping to get the truck to schools and maybe more hospitals,” said Sturm. “I want to educate people about the healthy food we have in Greenville.” Adam’s Mobile Market can be found at Upstate Provisions on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Quest Brewery on Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The market can also be found at Greer Memorial Hospital on Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information: adamsmobilemarket.com
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to improve public health, Youkey says. The new fund will be entirely separate from other ways that GHS contributes to the community, Stevens says. GHS already contributes millions of dollars each year to the Greenville community through charity care, health fairs, programs for children, government-sponsored health care services and other support. This new community health fund will be administered independently from hospital operations, with $80 million that can only be used for the grants. The GHS board and leadership decided to establish the new fund as a way to thank the Greenville community for the bond money provided in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s to expand the health system. Taxpayers made the last bond payment in the 1990s. The total amount of the bonds was around $80 million, Stevens says. “If you go back and study the numbers, it’s incredible the economic impact that building hospitals has had in Greenville,” Stevens says. “Our first hospital, the Greenville City Hospital, was a bunch of ladies who got together and decided we needed a hospital.” GHS is planning to operationalize a new private, not-for-profit, multiregional system with two new boards. The existing GHS will remain a public entity that leases its facilities to one of the new entities. The change is being reviewed by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Also, nine of 22 members of Greenville County legislative delegation have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the change and expansion plans.
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William and Annette Bradshaw, with their extended family, announced on June 1 a multimillion-dollar legacy gift to the Greenville Health System that will create the Bradshaw Institute for Community Child Health and Advocacy, a new GHS-led partnership. The gift is the largest in the health system’s history, GHS officials say. The new institute’s goal will be to improve health for all children in South Carolina through targeted research and intervention. It is one of a small number of similar efforts nationwide. Thankful for their Bradshaw Automotive business’ success in the Upstate, the couple wanted to give back to the community, William Bradshaw says.
The Bradshaws first began working with GHS 15 years ago in creating Safe Kids Upstate, a free car seat check for families. They held the first infant/child car seat check at their Greer dealership. Later, they helped the program expand across the Upstate with more than $1 million in funding. “This is an outgrowth of what Safe Kids has done,” Bradshaw says. The Bradshaws are not disclosing the total dollar amount of the gift, but GHS officials have said that their next-largest legacy gift was $2.5 million, a gift from BI-LO Charities for the GHS Children’s Hospital pediatric cancer center. The new institute will expand an existing GHS children’s health and safety advocacy
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Simpsonville Police Chief Grounsell resigns ANDREW MOORE | STAFF
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Before Simpsonville City Council could start a special meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss “a matter pertaining to a department head,” Police Chief Keith Grounsell had announced his resignation. The meeting was to be held at 3 p.m. in the Council Chambers on North East Main Street, but was canceled soon after the announcement. The resignation comes nearly two months after Grounsell was suspended for a month without pay. According to documents received through a Freedom of Information Act request, Grounsell was suspended because of comments he made on social media. City Administrator David Dyrhaug suspended Grounsell on April 1. City Council met April 4 in executive session and voted unanimously in open session to
“take the actions discussed in the executive session.” The next day, Dyrhaug announced in a press release that Grounsell had been suspended without pay for 30 days and that Deputy Chief Steve Moore would lead the department during Grounsell’s suspension. On April 11, 15 Simpsonville residents filed a lawsuit against Dyrhaug, City Council and Mayor Janice Curtis alleging that the April 4 vote violated the state’s Freedom of Information Act, because Council met in executive session without disclosing the reason and took a vote without telling the public what it was voting on. A day after the lawsuit was filed, Council voted 4-3 to continue the suspension without pay. Grounsell returned to work after his suspension ended on May 2. However, the city offered a severance package to Grounsell on Tuesday afternoon. It then
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City officials released Grounsell’s resignation letter soon after the announcement: It is with a very heavy heart that I am turning in this letter to serve as my official resignation as the Chief of Police for the Simpsonville Police Department. I am requesting to take my accrued Annual Leave starting tomorrow, June 2, 2016, to serve out a full two-week notice. My official last day on the job will be June 17, 2016. With that said, I understand I will be in an “on-leave” status for the next two weeks and have no responsibility for or make any decisions/directives for the police department. Respectfully, Keith P. Grounsell Chief of Police
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Greenville County’s pollution levels spiked twice this spring, raising concerns about what will happen when summer weather conditions are rife for air quality problems that could threaten the health of people with asthma and other respiratory diseases. State health officials continuously monitor smog, including ground-level ozone and particle pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) monitors days when ozone and particle pollution rise above Clean Air Act standards, and the EPA issues a public air quality warning on its AirNow website (bit.ly/AirNow). The county’s ozone levels on April 18 and April 20 resulted in orange alerts, meaning the air quality on those days was unhealthy for sensitive people, like asthmatics. When ozone levels rise, which is a risk especially in summer months, people with breathing issues should take precautions. “When you get this warmer weather, the ozone often is worse, so it makes it more difficult for people to get their breath,” says Kathie Burgess, respiratory therapist and clinical education coordinator at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System. “When the ozone is at a dangerous level on hot summer days, it combines with particle pollution in the air, and adults and children with asthma are more likely to have symptoms,” Burgess adds. Nearly 13 percent of Greenville’s adult population has asthma, which is 40 percent more prevalent here than in the general U.S. population, according to data by the National Center for Health Statistics. Asthma also is Greenville’s leading cause of hospitalization for children under the age of 18, accounting for 41 percent of all emergency room visits, the 2013 GHS Community Health Needs Assessment shows. Experts don’t know why Greenville’s asthma rate is high, but gener-
ally, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), asthma is on the rise nationwide and is worse in areas with higher levels of pollution, poverty and allergies. Asthma sometimes goes undiagnosed because people do not recognize the less wellknown symptoms, such as wheezing and a nighttime cough. “People think asthma is just not being able to breathe,” says Dr. Jill Golden, medical director for the Center for Pediatric Medicine at Greenville Health System. “But it’s also wheezing, which without a stethoscope would be difficult to identify as asthma, and it’s a nighttime cough and exercise intolerance,” Golden explains. “If you have a child who can run around and do the same as everyone else but is now having difficulty keeping up, it could be asthma.” Many factors can trigger asthma. Two majors issues are air pollution and cigarette smoke, but other triggers can include dust mites, cockroaches, pollen, pets and exercise, Golden says. Asthma can keep people inside during particularly bad summer days. “I’d never say, ‘Don’t go out at all,’ but parents need to be aware of how their child is doing, and they should limit their outside activities.” Parents also could make sure their children take a bath or shower to rinse off pollen after playing outside. While people think pollen and other environmental triggers can be worse in the spring, the truth is that there are no ideal seasons in Greenville for avoiding upper respiratory problems and allergies, according to Dr. Thomas Sellner, an ENT physician (ear, nose and throat) at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System. “Greenville has a nice temperate climate with warmer weather that doesn’t get hot enough to burn away a lot of (plants with) allergens, so allergens linger through the seasons,” he explains. “Anything that causes inflammation,
whether it’s polluTrees keep temperatures cooler tion, more carbon and reduce ground-level ozone by dioxide, more polcleaning the air of dust, ash, carbon len, can affect your monoxide and other allergens and breathing,” Sellner pollutants. says. Although Greenville’s ground-level ozone fell out of EPA compliance twice in April, the county’s air quality overall is much better than it was prior to 2010, says Andy Hollis, environmental health manager for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). “We have seen great improvement in air quality over the last five years,” Hollis says. “A lot of that is because of the requirements of the Clean Air Act going into effect.” For example, Upstate businesses have updated equipment and worked hard over the past two decades to implemented advanced technology that has bring the area into compliance with federal helped them reduce emissions from facto- clean air standards, says Dean Hybl, execuries, industries, gas stations and dry cleaners. tive director of Ten at the Top, which conClosing some coal-fired plants, converting venes the Clean Air Upstate Advisory group, others and adding new technology to reduce formed to address the Upstate’s previous polemissions has reduced reliance on coal and lution problems. emissions from those plants. Even the trend A region that falls out of compliance with toward gas fireplaces over wood-burners has EPA standards can be penalized by the EPA, reduced pollutants, Hollis explains. POLLUTION continued on PAGE 21 The Upstate’s industrial community has
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and its industries will have more barriers to expanding operations, says Sandra E. Yúdice, Ph.D., assistant to the county administrator for Greenville County. Before deciding to open a new facility in Greenville, industrial companies routinely ask county officials about local air quality and whether the region is in compliance with standards, Yúdice says. From a health perspective, the EPA Clean Air Act standards have made breathing easier for area residents, although pollen and grass allergies remain a problem. Sellner advises adults with asthma or allergies to wear a mask when gardening or weeding, watch the area’s pollen counts and air quality index, and use saline sprays or a Neti pot to clear pollen from their nostrils. Greenville’s reputation as a top location for allergies might be well deserved, Sellner notes, saying he has personal experience with this: “I had very mild grass allergies before moving to Greenville,” he says. “I had no issues, and then I moved to Greenville, and it’s yearly.” Sellner now is on allergy shots and also takes allergy medications and nasal sprays. “Greenville’s allergies are bad for me, but good for business,” he says.
What is air pollution? Air pollution, or smog, is made up of chemicals, ozone and particles in the air. The two most common types are groundlevel ozone and particle pollutants. Ground-level ozone occurs when volatile organic compounds (VOCs) react with nitrogen oxides and UV radiation under hot and sunny weather conditions. These compounds come from industry, cars, trucks, lawn equipment and other sources. Ground-level ozone mostly is a risk between April 1 and Sept. 30. A South Carolina daily ozone forecast is available to inform residents of pollution risks. Areas with high levels of pollution can impact children’s health and development and increase the risk of heart disease, lung cancer and asthma attacks, according to the American Lung Association. Sources: American Lung Association and Live Healthy SC
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Clemson’s Seth Beer and USC’s Alex Destino carry their schools’ NCAA hopes They took considerably different paths to get there, but both Clemson and USC are in the NCAA baseball championship picture, and they’ve got more than pride on the line. Clemson’s Doug Kingsmore Stadium and USC’s Founders Park will serve as hosts for the regional rounds of the tournament, which kick off this Friday at noon with matchups between Oklahoma State and Nebraska in Clemson and Southern Mississippi and South Alabama at Florida State’s Dick Howser Stadium. And yes, it’s possible that Clemson and USC will meet up in the regionals. Clemson and USC are two of 16 schools chosen as hosts for the tournament, with the list also including LSU, Virginia, Texas, Kentucky and North Carolina. Eighth-seeded Clemson is hosting a total of six games throughout the weekend, including the Tigers’ first-round matchup with Western Carolina at 7 p.m. on Friday. USC is also hosting six games, opening their tournament run with a game against Rhode Island on Friday night. Games will run simultaneously throughout the weekend at the 16 different sites. Each regional field features four teams playing in a double-elimination format, meaning each team has to lose twice to be eliminated. The regionals will determine the teams going to the College World Series, which begins on June 18 in Omaha. The ACC has 10 teams in the regionals, including Boston College, Duke, Georgia Tech and Miami. The SEC has seven teams, including Florida, LSU, Mississippi State and Texas A&M.
Clemson’s tournament breakdown Clemson (42-18) is riding a stunning high right now, having beaten Florida State for the ACC Championship and guaranteed themselves a bid for the regionals last Sunday in an 18-13 victory that sounds a lot easier than it was: Due to multiple rain delays, the game took about eight hours to complete.
the conference lead in home runs with 15. He’s batting .378 and is third in the ACC in on-base percentage. Whatever else the Tigers might have going on, Beer is going to be the one to watch over the weekend.
USC’s tournament breakdown
Alex Destino
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The Gamecocks have had a rougher road to the regionals. Their record is strong (42-15), but they stumbled badly in the SEC Tournament, losing to Ole Miss and eventual champion Texas A&M. Given USC’s past baseball track record, that had to hurt, but the Gamecocks have been through this before: Their two NCAA championships both came after poor showings in the SEC tournament. The key for USC will be restoring the confidence of outfielder Alex Destino. He leads the team in homers, but in the final 13 games of the regular season, he batted .200 in 55 at-bats with 17 strikeouts, and he was even worse in the SEC Tournament, going 1 for 9. Even worse, the team’s DH, John Jones, has hit a slump as well, batting an abysmal .093 as the season ended. If the Gamecocks can somehow get those two back on track, and they can take advantage of their notoriously difficult home field, they might survive. Otherwise, this Monday could be the beginning of a long offseason in Columbia.
Seth Beer
The Tigers not-sosecret weapon in this year’s quest for the championship is freshman outfielder Seth Beer. Beer is the first player in ACC history to win both the Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year awards (given by the ACC coaches) in the same year, and he’s currently tied for
Vincent Harris covers music and sports for The Greenville Journal. Reach him at vharris@ communityjournals.com
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health and wellness. Applications will be available exclusively to those who attend the open house. RSVPs must be made by Friday, June 3. Questions and RSVPs for the open house can be sent to Hedrick Lewis at grants@jlgreenville.org.
Greenville Little Theatre receives grant On May 16, Greenville Little Theatre was awarded $42,208 by Greenville Women Giving at its 10th anniversary celebration. The grant will help the theatre improve its lighting by purchasing and installing new “intelligent” LED lighting equipment of the same caliber used on Broadway. Many of the theatre’s current lighting instruments are 15 years past their life expectancy. The grant will help to change its lighting system in an environmentally conscious way. For more information, visit greenvillelittletheatre.org or call 233-6238.
SERVICE
Fellowship at the Falls Christ Church Episcopal will hold a community worship service and breakfast in Falls Park Sunday, June 5, at 10:30 a.m. The service will be located near the Shakespeare stage, and will include the liturgy of the Episcopal Church, as well as contemporary praise music and traditional hymns. Christ Church will also guide the community through the service with notes explaining the meaning and significance
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Tin Lizzy’s Cantina raises money for Harvest for Hope
of each part of the liturgy. Free breakfast biscuits from Tommy’s Ham House will be served starting at 10 a.m.
PHILANTHROPY
Northgate Soda Shop presents check to Meals on Wheels The Northgate Soda Shop presented Meals on Wheels of Greenville with a check from their annual Northgate Soda Shop Golf Tournament. The donation will help provide more than 460 meals for the homebound in Greenville County.
DONATION
Ronald McDonald House receives donation The Greenville Civitan Club will present a $4,380 check to the Ronald McDonald House
for its Breakfast Program, which provides meals to the family and guardians of critically ill or injured children during their stay at the facility.
GRANT
Junior League of Greenville to hold open house The Junior League of Greenville (JLG) will kick off its 2017 grant application process by holding an open house Thursday, June 9, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at its headquarters on Greenacre Road. Nonprofit groups and agencies are invited to attend the open house to learn more about JLG’s endeavors and the application process for grant funding and volunteer placements for the 2017 League year. 2017 grants will be awarded to agencies that promote JLG’s three community impact areas: education, families and children and
Tin Lizzy’s Cantina recently held grand opening festivities for its new Greenville location that raised over $600 for Harvest for Hope Food Bank. This new location is the chain’s second location in South Carolina. Tin Lizzy’s offers outdoor seating, uniquely crafted margaritas, specialty cocktails and a “FlexMex” cuisine. The restaurant also features a patio dining area and a wraparound bar. For more information, visit tinlizzyscantina.com or call 843-2122095.
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Speak for Animals hosts Picnic with Pups Speak for Animals is hosting Picnic with Pups at Clement Estates on Saturday, June 11, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fundraiser will feature the Snopes Family Band, a silent auction and face painting by Debi Kittle for both children
and adults. Attendees are welcome to bring their own food, or they can purchase guacamole and wraps at the picnic. Well-behaved, vaccinated and spayed or neutered dogs are welcome. Admission for children under 12 and dogs are free, and there is a suggested $10 donation per person. For additional information, email susan.bufano@gmail.com, or call 430-1142.
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Mauldin Cultural Center hosts “Beachin’ Friday” Music Series The Mauldin Cultural Center will host “Beachin’ Fridays,” a new music series that will feature local beach bands and shag dancing every Friday in June from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. The Center has also collaborated with Growler
Haus of Fountain Inn to provide beer and wine for the events. Growler Haus will be working with Greenco Beverage Company to supply the beer selection. Outside food is prohibited, but food trucks as well as some local restaurants, such as Chicora Alley, will be on-site each night. Admission is free to the public, and attendees are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets. The “Beachin’ Friday” se-
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Lockheed Martin adds to GTC endowed scholarship fund
Students study the Earth’s layers
Lockheed Martin Greenville Operations added $25,000 to an endowed fund established in 1995 to provide scholarships for Aircraft Maintenance Technology (AMT) students at Greenville Technical College. The program offers a combination of classroom training and hands-on instruction, providing students with the technical, mechanical and academic skills needed to become aircraft maintenance technicians for Lockheed Martin and other companies.
Lower school students at The Chandler School concluded their study of the Earth’s layers by making sundaes where each part represented a different layer of the Earth. It was a perfect ending to a lesson on a hot day.
Student selected to attend Young Leaders Conference
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Dr. Keith Miller, president of Greenville Technical College (left), and Les Gardner of the Greenville Tech Foundation (right) with site director Don Erickson of Lockheed Martin Greenville.
Quiyana Garrison, a fifth grade student at St. Anthony School, has been selected to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference this summer in Washington, D.C. Catherine Darling, teacher at St. An-
Student Viktor Lohoff enjoys each “layer of the Earth” as he eats his sundae
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ries kicks off on June 3 with musical guest Carolina Coast Band.
The bracket tournament will feature tailgating, live music and catering from Henry’s BBQ. Admission is free, and shorts and flip-flops are preferred. Corporate sponsorships and opportunities to participate in the competition are still available.
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For more information, visit cornholederby. com, contact Joy Blue at 331-1314 or email joy.blue@cdservices.org.
Gantt Fire and Sewer District dedicate new headquarters Gantt Fire and Sewer District’s board of commissioners recently hosted a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new headquarters at 1201 White Horse Road, Greenville. The new facility allows all of the district’s services to be housed in one location, allowing for the provision of services to the district’s constituents. Arch Design Group was the project architect, and Roebuck Buildings served as the contractor for the new headquarters. For the ribbon cutting, the group disconnected two fire hoses to signify the opening of the building.
threat in 2014 when it was placed for auction, but the Culbertson family borrowed against their savings to buy the property back. The mill’s 108 acres will remain unchanged, due to the partnership between Upstate Forever and the Culbertsons, as well as funding from the South Carolina Conservation Bank.
CONSERVATION
CDS announces first annual Cornhole Derby
For more information, visit upstateforever.org.
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Historic Culbertson Mill protected Culbertson Mill, a historic natural resource in Ware Shoals in Laurens County, is now perma-
nently protected by a conservation agreement held by Upstate Forever. The mill came under
The first annual Cornhole Derby benefitting the Center for Developmental Services (CDS) will be held Thursday, July 14, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Trailblazer Park in Travelers Rest.
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WHHS senior speaks on the impact of JA Wade Hampton High School senior student Luz Cruz will speak to the Junior Achievement (JA) of Upstate SC board of directors on the impact JA has had on her life on June 24 at 7:30 a.m. at ECPI University. Cruz and her team won third place in an online business competition held by JA, in which 125 high school students competed in an online business simulation that highlighted the importance of STEM and problem solving skills. A $6,750 scholarship was awarded to each of the top three teams. HomeTrust Bank will also present a check to JA to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
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The American Heart Association, along with Jarden Process Solutions, presented more than 250 athletic balls to the YMCA of Greenville on Tuesday, May 24. The balls were donated by attendees of the 2016 Upstate Heart Ball as part of the “Bring a Ball to the Ball” campaign. The locally sponsored campaign is aimed to encourage children to be active and play sports. Donations included soccer balls, footballs, volleyballs and basketballs, among others. This year’s Take Flight 5K First Overall Female winner, Maxine Blech, 16, in a USAeroFlight aircraft. She also won a flight lesson as a door prize.
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The Civil Air Patrol Greenville Composite Squadron folds a flag in honor of Frank Wallace at this year’s Memorial Day Weekend Take Flight 5K at the Greenville Downtown Airport.
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A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering’s Running Bots compete at the Take Flight 5K at Greenville Downtown Airport during Memorial Day weekend.
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LOOK More than 200 people took over the Star Lanes on May 20 for a fundraiser for the Mountains to Midlands Affiliate of the Komen Foundation. Thirtytwo teams bowled for dollars to end breast cancer and support breast cancer patients and co-survivors in the Upstate. The teams raised more than $10,000.
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The 2016 Great Scot! Parade took over Main Street last Friday to mark the beginning of the Gallabrae festival and the Scottish Games.
Photos by Carol B. Stewart / contributing
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thony, nominated Garrison for her academic excellence and strong leadership potential. Garrison will join middle school students from across the country to participate in workshops, group simulations and visits to historical sites.
SHANNON FOREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Felting artist, Cecelia Ho, spoke to students about needle felting. Ho’s original works have been custom made and showcased around the world. Following a talk and demonstration, students were able to try needle felting and worked with the artist to create bookmarks.
the arts curriculum throughout the school year, the Arts Festival Day focused on multicultural art. Students in Catherine Darling’s art class had the opportunity to watch and participate in multiple demonstrations given by local Greenville artists, April Harrison, Cecelia Ho, Diana Moscoso and Susan Brewer.
Students in Marisa Davis’ Washington Center class learn about the duties of the Greenville City firefighters during the school’s annual Community Day.
operators and firefighters demonstrated their services. Following the rounds, students were treated to snow cone snacks courtesy of the PTA. The success of bringing the community to the students has made Community Day an annual event at Washington Center.
Winners of the annual CCES fifth grade egg drop, with the best egg protection contraption, were Samuel Marik, Parker Davis and Pressley Ann Childs.
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA SCHOOL
St. Anthony Sky Knights Visit McEntire Reserve Air Force Base
CCES upper school music teacher, Molly Aiken, retires after 31 years at CCES. She is pictured at her retirement celebration with duet performers Ellie Williams (left) and Maggie Hamberis (right).
The St. Anthony School Sky Knights, an afterschool club of aviation studies, recently visited McEntire Reserve Air Force Base in Hopkins, S.C. The Sky Knights toured munitions supplies, the Viper aircraft and the control tower, followed by lunch with Lt. Col. Tom Watts.
WASHINGTON CENTER SFCS graduates have been accepted to over 55 universities and colleges around the world, with almost $2 million dollars in scholarships.
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School hosts annual Art Festival Day St. Anthony School celebrated the arts with their annual Art Festival Day. In keeping with
School celebrates Community Day During a recent school-wide Community Day event, Washington Center students experienced a variety of activities through local service providers. Following classroom instruction about Community Helpers, representatives came to the campus to offer first-hand experiences. The Greenville City Police K-9 unit, Fox TV weather, the National Guard, construction equipment
Pictured with the St. Anthony Sky Knights are Lt. Col. Tom Watts, Air Force pilot and club advisors, Fr. Patrick Tuttle, Cliff Bennett and teacher Juliane Laskowski.
CCES students celebrated the “big jump” to the next grade level with a morning of fun events on their last day of school. Students played jollyball, flag tag, jump rope, parachute, relays and tug-of-war.
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Home Info Price: $325,000 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 4 Lot Size: 2.57 Acres
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Schools: E.B. Morse Elementary, Sanders Middle, and Laurens District 55 High Agent: Jake Dickens | 864.616.6005 jdickens@cbcaine.com
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This 1892 Victorian Home has only been owned by two families and features such historic elegance that can not be duplicated. This immaculately maintained home is located on beautiful and historic Main Street in Laurens and sits on a 2.57 acre lot. The mature landscaping and other exterior features such as the deep lot, patio and 3 car detached garage make this move-in ready. You will love to entertain in such rich historic elegance where the rooms are large and there is room to grow.
There are two master suites and nice large bathrooms for the entire family. The home’s exterior has just been professionally painted and all major units have been well maintained. If you are looking for a historic home without the major task of renovating, this is a home that you must see. Just a short drive from Downtown Greenville, you can get all that you want at a price that cannot be matched.
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5BR/3.5BA This home has it all! Updated kitchen perfect for entertaining, grand master suite and bath, spacious bedrooms, screened porch &deck. Faris into Chanticleer, left onto Club Forest, house on right.
5BR/4.5BA Location, location, location! Updated 1920’s home features 4300+ Sq ft, 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath in a premium location! Capers Street Off Augusta Street. between Augusta and Crescent Avenue.
4BR/2.5BA Incredible all brick home! Endless space with Formal LR/Office, DR, Den, sunroom, wonderful bonus room, large deck overlooking fenced backyard. Faris into Chanticleer SD onto Michaux–home on left in cul-de-sac.
5BR/3BA Super Spacious Home In Five Forks Area! Backs To Woods! Beautiful Kitchen! One Br/Ba On Main Level! Popular Subdivision! Move-In-Ready! I385S to L on Woodruff Road, Continue R into Subdivision.
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4BR/2.5BA Open floorplan on level lot. Numerous upgrades including screened porch, new deck, and granite countertops in kitchen. Large Master Suite! 122 Whiffletree Drive, Simpsonville, SC 29681
3BR/1.5BA In-town home lives large, 3br/1.5ba, basement, side patio off of kitchen, hardwoods, new windows, new paint, new roof, new HVAC. Pleasantburg to Robin Hood Rd, House is #108.
4BR/2.5BA Great floorplan features 2 master suites, 2 additional bedrooms, 2 full and 2 half baths, bonus room, playroom, office, living room, dining room, kitchen, screened porch & private terrace area.
4BR/3.5BA Phenomenal custom brick home located in desirable Barrington Park Subdivision. The newly landscaped yard and stone walk ways attract you at first glance. Quiet cul de sac. Riverside Schools!
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4BR/3.5BA Beautiful custom brick home located on a prime cul de sac lot. The hardwoods and natural sunlight greet you at the door. The yard space is huge! Wren Schools!
3BR/2.5BA Quality brick home located on the 15th fairway at Pebble Creek Linkside, yet it’s convenient to downtown, shopping, and dining. 60k in updates! Must see!
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Charleston Walk exemplifies community and is a perfect place for your family to live. Situated in one of the most desired locations on the Eastside, Charleston walk is an intimate community of 23 home sites. We are confident you will feel right at home and invite you to tour our move-in ready homes. From the moment you set foot on the covered porch, your eyes will be drawn to the fine craftsmanship and attention to detail. Our homes offer gorgeous lighting and detailed trim work along with breathtaking kitchens, large master suites, and exceptional features throughout.
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Coldwell Banker Caine Introduces New Awards: Circle of Excellence Names April 2016 Recipients Coldwell Banker Caine recently recognized its top producing agents in property sales and listings from April through the newly minted Circle of Excellence program. The Circle of Excellence distinction is awarded monthly and annually to agents within the company’s five offices – Easley, Greenville, Greer, Seneca and Spartanburg – and celebrates $1 million in listing or closing volume, or four units listed or closed. The distinction also celebrates Coldwell Banker Caine’s Team efforts listed below. Circle of Excellence agents achieving $1 million in listing/closing volume or four listed/closed units include: • Alicia Waynick • Jennifer Simms • Rhonda Porter • Charlene Panek • Jennifer Wilson • Ryan Rosenfeld • Francie Little • Spencer Ashby • Sarah Gilley • Heidi Putnam • Judy McCravy • Susan Gallion • Helen Hagood • Kaye McIntyre • Susan Wagner • Hilary Hurst • Kiersten Bell • Victor Lester • Holly May • Linda Wood • Virginia Abrams • Jacob Mann • Lori Thompson • Virginia Hayes • Jacqui Dyke • Margaret Crowley • Wanda Stewart • Jake Dickens • Misty Hardaway • Wendi Ruth • Jane McCutcheon • Pat Loftis
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Home Info Price: $349,900 Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 3.5 Lot Size: 0.13 Acres
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Schools: Fork Shoals Elementary, Woodmont Middle, and Woodmont High Agent: Pam McCartney | 864-630-7844 pmccartney@cdanjoyner.com
You are going to fall in love! This 5 Br, 3 1/2 bath custom built home is loaded with upgrades, quality and charm. Beautifully decorated, this home shows like a model and features a stunning open floor plan with a huge family room, first floor office and formal dining room. The kitchen has solid surface countertops, tile backsplash, under-counter lighting stainless steel appliances, oversized pantry and counter seating. Enjoy the lovely Charleston porch off of the breakfast room. Gleaming hardwood floors are throughout most of the main floor. Master bedroom is on
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of two new sales associates to its Augusta Road office. Annie Adams and Lisa Birch join the company as its newest real estate professionals. Annie Adams commences her real estate career after being an elementary school teacher and a sales manager and buyer in the retail industry. She also served Senator Jim DeMint as
an intern honing her strategic communication skills during that time. Adams is a member of the Junior League of Greenville and a United Way volunteer. Lisa Birch joins the Augusta Road office with 16 years of real estate experience in the Charlotte, NC area. She spent 10 years with Renaissance Development in sales and two years as a broker with Cottingham, Chalk &
Hayes. Birch received a degree in Interior Design from West Virginia University and enjoys restoring furniture and spending time with her husband and three children in Greenville. “We are very excited to continue to grow the Augusta Road office, and we look forward to working with these newest members of the C. Dan Joyner family,� said David Crigler, Broker-In-Charge of the Augusta Road office.
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Five New Agents Join The Garlington Road Office Of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors 2 Scarborough Drive, Greer 4BR, 4.5BA • 0.41 Acre Bonus room, two wet bars, three car garage $620,000 • MLS #1322315
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce the addition of five new sales associates to its Garlington Road office. Jordan Doss, Keith Rudge, Fran Scott-Odom, Jenny Weathers and Robert Potts join the company as its newest real estate professionals. Jordan Doss enters the real estate field folScott-Odom Weathers Potts Doss Rudge lowing four years in the interior design and project management fields. She was an interior design account tended Rutgers University in New Jersey and received her B. S. in manager with Fusion Creative in Lawrenceville, GA and a project Electrical Engineering. Weathers lives in Simpsonville with her manager with Carter’s in Atlanta, GA. Doss resides in Taylors with two children and husband. her husband and three children, Charlotte, Noah and Ben. Robert Potts joins C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS with 26 years of Keith Rudge joins the Garlington Road office with nine years experience in real estate. Most recently, he was a broker with of real estate experience in Alpharetta, GA. During that time, he Trillium Properties of Asheville and previously served as the Real achieved recognition as a multimillion dollar producer. Prior to Estate Program Coordinator at Asheville Buncombe Tech Comthat, Rudge served as vice president of IT for Medquist in Nor- munity College. Potts resides Simpsonville and enjoys spending cross, GA. He lives in Greenville with his wife and four daughters. time with his three children and seven grandchildren. Fran Scott-Odom comes to the company following three years at an“We are excited to add so many new agents to C. Dan Joyner, other Upstate real estate agency. Prior to that, she worked at Stodghill REALTORS’ Garlington Rd. office. The company is continually Law Firm. Scott-Odom has a B.A. in Business Administration from growing to meet the needs of the Upstate, and we are pleased to Furman University and resides in Greenville with her husband. have such talent join us,” said Donna Smith, Broker-In-Charge of Jenny Weathers comes from the engineering field as a design the Garlington Rd. Office. engineer for AVX and as an IT professional for Milliken. She at-
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Sadly, I have never really been a runner. As a kid, I was always among the slowest in any race, barely beating the kids who were euphemistically called husky. My knees rebelled at an early age, around 14, and by the time I was 30, they made a clicking sound with every step. (I can never sneak up on anyone.) The good news is that there’s no real pain, just occasional stiffness in those now midcentury joints, and I’m able to walk, both literally and hopefully, to my heart’s content. I don’t take that privilege for granted. For the past couple of years I’ve walked with two dear friends almost every weekday morning. We walk when it’s dark, and we walk when it’s cold. We think we’re tough because unless it’s colder than 20 degrees or raining hard, we walk. We walk for a scant hour, about three and a half miles. Our feet work hard to keep up with our mouths as we solve the world’s problems, admonish one another to let some stuff go, commiserate and encourage one another – all before we wake our children, drive our carpools and head to work. We seldom walk on weekends, but occasionally, we meet on Saturday morning, changing our regular route to head downtown. It’s a beautiful walk through Cleveland Park along a bit of the Swamp Rabbit Trail and into Falls Park, crossing the
Reedy River via the Liberty Bridge, with a view of the waterfalls.
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It’s pretty quiet in the early morning, although plenty of dog walkers, runners and other folks are starting their day. All the coffee shops do a brisk business, and we always reward ourselves with a caffeinated beverage. This past Saturday, we headed up Main Street to the TD Saturday Market. It was busy with local vendors selling everything from salad greens and strawberries to cheese, bread and sausage. The Saturday Market is one of my favorite summertime treats.
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Fresh flowers, local honey, homemade cakes, herbs and ornamental trees rounded out the offerings. I was sad that I only brought my coffee card and no cash. My walking buddy generously treated me to a pint of strawberries before we headed home. The berries were so fragrant; I knew I needed to do something with them right away, so I decided to try my hand at making strawberry salsa. I looked up recipes online, but they were all so different that I just made up my own version. That make-up-my-own-version hasn’t always worked out for me, but this time my concoction turned out rather well.
Strawberry Salsa Ingredients: 1 pint ripe strawberries, washed and hulled
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1/2 pint grape tomatoes, washed and halved
1/2 red pepper, diced 6 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lime juice 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning, such as Tony Chachere’s or similar 1/4 teaspoon red pepper 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 to 2 teaspoons sugar or Stevia Directions:
Mix all ingredients together and let sit in refrigerator overnight or for at least eight hours. Serve with tortilla chips or crackers or as a condiment for chicken or pork. We enjoyed the salsa the first night with chips, but the second night I served it as a relish for pork tenderloin medallions, a combination that earned two thumbs-up from the whole gang. By day, Paula Angermeier is the head of communications for the Greenville County Museum of Art. By night, she writes about the art of living at TownandCountryHouse.com.
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Home Info Price: $608,000 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3 Lot Size: Approx. 8 Acres
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First time offered, this custom designed and built beauty is sited on 8 acres of total privacy in Simpsonville’s prestigious Harrison Hills. The very private drive brings you to the courtyard entrance with 3 car garage. Upon entering the large foyer, you will be awed when you experience the dramatic great room with vaulted wood ceiling and large welcoming fireplace. Owners have recently renovated all bathrooms and remodeled the fabulous kitchen, with all the bells and whistles. A large keeping room or additional eating area is part of the kitchen setting. Off of this room is a wonderful screened in porch that overlooks landscaped grounds, grilling deck, and fire pit.
The first floor master bedroom is 25 feet by 16.6 feet! The master bath has dual vanities, separate shower and soaking tub and ample closets. The first floor has another guest bedroom and full bath, and a media room. Upstairs are two bedrooms and a full bath with a large walk in attic storage. This custom home is a must see as words are not enough to describe its value! Take this opportunity to live in a first time offering custom home with complete privacy in Simpsonville’s admired Harrison Hills.
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As soon as Lee Yarborough walked with her daughter into the young adult fiction book festival YALLFest in Charleston, she knew two things: Greenville needed a similar event, and she had found her project for her Liberty Fellows program. “Teenagers were screaming when an author walked into the room,” said Yarborough, who recalled the experience during an interview one afternoon at a table at M. Judson Bookstore. “Teenagers screaming for books was an energy I couldn’t get out of my mind.” Yarborough, a member of the Liberty Fellowship Class of 2016, decided to organize Read Up, Greenville, a book festival targeting readers ages 12 to 24. “Greenville is a real literary town, but we don’t have any literary festivals,” she said. She started talking to people in their teens and early 20s, librarians, booksellers and author lists for similar book festivals to get suggestions for authors, and then watched YouTube videos to make sure they were good speakers. “The list changed every week, every month,” said Yarborough, who began working on the book festival about 18 months ago. At first, it was a challenge to book authors, but Yarborough was persistent, taking advantage of her networks and those of local bookstore owners, county and state literary organizations and a branding campaign. By midwinter, publishing companies were contacting her, wanting to get their authors in front of a part of the growing audience for
young adult literature. Young adult literature is the fastest growing genre in publishing, according to the Young Adult Library Services Association, the American Library Association’s fastest-growing division. “At school, reading may not be seen as ‘cool,’ but [at Read Up, Greenville] it will be cool to read,” she said. “The ultimate goal is to celebrate books and to help teens become lifelong readers.” Ya r b o r o u g h , who says she wants Read Up, Greenville to become an annual event, said many of the recent Hollywood blockbusters have come from young adult literature. And just because a book is aimed at teens and young adults doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have substance, she said. “They are literary works,” she said. “As a reader, they are good writing. They’re coming-of-age stories with which we all identify. They touch topics that teens are thinking about.” Such as teen suicide, the subject of opening keynote author Jay Asher’s “Thirteen Reasons Why,” a story narrated by Hannah Baker, a teen who committed suicide, and Clay Jensen, a former classmate and crush who received a box with cassette tapes ex-
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plaining that there were 13 reasons why she decided to end her life – and if he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list. Closing keynotes Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, authors of “All American
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Boys,” wrote about police brutality and race issues through the voices of two teen boys, one black who was brutally harassed by police and one white who witnessed it. Carrie Ryan, a New York Times bestselling author and a Greenville native, will also appear. One of Ryan’s books, “The Forest of Hands and Teeth” is being adapted for a movie. Greenville resident Jessica Khoury will also participate. The participating authors represent contemporary YA, thrillers, fantasy, romance, nonfiction, suspense and the supernatural and sci-fi. For a complete list of authors, go to readupgreenville.com.
Being a cute, smaller dog at the shelter usually means it won’t take long to find a home. For me, it’s a little different. I have heartworms, which makes me harder to adopt. People tend to fear the issue, afraid that I’m a hopeless cause or I will cost too much to take care of. I’m here to speak for all heartworm positive dogs and tell you that’s simply not true! Heartworms don’t mean my life is over. In fact, it’s just beginning thanks to the people at Animal Care who are raising money for my treatment. Having the cost of my treatment covered is a huge help to me getting noticed by adopters. With more than 100 other dogs to compete with, I can use all the help I can get! You can donate in-person or online.
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On the path to published novelist Attorney Jo Hackl fulfills lifelong dream and enjoys the journey along the way
of the idea was in the first 13 pages,” Hackl said. She wrote the first draft in five months. “The first draft is about getting the words out of my head and onto paper. I can’t edit while I’m writing,” she said. “I give myself permission to write a really bad first draft.” It was time for editing and revising, a CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF process for which Hackl drew on her writclandrum@communityjournals.com ing experience as a lawyer concentrating on corporate and securities law, often goJo Hackl’s path to publication of her ing line by line to make sure every word first novel was (and still is) a long and counted and was true to the story. She difficult journey. has lost count of the number of reviBut the attorney for the Wyche sions she’s made. law firm enjoyed every stage Along the way, Hackl took of the decade-long prolots of classes in writing cess. fiction and poetry, at“Just like everything tended and helped orthat’s worth doing, ganize conferences, there’s going to be read voraciously in the hard parts,” she said. genre, and took outRandom House Childoor survival coursdren’s Books has schedes where she learned uled “Smack Dab in the how to make fire with Middle” for a spring 2018 no matches and identify publication, 11 years after plants and berries that Hackl started working are safe to eat. on the middle-grades Hackl signed with “I give myself novel. Tracey Adams of Adams Hackl describes the permission to write a Literary, one of the top novel as “Hatchett” really bad first draft.” agents in the genre and meets “Chasing Versomebody who Hackl meer” because it comidentified as her dream Jo Hackl bines outdoor survival, agent in 2009. They had art mystery and the met at one of the writer’s conferences unique setting in which Hackl grew up – Hackl had helped organize. a one-stoplight town in a one-stoplight “It takes a bit of bravery to say, ‘I’m a county in Mississippi. She lived on a tim- lawyer, a mother, a community activist, a ber farm right next door to a ghost town novelist’ without knowing whether you’ll left by an electric lumber mill. When the be published. But I believed in the book,” mill pulled up and out after the timber Hackl said. She has had poetry and nonwas harvested, it left thick concrete pil- fiction published. lars and sidewalks weaving through the Hackl said her family here and in Missoon overgrown land. sissippi and the family of writers in the “It sparked my imagination,” Hackl Greenville community and beyond were said. extremely supportive. For many years At first, she carved out some writing when Hackl didn’t have a book deal and time on Friday and Saturday nights after was still working on the novel, they’d ask, putting her three children to bed and be- “How’s it going?” fore her husband got home from his job The book was sold in 2015. as a chef. “I was a good model for the power of She had 13 pages written when she persistence,” she said. found out about an Emrys novel-writing Hackl said there is still a substantial class taught by Ashley Warlick, a pub- amount of revision to be done to the lished author who now is one of the own- novel, which is scheduled for release in ers of M. Judson Bookstore. But the class spring 2018. required students to have written 50 pag“She [editor Shana Corey] and I have es. Hackl wrote the other pages over the the same goal – to make the book as course of the six-week class. strong as it can be,” Hackl said. “It changed substantially, but the germ
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CULTURE Sound Check Notes on the Music Scene with Vincent Harris
A decade of Dables SUMMER STARTS HERE
THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS FEATURING KIM WILSON
Which is exactly how David Walker, the main songwriter and guitarist for Dables, wanted it. The band name is short for “David’s B.S.,” and his work under that name is essentially a clearinghouse for every musical idea that pops into his head. Selections run from electronicbeat-spiked guitar pop to fuzz-coated noise to lurching indie rock to blissfully melodic acoustic folk. It’s a kaleidoscopic run through a musician’s mind that, for the most part, is Walker playing everything himself.
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You know how sometimes you can look at the song titles on an album and glean some sort of idea of how the songs sound? Good luck on that with a Dables album. The most recent Dables release, evocatively titled “Stuff, Vol. 3,” keeps its cards close to the vest: Titles include “Disembodied Head,” “Pumpkin Patch” and “Walking the Cow.” It’s probably best that way, though, because nothing on the album sounds like anything you’d expect, and in fact, it often sounds like a different artist is performing from song to song.
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Walker comes from a musical family; there are bluegrass musicians on both his mother’s and father’s sides, and he was already playing guitar by the time he was 11 years old. Back around 2005 or so, Walker decided that he wanted to start getting some of his ideas down in as direct a manner as possible. “I wanted to start my own one-man-band recording project,” he says, “just basically for me to get out every little musical whim, whether it was acoustic folk or metal or punk or rap or noise or anything. It’s just for me to indulge myself, that’s how I got started.”
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For about five years, Walker recorded his songs alone, but after a while, he started feeling the limitations of the solo format and wanted to bring in other musicians. Luckily, he already
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knew the two guys he wanted to recruit. “I just needed to expand,” he says. “After a while, I realized I had to get a band together to keep going. And the first band I was ever in, a metal band, was with Jake Garrett and Cody Blackwell, the guys I’m playing with now.” With Blackwell handling bass and Garrett on drums, the anything-goes style that Walker had favored before became more streamlined. “It changed the writing a bit,” he says. “Because I write stuff with them that works more in a band format. If people ask me what we sound like now, my go-to response is that it’s Nirvana, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath all smashed together, because we pull out random stuff all the time. For the past year or so we’ve been on a bit of a metal and punk kick. But we’re already talking about doing an acoustic folk album next.” Walker will be celebrating 10 years of making music as Dables with a show at the Radio Room this Friday. The first set will be solo, with Walker recreating his one-man-band days, and the second will be with the full band.
Dables (10 Year Anniversary Show) w/ Odd Television When: Friday, June 3, 9:30 p.m. Where: Radio Room 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive Info: 263-7868; radioroomgreenville.com
Vincent Harris covers music and sports for The Greenville Journal. Reach him at vharris@communityjournals.com.
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CULTURE Sound Bites THE LOW COUNTS Downtown Alive, NOMA Square, Greenville Thursday, June 9, 6 p.m. Free The High Point, N.C., two-piece known as the Low Counts plays a brand of strippeddown boogie that they call “blue collar rock ‘n’ roll.” And it’s certainly economical: Matt Walsh slings out rusty-nail guitar riffs and wails in a gruff shout over Austin Hicks’ full-kit drumming, and that’s it. “We wanted to do something that was different,” Walsh says. “Not the same old stuff. We’re not a blues band, we’re not a soul band and we’re not a funk band; we just didn’t want to be bound by any genre.” And don’t call them a duo, either. “We think of ourselves as a traditional band,” Walsh says. Achieving a full sound, which the band does adeptly, isn’t an easy task, and Walsh says that both men have to be fully focused at all times, particularly on stage. “We work harder than most bands that have multiple members,” he says. “You really have to think about what you’re doing; you can’t be on autopilot.”
NATHAN ANGELO Main Street Friday, NOMA Square, Greenville Friday, June 3, 6 p.m. Free On record, Nathan Angelo is a talented singer, songwriter and keyboardist who is adept at infectiously catchy pop songs. On stage, he and his band are considerably more versatile than that, a skilled group capable of getting a crowd on their feet from the first song. That disparity might be why, after nearly a decade of touring, Angelo released his first live album earlier this year, called “Live at Smith’s Olde Bar.” “It’s always been a desire of mine to do something like that,” Angelo says of the album. “From early in my career, people have said, ‘I love your record, but I think you’re better live,’ and I’ve always taken that as a compliment. In the world of wherever the music industry is these days, when vocals are tuned like mad, it’s kind of an artistic statement of, ‘Look, there are actually still people out there who are legit and sound just as good, if not better, when they’re performing live.’”
BEACHIN’ FRIDAYS
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Every Friday in June • 7-10pm • Hosted by Beach Bob & Kathy Cole Beach Music • Shag Dancing • Craft Beer • Food Trucks
HOT AS A PEPPER Rhythms on Trade, 213 Trade St., Greer Friday, June 3, 9:30 p.m. Free Depending on the show, the Greenville variety band Hot as a Pepper can expand from a quintet to a nine-piece. They can handle just about any genre, covering everything from classic R&B (Bill Withers, Sam Cooke, The Commodores) to ’80s pop (Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, J. Geils Band) to ’90s rock (Matchbox 20, Sublime, Foo Fighters) to modernday hits by Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars. They’ve been a popular draw on the Upstate music scene since their inception in 2012, and founding member John Hoyt, who sings and plays bass, says that all the elements have to be right to be a successful working band. “I think the biggest thing that any band has to find is someone who’s skilled in their craft and can hold a groove, especially with a dance or variety band,” Hoyt says. “But the personality issue is a close second. If we can’t get along, we can’t make music together. So we’d better be having fun, and we’d better be around people you enjoy being around.”
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CULTURE Huangry Sensual and Not-So-Sensual Meals with Andrew Huang
Pop style
King of Pops delivers icy morsels of joy for a brutal summer The place // King of Pops The order // Basically everything As a native South Carolinian, I’ve learned a few truths about summers. Undeniably, the season brings an incredible amount of joy. There’s a certain joie de vivre that comes from having longer, sun-drenched days. However, I’d contend that the true character of South Carolina summers is misery. Misery from oppressive humidity and heat, the inevitability of swamp butt and sticking to everything. However, after 26 Southern summers, I’ve at least learned that you can combat its misery with a few well-timed, ice-cold sweet treats. And so I called up Jeremy Elrod, the guy behind Greenville’s King of Pops, a street cart operation specializing in paletas, or Latin American-style ice pops. You’ve no doubt seen King of Pops carts posted up on Main Street, at a farmers market or at festivals like Artisphere. But the carts typically only carry a selection of standard crowd-pleasers, along with one or two more exotic flavors. I selfishly wanted to see his entire arsenal – after all, the promise of something fresh and new is what keeps me going in the doldrums of August. Luckily, Elrod offered to show me around the
new King of Pops kitchen, located beside the Swamp Rabbit Café & Grocery. I raided his frozen coffers for six slightly less conventional flavor incarnations: cookies and cream, the Arnold Palmer, jalapeno margarita, blueberry lemonade, peach and strawberry rose oil. The first three flavors, while interesting, didn’t tickle my fancy. The milk-based cookies & cream fell a little flat — it straddles the line between ice pop and ice cream, which makes it not quite rich or creamy enough for me. The Arnold Palmer tasted rather like its namesake drink. It’s enjoyable, but crunching my way through reminded me of an iced tea slushy, which I’d rather just experience as liquid iced tea. The jalapeno margarita pop, by contrast, tasted nothing like its namesake beverage. It’s nonalcoholic, for one, and has a light, citrusy base that seemed a bit bland, if refreshing. What saves it is the jalapeno note that hits at the beginning before backing off – it’s the essence of the pepper without any of the heat. The other three flavors exemplify summer refreshment to me. The blueberry lemonade has a ripe sweetness – blueberries fill your mouth, but it’s light on the tongue. It’s a prototypical summer treat for me: sweet, light and refreshing. The peach pop is similarly summery, but with a more pronounced tartness. It tastes like biting into a fresh peach,
So that’s the good news. Summer suffering is inevitable, but at least I can count on the King of Pops to deliver icy morsels of joy.
Pros + Like you need further justification for ice pops in summer? + Only 45 calories, and made with organic, local produce and cane sugar. It’s practically a health food. + Tons of flavors, and more to come. Andrew Huang
only better because it’s already frozen. The fruit isn’t blended into oblivion, so it even retains some of the texture of a peach when you bite into the pop. Then, there’s the strawberry rose oil pop. Real talk: This was my favorite flavor by far. Like the blueberry lemonade pop, there’s a robust fullness to the strawberries that make up the body of the pop. The rose oil, however, adds this incredible natural fragrance that permeates the entire pop. But as concentrated and intense as the floral notes are, they dissipate quickly, lingering only as memory. For me, it hits the right balance of intense flavor without being heavy-handed.
Cons - King of Pops carts have a limited selection of flavors, although the new kitchen will be opening a serving window in the coming months so you’ll soon be able to choose from the full menu. King of Pops Main Street, Greenville (706) 224-2063, Greenville.kingofpops.com Pops, $3
Follow Andrew Huang’s food misadventures on Twitter and Instagram at @rooftoptales and #huangry.
Page Turners
The book that changes everything
Matthew Quick’s novel “Every Exquisite Thing” charts a pivotal moment Nanette O’Hare has it all together. She’s a good student, a star soccer player and a rule-follower. She thinks she knows what path her life is going to take… until her favorite teacher introduces her to “The Bubblegum Reaper,” a book that changes everything Nanette believes about herself and the world around her. Nanette quickly becomes obsessed with “The Bubblegum Reaper” and its author, and, for the first time in her life, she questions the path she’s on. What if she doesn’t want to play soccer? What if she doesn’t want to hang out with her superficial friends? What if she doesn’t
want to go to college? Suddenly, it’s okay to ask these questions and break free from everything she’s supposed to do. While Nanette is rebelling against the life others have chosen for her, she’s joined by Booker, the reclusive author of “The Bubblegum Reaper,” who never wants to talk about his only published work; Alex, another fan of Booker’s novel, a boy who maybe takes the whole “rebel against the norm” thing too far; and Oliver, a kid who is tormented at school and needs someone to fight for him. Nanette believes she’s found kindred spirits in all three of these people, especially Alex. Nanette and Alex grow closer, united in their rebellion against the status quo. But what will happen when Alex begins to lose himself, when he gets into trouble that he can’t talk his way out of? How will Nanette cope? Will she lose herself, too? Will she revert to the girl she once was —
just going through the motions of “normal” life — or will she find a way to remain true to herself? Read “EVERY
EXQUISITE THING” by Matthew Quick to witness how
a book changes one girl’s life, helps her find her voice, and makes her look at the world around her and begin to find her own place in it. If you like “Every Exquisite Thing,” give these other books a try:
“FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK” by Matthew Quick “THE FAULT IN OUR STARS” by John Green
“ELEANOR & PARK” by Rainbow Rowell “THE BOOK THIEF” by Markus Zusak Review by Kelly Knight, Fork Shoals School librarian. Visit her blog for young adult and middle grade readers at Knight Reader (knightreader. wordpress.com) and for the elementary-aged set Knight Reader Junior (knightreaderjunior. wordpress.com).
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CULTURE Must-See Movies By Eric Rogers
The passion of Michael Moore Love him or hate him, you can’t deny that documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is passionate about changing the country. While his films may be very one-sided, he is the only filmmaker I know of who places a bibliography on his website showing where he found his facts. These three films are presented in his trademark comedic manner.
“WHERE TO INVADE NEXT” 2016 Moore’s latest film is now available on iTunes and Amazon for rent or purchase. In this film, he travels to various nations to examine the differences in their way of life compared to ours. For instance, in Portugal, no one is imprisoned for drug use. In Norway, the prison guards have no need for guns. In France, school lunches are something the students look forward to. In Italy, workers have five months of paid maternity leave. In Iceland, there is a law requiring the legislature to be comprised of no fewer than 40 percent of each gender.
“FAHRENHEIT 9/11” 2004 Ever seen that clip of George Bush talking about stopping these “terrorist killers” which was then followed by the line, “Now watch this drive” as he hits a golf ball? Or the one where he says he doesn’t spend much time thinking about Osama Bin Laden? Michael Moore brought those clips to the public’s attention with this film. He also revealed that the Bush administration had received a memo titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” just prior to the attack on the World Trade Center. The film’s title is a play on Ray Bradbury’s novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” about a society where “firemen” are in charge of burning all books. Contrary to what some believe, this is not one of those conspiracy films suggesting
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Bush planned the 9/11 attacks. It’s more of an examination of the events leading to it and how it was used to get public support to launch a war on Iraq, even though none of the attackers were Iraqis.
“BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE” 2002
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This film takes its name from the massacres that took place at Columbine High School 17 years ago. The film is about the obsession with firearms in the United States. Moore begins by comparing gun ownership and murder rates in our country to those in other developed nations. In one scene, Moore (an NRA member himself) goes to Charlton Heston’s home to question him about gun laws. Heston was the president of the National Rifle Association at the time. The scene left such a mark on “Sniper” director Clint Eastwood that he later told Moore, “Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera, I’ll kill you.” Eric Rogers has been teaching filmmaking at The Greenville Fine Arts Center since 1994. Sudoku puzzle: page 54
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An adventure of a lifetime in Centre Stage’s ‘The Explorers Club’
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From a time when women were fighting for their rights in the U.S. and wom-
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en across the world were still struggling to have a voice comes a story of a determined woman trying to break social norms. Nell Benjamin’s “The Explorers Club” is set in London in 1879. The show takes
the audience on the serious, but also funny, journey of Phylidda Spotte-Hume’s attempt to join an all-male explorers club that has yet to discover anything. But Phyllida has already discovered a lost city and is sharing her story about it. She
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Free Singer/keyboardist creates infectiously melodic
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Lynne Holcombe Gottrocks 200 Eisenhower Dr. Quirky, banjo-driven experimental folk. 235-5519 gottrocksgreenville.com
even brought back a native from the city named Luigi who doesn’t speak English. And now certain club members are refusing to let her in. Kerrie Seymour, who plays Phyllida, happens to be the only woman in the cast. “One of the things that’s so fun about this show is even though it’s the 1880s, this woman plays in a boy’s world,” Seymour said. “She’s an explorer; she is unafraid. So it’s fun to play an especially strong woman’s role.” Seymour said she has a few friends who have done different productions of “The Explorers Club” who encouraged her to be a part of it at Centre Stage. After she read the script, she fell in love with the show and requested to be in it. She will also be directing two shows next year that are set in the same era. Seymour grew up in Maryland and moved to the Upstate with her husband and son around nine years ago. Soon after she was hired as a professor at Clemson University to teach acting. She has been involved with theatre for almost a decade, working at theatres around the area, such as in Atlanta. “The Explorers Club” is the fifth show she has been a part of at Centre Stage, including a few shows she’s directed. “The Explorers Club,” directed by Reed Halvorson, hits the stage June 16. “I can’t express how funny it is. It’s one of those plays you’re laughing out loud when reading it yourself,” she said. “Anyone who enjoys a really solid laugh should come. It’s just really delightful.”
“The Explorers Club” When: June 16-July 2 Where: Centre Stage Tickets: $10-35 Information: 233-6733 or centrestage.org
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Grown-Ups Only Night: Flashback Friday The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 6-9 p.m. | $10 in advance/$12 at the door This Grown-Ups-Only Night is all about the ’90s. Come out and enjoy a Flashback Friday full of ’90sthemed activities, music and entertainment, with a cash bar by Liquid Catering. Ages 21 and up only. tcmupstate.org
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Join us in Creation Station this weekend as we explore the process of designing a game. Get your ideas started in our Fun and Games exhibit, and join us at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday or 2 p.m. Sunday to expand your ideas with our educators on staff. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
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Harry Connick, Jr. Peace Concert Hall 300 S. Main St. 8 p.m. $65-$105 Harry Connick, Jr. is a pianist, vocalist, composer, writer, band leader, actor, philanthropist and master of multiple music genres. With a daytime TV show on its way, multiple other television appearances, major movie roles and the release of his new album, “That Would Be Me,” it’s easy to see why Connick is ranked amongst the top male artists in the world. He’s won three Grammys, two Emmys, and has received two Tony Award nominations. 467-3000 peacecenter.org boxoffice@peacecenter.org
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Bring your pup for a Doggone good time-Live music with Angela Easterling Yappetizers & Cash Bar. FREE ADMISSION!
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The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Children will have opportunities to design their own games in Creation Station with the help of staff. Some Board Game MAKER days will take place outside where children can use chalk and other mediums to create a new game. Free with admission.
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Join artist Paul Flint for a closer look at the portraits included in the exhibition Right Before Your Very Eyes. Starting with Andrew Wyeth’s painting of his wife, Betsy, in Tundra, we will explore techniques for sketching a successful portrait. All skill levels are welcome. Sketch pads and pencils are provided, or bring your own. 271-7570 | gcma.org
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Yappy Hour YOGA @ NOMA Square
Wed., June 15th • 6:30pm Raised Barre
10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $10 Advance tickets can be purchased at Vaughn’s Seed and Feed at 109 Trade St. Simpsonville, or Martin Garden Center at 198 Martin Road, Mauldin. Day of tour tickets can be purchased at Garden House Inn at 302 S. Main St. Simpsonville or The Bragg Garden at 121 Fox Trace, Simpsonville. Exception one garden in Fountain Inn. 688-2356 simpsonvillegardenclub.com jkm43066@yahoo.com
Free community class in partnership with lululemon athletica
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“Telling Her Story,” works from a feminine perspective Exhibit June 3-July 27 • First Friday, June 3, 6-9 p.m. • Greenville Center for Creative Arts • 25 Draper St. • Free • 735-3948 • artcentergreenville.org • info@artcentergreenville.org Eleven artists share their feminine perspective in an exhibit titled “Telling Her Story.” The artists range in age from recent college graduates to mature artists. The show consists of 2D and 3D pieces. Exhibiting artists are Alice Ballard, Mandy Blankenship, Camela Guevara, Louisa Pyle Kirk, Michele Maynard, Naomi Nakazato, Emily Neal, Michelle Berg Radford, Valerie Zimany and Suzanne Zoole. The exhibit opens June 3 with an opening reception from 6-9 p.m. In addition, the Hallway Gallery will display “The Story Within,” an exhibit of works by 10 women from Smith House/Pendleton Place. The Contemporary Print Collective will be hosting a free kids event and all 16 GCCA Studio Artists will be onsite sharing their studios with attendees for First Friday on June 3.
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a gathering of support for families, and an outreach to the community. Join CSPA and the Upstate Cancer Networks for the 26th annual celebration of survivors. Celebrate your survivorship with food, fun, friends and festivities.Register at CancerSurvivorsPark.org/cancersurvivorsday. 255-5010 cancersurvivorspark.org kay@cancersurvivorspark.org
CONCERT
Dolly Parton
of entertainment. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her illustrious career have topped a staggering 100 million records worldwide. 467-3000 peacecenter.org boxoffice@peacecenter.org
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COMMUNITY MEETING
Candidates’ Forum State Senate District 6
The Event Center at ZEN | 924 S. Main St.
Furman Accepting Applications for Senior Leaders Greenville
6:30-8 p.m.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. $350
7:30 p.m. | $100-$500
MON
EDUCATION
Furman University | Herring Center 3300 Poinsett Hwy.
Peace Center | 300 S. Main St.
als. Scholarships are available. 294-2998 | nancykennedy2767@furman.edu furman.edu/sites/OLLI/Senior-LeadersGreenville/Pages/default.aspx
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman is accepting applications through June 6 for Senior Leaders Greenville. Limited to 40 participants, the program is designed for adults 55 and up who want to play a more essential role in the community. Cost for the program is $350, which covers nine day-long education sessions Sept.-May; activists and community leaders; lunch each day; orientation and graduation events; and class materi-
Free The Greenville Tea Party will sponsor a “Candidates’ Forum” for the office of state senator, District 6. 106.3/WORD radio personalities Bob McLain and Tara Servatius will moderate. The format will allow each participating candidate to make remarks and answer prepared questions from the moderators and spontaneous questions from the audience. 283-6195 | greenvilleteaparty.com ron.tamaccio.gtp@gmail.com
MON-THU
06-09
CAMP
Youth Basketball Camp
Legacy Charter School, Gymnasium
900 Woodside Ave. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | $90/student Boys and girls ages 7-14. Directors coach BJ Jackson and coach LaCheryl Smith will feature offensive fundamentals, shooting and passing, ball handling, defensive fundamentals, proper stance and footwork, rebounding and man-toman techniques. 248-0646 legacycharterschool.com/summer-camps.php bjackson@legacycharter.org
MON-SAT
06-11
FAMILY
Story Time and More: Strawberry Painting
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Summertime and strawberries just seem to go together. We will be reading “The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear” and making our very own “sensorific” strawberry. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
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LESSONS
MON-JUL
06-28
Summer Camp at Younts Center for Performing Arts
Younts Center for Performing Arts 315 N. Main St., Fountain Inn Classes and camps available all summer. No enrollment fees. Visit yountscenter.org and click on “Summer Classes and Camps” for information. 409-1050 | yountscenter.org cheryl.pelicano@fountaininn.org
TUE
07
COMMUNITY MEETING
Forum: 2016 Primary Candidates for Greenville County (Sheriff/County Council)
Hughes Public Library | 25 Heritage Green Place 6-8:30 p.m. Free The Greenville Branch of the NAACP, Freedom Fighters Upstate SC, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Greenville(SC) Alumnae Chapter and the Greenville County League of Women Voters have partnered to hold a public forum for the five candidates running for the office of sheriff and the 10 candidates running for county council in the primary June 14. 354-2512 | patrick.prince1971@gmail.com
TUE & JUN
07&08
HEALTH/FITNESS
Pickleball
Taylors Rec Center Gymnasium | 200 W. Main St., Taylors Wednesdays | 9-11 a.m. Tuesdays | 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE Pickleball is a paddle sport created for all ages
and skill levels. The rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a quick, fast-paced, competitive game for experienced players. 292-4060 | darylh@taylorsfbc.org taylorsfbc.org/reach/taylors-rec/events/
TUE-TUE
07-21
EDUCATION
Furman’s Riley Institute and OLLI Present Education for Life
Furman University Younts Conference Center 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $35 for all three sessions ($25 for OLLI members) or $15 per individual session The Riley Institute at Furman and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will present “Education for Life: Working together to fulfill the promise of education.” In the three-part series, speakers will address the complex issues facing schools, families and communities and ways in which all stakeholders can work together to set students up for educational success. The series begins June 7 and continues June 14 and June 21. 294-2998 bit.ly/EducationForLifeJune2016 nancy.kennedy2767@furman.edu
WED-SAT
08-11
THEATER PRODUCTION
TRUMPED: the Musical
Cafe And Then Some 101 College St. Suite 1A 6:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday through July 30 $20 TRUMPED: the Musical is a brand new, original musical comedy. Join our merry band of characters as they fret about the upcoming elections
and poke fun at all the candidates. And one of them even decides to launch a campaign for public office. Starring Susan Smith, Maureen Abdalla, Traysie Amick, Jim Wilkins and Bill Smith. 232-2287 | CafeATS.com info@cafeats.com
CONCERT
THU
09
Furman Presents Lakeside Concert Series Every Thursday at Amphitheater Furman University | Amphitheater 3300 Poinsett Hwy 7:30-9 p.m. | Thursdays through Aug. 4 Free Les Hicken and guests present outdoor concerts: June 9, Music from Far and Away; June 16, Contemporary Jazz; June 23, Rhapsody in Blue (McAlister Auditorium); June 30, For Amber Waves of Grain; July 7, The West End Brass Quintet; July 14, Bluegrass Night; July 21, The Magic Kingdom; July 28, An Evening with Henry Mancini and Aug. 4, Greenville Jazz Collective. 294-2086 FurmanMusic@furman.edu news.furman.edu/2016/04/18/music-by-thelake-summer-concert-series/
FAMILY
GHS Fountain Inn Farmers Market Commerce Park | 200 Depot St., Fountain Inn 4-8 p.m. | Thursdays through Sept. 12 FREE Greenville Hospital System Fountain Inn Farmers Market is a yearly event in downtown Fountain Inn. Thursday evenings, come buy some produce and see the vendors, then stop in at some of the shops on Main Street, or grab dinner at one of our great restaurants. There’s lots to see in Fountain Inn. 363-0345 fountaininn.org market.manager@fountaininn.org
FRI
10
CONCERT
ZooTunes
Greenville Zoo 150 Cleveland Park Dr. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $75 The Greenville Zoo Foundation will host its first-ever ZooTunes concert, featuring Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Jason Isbell, on June 10 at the Greenville Zoo. Tickets available at zootunes.eventbrite.com. The inaugural event, presented in partnership with the Greenville Zoo and Eleven Events, will raise funds for implementation of the Greenville Zoo Master Plan. 627-4200 greenvillezoofoundation.org/events
CONCERT
Voo Doo Davis Blues Boulevard (Greenville) 300 River St., Ste. 203 Tickets: $10 (plus $10 food/drink minimum) Guitarist mixes blues, Americana and jam-band experimentation. 242-2583 bluesboulevardjazzgreenville.com
CONCERT
Encore at Main Street Fridays NOMA Square, Main Street Free Veteran beach-soul-pop cover band. bit.ly/downtown-alive
CONCERT
Lydia Can’t Breathe Ground Zero 3052 Howard St., Spartanburg Progressive metal. 948-1661 reverbnation.com/venue/groundzero2
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FAMILY
Random Acts of Science: Science of JENGA The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Wednesdays-Sundays
Free In honor of The Explorers Club, Centre Stage is teaming up with Greenville360 for a Downtown Scavenger Hunt. At noon, we will provide clues to several locations on Main Street. Each location on the hunt will give you a free goodie or coupon. Compete alone or a team of two. Everyone gets free tickets to Centre Stage and free wine/beer at the final restaurant. There will be a grand prize winner. It’s free to register. Email Allison.fields@centrestage.org. 233-6733 | centrestage.org
What does it take to build a tall tower? Join us at designated times to play and learn in Fun and Games as we see what makes a tower balance. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
SUN
12
ARTS EVENT
Sundays at 2: Music in the Galleries
Buddy Bear Clinic
Smiley’s Acoustic Café | 111 Augusta St. Free Dazzling blues guitarist leads a versatile combo. 282-8988 | smileysacousticcafe.com
CONCERT
Silvermane, w/ Odessos, Animal Portraits & Tides in Transit Soundbox Tavern 507 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville Quartet mixes post-pop, indie rock. 228-7763
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FAMILY
Open Art Studios: Scent Painting
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 1-4 p.m. Use all your senses in this week’s painting experience in Off the Wall. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 1-4 p.m. Make creative designs with marble and paint this week in Off the Wall. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
WED-SUN
15-26
FAMILY
Random Acts of Science: Programming Games
Join our team at designated times in Fun and Games as we explore games that help us learn the science of programming. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
12:30-2:30 p.m.
Eric Weiler Band
Open Art Studios: Marble Painting
11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Wednesday-Sunday
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St.
CONCERT
13-26
FAMILY
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St.
FAMILY
Has your child ever wanted to reverse roles and become the doctor? Well, here is your youngster’s chance to do just that. Join Child Life Services of GHS Children’s Hospital for our first-ever Buddy the Bear Clinic. This incredible opportunity lets your child call the shots. Help your budding doctor explore medical equipment and get hands-on experience with X-rays, vital signs, surgery, blood draws and more. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
MON-SUN
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. Free Skeeziks plays traditional Irish, Scottish and Appalachian tunes guaranteed to make your feet tap and bring a smile to your face. 271-7570 | gcma.org
MON
13
FAMILY
Frozen Flour
Greenville Drive Game | Flour Field 945 South Main St. 7 p.m. | $8 Frozen Fluor is back for the second year in a row. Join the Greenville Drive and United Community Bank Ice on Main for a fun, frozen-filled night at the ballpark. There will be fun contests, giveaways and special appearances by mascots and ice princesses. For tickets, contact the Greenville Drive at 240-4528. 232-2302 | anna@crawfordstrategy.com facebook.com/events/1007704545981478/
MON-SAT
13-18
FAMILY
Story Time and More: Beach Ball Painting
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Summer isn’t complete without a trip to the beach. Come join us as we take our own trip to the beach by beach ball painting. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
THU
16
ARTS EVENT
Third Thursday Tour: Jasper Johns
Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St.
now open for the Evening Music Program which begins June 16. These lessons are open to students third grade through adults of all ages. The fee is $60 for 6 weeks of lessons. Rental instruments are available. Register now by contacting Susan Ware-Snow. This program supports the nonprofit Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music. 979-9188 | yamupstate.com susu9196@gmail.com
FRI
17 7:30-9 p.m. Free
Opening night Chautauqua History Alive Festival. Laugh out loud with Mark Twain, the iconic world traveler and wily intellectual whose books inspired the American Spirit of Adventure. George Frein stars as Mark Twain and features Charles Wood, banjo. Outdoors under the Big Chautauqua Tent. Come early and picnic on the lawn. Chairs are provided under the tent or bring your lawn seating. Show rain or shine. 244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org
SAT
Meet in front of The Salon near the front door and join us for a free docent-led tour of the exhibition Jasper Johns. 271-7570 | gcma.org
THU-JUL
16-02
Chautauqua History Alive Mark Twain
Greenville Technical College | 800 E. Faris Road Tent between Faris Road parking lot and Bldg 104
11 a.m.-noon Free
THEATER PRODUCTION
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An Evening with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
THEATER PRODUCTION
The Explorers Club
Centre Stage | 501 River St. 8 p.m. | Thursdays-Sundays $30, $25, $10 A comedy set in London in 1879, follow the brilliant Phyllida Spotte-Hume and her bid to be the first female member of the exclusive Explorers Club. 233-6733 | centrestage.org information@centrestage.org
THU-JULY
16-28
LESSONS
Learn to Play Appalachian Music
Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St.
Trinity UMC | 2703 Augusta St.
8 p.m. | $65-$95
Thursdays | $60 for six weeks of lessons
Frankie Valli came to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons. They boast 71 chart hits, including such classic songs as “Big
All ages can learn to play the banjo, guitar, fiddle or mandolin. Join the fun. Registration is
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Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” Valli has toured almost continuously since 1962, and his songs have been featured in such movies as “The Deer Hunter,” “Dirty Dancing,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Conspiracy Theory” and “The Wanderers.” 467-3000 | peacecenter.org boxoffice@peacecenter.org
FAMILY
Amelia Earhart Revisits Greenville
Rockwell. Blast into space with Wernher von Braun, the German immigrant and father of rocket science who took America to the Moon. 244-1499 | greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org
SAT-SUN
18-19
FAMILY
Weekend Programs: Games Around the World
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Did you know children all over the world play games like us? Join us at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday or 2 p.m. Sunday in Creation Station and learn some new favorite games with our staff. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
SUN
19
THEATER PRODUCTION
Chautauqua History Alive - Tom Sawyer and Amelia Earhart Greenville Technical College | 800 E. Faris Road Tent between Faris Road parking lot and Bldg 104 Runway Cafe at Greenville Downtown Airport 21 Airport Road Ext.
2:30-9 p.m.
10 a.m.-noon
At 2 and 3:30 p.m.,the Adventures of Tom Sawyer as lived and told by Mark Twain at the Fine Arts Center, 102 Pine Knoll Dr. At 7:30 p.m., Amelia Earhart will appear under the tent at Greenville Tech with music by Emily Lynch. Take to the skies with Amelia Earhart whose courage and plucky personality showed how women could soar beyond society’s expectations. 244-1499 | greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org
Free Step back in time to 1931. Chautauqua and the Greenville Downtown Airport recreate that historic day – Friday, Nov 13, 1931 – when Amelia Earhart flew into Greenville. At 10 a.m. - 1930s photos, history exhibit, vintage cars, games and costume contest. At 11 a.m. - “Amelia Earhart” will land in front of the Runway Cafe in a 1929 Golden Eagle Chief (weather permitting) and address the crowd. 244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org caroline@greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org
Free
MON-SAT
20-25
THEATER PRODUCTION
Chautauqua History Alive Festival Matthew Henson and Wernher von Braun Greenville Technical College | 800 E. Faris Road Tent between Faris Road parking lot and Bldg 104 2-9 p.m. Free Matthew Henson at 2 p.m. in Greenville Tech Building 104 UT Auditorium (sign interpreted). Race to the North Pole with Henson, the intrepid African American explorer who co-discovered the North Pole. Then at 7:30 p.m., Wernher von Braun will be in the tent at Greenville Tech. There will be music by Larry Hoskinson & Katie
FAMILY
Story Time and More: We all Scream for Ice Cream
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. It is ice cream time. This week we will celebrate summer by reading a favorite book. We will also make an ice cream cone craft to take home. Free with admission. tcmupstate.org
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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF INTENTION TO FILE PETITION TO CLOSE ROAD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority and the Greenville Revitalization Corporation being the owners of all property surrounding a one block section of Monaghan Meadow Road running between McBeth Street and Ravenel Street in the Monaghan Community will file a Petition in the Court of Common Pleas for Greenville County pursuant to Section 57-9-10 of the CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, as amended praying that the above described road be abandoned or closed. Samuel Lindsay Carrington, Esq. Bell Carrington & Price LLC 408 East North Street Greenville, South Carolina (864) 272-0556 Attorneys for Petitioners
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016, 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 2016 2017; 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 A 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 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. BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN Greenville County Council
SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: UniMac Washer/Extractor, IFB #91-06/20/16, 3:00 P.M. A mandatory pre-bid meeting and site tour will be held at 10:00 A.M., E.D.T, June 10, 2016 at Greenville County Detention Center, 20 McGee Street, Greenville, SC 29601. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org or by calling (864) 467-7200. GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following items: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-38 APPLICANT: Michael Merheb CONTACT INFORMATION: merheb@gmail.com or 864-553-5478 PROPERTY LOCATION: 624 S. Washington Avenue PIN: 0250000100800 EXISTING ZONING: I-1, Industrial REQUESTED ZONING: R-15, Single-Family Residential ACREAGE: 0.45 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Gibson DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-39 APPLICANT: Charles J. Reichert for Walter Panagakos CONTACT INFORMATION: reichertconsulting@gmail.com or 864-270-3397 PROPERTY LOCATION: Staunton Bridge Road and Frontage Road
PIN: 0253000100508 and 0253000100520 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 4.1 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Gibson DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-40 APPLICANT: Coleman J. Shouse for Cedar Commons, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: cshouse@ishomes.com or 864-675-6071 PROPERTY LOCATION: 200 Block of Crestwood Drive PIN: 0441000100102 and 0445000100300 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: R-15, SingleFamily Residential REQUESTED ZONING: FRD, Flexible Review District ACREAGE: 17 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-41 APPLICANT: Rodney E. Gray for Terry Blakely, Blakely Family Limited Partnership CONTACT INFORMATION: rodneyegray@gmail.com or 864-297-3027 PROPERTY LOCATION: Furr Road and Emily Lane PIN: 0610070100900 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: R-12, Single-Family Residential ACREAGE: 48.9 COUNTY COUNCIL: 26 – Ballard DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-42 APPLICANT: Josh Hoover Demsey for Evelyn Rice (L-est) CONTACT INFORMATION: hd.joshua@gmail.com or 864-979-0982 PROPERTY LOCATION: 1205 East Georgia Road
PIN: 0560030100400 EXISTING ZONING: R-15, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: R-M10, Multifamily Residential ACREAGE: 14.2 COUNTY COUNCIL: 27 – Kirven DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2016-43 APPLICANT: Philip Gaston Albergotti for Marshall Daniel Williams and Dunean Baptist Church CONTACT INFORMATION: gaston@naief.com or 864-276-7458 PROPERTY LOCATION: 200 Edgewood Drive and 822 Marue Drive PIN: 0104000400100 and 0104000400500 EXISTING ZONING: R-M20, Multifamily Residential REQUESTED ZONING: O-D, Office District ACREAGE: 4.2 COUNTY COUNCIL: 24 – Seman DOCKET NUMBER: LDR-2016-03 CONTACT INFORMATION: hgamble@greenvillecounty.org or 864-467-4612 TEXT AMENDMENT: The proposed amendment will revise the Land Development Regulations. All persons interested in these proposed amendments to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance and Map and the Greenville County Land Development Regulations are invited to attend this meeting. At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendments as requested or approve a different amendment than requested.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016, 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 2017 TAX YEAR. THE SOUTH GREENVILLE BOARD OF FIRE CONTROL, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF S.C. CODE § 6-11271 AND § 6-11-275, AS AMENDED, HAS REQUESTED THAT GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL INCREASE THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX FOR THE SOUTH GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT BY EIGHT-TENTHS (0.8) MILL, BRINGING THE TOTAL MILLAGE FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TO THIRTY-SEVEN AND EIGHTTENTHS (37.8) MILLS, WHICH REPRESENTS A CONSUMER PRICE INDEX INCREASE OF 0.12% AND POPULATION GROWTH OF 1.92% AS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW PURSUANT TO S.C. CODE ANN. SECTION 6-1-320(A). BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL
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1 Put a cork in 8 Tribulations 15 Rival of Hertz or Avis 20 Very weak 21 Patty of the LPGA 22 Supped 23 Set a camel’s cousin free? 25 In a devious way 26 Toyota model 27 Meadowland 28 Folk stories 30 Belt stabbers 31 Times Square lights 32 — -mo replay 33 Terrible-tasting stadium snacks? 36 Writer — Stanley Gardner 37 — -Z (complete) 38 Wood splitter 39 Reply to the invite 40 Baaing “ma” 41 Very light wood gradually decayed? 45 Annual 47 Low cloud 48 So-o-o slow 51 Piano pieces 52 Easter meat 55 Kitten cry 56 — de plume (pen name) 58 Tutti- — 61 Yale alums 63 Tall beast makes a low,
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indistinct sound? 68 Patronize 15-Across, e.g. 72 “It’s so-o-o cold!” 73 Pastel color 74 Unearth Moscow natives? 77 Brewer’s kiln 78 California surfing spot 79 Yoko of “Two Virgins” 80 “— -la-la!” 83 — power 84 Cut short 87 Voyaging 89 Cooking competition reality show 92 2001 Sean Penn drama 95 Skier/shooter carboloading on tubular pasta? 100 iPhone game, often 101 Vitality 104 Singer Davis 105 “Livin’ Thing” rock gp. 106 Load to bear 107 Merciless theater guide? 110 Monkly title 111 “It’s — cost you!” 112 Top-tier 113 Certain opera singer 114 River of Switzerland 115 Hank known for hitting 116 Ford debut of ’55 118 Tune sung by a robed singer? 123 “Neon” fish 124 Biting insects
125 Laura — Wilder 126 So far 127 Hall of TV 128 Most profound DOWN
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Celebrate a local tradition! Do you know a special child turning 6 this month?
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The Classroom Window with Trevor Barton
Other people’s shoes Idra Novey is one of my favorite writers. She is a professor and a teacher in the Bard Prison Initiative. She is a poet and a translator. Her debut novel, “Ways to Disappear,” is about a 60-something Brazilian author named Beatriz Yagoda who climbs a tree and mysteriously disappears. Yogoda’s young American translator, Emma Nuefeld, comes to Brazil from Pittsburgh and tries to find her. This theme of trying to translate the words of another person, of trying to put yourself into the shoes of another person, is imbued in the work Novey does and in the translations, poems and stories she writes. I have been thinking about what that means for me. When I see someone different – a transgender person, a Muslim person, a politically conservative person or an “any kind of different” person – I am tempted to look at that person with fear. I either fight against or flee from that person. But what if I look with empathy? What might happen if I put myself in that person’s shoes and walk around? I carried that question into a story I am writing about a boy during the Cuban Revolution. If you asked him, “What do you do?” then he would answer, “I’m a farmer.” But if you asked him, “Who are you?” then he would answer, “I am a boxer.” He has a gift. He can see through people’s eyes and feel through their hearts when they hold his hand. In this passage, here he is with his mom after a boxing match: He reached out his hand, battered and bruised from the fight, and found his mother’s hand to hold. He tried to bend his fingers around hers, but they were too stiff and sore to move. She turned her hand around and opened it so he could rest his palm on hers. … Something happened then that had never happened to him before and that would change his life forever afterwards. As he held his mother’s hand there in the simple room beside the boxing ring, her eyes became his eyes, her ears his ears, and her heart his heart. He saw the world as she saw it, felt the world as she felt it, when she was his age, when she was a girl of 10. She held her papa’s hand and they walked together by a large window of a hotel restaurant on the main street of the town. Her papa stepped off of the sidewalk, took his threadbare, tattered hat into his hand and held it to his chest, and bowed his head in silence as the owner of a large sugar plantation passed by and opened the door to the hotel. The powerful man sat down with his wife and daughter at a table by the glass window looking out onto the street. The girl appeared to be Maria’s age. She was dressed in the most beautiful dress Maria had ever seen. She held a silver fork in her right hand, and on the fork was a piece of steak cooked to perfection by the finest chef in the town. That morning, Maria had eaten a single corn tortilla and a spoon of refried beans, and that would be the same thing she would eat that evening, for the season was the time between the harvest of the previous year and the harvest of the present year, and her already poor family was now desperately poor and hungry. For a moment, the girl’s eyes behind the glass met her eyes, but she quickly looked away. Maria felt the pain of her hunger. It was deep and aching in her empty stomach and moved out as weakness into her arms and legs, moved out as despair into her mind and heart. A lump formed in her throat. She closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek and onto the dust and dirt of the sidewalk. Billy, her son holding her hand, felt that pain of her hunger, felt the emptiness so deeply in his own stomach and heart that a tear formed in his own eye and rolled down his cheek and onto the dust and dirt of the floor of the dark, quiet room. He knew then, so deeply and clearly, why his mother worked the fields in bare feet, why she wore the same dress day after day and year after year. He knew why she took so little of the food she prepared for her family. She did these things because she never wanted him to be hungry as she had been hungry then. In that moment he realized how much his mother loved him and how much he loved her. He realized his mother was beautiful.
OPEN 7 DAYS Starting June 4th
What kind of beauty could we see, what kind of beauty could we create, if we looked at the world with empathy, if we walked around in each other’s shoes, if we held one another’s hands? Let’s try.
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Trevor Barton is a reading intervention teacher at Berea Elementary School. He believes we all have stories to tell and loves to listen.
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We’re Shining Brighter
at Laurens Electric’s 2016
A Annual Meeting
Laurens Electric’s Main Office
Saturday, June 4
2254 Highway 14, Laurens, SC
Registration Gift
Registration & Voting for Board of Trustees 8:30 —10:30 A.M.
Each member who is present and registers at the Annual Meeting will wi receive a
$25 credit on his/her electric bill. elec
Entertainment 9—10 A.M.
(Limit on one $25 per registered member.)
Early Bird Prize Drawing 10 A.M.
Grand Prize H 2006 C Chevrolet
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Business Meeting Begins ns 10:30 A.M.
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Registration cards for the Annual Meeting will be mailed by May 20. You should receive one card and will be given one gift, even if you have multiple accounts. Only customers who register in person will receive a gift.
You cannot register or receive a gift for another member who does not attend.
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