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Bob Jones University president Stephen Jones returns to start a new year. By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff
Seven years after taking a job he didn’t always want, Bob Jones University President Dr. Stephen Jones is enthusiastic about the coming semester and returning to the post after a yearlong absence. “I’m getting my thoughts ready on how to challenge, inspire and encourage the faculty and the staff,” he says. Jones, 42, sat down in his spacious, antique-filled office last week to talk with the Journal just four weeks after returning from a 12-month leave to recuperate from persistent health issues. Jones says it wasn’t until he was in college that he thought seriously about becoming the university’s fourth-generation president. However, he laughed when he added, “People who taught me in nursery school, they always told me that I said I was going to be president.” JONES continued on PAGE 8
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Ice-skating will come to downtown Spartanburg this fall if city staff is able to hammer out the details of a sponsorship agreement with an anonymous local donor. City Council unanimously approved the plan Monday. The preliminary agreement calls for the donor to pay all operational costs for about $100,000, while the city picks up the $25,000 tab for staffing the event, which would run from mid-November until shortly after New Year’s Day, said Will Rothschild, city spokesman. Admission would be $10 and the rink would open from 3 to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. on weekends, officials said. Sponsorships and admission fees would cover most of the city’s share of the tab, council was told. “This has created a lot of buzz around town,” said Councilwoman Linda Dogan before the council unanimously voted the plan forward. In other actions, council voted to spend $2,500 for a lot at 149 Home St., near C.C. Woodson Recreation Center. On second reading, council approved the West Main Street Improvement Project. Raby Construction of Greenville was awarded the $275,000 project, which will replace concrete sidewalks with brick on West Main Street between Daniel Morgan Avenue and the railroad crossing, add trees and bike lanes, reduce traffic lanes and resurface the street. Lafayette Street near Pine Street YMCA will be narrowed and sidewalks added.
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A feast for eyes and taste buds Blueberries are ready for the picking along Ivestor Gap By CHARLES SOWELL | staff
Up above 5,000 feet the air is sweet, the views spectacular and on Labor Day weekend blueberry pickers by the busload flock to Ivestor Gap at the entrance to Shining Rock Wilderness. Most go no farther, much less explore the dozens of peaks that make up the Balsam Range, one of the highest in mountain-rich western North Carolina. At least
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are affecting an increasing number of children, an estimated 1 in 88, according to the most recent information from the Centers for Disease Control. Families who are seeking information on research, treatment and support for autism will have the opportunity to find it at the Upstate South Carolina Autism Forum on Aug. 25. This all-day event offers a place where parents and professionals can gather and exchange information about autism research and resources. “This event is so important because autism is dramatically on the rise,” said Lisa Lane, co-director of the Project Hope Foundation, an organization that offers resources, therapy, support and a school for students with autism. “Unfortunately, information and services are not increasing at the same pace.” According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the number of children diagnosed with an autism disorder has increased 78 percent since its initial report in 2007. As part of the forum, researcher Dr. Jane Charles, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and professor of pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, will speak on research and findings that are changing treatment for autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Jane
a half-dozen top 6,000 feet; the highest, Richland Balsam, is 6,400 feet tall. In a good year there are blueberries enough for the hordes of people and the bears, too. In a bad year – like 2011, when a late freeze left treat-seekers and bruins hungry – there are none. This year the bushes are flush with berries. Anyone wishing to escape the crowds need to drive a bit further south along the Blue Ridge Parkway to find an abundance. Be warned, though: The Balsams are rugged. Most berry lovers use the Ivestor Gap Trail from the parking area at Balsam Bald for their picking purposes. The trail follows an old railroad bed left over from the timber baron days of the region in the late 1800s and early 20th century. At this time of year, taking Ivestor Gap Trail is sort of like the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville’s Cleveland Park on Saturday afternoon, albeit with better views and rocky footing. Drive south on the Parkway to the cross-
Roberts of the University of South Carolina Neurodevelopmental Disorders Lab will present information on new studies that are being conducted by the lab and how families can participate. In addition to medical and research professionals, speakers include those with firsthand family experience like Karen Driscoll, a Marine Corps wife and mother, who will discuss how autism can affect the military family. Rixon Lane, Lisa Lane’s son, will share the ups and downs of having a sibling with autism. Lane, 20, says he hopes to share his personal experiences and offer encouragement to parents who are balancing their time and attention between siblings. “What I’m hoping will happen is that parents can apply my experience to their own children,” he says. With the number of autism diagnoses increasing, “autism is a community issue,” said Lisa Lane. “We are all going to know someone with autism. We’re very excited that the Upstate has an event like this.” Other forum topics include changes in autism diagnosis criteria, parenting stress, the Project Hope Foundation, cyberbullying, education planning and guardianship. The event will also feature a resource fair. This month’s event is the fourth forum in five years, said organizer Derrick Howle. He says it offers reliable, evidence-based information and
ing with N.C. State 215 and head west toward Waynesville. The trailhead for North Carolina’s Mountains to the Sea Trail is about a quarter-mile away. In the parking area, take the trail south and start climbing. There will be no hordes of blueberry seekers here, climbing into terrain so rugged that Girl Scout groups rent alpacas to haul their gear up for camping trips. This is what Balsam Bald and Ivestor Gap were like 30 years ago. Spend a day on the trail and not meet a soul. Satisfy your sweet tooth, too. If hiking is not your cup of tea, there are plenty of blueberries along the parkway as it climbs to its highest point at Richland Balsam Mountain. The blueberry bush’s bright red leaves are easily discernable from the road. Many of the sloping rock faces along the Parkway are covered. Drive slowly and feast on the views – and the fruit. Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@thespartanburgjournal.com.
many of the topics are informed by parent questions and concerns. Howle and his wife, Sandrine, are founders of the LUCAS (Loving Unconditionally Children with Autism Support) Network and moderate an online forum. The Upstate South Carolina Autism Forum is free, a fact that is important to families who may be spending much of their funds on therapy and treatment, with little left over for travel or conference fees, Howle said. Participants come from all over the state, some from as far away as Charleston. Howle says he is excited about having a representative from Autism Speaks, Karen Driscoll, along with the other presenters. “All of these speakers volunteer to come free of charge because our budget is zero,” he said. Lisa Lane said the forum isn’t just for families dealing with autism: Anyone working with children, from educators to Sunday school teachers to Scout leaders, can benefit from attending the forum. Contact April A. Morris at amorris@thespartanburgjournal.com.
UPSTATE AUTISM FORUM Aug. 25, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Free 580 Brookwood Point Place, Simpsonville 864-292-6116, www.scautism.org
DIRECTIONS FROM SPARTANBURG: • Take Interstate 26 to the Blue Ridge Parkway and head south. • Cross over U.S. 276 at Wagon Wheel Gap and continue past Graveyard Fields overlook. • Turn right onto Black Balsam Knob Road and drive in until the road ends. Follow the Ivestor Gap Trail to Shining Rock Wilderness. • Alternatively, continue on the parkway to the NC 215 overpass and drop off the parkway. • On Route 215, head north toward Waynesville. Pull off in the Mountains to the Sea parking lot on the left after about a half mile. It is not marked – just a graveled area with space for a half-dozen cars.
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Here’s betting state lawmakers now genuinely regret letting the clock run out on a bill to restructure state government and abolish the state Budget and Control Board. State senators reneged on reform instead, and the five-member board lived on to vote 3-2 to compel state employees to share half the cost of the premium increase for their health insurance – despite the Legislature’s clear intent that the state bear the full burden. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom and Treasurer Curtis Loftis voted with Gov. Nikki Haley last week to raise the share state workers will pay next year for premiums by 4.6 percent. In justification, they argued that private employees are paying more for health insurance and state workers should, too. This has prompted outraged howls from legislators, whose elaborate, eleventhhour budget compromise rested in large part on their bipartisan agreement to obligate the state for the entire increase. On the cost-sharing alone, Haley and company make a good argument. Outof-pocket costs are expected to rise next year for private sector employees, who – as taxpayers – will corporately shoulder whatever share the state pays for public workers’ premiums as well. Individual costs for South Carolina public and private sector employees are about on par currently. According to the state Employee Insurance Program website, state workers pay 25 percent of the cost for employee-only coverage and 29.8 percent for family coverage. The state’s private sector workers pay 23 percent of the premium on average for employee-only coverage and 31 percent for family coverage, according to statehealthfacts.org. But Haley’s fair-is-fair argument is not the issue here, legal authority is – and even as an atypical executive/legislative body, the Budget and Control Board is stretching the latter to the breaking point with this vote. The legislative branch appropriates, the executive branch executes. Once the governor’s budget vetoes are overridden, the executive branch is constitutionally obligated to implement the results, like it or not. The Legislature appropriated $21 million in the state budget to cover the entire cost of the insurance increase. The “fiscal stability of the system” is not imperiled, which is the only time the executive branch is legally authorized to adjust insurance rates. As Senate Pro-Tempore John Courson said last week, “The idea that three votes on an administrative body could overturn the will of the General Assembly is alien to our system of representative government.” As is the Budget and Control Board, compared to every other state in the union. Unique to South Carolina, the board – composed of the governor, treasurer, comptroller general and chairmen of the House and Senate budget-writing committees – oversees a massive agency of the same name that controls the financial and central administrative functions of day-to-day government. It leeches administrative duties from the executive branch and overrides the spending decisions of the legislative branch – and in the case of last week’s vote, ensures state taxpayers will be paying court costs on top of premium hikes when the lawsuits begin, which they will. Employee benefit law isn’t to be trifled with on a governor’s whim, however well the whim plays politically. This isn’t the first time the Budget and Control Board has gone rogue and won’t be the last. In the short term, leaders of the House and Senate need to call legislators back into session to bring the board to heel. Then they need to get the job done on government restructuring come January. This renegade board has got to go.
This year our elected officials passed legislation that supports charter schools and displayed a willingness to offer tax credits or vouchers to attend private schools – actions skeptics view as an attack on public schools. How affected the public schools will be depends on how well they adapt. Parents will increasingly have more choices for their children’s education. The schools that survive will be those that show innovation in both their programs and facilities. In the near future, parents will be able to choose schools regardless of their geocode. Most everyone will agree that the classroom teacher is the most critical factor in a child’s education. (My wife is a dedicated public high school social studies teacher of 23 years). However, when parents tour a school it is challenging to get a feel for the individual instructors. Parents are more likely to evaluate schools on whether the curriculum is innovative. Magnet schools have become popular because they offer a wide variety of programs from the arts to engineering. Many parents feel that IB schools give their students a competitive edge. Others may be concerned about the transition to middle school and favor the K-8 trend. Regardless of their current success, schools will be forced to evaluate their programs and convey to parents why their approach is better. It has often been said that buildings do not teach children. Today’s structures may not speak, but they can certainly teach. By placing photovoltaic (solar) panels on buildings, schools allow students to learn how much energy can be gained from the sun and calculate how many panels it would take to power the entire building. Green roofs can teach how to reduce storm water runoff and prevent flooding while benefitting from longer roof life and increased thermal properties. The current trend is away from science labs in favor of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) labs, which forgo casework and sinks for a flexible space with the latest technology that allows a variety of subjects to be taught.
IN MY OWN WORDS by SCOTT POWELL
Even the way students sit is changing. Individual desks in rows may continue to be the best solution for some classrooms. However, it has become increasingly popular for students to sit at tables. Some schools forgo chairs altogether and allow children to sit on bouncy balls. Desks are currently available that swivel and rest on casters. Many have electronics built in, which seems like a waste of resources since technology changes so fast. Of course, this point of view comes from someone whose parents almost had to take out a loan to purchase a calculator for his high school math class. The reality is that technology is important and educators need to determine how to use it to advantage. Many may warn that innovation costs more money, which many schools lack. High performance buildings may cost more, but they often have tremendous energy savings as well as natural lighting, which research has shown to increase test scores. Interestingly, our state mandates that university buildings must be designed as sustainable, high-performance structures. All children in South Carolina should have the opportunity to learn in inspiring facilities with an innovative curriculum. Schools that do not set themselves apart will soon find themselves struggling as parents are given more options to choose the best fit for their children’s education. Scott Powell is a principal with Craig Gaulden Davis, an architectural and interior design firm in Greenville. He has won numerous awards for school designs and currently serves on the board for the South Carolina chapter of the Council for Educational Facilities Planners International (CEFPI). He is a graduate of Boiling Springs High School.
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Every third Thursday of the month, the art galleries in Spartanburg stay open late for art lovers to see what is new. Thursday, Aug. 16, 5-9 p.m., be sure to stop by the Chapman Cultural Center and visit the Spartanburg Art Museum, the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg’s Gallery, and the Student Galleries. No admission fees. Guild member Ashley Holt will host a free and public reception for his exhibit, Four Hankie Triumph. Seay House Saturday
The Spartanburg County Historical Association will open Spartanburg’s oldest home for public viewing Saturday, Aug. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., located at 106 Darby Road. This home showcases the dwelling of a local farmstead managed and maintained by three maiden Seay sisters in the late 1800s. Donations appreciated. Audition Workshop
The Spartanburg Youth Theatre will offer an audition workshop for students interested in auditioning for parts in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Saturday, Aug. 18, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Chapman Cultural Center. Auditions are open to 3rd through 12th graders. $25. Auditions
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The Music Foundation of Spartanburg presents local songstress Fayssoux McLean for this free lunchtime concert at the Library Headquarters in downtown Spartanburg, Wednesday, Aug. 22, starting at 1:15 p.m. Bring your lunch or buy one there. Foster Child Photo Exhibit
The Chapman Cultural Center is the only museum in South Carolina to host the acclaimed National Heart Gallery Exhibit: a large collection of 6x4-foot photos of children in foster care and in need of permanent homes. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ends: Aug. 24. Free! Four Hankie Triumph Exhibit
Local artist Ashley Holt exhibits his work Aug. 1-28 in the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg’s gallery at the Chapman Cultural Center. Free and public reception: Thursday, Aug. 16, 6-9 p.m. Exhibit open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., but closed on Sundays. Free!
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The Spartanburg Youth Theatre will audition for parts in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 20 and 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Chapman Cultural Center. Auditions are open to 3rd through 12th graders. Bring a headshot photo. Arrive at least 15 minutes early to fill out information sheets. Wear clothes and shoes that are comfortable to move around in. Auditioners are required to present a one-minute monologue.
Jones said the turning point came his sophomore year in college, when he “told the Lord that it would be all right to stay here.” He admitted he was “still trying to bargain” at that point. “I was willing to be a teacher here. I wanted to further the mission, but didn’t want to bear the burden.” His thoughts turned to working in administration. But when the board’s executive committee approached him to ask that he consider the job, he knew God was leading him to the post. Jones said his parents did not push him towards the presidency. “They said, ‘You’re a different person and God made you a different tool than he made us.’ So they never pressured us (himself and his siblings) to stay here. They wanted it to be God’s call if one of us felt burdened to be here.” Jones said he grew up watching his father, Bob Jones III, bear the responsibility as university president, and that partly informed his hesitation. Bob Jones III didn’t share his burdens at home, his son said, only the blessings – but the older Jones traveled often. “That was the reluctance, willing for it to be that much of a life commitment,” Stephen Jones said. However, the board was supportive of Jones’ desire to travel less and focus more on his young family and the university, he said, and he agreed to become president. Jones began having problems with vertigo, nausea and chronic migraines in October 2010. The cause was a damaged nerve in his ear caused by ear infections, he says. He began suffering five to 10 migraines a week. In July 2011, he took medical leave and was also on disability for several months. Jones said he kept up communication with the vice presidents and administrative staff and was “never fully disconnected.” However, he often was only up to working and communicating for a few hours each week. “It was humbling. I got thousands of emails and people were praying. It was incredible encouragement to know that people cared,” he said. Since mid-July, Jones has worked up to full days in the office and admits the hiatus was a trying time. “The summer has been extremely helpful in learning to deal with some of the ongoing ramifications of a damaged nerve in my ear,” he said. He recently spent three weeks
Dr. Stephen Jones, President of Bob Jones University.
at the Cleveland Clinic Pain Management Center. Bob Jones University was once known for its high fences and hedges, shielding students from the outside world. The school was founded in 1927 by traveling evangelist Bob Jones Sr., who, after seeing students “whose faith was shaken during college,” decided to establish a training center devoted to academics and the arts where Christ “would be the center of all thought and conduct,” according to the university’s website. Its third president, Bob Jones III, took the hedges down, inviting the Greenville community onto the university campus and urging the student body out into the community for service. The younger Jones is continuing his father’s work while adding his own signature.
“Continuing what the Lord led my great-grandfather to start, that’s my burden, rather than hijacking it for a different mission,” Jones said. At the same time, he said it’s important the university adapt “to where we are now in the 21st century and to the needs that the students have, in addition to incorporating more technology and preparing them personally for the different culture that we’re in now and the things that they’re going to face in their careers and life.” He said part of that preparation is a focus on technology and modern issues. Teachers are using more hightech tools in the classroom, he said, and just like college students everywhere, BJU students are well-versed in Facebook and Twitter, sometimes to the point of trumping the school’s
journal community internal communication network. New this year is an emphasis on encouraging faculty and staff to become more personally involved with students, departing from a traditional distance emphasized for respect, he says. The university has also added a new course to the curriculum that will examine media and political issues and focus on how the Bible speaks to both. Bob Jones University is known for strict rules governing student life, and Jones said those rules are constantly evolving. Each year, the administration re-examines “where the students are now, and what things that we are doing that seem to be an unnecessary hindrance or aggravation.” The infamous music and film restrictions haven’t budged, but the skirts at-all-times for women rules have, he said. Female students can wear pants at certain times now. The skirts-only rule “just didn’t fit where society is now,” Jones said. “It used to be that people dressed up to go on planes and that’s what our standard was. It didn’t change as society changed, so we just needed to bring it forward a little bit while still stressing modesty.” Jones said he feels that the campus is inviting, and that’s something the entrance, redesigned in August 2007, demonstrates. “It was an attempt to tell folks that it’s always been an open campus and we want you here. I guess the old one looked fortress-like, though it wasn’t; it was just 1960s architecture.” On-campus theatre performances and the Museum and Gallery’s extensive art collection are open to visitors. Jones said the world-renowned collection is well known to European visitors while some locals remain oblivious. “We want more (people) to come, for the games, for the cultural events.” And the games begin in late August with the revival of an intercollegiate sports program at the recommendation of BJU alumni. The season kicks off with basketball and soccer for men and women. Intercollegiate sports date back to the university’s early years, Jones said, but was suspended when Jones Sr. deemed them a distraction. Now is the time for sports to return, Jones said. BJU is also applying for regional accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. While the school is accredited through the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), Jones
says accreditation through the 11-state regional accreditation agency “validates the educational approach to our primarily spiritual mission. We’ve always desired to do it at the highest level of academics, and it just shows that we are.” As Stephen Jones builds on his father’s legacy, Bob Jones III is by no means retired. Though no longer behind the president’s desk, Jones said his father is still “extremely interested” in the workings of the university. Gesturing to a connecting door that leads to his father’s office, he said, “I do seek his counsel on decisions because he has a perspective on the churches that we serve.” With alumni in all 50 states and 50 countries, Bob Jones III spends much of his time traveling, meeting with alumni and prospective students, and
“Continuing what the Lord led my greatgrandfather to start, that’s my burden, rather than hijacking it for a different mission.” Bob Jones University President Dr. Stephen Jones
preaching, Stephen Jones said. “He’s sold on the mission and he’s probably one of the biggest salesmen for the mission. He breathes it.” However, Stephen Jones said he does not share his father’s proclivity for politics and presidential campaigns. “We do our best to educate our students in a Christian’s role in civic life and I vote, but I don’t have a political bone in my body.” The school has hosted many candidates and was the target of criticism after George W. Bush failed to mention the school’s ban on interracial dating in a 2000 campaign stop. The school later dropped the ban. Controversy again surfaced in 2011 with the resignation of Dr. Chuck Phelps, a board member who was the target of a petition for removal due to the way he handled allegations that a church member raped a 15-year-old girl in his congregation.
“It’s really old news,” Jones said. “It was something we went through and tried to handle as biblically as we could. And I think it was resolved.” Some good may have come from the furor. BJU is preparing students Joseph Lenn Edwin M and pastors to deal with the real isExecutive Chef, The Barn, Presentsue of emotional, mental and sexual Blackberry Farm, Troubado Joseph Lenn EdwWa abuse and harassment, he said. Inh Len No-n in McC llan ain Laura Williamson d, TN Josep Executive Chef, The Barn, Present-dayra Master Som Edwin melier, Williamson Blackberry Farm, McCain Lau vember, the school will host Sexual Exeacut ive Chef, The Bar ur Co-owner of Vin Tabla, Present-day Troubado Walln, and, TN Ma ste r Som me Abuse and the Church conference Blackberryto Tuscon, AZ lier, Farm, Troubadour Co-owner of Vin Tabla, Wallan help equip pastors and other leaders. d, TN Tuscon, AZ Students need to know about the issue, Jones said. “It is the real world affected Joseph Lenn by sin, but we have to deal with it, and Edwin M Exe cutive Chef, The Barn, Pre we have some answers to help.” sent-d Blackberry Farm, Looking to the future, Jones said Troubadou Walland, TN he sees Bob Jones UniversityTalent as is at the heart of euphoria. Talent is at the heart of euph “never veering from the belief in the authority of the Bible for life, but Talent is at the heart of euphoria. also building on that spiritual founTalent is at the heart of euphoria. dation in the lives of students to help Talented chefs, musicians and them grow and stretch and use their winemakers who share their gifts gifts at the highest level of academics, culturally, socially and service. with us unreservedly, year after To prepare them for the 16 hours a day that aren’t spent at work … to year. We show Talent is atourtheappreciation heart of eupho keep that thrust and keep that relby providing an atmosphere in evant to where the world is and see it move forward in the years ahead.” beautiful Greenville, SC where Jones said he considers the school’s they’re free to relax, have fun, role to be “good community citizens. We’re very involved, we’re proud of experiment, discover, celebrate what we’re doing and we can always do more.” Approximately 45 percent and play. of the students participate in outreach and community service, he says. This atmosphere shared openly As he reflected on his time away between artists and attendees, from campus, Jones said there was a surprise amid the dizziness and results in a four-day celebration pain: valuable time spent with his september 20 – 23 greenville, sc three children. “One of the blessings of cuisine, music and wine that get tickets at euphoriagreenville.com has been growing more with them is downright euphoric. To join in, at home just by being at home more through the sickness,” he said. “They you need only an appreciation for got to see the answer to prayer” – he talent and the abilities to eat, sip, learned about the Cleveland Clinic only through a BJU graduate. listen and play. Oh, and a ticket. Prepping for the “treadmill” that doesn’t end until May and overseeNo playing without a ticket. ing all the moving parts of university life, Jones seemed energetic and up to the task. “It’s never boring, I enjoy it. It’s a blast,” he said. “The students are wonderful, the faculty and staff are amazing.” Jones said “the neat thing” about his time away is “how it grew the university family. Everyone came together in a humseptember 20 – 23 greenville, sc bling way and a pretty remarkable way.” get tickets at euphoriagreenville.com Contact April A. Morris at Find us at: facebook.com/euphoriafoodwinemusic and follow us on Twitter @ amorris@thespartanburgjournal.com. achieveeuphoria. euphoria is produced by Local Boys Do Good, a registered 501-(c)
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The fine print by dick hughes
The fine print • Calling young business owners • the quarterly report
South Carolina 13th in ‘Toxic 20’
Claiming an idea
a rare bipartisan agreement of majorities of both parties, Congress decided to join them. Congress passed and President Obama signed the American Invents Act (AIA), which makes first-to-file the final word. Any application before March 16 of next year will be judged under the first-to-invent rule; anything filed on that date and after will be a first-to-file application. Kim said the purpose of this and other changes is to speed the timeline from application to patent to market, eliminate litigation over conflicting claims of who invented first and take whatever disputes still arise out of the court system. “We have drawn a very clear and distinct line. Instead of having patent fights over who is first and who is second, we are going to look at the piece of paper that is filed.” Kim said the “bright line” should reduce litigation and challenges, which clog courts and administrative appeal boards. “It eliminates the entire class of people who have invented first but don’t have a valid file date.”
South Carolina is among 20 states responsible for a disproportionate share of toxic emissions from electric power plants using coal or oil, the National Research Defense Council (NRDC) asserts. The NRDC in its Toxic Power report for 2012 identifies what it calls “The Toxic 20” states responsible for approximately 92 percent of the nation’s electric sector air pollution and 72 percent of mercury emissions. South Carolina ranks 13th, contributing 9.3 million pounds of air pollution derived from generation of electricity, the NDRC said, citing the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s toxic release inventory for 2010. Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia are ranked as the five top pollution-emitting states. Florida is sixth, North Carolina eighth and Georgia ninth. South Carolina ranks much higher, 29th, among all states in industrial mercury air pollution.
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New American Invents Act changes the patent race
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Attorney Doug Kim with the McNair Law Firm holds one of the tools of the trade for a patent attorney, “The Manual of Patent Examining Procedure.”
Starting March 16, it won’t matter if you are the first to invent to claim rights to the patent on that gizmo you want to take to market. What will matter is that you are the first to file. What’s more, it won’t matter if you were second to file but can prove you were first to invent. You still lose. That’s a dramatic departure from how it works now in the United States, explained Doug Kim, chief patent attorney for Greenville’s McNair Law Firm. Under the current system, the assumption is that the first person to file for a patent was the first to invent – but if a challenger can prove he invented first, the challenger wins, even if he filed later, Kim said. That’s how the patent system has worked since President George Washington awarded the first patent on July 31, 1790, to Samuel Hopkins for a new way to make potash for fertilizer. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has since awarded more than six million patents under the first-to-invent principle. However, most other nations follow the first-to-file rule. Last year, in
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He said the number of judges who review patents to determine whether they are valid or not is being increased from around 80 to 150 to 190, “so it will be done in the patent office, not in the court system.” Not everyone agrees AIA changes are for the better. Some see the act as favoring multinational corporations at the expense of individual innovators and small businesses. One of those is Greenville inventor Nathan Scolari, inventor and president of Zike, the startup maker of a line of leg-propelled scooters. Scolari has 36 patents either awarded or pending and has another 12 “we currently are waiting on.” “Essentially, the heart of American patent law in the past has been to reward the creator, the innovator and the inventor. The new law rewards the first to write a check,” Scolari said. Corporations and wealthy individuals “are going to reap the reward” because they have the wherewithal to hire legions of patent attornies, work in secrecy and finance prototypes and preparation costs without having to disclose anything to outside investors, Scolari said. “What we are going to see in the future is a lot of little guys who are innovative, creative and hardworking essentially get ripped off. They are going
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to start out with an idea, someone else is going to see it, file a patent, and now it’s theirs.” Kim said corporations already have that advantage and will not need to change their intellectual property strategy, but small and mid-sized companies and single inventors “are going to have to change their IP strategies.” Under the first-to-invent rule, small companies and individuals could spend years perfecting and documenting their inventions and convincing investors to give them money to fund a working prototype and eventually go to market. Even with information getting out, “I always knew at some level of comfort, I could rely on the invent date,” said Kim, putting himself in their shoes. “Now that that is gone, my strategy changes.” Now, he said, small companies and garage inventors are going to have to work in secret, raise money quietly, quickly get to prototype, prepare for market and file a patent as soon as they can. Even if the process is held close to the vest, the risk remains that someone working independently can get to the patent first, “so my motivation is to collapse the time I am tinkering, the time between the idea and the prototype.” The problem with having to do work in secret, rush the process, hustle money and worry
about paperwork is that it goes against the nature of many “whose whole passion, drive and energy is on the gizmo they are making,” Scolari said. “They are not venture capitalists, and they are not looking over their shoulder to see who is trying to steal this from them. They are trying to create.” The law allows filing for provisional patents, giving applicants 12 months to turn them into non-provisionals, but that process in itself contains risk by starting a clock that forces decisions an applicant may not be ready or able to make, Kim said. For example, he said, they “have to make the decision within 12 months whether to file overseas or not. These are tens of thousands of dollars.” Scolari said while the provisional is intended as a placeholder to give little guys time to get everything together, it exposes their invention to copycats. “Unfortunately now, you are going to have sharks circling these little inventors, picking off their patents. Someone is going to be able to take a look at that … make something different about that patent to make different claims and get around you.” Kim’s advice is to “talk to someone who understands intellectual property much earlier than you ever had to before. Having an IP attorney … early on in your process is
South Carolina historically trails all of its Southeastern state competitors in the number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. However, Greenville and the Upstate do better in patents per 10,000 employees than its regional competitors with the exception of Raleigh/Durham, which leads all by a wide margin, according to the Greenville Chamber’s 2012 Regional Economic Scorecard. The number of patents granted is one of several measures used to measure the innovative culture of an area.
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2008
2009
2010
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Florida
2,358 2,046 2,197 2,978 3,136
76,535
North Carolina
1,745 1,841 2,012 2,636 2,607
48,338
Georgia
1,310 1,344 1,415 1,905 1,932
35,207
Virginia
1,004 1,030 1,073 1,587 1,600
38,816
Tennessee
618
586
647
925
969
25,174
South Carolina
411
395
461
517
656
17,214
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clearly going to have to happen for the next couple of years.” Scolari believes that Congress didn’t need to turn the process upside down to encourage innovation, speed inventions to market and create jobs. It could have been done by giving USPTO enough money to add staff, replace outmoded computers and make “some commonsense organizational changes.” “My experience with the staff of PTO has been very positive, very professional, very helpful. But they are underfunded and overworked. This is one of the areas you’d think the government would think it is really important to reward our innovators and let them get to market in a positive way.” Taxpayers do not fund USPTO. The agency sustains itself on patent fees, but Congress determines how much it can spend and routinely siphons fee income for other purposes. In April 2011, Congress took $100 million from its mid-year budget, forcing USPTO to suspend or slow efforts to whittle down the backlog. Still, USPTO steadily has been reducing it from 764,000 at the end of fiscal 2010 to below 700,000 today, but, as Kim notes, applicants still have to wait three years for approvals. Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@ thespartanburgjournal.com.
Patents Per 10,000 Employees of Competing Areas Raleigh/Durham, N.C. Greenville MSA Upstate Lexington, Ky. Knoxville, Tenn. Richmond, Va. MSA Charlotte, N.C. MSA Greensboro/Winston-Salem, N.C.
Charleston MSA Columbia MSA Nashville, Tenn. MSA Birmingham, Ala. Louisville, Ky. MSA Jacksonville, Fla. MSA Birmingham, Ala.
2008
2009
% change
10.9 4.3 3.8 4.9 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.5 1.4
20.7 6.2 4.9 4.2 3.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7
122.8 20.6 9 -19.2 3.9 0.5 1.2 1.4 7.5 4.9 2.5 1.4 -3.8 -1.3 1.5
Source: Greenville Chamber 2012 Economic Scorecard
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Calling young business owners By JENNIFER OLADIPO | contributor
Middle and high school students have a new chance to show their entrepreneurial spirit: The 2013 Young Entrepreneurs contest from SC Economics is seeking nominations of students who actively run their own businesses, and can serve as an example to others. As a statewide nonprofit, SC Economics works to improve business and finance education. President Helen Meyers said the contest aims to show how very young people are an active part of the state’s strong entrepreneurial energy. She sees it as an important part of education, and also a contributor to economic development. The state needs to “get more people into jobs, and we use the Young Entrepreneurs as role models for other students to give them ideas about jobs that work and that they can do themselves,” Meyers said. She said a lot of time is already spent on stock market education, but children need to bridge the gap by learning how to make the money that can be saved and then invested. She said many young people run businesses, but will usually only mention the fact to those they think are potential cus-
tomers. The contest was expanded to middle schools after a news reporter mistook a sixth-grade boy for a participant at an event for high school entrepreneurs. The teacher who had brought him to help and learn was surprised to hear him telling a reporter all about his egg-selling business, simply because he had been asked. There is a great diversity in the types of businesses young people start. One past winner had a portfolio of cakes he baked for special events. One high school student ran a photography studio, while a sixth-grader made custom wine glasses. A group of sisters sold car magnets for drivers whose circumstances require a bit of patience, including new drivers and some senior citizens. “They did it because their oldest sister was learning to drive, and people were rude,” said Meyers. “The other drivers didn’t know she was training, and they wondered what they could do about that.” SC Economics makes sure nominees have a functioning business, not just an idea or a plan. The business might have been in operation for months or years, with or without adult help. Meyers said it is also important that the students are
“good role models,” because their stories are broadcast in classrooms statewide on the ETV Stock Market Game Program. The hope is that they spark interest in other children, especially those who lack the benefit of a business-minded role model. Hunter Sturgill, one of this year’s winners, was encouraged by his grandfather to start a business. As a result, he has run a multifaceted business for five years. The 16-yearold Broome High School student started out raising chickens and selling their eggs, then began chopping firewood to raise money for feed during the winter months when chickens stop laying eggs. He later added lawn care service during the summers. “I just liked it, and it was easier than getting a job,” said Sturgill. “I could do it the way I wanted to do it and not the way somebody else wanted.” Sturgill has two employees who help with grass cutting and wood chopping, and he gets some help from his father. He did not have a total figure at the time of publication, but said he makes about $12,000 a year on lawn care and wood splitting. Most of the cash goes into business expenses and paying employees, after which Sturgill said there is “a little left over for myself.”
Sturgill said winning the contest gave him connections that helped him learn ways to better organize his business and track finances. All winners receive a $200 cash prize and an invitation to the governor’s annual Ambassadors of Economic Development ceremony. Meyers said children have proven to be quite savvy about business. “We ask them, ‘How do you know if you’re making money?’ And they know. They keep records of it. They have an idea of their revenue and expenses.” She recalls the youngest winner so far, a sixth-grader who put candy vending machines in places like barber shops and sports facilities. He was very mindful of profits, tracking which products sold best, and adjusting his offerings in order to boost profits. She said all of the winners have given the same advice when asked about the key to success: Do what you love. Nominations of students making a business out of what they love are due September 12. They can be submitted at www.sceconomics.org. Contact Jennifer Oladipo at joladipo@thespartanburgjournal.com.
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South Carolina electric generators reduced emission of toxic pollutants by 18 percent between 2009, when it ranked 11th worst, and 2010, the NDRC report shows. Electric generation accounts for 36 percent of all industrial pollutants in South Carolina, according to the NDRC. Production of paper products contributes 35 percent. The primary contributors to toxic air pollution are power plants fired by coal and oil. They account for 44 percent of all pollution from industrial sources, according to the NDRC. The NDRC said EPA-ordered standards would force reductions of 79 percent in mercury pollution, 63 percent in sulfur dioxide pollution and 95 percent in acid gases by 2015.
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Why might one trust a toaster to get the browning just right, but be wary of spell-checkers, doubtful that an app knows anything about Mexican restaurants, and totally turned off by a canned telephone voice telling you to punch or say numbers to get to another canned voice? The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Clemson University a grant of $245,000 to find out. The threeyear research project aims to find out why people continue to use unreliable automation, why people won’t use it and how to get people to change “their behavior about reliable and unreliable automation.” The research also will delve into how “people treat and use automation when it seems to behave and look like a human. We must understand why some types of automation are trusted and used and others are not, especially for an aging population.”
The quarterly report The state of the upstate’s bottom line
Diner Chain Sees Gains
Denny’s, the Spartanburg-headquartered restaurant chain, reported net income of $4.6 million, or 5 cents a share, in the second quarter, and said same-store sales, a key indicator of retail activity, continued to rise. “During the second quarter, we achieved our fifth consecutive quarter of positive system-wide same-store sales, along with the highest quarter two-year, same-store sales we have generated in almost five years,” said John Miller, president and CEO. Total revenue for the period was $124.7 million, down from $136.8 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company said operating margins increased 0.8 of a percentage point for franchise restaurants and 1.5 for companyowned restaurants. Denny’s opened nine new franchise stores, including one in the Dominican Republic and one in Canada, during the period. Denny’s is on a mission to build its international presence, recently announcing an agreement with a franchisee to open 50 restaurants in China. Miller said it intends to become “one of the largest American full-service brands in the world.”
Profits Up in ‘Sluggish Economy’
Carolina Alliance Bank said net income for the first six months of the year increased 82 percent over last year. The Spartanburg bank said it had net income of $733,000 compared to $403,000 in the first two quarters of 2011. “While growth remains suppressed by the continuing sluggish economy, our earnings and capital position give us a great deal of confidence during this uncertain period,” said Terry Cash, chairman. The bank said total assets grew 1 percent to $242.4 million and loans rose 8.2 percent to $174.4 million. Total deposits decreased 1.3 percent to $200 million “primarily through reductions in on-relationship certificates of deposits.” John S. Poole, president and CEO, noted, however, that deposits from local businesses and individuals are growing. During the current six-month period the bank’s allowance for loan losses stood at $3.6 million.
A 3rd Positive Quarter
Greer State Bank reported net earnings of $1.1 million in
the second quarter compared to a net loss of $1.9 million in the same period a year ago. It was the bank’s third consecutive quarter of profitability. Dennis Hennett, president and CEO, said earnings were “aided significantly” by a net gain of $611,000 on an investment transaction and by improvement in loan quality. Because of a reduction in total loans outstanding, he said, the bank did not need to set aside money for potential loan loses. Hennett said legal and other real estate expenses also were down. Without booking an expense for TARP dividends of $176,000, Greer State’s net profit would have been nearly $1.3 million. For the first six months, Greer State has had a net profit of $3.2 million before TARP expenses of $364,000. The company had a net loss of $2.1 million in the first six months of 2011. “We are pleased with the overall performance of the Bank and remain optimistic that these positive trends will continue,” Hennett said.
Bank Finally Gets Into Black
Provident Community Bank of Rock Hill reported its first profit in three years in the second quarter, primarily as a result of reduction in the cost of foreclosed properties held by the bank. The bank had net income of $24,000 in the quarter compared to a loss of $6,000 in the same quarter a year ago. Provident is still in the red for the year, losing $178,000. “During the second quarter, our financial performance improved but was still affected by the continued decline in real estate values in the markets we serve,” said Dwight V. Neese, president and CEO. He said, however, steps taken to tighten credit management, deal with real estate loans gone bad and technology improvements “have prepared us to deal with whatever issues are yet to come.” Provident still carries a heavy burden of nonperforming loans, most of which are collateralized by declining values of commercial real estate. At the end of June, the bank held $17.2 million in these bad loans – 12.3 percent of all loans and an increase of $417,000 since the beginning of the year. Provident has assets of $370 million. It has branches in Rock Hill, Union, Jonesville, Winnsboro, Laurens and Simpsonville.
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Book celebrates people who made Greer what it is By Cindy Landrum | staff
Sara and Roy Chandler, Roy Chandler was a local farmer and worked in an area factory. Reprinted with permission from “Legendary Locals of Greer,” by Joada Hiatt and Ray Belcher, published by Arcadia Publishing.
Confederate soldier D.D. Davenport was home on furlough when he surprised a pair of Yankee raiders in his father’s house and got into a gunfight. He won – and went on to become Greer’s first self-made millionaire. William Foster was required to buy his own uniform before he could hit the streets as a night patrolman for the Greer police force. On the first night he wore it, he was shot and killed in the line of duty while trying to stop the illegal whiskey trade. Nancy Welch turned a month-long contract to do a live weekday television show on WSPA into a 23-year broadcasting stint. She met many celebrities as a result – and even mended television talk show host Phil Donahue’s pants while he was still wearing them. Donahue was talking to the Pope on the phone at the time. Greer continued on page 16
‘Scribe of death’
Obit aficionado says death notices offer unique look at Spartanburg history By Cindy Landrum | staff
To Winnie Walsh, obituaries are not just death notices. Walsh should know: She was tagged “The Scribe of Death” for her work to index every person who died in Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union counties for the Spartanburg County Public Libraries’ Kennedy Room of Local and South Carolina History and Cleveland Genealogy Department.
But more than death notices, Walsh says obituaries are mini biographies, insights into historical trends and treasure troves for genealogists. “Everybody has an impact on this earth,” she said. “Everybody has a story to tell.” Walsh will talk about her love of obituaries – and what she thinks should be included in all of them – during a Lunch and Learn Spartanburg program at the Chapman Cul-
tural Center on Aug. 24. Lunch and Learn Spartanburg is a monthly program of pieces of Spartanburg’s history sponsored by the Spartanburg County Historical Museum. During her years as scribe, Walsh scoured every word of the Spartanburg newspapers for obituaries that sometimes were only an inch long. Scattered among other news items, she came across some good stories. scribe continued on page 16
Italy Un-Unified By: Richard deBondt
Let’s remember that modern Italy is a product of the 1800’s. The 20 Italian political-wine regions recognized today encompass a multitude of ethnicities, languages (not to mention dialects), customs, and cuisines. The list of “recognized” grape types for making wine numbers upwards of 400 (the reality is more like 1,000). Regional customs still dominate and diversity is great. Italy trails only France in quantity of wine made. It also trails Spain in number of acres planted to grapes. Still, Italy must surely lead the world in wine varieties. Within the 20 Italian regions there are around 350 highly regulated place names. Most of these go to market under “DOC” labels. DOC for “Denominazione di Origine Controllata. These wines must state their zone of origin, use certain grape types (sometimes from a rather large list), and meet certain production standards. Maximum yield is also regulated. Wines labeled DOCG (the G is for Garantita) have the strictest oversight and must affix a registered government seal to each bottle. The wines in the DOC system are modeled after traditional regional wine types and are meant to protect their authenticity. In the 1990’s a need was acknowledged to authentic fine Italian wines which did not fit the DOC system, hence the creation of IGT (Indicatione Geografica Tipica). Although this designation lacks the tradition of DOC it does not necessarily denote lower quality. Some of 100 or so non-traditional wine types designated IGT are of truly fine quality and fetch very high prices. Below the level of IGT and DOC are wines simply labeled VDT Vino da Tavola. These may be very ordinary indeed, but sometimes merely indicate a producer’s resistance to conformity. Nevertheless, it is rare that a wine named for a grape and citing no region of note will excel (in Italy or elsewhere). The joy of Italian Wine is in the truly regional and traditional! Richard deBondt founded Northampton Wines in Greenville in 1975. With his business partner David Williams, he oversees retail wine and restaurant operations, along with wine travel.
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“We went page by page, year by year,” she said. One that stood out was about a man who stood up in church and said, “I’m ready, Lord” – and fell down dead. “His timing was perfect,” she said. Another obit that caught her eye was the one that said a 97-year-old woman had died unexpectedly. “At age 97, no death is unexpected,” she said. By reading obituaries from decades past, Walsh said she noticed the effects of seat belts, smoke detectors and better roads. She noticed life spans increase and infant mortality decrease. She said obituaries, like everything else in the South, at one time were segregated. For years, obituaries for African-Americans were like tiny want ads scattered throughout the newspaper. They named the descendants and sometimes the minister. “It was amazing to me that even in death we were separate,” she said. In the 1960s, that changed to separate obituary pages, black and white. That changed again in 1967, the year before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, when all obituaries were consolidated on one page. Walsh said obituaries are a great aid to people doing genealogical research because death certificates are sealed for 50 years under South Carolina law. “With death, as in real estate, it is location, location, location,” she said. Walsh said an obituary – prewritten, of course – is a person’s chance to tell his own story. “After all, nobody knows you better than you know yourself,” she said. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@thespartanburgjournal.com.
There was no doubt when Tommy “Housecat” Hawkins was in attendance at a Greer ball game. The enthusiastic supporter of Greer sports had a distinctive cheer that some have described as “not unlike a bellowing bull.” While they came from different backgrounds, lived in different times and impacted different areas, they are all people who played a part in developing Greer’s distinctive character. And they are among the 400plus people mentioned in “Legendary Locals of Greer,” a new Greer history book by Joada Hiatt and Ray Belcher. Hiatt and Belcher believe a town is so much more than the sum of its stores and shops and factories. People give a place a sense of community unlike any other. “It is the people who live there
So you know: What: “Scribe of Death” Who: Genealogist Winnie Walsh talks about how obituaries give a unique look at Spartanburg history in the Spartanburg Regional History Museum’s Lunch and Learn series. When: Aug. 24, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Where: West Wing Conference Room, Chapman Cultural Center, 200 East St. John St. Cost: $5
Information: 864-596-3501
Tom Higgins at work in the Dillard Orchards. Reprinted with permission from “Legendary Locals of Greer,” by Joada Hiatt and Ray Belcher, published by Arcadia Publishing.
whose bonds are wrought from common heritage, common experience, which gives life to a sense of community differing from that of any other settlement,” they wrote in the book’s introduction. “This living personality, powerfully molded by tradition and deeply rooted like an ancient tree to the place it occupies, is what is noticed by non-natives.” The book highlights the city’s founders – including the Ballenger family who farmed lands north of Greer for more than 125 years and Perry Duncan Gilreath, the sheriff after Reconstruction who rarely carried a gun because he relied upon the public’s respect for the law to carry out his duties, and high school football coaches. The pictorial history tells the story of John A. Robinson, a teenage telegraph operator who became one of Greer’s leading businessmen. He was one of the founders of the Franklin Mill in 1900 and the Greer Manufacturing Company in 1909. He was the first chairman of the Greer Commission of Public Works, and Lake Robinson is named after him. Readers will also learn the story of the Burches. E.A. Burch, who began his career as a newspaper reporter in Georgia, bought the Greer Citizen in 1942 and was editor until his death in 1985. His son Leland took over and ran the newspaper until it was sold in 2006. The book tells of Greer’s early law enforcement and the current police chief Dan Reynolds, as well as stories of the people behind the names of local landmarks. There’s Lake Robinson, as mentioned above, and Allen Bennett Hospital, named after a naval surgeon who served as chief medical
So you know: What: “Legendary Locals of Greer” book signings Who: Authors Joada Hiatt and Ray Belcher When and Where: Sunday, Aug. 18, 1 to 3 p.m., Dobson’s Gifts and General Hardware, 1407A W. Wade Hampton Blvd., Greer Tuesday, Aug. 21, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Acme General Store, Trade Street, Greer
officer on the destroyer USS Cooper during World War II. Allen Bennett was killed when his ship was torpedoed in Ormoc Bay in 1944. His father donated land for a hospital in Greer and it was named in his son’s honor. The book, published by Arcadia Publishing, is available at local retailers and online bookstores. It is the third Greer history book written by Belcher, a college history instructor, and Hiatt, a retired librarian and former director of the Greer Heritage Museum. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum @thespartanburgjournal.com.
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Each month, a free student art exhibit is presented in the West Wing Student Galleries of the Chapman Cultural Center. From Aug. 29 through Oct. 7, MondaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., work by students in Spartanburg County School Districts 3 and 4 will be featured. For more information, call 542-ARTS. Fiber artist Jody Raines will present “Threads of Our Heritage,” a collection of 10 landscape quilts and five thread paintings on silk from Aug. 29-Oct. 7 at the Chapman Cultural Center. The exhibit is open MondaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in the West Wing 2nd Floor Atrium Gallery. For more information, call 542-ARTS. Ballet Spartanburg will hold open auditions for their 2012 production of the popular Christmas ballet “The Nutcracker” on Saturday, Sept. 8, at their dance studios located on the East Wing of the Chapman Cultural Center. Audition times are 9-10 a.m., ages 8, 9 and 10; 10-11 a.m., ages 11, 12 and 13; and 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., ages 14 and up (bring pointe shoes). Those auditioning should bring a full body dance photo, dance clothes and arrive 30 minutes before audition time. For more information, call 864-583-0339 or email ballet@spartanarts.org. The Spartanburg Youth Theatre will begin the fall semester of its 2012 Theatre Education Program with an ar-
ray of classes starting the week of Sept. 10. The curriculum this fall adds another technical theatre class for students who want to learn the art of theatre, but not necessarily from the front of the stage. New classes include Stage Makeup and Broadway Basics. Classes are available for students in grades 4K to 12 and offer a variety of acting classes for all ages. The Spartanburg Youth Theatre has scholarship opportunities available for those who require financial assistance. Students who enroll by Aug. 27 will receive a $20 discount on their tuition. All classes meet at the Chapman Cultural Center. The Spartanburg Little Theatre and Youth Theatre programs are funded in part by The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg and its donors, the City and County of Spartanburg, and The South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. To sign up for a class or for more information, call 864-585-8278 or visit www.spartanburgyouththeatre.com. The Hub City Bookshop is hosting author Jon Buchan for a reading and signing of his debut novel, “Code of the Forest,” on Thursday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m. Buchan is a former South Carolina political reporter and a lawyer with more than three decades of experience representing newspapers and broadcasters in courtroom battles. The N.C. Press Association awarded him the William C. Lassiter First Amendment Award in 2000 for his “tireless efforts to defend the First Amendment and to protect the public’s right to know.”
In “Code of the Forest,” Wade McNabb, publisher of the Georgetown Pilot, exposes high-level political corruption surrounding a chemical plant on the South Carolina coast. A powerful senator, steeped in the ancient code of the state’s insider politics, threatens to bring down McNabb and his newspaper. Wade turns for help to Kate Stewart, a young lawyer who has left a large law firm for a fresh start on her own in Georgetown. These two fiercely independent souls form a wary alliance for the legal battle that follows. It’s a fight that shows them the power of connections – good and bad – to change their lives forever. For more information, call 864-577-9349 or visit www.hubcity.org. The Music Foundation of Spartanburg is hosting its Season Opening Fete and Annual Baton Auction to introduce the 2012–2013 Concert Series on Thursday, Aug. 30, 6-8 p.m., at the home of David and Louise Johnson, 1020 Arden Way. The season will be introduced by Sarah Ioanides, Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra’s music director. A special guest will be Anthony McGill, clarinetist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Cost is $50 per guest. To purchase a ticket, contact the Music Foundation of Spartanburg at 864-948-9020. Reservations must be made by Aug. 24. Send us your arts announcement. E-mail: spartanburgarts@thespartanburgjournal.com
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton drops back to pass during practice at Gibbs Stadium. The second-year quarterback hopes to continue his success from last season after throwing for over 4,000 yards. Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson signs autographs for young fans at Wofford College during the Panthers’ training camp.
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61 Newer, in a way 64 Leb. neighbor 65 Handbook list, briefly 66 117-Across Oscarwinning film 71 Moment to shine 73 Publicity 74 “Good heavens!” 75 See 60-Across 77 “Wonder Woman” star Carter 79 It’s measured in litres 84 Corkscrew pasta 85 Uruguayan uncle 86 PBS funder 89 Hindemith’s instrument 90 Journalist Alexander 91 117-Across film with a classic umbrella scene 95 Uses a cell 97 Lateral opening? 98 Marine flier 99 Calgary’s province 103 So-so 106 117-Across’s film debut 110 Daring 115 Caribbean honeymoon destination 116 Discontinue 117 Song-and-dance man born 8/23/1912 120 Cave __: beware of the dog 121 “Oklahoma!” aunt 122 Airport sign in red letters 123 Fateful day
124 Bk. after Genesis 125 Floor 126 Not at all wandering 127 Arboreal abode
Down 1 Package label word 2 “Leading With My Chin” author 3 Absorbed by 4 Sci-fi writer whose career spans more than 70 years 5 Place for a patch 6 Latin trio word 7 Chapel bench 8 1997-2006 U.N. chief 9 Bury, say 10 Colorful fish 11 Novus __ seclorum: dollar bill phrase 12 Dancers, often 13 Alternatives to Nehis 14 Nighttime problem 15 “The Kiss” sculptor 16 Herder from Wales 17 Lei giver’s greeting 21 Tool serrations 23 Caesar’s end? 28 “I, Claudius” role 29 Crisis offering 31 Gal in a gang 32 __-European 34 Literary Pound 35 Financial claim 36 Saturn maker 37 The same to vous? 40 Pleased 41 Like some sums
42 Antique auto 44 Regional plant life 45 Language for a 69-Down 47 Sorbonne sweetie 48 Word spoken with one hand up 49 Copier insert: Abbr.
50 Grounded fleet: Abbr. 54 Sloped connection 56 Sign of spring 58 Common Mkt. 59 What Butler didn’t give 60 1960s Cosby/Culp show
Easy Medium Hard
62 Sell 63 Miff 64 Business abbr. 66 Prince Valiant’s wife 67 Like a hopeless situation 68 Composer Rorem 69 45-Down speaker 70 “Still Me” memoirist 71 Narrow waterways: Abbr. 72 “I know! I know!” 76 Where Alice’s adventures really took place 77 Household screen target 78 “You can observe a lot by watching” speaker 80 Improvised swing 81 Banzai Pipeline sound 82 Ken of “Brothers & Sisters” 83 Country way 85 “__ better to have loved ...”: Tennyson 87 __’acte 88 Big name in shaving 91 Where to find happy mediums? 92 Poetic technique 93 St. Petersburg’s river 94 Most costly 96 Taxonomic suffix 99 “I’ve Just Seen __”: Beatles 100 His story is told by the Once-ler 101 Kirby of “City Slickers” 102 Surround tightly 104 “Enigma Variations” composer 105 Cry of fear 107 Shoulder muscle, for short 108 Bueno’s opposite 109 Nieuwpoort’s river 111 Check 112 Retro sign word 113 Spots in la mer 114 Dermatologist’s concern 118 “Little” ‘60s singer 119 Swig Crossword answers: page 21
Sudoku answers: page 21
JOURNAL SKETCHBOOK
WHERE I’VE BEEN BY BILL KOON
On the meaning of backpacks in August I just noted a credit card charge for yet another backpack/book bag – which means that yet another school year is not far in the distance. The manufacturers of these items really have it worked out – like gestation itself, a bag lasts precisely nine months. If somehow I forgot what grade my child is in, I simply have to look in the attic and count up the old bags. Which brings me to a nice, guilt-trip lecture about how tough things were in the good old days. My book bag, I tell my child, was an army surplus knapsack. You could get all of them you wanted there in Columbia, around Fort Jackson, for about 35 cents each. And a bag built for World War II could certainly last for a dozen school years. And, yes, I walked to the grammar school, six or eight blocks down through the neighborhood. I have not been able to make myself lie about snow yet. We didn’t get any pizza or have a salad bar
for lunch, as I recall. There was a lot of surplus cheese and peanut butter with raisins in it. We didn’t take field trips to Disney World or Dollywood the way the kids do these days. In fact, I don’t think we took field trips at all. The highlight of our education was the holidays, when we did not have to walk to school. And we made an extra holiday, a pagan one, out of May 1. We loved that day, not because of the Maypole dance but because it was barefoot day, after which we did not have to wear shoes to school. I think parents allowed such because it saved wear on shoes – although, at the same time, they complained that going barefoot would make our feet spread out and we might not be able to wear the same shoes for another year. Things got a little more interesting in junior high, where we moved from classroom to classroom instead of spending an
entire day incarcerated in one spot. Felt very mature to be allowed to roam the halls between classes. And we had lockers with combination locks that, at the first of the year, we took home so we could practice the combinations with our parents. We actually had an art class where we learned that, originally, the Venus de Milo had arms – a milestone in my education. My high school was a central city school. Just a building downtown; no playground, no practice fields. The nice thing about that was that we were free to wander off into the city during recess or maybe even between classes. The cafeteria lunch was 30 cents, but we were not forced to buy it. We could bring a sandwich or scoot off to the little cafes nearby. My parents let me handle my 30 cents as I wanted, and I usually took myself out for a hotdog and a Coke – or a half-dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts, which came in
at a nickel each. For one of our lessons in civics, we students were assigned positions in the local government and spent the day in the offices of our leaders. The top student in the class got to be mayor – and so on down through the various positions and class rankings. I got to be coroner, and spent the day with an old guy who was not much interested in me or his job. To get me off his back, he simply turned me loose in his files of photos of dead folks, some of them bloated from drowning, others shot or cut or mangled in auto accidents. I think I learned to be a careful driver and to keep my distance from deep water. Not bad lessons, actually. Bill Koon lives in Greenville. He can be contacted at badk@ clemson.edu.
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