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clandrum@communityjournals.com University of South Carolina Upstate Chancellor Tom Moore said the school’s focus in Greenville is building programs, not a new facility.

Greenville is the nation’s largest metropolitan area without a public fouryear college.

More than 92,000 Greenville County residents have an associate degree or have earned some college credits and half of those want to get a baccalaureate degree, Moore said.

“There is an underserved population in Greenville of working adults who need baccalaureate degrees to move forward,” Moore said. “We’ve got a plan to address that.”

Moore said the school had gotten ahead

of itself with talk in 2012 about the possibility of building a downtown Greenville campus on Mayberry Street. The focus needs to be on programming, he said.

“We need to focus on programming before facilities,” he said. “Planning for a Greenville campus got out ahead of program delivery and enrollment demand. Our focus is to get the infrastructure in place that we need in Greenville and let enrollment grow.”

Between 800 and 900 students take classes through USC Upstate’s programs at the University Center, a consortium of public and private colleges at the old McAlister Square.

USC Upstate has increased its space at the University Center and has added staff, Moore said. “Greenville is essential to the future of USC Upstate.”

Moore said the school’s goal is to reach the place where the only time Greenville students – many of whom are working adults who cannot travel to the school’s main campus multiple times a week – have to go to Spartanburg is for graduation.

Moore said the school needs to be flexible in the way it delivers courses

and programs as well as the times courses are offered. The college has programs that are offered completely online, in hybrid formats that include online instruction and some face-toface class time, and others that are offered in a traditional classroom format.

The school will also offer classes in formats other than its traditional 15week approach. Some classes will be compressed into a seven-week format, which will allow students to move through the curriculum faster.

The nursing program offered at the University Center is a duplicate of the program offered on the school’s Spartanburg campus and uses the same faculty.

“We have really beefed that program up,” he said.

The school’s education program also has a significant presence in Greenville.

The business program, which Moore said was drawn back to Spartanburg during the recession, now has an associate dean in Greenville.

The school’s interdisciplinary studies program has seen a big increase in Greenville as well. That program is touted as a flexible route to a college degree as

students are able to design their own majors. Infomatics, a program that centers on information technology and information management, has also expanded.

School officials have met with Greenville-area employers to help them plan how to best serve the region’s working adults, Moore said.

Greenville Technical College and Spartanburg Community College are USC Upstate’s largest source of transfer students. The schools have articulation agreements that outline how courses they take at the technical colleges will transfer into specific degree programs at USC Upstate.

The school is working on similar agreements with Tri-County Tech and Piedmont Tech, Moore said.

“We want to become more and more accessible,” he said.

Sixty-five percent of the school’s students are from Greenville and Spartanburg counties and 85 percent of its graduates stay in the Upstate, Moore said.

“Greenville is essential to the future of USC Upstate and USC Upstate is essential to the future of Greenville,” Moore said. “We need each other.”

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Shortchanging ourselves In many parts of the world, Dec. 25 is the start of the Christmas season – not the finish.

The rush is over. The gifts unwrapped. The carols sung.

At some houses, the Christmas tree is already on its way to the curb – especially if the poor thing has been up since Thanksgiving. Fire hazards can only be safely endured so long.

Interesting, isn’t it, how a holiday anticipated so long and so fervently every year feels over so fast? “Nothing’s over like Christmas is over,” as a wise old sage once told a Kansas City Star reporter.

Ah, but that’s only because we Americans choose to make it so. For many parts of the world – and yes, even for some determined souls in America, still – the 12 days of Christmas actually begin on Christmas Day. The phrase is much more than a Christmas song, just as “Twelfth Night” is more than an imaginative romp of William Shakespeare’s.

The term marks the end of the festive 12-day celebration known as Twelve-tide, Christmastide, or Yuletide (as in “Deck the Halls.”) The observance traditionally runs from the evening of Christmas Day through the morning of Epiphany, Jan. 6, which on the liturgical calendar commemorates the day the wise men visited the Christ child.

Various traditions and festivities accompany this period – the most popular of which is Boxing Day, on Dec. 26, a legal holiday for many in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations.

And no, this is not the legally approved day to return unwanted gifts to the stores, however routinely we Americans treat it as such.

Boxing Day originated in the mid-19th century under Queen Victoria as a holiday for the upper classes to give boxes of food, cash and clothing to the less fortunate. Horse racing, hunting and soccer are popular additions to modern day celebrations, as is abundant food and family time.

However, many countries still commemorate all 12 days to some degree, especially those with large Roman Catholic populations. Some celebrants light a candle and give gifts each of the 12 days; others reserve Twelfth Night alone as the biggest evening for parties and gift-giving.

It is then the punch called wassail is traditionally consumed, and special pastries baked and eaten – most particularly the Twelfth-cake, which contains a bean and a pea, according to French and English custom. The man and woman who discover the legumes in their cake slices are thereby designated king and queen of the night’s festivities.

All of this was quite familiar to colonial Americans, who brought the Twelve Days traditions with them from native England. Many sources say the modern Christmas wreath is an American adaptation from that time.

For the colonials, making the wreath was a Christmas Eve tradition. It would hang on the door through Twelfth Night, then, per tradition, it and all other decorations would be taken down Jan. 6, Epiphany morning.

Leaving the house decorated past Epiphany was, and is, considered bad luck – and again, per tradition, those who slip up and forget must leave the house festooned until the next Christmas to avoid said bad luck.

All of which have gone by the wayside in the long years since our nation’s founding – forgotten in the pre-Christmas and post-Christmas marketing rush, not to mention the anticipation of the next great American opportunity to make merry: New Year’s Eve parties.

There’s one positive though, for procrastinators: Imagine what the tree would look like if it had to stay up all year.

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The New Year’s resolution to be healthy often comes with the realization that lifestyle changes are part of the package.

Each year, millions of people quickly revert to old habits as they struggle to balance responsibilities of everyday life. Not many comprehend the serious issues associated with a sedentary lifestyle, from depression to diabetes to cancer itself.

As a physical therapist, I understand that making lifestyle changes can be difficult. However, my work with cancer patients has proven that a commitment to exercise and nutrition does not have to be complicated. Here are several steps to better health that will turn your New Year’s resolution into a significant long-term investment.

Make it real. Our society tirelessly promotes rehabilitation – but in reality, the most effective way to combat health problems is to address them before they arise or become worse.

Let’s call it pre-habilitation. Make a commitment to get ahead by writing down a few weekly goals today.

Develop a great mindset. Cancer patients who choose to exercise and eat healthy before and during treatment are more likely to experience an improved response to medication.

Adopt the mantra “I will not be defeated.” Doing so ensures your resolution does not fall short like previous years.

Start small. Don’t make the mistake of thinking minor activities don’t count. Many cancer patients only have enough energy for a gentle walking program on a flat terrain for five to 10 minutes a day.

Despite their physical limitations, they exercise with remarkable consistency and see results. Light aerobic exercise five times a week, even if it’s only a few laps around the mall or your local grocery store, is a great place to start.

Drink eight ounces of water, eight times a day. Drinking the right amount of water each day helps you maintain higher energy levels, keeps you fresh and extin-

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IN MY OWN WORDS by KAREN BARBER

guishes the “icky” feeling you have when you begin working out. Numerous studies show that athletic performance decreases when an individual is dehydrated by as little as two percent of body weight.

Add fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet. Give your body the vitamins and nutrients it needs to recharge. While canned fruits and vegetables can offer comparable nutritional value, most contain artificial colorings and harmful preservatives such as bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogenic chemical that has been linked to breast cancer. A compound on the U.S. EPA’s chemical concern list, BPA is a substance you should avoid consuming.

Reward yourself for your commitment. Choose one day each week and give yourself permission to indulge in a sweet treat or craving as a reward for staying committed to your goals. Don’t forget to pay close attention to portion size.

Find an accountability partner.

An accountability partner will hold you to your resolution and ask you the questions you might otherwise avoid. Besides, an emotional connection with someone who cares deeply about your well-being will help you keep sight of your resolution.

Set the example. Children model what they see at home, so make time to exercise or cook a healthy meal together. You will show your kids the value of taking care of themselves for the rest of their lives.

After all, shouldn’t living a healthy lifestyle be a lifelong resolution?

Karen Barber, PT, is director of oncology rehabilitation at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Newnan, Ga. organized campaigns. We prefer electronic submissions. Contact Executive Editor Susan Clary Simmons at ssimmons@ communityjournals.com.

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Top stories for a tumultuous 2013

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From protests over a possible sales tax hike to record rainfall-driven floods to a push for tougher gang laws, 2013 was a challenging year in Greenville County.

Here, the Greenville Journal looks back at just a few of the top stories that had people talking this year.

Local option sales tax Greenville County Councilman Butch Kirven presented a plan in October to put a local option sales tax for road improvements to a voter referendum, igniting a controversy that included demonstrations and debate.

The plan followed a December 2012 visit from York County representatives to describe for Greenville County Council how two referendums generated $283 million for road improvements in their county.

County officials say a 1 percent sales tax could generate $65 million a year for Greenville County road improvements.

Anti-tax activists demonstrated outside County Square, while transportation ad-

vocates pushed a survey by Upstate Forever that indicated voters wanted a voice on whether to create a temporary funding source for road and bridge repairs in Greenville County.

After heated debate and passionate public input at multiple meetings, the council opted to create a citizens advisory committee to draft a list of priority road projects. All mention of a sales tax referendum was eliminated in a resolution passed last month.

Committee members should be chosen by year’s end. The group will submit its

Alaskan plane crash hits home A trip of a lifetime for two Greenville families came to tragic end in July when the single-engine air taxi they were flying in crashed shortly after takeoff at Soldotna Municipal Airport in Alaska.

The crash killed Melet and Kim Antonakos, their children Olivia, Mills and Ana, and Chris and Stacey McManus and their

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The crash left a community reeling trying to comprehend the loss of two entire families to their neighborhoods, schools, church and to Greenville.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.

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New presidents There is – or soon will be – new leadership at three of the Upstate’s colleges.

After 14 years at the helm of Clemson University, Jim Barker stepped down as president to return to the classroom.

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dent, he set a goal of having the university make the Top 20 in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of public universities.

This year, the school missed that goal by one-hundredth of a point. It did make the top 25 in each of the past six years.

Barker worked to lower Clemson’s student-faculty ratios, raise students’ average SAT scores and improve graduation rates. He oversaw development of the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville and worked to increase the amount of research money the university attracted.

Rod Smolla stepped down at Furman University in June. Carl Kohrt, a member of the Furman Board of Trustees, has served as interim president since.

Smolla’s tenure at Furman was marked with changes – most notably, a move to a more holistic approach to determining students’ admissibility that placed a greater emphasis on qualities such as leadership, service, resilience, persistence and drive.

The change sparked controversy as some faculty members voiced fears that the change led to a decline in academic qualifications and performance of subsequent freshman classes that has tarnished Furman’s academic reputation.

During Smolla’s tenure, the university became involved in a project to improve the Poinsett Corridor and took over operations of the Upcountry History Museum. Smolla also showed a commitment to intercollegiate sports, with construction of new competition and practice facilities begun.

And earlier this month, Dr. Stephen Jones announced he would step down as president of Bob Jones University after the end of the school year in May. His replacement will be the first president in the school’s 87-year history from outside the Jones family.

During his eight-year presidency, the university started an intercollegiate athletics program and earned accreditation from the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, BJU’s first accreditation. The school announced two years ago it would seek accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Two projects on Interstate 85 were approved by the state Transportation Infrastructure Bank in November, the first such approvals in at least a decade.

Improving the Interstate 85-Interstate 385 interchange in Greenville County will receive $80 million, while another $262 million will be used to widen a 16-mile

JOURNAL NEWS stretch of Interstate 85 in Spartanburg and Cherokee counties.

The improvements were among those included in $600 million the state Legislature approved for road and transportation projects.

Last year, the state transportation department said $29 billion would be needed over 20 years to bring the state’s roads to adequate condition.

Two other major interstate projects were approved by the infrastructure bank: widening of 10 miles of Interstate 20 in Lexington County and $38 million to widen 2.6 miles of Interstate 77 in Columbia.

The infrastructure bank’s decision is expected to receive final approval from the state Joint Bond Review board. Work on the I-85 and I-385 interchange could begin next summer. Work will be done at night.

Tougher gang laws When she was hit by a stray bullet and paralyzed while waiting for a taxi in Columbia’s popular Five Points area in October, Greenville’s Martha Childress became the face of a new effort to toughen laws dealing with gangs and repeat violent offenders.

Childress, a freshman at the University of South Carolina, completed a stay at the Shepherd Center, an Atlanta rehabilitation hospital that specializes in spinal cord

injuries, and was expected to be home for Christmas. She plans to take online classes in January and return to USC in the fall.

The man accused of firing the bullet that paralyzed Childress is a convicted felon.

The shooting and an earlier incident where a mother of three was killed while working in a bakery prompted lawmakers, including state Rep. Phyllis Henderson of Greenville, to propose a law that would add time to the maximum sentence of anyone convicted of a crime committed to benefit, promote or further the interests of a criminal gang.

The bill also mandates a bond of at least $50,000 for any gang member charged with a felony.

Lawmakers also vowed to study the records of judges up for re-appointment and oppose those who are lax on violent offenders.

Rain, rain and more rain It was a soggy, wet summer in the Upstate. Record rainfalls caused major flooding, construction delays, the loss of area crops and roads to wash away.

According to the National Weather Service at GSP, the Greenville-Spartanburg area received 65.8 inches of rain through the middle of December, 20.5 inches above normal. That means 2013 will be on the books as one of the wettest

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Downtown safety Law enforcement stepped up patrols of two of Greenville’s most popular destinations – downtown and the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail – after a string of violent crimes raised concerns about public safety.

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years ever recorded.

Mauldin residents along Gilder Creek in the Hillsborough Subdivision are still struggling to recover from July floodwaters.

A storm dumped 4.62 inches of rain in less than two hours, causing the river to swell past its banks and flood homes and streets.

The City of Mauldin has estimated it will cost $2.5 million to buy and demolish 10 homes and elevate two others in the flood prone area. Mauldin officials are still working to obtain FEMA grant funds that would cover all but $378,358 of the $2.5 million.

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The year also saw the appointment of Steve Moore as police chief, a proposed change to council procedures that would limit how often citizens could discuss a topic before council and two incumbent council members being voted out.

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Street, better lighting, additional security cameras and creation of a new park ranger program to put more eyes on Greenville’s public spaces.

The changes were approved after two incidents this summer where people were robbed at gunpoint on two of downtown’s side streets and a bicyclist was attacked and robbed in Falls Park.

Those incidents followed three others near the county portion of the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail and left many concerned about safety. A badly decomposed body was found near the trail and the death was ruled a homicide. Two bicyclists reported hearing gunshots as they rode the trail, and a week later authorities found bullet holes in signs at one of the trail’s intersections.

Police called the robberies “crimes of opportunity” and urged people to say out of dark places around downtown and park in the city parking garages, which are well lit.

They also urged people to walk in groups and be aware of their surroundings.

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U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan went on a Second Amendment listening tour, speaking at local gun ranges. He said he was open to debates on background checks, but that the focus of the debate needed to be mental health, not guns. He also said the rising cost of ammunition and ammunition shortages were because people were worried about “not being able to buy ammunition later and stocking up now.”

A panel of South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee members, including Sens. Lee Bright and Shane R. Martin, came to the Upstate in March to discuss

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While the city of Greenville has won multiple awards and honors in recent years, it went all-out vying for a coveted position in Outside magazine’s Best Active Town competition this year.

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But gun supporters weren’t Residents posted pictures -STORIES the only ones speaking out. from relaxing in Falls Park Moms Demand Action gathOF 2013, on a makeshift hammock to ered outside the offices of U.S. see this week’s traversing the trails at Jones Sen. Tim Scott and U.S. Sen. Upstate Business Gap State Park and biking Lindsey Graham to protest Journal. at Paris Mountain, to eating their votes on the Manchinan ice cream cone on a park Toomey Background Check Amendment. The bill, which failed 54-46, bench on Main Street. In all, 557 pictures were posted with 34,310 combined likes. proposed expanded background checks.

Winners were announced in the September 2013 edition of Outside and while Simpsonville saga Greenville didn’t earn the overall honor It was a controversial year in Simpson- (that went to Park City, Utah), it did win ville that included the firing of its police the popular vote as the next runner-up chief, a SLED investigation and the oust- and was one of 10 finalists in the magaer of two incumbent council members. zine’s contest.

A divided council voted on Dec. 28, Outside associate editor Jonah Ogles 2012, to fire Police Chief Keith Grounsell, was so impressed with Greenville that the leading to a year of tense council meetings. magazine decided to give Greenville its The back-and-fourth between Grounown page. sell, Mayor Perry Eichor, members of City Council and City Administrator Russell Hawes continued with Grounsell filing a 24-page grievance and Hawes said he had no standing to file as a probationary employee.

The saga continued when Eichor announced Grounsell and Councilwoman Geneva Lawrence were to be investigated by the State Law Enforcement Division for allegedly orchestrating the firing of a qualified police officer to make an opening for one of Lawrence’s relatives.

Eichor turned documents over to the State Law Enforcement Division that showed Grounsell “used his authority to help expunge a criminal record, refused to interview certified candidates and instead offered employment to this relative of Lawrence even though he would have to go through training and recertification

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STEM enrollment soars Job hopes, pay potential fuels growth at Clemson CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Workforce experts say STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are where the jobs will be.

Those fields are where the students are – especially at Clemson University.

Enrollment in Clemson’s College of Engineering and Science has grown nearly 54 percent since 2007, more than double the 21.1 percent growth of the university as a whole during that same period.

The College of Engineering and Science now represents more than a third of Clemson’s total enrollment, with 7,167 students enrolled this semester.

Dean Anand Gramapadhye noted several reasons for the increase.

The state is recruiting high-tech industry, South Carolina offers additional scholarships for qualified state residents and STEM jobs are in growth industries and come with some of the nation’s highest median earnings.

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Four of the highest-earning colIn Greenville County, the Dr. Phinlege majors identified in a Georgetown nize Fisher Middle School will feature University study are a curriculum that offered at Clemson: emphasizes STEM mathematics and and the arts. A.J. computer science with Whittenberg Ela median salary of ementary is already $98,000, chemical enopen and was the gineering at $86,000, state’s first elemenelectrical engineering tary school with an at $85,000 and meengineering focus.

Anand Gramapadhye, chanical engineering NEXT High Dean of Clemson’s College at $80,000.

School, a charter of Engineering and Science Gramapadhye said school that will high-paying jobs imhave a projectprove an area’s tax base, which leads to based, technology-focused curriculum, better infrastructure and services and is scheduled to open in fall 2015 in the attract more high-paying jobs. former Hollingsworth on Wheels ad“That is the cycle you want to be in,” ministration building. he said.

Several other Greenville County Growth among undergraduates has Schools have or will have curriculums carried over to the graduate level as well. that emphasize STEM subjects and skills.

Both the Clemson University-InternaClemson works with 51 school districts tional Center for Automotive Research across the state and provides financial (CU-ICAR) and the Clemson Univer- awards to classrooms and technical colsity Biomedical Engineering Innovation leges to broaden the reach and focus of the Campus (CUBE, Inc.), are in Greenville. curriculum, according to Kris K. Frady, as“We need to produce a pipeline of sistant director of the Clemson University talent,” Gramapadhye said. “That pipe- Center for Workforce Development.

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sjackson@communityjournals.com Confirming suspicions voiced by many drivers as they navigate the state’s highways, South Carolina ranks number two in the nation for worst drivers in a report compiled by the insurance consumer information website carinsurancecomparison.com.

The rankings were based on statistics pulled from several sources, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Motorists Association, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The report has five categories for each score, including: Fatalities Rate per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled, Failure to Obey (Traffic Signals + Seat Belts), Drunk Driving, Tickets and Careless Driving, which the website combined for a composite score.

South Carolina trails only Louisiana for the worst drivers. A score of 49 in the fatalities category, high drunk driving and careless driving scores earned South Carolina’s score. In the same study last year, the state came in at number 10.

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South Carolina’s best ranking was a 29 in the failure-to-obey category; its worst was a 50 in careless driving.

According to Tyler Spraul, vice president of public relations for carinsurancecomparison.com, South Carolina was previously ranked third best for Careless Driving in the previous years study, “but did not fare so well this time around.” South Carolina’s ranking for Drunk Driving also increased from 30th to 49th overall – another significant jump, he said.

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Funding for a program that gives hospitals and healthcare providers the go-ahead to expand or make sizable purchases of new equipment could be restored if a prefiled bill passes during the upcoming legislative session.

Sen. Joel Lourie of Columbia filed a joint resolution earlier this month to require the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to “transfer and expend funds among appropriated revenues to operate and administer the Certificate of Need program.”

According to a state law, healthcare providers must file with DHEC to receive approval through the Certificate of Need program to buy equipment costing more than $600,000 or to expand.

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proximately $1.7 million in funding for DHEC to administer the program.

DHEC director Catherine Templeton put a hold on the program, saying that the agency would not grant any Certificates of Need or take any enforcement action.

However, the law remains on the books and in July, DHEC requested a ruling from the state Supreme Court on its responsibility and how the hold on the program affects healthcare entities. The Supreme Court has not heard the case yet.

The Certificate of Need program was designed to reduce healthcare costs and prevent duplicate services. According to DHEC, without oversight, there could be areas of splintered healthcare and boutique hospitals would set up operations.

Lourie’s joint resolution was referred to the Committee on Medical Affairs. A bill to refine terms used in the Certificate of Need program and specify which expenditures required a CON, S. 568, was stalled in the Senate in April 2013.

According to DHEC, 38 applications were received for a Certificate of Need in 2013 before the program was shut down.

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The next Coaches 4 Character event will feature Clemson head baseball coach Jack Leggett on Feb. 3, 5 p.m., for a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception at Nantucket Seafood. Cost is a $50 donation to Coaches 4 Character. In addition, there will be a program for students at 7 p.m. at Redemption World Outreach Center. This event is free for students and $5 for adults. For reception tickets or additional information, contact Greg Blatt at gblatt@coaches4character.com or 843-816-3297. Coaches 4 Character is also taking nominations of student heroes for the ACE (Advocates for Character and Education) Awards through Jan. 31 at c4caceawards. com. The ACE Awards is an annual banquet honoring 66 male and female students from each of the 33 Greenville County middle and high schools. This award is designed to recognize true “unsung heroes” who all too often are not recognized for their accomplishments. The selection process, established by Greenville County school counselors, focuses on identifying and selecting at-risk students as award winners.

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New year, NEW LIFE

Holiday health scare puts Alan Ethridge on the path to health APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com It was the season of celebration, and Alan Ethridge was enjoying food and drink at a friend’s house on Dec. 23, 2012, when he was struck with a case of acid reflux – or so he thought.

However, it was something much different.

Like Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol,” Ethridge had an unwelcome holiday visitor. It wasn’t the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, but something just as scary: a Christmas coronary.

LIFE OF THE PARTY

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Alan Ethridge, before (inset) and after he changed his lifestyle.

Ethridge has stopped smoking and is working out and eating right as a result of his neardeath experience.

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A former cigarette smoker, Ethridge talked a year later about how he ate and drank whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, didn’t exercise and had little regard for his health. “I was dismissive and cavalier about my personal health for years,” he said.

On the night of the party, Ethridge said he thought he only had to get home for his medication. But after leaving early, he stopped by to pick up his car at his office and broke out into a soaking sweat. He ran into a friend on the street, who was quickly concerned about how Ethridge looked. The friend drove him home, but later returned to take Ethridge to the emergency room.

“I thought it was acid reflux and I didn’t take it too seriously. Until they were wheeling me down the hall, putting nitro under my tongue and putting an oxygen mask on my face,” he said. “I thought this was a lot of activity for just acid reflux.”

After emergency heart catheterization, Ethridge spent Christmas in the cardiac intensive care unit and confirms that it’s one of the worst places to spend a holiday.

He learned later that his left anterior descending artery, which supplies blood to the heart itself (and is often called the widow maker), was 100 percent blocked. His heart miraculously managed a natural bypass, keeping him alive.

“There was one [doctor] who came to see me [in the hospital] who really laid it on the line,” said Ethridge.

The doctor, whom he also knew, said he could go back to doing whatever he wanted. “But if you do that, I will be attending your funeral in three to six months.”

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USA Cycling set to ride into Greenville again “We look forward to welcoming the field of elite athletes and making the 2015-2016 championships the most exciting yet.”

Greenville continues to gain worldwide recognition in the cycling community with businesses such a s Boyd Cycling and Hincapie Sports and a prior announcement that Greenville will be the site of the UCI ParaCycling World Championships Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2014.

“Greenville, South Carolina’s emergence as a recognized and talked about cycling destination combined with proven category event experience and an incredibly passionate local cycling community makes for a standout championship for the athletes and the fans,” said Chris Stone, president of VisitGreenvilleSC.

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sjackson@communityjournals.com USA Cycling announced last week that Greenville has been selected to host the 2015-16 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championships.

Greenville has hosted the USA Cycling Professional Road Championships for the past seven years and was selected due to its strong history of hosting cycling events and its popular base of cyclists.

“Our award-winning downtown is an ideal venue for the USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championships, and we are honored to be the host city for this prestigious competition,” said Greenville Mayor Knox White.

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Ethridge calls the coronary “an extreme, yet appropriate wake-up call” that forced him to evaluate his behavior and lifestyle. His Greenville Health System doctors signed him up for 12 weeks of cardiac rehabilitation in the HeartLife program and smoking cessation classes.

After being an angry and challenging patient at times, Ethridge said he realized that those caring for him were working to extend his life and improve his health. He praised all of the staff who cared for him in the past year.

“What is eye-opening is how many people care,” said Ethridge, who recounts a friend who watched over him during recovery, others who visited him in the hospital and people who expressed concern about his health.

Now he’s on a healthy diet, has given up smoking, reduced his alcohol consumption and works out daily at the Life Center.

“And if someone had told me a year ago that I would have lost 70 pounds, quit smoking, joined a fitness center … and am hanging out with people who wear Lycra, I would have told them to call the heroin hotline because their mind was obviously deluded,” he said.

Giving up smoking was not easy, said Ethridge, who describes a love affair with cigarettes since age 12, smoking up to five packs daily. He hasn’t had a cigarette since before a second surgery in January 2013, and gives credit to smoking cessation classes.

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Ethridge now starts his day at 5 a.m. with three hours of walking, cycling, elliptical and rowing machine training before he comes into work at the Metropolitan Arts Council as its executive director. His heart function is up 30 percent – it was only working at 15 percent capacity this time last year.

“I’m not winded anymore. I remember I walked up one flight of stairs at the Peace Center and it took me two minutes to get my breath,” he said.

Ethridge admitted that he’s not in love with his low-fat, low-calorie, low-sugar lifestyle. “I’m on a diet that sucks.” However, he added, “I like it because I know it’s healthy.”

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For Heart Month, Ethridge will share his story at “A Life Transformed” on Feb. 4, 2014, at Centre Stage. The event will feature a panel of physicians who will discuss heart attack prevention, signs and symptoms, what to do if it happens to you and successful recovery. Free but registration is required: Call 877-4474636 or visit ghs.org/healthevents.

HEART ATTACK WARNING SIGNS • Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.

• Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.

• Shortness of breath. Occurring with or before chest discomfort.

• Trouble breathing. Difficulty in breathing includes shortness of breath.

• Sweating. If you begin to sweat profusely with no temperature changes, this can be a sign a heart attack is imminent.

• Heartburn or indigestion. According to the American Heart Association, many patients delay seeking treatment for heart attack because they believe they are experiencing indigestion. If you have pain that radiates up the esophagus, seek emergency medical treatment.

• Nausea. Intense and sudden waves of nausea can accompany a heart attack.

• Dizziness. Dizziness or double vision is another heart attack symptom that often occurs prior to pain.

• Feelings of weakness or anxiety. Difficulty concentrating or feelings of weakness, particularly those that occur suddenly, are also signs of a heart attack.

• Fluttering heartbeat. Your heart rate feeling unsteady and fluttering, or the feeling that your pulse is racing, can signal a heart attack.

Source: Greenville Health System

ful in preparing dishes without butter, cheese or other fatty additions. He’s quick to add that he hasn’t gone as far as veggie burgers. “I’ll just have a salad instead.”

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Ethridge doesn’t hold himself up as a health evangelist, but hopes to be a source of inspiration. “If I can quit smoking, anyone can,” he said.

Dr. Jeffrey Dendy said that Ethridge is an “atypical patient” in that he followed the doctor’s advice.

“It’s so easy not to eat well in this country,” Dendy said. “It actually costs more.” Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., he said. “Alan has done such a great job as a role model.”

Ethridge talks about his decision to change his lifestyle as an obvious choice, “I’ve got a lot to do here – I’ve got to be healthy to do it.”

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Legacy Charter School is one of nine schools in the state partnering with Microsoft and the South Carolina Department of Education to make technology training and industry-recognized certification available to students and staff through Microsoft IT Academy. This program empowers educators to help students realize their skills and career potential through the latest relevant, high-quality technology training resources. Matthew Landreth, educational technology specialist at Legacy Charter School, is the faculty member at Legacy who is Microsoft Certified to lead the program.

The Blue Ridge High School Class of 1972 donated $1,070 to the school’s band and athletics departments. Pictured are Blue Ridge band teacher Brian Grant; principal Reena Watson, BRHS class of 1972; and athletic director Charlie Chenshaw.

Several local residents were recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Clemson University, a collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

They include: Jared Gentry, Kirsten Hicks, William Glasgow, Abigail Goodloe, Ezekiel Shuler, Jorge Lozada, Corrie Dorman, Jasprit Gill, Pablo Sauras Perez, Jacque Taylor, Courtney O’Neill, Kevin Jones, Kelly Cattano, Scott Eisenbrown and Kevin Sherman.

The Riverside High band was awarded Best Band in the 2013 Poinsettia Christmas Parade. Riverside band was selected for this honor out of 12 bands from various schools in the area. Riverside has 150 students in the band. Riverside was asked to lead in Santa for the parade, playing “Here Comes Santa Claus.”

Wishing Your Family Happy Holidays

Washington Center students and staff display Christmas cards made for military serving our country through the Holiday Mail for Heroes Program.

Washington Center students recently made Christmas cards for the members of the U.S. military during Daily Living Classes with teacher Sarah Ashworth. The students wanted to show their appreciation to service members and to wish them a merry Christmas while away from their families. Cards were sent to the Holiday Mail for Heroes program and dispersed to military personnel around the world.

The Shannon Forest Christian School KT and K5 classes will be participating in a Mission Outreach Project in January 2014 centered on the 100th day of school. Each class will be collecting 100 non-perishable food items for Miracle Hill Ministries. In addition, Shannon Forest students in ninth12th grades will return from Christmas break to a special Silva-Mester session. The 10-day program allows students to receive specialized instruction in topics like cooking, art, fashion, radio broadcasting, theatre and more.

Students in sixtth-eighth grades will also participate in a special, two-week Design Challenge Program during Silva-Mester. This program will allow middle school students to work in groups and offer solutions for real world problems.

Greenville Middle’s Reflections contest winners were recently announced. In the visual arts category: Davis Bailey, first place; Lucy Cassels, second place; Elizabeth Smith, third place; and Guy Benjamin, special judges award. In the literature category: Sarah Dragan, first place; Sara Jones, second place; and Seth Spearman, third place. In the photography category: Shaylen Burden, first place; Caroline Milburn, second place; and Garrett Steck, third place. Elizabeth Grier won first place in film production, Margaret Shaughnessy first place in dance and Marshall Peace placed first in music composition. These students will represent Greenville Middle at the council, district and state level.

Ellen Woodside’s Chorus, Recorder Club and kindergarten students performed holiday music during a recent concert organized and led by music teacher Janis Lewis. The students sang holiday classics as well as modern holiday music.

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A Walk on the Moon Charles Duke went from S.C. to the moon, and now asks what’s next EVENT: Lecture at the Upcountry History Museum – Furman University P R E S E N TER: Brig. Gen. Charles Duke Jr., retired astronaut

erything that you had to do. We were bouncing around on the moon, but we also had a lot of experiments, and you had to know exactly what you were doing and [how] to stay on schedule. So your focus was operations and just the wonder of it.”

FLYING OLD GLORY “Everyone asks why the flag is always blowing in pictures on the moon. Well, it’s not blowing; there’s no atmosphere.

It looks like that because we had a steel rod holding it out. It had been vacuumpacked for six months, so I couldn’t get the wrinkles out of it, and since they didn’t want to waste the weight to send up an iron, it’s wrinkled. So it looks like Old Glory is waving in the breeze.”

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ABOUT CHARLES DUKE Astronaut Charles Duke is a former South Carolina resident who walked on the moon during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Duke served as lunar module pilot for the mission, and, along with Commander John Young, spent a record 71 hours conducting research activities on the lunar surface.

Duke was born in Charlotte, N.C., and grew up and attended high school in Lancaster. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, he was commissioned into the U.S. Air Force and joined the astronaut program in 1966.

He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and retired from NASA in 1975. He served in the Air Force Reserves as special assistant to the Commander of USAF Recruiting Service, and retired in 1986 as a Brigadier General. He is presently owner of Charlie Duke Enterprises, which has produced two space videos, and is president of Duke Investments.

TWO REASONS A NAVY MAN JOINED THE AIR FORCE “One, the Air Force has stationary runways; they don’t bob up and down.

Secondly, I was taking a physical in the Naval Academy my senior year and the ophthalmologist checked my eyes and said, ‘Mr. Duke, you’ve got astigmatism in your right eye and you don’t qualify for naval aviation, but the Air Force will take you.’ So into the Air Force I went.”

A FOOLISH NOTION “[President John] Kennedy, at the recommendation of NASA and Wernher von Braun, decided the only way we could beat the Russians was to beat them to the moon, and so the Apollo program was born. I said, ‘Yeah, sure, you put a man in space for 15 minutes

ROVER-2, THE LUNAR CAR “We left the car [behind]; there are three cars on the moon. So if you want an $8 million car with a dead battery, I can tell you where to go.” and now we’re going to go to the moon in the next eight years and two months.’

And the most amazing thing about it was that we did it – eight years and two months. Today, you couldn’t even write the proposal in eight years and two months.”

EXPERIENCE WITH THE APOLLO PROGRAM “I probably worked on more Apollo missions than anyone. Of the nine missions to the moon, I was involved in five of them. For the launch of Apollo 16, half of South Carolina must have been there. I had 100 passes, but I must have invited 3,000 people and NASA let them all come.”

A POWERFUL LIFTOFF FOR APOLLO 16 “I remember vividly the side-to-side vibration from the engines. I got a little nervous because I didn’t remember anybody telling me it was supposed to shake so hard. I thought there was a little problem, [but Commander] John [Young] was very lackadaisical. I found out from the flight surgeon later on that my heartbeat was at 144 beats per minute at liftoff. When I asked him what John’s was, he said 70. So you can see who the cool one was.”

A VIEW OF EARTH FROM SPACE “It was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. The brown of the land, the crystal blue of the water, and the pure white of the snow and the clouds, and that jewel was just suspended in the black of space. Everywhere else you looked, besides the sun and the moon, you couldn’t see anything. It was just black.”

WALKING ON THE MOON “The moon was a tremendously exciting adventure. I felt right at home.

There was no sense of fear, no alien feeling of ‘What’s behind that rock?’ It just felt like you belonged. And it was really beautiful. I stepped out onto the lunar surface and the thought occurred to me that nobody had ever been here [in the lunar highlands] before. It was pristine, unspoiled. As you looked across the horizon, you could see the sharpness and brightness of the lunar surface, and then you could look up into the darkness of space.”

THE EXPERIENCE “Apollo was not a spiritual experience for me, nor was it a philosophical experience. It was an adventure, a technical challenge to keep on your timeline and keep remembering ev-

THE VALUE OF THE SPACE PROGRAM “I’m a strong proponent of manned space flight. I think the technologies we developed and the vision and excitement [the space program] gave to America and our young people, you can’t put a price on that. If you do a business study of the Apollo program, you’ll find that Apollo returned at least 10 times its investment to our country. Everyone in here has a cellphone. My cellphone is a smartphone; it has 200,000 times the memory of our Apollo computer.

It’s the same computing power that we had in Mission Control, and you wear it on your belt. It’s amazing.”

BUZZ ALDRIN ON MARS “I’m not sure how long it’s going to take [to put a man on Mars] and I’m not sure I’ll be alive, but I think it’s in us to go see what’s out there. [Former astronaut] Buzz Aldrin is 83 now and his idea is to go on a one-way trip to colonize [Mars]. If you’re going to go that far, why come back, he says. I said, ‘Buzz, I’ll see ya. I have no desire to be on a one-way trip to Mars.’”

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COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS

Post-holiday shoppers can still vote for their favorite Augusta Road light display at onlyonaugusta.com as the Augusta Road Business Association wraps up its Third Annual Lights on Augusta. Members of ARBA have decorated their businesses or storefronts and the community, clients, customers, neighbors and residents vote on the winner. Voting will end on Dec. 31.

The Friends of Jocassee is sponsoring a New Year’s celebration on Jan. 1 at Devils Fork State Park with a 5K Ranger Run, featuring a race and guided trail hike at 10 a.m. and a Loon Lunge into the lake’s chilly waters at noon. Cost is $20. The park is located at 161 Holcombe Circle, Salem. For more information, call 864-944-2639, email jstanton@scprt.com or visit southcarolinaparks.com.

New Horizon Family Health Services is a Certified Application Counselor Organization and is offering free assistance with signing up for coverage on the Health Insurance Marketplace. Deadline to sign up for Jan. 1 coverage is Dec. 23, but open enrollment lasts through March. New Horizon will offer seminars to answer questions: Dec. 21, 10 a.m.-noon, Bethel United Methodist Church, Greer; Dec. 23 and 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., West End Community Development Center, Greenville; Jan. 4, 10 a.m.-noon, Queen Street Baptist Church, Greenville; and Jan. 9 and 28, 5:30-8 p.m., West End Community Development Center, Greenville. Staff members from New Horizon who are Certified Application Counselors will be on site to educate and enroll people. If you cannot make one of these sessions, call New Horizon at 864-233-1534, ext. 2219, to be contacted by a Certified Application Counselor.

Riverside High School teacher Steve Johnson has written and published the book “Unknown Wars of Asia, Africa and the Americas That Changed History.” The book is available for sale on Amazon.com.

The Children’s Museum of the Upstate will continue its Holiday Traditions exhibit through Dec. 31. Visitors can see a replica of the Lanneau-Norwood Funderbunk mansion decorated for the holidays. Modeled after the home that was built in 1876 by Charles H. Lanneau, the miniature version was started in 1977, but never completed. When the home went on the market 20 years later, the miniature was rescued and restored. Following the holiday season, the small house will be redecorated and put back on display to celebrate other holiday traditions including Easter, The Fourth of July and Halloween. Visit tcmupstate.org for more information.

Anyone who has dreamed of running a small farm is invited to the first South Carolina Small Farm and Food Entrepreneurs Mini-Conference, Jan. 16-17 during the SC AgriBiz and Farm Expo at the Florence Civic Center. The Clemson University Institute for Economic and Community Development and Cooperative Extension Service are among the sponsors. Registration is $40 per day and deadline to register is Jan. 7. Register at scagribiz.com/expo/mini-conferences.

Hospice of the Upstate will offer a five-week educational grief series to those who have experienced a loss over the past year. Workshops will be held on Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27, and Feb. 3, both at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to accommodate morning and evening attendees. Both groups meet at the Randall E. Sadler Bereavement and Education Center at Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson.

For more information and to reserve a spot, call Debbie Schmitz at 864-3281950.

First Monday in Greenville’s Jan. 6 meeting will feature South Carolina Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell. Reservations are needed and membership will be accepted at this meeting. Register at firstmondayingreenville.com.

The cost is $20 for membership for one year and new lunch costs are $18 for members and $20 for non-members.

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The Greenville Chorale will hold its largest fundraiser of the year, The Snowflake Soiree, on Jan. 18 at The Westin Poinsett Hotel. Guests can enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, signature drinks provided by Coffee Underground and desserts

by Chocolate Moose. Entertainment will be provided by Bob Howard along with jazz by Sophie Kat. Attendees can also bid on trips to Sonoma, the Masters and New Orleans, not to mention the chance to conduct the Greenville Chorale. For tickets, call 864-235-1101.

The Cancer Survivors Park is offering Blessing Balls for sale to support the park and its programming. Featuring the park’s logo and the word “blessings,” the glass ornaments can be personalized by placing special items inside or tying a ribbon the color of the cancer affecting the survivor. Cost is $10 for those picked up at the Chamber of Commerce office or $15 if shipped. Order online at cancersurvivorspark.org/csp-blessing-balls.php or purchase at the Chamber, 24 Cleveland St., Greenville.

Ronald McDonald Charities of the Carolinas has a new website after being one of the 2013 Engenius Grant award recipients. The grant included a fully developed website, Web hosting and marketing strategy. More than 30 Upstate nonprofits applied for the grants in 2013. The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. Learn more at rmhc-carolinas.org.

The Guild of the Greenville Symphony recently presented the Greenville Symphony Association with a check for $30,000.

Accepting the check for the GSA from Sue Fisher, guild president, were Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel and executive director Bill Johnson.

Meals on Wheels of Greenville recently received a grant from the Hollingsworth Funds in the amount of $15,000 to go to the nonprofit’s Emergency Readiness Project, which will help fund a new generator for the organization.

The generator will help Meals on Wheels function in emergency situations and ensure the homebound served receive support through bad weather crises. For more information, call 864-233-6565 or visit mealsonwheelsgreenville.org.

Emily Haller’s thirdgrade class at St. Mary’s Catholic School participated in Chores for Charity. Each child performed chores at home to earn money to help buy space heaters to help keep needy families warm during the winter months. The class was able to raise more than $500 and purchase 17 space heaters that were donated to Catholic Charities.

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Dorothy’s classic tale reconceived for stage CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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“The Wizard of Oz” is an iconic film that has been a favorite for generations. But as beloved as it is, it had to be reconceived for the stage, said Madeline Paul, associate director of the touring production of “The Wizard of Oz” that opens at the Peace Center on New Year’s Eve. “It really is and was the first American fairy tale,” Paul said during a telephone interview from Toronto. “The iconic look of the film and the performances, it’s

difficult to challenge any of that. But to bring it to the stage, the film had to be rethought for the stage.”

And there was nobody better than Andrew Lloyd Webber, Paul said.

“He’s a master,” Paul said of the British composer best known for such musical theater hits as “Cats,” “Evita,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” He also did a Broadway adaptation of “The Sound of Music.”

While the score of the movie was marvelous, “The Wizard of Oz” was short on music, Paul said.

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Webber’s adaptation keeps all of the familiar songs by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg from MGM’s Oscar-winning film score, but adds new songs by Tim Rice and Webber.

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The play’s twister scene is a video sequence that shows Dorothy whirling above the earth and dropping into Munchkinland.

Designer Rob Jones starts the production with a sepia-toned Kansas before the set erupts in riotous colors just like the movie, Paul said. Emerald City gives a nod to New York City, she said.

“It’s very posh and whimsical,” she said.

Paul said the original story is very much intact.

“Personally, I believe it is a simple story, a story built on imagination,” Paul said.

Paul said people have had dreams as children that were so real they had to really think about whether it really happened.

“Everything is so real that you can’t imagine not going on that journey,” she said. “I think the audience becomes lost in the story of ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ It allows all of us to become children again.”

And the story has a wonderful ending, Paul said.

“Dorothy decided she has to leave home and she runs away,” she said. “In the end, Dorothy discovers home is where she wanted to be. I think as we get older, a lot of us discover what Dorothy discovered.”

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What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Upstate revelers have plenty of options for the midnight countdown

JEANNE PUTNAM | CONTRIBUTOR

“NOON” YEARS EVE The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, 300 College St., Greenville; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Cost: Free with admission. All-day pajama party. Sprite toast at noon.

For details: call 864-233-7755.

Cost: $69.95 per person; $240 per couple. Includes music by the Party Machine DJ, a four-course dinner for two in Vercitti, midnight champagne toast, and a balloon drop.

For information: call 864-232-4747.

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The Handlebar, 304 E. Stone Ave., Greenville; 8 p.m.

Cost: $10 per person For tickets: visit handlebar-online.com or call 864-233-6173.

NEW YEAR’S EVE D I N N E R A N D PA R T Y Hilton, 45 W. Orchard Park Drive, Greenville; 6 p.m.-1 a.m.

jputnam@communityjournals.com Throughout the world, people will ring in 2014 by either watching the ball drop in Times Square from the couch or by celebrating a night out on the town. In the Upstate, there are a number of options to ring in the New Year.

Skyy Lounge, 50 Woods Lake Road, Greenville; 8 p.m.-3 a.m.

Cost: $15 per person through online presale, includes open bar and free appetizers 8-9 p.m.; $20 per person at the door. Event features Atlanta DJ Corey David and a free champagne toast, balloon drop, free party hats, noisemakers, and a countdown on the big screen of the last 10 minutes

live from Times Square.

For tickets: visit bit.ly/elevate2014.

NEW YEAR’S EVE C H A M PA G N E R U N A N D PA R T Y CU-ICAR, 4 Research Drive, Greenville; 8:58 p.m. for run; 9:45 p.m.-12:15 a.m. for party Cost: $55 per person for race; $20 per person for the party. All race participants may attend the party, but non-race participants may register for the party. The party includes: prizes for best costumes; awards for top finishers; music and dancing; dance contest; food and drink tickets; champagne flutes; countdown until 2014; and more.

Register at: nyechampagnerun.com until 6 p.m. on Dec. 30.

PA R T Y AT T H E L A Z Y G O AT The Lazy Goat, 170 Riverplace, Greenville; 9 p.m.

Cost: $10 per person by Dec. 30, $15 on Dec. 31. In the Goat Lounge will be music, a dance floor, party favors, bubbly toast at midnight, and the ability watch the ball drop in Times Square.

For tickets: call 864-679-5299 or visit shoptable301.com.

N E W Y E A R ’ S E V E PA R T Y American Dance Club, 1014 Wade Hampton Blvd., Greenville; 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Cost: $50 per person. Reservations required. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served, party favors and a champagne toast at midnight.

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SIP SOIRÉE Sip Tasting Room & Rooftop Lounge, 103 Main St., Greenville; 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Cost: $37.92 per person; $102.64 for four tickets; $252.37 for 10 tickets in advance and guaranteed admission without waiting in line between 9-10:30 p.m. After 10:30 p.m., those with pre-purchased tickets will have a separate line with precedence for entry over those waiting to purchase tickets that night. $40 per person at the door.

Features music by Ragamuffins with free bubbles all night from special bubbles bar with optional VIP champagne tasting flight featuring Taittinger, Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, and DuvelLeroy Brut.

For tickets: visit bit.ly/sipsoiree.

SOUTHERN SKYLINE GRAND BALL Hyatt Regency, 220 N. Main St., Greenville; 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Cost: $125 per person or $200 per person for VIP. Black tie-optional event including heavy hors d’oeuvres and full-service ball featuring music by the David Higgins Band. Proceeds benefit the Shriners Hospital for Children.

For tickets: visit southern-skyline.com.

NEW YEAR’S EVE PA R T Y W I T H T H E SWINGIN RICHARDS Smiley Acoustic Café, 111 Augusta St., Greenville ; 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

For more information: call 864-282-8988.

N E W Y E A R ’ S AT NOSE DIVE Nose Dive, 116 S. Main St., Greenville; 10 p.m.

Cost: $10 per person before Dec. 30 and $15 on Dec. 31. Features DJ JK, party favors, drink specials and a sparkling toast at midnight.

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Hedgepath, Owens & Dye Trio features members of The Work.

Call 864-552-1265 or visit facebook.com/ipagreenville.

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True Blues Celebrate “Blues Year’s Eve” with veteran Upstate trio. Tickets: $10. Call 864233-6173 or visit handlebar-online.com.

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Whitney Walters Jazz, soul and pop chanteuse.

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

Zataban Genre-spanning muscular blues-rock.

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Colossus Metal band cranks out the ’70s-style sludge.

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Brad Paisley, Chris Young and Danielle Bradbery A triptych of country stars. Tickets: $29-$59.75. Call 864-241-3800 or visit bonsecoursarena.com.

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Daryl Hance Former MOFRO guitarist goes solo.

Call 864-235-5519 or visit reverbnation.com/venue/255976.

Against Me! Pre-CD release from Florida punk rockers. Tickets: $17. Call 864-233-6173 or visit handlebar-online.com.

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Out of the swamp JJ Grey & MOFRO serve up a gritty rock/soul gumbo Over the last 12 years, bandleader JJ Grey & MOFRO have produced a rock/ soul hybrid that’s just as swampy and gritty as the Jacksonville, Fla. swamps that spawned it.

Grey formed the band (known then simply as MOFRO) with childhood friend Daryl Hance in the early 2000s, with Grey serving as singer, primary songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player.

Grey’s soulful, sandpaper-on-velvet voice was a perfect fit for the band’s gumbo of musical styles, and MOFRO gained an immediate cult following with their 2001 debut album, “Blackwater.” The hypnotic title track and the joyous “Brighter Day” were highlights, but Grey’s songwriting was already improving by leaps and bounds.

An auto accident and a shifting lineup delayed MOFRO’s second album, “Lochloosa,” until 2004, but the album was worth the wait, as Grey’s lyrical reach expanded to include environmental concerns WHO: JJ Grey & MOFRO (the title track), and the band’s musical palette in- WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 29, 8 p.m. corporated more 1970s R&B influences alongside WHERE: The Handlebar, the rock and funk workouts. “Lochloosa” was the 304 E. Stone Ave., Greenville group’s last album under the MOFRO moniker and their last before signing with the legendary AlligaTICKETS: $27 tor Records.

INFO: 864-233-6173 or When the band re-appeared with 2007’s “Counhandlebar-online.com try Ghetto” album, it was under the name JJ Grey & MOFRO, which was both a formality that would allow Grey to tour and perform occasionally as a solo artist and an indicator of his status as bandleader.

The album dug deeper into soul, R&B and gospel influences while at the same time throwing in wiry, tight rockers like the title track and “War.” The album’s sound moved away from the more sparse early albums into a deeper, richer production style, which complemented Grey’s increasingly focused and evocative lyrics.

In retrospect, it’s obvious that the band had been working towards a breakthrough, and 2008’s “Orange Blossoms” was exactly that. With the endlessly catchy title track and the sinewy funk workout “On Fire,” Grey & MOFRO gained a strong radio foothold. The video for “On Fire,” which featured a series of male dolls enjoying Barbie & Co.’s dance moves at an, ahem, “gentlemen’s club,” was a sensation on the Web. Bursting with guest appearances by everyone from Allman Bros. guitarist Derek Trucks to reggae legend Toots Hibbert, the most stunning moment on 2010’s “Georgia Warhorse” might be its most subdued. A slow-burning, neargospel-style duet with Hibbert, “The Sweetest Thing,” is one of the crown jewels of Grey’s catalog. The laid-back-but-intense testimonial sings the praises of worldly love to a spiritual degree, and it represents a further evolution in Grey’s songwriting.

Grey and MOFRO are returning to The Handlebar’s Listening Room on Sunday, Dec. 29 in support of last April’s album, “This River.” The album is the band’s first studio release since the departure of guitarist Daryl Hance in 2010.

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THE WEEK IN THE LOCAL ARTS WORLD

The Metropolitan Arts Council gallery features “Round and Around,” works by Georgia and Darrell Harrison, through Jan. 16. The exhibit features round wooden forms created on a lathe by Darrell Harrison and paintings from around South Carolina by Georgia Harrison.

Darrell Harrison’s bowls echo the stories of tree trunks, sometimes magnificent and sometimes diseased. Each bowl is a new pattern and size, which is determined by the artist working with nature. Georgia Harrison counts George Inness, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth as influences and records her love of nature along with her love of man-made things left to nature. The MAC Gallery is located at 16 Augusta St., Greenville. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call 864-467-3132 or visit greenvillearts.com.

venue’s Family Series. For more information and to purchase tickets, call the box office Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. at 864656-7787 or visit clemson.edu/brooks.

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The Centre Stage gallery is featuring works by Marquin Campbell through Jan. 13. Campbell is a full-time artist and designer who owns Vino and van Gogh Art Studio and is co-owner of Yard Art in Greenville. The Centre Stage Gallery is located at 501 River St., Greenville, and is open Tuesday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. For more information, call 864-233-6733 or visit centrestage.org.

On Jan. 16, American roots musicians Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem will showcase the sounds of the Georgia Sea Islands to the Appalachian Mountains with fiddle, guitar, bass, percussion and four-part harmony. The performance will be at the Brooks Center on the Clemson University campus at 7 p.m. Cost is $5-$10 and the event is part of the

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The Warehouse Theatre will celebrate 40 years with An Affair to Remember gala on Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature a red carpet, live music, silent and live auctions, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are limited.

To purchase tickets, call 864-235-6948 or visit warehousetheatre.com.

"Midnight" by Allyson McPaul.

Metal. Can be viewed at The Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville, 200 N. Main St.

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey will headline the seventh annual Clemson Literary Festival on March 27 at the Clemson University Want to see your artwork here?

Alumni Center. The festival runs March Send a high-res image to 26-29 and will showcase a number of arts@communityjournals.com. award-winning authors. It will also offer events for aspiring writers and younger readers. Trethewey is the author of four collections of poetry: “Domestic Work”; “Bellocq’s Ophelia”; “Native Guard,” for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; and, “Thrall.” Her book of nonfiction, “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” was published in 2010. All festival events are free and open to the public.

Send announcements to arts@communityjournals.com.

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R E A L E S TAT E N E W S Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® Honors 2013 REALTORS® of the Year

The Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® (GGAR) recently announced the 2013 REALTOR® of the Year, Commercial REALTOR® of the Year, and Committee Chair of the Year. The 2013 REALTOR® of the Year is Donna O. Smith with Prudential C. Dan Joyner and the 2013 Caine Halter Commercial REALTOR® of the Year is Tyson Smoak with NAI Earle Furman, LLC. GGAR also honored Sarah Gilley with Allen Tate REALTORS® as the 2013 Committee Chair of the Year.

Donna O. Smith is the Broker in Charge of Prudential on Garlington Road and brings a wealth of experience with her; she has been a practitioner of real estate in Upstate South Carolina since 1976.

Her husband Keith has been building homes in the upstate for over 30 years. Donna is consistently one of the areas top producers, specializing in customer and client satisfaction. Donna enjoys spending time with her husband of 44 years, Keith; her three married daughters, Adele, Adair, and Adawn; her three son-in-laws, Tony, Mike, and Daryl; her four grandsons, Blake, Barrett, Nelson and Walker; and granddaughter, Reilly.

Tyson Smoak is a Greenville native and graduated from Furman University.

Prior to joining NAI Earle Furman in 2008, he was in sales with the Cliffs Communities; before that, he was a National Account Executive with B2B Media. Tyson has developed a comprehensive understanding of office sales, leasing, and build-to-suit development, and is licensed in both South Carolina and North Carolina. Much of Tyson’s work has been in the dental and medical field, but he works with landlords and tenants in all types of transactions. He is a board member for Loaves and Fishes and serves on the GGAR Commercial Steering Committee.

After moving to Greenville, SC over 8 years ago, Sarah Gilley began her sales career in 2006 as an advertising account executive and in 2008 moved into real estate. She is now going on her 6th year as an experienced real estate agent, and enjoys every opportunity to assist buyers and sellers with their real estate needs. Certifications include New Homes Specialist and GREEN certified. Sarah resides with her husband, Nick, who is a local Energy Star and EarthCraft builder, along with their 2 children.

The REALTOR® of the Year, the Caine Halter Commercial REALTOR® of the Year, and the Committee Chair of the Year are annual awards selected by a committee of REALTOR® peers and based on demonstrated leadership in the industry and service to GGAR and the community. For more information about GGAR or the REALTOR® of the Year awards, visit www.ggar.com <http://www. ggar.com> or call the GGAR office at (864) 672-4427.

Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® represents over 1,700 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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In the Easley Office, Shirley Winchester was Top Listing Agent and Val Hubber was The Murphys Sheehan The Herseys Top Producer.

The Murphys (Celia and Gary), were the Top Listing and Producing Team for the Easley office.

In the Greer Office, Kathy Sheehan was Top Listing Agent and Top Producer.

The Herseys (Paul and Marcia) were the Top Listing and Producing Team for the Spartanburg office.

Keys Joins Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Rosie Keys has joined the company and serves as a sales associate at the Greer office.

We welcome Rosie to our family of Realtors,” said Avanelle Pelfrey, Broker-in-Charge. “We look forward to working with her.”

Keys has 22 years of real estate experience. Prior to that she was an insurance agent and adjuster.

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Kephart Joins Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Jennifer Lynn Kephart has joined the company and serves as a sales associate with the C.Tim Keagy Team at the Pleasantburg office. Kephart earned her fitness and nutrition degree at Scranton University in Pennsylvania. She also earned her Business degree at Mercer County Career Center in Mercer.

“We welcome Jennifer to our family of Realtors,” said Fritzi Barbour, Broker-in-Charge. “We are very excited that she chose to join us at C. Dan Joyner Company.”

Kephart Kephart and her 3 year old son, Jacob, live in the Cherrydale area. She was previously owner of K180 Fitness and was a personal trainer for 7 years. In her free time, she loves to work out and spend time with her family.

An item in the Real Estate News section of the Dec. 6 Greenville Journal listed the sale of a property to Lori K. Holcombe, with trustee Georgea M. Greaves as the seller. According to the law firm representing Greaves, no such sale took place.

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LOOK WHO’S IN THE JOURNAL THIS WEEK Centre Stage donated $1 from every ticket sold to “A Christmas Carol” and “Irena’s Vow” to the Center for Developmental Services. The total came to $1,087.

Pictured (from left): Allen Evans, Centre Stage marketing director; Dana McConnell, CDS director of finance and operations; Glenda ManWaring, Centre Stage executive and artistic director; Cindy Brothers, Centre Stage board co-president; and Joy Blue, CDS director of community and donation relations.

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following items: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2014-1 APPLICANT: Ameen Aljaouni CONTACT INFORMATION: aandkauto@yahoo.com or (864) 630-3580 PROPERTY LOCATION: 18 Fairforest Way PIN: M010020100302 EXISTING ZONING: C-3, Commercial REQUESTED ZONING: I-1, Industrial ACREAGE: 0.45 COUNTY COUNCIL: 24 – Seman DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2014-3 APPLICANT: C. Richard Stewart CONTACT INFORMATION: dstewart@stewartandcrouch. com or (864) 235-2019 PROPERTY LOCATION: St. Clair Street and Hampton Avenue Extension PINS: 0140000201000, 0140000200900, 0140000201200, 0140000201100, 0140000201400 and 0140000201300 EXISTING ZONING: R-7.5, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: I-1, Industrial ACREAGE: 1.25 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris

DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2014-4 APPLICANT: Karl B. Allen CONTACT INFORMATION: kbalaw108@att.net or (864) 235-9049 PROPERTY LOCATION: Walker Road and Durant Road PIN: 0593030102100 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: C-3, Commercial ACREAGE: 0.23 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Gibson DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2014-5 APPLICANT: George Zimmerman CONTACT INFORMATION: gzimmerman@cbccaine.com or (864) 250-6822 PROPERTY LOCATION: Piedmont Highway PIN: WG08000100300 EXISTING ZONING: R-7.5, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 1.4 COUNTY COUNCIL: 25 – Gibson All persons interested in these proposed amendments to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance and Map are invited to attend this meeting. At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendments as requested or approve a different zoning classification than requested.

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Santa is on hand for photographs at the Roper Mountain Holiday Lights.

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INTERJECTION ACROSS 1 Speech therapist’s concerns 6 Work on the street 10 DOL division 14 The Christina in Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” 19 For this purpose 20 Rotten to the core 21 Be inclined 22 Scope 23 Period after one round too many?

25 “Shoot!”

26 Duplicity 27 “Golf Begins at Forty” author 28 Fertilized egg?

31 Capital of Denmark?

32 It may be blank 33 Signal to begin speaking 34 Out-of-favor sunscreen compound 37 Certainty 40 Flock member 42 Reacted to a sour note 46 Like many laps 47 Herding dogs 49 Vichy vacation times 51 Thing to grind 52 State legal VIPs 53 Benefit from barn raising?

56 Stephen of “Interview With the Vampire” 57 Pretends 59 Oil can letters 60 Paretsky’s Warshawski and Grafton’s Millhone, briefly 61 Key not used by itself

By Gail Grabowski 62 Isn’t kidding 64 Tom 67 “Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief” speaker 68 Semisoft cheeses 70 Advertisers say it sells 71 Musical weakness 73 Reject with contempt 75 Suitable for most audiences 78 Complete with crayons 81 Mention 82 Whirled 83 Rosy-fingered goddess 85 Herbal tea 86 Social pest 87 Where Monet got his physical?

91 JFK alternative 92 Surname for an unknown 93 Jazzy James 94 Take a turn 95 Tremendously 96 Low clouds 98 “Breaking Bad” lawyer Goodman 100 Usher’s find 102 Pandora’s box, e.g.

103 Three-part figs.

105 Dropped-egg sound 107 Magnolia St. campus 109 Tipsy gym helper?

113 Flash drive connections 118 Sister of Calliope 119 School acronym 120 Joking after a midterm?

122 Box cutter, e.g.

123 Wheels that are longer than cars?

124 Push for 125 City near Florence 126 Cockamamie 127 Car buyer’s aid 128 Chew (out) 129 Rigged supports DOWN 1 Pull-down beneficiaries 2 Mind matter 3 Son of Noah 4 1945 conference site 5 Crime locale 6 Gp. opposed to factory farming 7 Enthusiastic 8 Enthusiasm 9 Campaign poster word 10 Pre-1000 Celtic language 11 Caulk, e.g.

12 Crew member 13 Inner turmoil 14 Life form 15 Actress Ambrose of “Six Feet Under” 16 Tizzy 17 Not look well?

18 “When hell freezeth over!”

24 Atoll former 29 Behavior pattern 30 Airport structures 32 Broadcast online in real time 34 Miserere, for one 35 “Shucks!”

36 Need some trough repair?

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38 Do one’s part 39 No-frills beds 41 Loss 43 1970s presidential fundraiser?

44 Bring to bear 45 Coped (with) 48 “You’re the One That I Want” musical 50 Bit of strategy 53 Merchant vessel elision 54 Oklahoma’s “Wheat Capital” 55 And such: Abbr.

58 Big yawn 61 Complete confusion 63 Site of some mammoths’ demise 65 Spearheaded 66 Consider it likely 67 Museum artifact 69 Places for sweaters?

72 “Me? Uh-uh!”

73 Quite a bit 74 Wine grape 76 Big bang producer 77 Bring up the rear 79 Cash bar?

80 “’__ the Arizona Skies”: 1934 John Wayne movie 82 Glossy materials 84 Location 87 Place to buy a tank 88 Violent outburst 89 “Good Times” actress 90 Museum funder: Abbr.

95 Pungent cleanser 97 Actor Kutcher 99 Bronchial woe

Easy 101 Ernest of country music 104 Write letters?

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JOURNAL CULTURE

THE CLASSROOM WINDOW WITH TREVOR BARTON

As big as a blue whale’s heart “A blue whale’s heart is as big as a Volkswagen Beetle,” I told a group of wide-eyed second-graders. “It is so big, you could walk around inside of it.

“Why do blue whales have such enormous hearts?” I asked. I put them into groups with iPads and books.

“Let the investigations begin!” I exclaimed. After 40 minutes, they shared their discoveries.

“Blue whales swim all over the world,” said Ki’ara. “So they need a humongous heart to be their motor.”

“Blue whales can call to each other over almost one thousand miles,” said Heavenly. “They need a big heart to talk to each other.”

“They swim together in pairs,” said Amare, “so they need huge hearts to care for each other.”

“Yeah,” said Isaac, “That’s true... it takes a huge heart to care for somebody.”

“Kids who are nice to me on the playground must have a big heart like a blue whale,” added Aydan.

“And people who are mean must have small hearts.”

“Hmmm,” I said. “I like your scientific answers. I like your insight into caring hearts, too. I wonder... how can we have big hearts instead of small hearts for each other?”

We came up with these ideas: Everybody can play with everybody on the playground – nobody gets left out.

If you say one mean thing to someone, say three nice things about them.

Put your arm around someone who is being bullied.

I like to teach science, to watch

children wonder through the world, to hear them talk about things as small as atoms and as large as blue whales. I also like to teach empathy – to model ways we can care for other people and other living things.

Dr. Perri Klass, in her small essay for the New York Times titled “Understanding How Children Develop Empathy,” writes about the importance of modeling sympathy and compassion to children so those things are part of their experience long before they know the words.

Nine out of 10 families around my school, however, live in a grinding, destructive poverty that makes it difficult to model sympathy and compassion, to nurture community and caring. My students often come to school knowing more about the survival of the fittest than the survival of the kindest.

Yet here were my 7- and 8-year-olds, working together in communities and talking about caring for each other, exploring ways they could have big hearts instead of small hearts for each other.

I sent out an email to my colleagues: “Have you seen an act of kindness from a student/students over the past few weeks that touched you?”

Here are some of the answers my fellow teachers and staff sent back to me: “I have a student named Briana who goes above and beyond helping others,” wrote a firstgrade teacher. “For example, she helps a student who struggles with her academic work. She will stop what she is doing to help her understand more about what we are doing. She helps

her out before I can get to her. She is such a helping hand. I think this shows great character in Briana.

She is always giving to others without asking for anything in return.”

“A couple of weeks ago,” wrote our school secretary, “I saw Jaylen stop what he was doing in the front office and look at Noah, who was having trouble tying his shoes. He went over to not only help him tie his shoes to but teach him how to tie them as well. He’s a great kid.”

“Victor is working with a firstgrade Limited English Proficiency student,” wrote a fourth-grade teacher. “He brought her over to me today to brag about how much her language and academic skills are improving. You should have seen the smile on her face – and his, too!”

I often think about a paradox.

One of my most important tasks as a teacher is to model sympathy and compassion for my students. Yet the students in my Title I school are often the ones who model sympathy and compassion for me.

They help me remember to listen and look for empathy all around me and to nurture it wherever I find it.

By doing that, I can help my school, my community and my world stand up to small hearted hatred with a heart as big as a blue whale’s heart.

Trevor Barton is a reading intervention teacher at Berea Elementary School. He believes we all have stories to tell and loves to listen.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF OF THE METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL WISH YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. HERE’S TO A GREAT 2014 FOR THE ARTS IN GREENVILLE.

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