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“Just say hello. That goes a long way. People often look away or are scared of them.” Frankie Powell, vice president for development at Miracle Hill Ministries, on how people can help the homeless this Christmas season.
“It is unambiguously wrong to suck money out of the poor.” Rabbi Marc Howard Wilson, on the evils of predatory lending.
“Collaboration can move mountains.” Van Broad, Mauldin’s new community development director, on what it takes to attract new business to a city.
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Unrest won’t stop college study abroad programs CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF
clandrum@communityjournals.com When Upstate college students return to classes after winter break, hundreds of them will be studying in foreign countries all across the world as part of study abroad programs. The numbers are down from the fall semester, but Nancy Georgiev, assistant director of Furman University’s Rinker Center for Study Away and International Education, said that has nothing to do with the November terror attacks in France and threats in Brussels that prompted Furman to bring students studying in Brussels home two weeks early. This semester, 95 students were abroad as a part of faculty-led programs, she said. In the spring semester, 46 students will be studying abroad, but none in Paris or Brussels. “Fall is always more popular among our students for study-abroad programs,” she said. Wofford, ranked sixth by the Institute of International Education for percentage of students studying abroad for credit in 2015, has 89 students registered to study abroad in the spring semester, said Amy Lancaster, dean of international programs at the school. Other students will study overseas during the school’s January interim period. “Through creating globally educated students, we aim to meet the college’s mission of preparing them ‘for extraordinary and positive contributions to society,’” Lancaster said. “Especially in
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Van Broad ready for new challenge Man who played vital role in Fountain Inn’s revitalization moves to Mauldin CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF
clandrum@communityjournals.com Some of the challenges Van Broad will face as Mauldin’s new – and first – community development director will be the same as those he faced during the eight years he headed up nearby Fountain Inn’s economic development and cultural affairs. But others will be completely different. While Fountain Inn’s challenge was to revitalize a downtown that had more than 60 percent of its buildings empty, Mauldin lacks a traditional Main Street and downtown area. While Fountain Inn had no arts center, Mauldin has one that attracted nearly 30,000 people to its events last year. “It was time for a change,” Broad said. “Did I think I’d move from Fountain Inn?
No. That would be the easy thing to do, to just run out the clock. I’ve done what I could do. I’ve always believed you work hard to do what you can and when you hit a plateau, it’s Broad time to move on to another challenge.” Broad starts his new job on Dec. 15. “His work speak for itself, and as we look to developing Mauldin’s future, I expect that Van Broad will play a pivotal role in helping us move forward,” said Taft Matney, a Mauldin City Council member who chairs the council’s planning and economic development committee. One of Mauldin’s biggest challenges is its lack of a traditional Main Streetanchored downtown like most small towns, said Mauldin City Administrator Trey Eubanks. “Mauldin is a crossroads. We don’t have a traditional Main Street
downtown area. What we do have is the opportunity to create one.” The city adopted a downtown master plan in 2012 that calls for the redevelopment of a portion of the city’s traditional center into a “downtown district.” The plan calls for opening up sites for multiuse development that mirrors traditional downtown architecture and modern design centered around a large green space facing North Main Street. The targeted area covers a little more than 12 acres bordered by Jenkins Street, East Butler Road, North Main Street and the Carolina Piedmont Railroad. Bringing a community development
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director on board “certainly will promote implementation of the downtown master plan,” Eubanks said. “But the position is broader than downtown.” Eubanks said areas along Main Street are ripe for development, as are areas on East and West Butler Road. A hotel near Brookfield Corporate Center is also needed, he said. Broad’s move to Mauldin will reunite him with George McLeer, the administrator of Mauldin’s Office of Cultural Affairs. McLeer worked with Broad as he turned an old empty school in Fountain Inn into what is now the Younts Center for Performing Arts. “He was a great fit for what we were looking for,” Eubanks said. Broad said with the right promotion, Mauldin’s demographics will help lure more businesses to the city. “Their demographics are off the charts from a business standpoint,” he said. “If you’re a business looking for location, money, traffic and foot traffic, Mauldin is a place you have to consider.” Building collaboration and partnerships will be key, Broad said. “Collaboration can move mountains.”
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Chanukah: It’s not just a Jewish thing IN MY OWN WORDS
by Rabbi Leibel Kesselman Every holiday seems to have its unique flavor. Chanukah, as you may know, involves lighting candles, gifts, and eating deliciously unhealthy fried foods like donuts and potato latkes (don’t knock ‘em ‘till you try ‘em!), and playing with something called a dreidel. But for me, as the chill of winter sets in, my mind takes me back to celebrating Chanukah as a child in suburban Detroit. Chanukah was an eight-day-long buzz of excitement and sharing. We would head out to hospitals and senior homes to light the candles with the sick, bedridden and elderly. We would sing traditional holiday songs, share sweet treats, and remind them of their childhood Chanukah celebrations. Together with my friends, we would spread out to shopping malls and street corners, looking out for people who might not have candles, or who could just use a kind word and some added holiday cheer. More than celebrating at home with my family, which was fun, for us, Chanukah was all about sharing and giving to others. And while Greenville may be different from my hometown, the time-tested traditions of the festival are all the more meaningful. You see, Chanukah is the festival of light. More than 2,000 years ago, a small group of determined Jews fought and won a miraculous victory against the bigger, mightier Greek army, who had sought to eradicate Judaism. When they came back to the Temple, they found it battered and vandalized. They were unable to kindle the menorah – the Temple’s seven-branch candelabra
– as the Greeks had destroyed all the jugs of oil. It would take eight days to make new oil. Eventually, they found one small jug of oil, enough to burn for just one day, which miraculously lasted for eight days! Every year since then, Jews kindle a menorah for eight days to remember the kindness G-d showed in that time, but also to remind us that in the battle over darkness and evil, light always wins. It’s up to us to ignite a spark, kindle a flame, and that is what banishes the darkness. Throughout history, numerous forces of darkness have come and gone, but those who share light have always prevailed. While the world today is filled with plenty of darkness and horror, the message of Chanukah is that sharing light ensures we don’t succumb to it. When we brighten the life of a friend, colleague or family member, we light a candle. When we each light candles, those flames join together to warm and brighten our homes, neighborhood and the entire city. So this Chanukah, I’ll remember what my parents taught me: that Chanukah is not complete until I’ve shared that joy with someone else. I’ll do my best to add as much light as I can in this beautiful city. Join me in sharing light. When you see a menorah or Chanukah decoration, think of someone who could do with some extra warmth and cheer. Together, let’s brighten Greenville, one candle of love at a time. Rabbi Leibel Kesselman is director of Chabad Greenville, a Jewish community center that provides educational and outreach activities for the Jewish community.
DRAWN OUT LOUD BY KATE SALLEY PALMER
Dear Editor: I enjoy the Greenville Journal very much. I feel it is a worthy newspaper with great, informative local stories. In the Nov. 27 issue, the opinion page offered great information from Cecilia Brown at the S.C. Policy Council. I was not aware of the process S.C. utilizes to appoint our judges. It was very informative of the flawed process that challenges the separation of powers between the branches of our government. Thank you to Ms. Brown for the information and to the Greenville Journal for printing the story. I then proceeded down the page to the drivel from S.C. Rep. Tommy Stringer. He not only stokes the fires of the right-wing fear campaign of Syrian refugees, he had to throw in the obligatory Obama defamation to pander to his faux-news-educated, uninformed base that elect people like Mr. Stringer. His column suggests that the Office of Refugee Resettlement was an Obama creation. In fact, the Office of Refugee Resettlement was established in 1980 with the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980. It was an effort to coordinate efforts from the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962. Our great nation has welcomed and aided refugees for many decades, from the European refugees after WWII, Cubans fleeing Castro in the ’50s and ’60s, Vietnamese and Cambodian people in the ’70s, and refugees from the Soviet nations after the fall of the Soviet Union in the ’80s. Mr. Stringer needs to realize this organization has been around for 35 years and was not “[Obama’s] creation, a community organized by him, an expression of his only talent.” Mr. Stringer also seems to suggest that the majority of the refugees are
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non-skilled freeloaders who just want to come to America for a free ride on the “benefits of a generous and bankrupt welfare state.” He suggests that there are only a few skilled, educated Syrians “lurking in the corners of ObamaWorld like quiet shadow people.” For him to make this sweeping assumption, I must suggest that this thinking is in line with one called a bigot. Many refugees have made it to the United States and are outstanding citizens. I am proud that this country is a melting pot of many colors and cultures. We are all human and the vast majority of us are hardworking people trying to make it through life’s challenges to provide a better world for ourselves and the next generation. To vilify an entire group of people fleeing their home out of fear for their lives is wrong and unjust. Mr. Stringer and most of the Republican Party should be ashamed of their recent stance in the last few days. The
“To vilify an entire group of people fleeing their home out of fear for their lives is wrong and unjust.” fearmongering is pathetic. France is the country that was attacked. They have not closed their borders to Syrian refugees into their country. The main purpose of terrorism is fear. Mr. Springer and many other Republican colleagues are playing right into their hands. Mr. Springer’s column was full of misinformation and hate. It was not what I would expect from a member of the S.C. Legislature. I guess he needs to pander to the base of his constituency. Tom Dunn Greenville
Dear Editor: State Rep. Tommy Stringer surrounds a valid point on immigration in prose unnecessarily dripping with contempt in his op-ed published Nov. 27 in the Greenville Journal. Current U.S. policy limits exactly what Rep. Stringer supports; i.e., western-educated professionals seeking a path to permanent residency are often denied visas on a quota basis. But sadly, the representative also seems to forget the inscription on our Statue of Liberty, a.k.a. the “Mother of Exiles”: “Give me your tired. Your poor. Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Emma Lazarus certainly saw the nobility of the U.S. when she wrote that. I’m saddened when others do not. Dr. Kevin R. Kirtley Simpsonville
“Representative Stringer has a bright mind, that could’ve used this space to offer details of his research. Instead, we received base pandering cynicism. I wish the following sentence from him [regarding President Obama], was a reference to the eyes of Christ: “I could see the world as he saw it, his eyes my window to the outside.” – Dan Bracken via Facebook
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Holiday help for the Giving Season Organizations suggest top ways to donate time and money effectively LEIGH SAVAGE | CONTRIBUTOR
As people clamor for the latest technology, grapple for the newest toy and scramble to complete their shopping lists, many reach a similar conclusion – they want to find a way to give back. According to Network for Good, an online organization that tracks charitable giving, 31 percent of all donations occur in December, creating what is often called the Giving Season. Leaders at local charitable organizations are happy to see the holidays bring a boost in generosity, but say donors should consider how their efforts can be of most benefit. Deb Richardson-Moore, pastor and director at Triune Mercy Center, said that while it might not be the most creative or festive, the No. 1 way people can help is to “look for an agency that you trust, and give a
“Look for an agency that you trust, and give a financial donation. That’s going to help somebody all year round.” Deb Richardson-Moore, Triune Mercy Center
financial donation. That’s going to help somebody all year round.” While Christmas gifts are fun to buy, she points out that one present doesn’t go very far in addressing people’s needs. Instead, if a financial donation isn’t possible, she suggests donating to a reputable food pantry. “Our pantry is getting hammered – demand is so high. We’re probably seeing 50 families per week,” she said. Triune, which offers a variety of assistance to Greenville’s homeless and marginalized, also welcomes gloves, warm hats and blankets that can help families during winter.
SOCKS AND TOILET PAPER Frankie Powell, vice president for development at Miracle Hill Ministries, agrees that while kids like Barbies and basketballs, the most helpful donations are basics like socks and toilet paper. “We’re taking care of 550 people every night in our shelters,” she said. “Toilet paper goes really quickly. We always need soap, shampoo, napkins. One homeless guy told me, ‘You don’t know how bad it is not to have clean socks.’ We take things like that for granted.” Powell has two suggestions for people who want to help the homeless this holiday season. First is to simply acknowledge the homeless person. “Just say hello. That goes a long way. People often look away or are scared of them.” Her second idea is to create a bag or box filled with basics like socks, soap, packs of crackers, water, gift certificates for fast food restaurants, toothpaste and
toothbrush. “I carry a Ziploc bag with these things in it and then if I see someone holding a sign or who seems to need it, I’ll give it to them,” she said. Giving money often fuels bad habits, as many people recognize, but giving a box of necessities “is a way to help them, not their habit,” Powell said.
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« THE GIVING TREE Maj. Melody Davis, associate area commander for the Salvation Army in Greenville, Pickens and Oconee counties, agrees that helping with basic needs like food and shelter are incredibly important, but said giving a child the toy they asked for can be a bright spot during tough times. Last year, just under 4,000 children were part of the program, and only 40 percent of the names were selected off of the trees at Haywood Mall and other locations. For the remaining 60 percent, Salvation Army volunteers gathered donations from Toys for Tots and other organizations to make sure each child got a little something Christmas morning. “It’s so much better if a child gets chosen off of the tree. Anything you give goes directly to that child,” Davis said. This year, the Angel Tree program signed up 4,164 children - the largest number ever, Davis said. The Angel Tree lists a child’s name, age and a gift request, and donors can select a child’s wish to
fulfill, from bikes to less expensive items like shirts or pajamas. She knows of several families who have a tradition of going to the Haywood Mall and letting kids find a child who is their same gender and age – a great way to help children relate to those in need and think about giving instead of receiving, she said.
GETTING HANDS-ON Hands On Greenville was designed to help Greenville residents find ways to pitch in on community projects, and the holidays are no exception. The website handsongreenville.org lists several options, including packing food boxes for Harvest Hope, helping kids with homework and volunteering at community events. Sheila Mettetal, volunteer engagement manager for United Way Hands On Greenville, said one-time volunteering picks up during Thanksgiving and Christmas, with the most common requests being to serve food on Thanksgiving and to buy presents for Christmas. She said both are very helpful, but she tries to steer volunteers to lessrequested activities like sorting and boxing food donations or creating their own food drive. For those who want to donate items, she steers them to a variety of organizations, including those that serve seniors or teenagers. “I always suggest people buy books,” she said. “Any literacy organization or group that works with children would not turn that down – maybe A Child’s Haven or Julie Valentine Center.”
Safe Harbor has found a simple way for contributors to give a tangible gift that is quick and will have real impact. “We just started an Amazon Wish List,” said Amanda Manly, director of development and communications. “It features the items most needed in the shelter. People can buy an item like a stroller or diapers and it ships straight to us.” Safe Harbor, which offers services for victims of domestic violence and their children, receives more than 30 percent of its donations in December, she said, which helps fund Greenville’s 34-bed shelter and other services. Financial donations are always welcome, but she said those who want a more specific experience can email holidayprogram@safeharborsc.org to donate items for specific families at the shelter. Manly said her family signed up to sponsor a mother, two toddlers and an infant, and will be providing clothes for the family along with toys for the kids. “These families in the shelter often come with just the clothes on their back,” she said. “Over the holidays, they don’t have any other resources, so we provide everything they need for Christmas.”
Reach out Miracle Hill Ministries: miraclehill.org Triune Mercy Center: triunemercy.org Safe Harbor: safeharborsc.org/donate-now, holidayprogram@safeharborsc.org United Way Hands On Greenville: handsongreenville.org Angel Tree program: Haywood Mall, Haywood Road Toys for Tots: greenville-sc.toysfortots.org Salvation Army: salvationarmyusa.org
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Greenville mental health advocate pushes for federal funding BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF
bjeffers@communityjournals.com Greenville mental health advocate Paton Blough last week met with U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy and convinced him to support federal legislation that would help fund mental health treatment courts. Blough, who benefitted from a mental health court program and is a state board member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), started a petition campaign this fall to run against Gowdy. In a letter to the congressman, he said Gowdy lacked “leadership in the area of mental health reform.” “The reason I got into this race… was to make the point of the needed mental health reform,” Blough said. However, the evening after the meeting between Gowdy and Blough, which County Councilman Bob Taylor also attended, one of Gowdy’s staffers emailed Blough to let him know that Gowdy would sign on as a cosponsor of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015. The bill has been referred to the Judiciary Committee’s Crime Subcommittee, which Gowdy sits on, and Blough said he was excited and hoped Gowdy’s leadership would aid the passage of the bill. Blough said he is still continuing his campaign, but
as more of a “friendly campaign” in case Gowdy decides not to seek reelection. Blough needs 10,000 signatures by July 15 in order to make the ballot. The bill Gowdy agreed to support would expand veterans’ treatment programs, peer support programs for people going through long-term recovery and programs for adults and juveniles who have a mental illness or a substance abuse disorder, in addition to funding training programs to help police recognize mental health and substance abuse disorders. According to the Treatment Advocacy Center and National Sheriff’s Association, more than half of suspects shot and killed by police have mental health problems. The bill also reauthorizes funding for the programs that ended in the early 2000s. “It just reauthorizes something that worked before and had bipartisan support,” Blough said. “So where’s the rub?” This year the state Legislature passed a bill introduced by S.C. Sen. Vincent Sheheen that created the framework for mental health courts across the state, but the bill did not include any designated funding. Greenville, Charleston and Columbia are the only counties in the state that have chosen to sustain such courts. Blough said he is meeting with Sheheen this month
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about legislation to expand crisis intervention training at the police academy to train officers to better handle situations involving mental health patients.
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GSP passengers could ride podcars to terminal APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF
amorris@communityjournals.com Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) is moving forward with a plan to move passengers from parking areas to the terminal using a personal rapid transit (PRT) system, CEO David Edwards told a forum on transportation this week. The system could be operating as early as 2018. Following a feasibility study completed earlier this year, the airport discovered that if estimated costs remain the same, a PRT system versus a bus system is “a wash,” said Edwards. The cost to build a one-way guideway used by 42 self-driving vehicles will be $20-$25 million, he said. Vehicles will carry four to six people and would be on-demand for passengers. One benefit of the PRT system is shorter transit time from parking to terminal, approximately five to seven minutes, compared to about 15 minutes for a bus shuttle, Edwards said. A shuttle bus system would require up to six 23-passenger buses operating 16 hours per day, additional roads and a bus maintenance facility. According to the
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feasibility study, capital cost for the buses would be $15.5 million, with an annual operating cost of $2.9 million. London’s Heathrow Airport has operated a PRT system since 2011 to serve a long-term parking lot and is expanding its system to nearby hotels.
PARKING PAINS The airport currently does not have transportation from its long-term park-
ing lot and is making plans for additional lots because of anticipated increasing numbers of passengers after terminal improvements. “We are already bumping up against parking issues at the airport,” Edwards said this week. At one point in September, the facility ran out of parking and was double-parking vehicles over the Thanksgiving weekend, he said. By 2018, officials estimate the airport will be 600 spaces short of parking needs, he said.
In addition to serving passenger parking, a PRT system could be extended in phases to a planned commercial and hotel development near I-85, Edwards said. Asked what it would take to extend the PRT to Pelham Road, Edwards said, “Only right of way and money.” Airport officials have finalized a consultant agreement to devise the PRT design criteria expected to be completed in February 2016, and anticipate issuing a request for proposals in March. Those working on the project include WK Dickson and Co., PRT Consulting, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Leo A. Daly Architects. Vendors will be evaluated in May. If design criteria and technical requirements are met, along with cost estimates falling within the budget of $20-$25 million, the airport will move forward with a designbuild package, Edwards said. The project is viewed as infrastructure upgrades, he said, and the airport will also seek support partners and potential sponsors. Parking revenue will also help offset the cost, he said. Despite the fact that PRT is not widely adopted locally, “We think it really is better than a bus operation,” Edwards said.
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HOLIDAY SALE! Intelligent transportation Forum focused on smart technology APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF
amorris@communityjournals.com Could Greenville County have electric, driverless vehicles zipping along its streets – or be a demonstration hot spot for smart transportation technology? Some attendees at the recent Exploring Innovative Transportation and Technology Opportunities event sponsored by Ten at the Top say the Upstate is poised to showcase these technologies. Attendees from companies like Club Car, IBM, GE, Schneider Electric and AT&T talked about everything from communities using golf cars for transportation to how disparate transportation systems can connect for traffic and freight efficiency. Dr. Joachim Taiber of CU-ICAR said the Palmetto State should support testing of transportation technology, citing developments in the driving range of electric cars. The area could be a leader in research and development, not just in the education sector, but also in private industry, he said. “The technology transition is happening.” Laying the groundwork for transportation technology needs to take place on the county and local government level, said Bill Josko of IBM. Josko said transportation is just one facet of a smart city, along with infrastructure like water and communication. Using connectivity to collect data and move beyond real-time information into predicting traffic patterns or issues is also a focus, said Lew Gaskell of IBM. Spinx Corporation owner Stuart Spinks said though his interest has been primarily fuels, future generations need better planning for transportation. Spinx stations will be installing nine
Bringing the Internet of Things into transportation are new LED streetlights that are connected to the Internet and feature cameras, sensors, control features and transmitters. high-speed electric charging stations in Greenville, Columbia and Charleston, he said. Bringing the Internet of Things into transportation are new LED streetlights that are connected to the Internet and feature cameras, sensors, control features and transmitters, said Chris McKissick of GE’s startup Intelligent Cities. Municipalities can use them for traffic monitoring, gunshot detection, pedestrian safety and illegal dumping detection, he said. Fred Payne, Greenville County Council member and advocate for Green Villages transit-linked, multi-use developments, said moving forward local planners are investigating identifying a network of public roads that could be used by low-speed electric vehicles (LSEV) and connect attractor locations. In addition to attending companies connecting with local transportation entities, Greenville County is seeking to apply for a Federal Highway Administration Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) grant and apply with the City of Greenville as part of the Envision America program to deploy smart technology in cities to address energy, waste, water and air challenges.
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Citing aesthetics, health concerns and potential fire hazards, Greenville County Council will consider an ordinance regulating businesses that sell used tires in the unincorporated areas in the county. The council’s Planning and Development committee recently discussed and amended the ordinance, voting to move it on to full council for consideration on Dec. 8. The county said the outdoor storage of used tires can create a health hazard as well as a nuisance, decreasing property values. Business owners who sell the tires said at a recent public hearing that the county’s original plan to require storing used tires in an enclosed building was too prohibitive and costly. Storing the used tires in containers would be “trading one eyesore for another,” said Councilman Joe Dill. Councilman Willis Meadows said enacting requirements similar to screening and fencing for junkyards would address concerns without a negative effect on business. The amended version requires used tires to be stored in a building on lots smaller than one acre, but used tires can be stored outdoors at By the numbers the rear of larger sites with six-foot screening.
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WHAT ABOUT WASTE TIRES? Waste tires must be stored in a building or storage container, said county planner Eric Vinson. Waste tires are a big issue in the Palmetto State, said Shelley Robbins, project manager for Upstate Forever’s Sustainable Communities Program. “Used tires are a tricky business,” Robbins said, noting that many people collect used tires thinking they can sell them, but collection gets out of control and the secondary market for tires is “not tremendous.” The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) regulates waste tires, but has few inspectors to enforce regulations, she said. Robbins advocates for creating a market for used tires. One such effort is Clemson University’s Asphalt Rubber Technology Service (ARTS), which developed a “warm mix” asphalt product made from recycled tires. If businesses violate the proposed Greenville County ordinance, they can be fined $50 for each improperly stored tire up to a maximum of $2,000. Robbins said the ordinance is a step in the right direction, but she would prefer to see the used tires stored under cover.
GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL Greenville County Council is scheduled to meet again at 6 p.m. on Dec. 8 at County Square, 301 University Ridge, Greenville.
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City parks director leaving BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF
bjeffers@communityjournals.com Dana Souza, director of the city of Greenville’s Parks, Recreation and Sustainability Department, is leaving the city. City officials are currently advertising his position and the closing date for applications is Dec. 18. An internal committee will review the applications and develop a shortlist of candidates and invite them for an on-site visit after the beginning of next year, according to Leslie Fletch, city communications manager. Souza will continue as the director until the end of the year, and then Dale Westermeier, who is currently the deputy department director, will serve as interim director until the city fills the position, she said. The salary range for the position is being advertised as between $87,505 and $140,000. Souza, who has been with the city as director since 2008, declined to be interviewed, saying that he prefers that “the focus remains on the great work our city accomplishes collectively, rather than my transition.” He has not publically announced his future plans. Souza’s replacement will come on board during a time when Mayor Knox White and city council members are actively pursuing creating a new multimillion-dollar park on the West End near the Kroc Center west of Academy Street. Souza was the lead on developing a request for proposals (RFP) from consultants to create a master plan for 350 acres of land that encompass the proposed park and surrounding area. City staff recently narrowed the field of consultants to three companies to be interviewed for the job. Fletcher said while Souza has been integral in the part of the process for planning the park the city is taking a “collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to the process.” “There is an interdepartmental team of employees dedicated to the project,” she said, “so the work will be able to continue during the time between Dana leaving and his replacement coming on board.”
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DUKE ANNOUNCES GRANT WINNERS
Duke Energy announced this week it has awarded $1 million in grants through its Water Resources fund aimed at improving water quality in the Carolinas. Two Upstate South Carolina organizations received grants in the multi-year, $10 million initiative. Rocky River Conservancy of Anderson will receive $30,000 for the Rocky River Wetland Restoration project to improve water quality in a 6-acre wetland, Duke said in a release. The project also includes installation of a solar-powered water pump. Croft State Park in Spartanburg will also build a fishing pier at Lake Craig with the help of $75,000 from the Duke fund. This grant was awarded to the Beautiful Places Alliance, a foundation that supports South Carolina state parks. The City of Conway also received funds for the Waccamaw River Park and Recreational Area. In North Carolina, 10 projects were awarded grant funding. Established in 2014, the Water Resources fund awarded eight seed grants in 2014 and 15 inaugural grants in March 2015, including $99,500 for an accessible kayak launch at Anderson County’s Timmerman Access of the Saluda River Blue Trail.
TREASURER UNVEILS FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
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A new Web-based financial literacy program is now available to elementary schools statewide. The Future Scholar Financial Literacy Program was launched at a Charleston charter school on Tuesday by South Carolina’s Future Scholar 529 College Savings Plan, the SC Council on Economic Education and education technology company EverFi. The course uses an interactive learning platform to introduce financial literacy skills to elementary school children and includes topics such as saving, budgeting, responsibility and decision-making, credit and debt, careers, income
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BLOOD DRIVE HONORS FALLEN TROOPER
Two hours before he was shot and killed in the line of duty 15 years ago, South Carolina Trooper Eric Nicholson donated blood at The Blood Connection. On Friday, The Blood Connection will hold its 15th annual Memorial Blood Drive at several sites in the Upstate and western North Carolina. “As the years pass, my heart is touched by a community that still comes out to show its support and remember Eric’s sacrifice,” said Misty Nicholson, who was the trooper’s wife. Donors can give whole blood, platelets, plasma or a combination. Donors must be 17 years or older and weigh 110 pounds. Sixteen-year-olds can donate with parental permission. Donation sites for Friday are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Law Enforcement Center, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cracker Bar-
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GREENVILLE TECH, PC CREATE BRIDGE PROGRAM
Greenville Technical College and Presbyterian College have started a Bridge Program that will make transferring to PC easier for Tech students. The Bridge Program is designed for first-time college students who are recent high school graduates who intend to eventually enroll at PC and who have a minimum GPA of 2.5. PC offers merit scholarships for students completing the Bridge program. GPA determines the scholarship. To qualify, students must complete at least 27 credit hours. Students in the program will get the opportunity to participate in many PC programs and events while still enrolled at Greenville Tech. This allows the students to connect with PC before moving to campus. An additional component is an articulation agreement with the PC School of Pharmacy that allows students who complete the PC School of Pharmacy pre-pharmacy requirements at Greenville Tech with a 3.0 GPA to be guaranteed an interview and be considered for acceptance into the pharmacy school.
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Fry guys Driveway turkey cooking evolved into Thanksgiving tradition benefitting charity APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF
amorris@communityjournals.com Shortly before Thanksgiving each year, a small group of men gathers to plan a turkey-cooking event of epic proportions. The annual O’Mazz Turkey Fry started in Brian O’Rourke’s driveway 16 years ago when he wanted to try a turkey fry and sought help from Erik Whaley. Soon friends were asking if they could also bring their turkeys for frying, and the annual event has evolved into a Thanksgiving Day tradition. “The camaraderie grew and people said they wanted to come,” said Brian O’Rourke. He connected with Jeff Mazzola, who was also passionate about frying. Soon multiple cookers were going – up to seven in the driveway – frying up the Thanksgiving birds. “I got hooked on a deep-fried turkey [for Thanksgiving] and have not had anything else since,” O’Rourke said. Named for O’Rourke and Mazzola, the O’Mazz Turkey Fry continued to expand, inviting attendees to bring their bird on Thanksgiving morning, pay a small donation and socialize while it cooks. More and more folks started showing up and the event migrated from O’Rourke’s driveway to nearby tennis courts and then to the Stone Lake Community Club pool three years ago. With donations of peanut oil, fryers and breakfast items along with sponsorships, the day began to make money, O’Rourke said. Organizers opted to donate any profit after supplies are purchased to charity each year.
VOLUNTEER EFFORT Several “board members” gather to plan the event: Mazzola, John Liggett, Kevin Thompson, Doug Elgin and Reynolds McCloud, Mazzola said. Over drinks, they divide up assignments for the fry-up, including picking up cookers and setting up tents. Most of the set-up is done on Wednesday night and cooking begins at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving, Mazzola said. The mass fry now draws
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hundreds of people. This year the group cooked more than 100 turkeys before 1:30 p.m., he said. Multiple “regulars” have contributed and attended, Mazzola said. Milton “Melet” Antonakos, who died in a plane crash with his family in 2013, was part of the group of fry chefs who pulled off the turkey fry every year, he said, and a trophy for best-looking fried turkey is named for him. Throughout the day, judges decide which is the best turkey of the moment and the owner gets to wear a medal until the next best bird comes along – a distinction that generates much competition, Mazzola said. The total points winner gets his name engraved on the trophy, he said. This year, the funds raised benefited the Cancer Survivors Park and the Antonakos Foundation named after the Antonakos family.
BIGGER AND BETTER In addition to the usual most beautiful bird competition, this year’s event featured live music and a raffle for a BMW teen driving experience, said Mazzola. Because the turkey fry benefits from multiple sponsors, it is able to give to local charities, he said. Sponsors are also designated as VIPs and don’t have to wait in line to get their turkey cooked, he said. “Now everyone wants to be a sponsor.” The VIP tent was recently named after the late Dr. Jim MacNaughton, who also attended every year. Next year’s event will hopefully be even larger and generate more funds, Mazzola said. “It’s a great way to start your Thanksgiving morning.”
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Predatory lending has become a serious issue in the Upstate that a group of community leaders is seeking to address. According to Rabbi Marc Howard Wilson, director and founder of the interfaith organization MeetingPoint in Greenville, some loan companies are taking advantage of people by deceptive and sometimes illegal means, enticing families who need that extra bit of cash to pay rent or provide for their children to accept a loan that will accrue heavy interest they likely will never be able to repay. They commonly target individuals with bad credit, minorities and the el-
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derly, but they particularly like to prey on the poor – a problem that is greatly affecting the less fortunate of Greenville County, Wilson said. “This is not a Republican or Democratic issue; it is not a Christian or Jewish or atheist problem,” he said. “It is unambiguously wrong to suck money out of the poor.” The National Governors Association reports South Carolina is one of 25 states that have enacted anti-predatory lending laws. However, Wilson said the problem continues to exist in the Upstate. City and county officials have taken steps to address this issue, according to Ginny Stroud, community development administrator for the City of Greenville, who said educating the community on predatory lending is essential. The Greenville County Human Relations Commission offers classes to bring awareness and help educate on these matters. Wilson said MeetingPoint will be holding a community forum on Dec. 8 at the Hughes Main Library in downtown Greenville to help educate on predatory
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Piedmont teen wins $1 million at Old Navy BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF
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Rick Wilkins, Old Navy vice president of stores for the South, left, presenting a check for $1 million to Piedmont resident Kaitlyn Jackson.
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On Thanksgiving Day, Piedmont resident Kaitlyn Jackson decided to do some early Black Friday shopping with her mother at Old Navy. The next day, she found out she won $1 million. The 19-year-old said she was heading to Thanksgiving dinner when she heard a radio advertisement about the Overnight Millionaire sweepstakes at Old Navy. The first 50 shoppers in line at each of Old Navy’s more than 1,000 North American stores when they opened on Thanksgiving received a game card with the chance to enter and win the $1 million jackpot. Jackson said she usually goes shopping at the Old Navy on Woodruff Road during Black Friday, but decided to go a little earlier this year because of the sweepstakes. She and her mother were
two of the last people in line to receive a game card. When she got the call about winning, she said, she was excited but didn’t believe at first that she had actually won.
“It feels more real now,” she said moments before being presented with a big check at the Woodruff Road store by Rick Wilkins, Old Navy vice president of stores for the South. “When you think about Black Friday and the excitement that it generates, that in itself is big,” Wilkins said. “But when you throw in there the element of a million-dollar giveaway, I mean, come on, who wouldn’t be excited for the holidays?” Jackson currently lives with her mother, boyfriend and daughter – who will turn 3 the day after Christmas – and has started making plans for what she’ll do with the money. She intends to set up a college savings account for her daughter, help her mother with car payments and help rebuild part of her local church. Jackson said she and her boyfriend, Austin Blitch, will use part of the money to get married and build a house. She and her family are also planning a trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn., to celebrate the holidays.
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Sure, watching a football game sounds easy, but for a nervous sports fan such as myself, there are rules. If we’re talking about a game that means a lot to me, i.e. Clemson/Carolina or Steelers/ anyone, staying home is usually the best. No one needs to see me pacing back and forth (I have a specific route that I take throughout my house) or hurling expletives at the screen. However, if we’re talking about just a casual afternoon of college or pro ball, then I’m a fan of heading out to a bar or restaurant with the game on TV, some good eats on the table and some frosty beverages on tap. But even then, there are times when I like a big room with lots going on, and times when I need to keep it small. With that in mind, here are some places I like to head to when it’s game-time (excluding my house).
JOIN THE CROWD: 1. BAILEY’S, 2409 LAURENS ROAD Few places are better designed for sports watching than Bailey’s. In addition to the expected TVs all over the place, they also have dartboards, video games and full lunch and dinner menus. As far as the adult beverages go, Bailey’s has daily drink specials on both beer and liquor, and if you’re on a budget, Tuesday’s your day: $2 drafts all day. They also have a full list of dangerous-sounding house specialty drinks, including the Homewrecker, the Dragon Lady and the Girl Next Door.
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If a football game is on TV anytime or anywhere, Wild Wing is showing it on one of their TVs, either upstairs or downstairs. In terms of food alone, Wild Wing is hard to beat. In addition to their justifiably well-known 33 made-from-scratch wing sauces, they have a full spread of appetizers, burgers, sliders, nachos and sandwiches. They also have daily drink specials and PBR is $2.50 every day.
3. CAROLINA ALE HOUSE, 113 S. MAIN ST. If a sporting event of any kind is being broadcast anywhere, Carolina Ale House is on it. They seemingly have a TV every six inches or so, and whether your poison is football, baseball, basketball, soccer or competitive eating, you should be able to find what you’re looking for. Their open-air rooftop section is a particularly hot spot for big college games, and with their full dessert and kids’ menus, they offer a family-friendly alternative to the discerning sports-loving parent. If you’re kid-free, however, they do offer a full complement of daily beer, wine and liquor specials.
KEEPIN’ IT SMALL: 4. INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ALE HOUSE, 110 POINSETT HWY. If it’s the day’s big game you’re looking for, IPA will have it on two flat-screens, along with one of the best kitchens in town firing out unique platters like the Gaucho steak wrap, the Texas Twister house-smoked brisket or the Professor Longhair shrimp po-boy. IPA also offers a great selection of craft beers alongside the expected domestic favorites. And hey, if there’s a great band playing while you watch the game, all the better, right?
5. TY’S FOOD & SPIRITS, 326 WADE HAMPTON BLVD. Yes, it’s small, and yes, it’s members-only, but memberships are free, and Ty’s brings the local-watering-hole charm, especially when it comes to the big rivalry games on Saturday or Sunday. They’ve got more TVs than you’d expect, and they typically don’t need drink specials because they have some of the best beer and liquor prices in town. And if you’re lucky, the regulars will take care of the food themselves, bringing in a full potluck spread. Vincent Harris covers music and sports for the Greenville Journal.
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(Left) Emily Grant, a senior at Eastside High School, won second place in the teenage category in the recent 23rd annual National Gingerbread House competition at the Omni Grove Park Inn. Grant’s entry was titled “A Christmas Arrival” and this is her third year entering the competition. Each entry has to be 100-percent edible and 75-percent gingerbread. Grant’s house was also featured in “Glamor Living” magazine’s coverage of the competition.
Hollingsworth Funds announced a distribution of $6,941,432 in 2015 grants to Furman University, the Greenville YMCA and 47 other nonprofit organizations within the area. Entrepreneur John D. Hollingsworth Jr. established the funds to benefit the people of Greenville County in perpetuity and designated 45 percent of distributions for Furman University, 10 percent to the YMCA of Greenville and 45 percent to public charities operating for the benefit of Greenville County. This year’s distribution is the largest in the organization’s history and benefits such charities as Greenville Free Medical Clinic, The Family Effect, Greenville Little Theatre, Harvest Hope Food Bank, Center for Developmental Services, Triune Mercy Center and the Urban League of the Upstate.
Members of the Korea Veterans Foothills Chapter of SC #301 recently celebrated Veterans Day at their memorial site at Conestee Park with “We Turn Toward Busan,” an international ceremony of honor and tribute to all the Korean War fallen. Members also met at the Upcountry History Museum, bringing memorabilia and artifacts from the Korean War era. All Korea veterans who served in U.S. armed forces or Republic of Korea’s armed forces are welcome to join the chapter that meets monthly. For more information, call 472-4236. The Korean War Veterans Memorial at Conestee Park has additional room for memory bricks in the Honors Walkway, available for $50 and $75. Call 574-5569 for additional information.
Due to recent flooding in Columbia, books in Columbia’s Satchel Ford Elementary School library and several classrooms were ruined. In response, Greenville County’s Robert E. Cashion Elementary School’s EarlyAct FirstKnight (EAFK) student council collected more than 3,000 books to donate to Satchel Ford Elementary. Early Act First Knight is a character-building program sponsored by the Greenville Evening Rotary Club in three schools. In addition, faculty sponsor Teresa Knepp found copies of “101 Dalmatians” in a warehouse, enough copies for each child at Cashion. Each Cashion student signed a book and sent it to Satchel Ford Elementary. For more information, visit eafk.org. continued on PAGE 24
Palmetto Distillery was awarded South Carolina Whiskey Distillery of the Year at the New York International Spirits Competition (NYISC), which is the first major international spirits competition with judges comprised only of industry professionals. Founded in 2011 by Trey and Bryan Boggs, Palmetto Distillery is located in Anderson.
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What could possibly be fun about Assisted Living and Memory Care? Well, let’s start with our Director of Excitement whose only job is to keep residents anticipating what’s next and what excitement tomorrow will bring.
Thrive Isn’t a Place to Retire It’s The place to Keep Living! There’s upbeat music seniors love playing throughout the community, XBox 360 for virtual bowling, and a stylish salon to make sure residents look great when they’re out on adventures in our sleek luxury motor coach. Care is at the Core of our community and we have advanced systems to ensure each resident receives exactly what they need according to their individual care plan. The beautiful community is a great place for residents to play. It features a sunny second floor terrace and spacious private luxury suites. The professionally managed kitchen serves hot delicious food directly to the restaurant-style dining room, where residents have choices of entrées and desserts. And here’s the part that’s really fun. Thrive features a single all-inclusive price. You get predictable and simple pricing while your family member experiences the new world of Assisted Living. Sure, fun isn’t what you normally think of when you think of Assisted Living and Memory Care, but isn’t it what you really want for your family member?
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The Center for Developmental Services (CDS) was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Hollingsworth Funds, which will help the nonprofit conduct a space utilization survey. From diagnosis and evaluation to treatment and therapy, CDS helps make the process of caring for children with special needs easier, simpler and more effective. Fairway Subaru is hosting a Subaru Share the Love event to benefit local nonprofit Meals on Wheels of Greenville or multiple national charities. Through Jan. 2, 2016, for every new vehicle sold or leased, Fairway Subaru will donate $250 to the customer’s choice of participating charities. More than 4,000 students in 80 Upstate schools participated in the 2015 Greenville Swamp Rabbits Scholars Book Club program. The six-week reading program, the Six for Sticks Challenge, encouraged students to complete six gradelevel-appropriate books from Labor Day through Columbus Day. All students who participated in the program received a Swamp Rabbits Scholars Book Club bookmark and wristband. Students who completed the challenge received a discount ticket voucher, and teachers received two complimentary tickets. ProSource Plumbing Supply of Greenville recently donated $3,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas. ProSource employees and customers raised the funds through their annual golf tournament at River Falls Country Club. From left: Grover Martin and Tonya Martin, ProSource Supply owners; Marti Spencer, executive director of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas; Heidi Adams and Shane McTaggart, ProSource sales representatives.
The Julie Valentine Center was the recipient of proceeds from the annual ASIS Chapter #97 Golf Tournament. ASIS International is a global community of security practitioners and member Bush Banton was one of the investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office who worked the original Julie Valentine case. Banton is also a former Julie Valentine Center board member. The Julie Valentine Center is a nonprofit organization that provides recovery support and treatment to survivors of child abuse and sexual assault. ASIS International recently donated proceeds of its golf tournament to the Julie Valentine Center. Left to right, Rick Hunt, Shawn Reilly, Julie Valentine Center director Shauna Galloway-Williams and Mark Schreiber.
The St. Francis Foundation’s Festival of Trees continues through Dec. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, the Courtyard Marriott Downtown and the Hampton Inn and Suites RiverPlace. The 30th anniversary celebration includes Martinis and Mistletoe and Teddy Bear Luncheon. All proceeds from the Festival of Trees will benefit the Outpatient Cancer Center at Millennium campus. The CBL Foundation of Citizens Building and Loan awarded $9,000 to support Visions of Excellence, which focuses on supplying instructional supplies and teaching aids to greater Greer area elementary, middle and high schools. The
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check was presented to Laurens (Larry) James Jr., founder of Visions of Excellence, by CBL executive vice president Jennifer Jones.
(Right, top) Greenville Technical College recently unveiled signage at its Benson Campus to recognize the donor of the college’s largest cash gift. Jim and Evelyn Benson donated $2 million one year ago and pledged an additional $1 over five years. The Benson Campus was named in honor of their donation. (Right, bottom) The TD Charitable Foundation contributed $10,000 to the Greenville Technical College’s Achieving the Dream initiative. Through the initiative, the college is finding ways to help students succeed by using data to guide priorities and decisions, focusing on those who have traditionally have faced significant barriers to success, including students of color and lowincome students.
As part of their fifth annual Week of Giving, Piedmont Natural Gas employees in Greenville joined Meals on Wheels to pack approximately 1,400 meals. From left: Greg Rapley, Todd Hackler, Tom Pressley and Chad Bruce, employees at the Piedmont Natural Gas resource center in Greenville, volunteer with Meals on Wheels during Piedmont’s fifth annual Week of Giving.
From left: David Lominack of TD Bank with GTC student Imari Robinson, instructor Lori Trumbo, student Colette Sexton, and Kristy Way of the Greenville Tech Foundation.
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Airplane wings become a shade structure over benches in Runway Park at Greenville Downtown Airport, thanks to Evan Smoak’s Eagle Scout project.
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(Left) Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney gets the traditional Gatorade bath. (Above) Touchdown celebration. Clemson beat USC 37-32 in Columbia Saturday.
Amont’e Blakely and Ryan Soong make candy poppers, which will be handed out to children at soup kitchens during holiday meals.
Tight end Jordan Leggett evades the Gamecock defense. Caroline Alexander, Adelaide de Brux and Brooke Childs make Christmas cards for Meals on Wheels recipients, senior citizens at Brookdale Senior Living and United Ministry Food Pantry food bags.
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Linda Rogers signs the tax scroll after “paying her taxes” to be counted in the Roman Census, just as they did 2000 years ago.
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ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Stone Academy hosted its annual Special Friends Lunch. K-5 students were encouraged to invite parents, grandparents and other special friends or relatives to have lunch with them. The event coincided with the school’s book fair.
Anna Nipert and Libby Cislo from Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School were chosen to have their artwork featured on Christmas cards as part of the Multicultural Christmas Card Project sponsored by the Diocese of Charleston’s Office of Ethnic Ministries. The goal of this project is to stimulate discussion with children about the many cultural traditions around the globe.
Stone Academy kindergarten students Miller Morris and Wren Woods participate in Stone Academy’s Special Friends Lunch with handmade turkey hats.
Second-graders at Stone Academy challenged other students at their school to bring in coins to support the victims of the recent floods in South Carolina. The motto for the campaign was “Every Penny Counts.” Student Council joined the effort by donating profits from their annual “BooGrams” fundraiser.
Students at The Chandler School just finished a unit on the explorers of North America and other parts of the world. Students used many reference materials to research the explorers and participated in hands-on activities. The culminating project consisted of choosing an explorer, creating a timeline, poem, fact sheet and costume. Students presented their explorer in front of the class.
Greenville Tech Charter High School celebrated Veteran’s Day. GTCHS raised $750 for Upstate Warrior Solution, a nonprofit organization supporting Upstate veterans. Retired USMC Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson spoke about the privilege of serving our country and developing strong character. The GTCHS band played patriotic songs.
Stone Academy fifth-grader and student body president Emmie Coler and a group of second-graders present a check for $1,134.15 to Heather Kanipe, a representative from the American Red Cross, to support the relief effort for South Carolina flood victims.
GTCHS teacher and veteran Ed Kaczmarczyk and Maj. Gen. Mastin Robeson hold the USMC flag displayed atop the Kaczmarczyk home while his son was deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Bob Jones University students sign banners offering prayer support to the people of Paris. Five of the banners will be sent to churches and a business in Paris, while another banner will be presented to the Michelin North America headquarters in Greenville.
St. Joseph’s chapter of the Jr. Beta Club sponsored their first ever “Hour of Code” event at SJCS with 40 students in attendance on Friday, Nov. 13. “Hour of Code” is a worldwide initiative to get kids to spend an hour learning about computer coding. All proceeds from the event benefit the MakeA-Wish Foundation. The Jr. Beta Club collected over $600 for the organization and the students learned valuable skills through fun activities and games.
In keeping with its mission “to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching in support of sustainability on campus and in the greater community,” the David E. Shi Center for Sustainability at Furman University has launched a free, open-source, online learning module for undergraduate and introductory graduate-level courses. The online learning module explores Sustainability Science and Full Cost Analysis (FCA), a method of problem-solving which uses systems thinking to account for the economic, societal and environmental costs of a problem. The learning module is the result of two years’ development by the Shi Center with generous multi-year support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. The free, publicly available online resource can be accessed at scholarexchange.furman.edu/fca.
SJCS students participated in the “Hour of Code” for Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Riverside High’s 2015 Sakamow yearbook received a superior rating in its class from the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association. Katrina Hester is the faculty advisor.
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ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Riverside High’s speech and debate team won the first place sweepstakes award at the Mauldin High School Debate Tournament. Individual champions include Manu Budidi in Expository Speaking; Nick Hamberis and Dean Lage in Novice Public Forum Debate; Eric Kane and Nicole Patterson in Varsity Public Forum Debate; Carol Lee in Humorous Interpretation; Julia Murray in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate; Ceylin Ucok in Informative Speaking; Lucy Wang in Children’s Literature; and Ahva Zadeh in Declamation. The team also won the Queen City Invitational Tournament. Individual champions were Devin Remley in informational speaking, Dean Lage in Congressional Debate and Bjore Samard, also in Congressional Debate.
(ABOVE) Left: Hampton Park Christian School senior Lane Camfield won second place for his organ solo at the Bob Jones Fine Arts Festival; Middle: The Hampton Park Christian School Brass Ensemble won third place in the Bob Jones Fine Arts Festival. Pictured from left: Cort Street, Lane Camfield, Matthew Phillips, Nathan Gardner and Miles Lyons. Right: Hampton Park Christian School sophomore Emma Stephens won the female vocal solo competition at the Bob Jones University Fine Arts Festival.
Riverside High’s Autumn Shea and Nathan Delahunty were named school winners for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award that honors high school seniors for their achievements in the classroom, on the field and in the community. Students from Our Lady of the Rosary School were the first to sign the final beam that was added to the new church building on Augusta Road. Construction began this summer.
Bob Jones University computer science teams placed second and 10th out of 30 teams competing in the Consortium for Computing Sciences—Southeastern Region (CCSC-SE) computer programming contest held recently at Roanoke College in Salem, Va. Colleges and universities throughout the Southeast participated in the contest including teams from Wofford College, Mercer University, Francis Marion University, Claflin College, Gardner-Webb University, Hampden-Sydney College, University of North Georgia, The Citadel, Furman University and Lander University. Only colleges and universities that do not have a graduate program in computer science may participate in the CCSC-SE programming contest. Each team consisted of four students. They were given eight problems to solve and one computer to use and three hours to do the work.
Our Lady of the Rosary secondgraders sign the final beam of the new church.
(LEFT) Nine Sterling School/Charles Townes Center middle school strings students participated in Region Orchestra Nov. 13-14. Eighth-grader Ian Chong was chosen to be Concertmaster for the Senior Honors Orchestra. Performing in the Junior Orchestra were Abigail Byrd (principal cellist), Christina Brown, Julian Chong, Reuben Fitzer, Sam Qin, Lily Taylor, Cameron Tsai and Jason Yao.
(LEFT) Cherrydale Elementary parents, students and staff enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner.
The following Riverside High freshmen were named Warriors of the Month for November. Teachers nominate students who show “true Warrior spirit” in and out of the classroom. Recipients are Lexie Alverson, Natalia Banda, Carson Bordignon, Mattox Boyce, Elizabeth Brooks, Jordan Cook, Tristyn Davis, Will Hammontree, Rachel Harrington, Vy Huyah, Kyle Jackson, German Jimenez-Carrion, Griffin Johnson, Sydney Johnson, Andrew Kim, Victoria Kuronya-Gamou, Parker MacDonald, Darby Parham and Jayla Thompson-Seppala.
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The latest decorating craze: holiday porch pots willow, birch branches Ho ho ho! It’s time to Guest columnist or red twig dogwood for start your holiday decoratheight, and accents such ing. Over the past few years as winter berries, holly there has been a new winberries, pinecones or ter decorating craze taking ribbon for the finishing the States by storm: holiwith Wesley Turner touches. day porch pots. To get started, cut or This method of container pull out old summer decorating has become so plants from your outdoor popular because they are container, leaving behind easy to create, are longan empty pot with soil. lasting and make a stateThe soil will hold water ment. Use holiday porch and help keep the arpots to dress up your entry rangement fresh longer. this winter season. Next, start the arrangePorch Pots are basically ment by cutting and inoversized cut arrangements serting tall twigs into the using mostly cut evergreen center of the container. boughs, twigs, and other Then you will cut and add holiday accents. Use a mix your mix of evergreens. I like to use a of pine, leyland cypress, magnolia, mix of textures and colors to create a cryptomeria, cedar, Fraser fir, boxwood lush and full container. Make sure you or incense cedar as your evergreen base. have evergreens draping over the sides. You will need tall twigs such as curly
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“Unless sizeable supply gains occur for new and existing homes, prices and rents will continue to exceed wages into next year and hamstring a large pool of potential buyers trying to buy a home,” says Thrift. The PHSI in the Northeast rose 4.5 percent to 93.6 in October, and is now 6.8 percent above a year ago. In the Midwest the index declined 1.0 percent to 103.9 in October, but remains 3.3 percent above October 2014. Pending home sales in the South decreased 1.7 percent to an index of 118.1 in October and are now 0.3 percent below last October. The index in the West climbed 1.7 percent in October to 106.2, and is 10.4 percent above a year ago. 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 2,200 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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PE OPLE , AWA R D S , HONOR S Pelham Road Office of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Continues to Add Agents to Serve Upstate Real Estate Needs Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS announces the addition of Diane Maxwell, Catherine Stuckey and Nancy Jane Walkup. These three agents will serve the Upstate’s real estate needs from the Pelham Road office. Diane Maxwell brings 20 years of real estate expertise to her sales role with the company, including experience as a REALTOR and a real estate paralegal for an Upstate law firm. She earned a Bachelor of Science in communications from the University of South Carolina – Upstate and undertook paralegal studies at Greenville Technical College. A native of Miami, Maxwell and her husband, Marlowe, live in Travelers Rest. Catherine Stuckey, another experienced Upstate agent, joins the growing Senior Services Division of C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS. Stuckey most recently served as membership director for the Greenwood Country Club. Previously, she held marketing, development and nursing home administrator roles for retirement and assistant living communities. She holds a Bachelor of Science in recreation management from Appalachian State University. The Greenwood native currently resides in Greenville. Nancy Jane Walkup joins the company following assignments in education and collections in Aiken, SC and Mason, OH. Walkup earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast news from Eastern Kentucky University, as well as a master’s degree in English from Miami University (Ohio). She is the mother to
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A traditional Christmas …or not The traditional
‘A Christmas Story’ about kids’ opinions of adults When FIRE Theatre Artistic Director Zac Pelicano pulled out the Red Ryder BB gun that will be used as a prop in the theater’s production of “A Christmas Story,” a warning was engraved into the gun’s metal. “Can cause extreme injury, especially to the eye,” it read. Or, in the words of Ralphie’s mother, “You’ll shoot your eye out.” “A CHRISTMAS STORY” Pelicano choose “A Christmas Story” beWHO: FIRE Theatre cause it varies from WHEN: Dec. 4-6 and Dec. 11-13; other Christmas Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; plays’ stories about Sundays, 3 p.m. children and their WHERE: The Younts Center for Christmas wishes. Performing Arts This play, based on TICKETS: $18 for adults, $15 for a movie that wasn’t seniors and $10 for students such a big hit 30 INFORMATION: 409-1050 or years ago, is more yountscenter.org about how ludicrous adults can be about children’s Christmas wishes. “He wanted a Red Ryder BB gun; there was no changing that,” Pelicano said. “But he was constantly impeded and sidetracked by adults.” Pelicano decided to stage this production because “it’s played for 24 hours straight on television every year and nobody gets sick of it. I took that to mean that everybody liked it as much as I did,” he said.
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McCalla never tires of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Greenville Little Theatre artistic executive director Allen McCalla never tires of staging Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic, “A Christmas Carol.” That’s a good thing, since GLT’s production that opens Dec. 11 and runs through Dec. 20 will be the 14th time McCalla has helped produce what he calls the quintessential story of Christmas. “It’s a classic, wonderful story that reminds us of what Christmas is all about,” he said. McCalla will play “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” WHEN: Dec. 11-13 and 17-20; Scrooge, the first time he’s ever played that role. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; “We needed a bitter old Sundays, 3 p.m. man,” McCall said in jest. WHERE: Greenville Little “Really, it’s a wonderful Theatre role. It requires a tour TICKETS: $28 with discounts de force performance. available for seniors, juniors Scrooge rarely leaves the and groups of 10 or more stage. The story is about a INFORMATION: man who is very embitgreenvillelittletheatre.org tered and hard finding hope and joy again. It’s a story about redemption.” GLT last staged “A Christmas Carol” in 2011.
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‘Let It Snow’ brings together family, song Family: It’s complicated. “Let It Snow,” the Christmas play getting its American premiere at Centre Stage this December, focuses on an eccentric 1950s English family of vaudeville actors as they LET IT SNOW gather for the WHEN: Dec. 3 through Dec. holidays. 19; Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; An aging Sunday, 3 p.m. couple who performed vaudeWHERE: Centre Stage ville acts arrive TICKETS: $30, $25, $10 unexpectedly at their son’s home INFORMATION: centrestage.org for Christmas. He doesn’t know they planned to stay, said Susan Lyle, a music and vocal professor at Converse College and a vocal therapist. “They don’t realize that they’re really tired of each other,” she said. “They needed a change of scenery.” Add to that a son who performs in Paris with his beautiful female partner (who is secretly in love with him), and the son’s devoted manservant and you have an adventure that’s part “The Family Stone,” part slapstick comedy and part Christmas concert. “It’s a wonderful story. It’s something a little fresh that could become a Christmas classic,” Lyle said. The play features the Christmas favorites “Winter Wonderland,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and, of course, “Let It Snow.”
Happily ever after? Not for these favorite Christmas characters If you think living up to Christmases past is tough, try being Ralphie, the BB-gun obsessed boy from “A C h r i st ma s “CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS” Story”; Susan, the girl WHEN: Dec. 4-5, 10-12, 16-19, 8 from “Mirap.m.; Dec. 6, 12-13 and 19-20, 2 p.m. cle on 34th WHERE: The Warehouse Theatre Street”; or TICKETS: $30 for general admission, even Charlie $35 for reserved Brown, who
starred in the beloved animated Christmas special first aired 50 years ago. “Christmas on the Rocks” is a comedic look at how the lives of the youngsters of classic Christmas tales of the past didn’t exactly turn out quite as expected as adults. The play unveils them as disillusioned characters, now middle-aged and fraught with problems, in a run-down bar on Christmas Eve. While “Christmas on the Rocks” is an unusual look at Christmas, it is a fitting one for The Warehouse Theatre, which usually skips Christmas shows. The play is intended for adult audiences who want to know whatever happened to Tiny Tim, Cindy Lou Who, Clara and Hermey.
Seeing triple Junie B. will be triple the fun for SCCT Mia Phillips, the director of South Carolina Children’s Theatre’s “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells,” is seeing triple these days. That’s because she has cast three sets of child actors in the popular Christmas play that opens this weekend. “I just like to give as many children a chance as I can,” she said. Besides, with a number of school performances scheduled, having three separate casts lessens the number of days of school each performer has to miss. Junie B. is popular with SCCT audiences. The last time it presented this production, almost every performance sold out. This year is proving just as popular, with the opening weekend already sold out, prompting the theater to add two more performances the weekend of Dec. 11-13. For those who “JUNIE B. IN JUNGLE BELLS, don’t know, BATMAN SMELLS!” Junie B. is a firstgrader. She’s WHO: South Carolina Children’s super excited Theatre about the upWHEN: Dec. 4-6, Dec. 11-13 coming holiday INFORMATION: Shows for Dec. singalong and 4-6 are sold out. Performances Secret Santa gift on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. and exchange. She Sunday, Dec. 13 at 5:30 p.m. have draws the name been added. of her nemesis TICKETS: $27 for adults, $18 for and decides to children 18 and under. All tickets give her exactly to the Dec. 11show at 5:30 p.m. what she deare $18. serves.
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‘Nutcrackers’ pirouette into Upstate Four productions of the classic to be staged in December
that Cara comes home, especially when she’s dancing in one of our company’s productions,” said Artistic Director Vlada Kysselova. “A return to the role of Clara is particularly touching. I remember how, many years ago, she was worried and nervous before performing solo roles in this very production.” The production will include the ballet’s pre-professional company and more than 70 local dancers.
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clandrum@communityjournals.com “The Nutcracker,” a 19th-century Russian ballet, is a holiday favorite and audiences in Greenville will get four chances to see it this Christmas season.
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CAROLINA BALLET THEATRE Carolina Ballet Theatre puts its own local twist on the classic ballet by setting it in Greenville. “The Nutcracker: Once Upon a Time in Greenville” remains true to the original choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s ballet, but the backdrops include images of the Liberty Bridge and a Candy Land-inspired Main Street. This year’s production introduces new characters taken from local author Stephanie Morgan’s second book, “Tails on the Trail.” The book’s adventurous
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family of rabbits is brought to life and dance with Lady Ginger. The ballet runs this weekend at the Peace Center.
INTERNATIONAL BALLET Joffrey Ballet dancers Cara Marie Gary,
a former principal dancer at International Ballet, and Alberto Velazquez are featured in this year’s production Dec. 11-13 at the Peace Center. The Greenville Symphony Orchestra will accompany the production for the first time since 2009. “I always look forward to every time
Andrew Kuharsky’s production of “The Nutcracker” has been a Greenville staple for 32 years. The performance will be Dec. 19 at 3 p.m. at Furman University’s McAlister Auditorium. Tickets range from $22 to $26.
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No more rules
3 French New Wave films that defied orthodoxy French New Wave is a genre of film that developed in the 1950s and ’60s. It was a rebellion from the rules of filmmaking that had been established elsewhere in the world where the filmmaker was to be hidden from view. For example, a standard form of editing in Hollywood is known as invisible editing. Editors generally seek to make their cuts from one shot to the next as seamless as possible, by making sure there is continuity between the shots. If an actor’s hand is raised in a close-up, then when they cut to a wider shot, the actor’s hand needs to be in the same position. The French New Wavists did not care for these conventions. They would do a take of the actor’s line in one angle and then cut to a different angle if the actor delivered the second line better, regardless of whether it matched the first angle. Two other rules in filmmaking are known as the 180-degree rule and the 30-degree rule. The 180-degree rule states that an imaginary line divides two actors, and the camera cannot cross this line. If it does, then when the editor cuts from one shot to the next, it will appear that the actors are looking the same direction and not at each other. The 30-degree rule states that when the editor cuts from one angle to another, there should be at least a 30-degree difference in the angle of the camera placement, otherwise there will appear to be an abrupt jump (called a jump cut). The French New Wavists paid no attention to these rules. The following three examples are all available for rent on Amazon. “BREATHLESS” Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Not be confused with Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek” fame, Godard is considered to be one of the pioneers of this genre. This is considered the quintessential New Wave film. “THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS” Directed by François Truffaut Truffaut was a film critic for a popular magazine called the Cahiers du Cinema and did a very famous interview with Alfred Hitchcock that was transcribed in a book called “Hitchcock-Truffaut.” The Four Hundred Blows is a semi-autobiographical film about a young man sent to a boarding home. “HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR” Directed by Alain Resnais Leonard Maltin, referring to its importance on the genre, called this film the “Birth of a Nation” of the French New Wave. The story involves a conversation by two characters known as Him and Her as they recount their relationship together.
Eric Rogers has been teaching filmmaking at The Greenville Fine Arts Center since 1994.
SOUND CHECK
NOTES ON GREENVILLE’S MUSIC SCENE WITH VINCENT HARRIS
Defining the South Glory Fires’ Lee Bains III sings about the South he knows The first thing you’re going to notice about the Alabama quartet Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires is the guitars; they’re typically cranked to around 12 or so. The riffs are chainsaw-sharp, serrated and vicious as shark’s teeth. You’ll hear bits and pieces of punk, rockabilly and maybe even a little of Link Wray’s punctured amp on every song from their 2014 album “Dereconstructed.” But after you get past those skin-slicing six-strings, listen a little closer. On top of all that distortion and a tight-but-loose rhythm section, singer/guitarist Lee Bains III reveals himself to be a hyper-observant lyricist with a deeply personal perspective on the American South. On songs like “The Company Man,” “The Kudzu & The Concrete” and “Mississippi Bottomland,” Bains turns his incisive eye and soulful rasp to remarkably detailed dispatches about the decades of social unrest and cultural upheaval south of the Mason-Dixon. ARTIST: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires “They wanted meth labs and mobile homes,” w/ the Long Canes & Solaire Bains sings on the defiant title track, “They VENUE: Independent Public Ale wanted moonlight and magnolias/We gave them House, 110 Poinsett Hwy. songs about taking your own damn stand/In spite WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 5, 9 p.m. of those who’d define and control you.” TICKETS: $7 “For me personally,” Bains says, “since this band’s inception and even since I started writing INFO: 552-1265; ipagreenville.com songs in general, I was using them as a means for considering the South, considering my own cultural context in a changing world, trying to reconcile myself and my community. It’s been a very explicit guiding factor in my writing.” Bains’ fair-but-affectionate analysis of the South manifests itself through both straightforward narration and storytelling, and he says he has a strict songwriting policy when it comes to conveying his feelings. “I employ a pretty strict ethos of only writing from my own experience or perspective,” he says. “A lot of that started in college. I was reading a lot of critical theory, and there were a couple of theorists who focused on how writers or poets would try to write for the dispossessed or the disenfranchised, and a that lot of times, the artist was misrepresenting that person. That’s something that stuck in my craw, because I grew up admiring a lot of songwriters who wrote from a fictional character’s perspective. And my own way of navigating that was to do it from a consciously personal perspective that jibes with my own experience.” Not that you’ll need to agree with Bains’ songwriting philosophy to enjoy the Glory Fires’ songs. Their love of pure over-amped aggression is tempered by both country and gospel influences, which Bains says is just as much a product of his relationship with the South as his lyrics. “I love a lot of country and gospel music, and I think that those forms inform my writing and probably all of our playing,” he says. “I think just as I’m trying to wrestle with the idea of Southern-ness lyrically, I’m trying to do that musically, as well. The South has so many musical traditions, and I think that different points in their development sounds very much like one another. The lines between them were very fuzzy. And I think that particularly in the South, it’s cool because a lot of times those musical moments of transcendence were particularly powerful because of the social divisions of their time.”
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Page turners
Savoring the South’s cooking culture Last week I learned from my grandparents that unless you wait until the first freeze before picking your turnip greens, they will be too bitter. Since they’ve been married, my grandparents have kept a garden that stocks their pantry with canned okra, pickles, beans, homemade ketchup, turnips, relishes, tomatoes and peaches. When February rolls around, they are still eating from the abundance of July, served up alongside five-minute cornbread. We love our food in the South, and these days we make a big deal about getting it locally. Like many things about the South, we often paint a rosy cultural picture of what we eat (and we truly do know how to cook down here) and miss out on why we eat what we eat. “The Edible South” by Marcie Cohen Ferris is not a cookbook – it is a detailed investigation into food and power in the South. American Indians walked the Trail of Tears, but we keep eating cornbread. People were captured in Africa and forced to labor in a foreign land, but they brought their own cooking traditions to combine with the traditions already at play. Whether it is cracklings or pralines, boiled peanuts or pimento cheese, we have strong associations with what we eat. Imagine that scene where Scarlett O’Hara scrabbles in the dirt for that tiny radish portrayed over many years by many folks of all colors, and you have an inkling of why we approach our food with such a reverent attitude. Ferris engagingly serves up our Southern history and makes you look again at that sweet potato you’ve been taking for granted.
MORE DELECTABLE READS: “Sweet Potatoes” by April McGreger Sweet potatoes have shaped Southern cuisine for centuries, and just the words Sweet Potato Biscuits with Chorizo Gravy, Bourbon’d Sweet Potato Casserole and Shalom Y’all Sweet Potato-Apple Latkes are enough to make me swoon. Note: Those who prefer pumpkins need not apply.
“Pecans” by Kathleen Purvis My first memory is sitting on a brick patio helping my father crack open pecans (“peh-kahns”) from our tree. These days, I’m into Sweet Heat Sriracha Pecans for dinner parties, munching on CinnamonPecan Coffee Cake with Strawberry-Pecan Butter, or making the Thanksgiving Day Crispy Pecan Pie that insists you take more than just a sliver home to snack on later. “Southern Holidays” by Debbie Moose Coconut cake: two words, one beautiful masterpiece. Every year, my grandmother bakes and freezes her coconut cake well in advance of Christmas. We later nibble at Jell-O desserts and cheddar sausage balls, saving our stomachs for the big reveal of the pristine, sky-high cake – and the serving line goes into the living room. I didn’t know that other Southern families had this tradition until discovering this book. Shake things up this year and bring along some Apple and BaconStuffed Collard Roll-Ups (for New Year’s Day) or some Moravian Sugar Cake. Bon appetit, y’all! Reviewed by Katie Womble, curator of oral history at the Upcountry History Museum—Furman University, upcountryhistory.org. All books are available through Greenville County Library, and “The Edible South” is also available at the museum gift shop.
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All over the place Singer/songwriter Wrenn blends multiple talents and interests VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR
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If you listened the Athens, Ga., singer/songwriter known as Wrenn’s first album, 2014’s aptly-titled “Hi,” and you thought it sounded like someone scanning through radio stations, landing on a different genre for each song, you wouldn’t be the first person to have that reaction. “The biggest critique I’ve gotten about the album is that it’s kind of all over the place,” Wrenn says with a laugh. “Some people like it, and some people say, ‘You’ve got to rein it in.’ But I think it reflects where I was as an artist at the time. It’s just me experimenting and finding myself and seeing what I might be capable of. It’s all my ideas exploding onto one album.” While the album is something of a stylistic roller-coaster, veering from electro-pop to spare acoustic folk to lusciously melodic piano balladry to sunny mid-tempo rock, there is one unifying factor: Wrenn’s sleepily sensual, jazzy voice, which can gently glide through a catchy chorus or pull at the rhyme and meter of a verse, playfully stretching the song into a different shape. It’s startlingly mature voice for a 23-year-old, especially one who’s only really been focusing on her music career for the last couple of years. “I was a photography major at the University of Georgia,” she says, “but I always felt an uneasiness about it. And a couple of weeks after graduating, I realized that I just couldn’t fit myself into that box anymore. I wanted to be a performer, and I started writing songs and booking shows. I’d always loved listening to music and had a passion for it, and being a performer is an outlet for all the things I love to do. I’ve always considered myself an artist, whether it’s photography or fashion or singing; it’s what I put my energy into, so I think it all meets in one place. I can do photography, I can style myself, I can write songs, and I can perform them onstage. It’s all the things I like in one job. So I decided I just needed to jump in and do this.”
PHOTO BY WRENN
Wrenn’s background in photography is an interesting complement to her music, because the artwork she’s used on both her full-length album and two subsequent single releases is just as evocative as her voice, whether it’s the near-psychedelic, flower strewn cover of “Hi,” or the simple, stripped-down muted shades of her “Slow Me Down” single. “Anything that’s not me performing is a self-portrait,” she says. “They’re 100 percent me and a tripod.” That love of all forms of artistic expression led Wrenn, who will perform at Moe Joe Coffee on Saturday, to another project, one that she helms with fellow Athens musician Bradley McKee, called R.A.I.S.E. (Reviving Art In Student Education). The volunteerbased program sends visiting artists to schools to perform, share art and talk to students about the importance of fine arts. “As a child, I took art, dance and theater classes, and they were so important to me,” she says. “And so we decided to just go and try to inspire these kids to tap into their creativity, just to show them how important art is to our culture and well-being. And it’s not just music; maybe it’s a painter who wants to come and talk to the kids, or an architect. It’s open to all the arts.”
For show information and to learn more about R.A.I.S.E., visit wrennpop.com.
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Art goes public in Mauldin Transportation paths inspired first art trail piece CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF
clandrum@communityjournals.com “The Depot,” the first of 10 pieces of art to be installed on the new Mauldin Public Art Trail at the Mauldin Cultural Center, was inspired by a historical map of the city. Artist Joey Manson became interested in the borders – a circle with a ½-radius centered on the city’s original train depot – and the crossroads formed by East Butler Road, Hwy. 276 and the railroad. The shape resembled a propeller, an object Manson said played a great importance to the area’s economy, first as
power producers for nearby mills and during World War II powering airplanes at the Donaldson Air Force Base. Manson’s art, which will be unveiled Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., incorporates the roads and railway that first gave rise to the modern industry and development that encircles Mauldin now and drives its economy, the artist said in a statement. A new work will be selected each year by the Mauldin Cultural Council to fill the other nine spots around the amphitheater. Once all 10 slots are filled, the oldest piece will be replaced with a new piece and relocated permanently to another place in the community.
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Cultural Center to get a different kind of facelift
Celine Crum, Mauldin High senior and Greenville County Fine Art Center student, and other volunteers will paint this Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night”-inspired mural on the Mauldin Cultural Center on December 5. CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF
clandrum@communityjournals.com The Mauldin Cultural Center will be getting a different kind of facelift, thanks to a Mauldin High senior. Celine Crum, who also attends Greenville County Schools’ Fine Arts Center, will paint a Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night”-inspired mural on the exterior wall of the Cultural Center facing Murray Drive. The Mauldin Cultural Center building once served as Mauldin High and then as Mauldin Elementary. Crum’s design is meant to highlight the creative nature of
children and to encourage everybody to embrace it. “Beyond just children, the mural is intended to inspire a whole community of Mauldin to further delve into their creative sides and literally become a part of the arts,” Crum said in a release. “I would love to see an artistic movement in Mauldin, and I believe that it could start here.” Crum and other volunteers are scheduled to paint the mural on December 5. The Mauldin Cultural Center hosts more than 1,000 events a year attended by nearly 30,000.
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NOT ALL STORIES ARE FOUND IN BOOKS. © Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) In The Orchard, 1973
Helen DuPre Moseley (1887-1984) untitled, 1964
Lynne Drexler (1928-1999) Gotterdammerung, 1959
Margaret Bowland (born 1953) It Ain’t Necessarily So, 2010
Andrew Moore (born 1957) Zydeco Zinger, 2012
A WORLD OF STORIES AWAITS AT THE GCMA.
NOW ON VIEW: Andy and Helga: This Whole World Helga Testorf posed for Andrew Wyeth for 15 years. Comprised of one major tempera painting and 20 works on paper, some of which have never before been exhibited publicly, Andy and Helga: This Whole World explores the artist’s creative process as he refines and recombines composition and narrative into a compellingly holistic world view. Ooh, Baby, It’s a Wild World Discover a few of the wild animals that lurk at the GCMA. Ranging from breathtaking realism to fantastical imaginary creatures, this exhibition invites you to explore your wild side. Wonderful World of Color Whether bold and brilliant or subtle and subdued, color serves as both a stimulus and a deterrent throughout the natural world. This exhibition welcomes viewers to consider the power of color and their own responses.
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Andrew Moore Part of an ongoing project that focuses on the American South, large-format color photographs by Andrew Moore capture architectural elements and urban landscapes as they are slowly reclaimed by nature.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
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Dabo’s Pizza Party Sunday, Dec. 6 • Memorial Stadium, Clamson • noon (if Clemson wins); gates open at 11 a.m. • 3 p.m. (if UNC wins); gates open at 2 p.m. Whether the Tigers win or lose the ACC Championship on Saturday, on Sunday, Dec. 6, Head Coach Dabo Swinney is throwing a pizza party in Death Valley for an expected 20,000 Clemson fans. Ten Papa John’s restaurants, along with an 18-wheeler equipped with ovens, will provide the pizzas.
thru Dec. 4 ARTS EVENT
The Last Portrait: Polly Gaillard SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Lipscomb Gallery 15 University St. | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Gallery visitors must sign in at the Administration Building at the front of campus FREE
Photographer Polly Gaillard will exhibit works in Lipscomb Gallery at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. 282-3705 | scgsah.org
Dec. 4 CONCERT
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Blind Horse Saloon | Tickets: $7 Fast-rising country singer. 233-1381 | blind-horse.com ARTS EVENT
Opening of #Unseen Greenville Greenville Center for Creative Arts | 25 Draper St. 6-9 p.m. FREE The opening of the #Unseen Greenville
exhibit is open to the public plus two additional shows: Art Room at Triune Mercy and Legacy Charter High School. Kids are welcome to participate in a free “Make it, Take it” art activity. The exhibit focuses on the people and places in Greenville County that often go unnoticed, and continues through Jan. 22. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. 735-3948 | artcentergreenville.org info@artcentergreenville.org
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Chicora Voices Celebration of the Season Augusta Heights Baptist Church Main Auditorium 3018 Augusta St. 7:30-9:30 p.m. $20 admission Students and teachers free
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Bilingual Story Time/Cuentos Bilingüe: Christmas Traditions/ Tradiciones de Navidad Greenville County Library System Hughes Main Library 25 Heritage Green Place 6-6:50 p.m. | Fridays FREE
The 11th season of Chicora Voices, the Upstate’s top vocal experience for children, presents Celebration of the Season. These talented children perform choral style seasonal favorites. This is a unique family performance for all ages. 255-9596 chicoravoices.org
Enjoy a 45-minute English/Spanish story time for all ages. Cuentos bilingües que durarán 45 minutos en inglés y español para todas las edades. Llame al 242-5000 x 2634 para más información. 242-5000 | greenvillelibrary.org cfrellick@greenvillelibrary.org
CONCERT
15th Annual Memorial Blood Drive For Trooper Eric F. Nicholson
HEALTH/FITNESS
Greenville County Law Enforcement Center | 4 McGee Street | 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Cracker Barrel | 1134 Woodruff Road | 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Travelers Rest Police Department | 6711 State Park Road, Travelers Rest | 1-5 p.m. FREE
Furman Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus Present Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Furman University, McAlister Auditorium 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8-10 p.m. $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students/youth The Furman Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus will present Handel’s Messiah in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. The event is part of the Sound Quality Concert Series and is open to the public. Conducted by Furman music professor Dr. William Thomas, the FSO and Oratorio Chorus, featuring outstanding student soloists, will present highlights of the work including the famous “Hallelujah” chorus. 294-2086 newspress.furman.edu furman.music@furman.edu CONCERT
Brooks Dixon Band Moe Joe Coffee (Greenville) Incisive singer/songwriter blends modern rock, folk, country. 263-3550 facebook.com/moejoecoffeegreenville
From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., donations can also be made at Blood Connection Centers located at 435 Woodruff Road; 1954 East Main St., Easley; 1308 Sandifer Blvd., Seneca; 341 Old Abbeville Hwy., Greenwood; and 270 North Grove Medical Park Dr., Spartanburg. 255-5005 | thebloodconnection.org dehrlich@thebloodconnection.org
AGGG annual holiday celebration show. Local jewelers and other fine artists are making exquisite pieces of handcrafted jewelry from beaded work to hand-blown glass pieces, silversmithing to beautiful gems and wire-wrapped minerals. The perfect gift for loved ones or yourself. 239-3882 artistsguildgalleryofgreenville.com wehardaway@yahoo.com
thru Dec. 5 ARTS EVENT
Christmas Living Gallery: Dawning Light Rodeheaver Auditorium Bob Jones University 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd. Dec. 3 at 8 p.m.; $30 Dec. 4 at 4:30 and 8 p.m.; Dec. 5 at 2, 4:30 and 8 p.m.; Children ages 6-12: $10; adults: $12 BJU’s Christmas Living Gallery will be a beautiful celebration of the season. “Dawning Light” combines the tradition of Lessons and Carols with wonderinspiring tableaux vivants – featuring dozens of live models bringing great masterworks of art to life and will be accompanied by orchestra and chorus. 770-1372 | livinggallery.bju.edu FUNDRAISER
Dec. 5 FAMILY
St. Francis Teddy Bear Luncheon Hyatt Regency, Ballroom 220 N. Main St. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $15 for adults $10 for children ages 3-12 The Teddy Bear Luncheon is a childhood favorite and a great way to start the holiday season for the entire family. Hosted by the St. Francis Festival of Trees, this is the 30th anniversary. Come for a morning with Santa, lunch and holiday entertainment. Any child who donates a new stuffed animal will receive a free photo with Santa. Tickets available at Eventbrite. 255-1040 | stfrancisfoundation.com maddy@smoakpr.com ARTS EVENT
World-renowned Concert Pianist Flavio Varani J Harley Bonds Career Center 505 North Main St. 7:30-10 p.m. $30 includes reception with the artist Flavio Varani will be performing his favorite works. Performance time is one hour and 15 minutes. Includes a reception with the artist after the show. 848-5383 greerculturalarts.com artscouncil@cityofgreer.org CONCERT
The Mantras w/ Four 14
Dec. 4-31
Gottrocks Tickets: $7 in advance/$10 day of show/$20, $25 VIP
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Jam-centric sextet pushes the limits of rock. 235-5519 gottrocksgreenville.com CONCERT
Brave Baby w/ The Francis Vertigo & The Jam-Jams Radio Room Tickets: $7 ($10 under 21)
Hillcrest High School Poinsettia Sale Holiday Jewelry Show Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville 200 N. Main St. 6-8 p.m. Dec. 4 for First Friday Mondays-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays 1-5 p.m. FREE Twelve local jewelers are collaborating together again this holiday season for the
Hillcrest High, Greenhouse 3657 Industrial Drive 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE 400 Poinsettias for sale while supplies last. $12 per pot. Each pot contains 3 plants. All proceeds benefit Hillcrest High Agriculture Department. 355-3500 | Greenville.k12.sc.us/hillcrest pearle@greenville.k12.sc.us
Charleston indie-rock quintet. 263-7868 radioroomgreenville.com CONCERT
The Marcus King Band The Bohemian Café FREE Scorching blues guitarist plays intimate café setting. 235-7922 thebohemiancafe.com
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It Lies Within Ground Zero Metalcore-electronica hybrid. 948-1661 reverbnation.com/venue/groundzero2
Dec. 5-6 FAMILY
A Journey To Bethlehem: An Ancient Path to Christmas Greenville First Nazarene Church 1201 Haywood Rd. 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE Come and experience an ancient path to Christmas, as you and your family wander through a real live marketplace complete with many live animals, outdoor dramas, a children’s storyteller, marketplace dancers, regional foods, armed Roman soldiers, traveling wise men, and a live Nativity experience. Enjoy regional foods, smell spices and fragrances, find yourselves in the middle of dramas depicting what it might have been like the very night Jesus was born. 233-4890 ajourneytobethlehem.com jtb@greenvillenaz.org
Dec. 5-Feb. 11 ARTS EVENT
JOANN TAYLOR’S “ACADIA”
Brian MacCormick’s Participaintings and Jo Ann Taylor’s Art of Aquarius Pickens County Museum of Art & History 307 Johnson St. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays FREE Pendleton artist Brian MacCormick makes work that comes from moments of inspiration – something interesting or compelling – clicking into place to become a painting. Each from a gut feeling that the artist must make the piece, participating in its creation as it is inspired by
events that reflect his participation in life. A Virginian by birth and a South Carolinian by choice, Jo Ann Taylor now resides in the Dacusville area of Pickens County. A signature member of the International Louisiana Watercolor Society and many others, she says that Plein Air Painting is one of her joys but that every day she paints in the studio using her Mind’s Eye. 898-5963 visitpickenscounty.com picmus@co.pickens.sc.us
Dec. 6 HEALTH/FITNESS
Laughter Yoga with Lindsay Carroll
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9 String Theory, a musical collaboration of domra and guitar Temple of Israel, Greenville 400 Spring Forest Rd. 3-5 p.m. $20 adult, $5 students Music On Sunday Series featuring a unique musical collaboration of domra virtuoso Angelina Galashenkova and award-winning classical guitarist John Huston featuring music from Argentina, Russia, Spain, France and the US. Reception follows to meet artists. Free parking. 292-1782 FUNDRAISER
Vibrant Life Yoga Studio 2021 Augusta St. 4-6 p.m. $20 Break away from the poker-faced yoga practice and allow yourself to giggle, chuckle, hoot and holler while moving through a vinyasa yoga practice led by Greenville-native Lindsay Carroll. Lindsay will explain the basic principles of laughter yoga, and will end class with a full laughter yoga session. 241-0870 vibrantlifeyogastudio.com FAMILY
Moravian Christmas Lovefeast Furman University, Daniel Memorial Chapel 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 5-6 p.m. FREE Furman University will host its annual Moravian Christmas Lovefeast service in Daniel Memorial Chapel. Based on traditions originating in the early Apostolic church, then later in the Moravian church, the Christmas Lovefeast service includes the serving of Moravian buns and coffee, and the lighting of beeswax candles. The university’s Chancel Choir will lead the singing of traditional Christmas carols. 294-2133 | newspress.furman.edu susan.bennett@furman.edu CONCERT
Furman Jazz Combos in Concert Furman University, Daniel Recital Hall 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8-9:30 p.m. FREE Furman’s Keith Davis and Steve Watson conduct Furman’s student jazz combos in a mix of jazz standards and new works. 294-2086 furman.edu/academics/music/Pages furman.music@furman.edu
works of instructor and internationally exhibited artist, Bryan Hiott. 294-2155 newspress.furman.edu jennifer.grissop@furman.edu
Dec. 7 EDUCATION
Coaches 4 Character featuring Coach Joanne P. McCallie from Duke Redemption | 635 Haywood Road 7 p.m. Free for Students, $5 for Adults Come listen to Duke Women’s Head Basketball Coach, Joanne P. McCallie, spread the message of character and education. Everyone is welcome. 843-816-3297 coaches4character.com gblatt@coaches4character.com EDUCATION
Piedmont Natural Gas Share the Warmth Night United Community Bank Ice on Main 2-5 p.m. $5 skating with donation
Homework Lab for Teens Greenville County Library System Anderson Road Branch 2625 Anderson Road 4-6 p.m. | Mondays FREE
Bring used or new coats, gloves, hats or scarves and skate for just $5. Items will be given to The Salvation Army. PNG customers can register on-site for the Share the Warmth program, which helps fund energy bills for families in the community. Scarves will also be sold at the rink all season and 100 percent of the proceeds will go toward Share the Warmth. iceonmain.com anna@crawfordstrategy.com
Teens are invited to use reserved computer lab space to work on homework. Library staff will be available to answer basic questions about computers and homework. 269-5210 greenvillelibrary.org andersonroad@greenvillelibrary.org
thru Dec. 7
Greenville County Library System Hughes Main Library 25 Heritage Green Place 7-7:30 p.m. FREE
ARTS EVENT
Photography Exhibition by Furman Undergraduate Evening Studies Faculty & Students Furman University, Herring Center Baiden Gallery 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday FREE Photography by students and faculty of Furman University Undergraduate Evening Studies (UES) is on display in the Baiden Gallery. The exhibition, “Personal Narratives of Home: Finding Meaning in Greenville,” is free and open to the public. The exhibition showcases the university’s hometown as seen through the unique perspectives of UES alumni, students and faculty, and debuts the
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Twilight Tales: Holidays Around the World
Join us for stories, songs, activities and a craft. All ages. Adults must be accompanied by at least one child. 527-9248 greenvillelibrary.org dschatzle@greenvillelibrary.org FAMILY
Save with Ingles United Community Bank Ice on Main Mondays thru Jan. 18 $8/adults and $6/kids with Ingles Advantage card Get $2 off skating with your Ingles advantage card. iceonmain.com anna@crawfordstrategy.com
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« Dec. 8
Dec. 8-16
ARTS EVENT
THEATER PRODUCTION
Riverside High School Winter Concert
Just Tell Me My Name
RHS Auditorium | 794 Hammett Bridge Road 7 p.m. | $5 at the door, general seating
Centre Stage 501 River St. 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays $15
The Riverside High choral department will present the annual Winter Concert. Come enjoy the holidays with music to celebrate the season. 244-3963 | blrupp@charter.net FAMILY
Centre Stage’s provocative Fringe Series continues with a play about a man seeking to find the people responsible for his birth, fighting a secretive system for the truth. Is it a sin to want to meet your own mother? 233-6733 centrestage.org information@centrestage.org
Dec. 9 CONCERT
Happy Who-lidays Greenville County Library System Travelers Rest Branch | 17 Center St. 6-7 p.m. FREE Don’t be a Grinch. Celebrate the season with singing, playing, feasting and reading. Create your own Grinch ornament. Ages 10 and under with an adult caregiver. Registration required. 834-3650 | greenvillelibrary.org travelersrest@greenvillelibrary.org FAMILY
‘Skate United’ courtesy of United Community Bank United Community Bank Ice on Main Tuesdays except Dec. 22 and 29 thru Jan. 18 $5 for everyone to skate Skate for just $5 in honor of the rink’s 5th anniversary, courtesy of United Community Bank. iceonmain.com | anna@crawfordstrategy.com
Christmas Lullaby John Knox Presbyterian Church Sanctuary | 35 Shannon Dr. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE The Greenville Chamber Singers presents its annual Christmas concert. Familiar favorites (with some fun twists) as well as new music will be performed by the women’s chorale. Works by William Dawson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Rutter and Greenville’s own Dan Forrest will be featured. 244-3340 greenvillechambersingers.org patfuller101@bellsouth.net
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Duke Energy Math + Science Challenge Night United Community Bank Ice on Main 5-8 p.m. $5 skating for K-12 students with report cards showing a B or higher in math or science Kindergarten through 12th grade students who bring a report card showing a B or higher in math or science will skate for just $5 thanks to Duke Energy Foundation. iceonmain.com anna@crawfordstrategy.com EDUCATION
An Hour of Code Greenville County Library System Hughes Main Library | 25 Heritage Green Place 6:30-8 p.m. FREE Spend an hour learning the basics of computer programming by solving fun puzzles. No experience necessary. 527-9258 | greenvillelibrary.org explore@greenvillelibrary.org
thru Dec. 10 EDUCATION
Homework Help Center for Developmental Services (CDS) 29 N. Academy St. 2:30-4:30 p.m. FREE Every Thursday beginning Sept. 10, CDS will be hosting Outshine, our program to help cultivate young minds. From 2:30 to 4:30, students ages 5-13 will be able to attend and receive extra homework help for various school subjects. There will be prizes and raffles weekly for students with good grades. CDS will also be hosting a party in December for Outshine students with outstanding report cards. cdservices.org kim.perez@cdservices.org
Dec. 10 LESSONS
Learn To Play Appalachian Music Saint Paul UMC 1107 South Main St. Thursday evenings $60 for six weeks of lessons All ages can learn to play the banjo, guitar, fiddle or mandolin. Join the fun, and register now for the Evening Music Program which begins Dec. 10. This program is open to students third grade through adults of all ages. Rental instruments are available for $25. To register for the downtown Greenville location, contact Susan Ware-Snow. This program supports the nonprofit: Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music. 979-9188 yamupstate.com susu9196@gmail.com CONCERT
Underhill Rose w/ Darby Wilcox Independent Public Ale House Tickets: $7/$10 under 21 Dazzling trio creates gorgeous harmonies over acoustic Americana. 552-1265 ipagreenville.com CONCERT
Cantus Chamber Choir with the Governor’s School Choir Buncombe Street United Methodist Church 200 Buncombe St. 7:30 p.m. FREE Vocal students from the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities will perform in a Cantus Chamber Choir concert featuring songs performed with the Governor’s School choir at Buncombe Street United Methodist Church in downtown Greenville. scgsah.org FAMILY
Dec. 8 CONCERT
Percussion Ensemble Concert SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Smith Recital Hall 15 University St. | 7:30 p.m. | scgsah.org FREE Music students from the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities will present a Percussion Ensemble Concert in Smith Recital Hall on campus. The event is free and open to the public.
Jingle Bell Ball Greenville County Library System Pelham Road Branch 1508 Pelham Road 6-7 p.m. FREE A night of holiday fun and games. Make a special craft to welcome our guests of honor - Santa and Mrs. Claus. Ages 3-10 with an adult caregiver. Registration required. 288-6688 greenvillelibrary.org pelhamroad@greenvillelibrary.org
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« Dec. 11 CONCERT
Christmas with the Chorale Furman University, McAlister Auditorium 3300 Poinsett Hwy. 7:30-9 p.m. $30 adults, $15 students, children 12 & under $5 Celebrate the season with a beloved Upstate tradition, as the Chorale presents your holiday favorites with works by Dan Forrest and a special performance by the Blue Ridge High School concert choir. Santa will visit after the concert so bring the kids and grandkids and don’t forget the camera. 467-3000 | greenvillechorale.com kelly@greenvillechorale.com CONCERT
Troy House Trio Blues Boulevard (Greenville ) Tickets: $7 Guitar trio mixes jazz, blues, soul & pop. 242-2583 | bluesboulevardjazzgreenville.com CONCERT
Brimstone Highway Smiley’s Acoustic Café FREE Upstate combo plays rockabilly & honkytonk country. 282-8988 | smileysacousticcafe.com FAMILY
Skate for the Fun of Fit Sponsored by GHS United Community Bank Ice on Main 5-8 p.m. $10 adults/$5 kids Join Greenville Health System to learn how exercise is medicine and enjoy demonstrations and skating lessons from our friends at the Greenville Figure Skating Club. iceonmain.com anna@crawfordstrategy.com
Dec. 12 ARTS EVENT
Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery Holiday Flea Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery 205 Cedar Lane Road 11 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE Over 30 vendors of handcrafted goods, vintage finds, artisan foods, repurposed pieces, visual arts, metal works, glass, knits, treats for pets, and much more.
Visit Circa Doughnuts, Due South coffee, and of course the Swamp Rabbit Cafe for snacks to fuel you. Shop local for the holidays this year. 255-3385 | swamprabbitcafe.com/events info@swamprabbitcafe.com FUNDRAISER
THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Demolition of Structures – IFB #39-12/18/15, by 3:00 P.M. Pre-bid meeting will be held.
Sugar Creek Fun Run’s Jingle Bell Jog Sugar Creek neigborhood Sugar Creek III Clubhouse 119 Stonecrest Road 3-5 p.m. $35 for 5K at 3 p.m., $20 for Elf Run at 2:15 p.m. A Family 5K and Elf Run through the Sugar Creek neighborhood on a Saturday afternoon. This run has a street party feel to it. Don your holiday garb and walk or run the 5K or Elf Run. After enjoy refreshments from Publix and Chick-fil-A. Top three runners in age categories will be awarded at event. 363-0570 | sugarcreekfunruns.com info@sugarcreekfunruns.com
thru Jan. 3 FAMILY
Christmas Model Train Display Miniature World of Trains 2801 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors varies-5 p.m. Ages 2 and up - $3/$3.50 for credit card purchases (until remaining displays open) The fifth annual Christmas model train display is described as “One of the finest holiday displays in the country.” Due to the delays with the preparation of the new location, the Christmas Model Train Display will be the only display open at this time. Visit miniatureworldoftrains.com/ HoursOfOperation.htm for hours and days of operation. miniatureworldoftrains.com contactus@miniatureworldoftrains.com
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Cheers Grill & Spirits, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR, at 23 Rushmore Drive, Greenville, SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than December 20, 2015. 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 Big Owl Social Club Inc. /DBA/ Whiskeys, 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 3069 Wade Hampton Blvd., Taylors, SC 29687. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than December 6, 2015. 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 MB Upstate Hospitality Inc. /DBA/ Big Mike’s 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 1243 S. Pleasantburg Dr., Greenville, SC 29605. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than December 13, 2015. 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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COMMUNITY VOICES DAD M.D. WITH JOE MAURER
The myth of ‘quality time’ Want parenting perspective? Take two months off of work for hip surgery. It’s best described as a prolonged incarceration with three tireless, combative, preschool Tasmanian Devils and an overworked and underappreciated warden. The cellmates seem to think recovery should include jumping on, wrestling with or whining to the prisoner, regardless of whether he is writhing in pain because his pain medicine has worn off. Entertaining the prisoner involves using crutches as weapons or dancing around the bed singing and dancing the newly produced “HIP Nae Nae.” (It is now abundantly clear to me that stay-at-home parents win the “most difficult job in the world” award.) While as parents we often try to manufacture quality time, in reality, there is no such thing. There is only quantity time, from which quality moments arise. Try this: Ask your child what he or she remembers from your most recent overly expensive family trip. I asked my 8-year-old, Lilly, what she remembers most about Disney World. After two full minutes of silence, she responded, “I don’t remember anything. It was over a year ago.” When pressed, she finally recalled walking to the dining area to get coffee with me – which was something we enjoyed together because she woke up early with me, not because it was part of the ridiculous $440-a-day “make a magical memory at our
overpriced theme park” package. It was a special moment that arose as a result of spending a significant amount of time together as a family. Despite any struggles during my current surgical recovery, God has thankfully helped me (usually) dismiss petty aggravations and appreciate the beauty of my family. I’ve gratefully experienced several memorable conversations and moments that wouldn’t have presented in a “quality time” model (all of which additionally forced me to question the quality of my parenting), thus supporting this philosophy. Let me share a few. —Anna Jane, my 6-year-old, pointed out at breakfast that “Daddy’s having two babies.” To which I responded, “What do you mean?” wondering if Kristen was withholding significant news to spare me a heart attack. “Your belly has gotten really big,” Anna Jane replied, rubbing my stomach and talking to it, as if it was its own person. “Yep. You’re right,” I conceded, and started explaining how it was okay to say things like that to me but maybe not others, only to have her interrupt me to say, “but it’s unusually large.” —Jack, my 4-year-old, offered his friend Sterling a peanut butter granola bar. Sterling, who is allergic to peanuts, told Jack, “I can’t eat that, it has peanuts in it.” Jack responded, “Yeah you can, you’re at my house.” —Sitting on the porch one sunny afternoon, Jack asked me, “What’s my middle
Try this: Ask your child what he or she remembers from your most recent overly expensive family trip. name?” I answered, “Leo.” To which Jack quickly responded, “No. It’s Darkness.” A little disturbed, I asked, “Well, that’s kind of twisted. Why is your middle name Darkness?” Jack clarified, “Because I want it to be.” —One afternoon, I interrupted Jack from yelling rudely at Lilly to ask him if he was talking kindly to her. He responded, with an expression suggesting he was pointing out the obvious, “I will when I’m done yelling at her.” Additional moments included when Jack emerged from a restaurant bathroom after a 10-minute “potty break” marathon and flashed a thumbs-up and said, “That’s how I do it,” or when Anna Jane told me to “Suck it up and get rid of the crutches, tough guy.” So here’s the thing – the only reason these entertaining episodes occurred was because time allowed it (and my children are mildly dysfunctional). I could have been reading a book, watching television, checking Facebook, or finding other ways to distract myself from what was going on right it front of me. While I’m not suggesting bilateral hip reconstruction as a means to create space for family time, the past month has served as a poignant, inescapable reminder of the importance of time with loved ones. I am suggesting that parents don’t sacrifice quantity time for the false belief of quality time. Dr. Joe Maurer is a pediatrician with The Children’s Clinic, a nine-doctor practice that is part of the Children’s Hospital of the Greenville Health System. He and his wife, Kristen, are blessed with three rowdy kids aged 8, 6 and 4.
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