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clandrum@communityjournals.com Clemson University President James Clements said a series of events will be held early next year to foster discussion and unity on campus after an offcampus “Cripmas” party organized by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity raised concerns about the campus’s racial climate.

“Clemson is better than this,” Clements wrote in an email.

Photos from the party posted on social media showed students covering their faces with red and blue bandanas and wearing gang apparel and T-shirts with images of handcuffs and Tupac Shakur.

One in 16 Clemson students is black, and some students say the party illustrates escalating racial tensions on campus. Others theorize it may have been a response to two Clemson events held to protest headline-grabbing national controversies: a Clemson Blackout March organized last month to protest the grand jury decision in the Ferguson, Mo., case, and a “die-in” on Bowman Field after the New York grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the choke-hold death of Eric Garner.

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“Great universities are built on the free expression and exploration of ideas,” he wrote. “But the free expression of opinion must not cross the line and become harassment or intimidation, just as rallies and protest marches must not cross the line to lawlessness. Our core values – honesty, integrity and respect – must be more than just words.”

Clemson’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter members, their alumni advisory board and the fraternity’s national headquarters, suspended all activity indefinitely.

Most of the chapter’s top officers have resigned from their positions and have been suspended from the organization. A statement issued by the fraternity said any member who attended the event, held at a private, off-campus residence, may face suspension as well pending an internal investigation.

“The decision of a few brothers to hold this type of social event is inexcusable and completely inappropriate,” the statement said. “Furthermore, their behavior in no way reflects the values and creed of the fraternity, and we apologize to the campus and local community for their actions because we teach our brothers to be leaders, scholars and, most appropriately, gentlemen.”

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The party comes at a time when fraternities at Clemson are under increased scrutiny. Allegations of hazing were leveled after the death of Clemson student Tucker Hipps, who authorities said was on an early-morning run with his fraternity.

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Art, learning and life Did you know that in addition to being an accomplished physicist, Albert Einstein was also a gifted and enthusiastic musician? He once said that had he not been a scientist, he would have been a musician.

“Life without playing music is inconceivable for me,” he declared. “I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I get most joy in life out of music.”

Einstein is only one example of how many of our greatest minds often demonstrate the passions for the arts. In a recent TED talk, Mae Jemison, a doctor, dancer and the first African-American woman in space, said, “The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin … or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.”

At the Fine Arts Center of Greenville County, we celebrate this idea that intellectual curiosity is a prerequisite for our students. We encourage them to embrace their academic talents in every way possible. What distinguishes these young artists is not just their passion for art inside their studios, but their ability to ask questions when they get outside of them.

The Fine Arts Center was established in 1974 as the first specialized arts school in South Carolina, with the mission of creating a place where gifted students could receive advanced professional training from accomplished artist-teachers. For 40 years, the purpose of the school has remained the same, but through the leadership and support of Greenville County Schools we have grown in our ability to serve students.

Each day, we strive to educate an increasingly well-informed individual whose goal is to be a lifelong learner with an investment in the arts. Sufficient data now exists to overwhelmingly support the finding that study and participation in fine arts is a key component in improving learning throughout all academic areas. Evidence of its effectiveness in developing better leaders, fostering a love for learning, enhancing student creativity and producing more prepared employees for the workplace is documented in numerous studies conducted in school campuses and the private sector.

A recent report by the Arts Education Partnership revealed that children exposed

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to drama, music and dance are more proficient at reading, writing and math. In another national study using a federal database of over 25,000 middle and high school students, researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles found students with high arts involvement performed better on standardized achievement tests than students with low arts involvement.

The Fine Arts Center teaches more than 19 areas of focus across the seven core disciplines of architecture, creative writing, dance, digital filmmaking, music, theatre and visual arts. Our 2013-2014 graduating class earned over $10.8 million in scholarships to attend more than 40 institutions pursuing many different majors. Our graduates continue to excel in their chosen career fields in which art making may be only one of their life’s most memorable achievements.

Here at the Fine Arts Center we want students to learn to solve problems their way, not someone else’s way, and in doing so, to rediscover themselves in new ways that allow them to share their talents to the rest of the world. We are currently accepting applications for the 2015-16 academic year, and encourage rising ninththrough 12thgrade Greenville County students to apply online at fineartscenter.net.

Dr. Roy S. Fluhrer is director of the Fluhrer Fine Arts Center and past president of the Art Schools Network and the South Carolina Arts Alliance. Charles E. Ratterree is assistant director of the Fine Arts Center and chairman of the Metropolitan Arts Ratterree Council.

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When many people are enjoying celebrations with friends and family, others who have lost a loved one may be dreading the typical holiday traditions, family gatherings, music, and memories. Sadness, loneliness, anger, envy and yearning don’t quite fit the holiday mood and can crop up at a moment’s notice. What can help?

First, consider what’s most important this Christmas. Is it being with family, taking time off, creating a beautiful home, celebrating spiritual beliefs, exchanging gifts, or helping others? Let your top values help you choose which traditions to celebrate this year. A recent loss gives you permission to make changes in holiday traditions.

At Greenville Health System Hospice of the Foothills, the following new traditions are recommended to the bereaved: hang an ornament that recognizes your loved one’s favorite hobby/interest, ask the youngest family member to sit in her seat at the holiday dinner, have family members stuff her stocking with written memories of your times together (later reading when the family has gathered), share memories around a holiday meal, play her favorite song, revisit past photo albums, encourage family to give to her favorite charity, or serve one of her favorite foods for the meal (even if it’s jelly beans or bratwurst).

Although you can’t predict how you will react emotionally during the holidays, having a plan and a new tradition can reduce worry and even create excitement about something new. Just before holiday events, think ahead of a place you can retreat for privacy and a designated person to step into your role if you need some time alone. Call in “anything I can do” favors. Your friends will welcome a chance to help you decorate, cook or shop.

Pay extra attention to self-care: Accept your feelings and let them out, get enough sleep, eat healthy, drink sensibly and exercise (aerobic exercise improves mood). Consider doing something for someone else.

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Research shows that we often feel better when we help others.

If you’re helping someone who is grieving, offer specific suggestions instead of saying, “let me know how I can help.” Consider inviting the griever to your home for a holiday dinner or offering to help decorate the house or address cards. Visit and ask specifically about how she is doing after her loved one’s death this season. Be sure to use the loved one’s name (too often after death we stop using the name, creating almost a second loss for the griever). Then be a listener. Don’t offer advice; instead say things like “that makes sense” or “that must be hard.”

Be flexible, allowing your friend to decline offers and checking in later.

Sadness and tears may be part of this holiday, but happy memories can be as well. Focus on what is best for you and your loved ones at this time, be spontaneous and flexible and allow the feelings to flow, whatever they may be.

Need extra help with your grief?

Consider joining a grief support group.

Groups are offered throughout the year at the GHS Hospice of the Foothills in Seneca. Most participants report group sharing helps them accept their feelings, deal with their pain and move forward toward their new normal.

Eunice Lehmacher, Licensed Independent Social WorkerClinical Practice, is the bereavement coordinator at GHS Hospice of the Foothills. For more Lehmacher information about hospice, call 882-8940 or visit bit.ly/ hospice-foothills.

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clandrum@communityjournals.com A new fire station on Verdae Boulevard could open as soon as July 2016, improving response times on the city’s far east side that now fall well short of the national standard.

While the new station is being built to meet the needs of the growing Woodruff Road, Verdae Boulevard and CUICAR corridor, city officials say it will also impact city residents who do not live, work and shop there.

The fire department provides fire, rescue and medical first-response services and its Pleasantburg station, the only station on Eastside, falls well short of the national standard for response times, which dictate firefighters be on the scene in four minutes or less 90 percent of the time, said Greenville Fire Chief Stephen Kolvacik.

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That sets up a cascading impact on the response times of three of Pleasantburg’s neighboring stations – Pelham Road, Augusta Street and Stone Avenue – because they have to an-

swer calls Pleasantburg can’t get to.

When those stations respond to a call outside their area, another station has to cover for them. Pelham met the four-minute mark on only 75.9 percent of its calls.

The new, two-story fire station will be built on Verdae Boulevard and Old Sulphur Springs Road. Its façade will fit with other buildings in the area, Kolvacik said.

The city is negotiating a contract with Charlotte-based ADW Architects, a firm chosen from seven that submitted proposals because of its experience in designing fire stations, he said. The firm designed the Carolina Bay Fire Station in Charleston and stations in Henderson County and Cary, N.C., as well as stations across the country.

The main entrance of the station would be on Old Sulphur Springs Road because of site distance on Verdae Boulevard, Kolvacik said.

The Greenville City Council has approved a four-mill tax increase, the city’s first in 20 years, to help pay for the new station and renovations to the city’s other fire stations.

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Despite hopes, urgent care clinics not moving ER numbers

Expanded-hour clinics serve different populations than emergency rooms, experts say APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Americans make more than 136 million emergency room visits nationwide annually – raising this question in the era of health care reform: “How many of those visits belonged at an urgent care clinic?”

Local health care providers are monitoring the numbers, and the results are surprising.

Greenville Health System has built four MD360 urgent care facilities in the last five years, said Dr. Jim Ellis, medical director of GHS’ University Medical Group.

“The original thought was that we could take some of the less sick, loweracuity patients out of the emergency department, get them taken care of in a lower-cost setting, and it would be better for everybody because emergency department use across the country has continued to skyrocket,” Ellis said.

Emergency room care is more costly because the ER must be staffed at all times and contain all necessary diagnostic equipment. The cost of treatment for complaints or conditions that can be treated in urgent care clinics can easily be half the cost of emergency room care, he said.

The theory that the MD360 locations would reduce the number of patients arriving at the ER has not proved true at this point, Ellis said. While he believes urgent care centers are siphoning off a few such patients, GHS’ emergency room usage has flattened but not decreased, he said. For example, GHS officials believed the Greer MD360 location “would pull off Greer ER visits” since it is less than two miles from the Greer Memorial Hospital, “but it hasn’t,” Ellis said.

Usage boomed after opening the first MD360 in the Five Forks area five years ago, he said. That clinic remains the busiest and logs about 25,000 visits

annually. The Verdae location has similar numbers, while several of the other clinics are approaching the numbers seen in community hospital emergency departments like Hillcrest Memorial, he said.

Each MD360 has an average volume of 20,000 patients yearly, but “I can guarantee you we haven’t taken 80,000 people out of the [emergency] system,” Ellis said.

FAST FACT The emergency room was actually a room in the 1960s, but has developed into an entire department that can address trauma and more.

GHS sees approximately 100,000 annually in its Greenville Memorial emergency department, he said.

Meanwhile, emergency room visits at Bon Secours St. Francis Health Sys-

tem have remained relatively stable; the emergency department has not experienced an increase or decrease in recent years, said Greta Gue, administrative director of emergency services.

The downtown location is busiest and the two locations have roughly 75,000 patient visits annually, she said.

In 2013, St. Francis opened its Express Care clinic that provides care for minor issues with extended hours. Officials at St. Francis did not have usage numbers for the facility, but said the location “ensures those who work, visit or reside in downtown Greenville have ready access to high-quality, non-emergent health care.”

Over the last few years, the St. Francis emergency department has “seen patients who are sicker,” said Gue. She couldn’t offer definitive data on why, but she estimates an aging patient population is the reason.

“We have a lot of older individuals who need emergency care,” she said. “I think some of the urgent cares and express cares have taken away some of the minor illnesses that were clogging up emergency departments.”

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“All over the country there’s an access to primary care problem,” he said.

“We see [at MD360] a ton of 25- to 45-year-olds who have insurance and could have a primary care doctor, but they don’t really have any medical probBY THE NUMBERS lems, so they’re perfectly happy seeing URGENT CARE FACILITY ANNUAL PATIENT VISITS us with their acute MD360 Five Forks (5 y.o.)

24,822 injury and illness and being taken care MD360 Verdae (4 y.o.)

22,652 of that way. They want to email or text MD360 Greer (3 y.o.)

18,993 their symptoms to someone, get the apMD360 Powdersville more than 20,000 propriate diagnosis (nearly 2 y.o.) and pick up a preSt. Francis scription.” no data available Express Care (nearly 1 y.o.)

Dr. Angelo Sinopoli, chief medical officer HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM FY 2014 VISITS at GHS, noted that trend at a recent GHS Greenville Memorial board meeting, telling 104,943 Medical Campus board members, “It’s going to be an iPad Oconee Memorial Hospital 42,180 visit for $14.95.”

Greer Memorial Hospital 34,581 REDUCING UNNECESSARY Laurens County 30,559 ER TRAFFIC Memorial Hospital Patients with chronic conditions Hillcrest Memorial Hospital 29,905 sometimes use the North Greenville Hospital 18,569 emergency room for primary care, which St. Francis (both locations) 75,000 is especially costly, said Gue. St. Francis SOURCE: GHS AND BON SECOURS ST. FRANCIS uses case managers, social workers, home NATIONWIDE health providers and Number of emergency room a chronic conditions 163.3 million (2011) department visits (adults): team to connect with patients and provide a Number of injury-related 33 million (2011) continuum of care. visits (all ages): This helps to keep them out of the hospiPercentage of uninsured 18.8 (2012) tal, too, she said. “The (adults): hospital is the last SOURCE: CENTERS FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL place you want to be with a chronic condiFor minor cases, GHS providers want tion – exposed.” to point patients toward the Greenville A nurse triage program at Greenville Free Medical Clinic or to New Horizon County’s Emergency Medical Services Family Health Services. New Horizon helps to address residents calling 911 will soon open a new facility on Faris for prescription refills, conditions like Road with an urgent care clinic, he said. constipation and other minor issues, Gue said there are still patients who Sinopoli said. will frequent the hospital, no matter Another approach is to create an inwhat alternatives are available. centive for “right care, right place, right The emergency room “has always been time” by working with insurance comconvenient and will continue to be used panies to make copays for urgent care as primary care for some,” Gue said. significantly less than the emergency GHS officials haven’t determined ex- room and even less for primary care ofactly where the additional MD360 pa- fices, said Ellis – a tactic GHS is pursutients are coming from, Ellis said, but ing with its thousands of employees. he thinks some are patients of GHS “The biggest thing is patient educaprimary care doctors who can’t get an tion, and that’s hard because you’ve got appointment quickly. to do it one patient at a time,” he said.

Health Events Meet the Midwives Tues., Dec. 16 • 6-8 p.m. • Greenville Midwifery Care Learn about GHS’ nurse-midwifery program and how a midwife can enhance the birthing process. Free; registration required.

Skate for the Fun of Fit Thurs., Dec. 18 • 6-9 p.m. • Ice on Main Stop by for prizes and skating tips from local figure skating coaches. Tickets: $10 adults, $8 children age 12 and under. Includes skate rental.

Metabolic Syndrome Mon., Dec. 29 • 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. • GHS Life Center® Learn risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome and how you can prevent or control diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Free; registration required: Call 455-4010.

Resolution Run Sat., Jan. 10 • 9 a.m. • Travelers Rest High School Take part in this half-marathon or 5K. To register, visit ymcagreenville.org/ resolution-run.

Nutrition Class for Cancer Survivors Tues., Jan. 13 • 3-4 p.m. • Cancer Society of Greenville County Cancer survivors and caregivers are invited to attend this free class. To register, call 232-8439.

Girls on the Run Feb. 11-May 12 • Times and locations vary This program combines training for a 5K with esteem-enhancing workouts for girls ages 8-15. Registration opens Jan. 1. To register, visit ghs.org/ girlsontherun.

To register, for more information or to see a full schedule of events, please visit ghs.org/healthevents or call 1-877-GHS-INFO (447-4636).

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Final design released for Cancer Survivors Park SHERRY JACKSON | STAFF

KEY 1. CELEBRATION PAVILION (UPPER LEVEL) 2. SURVIVORSHIP CENTER (LOWER LEVEL) 3. GATHERING PLACE 4. HEALING GARDEN 5. SPIRIT BRIDGE 6. BOARDWALK 7. BANKS OF THE REEDY 8. SHADOW GARDEN

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sjackson@communityjournals.com Final designs have been released for the new six-acre Cancer Survivors Park located along the Reedy River between Church and Cleveland streets in what’s now an overgrown segment of the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail.

Construction of the boardwalk section of the park is set to begin in February, said Edward Kinney Sr., landscape architect with the city of Greenville.

If the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance (CSPA) raises the needed funds by March, construction on the remainder of the park will begin soon afterwards. Kay Roper, executive director of CSPA, said the organization needs $7.5 million and has raised $3.8 million to date. CSPA needs at least 80 percent of the funding in place by March.

The park is expected to take about eight months to build, and Roper hopes it will be finished by the end of December 2015. If enough funds are not raised, construction could be delayed. It’s been a long process, but “I can see the light now,” she said.

Once the park is completed, the city will take over ownership and maintenance.

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Bipartisan bill could help Upstate citizens with disabilities afford to lose their benefits.

The accounts would allow people with disabilities and friends and parThe U.S. House of Representatives ents to put money in the account withpassed the Achieving a Better Life Ex- out the savings counting against the perience (ABLE) Act last week, a bill $700 earned a month or the $2,000 that could help people with mental limit per year. and physical disabilities create tax“It takes away the crutch that peoadvantage savings accounts. ple have on the system,” Cocciolone said. “They can save money for a rainy day just like you or I.” The bill does limJohn Cocciolone, executive director it spending of the of the Greenville County Disabilities money in certain and Special Needs Board ways, but he said the accounts would In a vote of 404-17, the House ap- give people more “self-determination.” proved the legislation, which would U.S. Rep. Trey allow people who were disabled before Gowdy said in a statethe age of 26 to set up accounts similar ment, “The ABLE to 529 college savings accounts.

Act savings accounts John Cocciolone, executive director would help individuof the Greenville County Disabilities als prepare for expensand Special Needs Board, said the bill es such as housing, edwould be a “positive thing for families ucation, employment Gowdy in the Upstate.” support or transporThe accounts will allow people with tation. This would not replace bendisabilities to save more than the efits already provided through other $2,000 a year allowed by Medicaid sources such as Medicaid or the SSI before people are penalized. program, but suppleThe passage of the ABLE Act may ment them.” also help people with disabilities get Rep. Mark Sanford jobs, Cocciolone said. was the only South He said because disabled individu- Carolina congressman als can only qualify for Supplemental to vote against the bill.

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“It takes away the crutch that people have on the system.”

What’s Right in Health Care GHS Oncologist Receives Lifetime Achievement Award W. Larry Gluck, MD, medical director of the GHS Cancer Institute, recently received the Dr. Charles Townes Individual Lifetime Achievement Award from InnoVision. Named after Greenville native Dr. Charles Townes, this prestigious award is presented annually to an individual who exhibits a commitment to the advancement of technology and the betterment of South Carolina. Dr. Gluck was nominated for his ongoing efforts to find and develop innovative ways to improve all aspects of cancer care delivery.

Greer Memorial Awarded for Stroke Care Greer Memorial Hospital has garnered the Gold Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines® program. Greer earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated time.

Baptist Easley Wins Beacon of Excellence Award Baptist Easley Hospital, of which GHS is part owner, won the 2014 Beacon of Excellence Award by Press Ganey Associates, Inc. The Beacon of Excellence Award recognizes top-performing facilities that maintain high levels of excellence in patient satisfaction. The award was for patient satisfaction in the ambulatory surgery area.

GHS Named Top Learning Organization GHS has been named a top learning organization by Elearning! Media Group. The Elearning! award program honors the top 100 groups that embrace collaboration and innovation and are high-performance organizations.

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF BJU RELEASES GRACE REPORT

Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit apologized during Wednesday morning chapel service to sexual abuse victims who felt they did not receive adequate help from the school.

The apology came the day before the independent organization investigating BJU’s past handling of reported sexual abuse issued its final report.

“I would like to sincerely and humbly apologize to those who felt they did not receive from us genuine love, compassion, unPettit derstanding and support after suffering sexual abuse or assault,” Pettit said. “We intend to thoroughly review every aspect and concern outlined in the investigation and respond appropriately.”

Pettit said he will immediately appoint a committee to review the report findings and make recommendations over the next 90 days.

The GRACE report was scheduled to be posted online at netgrace.org on Thursday morning.

ERSKINE COLLEGE ON PROBATION

After reviewing the school’s finances, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools placed Erskine College on probation “with good cause.” That means SACS believes the college is likely to successfully stabilize its finances in due time.

The private Christian liberal arts school in Due West announced earlier this month a midyear tuition increase, layoffs, salary cuts and elimination of the school’s modern languages department.

President Paul Kooistra said he and other members of the school’s senior administration would take salary reductions, three full-time seminary faculty positions would be cut and the remaining faculty are taking 25 percent salary cuts. The athletic department will take a $75,000 cut beginning in 2015-16.

Erskine had spent the last two years on probation after a 2012 accreditation review led to 19 citations. Those issues were resolved, but SACS said in a followup review the school needed to reduce reliance on the school’s $42 million endowment.

SC GETS MORE HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS

The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported this week that 25 percent more issuers are participating in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace and South Carolina residents have an average of 59 plans to choose among.

In 2015, South Carolina health insurance providers increased from four to five and the silver-level “benchmark” plan’s average premium costs held steady between 2014 and 2015 before tax credits.

For those re-enrolling in the insurance marketplace, Dec. 15 is the deadline for obtaining coverage effective Jan. 1. Open enrollment continues through Feb. 15, 2015.

According to HHS, 88 percent of South Carolina consumers received financial assistance when purchasing health insurance coverage through the market-

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF place. Nearly 80 percent of purchasers nationwide can find coverage in the 2015 marketplace for $100 or less, accounting for tax credits, according to HHS. In addition, the Palmetto Project is offering access to a network of certified insurance navigators through Signup SC at signupsc.com and 888-998-4646 to help with enrolling. Navigators can also assist small businesses applying for group coverage.

Consumers can also visit the SC Department of Insurance at doi.sc.gov for tips.

IRS SCAM TARGETS UPSTATE RESIDENTS

Scammers posing as Internal Revenue Service agents are targeting residents in the Upstate. The Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office reports about six or seven calls from Greenville residents where scammers threatened to arrest people unless the residents immediately sent money, said Deputy Drew Pinciaro.

The con artists sound convincing, the IRS warned on its website. “They may know a lot about you, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling. They use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers.”

Scammers asked residents to put money onto Green Dot MoneyPak cards, Pinciaro said. Investigators are trying to track down the individuals responsible for the calls, he said, but the process is difficult because the scammers often use phone numbers through Google Voice to avoid being traced.

The IRS will never call to demand immediate payment, require a specific payment method such as a prepaid debit card, threaten to have local law-enforcement officers arrest people who haven’t paid nor ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone, the agency said.

Anyone who suspects they received a scam call should contact the sheriff ’s office, Pinciaro said. Report incidents to the IRS by calling 800-366-4484 or going to tigta.gov.

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MAY RE-OPEN IN SPRING

Repairs to the Woodland Way bridge over the Reedy River in Cleveland Park should be completed and the road reopened to vehicular traffic this spring.

Proposals to fix the bridge, which is near the site of the closed Canine Corner dog park and Cleveland Park Stables, are due Dec. 19. Repair work could begin in February, said Dwayne Cooper, Greenville city engineer.

The bridge was closed in October after structural problems were discovered in one of its supporting timbers. Further inspection revealed three of the five wood timbers on the other side of the bridge had hollows, Cooper said.

The bridge had been inspected by the South Carolina Department of Transportation in June and re-inspected after the August floods, Cooper said.

Repairs are expected to cost $250,000 to $300,000.

WILSON SENTENCED AGAIN REGARDING PONZI SCHEME

Former Anderson County Councilman Ronnie Wilson was in court again on Wednesday for his involvement in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

Wilson, who is already serving a 19 1/2-year term in a Florida prison after pleading guilty in 2012 to mail fraud, was sentenced to an additional six months for lying to investiga-

tors and concealing money.

In August his wife, Cassie Wilson, and brother, Tim Wilson, were indicted by a grand jury for concealing assets and impeding the ongoing investigation. Investigators uncovered $400,000 worth of cash and gold and silver coins that Cassie Wilson and Tim Wilson tried to hide in ammunition Wilson containers.

Cassie and Tim Wilson have both pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and are still awaiting sentencing.

Wilson will be transferred to a Minnesota prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence. Wilson is scheduled to be released in 2030.

The Ponzi scheme was one of the largest in South Carolina history, with more than 800 investors losing more than $60 million dollars after investing in Wilson’s company, Atlantic Bullion and Coin, according to Secret Service agents.

LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE SPEAKS AT NATIONAL BRIEFING

National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) state representative Paton Blough spoke this week at the announcement of a nationwide initiative to help reduce the number of mentally ill people in jails.

Since the closure of many inpatient mental health treatment facilities, jails and prisons have been filling the gap, Blough said.

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Local advocate and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) representative Paton Blough spoke at a Council of State Governments Justice Center briefing in Washington, D.C. Blough, right, is pictured with Sheriff Susan Parmerleau of Bexar County (San Antonio), Texas, who also spoke in support of the initiative.

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It will work to duplicate successful best practices and offer technical support to counties that deal with the issue daily, Blough said.

“There are so many people we can help” who are lacking proper mental health treatment in jails and prisons, Blough said. “I think we’re going to see an incredible amount of positive change in the next five years.”

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WITH SHERRY JACKSON Paul Thomas Turner, 58, was arrested and charged Tuesday with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and pointing and presenting a firearm, after an incident with an ex-girlfriend at the Family Dollar store on Geer Highway in Marietta.

The Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office responded to the scene after receiving reports that Turner came to where his ex-girlfriend worked, began assaulting her and pulled out a handgun.

Turner fled the scene with a person who had given him a ride to the store, but deputies who were en route to the scene spotted the vehicle. The vehicle was pulled over and Turner was arrested, deputies said.

Guy Robert Mitchell III, 17, turned himself in to police on Wednesday in connection with a shooting early Sunday morning at a home on Echols Drive that left one woman dead.

Investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office believe that Mitchell shot and killed Tiffany Yvette Ford, 20, with a handgun at her home. The two teens knew each other.

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training up a child Cotillion teaches young ladies and gentlemen more than just dance BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com Garrett Neel entered cotillion train-

ing when he was in the sixth grade.

Like many adolescents who join the etiquette and dance training classes, his mother was the one who signed him up.

Feeling awkward and a little nervous, Neel said he wasn’t sure what to expect.

“I didn’t like the idea of getting dressed up all the time,” said the nowRiverside High School senior. But

(left) For the sisters of the Epsilon Tau Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, planning for their Debutante Ball is an intense process that takes 18 months; (right) Junior Cotillion members practice seating a lady at the table.

it didn’t take long for him to start enjoying the program. “By my eighthgrade year, I had pretty much fallen in love with it.”

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Neel was the food. “That’s where I was sold,” he said. But he also enjoyed learning the dances. “By the time you get to COTILLION continued on PAGE 18

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eighth grade, you’ve got this whole arsenal of dance moves to show off.”

Even so, Neel said the most valuable lesson cotillion bestows is the etiquette training.

Whether interviewing, dating or simply eating a meal with someone else, Neel said he would carry his etiquette training with him throughout his life.

Neel went though cotillion training at the National League of Junior Cotillions (NLJC) in Greenville.

He now assists his former cotillion teacher, Angie Mosley, who has been directing NLJC in Greenville for 15 years, starting at the Thornblade Club and recently expanding to the Poinsett Club in 2013.

Mosley said she currently has over 500 students split almost evenly between boys and girls in grades six through nine.

When she talks about cotillion, Mosley speaks quickly and passionately about how she loves helping transform teenagers from the “deer-in-the-headlights look” on arrival to confident and accomplished individuals.

“I firmly believe in pushing someone outside their comfort zone. That’s when they grow the most,” she said. “The lovely thing about children is they’re sponges, and they absorb everything.”

With sixth-graders, she starts with the basics. “I have students who don’t know how to address an envelope,” she said.

The youngest participants learn rudiments of certain ballroom dances and how to properly greet people, look people in the eyes while speaking with them and sit properly. Mosley said one of the biggest challenges for beginners is overcoming the nervousness of asking a partner to dance.

As students get older, they learn more about proper dining techniques.

The food is the part that really gets the boys interested in coming to the classes, Mosley said. “If you feed them, they will come.”

The oldest age group of students focuses mostly on life skills for the future such as interviewing for a job,

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Clockwise from top: A highlight of cotillion training is the annual ball; One cotillion training activity is the place setting relay; Angie Mosley has directed the National Leage of Junior Cotillions in Greenville for 15 years; Junior Cotillion members are all smiles at the Holly Ball.

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filling out an application and creating a good first impression.

For cotillion members, the highlight of their training is the ball – a fun time for Mosley’s classes to play games and demonstrate their skills.

For other groups like the Epsilon Tau Omega (ETO) Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., the ball is more of a coming-of-age presentation. Sonya

Cunningham of ETO said planning for their Debutante Ball at the Peace Center is an intense process that takes 18 months.

The ETO cotillion is mainly comprised of African-American girls who are taught to be “poised and graceful ladies in society,” Cunningham said.

The cotillion encourages the girls to get “out of the norm and into the community,” she said.

Like students in Mosley’s classes,

the girls must take training on how to be poised and capable members of society. This year they even took a gardening class.

Cunningham said her favorite part of the experience is seeing the girls’ expressions on the night of the ball when their fathers present them to society.

“They finally see what the hard work is about,” she said.

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COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS Augusta Road Business Association (ARBA) is presenting the Fourth Annual Lights on Augusta, a Christmas decoration contest. Members of the community can vote for their favorite store at onlyonaugusta.com. Voting will end Dec. 31. Participants include: Alisa Marie Fine Lingerie, Augusta Road Baptist Church, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner Realtors, Gage’s, Harrison Lighting, Kate Carlyle, L’s on Augusta, Moppets, North Hills Automotive, Paisley & Paper, Phil Hyman Photography, Primrose School of Greenville, Reedy River Dentistry, Sassy Kids on Augusta, The Grey Goose, The Local Taco, Twill, Vestique and Wisteria Salon & Spa.

The 2014 heritage ornament/suncatcher is available through the Greenville County Historical Society. This year’s ornament features the Wilkins House. Ornaments are $20 and are available at greenvillehistory.org or at the historical society located at 211 E Washington St., Suite C. Submit entries to community@ communityjournals.com.

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Twenty-nine Ellen Woodside Elementary fifth-grade students were selected for the Junior Beta Club and will complete community projects throughout the year.

The Bernard Osher Foundation awarded a $1 million gift to Clemson University’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), a continuing education and membership program for older adults. The gift includes a $950,000 endowment gift and $50,000 in operating funds. OLLI offers lectures, courses, excursions and social events to adults ages 50 and older.

Greenville Middle Academy’s Mock Trial Team recently competed in the SC Bar Middle School Piedmont Regional Competition. The team is under the guidance of David Gray, seventh-grade social studies teacher.

Upper school students at Greenville Classical Academy participated in two service projects in December: visiting a local assisted living residence and heading to Charlotte to help volunteers process donated shoeboxes full of gifts for disadvantaged children in other countries. In addition, GCA is currently accepting applications for new students in K4-12th grade for the 2015-16 school year. For more information on the enrollment process, visit greenvilleclassical.com or call 864-329-9884.

From left, Chelsea Bishop, Rosa Hargrove, Sarah Harris and Alyssa Woodlock enjoyed creating dolls from corn husks as one of their activities on Pioneer Day at Mitchell Road Christian Academy.

Mitchell Road Christian Academy’s fourth-grade classes have been researching pioneer life after reading the novel “Caddie Woodlawn.”

They capped off their studying with Pioneer Day featuring a feast that included pioneer-type food, homemade butter and crafts of cornhusk dolls and apple decorations.

St. Mary’s School has started the 2015-2016 new family application process for grades K3-eight. Admissions testing is required for grades K5-eight and the priority testing dates are Jan. 24 and Feb. 28 at 9 a.m. For more information visit stmarysgvl.org or call 864-679-4117.

Chandler Creek Elementary thirdgraders held a South Carolina history performance. Students dressed up as famous figures from South Carolina history.

From left, Lucas Ferguson, Drevieon Rice, Fran Henderson and Cytling Osterberg represented Claire Smithy’s class.

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Two Fine Arts Center students, Sam Parrini and Rachel Yi, split the first prize at the College of Charleston Young Artist String Competition. As winners, the students will be able to perform at the Spoleto Festival next year. For more information, visit music.cofc. edu/young-artist-competition.

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Kelly Permanente’s K5 class at St. Mary’s Catholic School crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the K5 classroom to visit the New World and meet their Native American friends in the K4 building for a feast.

St. Joseph’s Catholic School girls’ cross-country coach Marie Kernell was elected to serve as the assistant coach for the annual Shrine Bowl Run on Dec. 20. The event will feature 26 of the top high school cross-country stars in the state running a 33- Kernell mile race to raise awareness for Shriners Hospital. Kernell has led the Lady Knights to five consecutive SCHSL 1A state cross-country titles.

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Mitchell Road Christian Academy will host open houses every Wednesday in January and February, 9 a.m-1 p.m. No appointment is necessary. For more information, call 864-268-2210.

During the Holiday Food Drive held by Ellen Woodside’s Jr. Beta Club, Jackie Mitchell’s kindergarten students collected 91 cans. The class graphed the number of cans they collected each day and compared the number of cans boys brought to the number of cans girls brought. During the school-wide can drive, kindergarten students collected the most cans and were rewarded with a special hat day.

Greenville Middle Academy students are involved in several service projects. Over 1,000 food items were donated for a recent food drive, and students’ families will be helped through Angel Tree donations. The National Junior Honor Society is selling refreshments at basketball games and sponsoring a pajama day to raise money for Stop Hunger Now. Submit entries to community@communityjournals.com.

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The recipient will be presented with an award at the Foundation’s annual meeting and a $5,000 grant for a charity. Nominated individuals should be connected to a Spartanburg County nonprofit organization either as a volunteer or paid employee. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 14. To nominate someone, visit spcf.org.

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The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg raised almost $9,700 at its second annual fundraiser, Artists Going Live. The guild plans to use the funds to create a platform for artists to share knowledge about creating, presenting and promoting themselves and their works. It also plans to use Artists Going Live proceeds to assist outreach programs for educational institutions in the region.

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Laura Johnson’s fourth-graders at Christ Church Episcopal School sponsored two children for Christmas. The students applied the project to their current math unit by figuring out how much money they should earn to be able to sponsor the children. The students did extra chores to earn money. The students used $424 to purchase items for the children.

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Secrets on display “A Streetcar Named Desire” raises issues still relevant today CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com One of the reasons Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” is a theatrical classic nearly seven decades after its Broadway debut is the complexity of its characters.

Consider the lineup: Blanche, an emotionally fragile woman living in the past; her self-effacing and deferential sister, Stella; brother-in-law Stanley, the rough, brutish and sensual blue-collar worker; and Martin, the clumsy but sensitive poker buddy. All the characters have their flaws, but none are without redemption.

“We can all be one of those people,” said Susan Fenichell, who will direct the Warehouse Theatre’s production of “Streetcar” DESIRE continued on PAGE 24

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that opens on Dec. 19. “What Williams did really brilliantly was capture the spectrum of humanity.”

“Streetcar” tells the story of the aging Southern belle Blanche DeBois, who leaves the deteriorating family plantation in Georgia and her teaching job “because of her nerves” and moves into a cramped French Quarter apartment with her younger sister, Stella, and Stella’s rough and brutish husband, Stanley.

“There’s something mesmerizing about the characters,” said Kristen Kos, who plays Blanche.

Set in the steamy French Quarter of New Orleans, “Streetcar” tackled topics such as female sexuality, sexual violence, homosexuality and suicide in a way not seen before on Broadway. And although “Streetcar” made its Broadway debut in December 1947, those issues still are relevant today.

A forum on Wednesday, “Raising it Above a Whisper: Culture of Silence and Sexual Violence in the South,” will explore whether something about the South encourages silence around abuse.

The forum, which begins at 6 p.m., is designed to divorce an issue raised in a play from its dramatic context and spur meaningful conversation.

Anne Tromsness, the Warehouse’s director of education, said Greenville County consistently ranks high in the state for several types of sexual violence, while Southern states rank higher than many other regions for incidences of reported rape per capita. Many cases of sexual abuse go unreported.

“Tennessee Williams is so iconic as a poet of Southern voice,” Fenichell said.

“He very astutely pointed out a lot of violence beneath the façade.”

To Fenichell, the play is about the stories people construct for themselves to continue to live day to day. While the circumstances may be different, people watching the play today can relate to Stella’s relationship with Stanley or why she stays. They can relate to Blanche’s putting herself in the path of the proverbial freight train.

The play examines how often people make choices based on the difficult relationships in their lives, Kos said.

Debra Capps, who plays Stella, said what draws audience members into the story changes depending on where they are in their own lives.

“In theater, people are their own editors,” she said. “Part of the power of theater is that you see different versions each time you see a play depending on where you are in your own life.”

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“The Road to Bethlehem” is an annual lower school event. For three hours, students adorned placemats for soup kitchens and decorated pillowcases for Meals on Wheels recipients and senior citizens.

They also made handmade Christmas cards for homeless shelters, and filled Christmas candy poppers for children in shelters and soup kitchens, using candy from their own Halloween stashes. Students collected personal hygiene items throughout the week, such as soap, shampoo and toothpaste, to donate in order to “pay their taxes” prior to signing a scroll to be counted in the Roman Census, just as Mary and Joseph did 2000 years ago. The items will be organized and given to homeless shelters throughout the Upstate.

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this year, the performance will feature material based on the participants’ lives, said Savidge. “I see it as a step forward as a group and organization. It’s an important step forward.”

About 25 young people take part in the twice-monthly meeting, and 20 of those will also perform on their own, showcasing music, art, singing, jokes and stories, said Savidge.

The group will experience all parts

Chris Welch shows off the work he created at the Greenville County Art Museum during the Spectrum’s Social Skills Development visit at the museum.

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of putting on a show, including performing on stage with a set and microphones, he said. It is important that “they have a real experience performing in front of an audience,” he said. “I view performing as part of drama therapy.”

Savidge said the young people are “very brave and they’re very eager to perform.” Just like any actor before the big night, they’re also a bit nervous and excited, he added.

The Spectrum 14/15 yearlong program was launched in June after last year’s initial success with Spectrum,

a theatre-focused, six-week pilot program through the Applied Theatre Center. Over the last six months, the group has focused on building skills for everyday interpersonal communication, public speaking, interviewing, workplace communication and commercial and entertainment interaction.

Spectrum 14/15 is funded through a grant from the General Mills Foundation with the support of the Barbara Stone Foundation. Savidge said the group plans another performance within the next six months.

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Mice on Main go on Christmas adventure Boys and Girls Club members to bring iconic mice to life CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Greenville’s Mice on Main – already the subjects of a children’s book and a board game – are now the stars of a Christmas play that will be performed by members of the Salvation Army’s Boys and Girls Club.

Mice on Main, the nine bronze mice placed along Main Street as a part of one of Greenville’s most popular public art projects, were born as a high school senior project by Jimmy Ryan, a student at Christ Church Episcopal School.

Ryan raised the money and commissioned Greenville artist and sculptor Zan Wells to create the mice and storybook based on his favorite children’s book, “Goodnight Moon.”

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So you know WHAT: “Mice on Main: A Christmas Play” WHO: Members of the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club WHEN: Friday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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on Main” book and is chair of the Boys and Girls Club Council, said she started writing the play a couple of years ago. She decided to turn it into a theatrical experience for Boys and Girls Club members, many of whom have never been in a play before.

South Carolina Children’s Theatre principal teaching artist Traysie Amick, who will direct the play, has been working with the 30-member cast on a weekly basis since the start of the school year.

“The kids have really worked hard,” Kelly said. “Zan and I have become attached to the mice and we’re excited that they are bringing them to life on stage. The personalities of the mice remain true.”

In the story, the mice decide that instead of spending a traditional Christmas in their cage, they need to be on Main Street – but Jimmy is not there to help.

The youngest member of the cast is 5. The oldest is 11.

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On Saturday, you can add some oomph – make that oompah – to your

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TubaChristmas, a concert performed exclusively by tubas and euphoniums, will be held at United Community Bank Ice on Main at 11:30 a.m.

“It sounds a lot better than people would think,” said Mark Britt, chairman of Furman University’s music department and a low brass professor, who

has been involved with the event in Greenville since the mid-1980s. “The tonal range of those instruments is quite broad.”

Britt expects 50 to 60 musicians to participate, but he never really knows until they show up for registration and rehearsal at Furman’s Daniel Music Building earlier that morning. “‘Rehearsal’ is a loose term,” he said.

“We’ll play through each piece once, the difficult ones twice.”

Then the musicians, who range from middle school band students to people

JOURNAL CULTURE WHAT: TubaChristmas WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 13 TO PLAY: Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Furman University Daniel Music Building. Fee is $10. Rehearsal begins at 9 a.m. Players are asked to bring a wire music stand. Details available at tubachristmas.com.

TO LISTEN: Performance will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the United Community Bank Ice on Main at 11:30 a.m. and will last about an hour. Ice on Main is on Main Street between the Courtyard Marriott and Greenville City Hall.

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in their 80s, head downtown for the concert that features secular and sacred Christmas songs. The concert will feature sing-alongs as well.

TubaChristmas is a national event that honors legendary tuba player and teacher William Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. The first TubaChristmas was held in 1974 at the Rockefeller Plaza ice rink in New York City. Coincidentally, Ice on Main is Greenville’s version of that.

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SOUND CHECK Fans of straight-ahead, rootsy rock ’n’ roll can rejoice, because Six String Drag has returned. And not only have they reunited, they’ve recorded a new album which is called, fittingly enough, “Roots Rock & Roll.”

When they initially called it quits in 1998, Six String Drag (who will play at Moe Joe Coffee & Music House in Greenville on Friday) seemed on the verge of a real mainstream breakthrough.

Led by singer/guitarist Kenny Roby’s incisive, melodic songwriting, the band played grittybut-infectious electric/acoustic rock that aligned them with post-“No Depression” bands like Son Volt and The Jayhawks. No less an icon than Steve Earle co-produced their 1997 album “High Hat,” and big things seemed on the horizon.

At the same time, however, spending most of the 1990s on the road had begun to take its toll on the band, particularly their nucleus, Roby and bassist Rob Keller.

“Any time you essentially live with someone for any period of time, there’s going to be stuff that comes up,” Roby says. “There wasn’t anything really deep; there weren’t really any deep cuts within the band. Everybody had their differ-

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JOURNAL CULTURE ent personalities, but there wasn’t any real fighting. It was just normal band stuff.”

After Six String Drag split up, Roby began a solo career which culminated in 2013’s top-notch “Memories & Birds” album, which was reviewed in this very column.

Roby brought the producer of that album, Jason Merritt, along when Six String Drag reunited earlier this year, and the rejuvenated band banged out “Roots Rock & Roll,” which will be released early next year, in four days.

“Jason and I were used to working together, and that was really important because he knew me, and how I communicate,” Roby says. “That was good with this kind of project, which was really quick. We just kept it simple. There weren’t a ton of overdubs; that was the whole point. We let things be the way they were. It was like a rock ’n’ roll record from the ’60s – let’s just get some good people in there and keep it simple.”

While “Roots Rock & Roll” certainly didn’t take long to record, Roby says the process wasn’t as painless as it sounds.

“I don’t want to create the illusion that it was incredibly easy, because it wasn’t,” he says. “It was hard to get on the same page, to get everyone together. We did a lot of legwork setting up the recording, and I was working on the songs to make sure they were done on my end, from the melody and lyrical standpoints.

“It was really a coin flip, you know? Rob and I had always gotten along fine, and we had the studio time paid for, and we had the songs we wanted to try, but it was a crapshoot. We didn’t know what was going to happen, and so there was some risk involved. We happened to luck out and happened to like what we were doing.”

The recording sessions might not have been easy, but the recording process was a lot of fun for the band. Obviously (after being broken up) there was less baggage, and “that made it easier; we didn’t have to wade through too much of that. The recording was a blast,” Roby says. “We’ve learned a lot. By the time this record comes out, it will have been 18 years since our last one, so I would hope we’ve learned to do what we’re doing a little better.”

As far as Six String Drag’s future, Roby says that, although he plans to continue his solo career and look into other projects, he’s optimistic.

“The goal now is just to play shows when the album comes out,” he says. “But Rob and I are in. There will be another Six String Drag record.”

VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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Carolina office at 672-B Fairview Road.

The recently renovated 4,000 sq. ft. office provides an open and welcome “living room” environment with the latest wireless technology and video screen for easy property viewing online.

It will accommodate up to 35 Allen Tate Realtors® and staff, including flex spaces for agents who prefer to work on the go.

“Simpsonville is a great residential community, offering small-town charm and natural beauty just 12 miles from the big-city amenities of downtown Greenville. We are excited about getting to know buyers and sellers here and helping them achieve their homeownership goals,” said Erika DeRoberts, Simpsonville branch leader.

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Meryl McGinley and Kennie Norris join the company’s North Pleasantburg office as its newest real estate professionals.

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It starts with our design, but it becomes your home. First, we listen to you. Then our team of expert designers help you create a home that meets your unique needs — and dreams. With creativity, attention to detail and sensitivity to your budget, we customize your plan, offering you the most efficient and pleasant experience available in the designing and building of your home.

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holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Prior to launching her real estate career, McGinley served as owner of Mountainview EOC in Greenville, SC and McGinley Photography in Birmingham, AL. She brings over a decade of entrepreneurial skills to her role at the company, as well as leadership experience garnered McGinley through voluntary positions with the Executive Association of Greater Greenville. McGinley and her husband, Tom, reside in Simpsonville.

Kennie Norris joins C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS in conjunction with her role as Facilitation and Procurement Coordinator for a local annuity and life assurance company. Norris possesses 20 years of project/facilities management, vendor relations and procurement experience that will serve her clients well as they Norris navigate the residential buying/selling process. A Greenville native, Norris resides in the Upstate with her husband, Danny.

“C. Dan Joyner’s Pleasantburg office continues to expand to serve the Upstate’s real estate needs. Meryl and Kennie both bring additional experience and knowledge to the company, and we look forward to working with them as they begin their real estate careers,” said Fritzi Barbour, Broker-In-Charge.

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® Community Service Committee Presents Checks To Local Charities

The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® Community Service Committee presented two local charities with donations of $8,000.00 each at a Mix and Mingle event December 1st at Bimini’s Oyster Bar and Seafood Cafe in Greenville.

The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® Community Service Committee is comprised of REALTOR® and Affiliate members of the Association along with GGAR staff liaisons. The primary focus of this committee is giving back to the community. This is done through the committee hosting Lobs, Links and Lanes and “Mix and Mingle” events.

The Lobs, Links and Lanes event, which is now in its 17th year, consists of a Golf Tournament, Tennis Round Robin, Bowling Tournament, and BBQ Dinner/Party. The success of this event is due to the generosity of Sponsors, event participants, and the dedication of the Community Service Committee. The “Mix and Mingle” events have been sponsored by Affiliate members of the Association and

held at local restaurants. Association members and guests bring monetary donations or items from the wish list for the two charities supported and enjoy appetizers provided by the sponsors.

Proceeds from the Lobs, Links & Lanes and Mix and Mingle events, benefit two local charities: The Frazee Dream Center and ReWiGo Ministries.

ReWiGo Ministries creates safe, healthy, sustainable home environments for elderly, disabled, and impoverished people. Serving in Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens Counties of Upstate South Carolina, our target populations include children, families, and seniors.

The Frazee Dream Center is a free preschool, after school & summer program for under resourced children in the downtown Greenville area. The program offers assistance and guidance to children ages 3-16 in the areas of academics, character development, sportsmanship and emotional wellness.

GGAR Community Service Committee: Ginger Griffin (2014 Chair)

The Gajda & Gutbrod RE Corner; Lisa Alexander, Del-Co Realty Group, Inc.; Becky Coley (2015 Chair), Certus Bank; Pamela Fulmer, Meritage Homes; Lisa Gilstrap. Southern First Bank; Greg Hammond, The Palmetto Bank; Tim Lee, Bankline Mortgage Corp.; Judy KirbyLink, Piedmont Natural Gas Co.; Theresa Maugeri, Keller Williams Greenville Central; Matthew McCord, McCord Law Firm; Jonathan Mullikin, The Marchant Co.; Kimberly Redden, Keller Williams Powdersville/Easley; Carol Simpson, Carol Simpson Law Offices; Kendyl Urgo, First American Home Buyers; John Wolfrom, Providence Realty and Marketing. Staff Liaisons: Connie Winslow, Leah Duke and Chris Bailey.

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 1,900 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.

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$515,000 PLANTATION@LOWNDES HILL $500,000 STONEHAVEN $499,000

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$470,000 OAK CREST $460,500

$450,000 WEST PRENTISS TOWNES $445,000 MCRAE PARK $430,000 CHANTICLEER TOWNHOUSES $425,000

$422,327 BEAVER RUN $420,000 HIGHGROVE $410,000

$400,000 BARRINGTON PARK $378,400 COVE@BUTLER SPRINGS $363,886 STONE LAKE HEIGHTS $360,000 TERRA WOODS $345,000 MCDANIEL GREENE TOWNHOUSE $335,000 CLEAR SPRINGS $325,949 KILGORE FARMS $325,000 RICHLAND CREEK@NORTH MAIN $322,500 COPPER CREEK $322,353 GOWER ESTATES $320,000 CREEKWOOD $317,000 EAST HIGHLANDS ESTATES $315,000 RICHLAND CREEK@NORTH MAIN $310,000 SHELLBROOK PLANTATION $305,423 COVE@BUTLER SPRINGS $303,648 WATERSTONE COTTAGES $301,506

$300,000 RICHLAND CREEK@NORTH MAIN $295,000 COTTAGES@RIVERWOOD FARM $295,000 CHANTICLEER $290,000 MERRIFIELD PARK $290,000 SUMMIT@PELHAM SPRINGS $273,000 WEST FARM $269,028 VERDMONT $267,292 BRIARWOOD MEADOWS $265,000 BRUSHY MEADOWS $260,000 LINDEN PARK $259,950 KILGORE FARMS $259,081 RICHLAND CREEK@NORTH MAIN $259,000 KELSEY GLEN $257,510 COTTAGE@HARRISON BRIDGE $255,000 HUDSON FOREST $252,000 COACHMAN PLANTATION $250,425

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$196,000 SUMMERWALK $190,000 LANDING@SAVANNAH POINTE $190,000 SUMMERFIELD $188,000 BEAVER BROOK II $188,000 WATERMILL $185,000 TOWNHOMES@PENDLETON WEST $185,000 WYNDHAM PLACE $185,000

$184,250 MEADOW BREEZE $183,900 FARM@SANDY SPRINGS $180,000

$180,000 MARKLEY ACRES $178,000 VICTORIA PARK $177,494 EASTDALE $176,000 PLANTERS ROW $176,000 SPARROWS POINT $175,000 HUNTERS WOODS $175,000 NORTHGATE $175,000 WINDSOR FOREST $175,000 SEVEN OAKS $174,900 SEVEN OAKS@BLUE RIDGE PLANTATION $172,000 HERITAGE HILL $172,000 WYNDHAM PLACE $171,000 THE LOFTS@MILLS MILL $170,000 VILLAGE@WINDSOR CREEK $169,796 LONG CREEK PLANTATION $168,000 FOREST ACRES $165,000 PARK RIDGE $165,000 CRESCENTWOOD VILLAGE $164,000 NORTHWOOD $162,000 FOXWOOD $160,000

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In her free time, she enjoys cooking, baking, reading, museums, art exhibits, restaurants and spending time with family. She has a five-year-old daughter named Charlie Joy and a rescue dog named Bronson.

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$145,500 TOWNES@PINE GROVE $144,000 POINSETTIA $144,000 THE VILLAGE@GLENLEA $143,900 LENHARDT VILLAGE $143,000 EASTDALE $140,000 HADLEY PARK $140,000 SPARROWS POINT $139,500 LEE EAST $137,000 SADDLER’S RIDGE $135,000 GIBSON HEIGHTS $133,500 MAPLE CREEK $130,000 HERITAGE HILL $127,000 STANDING SPRINGS ESTATES $125,900 GLEN GARRY $125,000 BROOKWOOD $125,000 TRAILS NORTH $122,000

$121,500 TERRACE ACRES $121,500

$121,000 PARKDALE $120,000 FOREST LAKE $117,000 WOODS@BONNIE BRAE $114,900 WESTWOOD $114,000

$114,000 SPRING CROSSING $110,500 OAKS@ROPER MOUNTAIN $110,000 SHERWOOD FOREST $107,000

$105,000 FENWICK HEIGHTS $105,000 CASA LOMA ESTATES $105,000

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$100,000 PEBBLE CREEK VILLAGE $100,000 CANTERBURY HILLS $100,000 CHESTERFIELD ESTATES $99,900 DIXIE HEIGHTS $98,500

$98,000 BRAYDON@HOLLINGSWORTH PARK $97,000 MICHELAND PLACE $96,850 ST JAMES PLACE $95,000

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$89,900 LEWIS VILLAGE $89,500 MARION GROVE $89,000 SHEFFIELD FOREST $88,500 FRESH MEADOW FARMS $84,000 BAYWOOD PLACE $84,000 SOUTH FOREST ESTATES $82,500 CAMILLA PARK 2 $80,000

$76,750 THORNTON HALL $75,000

$75,000 WHITE HORSE HEIGHTS $69,000

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$37,500 TWIN CREEKS $36,401

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In addition to the office achievements, three C. Dan Joyner teams earned top rankings, sweeping the top awards for the state: The Chet & Beth Smith Group - #1 team in total GCI and total residential units, South Carolina The Spaulding Group - #2 team in total GCI and total residential units, South Carolina The Toates Team - #3 team in total GCI and total residential units, South Carolina “It is a formidable achievement to rank at the top of Berkshire Hathaway’s South Region, which includes very competitive markets throughout the southeast United States. These accolades are the direct result of the commitment the C. Dan Joyner team provides our clients day after day,” says Danny Joyner, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS.

Realty-Advisors Carolina Names 4th Quarter 2014 Agents of the Month Realty-Advisors Carolina (RAC) is pleased to announce that Mark King, Will Pouch and Michael Vallely have been named Agents of the Month for October, November and December, 2014.

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Smiley’s Acoustic Café will host Eric Congdon on Dec. 12. The acoustic guitarist is scheduled for 6:30 to 9:30.

The Greenville Chorale will perform its Christmas concert on Dec. 12 at Furman University’s McAlister Auditorium. The chorale will be joined by the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra. General-admission tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for students. This year Greenville Chorale is proud to partner with Harvest Hope during this holiday season. Please bring your non-perishable food items to the concert.

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The Bob Jones University Symphony Orchestra and combined choirs will perform Handel’s “Messiah” on Dec. 12 and Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Rodeheaver Auditorium. bju.edu

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On Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 13 at 2 and 7 p.m., The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center theatre will present “Mice on Main: A Christmas Play.”

Tickets are $7 and must be purchased in advance.

Grown Up Avenger Stuff w/ 72nd & Central is playing the Radio Room on Dec. 12.

The inventive alt-rock quartet will take the stage at 9 p.m.

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The Fine Arts Center presents the 40th Anniversary Alumni Concert on Dec. 12.

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On Dec. 12, Moe Joe Coffee & Music House will present Six String Drag with Brooks Nixon. $5 cover.

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The International Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” Dec. 12-14 in the Peace Center Concert Hall. Tickets are $15 to $45.

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F A S MA L L TA S TE OF A RT The MAC gallery will host “Boxed In,” an exhibit consisting of one 12”x12” work of art from each of the participating Open Studios artists. The show will be on display in the MAC gallery at 16 Augusta Street until Dec. 12.

On Dec. 12, Eric Church will play the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Special guests will be Dwight Yoakam and Halestorm. Tickets are $65, $45, $35 and $25.

On Dec. 12 UCB Ice on Main will present Geico Gecko Night. The first 50 Geico card holders will skate for free from 6 to 8 p.m.

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The Greenville Little Theatre presents “A Christmas Story” on Dec. 1214 and Dec. 1821. All shows are at 8 p.m., except Sunday performances are 3 p.m.

Tickets are $26. GLT will also present “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” on Dec. 18 and 19 at 10:30 a.m., Dec. 20 at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.

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PR Heavy will be at Gottrocks on Dec. 14.

Tickets are $7.

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South Carolina picture book author and illustrator Kate Salley Palmer will be signing copies of her new picture book, “Hostie,” along with Greenville picture book author Melinda Long, who will be signing copies of her Christmas book, “The Twelve Days of Christmas in South Carolina,” at Fiction Addiction on Dec. 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and at BookQuest Used Books in Fountain Inn, 3 to 5 p.m.

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com bookquestusedbooks.com

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Spartanburg Art Museum is offering a stained glass holiday ornament class on Dec. 13, 9 a.m.-noon, and a light-up ornament class on Dec. 20, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost for the stained glass class is $35 for museum members and $40 for nonmembers.

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Sugar Creek Fun Runs is having their 7th annual Jingle Bell Jog on Dec. 13 at the Sugar Creek III Clubhouse. Registration is available at sugarcreekfunruns.com. There will be an Elf Run, a 3/4mile run, at 2:15 p.m. and the 5k Jingle Bell Jog at 3 p.m. sugarcreekfunruns.com info@sugarcreekfunruns.com 363-0570

The Foothills Philharmonic will perform its annual Christmas concert on Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the J. Harley Bonds Center at 505 N. Main St. in Greer. A Toys for Tots drive will be held in conjunction with the concert. foothillsphil.org

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The Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery, 205 Cedar Lane Road, will hosts the Holiday FLEA Dec. 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Holiday FLEA will feature vendors selling local art, repurposed goods, handmade treats for people and pets, and other household items. info@swamprabbitcafe.com

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A four-band metal blowout is happening at Ground Zero on Dec. 13. Images, AVAST, Labyrinthe, and The Blood of Isis will take the stage starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5.

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Southern Culture presents Kelly Jo on Dec. 14.

552-1998 southernculturekitchenandbar.com

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The Greenville County Museum of Art will hold its Holiday Party for Children on Dec. 13, 2-4 p.m. The event features hands-on art activities and puppeteer Hobey Ford with showtimes at 2, 3 and 4 p.m.

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The Herdman kids are back in the SC Children’s Theater production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” Dec. 5-14. scchildrens theatre.org peacecenter.org

DEC. 15

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The first 50 Wee Warriors Kids Club members skate for free at Wee Warriors Night at UCB Ice on Main Dec. 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. Rowdy from the Greenville Road Warriors will be there. Additional members skate for $5. iceonmain.com

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More than 50 tuba and euphonium players will perform rink-side at UCB Ice on Main Dec. 13 at 11:30 a.m. for Fidelity Investments’s TubaChristmas. This is a free concert. Tickets to skate are $10 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under.

The Black Keys will be at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Dec. 13. St. Vincent will be their special guest. Tickets are $75, $55, $45 and $35.

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On Dec. 14, everyone is invited to Skate on the Big Ice from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $5 to skate for children 6 and under and $7 for ages 7 and up. Skate rental available for $3. There is free parking in the VIP lot and free use of ice walkers.

On Dec. 15, the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights will welcome dogs for final Dog Night.

Holiday Lights are open from 6 to 10 p.m. ropermountainholidaylights.com

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F M ORE TH AN FAT AND HO L ID AY H OOPLA

Greenville Health System Life Center will host “More than Fat” to teach healthy benefits of foods on Dec. 15, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Free; registration required. To register, call 455-4010. In addition, cancer survivors are invited to “Holiday Hoopla” to enjoy refreshments, games, ornament making and music on Dec. 16, 2-3:30 p.m., in the lobby of the Cancer Institute of Greenville Health. To register, call 455-5809.

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The Carolina Youth Symphony’s Concert Orchestra will perform at Ice on Main on Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. More than 70 musicians will perform favorites such as “Sleigh Ride,” “The Bells of Christmas” and “Stille Nacht” by Mannheim Steamroller. The concert is free to the public. Tickets to skate are $10 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under. iceonmain.com

DEC. 17

MATH AND SCIENCE PAY OFF

On Dec. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m., Duke Energy Math + Science C h a l lenge Night will take place at UCB Ice on Main. The first 50 third-eighth graders who bring a copy of their report card showing a B or higher in math or science skate for free. All other qualifiers skate for $5.

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Grammy award-winning Country Music Hall of Fame member Kenny Rogers will perform in concert on Dec. 16 in the Peace Center Concert Hall. Tickets start at $55. peacecenter.org

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The Fountain Inn Symphony Orchestra and the Fountain Inn Chorale present “Christmas at the Center,” a concert of orchestral and choral arrangements, on Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. yountscenter.org

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FIREside Radio presents “Old Time Radio Christmas Revue,” on Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students and children.

F TI E S THAT BI N D A reception for the Ties that Bind: Alumni exhibit at the Fine Arts Center will be held Dec. 18 from 6 to 7 p.m. In honor of the year-long celebration of the Fine Arts Center’s 40 Anniversary, the Sheffield Wood Gallery will hold a four-part exhibition series that will showcase the four main pillars within the Fine Arts Center Visual Arts Community: Faculty, Alumni, Community, and Students (FACS). The series entitled Ties that Bind: FACS will run throughout the school year through May 27. Ties that Bind: Alumni will be on display through Jan. 23. fineartscenter.net

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Skate for the Fun of Fit with GHS at UCB Ice on Main Dec. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy demonstrations and skating lessons with the help of GHS and figure skaters from the Pavillion.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under. iceonmain.com

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Greenville Little Theatre presents “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” on Dec. 18 and Dec. 19 at 10:30 a.m., Dec. 20 at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Dec. 21 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10. Discounts are available for groups.

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The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Greenville Technical College’s Greer campus will present “Investigating Family: Photographs by Polly Gaillard” through Dec. 19. Gaillard’s imagery relays her feelings and questions about the moment of connection and disconnection to family. gvltec.edu/benson-campus

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On Dec. 18, Independent Public Ale House will host Bubonik Funk. Tickets are $7.

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Ivadell w/ Arthur & Harry Leaks will perform at Cabin Floor Records on Dec. 18.

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F S TO RY TI ME Fiction Addiction hosts a free children’s story time at 1175 Woods Crossing Road Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m. On Dec. 18, the book “The Night Before Christmas,” will be featured.

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On Dec. 18, USC’s Cocky will be greeting fans in Winter Wonderland from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights. Holiday Lights are open from 6 to 10 p.m. ropermountainholidaylights.com

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Centre Stage will present “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Christmas Carol” in repertory through Dec. 20. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $20 for students. Student rush tickets are available 30 minutes prior to show time for $15 with school identification based on availability. centrestage.org 233-6733 F

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The Upcountry History Museum was selected by the U.S. Department of Defense as an official partner with the Vietnam War Commemorative Partners Program.

A tribute honoring Vietnam veterans and their families will remain on display though Jan. 4 with “The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of Combat” by John Steel.

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F 3 0 AWARD S The “30 Awards” exhibition of winners from the Greenville Technical College VPA Annual Student Exhibition will be on display through Dec. 21 at the Riverworks Gallery.

DEC. 27

F F ESTIVAL OF TREES The Baptist Easley Hospital Foundation’s 21st Annual Festival of Trees features the largest indoor display of decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses in Pickens County.

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F TALL TALES + HUGE H E A RTS

Raul Colon’s exhibit “Tall Tales + Huge Hearts” is on display at the Greenville County Museum of Art through Dec. 28.

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F W I L L I A M H. JO H N S ON The Greenville County Museum of Art presents works by William H. Johnson (1901—1970), a native of Florence, South Carolina. Johnson studied in New York City with highly regarded painter, Charles Hawthorne. The exhibit will be open through Feb. 1.

The Miniature World of Trains’ annual holiday display will feature a winter wonderland including Charlie Brown’s hometown, the North Pole and scavenger hunts featuring “Frozen” and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The display is located at 7 W. Camperdown Way, Greenville.

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Michael E. Allen’s exhibit “From the Mountains to the Sea” is on display at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce Gallery.

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The Pickens County Museum of Art & History will presents prints from Sydney Cross and mixed media pieces from brothers Paul and Greg Flint. The two exhibitions will be at the museum through Feb. 5.

F A N DR E W W Y E TH The Greenville County Museum of Art presents works by Andrew Wyeth (1917 - 2009), regarded as one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. The exhibit will be open through Feb. 1. gcma.org 271-7570

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The Blood Connection, 435 Woodruff Road, Greenville, is hosting an art exhibit featuring the works of Duffy Brown, Muriel Hill-Rowley, Carole Lavash and Elaine Norwood.

751-3056 thebloodconnection.org

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F LOCAL TALENT The Greenville County Museum of Art presents “Local Talent: Alice Ballard” through Jan. 4.

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F MAC ARTI S T DI SP L AY Marie Gruber’s “Works in Photography” will be on display at Centre Stage through Jan. 9.

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Spartanburg Regional History Museum is taking a look at the local Civil Rights movement from the Civil War to the present with its “Civil War to Civil Rights” exhibit at Chapman Cultural Center. Open now through Feb. 28, 2015. Museum hours are TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

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GLOW Lyric Theatre presents the opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at the Younts Performing Arts Center in Fountain Inn on Dec. 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students and children. yountscenter.org

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The Greenville Symphony Orchestra, soloist Ann Hampton Callaway and The International Ballet perform in this annual holiday concert at the Peace Center. Shows are Dec. 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $17 to $38. Tickets for children 12 and under are half price.

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F B ETH LEH EM R EVISITED Covenant United Methodist Church will host its annual “Bethlehem Revisited” live walk-through nativity experience on Dec. 19-22, 6-8 p.m. Free.

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Spartanburg Art Museum is offering a light-up ornament class on Dec. 20, 10 a.m.noon. Cost for the is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. spartanburgartmuseum.org F CELTI C C HR I S TMA S Hagood Mill’s annual “Music in the Mountains” Celtic music-themed yuletide celebration will be Dec. 20, noon-3 p.m. The old gristmill and other demonstrations will run 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Greenville native Granville Wyche Burgess will sign copies of his new novel, “Stone in the Crick,” at Fiction Addiction on Dec. 22, 4-6 p.m.

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Greenville Chautauqua and the Greenville County Library System will host an “All About Eve” classic film showing and discussion on Jan. 11, 2:30-4:30 p.m., and an “America at the Movies” discussion on Jan. 13, 7-8:30 p.m., at Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville. greenvillechautauqua.org greenvillelibrary.org

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F VI JAY I YE R TR I O Grammy-nominated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer and his jazz trio will perform Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., on the Utsey Chamber Music Series. clemson.edu/brooks

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Monster Jam will be at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 24 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at ticketmaster. com and the BSW Arena box office. The Party in the Pits on Jan. 24, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m., gives fans the opportunity to get an up close view of the trucks and meet the drivers. bonsecoursarena.com MonsterJam.com

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The Winter Jam 2015 Tour Spectacular will be at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Feb. 6, 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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Greenville Health System will host programs that combine training for a 5K with esteem-enhancing workouts for girls ages 8-15. Spring session starts Feb. 11. Registration opens Jan. 1. Fee: $199. Scholarships and payment plans available. ghs.org/girlsontherun.

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Meals on Wheels of Greenville will celebrate the 20th annual Sweetheart Charity Ball on Feb. 7 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown. Proceeds go toward providing homebound residents with hot, healthy food and a daily check-in. Cost is $150 per guest.

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The Greenville Ballet Theatre will perform “The Nutcracker and the King of Mice” on Dec. 20 at 3 p.m. at Furman University’s McAlister Auditorium.

Tickets are $21, $23 and $25.Tickets are available by contacting the Timmons Arena Box Office or Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.

The Friends of Paris Mountain State Park bring the 4th Semi-Annual Polar Plunge on Jan. 1, at 1:15 p.m., at Lake Placid in Paris Mountain State Park. Entry fees are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 10.

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Bon Secours Wellness Arena welcomes The Greatest Show On Earth Jan. 28Feb. 1. Tickets for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents CIRCUS XTREME are available at Ticketmaster and the BSW Arena Box Office. Prices range from $15 to $60. bonsecoursarena.com ticketmaster.com ringling.com

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Disney Live! Mickey’s Magic Show will be in Greenville on March 22 for two performances at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.

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LOOK WHO’S IN THE JOURNAL THIS WEEK The Woodmont High School Color Guard make their way down South Main Street during the parade.

Members of the Greenville Derby Dames skate around South Main Street during the parade.

Amy Smith, right, adds tissue paper to the globe of the A.J. Whittenberg Elementary School float prior to the start of the 2014 Greenville Poinsettia Christmas Parade.

Bands warm up, and people get their flats ready in the parking lot of County Square prior to the start of the 2014 Greenville Poinsettia Christmas Parade.

Jordan Hess, 11, tries his best to stay warm during the parade.

Members of the City of Greenville Pipe and Drums play as they march down South Main Street.

Children wave from the Dance United wagon during the parade.

Jensen Smith decorates a Snow Queen on the Ta Ta Queen float.

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LOOK WHO’S IN THE JOURNAL THIS WEEK (Left) The S.C. Senate passed a resolution to have an interchange on I-385 named the “Lt. Governor Nick and Emilie Theodore Interchange,” in honor of Nick Theodore, who served as S.C.’s lieutenant governor from 1987 to 1994, and his wife. Sen. Ross Turner was the author of the resolution, which passed unanimously.

(Below) Greenville Classical Academy students Samuel Shoaf, Wesley Laps and Kate Hindman answer questions in the game “Around the World” while their grandparents look on during Grandparents Day.

Verizon Wireless employees pose for a photo at the company’s Greenville headquarters after stuffing 12,000 care packages for South Carolina troops. The care packages will be distributed to troops by the South Carolina USO to ease their holiday travels home.

Parents and family of 43 high school juniors attended National Honor Society induction ceremonies last week. To be eligible for membership, a student must be outstanding in academics, leadership, service and character.

Members must maintain a 4.2 or higher GPA for both high school classes and college classes taken on the Barton campus of Greenville Technical College.

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8 West of “I’m No Angel” 9 Poison carriers 10 Hullabaloo 11 Portuguese pronoun 12 Tour vehicle 13 Burgundy bud 14 “Harry Potter” garden pest 15 Singer O’Connor 16 After inventing the forerunner to the modern toilet, Harington __ 17 Facility 18 Menageries 24 Pet shop fish 25 Miler Sebastian 30 Transmit continuously, as video

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32 Checkers cry 33 Buck back?

34 Where to go whole hog?

35 Spill, with “out” 36 Do followers 37 German sub 38 Low point 39 To celebrate inventing his revolutionary engine, Watt __ 40 Besiege 44 Hersey’s bell town 45 Mesoamerican language family 48 Coneflower genus 50 Infrequently, to Dickinson 53 Luxury SUV 55 Tiptop 56 Census info, e.g.

59 Drummer Van Halen 64 Like some seals 66 Tie 69 Latin wings 71 The “I” in I.M. Pei 73 Fossil fuel transport 74 Hustled 75 Carlo Levi’s “Christ Stopped at __” 79 Prayer counter’s beads 81 Poetic lament 82 Holders of glasses 84 Cleaning supplies 85 Payroll addition 86 Fat Albert catchphrase 90 “Shucks” 91 Unwelcome look 93 Opposite of ahead 97 Cheer on 100 They’re loaded

Easy 102 Matzo meals 106 Piece of cake 107 YouTube find, for short 108 Helmut’s denials 109 Partner 110 Eponymous skater Paulsen 113 Indian tourist city 114 “Where’ve you __?”

Sudoku answers: page 53 115 Inflamed 116 Tut relatives 119 Woodcutter Baba 120 Ryder Cup number 121 Service station of a sort 122 U.N. workers’ group 123 Early Beatles bassist Sutcliffe

Crossword answers: page 53

JOURNAL CULTURE

THE CLASSROOM WINDOW WITH TREVOR BARTON

The teaching of empathy After a particularly long day of teaching, I sat in a student’s desk and looked out the giant window in the back of my classroom. I stared at the yellow sun, the blue sky and the red monkey bars above, around and upon the playground. I closed my eyes and saw the faces of the students I have taught at my Title I elementary school.

“Who am I to have become a teacher?” I asked myself.

I saw Shenice’s face. It was close and clear, like a close-up photograph of an old friend. I worked with her when she was in fourth grade. She had chubby cheeks, sparkling brown eyes, colorfully braided hair, and a beautiful smile.

On some days, her mood was sunny; on others, stormy. On the sunny days, she worked hard to become a better reader and writer, pouring herself into our books and into her stories. On the stormy days, she worked hard to help me become a more committed, creative and compassionate teacher, pouring her anger and her tears all over the classroom and all over me.

I remembered one of her sunny days when she jumped up and down and threw her hands in the air after successfully completing a vocabulary-matching puzzle I had made for the day. I remembered one of her stormy days, when she jumped at another fourth-grader and pounded her unmercifully with a loud voice and unkind words.

I have a list of seven positively stated rules in my classroom, the most important of which is “Speak with kind words.” I reward my students individually and corporately for following the rules, and hand out consequences for breaking them.

Shenice shattered the most important rule and deserved the harshest consequence. I could have given her 10 laps to walk at recess, written a note home to her mom, and written a referral about her actions to the office. I could have handed out the consequences with no explanation given and no questions asked.

Instead, I sat down with her on that stormy day and raised an umbrella over our heads. I often use this imaginary umbrella when I talk with children in crisis, an umbrella with an ear and heart design to remind me that, more than anything else, the child needs someone to listen and to understand.

I knew some important things about Shenice. I knew her family was incredibly poor.

Her mom and grandma struggled mightily to keep food in their bellies, a roof over their heads, and clothes on their backs. I knew part of her anger came from fear – the fear of economic poverty, the fear because of economic poverty. I knew her mom and grandma were her fierce advocates. “I want to be the first woman to coach a high school football team,” she told me one day. Her mom and grandma aimed to help her do that.

“Shenice,” I asked, “why did you do it?”

She answered, “Well, she started it. She said something mean about my momma.

She started it, but I finished it!”

I continued, “But why do you think she said something mean about your momma? Put yourself in her shoes. What do you think might have happened to her to make her say something mean to you?” We talked about seeing things through other people’s eyes and feeling things through their hearts and finding ways to build them up instead of tear them down, ways to heal them instead of hurt them.

We discovered that the other fourth-grade girl had been evicted from her house and was angry, confused and afraid because of it.

“Wow,” Shenice said, “I would have started something, too, if that had happened to me.” She apologized to the other student, hugged her, and they walked away as friends.

Alex Kotlowitz wrote a remarkable book published in 1992 titled “There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America.” It’s the story of Lafeyette and Pharaoh Rivers, 11- and 9-year-old brothers growing up in the Henry Horner housing projects in inner-city Chicago. Kotlowitz calls his work “the journalism of empathy” because he tries to stand in the shoes of his subjects as he is writing about them, and he writes to help his readers stand in his subjects’ shoes, too.

I try to stand in the shoes of my students as I am teaching them, and I teach to help my students stand in each other’s shoes, too. So I might call my work “the teaching of empathy.”

Who am I to have become a teacher? I am an empathetic person who practices the teaching of empathy. This is my greatest achievement, my greatest contribution to public education and, perhaps, my greatest gift to the world.

Trevor Barton is a reading intervention teacher at Berea Elementary School.

He believes we all have stories to tell, and loves to listen.

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PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that on 12/20/14 at 9:00 a.m. at East North Storage, 4329 East North Street, Greenville, SC, the undersigned, East North Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore store with the undersigned by: 1. Unit: A020: Mark Bradberry, 138 turner Rd. Liberty, SC 29657 Furniture, totes, household 2. Unit: A077: Matt T. Burton, 151 Mitchell Rd, apt C7 Furniture, bins, misc.

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COMPLAINT NOTICE A complaint has been brought before the Code Enforcement Division of a dangerous, insanitary and unsafe structure located at the following locations: 2625 Poinsett Highway a.k.a. Lot 1 Garrison Circle, Greenville County Tax Map Number 0436.00-0315.00, Greenville County, SC. 13 Hoyt Street , Greenville County Tax Map Number 0135.00-02-004.00, Greenville County, SC. 101 Columbia Avenue a.k.a.

Lot 6, Property of E. B. Willis, Greenville County Tax Map Number 0145.0001-019.00, Greenville County, SC. 114 Prospect Street, Greenville County Tax Map Number 0224.00-02-016.03, Greenville County, SC.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Traditional Restaurant & Buffet, Inc. /dba La Gaiva Loca, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE, at 3017 White Horse Rd., Greenville, SC 29611. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than December 14, 2014. 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 Blue Ridge Social Club/dba Our Grille & Pub, 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 3505 W. Blue Ridge Dr., Greenville, SC 29611. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than December 14, 2014. 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 Ashima LLC, DBA Friendly's, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE, at 400 Sulphur Springs Rd. Greenville, SC 29617. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than December 28, 2014. 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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