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There’s a demolition notice in front of the old Victorian house next to the South Carolina’s Children’s Theatre headquarters on Augusta Street.

The Cureton House was built in 1888 and some call it one of the best examples of Queen Anne architecture that exists in the Upstate.

However, Josephine Cureton was the last surviving member of the prominent Greenville family that had occupied the house since the early 1900s. Her will calls for the house to be demolished and nothing from it salvaged. It also directs the foundation established to manage her real estate holdings offer to lease the land

The Cureton House on Augusta Street has a proposed demolition sign posted on the property.

to the Children’s Theatre for a new permanent home. Cureton died in November 2010.

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If the Children’s Theatre builds a new facility on the Cureton site, a plaque must be installed the facility saying, “This land was made available

by Josephine H. Cureton in memory of her brother, First Lieutenant Peter F. Cureton Jr., United States Army, Air Force, who was killed in action over Germany in World War II.” A monument outside would identify the facility as the South Carolina Chil-

dren’s Theatre, First Lieutenant Peter F. Cureton Jr. Center.

Cureton was flying his 28th mission as part of the 427th bomb squadron on Nov. 21, 1944, when his fighter jet was hit by anti-aircraft gunfire over Merseburg, Germany. A Swiss Red Cross report said that some of Cureton’s crew was murdered by German citizens, mostly farmers.

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to stay for 30 days – until Oct. 25 – because of city regulations.

If the Children’s Theatre decides not to accept the property, Cureton’s will said the trustees should try to get the city to accept the land for a “public area that encourages activities such as walking, reading, bird-watching and the preservation of habitat for wildlife.” The park would be named for her brother, Peter Franklin Cureton Jr., an Air Force pilot who was killed during World War II. “It was part of her will that the house be torn down, whether we build there or not,” said Debbie Bell, executive director of the Children’s Theatre and a friend of the intensely private Cureton, who never married and had no children. “She didn’t want anyone in her home. Having it demolished is one way she could ensure that after her death.”

The Children’s Theatre is analyzing its future facility needs and what could be built on the property, Bell said.

The Children’s Theatre holds its main stage shows in the Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre. Its educational programming and Second Stage productions are held in the theater’s Augusta Street headquarters. There is no room to expand there, Bell has said.

Bell said she hopes the theater will firm up plans and start fundraising for

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According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated 20 percent of Americans have used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons.

Prescription drug abuse has increased dramatically in recent years, especially among young adults who can find medications for free in nearly every medicine cabinet around the country.

As a Presbyterian College pharmacy student, I have been a member of our American Pharmacists AssociationAcademy of Student Pharmacists chapter’s Generation Rx project for two years. Our goal as an organization is to prevent prescription drug abuse among all age groups in our community through educational initiatives, including drug take-back programs.

Two years ago, our Generation Rx team was very excited to find that Greenville County was home to the Project Rx initiative, which shares virtually the same mission. The Project Rx program is a collaboration of several organizations in the Upstate whose efforts are organized by Renewable Water Resources (ReWa).

The purpose of Project Rx is to protect the environment and residents by providing education about safe medication disposal and collecting unneeded medications at take-back events.

Our pharmacy students have participated in three Project Rx drug takeback events and are looking forward to the fourth this Oct. 26. At these events, pharmacy students have a chance to serve the community by volunteering our time to collect drugs and educate members of the community about the importance of proper drug disposal.

It is always fascinating to see the sheer quantity and variety of medications that are turned in for proper disposal at take-back events. We have collected everything from schedule II prescription narcotics like oxycodone and hydromorphone, to unneeded over-the-counter medications and bottles of prescription medications from the 1980s.

Drug take-back events prevent these drugs from being potentially abused or unsafely flushed into our water system.

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Both researchers and the popular press have paid a significant amount of attention to bullying since Columbine, including, most recently, the online menace known as cyberbullying.

Missing from these research articles and media accounts, however, are stories about an equally damaging menace: sibling bullying. Like other forms of bullying, sibling bullying reflects an act of aggression repeated over time between individuals with an imbalance of power – one sibling may be bigger, stronger, more technologically savvy, more socially skilled compared to the other sibling.

While some might say that sibling bullying is just part of growing up, research would suggest it is far more than that.

The frequency with which sibling bullying occurs varies depending on the study you are reading. However, our own research at Clemson showed that 85 percent of participants indicated that they bullied a sibling, while 78 percent indicated they were a victim of sibling bullying. For roughly a fourth of the participants, the sibling bullying lasted several years. For some, the bullying continues to this day.

What is interesting about sibling bullying, particularly when compared with school bullying, is that more people admitted to performing sibling bullying than said they were victims of sibling bullying.

Typically, the numbers are reversed.

However, in the case of sibling bullying, the perception persists that this is a normal behavior and nothing to be ashamed of admitting. In fact, in our study, 58 percent stated that sibling bullying was acceptable and 85 percent said such bullying should be expected in sibling relationships.

In spite of this “perceived normalcy,” many of the perpetrators reported feeling regret for what they had done to their sibling, and many of the victims talked about the anger and embarrassment they felt as a result of being bullied.

Does that mean, then, that parents should just ignore the behavior since it’s likely to happen anyway and is seemingly just a normal part of growing up? We believe not.

If parents would not accept the same behavior being directed toward a child

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take-back events has provided pharmacy students an opportunity to get involved and educate our fellow citizens about the importance of proper drug disposal.

We have benefited personally and professionally, too. Not only have we had the opportunity to educate the public, but we have also gained knowledge and experience that will influence our practice as pharmacists once we graduate. I now recognize that counseling a patient on proper drug disposal can be equally important as counseling on proper medication use.

Furthermore, working with Project Rx at drug take-back days in Greenville has been largely beneficial to our APhAASP’s Generation Rx project as we have started our own drug take-back events at our pharmacy school in Clinton.

These events are extremely important, as Laurens County currently has no permanent public drop box to safely dispose of prescription medications. With the help of the Clinton police department we have collected more than 50 pounds of drugs over two events. This Oct. 26, we will have pharmacy students participating at the Project Rx event in Greenville in addition to students leading our third take-back event here in Clinton.

Moving forward, we hope the efforts of Project Rx and APhA-ASP’s Generation Rx can inspire other organizations and students throughout the state to hold their own take-back programs. By holding drug take-back programs in all areas of the state, we can protect the environment and reduce drug abuse in South Carolina.

Jessica Anderson is a student at the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy.

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at school or the kid down the street, why would they allow that same behavior to be directed toward another one of their children? We know, for example, that perpetrators of cyberbullying are sometimes siblings. Why would a parent not respond to their own child the same way they would respond if they found out a school classmate was cyberbullying one of their children?

Instead of brushing aside sibling bullying as a rite of passage, parents need to attend to the warning signs. Sibling bullying can often be an indicator that other types of bullying are occurring, such as bullying at school. Not surprisingly, the warning signs of sibling bullying are similar to those signaling other types of bullying: depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, withdrawal from normal social activities and poor performance at school.

However, while the victim of bullying at school can get a temporary reprieve when he leaves at the end of the school day, the victim of sibling bullying cannot.

She lives in the same household with the perpetrator and often attends the same school, highlighting another reason parents need to be vigilant to the signs.

Another important note to remember: Children are often unwilling to disclose instances of bullying, particularly to parents. Just over 50 percent of the victims in our study indicated they had discussed the sibling bullying with their parents. Outside sources, such as a trusted teacher or the child’s pediatrician, can often be the initiating source for discussions about sibling bullying.

Dr. Robin Kowalski is a professor of psychology at Clemson University and a finalist for the 2013 S.C. Governor’s Professor of the Year.

Kowalski and co-author Jessica Skinner recently published their findings on sibling bullying in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

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Buses, bikes and automobiles Transportation in the Upstate: Where are we going and how do we get there?

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For April Morris’ first-person account of a ride on the Clemson Greenlink commuter, see page 11.

Connecting the dots – public transit For someone without a vehicle, traversing the Upstate can be a challenge. A network of public transit – all buses – covers the county with 11 routes. Service has improved since the city of Greenville took over Greenlink in 2008, says Gregory Baney, Greenlink’s manager of administration.

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“Even if we do every project, we can’t alleviate congestion; we can just slow it down and make it safer.”

Keith Brockington of the Greenville Pickens Anderson Transportation Study

Public transit does not want to replace the car, but become a viable option, Baney said. What’s more, Greenlink has connected with another option: B-cycle, which offers bicycle-borrowing from six locations close to Greenlink stops. Having two-wheeled transportation helps with the “last mile issue” where the bus stop and a rider’s destination can be up to a mile apart, said Baney.

The chief barrier to expansion and reducing headways is finding a source of stable funding, a need Baney calls “critical.”

Footing the bill – roads and more Federal dollars, combined with local funds and public-private partnerships, keep the buses running. About 24 percent of the Greenlink cost is covered by fare box rev-

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It’s a rainy fall morning in the Upstate, and about a dozen people bound for the Clemson University campus board a Greenlink bus at the university’s International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).

Jaime Murphy, a graduate student who would normally drive the nearly 40-mile trip to Clemson from Greenville, settles comfortably in a seat and reviews her notes before the bus departs. In a region where the car is still king, she’s among a growing contingent that chooses to ride public transit or pedal on two wheels instead.

The cost savings, convenience of not moving her family and efficient use of her time are the main reasons she commutes by bus, Murphy said. Looking around at the nearly full bus, she said, “This reflects people’s desire to be economical and environmental. If we can reduce the number of people on the road, we should.”

She has also spotted two of her professors on the route, one of which said the savings in gas costs equals a $2,000 raise.

Abhishek Bondre, a master’s student at Clemson and CU-ICAR, said the new route expanded his class options. With a twicedaily shuttle, he could not take all the classes he wanted; now he can move freely back and forth.

“To be frank, it’s very convenient,” he said.

“Even if I had a car, I would ride the bus so I could do my assignments.” And on all buses, riders can take advantage of the on-board Wi-Fi. With suburban and urban areas spread all over Greenville County and beyond, advocates and government officials are seeking solutions on how to connect population centers, provide for other modes of transportation – and most important, pay for it all.

Between October 2012 and September 2013, the bus system logged an estimated 900,000 rides, and most of those – 95 percent – were what are called transit-dependent, he said.

There’s another group of riders, choice riders like Murphy and Bondre, who opt to use the bus. Many choice riders are on the Clemson commuter route, and Greenlink would like to see more of their cheeks in the seats throughout the system. Buses on most routes run on a one-hour headway, or time between buses. However, research shows that choice riders want a 30- or 15-minute headway, said Baney.

This new route (free for students) was launched in September after Clemson was included in the metro area for federal transportation funding. The route’s primary users are students – an age group that once equated freedom with a car. No more: How this generation gets around is changing. According to a recent report from the United States Public Interest Research Group, Americans aged 16 to 34 drove 23 percent fewer miles on average in 2009 than they did in 2001.

Jerry Feaster of Greenville loads his bicycle onto the bike rack of a Greenlink bus in the downtown bus station. All Greenlink buses have bike racks. enue, said Baney, higher than the national average of 23 percent.

Greenlink isn’t the only entity seeking a stable source of funds: Greenville County Council is considering a referendum to create a 1 percent sales tax that would fund road improvements.

Upstate Forever, a local conservation group, said shaving off part of the tax to fund improvements like bike lanes, sidewalks and trails would offer more options.

In August, Upstate Forever and the Greenville Transit Authority conducted a survey of 400 county voters and learned that 74 percent would be in favor of a referendum.

Roughly 39 percent were in favor of an eight-year tax to fund just road improvements. Approximately 43 percent favored a 20-year sales tax that would fund mostly road improvements, but use a portion to fund public transportation, new sidewalks, bike lanes and walking trails, according to Upstate Forever.

Greenville County currently maintains its own roads and additional funding would allow it to address state roads that are low

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on the state Department of Transportation’s list, said County Councilman H.G. “Butch” Kirven. Officials estimate the sales tax could generate about $65 million annually.

Playing catch-up Keith Brockington, transportation planning manager for the Greenville Pickens Anderson Transportation Study (GPATS), said right now, GPATS works to alleviate problems rather than having the luxury of looking forward.

“The priorities of GPATS are improving road systems. We’re always trying to catch up with congestion. Transportation planning is very retroactive,” he said.

GPATS creates projections to 2035 and the future looks crowded, he said. “Even if we do every project, we can’t alleviate congestion; we can just slow it down and make it safer.”

Brockington uses the example of Woodruff Road and a plan for parallel routes to avoid the major thoroughfare as their most proactive project, but still one that addresses a problem.

By 2035, “Woodruff Road is expected to be twice as congested,” he said. “With the planned projects, it would be only 50 percent more congested.”

A movement to diversify has begun, he said, but it was only in 2008 that officials

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Diminishing funding is something that planners always watch. SCDOT estimates that revenues for transportation decrease by 4 percent each year, said Brockington.

A state gas tax that has held at 16 cents per gallon since 1984 is not keeping up with demand, he said. In 2013, GPATS had an approximately $11 million budget – enough to complete about two road projects start to finish.

If a sales tax referendum passes, just allocating money for roads would not alleviate problems, warned Baney, the Greenlink administration manager. Upstate Forever’s Brad Wyche agreed. “We’ve got a lot of roads in terrible shape and those need to be fixed,” he said, “but it’s a mistake to put 100 percent on roads.”

Upstate Forever says sales tax dollars would go further with alternative transportation: Five percent could build another entire Swamp Rabbit Trail, add 12 miles of sidewalks or double the bike lane network in one year.

If Greenlink were to get 10 percent of the sales tax, it could increase frequency on all routes, said Baney. If it got 25 percent, the bus system could increase frequency and create a transportation infrastructure along the Laurens Road corridor that could support bus, pedestrian and bicycle routes.

Including alternatives beyond roads in a tax referendum sounds great to some, but is not supported by county residents at large, said Greenville County Council members Fred Payne and Butch Kirven. Integrating amenities like bicycle lane striping to road projects funded by a sales tax would work, said Payne, but public transit doesn’t need to be on the ballot in 2014.

INTERCONNECTED ISSUES Transportation touches everything from quality of life to economic development.

Land-use practices are connected because the practice of separating areas of com-

Greenlink bus driver Angelo Miles has been driving for Greenlink for more than eight years.

“People today place a high value on connectivity and mobility as drivers of a quality lifestyle.”

Greenville County Councilman Fred Payne

merce and residential creates issues with congestion and sprawl, said Van Whitehead of Upstate Forever.

Those connections are exactly why people who will never use public transit or a bike lane should care, Baney said. The perception of public transit as a liability rather than a benefit is an enduring problem, he said.

Everyone won’t use public transit, but there is a benefit to society and the environment, he said. The Upstate is a borderline Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality attainment area under the Clean Air Act. If that changes, he warned, companies will have to pay fines to do business here.

Removing cars from the road improves air quality, he said.

Brockington points out that public transit would not create a perceptible dent in congestion to the average driver because there’s no central destination in the county. Locally, transit is more valuable for economic development, he said, allowing workers to get to their jobs.

DRIVING, BIKING AND RIDING FORWARD Advocates are planning for the future. In the next five years, Greenlink wants to expand service to all cities in the county and link to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.

The Greenville County Economic Development Corporation owns an abandoned 13-mile rail bed parallel to Laurens Road and is investigating using multimodal transit to connect downtown Greenville and Fountain Inn. Brockington said officials see Woodruff Road as an economic engine and don’t want to take businesses away from that busy stretch. But the ebb in Laurens Road development gives planners a chance to “get development back onto Laurens Road in a more responsible manner,” he said. The Laurens Road corridor is also being examined for a Greenlink transit route.

And though most residents turn first to their cars, the popularity of the Swamp Rabbit Trail has raised awareness and support for other forms of transportation, said both Brockington and Baney.

Ultimately, how residents get around is related to quality of life, said Payne.

“People today place a high value on connectivity and mobility as drivers of a quality lifestyle,” he said. “They want to live where they can easily live, work, dine, shop and play. They want connectivity – internally with walking and biking paths, and externally with transport options that are personal, on-demand, rapid and direct.”

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Window Pains (by local playwright Anne Pecaro) Thurs., Oct. 17 • 6 p.m. • Cannon Centre (Greer) This play eavesdrops on health issues facing 12 neighbors. Panel discussion with GHS doctors follows. Dinner provided. Free; registration required.

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MAN SENTENCED FOR WIFE’S MURDER A man who stabbed his wife to death inside a bank where she worked at the Berea Wal-Mart was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Avery Blandin pleaded guilty to murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and was sentenced to 30 years and five years, respectively. The sentences will run consecutively.

There had been a history of domestic violence between Blandin and his wife, 38-year-old Lilia Blandin of Simpsonville. Prosecutors said Lilia Blandin had called 911 the day before her death. Avery Blandin walked into the bank the next afternoon, pulled a 12inch knife from his waistband and stabbed his wife multiple times.

Shoppers tried to stop Blandin as he left the store but he pulled another knife. He crashed his SUV, hid in the entry of a church and tried to stab himself.

His attorney said he suffered from alcoholism and depression.

Greenville County Schools define success District reports student success rate of 82.8 percent for 2010-11 CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Only seven out of 10 students in Greenville County Schools’ class of 2010-11 graduated on time, but 82.8 percent of them were successful, according to Greenville County Schools.

The district counts students who take up to six years to earn a high school diploma, earn GEDs, earn 24 credits but don’t pass both sections of the exit exam or complete requirements for an occupational diploma or a certificate of completion for special education students. It also accounts for students who transferred out of the district.

The district has calculated its “success rate” since 2007, saying it better reflects how schools are performing.

State numbers put Greenville County’s Class of 2011 at 5,526. The district subtracted 85 students who either moved out of the district or transferred

to private schools, giving the district 5,441 students.

Of those, 4,154 earned high school diplomas, all but 139 in four years. Another 189 earned GEDs. Thirty-four earned enough credits to earn a diploma but didn’t get one because they failed to pass both parts of the High School Assessment Program, the state’s exit exams.

Another 112 special education students earned Greenville County occupational diplomas. To earn an occupational diploma, students must complete a program of basic courses and vocational training. Another 16 earned certificates of completion based on their individual education plan.

Another 90 students are enrolled in the Lifelong Learning program but have not yet earned a diploma or GED. Twenty are still enrolled in Greenville County Schools. Seven were expelled.

The other 899 either officially dropped out, withdrew without proper documentation, left school because of health issues, work or incarceration or did not re-enroll but their enrollment in another South Carolina school could not be proven.

That gave the district a “success rate” of 82.8 percent, a slight decrease from last year’s 82.9 percent and from a high of 88.6

percent the first year it was calculated.

Mauldin High had the highest school success rate at 92.4 percent. Wade Hampton was next at 91.2 percent. They were the only two schools scoring over 90 percent.

Carolina Academy had the district’s lowest school success rate at 71.8 percent.

The district says the success rate is a better indicator of how schools are doing than graduation rates. The state and federal graduation rates count only those students who earn high school diplomas in four years, students who meet state diploma requirements by attending summer school following their senior year, and documented transfers in and out of a district.

The criteria for determining on-time graduation rate have changed over the years.

District officials have said South Carolina has some of the most stringent graduation requirements in the nation.

South Carolina is one of nine states that require students to earn 24 credits. It is also one of 24 states that require exit exams and/or end-of-course exams to earn a diploma, and the only one of the 24 states that does not offer appeals or alternative routes to a standard diploma if a student fails the exit exam.

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Following the flow of bumper-to-bumper traffic from my Easley home into Greenville, I’ve often wished for the rumored light rail to come to town. Instead, the ride came in the form of a Greenlink bus. I knew of the commuter route from Clemson and was excited when I learned it would make a stop in Easley. I decided to try out the ride from Easley to Clemson at the Falls near the Journal offices.

8:20 A.M. Stop into the Shell station for exact change recommended on Greenlink site.

8:25 Arrive very early at Town ‘n’ Country shopping center bus stop.

8:40 Stand on the sidewalk as cars whiz by. Suck a little exhaust, but at least the weather is nice.

8:52 The 8:55 bus arrives early. Pay $1.50 plus a 50 cent transfer fee to connect to downtown.

Rudy Jackson, 36-year driver veteran, gives me a hearty greeting. The bus is clean and cool with just a couple of passengers.

8:55 We start up Highway 123 to Highway 153 toward I-85 – next stop, CU-ICAR. 9:00 Only two other people are on the bus at this point. I talk with Alex Mahon, who does not have his headphones on.

Learn Mahon is a Clemson grad student in civil engineering who is riding to Wade Hampton Boulevard to pick up his motorcycle and be back in Clemson in time for class. It’s his first time on the commuter, he says, but he rides the Clemson Area Transit (CAT) bus almost daily. “I take the bus more than anything. It’s in a good place because Greenville is in its infancy transitwise. We certainly use enough oil that we need to be trying some other things.”

9:10 I really enjoy not driving on I-85.

9:15 We pull into CU-ICAR. There’s a short layover and about 10 people get onto the bus heading to Clemson. At a table in the shade, I talk with bus driver Rudy Jackson while he has a snack. He’s been with Greenville Transit since its launch and started driving the first day of this route. “I see a new face every morning,” he says.

9:30 I hop onto a smaller and noisier 14-passenger shuttle bus to get to downtown. Both Alex Mahon and the other passenger get on, too. Our driver is Betty Shell, who has been driving with Greenlink about eight years. Shell says she’s driving a smaller bus because it’s faster with fewer people riding, allowing her to keep on schedule.

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9:37 We head to Patewood, where Clemson has a research facility, and the other passenger gets off.

9:42 Now we’re on I-385 headed downtown.

9:47 Quick stop at University Center.

9:57 Mahon gets off at the transfer station on McBee Avenue and waits for a connector to Wade Hampton Boulevard.

10:00 I’m off the bus at Clemson at the Falls.

I walk across the Liberty Bridge, enjoy a view of the Reedy River in the sunshine, and continue up to River Street.

Greenlink commuter Travel time: 68 minutes Distance: 29.4 miles Cost: $2 If I traveled to downtown directly in my personal vehicle, it would take about 20 minutes (16.7 miles) and cost about $1.70.

However, if I traveled the bus route (29.4 miles) in my car, the cost would be about $2.51. Taking the extra time to travel allowed me to meet some new people, not to mention avoiding a trip along I-85 and Highway 123.

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Patewood Nurses Recognized Becker’s Review has named GHS’ Patewood Memorial Hospital as one of 50 hospitals in the nation with the highest percentage of patients who reported that their nurses “always” communicated well. Results are based on the October 2011-September 2012 HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) Survey.

Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day a Success GHS and 107.3 JAMZ partnered to host this free annual health event at the Kroc Center on Sept. 13. As part of the event, GHS and its community partners performed 200 kidney screenings, 123 prostate exams, 104 vision screenings, 95 clinical breast exams, 87 blood pressure checks and 74 dental screenings.

Honor Flight Eighty World War II veterans from across the Upstate participated in the 11th annual Honor Flight. On Sept. 12, they flew from GreenvilleSpartanburg International Airport to Washington, D.C., to visit the National Mall and Arlington National Ceremony. Two GHS employees (a retired Marine and a nurse) volunteered to accompany the veterans, and more than 50 wheelchairs were donated for the day.

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Arrests made in Falls Park bicyclist robbery A Crimestoppers tip led to the arrests of six men in connection with the August assault and robbery of a bicyclist in Falls Park.

The incident and several other downtown crimes led to increased patrols and a new security plan that calls for more police officers, improved lighting off Main Street, additional security cameras, creation of a new park ranger program and new park hours.

The bicyclist told police a gang of teenagers attacked him at gunpoint and stole his bike. He had been riding with two others and did not realize they had stopped behind him to fix a problem with one of their bikes.

Six teens ranging in age from 15 to 19 were charged with armed robbery and first-degree assault and battery. Five are charged as adults: Jaylan Fair, Frederick Irby, Dontavious Jenkins, Rodney Jones and Deandre Norris. The identity of the other teen is not being released because he is charged as a juvenile.

Fair faces an additional charge of possession of a gun during the commission of a violent crime.

Shot fired downtown, three charged Three people were arrested after a shot was fired in downtown Greenville early Sunday morning.

Two officers patrolling in the Brown Street area around 2 a.m. heard a gunshot. The officers saw several people run from a parking lot and get into a vehicle. Officers were able to stop the vehicle.

Police said the shot was fired into the air and not at anybody. They found a shell casing at the scene but couldn’t determine where the bullet ended up.

Laquan Frazdroan Harley, 20, was charged with discharging a firearm, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, public drunkenness, unlawful carrying of a firearm, transportation of alcohol with a broken seal and unlawful possession of a prescription drug, according to jail records.

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Field sentenced Could spend less than a year in prison for securities fraud Former investment firm manager Arthur Field could spend less than a year in prison for securities fraud, conspiracy and forgery.

Field was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but Circuit Judge Cordell Maddox suspended the sentence once Field serves 26 months. Field will get credit for the 33 days he’s already spent in jail and the 15 months he’s been in home confinement.

Field was ordered to pay $2.8 million in restitution and will be on pro-

bation for five years after his release.

Easley-based Capital Investment Funding sold promissory notes to investors and then would re-lend money to Field other businesses.

Field began dissolving the firm but would not guarantee the return of $38 million owed to more than 600 note holders.

He previously pleaded guilty to 11 counts of securities fraud, two counts of conspiracy and one count of forgery.

Shambray Carroll, 19, was charged with interfering with police, public drunkenness, transportation of alcohol with a broken seal, unlawful possession of a prescription drug and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, jail records said.

Sydney Quatez Griffin, 22, was charged with public drunkenness, transportation of alcohol with a broken seal, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a prescription drug, according to jail records.

Sheriff announces new emergency alert system Code Red is Greenville County’s new subscription emergency alert system.

Sheriff Steve Loftis announced the partnership between the Sheriff ’s Office, the Greenville County Office of Emergency Management and the Emergency Communications Network this week.

Code Red will alert residents and businesses that sign up about emergency situations and other critical alerts such as severe weather, evacuation notices, and missing children and adults. Code Red users can determine which types of notifications they receive.

Notifications can be sent to an email address or mobile phone so users can stay informed when they are away from home. Notifications can be sent to specific areas of Greenville County affected by incidents or countywide if necessary.

Those interested can sign up by going to the Greenville County Office of Emergency Management website, gceoc.com; the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office website, gcso.org; or by calling 864-467-3056.

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Greenville City Council members decided this week to move forward with a plan to gain citizen input on changing city elections from a partisan to nonpartisan contest.

Council members began discussing the change after the last census over a year ago. The council agreed at this week’s workshop that any change would take place during the 2014 elections and have no effect on next month’s election, where Councilwoman Gaye Sprague (D) faces challenger Matt Foster (R).

City Attorney Ron McKinney suggested council start the official notification process in late November, put together information packets in December and hold public meetings with community leaders in January and February.

Councilwoman Jill Littlejohn stressed that members of the minority communities need to be involved.

Mayor Knox White said he would like everything wrapped up in March.

McKinney said that there would still be four single-member districts with no changes in voting requirements or the election process for voters. The major driver in changing from parti-

Boo time ahead Halloween Boo-Galoo: A Tell Me a Story costume party will be held on Oct. 29, 9:30 a.m., at the SC Children’s Theatre. The event allows children to dress up for story time featuring “We’re Off to Find the Witch” by Mr. Krieb and “Room on the Broom” by Julia Donaldson. Afterwards, children can go trick-or-treating in the building and collect a treat for Halloween.

Tickets are $10 per child and adults are free. For more information, visit scchildrenstheatre.org.

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san to nonpartisan elections is voter turnout, he said, noting that current council members were elected with only 4-14 percent of voter turnout.

Council members also reached a consensus that the filing method in nonpartisan elections would be a submission application rather than by petition.

McKinney suggested the city file a preclearance submission with the federal Justice Department as a precaution, despite the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding the Voting Rights Act. If the Justice Department makes no response within 60 days, the change is considerd approved, he said.

At that point, an ordinance would need to be drafted with two public readings.

Council also agreed to proceed with creating a citizen’s panel to review city council compensation, which hasn’t been adjusted since 1995.

Council members suggested inviting leaders of neighborhood associations as well as other key community leaders to participate. White said he wants an objective team looking at compensation.

Sprague suggested that council also compare other cities in S.C. that are similar in size and makeup to Greenville.

White said he would like to see an ordinance passed by mid-2014.

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t’s beginning to actually feel like fall. While the Upstate has its own bounty of gold, purple and red leaves gently falling and littering area lawns, it’s also a great time to hop in the car to view nature’s splendor farther afield. Here are three unique excursions where fantastic autumnal foliage can be seen – all within a three-hour drive or less.

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Getting its name from the steam locomotives that would slowly struggle up the mountain passes, this 34.3-mile former railway has attracted more than 100,000 visitors each year since it opened in 1987. The trail is open to hikers, bicyclists and horses, but bikes dominate the route. Riders range from cycling pros and enthusiasts to grandparents taking their younger family members out for a ride.

Most riders catch a shuttle (there are many to choose from) and start at Whitetop Station, (elevation 3,700 feet) and coast downhill 17 miles until reaching the town of Damascus.

This mostly downhill portion of the trail is easy enough for novices. Several stops along the way provide plenty of opportunities to rest and sightsee, and restrooms and visitors centers are readily available. The trail crosses 46 train trestles, follows alongside Laurel Creek, provides a couple of waterfalls for viewing and takes about two to three hours to reach Damascus.

“The Virginia Creeper Trail is especially beautiful during the fall,” says Kevin Costello, director of tourism for the Abingdon Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The setting is stunning and the leaves falling down as you ride by makes for a fantastic autumn experience.”

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more strenuous with uphill and downhill sections, but traverses some beautiful countryside.

The historic Martha Washington Hotel in Abingdon rents bikes to its guests and has its own shuttle available. If staying at a nearby bed-and-breakfast such as the Summerfield Inn, just ask innkeepers Janice and Jim Cowen to arrange for an outfitter to provide bicycles, helmets and shuttle service. While in town, be sure to catch a show at the 80-year-old Barter Theatre, the State Theatre of Virginia. It’s where Gregory Peck and Ernest Borgnine got their starts, and patrons used to barter with food for a theater seat.

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Viewing fall colors gets up close and personal at Sky Valley Zip Tours, where thrill seekers can zip along through the trees.

Ten zip-lines, a jump off a cliff and a walk across a 120-foot wobbly rope bridge are all part of the experience on the 140-acre property. Big Momma, as one zip-line is nicknamed, is 300 feet above the ground and reaches up to 40 miles an hour, giving leaf-peepers a unique perspective looking down on the tree canopy.

Nearby Blowing Rock attracts thousands of visitors who come to view the changing leaves during October. The town

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A visit to the town’s namesake, the Blowing Rock, is a must. After all, it was North Carolina’s first tourist attraction, opening in 1933.

At 4,000 feet, Blowing Rock also offers the best mountain views in the state.

Legend has it that a Cherokee warrior who was conflicted between his love for a

Chickasaw maiden and his duty leapt from the Blowing Rock. The maiden was griefstricken and prayed to the Great Spirit for his return until one day a gust of wind brought her lover back. From that day on, a perpetual wind has blown up to the Blowing Rock from the valley below.

Grandfather Mountain is also nearby in Linville for another great leaf peeping experience. Getting its name from the ridgeline that resembles an old man looking into the sky, the highlights here are the

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“We want people to have a great experience with wine,” says owners Mike and Lisa Brown, who want to keep their vineyard small, only producing four varieties of grapes – cabernet franc, malbec, tannat and traminette.

Crane Creek Winery owner Eric Seifarth was an Army officer and West Point graduate before retiring and starting to grow grapes. The winery now has 50 acres of farmland and 22 acres of vines.

“You have to embrace agritourism as a whole concept,” says Syforth, who also does festivals, weddings and private events on his property.

Hightower Creek Vineyards in Hiawassee and the Cottage Vineyard and Winery in Cleveland are also worth a stop to sip some wine and do some leaf-peeping.

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Start out at Brasstown Valley Resort in Young Harris – hours can be spent taking in the view from a wooden rocking chair on the large deck of the resort.

But it’s the fall colors that capture the spirit, so be sure to take in sweeping vistas atop nearby Brasstown Bald. This is Georgia’s highest mountain at 4,784 feet, and on clear days you can see four states. The attraction has interpretive exhibits, large viewing decks and hiking trails.

Then it’s time for some real spirits. At Moonrise Distillery in Clayton, owner Jim Harris says it’s a “hobby that has gotten out of control.” Harris, a chemical engineer from Atlanta, moved to the area and constructed an Appalachian- style still to make his legal moonshine.

At Dawsonville Moonshine, Greenville Rec is hosting a Virginia Creeper owner Cheryl Wood says her Trail Trip on Oct 19, from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. daddy made moonshine her Cost is $50 per person and includes whole life. Wood decided to “bring it out of the woods and transportation to Virginia, shuttle rides, make it legal.” Now the business is trail guides, snacks, lunch and trail maps. in the same building as City Hall For more information or to register: and the recipe for their now-legal greenvillerec.com/event/ moonshine is 150 years old, passed down virginia-creeper-trail-trip. from previous generations.

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South Carolina ranks among the top 10 states in obesity rates, according to a 2013 Trust for America’s Health report. However, the Junior League of Greenville is trying to change that statistic by teaching children to make healthy choices.

On Oct. 24-25, Junior League will hold its sixth annual Home Run for Healthy Kids event at Fluor Field for 2,300 fourth- and fifth-graders.

Through the event, the Junior League seeks to educate students about physical fitness, nutrition, safety and healthy lifestyles. The chairwoman of this year’s event, Megan Shropshire, said that Junior League worked with more than 15 community sponsors to set up stations for the students.

Home Run for Healthy Kids started as a way for the Greenville chapter of Junior League to host a local event promoting healthy living in children in Greenville County schools, she said. This year, Shropshire said various organizations will sponsor 18 stations that teach children through hands-on activities.

Each child attends nine stations.

“One of our focuses is to impact the emotional well-being of families,” Shropshire said. Junior League, an all-female organization, works to promote the community and encourage interaction, she said. More than half of the students at Home Run for Healthy Kids are from Title 1 schools. She said the event reaches out to these students who may not have as many opportunities to learn about healthy living.

“It’s about making good choices,” Shropshire said. A favorite activity for all the students is the running of the bases at Fluor Field, she said.

Each student who completes the run gets a baseball and certificate with their time on it.

Several organizations will give presentations at the event. Since the event occurs close to Halloween, one presentation will teach children about pedestrian safety and what costumes are safe, she said. Greenville Health System will give presentations on hearing safety and the effects of tobacco.

The YMCA will also present a children’s Zumba program for some of the after-school programs attending.

“We’re hoping they’re going to get kids up on their feet and moving around,” Shropshire said.

At the end of the event, the students are given a backpack containing items they can use to apply the concepts they learned.

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Greer Relief announced registration is open for the annual Greer Christmas Parade. Starting this year, the organization will not only be the beneficiary, but the organizer in partnership with the City of Greer. The Annual Greer Christmas Parade is Dec. 8, 2:30 p.m., and this year’s theme is Home for the Holidays. Through funds raised at the parade, Greer Relief will be able to continue the mission to serve the greater Greer community. For more information, visit greerrelief.org, call 864-848-5355 or visit the J. Verne Smith Center, 202 Victoria St., Greer.

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Feeding frenzy CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com There’s good news for those awaiting Greenville’s annual feeding frenzy known as Fall for Greenville. This weekend’s festival is going to be bigger than ever.

The festival – the largest free festival in the Southeast – will stretch from North Street to Augusta Street downtown and will feature 42 restaurants, five musical stages and more than 50 national, regional and local entertainers.

And the city is making it easier for festivalgoers to “taste the town” thanks to two free “park and ride” services.

Additional free parking and extra room were the two top items on festivalgoers’ wish lists in a survey conducted during last year’s event, said Jeff Jacobs, Fall For Greenville board president.

“We asked people how to raise the bar and they told us,” he said.

However, the festival’s star attraction

remains the food.

There’s shrimp BLTs, lobster mac n’ cheese, Irish nachos, schnitzel sandwiches and creamy kale salad. There’s Greek meatballs, several different types of tacos, doughnut burgers, fried green tomatoes and fried Oreos. In all, the restaurants will offer more than 250 food choices.

Fourteen of the participating restaurants are new to the festival.

“Fall for Greenville is a taste of our town literally and figuratively,” Jacobs said. “Fall for Greenville showcases restaurants, but it is also truly a showcase to spotlight what’s best about Greenville.”

Taste tickets can be pre-purchased Friday until 4 p.m. at Michelin on Main. Tickets are $5 for a sheet of eight.

Those who pre-purchase $50 in tickets (10 sheets) get one sheet free.

Taste tickets, which can be used to buy food and beverages, festival merchandise and rides in the kids’ area, can be purchased at several ticket booths scattered throughout the festival grounds.

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Free parking is also available at County Square. Trolleys will transport festivalgoers from there to the corner of Main and Augusta streets.

More than 150,000 people are expected to attend this year’s festival. While there and in between bites, they’ll be able to enjoy entertainment on five musical stages, watch live culinary demonstrations and contests or visit the festival’s beer and wine gardens.

Clemson is sponsor of the Main Stage and plans to convert East Washington Street to “Orangeville.”

“While Clemson is our hometown, we consider Greenville to be our home city,” said Wil Brasington, the school’s senior director of alumni relations. “Clemson and Greenville have enjoyed a very strong

partnership and synergistic relationship in so many ways over the years. This involvement is just a continuation of that.”

Robert Randolph & The Family Band will headline Friday night. Saturday night features the Sam Bush Band.

Sunday features the Kopecky Family Band and the Futurebirds.

In addition, the Michelin on Main stage features rock and blues music; the Steve White Audi Stage features beach music and party bands; the Furman University Jazz and Blues Stage in the Bank of America Wine Garden features jazz, blues and neo-soul music; and the Carolina Ale House Stage in the America’s Satellites Beer Garden features bluegrass, indie and folk rock music.

A complete schedule of entertainment is available at fallforgreenville. net. Free applications for iPhone and Android phones are on the website and will provide festivalgoers with food vendor information, a festival map and schedule of events.

The Beer Garden will feature a beer school offering informational sessions about craft brews from brewery experts.

The beer garden features 15 breweries and 30 craft brews.

Charleston Cooks! will feature culinary demonstrations, and the popular bartender’s mix-off and waiters’ races return.

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Spirit and heart Eastside High’s Spirit Week to benefit heart defect foundation BENJAMIN JEFFERS | CONTRIBUTOR

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In a fundraiser to benefit some of smallest patients here and abroad, Eastside High School partnered with the Emerson Rose Heart Foundation (ERHF) during the school’s Spirit Week to raise funds to help children born with congenital heart defects.

The event kicked off with an assembly on Oct. 4 and will end tonight when Eastside presents ERHF with a check at the homecoming game. Eastside chose to partner with ERHF at the end of last school year after an application and interview process. Spirit Week coordinator Sandy Mitchell said, “Eastside tries hard to pick a charity who affects our community.”

Through about 40 events such as a fashion show, Clemson tailgate and Color Run, Mitchell said hundreds of students worked to raise funds for the charity. The student government selected and executed all of the events.

In addition to raising funds, Eastside incorporated lessons about congenital heart failure into regular classes so students could better understand the people they are helping. Mitchell said that once students understand how they’re helping, they get really excited.

“It bonds our student body and staff

together,” she said.

Jason Smith, who founded ERHF with his wife, said the couple is “thrilled to be Eastside Eagles for this week.”

Smith said they started the charity after their daughter died from a congenital heart defect in 2011. ERHF helps support families with children diagnosed with such defects and also provides screening equipment to hospitals. Smith and his wife also worked with state Senator Thomas Alexander to pass the Emerson Rose Act, which requires South Carolina newborns to be screened for heart defects.

Smith said he loved working with the teachers and students at Eastside.

“It’s amazing what these students can do in a week,” he said. “They’re going to give us the opportunity to do things we’ve dreamed of doing.”

ERHF will use the money raised through Spirit Week to support the Medical University of South Carolina’s Children’s Hospital and the Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project. Project director Cindy Bonsall said the money will help provide medical screening and operations for children in foreign countries. The organization transports a child with congenital heart failure to the U.S. for treatment along with a parent or guardian and interpreter. The average transportation cost is $2,200, she said.

The children helped by the donation “will never forget Eastside High,” Bonsall said. She is working to set up Skype calls between Eastside students and some of the children.

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THE GIST OF IT

‘Welfare, Workfare, No Fair!’

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Star Parker WHO WAS THERE: Furman University students and community members

SPEAKER: Star Parker, ex-welfare recipient and founder/president of Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) TOPIC: The modern-day suppression of the poor through the welfare state.

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GREENVILLE AREA Before diving into the subject of welfare, Parker proclaimed her love for the Upstate. Although she has never lived in Greenville, she finds the area “fascinating” and plans to retire near her family members who live locally.

She said her grandfather bought property in Travelers Rest as a first generation out of slavery and shared his edict with the audience: “If you want to stay free, you need two things: property and a gun.” Said Parker, “He had a lot of both.”

HISTORY OF THE WELFARE STATE The United States is simply “trying to put square pegs into round holes” with its 15 trillion dollar, 50year massive effort to eradicate poverty. The welfare state has not accomplished its goal, Parker said, arguing that beyond the waste of resources, it has created an even greater problem for the needy.

THE WELFARE TRAP The greatest fault in the welfare system is how it defines “who is poor and who is not.” Those who are labeled poor are put into a cyclical system that

leaves no room for escape. Washington controls housing, food supply, schooling, wages and transportation access for these “poor” demographics. The centralized government then makes

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the gist of it decisions about their childcare, healthcare and retirement, all because the system strips welfare recipients of their independence and creates dependency on the government.

This dependency creates full government control and suppression, even regarding life values such as limiting reproduction through abortion and deaths through euthanasia.

Parker’s personal experience Parker said she lived on and off of welfare for a total of seven years. “I believed the lie of the left, that the poor are poor because the wealthy are wealthy, that my problems were somebody else’s fault, that America was so inherently racist.” She said she “lived just for today, criminal activity, sexual activity, drug activity, in and out of abortion clinics.” She blamed her downward spiral on being told the lie that she could not do any better for herself. Her escape came through hard work and her Christian conversion. “My life story embodies American exceptionalism.”

What should be done differently “It’s one thing to just say ‘no more.’

We need to address what we should do (instead).” Market-based solutions are the best way to fight poverty, Parker said, using her own nonprofit, CURE, as an example. She advocated for limited government in the economic sector, asking, “How are we supposed to create jobs when we attack the job creators?” Parker advocated for what she called “traditional values,” saying, “Choice loses its meaning if it doesn’t matter what you choose.”

– By Lauren Cooley, CEO of Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow Furman University’s Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow is a 501c(3) that was founded to advance conservative principles. The group provides a conservative vision by educating the Furman community and contributing to a vibrant discussion of ideas. Learn more at facebook.com/furmancsbt.

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Cullen Jones shows kids at the Kroc Center one of the two gold medals he won in the Olympics.

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Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones turned what could have been a handicap into a triumph. Making a second trip to Greenville this year, Jones shared a recipe for overcoming adversity for 350 Greenville students at the Kroc Center’s gymnasium.

“Keep your eye on your dreams, no matter how big,” he said, telling the youngsters in attendance to combine tenaciousness with accomplishments.

“Really spread the word about the right decisions.”

The Greenville Health System teamed with the Kroc Center, which is celebrating a milestone, to bring in the swimming superstar. Jones is a member of the USA Olympic Team with the higher profile swimmer, Michael Phelps. Both won gold medals in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.

The lanky 6-foot-5 athlete had an

unforgettable early motivation for conquering the water.

“I started swimming because I almost drowned at age five,” he said. “It took me three years to get back into the water.”

Jones, now 29, is the third AfricanAmerican to join the USA’s Olympic team. He’s also set a national re-

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Jones said he’s busy training in nearby Charlotte for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, where the world’s top athletes will be competing in Rio de Janeiro. He said he swims about five miles daily as part of the tune-up.

Recounting his trainer’s philosophy, he said there’s no one sport that’s better than another for getting into Olympic shape. Rather than focus on bulking up, his trainer prefers a variety of exercises – from running to biking to hooping to playing volleyball –to remain in top form, he said.

Kroc Center Executive Director Quenton Tompkins celebrated the swimmer’s visit to the Upstate, saying, “It’s been a big day here at the Kroc Center. We’ve had a lot of people here, but never anyone of this stature.”

He said the Kroc Center and GHS partnered to bring Jones to Greenville to motivate students to work hard and to inspire them to improve their swimming skills. The latter is especially important, he said, in light of a recent finding by the Centers for Disease Control that African-American children aged 5 to 14 drown at almost three times the rate of white children

in the same age brackets.

The CDC lists the central reason as “access to swimming pools,” Tompkins said.

There are traditionally fewer pools in minority homes and neighborhoods, he said. Consequently, fewer AfricanAmerican children and parents learn to swim, and parents and guardians are often fearful of the water.

Tompkins said the Kroc Center has reached out in a special effort to teach students of color and children from lower-income families how to swim.

Jones drove the point home when he addressed the issue in an on-the-

spot informal poll. “Raise your hands if you’ve experienced an almostdrowning,” he said, registering obvious surprise at the number of hands that went up.

Melinda Hudson Gillispie of GHS helped in the spring to coordinate Jones’ visit to Greenville as part of the hospital’s Minority Health Summit, but the swimmer’s schedule did not allow a visit to the Kroc Center at the time.

Last week’s visit seemed to touch each youngster there. His smile sweeping the room, he asked, “You guys have a dream now?”

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If you’ve ever wanted to cultivate the skills to ferret out the paranormal, Greenville Tech’s Buck Mickel Center is offering Ghost Hunting 101 throughout October as part of its Corporate and Career Development Division.

Catherine Vinson, a Ghost PRO investigator, teaches the course. Vinson has been in the field for five years, but has been a paranormal researcher for about 20 years. Ghost PRO is a nonprofit paranormal research organization in the Upstate that assists those who are experiencing unexplained activities in their homes or businesses.

Ghost Hunting 101 is Vinson’s baby.

“I developed the class about four years ago. I felt there was a need for it because of all the interest from ghost hunting shows,” she said. “The class was first at Tri-County Tech, which was where I worked for 17 years in continu-

ing education. Then Greenville Tech and Piedmont Tech picked it up, but Tri-County is not offering it this year.”

The course covers terminology, equipment, and what to do and not to do.

“At this point, there’s no protocol in this field because it’s still developing and not mainstream science,” Vinson said. “I am trying to teach my students what to do and how to review evidence. It’s also important to look at activity from the skeptic side of things and look for why it would be considered natural activity.”

Paranormal activity is “anything that cannot be explained by naturally occurring phenomenon,” she said. “It’s about photo evidence, experience – a lot goes into it. For something to be paranormal, it cannot be explained with a rational explanation.”

In addition, students in Ghost Hunting 101 get to go on Ghost PRO field trips.

“I always ask if there are any volunteers for the group,” Vinson said. “We have gone to people’s houses. We typically go to a cemetery. Cemeteries are really good to investigate. I have never investigated a cemetery where we didn’t gather evidence. People are very attached to their last resting places.”

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In the Round Three artists to present musical storytelling evening BENJAMIN JEFFERS | CONTRIBUTOR

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Christian musician and Presbyterian College graduate Bebo Norman is coming to Greenville on Oct. 20 in his final tour before retiring at the end of this year.

The In the Round Tour will be hosted at Southside Fellowship Church, and proceeds will benefit Compassion International and Miracle Hill Ministries. Will Sykes, a friend of Norman, worked with booking agents to bring the tour to Greenville. He said he wanted the concert to benefit a local charity, and chose Miracle Hill for its “great track record” of helping people in the community.

Sykes said the event is a way for the community, friends and family to have one last concert with Norman.

For this tour, Norman has part-

nered with two other Christian artists, Andrew Peterson and Sarah Groves.

Norman said they were artists of the “same songwriting breed.” For most of the concert, all three musicians will share the stage, mimicking the style of venues in Norman’s hometown of Nashville. The tour is “us telling stories,” he said. “There’s no pretense.”

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Norman’s favorite part of the concert is the quietest part. He feels like he connects directly with the audience to make the night “feel less like a concert and more like a conversation,” he said.

Norman, who graduated from Presbyterian College in 1995, said he would pass through Greenville all the time to go camping. Some of his favorite parts about the city are the restaurants and the downtown, he said.

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Greene to cook last dinner at Deveraux’s Restaurant set to close on Oct. 23 APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com For one night this month, chef Steven Devereaux Greene will come full circle, cooking again at the restaurant that bears his name.

Devereaux’s opened in 2005 in a century-old cigar factory on Court Street and offered elegant and creative fare in downtown Greenville.

Greene was part of the inaugural culinary team along with his brothers, Ed Greene and Justin Tilley, and chef Spencer Thomson. Backers Carl Sobo-

rant, Herons. Thomson ran Devereaux’s while Greene traveled, he said.

In 2009, Greene took a position to help Herons attain a five-star and fivediamond rating, he said. He later went on to run high-end Asian restaurant An Cuisines in Cary.

“My dream was to run an Asian restaurant,” he said.

When he returns to the Upstate, Greene will bring his ever-present Asian influence that he’s been allowed to develop at An Cuisines, he said. After launching Devereaux’s when he was 25 years old, Greene said he was happy to be part of the gastronomic evolution in Greenville.

When Devereaux’s opened, “there wasn’t one restaurant that was doing that caliber of food,” he said. “I think it opened the eyes of people we worked

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Greene said chef Thomson had asked him to return for the last guest chef dinner on Oct. 19 before the dining spot is scheduled to close on Oct. 23 to make way for a different tenant.

“It’s kind of bittersweet,” said Greene, but added that he was very excited to see the restaurant’s loyal customers and friends.

Greene helmed Devereaux’s, part of the Table 301 group, for four years and went on to consult at the Umstead Hotel in Cary, N.C., to rework its restaucoming a Christian musical artist. He studied biology at PC and had planned to attend medical school. He wrote songs as part of his own “little therapy sessions.” After he graduated, he became more involved in music and took out a loan to make an independent CD. “Things just really took off,” he said.

“I’m a Christian artist by default.” His songs reveal his worldview and he doesn’t

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Greene added that Devereaux’s paved the way for such restaurants as High Cotton and other downtown spots that followed. “It will always have a special place in our hearts.”

About 120 diners are expected for the sold-out dinner. However, there are still chances to sample Devereaux’s fare before the doors close for the last time with a guest chef dinner with Scott Crawford on Oct. 16, Tots and Tinis, half-priced wine nights and Service Industry Sundays for those in the restaurant industry. try to sugar coat anything, he said.

Asked why he is retiring, Norman said, “The truth is, I haven’t felt pulled in one direction as strongly as I’ve felt pulled out of music. My heart’s changed.” He said he wants to become more involved in his community and his family’s lives.

As far as his plans for the future, “That’s still up in the air.”

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Blue Ridge High School FBLA is sponsoring a Howl-o-Ween Pet Photo Costume Contest to benefit the Greenville Humane Society. Entries are accepted until Oct. 21, and winners will be announced Oct. 31. Prizes will be awarded in the categories of dogs, cats and other pets. Mail entries to Blue Ridge High School, Attn: S. Casey, 2153 Fews Chapel Road, Greer, 29651. Entry fee is $5 per pet. Include a picture of the pet in its costume, pet’s name, entry fee and contact information.

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Clemson University’s School of Architecture will celebrate its 100th year of architectural education with a symposium on The Architecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization on Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., in Lee Hall. Speakers include noted architectural historian-theorists Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre and award-winning practitioners and educators Marlon Blackwell, Merrill Elam and Frank Harmon. The symposium is free, but attendees are asked to register. For more information, visit clemson.edu/caah/architecture.

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Einstein Academy will hold a Spooktacular Gala fundraiser on Oct. 25. At 10 a.m., there will be a golf event at The Preserve at Verdae Golf Course. From 7-11 p.m. there will be food, cocktails, music and an auction at the Old Cigar Warehouse. Guests are welcome to wear costumes, and entertainment will be provided

by Café and Then Some. For more information, call 864-269-8999 or visit einsteinacademysc.org.

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Southside Christian School’s class of 2014 recently took its senior trip to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City. In each location, students toured historical monuments and visited famous sites. Notable experiences include a private tour of the Capitol and attending “The Lion King” on Broadway.

The Clemson Alumni Association named Sonya Ables of Greenville as its Volunteer of the Year. Ables, a 1979 Clemson alumna, was an atlarge member of the Clemson Alumni Council, past member of the Alumni National Council and former president of the Clemson Alumni Association’s Women’s Council. While serving on the Women’s Council, she created the annual Bring Your Daughter to Clemson program, which allows girls ages 6-18 to learn about Clemson’s academic majors, campus life and student activities.

The Greer High School Band recently placed second overall in the Division of Bands at the 39th Annual Land of The Sky Marching Band Festival. They also placed first in Percussion in Class, Music in Class, Band in Class and Visual and General Effect Captions. They placed third in Guard in Class.

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Blue Ridge Middle School’s seventh- and eighth-grade fall baseball tournament team recently won its first tournament. The team, which has played together for a few weeks, defeated Dorman, the eighth-ranked team in South Carolina.

Team members are Michael Cantrell, Jake Cooper, Tanner Edwards, Brian Gosnell, Conner Hartwig, Brandon Haynes, T.J. Highsmith, Chase Joines, Tyler Justice, Jackson Morris, Ryan Nix, Matthew Pruitt, Joshua Ray, Dustin Seppala and Bryce Spurrier.

Kate Walker’s and Denise Brinson’s fourth-grade students at Mitchell Road Christian Academy learned math facts and played Math Crush, a spin on the popular game Candy Crush, to learn levels of math facts.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced more than 1,600 black American high school seniors who have been designated semifinalists in the 50th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program. The semifinalists have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 800 Achievement Scholarship awards. Local semifinalists include: Courtney Fant and Taylor N. Jackson of Christ Church Episcopal School; Jenine Dunn of Wade Hampton High School; David Gundana of J.L. Mann High School; Bremond Byrd of South Carolina Governor’s School; Alexandria Wise of St. Joseph’s High School; William Smith of Riverside High School; and Alyssa Johnson of Mauldin High School.

Eighth-grade science students at Greenville Middle Academy have partnered with Clemson University’s School of Education, Human-Centered Computing Division and Digital Media Learning Labs during October. Clemson University is researching student perceptions, achievement gains and the use of mobile apps to teach computational thinking. Students at Greenville Middle School will learn how to use MIT App Inventor and then create an app of their choice. The process allows students to experience aspects of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.

2014-2015 freshmen class until Nov. 1. Applications are available at gtchs.org and will be accepted at the school admissions office. Applications may also be mailed to GTCHS or faxed to 864-250-8846. A lottery for the 2014-15 freshman class will be held on Nov. 7 at the school, and the public is invited.

Melina Norton, a fourth-grader at Prince of Peace, recently won first place in the youth category of the Emrys Foundation haiku poetry contest. Contest winners were honored at a formal ceremony with Japanese dignitaries. The first-placewinning entries were included in a publication “Emrys Goes Haiku,” and the authors were invited to read their winning entries at the Emrys annual meeting and Japanese Gala.

Winners also received an original art piece by Yoshiko Moon illustrating their poems.

Prince of Peace middle school students donned native country costumes and brought food to share as part of the Prince of Peace annual Hall of Nations festivities.

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Zeier Fleming, a freshman at Bob Jones University, recently led the BJU Bruins golf team to its first tournament victory in school history at the Hiwassee College Invitational Golf Tournament. Fleming finished the round with a 74, the secondlowest score of an individual golfer on the day. His score, combined with the rest of the BJU team, resulted in the best single round for the golf team this season. This is the inaugural year for the BJU Bruins golf team.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School junior Katrina Konopka was chosen to attend the 2013 National Select Camp and will travel to the USA Swimming Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for four days at the end of October. She will have the opportunity to work with the camp staff and USA Swimming staff. She was also recently named Scholastic All-American by USA Swimming.

Konopka Billy Chapman’s class at Washington Center recently participated in hands-on activities to learn about the life cycle of an apple, sort apples by colors and learn why leaves change color in the fall. Students also made art projects such as leaf-rubbing colorings to understand of the season’s changes.

Washington Center student Zachary Satterfield learns more about apples in Billy Chapman’s class as he makes an apple tree craft.

Greenville Technical Charter High School will hold open enrollment for the

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A celebration of the European automobile, the annual EURO Auto Festival, will be held Oct. 18-19. On Oct. 18, the festival will feature Upcountry driving wine tours and free technical sessions covering a variety of automobile topics. On Oct. 19, EURO will host a car show at BMW Manufacturing in Greer. For more information, visit euroautofestival.com.

forest and some of the most spectacular waterfalls in the Southeast via shuttle buses.

It is a 12-mile tour to four sites: Triple Falls, High Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Lake Julia. Buses will leave the event parking area approximately every 30 minutes, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The event parking area is located at 1300 Staton Road, Cedar Mountain, N.C. A donation of $6 for ages 6 to 17 and $12 for ages 18 and up is requested.

Fiction Addiction offers preschool story time throughout October. On Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m., the picture book “Mr. Tiger Goes Wild” by Peter Brown will be read.

On Oct. 24 at 10:30 a.m., the featured story will be “Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses” by James Dean. “Zombelina” by Kristyn Crow will be featured on Oct. 31 at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 864-675-0540.

October is National Reading Group Month and Fiction Addiction will celebrate with its annual Book Club Party on Oct. 17, 6 p.m. Tickets are $5, but may be redeemed for $5 off any merchandise purchased that evening. Purchase tickets at fiction-addiction. com or call 864675-0540.

Fiction Addiction will hold an in-store book-signing with author John Milliken Thompson on Oct. 15, noon-2 p.m. This event has been changed from a Book Your Lunch Event to a free in-store book signing. For more information, visit fiction-addiction.com or call 864-675-0540.

The Greenville Council of Garden Clubs’ Fall Festival/Plant Sale will be held Oct. 12 at the Kilgore-Lewis House, 560 N. Academy St., 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be available. Profits will support the council’s community projects.

Amy Blackwell will speak on the topic “The Botanica Caroliniana: An 18thCentury Legacy Come to Life” at the SC Native Plant Society on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at University Center, 225 South Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville. Visit scnps.org for more information.

On Oct. 12-13, DuPont Forest will host Tour de Falls, an opportunity for the general public, families and those with limited hiking abilities to see the beauty of the

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On Oct. 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., The Pickens County Museum of Art & History will host a special day of milling, stories, tall tales and memories at the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center.

The free Twelfth Annual Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival will feature John T. Fowler, Ellouise Schoettler, Martha Reed Johnson and Derrick Phillips. For more information, call 864-8982936 or 864-898-5963.

Kaye Lingle Koonce, first vice chair of the S.C. Democratic Party, will be the guest speaker at the Oct. 14 meeting of Democratic Women of Greenville County.

Koonce retired in 2010 as general counsel and senior vice president at Trident Technical College in Charleston, having served TTC for 23 years. The meeting will be held at The Runway Café, 21 Airport Road, at 5:30 p.m. A buffet dinner is

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available for $15. Call 864-232-5531 or email headquarters@greenvilledemocrats.com for reservations or more information. Guests are welcome.

The annual Upstate Stand Down for homeless veterans, veterans at risk for homelessness, all veterans in need and their families will be held on Oct. 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Restoration Church Expo Center, 6655 Pottery Road, Spartanburg. All veterans in need in the 11-county area of the Upstate are invited to attend. The nonprofit will be available with goods and services to help veterans. Offerings include medical screenings, employment opportunities, VA benefits, housing opportunities, haircuts, limited dental services, clothing, showers, toiletry kits, hot meals, counseling and agency services and more.

Walk-ins are welcome; however, veterans are encouraged to pre-register at upstatestanddown.org.

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John Garton will lead a SC Native Plant Society drive and walk along the Lake Issaqueena Road in Pickens County to see autumn colors, wildflowers, fruits and woodland settings of the Clemson Experimental Forest on Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. To reserve a space and get directions, email judy_seeley@hotmail.com.

For more information, visit scnps.org.

The United States Power Squadron will offer the America’s Boating Course on Oct. 19, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Messiah Lutheran Church, 1100 Log Shoals Road, Mauldin. The eight-hour course covers boat handling, anchoring, finding directions, adverse conditions and using the marine radio. The cost of the course including text is $40. For more information and to register, email education@ lake-hartwell.org.

An Ethnic Harmony Festival will be held Oct .19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Unity Church off Belvue Road in Taylors. The mission of the festival is to bring together people from all different ethnicities for a day of fun and sharing. Vendors and participants are asked to come dressed in their heritage clothing and bring a flag from their country. For more information, visit yearofaltruism.org.

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The Haven and Hatcher Garden & Woodland Preserve, 820 John B. White Blvd., Spartanburg, will host the Pumpkin Path Halloween event for children up to sixth grade on Oct. 24, 4-6 p.m. It will feature Ghostly Balloons, Mummy and Daddy Wrap, Pumpkin Coin Toss and face painting. For more information, email robin@hatchergarden.org or call 864-574-7724. Information can also be found at hatchergarden.org and thehavenshelter.com.

Southside Christian School will host The Into The Light Tour featuring Matthew West, Sidewalk Prophets and Jason Castro on Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Tickets are available online at iTickets.com or by calling 800-965-9324. For more information, call 864-234-7595 or visit southsidechristian.org.

On Oct. 19, all ages can learn to fish with a little help from Greenville County Rec’s Pleasant Ridge Camp and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources at a Family Fishing Clinic. Learn how to tie fishing knots, how to rig a rod and reel, and casting. Cost is free for the all-day clinic held at 4232 Highway 11, Marietta. Visit pleasantridgecampandretreatcenter.org for more information and to register.

Greenlink and The Children’s Museum of the Upstate will conduct a Ride & Play promotion on Oct. 11-13 and Oct. 19. As part of Greenlink’s free park and ride service for Fall for Greenville, buy one, get one free vouchers for the Children’s Museum will be available on the bus. Shuttles will run during the festival in half-hour intervals. In addition, festival attendees can ride Greenlink from CU-ICAR to the downtown transit center. On Oct. 19, Greenlink will host Family Free Saturday, which will offer free routes during normal hours along with buy one, get one free vouchers for the museum. For more information, visit greenvillesc.gov/RideGreenlink/routes or tcmupstate.org.

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Langston Charter Middle School students raised $1,050 for the Honor Flight Organization, a nonprofit program that honors World War II veterans by flying them to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorial built in their honor.

The homeroom classes of Linda Melcher, David Leeke, Tolly Garrison and Bobby Black each raised at least $100 for Honor Flight.

Friends of the Greenville Zoo recently helped secure a $49,000 grant from The Graham Foundation for a lion’s den expansion program at the Greenville Zoo. The project will include a building featuring four den spaces, a public viewing window, a themed seating plaza and family restrooms. The zoo needs to raise $499,000 for the expansion. For more information, visit friendsgreenvillezoo.org or greenvillezoo.com.

The Foothills Mustang Club will host its next Charity Cruise-in on Oct. 12, 5-9 p.m. at Texas Roadhouse on Wade Hampton Boulevard. The event will benefit Toys for Tots. The entry fee is a new, unwrapped toy and local Marines will be on hand to collect the donations. A $5 donation will be accepted in lieu of a toy.

For more information, visit foothillsmustangclub.com.

The Frame Warehouse and Gallery will hold its Holiday Open House and Charity Event on Nov. 7, 6-8:30 p.m., to support Greenville Health System’s Cancer Institute. Tickets can be purchased for $5 for a chance to win a basket filled with artist gifts valued up to $2,000 or a mystery box. For more information, visit framewarehouseandgallery.com.

The annual Cyder Cup to benefit The First Tee programs of Greenville and Spartanburg will be held Oct. 26-27 at Greer Country Club in Greer. The event features Ryder Cup-style matches between 32 top amateur golfers from both areas. To date, the event has raised more than $190,000 and provided life skills and golf education for more than 39,000 area youth. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit thefirstteespartanburg.org or thefirstteegreenville.org.

The National Family Partnership will hold a national contest for its 28th annual Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-31. Students can enter to win $1,000 for their school and an iPad for the home. Students can decorate their front door, mailbox or fence with the theme “A Healthy Me Is Drug Free,” take a photo with the decoration and upload to redribbon.org/contest by Nov. 4 (must be 18 and older to upload photos). Then ask family and friends to vote for the entry at redribbon. org/vote Nov. 5-19. Winners will be announced at redribbon.org on Dec. 6 and recognized at winning schools throughout December.

The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, donated $91,500 to nonprofit organizations in North and South Carolina from May through July 2013. The foundation awarded 17 grants to nonprofit organizations that provide affordable housing, financial literacy and education and environmental programs in the Carolinas during the quarter, including: Public Education Partners Greenville County and South Carolina Hispanic Outreach.

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Upstate Forever announced that Rex Ramsay opted to protect his family’s 125-acre farm with a conservation agreement. The Oconee County property includes open pasture and is adjacent to the Tugaloo arm of Lake Hartwell. Under the agreement, the owner retains private ownership, but gives up some of the rights to develop the property.

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The Palmetto Bank of South Carolina has recently completed its $250,000 endowment pledge to Spartanburg Art Museum for the perpetuation of its nearly 800-piece permanent art collection. The pledge was made six years ago in honor of Les and Betty McMillan.

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Love’s Travel Stop 387 in Fair Play raised more than $10,000 for Children’s Hospital of Greenville Health System. In addition, Love’s Travel Stop 308 in Marion, N.C., raised more than $10,000. Love’s set a new fundraising record during the five-week campaign by raising more than $2 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals nationwide.

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hen he agreed to create a lifesize horse puppet for a stage play based on the young adult novel “War Horse,” Adrian Kohler, one of the co-founders of the Handspring Puppet Company, didn’t think about the technical challenges he’d face.

After saying yes, Kohler read the book – and the nerves hit.

“I saw then that the horses have to have flow, that they have to look and move like a horse, but they also needed to be ridden during a cavalry charge,” Kohler said. “I started to get scared then.”

“War Horse” is the story of Albert and his

beloved horse, Joey. Albert’s father sends Joey off to fight for the English in World War I. Albert lies about his age and enlists so he can find his horse and bring him home. Joey is caught in enemy crossfire and ends up serving both sides of the war.

“It is intriguing,” said Kohler, the puppet company’s artistic director. “It looks at war through the eyes of a horse that has no vested interest in either side. It really shows there’s no right side of war.”

For research, Kohler and his team visited museums, studied diagrams of horse skeletons and watched a lot of YouTube videos. They worked with The King’s Troupe in London, staying with the cavalry officers for a week to study horse movement and sound.

The biggest challenge was to make the life-sized horse puppet sturdy enough to support a human rider, yet light enough for the two puppeteers inside to be able to make it come to life, said Basil Jones, Handspring’s other co-founder and executive producer.

An aluminum spine is attached to backpack-like straps worn by the two puppeteers who are inside the horse, giving the puppet enough strength to hold a rider.

“The rest of the puppet was designed around that,” Jones said.

Most of the Joey puppet is made from cane, which is soaked for four to five days and bent into shape.

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The saddle is molded onto the framework of the puppet because there’s no girth to keep the saddle in place on the cane cages, Jones said.

“It was one of many technical issues that Adrian had to overcome,” he said.

Another was learning how horses walk and gallop, Jones said. “We had to study the sequence of how the feet fall. Once you get it right, it sounds like a horse.”

The front puppeteer controls the horse’s breathing and front legs. The back puppeteer operates the hind legs and makes the tail move. A third puppeteer outside the horse moves its head and ears by a rod and cables that look like reins.

Together, they make Joey come alive. It even looks like the horse is breathing, a key to Handspring’s designs.

“All our puppets breathe,” Jones said. “If the puppet stops breathing, it stops living and the audience stops believing in it.”

The horses in “War Horse” don’t talk, and the three puppeteers are responsible for their sounds.

“Horses have a voice, and quite an articulate voice,” Jones said. “Horses’ lungs are huge and one person cannot replicate their neighs, nickers and whinny. It takes all three of the puppeteers. The first one starts, the second continues and the third one finishes it off.”

Kohler said the horse’s eyes and ears have to convince the audience the animal is thinking. “The puppeteers have to learn to respond as a horse would.”

A mesh-like fabric covers the horse puppet frames and becomes opaque when properly lit.

“The puppeteers have to be able to see out,” Jones said. “They can’t react blindly.”

Finding the right material for the mane and tail was tricky. They originally thought about using lightweight packaging foam but it was flammable and they couldn’t get it past fire regulations. They settled on Tyvek, a plastic-like paper.

“Many problems were solved in theatrical ways,” Kohler said. It took him four months to make the first prototype.

Once Britain’s National Theatre, the site of the play’s 2007 premiere, approved the Joey prototype, Handsprings’ covey of 14 craftsmen began hand-producing the final puppets. In total, there were nine horses, several crows, some swallows and a goose to make.

Kohler and Jones started Handspring Puppet Company in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1981.

Kohler grew up in a house that had a little theater in the garage. His mother was an art teacher and encouraged him to make and perform with puppets.

Jones’ interest in puppets started later.

He and Kohler traveled to South Africa from their home in Botswana, and Kohler found some puppets made in Mali. After they started Handspring, they developed a series of children’s plays.

Both Jones and Kohler were surprised at the success of “War Horse.”

Jones said he thought the play would last a season, maybe a bit longer. It is still going strong.

“War Horse” won five Tony Awards in 2011.

“When you go into puppet theater, you don’t expect to have an international hit play in your hands,” Kohler said. “But

Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler

without the buy-in from the performers, the show wouldn’t be what it is. They love what they’re doing. The show’s success is so much a combination of the structure of the puppet and the performers. They’re inseparable.”

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clandrum@communityjournals.com From its biggest musical production ever in “The Wizard of Oz” to the big-band music of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Younts Center for Performing Arts in Fountain Inn is going big this year.

“You have to do it right,” said Zac Pelicano, the center’s artistic director.

Pelicano was talking about “The Wizard of Oz,” the Fountain Inn Repertory Experience (F.I.R.E.)’s musical currently running at the Younts Center. But he could be talking about Fountain Inn’s emergence as a cultural arts center.

The season includes theatrical productions, Grammy-nominated musicians, opera, comedy, ballet, original radio shows and the local orchestra and chorales. “‘The Wizard of Oz’ is an American cultural touchstone,” Pelicano said.

It’s also a production that presented challenges in a performance space that has no fly system and very little wing space. But Pelicano wasn’t about to let that stop him. “We had to invent new ways of doing things.”

Pelicano uses a lot of projection to replace sets that otherwise would have been used during a short portion of the production and just take up valuable space backstage the rest of the show.

More than 80 costumes were made by hand, some by the cast members who would wear them. The set took more than 150 hours to construct.

“The Wizard of Oz” runs Friday through Sunday.

The rest of the theater lineup includes “A Christmas Carol,” “Seussical Jr.,” and “Steel Magnolias.” Radio shows include “Dracula,” “Old-Time Christmas Revue” and “S. Holmes of Baker Street.”

In addition, Grammy-nominated bluegrass band Dailey & Vincent will perform on Nov. 16. Dailey & Vincent have won IBMA Entertainer of the Year three times. They are two-time Grammy Award nominees.

Steve Lippia, a Frank Sinatra-style

singer, brings his “Santa Sings Sinatra” show to Fountain Inn on Nov. 24.

Lippia performed in Fountain Inn last September and was in the Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s “Holiday at Peace” in December.

Opera hits the Fountain Inn stage Dec. 16 through 18 with “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and again in June with “La Tragedie de Carmen.”

Elvis tribute artist Rick Alviti performs on Jan. 18.

Mountain Heart, an acoustic ensemble, performs Jan. 25.

The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra returns for its fourth Fountain Inn performance on Feb. 25.

On Feb. 22, the Women of Ireland hit the Younts Center stage. It is a fullstage concert that features Irish music, song and dance.

Grammy-nominated vocalist Jane Monheit will perform on March 29.

Comedian James Gregory returns on April 5.

The Carolina Ballet Theatre will hold its Classical Ballet Gala on Nov. 9 and the best of original works by the company’s resident choreographers on Feb. 7.

There are 10 remaining performances scheduled in the center’s Chamber series. The Fountain Inn Symphony Orchestra will perform “The 7th Wonder” on Oct. 26, “Lightly Seasoned” on Feb. 13, “A Classic Collection” on March 15 and “Earth, Wind & Fire” on May 23.

The Greenville Concert Band will perform on Oct. 27 and March 16. The Fountain Inn Chorale will perform “A Night at the Opera” on Nov. 2 and “International Passport” on May 10.

In addition, “Christmas at the Center” is scheduled for Dec. 21.

The Greenville Symphony Orchestra will perform at the center on Jan. 10.

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best bets for local live music 10/11, Horizon Records

The Weeks & HeyRocco Two bands sneak-preview their Fall For Greenville appearances.

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1 0 / 1 1 , B l u e s B o u l e va r d (Greenville)

Jamie Wright Soulful diva. Tickets: $5.

Call 864-242-2583 or visit bluesboulevardjazz.com.

1 0 / 1 1 , Ch i c o r a A l l e y

The Eric Weiler Group Versatile tough blues-rock combo.

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10/11, The Handlebar

Tim Reynolds & TR3 Multi-talented guitar virtuoso.

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Sumilan Experimental ambient/progressive band from Athens. Call 864-235-5519 or visit reverbnation.com/venue/255976.

10/11, Ground Zero

Jonas Sees In Color Rising Greensboro, N.C., metal band.

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10/11, Radio Room

The Smoking Flowers Duo weaves vocal spells like Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons. Call 864-2637868 or visit wpbrradioroom.com.

1 0 / 1 2 , B l u e s B o u l e va r d (Greenville)

Mike Frost Band Versatile jazz-funk quartet.

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Scumfest 2013 Eighth annual multi-band blowout.

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with vincent harris

Heartache and soul Believe what he says: James Hunter is taking it ‘Minute by Minute’ When you’ve gotten the thumbs-up from Van Morrison, you know you’ve done something right. And one listen to the gritty, passionate vocals of James Hunter will reaffirm your belief in Morrison’s musical taste.

The English singer has been belting out pure blue-eyed-soul for almost 30 years, both under his own name WHO: The James Hunter Six and as Howlin’ Wilf & the Vee-Jays. Hunter’s sound best resembles a WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m. miraculous meld of Eric Burdon and Delbert WHERE: The Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre McClinton in their respective primes, and his TICKETS: $50 songwriting is as true-blue as his whiskeysoaked, heartache-torn vocals.

INFO: 864-467-3000 or peacecenter.org Morrison was both an early fan and benefactor of Hunter, both appearing on Hunter’s 1996 solo debut, “…Believe What I Say,” and featuring him on Morrison’s own albums, “A Night in San Francisco” and “Days Like This.” Hunter recently released his fifth studio album, “Minute by Minute,” the first since the death of his wife in 2011.

The Grammy-nominated Hunter is playing the Peace Center on Oct. 15 with his band, The James Hunter Six, and I spoke with him recently.

The sound of “Minute By Minute” is very raw and immediate; are you conscious of keeping the production stripped-down in the studio?

The rawness is intentional, but we don’t particularly go for a stripped-down production. I like having our records augmented by string parts and extra percussion, but that doesn’t take away from the spontaneity, which is usually dictated by the live performance, before we’ve stuck the extra bits on.

Do you record live in the studio or does it vary?

The main part of the recording – the parts played by the band – are always recorded live and the extras are tacked on afterwards. We try to get as much separation between instruments as we can in case our bass player (mentioning no names) messes up.

There tend to be long periods of time between your albums; do you typically have a backlog of songs when it comes time to record?

If I had a backlog of songs it wouldn’t be necessary to take so long to record the next album! Normally I get the required quota of songs written just in time to go to the studio.

Sometimes I’m still writing them while we’re recording them. I may have to get some lyrics stockpiled in case of emergencies!

After you lost your wife in 2011, was there a period where you thought you might not tour or record anymore, or did that become more important? Was there any change in your perspective on your musical career?

I never felt like stopping work after Jackie died. The hardest time was when she was ill, and it worked out (luckily, if you can call it that) that I had a lot of time off that enabled me to look after her.

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THE WEEK IN THE LOCAL ARTS WORLD

Expanding Heart and Spirit Art Studio will offer a four-week Women’s Healing Art Course with artist Jennifer Lynne Ziemann, Oct. 23-Nov. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $80 and registration deadline is Oct. 15. For more information, contact Ziemann at 864-436-1875 or peaceatlast.z@gmail.com.

drawings by Kristofer and Scott Neely, now through Oct. 25. There will be a reception on Oct. 24, 6-10:30 p.m. Visit neelyprojects.com/art for more information.

T.L. Norris Gallery, 1 Wade Hampton Blvd. in Greenville, will host its one-year anniversary celebration on Oct. 18, 5:30-9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. During the evening, all guests will be eligible to enter a drawing for a bottle of wine and the event will also feature live music. For more information, visit tlnorrisgallery.com or call 864-991-8645.

Ballet Hispanico will perform on Oct. 17, 8 p.m., at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $10-$20. For more information, visit clemson.edu/Brooks or call the box office at 864-656-7787 from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

"The Music Never Stopped" by Bryan Bustard. Acrylic on stretched canvas. Can be viewed through October at the Woodlands @ Furman.

The Greenville Little Theatre presents “Walking The Greenville County MuAcross Egypt” Oct. 25-Nov. 10. Ticket prices are seum of Art, 420 College St. in $26 with discounts available for seniors, children Greenville, marks the 28th anand groups of 10 or more. All performances are 8 Want to see your artwork here? Send a high-res image to niversary of its signature funp.m., except Sunday shows at 3 p.m. For more inforarts@communityjournals.com. draiser, now called Antiques, mation, call 864-233-6238 or visit greenvillelittleFine Art and Design Weektheatre.org. The Greenville Little Theatre Box Office end (AFAD), on Oct. 19-20. Proceeds will support the purchase is located at 444 College St., Greenville, and is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. of 10 American artworks selected to honor the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Flat Rock Playhouse presents the musical “Hank Williams: Lost Highway” Jayne Proclamation. The event features Thomas Jayne as a keynote now through Nov. 3 at the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage. Performances will be speaker. Tickets are $30 and include coffee and light breakfast Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; matinees Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday treats, a 20 percent discount on any Thomas Jayne book and a general admission and Sunday at 2 p.m. All tickets are $40 and can be purchased by calling 866-732AFAD weekend ticket. Seating is limited. To reserve a spot, call 864-546-4061.

8008 or online at flatrockplayhouse.org. The Playhouse Mainstage is located at 2661 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock, N.C. The Bijou Gallery, 100 E. Main St. in Spartanburg, presents “All Souls,” paintings and Send announcements to arts@communityjournals.com.

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Davis Joins Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Bryan C. Davis has joined the company and serves as a sales associate with Marie Crumpler & Associates Davis at the Pelham Road office. His background includes advertising, marketing and litigation support as well as modeling, acting and promotional work.

“We are excited to have Bryan join us at the Pelham Road office,” said Tim Toates, Brokerin-Charge. “He is a great addition to our family of Realtors.”

Davis earned his BA degree in Business Management at Clemson University. He and his wife, Megan, currently live in the Pelham Road/Roper Mountain area and are expecting their first child. His hobbies include mountain biking, hiking and skiing and he is active at Grace Church Downtown Campus Impact and the Greenville Spinner Club.

Coldwell Banker Caine Names Upstate’s Top Producers from September

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Coldwell Banker Caine recently recognized its top producing agents in property sales and listings from each of its five offices – Easley, Greenville, Greer, Seneca and Spartanburg – for the month of September.

The top producing agents from each office are ranked by the total volume of business closed last month and include: • Easley: Suzanne Cook, Susan McCoy, Wanda Stewart • Greenville: Sharon Wilson, Nick Carlson, Helen Hagood • Greer: Faith Ross, Shelbie Dunn Behringer, Linda Wood • Seneca: Jere duBois, Pat Loftis Brett Smagala • Spartanburg: Ranny Welton, Beth Beach, Kim Conn Top listing agents in each office are recognized for listing the highest total volume of residential properties last month and include: • Easley: Carol Walsh, Susan McCoy, Suzanne Cook • Greenville: Louis Lipomi, Carolyn Dowling,

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Located on a private cul-de-sec in Bruce Farms, this charming country traditional is situated on +/- 4 beautifully landscaped acres and features a 3-to-5 bedroom livable floor plan with 3.5 baths with new everything.

The house has new HVAC, tankless water heater, paint, carpet, appliances, cabinets, and countertops. The first floor offers shinning hardwoods in the kitchen with new cabinets, sparkling granite countertops, and stainless appliances in the kitchen. The kitchen opens to a breakfast nook with a bay window and the great room with stone 2-way fireplace. There is a Florida room off the great. In addition to the spacious master with unbelievable closet space the first floor offers 2 additional large bedrooms, all with plenty of closet space and brand new carpet. The upstairs has two large rooms and another bath that could be two bedrooms, a teen suite, or theater room, again with fresh paint and carpet. Convent to Woodruff Road shopping and restaurants. Agent is a close relative of seller.

Home Info Price: $459,000 | MLS: #1263421 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3.5 Square Footage: 3200-3399 Schools: Bells Crossing Elementary Hillcrest Middle | Hillcrest High Contact: Sean Hogan | 864.444.8928 Hogan Realty To submit your Open House: homes@greenvillejournal.com

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Foster Joins Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Erin M. Foster has joined the company and serves as a sales associate at the Pleasantburg office. She previously served as Vice President in Corporate Strategy and Development for a large bank based in San Francisco.

“We are excited to have Erin join Foster us at Prudential C. Dan Joyner,” said Fritzi Barbour, Broker-in-Charge. “She is a great addition to our team of Realtors.”

Foster is a graduate of University of Florida at Gainesville where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with concentration in Finance.

Gardner Joins Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Christie Gardner has joined the company and serves as a sales associate with The Toates Team at the Pelham Road office.

“We are excited to have Christie join us at Pelham Road,” said Tim Toates, Broker-in-Charge. “We welcome her to our family of Realtors.”

Gardner Gardner is a graduate of Carnegie Institute, Oakland Community College in Troy Michigan. She previously worked as a Registered Vascular Technologist.

Gardner and her husband currently live in Simpsonville. In her free time she enjoys golf, gardening, home decorating, and reading.

Alex Munson and Hilary Lewis Join Coldwell Banker Caine

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303 Meridian Ave . $83,500 . MLS#1266799

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GGAR MARKET OVERVIEW

In August, the U.S. economy added 169,000 jobs, bringing the national unemployment rate down to 7.3%. Any guesses where the most jobs are being added?

According to a new survey by employment services firm ManpowerGroup, oil and gas powered Houston is number one, but tied for second place are Greater Greenville. That’s quite a feat considering Upstate has a much smaller population than the sprawling Texas metropolis.

The Greenville­Mauldin­Easley MSA or Metropolitan Statistical Area reported a 21% net employment outlook.

“The hiring environment is strong and positive,” said Cindy Hopkins, president of the Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce. “In the past year, several of our local manufacturing companies have experienced expansions with new job creation ­and the retail sector has experienced much growth, with the opening of several national chains, including Academy Sports, Kohl’s, Marshalls, Tractor Supply, Sam’s Club and QuikTrip.”

In Greenville, some of the biggest employers in the area are the Greenville Health System, Michelin North America, BMW, GE and Fluor Corporation. Ben Haskew, president and chief executive of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce said the transformation of the downtown area is attracting new growth.

“Greenville has transformed its downtown over the past 30 years to both an employment and activity center,” explained Haskew. “A new $100 million office center is currently being completed on Main Street to house a bank headquarters, Clemson University’s MBA program and two retail stores. Over 100 restaurants are located downtown. And the Peace Center for the Performing Arts just completed a $21 million face lift.”

Just the month before, Forbes magazine recognized Greenville’s downtown as one of the top 10 transformed neighborhoods in the nation.

The latest Cost of Living Survey showed that Greenville costs over eight percent less to live than the national average.

It’s a great time to live in Upstate!

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that the office environment is welcoming and provide a positive experience for both agents and staff by assisting with administrative needs and day-to-day duties.

Munson is working at the Greenville location. She recently graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition.

She has previous event planning experience as a Wedding and Catering Coordinator for Chattooga Belle Farm. Outside of the office, Munson enjoys cooking, hiking, yoga and cycling.

Lewis, located at the Spartanburg office, holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Spanish from Wofford College and a Master of Arts in History from the University of Georgia. Her previous positions include Teaching Assistant at the University of Georgia and Americorps VISTA/Volunteer Coordinator for Upstate Family Resource Center. In her free time, Lewis likes baking, reading and playing tennis.

“Alex and Hilary are wonderful new additions to the Coldwell Banker Caine family,” said Brad Halter, Chairman of Coldwell Banker Caine. “And the agent and staff experience will benefit greatly because of their work ethic and positive presence.”

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Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Roger Van Tate has joined the company and serves as a broker associate at the Pelham Road office.

Tate Tate has 8 years of real estate experience and earned the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) and Graduate, REALTOR Institute (GRI) designations. He was Rookie of the Year, received the Mortgage Referral Award and was a multi-million dollar top producer.

“We are excited to have Roger join the Pelham Road office,” said Tim Toates, Brokerin-Charge. “We look forward to working with him.”

Tate currently lives in Greenville with his wife, Denise. In his free time he enjoys boating and spending time in Charleston, SC.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY County of Greenville Government Title of Position: Heavy Equipment Operator Department: Solid Waste Salary: $29,328.83 Annually Under general supervision, performs excavation, hauling and grading operations at a Municipal Solid Waste Facility.

Operates a variety of heavy and light equipment and machinery.

Completion of tenth grade (Prefer High School Diploma/ GED) and some experience in light and heavy equipment operation. Must have a valid South Carolina Class 'A' Commercial Driver's License and valid medical card. Five years of experience on Heavy Equipment: (Dozers, Excavators, Articulating Dumpers, and Loaders).

Closing Date: October 18, 2013 Apply online at www.greenvillecounty.org Greenville County is an EEO/AA employer.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that PCH Management Inc. /DBA Clubhouse Grille, 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 101 Pebble Creek Drive, Taylors, SC 29687. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than October 20, 2013. 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 Parkway Grill, 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 1083 South Batesville Road, Greer, SC 29651. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than October 13, 2013. 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 Nova Palma LLC, DBA/ Gilstrap’s Liquor Store, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of LIQUOR at 10 Reid School Rd., Taylors, SC 29687. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than October 27, 2013. 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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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Grille 33 Inc., 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 AND WINE at 535 Haywood Road, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than October 13, 2013. 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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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that American Pie 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 3410 Augusta Road, Greenville, SC 29605. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than October 20, 2013.

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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PUBLIC NOTICE THIS NOTICE IS PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-11470 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED. ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2013, GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION, WHICH ENLARGED THE METROPOLITAN SEWER SUBDISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY OF ANTHONY NEGLIA AND CHRIS NEGLIA, ADJACENT TO MORTON ROAD AND DESCRIBED AS GREENVILLE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER (TMS#) 0559.03-01003.00, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING LATERAL AND COLLECTOR LINES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF SEWAGE AND WASTE TO THE TRUNK AND TREATMENT FACILITIES OF THE WESTERN CAROLINA REGIONAL SEWER AUTHORITY (Re-Wa).

THE RESULT OF THIS ACTION IS THE NEW BOUNDARY LINE WILL REFLECT THE AREA AND TAX MAP NUMBER LISTED ABOVE. MAP OF THE NEW BOUNDARY AND A LEGAL DESCRIPTION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE. THE PURPOSE FOR THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDERLY COLLECTION OF SEWAGE AND WASTE. NO ADDITIONAL BONDS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SUBDISTRICT, NOR WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES IN THE COMMISSION OR THE PERSONNEL OF THE PRESENT COMMISSION OF THE METROPOLITAN SEWER SUBDISTRICT AS ENLARGED. BOB TAYLOR, CHAIRMAN GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that High Spirits Beverage Company, 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 912B S. Main Street, Greenville, SC 20601. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than October 20, 2013. 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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Legacy Charter School’s first annual Legacy Lions Golf Classic was Monday, Sept. 30, at the Green Valley Country Club. The Golf Classic was held to raise money for Legacy’s athletic program, unique from other S.C. schools in that it requires all students to participate in 45 minutes of physical education each day.

Participates compete in the Goodwill Mud Run Sunday, Oct. 6, on the SC-TAC campus in Greenville. The event, presented by St. Francis Sports Medicine, is 3.5 miles with 35 obstacles where teams of four compete against other teams. Proceeds from the event support Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina and the Goodwill Foundation.

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1 Family nickname 6 Waltz king 13 Artificial surface football injury 20 Places 21 Kitchen worker’s wear 22 In the zone 23 Border sharers of Europe?

25 Slows 26 Ignore 27 Dyeing occasion 28 Named person 29 Harry Potter’s Hedwig, e.g.

31 Building near a track, maybe 34 End of many addresses 35 Energize, with “up” 38 Frosty coat 41 Border sharers of Europe and Asia?

46 Ranee’s wrap 48 Relax, with “out” 50 Burn covering 51 Birth of __ 52 Border sharers of South America and Asia?

55 Acronymous WWII gun 56 Three-star off.

57 Give a charge to 58 “Go placidly __ the noise ...”: Ehrmann 60 With 17-Down, “Cross Creek” Oscar nominee 62 Shore thing

63 We’re-together link 64 Start of something big?

66 Dirt road feature 68 Jeans giant 69 Border sharers of Europe and Asia?

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87 Dirty 88 Sun Bowl city 89 It merged with Molson in 2005 91 With 97-Across, like many catalogues 94 Border sharers of Asia and Africa?

96 Recess retort 97 See 91-Across 99 Sigma preceder 100 Music rights gp.

101 Border sharers of Asia?

104 “__ it get to me” 106 Surprised cries 107 Thrice, in Rx’s 108 Makes impure 110 Madonna, according to the stars 112 Boorlike 116 Actress Headly 119 Dazzling duo in Dover?

123 Pub-crawl 124 Border sharers of North America and Asia?

127 Enigma machine user 128 Rapidly 129 Heavenly helper 130 Most prized 131 Enjoys a few ribs?

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45 History Channel owner 47 Philanthropist Yale 49 Flip out 53 Other than 54 Minor furniture damage 59 Dullards 61 Pound 65 Often sautéed veggie 67 Pregame party site 70 Quake follower 71 Rosey of the Rams’ Fearsome Foursome 72 Oracle site 73 Mullets hide them 74 William of __, logician known for his “razor” 75 Not at all tight 76 Organisms of a region 80 First name in medieval traveling 81 Basketball Hall of Famer Thomas 82 They’re sold in bars 84 Knocking spot 86 Friendliness 90 “This guy ...”

92 Notion 93 Director Riefenstahl 95 Common letters in an email address 98 Auctioneer’s helper 102 Wakes up 103 “About time!”

105 Grades K-5: Abbr.

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15 Reasoned 16 Archaeologist’s finds 17 See 60-Across 18 Renaissance faire word 19 “Anything __?”

24 Change places, briefly?

28 Regis University city 30 Aftereffect of an overlong run, maybe

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The Symptoms By ashley holt

I blame you and your Kickable breed I hate your dog.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a passionate dog lover. I would gladly sacrifice a few million insufferable human beings, with their Crocs and Chevy Tahoes, if it meant more room and resources for Rover and Tippy.

But I hate your dog.

Your dog is a wretched, yapping little mongrel, unsuitable for human cohabitation. In fact, if it were up to me, that little beast wouldn’t even be classified as a dog, but as some sort of rodent, the kind that pest control services are hired to exterminate.

Let me make it clear that I would never actually advocate harming an animal of any sort. In fact, one of the few major schoolyard scuffles of my boyhood occurred when I confronted a group of Neanderthals on the basketball court after one of them kicked a stray dog.

“Why don’t you try kicking ME?” I demanded. And he did so, successfully, much to the delight of his friends. I’d stand up for that dog again, though, because that was a good dog. A scrappy ditch dog. A trashcan-tipping survivor. That dog deserves respect.

But your dog is awful, an embarrassment to the species. Look at him, tiny and shivering, nipping at the heels of strangers. I have to tell you, in spite of my aversion to animal cruelty, that what you have curled in your lap, wrapped in that crocheted throw, eating Nutter Butters from your fingers, is a Kickable dog. Your dog is the sort who begs for, could very easily receive, yet would not likely survive, kicking.

Oh, I wouldn’t do it, but what other impulse can you expect when that horrid little carpet-stainer lunges at my shins with his mandible of tiny needles? The instinct to send that vermin aloft with a swift kick of my now-bleeding leg is a perfectly natural one. You have a Kickable dog.

I don’t blame your dog. I blame you AND your dog. Certain breeds, after all, are simply Kickables from the start: Shih Tzus, Chihuahuas,

Yorkies, Pekingese, and the aptynamed Rat Terriers. These nasty little critters are all too puny and precious to qualify as real dogs anyway.

I would suggest a subcategory of species for these breeds, somewhere between hamster and hedgehog.

Special mention should be made, of course, of the Poodle, certainly one of the more regrettable misfires of the animal kingdom. Their tasteless physical appearance is no fault of their own, naturally. But Poodle owners are, for some inexplicable reason, a cult of devotion unmatched by even Moonies, Mac users, or Joss Whedon fans.

These enthusiasts insist on further ruining an already unfortunate animal with perverse pampering. The hair sculpting, the nail painting, the application of perfume, little bows, and sweaters – these are Poodles, people. If you wanted something to dress up and take out to dinner you should’ve rented a baby.

Your mistake was in selecting a purebred breed. As with most supremacists, you fail to understand that there’s no such thing as a purebred dog, and you have, in fact, selected from a litter of cousin love.

What did you think the chances were of two completely unrelated Hairless Chinese Cresteds hooking up? Your Kickable is inbred; that’s why he keeps falling off the porch.

Why did you insist on an exact variation of Toy Maltese Wirehaired Boykin Pomeranian when there are perfectly good, oneeyed street mutts waiting at the pound? Because you’re a lowbrow status seeker, that’s why. You have to have pedigree papers for everything from your parakeet to your Hummel figurines. You’re probably prone to pyramid schemes. Chances are good there’s a Kinkade painting in your living room. You own more than one Chicken Soup book, or at least you did until your purebred Miniature Powderpuff Afghan Spaniel peed on them.

Your dog is a punk, that’s all there is to it. Your nervous little

Kickable could never castrate an intruder or pull unconscious children from a burning whorehouse. If you had an aneurism and hit the floor, your precious little yapper wouldn’t run for help, he’d just start eating your wig.

It’s no wonder these pampered breeds are so nasty in temperament; they’re suffering from low self-esteem. You know the other dogs make fun of your dog, right? Especially when you dress him up in that adorable little pumpkin costume for Halloween. A good hitch in the military is what your dog needs. Why should good, noble German Shepherds risk their lives to bomb sniffing when your little Fifi is just sitting around nibbling Cheetoes? Draft the Kickables, I say!

Until that law is passed, perhaps the proactive among us can liber-

ate these poor little rat dogs from the clutches of their protective masters, who treat them as fashion accessories or precious artifacts. Release them into the wild, where they learn to forage for food among their squirrely and chipmunkian kin. No longer will the Kickables attack the ankles of the humans who have attempted to win their favor with sausages and haircare, but will come to terms with their own kickability, and rightfully scamper away to their Poodle holes at the sound of our approaching Crocs.

Ashley Holt is a writer and illustrator living in Spartanburg.

His neurotic quirks and extreme sensitivity to broad social trends are chronicled in The Symptoms, an illustrated blog. Check out his website at ashleyholt.com.

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