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“It’s like asking for a referendum on prostitution or marijuana.”

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“A harmonious agreement may not be attainable, and that’s why we must send uncompromising people to Washington to fight for our values.”

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Connor aims to ‘restore conservative constitutional values’ to Washington Orangeburg lawyer will challenge Graham in U.S. Senate primary SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com Orangeburg lawyer Bill Connor is one of the six Republican challengers running to unseat twoterm U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Connor is a Citadel graduate and Afghanistan combat veteran who served 24 years as an Airborne Ranger Infantry officer. He is currently a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and a partner in a small general practice law firm with an emphasis in military law.

Connor and his wife, Susan, have three children.

As the June 10 primary election draws closer, the Journal asked Connor to weigh in on questions and issues important to Upstate voters.

What made you decide to challenge Lindsey Graham? Why are you a better candidate?

I don’t think Lindsey Graham is a bad guy, but I think he’s lost a sense of who he was when he went to Washington 20 years ago. His votes and support for liberal Supreme Court justices, TARP bail-

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outs, Internet sales tax, amnesty, and standing against conservative senators like Cruz, Lee, Paul, and Scott when they opposed Obamacare funding don’t represent South Carolina values. Spending that long in Washington can do that to you.

There are other candidates in this race, but I am uniquely prepared to go “toe to toe” with Sen. Graham on his perceived strong points – national defense and foreign policy. As someone who has been selected for the rank of Infantry Colonel and deployed to places like Egypt, the Gulf Region, and Afghanistan in over

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I can speak from experience why Sen. Graham was wrong in criticizing the Egyptian military for deposing the Muslim Brotherhood. I can also speak to the fallacy of supporting President Obama’s Syrian bombing requests that could result in the empowerment of Muslim Brotherhood rebels.

Additionally, I have run a successful small business and am married to an ob-gyn in private practice (married 23 years). We have unique insights into the healthcare unlike any other candidate in this race.

What is your biggest challenge in this race?

Most would think it would be Graham’s millions, but I don’t think anyone thought any of the challengers could compete with that. I think the sheer number of people all vying to be the conservative candidate has been challenging. All of us have our unique qualifications, but the divide has stopped all conservatives from uniting behind one person to beat Lindsey.

What is the most important issue of your campaign?

My top priority is to restore conservative constitutional values as a member of the Senate. More specifically, I want to abolish the National Department of Education and repeal Obamacare, as neither are constitutional. Whether it be in the role of advice and consent on judicial appointments (only constitutionally minded justices), enforcing immigration laws, or protecting our citizens from government spying and intrusion, I want my votes to reflect the values of this state and the Constitution I swore to support and defend 24 years ago. I also want to bring my experience as a 24-year Army officer and combat veteran to our national security and foreign policy needs as well as protect our current and former members of the military.

What are your views on the polarization in Washington and how (or whether) it can be ad-

dressed? Does this vitriolic partisanship hurt the country?

On the contrary, I think it’s the constant compromise that got us where we are today. Not enough people were standing up and saying no to ridiculous spending, outof-control government overreach, and burgeoning debt.

Do you believe consensus is necessary to address issues like maxed-out entitlements, health care reform, immigration reform, the sputtering recovery, etc.? Consensus is nice, but I’m not sure it’s realistic. As previously mentioned, Washington has become very polarized. I think the only place to address these issues is at the polls. Voters must research where their candidates stand on these issues, tune out special interests, and vote accordingly. A harmonious agreement may not be attainable, and that’s why we must send uncompromising people to Washington to fight for our values.

What about your campaign fund – do you have enough to run a successful race?

After the last filing, we had over $300,000 on hand. We have consistently had a very low burn rate and have spent wisely.

What endorsement have you not received but think would be a huge step?

I know many of the national groups are choosing to stay out until the runoff. I understand their stance, but I think it’s a mistake and could cause us to send Lindsey Graham back to Washington for six more years.

What’s something that people don’t know about you?

I graduated from high school in Europe. I was a military brat and my father was stationed in Belgium when I was in high school. Although it was a U.S, Department of Defense dependents’ school with an Americanbased curriculum, this gave me a great opportunity to see the culture and education in that part of the world. Also, my uncle is a Christian Egyptian, which has given me great insight and sensitivity to Christians in countries with restricted religious freedoms.

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You can help a child today

Every spring, we at the Greenville County Department of Social Services seek to recognize and thank all of the wonderful and gifted foster parents in the Upstate. These families provide so much unconditional love to the most vulnerable children in our community.

Imagine a 10-year-old little boy coming to your home with nothing but the clothes on his back, which are dirty and too small. You do not personally know this child, however, as a foster parent, you invite him into your family and life.

Furthermore, you provide him with the basic needs, educational needs, and unconditional love, despite whatever comes to the surface in his daily life.

It is amazing all of the great things the foster parents in Greenville County are doing every day. We would like to thank each

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of them for that heartfelt love that they provide to the children of Greenville County.

We would also like to recognize and thank our staff at Greenville DSS for all of the relentless work they do every day for the citizens of Greenville County. Our workers and leadership take our mission statement very seriously and consider it an honor to serve our community. Our staff understands that it is more than a job at DSS; it is a life style to care for our community. The Mission Statement for our agency and our staff is: “To efficiently and effectively serve the citizens of South Carolina by ensuring the safety of children and adults who cannot protect themselves and assist-

City Council steps backward At its May 12 meeting, by approving the ordinance providing for nonpartisan municipal elections, Greenville City Council took a step back from its record of making good and reasoned decisions. Council members could have tabled the issue for further study, as many others and I requested.

Or, Council could have done the right thing and voted it down altogether.

In recent years, many cities have turned to non-partisan elections. Online research may reveal some valid reasons why non-partisan municipal elections might be practical and sensible, but there are also many reasons why they are unwise. Although supporters claim that non-partisan elections increase voter turnout, level the playing field, and enhance cooperation between the parties, there is just as much empirical evidence that they do none of those things, and worse, there is extensive evidence that they are just as likely to do the opposite.

And, among other injurious consequences of nonpartisan elections, they are more divisive, they invite spoiler

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candidates, they make financial oversight more difficult, and they increase the likelihood of corruption.

Furthermore, the language in the new ordinance is confusing. The following paragraph is taken directly from the ordinance: Sec. 14 -2. - Method of nomination.

The methods method of nomination for municipal elections shall be partisan [nonpartisan plurality/ nonpartisan run off,] as provided in this chapter and in S.C. Code 1976, § 5 – 15 - 10 et seq. and S.C. Code 1976, tit. 7.

The words with the strike through are what is being deleted from the old ordinance. What is double underlined is being added to the ordinance. The brackets contain nothing but those words, not a complete sentence, and with no explanation. This should invite speculation about the conduct of the election: Is the outcome based on a simple plurality

should include name, city, phone number and email address for verification purposes and should not exceed 300 words. Columns should include a photo and short

ing families to achieve stability through child support, child care, financial and other temporary benefits while transitioning into employment.”

The Human Services division of Greenville DSS is charged with identifying children who are or may be in danger of abuse or neglect, and to promote their safety and well being. In order to support this goal, we have embraced procedures that are “best practices” in human services organizations.

A “best practice” is defined as “a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmark.” A significant best practice that Human Services uses regularly is “Signs of Safety.” This technique has several practice principles. Among them: Always search for detail. Focus on creating small change. Recognize that all families have signs of safety. Offer choices. Cooperate with the person, not the abuse. Don’t convote, or is a run-off required?

Before the vote, I asked Council to explain the meaning of the brackets, but received no answer. I suspect this will eventually be just one of the issues which will bring legal challenges to the new ordinance. The city will likely be required to spend funds defending a law they should have left alone.

Besides it being a bad decision, Council went against expressed popular opinion. Prior to this vote, there were several community meetings called specifically to discuss the proposed change. While only a fraction of the Greenville electorate attended those meetings, opposition to non-partisan municipal elections was nearly unanimous in all of them.

Then, there were two Council “readings” of the proposed ordinance. The opposition to the change was abundant, articulate and well reasoned.

In the first reading, six people spoke against it; in the second reading, 10 people presented statements in opposition. At neither reading, did one person speak in favor of the change. Zero.

At both readings, Mayor White asked for a standing vote on the issue. An overwhelming majority of attendees stood in opposition. Twice, four members of Council apparently had their eyes closed.

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We would like to encourage our community to get involved with child welfare in Greenville County. There are several ways for you to get involved. You can become a foster parent or adopt a child who is legally free for adoption. Become a Guardian ad Litem or a member of the Foster Care Review Board. Mentor a teenager who has no one to give him or her positive reinforcement. Consider becoming a part of the DSS staff and help us find permanency for children faster.

If any of these opportunities interest you, please feel free to contact me at keith.frazier@dss.sc.gov. Become a part of the solution in Greenville County and stand up for our children and families.

Keith Frazier is director of the Greenville County Department of Social Services.

In their prepared explanations, those four Council members stated that they listened to the people, that they respected the people, that they heard the people, and understood their opinions.

Then they voted exactly the way the people did not want.

It appears their definitions of listening, hearing and respecting are substantially flawed, and quite different from mine. In my mind, to vote in direct opposition of publicly stated opinion demonstrates an arrogant and disdainful Council representative. Shame on them. Greenville deserves better.

On the other hand, Mayor White and Council members Littlejohn and Flemming did the right thing. They merit commendations for doing what they were elected to do – represent the citizens of Greenville.

Vic Rosenthal is a retired medical case manager and 26-year resident of Greenville.

He was the chair of the steering committee that established the Augusta Road Neighborhood Association, and is acting chairman of the association’s zoning committee.

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Legislative action averts possible election disaster CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Lawmakers say they avoided possible election chaos by passing a bill creating unified elections and voter registration boards in each South Carolina county.

Lawmakers say the measure makes moot a lawsuit filed by Greenville’s Ned Sloan claiming a state law establishing voter registration and election boards for each of the state’s 46 counties is unconstitutional because it was a collection of previously enacted, unconstitutional single-county laws.

The bill now awaits the governor’s signature.

Conway Belangia, Greenville County’s elections director, said the change will affect Greenville County only “minimally.”

Currently, five members serve on the county’s voter registration board and five on a separate election commission board. The combined commission required by the new law will have nine members. The county legislative delegation is expected to make its recommendation to the governor within the next six months.

The new law is in part a reaction to a series of 2012 election fiascos prompted by rampant confusion over a mandated financial ethics form, which ultimately led to a state Supreme Court ruling that removed 250 candidates from the ballot statewide.

However, state Sen. Larry Martin, RPickens, said 2012 would pale in comHAVE

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Turrentine Patient Education Center The Turrentine Patient Education Center is a free service for patient and family members seeking general health information. The center is staffed by a health educator and is located in Greenville Memorial Hospital. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Fridays, 8 a.m.-noon. To learn more, call (864) 455-9005.

GHS Names Employee of the Year Kris Barends, a neonatal nurse practitioner at GHS’ Center for Pediatric Medicine, has been named GHS Employee of the Year. This award is given annually to one employee who best demonstrates stellar service during the past 12 months. Barends has dedicated more than 25 years of her professional career to providing care for special-needs infants and their families.

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Healthy Workplace Award GHS was recently named a Healthy Workplace Award winner by LiveWell Greenville. This award recognizes organizations that support the health and wellness of their employees. GHS was recognized for its efforts to help employees lose weight, reduce A1c levels and stop smoking.

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Twisting and whirling with the passing breeze, this hypnotic new kinetic sculpture by Washingtonbased sculptor Anthony Howe was recently installed by the city of Greenville at the corner of Spring and McBee streets in front of the new 98 E. McBee apartment complex. Creating moving sculptures since 1990, Howe recently told CNN he’s inspired by everything from the natural world to sci-fi. His Website artist statement says it all: “Let’s go sit on the patio and watch the whirligig.”

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parison to the chaos that would erupt this year should Sloan’s lawsuit prevail in the middle of an election cycle that begins with primaries next week.

If a judge ruled that all local election boards are unconstitutionally formed, “There would be nobody to conduct elections at the local level,” he said.

The confusion dates back to a series of single-county laws passed during the early 1970s into the 90s. Originally, each of the state’s 46 counties had a separate Board of Voter Registration and a Board of Elections. State lawmakers combined those boards over time in all but a handful of counties, including Greenville and Spartanburg counties.

After courts declared single-county legislation unconstitutional in 2008, the Legislature passed Act 312 to codify the single-county changes. However, each county was still set up differently, which worried Martin.

“It wasn’t a uniform method of running elections,” he said in an earlier interview. “We know you can’t have 46 different approaches to a single law.”

Sloan’s lawsuit pressed the same point, referencing a recent ruling by Circuit Judge Thomas Cooper that a 2011 law merging Richland County’s election and voter registration boards violated the state constitution’s ban on single-county legislation. Convinced Sloan would prevail, Martin pushed the Legislature into the corrective law on the way to Gov. Haley’s desk for signature.

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Francis Pettit ministered to the wounded during D-Day invasion 70 years ago

Witness to

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amorris@communityjournals.com Francis Pettit doesn’t talk much about the day in 1944 when he was on a ship in the English Channel, watching the ocean burn and seeing American forces storm the shore at Omaha Beach. However, on the 70th anniversary of the pivotal D-Day invasion, he recounts his part in that fateful day off the Normandy coast.

Pettit, 90, was a Coast Guard signalman second class who had joined in 1943 at the suggestion of a friend from his hometown of Darlington. At 20, he was the youngest of the crew on his 83-foot vessel. Usually tasked with chasing smugglers and rumrunners, he said, “We were part of the Navy during the war.”

His “83-footer,” along with 60 others, were part of a rescue flotilla assembled before the June 6 invasion, he said. Pettit’s ship, No. 5 for D-Day and otherwise called 83-327, had 13 Coast Guard crewmembers.

Because of the bad weather, the crew was restricted to the ship for four days before the in-

“That was the awful beach because of the cliff. Those men who made it on shore and climbed that cliff—they were something.”

Francis Pettit on being off the coast of Normandy on D-Day

vasion while the date was decided, he said. “We knew we were going, no doubt about that.”

Their job, Pettit said, “was to simply get the wounded out of the water and to hospital ships.” And on June 6, “it was an awful, overcast day and the Channel was awful choppy.”

Pettit and his fellow crewmen crossed from their station at Poole on England’s south coast to Omaha Beach, one of the five stormed by Allied forces that day. “You could not really see the

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Crew of the No. 5 83-footer Coast Guard cutter in a photo made the day after D-Day. Francis Pettit, youngest member of the 13-man crew, sits on the bottom left.

English Channel for all of the ships that were out there. All you could see were ships, ships, ships.”

Equipped with morphine, “medicinal brandy” and virtually no medical training, Pettit and crew began taking care of the wounded. The 83-footers could see all of the action “because we were just about six-foot depth in the water, we could get real close to the beach. The only thing that kept us from going any further were the obstacles they put in the water.”

Pettit’s ship pulled about 25 men from the water and gave morphine to those who were wounded and brandy to those who were chilled from the water, he said. The wounded were then moved to hospital ships.

About six rescued were badly hurt and two were missing limbs, Pettit recalled.

“In fact, we pulled one out of the water who was just half a

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Soldiers also had to avoid the flames on top of the water, said Pettit. “You can’t believe a channel could be covered in fire from the oil. The tracers hit it and it was burning,” he said. The bullets were flying so close that Pettit could hear them whizzing past. “We saw one German aircraft and he was hightailing it because we really had the coverage,” he said.

“We were credited with saving more than 500 lives,” he said. “We were nothing but a rescue flotilla.”

Seventy years later, Pettis marvels at the infantry at Omaha Beach who scaled the natural walls. “That was the awful beach because of the cliff. Those men that made it on shore and climbed that cliff—they were something.”

The next day, the ship’s crew snapped a photo “of us all safe and sound,” he said. They later sailed up the Seine River to Duclair, France, where they spent three months of “good duty” communicating to docks upriver what supplies were headed to Rouen.

“In France, the people were so glad to be liberated from the Germans that we were treated like princes,” he said.

Pettit didn’t dwell on his time in service, then or now. “I don’t believe any of the World War II veterans really talked about any of it. We just came back home and went to work or went to college,” he said.

Pettit was discharged in 1946 and returned home to Darlington, later moving to Greenville and attending Furman University, where he met his wife of 66 years, Bobbie.

The youngest of his ship’s crew, Pettit believes he is the sole living member.

Physician News PETTIT TELLS SOME MORE LIGHTHEARTED STORIES FROM HIS SERVICE: AT PORT IN POOLE, ENGLAND… “It was blackout and you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. They would tie them [ships] up six to a dock and we would count the number of boats when we went on shore leave. We’d come back and if they’d moved one out, we’d fall in the water.”

SERVICE RECOMMENDATION… A high school friend suggested Pettit join the Coast Guard. “He told me, ‘We only patrol off the coast of New York.’” Pettit was colorblind, but with some strategically placed kicks to the leg, that same friend helped him pass the color blindness test, said Pettit. “And then I became a signalman!” Luckily they did not often use the colored signal flags, he said.

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Here are toothbrushes and razors, and snapshots of families back home staring up at you from the sand. Here are pocketbooks, metal mirrors, extra trousers, and bloody, abandoned shoes.

Here are broken-handled shovels, and portable radios smashed almost beyond recognition, and mine detectors twisted and ruined.

Here are torn pistol belts and canvas water buckets, first-aid kits and jumbled heaps of lifebelts. I picked up a pocket Bible with a soldier’s name in it, and put it in my jacket. I carried it half a mile or so and then put it back down on the beach. I don’t know why I picked it up, or why I put it back down.

Soldiers carry strange things ashore with them. In every invasion you’ll find at least one soldier hitting the beach at H-hour with a banjo slung over his shoulder. The most ironic piece of equipment marking our beach – this beach of first despair, then victory – is a tennis racket that some soldier had brought along. It lies lonesomely on the sand, clamped in its rack, not a string broken.

Two of the most dominant items in the beach refuse are cigarettes and writing paper. Each soldier was issued a carton of cigarettes just before he started. Today these cartons by the thousand, water-soaked and spilled out, mark the line of our first savage blow.

Writing paper and air-mail envelopes come second. The boys had intended to do a lot of writing in France. Letters that would have filled those blank, abandoned pages.

Always there are dogs in every invasion. There is a dog still on the beach today, still pitifully looking for his masters. He stays at the water’s edge, near a boat that lies twisted and half sunk at the water line. He barks appealingly to every soldier who approaches, trots eagerly along with him for a few feet, and then, sensing himself unwanted in all this haste, runs back to wait in vain for his own people at his own empty boat.

Over and around this long thin line of personal anguish, fresh men today are rushing vast supplies to keep our armies pushing on into France. Other squads of men pick amidst the wreckage to salvage ammunition and equipment that are still usable.

Men worked and slept on the beach for days before the last D-day victim was taken away for burial.

I stepped over the form of one youngster whom I thought dead. But when I looked down I saw he was only sleeping.

He was very young, and very tired. He lay on one elbow, his hand suspended in the air about six inches from the ground. And in the palm of his hand he held a large, smooth rock.

I stood and looked at him a long time.

He seemed in his sleep to hold that rock lovingly, as though it were his last link with a vanishing world. I have no idea at all why he went to sleep with the rock in his hand, or what kept him from dropping it once he was asleep. It was just one of those little things without explanation that a person remembers for a long time.

The strong, swirling tides of the Normandy coastline shift the contours of the sandy beach as they move in and out. They carry soldiers’ bodies out to sea, and later they return them. They cover the corpses of heroes with sand, and then in their whims they uncover them.

As I plowed out over the wet sand of the beach on that first day ashore, I walked around what seemed to be a couple of pieces of driftwood sticking out of the sand. But they weren’t driftwood.

They were a soldier’s two feet. He was completely covered by the shifting sands except for his feet. The toes of his GI shoes pointed toward the land he had come so far to see, and which he saw so briefly.

Ernie Pyle (above), a World War II war correspondent for Scripps Howard newspapers, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his stories about the ordinary soldiers fighting in the war. Permission to distribute and re-publish Ernie Pyle’s columns was given by the Scripps Howard Foundation. For more on Pyle and his history, visit http://journalism. indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle.

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District 19 County Council candidates face off APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com In Greenville County’s District 19, Tim Ballard is challenging incumbent Willis Meadows in the June 10 Republican primary for a seat on Greenville County Council. Both candidates responded to a series of questions posed by the Greenville Journal.

What are the most important issues facing Greenville County and how will you address them?

TIM BALLARD: The most pressing need for any community is to offer a good quality of life to its citizens. This is accomplished by having an open line of communication between the representative and the people. No one person can accurately repreBallard sent a community without meeting and discussing the issues that are important to that community.

I believe in improving all areas where our people and government intersect.

I will work to see amenities added to our park facilities. I will strive to attract and support businesses that grow our local economy. I will diligently seek to provide our first responders, sanitation workers and other public servants with the support that is necessary for the services they provide to all.

WILLIS MEADOWS: We must continue to keep and improve the economic climate that allows business to expand and make new companies want to locate here. As a member of Greenville County Council I will continue to work to reduce regulations and taxes that hinder growth.

Since I have been in office, we have added 87 new deputies and 55 EMS workers. We need to make sure we continue to supply the needs of the sheriff’s department and EMS. During Meadows my tenure in office, 90 percent of all calls responded to by EMS have been reduced to 12.7 minutes or less, down from 15.7 minutes or less. The average response time by EMS for all calls has dropped from 9.5 to 8.2 minutes. I will continue to be an advocate for the sheriff’s department and EMS. We don’t need to raise taxes. We need to have a financially efficient and lean government that serves the citizens without tax increases.

We have been able to do this and maintain our AAA bond rating.

Are there unique issues facing voters in your district? How will you address those?

BALLARD: In District 19, our people need a unifying voice that will represent them. It will be my job to meet with and receive input from the many different neighborhoods. Our community is made up of hard-working people who want to make sure their opinions are represented in local government. Folks want to know their tax dollars are being spent in ways that cycle back into the health of the community. It is the local representative’s job to keep the people informed and speak out with a voice that reflects the values of that community.

MEADOWS: Public safety and quality of life are the most mentioned issues. There have been improvements resulting from countless meetings and involvement by the citizens of District

19. The combined efforts of the citizens, county public works, codes enforcement, Greater Greenville Sanitation, the sheriff ’s department and the fire department have resulted in a cleaner and safer community. I will continue to listen to the people and work to solve their problems.

What are your qualifications for this position? Why should voters choose you?

BALLARD: I have been in the ministry for 18 years, which has offered me a unique view into the lives of the people in District 19. I know how our people think and what is important to them. I understand the values that the people of District 19 hold most dear. Hard work, integrity, community and faith are important to a large majority. They do not wish to have things given to or taken from them by their government. They only wish to be accurately and fairly represented. I have spent my entire life living in, loving and serving District 19. I am not simply trying to win an election; I am offering my service to the community that has given so much to my family and me.

MEADOWS: I am the only candidate who has a record of leadership, experience and proven results. I have been a successful educator as an administrator at Greenville High School, Travelers Rest High School and Shannon Forest Christian School. Using good business principles, I have had a successful insurance agency. I have had leadership roles as chairman of the board of the Greenville Federal Credit Union, former chair of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation Transportation Committee, former chairman of the board for Miracle Hill Ministries and an elder at Mitchell Road Presbyterian

Church. I am vice chairman of County Council and chairman of the finance committee. I have lived in District 19 for more than 40 years and am familiar with the needs of the community. They know me as a commonsense conservative. I will continue to listen and interact with the citizens of the district.

Tell us about your personal background.

BALLARD: I graduated from Berea High School and attended Liberty University, where I earned a Bachelors of Science in religion. I served as a youth minister at Westwood Baptist Church, where I chaired The Upstate Students for Life. We held pro-life rallies and participated in the National March for Life. In 2002, I became pastor of Park Place Baptist Church and oversaw our merger with Cherrydale Church in 2011, now Cherrydale Place Baptist Church.

My son Christian is a freshman at Berea High School. My son Brock and daughter Katy are students at Lakeview Middle. My wife Kelly and I were married in 1996. For the past eight years I have been a high school football and assistant baseball coach in Greenville County. I currently volunteer in both sports at Berea High. I have served as a volunteer chaplain for the Parker District Fire Department from 2010 until present.

MEADOWS: I have a Bachelors degree in English and social studies from Bob Jones University and a Masters degree in administration from East Carolina University. I have my own insurance agency and have been married to Joanne for 47 years. We have a son, Ken Meadows, and wife, Angela, and children Andrew and Allison. We have a daughter, Tessa Meadows Barron, and husband, Jerry, and children, Molly, Seth and Will.

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DHEC to restart Certificate of Need Supreme Court will not reconsider order to revive program APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com The South Carolina Supreme Court will not reconsider its April 14 decision that the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) must administer the Certificate of Need (CON) program, which requires healthcare providers to apply for approval to expand their services or purchase certain types of medical equipment.

Despite a funding cut via line item by Gov. Nikki Haley in July 2013 that removed the roughly $2 million required to administer the program, the court ruled a law establishing the CON program still exists – so DHEC must find funding elsewhere.

DHEC suspended administration of the program after the veto. Hospitals sued over the halting of the program,

maintaining approximately $100 million in new projects were forcibly delayed as a result.

According to a letter from DHEC officials in late May, the agency has posted the position of director of the CON program for hire, and staff to process CON applications should be in place by July 15.

DHEC will begin accepting new applications on July 15, according to the letter.

Providers with applications that were put on hold after the July 1, 2013, stoppage do not have to reapply; the agency will process them as soon as possible, according to the letter.

DHEC officials said they will know by July 15 what changes, if any, the Legislature will make to the CON program and will incorporate those into the agency processes.

Proponents of CON say the process eliminates duplication of services and prevents providers from setting up “boutique” hospitals or centers that specialize in the highest-paying procedures. Opponents maintain that the CON process is political and stifles competition among healthcare providers.

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School budget includes tax increase, pay raises clandrum@communityjournals.com Greenville County School Board members on Tuesday gave final approval to a nearly $507 million budget that will increase taxes for owners of commercial property, rental homes and automobiles.

Owner-occupied homes are not affected by the 4.9 mill tax increase.

The school district could have raised property taxes by 10.7 mills under a state law that allows tax increases for school operations based on population growth and the rate of inflation.

Balancing the budget also requires the district to pull $7.05 million from its fund balance.

Decreasing the district’s reliance on the fund balance was a priority for Superintendent Burke Royster in this year’s budget. Last year, the district pulled $11.2 million out of its reserves.

The budget gives all district employ-

ees a 2 percent pay raise. Bus drivers would get a bigger increase as the district revamps their pay schedule in an attempt to attract more drivers. The district is short 40 to 60 bus drivers, forcing some to drive double routes and impacting instructional time in the morning.

The budget includes increased health insurance costs, seven support staff positions needed for the new Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School and $26,000 to replace musical instruments for middle and high school band and strings programs.

The proposed 4.9 mill property tax increase would not apply to homeowners. It does apply to business property owners, industries and anyone who owns property such as a motor vehicle or boat. Owners of commercial property valued at $100,000 would pay $29.50 more in property taxes. The owner of a $20,000 car would pay $5.88 more.

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Out of the shadows Forum discusses how to improve services for disabled JEANNE PUTNAM | CONTRIBUTOR

jputnam@communityjournals.com The Disabilities and Special Needs Planning Forum recently met to discuss ways to improve access to services and opportunities for all individuals and families with disabilities and special needs in the Greenville County area.

The forum brought together representatives from the Barbara Stone Foundation, the Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs (DSN) Board, and area service providers and nonprofits to connect with each other and to discuss issues facing the special needs population.

The issues included how to: improve transportation; streamline ways for clients to connect with programs; smooth the transition for families with children “aging out” of programs and create programs for adults in the DSN system; expand recreational programs, either through Greenville County Rec or by encouraging faithbased organizations to become involved; and identify issues that need advocacy in the state.

Awareness is the No. 1 issue the disabled face, said Michele Reeves, secretary of the Barbara Stone Foundation and parent of a special needs young adult.

Speaking as a part of the forum, Reeves said she hopes the gathering will increase awareness among providers about services that other providers offer and that the community at large will become aware of the needs and step in.

Reeves also said increasing awareness regarding the disabilities and special needs population will help change public perceptions of the disabled.

Amy Hallasy, vice president of the Barbara Stone Foundation, agreed, saying, “There is no communication at all because people don’t know what they need [to be asking for].”

Such lack of knowledge was revealed as a common problem in a study conducted prior to the forum, which interviewed 276 people involving providers, caregivers and those receiving services.

Shannon Owen of SE Consulting said all survey respondents said they

were not sure where to go for services.

Participants suggested the creation of one webpage that combined all the information for how to get started in the system as a place to start, she said.

Based on the most recent Census, 282,442 people between the ages of 18-64, or about 9.8 percent of the population, fell into the adults with disabilities category in Greenville County, the study found. Of those adults, only 20 percent were employed and 13.7 percent had a Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Hallasy said she has encountered problems with the DSN system with both her children and would like to see opportunities for adults with disabilities. She said despite completing high school, her high functioning autistic adult daughter cannot go to college or get a job and just “plays video games all day.”

The workgroups formed in the forum will meet again in June and are open to anyone interested in participating.

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Legacy Charter launches first graduating class Its founder urges 32 grads to live passionately E. RICHARD WALTON | CONTRIBUTOR

As Legacy Charter School graduated its first senior class last week, the school’s founder congratulated its 32 high school graduates and urged them to continue to take education seriously.

Before an auditorium packed with family and friends, William Brown told the graduates their high school diplomas were “boarding passes,” but the passport they most need to earn is a college degree.

“Your diploma from Legacy gives to you abilities, not guarantees,” he said.

As tangible encouragement, Brown

announced he is giving each graduate a $4,000 scholarship for college. Each student will receive $1,000 yearly. All 32 graduates have been accepted by either a two-year or four-year college.

“Today, I’m asking you to get a greater, bolder vision of yourself,” he said. “Get a clear vision of yourself being worthy of anything you can dream of becoming.”

The 1,100-member student body at Legacy Charter School, which launched in 2010, is anticipated to grow to 1,300

During Legacy Charter School's recent graduation Legacy Charter School board chair William Brown, center, was thanked by the graduates for being a father figure and mentor to the students.

students by the fall, said Executive Director Fred Crawford.

Educators at the school stress healthy eating habits, physical and mental exercises, and teachers are required to set the example. Soft drink or candy machines aren’t permitted in the school.

A new field was installed this spring.

The school days are longer, tougher. The majority of the student body is Hispanic and African American. Though many of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch – a demographic that traditionally has not performed as well academically as students from more affluent households – expectations are not lowered, Crawford said in an interview prior to the ceremony.

“I don’t think any kids come to school to fail,” he said. “We can’t make excuses for them.”

At the graduation ceremony, Principal Eduardo P. Roman encouraged the school’s charter senior class to be the leaders that each should be. “Be prepared to work 10-to-12 hours a day.”

Brown drilled down that message further, telling the crowd he learned a thing or two from his father, who didn’t

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Legacy is housed at the site of the former Parker High School, which operated from 1923 to 1985 and had an estimated 33,000 graduates, most of whom were children of textile mill workers. On May 17, more than 1,400 “Parkerites” – both white and black former students – held a reunion in the Legacy gymnasium.

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Voters will have say on roads sales tax Greenville County Council approves November referendum for road improvements APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Voters in Greenville County will be marking the ballot in November on whether they want a 1 percent local option sales tax to fund road improvements. Greenville County Council voted 8-3 Tuesday night to include a sales tax referendum on the ballot.

Council members Joe Dill, Willis Meadows and Sid Cates voted in opposition and Jim Burns, Bob Taylor, Xanthene Norris, Liz Seman, Lottie Gibson, H.G. “Butch” Kirven, Fred Payne and Joe Baldwin voted in support.

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If approved by voters, a 1 percent local sales tax would be in force for a maximum of eight years, and projects would be taken from the list presented to voters on the referendum.

Residents addressed the council during an hour-long public hearing before Tuesday’s final vote, with about a dozen speaking on each side of the issue. Supporters cited the need for road repairs to bolster economic development, provide sidewalks near schools and make a move when the state has not acted to repair roads. Opponents insisted the state must fix its own roads, residents are taxed enough and amenities like bike lanes should not be funded by county residents.

Several opponents wanted to use a portion of their allotted speaking time standing in silent protest, but Councilman Meadows told them to speak or sit down.

Councilman Sid Cates, who voted against the referendum, told the crowd he opposed a local sales tax for roads

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and that the move by council allowed the state to shirk its duty. “We are complicit in allowing them not to do what they’re supposed to do,” he said, hitting the desk for emphasis.

Councilman Joe Baldwin, who voted in favor, said he agreed with Cates, but the Legislature will not act to fix the roads and Gov. Nikki Haley has vowed to veto any increase in the state gas tax to fund roads.

“We’re stuck for another four years without them doing anything, but we can’t wait four more years,” Baldwin said.

Meadows, who also opposed a tax increase, proposed an advisory referendum to reduce county operational millage by one mill, but was voted down by the others in an earlier committee of the whole session. Council members discussed working to reduce millage during the next budgeting process.

In other business, council gave final approval to an ordinance regulating freestanding donation boxes with the amendment that the box can be located on properties not owned by the organization, but the organization must maintain the receptacle. In addition, the box

must be labeled with the owner’s name and address and the name of the entity that benefits from donations.

Greenville County Council is scheduled to meet again on June 17, 6 p.m., at County Square, 301 University Ridge, Greenville.

Greenville County Council members considered another referendum this week: Sunday alcohol sales.

Councilwoman Liz Seman presented a referendum ordinance that would allow the South Carolina Department of Revenue to issue temporary permits to allow Sunday alcohol sales for onpremises consumption.

Joe Dill voiced strong opposition, saying, “It’s like asking for a referendum on prostitution or marijuana.” Added Lottie Gibson, “Nobody forces anybody to drink; it’s a choice.”

H.G. “Butch” Kirven suggested including an option for stores to also apply for permits to sell alcohol on Sundays. Council voted unanimously to hold the item until the next committee of the whole meeting on June 17.

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Get out there June 7 is National Trails Day

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anger-led hikes, kayaking and camping are just some of the coordinated activities that will be held this Saturday across the Upstate in celebration of National Trails Day. Coordinated by the American Hiking Society, National Trails Day has been

celebrated on the first Saturday in June since 1993. Across the country, hundreds of individuals and host organizations arrange events such as hikes, bike rides, trail maintenance projects and more.

At Table Rock State Park in northern Pickens County, interpretive ranger Scott Stegenga will lead a 5.5-mile roundtrip hike that will begin on a TRAILS continued on PAGE 22

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section of the Palmetto Trail and then will follow a spur to a lesser-known waterfall called Lower Mill Creek Falls.

The path will traverse along a creek and is not overly long or strenuous, he says.

Stegenga will point out the different plants, animals and natural habitats along the way to the 12-15 hikers he hopes to see sign up.

Stegenga says the park participates in National Trails Day each year and he wanted “to do something different this year.” The waterfall and trail-section aren’t part of Table Rock’s main trail system, he said.

Upstate Hiking and Outdoor Adventures will host a National Trail Day triathlon at Twin Lakes in Pendleton. The organization will have a morning and afternoon session with a cookout lunch inbetween. Planned activities include a four-to six-mile hike, 10- to 20-mile bike ride, a three-hour kayak trip and games and food.

The Palmetto Conservation Foundation (PCF) is organizing a celebration at Croft State Park in Spartanburg. The group is planning family-friendly activities that will include guided hikes, mountain biking, kayaking, camping, a night hike and campfires with s’mores. The event is free and includes all activities, a campsite and meals.

PCF staff, volunteers and park rangers will be on hand to guide the hikes, bike rides, kayaking, camp setup and evening activities.

“It’s a great way for people to get outside on the trails, get comfortable and take advantage of everything our great state has to offer,” said Meredith Walker Boylan, PCF communications director. PCF is organizing similar

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The camping sign-up deadline at Croft State Park has already passed, but Boylan says they are accepting campers for a waiting list up to the day of the event. Of course, “people are welcome to come out for just the day” as well.

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It’s party time at Lafayette Cleaners—and not only in celebration of its 60th year in business. re-pressed. After inspection, the nice ladies that originally took it in will stuff the sleeves, adjust the collar, and have it looking its best for pick up.”

It’s party time at Lafayette Cleaners—and not only in celebration of its 60th year in business. Todd has taken the cleaners one step beyond its already acclaimed services by adding a laundry department with brand new, state-of-the-art equipment.

“We have always outsourced our laundered shirts business, but I felt the need to bring everything under one roof. We know that the same high quality standards that we have held for 60 years in dry cleaning will now be possible in our laundered shirt business,” says Todd, who believes this expansion will strengthen the business in the ongoing years and, most importantly, further burnish the unsurpassed reputation her father worked so successfully to achieve.

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Owner Bill Honeycutt has always strived for the best quality possible for his customers since he started the business in 1954. “If you’re going to do something, do it right,” says Mr. Honeycutt—a call for quality that he instilled in his daughter, Todd, who is now the Honeycutt at the helm of the cleaners. “I want to continue my father’s legacy and keep Lafayette going strong for generations to come,” says Todd.

How do they do it? Each garment receives individual attention from the time it comes in the door to the time it is bagged and ready for pick up.

“First, we inspect garments for tears or unusual stains,” explains Todd. In the cleaning department, the garment is professionally hand spotted for stain removal, then dry cleaned using clean, non-harmful solvents. Cleaning white items separate from colors provides a bright white finish, and colors come out fresh and brilliant.

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Theodore: Collaboration that transformed state gone Former Lt. Gov. recounts his political career in book CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Nick Theodore marks 1962 – the year his political career began with his election to the state House of Representatives – as the beginning of a half-century of radical change in South Carolina.

“Major changes took place,” he said.

“That’s probably the most transformational period in the state’s history since the Civil War.” Theodore’s book, “Trials and Triumphs: South Carolina’s Evolution 1962-2014,” tells the story of those years of dramatic economic, educational and political shifts through his personal perspective and his political career.

Released recently, the book was a collaborative effort between Theodore and Dave Partridge, a former WYFF-4 anchor and news director.

Theodore was a member of the Partridge “Young Turks,” a group of 10 young legislators elected in 1962 who wanted to move the state in a different direction. The group included Harry Chapman and Dick Riley, a former South Carolina governor and U.S. Secretary of Education.

“We all felt we needed to get rid of the old method of doing business,” Theodore said. “It was time for government to make some reform.”

Theodore, 86, said collaboration was the key to progress then and will be the key if that progress is to continue.

“We were doing so well and it was all done with collaboration,” Theodore said, “In fact, South Carolina was named the most progressive state in the nation. That’s the only time South Carolina was on top of any good list.” The state had adopted a one-cent sales tax to pay for education, started a technical education system and attracted companies such as GE, Michelin and BMW. That collaboration is gone today, Theodore said.

“You have to have coalitions and relationships in order to be successful,” he said. “We don’t have that now. That’s missing from state and national government today.”

Former Lt. Governor of South Carolina Nick Theodore.

Theodore, who developed leadership skills as senior class president at Greenville High and through several civic organizations including the Jaycees, the Sons of Pericles and the Order of Demolay.

After spending time in the state House and Senate, Theodore ran for lieutenant governor in 1986. Seven weeks into the primary campaign, he was involved in a wreck on Interstate 26 where he fell asleep and drove his car into the back of a tractor-trailer. The bumper of his car got caught on the back of the truck and the truck driver dragged the car up the Interstate for two miles before he realized there was something wrong.

Theodore’s jaw had to be wired shut so his wife, Emilie, became his spokesperson.

“On more than one occasion, people said, ‘If Emilie is not available, send Nick,’” Theodore said.

After two terms as lieutenant governor, Theodore decided to run for governor.

He defeated Joe Riley in a runoff in the 1994 Democratic primary – the only election the popular mayor of Charleston has ever lost – before losing by a narrow margin to Republican David Beasley in the general election.

It was the year of dramatic re-alignment to the political stage, with Republicans riding a wave of victory at the national level and in many states, too.

In the governor’s race, the Lowcountry and the Midlands gave Theodore the lead. A national television broadcast that night called Theodore an enigma, as he was one of the only Democrats to be leading. But Theodore knew what that broadcaster didn’t: Greenville went Republican and against their hometown Democratic candidate.

In his book, Theodore said the notorious Susan Smith saga might have played

a part in his defeat. Smith is the Union County mother who claimed a black man hijacked her car with her two small children inside. She eventually confessed to letting the car roll into a lake with her children inside, drowning them both.

She is serving a life sentence in prison.

Theodore said coverage of the tragedy might have disrupted people’s at-

tention during the last critical days of a close political race.

He also said he was asked earlier that year if he would switch parties and run for governor as a Republican. He declined, saying the scenario would have allowed Gov. Carroll Campbell to resign and run against Fritz Hollings for the U.S. Senate.

The idea “felt good everywhere, except in my gut,” Theodore wrote.

“In the years since, I have often thought of how a different response could have affected South Carolina’s political scene – as well as the lives of those of us involved – for years to come,” he wrote. “But I have never questioned my response.”

Theodore said if he had won the gubernatorial race, he would have pushed for an education lottery like Beasley’s successor, Democratic Gov. Jim Hodges did.

Theodore served in the Public Service Commission during Hodges’ administration, adding another chapter to a long life of public service.

“We don’t want to go back to the old days,” Theodore said. “But if we want to continue to progress, we’ve got to go back to the old ways of collaboration and cooperation.”

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OUR SCHOOLS

ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is accepting applications for CREATEng, a four-day immersion into engineering and designbased thinking for rising eighth- and ninth-graders. Working in teams, students will engage in a problem-based curriculum where they apply principles of engineering design to solve daily challenges. CREATEng will be held at Greenville High Academy, July 14-17, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The cost is $250 per student, which includes meals, field trips and instructional materials. Financial aid is available.

The online application is available at scgssm.org/createng.

Greenville Sister Cities Board invites local students (ages 14-18 years) to become the GSCI Youth leadership representative at the upcoming 2014 Sister Cities International Youth Leadership conference to be held in San Jose, CA, July 31-Aug. 3. All interested are encouraged to apply online and the board will award a single scholarship by July 7. Registered candidate fees are $450. For more information, visit sister-cities.org/YLS or call 864-244-5915.

St. Anthony of Padua sixth grade students in the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) Club visited the Michelin Incubator Project Office to learn about innovation and new product development.

Students toured the facility, met with the Michelin team members and asked questions. Pictured are the STEAM Club students with teacher Rebecca Newman and Michelin Incubator Project team members.

The Chandler School’s younger students recently visited Hilton Head Island after learning about S.C. regions, crops and symbols. While on the island, they visited the Coastal Discovery Museum and saw many of the plants and animals they had studied. The students also hiked through the Sea Pines Preserve and took a dolphin cruise.

Greer State Bank recognized 237 Greer High School students who completed EverFi, a new online personal finance program. While credit card bills, debt, saving and financing higher education are not often top of mind for most high school students, Greer State Bank recognizes that the financial decisions today will have long-term effects.

Ellen Woodside chorus members Alex McCain and Jerrett Lassiter performed “Twist and Shout” by the Beatles during a special spring concert.

The chorus performed a variety of music and dances from the 1950s to the 2000s. In addition, Ellen Woodside students received 12 free books during the Free Book Fair sponsored

by Public Education Partners of Greenville. Michelin North America donated shopping bags for students to use at the book fair.

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COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS

Fiction Addiction bookstore hosts a free children’s storytime at 1175 Woods Crossing Road, Greenville, every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. The books to be read include: June 12, “Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too” by Anna Dewdney; June 19, “Rules of Summer” by Shaun Tan; and June 26, “Hooray for Hat!” by Brian Won. For more information, call 864-675-0540.

The Pickens County Museum of Art & History will offer Summer Studio Art Sessions for children and adults. The Children’s Summer Studio Art class is for children 8-14 years old and will be held June 10, 17 and 24, and July 8, 15 and 22.

The Adult Painting Class will be held June 10, 17 and 24, and July 8, 15 and 22.

Tuition for both classes is $88 ($78 for museum members). Pre-registration is required and tuition must be paid in advance. Register online at visitpickenscounty. com/calendar or by calling 864-898-5963.

Environmental attorney and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Frank Holleman will be the guest speaker at the June 9 meeting of Democratic Women of Greenville County. The meeting begins at 12:15 p.m. at Fried Green Tomatoes, 1175 Woods Crossing Road, Greenville. A buffet luncheon is available for $15.

Reservations are encouraged and can be made by calling 864-232-5531 or email headquarters@greenvilledemocrats.com.

Greenville Heritage Federal Credit Union will host a Home Buyers Workshop with Churchill Mortgage on June 10, 6-7:30, at the Greenville County Hughes Library, 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville. During the workshop, representatives from Churchill Mortgage will present the seven major steps to buying a home.

Individuals can register at greenvillehomebuyerworkshop.eventbrite.com or by calling 864-538-4930.

Piedmont Natural Gas customers received a scratch-and-sniff insert in their May bills containing the rotten-egg odor associated with natural gas. For a contest, customers can take a “Smellfie” of themselves with their funniest reaction to the odor and upload their photo on Piedmont’s Facebook page between now and June 13. Customers and the general public can vote for their favorite photo and Piedmont will award $25 Amazon gift cards as weekly prizes and a $100 gift card as grand prize.

The Chautauqua History Alive Festival “Rising to the Occasion” will be June 13-22 and feature portrayals of Patrick Henry, Robert Smalls, Clara Barton and Harry Truman over the course of 10 days and two weekends with 25 free shows and other events at various locations. All evening shows start at 7:30 p.m. with pre-show music entertainment. For more information, visit greenvillechautauqua.org.

Shannon Forest Christian School will offer Tools4Teens: Soft Skills for Life and Career June 23-27. It is open to eighth-12th grade boys and girls. Cost is $100 per child or $180 for two children. In addition, the school will offer a Ballroom Dance Camp June 23-27 for sixth-12th grade students. It is $100 for one person or $180 for two. For more information, contact Tracy Palmer at tpalmer@shannonforest.com or call 678-7107.

Greenville Health System will celebrate Cancer Survivors Day on June 8, 2-3:30 p.m., at Embassy Suites in Greenville. The event is free, but registration is required. To register, call 1-877-447-4636 or visit ghs.org/healthevents.

The South Carolina BLUE Reedy River Concerts returns to the TD Stage behind the Peace Center and will feature local and regional musical entertainers, including the The Soulfeathers, The Wiredogs, Mystic Vibrations and True Blues.

The summer series runs every Wednesday through August, 7–9 p.m. Concert attendees are invited to come early, bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic. For more information, visit events.greenvillesc.gov Submit entries to community@communityjournals.com.

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EVENTS THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER

On June 7, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Morgan McClain will host her sixth annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser at He & Me Hair Salon, 314 W. Stone Ave., Greenville. For more information or to donate online, visit alexslemonade.org/mypage/1115248.

Local nonprofit organizations can apply rugandhome.com/giving by June 30. A Rug & Home committee will select charities by July 15.

Junior Achievement of Upstate SC will hold its annual Golf Tournament on June 13 at The Preserve at Verdae. Registration opens at 7:45 a.m. and play begins at 8:45 a.m. with a shotgun start. The festivities will end with a reception, which includes a pig roast, awards and door prizes. Golfers and sponsors will enjoy breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks. For information on participating as a team, sponsor or prize donor, contact Susan Spencer at 864-244-4017 or susan. spencer@ja.org.

Golfers enjoyed a day on the greens for Kids Classic Golf Tournament at Cliffs Mountain Park. Pictured are: Brian Rogers, Wells Fargo; Ali Rogers, Miss SC 2012; Brandi Jackson, LPGA golfer; Mickey Renner, Wells Fargo.

Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) held its 22nd Annual Compliance Excellency Awards Banquet and recognized 43 local industries for demonstrating excellent compliance with environmental regulations throughout 2013. The awards are presented to local industries that are in complete compliance with ReWa’s Sewer Use Regulation, meaning no violations of their permit, and certificates are given to industries with no more than one violation within that year.

Pictured are Kay Williams, Greenville Women Giving; Louise Anthony, Meyer Center executive director; Cathy Howard, Meyer Center board member, former parent, at Greenville Women Giving’s annual meeting.

The Meyer Center for Special Children recently received $50,552 from Greenville Women Giving as part of grant distributions for 2014. The funds will provide tuition and therapy for 41 special-needs children. In addition, the recent Kids Classic Golf Tournament raised more than $400,000 for the Meyer Center.

Rug & Home is offering its 52 Weeks of Giving program again this summer to benefit nonprofit organizations. Starting July 15, Rug & Home will again give one rug per week to 52 different charitable organizations in the hopes that these nonprofits will be able to use these rugs to raise funds. The rugs will be various sizes and styles good for prizes at silent auctions, raffles and other fundraising events.

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Meals on Wheels of Greenville is seeking volunteer drivers and will host volunteer orientation every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at 15 Oregon Street. The minimum requirement is one time per month and routes take an hour. Meals can be picked up at the office or drop off sites around the country. Call 864-233-6565 or visit mealsonwheelsgreenville.org to sign up.

The Spartanburg County Foundation recently awarded $100,000 in education grants to four nonprofit organizations serving Spartanburg County: Adult Learning Center Inc., Hope Remains Youth Ranch, Spartanburg County First Steps, and United Way of the Piedmont. Each year, foundation trustees set an unrestricted grant budget to award funding to nonprofit organizations and institutions providing services to the residents of Spartanburg County.

Spartanburg County Foundation 2014 Spring Cycle grantee representatives (left to right): Monica Greene, United Way of the Piedmont; Barbara Manoski, Spartanburg County First Steps; Melanie Watt, Hope Remains Youth Ranch; and Bill Brasington, Adult Learning Center.

The Powdersville Elementary School community raised $5,595 for this year’s Relay for Life of North Anderson. The Powdersville team reached “Gold Level” status for raising more than $5,000 and was the fourth highest total raised out of the 26 participating teams. The team also won recognition for having the “Best Campsite” during the event. The Relay for Life of North Anderson has raised a total of $79,376.

DNA Creative Communications, in partnership with the Hollingsworth Funds, Community Foundation of Greenville and United Way of Greenville County, recently hosted the first session of the Shine the Light Nonprofit Forums at the Kroc Center. The sessions will continue with: Developing and Engaging a High Performing Board on July 16, Expanding Leadership Beyond Your Walls on Sept. 17 and Leading for Sustainability on Nov. 19. For more information, visit nonprofitforums.org or call 864-235-0959.

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Who needs Bill Murray?

Local filmmakers answer that in their latest feature-length movie CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com The irony is not lost on local filmmaker Chris White.

He and his wife, Emily, have gone to great lengths to find award-winning actor and comedian Bill Murray to ask him to play a small role in their latest feature-length about a married filmmaking couple who set out to win a 48-hour film festival that Murray is supposed to be judging.

“We’ve been just shy of stalking him for nine months,” White said.

The irony is that neither the Whites nor the characters in the film need Murray.

“Part of the point of the movie is that nobody needs Bill Murray metaphorically,” White said.

“Cinema Purgatorio” will have its “hometown” premiere on Mon-

“Part of the point of the movie is that nobody needs Bill Murray metaphorically.”

Local filmmaker Chris White

FILMMAKERS EMILY AND CHRIS WHITE

day at 6:30 p.m. at the Café and Then Some. A limited number of tickets are still left for sale. If it sells out, White said, another screening will probably be scheduled for later this summer.

Monday’s event is being billed the “hometown” premiere because four women with leading roles in the movie are from the Greenville area – three of whom are now making their careers in more traditional entertainment markets of Nashville, New York and Los Angeles.

Traysie Amick, who plays the leading female role of Liz, has been the principal teaching artist for the South Carolina Children’s Theatre since 1999. She is a company member at the Café and Then Some.

Monica Eva Foster is a New York-based actress who spent the early part of her career in Los An-

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geles, where she worked in film and television. She had roles in “Clueless” and “Big Bad Beetleborgs” and appeared in numerous commercials. She plays Jen, Liz’s BFF. Nealy Glenn is a Fine Arts Center graduate who has appeared in “Law and Order,” “Law and Order SVU” and the CBS mini-series “Guilty Hearts.” She has worked in commercials and has written and sold two screenplays to Fox Studios and Miramax Studios with her writing partner and husband, Stephen Hauser.

Reid Cox, who was a student of Chris White’s at J.L. Mann High, lives in Los Angeles.

She’s appeared in the feature film, “Ashley,” and starred as the female lead in “Consumed” as gritty seductress Rebecca.

She plays the lead character Lorimer in “Alongside Night,” produced by Kevin Sorbo. She is also a voiceover artist.

“These roles are strong female roles written by a Greenville woman and portrayed by Greenville women,” White said.

“Cinema Purgatorio” is semi-autobiographical, written during a particularly frustrating time for the Whites as independent filmmakers, White says. In 2012, the couple produced their two most artistically and commercially successful films, “Get Better” and “Dobra Ojca,” and had raised $25,000 for pre-production on a new film, “Sweet and Awful.”

But in the next year, they saw their screenwriting collaboration with a Los Ange-

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les-based associate falter and a long-planned business venture fail. The few offers they got for film-related work was no-to-low paying.

The Whites decided to write a film that would parody their lives – their marriage, their struggles, their filmmaking careers.

They made 15 trips to Charleston solely for the purpose of finding Bill. Once, they received a call as they walked back to their hotel that Murray had just arrived at a bakery they had just left.

By the time they got back there, he was gone.

They set up a website where people could post where they had spotted the comedian, who has a home in Charleston. They had people who did run into Murray tell him they were looking for him and refer him to the website, where they posted a letter to Murray and the nine lines they wanted him to say in the film’s 88th scene.

So, was the Whites’ search for Murray successful? You’ll have to see the film to find out.

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SO YOU KNOW: WHAT: Hometown Premiere of “Cinema Purgatorio,” a feature film by Greenville filmmakers Chris and Emily Reach White WHEN: Monday, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Café and Then Some, 101 College St., Greenville TICKETS: $20, includes red carpet arrivals and photos, live music

by Eric Barnhart and Wirewood, a film screening, a champagne toast, coffee and dessert. To order tickets go to http://bit.ly/ Cinema_Gville INFORMATION: cinemapurgatoriofilm.com

1. Lavin Cuddihee as Nicholas “Nick” Teasle and Traysie Amick as frustrated filmmaker Liz Shaw. 2. Alan Ray stars as Alan Ray in the showbiz comedy. 3. Harriet White plays Hope Shaw. 4. Brad Garrett and Blaque Fowler play gay-Christian-horror filmmakers Marty and Mikey Rutt. 5. Filmmaker Liz Shaw (Traysie Amick) and her friend Paula (Meg Pierson) on set. 6. Daughter and Father – Talia (Reid Cox) is reunited with her father (Lavin Cuddihee).

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Southern Fried Poetry Slam arrives in Greenville VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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When the 22nd annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam began in downtown Greenville on Wednesday night, it wasn’t just the kickoff of one of the most well known poetry slam events in the country. It was the culmination of two years of hard work for Kimberly Simms Gibbs and the organization she serves as director: Wit’s End Poetry.

Wit’s End is a non-profit organization, formed in 2002, designed to support and organize poetry events in Upstate SC, and to help send poets from the area to competitions across the country. In 2012, Wit’s End decided to bid for the 2014 Southern Fried Poetry Slam Festival to take place in Greenville.

Founded in 1993, the Southern Fried Poetry Slam is considered one of the “Final Four” of poetry competitions, and has grown into the secondlargest competition in the U.S., typically attracting around 200 poets, both amateur and professional.

Poets perform their pieces in a series of competitions leading up to the finals on the last night of the festival.

The four-night event, which kicked off Wednesday night, features eight performances a night in different venues around downtown Greenville, including Connolly’s Irish Pub, Coffee Underground, Chicora Alley & Smiley’s Acoustic Cafe.

In addition to individual category finals, 32 teams will compete for four spots in the Team Finals, which will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Peace Center.

Past editions of the Southern Fried Poetry Slam have taken place in Atlanta, New Orleans and Knoxville.

When Wit’s End’s Artistic Director, Robert E. Mullins, Jr. (who goes by the name Moody Black when performing), successfully bid on bringing the festival to Greenville in in 2014, Gibbs said the group knew immediately “we wanted it to be downtown, because Greenville’s downtown area is so beautiful. We wanted to be able to showcase that to the visitors that were coming to Greenville.”

The next step was finding the

right venues.

“Once we made the focus downtown, that limited the number of places that already have a performance space in them,” Gibbs says.

“Coffee Underground is our home venue, and they have a wonderful theater space, so that was a natural choice, and Chicora Alley has a

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great performance space. Smiley’s is a place known for showcasing local talent, and so it was nice to be able to work with them. And the owner of Connolly’s happened to go to the festival in New Orleans, and she was really excited about being involved.”

The winner of the finals will receive a cash prize, but organizers emphasize it’s not just about the competition. The festival also includes a variety of youth and adult writing workshops, panel discussions, and open mics, many of which are free and open to the public.

“It’s a competition-meets-writingconference-meets-festival,” Gibbs says. “It’s a place where the amateur can hang out with the professional and the audience can hang out with the performer. We can create a lot of different spaces where people who have this common interest of poetry or just want to explore a different art form can get together and be involved on different levels, whether it’s going to an open mic during the day, participating in a workshop, or just coming as an audience member.”

For more information on the schedule, individual events and times for the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, visit witsendpoetry.com or southernfried2014.com.

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Larger than life Singer Aaron Burdett leaves blanks for listeners ‘to fill in’ The difference between NC singer/songwriter Aaron Burdett in conversation and in performance is startling.

In conversation, Burdett is quiet, contemplative, drily witty and laid back, thinking long and hard about each question and pausing frequently to consider his answer.

In performance, Burdett is an urgent, passionate vocalist, belting out his lyrics clearly and powerfully.

WHO: Aaron Burdett In conversation, Burdett is modest and self-depWHERE: Smiley’s Acoustic Café, recating about his songwriting, talking about how 111 Augusta St. he’s only recently, after five albums, begun to figure WHEN: June 6, 10 p.m. out his own musical style. In performance, his songs are remarkably melodic and detailed, revealing a INFO: 864.282.8988 keen storyteller’s eye for detail. smileysacousticcafe.com As the handful of bluegrass-flavored tracks on his most recent album, “Fruits Of My Labor” (released last February on Organic Records) demonstrate, Burdett took in a lot of the Southern sounds surrounding him in his youth.

“If you grow up here in the Carolinas, and you’re really looking for people who excel on their acoustic instruments, you’re going to be drawn to the older genres like bluegrass,” he says. “That’s just a lot of what’s going on around here. So there’s no doubt that being around that and living in Boone for many years has influenced the way I play, though I’m certainly not a bluegrass musician. So to an extent, I’m a product of the region musically, sure.”

But his Southern roots are just that: roots. Burdett has a genre-spanning interest in songwriters of all stripes.

“As far as songwriting goes, I feel like my influences are a lot wider than just the region,” he says. “There are so many examples of good songwriters from all over the world who tell stories in different ways that I’ve been privileged to be exposed to. But I always think of Cat Stevens from when I was around 10 years old, and then David Wilcox when I was in my early teens. He tells such fantastic stories.

Then I got into some of the more rock-oriented writers like John Hiatt or some of Bob Dylan’s stuff. When I moved to Boone, I started paying attention to more traditional musicians. That’s when I ran into Doc Watson and Norman Blake and Tony Rice. But you hear people all over who are doing something a little different that makes you go, ‘Dang, I could be doing this.’”

So since Burdett favors both confessional songwriters like Stevens and Dylan, and storytelling writers like Hiatt and Wilcox, to what degree is his writing autobiographical, and how much is fiction?

“It varies from song to song,” he says. “I think there’s always some element of me and my experiences in my songs, even if it’s just tangentially. Often, the core concept is something I’ve felt, then you sort of branch out on it from there and paint a little picture and hopefully it ends up as a bigger experience.”

When it comes to personal experience, “sometimes those first-person, ‘Here I am, and here’s what’s going on’ songs are kind of effective and really touch people,” he said. “But at the same time, 10 songs of that on an album is going to come off as kind of morose and overdone. I like to try to paint a picture that’s a little bigger than my personal experience, and I find that when you leave blanks for people to fill in, they’ll paint a much more vivid picture with their own imagination. There’s a lot of observation in my songs.”

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Waking up with gum in his hair, unwanted cavities and no dessert with lunch are just a few of the obstacles he encounters; revealing that bad days happen to everyone – even in Australia.

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THE WEEK IN THE LOCAL ARTS WORLD

The Upcountry History Museum–Furman University recently announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families through Labor Day 2014. The program provides families an opportunity to enjoy the nation’s cultural heritage and learn more about their new communities after a military move. Visit arts.gov/national/blue-star-museums for a complete list of museums.

On June 10, 7-8 p.m., The Upcountry History Museum’s History After Dark program will showcase The Last Lynching, a new stage play about the 1947 murder in Greenville of Willie Earle, a 24-year-old black man, and the subsequent acquittal of 31 white cab drivers in the largest lynching trial in U.S. history. The event will feature the play’s first public dramatic reading, with scenes from actors Prentiss Standridge and Timothy Giles. The evening will also feature a discussion by coauthors John Jeter and Lucy Beam Hoffman and a discussion about the lynching case. The program is free to museum members, $2.50 for students and $5 for others. Tickets can be purchased at the door or advanced registration can be made by calling 864-467-3100 or emailing info@upcountryhistory.org.

Gallery Seventeen’s June show featuring artist Sharon Dowell is inspired by Greenville architecture and explores the energy of place in themes of renewal, regeneration and redemption. An opening and artist talk will be held June 6, 6-9 p.m. Gallery Seventeen is located at 17 West North Street, Greenville.

For more information, visit gallery-seventeen.com or call 864-235-6799.

HUB-BUB and the University of South Carolina Upstate present the third annual Expecting Goodness Short Film Festival on June 14 at the Chapman Cul-

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tural Center theater, 200 East Saint John Street, Spartanburg. The festival pairs short stories by South Carolina authors with regional filmmakers who adapt the stories into short films. This year’s festival includes stories written by authors Ron Rash, Brett Lott, George Singleton, Pam Durban and more. The judges for the festival are actress Celia Weston, film critic Michael Dunaway and writer Scott Gould. Tickets can be purchased at the Chapman Cultural Center box office, at 864-542-2787, at expectinggoodness.com or at chapmanculturalcenter.org. The Premiere Awards Screening is at 7 p.m., and tickets are $20. The Matinee Judges’ Screening is at noon, and tickets are $10. The Indie Grants works-in-progress films will screen at 4 p.m., and admission is free.

Centre Stage will present Shout! The Mod Musical July 10–Aug. 2. Shout! is a mod musical magazine that brings back the beautiful birds and smashing sounds that made England swing in the 60s. Tickets are $25-$35. Shows run Thursday through Sunday and all seats are reserved. For tickets, call 864-233-6733 or visit centrestage.org.

The SC Children’s Theatre presents Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day June 13-22 in the Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre. For tickets, visit peacecenter.org. For more information, visit scchildrenstheatre.org.

Amici Music will present the Bach to Bluegrass Series on June 28, 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hendersonville. This concert, The Folk Influence, features cellist Franklin Keel and pianist Daniel Weiser. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and a suggested donation is $15. For more information, visit uufhnc.org or call 828-693-3157.

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The top producing agents from each office are ranked by the total volume of business closed last month and include: • Easley: Kathy Gallamore, Suzanne Cook, Melissa Hall • Greenville: Sharon Wilson, Jacob Mann, Susan Reid • Greer: Shelbie Dunn Behringer, Faith Ross, David Glenn • Seneca: Pat Loftis, Wendy Brown • Spartanburg: Beth Beach, Eva Sandfort, Annette Starnes 319 OAKBORO LANE . $179,900 . MLS# 1278614 4BR/2.5BA Cul-de-sac location & tastefully renovated. Community w/pool.. 385-Exit 27 to Left on Harrison Bridge, Left on Hipps Right on Kempton Dr., Left on Oakboro Ln to end Contact: Elvin Rivera | 921-4733 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Co.

Top listing agents in each office are recognized for listing the highest total volume of residential properties last month and include: • Easley: Carol Walsh, Lori Brock, Kathy Gallamore • Greenville: Jacob Mann, Sharon Wilson, Jennifer Wilson • Greer: Shelbie Dunn Behringer, Faith Ross, Shalita Dawkins • Seneca: Pat Loftis, Jere duBois, Lu Smith • Spartanburg: Francie Little, Kaye McIntyre, Rhonda Porter

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The Marchant Company, the Upstate’s local “Signature Agency” in Real Estate, representing buyers and sellers of residential, land, and commercial properties, is proud to recognize select REALTORS® for outstanding performance through April 2014.

Congratulated by Seabrook Marchant, broker-incharge, agents honored included:

March to SOLD • Tom Marchant - Top Volume Listing Leader of the month;

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• Kathy Slayter - Top Unit Listing Leader of the month; • Valerie Miller - Top Sales Volume Leader of the month; • Kathy Slayter - Top Sales Unit Leader of the month; • Nancy McCrory and Karen Turpin - Top Sales Volume Team of the month.

• March to SOLD - Anne Marchant, Jolene Wimberly & Brian Marchant: Top Sales Unit Team of the Month

NEIGHBORHOOD INFO Schools: Sara Collins Elementary Hughes Academy | Greenville High For more information: The City Homes Team | 864.977.1243 Keller Williams Realty For mortgage information: Amy Osborne | HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. Formerly Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc. c: 864.325.9088 | aosborne@homebridge.com To submit your Featured Neighborhood: homes@greenvillejournal.com

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Agents at The Marchant Company are dedicated to providing unsurpassed service and are committed to meeting clients’ needs. With over 200 years of combined real estate experience, The Marchant Company prides itself on their knowledge of the Greenville area real estate markets and their commitment to excellence to give their clients the edge on the Greenville area markets. The Marchant Company services the greater Greenville, SC area including Easley, Fountain Inn, Taylors, Mauldin, Travelers Rest, Greer and Simpsonville. The Marchant Company is dedicated to serving Greenville and Upstate South Carolina with ‘Decades of Trust. Confidence in the Future’.

Allen Tate Announces May Winner’s Edge Graduates – Upstate Allen Tate Realtors® (www.allentate. com), the Carolinas’ leading real estate company, has announced that the following individuals have graduated from the company’s Winner’s Edge training in the Upstate region: Shelly De Vreese, Rachel Kahn, Chris Rodriguez, Jo-Ann Rutledge – GreenvilleWoodruff Road Exclusively for Allen Tate Realtors, Winner’s Edge is a required, comprehensive real estate training program. The curriculum includes the latest in national real estate trends, technology, license law, sales and marketing techniques, integrated with detailed information about the local real estate market. As a result of this intensive course of study, Realtors are equipped with the latest tools in the industry in order to serve their clients in a knowledgeable, caring and professional manner.

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S Led By Multifamily, Improvement Seen in All Commercial Real Estate Sectors

ROPER MOUNTAIN ESTATES

129 E. CRANBERRY LANE . $329,000.00 . MLS# 1280068 4BR/2BA Brick 4BR ranch w/bonus. Wood flrs on main, large deck + patio, fenced yd, tile baths, GR w/FP, Formal DR, Kit. w/bar +bkfst area. Lrg MBR, WIC, whirl tub/sep shower.

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– The outlook for all of the major commercial real estate sectors is slightly improving despite disappointing economic growth during the first quarter of 2014, according to the National Association of Realtors® quarterly commercial real estate forecast.

Jon Pickhardt, 2014 President of The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® and co-owner of Flagship Properties SC and The Office Centers LLC in Greenville, SC, said the sluggish growth experienced in the first quarter is not indicative of the actual health of the economy. “Gross Domestic Product should expand closer to 3 percent for the remainder of the year. The improved lending for commercial loans and continuing job gains we’ve seen this spring bode well for modest progress in commercial real estate leases and purchases of properties.”

However, Pickhardt cautions that with rising long-term interest rates on the horizon, consistent economic growth is imperative to solid commercial real estate investment in the years ahead.

National vacancy rates in the office market are forecast to decline 0.2 percentage point over the coming year, while international trade gains continue to boost use for industrial space, which forecasts a decline of 0.3 point. The outlook for personal income and consumer spending is favorable for the retail

market, likely leading to a vacancy decline of 0.2 percent.

“The multifamily sector continues to be the topperformer in commercial real estate with the lowest vacancy rates. However, tight availability – despite new construction – is causing rents to currently rise near 4 percent annually in many markets,” said Pickhardt. “Many renters who are getting squeezed may begin to view homeownership as a more favorable, long-term option.”

NAR reported earlier this month in its annual Commercial Member Profile that despite subpar economic expansion, Realtors® who practice commercial real estate saw an increase in sales transaction volume and medium gross annual income in 2013.

NAR’s latest Commercial Real Estate Outlook1 offers overall projections for four major commercial sectors and analyzes quarterly data in the office, industrial, retail and multifamily markets. Historic data for metro areas were provided by REIS Inc., a source of commercial real estate performance information.

Office Markets Office vacancy rates should decline from an expected 15.8 percent in the second quarter of this year to 15.6 percent in the second quarter of 2015.

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S Currently, the markets with the lowest office vacancy rates in the second quarter are New York City and Washington, D.C., at 9.4 percent; Little Rock, Ark., 11.5 percent; San Francisco, 12.6 percent; and New Orleans, at 12.8 percent.

Office rents are projected to increase 2.5 percent in 2014 and 3.2 percent next year. Net absorption of office space in the U.S., which includes the leasing of new space coming on the market as well as space in existing properties, is likely to total 39.7 million square feet this year and 49.8 million in 2015.

Industrial Markets Industrial vacancy rates are anticipated to fall from 9.0 percent in the second quarter to 8.7 percent in the second quarter of 2015.

The areas with the lowest industrial vacancy rates currently are Orange County, Calif., with a vacancy rate of 3.5 percent; Los Angeles, 3.9 percent; Miami and Seattle, 6.0 percent, and Palm Beach, Fla., at 6.5 percent.

Annual industrial rents should rise 2.4 percent this year and 2.6 percent in 2015. Net absorption of industrial space nationally is seen at 107.8 million square feet in 2014 and 107.1 million next year.

Retail Markets Vacancy rates in the retail market are expected to decline from 10.0 percent currently to 9.8 percent in

the second quarter of 2015.

Presently, markets with the lowest retail vacancy rates include San Francisco, at 3.2 percent; Fairfield County, Conn., 3.8 percent; and San Jose, Calif., at 4.7 percent. Northern New Jersey; Long Island, N.Y.; and Orange County, Calif., all have a vacancy rate of 5.3 percent.

Average retail rents are forecast to rise 2.0 percent in 2014 and 2.3 percent next year. Net absorption of retail space is likely to total 11.5 million square feet this year and 19.6 million in 2015.

Multifamily Markets The apartment rental market – multifamily housing – should see vacancy rates edge up from 4.0 percent in the second quarter to 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2015, with added supply helping to meet growing demand. Vacancy rates below 5 percent are generally considered a landlord’s market, with demand justifying higher rent.

Areas with the lowest multifamily vacancy rates currently are New Haven, Conn., at 2.3 percent; Ventura County, Calif., 2.4 percent; and New York City; San Diego; Hartford, Conn.; Oakland-East Bay, Calif., and San Diego, at 2.5 percent each.

Average apartment rents are projected to rise 4.0 this year and in 2015. Multifamily net absorption is expected to total 221,400 units in 2014 and 173,100

next year.

The Commercial Real Estate Outlook is published by the NAR Research Division. NAR’s Commercial Division, formed in 1990, provides targeted products and services to meet the needs of the commercial market and constituency within NAR. The NAR commercial community includes commercial members; commercial real estate boards; commercial committees, subcommittees and forums; and the NAR commercial affiliate organizations – CCIM Institute, Institute of Real Estate Management, Realtors® Land Institute, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors®, and Counselors of Real Estate.

Approximately 70,000 NAR and institute affiliate members specialize in commercial brokerage and related services, and an additional 283,000 members offer commercial real estate services as a secondary business.

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

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

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$3,750,000

$1,934,665

$1,920,000

$1,850,000

$1,100,000

$1,080,579

$782,000

$682,000 SHAW@BUTLER $675,000 SCHWIERS@CLEVELAND $635,000 COLLINS CREEK $585,000 VILLAS@THORNBLADE $551,087 MCBEE STATION RESIDENTIAL $550,000 MARSHALL COURT $533,000 SUGAR CREEK $430,000 LAKE LANIER $430,000 HAMPTON’S GRANT $422,000 SUGAR CREEK $402,000 ASHETON LAKES $399,900 ELLINGTON PARK $399,293 PARIS MTN $395,000

$390,000 COVE@BUTLER SPRINGS $385,570 PENNINGTON PARK $385,000 SILVER RIDGE $380,000

$370,000 STONEHAVEN $352,000 HANNU PLACE $350,000

$345,000 SHENANDOAH FARMS $335,000

$335,000

$332,775 LOFTS@MILLS MILL $328,000 WATERSTONE COTTAGES $322,000 RIVER WALK $319,000 HUDSON ACRES $310,000 BRIDGEWATER $301,800 WATERSTONE COTTAGES $301,505 PELHAM POINTE $300,000 PEBBLECREEK $294,000 SILVER RIDGE $293,000 DAYSPRING ESTATES $285,000 MARSHALL ESTATES $280,000 CARRINGTON GREEN $274,900 STEEPLECHASE RUN $273,210 CASTLE ROCK $264,226 HARRISON PARK $259,370 SILVERLEAF $255,000 PELHAM POINTE PROFESSIONAL PARK $245,000 TOWNES@RIVERWOOD FARM $236,000

$236,000 VICTORIA PARK $233,000 AUTUMN TRACE $229,900 HERITAGE POINT $229,500 STONE ESTATES $229,000 LOFTS@MILLS MILL $225,000

$223,000 LISMORE PARK $223,000 HERITAGE CREEK $222,500 EASTOVER $220,000 MILL POND@RIVER SHOALS $220,000 OLD TREATY POINTE $220,000

$220,000 SUMMERFIELD $219,000

$218,000 SUMMERFIELD $217,500 CAMERON CREEK $215,000 FORRESTER COVE $212,200 GREYSTONE COTTAGES $212,025 LAKE FOREST $211,000 GRESHAM PARK $210,000 VALLEY VIEW $209,500 GROVE PARK $209,000 WETHERILL PARK $207,546 HOLTZCLAW ESTATES $200,213 SPARROWS POINT $200,000

$196,500 NEELY FARM - LAUREL BROOK $195,000 WOODRUFF LAKE $193,500 LONG CREEK PLANTATION $193,000 HERITAGE LAKES $190,000 EASTRIDGE $190,000 FOX TRACE $190,000 REMINGTON $187,779 TROLLINGWOOD $183,000 MOUNTAIN TRACE $181,000 BRYSON CROSSING $180,000

$180,000 LISMORE PARK $179,900 BURGISS HILL $175,500 FOX TRACE $175,000 WILLOW BROOK $175,000

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$175,000 TOWNES@BROOKWOOD $174,900 GRAY FOX RUN $174,200 HALF MILE LAKE $173,250 WELLINGTON GREEN $172,500 COACH HILLS $170,000

$170,000

$169,900 HOLMES ACRES $166,000 BROOKFIELD WEST $165,652 WILDFLOWER MEADOWS $159,600 ELLETSON ACRES $158,000 ONEAL VILLAGE $158,000 CHARTWELL ESTATES $157,500 PLEASANTDALE $157,000 SWANSGATE $156,500 BRIO $155,000 SPARROWS POINT $153,000 BROOKS@AUTUMN WOODS $150,000 BROOKHAVEN $148,500 KNOLLWOOD HEIGHTS $148,000 BRIO $147,500 CLUB POINTE $147,000 FOREST OAKS $146,000 CHARTWELL ESTATES $142,000 HADLEY PARK $140,000 BEREA FOREST $140,000 STONEBRIDGE $137,900 EAST LYNNE $137,000 AUTUMN WOODS $136,850 SUPER HWY HOMESITES $135,000

$135,000

$132,000

$131,804 FOREST CREEK $127,900

$126,903

$126,000 SUGAR CREEK VILLAS $125,400 HOMESTEAD ACRES $125,000 VILLAGE @ GLENLEA $125,000 EDGEFIELD $125,000

$125,000 CARRINGTON $124,900 REVIS FALLS $124,800 ARBOR EAST $123,000 SHERWOOD FOREST $122,000 COTTON MILL PLACE ONE $120,000 BRIO $119,500 COUNTRY GARDENS $115,000 SCOTTSWOOD $113,000 PICKWICK HEIGHTS $111,378

$111,000 SHERWOOD FOREST $110,000 VIOLA STREET COMMUNITY $110,000 LINDSAY ACRES $110,000

$102,000

$100,000 ECOLE ACRES $100,000 GOWER ESTATES $100,000

$100,000

$99,950 HOLLINGSWORTH PARK@VERDAE $99,000

$98,000 CHESTNUT HILLS $95,000 ASHMORE SPRINGS $92,700 CANEBRAKE $91,200 POINSETTIA $89,000 GARDENS@THORNBLADE $85,000 $84,900

TRENTWOOD $82,900 $82,833 FARMINGTON ACRES SUGAR CREEK VILLAS $82,500 ORCHARD ACRES $82,000

$80,000 EDWARDS FOREST HEIGHTS $80,000 GRAND VIEW HILLS $80,000 JO ANN LOCKABY PHILLIPS $80,000 JO ANN LOCKABY PHILLIPS $80,000 JO ANN LOCKABY PHILLIPS $80,000 HAMMETT FARMS $76,500 VALLEYBROOK $76,500 WESTWOOD $76,000 VICTOR MONAGHAN $75,200 SOUTHAMPTON $75,000

$74,000 PARIS HEIGHTS $73,000 TWIN CREEKS $72,803

$71,401

$70,000

$69,900 LENOAH SCHOOL $68,000 FARR ESTATES $68,000

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Sully’s Bagel & Deli DBA Sully’s Steamers, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 6 E. Washington St., Greenville, SC, 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 8, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Aramark Educational Services, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 3300 Poinsett Highway –Pearce-Horton Football Complex, Greenville, SC 29613. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 22, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that HOA Restaurant Holder, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/ permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 2401 Laurens Road, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 22, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 6/21/14 at 9:00 a.m. at East North Storage, 4329 East North Street, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, East North Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore store with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: A090, Bill R. Ballenger Furniture, boxes, totes, misc.

2. Unit: A175, Karen Donald, Furniture, boxes, bedding,misc.

3. Unit: A197, Shanee Norris Furniture,toys, boxes, misc 4. Unit: B161, Jerry Harris Bed frames 5. Unit: B274, Tom Barnes Large tv, bags, furniture, vacuum cleaner, appliances, misc.

6. Unit: B304, Tammy Cheek Furniture, mirror, boxes, totes

LEGAL NOTICES Only $.99 per line ABC NOTICE OF APPLICATION Only $145 For information on how to place a Legal Notice call Anita Harley at

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SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 75-06/23/14, 2014 Type III Ambulance, June 23, 2014, 3:00 P.M. RFP# 77-06/30/14, Beverage Vendor, June 24, 2014, 3:00 P.M. RFP # 73-06/20/14, Pest Control Services, June 20, 2014, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org/ Purchasing_Dept/RFP.asp or by calling 864- 467-7200.

IFB #74-06/19/14, Turf Renovations for Athletic Fields, June 19, 2014., 3:00 P.M. IFB #78-06/19/14, Construction of Canopy/Shed, June 19, 2014, 3:30 P.M. A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 9:00 A.M., EDT, June 12, 2014, Greenville County Detention Center, 20 McGee St., Greenville, SC 29601.

Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept/Bids. asp or by calling 864-467-7200.

PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 6/14/14, at 9:00 a.m. at Woodruff Road Storage, 1868 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, Woodruff Road Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personalproperty heretofore stored with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: B012, Evangeline S Butler, Furniture/Misc.

2. Unit: B050, Latoya Sanders, Furniture, Misc./Other 3. Unit: B184, Tyler P Brooks, Kitchen Items/Misc.

4. Unit: B254, Brenda L Hellams, Chairs/Misc.

5. Unit: C203, Kandace L. Wilson, Furniture, Boxes/Misc.

6. Unit C228, Brttany N Hudgins, Bags/Boxes/Misc., Clothing 7. Unit C265, Steven D BrownDeckard, Furniture, Baby Items, Boxes/Misc.

8. Unit A005, John Ladson, Furniture/Misc.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP #71-06/18/14, Westside Park Fencing Renovations, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 3:30 P.M., EDT. A Pre-Proposal Meeting with Site Visit to Follow, if necessary for this project is scheduled for Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 9:00 AM, EDT, at Greenville County Procurement Services Division, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601.

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

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2014, AT 6:00 P.M., (or as soon thereafter as other public hearings are concluded), IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT SHOULD BE ENLARGED TO INCLUDE THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 630 FORREST HAVEN COURT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORDERLY COLLECTING AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE, GARBAGE AND TRASH WITHIN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE NEW BOUNDARY LINES TO RESULT FOR THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS GREENVILLE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER (“TMS#”) 0465020106800.

A MAP OF THE NEW BOUNDARY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE. THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE. NO ADDITIONAL BONDS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT, NOR WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGE IN THE COMMISSION OR IN THE PERSONNEL OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT. BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT OF FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014.

The monthly public hearing before the Greenville County Board of Zoning Appeals will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2014 AT 3:00 P.M., NOT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2014 as advertised on May 23, 2014.

The hearing will be held in CONFERENCE ROOM –D at GREENVILLE COUNTY SQUARE, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, S.C., for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the petitions listed below.

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

BY FILING WITH THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE (3) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DATE SET FOR HEARING, BY WRITING THEIR ADDRESS, A STATEMENT OF THEIR POSITION AND THE REASONS WHY THE RELIEF SOUGHT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROPERTY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. CB-14-17 APPLICANT: ST. JOSEPH’s HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY: Tax Map #M011010100329; 100 St. Joseph’s Drive, Greenville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for Additional Parking and Construction of a Maintenance Shed.

CB-14-19 APPLICANT: AT&T BELLSOUTH SUBSIDIARY PROPERTY: Tax Map #0596020102801; 500 Old Hundred Road, Pelzer SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for new Generator/ Fuel tank location on site.

CB-14-20 APPLICANT: UNITY CHURCH of GREENVILLE PROPERTY: Tax Map #P003000100111; 207 E. Belvue Road, Taylors SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception for new covered deck.

CB-14-21 APPLICANT: MICHAEL ELLIOT, LAUREL GROVE LLC JOHN BAILEY, VIRANI CUSTOM HOMES PROPERTY: Tax Map #0549010102129 Lot 17 Laurel Grove, Simpsonville SC REQUEST: Variance from Front Setback Requirement.

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Stone Academy fourth graders in Carrie McConnell's class enjoyed themselves during Science Fun Day.

As a part of the Westin Well-Being Movement and in celebration of National Running Day on June 4, the Westin Poinsett Hotel organized a 5K for associates, guests and community members.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School added two more state titles to their roster this year with the third consecutive 1A state championships for both boys soccer and baseball. The varsity boys soccer team defeated Charleston Charter School 10-0 in the state final, outscoring their opponents in the three final games 30-0. The varsity boys baseball team defeated Latta High 3-2 to claim its third straight state championship title. The baseball team finished the playoffs with an 8-0 record and outscored their opponents 59-4.

The Oakview Earth Savers Club from Oakview Elementary School toured a Renewable Water Resources facility to learn about recycling and water treatment.

Students from Northwest Middle School and Lead Academy recently encountered real knights on horseback, jousting and sword fighting. The event was part of the Early Act First Knight (EAFK) character education program that emphasizes ethics and morals.

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Jack Bacot, editor in chief of Tempus Magazine​, delivers opening remarks at the annual THAT Party celebrating the anniversary of the Yeah THAT Greenville tourism campaign.

VisitGreenvilleSC introduced a clothing collection during its THAT Party celebrating the tourism agency’s rebranding last year.

VisitGreenvilleSC celebrated the first anniversary of its new branding campaign, Yeah THAT Greenville, with THAT Party and the introduction of a fashion collection. The collection, showcased in a fashion show, includes women’s and men’s jeans, men’s button-down shirts, polo shirts, outerwear and “postcard” tops for women featuring iconic Greenville images. The tourism agency also revealed numbers that included an uptick in hotel occupancy rates and 2013 visitor spending that exceeded $1 billion in Greenville County.

“The Voice” contestant Delvin Choice snaps a selfie with VisitGreenvilleSC president Chris Stone after Choice’s surprise performance at THAT Party.

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By Alan Olschwang

Across 1 Bar stock 5 Work on copy 9 Student of Socrates 14 Lemony characteristic 18 Carefree walk 20 Cowboy quarterback Tony 21 Red River capital 22 Botanical cover 23 Being on hands and knees?

26 Small monkey 27 Closet accessory 28 Fill fully 29 Ain’t the way it should be?

30 Bring home 31 Schooner drivers 33 Many an outdoor eatery 35 Red in a cellar 37 Story surprise 41 Remains on the shelf 43 Beginning to exist

45 Follow the proverbial crowd?

48 To such an extent 52 ‘70s Israeli prime minister 53 Ahead of, in verse 54 Honey source 55 Seuss’ “The 5000 Fingers of ___” 56 Indic language 57 Clear 59 Enduring work 61 “The Autobiography of

Alice B. Toklas” author 62 High crime, briefly 63 Asserted one’s innocence, perhaps 64 Frequent co-star of Sylvester 66 Bust gp.

67 Soda fountain?

71 Town boor in a western capital?

73 __ de mer 74 Not natural

75 Low wetlands 76 Little, in Lille 77 Activist Medgar 79 Place to go when it rains 81 Stomach-related 85 His show had a “Jaywalking” segment 86 “Haven’t we __?”

87 Family that’s not kin 88 Hindu honorific 89 Lanford Wilson’s “The __ Baltimore” 90 Emotional wounds 92 Auto equipment supplier?

95 Like clay pots 97 “Right away!”

98 Cohort of Threepio 99 Support for the Lone Ranger?

102 Finished a flight 104 Leaves alone, in a way 106 Once more 107 Pelvic bones 109 Pouting grimace 111 Butting heads 116 Dial alternative 117 Prescription for extremely potent medicine?

120 Toy on a hill 121 Stuck up?

122 Alike, to Alain 123 American of Japanese descent 124 Sailor’s direction 125 “The Gondoliers” lass 126 Idea beginning 127 __ pilot Down 1 Headlong 2 1979 disco hit 3 Odist’s deep black 4 Vending machine tricker 5 Directional finish 6 Less-than-happy lot 7 Thickly applied paint 8 Binge 9 Key letter 10 Queen of rap 11 Cordial flavorings 12 Homer, for one 13 Topical medication 14 One hyping the spud industry?

15 Sans serif typeface 16 Big bang material 17 Flash 19 1974 Top 10 hit whose title means “You are”

24 “The Stepford Wives” novelist Levin 25 Flash 32 Rhone feeder 34 Gets in on the deal 36 Neon borders?

37 “Game of Thrones” rating 38 Super Bowl III coach Ewbank 39 “Last one __ a rotten egg!”

40 Proceeded confidently 42 Lease prohibition 44 Group of friends 46 Work on copy 47 Interpret 49 Corleone traitor 50 It may be bid 51 Charge 55 Calls on a retro phone 58 Guitar ancestors 59 Filled (in) 60 Getz and Kenton 61 Freelancer’s supply: Abbr.

63 Act rudely, maybe 65 Render less effective 67 Extract metal from 68 Be in doubt 69 “Uncle Vanya” woman 70 Clerical worker 71 Montenegro neighbor 72 Superman nemesis 75 Meat and potatoes 78 Court case involving a

Easy

British tennis player and a rake?

80 Arabian peninsula native 81 Feel (for) 82 Game ended by the mercy rule 83 “Wishing won’t make __” 84 Old African queen, familiarly 86 Residence Inn company 88 Attorney regulator 91 Author Rita __ Brown 92 Tightens, perhaps 93 Take the edge off 94 Accelerate 96 Alaska Panhandle city 99 Burrito dressing 100 As a whole 101 Bad place for a breach 103 “I didn’t need to hear that!”

105 Cross shape 108 End-of-the-line item 110 Universal donor’s type, briefly 112 Don’t mention 113 Capsule contents 114 Forest prancers 115 Agitated state 118 Child expert LeShan 119 Advanced attorney’s deg.

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Say goodbye to multitasking In the prime time of my middle years, I was the queen bee of multitasking. And foolishly smug about it.

Being a homemaker and mother of two children in the 70s, I’d spend two hours on the tennis courts, car pool after school, grocery shop, cook, clean and throw a dinner party for eight that night.

Now, 30-odd years later, I’m floored how working mothers accomplish what they do. I highly respect their flexibility, commitment and dedication to their responsibilities. However, I don’t envy their lifestyle. Where do they find down time for themselves?

Even on family vacations, the days tend to be packed with anxiety to fulfill the expectations of a pre-planned trip.

Multitasking is as necessary for an organized day as a car is indispensable for transportation. However, recent scientific studies reveal that the practice of exercising two or more tasks simultaneously leads to unhealthy stress. There is evidence that the proficiency of effectiveness is limited. Plus, age is not, I repeat not, a factor.

This revelation stimulated my reading further. I stumbled across a book written by Dave Crenshaw, a business coach for CEOs, and a graduate of Brigham Young University’s School of Management. His book, “The Myth of Multitasking: How ‘Doing It All’ Gets Nothing Done,” was a catalyst for change in my concept of time management. The facts changed my thinking of how I’d rather live out the days of my life.

What clicked for me is when Crenshaw quoted a neuropsychologist who said the brain is a lot like a computer: “You can have several screens open on your desktop, but you can only think about one screen at a time.”

Crenshaw adds that in his own opinion, women are not better at multitasking than men. Thus age and gender are not in competition with each other. (What a relief, for once.)

What pushed me over the edge was the realization that most of my waking hours, my working memory remained on autopilot. Only 50 percent of my focus was present. Have you ever been driving and suddenly you realize that you were not consciously driving

at all? You were rehearsing a presentation that you had to give that afternoon?

No wonder I persistently keep leaving my car keys in an unlikely spot in my house. I’d take the keys out of my pocket and leave them somewhere upstairs like in my clothes closet. If I didn’t leave my cellphone ensconced in my pocket as a routine habit, the usual extended search would inevitably occur. Maybe that’s why I like pants and jackets with pockets.

This scenario is an excellent example of Crenshaw’s point that the worse side effects of multitasking is “besides being inefficient, multitasks give persons they love and society in general only ‘segmented attention.’”

It’s true. The distractions of our digital days and the hurry up and get it done attitude takes the love out of our lives. At the end of the day, instead of feeling like we’ve connected with another soul or attentively listened to our spouse, child or elder parent, we are sorely left with no energy to give to another, much less ourselves. We can’t give away what we don’t have.

So my mission is to practice paying attention. Regarding household chores, I’m going to make myself complete one thing at a time. Put my keys in one place only. Either remain upstairs until the beds are made and desk cleared, or remain downstairs and fold the laundry and clean the kitchen, then climb the stairs to my office and stay put and work. It’s so pragmatic and so not me.

One other point, since I am “of age” and write a senior column. What in heaven’s name am I doing running through my days like I’m a 30 year-old which has an expectation of maybe 55 years left to circle roundabouts?

As a writer my job is to eradicate clichés. This time it’s impossible. Place a reminder somewhere you can see it without fail: Live in the present.

One more: Go seize the day.

Peggy Henderson is a 60 & Beyond former freelance writer turned newspaper columnist. Besides appearing in the Greenville Journal, her column is syndicated with Senior Wire News Services. In addition, she’s a staff writer for the website Go60.us.

Contact her at peg4745@aol.com

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