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“Why should we allow a vocal minority to make us cower and not say the word ‘God’?”

Nationally renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, on his willingness to discuss his Christian faith in the workplace.

Quote of the week

“How do you tell someone you’re a Democrat when they think ESPN is too liberal?”

New York comedian and Greenville native David Lee Nelson, on admitting to his Republican father than he has switched political sides.

“I want us all to be bold in facing the reality of our current circumstances.”

Interim Greenville Disabilities and Special Needs Board Chairman Alex McNair, on the possible repercussions of an audit now underway by the Department of Health and Human Services.

“I’ve been in a few ‘fights’ in my life. This isn’t one.”

Hampton-Pinckney Historic Preservation Association President Bob Lloyd, on the neighborhood’s “fairly civil disagreement” with the Spinx Company over a rezoning request that would allow Spinx to build a gourmet market and gas station on two parcels across from Heritage Green.

“We’re not raising children. We’re raising adults.”

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15 Number of human cases of West Nile virus in South Carolina so far this year. There were no deaths as of Aug. 23 in South Carolina. Nationwide, the CDC reported 1,118 cases in 2012 as of Aug. 21, the highest number of cases reported to the agency by this point in the summer since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999.

$634,571 Amount the 12th annual BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament presented by SYNNEX Corporation raised for 27 Upstate charities.

$387 Billion Amount of construction spending reported for the first six months of the year, 9 percent above the $355 billion for the same period in 2011. Non-residential construction has increased slightly but steadily, with manufacturing, transportation-related and lodging construction making the biggest contributions, in that order. Power and education dropped the most.

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The interim Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs (GCDSN) board of directors continued to develop a relationship with the families of clients who were unhappy with the previous board during a meet-and-greet event before its regular meeting last week.

More than 50 people gathered to talk with the board and discuss concerns.

Carolyn O’Connell, secretary for the family advocacy group Families Advocating, Networking and Supporting (FANS), called the meet-and-greet “an unqualified success,” saying the families enjoyed time spent with one another, the staff and the board.

At its third official meeting, the interim board heard a report on the consumer and family satisfaction surveys conducted late last year. A family survey of 1,000 people was performed between August and December 2011, said interim executive director David Goodell. In addition, a consumer survey of 350 people was conducted during October 2011.

Areas identified as needing improvement included communication, employee turnover and the need for lowcost activities for day program clients, he said. New family and consumer surveys are scheduled to be conducted within the next month or so, and the agency is investigating an online survey option for 2013.

The interim board established two ad hoc committees to assist the five board members with communication and finance until a permanent board is selected, said chairman Alex McNair.

Board member Judy Gilstrap will chair the communication committee, which McNair requested be composed of staff and family members. Interim board member Bob Ariail will chair the ad hoc committee on finance, which will examine the long-term financial stability of the agency, McNair said.

Greenville DSN is still undergoing an audit ordered by the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in July, Goodell reported. DHHS is focusing on whether the state Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN) fulfilled its contractual responsibility to oversee the Greenville board along with whether Medicaid funds were used correctly, he said. The audit is expected to be completed in 45 to 60 days.

McNair told the board, “I want us all to be bold in facing the reality of our current circumstances.”

Relationships between the agency and outside groups are improving, Goodell said. The Barbara Stone Foundation, created to support people with disabilities, has not awarded grants to the agency for some time, but has now given a $5,500 grant to enhance DSN activities. In addition, FANS will resume its review of residential programs to offer family feedback, he said. The agency also received a $23,500 grant from the United Way. The Greenville County Disabilities and Special Need interim board is scheduled to meet again on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Patrick Center, 1700 Ridge Road, Greenville.

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Dr. Benjamin Carson kicks off lecture series By april a. morris | staff

Last week a group of students gathered at the Greenville Memorial Medical campus and clamored to have their photos made with the day’s guest of honor.

He wasn’t a reality-show participant or musician, but a rock star of the medical community: Dr. Benjamin S. Carson.

Carson, famous for his neurosurgery achievements, was the first in a series of speakers lined up to address the charter class of Greenville’s new medical school this year. Carson also spoke to Greenville Hospital staff and community leaders.

The director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute and author of five books, Carson is known for his achievements in surgery, including the first separation of conjoined twins at the back of the head, the first successful separation of vertical conjoined twins and the first successful placement of an in-utero shunt for a hydrocephalic twin.

He wanted to be a doctor since he was very young and overcame the obstacles of poverty, poor grades and low self-esteem to attend Yale University and the University of Michigan.

Carson spoke to the 53 first-year medical students, recounting how he did terribly on his first set of comprehensive exams and was told by his advisor that he should drop out of medical school.

He did not give up, and after analyzing where his learning strengths were, began to excel. He encouraged the group to play to their strengths, learn principles of medicine and not rely too heavily on technology for all the answers.

He also charged the students to refuse to let work take over their lives after they graduate and to stand up to forces like insurance companies and bureaucrats who try to dictate to them how to practice medicine. “Allowing yourselves to be harnessed, shackled and dictated to is not smart,” he said. “If we continue to allow ourselves to continue to be punching bags, patients won’t get the care they deserve.”

Carson is the author of several books, including “Gifted Hands,” which follows his personal history and the story of his groundbreaking surgeries. Following were books on his philosophy of success and focusing on the big picture. “Take the Risk” encouraged people to take the plunge, Carson said. “There are so many people who are risk avoiders, and you never accomplish anything that way. Good things never

happen by sitting under the olive tree.

You’ve got to be bold and you’ve got to be logical.”

Carson spoke to community leaders on the importance of using Dr. Ben Carson their resources to help young people “establish a sense of identity and self-esteem.” Medical students may be concentrating on education now, he said, but they soon will have the chance to help improve their communities.

“You want to plant the seed, recognizing the time will come that they will have enormous influence. There’s not anyone out there who doesn’t have a doctor. There are ways that you can use your influence in a very positive way.”

Carson said he wanted to spur positive change in the country with his book “America the Beautiful.”

“I had become so concerned about that fact that we were moving away from the ‘can-do’ attitude to the ‘what can you do for me’ attitude, and that’s not what made us into a great nation.”

Carson said his faith “plays a huge part in my life and I’m not shy about it.” He cites the phrases “In God We Trust” on American currency and “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. “I encourage people to make it part of our lives … So why should we allow a vocal minority to make us cower and not say the word ‘God’? We need to discover who we are and stop being ashamed of it.”

Ryan Batson, a surgeon in training, said he appreciated that Carson was “soft-spoken and not bombastic. I enjoyed hearing his thoughts on family balance and how the physicians should determine the best for their patients.”

“I feel really lucky to have met this legend in the medical field,” said Alexis Cannon, who wants to concentrate on pediatrics. “I’ve read all the books and his speech was very inspiring.”

The next Luminaries of Medicine speaker is scheduled to visit the medical school in November, said Dr. J. Michael Fuller, vice chairman for faculty development and education. The series speakers will coincide with many of the subjects that the students are studying throughout the year, he said.

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A surprising offer from DHEC It was former President Ronald Reagan who famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’”

So South Carolinians may be forgiven a reflexive skepticism when the director of the state’s environmental agency promises business owners the equivalent in a speech called “Help Me Help You.” Catherine Templeton was speaking to the S.C. Economic Developers Association in Columbia last week when she announced her intent to cut the red tape at the Department of Health and Environmental Control by giving business owners the equivalent of a “personal banker.”

According to the Associated Press, she told the stunned group, “I want you to be able to walk into DHEC, sit down and say, ‘I have a project. What do I need to do?’” and get one answer from one person. If applicants have to see a single other bureaucrat, “I’ve wasted your time,” she said.

This is a remarkable acknowledgment, not to mention promise, from an agency infamous for a lengthy, complex permitting system that is the despair of environmentalists and business owners alike.

DHEC administers more than 150 programs and issues permits for everything from mineral exploration to hospital beds to industrial air emissions. The 3,600-employee agency hasn’t had a “critical self-analysis in 30 years,” Templeton told the Charleston Post & Courier in May, and in the process has assumed a host of duties state law doesn’t require and in some cases doesn’t even allow, simply “because it’s always done them,” she said.

Gov. Nikki Haley has made abundantly clear her desire to make the agency less bureaucratic and more business-friendly, and Templeton assumed the top post at DHEC this February on Haley’s recommendation.

She immediately raised legislative hackles by eliminating nine support staff positions and hiring four highly-paid advisers to assist in her quest for a more efficient DHEC. Two are examining real estate and financial issues and two are scrutinizing the health and environmental divisions.

The personal-DHEC-guide idea presumably is a product of this quest. Templeton says state law requires new business owners to acquire a fistful of permits from multiple divisions across the agency – a process that leads to frustration and delays no matter how responsive staffers try to be. The state has liaisons between DHEC and the Commerce Department for large companies new to South Carolina, she said. Why not provide the same service to small business startups and existing businesses that want to expand?

Why not, indeed? This is the sort of refocus on client needs versus bureaucratic convenience that has transformed customer service at the state Department of Motor Vehicles. (Yes, there’s still a line at the DMV, but the wait’s a lot shorter than it used to be.)

Likewise, new business owners will still need that fistful of permits. The savings Templeton promises are in headaches and time.

Both of which are well worth saving. Templeton grasps what DHEC watchers have despaired of ever witnessing at the state’s fifth-largest and most cumbersome agency: the value of common-sense efficiencies. More important, she appears unbowed by the inertia that rules all massive bureaucracies.

DHEC has earned its reputation for waste, unaccountability and ineffectiveness, and environmentalists fret that the agency is already too lenient with its permitting. The legal battle over the pollution permit approved for the $652 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel is a case in point. But small, common-sense efficiencies can lead to big changes in an agency’s culture. Templeton is on the right track.

Lessons from an election year I’ve heard it said that war makes monsters of us all. I believe that politics makes monsters of us all. While the medical community deals with early-onset Alzheimer’s, the political community deals with Election-Onset Insanity. There is much noise and rhetoric – but little that qualifies as thought.

Our values make us who we are and give us the frame of reference for how we live our lives. It has been said that the man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. I agree. But I question whether many times we’re actually standing for our values, or are we merely mimicking someone else’s one-liners?

During election years when the stakes are high, the temptation is to enter the fray and antagonize those we should be attempting to engage. It infects both parties – the “I’m right, you’re stupid” stance.

We become victims of the disease of “jerkitis” that seems to be the norm from now until November.

Let us be reminded that “We see through a glass but darkly.” With limited vision, we see an issue based upon our personal paradigms. Often our perspective is skewed by our own emotions. We want quick fixes to massive problems, but fail to discern long-term ramifications. Without thoughtful discourse, it is often the loudest voice that prevails.

Republicans don’t have all the answers.

Democrats don’t either. Political parties are corruptible, human institutions, full of fallible and often corrupt human beings. Though we like to think our own party holds the keys to all wisdom and knowledge, both sides get it wrong in multiple areas. We will never pull this country together until we put party politics aside and focus on finding real solutions to real problems.

What if we paused long enough to take a breath, think, and really discuss the issues based on their merits? What if each of us would take the time to explore our area of passion and use that as an opportunity to improve our own corner of the world?

To those who are worried about the

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homeless, rather than look to the government for answers, why not work with homeless people? Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Build a home with Habitat for Humanity. Look for opportunities to positively impact one person each day.

Turn your passion into action.

To those whose heart is with children having children – come alongside one of these struggling families and help their children be raised in a loving home. Foster a child. Be a mentor. Take in a pregnant teenager. Love those who have no one to love them.

For those who complain about rich people not paying enough taxes, sit down and have coffee with a businessman or businesswoman who’s built a company from the ground up. Ask them how they started. How many jobs were provided within the community? What were their greatest struggles? What’s the tax burden been like for them along the way? Get another perspective.

Politics will never achieve what we can accomplish together if we are committed to personally making a difference. Complaining from the comfort of the La-ZBoy while mimicking the shouting heads on television will not solve the problems our country is facing.

Government cannot fix what’s wrong with this country. It is “we, the people” who have the right and the responsibility to make this country a better place. To do so, we must rise above the rhetoric, tune out the noise, and engage in thoughtful discourse.

It is not we the Democrats. It is not we the Republicans. It is we, the people, who can make a difference – one person, one family, one community at a time.

Suzanne Dekock is a freelance writer and part-time health coach in Greenville. Visit her website at www.suzannedekock.tsfl.com.

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Neighbors unconvinced Spinx deserves ‘special exception’ In her balanced article about the Greenville City Council’s Aug. 20 approval on first reading of an ordinance to rezone two parcels of residential property at the rear of the former Gene’s Restaurant across from Heritage Green, Journal writer Cindy Landrum twice characterized opposition expressed by neighbors in the Hampton-Pinckney Historic District to that action as a “fight.”

I’ve been in a few “fights” in my life. This isn’t one. It is a straightforward and fairly civil disagreement about how existing planning and zoning policies should be implemented in a closely settled place we all care about.

In June 2006, the Greenville City Council adopted a master plan for the Pete Hollis Gateway area including the major thoroughfares of Buncombe Street, Pete Hollis Boulevard (SC 183) and Rutherford Street, and most of Heritage Green.

The plan was crafted by a task force convened by the city and comprised of stakeholding residents and business owners from the affected areas, including the Hampton-Pinckney neighborhood.

At the same time, City Council created a zoning classification called “redevelopment district” or “RDV,” which would prohibit certain uses that do not promote redevelopment, permit others that do, and allow certain ones, like convenience stores, only after consideration of a “special exception” by the City’s Board of Zoning Appeals. It applied the new classification to the Gateway area. It subsequently adopted procedures whereby establishments that generate activity around the clock in RDV districts have to obtain a “special exception permit” and conform to certain behaviors.

Accordingly, the “Heritage Market” proposed by the Spinx Company for the corner of Butler Avenue and Buncombe Street has at least three City Councilcrafted hurdles to clear. Its burden is to show why exceptions should be made in their case. None of the criteria for making exceptions include who the applicant is.

To its credit, Spinx Company showed its customary good corporate citizenship and engaged the neighborhood in a series of meetings and developed three different renderings of what their facility might look like. But we neighbors have been much more concerned about use. The company’s stated plan is to dispense motor fuels from

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four two-hose islands visible from Heritage Green and to operate on a 24/7 basis.

Beer and wine would be on sale around the clock. And, unfortunately, there is no plan yet for how safe ingress and egress would occur at a site that sits at the busy intersection of two key arterials that carry 30,000 vehicles per day.

Equally relevant, as shown by concerns voiced by Councilman David Sudduth, is the extent to which optimistic visuals can be assured to come to fruition. Despite many obvious successes, a glance around downtown reveals a few examples where reputable developers have crafted expansive plans with attractive drawings and then fell flat or very far short. It doesn’t matter that these shortfalls may have been caused by unfortunate but legitimate business decisions; the “non-results” remain.

Hampton-Pinckney has often been approached to support rezoning or specialexception actions that would bring more intense uses within or at the edges of our neighborhood. It would take many column inches to chronicle how often they have then been curtailed or stymied.

Thus, there is understandable skepticism from my neighbors, many of whom took the risk of investing and living in homes in the downtown area long before it became fashionable to do so.

Hampton-Pinckney residents have shown by their sustained and thoughtful engagement on this matter over the past year that they are simply seeking sensible planning and zoning decisions that balance business enterprises with protection of adjacent neighborhoods and important community resources. The current City Council meeting schedule calls for consideration of second reading of the rezoning ordinance on Sept. 10. The buck stops there.

Bob Lloyd is president of the Hampton-Pinckney Historic Preservation Association and served on the task force that developed the Pete Hollis Gateway Plan.

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Using part of $9.5 million in funding from a newly resurrected state Conservation Bank, Upstate Forever is closing in on an agreement to preserve Grant Meadow, an iconic 61-acre glade abutting Table Rock State Park, said Dana Leavitt, land trust special projects director for the conservation group.

Grant Meadow is one of the most-photographed scenes in the state. Viewed from Highway 11, the meadow rolls up to a rustic log cabin and draws the eye on to a small mountain called The Stool and then up to the massive stone face of Table Rock itself.

Seven separate Upstate Forever projects are included in this year’s funding, Leavitt said. The state has agreed to spend about $3.5 million to fund conservation easements on the properties.

Broadly speaking, a conservation easement is an agreement between a landowner and a conservation group designed to preserve the special properties of a piece of land, Leavitt said.

The property owner maintains his right of ownership and agrees not to develop the property in return for certain tax breaks.

“It’s the kind of thing you want to be very careful with, because once in place, it is there forever,” Leavitt said. “Easements are designed to give the working man a chance to do conservation on a scale he could not otherwise dream of.”

There are no Rockefellers in the list of names associated with this crop of conservation easements, Leavitt said. “These are farmers and retired people; folks who have owned land for generations.”

Letting go of control never comes easy, and there are financial considerations, too, Leavitt said. “Lawyer fees and the like can easily run as high as $25,000, and the property tax breaks don’t always cover as much as the landowner needs.

This money from the state has been the sweetener many landowners need to make things work.”

Hoyt Grant, 80, and his wife, Laura, who is in her 70s, moved in at the meadow in the late 1990s, onto property Grant purchased from an uncle decades ago.

Grant graduated from Pickens High School in 1951 and started working with an uncle in the logging business. After a few years, he married Laura and went on to work buying and selling property

Hoyt Grant and his wife, Laura, moved to Grant Meadow in the late 1990s, onto property Grant purchased from an uncle decades ago.

as well as logging.

“My great fear is that this (Highway 11) will turn into a Dollywood kind of tourist attraction one day,” he said. “I want to see this place protected.”

Much of the history of the region has faded through the years, destroyed by disasters like fires and through development.

However, the mountains remain, he said.

“There used to be an old house up here,” Hoyt Grant remembered during an interview in his spacious living room at Grant Meadow. “It burned down and we decided to build here, but never intended to live here.”

“Hoyt came up to me one day and said he’d sold my house in Pickens,” said Laura Grant. “I wanted to know where we’d live, and he said, ‘Up at the meadow.’ ” The couple has never looked back, despite problems like roving bears and nosy tourists.

“I went down to the mailbox not long ago,” Hoyt Grant said – nearly a mile walk from the house to Highway 11.

“There must have been a half-dozen cars parked along the side of the road.”

This year is the first time since 2008 that the Conservation Bank’s board approved spending money for new easements. The agency’s funding was put on hold when the recession started.

A portion of the documentary stamp fees paid on property purchases funds the bank. Last year, the agency received $2 million, and full funding of $7.5 million was restored this year.

The bank can make purchases of special properties outright, but prefers

working with local conservation groups to obtain conservation easements. The 19 new easements approved by the bank protected 10,320 acres for $4.9 million, or about $438 per acre.

The Grant Meadow tract was the most expensive easement at $2,054 per acre.

During the board’s discussion on Grant Meadow, several members balked at paying more than $2,000 an acre, Leavitt said.

“I happened to have some pictures of the property in my briefcase and showed it to them,” he said. “They approved the money.”

Upstate projects include: • Oconee County: Lombard tract, 117.89 acres; Ramsay Farms, 130 acres; Shinco-Chauga tract, 402 acres; Ivester Von Lehe Farms, 229 acres; Edward Davis tract, 20.2 acres; Marion Powell tract, 75 acres.

• Pickens County: Grant Meadow tract, 61.05 acres.

• Greenville County: Riverbend Shoals tract, 580 acres; Swamp Rabbit Trail, 49.2 acres.

To celebrate the success of Upstate Forever’s land preservation program, the organization plans the Upstate Forever Preservation Ride on Sept. 22. The bicycle ride starts at 8 a.m. at Strawberry Hill in Chesnee and offers a variety of courses to fit participants’ needs.

For more information see www.upstateforever.org/PreservationRide.html.

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On the heels of a West Nile virus outbreak in Texas, which has reported more than 500 cases, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recorded the largest United States outbreak to date of the disease, which is spread by mosquitoes.

Nationwide, the CDC reported 1,118 cases in 2012 as of Aug. 21, the highest number of cases reported to the agency by this point in the summer since West Nile virus was first detected in the United States in 1999.

The CDC reported 537 West Nile cases in Texas as of Aug. 21, resulting in 19 deaths. This year in South Carolina, where the virus was first detected in 2002, there were 15 human cases and no deaths as of Aug. 23. No cases were reported in Greenville County; however, one case each was reported in neighboring Spartanburg, Pickens and Anderson counties. Other cases were reported in Aiken, Berkeley, Charleston, Lexington, Marlboro, Orangeburg and Richland counties, according to DHEC. Nationwide, the CDC has recorded 41 deaths from the disease so far this year, mostly in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

Officials with the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) monitor mosquitoes, livestock and birds for appearances of the disease.

The first cases in the state were reported in late July, said Jim Beasley, DHEC spokesperson.

Beasley said counties and cities employ various mosquito control methods, and it’s up to each individually whether they spray or spot-treat.

Trey Eubanks, city administrator for Mauldin, says that city sprays for mosquitoes as needed using a truck-mounted fogger. The rains during August have prompted Mauldin city employees to spray in the early-morning hours, he said.

Eubanks said residents have made requests for the spraying this year and only one expressed concern about the treatment last year. “We’ve received multiple requests and our citizens are pleased to know that we are offering this service,” he said.

Neither the city nor county of Greenville have a spraying schedule, said county spokesperson Bob Mihalic, but city and county residents can call a mosquito

hotline to request spraying through a county contractor. Residents are placed on a list and notified by postcard when the service is completed. He said there were not an increased number of requests in July; however, the number of August calls has not been reported yet.

The City of Spartanburg did do mosquito spraying, but discontinued the practice about three years ago, said spokesman Will Rothschild. He said the spraying was abandoned because the city did not find it effective and residents were concerned about the health risks associated with it.

Most people who are infected with West Nile virus, four out of five, do not exhibit any symptoms, according to the CDC. Symptoms appear three to 14 days after infection. Mild symptoms include fever, headache and body aches, and occasionally a skin rash and swollen lymph glands.

Approximately one in 150 people infected with the virus will develop inflammation of the brain (West Nile encephalitis) or inflammation of the area surrounding the brain and spinal cord (meningitis). Symptoms can include headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, confusion, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness and paralysis, according to the CDC. Beasley says there are various steps the public can take to protect against mosquito bites and West Nile virus, including using repellent, staying indoors at dusk or dawn when mosquitoes are most active, covering exposed skin and dumping out any standing water that could allow mosquitoes to breed.

“West Nile is out there, just like the flu, and there are some good-sense steps to protect yourself,” Beasley said.

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

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City View establishes special tax district Additional tax will keep streetlights burning By april a. morris | staff

The City View area, which once was its own town, has officially formed a special tax district to keep the lights on. Following a special election on July 24, residents in the area voted to form a special tax district to provide street lighting.

Requesting a special tax district referendum requires the support of 15 percent of an area’s registered voters. The referendum was set and in the special election, only 34 residents turned out to vote in favor and one voted against – but that was enough to create the district.

Greenville County Council declared the results of the election during its regular meeting on Aug. 21.

City View was set to go dark in February of this year, but the county intervened with emergency funds to keep the sidewalks and streets temporarily lit. To date, Greenville County has contributed $7,283 to maintain service for the lights, said county spokesman Bob Mihalic. County records show the population of City View to be 7,395 with 537 registered voters.

City View was once a town, chartered in 1960 after existing as a community for textile mill workers, according to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. It had its own council and city services, including garbage collection, water and sewer commission, as

well as police and fire protection, but the small town did not grow.

In the 1990s, City View was beset with multiple scandals involving charges of arson, insurance fraud and illegal drugs brought against city fire and police officials. According to the S.C. Archives, many of the city’s 1,500 residents petitioned for the dissolution of the town and voted to surrender its charter in June 1995, effective at the end of the year. The county took over services except street lighting.

The town’s funds were set aside to pay for the lights, but the money ran out last year.

The effort to form the special tax district has been ongoing for close to a year, said Bobby Inman, pastor of First Christian Fellowship, a church that hosted organizational meetings and served as a polling place. Inman said residents were concerned about an increase in crime and prostitution if the lights went out. “We want to do what we can to keep the lights on in the area,” he said.

County Council Chairman Herman G. “Butch” Kirven said, “Dark streets in compact residential areas invite crime and mischief. County Council is pleased to help the residents of City View as they strive to keep their neighborhood a safe and pleasant place to live.”

The special tax district limits the maximum tax at 20 mills. The ordinance to create the special tax district moves to second reading at council’s next meeting on Sept. 4.

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

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When Joy Grayson’s son, Ben, came home from Mountain View Elementary one day several years ago and told his mother he no longer had a science lab teacher, she decided to find out what was going on.

She and her son went to the school and interviewed everybody who worked there, from the teachers to the secretaries to the custodians. What they heard was how hard schools were being hit by state budget cuts.

Investing in K-12 education is one of the key platforms for Grayson, a former prosecutor and attorney for the Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough law firm, in her bid for the District 17 seat on the Greenville County School Board.

Other candidates for the District 17 seat are Paul Fallavollita and Sunny Weigand.

The 44-year-old Grayson worked for the Nelson Mullins law firm in Columbia before deciding to devote more time to raising her two children and volunteering in their schools. She told the Journal her original goal had been to find a candidate with leadership, communication and critical thinking skills to run for the seat being vacated by longtime school board member Tommie Reece.

As the deadline to file as a candidate approached, Grayson said she asked herself, “Why not me? I have a vested interest in the process. I have two children in public schools. I’m in the schools on a weekly, if not daily, basis.”

But Grayson said every Greenville County resident has a vested interest in public education – whether they have children in school or not – because quality education is key to economic prosperity.

“We can effectively recruit top-level businesses to our community and state only when we first provide the building blocks for a skilled workforce in a new services-based economy,” she said. “Educational and business interests should be aligned, with the former providing a critical foundation for the latter. Eco-

nomic prosperity for Greenville County and South Carolina is tied to excellence in education.”

Children should be placed ahead of politics, she said.

“If our children Joy Grayson, succeed, everyone Distrct 17 candidate is a winner.”

Involvement in public education is nothing new to Grayson and her family. Grayson’s mother taught in the first public classroom for special education students in the Houston Independent School District and was the first woman elected to the Greenwood District 50 School Board. She also co-wrote part of the Greenwood district’s curriculum for gifted and talented students.

On the other side of the family, Alexander Elementary School is named after her husband’s great-grandfather, who was one of the first trustees of the Greenville County School District.

Five generations of her husband’s family have been involved with Greenville County public schools, she said. “We believe in the public school system.”

Grayson said she believes homeschool has a place in the broader scheme of education and that school choice is already provided by the school district’s multiple choice options.

It is important that the district maximize its limited resources and focus on the classroom, she said. “Education should be a seamless path from early childhood through college and into the workforce.”

Grayson observed that schools are being funded at the same level now that they were when her 12-year-old son was born – and that doesn’t take into account technological advances.

“Education is an appreciating asset,” she said. “Investing in education is investing in our future.”

Grayson serves on the legislative liaison committee for Public Education Partners of Greenville County and is married to Greenville attorney Neil Grayson. They have two children, Ben, 12, and Brooks, 10.

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The lifecycle of prescription and overthe-counter (OTC) drugs inevitably ends with their demise: forgotten and expired in the back of the highest cabinet, only to meet the drain when finally rediscovered. Few people are aware that these forgotten or flushed drugs have the potential to harm.

In comes Project Rx: A River Remedy, a community task force with the collective goal of keeping the community safe and healthy. In partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Project Rx is holding its fifth drug takeback event on Sept. 29 to combat the damage done by misused and wrongly disposed-of drugs.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., community members can drop off unused or unwanted medication at more than 20 drop-off sites available throughout the 11-county DEA district.

Project Rx is a community effort by Greenville Family Partnership, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office, Greenville Technical College and Renewable Water Resources. This taskforce works toward environmental protection, pharmaceutical education and drug abuse prevention.

Improper disposal of medication threatens the local environment, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Flushing medication down the drain risks disturbing the natural balance in rivers and lakes.

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Misuse of prescription and OTC drugs is another threat associated with discarded medications. Judy Barton of the Greenville Family Partnership said her organization’s main goal is “to keep illegal prescriptions off the streets.”

“The reason it’s so important to get rid of unused medication is that when they’re in (the cabinet), they are easy to abuse,” Barton said. “We want to relieve that temptation.”

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The Children’s Museum of the Upstate wants the city’s help in bringing in its next traveling exhibition.

Nancy Halverson, the museum’s senior vice president for museum enhancement, asked the city council at its work session Monday to provide $20,000 for a “Science in Toyland” exhibit that will open in November.

The museum missed the city’s accommodations tax application period because of a change in leadership, Halverson said.

“Science in Toyland” is a traveling exhibit from the California ScienCenter in Los Angeles that focuses on the science involved in traditional toys such as tops, levers and pulleys, she said. Halverson said bringing the exhibition to Greenville will cost $70,000 and 3-M has already agreed to donate $25,000.

Halverson said the museum has 18 permanent exhibits and one traveling exhibit.

The museum had nearly 152,000 visitors in 2011, an increase of 41 percent over 2010.

In December, Oprah Winfrey is expected to name Greenville as an unexpected vacation destination on her “My Favorite Things,” said Jennifer Stillwell, the CVB’s marketing manager during the CVB’s annual report to council.

At its regular council meeting Monday, the council approved an agreement with RiverPlace Development LLC for the operation of the RiverPlace carillon.

The bell tower, located in the plaza near the Hampton Inn, is named for Greenville attorney Tommy Wyche for his contributions in the transformation of downtown.

The carillon is named the Van Bergen Carillon after the Dutch bell-founding family, H.T. and Johanna van Bergen. Van Bergen’s son donated the bells for the project.

In other action, council gave initial approval to the annexation into the city of McDonald’s on Woodruff Road, property next to the Subaru dealership on Laurens Road and the Legacy Charter School at the corner of East Bramlett Road and West Washington Street.

Council also gave initial approval for the Greenville Fire Department to buy $59,525 in advanced chemical detection and identification equipment for the Greenville regional weapons of mass destruction response team. The department received a grant from homeland security to buy the equipment.

Council also approved leasing a portion of the West Greenville Community Center to Head Start for early childhood education programs. Head Start will pay the city $280 a month for janitorial fees and $560 per month for utilities to use two classrooms from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays.

Council did not consider final approval for a rezoning request by Spinx Co. for two parcels of land near the old Gene’s Restaurant. Spinx says it wants to build a gourmet market and upscale convenience store on the site. Some neighborhood residents oppose the project. The item could appear on the agenda for the Council’s Sept. 10 meeting.

By CHarles Sowell | staff

The next regular meeting of the Greenville City Council is Sept. 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers on the 10th floor of City Hall.

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Converse College soared 40 places this year in Washington Monthly’s national college ranking from 43rd nationally to number three, according to results from the magazine released this week.

“This is an acknowledgement of the work we’ve done here,” said Betsy Fleming, college president. “We’ve done tremendous work here and this ranking is evidence the word is getting out.”

“The magazine, which hit newsstands Aug. 27, praises Converse in its lead story, noting ‘Converse College, an economically diverse all-female liberal arts college … is our third ranked master’s institution by virtue of its strong commitment to service and record of graduating women who go on to earn PhDs,’” said Beth Lancaster, the school’s director of communications.

Converse is a school that strives to give its students a complete college experience, Fleming said.

The faculty and administration have a strong commitment to public service, postgraduate work and to ensuring the student body is as diverse as possible, she said.

Converse’s high tuition, $37,130 for a full-time on-campus student, is more than offset by the school’s scholarship programs and commitment to making sure no deserving student cannot attend because of financial issues, Fleming said.

“Our donors give generously,” she said, “and that makes a tremendous difference.

There are also other sources of financing available.”

This year’s student body president, Erica Lane, is a prime example of the school’s commitment to making sure all deserving students get the best education possible.

Lane is the first member of her family to attend college. The 21-year-old from Myrtle Beach said, “Looking back on this from the perspective of a senior, I can see the difference Converse has make to me. We just had my fourth ‘Serve Spartanburg’ event at the opening convocation and it shows a great deal about the school’s impact.

“I have a passion about being passionate and that was something that I learned here.”

Lane is a music major, but her major passion is baking. An odd thing, coming

Converse College students working at the Hatcher Garden and Preserve.

from a soon-to-be college graduate, but Lane hopes to own her own bakery one day and spread her love of cupcakes and other goodies to the public at large.

She has worked at the Cake Head Bakery to earn extra money while attending Converse and her love for baked goods was developed there.

Ashley Page, a 20-year-old rising senior from Columbia, likewise expects to continue her service to the community after graduation.

She started a mentoring program at Converse pairing college and high school students and intends to continue that idea as a graduate by organizing mentoring for college students.

“I could have gone to school at USC in my hometown,” she said. “But when I first came to Converse and saw the place and then met Dr. Fleming, I started having doubts about USC. “Some time later, I returned for a second visit and saw Dr. Fleming again. She remembered me and called me by name.

That’s what sold me.”

Converse has a student body of about 1,500, counting the graduate program.

Fleming said the school has about 750 undergraduates and 750 in other programs, including the master’s program.

“Our postgraduate programs sent a lot of students on to doctoral programs at other schools,” she said. “So the master’s program here is a lot bigger than most would suspect.”

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@greenvillejournal.com.

Amazon center may open by Christmas

By CHARLES SOWELL | staff

Word on an opening date for Amazon’s $50-million distribution center on John Dodd Road could come within weeks, an official with the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce said this week.

Amazon has been hiring for the one million-square-foot facility for some time now. Jobs are expected to pay from $14 to $18 per hour. There is no word on the number of jobs expected at the facility, but county officials said in December of last year that the initial hiring could be slightly less than 400 with seasonal peaks doubling that figure.

Amazon’s facility in Lexington County resulted in more than 1,200 jobs with seasonal peaks pushing 2,500.

“As far as I know construction is going very well there,” said Carter Smith, executive vice president of the chamber.

“Work is on schedule.”

Amazon wants to have the facility up and running in time to handle the load of this year’s Christmas season. Online shoppers have become a major part of the retail business around the country.

Plans on file with Spartanburg County show a 42-foot-tall rectangular building. It will have 64 bay doors; 764,000 square feet of warehouse space; 11,000 square feet of office and restroom space; a 6,000-square-foot break room and more than 1,000 parking spaces.

At the January announcement, Spartanburg County Councilman David Britt said county officials worked on the project for nearly two years.

He called the process of wooing Amazon to Spartanburg a “roller-coaster ride,” as issues arose at the state and local levels.

“I feel great satisfaction because I know how close this project came to not happening,” Britt said. “This was a total team effort. It happened because we had a lot of people stand up and say how we believe in business and industry. This project had life literally breathed back into because of our team.”

Amazon could not be reached for comment by press time.

For more information about jobs at the facility, see www.amazon.com.

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@greenvillejournal.com.

New rail hub slated to open in fall 2013

By CHARLES SOWELL | staff

The State Ports Authority is projecting an aggressive timeline for finishing a new rail hub in Greer with completion expected by the fall of 2013, said Allison Skipper, spokeswoman for the agency.

Last week, the authority’s board approved spending up to $25 million on the new hub. Engineering and architectural work is ongoing now, Skipper said. Patrick Engineering is handling the nuts and bolts of the project and Davis & Floyd are the architects.

Greer Mayor Rick Danner is expected to visit China soon on a trade expedition centered on the new hub’s completion, Greer officials have said.

The rail hub is expected to give the city a big boost since it will be located within the city limits on property already owned by the ports authority near the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.

Initially, the inland port will reduce truck traffic on Interstate 26 by 25,000 trips a year and has the potential to cut road traffic by 50,000 trips per year after the hub comes to full speed, Skipper said.

The hub has been described as a sort of mini-ports authority located in the Upstate with significant cost benefits for industries doing international business.

Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@greenvillejournal.com.

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The first four graduating classes from Riverside High School, 1974 – 1977, will have a reunion at the Crowne Plaza Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. Cost for the reunion is $50 per person. Deadline to register and pay is Oct. 15. For more information or to register, visit webpages.charter.net/rhsreunion.

The Greenville Symphony Association has hired Linda Grandy as the new development director. Grandy comes to the GSO from The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, where she is engaged in development.

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Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes will host its 11th annual grief seminar at the TD Convention Center in Greenville on Sept. 18-19. The seminar is a public outreach project designed to provide a resource for those experiencing grief in their personal and professional lives. Dr. Robert Neimeyer and Dr. Janice Nadeau will speak at the two-day event. Register for the seminar at 864-235-8330 or online at www.thomasmcafee.com.

The 38th Annual Simpsonville Labor Day Family Fun Festival, organized by the Simpsonville Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held Sept. 1-3. Visit www.simpsonvillechamber.com/labor-day for a schedule of events.

Fiction Addiction will be hosting the following authors in the coming weeks. Empowerment coach, speaker and author Holli Rovenger will be discussing and signing copies of her best-selling book, “The Simple & Sassy Guide to Financial Empowerment,” Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. This event is free, but RSVPs are requested. Charleston mystery author Reed Bunzel will be discussing and signing copies of his new novel, “Palmetto Blood,” Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. This event is free, but RSVPs are requested. South Carolina Christian author Fran Elizabeth Grubb Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., will discuss and sign of her new memoir, “Cruel Harvest.” Tickets are $5. For those unable to attend these events, personalized copies can be reserved by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 864-675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.

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Language classes at the International Center of the Upstate are starting now. Regular classes meet once per week for eight weeks and are $50 for members and $90 for non-members.

Intensive classes meet twice per week for 10 weeks, costing $250 for members and $290 for non-members. For more information on class schedules and to register, visit www.internationalupstate.org.

Registration for the Sugar Creek Fun Run’s 4th Annual Youth Triathlon, a USAT-certified event on Sept. 3, is now open. All proceeds will be given to The Frazee Center and Daily Bread Ministries. Participants can register at sugarcreekfunruns.com.

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“Ice on Main” – an outdoor skating rink next to City Hall on the Village Green at Main @ Broad in front of the Courtyard by Marriott – will operate Nov. 23 through Jan. 21. This year’s version of “Ice on Main” will have increased spectator areas and clear dasher boards to enhance rink visibility. Original student artwork will also be displayed. Several special event nights – from free admission nights to evenings where skaters can skate alongside players from the Greenville Road Warriors minor league hockey team – are scheduled. Additional information can be found at www. iceonmain.com.

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USC receives high ‘Green Ratings’

The new color at the University of South Carolina is green.

USC received the highest possible score on Princeton Review’s “Green Ratings” and was named to the 2013 Green Honor Roll. USC was the only school in South Carolina to earn the top ranking.

The publication’s ratings, its fifth, were based on surveys about colleges’ environmental practices, policies and academic offerings.

The list will appear in the 2013 editions of two Princeton Review guidebooks, “The Complete Book of Colleges” and “The Best 377 Colleges.”

USC’s commitment to becoming a more sustainable campus began nearly 10 years ago with plans to build a green residence hall.

Green Quad opened in 2004 and earned LEED Silver designation a year later, the first public LEED building in the state and the first green residence hall in the nation. Seven other buildings on campus are green and another 10 are in design or being constructed. The new Darla Moore School of Business is being built at the LEED platinum level with the goal of creating the world’s largest net zero building.

The school also employs more than 40 student interns to help implement the campus’ sustainability plan, “Sustainable Carolina.”

Area schools rank low in social mobility

Unlike the annual U.S. News & World Report college rankings, most of the area colleges probably won’t be bragging about their places on the Washington Monthly’s annual rating released Monday.

Washington Monthly collaborated with New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program to rate schools on what they are doing to improve social mobility, produce research and promote public services.

The rankings also look at schools that combine higher-than-expected graduation rates with affordable prices.

“There’s nothing wrong with rankings per se, but the rankings that push individual colleges to heedlessly raise prices help precipitate a collective crisis that threatens to undermine institutions that are vital to the nation’s future prosperity and civic life,” said Kevin Carey, director of the Education Policy Program. “Our rankings pose a different question: What are colleges doing for the country?”

Only one of U.S. News’ Top 10 schools, Stanford, is in Washington Monthly’s top 10.

The Washington Monthly rankings use social mobility, which gives colleges credit for enrolling many low-income students and helping them earn degrees, research production and community service.

In the national university category, the University of South Carolina ranked 114th, while Clemson, which has made it a goal to crack the U.S. News & World Report’s Top 20, was ranked 158th.

In the liberal arts category, Furman ranked 99th, while Wofford ranked 222nd.

Claflin University in Orangeburg was South Carolina’s highest-ranked liberal arts college at 38th.

Converse College was cited as one of the Top 100 Master’s Universities. Converse ranked third.

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According to a report by SquareTrade, a California company that sells extended warranties for electronics, South Carolina is the fifth clumsiest state.

About one-quarter of South Carolinians who buy a warranty from the company are expected to submit a claim over the next two years.

The national rate is 1-in-5.

The only states that have clumsier residents are Mississippi, New Mexico, Rhode Island and North Dakota.

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SCHOOL BOARD NOTES FROM THE AUG. 28 MEETING

Greenville County Schools will get $2.6 million less from the state than it had budgeted for 2012-13, requiring the school district to take more money out of its fund balance to compensate.

On Tuesday night, the school board passed a revised budget that calls for the district to use $14.825 million out of its general fund reserve, $1.218 million more than its original budget.

The district is also taking $1.1 million of special education services from the general fund budget because the state has provided another pot of money for special education expenditures.

The district also budgeted $282,000 too much for property and liability insurance premiums, according to financial information provided to the board by Finance Director Jeff Knotts.

The board also approved the sale of the old Washington Center, a property that has been unoccupied since December 2008, to the Greenville County Recreation District for $200,000.

The property consists of 27.65 acres and two buildings containing 91,892 square feet.

The board approved a renewal of its lease with the City of Greenville to use Croft Park as a playground for students at Stone Academy. The district will pay $1 a year for five years.

Stone Academy does not have room for a playground on its property. Croft Park is adjacent to the school.

The board also approved a change to the charter for Lead Academy, a charter school serving middle school students. The school is now located at the old Sirrine Elementary School at 29 Ridgeway Drive. The location is also home of the Circle of Friends nonprofit organization.

The next regular meeting of the Greenville County School Board is Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Board Room at the school district’s administration building on Camperdown Way. A committee of the whole meeting is scheduled for Sept. 11 at 9 a.m.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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William Greg Fincher, the director of Public Works for the City of Mauldin, was arrested late last week on kidnapping charges after his alleged victim scaled an eight-foot chainlink fence to escape him, reports said.

According to an incident report, during a job interview on Thursday, Aug. 23, Fincher offered the 21-year-old applicant alcohol and Fincher ultimately asked for sex in exchange for a job.

When the victim declined, Fincher refused to unlock a gate and allow her to leave, she alleged.

The victim then scaled the eight-foot fence to make good her escape, injuring her hand in the process, police said.

Fincher was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on a $30,000 bond on Friday, and was released on Saturday, officials said. Mauldin City Administrator Trey Eubanks said that Fincher has been placed on administrative leave.

Burglar targeting downtown businesses

Businesses in the area of E. Broad and W. Broad streets downtown should take extra precautions against a burglary suspect active there, the Greenville Police Department said.

The suspect is targeting buildings that have multiple offices and taking laptop computers, police said. Investigators urge

businesses to secure office buildings by making sure all doors and windows are locked and alarms are set. If you have information to assist investigators, please contact CRIMESTOPPERS at 23-CRIME or call the GPD Tip Line at 864-271-GCPD (4273).

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Equipment stolen from Habitat project

Valuable equipment and supplies were stolen from a Habitat for Humanity home project in the Abigail Springs neighborhood in Taylors over the past weekend.

Monroe Free, president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County, said volunteers and staff arrived on the site off Edwards Street Monday morning only to find the equipment stolen.

“Losing this equipment creates complications because it is an active build,” Free said. “We will do everything in our power to keep the build on schedule for the Campbell family.

Without question, this is a challenge for this build and also for builds that start soon.”

Items stolen from the build site include circular saws, chop saws, air compressors, a pressure washer and other necessary equipment.

Anyone who can give funds to help replace the equipment should contact Free at 864-672-6335 or monroe@habitatgreenville.org. More information can be found at www.habitatgreenville.org.

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The Michelin Red Ribbon Golf Classic will be held Monday, Sept. 24, at Green Valley Country Club. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 10 a.m.

The Marriott Red Ribbon Kick-Off Party will be held Sunday, Oct. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Greenville Marriott. These red ribbon events support drug prevention programs in schools, churches, businesses, etc. For more information, contact Judy Barton at 864-467-4099 or judy@gfpdrugfree.org.

Tony Payne has joined the Upstate Division of the March of Dimes as executive director. Payne was formerly the director of development for the Ellen Hines Smith Girls’ Home. Prior to that, he was with Lexington Medical Center as the foundation’s development manager. He has held positions with the Spartanburg Regional Foundation, and the American Red Cross in Spartanburg. He has served in the United States Marine Corps.

Payne Last month, Stephanie Lindstrom received three lifesaving transplants. Following multiple heart surgeries when she was a child, her health worsened, leaving her also with cirrhosis of the liver. Doctors said both a heart and liver transplant were critical to her survival and later recommended a kidney transplant. In July, Lindstrom, 37, received a new heart, liver and kidney. Health insurance covered the cost of the transplants, but now Lindstrom faces antirejection medicine and follow-up care costs. The family enlisted the help of the National Foundation for Transplants, a nonprofit organization that helps transplant patients raise funds to pay for medical expenses, and volunteers have organized a silent auction fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 8, 1-3 p.m. at Heritage Bible Church, 2005 Old Spartanburg Road, Greer.

Admission is free and refreshments will be available for purchase. For more information, contact Grace Hyde at 864-962-1050 or teacherhyde@yahoo.com.

The Greenville Drive and the SC Mountains to Midlands Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure announce “Komen Night at the Greenville Drive” scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 2, at Fluor Field. Events will begin at 6 p.m. with the first pitch at 7 p.m. The event will support the 2012 Race for the Cure in an effort to raise money and awareness for breast cancer programs that help with prevention, treatment and education across a 22-county region in South Carolina. Tickets are $7. When ordering your tickets, indicate that you are a Komen supporter. Breast cancer survivors will receive one complimentary ticket, and may contact the Komen office at 864-234-5035 or info@KomenSCMM.org to reserve a ticket. For each ticket purchased through the local Affiliate, the Greenville Drive will donate a portion of the proceeds to support the fight against breast cancer.

For tickets or more information, visit www.KomenSCMM.org.

The 12th annual BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament presented by SYNNEX Corporation raised $634,571 for 27 Upstate charities. Officials from South Carolina Charities Inc. presented checks to representatives from the participating charities at the Charity Check Presentation presented by Nucor, held at the BMW Zentrum. Awards were also

CommunityWorks Carolina, a nonprofit and Community Development Financial Institution formerly known as the Greenville Housing Fund, has been awarded an $11,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. The funds are part of a recently announced $22 million investment to revitalize neighborhoods across the nation.

Bank of America’s Matt Cardone presents the housing grant check to CommunityWorks Carolina board members and staff. From left: Earle Furman, NAI/Earle Furman Company; Deborah McKetty, CommunityWorks Carolina; Mike Coggin, South Carolina Bank and Trust; Matt Cardone, Bank of America; Coleman Shouse, Lazarus Shouse Communities.

presented to the 2012 volunteers of the year as well as one for the Web.com Tour’s Volunteer of the Week. The 2012 volunteers of the year were Monty Wiggins (Thornblade Club), Paul Sargent (The Carolina Country Club), Joni Puckett (Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer course), David Alverson (Transportation Committee) and Shawn Crisp (Web.com Tour Volunteer of the Week).

The 27 charities benefitting from the 2012 tournament include 100 Black Men of the Upstate, A Child’s Haven, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate, Charles Lea Center Foundation, Child Evangelism Fellowship of Greenville, Child Evangelism Fellowship of Spartanburg, Children Shelter of the Upstate, Citizen Scholars of Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties, Clement’s Kindness, Defenders for Children, Dogs For Autism, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Greenville Tech Foundation, Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County, Harvest Hope Food Bank, Hidden Treasure Christian School, Loaves & Fishes, Make-A-Wish Foundation of S.C., Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, NCCAA, New Foundations Home for Children, Pendleton Place Children’s Shelter, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas, Scottish Rite Foundation, Spiritual 2-A-Days, The First Tee of Greenville, and The Walker Foundation for the S.C. School for the Deaf and Blind.

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From mailroom to CEO

Expect to hear about new plans coming out in the next few months for the redevelopment of the long-discussed West Greenville park along the Reedy River…

Trevor Gordon makes a home at the helm of the Sandlapper financial companies

By DICK HUGHES | contributor

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Downtown Greenville could soon have another mural. The Governor’s School for the Arts wants to install a mesh vinyl mural at the old Bounce building in RiverPlace depicting the development of downtown. The mural was designed by the Class of 2012 visual arts students ….

Sandlapper Securities CEO Trevor Gordon’s office is decorated with memorabilia of various musicians from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley.

While Gordon is a music lover, he said his interest in the performers is also rooted in their abilities as entrepreneurs.

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Fresh out of the Army and a couple of years beyond high school at age 20, Trevor Gordon got his start in the securities business pushing a mail cart at Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Fla., and later moved up to a “dictation-taking, go-get-my-lunch secretary.”

It was “a great opportunity to see all the intricacies of the trading floor, the fixed-income department, syndication, watching money move, watching securities move,” he told the Journal last week. “I joke that if it paid better I’d still be doing it today.”

Well, he’s not.

Today – 21 years later – Gordon is founder and CEO of four Greenville-based financial companies that meld a complementary spectrum of investment products from the simple to the complex.

The four entities are branded as Sandlapper Capital Investments, Sandlapper Securities, Sandlapper Insurance Services and, the newest and soon most publicly visible, Sandlapper Wealth Management – an addition Gordon considers a natural progression.

“It is a natural fit for us to move more toward the planning and advisory side of the business,” he said.

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With the wealth management company, which the Securities and Exchange Commission approved to operate as a national financial advisory firm, Sandlapper now has what may be the only full-service brokerdealer agency in the state.

“I couldn’t bet the farm on it, but I haven’t seen any others,” Gordon said in an interview in offices in the Bank of America building in downtown Greenville. The Bank of America address is temporary. Gordon and his partners are in the process of acquiring property that they can redevelop as a place of their own with high public visibility.

In the three years Sandlapper has been in business as an independent firm, revenue grew from $1 million to $5 million. The company has 30 to 35 independent agents representing Sandlapper across the country, a number that could grow with the financial advisory business just underway.

“I feel like I could manage 100 relationships and really know and understand the people. That would be a nice sweet spot for us,” Gordon said.

However, if opportunities come along “to buy broker-dealers,” Sandlapper could handle 500 to 1,000, he added.

Still, keeping Sandlapper small and independent is important to differentiate the services from large national broker-dealers, he said.

“Big firms don’t do a lot of products I am able to promote. A firm that has 12,000 to 15,000 registered representatives doesn’t have the time to do the due diligence I am able to do on an underwriting of a $20-million offering.”

Gordon has run the company since its inception without debt. “If I went out and borrowed a bunch of money, I probably could grow exponentially faster, but I have been able to manage the growth,” he said.

Gordon decided to stay in Greenville after flirting briefly with moving the business

Sandlapper Securities executives (from left) Jack Bixler, principal and national sales manager; Trevor Gordon, CEO; and Karl Leonard, president and financial professional, meet in Bixler’s office.

to Florida, where he got his start. There’s a large market there for financial services, he said, but also a lot of competition.

“It was a very short-lived process in thinking of taking it to Florida. I created a home here. South Carolina has been very pro-business, and I haven’t had any impediments from the state, the city or the county in getting the business started.”

Gordon came to Greenville after stops in New York, Texas and Southern California, gaining experience in a wide diversity of investment products and honing his financial research and marketing skills.

In that span between St. Petersburg and South Carolina, he also earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Kentucky Western University.

While working for a firm in Orange County, Calif., that packaged syndicated real estate under an IRS 1030 Exchange, Gordon got to know and joined John Boyd of TIC Properties in Greenville, which was doing similar work. The 1030 allows investors to defer capital gains if they use proceeds from sold properties to buy “replacement” property within a short period of time.

Gordon became a partner in TIC and affiliated companies, but when the bottom

fell out of the real estate market in 2008, he found himself “staring at this massive portfolio of real estate and thinking to myself, ‘I am not even qualified to be a receptionist there. Here I am a principal in this company, and there really isn’t a job for me.’”

He saw Sandlapper Securities, which had been created by TIC in 2005 but largely used to simply market its own syndication, as an opportunity to use his strengths in securities.

TIC was the majority owner; Gordon “owned a little bit by myself.”

“I wanted to build a better mousetrap,” he said. “I saw a lot of broker-dealers, especially in the independent channel, go belly-up the last few years,” particularly in the area of private placement of investments.

Gordon figured his experience in private placement syndication, combined with his broker-dealer experience, gave him skills in careful risk management to identify red flags early and avoid pitfalls that brought down so many broker-dealers.

He went to his partners at TIC with his plan.

“I said, ‘Guys, I want to build a full-service independent broker-dealer.’ They said, ‘Great, best of luck to you. We’re real estate guys.’”

Gordon set out on his own with Sandlapper, recruiting Jack Bixler, an old friend and colleague, as a partner and Karl Leonard, a colleague from Raymond James, as president of the wealth management company.

When Gordon talks about the core values he infuses in Sandlapper, he harks back to what he learned from the mentor whose mail he delivered and later opened as her secretary in that first job in St. Petersburg.

“The job evolved into a marketing position; and in order to understand and market the research we were doing, I ostensibly became an analyst to place in perspective quantitative data with qualitative understanding.”

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

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Local Real Estate Transactions

Randall Bentley of Lee & Associates, Greenville, represented Friddle Pelham in leasing 12,800 square feet of industrial space at 105 Ben Hamby Drive, Suite E, Greenville, to Bierrebi International, an Italian cutting technologies company that is relocating from 1 Brozzini Court.

NAI Earle Furman announced: Jon Good and Alexi Papapieris represented the landlord of 718-A S. Main St., Greenville, in

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leasing 2,070 square feet of office space to Custard Boutique.

Ted Lyerly represented Alpine Ski Center in leasing 5,492 square feet of retail space at Haywood Plaza on 30 Orchard Park Drive, Greenville.

Peter Couchell represented the landlord of 31 Cessna Court, Greenville, in leasing 12,675 square feet of office space to Wells Fargo.

Jon Good and Earle Furman represented the landlord of 1350-A Cleveland St., Green-

ville, in leasing 6,424 square feet of office space to University Medical Group.

Keith Jones and Scott Jones represented the landlord of 1116 S. Main St., Greenville, in leasing 3,453 square feet of retail space to Zanti Power Yoga.

Ted Lyerly and Jimmy Wright represented the landlord of 2123 Augusta St., Greenville, in leasing 1,294 square feet of retail space to The Barkery Bistro, which is relocating from its current location in downtown Greenville.

Hunter Garrett and John Staunton represented KBR Building Group in renewing a lease of 18,032 square feet of office space at 201 E. McBee Ave., Greenville.

Jimmy Wright and Ted Lyerly represented the landlord of 100 E. Washington St., Greenville, in leasing 5,194 square feet of retail space to Anytime Fitness.

Glenn Batson represented AMA Freightline in leasing 1,500 square feet of industrial space at 407 Flora Ave., Greenville.

Getting to know you

Advance America and Grupo Electra are busy making their merger real

By Dick Hughes contributor

The ownership of Advance America by Mexico’s Grupo Elektra is into its fifth month and nothing much has changed at the Spartanburg payday lender.

“Well, we did have casual Friday for the summer,” said Jamie Fulmer, vice president for public affairs, when asked if anything is different.

But, he quickly added, “That was not necessarily related to the transaction.

That was more a function of we were hot.”

Fulmer said, in fact, nothing has changed in the operations of Advance America beyond the companies spending a lot of time since the April 20 transaction closing getting to know one another.

“They have spent a lot of time learning about our company and how we do things, and we have spent a lot of time learning about their business and how they serve the middle market in Latin America,” he said.

As promised in the negotiations that led up to the sale, “our management team has been given the ability to run the business in the United States as it has in the past and to continue to do so successfully.”

The management team led

by Patrick O’Shaughnessy, president and CEO, has

journal business remained, as has the commitment to keep Spartanburg as corporate headquarters as a subsidiary of Grupo Elektra, he said.

“We’ve had people come and go but not as a result of this transaction. That has been important particularly for our dedicated employees here in Spartanburg.”

With 225 employees in its downtown corporate offices, Advance America plays a vital role in the economic viability of the central business district.

On May 22, four weeks after acquiring Advance America, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, the billionaire CEO of Grupo Elektra, made a presentation “to our entire workforce, and that was extremely well received by folks in this building,” Fulmer said.

“It went a long way to help give them assurances that this, in fact, is what it was billed as – that is, an incredible opportunity for Grupo Elektra as well as an incredible opportunity for Advance America.”

In acquiring Advance America for $790 million in cash, Grupo Elektra gained its first foothold in the Unit-

ed States financial market. Advance America is the nation’s largest payday lender with 5,000 employees in 2,400 stores.

“There certainly is an appetite to expand our service offerings, not only to our existing consumers but those we don’t have a relationship with.”

Jamie Fulmer, vice president for public affairs for Advance America, on the company’s new Latin American market

Grupo Elektra is a dominant lender of installment credit to Latin American consumers who do not want to work with traditional banks or would not qualify for conventional loans.

Grupo Elektra, along with its subsidiary Banco Azteca, had revenue of $3.7 billion last year, according to Forbes

Inc. Forbes said it is one of the fastestgrowing companies in its ranking of the 2,000 biggest in the world.

Salinas, who owns 70 percent of Grupo Elektra’s stock, is worth $14 billion, Forbes said.

“They are doing some very innovative things in Latin America,” said Fulmer. “They try to bring a broader section of the population into the mainstream and help those consumers improve their lives by providing access to credit.”

Advance America has long sought to find ways to diversify beyond payday lending, “so from our perspective it is an opportunity learn how they have sought to serve consumers in that Latin American market,” Fulmer said.

He said while it is too early to pinpoint any new credit products Advance America may want to introduce, “there certainly is an appetite to expand our service offerings, not only to our existing consumers but those we don’t have a relationship with.”

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Projects will likely lag until after November

By Jennifer Oladipo | contributor

Last spring’s spike in Upstate construction jobs appears to have lost its promise as autumn approaches. Upstate contractors and other construction industry representatives say the prevailing attitude in the industry is cautious, fostered by an atmosphere where neither data nor anecdotes seem definitive.

Bryant Nixon of Triangle Construction said confidence is low, but he remains hopeful. Although construction of multi-family residences and some large-scale industrial projects has increased, the office and institutional markets where Triangle is active have moved slowly. Nixon said large universities are building, but those projects are highly competitive.

“I just think there’s negativity in the minds of many people about jumping into a new project,” said Nixon. “And there’s got to be a general shift in the way people are looking at the future before a large number of people will start making a change in the construction market.”

Brian Gallagher, director of marketing for O’Neal Inc., described the local construction professionals as “very cautiously optimistic.” He lists the ONE high-rise in downtown Greenville, the GSP airport expansion, and university projects among the signs of “positive momentum.”

“I’ve been encouraged by the fact

that we’ve seen some light commercial construction, retail and restaurant, and they’re generally some positive signs of people investing that we haven’t seen in the last few years,” Gallagher said.

Gallagher also chairs the local chapter of the national Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), and says attendance at recent events is at an all-time high. “People are looking for work, but also trying to connect with contractors because stuff is happening,” he said. His own company has hired 120 architects and engineers since the first of the year in Greenville.

However, recent numbers and indicators show a construction market full of rises and dips. While it is not for the faint of heart, the picture is not necessarily dire. The Upstate has seen mixed progress, with variations by county and an overall downward trend.

Analysts say low profits and sales expectations have kept confidence low among construction professionals here and nationwide. Monthly surveys by the national Association of Architects show architectural firms, which are involved in projects nine to 12 months before groundbreaking, have experienced a steady downward trend in requests for their services after a springtime peak.

At the same time, construction spending in the South was up for the first six months of the year, compared to 2011.

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GSA Business reported that construction permits dropped 12.5 percent from the first quarter to the second quarter, compared to a 2.8 percent drop from the same period last year. Greenville and Spartanburg counties saw slight increases, while Anderson County saw the biggest drop.

The Architectural Billing Index, which indicates what projects can be expected nine to 12 months before construction work begins, has shown a sharp downturn since May. The Census Department reported this month that construction spending for the first six months of the year amounted to $387 billion, 9 percent above the $355 billion for the same period in 2011. Nonresidential construction has increased slightly but steadily, with manufacturing, transportation-related and lodging construction making the biggest contributions, in that order. Power and education dropped the most.

According to the Associated General Contractors of America, construction employment dropped 3.5 percent in South Carolina even though the country as a whole saw a 1.3 percent increase from February 2011 to February 2012.

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“I don’t know if it’s an election or whatever it is,” said Bryant. “Some good economic news, whatever. Information that shows a consistent improvement is what everybody’s looking for.”

That news will have to come from Congress, said Anirban Basu, chief economist with ABC. The expiration of Bush-era tax cuts, the onset of automatic federal spending cuts and other issues referred to collectively as the “fiscal cliff ” must be resolved before people will make the kinds of investments that can revive construction, he said. He added Congress will have more political incentive to act after the election – but the actual election results are of little consequence.

“A good project should be able to demonstrate its sagacity whether or not Barack Obama or Mitt Romney is president,” he said. If a road needs widening, or schools need to be built, those realities will not change with an election. However, he said, “Even good projects may not work financially during a deep recession.”

Basu said if fiscal cliff issues are resolved, 2013 could beat current predictions. Yet he cautioned that we can expect to see an even larger proportion of projects being held back in the meantime.

Gallagher agrees that investment will be more likely “after the election,” but maintains that there is a lot of pentup demand. He said some industrial manufacturing companies are investing aggressively to take advantage of low construction costs and other incentives.

This region is also attractive to European companies looking to invest while the dollar is weak, he said.

However, none of that good news seems to be reassuring the local con-

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The Cliffs Communities emerge from bankruptcy

By Dick Hughes | contributor

The clubhouse and golf course entity of The Cliffs Communities emerged from bankruptcy with a plan crafted in and out of court to revive the financially troubled home and playground for the wealthy.

Clubco came out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy under new ownership of a group that also held or acquired a majority of the unsold lots in the eight mountain and lakeside communities.

Clubco was owned by 535 Cliffs property owners who chipped in a total of $64 million to loan to Cliffs founder Jim Anthony in 2010 to stave off financial ruin of the Cliffs Corp., which owed the unsold lots and the amenity facilities.

It didn’t work, and Clubco went into bankruptcy Feb. 28.

The property owners acquired the clubhouses and golf courses – and the heavy expense of maintaining them – when Anthony defaulted on the loan. In its bankruptcy filing, Clubco claimed $175 million in assets and $333 million in liabilities.

The syndicate formed to take over in the bankruptcy reorganization, Silver

Sun Partners, said it assumed operational she said. High Carolina was the last Cliffs control immediately, although it has in Community started. fact been operating in anticipation of Steve and Penny Carlile, the Marshall, court approval of the organization plan.

Texas, couple who own a home site in “The partnership has committed sig- High Carolina, funded the bankruptcy, nificant capital resources that will cre- loaned Clubco $2 million to continue ate immediate stability within the clubs operations and formulated the plan for while preserving and enhancing real es- restructuring. tate values within the Cliffs CommuniSteve Carlile, a board member of Silver ties,” Silver Sun said in a statement.

Sun, said the reorganization approved by It said it would proceed with “continued the court “positions The Cliffs to emerge amenity improvement and development, as the preeminent luxury golf and wellwhich was halted during the bankruptcy.” ness community in the country.”

Sun Partners did not reveal the amount To make it financially viable, Carlile of money it set aside for improvements said a single entity had to own both the and developments, but $5 million had club amenities and the unsold real estate, been promised to complete the Gary which comprised about half the 9,000 Player golf course at the Mountain Park lots spread over 23,000 acres in South community near Travelers Rest. and North Carolina. Six of the eight comA spokesperson said that work already munities are in South Carolina. is underway to have the course opened by While the court was proceeding with next fall. There are no immediate plans Clubco, Carlile formed partnerships with to complete the Tiger Woods golf course other major holders of the land to put unat High Carolina in the mountains over- sold lots and marketing under one owner looking Asheville, she said. with Silver Sun the umbrella company.

Work on that golf course and the largeThat partnership, Cliffs Land Partly undeveloped community infrastruc-B:10”ners, has moved its marketing office ture would depend on market conditions,T:10”to downtown Greenville and resumed

marketing weeks ago. However, it still does not hold all unsold lots in the Cliffs Communities.

Worthington Hyde Partners, an Atlanta real estate investment firm, gained ownership of a large number of lots and raw land when Anthony defaulted on a loan of $20 million.

Worthington Hyde holds 31 plotted lots in The Cliffs at Glassy, 31 in The Cliffs of Keowee Vineyards and 28 lots and 500 acres of raw land in The Cliffs at Keowee Falls North.

Worthington Hyde also holds the first mortgage on 140 lots and approximately 1,598 acres of raw land at The Cliffs of Keowee Falls South that is owned by another Anthony company that filed for bankruptcy just ahead of Worthington Hyde starting foreclosure proceedings.

A spokesperson said the partners of Silver Sun are “presently in discussions with other substantial landholders, including Worthington Hyde, to establish strategies that consolidate sales objectives.”

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Wireless Retailer Ranks High

Wireless Communications, the independent Greenville company that sells Verizon Wireless products and services, is No. 25 on Inc.’s list of the nation’s 5,000 fastestgrowing private companies.

According to the magazine, the company’s revenue grew 6,581 percent to $22.9 million since it opened in 2008.

Wireless Communications opened with two stores and eight employees and today has 37 stores and 265 employees in South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and West Virginia. The company says it will open 13 more stores before the end of the year.

The only other South Carolina company ranked within the top 100 is BoomTown (96th), a Charleston software company.

The state has 41 companies ranked within the top 5,000. Ten list Greenville as their base. Columbia and Charleston/North Charleston follow with nine each.

Spartanburg has two, and Simpsonville has one.

South Carolina lags behind all but Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas in the number of companies making the 2012 list. Florida had 296, Virginia 284, Georgia 210 and North Carolina 127.

The Greenville companies making into the top 5,000 are Wireless Communications (25), Southern Tide (998), Human Technologies (2,049), Cargo (2,310), Customer Effective Solutions (3,036), Fortis Riders (3,178), Regional Finance (3,368), Website Pipeline (3,854) and Ogletree Deakins (3,864). JH Global Services of Simpsonville is 3,952.

OTO Development/Palmetto Hospitality Funds of Spartanburg was listed at 666 and Exopack at 4,784.

Georgia Port Moves Forward

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved $652 million to deepen the Savannah River shipping channel to make way for super-sized container ships that will traverse the Panama Canal in 2014.

Money for the Port of Charleston’s deepening project awaits Corps approval, though it is expected.

The dredging at Savannah will take four to five years to complete. Final approval to begin dredging is expected in November and environmental mitigation could begin next year, Reuters reported.

In July, the Obama administration put modernization of five East Coast ports on a fast track to prepare for completion of the Panama widening, which is expected in 2014.

The Port of Charleston was one of the five put on the accelerated timetable. The others are Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami and New York/New Jersey. Miami already has approval to start dredging next year.

The $4 million cost of removing the Confederate ironclad warship CSS Georgia from the Savannah River was included in the Corps’ allocation. The warship was sunk in 1864 to keep it out of Union hands.

Firm Drills into Oil Industry

Synalloy Corp., the Spartanburg producer of stainless steel piping and specialty chemicals, has acquired a Texas company that produces fiberglass and steel tanks in oil and shale rich Texas basins.

The acquisition of Lee-Var Inc. of Andrews, Texas, which does business as Palmer of Texas, cost Synalloy $28 million in cash through purchase of outstanding Lee-Var shares held by principals.

Terms give Palmer shareholders the ability “to receive earn-out payments ranging from $2.5 million to $10.5 million” if the Palmer business unit achieves targeted levels of earnings before certain expenses over three years.

Synalloy has the ability to claw back portions of the purchase price over two years if those earnings fall below a baseline level.

The president of Palmer received a three-year employment contract and the comptroller a one-year contract.

Synalloy financed the transaction through a 10year term loan of $22.5 million with BB&T and by adding $5 million to its credit line with the bank. The

term loan requires monthly payments of $187,500, Synalloy said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The acquisition gives Synalloy a presence in the Permian Basin of West Texas where Palmer is based, along with some rich shale areas it serves, Synalloy said in a statement.

Palmer makes oversized tanks for the international market at a temporary plant in Orange, Texas.

While tanks for the oil industry are Palmer’s core business, it also makes tanks for municipal water, wastewater, chemicals and food.

Palmer generated $32 million in revenue in the 12-month period ended May 31. It has 137 employees.

Synalloy had $17.6 million in revenue last year with net income of $5.8 million.

In the latest quarter, Synalloy had income of $1 million on revenue of $48.9 million.

The company said Palmer would add 30 cents per share to its annual earnings.

Before the acquisition, Synalloy reported having 441 employees.

New Townhouses Coming

Cothran Properties plans to build as many as 60 townhouses in two phases in a new development on Thornblade Parkway.

The development, Townhouses of Thornblade, expects to have the first homes of 40 in the first phase completed next spring. Twenty sites are available for a second phase. The development comprises a little more than 12 acres.

“What we are seeing is a large segment of the population who wants to downsize and move toward more maintenance-free living without giving up quality in the process,” said Mark Cothran, president of Cothran Properties.

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The elephant in David Lee Nelson’s closet Monologue to highlight comic’s coming out as a Democrat to his Republican dad

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lege and what is their future.

The program, which is expected to generate national interest, kicks off with a speech by Wofford President Bernie Dunlap, “Why Are We Here? The Liberal Arts and the Meaning of Life,” on Sept. 6.

“Liberal arts colleges are on the defensive,” said Dr. Dan Mathewson,

Coming out to your dad is difficult – especially when you’re a Democrat and he’s a diehard Republican.

Greenville native David Lee Nelson was a Republican just like his Nelson dad, becoming the voice of the right while he was studying acting at the College of Charleston.

“I was out with it,” he said. “Very.”

Then came a move to New York to work as a comedian, the Iraq war and Sarah Palin.

Nelson switched sides, becoming a “flaming liberal and labor organizer.” He stopped listening to Rush Limbaugh and voted for Obama.

But he didn’t tell his father – for years.

“The Elephant in My Closet,” which Nelson will perform on two nights in September at Centre Stage in Greenville, tells of the comic’s transformation from that 22-year-old conservative Shakespearean actor to a 33-year-old liberal – a change he kept from his father, Lee, for years.

“My dad and I have always been very close,” said Nelson, who graduated from

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Re:Thinking Higher Education As tuition rises and job opportunities fall, liberal arts colleges face increased scrutiny

By Cindy Landrum | staff

As tuition rises and the number of job opportunities for recent graduates shrink, liberal arts colleges and universities find themselves in a familiar position – defending their place in this country’s higher education system.

It’s an issue that will be in the spotlight this school year at Wofford College.

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an associate professor of religion and cocoordinator of “Re:Thinking Education.”

Mathewson said two parallel conversations are going on in education, but they don’t necessarily overlap.

One is economic as parents and politicians bemoan the job prospects and debt loads of graduates. The other, he said, is a scathing analysis of higher education by Richard Arum called “Academically Adrift,” which said almost half of college students did not demonstrate any significant improvement in learning and those who did show improvement improved only modestly.

“The failings tend to come in larger research universities,” Mathewson said.

“Small liberal arts colleges are succeeding. They are actually the success of the higher education system.”

Mathewson said he believes that’s because the school’s primary mission is undergraduate education.

“We’re not trying to be Clemson or USC. We provide a four-year residential education,” he said. “We focus entirely on undergraduates. We don’t do anything else.”

But Wofford and other liberal arts colleges have to help students and parents afford the more expensive education, need to improve access to stave off perceptions of being elitist and have a genuine desire to diversify their student population, Mathewson said.

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Wade Hampton High and attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities’ summer program, “and I hated that my political beliefs were something I had been hiding from him. But it’s a delicate thing. How do you tell someone you’re a Democrat when they think ESPN is too liberal?”

Nelson wrote the monologue. Fellow Greenville native Adam Knight directs the show. Dramaturg is Kristin Veira.

“I write about my life, try to make it funny and interesting,” Nelson said. “Then I bring it to Adam, and he makes it a play.”

Knight graduated from the Fine Arts Center and was a former apprentice at The Warehouse Theatre who directed “The 13th of Paris” for the theater in 2010. He is the cofounder of Slant Theatre Project in New York. He has worked at the Folger Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre and the Strasberg Institute.

This is the third show from Knight and Nelson. “David Lee Nelson…Status Update,” a show about his wife leaving him and him updating his Facebook status a lot, was part of the 2011 Edin-

Mathewson said he doesn’t know of another college that has held as extensive a look at the liberal arts college’s role. The program, which includes a book club, is open to the public.

Events scheduled so far are: “Why Are We Here? The Liberal Arts and the Meaning of Life,” President Bernie Dunlap, Sept. 6, 11 a.m., Leonard Auditorium.

The Novel Experience Convocation, Tobias Wolff, author of “Old School,” Sept. 20, 11 a.m., Leonard Auditorium.

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“Thinking Like a River,” roundtable discussion and workshop, Oct. 11, 2:30 p.m., Anna Todd Wofford Center.

“Native Tongues,” an international poetry event, Oct. 11, 4 p.m., Sandor Teszler Library Gallery.

“In Search of One Big Union: The Role of Folk Songs in the American Labor Movement,” Dr. Corey Dolgon, Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m., McMillan Theatre.

“What’s Justice Got to Do with It? Moving from Civic Engagement to Social Change,” Dr. Corey Dolgon, Oct. 16, 11 a.m., Olin Teaching Theatre.

“The Imperial President,” Dr. Lloyd Gardner, Oct. 16, 4 p.m., Leonard Auditorium. burgh Fringe Festival.

After its stop in Greenville, “The Elephant in My Closet” will move to New York’s Kraine Theatre for a six-show off-Broadway run in October.

Nelson moved to Los Angeles after college where he said he met a lot of actors who weren’t doing a lot of acting.

He decided to start writing comedy and he moved to New York.

He said he finds it ironic that the Republican Party turned from being a party originally centered in the

Dr. Walter LaFeber, topic to be announced, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium.

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“Small liberal arts colleges are succeeding.”

Dr. Dan Mathewson, an associate professor of religion and co-coordinator of “Re:Thinking Education.”

Roundtable discussion with Andrew Delbanco, Nov. 30, time to be announced, Anna Todd Wofford Center.

“Calculus: The Musical,” Dec. 4, 7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium.

“Back to the Future: the Radical Liberal Arts College,” John Kuykendall, Robert Knott and Charlie Reed, Feb. 18, time and location to be announced.

Events will continue to be added to the schedule throughout the year.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

Northern states, with a platform that included stopping the spread of slavery, to one that “has no black people.”

“Dad is with the tea party and I’ve been to Occupy Wall Street,” he said. “You would think we have absolutely no connection with each other, but we’re related.”

Nelson said his father still loves him and they still talk – just not about politics.

“Thank God for football,” he said.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@thespartanburgjournal.com.

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raising them up. If we want them to be able to make good decisions, we have to allow them to develop maturity so they are able to make those decisions.”

Hunter said there are ways parents of college students can stay involved.

“Parents should always be available to listen to their children and they should help the student to problem-solve,” she said. “Parents need to be careful not to fix things. If a student has an issue with a roommate, parents should help the student think through ways to solve the problem, not call the residence assistant and ask for a roommate change.”

If a child gets in trouble at school, parents need to be supportive and try to help the student think through what went wrong and how an alternative approach may have been better, Hunter said. The parent should not try to fix the problem for the student, she said.

“College is a time where students are going to have conflicts,” she said.

“Smoothing the road for the student is not always the best thing.”

College is also the place where some students face academic failure for the first time, Hunter said. “I know personally, I learned the most from the things that challenged me the most and were the most difficult.”

Hunter said parents can help by allowing their children to move toward a more independent lifestyle while they are still in high school.

Students should get up to their own alarm clock because when they are in college, their roommate is not going to make sure they get up for class. They should do their own laundry, help clean and help cook balanced meals, she said.

“You don’t micromanage children until they are 18 and then send them off to college and expect them to do all of it on their own,” Hunter said.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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Thousands of freshmen have arrived on Upstate college campuses and are trying to adjust to new roommates, new academic demands and new opportunities presented by the wide array of social activities available on and off campus.

But sometimes it’s their parents who have to make the biggest adjustment.

“It’s a tremendous transition for parents, especially those sending their first child off to college or their last child off to college,” said Mary Stuart Hunter, a University of South Carolina associate vice president in charge of the university’s freshman transition programs. She speaks from experience: She’s sent two children off to college herself.

The change is most challenging for parents who are accustomed to having a say in all their children’s decisions, large and small, and who swoop in to solve problems ranging from bad grades to bad relationships.

“Parents get messages all along, especially with school, to stay involved, to get involved, to help your children,” Hunter said. “Parents are doing what they think is the right thing.”

But often that help can make it difficult for their children to make decisions as adults, said behavior therapist and parenting expert Hannah Keeley, who had a child begin Furman University last year.

“We’re not raising children,” she said.

“We’re raising adults.”

Keeley said over-involved parents, often called helicopter parents because they hover around their children ready to step in at the sign of any problem or conflict, are robbing their children of the necessary experience of failure and success.

“We’ve got to give our kids the freedom to make decisions and live with the consequences,” she said – and it starts early.

“The truth is, do you want your child to make a poor decision at two, three or four years old and learn from it, or wait until he’s 22, 23 or 24, when bad decisions can carry some heavy consequences?” Keeley said. “Parents are afraid of their children making poor decisions when they get to college, but that stems from how we’re

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On Sunday, Sept. 2, poet Moody Black will host Say What?!

Sunday at Coffee Underground, 1 E. Coffee St. The evening’s featured guest is Filmore from Charlotte, N.C. Doors open at 7 p.m. for sign-ups for poetry open mic and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, visit www. witsendpoetry.com.

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The 21st Annual Spirit Fest, featuring Shirley Caesar, Marvin Sapp, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Lee Williams and the Spiritual QCs, Rance Allen and the Rance Allen Group, The Soul Seekers, William McDowell and more, will be Sunday, Sept. 2, at the BI-LO Center. Shirley Caesar, once a staple for this event, is back after seven years. In addition, Marvin Sapp is back with a new hit song called “So Glad I Made It.” For more information, call 864-420-7973 or 864-250-4952. Online, visit www.eraypromotions.com or www.spiritfest.co.

Carole Tinsley, creator of impressionistic and abstract paintings, will have her work featured at the Hyatt Regency’s Studio 220.

Tinsley’s work features hand-created, textured papers that collage into paintings with various inks, watercolors and acrylics. They can be viewed on Wednesdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. from now until the end of October. There will be a reception on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 5:30-7 p.m. The Hyatt wants this space to showcase the incredible talent that the art community in Greenville boasts. The Metropolitan Arts Council has been instrumental in helping facilitate a partnership between the new Gallery at Studio 220 and local artists.

Barbara Cook, who has been delighting audiences with her pure soprano tone and captivating stage presence for more than 50 years, is bringing her talent to Clemson’s

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Brooks Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Sept.

6 at 8 p.m. Cook made her Broadway debut in 1951 as the lead in the musical “Flahooley” and was honored 60 years later with a 2011 Kennedy Center Honors Award. Her Broadway credits include “The Music Man,” “The King and I,” “Carousel,” “Showboat” and “Candide.” She’s won Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk and New York Drama Critics Circle awards, been named a “Living New York Landmark” and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.

Her recent return to the stage after a 23-year absence in the musical “Sondheim on Sondheim” for the Roundabout Theatre Company produced much critical acclaim and garnered another Tony Award nomination. Ticket prices for An Evening with Barbara Cook are $35 for adults and $20 for students. Tickets and information are available at www. clemson.edu/Brooks or by calling the box office at 864656-7787 from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Registration for the community is underway for evening and weekend art classes at Furman University’s Learning for You, including botanical drawing, flash photography, printmaking, metalworking jewelry, gourd carving and more. Visit www.furman.edu/learningforyou or call 864-294-2153 or 864-294-3134 for a complete schedule and registration.

The Gap Creek Singers will resume rehearsals on Tuesday, Sept. 4, from 7:15-9 p.m. at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 300 Jason St., Greer. The Gap Creek Singers is an adult, mixed choral group that has been entertaining the Upstate since 1995. They perform a variety of music, including traditional, pop, jazz, spirituals and show tunes.

The group’s goals include providing fellowship through singing and scholarships to high school seniors who will be majoring in music at the collegiate level. Membership in the group is open to any adult who enjoys singing. To audition, just attend one of the rehearsals. For additional information or to schedule a performance, contact Wesley Welsh at 864-877-5955.

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Running on thirsty

Despite cooler temperatures, dehydration still a concern during exercise Though the mercury has inched lower as the Upstate approaches autumn, heat and dehydration are still a concern, said dietitian Monica Amburn. With the advent of a new athletic season for students and many days of warm weather still ahead, staying on top of hydration needs is essential, she said.

For student athletes training and competing for workouts of about 90 minutes, Amburn recommends a mixture of sports drinks, both low-calorie and fullcalorie versions. The drinks can also be alternated with water.

However, “sports drinks really work best if you’re actually playing sports,” she said.

For anyone simply going to the gym for a 30-minute workout or to exercise less than 90 minutes, Amburn recommends an affordable and accessible choice: water.

Making water desirable can be a challenge, she said, but the taste can be spruced up with a few slices of fruit or a little 100 percent juice. Tea and coffee actually count towards daily fluid intake,

but she said care should be taken with a favorite Southern refresher: sweet tea.

“That carries a lot of sugar and a lot of calories that can lead to unwanted weight gain,” she said.

The saying that everyone should have eight glasses of water each day is not a golden rule, Amburn said. “It’s not exact for every single person; we all have different fluid needs based on how active we are, how tall we are and how heavy we are.”

Amburn said the best way to check on hydration is urine color: dark yellow means you’re not hydrated enough.

Another popular myth is that caffeine dehydrates, she said. “A couple of cups of coffee or glasses of tea a day are actually not going to dehydrate you.” When coffee drinkers run into trouble is when they consume eight or more cups per day, she said.

Amburn said a range of beverages are suitable for kids. Pure fruit juice is an excellent choice, as long as parents limit the portion

size. Milk is another good option. Chocolate milk, which is also becoming popular among adult endurance athletes, is a good choice for restoring minerals and providing carbohydrates and protein for active children. Senior citizens should sip water, milk or juice throughout the day because age blunts the ability to recognize thirst.

With tailgating season just days away, fans should keep in mind that alcohol is extremely dehydrating, Amburn said. “If you’re going to have alcoholic beverages, you need to make sure you have other non-alcoholic beverages on hand so you can help counteract the effects of the alcohol.”

Before drinking any alcohol, it’s a good idea to hydrate with other fluids, Amburn said. “If you start out even a little bit dehydrated, it’s going to make for a really long day – and a really long next day.”

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Greenville Middle students, parents and teachers at The Great Wall of China

Students and parents from Greenville Middle Academy visited the Great Wall of China this summer. They toured Beijing for seven days and Shanghai for three.

They had a tai chi lesson at the Summer Palace, participated in a traditional tea ceremony, toured a silk factory, visited a high school and dined with families living in the center-city huotongs. Greenville Middle Academy is a traditional and global studies magnet school. Students can sign up now for the trip to Costa Rica next June. The parent information meeting will be held on Sept. 17 at 6 p.m., before the school’s open house. Contact the international travel coordinator, Kathleen Carey, at kcarey@

On Friday, Sept. 7, the Christ Church Episcopal School middle school will host “Rachel’s Challenge,” a nationally recognized program promoting kindness, appreciation for others and having a positive impact.

Rachel’s Challenge was created in memory of Rachel Scott, the first victim of the Columbine tragedy. The assembly will kick off another year in the longstanding PEACE @ CCES program in the middle school. In addition, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m., the school will host its second event in the Cavalier Excellence in Education Speaker Series. Dr. Robert Evans, a nationally renowned educator, author and clinical psychologist, will address parents, faculty and the general public. Evans will be discussing the changing landscape of parenting and education, including how parents can create more effective relationships with their child’s school.

Parents interested in enrolling their child in Langston Charter Middle School must attend one of three Application Orientation Meetings as part of the lottery application process. The meetings will be Thursday, Sept.

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The freshman class of Shannon Forest Christian School (SFCS) began their high school experience with a Service-LearningLeadership adventure as part of the Shannon Forest Christian School freshnewly implemented man Gracie Floyd helps with tornado LAUNCH Program. cleanup on a recent trip to Kentucky.

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Lockheed Martin improved equipment for teaching at the Greenville Technical College Aircraft Maintenance Technology program with the donation of a nondestructive inspection machine that is no longer used at the company’s Greenville facility. The machine will be used to teach students processes for inspection of aircraft components without having to destroy the component or take it apart. This process helps assure aircraft operational safety and reduces inspection costs. At the Lockheed Martin facility located at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center (SCTAC), left to right: Nathan Combs, manager of facilities engineering at Lockheed Martin, Chris Johnson and William Seay, also from Lockheed Martin, John Hango a student of the GTC Aircraft Maintenance Technology program, and Walt Carter, AMT instructor.

Furman University political science professors Akan Malici and Elizabeth Smith have co-edited a new book about political science methodology. Four other Furman political science professors, David Fleming, James Guth, Kate Kaup and Danielle Vinson, also contributed content to the book, “Political Science Research in Practice.” Published by Routledge, the aim of the book is to help students appreciate the need for a science of politics, and to foster better understanding of research methods. For more information, visit www.routledge.com/books or contact Akan Malici at 864-294-3576 or akan.malici@furman.edu. Elizabeth Smith can be reached at 864-294-3674 or liz. smith@furman.edu.

Minor Mickel Shaw, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University Center of Greenville Inc. (UCG), is pleased to announce that David A. Taylor has been appointed by the Board of Trustees to serve as chief executive officer of the higher education consortium. Taylor previously served as president of the organization.

Dr. Frederick Baus, prior CEO and president of the University Center of Greenville, has worked very closely with Taylor in 2011 and 2012 to transition the roles as he completed his planned retirement. Baus will now serve as vice president for strategy planning, where he facilitates the growth of academic programs at the University Center with its member institutions.

Eric Cummings, a Riverside High School teacher, will serve a two-year term as president of the SC Track and Cross Country Coaches Association for the 2012-13 school year. This organization includes every high school in South Carolina that is a member of the S.C. High School League. As president, Cummings will oversee all cross-country and track and field conferences, business meetings and finances.

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$3,312,000 $2,420,000 $1,250,000 $760,000 $640,000 $600,000 GRIFFITH FARM $549,000 $490,000 MCRAE PARK $482,114 ESTATES AT RIVERWOOD FARM $471,000 MAHAFFEY PLANTATION $435,000 HAMMOND’S POINTE $435,000 $420,000 KELLETT PARK $410,000 PLANTATION GREENE $402,311 HIGHLANDS $385,000 THE VALLEY AT TANNER ESTATES $378,823 100 COURT ST CONDO $369,200 PLANTATION GREENE $364,600 WEATHERSTONE $362,000 ROPER MOUNTAIN ESTATES $350,000 PLANTATION GREENE $346,855 $330,000 $325,000 $320,000 TERRA PINES ESTATES $315,000 WOOD BRIDGE $309,000 SHANNON FOREST $300,000 GOWER ESTATES $300,000 $295,000 HAMMETT CORNER $290,665 $281,000 ABBEYHILL PARK $270,000 CASTLE ROCK $267,002 THE LOFTS AT MILLS MILL $262,000 LOOKING GLASS RUN $260,457 LAUREL VALLEY $259,900 WOODLANDS AT WALNUT COVE $250,525 $250,000 CHANDLER LAKE $235,650 KELSEY GLEN $233,540 $232,000 ROCKBROOKE NORTH $230,000 GREYTHORNE $227,210 SHENANDOAH FARMS $227,000 GREYTHORNE $225,484 CLIFFS@ MT PARK GARY PLAYER ESTATES $225,000 SOUTHSIDE ESTATES $223,500 HERITAGE CREEK $221,595 SUGAR CREEK $220,000 MALLARD CREEK $219,000 COLEMAN SHOALS $213,500 SWANSGATE $210,000 PEBBLECREEK $208,500 WOODSTONE COTTAGES $207,900 BROOKFIELD WEST $207,900 COPPER CREEK $202,950 CUNNINGHAM ACRES $200,000 $200,000 STONE LAKE HEIGHTS $199,000 AVALON ESTATES $194,500 AVALON ESTATES $192,500 $188,000 WOODLANDS AT WALNUT COVE $187,500 BUXTON $182,000 ROBINSON LANDING $179,174 HUNTERS WOODS $179,000 WOODRUFF LAKE $178,500 WOODRUFF LAKE $178,000 HAVEN AT RIVER SHOALS $173,600 $172,500 FOX TRACE $170,276 THE GARDENS AT ROSE RESERVE $170,000 RIVER BIRCH VILLAS $169,900 KALEDON ACRES $167,000 PEBBLECREEK $167,000 NEELY FARM - LAUREL BROOK $162,000 $157,000 $155,000 MARTINS GROVE $154,000 POWDERHORN $152,500 CHICORA CREST $151,820 FORRESTER WOODS $148,000 HILLSIDE AT ROLLING GREEN $146,000 BUTLER STATION $145,000 WOODS AT BONNIE BRAE $144,000 WINDSOR FOREST II $143,000

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C. Dan Joyner Co. Announces Top Producer Office Awards for July

August 27, 2012 – Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce the following Top Producer awards for July 2012.

Top Producers for Listings: · Easley/Powdersville Office – Linda Ballard and Sheri Sanders/Gary Thompson Team · Garlington Road Office – Ronda Holder and Donna O. Smith & Partners · Greer Office – Paige Haney and Jan Walker Team · Pelham Road Office – Elvin Rivera and Spaulding Group · Pleasantburg Office – Melissa Morrell and Chet & Beth Smith Group · Simpsonville Office – Susan McMillen and Sandra Palmer/Carl Jones Team Top Producers for Sales: · Easley/Powdersville Office – Donna Stegall and Sheri Sanders/ Gary Thompson Team · Garlington Road Office – Ronda Holder and Donna O. Smith & Partners · Greer Office – Jill Chapman and Jan Walker Team · Pelham Road Office – Bryan DeYoung and Spaulding Group · Pleasantburg Office – Bob Morgan and Chet & Beth Smith Group · Simpsonville Office – Bob Schmidt and Sandra Palmer/Carl Jones Team.

Founded in 1964, Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is the Upstate’s largest real estate company. The company provides professional real estate services in Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Greer, Simpsonville, Easley and Pickens counties with eight residential offices and over 200 agents throughout Upstate South Carolina. For more information, visit www.cdanjoyner.com.

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$142,750 TANNER’S MILL $142,000 SHADOW CREEK $140,752 STONEBRIDGE $140,000 EDWARDS FOREST HEIGHTS $139,900 SHOALS CROSSING $138,375 PHEASANT RIDGE $134,500 CAROLINA SPRINGS $133,500 WATERMILL $130,323 ORCHARD ACRES $128,500 $128,500 ROSEWOOD MEADOWS $128,000 ENCLAVE AT BRIDGES CROSSING $127,900 WADE HAMPTON GARDENS $126,500 CANEBRAKE $125,000 $124,750 HAWTHORNE RIDGE $122,000 $121,099 PINE MEADOW $121,000 $120,000 VINEYARD AT PLANTERS ROW $118,000 $115,000 $115,000 HAWTHORNE RIDGE $114,100 THE MAGNOLIAS $113,000 UNIVERSITY PARK $112,500 WEDGEFIELD $111,000 WEDGEFIELD $111,000 ARBOR EAST $107,000 STANDING SPRINGS ESTATES $107,000 TOWNES AT WOODRUFF PARK $106,000 DREXEL TERRACE $105,000 WILLIMON ESTATES $104,000 STAUNTON COURT $102,500 BUIST AT NORTH MAIN $100,000 CLIFFS AT GLASSY SOUTH $100,000 BUIST AT NORTH MAIN $100,000 HERITAGE POINT $100,000 HAWTHORNE RIDGE $92,100 $90,000 WOODSIDE MILLS $83,000 CREEKWOOD $82,000 FALCON RIDGE $80,100 RIVERBEND $79,000 MAGNOLIA ACRES $79,000 SUNSET HEIGHTS $75,000 $70,000 $69,000 HUGHES HEIGHTS $65,000 HOLLINGSWORTH PARK AT VERDAE $60,250 CARDINAL PARK $60,000 PARKSTONE $56,000 $55,000 $55,000 $54,000 MEADOW RIDGE $53,614 THE TOWNHOMES AT THE GROVE $53,095 $50,000 ASHETON LAKES $49,470 JUDSON MILL $45,000 CASTLE ROCK $45,000 $42,000 $41,000 $40,300 CHESTNUT HILLS $40,000 SHENANDOAH FARMS $40,000 MORROW PARK $36,250 HERITAGE CREEK $30,500 $30,000 UNION BLEACHERY $29,960 ANDERSON ST HIGHLANDS $29,000 ANDERSON ST HIGHLANDS $28,010 $27,500 HUNTERS ACRES $25,650 SUMMIT AT CHEROKEE VALLEY $25,000 $24,349 THE HEIGHTS $24,000 $23,500 $23,400 FIELDMONT $21,000 LAURENS GRANT $15,000 BROOKWOOD $14,900 $13,000 $13,000 LAURENS GRANT $10,000 BIRCH TREE ROAD $8,500 SKYVIEW ESTATES $6,500

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

THE NEW BOUNDARY LINES TO RESULT FOR THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE: A. That certain real property located off of Coxe Drive described as Greenville County Tax Map Number (“TMS#”) P035000100902; B. That certain real property located off of Mountain Creek Road described as Greenville County Tax Map Numbers (TMS#) P036000100400, P036000100401, P036000100402, P036000100403, P036000100500, P036000100501, P036000100502, P036000100503, P036000100504, P036000100600, P036000100601, P036000100602, P036000100603, P036000100604, P036000100605, P036000100606, P036000100607, P036000100609, P036000100611, P036000100612, P036000100700, P036000100701, P036000100702, P036000100703, P036000101502, P036000101504, P036000101505,

P036000101507, P036000101508, P036000101600, and P036000101700; C. That certain real property located off of Piedmont Grove Park and P & N Drive described as Greenville County Tax Map Numbers (TMS#) WG10010200102, WG10010200104, WG10010200105, WG10010200106, WG10010200108, WG10010200109, WG10010200110, WG10010200111, WG10010300300, WG11000200100, WG11000200101, WG11000300100, and WG11000300500; D. That certain real property located off of East Warehouse Court described as Greenville County Tax Map Numbers (TMS#) P015040100101, P015040100105, P015040100400, P015040100401, P015040100402, P015040100404, and P015040100405.

E. That certain real property located off of Mackey Drive, and Old Cleveland Road described as Greenville County Tax Map Numbers (TMS#) 0608030100100, 0608030100400, 0608030100500, 0608030101002, 0608030101400, 0608030101500, 0608040100301, 0608040100304, 0608040100305, WG06020300100, WG06020300200, WG06020300300, WG06020300400, WG06020300401, WG06020300402, WG06020300403, WG06020300404, WG06020300500, WG06020300601, WG06020300700, WG06020300800,

WG07000100100, WG07000100600, WG07000200200, WG07000200201, WG07000200202, WG07000200300, WG07000200302, WG07000200504, WG07000200700, WG07000200701, WG07000200702, WG07000201500, WG07000201501, WG10020100200, WG10030100100, WG10030100103, WG10030101700, and WG10040100100; and F. That certain real property located off of Frontage Road and Park West Boulevard described as Greenville County Tax Map Numbers (TMS#) 0252000102900, 0252000101009, 0252000101010, 0252000101102, 0252000101201, 0252000103000, WG10070100100, WG10070100102, WG10070100103, WG11000300302, and WG11000300307.

A MAP OF THE NEW BOUNDARIES AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS ARE 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. HERMAN G. KIRVEN JR., CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

COMMERCIAL FEE NOTICE A RECENT SURVEY OF THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION SERVICE DISTRICT DISCOVERED THAT THE COMMERCIAL FEE FOR SANITATION SERVICES WAS NOT BEING LEVIED ON ALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN THE SERVICE DISTRICT. THIS NOTICE SHOULD SERVE TO ALERT CUSTOMERS THAT ALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON A PROPERTY IN THE GREATER GREENVILLE SANITATION DISTRICT WILL BE ASSESSED A $250 COMMERCIAL FLAT FEE, PER BUSINESS, BEGINNING WITH THE 2012 ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX NOTICES AND THEREAFTER.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012, AT 6:00 P.M. (or at such time as other public hearings are concluded) IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, SC, 29601, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE CITY VIEW SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT; TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT AND THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS CREATED; TO ESTABLISH THE CITY VIEW SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF GREENVILLE COUNTY; AND TO IMPOSE A TAX LEVY OF NOT MORE THAN TWENTY (20) MILLS ANNUALLY ON ALL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. HERMAN G. KIRVEN JR., CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

SUMMONS AND NOTICE SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO. 2012-CP-23-3684 Randall Lewis Smith, PLAINTIFF, vs.

Reginald Eugene Lomax: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action, copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their offices, 900 E. North Street, Suite 210, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem to represent said minor(s) within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you.

If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s) herein.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Greenville County on June 5, 2012. GUEST & BRADY, LLC. By: RUSSELL F. GUEST, SC Bar # 64250 ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF 900 E. North Street, Suite 210 Greenville, SC 29601 (864) 233-7200.

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GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, September 17, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following items: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2012-36 APPLICANT: Walter Dahlgren CONTACT INFO: walt136@msn.com or 313-7263 PROPERTY LOCATION: S. Industrial Drive and Colony Centre Way (Simpsonville) PIN: 0331000100110, 0331000100112, and 0331000100115 EXISTING ZONING: O-D, Office District REQUESTED ZONING: C-3, Commercial ACREAGE: 6.96 COUNTY COUNCIL: 27 – Kirven DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2012-37 APPLICANT: Pleasantburg Holdings CONTACT INFO: dbc@dmhllc.net or 517-3600 PROPERTY LOCATION: Pelham Road and Hudson Road PIN: 0543020100500 (portion) and 0543020100600 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: R-20, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: NC, Neighborhood Commercial ACREAGE: 3.8 COUNTY COUNCIL: 22 – Taylor DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2012-38 APPLICANT: Reichert Consulting, LLC CONTACT INFO: reichertconsulting@gmail.com or 270-3397 PROPERTY LOCATION: Roper Mountain Road and Blacks Drive PIN: 0540040103200, 0540040103202, 0540040103203, 0540040103204, and 0540040103205 EXISTING ZONING: R-20, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: FRD, Flexible Review District ACREAGE: 10.2 COUNTY COUNCIL: 22 – Taylor DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2012-39 APPLICANT: Gray Development CONTACT INFO: graydevelopment@yahoo.com or 238-3018 PROPERTY LOCATION: Orr Street and Beacon Street PIN: 0106001800100 EXISTING ZONING: R-7.5, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: NC, Neighborhood Commercial ACREAGE: 0.10 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris All persons interested in these proposed amendments to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance and Map are invited to attend this meeting. At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendments as requested or approve a different zoning classification than requested.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Monterrey Mexican Restaurants of Greer, 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 6130 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greer, SC 29650. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than September 2, 2012. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that El Palacio Social Club, 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 1115 Cedar Lane Rd., Greenville, SC 29617.

To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than September 9, 2012. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

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A large crowd was on hand to dedicate the new bell tower and carillon, including Tommy Wyche, front left. The tower structure was dedicated in honor of Wyche, who was selected because of his love of music, lifelong support of downtown Greenville and decades-long commitment to making his vision for an artist-friendly development along the Reedy River a reality.

The bell tower and carillon have been given as a memorial to the acclaimed van Bergen bellfounding family

by Harry and Peg van Bergen.

After a week of art exploration, discovery, creativity and guidance from Greenville’s own art masters, Luis Jaramillo and Amanda Barbarito, the students of Creating Artists for Tomorrow held their much-anticipated Summer Art Show. Friends and family were among the guests who reveled in an explosion of original art that came about through study, hard work, perseverance and self-expression. Each work of art represented the heart and soul of its artist.

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Bob Hughes with Hughes Development Corporation makes opening comments at the dedication of the new bell tower and carillon at RiverPlace.

Representatives from Hughes Development Corporation, Hughes Investments Inc., the Daniel-Mickel Foundation and the Arts in Public Places Commission, as well as elected officials, community and business leaders, family members and friends were in attendance for the dedication.

The United Way’s “School Tools” program is designed to give students of low-income families the supplies they need to begin the school year – school supplies to help them start the first day of school ready to learn. Each participating company is given a school bus box filled with names and brief descriptions of students. Employees then select a name of a child and prepare a school tools bag. A backpack is also provided to every student. United Way distributes the bags of supplies and book bags to children in time to begin the new school year.

Recently volunteers helped distribute the supplies to the students at the Phillis Wheatley Center.

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Representatives from 85 Upstate nonprofit organizations, along with representatives of BI-LO and BI-LO Charities, take the stage at the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Chapel.

Paris Mountain State Park’s 4th Saturday program recently featured owl pellet dissection with local science teacher Kurt Blocher. Owl pellets are coughed-up bundles of undigested fur and bones that provide clues to what the nocturnal predators eat. Pictured, David Gandolfo and his two children, Davey Gandolfo, 2, and Tess Gandolfo, 4, dissect their owl pellets. About 50 adults and children took part in the program.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate helped at-risk youth go back to school on the right foot with a back-to-school barbecue featuring field day events and backpacks. The event was held at Legacy Park on Rocky Slope Road in Greenville. Family Dental provided backpacks for the kids. Dietz & Watson provided hot dogs, buns and condiments. Big Brothers Big Sisters Greenville County Director Lamont Sullivan manned the grill at the barbecue.

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60 & BEYOND WITH PEGGY HENDERSON

Aqua Zumba, anyone?

If anyone had told me a year ago that I would be making waves to the Latino steps of the salsa, tango, flamenco – and yes, belly dancing – in a (God forbid) swimsuit at the YMCA, I would have firmly replied, “In your dreams.”

It’s not that I don’t adore exercise, but wearing an old-lady swimsuit and performing foreign dance steps? At the very thought, my over-inflated ego screamed, “Play it safe. Why bother to take a chance and make a fool of yourself, again?”

It’s true, as the years spin by faster than Michael Phelps, we seniors tend to shy away from the unknown. It’s less stressful to rest in the minuscule details of our daily routines. I admit I do value my comfort zones.

Nevertheless, I bought my much-advertised Miracle Swimsuit that promised a smoother, trimmer appearance. I rented my locker with a combination lock that immediately tracked me back to the angst of high school algebra combinations. Oh, how our wily egos can shipwreck our opportunities for just plain ol’ fun.

Trust me. Dancing with a giddy group of ladies of all sizes and shapes takes away all inhibitions. No matter how you feel easing into the cool water, you will step out of the water energized for the rest of the day.

The Zumba is a Colombian dance fitness program created by dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Perez. Perez was forced to improvise one day in 1986, when he forgot his aerobics music for an exercise class. Using salsa and meringue rhythms, he combined the two, eventually produced a demo reel, and the rest is history. Presently there are 12 million people taking Zumba classes in over 110,000 locations across more than 126 countries.

Aqua Zumba classes are an hour long and are taught by qualified, young, hard-body instructors. Once the music fills the humid arena, ready or not, the party begins. The instructor dances front and center on the pool deck and, starting with a brisk warm-up, conducts the group into raunchy, racy paces and, finally, a much-needed cool down.

What I like about the swimming pool venue is I can push myself as much or little as I’m willing to challenge the water’s weighty resistance. Like other moderate, low-impact physical activities, the benefits are similar, but dancing isn’t boring. It’s no secret that music unlocks

the parts of the brain that contain our pleasure hormones.

The good news is active participation for a shared purpose can add years to one’s life. For example, it can be bowling, shuffleboard or maybe miniature golf.

Any competitive game that excludes sitting down. The bonus, besides increased longevity, is a promise of improved emotional health and sharper cognitive skills.

Surely even a plump, pessimistic goose or gander would find it hard to resist a few more years of paddling around a lake.

The known risk of social isolation – meaning little interaction during a week other than with a family member, church service or medical appointment – is like Fido standing at the door waiting for his master to come home. This sedentary lifestyle creates an opportunity for debilitating depression.

In addition, it’s a fact that due to limited exercise, issues of cardiovascular complications, osteoporosis and increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis rate high on the at-risk chart. Even more scary, medical experts report our immune system and brain alertness weaken due to little stimulation.

What a bummer. More reason to get out of the house and put on our exercise/dancing shoes. You don’t have to go alone; take a friend. Bribe them with a promised lunch.

Much has been written about living the last chapters of one’s life with grace, wit and gratitude to the point of ad nauseam. I’m still fighting, and will probably continue to fight, my competitive ego to the last day of what I call my Finishing School for seniors. Even if I’m not dancing the correct dance movements, no one gives a cha-cha-cha that I’m moving right when I should be facing left. No matter.

Tomorrow’s another day. For dancing.

Peggy Henderson is a 60 & Beyond former freelance writer turned newspaper columnist.

Besides appearing in the Spartanburg and Greenville Journals, her column is syndicated with Senior Wire News Services. In addition, she’s a staff writer for the website www.Go60.us.

Contact her at peg4745@aol.com.

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