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WORTH REPEATING THEY SAID IT

“Kids can sit at home and communicate. We used to have to drive to socialize, but they don’t have to do that.”

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Calvin Osteen, safety officer with Budget Driving School in Greenville, on why fewer teenagers are getting a driver’s license at 16.

“This is a quantum leap in terms of radiation.”

Dr. Pete Stasikelis, spine surgeon and Shriners Hospital chief of staff, on the new EOS imaging system.

“War is not tidy as Hollywood movies would have you believe. It is messy, inexact and the moral and ethical issues can be profound.”

Maj. Gen. Michael R. Lehnert, USMC, speaking at Furman University.

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Lee McElveen, Hispanic coordinator for the S.C. Commission on Minority Affairs, on the need for Hispanics to assume leadership roles in their communities.

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Greenville voters reelected Democrat Gaye Sprague to her at-large seat on Greenville City Council Tuesday, giving her 64 percent of the vote over challenger Matt Foster, a Green- Sprague ville businessman.

“I am so grateful for the overwhelming support I received from Greenville city voters in last night’s election,” said Sprague. “A 64 percent win is a clear vote of confidence for the accomplishments and abilities of my fellow council members, the mayor, and myself. I look forward to continuing to work hard for and with all the citizens of this amazing city.”

Sprague, a civil engineer who owns Sprague and Sprague Consulting Engineers, won with 2,744 votes over opponent Matt Foster, a business development manager at M33 Integrated Solutions, who received 1,545, or 36 percent of the votes.

Foster congratulated Sprague and said he intends to remain involved in city politics.

“I fully intend to do my part within the community to see that Greenville is on a path of growth and prosperity for years to come,” he said. “I will do my very best to work alongside City Council and offer my ideas and solutions to make Greenville a great city.”

Foster campaign spokesman Regan Kelley said Foster has not ruled out a future run, but his priority now “is doing his part as a private citizen in Greenville not only to assist in policy making, but also in helping out other citizens in Greenville where needed.”

Sprague had said in an earlier Q&A with the Greenville Journal that infrastructure is the most important issue facing Greenville, a challenge she intends to address by implementing carefully planned sewer improvements,

maximizing state matching funds for streets and continually looking for ways to save money in other areas.

Sprague said she hopes to complete the first round of sewer fixes, increase redevelopment of the city’s commercial corridors, provide standards which better buffer neighborhoods from commercial areas, develop a plan for an east side fire station and host a summit with city, county and state officials to address Woodruff Road traffic.

Voters also re-elected incumbent Deb Sofield to the Greenville Commission of Public Works with 2,801 votes – 66 per- Sofield cent of the total – over challenger David Langenhan, who received 1,422 votes, or 34 percent.

Greer also voted for Commissioner of Public Works, where incumbent Gene Gibson defeated challenger Tom Kriese.

In Mauldin City Council races, challenger Taft Matney defeated incumbent Patricia Gettys, while council members Gabe Hunter and Dale Black kept their current seats.

Travelers Rest had six candidates via for four open City Council seats. Winners were Harvey Choplin, Rebecca Crown Cooper, Rick Floyd and Jeff George.

Both Travelers Rest and Fountain Inn had Sunday alcohol referendums on the ballot, which passed – Fountain Inn’s by a mere six votes.

ELECTION RESULTS City Council At-Large Gaye Sprague (Dem): 2,744 votes, 63.96% Matt Foster (Rep): 1,545 votes, 36.01% Write-in: 1 vote, 0.02% Commissioner of Public Works Deb Sofield (Rep): 2,801 votes , 66.2% David Langehan (Dem): 1,422 votes, 33.61% Write-in: 8 votes, 0.19%

This week, Greenville Water and The Nature Conservancy

celebrated a 20-year partnership to conserve the 30,000 acres of healthy forests that provide Greenville with safe, reliable, inexpensive drinking water.

In 2011, Greenville Water earned the title of “best tasting water in America” from the American Water Works Association. Business leaders, government officials and community members attended the celebration and The Nature Conservancy’s state director, Mark Robertson, presented Greenville Water Commission chair Deb Sofield and David Bereskin, CEO of Greenville Water, with a plaque honoring their approach to water management.

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OPINION VOICES FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, HEARD HERE

Volunteering round town Say you’re in charge of a community event and you need volunteers to work your registration table. Who do you call? If you’re like many nonprofits in Greenville, you call the RoundTowners.

Our volunteers staff events throughout the Upstate, including the Reedy River Run, Greenville Scottish Games, Larkin’s Rhythm on the River, The Beach Ball, Komen Race for the Cure, Greer Station Oktoberfest, and St. Francis Festival of Trees, to name just a few.

Established in 1986, the RoundTowners were founded by a group of philanthropically minded citizens with a common goal: to support and contribute to the vitality of our community through volunteerism.

Since then, the RoundTowners have logged more than 750,000 hours of service.

Furthermore, we are a memberdriven organization that receives no outside funding. (Modest member dues of $25 for individuals and $40 for married couples support all our operations.) There are no paid positions.

In addition to providing volunteer staffing at area events, we financially support local charities with donations and tips collected at the events we work. Then, members vote on which charities will receive the funds. Since 2000, we have donated more than $56,000 to worthy groups that help make the Upstate a better place to live.

The RoundTowners provide a portal for citizens to become more involved in the community through volunteering. For example, in addition to our event staffing, we also provide skilled labor for YMCA Camp Greenville. We built a lifeguard station, rebuilt horse stable doors, built a beekeeper storage shed and revamped several gardens.

We have also been active participants in the Adopt a Highway program for more than 20 years. We currently assist with the beautification and maintenance of a two-mile stretch of Highway 25.

Members are also drawn to us because of our group’s active social life.

We have more than 100 active members

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who meet on the second Monday of each month at Larkin’s on the River in downtown Greenville, next to the Peace Center. Attendees enjoy a complimentary buffet and great conversation. There are also cookouts, pool parties, monthly socials and a Christmas Awards Gala.

This is all in addition to the fun we have during our volunteer activities.

Being a RoundTowner also gives our members the opportunity to expand their leadership skills. We provide full and partial scholarships to Opportunity Greenville, a program designed and facilitated by the Greenville Chamber to provide the tools, experience and means to become a leader in the Upstate. In the last 10 years, we have sent 27 members through Opportunity Greenville.

We are always looking for local groups with whom we can partner. If you’re an Upstate nonprofit organization that has an event in need of volunteers, get in touch with us. Let us share our volunteer expertise with you in order to maximize the success of your event. The RoundTowners have the best volunteers in the Upstate.

The best way to learn more about the RoundTowners is to join us for our next monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 11, at 6:15 p.m. on the third floor of Larkin’s on the River (come early for the complimentary buffet at 5:30 p.m.).

Visitors are always welcome to attend.

To learn more about becoming involved or partnering with us for your nonprofit’s event send an email to president@rountowners.org. We also have a Facebook group and a website (roundtowners.org) where you can find more information.

Martha Cloys is president of the RoundTowners. You may reach her at mc75081@ yahoo.com.

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GHS and partners make history History was made last week when Greenville Health System, along with partners Clemson University, Furman University and the University of South Carolina, announced that GHS had been named an academic health center and unveiled the innovative “clinical university model” that made it possible.

Of the approximately 100 U.S. centers in the Association for Academic Health Centers, GHS is the first shared center to be built around a health care system in partnership with universities.

This new GHS clinical university model places the classroom and research labs in the clinical unit, namely the hospital, where experiential learning will occur and where real-life problems in health care will be solved. By focusing our efforts through this collaborative Palmetto State powerhouse, we will leverage resources to accomplish more than any of us could do alone.

It’s a cooperative smart model we believe will help transform the way both health care and education are delivered nationwide. This applied-sciences approach will harness the best of academic scholarship, medical research and front-line experience to find better solutions for America’s struggling health care delivery system.

Teaching and learning in the clinical university model will be based on the current real-world health care and workforce needs of the community. One of our first initiatives will be to study the best way to connect available care to diabetic patients. Currently, nutrition and prevention is often disconnected from the best outpatient medical care, which occurs independent from acute hospital care, which itself is separate from post-hospital care. Patients often get lost in the shuffle, and quality suffers.

It’s not enough to discover breakthrough treatments for diabetes; we have to find a reliable system of ensuring patients have access to those treatments and use them appropriately.

Like health care, higher education is at a crossroads. Our new model encourages collaboration and optimizes efficiency during a time of limited resources. The intentional design of these programs offers the right experience at the right time in each student’s journey. Because students are embedded in

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the health care delivery system from their first days on the GHS campus, they experience an interprofessional approach to education from practicing clinicians that hones their academic skills as well as critical team skills.

In addition to its three primary academic partners, GHS collaborates with 60 colleges and universities to provide clinical education required for student degree completion. This includes Greenville Technical College, an integral partner with GHS for the past 40 years.

All told, GHS provides applied education and training to more than 5,000 students each year, making it one of the largest educational hubs in the state. By working collaboratively to develop smarter curricula, GHS and its partners help ensure that students will leave the clinical university uniquely ready to enter the workforce rather than needing the additional training or clinical integration that may be required of graduates from other programs.

The Upstate economy will also benefit.

Economic impact studies show that academic health centers are economic catalysts that can attract as much as $100 million annually in research funding. They not only grow new jobs, they grow entire spin-off industries.

Only about two percent of health care systems in the U.S. are academic health centers. Unlike most hospitals, academic health centers are teaching hospitals that provide a range of care from routine to highly complex; develop new technologies and treatments; provide patients first-in-region access to clinical trials; conduct research and educate new health care providers.

GHS is proud to be among those national leaders. But we’re also very proud to have launched this new clinical university model, which – in concert with Clemson, Furman and USC – may help set a better direction for our nation’s health care moving forward.

Spence Taylor, M.D., is the vice president for academics at Greenville Health System and is the architect of the new clinical university model.

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JEANNE PUTNAM | CONTRIBUTOR

jputnam@communityjournals.com Voters mixed it up in Simpsonville Tuesday, ousting two incumbents and returning one to City Council.

Greer firefighter Taylor Graham defeated Ward 2 incumbent Brown Garrett and challenger Deidre Odumakinde.

Graham garnered 539 votes to Garrett’s 443 and Odumakinde’s 84.

In Ward 4, voters chose newcomer Elizabeth Braswell over incumbent Dr. Julius Welborn and former councilman James Fowler. Braswell carried 535 votes to Welborn’s 250 and Fowler’s 272.

Ward 6 Councilwoman Sylvia Lockaby held onto her seat with 631 votes, while her opponent Judy Hunter garnered 418 votes.

Graham said he looks forward to “standing up for the citizens and employees of the city of Simpsonville alongside my fellow winners.”

Said Garrett, “I wish them all the best.”

“I am excited to represent Ward 4 for Simpsonville,” said Braswell. “Working with a council that includes the distinguished Geneva Lawrence, citizens’ advocate Sylvia Lockaby and everyday hero Taylor Graham, we will get the work of the city done and nurture those things that make our Simpsonville home special. I am grateful to the community for this opportunity to serve.”

Welborn said he initially had not planned to run for reelection, but thought it would be better to lose than just quit. He said he is happy with the election results, as he can now focus on his job as a physician, which he finds very rewarding.

“I am actually floored by the support I have received,” said Lockaby. “It’s been amazing. People who don’t even know me are supporting me and I am extremely grateful. I will do my best to live up to what they expect. I am so excited.”

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A generation of passengers The nation is seeing a decline in younger motorists – so how are teens getting around these days?

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amorris@communityjournals.com A 3,000-pound vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine and offering the freedom to roam is no longer a rite of passage or enviable status for every teen of driving age, according to several recent studies on young drivers.

Teens are eschewing the first chance to get a driver’s permit or license and choosing to stay home, catch rides or be driven by their parents.

Experts nationwide agree that young people are logging fewer miles, but why they are traveling less is up for debate.

DRIVING DECLINE

According to a study by the United States Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), all Americans drove less during the recent recession, but the age group with the sharpest decline was ages 16-34, marking a 23 percent drop

between 2001 and 2009. The report indicates that over the past 15 years, online and mobile technology have directly affected the way Americans travel.

“For eight years in a row, Americans have been driving less on a per-person basis than the year before,” said Phineas Baxandall, author of the PIRG report.

Another report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released in August took a look at the reasons why teens delay getting their licenses.

After surveying 1,039 18- to 20-year-olds, it found that the top reasons include not having a car, ability to get around without driving, cost of gas, overall cost and “just didn’t get around to it.” Of respondents not licensed by their 18th birthday, 68 percent were still not licensed by 19th birthday, according to the survey.

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Teens are eschewing the open road in favor of gaming and connecting online.

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Although a teen’s first new car can be an exciting purchase, many young people are now delaying getting their driver’s licenses.

said they didn’t get a driver’s license because they could connect with friends online. And this digital connectivity is a major shift, says Joseph Mazer of Clemson University’s Social Media Listening Center.

NEW WAYS TO CONNECT

In the past, obtaining that driver’s license – and the mobility that went with it – was the main way teenagers connected and communicated, whether at the bowling alley, sporting event or arcade, said Mazer. New devices are creating 24-7 connectivity, he said. “It’s a generation shift and generational change – a new way to connect.”

The top gadget for teens and attractor for their disposable income has become the best or most recent phone, he said. “Big fancy car is not at the top of the list.”

Back in 1998, when Mazer got his license at age 16, “If I wanted to get together with my friends, I did it with a land line,” he said. “We had to work a little harder to foster connections with friends.”

Connectivity creates less urgency for getting that license or car, he added. Friends connect virtually first and then coordinate an event or transportation.

Experts have hypothesized that some parents are also reluctant to have their teens drive because of

safety concerns or costs. It’s not just the parents, as in the case of student Stefanie Nifenecker.

Nifenecker, now a senior at Bob Jones University, didn’t get her license until after her freshman year there.

She obtained her learner’s

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permit at age 15 while living in New Jersey, where six hours with a private driving instructor were required, she said. However, she didn’t need to drive because her older sister drove, and she could carpool with classmates in her neighborhood as well. So she put off her driver’s test.

Nifenecker said one deterrent was the fact that one of her friends was killed in an auto accident. She became more serious about safety.

Her parents pushed her to get the license, however, even to the point of buying her a car, she said.

The summer after her freshman year, she was finally ready.

“I took driving seriously and many friends would want me to drive them around … they know I am a very safe driver,” she said.

So safe that she intentionally puts her cellphone in the back seat.

Calvin Osteen, safety officer with Budget Driving School in Greenville, said he has seen a decline in the number of teenagers seeking a license. He attributes it primarily to the cost of insurance and of owning a car, but also to digital connectivity.

“Kids can sit at home and communicate. We used to have to drive to socialize, but they don’t have to do that,” he said.

He also has encountered many students who report they had no interest in learning to drive and their parents are making them learn.

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SAFETY CONCERNS

The AAA report investigated whether teens were waiting to get their licenses because of graduated driver licensing restrictions, which outline how and when new licensees can drive. That was not the case, the report concluded.

It did raise the concern that because teens are waiting, they are not getting the practice and protection offered by a system that gives them increasing responsibility over time. In turn, this could make driving more dangerous for the teens when they do learn because they won’t have the maximum amount of practice.

Osteen agrees with that assessment.

“We like to have them early at 15 or 16 while they’re still home with their parents.” The younger students are quicker to learn defensive driving techniques, he said, and get additional supervised practice because they still live with their parents.

“The licensing process is the key to their safety,” he said.

The Center for the Study of Young Drivers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cites inexperience as one of the factors that put young drivers at higher risk for accidents and death, noting, “there is some indication that individuals continue to improve for at least two years.”

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Moore told the gathering the state Republican Party isn’t where he’d like to see it on immigration. Republicans could moderate their positions on both Hispanics and related immigration issues. The party “needs to be more diverse,” he said.

An engineer by training, Moore said he “has an optimistic vision” for the Hispanics living in South Carolina and “the GOP wants and believes in immigration reform.”

He applauded Lugo for launching the S.C. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which has grown from 10 members in 2007 to 250 business owners and professionals.

Lugo told the gathering that more than 6,000 Hispanic businesses statewide – mostly restaurants and service industries – generated revenue of $1.7 billion in 2007, the most recent figures available.

Hispanic businesses constitute 8.3 percent of the total in America and 1.7 percent in South Carolina, she said.

Lugo said the states other than the Carolinas with the fastest-growing Hispanic populations are Alabama,

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Most of the Hispanics in the Carolinas are from Mexico, a spokesman for the Mexican Consulate based in Raleigh said at a forum sponsored by the Greenville County United Way earlier this year. A total of 41 businesses from Mexico operate in Greenville, according to the consulate’s website. With one exception, all were restaurants.

About 10 of the state’s 46 counties have the lion’s share of the Hispanic businesses, according to Lugo.

The top five counties are: • Greenville – 3.1 percent • Aiken – 2.4 percent • Spartanburg – 2.3 percent • Beaufort and Dorchester – each with 2.0 percent.

Ivan Segura, president of the Council of Mexicans in the Carolinas, said 60 to 70 percent of the Hispanics statewide are Mexican, a figure that dovetails with the Mexican Consulate.

Segura provided several revealing statistics he predicted will have a significant long-term impact on the American economy and culture: 93 percent of Latin youths are U.S. born citizens, while an estimated 800,000 Latinos turn 18 each year, one every 30 seconds.

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Meanwhile, an estimated $1.2 trillion in marketing is targeted at Hispanic consumers, including roughly $60 million

by Wal-Mart, according to press reports.

Lee McElveen, Hispanic coordinator for the S.C. Commission on Minority Affairs, countered national reports that the recent recession and deportations have slowed the number of Hispanics entering the United States illegally from Mexico.

Seven percent of the students attending public schools statewide are Hispanic, McElveen told conference attendees, a figure state experts expect to grow.

Second to issues revolving around immigration, the most crucial challenge facing Hispanics is lack of leadership, McElveen and other conference speakers said last week. While there were 16 nonprofits that serve Hispanics across the state, very few Hispanics actually serve on boards and commissions, McElveen reported.

“We need leadership,” she said.

It was perhaps Harrison, the Democratic chairman, who best summed up the tone of the conference with this advice from his grandmother: “It’s not always about the words of people, it’s about their deeds and action.”

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Veterans, dignitaries and activeduty military members gathered for the ribbon-cutting of the Greenville VA Outpatient Clinic last week.

More than a year in the making, the approximately 78,000-squarefoot facility has 145 staff members, and veterans can be seen for everything from mental health services to dental work.

Officials hope it will serve more than 18,000 veterans annually who visited the former facility on Augusta Road, said David Amura of the Veterans Health Administration.

“It is fitting that we open the Greenville VA clinic as close to Veterans Day as possible,” said clinic administrator Richard Boggan. The new facility replaces the Augusta Road clinic, which opened in 1992 and had more than

50,000 visits annually. The former facility was plagued with inadequate parking issues, and some veterans had to travel to Columbia’s William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA medical center for treatment.

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott spoke at the event alongside veterans’ advocates. Scott said the clinic was a way to pay veterans back for their service and Graham added that veterans can “travel less and get more.”

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson, who now chairs the board of Upstate Warrior Solutions, challenged the Upstate to encourage Robeson veterans to sign up for services at the VA clinic.

“What a shame to have this great facility if we don’t fill it up,” he said, noting that there are potentially 100,000 veterans who could use VA services. The community needs to support veterans in medical care, housing, education and

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Randall Tate, a retired Marine who The Greenville facility is one of the larger satellite clinics, according served in the Gulf War, said he was to Amura, and officials continue to at the event because some veterans still have problems receiving services monitor the demand for services.

“There are an amazing number of veterans who aren’t enrolled,” he said.

Officials also proclaimed the new clinic as a promise to those active service members that care will be there when it is needed. Lee Huffstetler, in active duty for 18 years and local Navy Operational Support Center com- The colors are presented during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the manding officer, said, new Greenville VA Outpatient Clinic.

“It’s that future promise back to us. The young sailors, young Marines see the from the VA. Tate said he had difficommunity coming together to sup- culty being seen for chronic asthma port them in their sacrifice and they’re and complaints made on the local going to be there on the care side. I level go no further. think it gives them motivation in the Amura said another outpatient decision on whether to re-enlist.” clinic in Anderson is slated for comHuffstetler had toured the facility pletion in just over a year.

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What sets GHS apart from other academic health centers is its clinical university model. This first-of-its-kind model is a variation on the traditional academic health center model in that the health system—not a medical school or university—is at the core, with applied clinical research and education occurring in partnership with Clemson University, Furman University and the University of South Carolina, among other colleges and universities. $1 Million Donation to Fund Medical Student Scholarships The USC School of Medicine Greenville received a gift of $1 million from upstate businessman Charles D. Walters and his family that will establish an endowment fund for medical student scholarships. Additional monies also were provided so a student can benefit now. First-year medical student Rachel Heidt of Beaufort is the first recipient of the four-year scholarship.

Three New Members Elected to GHS Board of Trustees Former legislator Lewis Vaughn, the Rev. Sean Dogan and philanthropist Anna Kate Hipp have been selected to serve on the GHS Board of Trustees pending commissioning by the governor. Each will serve a three-year term.

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Carolina High alum wins Bronze Star Greenville native Tech. Sgt. Makeba Liebert, 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) in charge of individual protection equipment, was recently awarded the Bronze Star for her actions while deployed in Kabul, Afghanistan, from Nov. 2012 through May 2013.

The Bronze Star is the fourth-highest combat medal awarded in the United States. The medal was presented to Liebert by Lt. Col. Todd Jensen, 366th LRS commander.

Working as the NCO in charge, Leibert played a main role in the logistics analysis and fortification of 25 districts, helping transition them to full control for local Afghans, according to a report in the Mountain Home Air Force Base news website. Leibert directly supported the readiness of 62 districts fighting for security, the report said.

Liebert conducted 60 missions as part of her role overseas, the report said.

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City Council studies changes to infill and alcohol rules SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

sjackson@communityjournals.com Possible changes to infill zoning laws and restaurant alcoholic beverage service outdoors in the central business district were discussed at a Greenville City Council workshop held earlier this week.

Proposed changes to infill zoning requirements for existing single-family residences in R-6 and R-9 zoning districts was the hot topic Tuesday night, with many civic and community members in the audience from area subdivisions, including the North Main Homeowners Association, which had been sending notices and Facebook updates encouraging residents to attend.

A copy of a draft of proposed new regulations was leaked to area residents, and City Manager John Castile apologized that “working documents got out and created any unmet expectations.” Castile said the planning commission asked city staff for assistance with infill development. The city strives to be transparent, he said, and will make sure ample time is allowed for sufficient public input before any decisions are made.

The goal of the new regulations would be to seek a balance that maintains neighborhood character and integrity while allowing growth and promoting good infill development, according to a presentation given by city Economic Development Manager Michael Kerski.

Staff recommendations include regulating the number of stories in a structure when developing or remodeling a property, making garage locations match to the neighborhood and allowing administrative waivers to retain large trees or natural features.

Kerski said a possible change would include looking at design elements for an entire street instead of current processes that only examine homes on either side of the proposed change.

Council agreed to put together a

task force of council members, community managers, planning commission members, homebuilders and realtors for further study and recommendations. Task force members will be discussed at the Nov. 18 council workshop. Castile said the city wants “to embrace the growth” but also “find something sustainable.”

An application for a Text Amendment to the Land Management Ordinance to incorporate new standards for single-family residential infill de-

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The city currently has an ordinance that allows restaurants to serve beer and wine in outdoor seating areas in the central business district. The proposed rule change would extend the ordinance to allow hard alcohol to also be served.

City Attorney Ronald W. McKinney told the council times have changed since the current ordinance was passed in the late 1990s. He said the current ordinance needs to be “simpler and clearer” and making changes would be more “comported with state regulations that have recently changed to include hard liquor.”

City staff recommended the council allow alcohol sales until 11 p.m. Most restaurant establishments have a closing time of 9 or 10 p.m., McKinney said, and this would give customers and restaurants ample time to finish dinner and drinks and clear tables. If patrons wished to continue drinking, they would need to move indoors.

Currently, 37 businesses have an encroachment permit with this ordinance. McKinney said city staff would check with those on their current outdoor seating closing times and report back.

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County Council agrees on roads advisory committee Sales tax referendum still an option APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

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However, with multiple amendments, council members removed any reference to a public referendum or the state law authorizing it from the resolution they passed to create the commission.

The advisory commission would consist of 18 county residents, 12 from county council districts and six from municipalities. County Council would choose the 12 members and each city council would appoint a representative. The commission would hold public meetings and then develop a project list to be submitted to council.

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tioned whether the advisory commission’s project list will be of any worth if there is no funding method. “So we are just going to get the list and then say ‘Thank you very much’?”

If council considers an ordinance to pose the referendum, it must go through three readings and a public hearing, said Councilman H.G. “Butch” Kirven. Council approved a provision to stop a referendum process if the state raises the gas tax resulting in $50 million for the county or the state allocates $50 million to the county.

Kirven, a referendum advocate, said he was satisfied with the step to create the commission. “It keeps the issue alive and gets more citizens involved. The council can benefit from their opinions.”

Shortly after the unanimous vote, Dill made a requested motion to introduce an advisory referendum for the Nov. 2014 ballot that would reduce the county’s property tax millage by two mills, from 51.9 mills to 49.9 mills. Dill said that the move was not in response to the sales tax discussions, but to tax increases in general.

“A lot of people are upset about a tax increase. I’m not talking a penny, but hundreds of dollars,” he said. Council referred the matter to the committee of the whole for consideration on Nov. 19.

Also on Nov. 19, council members will consider applicants for the permanent Disabilities and Special Needs Board’s

board of directors. The seven-member board will be created with staggered terms: three members for one-year terms and two members each for two- and three-year terms. Current interim board chairman Alex McNair said Tuesday that he and other interim board members Pearlie Harris and Bob Ariail, who have served approximately 18 months, would be willing to serve another year term if selected. According to the county, a total of 12 people have applied.

Council members also voted 9-3 to approve a resolution in support of S.C. Rep. Phyllis Henderson’s House bill on increasing sentencing and tougher laws for those convicted of gang-related crimes. Council members Lottie Gibson, Joe Baldwin and Xanthene Norris said they did not support the resolution because they did not approve of mandatory sentencing.

Accommodations tax fund distribution hit a snag when council learned that one of the recipients, the Transportation Museum of the World, may not be eligible to receive 2014 funding because it did not apply this year. Approximately $148,000 is available to allocate this year, including some funds that came in after last year’s allocation. The matter was referred to the finance committee.

Greenville County Council is scheduled to meet again on Nov. 19, 6 p.m., at County Square, 301 University Ridge, Greenville.

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Council has discussed a 2014 referendum on a one percent sales tax increase in Greenville County for several weeks.

If council opts to put forward a referendum, voters would decide on the sales tax increase (lasting up to eight years) and a list of projects. Projects could include work on state roads, something that opponents say the state should take care of. Officials estimate the sales tax increase could generate roughly $65 million each year.

Referendum opponents say that the state has enough money to fix its own roads and county residents cannot bear another tax increase. They also contend that funds from the tax would not be used for repairs or maintenance, but for new projects. The state Transportation Infrastructure Bank helps finance large projects, but councilman Joe Dill and other opponents say the funds are allocated disproportionately to projects in districts of those in seats of power.

Councilmen Dill and Willis Meadows have voiced opposition to the idea of a referendum, but voted in favor of the resolution to establish the advisory commission.

Meadows had proposed the amendments to remove mention of a referendum in the creation of the commission.

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Lawmakers discuss blocking ACA JEANNE PUTNAM | CONTRIBUTOR

jputnam@communityjournals.com This week, a Senate Select Committee public hearing was held regarding the Freedom of Healthcare Protection Act (H. 3131), which would block the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in South Carolina.

The bill, which is currently in the Senate and will be up for discussion in January, would essentially block the ACA by not allowing state agencies to aid in enforcing the ACA; encouraging the attorney general to take any legal action he deems fit regarding the ACA; and allowing for S.C. taxpayers who would have to pay the penalty to the IRS to receive a tax deduction equal to that penalty.

According to Sen. Tom Davis, the chairman of the committee, the bill is designed to show that South Carolina is not a subdivision of the federal government.

The bill was discussed before a crowded room filled with mostly supporters of H. 3131, but there were a few who spoke out against the bill being passed.

“So many people are putting down Obamacare,” said Terrolyn Kissai. “I was laid off five years ago and I have preexisting conditions. I cannot get health care. I am not looking for a handout, I’m looking for help.”

Sen. Kevin Johnson said he related to Kissai’s statement because many in his district were working poor or had been laid off like she had been and were not able to get health insurance.

Dr. Stephen Compton said, “I’m sad about the people in South Carolina who work hard for a living who cannot afford health care, and I do not see how private charity can help.”

Compton said the legislative branch should be open-minded and look for other opportunities to fund health care, but this particular bill does not do that.

Davis said, “We have an accessibility issue to fix. We will have to have state-initiated reforms to address access to health care.”

The panel, which also includes Sens. John Matthews, Kevin Bryant, Ray Cleary, Greg Hembree and Thomas McElveen, held similar sessions in Columbia and Charleston on Wednesday.

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THE BLOTTER Greenville police have arrested and charged with murder a former co-worker of a Greenville woman who was missing for weeks before her remains were found at the end of a dead end road.

Samuel Hawkins, 33, of 12 Central Ave., Greenville, is charged with murder in connection with the death of Misty Johnson, according to police and jail records.

Hawkins was being held in the Greenville County Detention Hawkins Center Wednesday without bond.

Johnson was reported missing on Sept. 12 after she did not show up for her shift at Carolina Ale House.

Her remains were found at the end of Whispering Hollow Road last week.

Authorities used dental records to identify Johnson.

Hawkins told police that he and Johnson got into an argument and she “kicked” him out of her residence, according to an arrest warrant.

The warrant said Hawkins left Johnson’s residence walking that morning but was driving her 2003 Ford Explorer the next morning.

Johnson’s vehicle was found across the street from Hawkins’ home two days after she was reported missing, the warrant said.

The warrant said Hawkins “removed and discarded items of evidence from Johnson’s residence.”

Hawkins was arrested at Bailey’s Sports Bar on Laurens Road Monday night.

A telephone caller is using the name of the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office and Green Dot MoneyPak to try to scam people out of money, according to a Sheriff ’s Office report.

A caller claiming to be with the Sheriff ’s Office tells people they have outstanding bench warrants for unpaid traffic tickets, advises them to get a Green Dot MoneyPak card and then has them give him the number on the card.

The Sheriff ’s Office has received at least three reports of the scam since Nov. 1.

The Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office does not conduct business in that manner and says anybody receiving such a call should not comply and should contact the Sheriff ’s Office.

Scams involving the reloadable debit cards are on the rise across the country.

Six Greenville High students were arrested after a fight in a school restroom that authorities believe was part of a gang initiation.

The students, ages 14 through 16, are charged with disorderly conduct. Their identities were not released because they are juveniles.

The students, five of whom are special-education students, have been suspended from school and will be recommended for expulsion, according to Oby Lyles, spokesman for Greenville County Schools.

“We will continue to work closely with the school district to prevent as much gang-related activities as possible inside of our public schools,” the Greenville Police Department said in a news release. “The police department and school district also believe that the immediate decisive action taken by the officer and school personnel will send a message to other students that gang activities will not be tolerated.”

A Greenville County sheriff ’s deputy, three Wade Hampton Fire Department firefighters and a woman were honored for saving the life of a man trapped in a burning house.

A fire was reported on Edwards Road on Oct. 24 around 6 p.m.

When he got to the scene, Deputy Omar Yahya ran to the back of the house and saw Chau Ong at the rear window of the house yelling for help and screaming that her paralyzed father-in-law was inside with her.

Ong carried the man from his bed and placed him near the window. She also put a wet towel over his face to keep him from inhaling smoke.

Yahya used a ladder that was near the back of the house to climb up to the window.

He told Ong she had to get out immediately and she climbed onto his shoulders. He carried Ong down the ladder and was immediately overwhelmed by smoke inhalation.

Firefighter Braden Brock and Lt. Mike Reese entered the home through the front door and were able to extinguish the fire. They located the man lying near the window. They lifted him through the window to firefighter Lt. Brian Jones who carried him out to safety.

Sheriff Steve Loftis presented Yahya with a Medal of Valor and the firefighters and Ong with letters of commendation.

JOURNAL COMMUNITY Shaking all over Whole-body vibration offered as option for gentler workout BENJAMIN JEFFERS | CONTRIBUTOR

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When you walk into Circulation Nation, you might be a little surprised by what you see. People wearing anything from work clothes to workout clothes vibrate on platforms lining the walls.

The company is one of the businesses around the nation built on a new fitness trend called whole-body vibration.

Some people simply stand on a platform as it vibrates in an oscillating fashion. Some perform a variety of exercise moves on it. Some lie on the ground and place their legs on it.

Whatever method people choose, Linda Craig, owner of Circulation Nation in Greenville, says the focus is getting people to move around more.

“You have to move the body so the fluids are not stagnant,” she said. According to Craig, the increased flow of blood and lymphatic fluids helps improve mobility and mental functions.

Whole-body vibration utilizes a vibrating platform that causes thousands of muscle contractions whether people sit or stand on it. Craig said that 10 minutes on the machine equals a one-hour physical workout.

Some people don’t have the ability to stand on the platform, she said, so she sits them in a chair with their feet on the machine. Craig says she’s seen amazing results for her clients, not only physically but psychologically. She said people feel more relaxed and healthier after the sessions.

“It’s completely changed my life,” said one customer, Kristin Blanton, as she performed a number of maneuvers with dumbbells.

Blanton started at Circulation Nation about five months ago and said she’s lost 35 pounds. She said she now sleeps through the night and even has better speech.

“You have to move the body so the fluids are not stagnant.”

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Kristin Blanton works out on a whole-body vibration machine at Circulation Nation.

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She credits whole-body vibration with her improvement. Blanton uses the machine for about 30 minutes each time she works out.

“I can’t wait until I get here,” she said. “I leave as relaxed as can be.”

Whole-body vibration, however, does have its skeptics. And several Upstate doctors and health professionals declined to comment on its benefits or lack thereof, saying they didn’t know enough about the fitness trend to offer an opinion.

An article published in March 2009 by

the British Geriatrics Society notes that vibration exposure was cited as harmful in operators of pneumatic power tools, and recommended the concept as therapy receive more study.

“Vibration training may offer some potential musculoskeletal benefits, but further research is needed to evaluate the optimum vibration protocol in terms of safety and efficacy in older people, and to evaluate its effectiveness at reducing fall incidence,” wrote authors Katherine Brooke Wavell and Neil J. Mansfield. “Vibration can result in detrimental effects and further evidence is needed on the risks and benefits of whole-body vibration training in other organ systems.”

Physical therapist and owner of Carr Physical Therapy, Sandy Carr, said doctors and medical professionals may be skeptical because “there haven’t been adequate studies that say this a good deal.”

Carr bought a whole-body vibration machine in January and uses it with some of her patients. The main reason she bought it was to test its effectiveness for people with osteoporosis. Carr is using herself as a test case and said, “If my bone density improves, it will be worth every penny.”

Although she has not yet finished her study, Carr said the machine benefits people in other ways. The low-impact workout, she said, can help elderly people improve balance issues. It can also give people un-

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Circulation Nation owner Linda Craig, right, talks with member Kristin Blanton as Blanton works out on a whole-body vibration machine at Circulation Nation.

able to exercise or with injuries the confidence to begin a regular workout routine.

Using a whole-body machine shouldn’t substitute for a workout at the gym, Carr said. She emphasized the need for cardio and proper nutrition as well.

“It is an adjunct,” she said. “It is totally an adjunct.”

At Circulation Nation, Craig stresses hydration, eating right and sleeping enough in addition to the vibration workout.

Her journey to whole-body vibration started in 2000, when she was diagnosed with cancer. She realized she needed to change her lifestyle through eating well and exercising. She started researching health and fitness and became a certified natural health provider in 2005.

The research piqued her interest in whole-body vibration as a way to help people begin healthy lifestyles.

She and her husband bought part of a whole-body vibration franchise in 2009, but management troubles by the parent company forced them to temporarily close. They decided to open an independent studio in August 2012.

Craig said she has seen Circulation Nation’s customer base grow from about 80 people in January to about 150. She said the growth in business has been encouraging, and two former customers recently started a Circulation Nation branch in Spartanburg.

Growth has been the result of word of mouth by people who have benefited from the program, she said. When people tell Craig they don’t believe whole-body vibration works, she says, “You need to come out and try it.”

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“Welcome to Circulation Nation,” owner Linda Craig says as I walk in the door.

Light streams into the studio through floor-to-ceiling windows at the front. Oldies play through the speakers. People stand jiggling on platforms that line the walls.

Linda informs me that Circulation Nation is a shoeless environment, so off go the Reeboks, and I walk sock-footed to the back of the studio to talk a little about whole-body vibration. However, because Linda is excited for me to get on the machine, we waste little time before starting the program.

For two days, I went through Circulation Nation’s program to fully experience this new fitness trend.

Wearing jeans and a button-down shirt, I step onto the platform and Linda starts the machine. My whole body starts shaking, and I can’t help but smile. She ups the speed and my body starts shaking even more.

“Keep your knees loose,” Linda says.

As I stand on the ma-

chine, my skin starts to tingle. That’s a result of the increased circulation, Linda explains. After standing for a while, Linda has me lie down and place my legs on the oscillating board to increase circulation to them.

“Spread your arms to open your chest up,” Linda instructs.

“I look crazy,” I think to myself.

After doing a few more exercises on the machine, session one ends. The low-impact workout leaves me feeling more relaxed and happier. And while the first day was fun, I’m ready to ramp up the intensity.

On day two, I show up in shorts and a Tshirt, ready to see if whole-body vibration can give a relatively fit college student like me a good workout. Linda demonstrates a few maneuvers with dumbbells for me to follow. I go through them pretty easily.

Then, I place my hands on the platform and do some pushups as my entire upper body shakes tremendously. The constant shaking does heighten the difficulty level, and I start to break a sweat.

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Shriners Hospital first in state to install EOS system APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com At the Shriners Hospital in Greenville, 3-year-old Sadie Spring giggles and smiles as she stands inside a bright white, square alcove with measurement marks and indicator lights in what looks like a transporter device from a sci-fi film set.

It’s not a way for Sadie to reach the stars but an EOS imaging system – new X-ray technology that can offer her doctors even more information. What’s more, the machine reduces X-ray exposure for young patients by up to nine times.

The hospital had the machine operating for the first time on Halloween and nearly a dozen patients used it in the first two days, said Wanda Coker, director of radiology at the Shriners Hospital.

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Patient Sadie Springs, 3, in the EOS X-ray at Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville.

In addition to offering a faster X-ray for antsy children –15 seconds vs. five minutes – the machine also creates two views simultaneously using

thin, horizontal beams, eliminating the need for two different sets of X-rays, said Coker.

The new machine also reduces radiation exposure seven to nine times, she said. Unlike the “scatter radiation” common to other systems – where the X-ray changes direction when it comes in contact with an object – the EOS beam does not scatter, she said.

Using a computer, doctors can also create a 3-D image from the EOS information, a view that was previously not possible with traditional X-ray technology.

X-ray exposure for pediatric patients is a “huge national concern,” said Coker.

Children are more sensitive to radiation, she said, and experts fear exposing children to the same amount of radiation as adults can result in an increased chance of developing cancer. A scoliosis patient can have preoperative, postoperative and follow-up X-rays every three to six months for years, she said.

In 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called for X-ray technology manufacturers to work to reduce ionizing radiation exposure to children when designing devices.

The Upstate Shriners Hospital is the first in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia or Alabama to use the EOS technology, Coker said (the clos-

est is in a private practice in Georgia).

A sister Shriners hospital in Oregon reports using the technology for approximately 30 percent of their total patients, she said.

A patient may stand or sit in the EOS machine and a technician can select the exact body section to scan, Coker said. “It’s more accurate from a technical standpoint, too.”

Nearly 20 percent of the hospital’s patients are treated for scoliosis and a 3-D image of the spine offers better information, resulting in better treatment, said Dr. Pete Stasikelis, spine surgeon and the hospital’s chief of staff.

“It allows us to take images of the spine in three dimensions, which allows us to measure rotation, which is something we haven’t been able to do before … our hope is that with better information about the deformity of the spine we’ll be able to offer better and more accurate treatments,” he said.

“One of the biggest concerns we spine surgeons have is the amount of radiation the kids are exposed to because they require repeated follow-ups with X-rays and each time we radiate them more,” said Stasikelis. He said the EOS is also 1/20th the exposure of a CT (computed tomography) scan.

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Retired Maj. Gen. Michael R. Lehnert is the former commanding officer of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, where he headed a task force to build and run detention facilities for al-Qaida and Taliban terrorists. Commissioned in 1973 as a combat engineer, Lehnert participated in combat operations in Panama, Kuwait and Iraq. In 2003 he led 5,000 Marines and sailors during the initial invasion of Iraq.

During his 37 years of active duty, he held 13 separate commands from platoon commander to joint task force commander, including a command task force in Guantanamo. Lehnert was honored as the 2010 National Peacekeeper Award recipient by the National Conflict Resolution Center and has been recognized by numerous environmental groups for his work recovering endangered species.

As a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, Lehnert was at Furman for a weeklong residential program of classes, lectures and informal discussions.

His visit was sponsored by the Riley Institute at Furman.

INTRODUCTION “It has been over a decade since I went to Guantanamo to set up the detention facility and I’ve had ample time to reflect on what I helped to create. I suspect that many of you will find it difficult to think that you too may have to wrestle with moral and public policy issues that have international and historical significance.”

ETHICAL DECISIONS IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS “War (even a righteous war) is a morally bruising event.

War is not tidy as Hollywood movies would have you believe. It is messy, inexact and the moral and ethical issues can be profound. Warfare creates ethical dilemmas unlike anything most of us ever experience in peacetime.”

OATH TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION “Every commissioned officer takes the following oath: ‘I, ______, solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God.’ An oath of obedience to his or her commanding officers is absent for a very good reason – in the event of a conflict, the Constitution takes precedence over any other rule, or order or individual.”

ATMOSPHERE AFTER 9/11 “[The American people] were angry. We’d been attacked without provocation.

Thousands of innocents had been killed. The symbols of our nation had been destroyed or seriously damaged.

On the morning of 11 September, I was brigadier general in charge of a force of about 8,000 Marines and sailors, when my chief of staff walked into my office, and we watched the second plane fly into the tower. We knew that the world had changed forever. A senior Muslim officer told me, ‘General, this was an attack on Americans. I’m an American. I’m angry like you. I’m also embarrassed that Muslims did this in the name of God. They don’t worship the same God I do.’ I told him that this could not become a religious war for if it did, the terrorists had won.”

DEPLOYING TO GITMO “On the 20th of December, I was told to deploy to Guantanamo the following day and to build a plan to hold detainees.

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We were asked to build 96 cells in 96 hours, which we accomplished. No duration was given, but the administration at this time clearly felt that the detention facility would not be long term. After about three months, the Army-led Joint Task Force began to arrive and our unit returned to the U.S.” GENEVA CONVENTIONS “Of all my initial guidance from superiors, perhaps the most disturbing was the decision by the administration that the detainees would be afforded none of the protections of the Geneva Conventions. I thought that the Geneva Convention’s stricture to treat detainees humanely until they had been tried by an Article V Tribunal made sense. My personal decision was to run the facility in accordance with the GC wherever possible. Although some of the people in the facility could be the ‘worst of the worst,’ that didn’t absolve us from the responsibility to treat them humanely.”

FINAL THOUGHTS “Seven hundred seventy-nine detainees have been brought to Guantanamo. Of that number about 80 percent were not captured by U.S. forces but by Afghan and Pakistani forces and turned over to the U.S. in exchange for bounty payments. Most detainees have been released without charges after spending several years in the camp; 164 detainees remain in Guantanamo. Of that number, about half have been cleared for release without charges, but with repatriation difficulties.

This is about our national values.

We must ask ourselves who we are and what we stand for as a nation.

The decision to interrogate detainees, particularly the harsh interrogation techniques that followed later in the history of Gitmo, reinforced all of the negative perceptions of the U.S. Now even senior intelligence leaders are coming forward to admit that the information we received was of little use.”

The Riley Institute is named for Furman graduate and former South Carolina governor and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. The Institute offers a broad array of programs throughout the year designed to engage students and citizens across South Carolina in the various arenas of politics, public policy and public leadership.

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Six middle schools will compete in the S.C. Bar Regional Middle School Mock Trial Competition on Nov. 9 at the Greenville County Courthouse. Participating schools include Bob Jones Academy, Greenville Middle Academy, Johnston Edgefield Trenton, Merriwether, the Montessori School of Anderson and Sevier. Students will present the plaintiff and defense sides of a fictitious civil case before a panel of local volunteer lawyers and judges. Students will also fill the roles of attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs and timekeepers. A total of 12 teams from four regional competitions will advance to the state competition Dec. 6-7.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School will hold an open house for fall 2014 admissions (grades 6-12) Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. The program will offer prospective families an opportunity to learn more about the school, pick up applications, tour the facility and meet teachers. The event is open to all prospective students and parents. For more information, call 864234-9009.

St. Anthony of Padua School is hosting a Craft Fair on Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., in the new school gym. Attendees can purchase jewelry, scarves, clothes, decorations and more.

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The Blue Ridge High School Corps of Cadets were recently named 2013 SCBDA AAA State Marching Band Champions. The band swept state finals winning overall effect, music performance and visual execution. This is the eighth state championship for the Corps of Cadets. The band is under the director of Brian T. Grant.

The fourth annual Race 4 Ecuador will be held on Nov. 10 at Christ Church Episcopal School. The one-mile fun run begins at 2 p.m. and the 5K race begins at 3 p.m. Raceday registration will begin at 1:30 p.m. on the football field.

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Langston Charter Middle School is sponsoring a Langston Loves Lisa team as part of the Caine Halter Lungs4Life 5K Run/Walk and one-mile fun run on Nov. 9 to honor the school’s founder, Lisa Stevens, who battled lung cancer and is celebrating five years of being cancer free. All proceeds will benefit Uniting Against Lung Cancer and the Institute for Translational Oncology Research of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center. To join the team, go to lungs4life.kintera.org.

The Fine Arts Center will hold an Open House for parents of prospective students at the Fine Arts Center on Nov. 14, 6:30-8 p.m. All interested parents are invited to visit the school, see the state-of-the-art studios and tour the building. The faculty and administration will be sharing information and will be available to answer questions about the program, including the application and audition process.

Shannon Forest Christian School’s Homecoming 2013 Spirit Week will be held Nov. 11-15. This year, students at will be raising funds for Blankets of Hope, a project of Defenders for Children, and Safe Families for Children. Both are organizations that provide aid for children who have been victims of abuse. Visit shannonforest.com for an event listing.

On Nov. 12, 5:45-7 p.m., Sara Collins Elementary School will host an Open House for rising K5 and first-grade students. Students zoned for Sara Collins Elementary and their families are invited to attend. The event will offer families the opportunity to learn about the school’s International Baccalaureate Program, visit classrooms and more. For more information, call 864-355-3200.

Tim Glenn, associate professor of dance at Florida State University, was artistin-residence at the Fine Arts Center, giving master classes in the Nikolais technique. Glenn is a former member of the Nikolais Dance Theatre. A professional development workshop was also presented to art, theatre, dance and physical education teachers in Greenville County Schools.

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Chandler Creek Elementary’s Communities in Schools site coordinator, Sam Ali, recently received a grant award from LiveWell Greenville. LiveWell Greenville is a partner of the YMCA that promotes health and wellness through making healthy lifestyle choices.

Sterling School science teacher Tracey Carney led her middle-school students in a project to install native plants at Sliding Rock Creek Park in Greenville’s Nicholtown community. Carney’s classes conducted ongoing field research at the park, examining the causes and effects of erosion and of pollution entering rivers. To reduce runoff pollution, students designed a riparian buffer of native plants and joined members of the Nicholtown Neighborhood Association for a clean-up and planting day. On Nov. 2, students and the neighborhood association held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebratory cookout.

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Gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Vincent Sheheen will be the guest speaker at the Nov. 11 meeting of Democratic Women of Greenville County.

The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. and will be held at The Handlebar, 304 E. Stone Ave., Greenville. An appetizer buffet is available for $20. Reservations for dinner are required and can be made by calling 864-232-5531 or emailing headquarters@greenvilledemocrats.com. Guests are welcome.

The Westin Poinsett’s Steven Dopp has been nominated for the Historic Hotelier of the Year award. In addition, the hotel has been nominated for the Historic Hotels of America New Member of the Year award. The Annual Historic Hotels of America Awards program pays tribute to an elite group of the finest historic hotels and hoteliers. Winners will be announced at an annual conference Nov. 19-21.

The Carolina Shag Club will host a free Junior Shag Workshop for kids ages 7-20 on Nov. 9, 6:30–7:30 p.m., at the Phoenix Inn. There will be free T-shirts for first-time participants. For more information, contact Dede or Jeff Ward at 238-2960 or 415-8290.

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Elsagher Bon Secours St. Francis will host “Humor and Healing, Life After Cancer,” featuring keynote speaker, humorist and author Brenda Elsagher on Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m., at the TD Convention Center. A former small-business owner, Elsagher is a wife, mother, international speaker and author of “If the Battle Is Over, Why Am I Still in Uniform?” “I’d Like to Buy a Bowel Please!” “Bedpan Banter” and “It’s in the Bag and Under the Covers.” To register, visit survivorship.eventbrite.com.

The Caine Halter Family YMCA will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking on Nov. 11, 11 a.m., for an expansion. The addition will include dedicated space for spin and cycle classes, and a “box” for the Beast Mode program, kettlebells, TRX and small-group training. The community is invited to attend.

To answer questions about the health insurance marketplace, New Horizon Family Health Services is hosting a free seminar at Long Branch Baptist Church, 28 Bolt St., Greenville, on Nov. 16, 2-4 p.m. Several staff members from New Horizon Family Health Services are trained Certified Application Counselors. They will be on site to educate and enroll people in the marketplace. For more information, call 864-233-1534, ext. 2219.

Charleston Cooks! is offering Thanksgiving-themed classes throughout November. Classes include Thanksgiving Wines, Nov. 15; Thanksgiving Desserts, Nov. 16; Sensational Sides, Nov. 19; Roasting and Braising Workshop, Nov. 22; Southern Thanksgiving, Nov. 23; and Last-Minute Thanksgiving, Nov. 26. Costs are $25-$70 per person. Space is limited and all classes are held at Charleston Cooks!, 200 N. Main St., Greenville. To register, call 864-335-2000 or visit charlestoncooks.com.

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through Thanksgiving, Upstate students will track healthy eating and physical activity choices. Local “Fit Buddies” include: Lisa Elmore of YMCA of Greenville at Crestview Elementary School, Lizz Ryals of WMYI 102.5 at Bryson Middle School, Alyssa Simmons of Communities in Schools of Greenville at Woodmont Middle School and Jeff Thompson of YMCA of Greenville at A.R. Lewis Elementary School in Pickens. The community is invited to participate at Fitfor15.net.

The Republican Liberty Caucus of Greenville was recently officially recognized as a chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus. RLC Greenville is the newest chapter of the national Republican Liberty Caucus, a group that bills itself “the conscience of the Republican Party.” The RLC was founded in 1991 and has recently supported candidates like Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Rand Paul.

On Nov. 19, 7 p.m., Clemson University’s LayLa Burgess will speak on progress in the efforts to save the hemlock tree from extinction at the meeting of the S.C. Native Plant Society. The meeting is free and will be held at Southern Wesleyan University in Central. For more information, visit scnps.org.

The South Carolina Football Hall of Fame will present the South Carolina College Player of the Year Award to the best football player who plays for a South Carolina college or university or is a South Carolina native playing college football anywhere during the 2013 season. The award will be presented during the South Carolina Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony in Feb. 28.

The League of American Bicyclists recently announced the latest round of Bicycle Friendly Community awards, and Greenville has been named a Bronze-level BFC. According to the League, the BFC program is transforming the way communities evaluate their quality of life, sustainability and transportation networks, while allowing them to benchmark their progress toward improving their bicycle friendliness. There are now 291 BFCs in 48 states across America. The designation is valid for four years.

South Carolina International Pageants is seeking young women for its annual Miss and Miss Teen South Carolina International Pageant on April 18-19 at The Charleston Area Convention Center. Miss contestants must be ages 19-29. Miss Teen contestants must be 13-18. Winners will receive a prize package that includes travel expenses and entry fees to the 2014 Miss International and Miss Teen International competitions in Florida. The entry deadline is March 15. For more information, visit southcarolinainternationalpageants.com.

Upstate Forever is applying for renewal of accreditation from The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, and the commission invites public input and accepts signed, written comments on pending applications. Comments must relate how Upstate Forever complies with national quality standards. For the full list of standards, visit landtrustaccreditation.org/tips-and-tools/indicator-practices. Comments may also be faxed or mailed to the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, Attn: Public Comments: 518-587-3183 (fax) or 112 Spring St., Suite 204, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

Comments on Upstate Forever’s application will be most useful by Jan. 3, 2014.

S.C. State Park Service Director Phil Gaines was recognized for his exemplary leadership in addressing environmental issues at Clemson University’s George B. Hartzog Jr. luncheon. Gaines received the Walter T. Cox Award, given for exceptional leadership in public service and natural and cultural resource management.

An employee of the State Carolina parks system for more than three decades, Gaines has been S.C. State Park Service director since 2005.

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Kegs ‘n’ K’s is a veteran-owned, community-based fun run aimed at raising money for local and national charities. Kegs ‘n’ K’s Greer on Nov. 9, 2-7 p.m., at Greer City Park, will benefit the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Susan G. Komen and Greer Relief. The event includes a 4K run with beer throughout the course, a keg toss competition, costume competition, award ceremony and live concert featuring The Piedmont Boys. For more information, visit kegsnks.com.

Junior Achievement of the Upstate invites accounting firms to sign up for its Accountant BIZ Bowl fundraiser on Nov. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Star Lanes in Greenville. Accounting firms can form five-person teams to bowl for two hours. Prizes will be awarded for most spirited team, most creative attire and best-decorated bowling pin. BIZ Bowl participants are asked to recruit friends to sponsor their teams. For more information, call 864-244-4017 or email susan.spencer@ja.org.

Northwestern Mutual, through its Foundation, recently recognized Jodi Panagakos for her work with Make-A-Wish South Carolina as part of the company’s 19th annual Community Service Program. Panagakos is an associate financial representative at Northwestern Mutual in Greenville. The award honors Northwestern Mutual financial professionals who demonstrate exemplary service with a local Jodi Panagakos poses with a $10,000 grant to Make-Anonprofit. In addition, the award Wish South Carolina. The honor is a result of Panagakos secures a $10,000 grant for the being named a Community Service Award recipient from nonprofit the representative supthe Northwestern Mutual Foundation. ports. For the past three years, Panagakos has served as a wishgranting volunteer for Make-A-Wish South Carolina, using her compassion and business sense to grant some of the most challenging and sensitive wishes the chapter has encountered.

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar, 430 Congaree Road, Greenville, will host a Flapjack Fundraiser for the Dance United Competition Team on Nov. 9, 8 a.m. All proceeds raised will help the team travel to nationals this upcoming season in Myrtle Beach. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased by contacting Rolyn Lister at 864-3460810. Breakfast includes a short stack of pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee.

Hub City Empty Bowls Soup Day will be Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m., at the Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg. The public is invited to pick out one of more than 1,400 handmade bowls for $15 and fill with soup provided by local restaurants. Proceeds will benefit Total Ministries, which provides food for the needy.

For more information, call 864-621-2768.

North Greenville Food Crisis Ministry will host a holiday bazaar and canned food drive on Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The ministry is located at 864 North Hwy. 25 bypass, Greenville (across from Reedy River Baptist Church). If donors bring five canned food items, they will be entered into a drawing. Contact Shauna Biggerstaff at 864-567-5481 or shaunabiggerstaff@gmail.com for more information.

Baptist Easley Hospital was recently named one of the nation’s Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. Baptist Easley was recognized for exemplary performance in using evidence-based clinical processes to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care. Baptist Easley was the only hospital in the Upstate to receive a top performer rating on all four acute care measures. Other Upstate hospitals cited include Greenville Health System’s memorial campus (three areas), Patewood (one area) and Greer Memorial (one area).

On Nov. 9 at 10 a.m., students, parents and volunteers will meet at Greenville Technical College Charter High School to pack meal and snack backpacks for students at Paris Elementary School. In addition, on Nov. 19, the group will pack Thanksgiving baskets with food for the students’ families. Volunteers are needed to help with the packing; and the school is also in need of donations for the monthly bags and the boxes. For more information, contact Ellen Pourmand at epourmand@gtchs.org or 864-250-8925.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Greenville will sponsor “Spiritual Training: A Conversation With Josh Niles” at the Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. Niles is an international speaker and practitioner of Christian Science healing, and is a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship. For more information, email ChristianScienceChurchGreenville@yahoo.com.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas is the beneficiary of $60,000 from the Annual LUV Classic Charity Golf Tournament hosted by Southwest Airlines.

Southwest Airlines has raised more than $13 million for Ronald McDonald Charities by hosting the Annual LUV Classic Charity Golf Tournament since it began 28 years ago.

Boy Scouts of America Blue Ridge Council recently announced that its Camp White Pines re-development proposal has been selected to receive the $315,000 in proceeds from Fluor Golf for Greenville’s 2014 tournament. The White Pines proposal will create a High Adventure Base and Leadership Development Center.

The project will allow Boy Scouts to expand its High Adventure operations and provide leadership training for youth.

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POP (UP) ART Pop-up books bring old meaning to interactive CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Matthew Reinhart makes a living cutting, taping and folding paper. He’s a paper engineer, the technical name given to the artists who make pop-up books.

Becoming one of the world’s most renowned pop-up book artists is a far cry from the career Reinhart envisioned when he enrolled at Clemson University.

While Reinhart loved to draw, he thought a career in art was too far-fetched.

Instead, he sandwiched

as many art classes into his college schedule as was possible for a biology major preparing for medical school.

After graduation, he moved to New York for a year before starting medical school. That’s where everything changed.

He met children’s book author and paper engineer Robert Sabuda while doing volunteer work at a community center.

Sabuda convinced him to follow his true calling.

Reinhart enrolled in the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn as an industrial design major concentrating on toy design, and worked at Nickelodeon making models for the children’s television show “Blue’s Clues.”

After Reinhart heard Sabuda needed help with his next pop-up book, “The Movable Mother Goose,” the two started collaborating. Reinhart turned from toy designer to paper engineer.

The fruits of their collaboration, as well as works the two have done individually, are featured in “Wizards of Pop: Sabuda and Reinhart,” an exhibit organized by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature in Abilene, Texas, that will be on view at the Greenville County Museum of Art until Dec. 29.

The Greenville museum holds an annual exhibit of children’s illustrations because that is one of the most important art forms, said Ellen Westkaemper, director of education.

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SO YOU KNOW: WHAT: “Wizards of Pop: Sabuda and Reinhart”

WHO: An exhibit of 80 original works from children’s pop-up book creators Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart WHERE: Greenville County Museum of Art WHEN: Through Dec. 29 ADMISSION: Free INFORMATION: 864-271-7570 or gcma.org NOTE: Matthew Reinhart will have a book signing on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. in the museum shop, The Salon.

At 2 p.m., he will present an artist’s gallery talk. A waiting list is being compiled for two hands-on workshops Reinhart will conduct at the museum on Saturday, Nov. 16. To get on the waiting list, go to gcma.org.

A pop-up of Darth Vader from Robert Reihart’s “Star Wars” pop-up book.

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“In picture books, illustrations are the centerpiece,” she said. “Illustrations in picture books are often the first art to which children are exposed. Illustrations are so important in building literacy skills.”

Pop-ups – the low-tech version of interactive – attract children of all ages as well as adults, she said. “I think it’s the anticipation of what’s going to happen when I turn the page.”

Pop-ups – which were first used to illustrate scientific principles – have been around for hundreds of years.

But the pop-ups of today have taken the craft to a new level.

“There’s so much more sophistication and intricacy,” Westkaemper said.

“Wizards of Pop” includes 80 pieces, starting with preliminary sketches and white paper prototypes to dummies, proof sheets and final versions – giving viewers a glimpse of how pop-up books

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“The Jungle Book” by Matthew Reinhart.

Artist Matthew Reinhart’s tiger jumps from the pages of “The Jungle Book.”

are engineered.

There’s an oversized head of Shere Khan, the tiger from “The Jungle Book,” and a shark from Reinhart’s series of pop-up encyclopedias. Visitors will also find an early version of Darth Vader’s head from Reinhart’s “Star Wars: Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy” book, which featured lightsabers that actually light up.

Reinhart’s latest book, not included in the exhibition, features the Transformers. Several finished books are included in the exhibition.

In addition to paper cutting, the artists use other media, including batik and mosaic, museum

officials say. Pop-ups are a hands-on art. Every piece on every page is cut, folded, taped and glued by the artists until everything pops up like it’s supposed to. Then, the pieces are taken apart and scanned into a computer to make flat patterns.

Once the artists and publisher have finished designing the book, each book is manufactured by hand, usually in the Far East.

On Sunday, Nov. 17, Reinhart will have a book signing at 1 p.m. At 2 p.m., he will present an artist’s gallery talk as a part of the museum’s “Sundays at 2” program.

Reinhart will conduct hands-on workshops for children aged 4 and over at the museum on Saturday, Nov. 16. A waiting list is being compiled. To

sign up, go to the museum’s website at gcma.org.

An exhibit showing part of the process involved in making a pop-up book in the Greenville County Museum of Art’s “Wizards of Pop: Subuda and Reinhart.”

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Kathleen Marshall really gets that era.

She’s really captured that period,” York said. “She uses the songs and choreography to tell the love stories. You haven’t seen a tap number like this CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF since ‘42nd Street.’”

York said she listened to big bandclandrum@communityjournals.com era music growing up and loved to Rachel York, the lead actress in the watch the old films from the 1930s, musical “Anything Goes,” sometimes ’40s and ’50s – all of which influenced thinks she was born in the wrong time the way she plays the role.

“She’s the quintessential broad period.

“I’ve done shows set in many time based on all of the Silver Screen-era periods, but if you look at my career, I movie divas such as Jean Harlow, have an affinity for the ’20s and ’30s,” Mae West and Barbara Stanwyck,” said York, who plays the role of cruise York said. “They had a style in the ship evangelist Reno Sweeney in the way they talked. There was a special accent they all had in one way or another. I’ve had people tell me I sound like Mae West, but it’s a combination of all of them from that period. It’s sort of my tribute to all of the Silver Screen goddesses.”

York, who has a 2-year-old daughter who travels with her, said she wasn’t looking to go on Ryan Steer, Bobby Pestka, Rachel York, Jeremy Benton and Kristopher tour but she knew Thompson-Bolden in Roundabout Theatre Company’s “Anything Goes.” the latest revival of “Anything Goes” tour of “Anything Goes” coming to the was a great show and she would enjoy Peace Center on Tuesday. “I love the the role.

“It’s really wonderful to be in a great style and class.”

Add the music of Cole Porter and show,” she said. “As an actress, I’ve you have what York calls “one of the done many shows. Sometimes you’re in a great show, sometimes the show is greatest roles in musical theater.”

“Reno Sweeney is strong, she’s not so great. This is one of those great sassy, and she’s spunky. She’s stylish,” shows.”

York said during a telephone interview last week from the tour’s stop in Seattle. “She’s a broad from the 1930s.”

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Theater groups take trip to ‘Spoon River’ Reader’s theatre production describes life in small town CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com In “Spoon River Anthology,” Edgar Lee Masters describes life in a fictional small town named after the real river that runs near his hometown in Illinois. Residents of “the hill” tell their stories through free-form poems.

“It’s the story of people’s lives, some happy, some sad,” said Jack Peyrouse, a former theater professor at Furman University. “It really shows that life is very complex and our lives vary in our complexities and vary in the way we handle it.”

The St. Peter’s Players, the drama program at St. Peter’s Episcopal

Church, and the Rolling Green Players, a theater group at the Rolling Green Village retirement community started by Peyrouse, will perform a reader’s theatre production of “Spoon River Anthology” this weekend.

Performances will be held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on S O Y O U K N O W. . .

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“indicates the love of God.” The statue was crafted by local artist Charlie Pate and his son Charles. Pate said it took about six months to create from inception until completion.

Pate and his son built Charlie Pate the statue first out of three sections of clay, which took about six weeks, and then sent it to a foundry in Atlanta for three months so metal castings could be made.

Foundry operators used a process called lost-wax casting, in which clay molds are encased in rubber and wax before the final firing and bronzing.

The process is longer and more intricate than others, but Pate said it makes for a sturdy piece of art.

“We could come back here in 150 years and it will still be here,” he said.

Father Newman oversaw each stage of the process and said he couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome.

“It’s glorious. An extraordinary piece of art,” he said.

JOURNAL CULTURE The Fine Arts Center of Greenville County, the first specialized arts school in South Carolina, will be holding the following Open House and Visitation Days:

Open House for Parents of Prospective Students Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

Middle School Visitation Day Thursday, November 21, 2013 9:15 a.m.–11:05 a.m.

High School Visitation Day Friday, November 22, 2013 9:15 a.m.–11:05 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.–3:20 p.m.

We encourage parents and students who have an interest in studying the arts to come and learn about the comprehensive art programs The Fine Arts Center has to offer.

Please see www.fineartscenter.net for more information and the Prearranged Absence Form for students.

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WHO IS THE LEADING FORCE BEHIND EDUCATION IN THE UPSTATE? WHO DOES?

NOV. 8-14 Greenville Symphony Orchestra From Ashes to Rebirth Nov. 9 ~ 467-3000 Peace Center Duo Amal Nov. 10 ~ 467-3000 Greenville Little Theatre Walking Across Egypt Through Nov. 10 ~ 233-6238 Bob Jones University Woodwind and Flute Choirs Nov. 11 ~ 770-1372 SC Children’s Theatre Tell Me a Story Theatre: Big Bad Bunny Nov. 12 ~ 235-2885 Peace Center Anything Goes Nov. 12-17 ~ 467-3000 Furman University Pomp and Circumstance Nov. 13-17 ~ 294-2125

The UBJ’ upcoming event, Who’s Who recognizes the people in our community who are committed to advancing their fields. Whether new on the scene or veterans in the trenches, they’re the professional to look out for and look up to. Many have gone uncelebrated. Until now.

NOMINATE SOMEONE TODAY! Nominations will be accepted from

SEPTEMBER 20–DECEMBER 16

Also including A third party panel of Community Leaders will select 8 “Who’s Who” recipients, from the nominations submitted, that will be announced in February 2014. Self Nominations are also encouraged.

FORMS CAN BE FILLED OUT HERE: upstatebusinessjournal.com/whos-who

Centre Stage Lend Me a Tenor & Unnecessary Farce Through Nov. 16 ~ 233-6733 Metro. Arts Council at Centre Stage Works by Brian S. Kelley Through Nov. 18 ~ 233-6733 Metropolitan Arts Council Open Studios Exhibit Through Dec. 6 ~ 467-3132 Greenville County Museum of Art Wizards of Pop: Sabuda & Rinehart Through Dec. 29 ~ 271-7570 Main Street Real Estate Gallery Photography by George Lee Through Dec. 31 ~ 250-2850 Greenville County Museum of Art David Drake: Potter & Poet Through Jan. 19 ~ 271-7570 Andre Wyeth: Selected Watercolors Continuing ~ 271-7570

LISTEN UP

BEST BETS FOR LOCAL LIVE MUSIC 11/8, GOTTROCKS

Jay D. Clark Feel-good roots reggae. Call 864-235-5519 or visit reverbnation.com/venue/255976.

11/8, THE HANDLEBAR

The Connells Veteran ’90s college-rock quartet.

Tickets: $18. Call 864-233-6173 or visit handlebar-online.com.

11/8, RADIO ROOM

Signs Of Iris Album Release Show Passionate electro-rock quartet celebrates new CD. Call 864-263-7868 or visit wpbrradioroom.com.

11/8, SMILEY’S ACOUSTIC CAFÉ

Stereo Reform Electronic-dance-rock duo. Call 864-2828988 or visit smileysacousticcafe.com.

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Diane Marino Acclaimed jazz singer/pianist plays two nights. Tickets: $5. Call 864-242-2583 or visit bluesboulevardjazz.com.

11/9, BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA

Florida Georgia Line Platinum country duo returns to the Upstate. Tickets: $24.75, $34.75, $39.75.

Call 864-241-3800 or visit bonsecoursarena.com.

11/9, THE HANDLEBAR

WROQ Rock 101 Presents Hells Bells World’s No. 1 AC/DC tribute band.

Tickets: $15. Call 864-233-6173 or visit handlebar-online.com.

11/14, THE HANDLEBAR

Keller Williams Master instrumentalist constructs songs one instrument at a time onstage.

Tickets: $18. Call 864-233-6173 or visit handlebar-online.com.

11/14, RADIO ROOM

The Fishing Journal Trio combines dizzying instrumental virtuosity, Iron-Maiden-style vocals.

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Family-style synth pop With “Cyclops,” Greenville’s Signs Of Iris has an appreciative eye for supportive fans Cassie Posey, the lead singer and keyboard player for Greenville band Signs Of Iris, uses the term “synth pop” to describe the sound of the band’s new album, “Cyclops.”

But this ain’t the Human League, believe me.

The jagged synths fire off serrated, chilly melody lines alongside overdriven guitars, propulsive drums and passionate vocals; it’s closer in style to the Killers than A WHO: Signs Of Iris Flock Of Seagulls, but without the distance or pretense. In WHAT: Album release show short, Signs Of Iris rocks, whatever WHEN: Friday, Nov. 8, 9 p.m. you want to call the genre they pull WHERE: Radio Room, 2845 N. Pleasantburg Dr. from.

The band came together almost INFORMATION: 864-236-7868 or wpbrradioroom.com by accident. Posey, drummer Jared Burger and guitarist Johnny Puleo started jamming informally at a party. Says Posey: “We were just playing acoustically, and we realized that we had something in common musically.”

That step might have been easy, but the next phase of the band’s development was anything but: The band went through seven bass players before finding the right fit in August 2012.

“It was very discouraging,” Posey says. “It was terrifying when we’d bring a new bass player in, because he’d have to learn everything.” As it turns out, the solution to the band’s problems was right in front of them the whole time.

“It’s kind of funny, actually; [bassist] James Litzie was a fan before he was in the band,” Posey says. “And he just got sick and tired of seeing us with different bass players or no bass player. So he went on Craigslist, found a bass and learned how to play it. He came to practice one day, we ran through our songs for him, and by the next week, he was crazy good on bass.”

Posey says that Litzie’s show of dedication made Signs Of Iris stronger.

“It was amazing just to see someone who was that hungry and had the same goals that we did,” she says. “It was inspirational.” And the band has carried that inspiration into the making of their second full-length album, “Cyclops,” which comes out on Nov. 8.

“With this album, it’s amazing to see how much we’ve all grown up and grown as musicians,” Posey says. “It’s really lit a fire under our butts [laughs].

We recorded it at our drummer’s studio, so we were basically able to record it in a house with no set time limit to finish it in. And that was a good thing because we were able to get all the songs where we wanted them to be. We’re really excited about it, and at the same time, we’re really nervous. We’ve put our hearts on the line on this album. Every track has every bit of emotion we could put into it.”

Posey credits the Greenville music scene for supporting Signs Of Iris throughout their career.

“You have to have that kind of support,” she says. “We’re seeing our crowd get bigger and bigger. All of our fans have become our best friends. We just want to be a big family, basically. And to see that and to have that support, it’s a big thing for us. Every show is like a family reunion. We’re playing for people that we love and that we know support us.”

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THE WEEK IN THE LOCAL ARTS WORLD

New abstract paintings by Furman University alumnus Andy Gambrell will be on display now through Dec. 13 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman campus. Thompson Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Friday. A reception will be on Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m., in the Roe Art Building with a gallery talk by Gambrell at 7 p.m. For more information, call 864-294-2074.

Saint Peter’s Players and Rolling Green Village Players present a reader’s theatre production of “Spoon River Anthology.” The Saint Peter’s Players will perform on Nov. 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 910 Hudson Road. The Rolling Green Players will perform on Nov. 10 at 3 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist College and the SMC Players will present the classic Greek tragedy “Antigone” on Nov. 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gibbs Auditorium.

The public is invited and tickets are $3-$5 and free for all SMC students, faculty and staff.

The Enchantment Theatre Company’s production of “Aladdin and Other Enchanting Tales” will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 12, at the Brooks Center on Clemson University’s campus. Tickets are $5-$10 and available for purchase at clemson.edu/ Brooks and through the box office at 864-656-7787 from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. In addition, Béla Fleck joins Brooklyn Rider quartet for a concert on Nov. 19, 8 p.m., as part of the Utsey Chamber Music Series. Admission is free and no ticket is required. 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 Peace Center for the Performing Arts presents Duo Amal, an Israeli-Palestinian piano duet, on Nov. 10 as part of the Year of Altruism’s programs. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at peacecenter.org.

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The Children’s Museum of the Upstate is seeking artists who will design benches that will be placed around the museum and auctioned off at its annual Chocolate Soiree fundraiser in March. More details and an application can be found at tcmupstate.org/homepage/call-to-artists-sweet-seats.

The West Main Artists Co-op presents “Eclectic Collection” with works by artists Patty Wright, Brandi Tucker, Craig Denesha and Bryan Davis now through Nov. 18. Works in the exhibition are by Tucker, painter of colorful canvases; Wright, a traveler who shares life through her camera lens; Denesha, an abstract painter; and Davis, a ceramic artist who creates fine-art bowls. The exhibition may also be seen during WMAC’s regular hours: Thursdays and Fridays, 3-6 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., or by appointment. West Main Artists Co-op is located at 578 W. Main St., Spartanburg. For more information, visit westmainartists.org or call 864-804-6501.

“Jim Malcolm: Just Flown in from Scotland” will be on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. at Intersections Performances in The Forum at Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville.

Tickets are $12-$20. For more information or tickets, visit dwttheatre.com or call 828-257-4530.

Flat Rock Playhouse presents “The Three Musketeers,” now–Nov. 24 at the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage. Performances will be Wednesday-Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinees on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. All tickets are $35 and can be purchased by calling 866-732-8008 or at flatrockplayhouse.org. Discounts are available. Playhouse Mainstage is located at 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, N.C.

Send announcements to arts@communityjournals.com.

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Three bedrooms, two and a half baths about 2800 square feet, plus 2 car attached garage/ this home will feature all the same fine finishes that Oasis Custom Homes always includes, such as site finished hardwood floors, 9 ft ceilings, granite counters in the kitchen AND baths, true Jack’n’Jill bathroom for the kids’

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REAL ESTATE NEWS Realtors® Report Americans Prefer to Live in Mixed-Use, Walkable Communities

– Choosing a community is one of the most important factors for consumers as they consider buying home, and research by the National Association of Realtors® has consistently revealed that Americans prefer walkable, mixeduse neighborhoods and shorter commutes.

According to NAR’s 2013 Community Preference Survey, 60 percent of respondents favor a neighborhood with a mix of houses and stores and other businesses that are easy to walk to, rather than neighborhoods that require more driving between home, work and recreation.

The survey findings indicate that while the size of the property does matter to consumers, they are willing to compromise size for a preferred neighborhood and less commuting. For example, although 52 percent of those surveyed prefer a single-family detached house with a large yard, 78 percent responded that the neighborhood is more important to them than the size of the house.

Fifty-seven percent would forego a home with a larger yard if it meant a shorter commute to work, and 55 percent of respondents were willing to forego a home with larger yard if it meant they could live within walking distance of schools, stores and restaurants as opposed to having larger yard and needing to drive to get to schools, stores and restaurants.

“Realtors® build communities and care about improving those communities through smart growth initiatives. Although there is no onesize-fits-all approach, smart growth is typically characterized by mixed-use development, higher densities, and pedestrian friendly streets that accommodate a wide diversity of transportation modes,” said 2013 President of The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® and Broker-in- Charge of Keller Williams Realty in Greenville, SC, Bill Lawton. “Growth patterns, economic development and quality-of-life issues are inextricably linked to the success of communities and residents.”

When asked to identify their ideal community, the most popular choice was a suburban neighborhood with a mix of houses, shops and businesses. The least popular was a suburban neighborhood with just houses.

As for transportation concerns, 41 percent said improving public transportation would be the best solution, while 29 percent would prefer the development of communities where people do not have to drive long distances to work or shop, and 20 percent would choose building new roads.

The survey of 1,500 adult Americans was conducted by American Strategies and Meyers Research from September 18-24, 2013.

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

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 1,600 members in all aspects of the real estate industry. Please visit the Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® web site at www.ggar.com for real estate and consumer information.

“Every market is different, call a REALTOR® today.”

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120 Nottinghill Ct., Waverly Hall Beautiful custom built home featuring 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths & Bonus Room. Built in 2007 by local buider, Five Star Construction. Master suite & 1 bedroom on main level. Spacious Den with stone fireplace. Bonus Room currently being used as a media room. Has a closet so could be 5th bedroom if needed. Wonderful culdesac location. Great schools including new state of the art Monarch Elementary.

Directions: Hwy. 14 to right on Five Forks Rd, right on Waverly Hall, right on Nottinghill.

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HOME INFO Price: $349,900 | MLS: #1265392 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3 Square Footage: 2600-2799 Schools: Monarch Elementary Mauldin Middle | Mauldin High Contact: Tim Keagy | 864.905.3304 Prudential C. Dan Joyner To submit your Open House: homes@greenvillejournal.com

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104 Tooley Road, Cobblestone Spectacular home is a world apart in its level and array of finishes, yet is minutes from every amenity. Built by Milestone Custom Homes, one of the area’s finest local builders, home artfully integrates a solid floor plan with more than 5400 SF and exquisite detailing on a .75 acre manicured lot with awe-inspiring Summer Kitchen with grill, frig, ice maker, sink and trash.

Plus open air bi-folding doors leading to the screen porch with fireplace, stone patio, fire-pit, salt water oversized spa/lap pool and a brick privacy wall and fenced backyard with outdoor accent lighting. Inside is equally impressive with a truly Gourmet kitchen, Charleston-style double island, natural quartz counter tops and wine room. Master Suite on the main level complete with its own fireplace, custom lighting and trim details as well as a luxurious bath with marble finishes and a free-standing cast iron tub.

There is also a guest suite on the main level with its own spa-like bathroom.

Upstairs, you’’ll find three additional bedrooms each with its own private bath and walk-in closets plus a gracious bonus room/flex space. Each bedroom has its own special surprise from a hardwood dance/play area to a loft for reading books or playing games! Storage abounds with enormous walk-in closets, an oversized 3-car garage and more!

HOME INFO Price: $1,165,000 MLS: #1268349 Bedrooms: 5 | Baths: 5 Square Footage: 5400–5599 Schools: Oakview Elementary Beck Middle | JL Mann High Contact: Melissa Morrell 864.918.1734 Prudential C. Dan Joyner

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300 SOUTH STREET #111 . $249,000 .

MLS#1260385 3BR/2BA STUNNING Corner Unit in the swanky Cotton Mill Place. HISTORIC yet MODERN, CONVENIENT, DOWNTOWN Living. This unit is the only one with a PRIVATE ENTRANCE and is one of the LARGEST. Contact: Barb Turner (864) 901-7389 Convergent Property Group

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O P E N S U N D AY, N O V E M B E R 10 F R O M 2 – 4 P M BLACKSTONE

4 E. HILLCREST AVE . $899,000 . MLS#1267860

104 BAMBER GREEN CT . $759,000 . MLS#1260544

865 WESTMORELAND ROAD . $649,900 . MLS#1265040

5BR/4BA Wonderfully restored and updated classic Craftsman in the heart of North Main. Built in 1917, this home has been lovingly restored and expanded upon by the current owners. 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths.

5BR/4.5BA Home under construction in gated community.

This home has everything you could want! I-85 to Pelham Road, Exit toward downtown Greenville, Go approximately 1 mile, Left on Blacks Rd, SD on Left.

4BR/4.5BA Built in 2010, this great 4,400 sq ft home on 2.6 acres with 4BR, 4.5 BA, 3-car garage, 818 sq ft guest house surround outside living area w/ salt water pool, inground stone grilling area & fire pit.

Contact: Heidi Putnam (864) 380-6747 Coldwell Banker Caine

Contact: Carole Atkison 787-1067 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

Contact: Clay Hooper 864-905-9990 Carol Pyfrom Realty

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105 PAWLEYS DR . $639,000 . MLS#1265696

124 CHARLETSON OAK . $566,000 . MLS#1268936

4BR/3.5BA Custom built home on 1/2 acre lot. Open floor plan Fabulous en suite. Outdoor living area. Woodruff Rd South, Cross over Hwy 14, SD on Left just past Scuffletown Rd.

4BR/4BA 385 from downtown to Roper Mtn Rd exit, Left on Roper Mtn, cross Garlington, Just after the light at Feaster & Roper Mountain, turn Left into SD, Home on Right.

Contact: Lois Leder 918-5067 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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5BR/3.5BA Gorgeous, ready to move in 5 bedroom sprawling executive home in the highly desired River Walk neighborhood! This home is situated on a beautiful private lot on a double cul-de-sac street. Open daily 2-4 p.m.

4+/- acre charming country traditional, situated on beautifully landscaped acreage. Features 3 to 5 bedrm livable flr plan with 3.5 baths with NEW Everything! Shining hardwoods and new carpet. Open Saturday and Sunday 2-4 p.m.

Contact: Erin Foster 386-9749 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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PEOPLE, AWARDS , HONORS Ellefson Joins Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS®

A local homebuilder, a legendary name…

For over 12 years, American Eagle Builders has built a reputation as one of the finest custom homebuilders in the Upstate area by being passionate about the difference we make in a community and in our customers’ lives. Recently, Arthur Rutenberg Homes, a Florida legend in homebuilding selected us to build their award-winning designs here in the Upstate. We are premiering our newest design, the Somerset Show Home, in the prestigious community of Claremont. Built with our signature level of standards, the Somerset features a dramatic entrance foyer with a curved staircase, cedar beamed ceiling in the spacious club room, a fully appointed kitchen with granite countertops and stainless appliances, a first floor owners’ suite with detailed trey ceiling and sumptuous owners’ bath. Detailed trim throughout with a featured barrel ceiling joining the morning room and keeping room, three additional upstairs bedrooms each with their own baths, are only a few of the inclusions. We can build on your lot anywhere in the Upstate area.

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Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Jane McCall Ellefson has joined the company and serves as a sales associate at the Pleasantburg office. During EllefEllefson son’s 11 years in the real estate industry, she excelled as Rookie of the Year and a Top Producer. She also earned the Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR) and Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) designations.

“We are thrilled to have Jane join us at C. Dan Joyner Company,” said Fritzi Barbour, Broker-in-Charge. “Her expertise and experience are a valuable asset to our family of Realtors.”

Ellefson received her degree at Presbyterian College with a Bachelor of Arts in French and Education. She and her husband, Jim, live in the Alta Vista area of Greenville and enjoy their three grown children and grandchildren. In her free time, Ellefson enjoys needlepoint, swimming, and water skiing. She is Chairman of the Endowment Corporation of Metro YMCA and a board member of The Family Effect.

Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® Announces Top Producer Office Awards for September Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce the following Top Producer awards for September 2013.

Top Producers for Listings: Augusta Road Office - Carmen Feemster Easley/Powdersville Office – Mary Lou Barnhardt and Sheri Sanders/Gary Thompson/ Dara Ratliff Team Garlington Road Office – Sheila Smalley and

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406 MASTERS POINTE . $299,900 . MLS#1262459

124 BUCKINGHAM RD . $225,000 . MLS#1267515

124 TUPELO LANE . $209,900 . MLS#1230950

4BR/3.5BA Elegant basement home in golf community.

I-85 to Right on Hwy 290, Right on Hwy 296, Right into SD on Planters Dr, Left on River Falls Dr, Left on Masters Pointe, Home @ end of cul-de-sac

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112 SUMMERWALK PLACE . $199,650 . MLS#1269395

302 FOXWORTH LN . $177,500 . MLS#1267639

109 KIMBERLY DR . $160,000 . MLS#1264245

4BR/2.5BA Updated Home in Simpsonville’s Summerwalk Neighborhood. Kitchen, Baths, Floors, Lighting...all updated within the past two years and ready for new owner.

3BR/2.5BA Great home w/2 lots, Many updates. Granite kit, HVAC, insulation, MBA, wooded lot backs to creek.

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Contact: Ann Sparks 230-2040 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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115 HAWKESBURY RD . $135,000 . MLS#1269148

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Tile floors and granite kitchen. Woodruff Rd to Right on Scuffletown, Right on Adams Mill, Left on Brown Rd, Right on Hawkesbury Rd.

3BR/2BA Low maintenance brick ranch near Augusta Road. Move in ready with updates! From Downtown Greenville, Grove Rd to Right on Butternut, Left on Bear, Right on Folkstone St.

Contact: Brenda Kinne 349-6910 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co.

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men Feemster, Cindy Bolt Bishop Garlington Road Office – Ronda Holder and Donna O. Smith & Partners Greer Office – Paige Haney and Jan Walker Team Pelham Road Office – Spaulding Group Pleasantburg Office – Melissa Morrell and The Chet and Beth Smith Group Simpsonville Office – Susan McMillen and Palmer/Jones & Associates

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PRICE SELLER

EASTGATE VILLAGE $10,175,000

$4,300,000

$2,112,000

$1,599,406

$1,296,000 MOUNTAIN VIEW VALLEY $670,000

$490,000 AVONDALE HEIGHTS $465,000

$463,750 CHANDLER LAKE $442,450 CLEAR SPRINGS $420,000 CHANDLER LAKE $411,984 ASHETON SPRINGS $399,900 BIG OAKS $393,000 FOXCROFT $380,000 CLIFFS VALLEY-HIGH VISTA $375,000 ALTA VISTA $369,076 TUSCANY FALLS $364,517 KILGORE FARMS $349,000 PLANTATION GREENE $346,176 GOWER ESTATES $345,000

$334,500 VERDMONT $330,000 HOLLY TRACE $325,942 BERKSHIRE PARK $325,000 VERDMONT $322,000 HIGHLANDS $304,000 TUSCANY FALLS $301,961 THE ARBORS $297,500 SCHOOLHOUSE HILL $292,000 OVERLOOK@BELL’S CREEK $286,000 HERITAGE POINT $284,000 BRUSHY MEADOWS $276,500 BOULDER CREEK $260,000 WOODSIDE CIRCLE $259,000

$257,000 GREYSTONE COTTAGES $256,000 CROSSGATE@REMINGTON $255,870 SUGAR CREEK $249,000 HARRISON COVE $243,867 PELHAM SPRINGS $238,000 CAMERON CREEK $237,216

BUYER

ADDRESS

CHIMNEYS OF GREENVILLE L HCG CHIMNEYS LLC 205 N MICHIGAN AVE STE 2200 GREENVILLE MED LLC ARHC GHGVLSC01 LLC 106 YORK RD NHPAHP MAPLE CREEK LMTD POPLAR PLACE HOUSING LLC 1730 E REPUBLIC RD STE F PRIMAX PROPERTIES LLC ARC BJFNISC001 LLC 405 PARK AVE FL 12 ALL POINTS DEVELOPMENT L SJS BEACON IV LLC 474 LONG HILL DR HORIZON RESIDENTIAL LOAN HESS BILLIE SOTIR REVOC 101 RIVERTRAIL CT RABE STEPHEN T (JTWROS) QUILLEN CHRISTOPHER P (J 160 ROBERTSON WAY HUDGINS CHARLES R BLOOMQUIST STEPHEN J (JT 100 STONEBRIDGE DR CHANDLER R V III LUPO STREET PROPERTIES L 245 E BROAD ST BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT HISLER ANGELA (JTWROS) 8 RED TIP CT BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT LOCKWOOD NEVILLE G (JTWR 108 ANGEL FALLS DR BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT WARD STEPHEN E 204 TEA OLIVE PL RILEY ABBEY G FALLS BILL R (JTWROS) 104 RED BRANCH LN HANUSCHIK MAIK REIS GLENN V (JTWROS) 1 OAKMONT CT BOLLE ALICE S MORSE ANDREW R (JTWROS) 306 CONTINENTAL DR MCSWEENEY JOHN T FITZGERALD SUSAN L (JTWR TORNOTO ON M4G2R1 RALLIS RONALD D JR CUNNINGHAM DIXON C (JTWR 101 FERNWOOD LN S C PILLON HOMES INC ELLIOTT PHYLLIS R (JTWRO 212 TUSCANY FALLS DR PATERSON BEVERLY A JEONG YONGUK 208 FORT DR FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAG WARD HEATHER A 23 SPRING FALLS CT STROTHER ROBERT M TROYER DOUGLAS B 307 HENDERSON RD HUNTLEY HARRY ARTHUR JR MOWLAJKO CHARLES ANDREW 107 CAMMER AVE NEAL ERIN D (JTWROS) NATIONAL RESIDENTIAL NOM 7500 N DALL PKWY STE 300 BULLARD AMY E SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND 101 HOLLY CREST CIR SPENCER ANGELA GAZE JEFFREY H 67 DEVONHALL WAY NATIONAL RESIDENTIAL NOM STAR HARMONIE 101 LISMORE ST GODFREY BRADY B CALDWELL ALLISON POOLE ( 104 PONCE DE LEON DR S C PILLON HOMES INC COPPOLA MARCELLA 216 TUSCANY FALLS DR GRADDICK SHERRILL H WAITES JOHN M JR (JTWROS 208 GREEN ARBOR LN CRUZ BRIAN (JTWROS) ESBENSHADE KARL H (JTWRO 15 SCHOOL HOUSE RD STAPLES BENJAMIN W (JTWR BRZEZINSKI SCOTT (JTWROS 6 BIRCHALL LN BK RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCT BARRINGTON STEPHANIE A ( 309 HERITAGE POINT DR PHAM NAM P VOLZ ALLISON 406 MEADOW HILL WAY THOMPSON ERIC MARC (JTWR SMITH ROBERT R 120 FOX FARM WAY JOY PROPERTY INVESTMENTS SCHACHT DOUGLAS KEVIN 410 ASHLEY AVE YEARICK BETTY L (LIFE ES WATKINS KIRK CHANNING 108 CRYSTAL LN ROSEWOOD COMMUNITIES INC COOPER SHARON L 701 CANNONGATE DR D R HORTON INC CAMPBELL JAIME VERLEY (J 109 HAZELDEEN PL BRYANT JOSEPH WILEY DARNELL GARY MARK (JTWRO 105 CHERRYWOOD TRL EASTWOOD CONSTRUCTION LL PAGAN LETICIA R 315 CYPRESSHILL CT HARWELL ROBERT H ROGOFF SARAH L 110 PELHAM SPRINGS PL SC PILLON HOMES INC WHITE STEPHEN T 108 CAMERON CREEK LN

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PRICE SELLER

CAROLINA OAKS $235,312

$234,000 SUNSET HILLS $230,000

$230,000 BROOKSTONE $225,000 SUNSET HILLS $225,000 PRESTIGE PLACE $225,000 GREYSTONE COTTAGES $221,112 HOLLY TREE PLANTATION $219,000 CAROLINA OAKS $217,900 THREE OAKS $216,000 GREYTHORNE $215,000 ENCLAVE@LEXINGTON PLACE $210,000 CROSSGATE@REMINGTON $206,067 FAIRVIEW PLACE $203,960 SUMMERWALK $199,500 WETHERILL PARK $197,783 TOWNES@BROOKWOOD $188,500 GLEN@GILDER CREEK FARM $185,000

$181,800 RIDGEDALE $179,000

$179,000 STEEPLECHASE $175,000 WAGON CREEK $175,000 MERRIFIELD PARK $174,500 SHELBURNE FARMS $174,000 LAKE LANIER $173,000

$170,871 TWIN CREEKS $170,840 FAIRVIEW LAKE $169,900 GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS $168,000 WILLOW VALLEY $167,280 CHEROKEE FOREST $166,000 GILDER CHASE $163,766 THE HEIGHTS $163,330 WATERMILL $162,543 CLEARVIEW ACRES $162,500 SWANSGATE $159,000 NORTH HILLS $156,000

$155,000 LAUREL MEADOWS $155,000 WATERMILL $154,619

BUYER

ADDRESS

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SUMMONS NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT 2013-DR-23-4758 Pamela Ann Lovell and Joseph C. Lovell v. Lauren Danielle Lovell and John Doe, In e: Hayes Thomas Lovell, date of birth: August 29, 2011, a minor.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for custody, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the subscriber, within thirty (30) days from the service hereof, exclusive of the date of service; and if you fail to reply to the Complaint, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Marion W. Fore, Jr., S.C. Bar No. 2076, Attorney for Plaintiff, Post Office Box 3852 Greenville, South Carolina 29608, (864) 235-9628.

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SUMMONS NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Case No. 2013-CP-23-_______ Latasha R. Vernon, Plaintiff, vs.

Gustavo C. Cazarin, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscribers at their office, 611 North Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, within thirty (30) days, after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for judgment by default for relief demanded in said Complaint.

Respectfully Submitted, Michael A. Hart (#11997) THE DICK JAMES LAW FIRM 611 North Main Street Greenville, SC 29601 (864) 298-0000 Attorney for Plaintiff (JURY TRIAL DEMANDED) July 25, 2013

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that The Spinx Company, Inc, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 1218 W. Georgia Rd., Simpsonville, SC 29680. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than November 24, 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

LEGAL NOTICES Only $.99 per line ABC NOTICE OF APPLICATION Only $145 tel 864.679.1205 • fax 864.679.1305 email: aharley@communityjournals.com NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Zoe’s South Carolina, LLC, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 1130 Woodruff Rd., Suite C, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than November 17, 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 Stax Grill, 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, WINE & LIQUOR at 850 Woods Crossing Road, Greenville, SC 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than November 17, 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 A & M Mart, LLC / DBA Crossroads Quick Stop, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 2400 Standing Springs Road, Greenville, SC 29605-6052. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than November 24, 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 SALE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on 11/23/2013, at 9:00 a.m. at Woodruff Road Storage, 1868 Woodruff Road, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, Woodruff Road Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: C004, Ivan Dario Zopata, 100 Turtle Creek #H86, Greenville, SC 29607 Furniture/Misc., Appliances 2. Unit: A040, James Hogrefe, 130 Pryors Ln., Summerville, SC 29485 Furniture, Boxes/Misc.

3. Unit: A050, Shaun Qualls.

1647 Mount Tabor Church Rd., Easley SC 29640 TV, Mattress/Boxspring 4. Unit: B019, Janet Sordello, 4 Killean Ct, Simpsonville, SC 29681 Furniture 5. Unit: C086, Virginia Elizabeth Libert, 371 Ownby Dr., Woodruff, SC, 29388 Boxes/Misc.

6. Unit: C098, Janice Walcott, 104 Granary Dr., Simpsonville, SC 29681 Motorized Chair, Misc./Other 7. Unit: C242, Gary Reece, 122 E. Glohaven Pl., Simpsonville, SC 29681 Shelving, Wheelchair, Misc.

8. Unit: D47, Robert Canova, 104 Moore St., Anderson, SC 29622 Office Chair/Misc. Furniture/ Clothing 9. Unit: E04, Claude C Sears, 505 Heather Grove Ct. Simpsonville, SC 29681 Toys/Clothing, Misc./Other 10. Unit: H23, Robert Davis, 7 Frostweed Ct., Simpsonville, SC 29680 Tools, Bikes, Misc./Other

SUMMONS AND NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT Jerry Lark, Plaintiff, vs Susan Lark, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint upon the Subscriber at 11 N. Irvine Street, Suite 14, Greenville, SC 29601 within thirty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Complaint filed 08/14/2013 at 12:09 pm in Clerk of Court's Office, Greenville, SC. V. B. (TRIPP) ATKINS III (SC Bar No. 74697) Attorney for Petitioner PO BOX 27167 Greenville, SC 29616 Phone: 864-735-8699

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Clemson Virginia wide receiver Daniel Rodgriguez celebrates with his fans after the game.

Zombie Kim Brookshire, right, chases after a runner.

Zombie Logan Jenkins grabs a runner’s flag.

Runners participate in the 2nd Annual Greenville Zombie Run, a 5K Chase Race. The Zombie Run brought together close to 1,000 runners who came face-to-face with hordes of the walking dead in an untimed apocalyptic 5K run at Heritage Park in Simpsonville. All proceeds from the event benefit children and families served by First Steps.

Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins scores on a 96-yard touchdown pass from Tajh Boyd in the third quarter.

USC PHOTOS COURTESTY OF BOB SOFALY / THE ISLAND NEWS

Emily Gomer, education coordinator from the Museum on the Move organization, was a guest speaker in Jennifer Mathis’ seventh-grade history classes at Riverside Middle School recently. She spoke about the Renaissance and how artists depicted that time period through art.

Kristi Peace’s second-grade class said “Yes to Peace and No to Drugs” at the Stone Academy Red Ribbon parade on Nov. 1. The parade was held indoors because of the rainy weather.

Fourth-grade students at Stone Academy spent two days and one night integrating Common Core Curriculum at Camp Thunderbird on Lake Wylie. Students had two days of outdoor class experiences as they explored, collaborated, set goals, climbed towers, canoed, zip lined, wrote in journals, acted out scripts, sang songs and met simulated pioneers along the trails.

Crossword puzzle: page 54

MIssissippi State tight end Artimas Samuel, left, can’t hold onto the ball as South Carolina’s Victor Hampton breaks up the pass in the end zone.

Mississippi State quarterback Joshua Hand tries to stretch it out to make a first down as South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney looks on Satruday at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia. The Gamecocks defeated the Bull Dogs 34-16.

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JOURNAL CULTURE

FIGURE. THIS. OUT. WORKING OVERTIME

By Gail Grabowski

6th Annual

5K Run/Walk 1 Mile Fun Walk Children’s Fun Run Saturday, November 9, 2013 Caine Halter YMCA Greenville, SC Register Online Now at www.Lungs4Life5k.com or in person at Caine Halter YMCA All Lungs4Life proceeds will benefit lung cancer research nationally and locally through Uniting Against Lung Cancer (UALC) and the Greenville Health System Institute for Translational Oncology Research (ITOR).

Beattie & Lisa Ashmore

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ACROSS 1 Tournament exemptions 5 Sourpuss 9 Evaluate 14 Leaves at the last minute, in a way 19 Fly, at times 20 Trendy berry 21 Australian exports 22 Cat Nation people 23 Overlook 24 Registered, with “in” 25 __ Bell: Emily Brontë pen name 26 Up to this point 27 Chocolate source 29 One working with hammers 31 Bold move 32 Suit 33 Enthusiasm 34 Cath. church eponym 37 Heart container 39 Probate concerns 43 Qualifying races 44 Scored 75, say 45 Stretched to the max 47 “Don’t think so” 48 Spread unit 49 Pest-snaring device 52 Cartoon dog 53 Flyers’ org.

54 Sealing supplies 55 Museum opening?

56 Gathered 58 Anka song with the phrase “kiss me mucho”

60 Shot with lots of English 62 Underline, say 63 Work on an arm, maybe 64 Classroom reminder 68 Flaky fish 69 African hot spot 72 APB targets 73 Galena, for one 77 Big name in food safety 78 P.I. 79 Captain’s reference 81 Daly of “Wings” 82 CD-__ 83 Cold War concept advanced by Eisenhower 87 Starkers, across the pond 88 Snap up 90 Vessels at banquets 91 Golfer’s choice 92 Cotton thread 93 Like attached baths, in Bordeaux 95 Ends of the earth 96 Sunday best 97 Retired boomer 98 Image Awards org.

100 “What __ could I do?”

101 Outdoor furniture piece 104 Martial arts maneuver 109 Ripley’s closing words

110 Cousteau’s realm 111 Rush job letters 112 O’Neill’s daughter 113 O’Neal’s daughter 114 “I can’t go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands” speaker 115 Lowers 116 Created fiction?

117 Whack, biblically 118 Rainy day brand 119 Not a challenge 120 Fraternal group

DOWN 1 Voting coalition 2 Arizona county or its seat 3 Stonestreet of “Modern Family” 4 Begin wedding plans 5 Baklava, e.g.

6 Comforting comment 7 Roped-off pool area 8 Facebook option 9 “Casino” co-star 10 Elevate 11 __ Lama 12 Sun-on-ocean effect 13 Canadian pump sign 14 Like Boston College, say 15 Certain triathlete 16 “... a tale / Told by an idiot”: Macbeth 17 Forgo scissors 18 Outdated geopolitical letters

28 They’re secured in locks 30 Emmy winners, often 32 Inamorato 34 Western classic 35 Geek Squad pros 36 “That Girl” actress 37 Discounted buy

Hard

38 Command posts: Abbr.

39 Where to leave Port.

40 Naval weapons launcher 41 Duel tools 42 Ships 44 Biker’s welcome

45 Many sculptures 46 When some folks retire 49 Postgrad degrees 50 They may be assigned 51 Family adoptee 54 The classical elements, e.g.

57 Yankee slugger, familiarly 59 False god 60 Florida’s __ Island, near Naples 61 Wildspitze, for one 65 Agree to join 66 Typical Nome winter highs 67 Driving hazard 69 Twilled fabric 70 Squash variety 71 On the verge of doing it 74 Hatch back?

75 Subway patron 76 Rough stuff 79 Turn over 80 Fails to share 84 One of a G.I.’s three squares 85 Unsolicited opinion 86 Toolbar offering 87 Like a short golf round 89 Escape, as a con 92 Ring weapon 94 “Am I the problem?”

95 It’s a matter of taste 96 Sister of Peter 98 Chip with cheese 99 Red as __ 100 Coated cheeses 101 Bath buggy 102 Foe 103 Civil wrong 104 Shade of green 105 Old Voice of America org.

106 Muddy up 107 .62 mi., in a race 108 Rolls of notes 109 NFL tiebreakers hidden in this puzzle’s nine longest answers

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JOURNAL CULTURE

THE SYMPTOMS

BY ASHLEY HOLT

Zen and the art of throwing away junk

Pendleton Place

for CHILDREN and FAMILIES

to a repairman without first having been hacked at with vise grips and a Phillips head by some member of the family. But try that with your Blackberry.

You know what I miss most? Knobs.

Knobs on electronic devices were simple and instinctive. Need a little more? Give it a clockwise turn. None of this jabbing repeatedly at tiny buttons to increase the digital reading. Why have we forsaken knobs?

Was that glowing, digital display so hypnotizing that we abandoned centuries of hard-earned knob development? Was it just so cool and Logan’s Run to have “11:14” blinking at us that we couldn’t resist?

Granted, lots of people were on drugs in the ’70s, but that doesn’t mean we had to let our guard down en masse just because cokeheads like shiny things. A simple twist of the knob made the AC cooler, the Benetar louder, the Gilligan greener – all with no math skills required.

Better still, a broken knob could very well be repaired with toothpicks and a glue gun. Today, when the beeping finger pad no longer activates the microwave, your Hot Pockets stay frozen, and your appliance goes to the dump. All because you didn’t stay vigilant when they came to take our knobs away.

When things break down in the digital age, we must submit all hobbled electronica, not to paid experts who understand it, but to those who pretend to. Those guys with their golf shirts and name tags don’t really grasp this invisible micro-world

any more than you do. It sounds impressive when they rattle off the brand names they’ve memorized, but all they can really tell you about the problem is that it looks like your hard drive has crashed, like a singularity mysteriously collapsing on itself for reasons science can only guess. There will be no replacing of the fan belt or heating element. Start over.

Young people seem used to this – 12,000 songs carefully downloaded and arranged by mood, instantly wiped out when the MP3 player falls into the toilet, like a town flood destroying both your LP collection and your quadrophonic hi-fi system all at once.

Perhaps it’s the Zen approach, this acceptance of the ethereal nature of modern electronics. It is the oldschool materialist, after all, whose garage overflows with radio tubes and telephone wire, awaiting the next doit-yourself repair. But the new breed of digital patron knows the hardware he purchases is transient, its death as mysterious as its internal functions.

He’s given up his need for control.

As for me, I’ll remain wistful with each little black box that expires. For I remember the days when a glitchy appliance sported tiny screws, inviting Joe Homeowner to open it up and conquer the world inside.

Please join Pendleton Place for Children and Families for the

4th Annual Benefit Breakfast Making Connections Through Stories Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:30–8:45 am TD Convention Center 1 Exposition Drive Greenville, SC There is no cost to attend RSVP by November 11th to Lauren Scoggins 864.516.1227 or lscoggins@pendletonplace.org

Presented by:

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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I come from a long line of craftsmen whose engineering skills are minimal.

When it comes to household repair, the Holts will run an extension cord through the window or knock a hole in the bathroom tile with a claw hammer to make something work. We’ll utilize tin foil, pizza boxes or coat hangers to fix a plumbing or electrical issue – whatever we have at hand.

But we will not spend money on the problem until all other options are exhausted. Hiring a professional is for millionaires. And a trip to the hardware store will only put us at the mercy of extortionist “experts” hustling for Black and Decker. Best to make use of the duct tape and pie plates we found in the trash.

This kind of white-trash ingenuity isn’t pretty, but it’s often effective.

There is, however, one contemporary realm in which my preferred brand of low-cost, full-contact repair just doesn’t fly: digital media.

In the computer age, full of RAM and bytes and 25-pin ports, you can’t run a caulk gun over malfunctioning software. Oh, we certainly try to combat the planned obsolescence encoded in our desktops and iPads with Radio Shack paraphernalia as best we can. But eventually, Big Digital is going to withhold connectivity until we spring for the upgrades.

It’s all part of the master plan to shrink the mechanized world to microscopic size, so our hex screws and wrenches become useless. When your iPhone ups and dies on you, you can crack it open and stare stupidly at its unfathomable contents, but no amount of baling wire or electrical tape will fix the problem.

Unless you have access to an 11-yearold Taiwanese factory worker, you’ll be making a trip to Office Depot (whose employees will ship your iPhone to an 11-year-old Taiwanese factory worker).

I can’t help feeling more than old when faced with this problem, as if the time I grew up in isn’t just long ago, but is now a completely different world of easily disassembled telephones, replaceable TV tubes and yards of extra speaker wire. There was no appliance in our house when I was a lad that would be submitted

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