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A conversation with County Administrator Joe Kernell

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Veterans for veterans Local group links vets to VA and other services APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Creating veteran-driven support for fellow veterans is a hallmark of multiple Upstate organizations, and Greenville Veterans for Veterans lives up to the challenge, focusing on working with the local Veterans Affairs clinic in Greenville to support Upstate veterans.

In 2014, a volunteer group of veterans who use the local clinic created the organization, which helps spread the word about VA services and meets regularly with the VA administration to collaborate, said Dan Gough, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam.

In the last few months, Greenville Veterans for Veterans hosted a Veterans Day art show at the clinic featuring work by more than 20 veterans ranging from sculpture to drawing.

“We are looking for ideas for future

events to bring veterans to the clinic as sort of a friendly gathering place where they can meet other veterans,” he said.

Increasing physical access to the clinic was another recent achievement with the installation of automatic entrance doors, replacing a double set of swinging doors.

“We could see that for somebody in a wheelchair, it could be a safety hazard,” Gough said. “There is no longer a safety hazard for veterans who have ambulatory issues.”

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waiting outside the clinic and the group has helped get video monitors in the clinic’s waiting areas connected to television so patients have something to do while they wait, Gough said.

The group is investigating outfitting an unused outdoor patio with seating, improving the atmosphere of a clinic canteen and Artwork by more than 20 veterans was featured in a Veterans Day working with the clinic exhibit hosted by Greenville Veterans for Veterans. to get a grant for wireless Internet access for patients, he added. for other issues.

Increasing veteran use of My Healthe“We [Veterans for Veterans leadership] Vet online access for ordering medica- are all patients and use the Greenville tion, communicating with physicians clinic,” he said and viewing records is another goal of Want to contribute? the organization, said Gough.

Greenville Veterans for Veterans is not Contact Greenville Veterans for Veterans officially affiliated with the VA system, if you would like to volunteer for events. but rather aims to serve as a local, inVeterans are also invited to serve on the dependent connection to the VA to help advisory committee: on.fb.me/1OKqSA4 get veterans’ concerns addressed, said or greenvilleveteransforveterans@ Gough. The group also has a non-VA-regooglegroups.com. lated suggestion box for veterans to use

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Ice on Main

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Warm winter weather sends skaters indoors from Ice on Main APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com The unseasonably warm weather this winter has forced the operators of Ice on Main to close for 14 days this year, as opposed to three days last year, said Megan Young, administrative assistant with the city’s parks and recreation department.

“When it’s 80 degrees outside, it’s not possible to keep ice down,” Young said.

City officials start considering closing the rink when temperatures approach 65 degrees, she said, but multiple factors go into the decision. The worst conditions for the ice are when the weather is sunny and windy, she said.

About 10,000 people have skated on Ice on Main this season since the opening on Nov. 20. The past four years have averaged about 16,600 people, according to previously reported figures.

People still wanting to take advantage of the outdoor rink have until Jan. 18,

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when the rink closes for the season.

According to Young, the day with the highest number of skaters this year was the Friday after Thanksgiving, with 900 people taking to the ice.

Different organizations have been sponsoring events, including one this Friday by United Community Bank and GSP International Airport that will give a portion of proceeds from ticket sales to Honor Flight Upstate. Skating is $5 for anyone with a military ID. Skaters have one less indoor option this year with the Pavilion due to mechanical issues. But the Bon Secours Wellness Arena has opened its ice to the public over two weeks this winter and marketing manager Lisa Crawford said the cool indoor activity drew hundreds during the warm, rainy holiday.

In 2014, an average of 250 per day came out to skate, and that number swelled to an average of 400 people per day in 2015, said Crawford. She estimated the increase was a result of increased awareness coupled with the unseasonal warmer weather and rain.

“You’ve got more of a holiday feel on the ice than you did outside; it’s cool out on the ice,” she said. The chance to skate on the ice usually used by the Swamp Rabbits hockey team was a good value and indoor activity option, Crawford said.

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Health Events Sled Hockey Jan. 9 & 14 • 8-10 a.m./11 a.m.-1 p.m. • Ice on Main Individuals with physical disabilities are invited to play sled hockey with help from GHS’ Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital. Call 455-2627.

Caregiving ABCs Thurs., Jan. 14-Feb. 18 • 6 p.m. • Patewood Medical Campus This six-week education series is for those caring for a loved one with a memory health condition or dementia. Free; registration required.

Guyology Sun., Jan. 24 • 3:30-5:30 p.m. • Patewood Medical Campus Boys in sixth and seventh grade and their parents are invited to discuss puberty. Fee: $75 parent/child. Register at girlology.com.

Eating for a Healthier You Thurs., Feb. 11 • Noon-1 p.m. • GHS Bariatric Solutions Join GHS bariatric surgeons and dietitians for a discussion on weight loss and a healthy cooking demonstration. Free; registration required.

Girls on the Run Feb. 17-May 10 • Times and locations vary This program combines training for a 5K with esteem-enhancing workouts for girls ages 8-15. Scholarships and payment plans available. Register at 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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OPINION VIEWS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, HEARD HERE

It takes a tribe IN MY OWN WORDS

by Bill John Baker

Thirty-seven years ago, the federal government passed a law to keep Indian children safe. Today that promise, embodied in the Indian Child Welfare Act, is under assault.

America’s multibillion-dollar adoption industry and its allies seek to undermine ICWA’s enforcement by filing lawsuits they hope to take to the Supreme Court. If successful, the lawsuits would deny tribes of their right and duty to look after the welfare of their children.

As Indian people, we’ve always known that our children’s best interests are to stay in their families’ homes and remain connected to their tribes. In 1978, Congress recognized this fact and passed ICWA, which aims to “protect the best interests of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families.”

Such protections were desperately needed. In the 1970s, state officials would frequently tear Indian children from their homes for reasons of cultural chauvinism and ignorance. Then, children were served up to America’s adoption industry. ICWA hoped to stop this cultural genocide by creating a legal presumption that Indian children belong in their own homes or with other family

or tribal members.

To guarantee this protection, ICWA gave tribes the ability to intervene in state courts on behalf of tribal children who had been removed from their homes. Today, the ability of tribes to protect their children remains vital.

Consider the case of an adoption attorney in Oklahoma who was recently charged with 25 felony counts, including child trafficking. Sadly, those who make a living offering Indian children up for adoption often stoop to dubious tactics.

Without ICWA, tribes would be helpless to protect those children.

Yet attacks on the law continue. Recently, the Goldwater Institute, claiming to speak for all Indian children in foster care or up for adoption, filed a lawsuit hoping to have the Supreme Court declare ICWA unconstitutional.

This would strip Indian children of the law’s valuable protections. The Court would have to decide that it knows the best interests of tribal children bet-

History shows that only Indian people can be counted on to protect tribal children.

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ter than their tribes do. This would be breathtakingly arrogant and ignore the repeated failures of the United States to protect tribal children.

For example, ICWA requires proper notice to parents and tribes of adoption proceedings. This helps ensure all adoptions are fair and transparent. Only those trying to force or illegally procure adoptions would be opposed to such minimum safeguards.

In response to Goldwater’s legal challenge, Casey Family Programs, the Child Welfare League of America and several other child welfare organizations said ICWA “applies the gold standard for child welfare decisions for all children, and unraveling its protections could cause significant harm for Indian children.”

These organizations deal with both pri-

vate adoptions and state foster-care cases, and they all agree that the “ICWA embodies the best practices in child welfare.”

History shows that only Indian people can be counted on to protect tribal children. The adoption agencies seeking to overturn the ICWA claim they know what is best for Indian children. But often, their interest lies in collecting adoptions fees quickly and with minimum fuss.

Tribal nations will defend the ICWA with everything they have. Fortunately, President Obama has been a staunch ally in honoring the federal government’s promise to uphold the ICWA. This country must not return to a time in which others decide what’s best for tribal children.

Bill John Baker is the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Refugee resettlements are a risky boondoggle IN MY OWN WORDS

by Ron Tamaccio

People fleeing their homes in fear for their lives deserve help. However, the knowledgeable, thoughtful, and cautious among us think that help would better come in the form of temporary assistance in the refugees’ own or nearby

countries with similar values and customs.

Those who take the time to think instead of react also know that what these unfortunate people do not need and, in most cases, do not even want, is a permanent relocation to another continent.

As with nearly all disasters, the charlatans and profiteers have arrived. In this case, nine groups of “voluntary agencies” (VOLAGS), with names that sound like they are associated with a church or some other religious entity, are competing for lucrative

government contracts in 181 U.S. cities to assist the State Department in carrying out the UN mandate to resettle refugees from the Middle East.

Sadly, most of these VOLAGS, and their 350 subcontractors, only get involved with resettlement programs because they are paid very well for their “charitable services,” usually in the form of a

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FEMA and SBA provide $219 million+ to flood victims Ninety days after severe storms and flooding in South Carolina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) have provided more than $219 million in grants and loans to assist in recovery.

According to totals provided by FEMA this week, state residents have visited disaster recovery centers more than 48,000 times, and more than 101,000 South Carolinians have contacted FEMA to determine whether they qualify for assistance.

The federal agency has awarded more than $79 million in grants to survivors for housing and other essential needs. Of that total, $68.9 million was

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per-capita fee for each refugee they relocate. These are not altruistic entities; they are opportunists seeking to profit from the misfortune of others and the naïve largess of the U.S. government. Once they get their payday they will disappear, leaving behind the problems they helped create. The cost to correct them, is, of course, left to the taxpayers.

Unfortunately, even some of the traditional charitable organizations are succumbing to the temptation of “fee-for-service” reimbursements for their humanitarian efforts. When compensation is involved, “charity” becomes “enterprise,” “good works” become “jobs,” and “mission” becomes a high-stakes confidence game. Real charity requires using your own resources, not someone else’s.

If all the federal dollars disappeared from this program, most of the VOLAGS would disappear as well. This is a boondoggle with a $1.059 billion price tag for FY2015, which does not include subsidized housing, most health care, food stamps, cash assistance, public education, or the costs to the criminal justice system. These outrageous costs are directly attributable to a group of unscrupulous scammers who are using the unfortunate situation in the Middle East to enrich themselves and their organizations.

Shame on them and shame on the elected officials and government bureaucrats who accept their arguments unchallenged and provide outrageous amounts of money to support their imprudent programs. These VOLAGS cleverly orchestrated a false-choice

for temporary rental assistance and $10.6 million was for other needs, such as medical, dental and other disasterrelated expenses.

FEMA has inspected more than 83,300 properties and approved 26,693 applicants for assistance.

The agency’s Public Assistance Program has provided $17.2 million in grants to state and local governments and local communities to cover at least 75 percent of the eligible costs of emergency response, debris removal and the repair, restoration, replacement and mitigation of damaged public facilities.

SBA has approved 4,300 low-interest disaster loans totaling more than $122.7 million. scenario to support their profiteering.

Arguments like “If we don’t relocate the refugees, they will all be killed,” obviously ignore other, less expensive alternatives.

Add fraudulent security reports, a wholly ineffective vetting process and totally inadequate – or, in some cases, completely nonexistent – medical screenings for communicable diseases, and you have a dangerously flawed strategy for allowing refugees from the Middle East to settle in our communities.

So, what’s the solution? One popular proposal is to temporarily pause the entire refugee resettlement program.

Pause it. Audit it. Suspend all funding for it. Explore other options.

Just a few weeks ago, Washington political leaders again failed to take serious action to protect us from the threat of attack from jihadists embedded in the refugee population. Instead of withholding funding from the current program, they provided 100 percent funding in the Omnibus Budget Bill.

The ultimate irony: Funding for this UN mandate is more than double the total amount of discretionary spending the Department of Veterans Affairs requested to treat the needs of our military veterans for all of FY2016. Outrageous, yes – disgraceful, absolutely.

For more information, read the Report to Congress on refugee admissions at bit. ly/refugee-admission.

Ron Tamaccio is a retired professional airline pilot and senior military officer who worked with the USDOT in Atlanta before moving to Greenville.

What’s Right in Health Care GHS Receives Diversity Award The Greenville Society for Human Resources Management recently presented GHS with its Diversity and Inclusion Large Business Award. The award is presented annually to an organization that ranks above average in four key areas: CEO commitment to diversity and inclusion; human capital; corporate and organizational communication; and supplier diversity.

Stimulating News for Those with Movement Disorders GHS has added Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to its therapies for movement disorders. The therapy helps reduce some symptoms of advanced Parkinson’s disease, allowing patients to achieve long-term relief and improved quality of life. DBS uses a surgically implanted device, similar to a cardiac pacemaker, to deliver electrical stimulation that targets areas of the brain to reduce some of the most disabling motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease, including shaking, stiffness and movement difficulties. After implantation, a neurologist can program and adjust the amount of stimulation to maximize treatment benefits. The therapy also may be used to treat epilepsy, essential tremor or dystonia. Benefits include enhanced quality of life, motor function improvement, significantly reduced medication use, and long-term safety and effectiveness.

Bridge Program to Help Amputees GHS now offers an exercise rehab program for amputees and those with spinal cord injuries. The six-week series serves as a “bridge” from injury, surgery and/or physical therapy to a healthy, active lifestyle. To learn more, call 455-4231.

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‘We’ll be looking toward the future’ A conversation with County Administrator Joe Kernell about 2016 and beyond

The challenge will be keeping response times at an acceptable level, but more importantly, clinical outcomes. That’s where we really shine because of our paramedics’ advanced abilities. We’re going through a strategic plan currently. I think we need to continue to look at what partnerships we can improve upon and what partnerships to develop with any health care provider. I’m hopeful that the political climate will be such that we can actually take an honest look at what is best for the EMS system and the residents receiving EMS care.

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amorris@communityjournals.com Economic development – including first steps on the redevelopment of County Square – will be a top priority for Greenville County government in 2016. So says County Administrator Joe Kernell in a wide-ranging interview with the Greenville Journal looking at the goals and challenges Kernell sees ahead for the county in 2016.

With a new biannual budget freshly inked, Kernell said the county is ready to make economic development “the most important aspect of what we do in the coming year.”

That includes tackling growth challenges such as sewer and water, reselling the former Reedy Point property, and taking another hard look at the best way to provide emergency medical services in Greenville County.

ON GROWTH CHALLENGES Sewer and water will continue to be an issue, to accommodate the growth. In addition, the road improvements to meet the growth so we don’t end up with gridlock.

About half the county is zoned and County Council does a very good job of addressing the zoning as it occurs; the planning commission does a very good job of addressing zoning. We’ll continue to try to predict where that growth will occur; and that is based on availability of utilities and infrastructure. We’ll be looking toward the future trying to ensure that we’re planning and growing in an orderly manner. That’s sometimes difficult, but it’s happened fairly well for Greenville.

ON COUNTY SQUARE’S FUTURE We have funding in the budget to begin the redevelopment of County Square and are doing space needs analysis. When we are ready to offer it to a developer, we will know what we need in terms of space.

It’s our intention to stay on the site, build us a building on the site along with structured parking, and work with a developer to develop the rest of the site. We are looking at an eight- to 10-story building. Anything we will use it for would be during the day, and there could be some ways that we could develop the site to benefit parking in the West End. Whatever we do here will be a complement to Main Street.

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ON WHY THE PROPOSED EMS SWITCH TO GHS FALTERED

“It’s our intention to stay on the [County Square] site … and work with a developer to develop the rest of the site.”

In the latter part of 2016, we will be in the development selection process. We are looking at 35 to 40 acres available for the entire development. We’ll partner with the developer to determine the best placement for our building and the best design for our building. The value of the property will be exchanged for the value of the building.

The plan we presented was somewhat forwardthinking and somewhat on the cutting edge. I think that created some uncertainty on how it would perform. I think because of the political climate, it was difficult to move forward at the time. At the end of the day, within the next two to three years it’s going to be very important that we take another hard look at it and determine what is the best route for the county to take with regard to operating EMS. We will continue to operate it at a very high level; the system is in very good shape. We need to determine if healthcare reform will have an adverse impact on us down the road. … The key is to use the system for true 911 emergency calls, not as a primary care provider. If we can do that, it doesn’t matter who operates it, it will be successful.

“The key is to use the [EMS] system for true 911 emergency calls, not as a primary care provider.”

ON THE FORMER REEDY POINT PROPERTY It’s my intention to put it on the market and I believe the value of the property has increased. We purchased it for $2.4 million in 2008, so we’ll be looking for a true value of that property [originally intended for a multipurpose tourism complex]. That was purchased with hospitality funds and will give us hospitality funds to use for hospitality projects like the Swamp Rabbit Trail and improvements in other areas.

THE MATRIX SITE: 400 ACRES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The county recently bought the Matrix industrial development site, and I see strong interest and activity there. I’m hopeful that we are able to keep that

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going and provide a pretty good shot in the arm for economic development.

Magna is the process of expanding there and other companies are interested in locating out there.

“We’ll continue to try to predict where that growth will occur … based on availability of utilities and infrastructure.”

ON THE POINSETT CORRIDOR Hopefully we will make significant progress on the corridor. We’re going to do a streetscape that we’ve been working on for a number of years now. Designers addressed concerns about driveways blocked by a median. It will hopefully provide some impetus for economic development in that corridor and make the businesses more valuable along that corridor.

KEEPING AN EYE ON FUNDING We’re always interested in what road funding is available, what the state is doing with the local government fund.

The position we are in location-wise and economically is that we are able to weather most of the storms that are thrown at us and beyond our control.

We’re still at 2007 funding levels for the local government fund, which is for the state to pay the county for the state service we provide. We have not gotten back to anywhere near where we should be.

these capital projects. The fund balance was $57 million at end of FY2015. It’s estimated to be the same for end of FY2016.

ON PLANNING FOR CHANGES IN STATE FUNDING We expect the state to pay for statemandated services that we provide. We are not in a position to where [a change] would do harm to our fundamental operations: public safety, roads and bridges, things like that. Over the years, we were able to rearrange the funding mechanisms in such a way that we are not impacted critically [when state funding drops]. We are impacted for sure, but not impacted critically. We are trying to position ourselves so any change in state support we are able to mitigate fairly quickly.

ON UPCOMING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS We are grading for [construction of] a new Travelers Rest magistrate court, which is the first of three or four that will take courts and combine into a central location. Grading has just begun and that building should be complete this year.

Replacing the ice at the Pavilion and constructing locker rooms there. Also Pleasant Ridge and Camp Spearhead construction for an infirmary along with the Staunton Bridge Community Center gymnasium. We hope to begin construction on the southern portion of the Swamp Rabbit Trail along Laurens Road.

ON THE COUNTY’S $57 MILLION FUND BALANCE We have been able to increase the fund balance for cash flow purposes. Greenville County budget is approximately $250-$260 million a year, so it takes a significant amount of funds in reserve to cash flow our normal operations. Because of the cutbacks from the state, we have put aside a little bit more of the fund balance to offset those cutbacks. There are also some capital needs that we are trying to address, so we’ve saved up some of the surpluses over the years in order to give us a foundation to afford some of

GHS welcomes these new doctors & offices!

Internal Medicine Katherine Gettys, MD GHS Family & Internal Medicine– Simpsonville Simpsonville, 522-1170 Mitchell McClure, MD Pamela Wenger Yanoviak, MD GHS Internal Medicine–Maxwell Pointe Greenville, 522-1300 Pediatrics Leigh Bragg, MD Pediatric Associates–Easley Easley, 855-0001

ON ROADS The county roads are actually in good shape. The state roads are the ones that are in poor shape. Unfortunately, the driving public has no concept [of the difference]. We work closely with the SCDOT to do improvements together as we can. We will overlay about 23 miles [county roads] in 2016.

GHS Physician Update

ON CHANGES AT ANIMAL CARE We’re going to continue to focus on improving the number of animals that are euthanized, to reduce that number.

We are partnering with Target Zero that has volunteered to come in to assist us with laws, policies and procedures that can be put in place that have been proven in other communities to lower the number of animals brought into the shelter and the number having to be euthanized.

We’re excited about that. There’s no cost to the county and there are experts who can help us do what we can. They’ve got a lot of good ideas and we’re very excited that it will be something that will benefit us. I think County Council will be very open-minded to any improvements we can make to the laws.

PLASTIC SURGERY/AESTHETICS: INJECTABLES ARE BACK! Carolina Aesthetics welcomes James Fowler III, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon at GHS, to our team of experts.

Dr. Fowler now offers Botox and other injectables at two Greenville sites: • Carolina Aesthetics 920 Woodruff Rd. • GHS Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics 200 Patewood Dr., Ste. B480 For an appointment, call 233-8088.

WELCOME, FAMILY MEDICINE! GHS welcomes Hillcrest Family Practice and its 6 doctors: Robert Broker, MD Jennifer Ellis, MD Francis Heidt, MD Gretchen Johnson, MD Katherine Lewis, MD David Silkiner, MD 717 S.E. Main St. Simpsonville, 963-1548 GHS PHYSICIAN FINDER Call 1-844-GHS-DOCS (447-3627) weekdays 8 a.m.-8 p.m., and a trained operator will schedule a visit for you.

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2015: More traffic, more fatalities in SC Spartanburg County led state with 74; Greenville County’s are up

943 816 127 74 70 36 8

traffic deaths in SC in 2015

traffic deaths in SC in 2014

CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

more traffic deaths year over year

clandrum@communityjournals.com Cheaper gas, more people on the road and the same bad habits behind the wheel led to a sharp increase in the number of traffic fatalities in South Carolina in 2015, state year-end reports show.

In 2015, 947 traffic fatalities were reported in South Carolina – more than any year since 2007, when 1,077 lost their lives on the state’s roadways.

With gas prices below $2 a gallon, the lowest in seven years, and an increase in number of people traveling, the danger on South Carolina roads is increased, says Corp. Bill Rhyne, the Upstate spokesman for the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

But the real danger, Rhyne says, comes from drivers who are under the influence of alcohol, are driving too fast, are driving distracted or not wearing seat belts.

“It always comes full circle to the

By the numbers

Spartanburg County traffic deaths

Greenville County traffic deaths

increase in Spartanburg County

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operator of the vehicle and the decisions the operator makes,” he said. “It boils down to the choices we make.”

Rhyne said too many drivers are driven to distraction – whether it be a high school student texting about Dexter and Dana breaking up or football fans searching for the latest news about their team.

“How many people are looking at Ti-

gerNet.com, WCCP, TigerTalk?” he said.

“They’re more concerned about the national championship than they are about driving. Maybe you’re not a Clemson fan.

Maybe you’re a day trader. There are so many things to take our attention that we’re driving to distraction.”

About two-thirds of those involved in a fatal collision had access to seat belts.

increase in Greenville County (Source: South Carolina Department of Public Safety, 2014 and 2015 figures are preliminary)

More than half of those killed weren’t wearing seatbelts, according to preliminary numbers from the state.

Spartanburg County led the state in fatalities with 74, more than double the deaths in 2014.

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Cancer Survivor Park asks city for more money BENJAMIN JEFFERS | STAFF

bjeffers@communityjournals.com Greenville City Council kicked off the new year with a request from the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance for an additional $500,000 to begin the second phase of the Cancer Survivors Park.

City Council has already allocated more than $1.3 million for the park, which is funded through public-private partnerships. The park is on land along the Reedy River and between Church and Cleveland streets beside the Chamber of Commerce.

The new park will encourage more community members to go to that area of Greenville, which is sometimes seen as unsafe, said Diane Gluck, a cofounder of the alliance.

In November, Greenville County Council agreed to contribute $500,000 of hospitality funds toward the project.

Gluck told council that creating the park has been a “long process fraught with many obstacles” and the additional money will fill a funding gap created by unexpected overages.

The creation of the boardwalk alone ballooned from a budgeted $750,0000 to $1.3 million, and despite earlier soil samples in the area of the boardwalk, builders encountered impenetrable soil and had to pay a company $750 per hour for 250 hours to drill through solid rock, she said. The path of the boardwalk also had to be altered to avoid cutting trees, which meant adding more railings, and elevation changes required additional

handicap railings, she said.

“What we learned was that even when we thought we did all of our homework, there’s just a lot of variables that came up and that we need to make sure that we have enough contingency to deal with,” Gluck said.

Representatives from Cancer Survivors Park Alliance say they have raised $4 million from private and corporate donors.

The full cost of the park is expected to be $7.5 million, Gluck said.

She said the park will provide the city with a “significant return on investment.” If the city approves the additional $500,000 the organization is asking for, Gluck said they won’t request any more funds from City Council.

The additional funding would be used for phase two of the project that is set to go from March until the end of 2016.

The second phase will include improving entryways into the park, including a handicapped-accessible walkway from the Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

It will also include a new bridge over the Reedy River and creating paths and other infrastructure.

“You’ve helped us build a boardwalk and a bridge, and now we ask you to help us build a park,” Gluck told councilmembers.

The additional funding for the park would come from the hospitality tax.

Council will vote on whether to approve the additional funds in an upcoming meeting.

Work on the park began in 2013 and is expected to be completed by 2018.

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF TROLLEY APP NOW AVAILABLE A new Greenville Trolley Tracker app to locate the Greenville downtown trolley is now available for download on smartphones.

Downtown visitors can now discover via cellphone how close they are to a free trolley ride.

The trolleys, which run Thursday through Sunday, send out their location during operating times via a tablet on each trolley.

Hours of operation are from 6 to 11 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 to 8 p.m.

A special trolley route includes stops at the Hughes Main Library and The Children’s Museum of the Upstate on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 to 6 p.m. Trolleys also shuttle fans from Greenville County Square to Fluor Field during Greenville Drive home games.

In addition, a free lunchtime trolley service operates on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on a continuous loop from County Square to the Hyatt Regency.

Code for Greenville, a volunteer based organization, released a beta version of the app last September, and after months of input from testers, released the final this week.

The app is free and available for iPhone and Android devices, as well as the Web. A core group of about 10 people have worked on the app for a year, and other volunteers have worked on parts of the app during that time. When the beta version was released in September, Adam Gautsch, one of the main developers behind the app, said the goal was “just to make it easier for people to ride the trolley.”

Gautsch said additional features may be added to the app in the future.

To download the app for Android, visit bit.ly/trolley-android. For the Apple (iOS) app, visit bit.ly/trolley-apple.

HALEY CHOSEN TO GIVE GOP RESPONSE TO STATE OF THE UNION Gov. Nikki Haley will deliver the Republican re-

sponse following President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address to Congress on Jan. 12.

Haley is the first South Carolinian and third Republican woman to give the response. She is also the youngest governor in the country.

Haley received national attention recently for her leadership follow- Gov. Haley ing the Charleston church shooting and also the historic flooding.

“Nikki Haley has led an economic turnaround and set a bold agenda for her state, getting things done and becoming one of the most popular governors in America,” U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said in a written statement. “In a year when the country is crying out for a positive vision and alternative to the status quo, Gov. Haley is the exact right choice to deliver the Republican Address to the nation.”

CLEMSON RANKED AMONG BEST COLLEGE VALUES Clemson University is one of the best values in public colleges for 2016, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Clemson ranked 24th for in-state students and 36th for out-of-state students in the magazine’s annual ranking that considers academics and affordability.

The rankings are based 55 percent on quality measures such as admission rates, test scores of incoming students, graduation rate, student-faculty ratio and percentage of students who return for their sophomore year. The other 45 percent is based on financial measures such as sticker price, financial aid and average debt at graduation.

Wofford College in Spartanburg is ranked 61st for liberal arts colleges. Furman is ranked 63rd. The University of South Carolina is ranked 52nd in the public college category.

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NRC INSPECTS OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION A special inspection began Tuesday at Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to assess the degradation of power cables on startup transformers for two of the plant’s three units.

A plant operator making routine inspections on Dec.

7 discovered a disconnected cable that should have been connected to the Unit 3 startup transformer, the NRC said. Further inspection determined that other cables linked to the Unit 1 startup transformer were in a degraded condition.

Duke spokesman Andrew J. Beckner said one of three backup transformers was not properly connected. The cable was repaired and the backup transformer was restored to standby mode.

Beckner said in addition to transformers that operate continuously to supply electricity from each of Duke’s three electrical generation units, backup transformers are also connected to each unit, remaining on standby mode to supply electricity to the plant should the unit be taken out of service.

The backup transformers are part of the multiple redundancies made part of the nuclear station’s design, Beckner said in an email. At no time was the health and safety of the public or employees impacted, he said.

“Part of our focus on safe operation is ensuring our employees regularly inspect, with a critical eye, all equipment at Oconee Nuclear Station to ensure it is reliable and operating safely, including all backup systems,” he said.

Leonard Wert, acting NRC Region II administrator, said no event occurred that required the backup transformers. “We felt a special inspection was warranted to gather more information about Duke’s response and also determine if there are generic issues that may apply to other plants,” he said.

The senior resident inspector from the Oconee plant and an inspector from the NRC’s region office in Atlanta will conduct the inspection. Another expert from Atlanta will assist in evaluating the data gathered. The team will review the circumstances surrounding the degradation and failure of the cables and Duke Energy’s reaction, develop a timeline and review Duke’s testing and maintenance practices.

The on-site inspection will take several days. A written report should be issued within 45 days of its completion.

Boys Home retracts CEO’s statement on Trail Life USA APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Boys Home of the South’s board of directors has retracted a statement made last week by the organization’s CEO Al Squire, who alleged that partner Trail Life USA failed to meet the standards of a 2014 agreement and accused Trail Life USA of mismanaging funds.

Squire said in last week’s statement that as of Dec. 24, 2015, Boys Home would terminate its agreement allowing Trail Life USA to use

the home’s 127-acre campus for its Christian adventure and leadership program.

Boys Home board chairman Doug McCarthy countered in a Dec. 30, 2015, statement that the letter from Squire expressed only Squire’s personal views and criticisms of the Trail Life USA leadership and did not speak for the Boys Home as an organization. McCarthy said Squire’s statement was “not authorized or approved by the board” and “was outside the scope of his duties, and does not represent the position of the Boys Home or its board.”

Trail Life USA board chairman John Stemberger responded to inquiries about Squire’s original letter Dec. 21 with the following statement: “There is a confidential out-of-court process underway to amicably resolve some differences in the relationship between the organizations, and it would not be fair to either side for us to comment on this matter in public.

We are confident that the relationship between BHOTS and TLUSA will continue once these matters are addressed.”

Boys Home of the South, a former resi-

dential home for boys in Belton, dissolved as a nonprofit organization in the spring of 2014, following allegations of child-onchild maltreatment at the facility where children were placed by the SC Department of Social Services (DSS).

The home provided residential care for boys since 1958, but the numbers of children served there had dwindled from 50 residents to fewer than 10 by 2014. DSS removed residents from the facility in late 2013 and the organization announced a mission focus change toward outreach.

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Council tackles zoning, used tires, I-385 APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com Greenville County Council kicked off 2016 with a short meeting covering zoning requests, final approval of a used tire ordinance and upcoming priorities. The council was missing a member because District 25 representative Lottie Gibson was hospitalized due to a mild stroke.

ZONING Council gave final approval to rezoning of 18 acres on the north side of Laurens Road near CU-ICAR for a multifamily apartment development, Springs at Laurens Road. The gated development will feature studio to three-bedroom apartments with attached and detached garages, according to the zoning request. Council also approved a change allowing the addition of roughly 60 homes at a site on Strange Road. Councilman Sid Cates said sewer capacity is a challenge in the area; however, Taylors Fire and Sewer District has freed up some capacity. An application for rezoning to expand Money Tree tree-care business on Suber Mill Road was also approved.

A contentious application for a development on 6 acres at Tanner Road and Randy Drive near the Edwards Forest subdivision moved forward to third reading. Edwards Forest residents objected to a requested higher density rezoning (R-7.5). Council unanimously approved an amendment for a less-dense R-10 zoning, which would allow approximately 27 homes. Then in a 7-4 vote with Liz Seman, Joe Dill, Sid Cates and Xanthene Norris voting against, council approved second reading.

USED TIRE ORDINANCE Council gave final approval to a new ordinance affecting businesses that sell used tires, amending the language to exclude businesses in the unzoned areas of the county. The ordinance requires businesses storing tires on more than a 1-acre lot install screening and store tires in the rear of the property.

Any business storing tires on a smaller lot must store them inside a building, according to the ordinance. Waste tires must be stored in an enclosed building. Penalties for violation include $50 for each improperly stored tire up to a maximum of $2,000.

ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBER District 25 representative Lottie Gibson was absent from this week’s council meeting

and reportedly suffered a mild stroke over the previous weekend. Multiple council members said they had visited her, but no updates were available on her condition as of Jan. 4.

“Hopefully, she’ll be back with council soon,” said chairman Bob Taylor on Monday. There is no provision for an absent council member as long as they are holding office because items require seven votes to pass, he said.

FIRE DISTRICTS AND COUNTY SIGN ORDINANCE Council opted to revive an ad hoc committee to study how the county’s fire departments, fire service districts and fire special tax districts request millage increases and report data. Council member H.G. “Butch” Kirven will head the committee. In addition, the county will begin revising its sign ordinance and the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will begin work on the update.

By the numbers

200,000

vehicles passing through the I-85/I-385 interchange daily

11 30-60 years 10 number of new bridges

age of bridges to be replaced

total number of lanes on I-85 in the area after completion

3 miles $231 million

length of widening project on I-385

cost of the project, second largest ever in the Palmetto State

I-85/I-385 INTERCHANGE UPDATE SC Department of Transportation district construction engineer David Hebert updated council on the progress of the I-85 and I-385 interchange project. Construction will start within the month on the rehabilitation of the busy interchange and be completed by late 2018, he said.

Greenville County Council is scheduled to meet again at 6 p.m. on Jan. 19 at County Square.

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Warmth in the family

Nick and Blair Demianovich with their son, Nicholas Demianovich III.

care. Blair Demianovich, When a local engineer helped health also an engineer, worked primarily on magnetic resonance imaging develop the Panda Warmer (MRI) technology and now is with device, he had no idea that GE Power in program management with the engineering team. years later his newborn son would use it to keep warm A FAMILIAR SIGHT APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

amorris@communityjournals.com GE Power engineer Nick Demianovich has had the chance to witness in the field the heavy-duty gas turbines that he helped design and develop. When his son was born, Demianovich saw a product he had worked on as an undergrad benefit his new baby.

As a college intern and co-op employee with GE Healthcare in Laurel, Md., Demianovich worked on a team in 2006 that developed the Panda Warmer, a medical device that keeps a baby warm after birth and includes a scale and resuscitation capability. The technology is used for premature and full-term babies.

Nick Demianovich later met his wife, Blair, when they were both working in Milwaukee, Wis., in the same GE rotational program in

The couple returned to the Upstate in 2014 to be closer to family and relocated to Greenville, where Blair Demianovich had attended Mauldin High School. When they were expecting Nicholas III three months ago, the couple toured Bon Secours St. Francis and saw the Panda Warmers: technology that Nick helped develop.

“We were walking by various rooms and Nick said, ‘Hey, look at that! I worked on that warmer over there,’” said Blair Demianovich.

“You’re a little bit proud seeing something you

The Panda Warmer uses a radiant heater that follows a cone-shaped heating path.

worked on being used,” Nick said.

The warmers use a radiant heater above the small bed that follows a cone-shaped heating path so the newborns’ caregivers don’t get heated up, too, he said. “It’s a slightly different geometry that was used at the time it was designed, so it was innovative.”

Nicholas Demianovich III was born healthy just past his due date and Blair Demianovich said it was special to see the technology in action.

“Since I worked at [GE] Healthcare, I have a real appreciation for seeing the medical equipment actually at the site.

It was neat to see it firsthand and really know the work we did was making a difference,” she said.

Nick Demianovich said he was pleased “to know that my contribution while I was an intern resulted in a safe, reliable and good product that can be used in a hospital setting for these kids – healthy ones and sick ones.”

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Doing more than before APRIL A. MORRIS | STAFF

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‘‘ Give blood so there is enough to sustain a life.

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Citadel cadet and J.L. Mann High graduate Cameron Massengale has a toolbox of prosthetic devices for various activities: weightlifting, cadet training and fishing. One is a bebionic – a carbon fiber, bionic prosthetic hand boasting individually powered fingers and variable grip. Up next is a multi-activity device developed by the Hanger Clinic

in Greenville that will allow him to perform both rifle drills and physically demanding activities.

“It’s my most comfortable prosthesis and I’m excited about it,” he said. After losing his right hand in a work accident, Massengale said he thought he would be stuck at home doing nothing. “It was a whole new world, a little crazy and a little depressing,” he said. He was soon using a hook prosthetic, a “shroom” for pushups and the powered hand. “I can do more than before … there is no ceiling,” he said. Massengale returns to The Citadel this week and training to be a Summerall Guard.

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Near and far

GAME ON TALKING POINTS ON SPORTS WITH VINCENT HARRIS

No respect ZACHARYHANBY / CONTRIBUTING

Championship game options available for Tiger fans CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

That saying could apply to the Clemson Tigers as they prepare to play Alabama in Monday’s College Football Playoff Championship game.

It could also apply to Tiger fans who want to travel to Arizona for the game, a trip that definitely comes at a price.

But, have no fear, Clemson fans who find themselves a little thin in the wallet after the Atlantic Coast Conference title game, Christmas and a trip to the Orange Bowl (a win that earned the Tigers a national championship berth for the first time in 34 years). You still can enjoy the game surrounded by a stadium (or, in this case, arena) full of fellow Tigers.

The Bon Secours Wellness Arena, the Clemson Alumni Association, IPTAY and the Greenville Clemson Club will hold a viewing party for the game at 8:30 p.m. at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the free event. Food and beverage will be available for purchase.

The game will be broadcast on the arena’s large center-hung video board as well as on all televisions in the arena.

“We are excited to work with Clemson to offer

So you know CLEMSON VS. ALABAMA VIEWING PARTY WHEN: Monday, Jan. 11 WHERE: Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville COST: Free. Doors open 7 p.m.

Tiger fans that are unable to make it to Phoenix a unique and exciting way to cheer Clemson during the National Championship game,” said Beth Paul, general manager of the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, in a press release.

The radio station 93.3 The Planet, which broadcasts every Clemson football game, will broadcast its pre-game show, College Football Today, live. ESPN Upstate Radio will also be there.

The Bon Secours Wellness Arena is the temporary home to the Clemson men’s basketball team while Littlejohn Coliseum on campus is being renovated.

For those who are still trying to watch the game in person, Price-

line.com and TiqIQ added up the lowest available airfare, two nights in a $300 hotel room and the average game ticket price and said it would cost roughly $3,000 per person (excluding food and beverages) to see the game in the flesh.

Priceline said tickets to this year’s championship game as of Monday were slightly more expensive (at the average ticket price of $1,170.48 and the “get-in” price of $413) than last year’s Oregon-Ohio State game, where average ticket price was $1,124.44 and the “get-in” price was $375.

But ‘Bama fans will find this year’s ticket prices a bargain. The average ticket price when the Crimson Tide played LSU for the title in 2012 was $2,128.51. In 2013, when Alabama played N o t r e D a m e , the average ticket price was $2,047.66.

Undefeated and bound for the championship game, Clemson still an underdog Fourteen wins, 10 by double digits. Four wins over top-10 opponents. The No. 1 seed in the College Playoff rankings. A quarterback who was third in the Heisman balloting and has won just about every other award there is for an offensive player to win. The No. 1 defense in the country. And a spot in the National Championship game.

And yet, the Clemson Tigers remain the Rodney Dangerfield of the college football world, at least as far as the national media is concerned: They get no respect; no respect at all.

I watched ESPN all day before the ACC championship game on Dec. 5, and all any of the commentators could talk about was how vulnerable Clemson was, and how they were really the only remaining uncertainty in the playoff picture.

Really? Because Iowa lost that same day, to Michigan State. Nobody felt like Iowa might be a shakier team than Clemson? Not that I heard.

So you can imagine my lack of surprise when I saw that the Sooners were favored by four points over Clemson in the Orange Bowl, and people like Colin Cowherd were predicting a two-touchdown rout of the Tigers.

How did that work out for ya?

What’s the deal here? Why doesn’t Clemson get the respect they deserve? Is it their conference? The dreaded “Clemsoning” in their past? Is some sort of perception out there that, because the head coach dances when they win and becomes a motivational speaker during post-game interviews, this team doesn’t take their jobs seriously?

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I’ve been watching college football for 10 to 15 years, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a No. 1 seed taken less seriously than this one.

So it should come as no surprise that the Tigers are already a sevenpoint dog against Alabama in the championship game. They’re probably used to that by now, actually.

And let’s face it, Alabama is intimidating. They’re stacked to the gills with NFL-ready players, their coach is the Darth Vader of the SEC, and they’ve won three of the last six championships.

But the Tigers can beat them, and they can do it on the ground. Wayne Gallman and DeShaun Watson laid waste to Oklahoma’s defense by running the ball right down their throats for essentially the entire second half; they can do it again. And as soon as Clemson establishes that run and Alabama brings pressure, DeShaun Watson can let loose with the long ball and hit Artavis Scott or Hunter Renfrow downfield.

As far as the defense, they just need to keep doing what they’ve been doing. They’re the best in the country at what they do, and judging by their resilience when Shaq Lawson went out early against Oklahoma, they’re deeper than I thought, as well.

But this ain’t going to be easy. It won’t be Appalachian State or Wofford or even Florida State. Alabama made Michigan State look like high schoolers on New Year’s Eve, and they did it on both sides of the ball.

Crimson Tide QB Jake Coker unleashed some dynamite passes once it became clear that the Spartans had the running game covered, and Alabama’s defense was dominant over Connor Cook, sacking him four times and intercepting him twice. It was an impressive performance by one of the best programs in the country.

The bad news is this is the toughest team the Tigers have faced all year. The good news is that that was also true of Notre Dame, Florida State, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

I hope it gets under the Tigers’ skin that people still don’t believe they can win it all, and I hope they hit the field Monday night ready to prove people wrong one more time.

Vincent Harris (vharris@ communityjournals.com) overs music and sports for the Greenville Journal.

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The City of Fountain Inn has announced a one-year, $1,000 fund available to reimburse application fees (up to $100 per person) for Fountain Inn residents within the city limits who are interested in participating in any South Carolina “Miss or Teen” pageant for 2016. The Miss Fountain Inn and Miss Golden Strip pageants will not be offered during 2016 and city officials wanted to provide reimbursement of entry fees to encourage young ladies to participate in other pageants.

The SC Bar Young Lawyers Division will host a Families Forever Fair for families considering adoption on Jan. 30, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at First Baptist Church of Simpsonville, 3 Hedge St., Simpsonville.

The fair offers free information on adoption, resource materials and one-on-one consultations. Attorneys, agencies and children’s services vendors will be on hand to answer questions. The event also features multiple training sessions for obtaining recertification training hours. Registration for the fair is not required, but attendees are encouraged to register at scbar.org/adoption. For more information, call Kimberly Snipes at 803-799-6653, ext. 135.

Buncombe Street United Methodist Church is offering a parenting class for adults with preschool and elementary kids. The four-week Love and Logic session will be led by certified leader Ann Shaw. The class begins on Jan. 10, at 5:30 p.m., and childcare will be provided. The cost for a workbook and all materials is $25 per family. Call 232-7341 to register.

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The Greer Christmas parade to benefit Greer Relief hosted 92 units in the parade and the event raised more than $10,500 to benefit the organization. Sponsors included City of Greer, Greer Station Association and Greer State Bank, which provided a travel stipend for Blue Ridge and Greer high school bands. Parade winners included: best float, SSI Physical Therapy; best walking entry, Gee and the Greer Marching Band; and best international theme, Greer Cultural Arts. In addition, Greer Relief also received a grant from the South Carolina Ports Authority for critical infrastructure support.

Fairway Subaru employees recently packaged more than 1,300 meals for the homebound in Greenville County. In addition, Fairway Subaru partnered with Meals on Wheels of

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Greenville for the Subaru Share the Love program for the sixth consecutive year. Through the Share the Love program, the car dealership has funded 8,280 meals.

General registration is open for three of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Bike MS events in the Carolinas. Cycling events include the Historic New Bern Ride in New Bern, N.C., on Sept. 10-11 (bikemsnewbern.org); Tour to Tanglewood Ride in Clemmons, N.C., on Sept. 17-18, (bikemstanglewood.org); and Breakaway to the Beach Ride in Sunset Beach, N.C., on Oct. 8-9, (breakawaytothebeach. org). All rides have a $300 fundraising commitment in order to participate. Registration is available at bikemscarolinas.org, by calling 1-855-372-1331 or emailing fundraisingsupport@nmss.org.

Ingles grocery stores and community partners collaborated to provide hunger relief to Upstate school children through the Fill the BackPack Campaign. Shoppers purchased BackPack icons for $7.50, the equivalent cost of one backpack of weekend meals for at-risk children. The campaign brings hunger relief to students in Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg counties.

Proceeds from the campaign will be dispersed amongst Harvest Hope Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina and Golden Harvest Food Bank for backpack programs.

Ingles presented $15,772.50 to Harvest Hope Food Bank at the Cherrydale location.

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Celebration at the Orange Bowl. In Miami on New Year’s Eve, Clemson beat Oklahoma to win the Orange Bowl.

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Clemson linebacker B.J. Goodson intercepts a pass.

The first baby of the new year at Greenville Health System’s Memorial Hospital, Wyatt Raymond Wofford, arrived at 12:23 a.m. on Jan. 1. His parents are Brooke and Justin Wofford.

Clemson coach Jeff Scott celebrates.

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The Friends of Paris Mountain presented the 2016 Polar Plunge.

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The artful trials of keeping resolutions We’re already a week into Guest columnist the New Year. Did you make any resolutions?

Research indicates that 45 percent of Americans have made New Year’s resolutions at some point in their lives, while 38 percent have never made a single one. Slackers. with Paula Angermeier Most years I make them, and some years I am weirdly formal about it. In the past, I have been that driven person who takes a year-end inventory, reviewing professional and personal accomplishments before making New Year’s resolutions that require me to set goals and establish habits, recording everything from weight loss and exercise, spending and Arts (Paris), Travel + Leisure, and our saving to books read, household projects own local media outlets, too. completed, and so on.

The perfect place to learn something The Mister admits he occasionally new, the museum is home to a nationally makes a resolution, but, for the most part, acclaimed collection of American art that he puts himself in the “If it ain’t broke” cat- ranges from federal portraits to contemegory, which is, of course, one of the many porary works, including major holdings reasons why we’re perfect for each other. of work by two of our nation’s greatest Again according to wildly unreliable artists, Andrew Wyeth and Jasper Johns.

Internet statistics, only about 10 percent In fact, right here in Greenville is where of folks who make resolutions actually you’ll find the largest and keep them. Among the country’s 10 most most complete collection Learn popular resolutions, the top three are: get of Andrew Wyeth wamore in better shape; get organized; and spend tercolors owned by any gcma.org less. Next on the list is stop smoking.

The remaining goals are less specific and fall under the heading of life improvement with resolutions like learn something new, spend more time with family and friends, and enjoy life.

In a bit of shameless selfpromotion (a perk of being an unpaid columnist), I’d like to help you attain those life-improving resolutions by inviting you to regularly visit the Greenville County Museum of Art (GCMA).

While the city of Greenville has steadily and deservedly basked in accolades, the GCMA has also piled up mentions and features in National Geographic Traveler, Redbook, Furman, Southern Lady, New York 1, Charleston City Paper, Walter Edgar’s “Jerry, 1883” by Elizabeth Boott Journal, Connaissance des

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public museum in the world.

Spend more time with family and friends as you explore the breadth of American art through the Southern experience. You’ll find an exceptional group of pre-Civil War vessels created by enslaved African-American potter and poet David Drake, along with a significant collection of paintings by South Carolina native son William H. Johnson. You can also see an array of works by such 20th-century masters as Georgia O’Keeffe, Romare Bearden, and Andy Warhol.

You’ll enjoy life each time you return to the museum to check out the changing exhibitions or when you stop in for a free Third Thursday Tour, Food Truck Friday or one of our popular Sundays at 2 programs.

Check our website, gcma.org for details.

If you’re still concerned about those first three resolutions, when you visit the GCMA, be sure to take the stairs instead of the elevator to get in better shape. Museum admission is free, so, obviously, that will help you spend less.

So there you go: five resolutions easily kept every time you visit the one and only GCMA. By day, Paula Angermeier is the head of communications for the Greenville County Museum of Art. By night, she blogs about the art of living at TownandCountryHouse.com.

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Inman said the meal is a healthy option influenced by her work at the YMCA. The Indian inspiration comes from her time volunteering with the Asia Pacific Alliance of YMCAs in southern India and eating delicious, homemade Indian meals while staying in Y hostels there, she said.

Fans can vote online for Inman’s recipe through Jan. 12 at bit.ly/publix-recipes.

Indian-Spiced Squash and Chicken Bowl 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, finely grated 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon garam masala (spice blend)* 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 4 cups frozen cubed winter squash 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries 1 ( 14.5-oz) can chicken broth 2 ( 10-oz) packages frozen brown rice 1/4 cup shelled, roasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)

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The Art of Sleuthing

Bob Jones once owned Nazi-looted painting CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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How can you tell if that masterpiece is a fake – or was looted by Nazis? A new exhibit at the BJU Gallery goes inside the CSI of the art world

Bob Jones University’s Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green Director Erin Jones wanted to use a familiar work as an example of Nazi-looted art in the museum’s “The Art of Sleuthing” exhibition.

“Feeding of the Five Thousand,” a painting by German artist Lucas van Leyden, once belonged to M&G. After the painting had been in collection for more than 10 years (and widely seen by museum-goers), Bob Jones Jr. consigned the work to Sotheby’s for sale.

Interpol intervened and said it was stolen property from the MittelRhein Museum in Koblenz, Germany during World War II.

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clandrum@communityjournals.com One of the paintings in the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green’s “The Art of Sleuthing” is a fake.

When Andrew Mellon gave the painting “The Smiling Girl” to the National Gallery of Art in the 1930s, the portrait was credited to 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. But it was found to be counterfeit and removed from the gallery’s walls decades ago and placed in storage away from the public’s view.

National Gallery Curator Arthur K. Wheelock Jr. believes the forgery was actually completed around 1925 by either Han van Meegeren, one of most successful and ingenious art forgers of the 20th century, or van Meegeren’s friend, Theo van Wjingaarden.

After a lengthy process of denial, re-negotiation and paperwork, the counterfeit Vermeer is the centerpiece of the new exhibit that focuses on the mysterious side of the world of art.

“This exhibit looks at art from the CSI point of view,” said Erin Jones, M&G director.

An art sleuth did not uncover van Meegeren’s deception. It was van Meegeren himself who disclosed the fraud. During World War II, wealthy Dutchmen wanted to prevent a sellout of Dutch art to the Nazis, so they bought what they thought were originals of the masters. A counterfeit Vermeer ended up in the possession of Hermann Goering. After the war, the forgery was discovered in Goering’s possession and van Meegeren was arrested as a collaborator.

That would have constituted treason, an act punishable by death, so van Meegeren confessed to forgery.

Van Meegeren forged the paintings of Vermeer and others after critics panned

his own artistic talent. He went to great lengths to create the perfect imitations, from using old paint formulas to making his own badger-hair brushes to baking a completed work and rolling it over a cylinder to increase the cracks.

The painting was returned to the German museum after months of negotiation between the German museum directors and M&G’s representative Julius Weitzener, a Hungarian concert violinist, Jewish WWII refugee and art dealer, according to Jones.

RECLAIMING ART STOLEN BY NAZIS “The Art of Sleuthing” exhibit includes an award-winning short documentary, “The Art of the Con,” which tells van Meegeren’s story and leads into another key part of the exhibit – Nazi-looted art.

One of the stories told in the exhibit is that of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, the original owner of the Klint painting featured in the 2015 Hollywood movie, “Women in Gold.”

The movie shows the fierce legal battles fought by Austrian Maria Altmann to win back her family’s painting.

But not all battles are that litigious.

The exhibit features the North Carolina Museum of Art’s return of a painting

by German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. During a monthslong investigation, the museum found an image of the painting in the collection of the Jewish owner and agreed to return the painting to the rightful owners without a court battle. The owners in turn sold the Cranach back to the museum for half of its appraised value.

FRAMING THE EVIDENCE Not all investigations are due to forgery. Art sleuths use some of the same techniques to authenticate a painting or to track its ownership as detectives use to solve a crime.

They’ll study an artist’s signature (or lack of one) for similarities in location and appearance. If a signature is painted on top of an image, they’ll check to see if

The Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green’s latest exhibit centers on the mysterious side of the world of art. Part of the exhibit explains how art sleuths make assignations using clues found on the front and back of paintings.

M&G was able to confirm that its painting “Madonna del Lago” was once owned by Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte because of clues found on the back.

the paint from the signature fills in the cracks of the canvas. Some artists, such as Cranach, “signed” his work with a unique symbol.

A black light can reveal new paint or where a painting was restored in the past, Jones said. X-rays show where Italian painter Tintoretto changed his mind and painted over a part of one of his early works.

“Forgers wouldn’t go to the trouble,” she said.

Sometimes clues can be found by flipping a painting over. On the back of “Madonna del Lago,” a Marco d’Oggiono painting in the Bob Jones University collection, a notation saying “Formerly in the Collection at Malmaison” was discovered. Malmaison was the country retreat of Emperor Napoleon and Empress Josephine. Further research revealed the Bonapartes once owned the painting.

“We’re doing the best we can to research the ownership history of pieces,” she said. “That’s the nature of owning old master paintings.”

But the Koblenz museum was unable to loan the work on panel because of concerns about its delicate condition.

“We strongly support the concept of your exhibition and are aware of the fascinating history of this painting,” the Koblenz museum wrote. “I am deeply sorry for this decision, especially regarding the historical link between our museums that is connected with this painting.”

Jones said M&G was approached two other times over possible Nazi looting, but ownership could not be proved and the cases never went to court.

So you know The Art of Sleuthing WHERE: Bob Jones University’s Museum & Gallery at Heritage Green WHEN: at least through 2016 ADMISSION: Adults, $5; seniors 60 and over, $4; students, $4; and children 12 and under, free.

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THIS IS HOW 2016 SHOULD SOUND

Must-See Movies

By Eric Rogers

Keeping it real

Despite low budgets, these documentaries tell compelling truths In a fictional narrative film, the goal is to make the audience feel as if it’s real. Oddly, this is done with special effects – extensive sound design that includes music and sound effects, costuming, artificial lighting and all kinds of other things that aren’t real.

If a fictional film has too low a budget, it often ruins the suspension of disbelief. What’s interesting about documentaries, though, is that bad camera work and poor lighting often make it seem all the more real. This week I’d like to tell you about three documentaries made with relatively low budgets that are very compelling.

All three will have you wondering throughout what the real story is.

“CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS” Directed by Andrew Jareki | Available on Netflix DVD This film was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary in 2003 but lost to “The Fog of War.” It’s about allegations of child molestation made in the 1980s against Arnold Friedman and his son Jesse. The film is largely comprised of home movies the Friedmans themselves made over the years, so it takes the viewer into the subjects’ lives in a way most documentaries are not able to.

“DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER” Directed by Kurt Kuenne | Available on Netflix Kurt Kuenne had a friend by the name of Andrew Bagby who was murdered by an ex-girlfriend. Shortly after the murder, the ex-girlfriend discovered she was pregnant with Bagby’s child, whom she named Zachary. Kuenne decided that he would make a video letter to Zachary about his dad, so that as he grew up he’d have some idea of what a great guy his dad was. But in making this video diary, some strange and unexpected events occur – and this film ends up being something very different from what it started as.

“MAKING A MURDERER” Directed by Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi | Available on Netflix If you loved the first season of the “Serial” podcast, you’ll love this 10-part Netflix original.

Steven Avery served 18 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit. This is the story of what happened to him after he was released. It’s told in a similar style to a “48 Hours” episode, but is much more captivating. It’s hard not to binge-watch this series because the producers did a great job providing a new plot twist at the end of each episode.

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Huangry Sensual and Not-So-Sensual Meals with Andrew Huang

Healthy delusions So, it’s the beginning of January, and that means two things for me. First, I’m still perfectly capable of believing 2016 is the year I finally take my diet seriously. (Previous installments of Huangry point to a different conclusion, but for now, a healthy diet is still a reasonable delusion.)

Second, I’m still recovering from the excesses of New Year’s Eve (a quart of Mayfield’s ice cream and a magnum of sparkling wine, both consumed in bed with Netflix for company, thanks for asking!) and I’m in the mood for something that’ll lift my mind, body and spirit.

That’s probably why I find myself at Southern Pressed Juicery.

The energy bowls at SPJ are more my speed.

They’re beautifully presented – organic produce’s bright, natural colors seem more appealing in bowl-form than as muddy green juices. They’re also more viscerally satisfying: I can still physically chew my food, and they actually look more substantial and filling than a bottle of juice.

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Now, this is just a personal preference, but I’ve never really gotten on board with juicing.

The health benefits seem legitimate, but I’ve just never found them satisfying. I get hungry easily, and drinking non-alcoholic calories is kind of anticlimactic – chewing food just seems more substantive. I also can’t wrap my mind around the fact of two pounds of organic produce packed into a 17-ounce bottle. It’s basically sorcery as far as I’m concerned.

Crossword puzzle: page 42

All in all, it’s a satisfying experience: I get to pretend I’m on a healthier path for 2016, my body and mind feel better, and I didn’t even have to force myself to eat a bunch of kale.

The only thing left to do is to see if I can keep this up for another 350-odd days.

PROS + Light and refreshing + Health benefits galore + Tastiest way to fool yourself into believing you’re going to follow through on those health-related New Year’s resolutions

The in-your-face color palette belies surprisingly mild flavors, with banana being the most prominent. Dragon fruit, while it does provide an ample amount of body and a dose of sweetness, is pretty neutral.

Combined with the fact that the bowl is served cold and has a sorbet-like texture, it doesn’t take much effort to fool myself into thinking this is dessert.

- $11 is a steal for actual dragon blood, but probably makes this unsustainable as a dietary staple for most people

The only drawback is that the pollen was mostly layered at the bottom. It’s prettier that way, but you’ll want to mix it all together so

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that crunchiness is evenly distributed. As far as the coconut chips go, I’m ambivalent. I’ve never been the biggest fan of coconut, and the chips get a bit soggy when you mix them into the rest of the bowl.

The Dragon Blood bowl is a particularly stunning example. It comes in a tall glass bowl, which shows off some vibrant ingredients: pitaya, banana, almond milk, kiwi, raw honey, bee pollen and coconut chips. The pitaya, or dragon fruit, provides the vivid pink base and the namesake for the bowl. (The whole dragon thing also fuels my anticipation for the upcoming season of “Game of Thrones,” and compared to my #TeamKhaleesi T-shirt, this bowl is a much less obnoxious way of indulging my fandom.)

The rest of the bowl adds elements to balance out the dragon fruit and banana. Kiwi slices add a hint of tartness, and the nuggets of bee pollen are a delightful addition; they deliver pops of sweetness with the crunch of granola.

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+ Bee pollen is a thing and it’s delicious???

CONS - Not as pretty when you mix the bowl together, which you should do to maximize all these flavors

Keep Them Ahead Of The Game.

- Brain freeze is really unpleasant when it’s already cold outside

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Andrew Huang is senior editor of TOWN Magazine. Follow his food misadventures on Twitter and at @rooftoptales and #huangry.

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SOUND CHECK

Page Turners

There’s still time to get fit Reading suggestions to outfit you with attainable goals As we all know, many resolutions fail within a few weeks of ringing in the New Year.

A friend of mine once said, “If your new diet comes with a huge list of foods you can’t eat – results are sometimes appropriate but it’s important to be realistic when considering sustainability.”

With that in mind, here are some of my favorite fitness books, all of which are completely realistic: “LEAN MUSCLE DIET”

by Lou Schuler and Alan Aragon While this book is specifically geared for men, an FAQ on the author’s website will give women the tweaks needed to follow this plan as well. This book is both hilarious and accessible with both a nutritional guide – which is sustainable – and a workout plan.

“STRONG CURVES”

by Bret Contreras and Kellie Davis Here is one for the ladies. This is an amazing collection of both individual exercises and workout programs. The workouts are for different levels so you could start at home with limited gym equipment and then gradually progress to the advanced workouts. The exercises are specifically geared toward women and the areas of their bodies they would like to look the best.

“RUNNING LIKE A GIRL: NOTES ON LEARNING TO RUN”

by Alexandra Heminsley While I think weightlifting is important for everyone, I like running as well. This book is an entertaining memoir of a woman as she transforms her life through running.

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hilarious

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the pitfalls of beginning a new fitness regime is very relatable, but it also highlights the importance of persistence and consistency. How, in the end, it’s not about perfection but progress.

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Performance as catharsis Mother’s Kristine Leschper drenches her music with raw emotion

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Kristine Leschper’s voice is one of the more remarkable instruments I’ve heard. It’s an anguished moan; a howl of pure emotion. Surrounded by the spare, haunting music of her band, So you know Mothers, it’s almost unbearably raw.

On the band’s debut album, “When MOTHERS, You Walk a Long Distance You Are W/ GLASS & ART CONTEST Tired,” Leschper cries out in evocative, WHERE: Independent Public Ale House, impressionistic phrases while a fragile web 110 Poinsett Hwy., Greenville of guitars, strings and muted rhythms spins around her. It’s a startling combination of WHEN: Friday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m. raw emotion and poetic metaphor that COST: $8 Over 21/$10 Under casts a lasting spell.

The origins of Mothers, who will play at INFO: 864-552-1265; ipagreenville.com Independent Public Ale House on Friday, stretch back to 2013, when Leschper began writing and performing solo while studying printmaking at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in Athens, Ga. A self-taught singer, guitarist and mandolin player, she took a great deal of influence from idiosyncratic bands like The Microphones, Lightning Bolt and Neutral Milk Hotel. Like those bands, her songs typically don’t fit the traditional verse-chorus-verse structure; they seem to form in layers around her vocals and guitar while she wrings desperate emotion out of her voice.

“A big part of performance for me is catharsis and being able to be inside of the moment,” Leschper says. “So it’s really important to me to feel the emotions in performance that I experienced when I was writing the song. It’s about me allowing myself to re-experience those emotions and let them seep through during the performance. The way that I sing has been an evolution, but regardless of the way it comes out, it’s always very much about the emotional impact of what I’m talking about.”

The words themselves are more difficult to decipher, at least in a traditional narrative sense. Phrases and lines like “Stillness of limbs/I am hardly what I say I am/I’ve imagined you/One hundred pennies/Underneath my tongue” are designed more for creating an image in the listener’s head than for literal meaning.

“I think that being a visual artist has informed my songwriting a lot, as far as being able to paint a picture metaphorically,” she says. “The way that I work is that I have this stream-of-consciousness notebook and I just write every day. It’s just one big web of words that starts on the first page of the journal and keeps going until I fill it up. And at the same time, I’ll be working on different riffs and chord structures that sound good to me over the course of several weeks, and it just starts to make sense as far as what works with what in terms of matching words to melodies.”

It sounds like an intensely personal process that might be difficult to share with other musicians, but Leschper says that working with a band (drummer Matthew Anderegg, guitarist Drew Kirby and bassist Patrick Morales) has actually made expressing herself easier.

“I never realized before how much easier it is to perform songs with three other people onstage, versus being onstage by yourself,” she says. “These were all people I’d been playing music with in Athens, so they were people I’d made friendships with. They knew I was doing this thing that was emotional and personal and important to me, so they respected what it was and treated it with the attention that it deserved. It’s really allowed me to thrive.”

Vincent Harris covers music and sports for the Greenville Journal.

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NOT ALL STORIES ARE FOUND IN BOOKS. © Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) In The Orchard, 1973

Helen DuPre Moseley (1887-1984) untitled, 1964

Lynne Drexler (1928-1999) Gotterdammerung, 1959

Margaret Bowland (born 1953) It Ain’t Necessarily So, 2010

Andrew Moore (born 1957) Zydeco Zinger, 2012

A WORLD OF STORIES AWAITS AT THE GCMA.

NOW ON VIEW: Andy and Helga: This Whole World Helga Testorf posed for Andrew Wyeth for 15 years. Comprised of one major tempera painting and 20 works on paper, some of which have never before been exhibited publicly, Andy and Helga: This Whole World explores the artist’s a compellingly holistic world view.

Ooh, Baby, It’s a Wild World Discover a few of the wild animals that lurk at the GCMA. Ranging from breathtaking realism to fantastical imaginary creatures, this exhibition invites you to explore your wild side.

Wonderful World of Color Whether bold and brilliant or subtle and subdued, color serves as both a stimulus and a deterrent throughout the natural world. This exhibition welcomes viewers to consider the power of color and their own responses.

Andrew Moore Part of an ongoing project that focuses on the American South, large-format color photographs by Andrew Moore capture architectural elements and urban landscapes as they are slowly reclaimed by nature.

Carolina Zeitgeist Organized largely from the GCMA permanent collection, Carolina Zeitgeist surveys post-World War II paintings and sculpture created by both North and South Carolina artists. A number of Upstate artists are featured in this exhibition.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

United Community Bank Ice on Main thru Jan. 18 • Village Green • 206 S. Main Street • $10 for adults and $8 for children 467-4355 • iceonmain.com United Community Bank Ice on Main, located in the heart of downtown Greenville, is an open-air ice skating rink - the only one of its kind in Upstate South Carolina.

Join us from November through January every year, as we celebrate the holiday season with one of America’s favorite winter traditions - ice skating.

Jan. 8

skating for anyone with a military ID. A portion of every ticket sold will benefit Honor Flight Upstate. iceonmain.com

CONCERT

United Community Bank Ice on Main 5-8 p.m. $5 skating for anyone with a military ID

CONCERT

Rising country star.

233-1381 | blind-horse.com

Connelly’s Pub

Come skate with Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport to honor those who have served our country. $5

CONCERT

Popular Upstate singer/songwriter.

467-0300

Jim & The Limbs w/ People of Mars, Onj. & Del Sur

FUNDRAISER

GSP Below Zero with Heroes Night

Spencer Rush

Chase Bryant Blind Horse Saloon Tickets: $12 adv/$15

Distortion-soaked power-pop.

263-7868 radioroomgreenville.com CONCERT

Kate & Corey Moe Joe Coffee (Greenville) Acoustic blues duo.

263-3550 moejoecoffeeandmusic.net

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Need a night out? Bring your little loves to TCMU! Friday, February 12, 2016 • 5:30–9:30p.m.

Kids ages 4-10 can create Valentine crafts and play at the museum while you enjoy a night on the town!

Spaces fill up fast!

To register visit TCMUpstate.org or call 864.233.7755.

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300 College Street, Greenville TCMUpstate.org • 864-233-7755

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Donnie Blackwell Smiley’s Acoustic Café FREE Veteran Upstate bluesman.

282-8988 smileysacousticcafe.com

Jan. 9

CONCERT

Black Hand Throne, w/ Compel, Thieving Coyote & Coffin Torture

CONCERT

The Jamie Wright Experience Blues Boulevard (Spartanburg) Tickets: $5

FREE Are you a boater, but not a skipper? Partner in Command is to teach non-skippers what is needed to handle skipper duties should the need arise. This seminar is one in a series from the United States Power Squadron, and instructed by ladies. It is designed to help you become comfortable using the radio, stop, start and run the engine, rules of the road, and returning the boat to a safe haven.

281-9774 CONCERT

Soulful vocalist leads versatile combo.

707-5659 bluesboulevardjazz.com/spartanburg

Jan. 11 ARTS EVENT

Greenville Chamber Singers Auditions John Knox Presbyterian Church 35 Shannon Dr. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

FREE Auditions for the spring season of the Greenville Chamber Singers - a four-part women’s chorus formed in 1996 to share an exuberant love for choral music and a strong commitment to ongoing growth as performers. Complete an audition form found on the website and you will be called to set up a time.

244-3340 greenvillechambersingers.org patfuller101@bellsouth.net COMMUNITY MEETING

January meeting of Democratic Women of Greenville County

Greenville Symphony Orchestra presents “Get Dreaming!”

Centre Stage 501 River St. 2 & 7 p.m. $15 The Greenville Symphony Orchestra Principal Musicians present the third and final installment of the 2015-16 Spotlight Series concerts, “Get Dreaming!” featuring five distinct and lively pieces in the intimate venue of Centre Stage Theatre.

233-6733 greenvillesymphony.org todd@greenvillesymphony.org

Southern Fried Green Tomatoes, 1175 Woods Crossing Road noon-2 p.m.

Lunch buffet for $15 per person RSVP required Speaker will be Jennifer Piver from Mental Health America Association of Greenville County. Jennifer will talk about mental health in the upstate.

232-5531 headquarters@greenvilledemocrats.com FAMILY

Save with Ingles United Community Bank Ice on Main Mondays thru Jan. 18 $8/adults and $6/kids with Ingles Advantage card Get $2 off skating with your Ingles advantage card. iceonmain.com

‘The Yarn’ - True-Life Storytelling

FREE

Multi-band metal blowout.

235-5519 gottrocksgreenville.com

Partner In Command

ARTS EVENT

M. Judson Booksellers & Storytellers 130 S. Main Street 7-8:30 p.m. $10 Suggested Donation

Gottrocks Tickets: $8 in advance $10 day of show

TRAINING

Cabela’s Sporting Good 9:30 a.m.-noon

Jan. 11-Feb. 12

ARTS EVENT

Mixed Media Art by Mollie Oblinger on Display at Furman Furman University Thompson Gallery of Roe Art Bldg.

3300 Poinsett Hwy 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Friday FREE Mixed media art by Mollie Oblinger, Associate Professor of Art at Ripon College (Wis.), will be on display at Furman University. A reception with the artist is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 8, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Roe Art Building.

294-2074 newspress.furman.edu

Jan. 11-Feb. 20 EDUCATION

Art Classes at the GCCA Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 9:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

Weekly Member rate $210, Non-Mb $240 + Studio Fee Invite a friend and sign-up for painting, drawing, jewelry or clay class. Classes offered three times a day to accommodate busy schedules. Professional artists teach all levels of classes. Join the GCCA creative community.

735-3948 artcentergreenville.org info@artcentergreenville.org

Jan. 12 FAMILY

‘Skate United’ with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits United Community Bank Ice on Main 6-8 p.m. $5 for everyone to skate Join players from The Greenville Swamp Rabbits and skate for only $5, thanks to United Community Bank. iceonmain.com

Southerners tell the best stories. In fact, we spin better yarns than anyone in the country. Inspired by The Moth Story-SLAM, this night features stories by you. Prepare a 5-minute (true) tale on our theme - “Beginnings” - and see if you get picked to share.

Come laugh, cry, or just sit in silent awe with members of our community. Ages 16+. Hosted by Greenville Wordsmiths. greenvillewordsmiths.com

Jan. 12-Feb. 16 EDUCATION

Seniors Taking Charge - 2016 Thrive Assisted Living and Memory Care 715 S. Buncombe Road, Greer 10-11 a.m. | Tuesdays FREE St. Francis LifeWise, C. Dan Joyner Senior Services Division, Thrive Assisted Living and Memory Care and Always Best Care Senior Services invite you to attend an informative series of free talks on topics that are important to all of us as we age: Jan. 12 - Financial Matters: Van Matthews, Ameriprise Financial Services; Jan. 19 Reverse Mortgages: Mark Schumacher, Retirement Funding Solutions; Jan. 26 - Legal Matters: elder law attorneys from Babb & Brown; Feb. 2 - Home Choices: John Moore, C. Dan Joyner, Berkshire Hathaway; Feb. 9 - Home Transitioning: the Golden Girls from Golden Years Moving; and Feb. 16 - Senior Living Communities: Bruce Meyer, Always Best Care Senior Services. Seating is limited so please RSVP at Toni.Edge@ThriveAtGreer.com or 4694335. LifeWise members register www. stfrancishealth.org/events.

469-4335 alwaysbestcare.com/usa/sc/greenville-county/ seniors-taking-charge-2016

Jan. 13 FAMILY

Duke Energy Math + Science Challenge Night United Community Bank Ice on Main 5-8 p.m. $5 skating for K-12 students with report cards showing a B or higher in math or science Kindergarten through 12th grade students who bring a report card show-

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ing a B or higher in math or science will skate for just $5 thanks to Duke Energy Foundation. iceonmain.com

Jan. 13-May 11 EDUCATION

CDS Homework Help Program Outshine Center for Developmental Services (CDS) 29 N. Academy St. 3-4:40 p.m. | Wednesdays FREE

When I’m reading – I feel like I’m there – it helps me escape. I love the books my school has now.

- Elijah, Grove Elementary

CDS will host a homework help program, Outshine, every Wednesday from Jan. 13 May 11. This free tutoring program, covering all school subjects, is for CDS children ages 5-13 and their siblings. Spanish interpreters will be available as well.

331-1445 | kim.perez@cdservices.org cdservices.org/event/homework-help-cds/

Jan. 15 CONCERT

Furman Faculty Present Chamber Music Furman University, Daniel Recital Hall 3300 Poinsett Hwy. | 8-9:30 p.m. $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students Fuman Music Theory and Collaborative Piano Instructor Carolyn Carrier-McClimon hosts 13 Furman music faculty who present a diverse array of older and newer repertoire for chamber ensemble.

294-2086 | furman.music@furman.edu furman.edu/academics/music/ ConcertsandEvents/Pages/MusicTickets.aspx

Jan. 15-17

Jan. 14 EDUCATION

In May 2012, Greenville Women Giving gave Public Education Partners our first ever $100,000 grant to fund The Early Grades Reading Initiative.

This program seeks to improve early grade reading proficiency at nine elementary schools, where 45-95% of the students are on free or reduced meals. Today, students are showing marked improvement thanks to the new reading strategies implemented by teachers. Most of all, the reading program is delivering a crucial message to our community: reading is important.

Giving together for the good of our community. Come join us!

Veritas Preparatory School Open House Sanctuary of Augusta Road Baptist Church 1823 Augusta St. 8:20-11 a.m.

FREE

The South Carolina International Auto Show

thru Jan. 15

New cars, trucks and SUVs will fill the TD Convention Center for the South Carolina International Auto Show Jan. 15-17. Close the loop on your auto show research, plus see high-end exotics and ultra-luxurious models on display all in one location. Showgoers are invited to explore the newest rides, experience the latest in-car technology and even take a test drive right at the show.

233-2562 | southcarolinaautoshow.com

ARTS EVENT

South Carolina Poetry Exhibit James B. Duke Library, Furman University 3300 Poinsett Hwy. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE

greenvillewomengiving.org | 864-361-1393 |

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There will be a presentation of the mission and story of Veritas as well as a tour of the campus. Interested families and potential teachers should RSVP to lault@ veritasgreenville.com. Veritas is a classical Christian University-Model School for grades K5-7th.

309-0511 | veritasgreenville.com

A new exhibit showcasing South Carolina poetry is open at Furman University’s James B. Duke Library, Special Collections and Archives. The exhibit, “Celebrating South Carolina Poetry: An Exhibition to Mark the Acquisition of The Ninety-Six Press Archive” is free and open to the public. Furman English professors William Rogers and Gilbert Allen founded The Ninety-Six Press in 1991 to publish book-length works of poetry by South Carolina authors.

294-2714 | newspress.furman.edu/?p=19301

TD Convention Center | One Exposition Avenue 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $8 for ages 7-61; $5 for seniors; under 6 free Advanced E-tickets can be purchased online.

Purchase an adult ticket online and save $1 Children under 12 admitted free Jan.17

Jan. 16 CONCERT

Minds Like Clockwork w/ Chasing Ghosts, In Hope We Return & I, the Supplier Ground Zero NC band combines hardcore metal and melodic pop.

948-1661 | reverbnation.com/venue/ groundzero2

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The Independents with The Boo Jays & Tableshake Independent Public Ale House Tickets: $7 Over 21/$10 Under Veteran horror-ska-punk band.

552-1265 | ipagreenville.com CONCERT

Hands to Heaven Gospel Celebration Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Tickets: $28 ADV/$33 DOS The Hands to Heaven gospel celebration will feature the Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Fantastic Violinaires, The Evereadys and more.

582-8107 | crowdpleaser.com

Jan. 16-17 FAMILY

Cowpens National Battlefield Celebrates 235th Battle Anniversary Cowpens National Battlefield 4001 Chesnee Hwy, Gaffney 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE The park will host free activities including a wreath-laying, 18th century weapons firing demonstrations, Revolutionary War cavalry demonstrations, ranger-led battlefield walks, and author and historian talks. On Jan. 16, the park will continue the annual Saturday evening lantern tours beginning at 6 p.m.. Although the lantern tour is free, reservations must be made for this by calling Margo Blewett at 461-2828. nps.gov/cowp/specialevents.htm katherine_lynn@nps.gov

Jan. 18 CONCERT

Kim and Reggie Harris Standing on the Side of Love Coffee House, Tigg’s Pond Retreat Center 212 Fiddlehead Lane, Zirconia, NC 7-9 p.m. | $20 This is a concert with songs and stories to celebrate the forgiveness legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.

828-697-0680 | tiggspond@gmail.com brownpapertickets.com/event/2463956

Jan. 19 ARTS EVENT

All That Jazz - Live Jazz Performance; Langston Hughes discussion Greenville County Library System Hughes Main Library

25 Heritage Green Place | 6:30-8 p.m.

FREE Enjoy a performance of the Greenville Jazz Collective and fascinating discussion of poet Langston Hughes led by Dr. Gilbert Allen, Furman University. Free copies of Langston Hughes book available prior to program call for books and program registration.

527-9258 | greenvillelibrary.org asklibrarian@greenvillelibrary.org

thru Jan. 22 ARTS EVENT

#Unseen Greenville Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. FREE The #Unseen Greenville exhibit is open to the public. The exhibit focuses on the people and places in Greenville County that often go unnoticed, and continues through Jan. 22. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

735-3948 | artcentergreenville.org

thru Feb. 11 ARTS EVENT

Brian MacCormick’s Participaintings and Jo Ann Taylor’s Art of Aquarius Pickens County Museum of Art & History 307 Johnson St. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesdays-Saturdays FREE Pendleton artist Brian MacCormick makes work that comes from moments of inspiration – something interesting or compelling – clicking into place to become a painting. Each from a gut feeling that the artist must make the piece, participating in its creation as it is inspired by events that reflect his participation in life.

A Virginian by birth and a South Carolinian by choice, Jo Ann Taylor now resides in the Dacusville area of Pickens County.

A signature member of the International Louisiana Watercolor Society and many others, she says that Plein Air Painting is one of her joys but that every day she paints in the studio using her Mind’s Eye. 898-5963 visitpickenscounty.com picmus@co.pickens.sc.us

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: IFB# 45-01/28/16 MeSA Expansion Project, January 28, 2016, 3:00 P.M. A pre-bid meeting and site visit will be held at 10:00 A.M., January 19, 2016 at 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601. The site visit will be held after the meeting at 1020 Anderson Ridge Road, Greer, SC 29651.

IFB# 46-02/04/16 Construction of Infirmary, February 4, 2016, 3:00 P.M. A pre-bid meeting and site visit will be held at 2:00 P.M., January 20, 2016 at Pleasant Ridge Camp and Retreat Center, 4232 Highway 11, Marietta, SC 29661.

RFP# 13-06/30/16 Food Cart Vendors for Swamp Rabbit Trail, June 30, 2016, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty. org/Purchasing_Dept or by calling (864) 467-7200.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Thomas Creek Brewery, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of LIQUOR, at Greenville Spartanburg International Airport, 2000 GSP Drive, Greer, SC 29651. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than January 24, 2016.

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 RJ Rockers Brewing Company, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of LIQUOR, at Greenville Spartanburg International Airport, 2000 GSP Drive, Greer, SC 29651. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than January 24, 2016.

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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FIGURE. THIS. OUT. FRATERNITY CHARACTERS ACROSS 1 Tuna salad ingredient 5 Remove by vaporizing, as impurities 12 Tough guy’s display 20 Holiday preludes 21 One heralding a new era, say 22 Refusing to face reality 23 Game with sticks and wheeled skates [#17] 25 Differs in opinion 26 Choke up 27 Settled up 28 Suffix with minimal 29 Flatten 30 See 16-Down 31 Public sale of seized property, maybe [#19] 37 Bother 38 Le dernier — 39 Rock music genre 40 Communist Mao — -tung 41 Keyword that helps people find an online video [#2] 46 Economic divides [#24] 52 Bar, legally 53 Parcels 55 Foe of Frodo 56 Tahiti, e.g.

57 Free TV ad, for short 59 Bills or Jets 62 Started the poker pot 63 Largest city in Yemen 66 La — Jackson 68 What G-rated films are

suitable for 71 Old cloth 72 What awards may be laid out on [#6] 75 Last stage [#1] 77 Despite this 78 Sommeliers’ bottles 80 Partakes of 81 Ogles 82 Self-help book 84 Shrewish 86 Pitcher’s stat 88 Potpourri 89 Old flier over the Atl. 91 K.P. veggie 93 Efface 97 Antiterrorism legislation of 2001 [#9] 101 Combat vehicles in a hobby shop [#4] 103 Felony hated by MADD 104 Road service gp.

106 Neither here — there 107 In-favor vote 108 Bell Labs, for one [#22] 116 Gen. Pershing’s conflict 117 Trebek of TV 118 Wahl of TV 119 Fuentes of baseball 120 Arthur of tennis 122 Atomic group 125 Things hidden in nine answers in this puzzle 129 Did surgery 130 Gruel base 131 Cookie often taken apart

Keeping the Comforts of HomeTM

By Frank Longo 132 Cuddled-up couples 133 Flourish 134 Couples up DOWN 1 French sea 2 Fatty fruits 3 Shouts 4 Nobel city 5 Rough husk 6 —Kosh B’Gosh 7 “God willing!”

8 Old Renault 9 Terminix rival 10 “I need grub!”

11 Cook in fat 12 Center 13 Cartoonist 14 PC inserts 15 “— So Fine” 16 With 30-Across, neon or xenon 17 Exodus peak 18 Seder staple 19 NFL Hall of Famer Merlin 24 Holders used during breakfast 28 Privy to 30 Soul’s Marvin 32 Bard’s eye 33 Jostled (for) 34 British music co.

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Danza 44 Forage crop 45 Styling goop 47 Oversaw jointly 48 Gimlet liquor 49 Errant 50 Make glad 51 Fen plants

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61 Unknown by 62 Nile reptile 63 Whale’s half-rise out of the water 64 Iris ring

by Myles Mellor and Susan Flannigan

Sudoku answers: page 35

65 Bonehead 67 Sculling item 69 Gang gun 70 Different 73 Lead-in to friendly 74 Brain test, for short 76 “... — pin drop” 79 NCO in the 35-Down 83 Rocky top 85 “— so sorry” 87 Sanctuary 89 Acerbic 90 Unyieldingly insistent type 92 Big name in lens care 94 In whatever location 95 Like kebabs 96 Morales in movies 98 Ore- — 99 Son of Adam 100 Ecru or fawn 102 Slew 105 Stellar 108 Novarro of “Ben-Hur” 109 Split to hitch 110 Monica of tennis 111 Apply 112 Listens to 113 Link up with 114 Agenda bits 115 Puffs 121 Tuck away 123 Ripken of baseball 124 Pickup’s kin 125 Soft lump 126 Northern Thai 127 Stately tree 128 Distress call Crossword answers: page 35

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COMMUNITY VOICES THE VIEW FROM DEUTSCHLAND WITH ANNA MITCHELL

Another reading of the Syrian refugee crisis SCHWEINFURT, Germany – A photo pinned to a board over my desk shows a group of four laughing boys. At the center stands the smallest one, his eyes locked on mine as I took his picture earlier this month. Next to him is another boy holding my friend’s viola under his chin. He is trying to scratch out a few notes under my friend’s smiling gaze as the other kids clamor for their chance.

This is not a photo I can show anyone.

Though I do not know their names, I do know the boys were all war refugees from Syria and that revealing their faces to the world, even to a community in South Carolina half a world away, could place their families back in Syria in danger. These are, after all, the ones who got away.

A few hours earlier, the Syrian boys, along with their parents, about two dozen other kids and a number of additional men and women – about 80 in all – had crowded into a 900-square-foot classroom in the former administrative building of the U.S. Army Ledward Barracks in Schweinfurt, Germany. Ledward is now a refugee camp.

A 30-member German chamber orchestra was going to play, and the audience of refugees, some of them from Afghanistan and the Ukraine, arrived in pairs and small groups to help set up chairs and listen to the musicians rehearse.

I am sharing my story because it is peaceful, positive and simple – and represents the vast majority of interactions between refugees and Germans here.

The photo shows the moment these boys had been set free. They had sat patiently through the rehearsal, then a 90-minute concert of pieces by Vivaldi, Mozart and Mendelssohn – music they knew nothing about. When the music was over, they and the other children who had filled the first two rows surged

forward to talk to the musicians, touch their instruments and try them out.

They did not speak any German, and, aside from my Egyptian friend, Reham, none of us spoke any Arabic. It did not matter. The kids’ parents looked on, ask-

“Landkreis.” It is a quarter the size of Greenville County and is currently housing about 3,000 refugees with room for 2,000 more. Protestant and Catholic charities and scores of volunteers have answered by organizing crisis counsel-

Working together, even against crushing odds, people can be an enormous force for good. ing the occasional question in English.

The bright fluorescent lights kept the cold, dark night at bay. For a moment, everyone here was safe. Everyone was happy.

I am aware of a certain narrative circulating in South Carolina and beyond about the refugees who have come to Germany – that their presence here has created a security crisis, that fights are breaking out, that crimes are being committed by them and against them. Some of that is true. This is an issue everyone, everywhere is thinking about.

I am sharing my story because it is peaceful, positive and simple – and represents the vast majority of interactions between refugees and Germans here. Its themes are curiosity, hope, and, yes, uncertainty.

The potential problems are enormous, of course. People who plan to live and work in Germany have to learn German. Free basic-level German courses have been offered at every community center here for years, due in large part to the free flow of non-German-speaking workers within the European Union.

Aside from the language problem that refugees share with other non-Germans such as myself, however, are the professional and personal losses they have sustained: family wealth, contacts, professional certifications – all have been left behind. If not managed effectively, the Federal Republic of Germany is facing a population of 1 million registered asylum-seekers who will not be able to make a living and who will potentially start feeling angry and desperate about it.

About 100,000 people live in Schweinfurt and its surrounding county or

ing, basic German classes, free kindergarten services, clothing drives and even knitting circles inside the refugee camps themselves. Our little concert was part of that effort – an extension of kindness mixed with a mini-tutorial on German culture.

Working together, even against crushing odds, people can be an enormous force for good.

I do not know the right answer to the refugee crisis and do not presume to know what would be best for the United States. I do not work for the State Department or the Pentagon. I know my little corner of the world, however. I also know that thousands of these people are here to stay.

Germany is doing just fine, and the country’s newest arrivals are well worth getting to know. Everyone’s future depends on it.

Anna Mitchell is a former Community Journals writer who now lives and works in Schweinfurt, Germany. She has a six-year-old daughter, plays bassoon, loves bulldogs and misses home-grilled hamburgers.

Devotion to their city spurred Millie and Wilson Wearn to establish a simple plan to benefit their most cherished personal interests.

864-233-5925 • www.cfgreenville.org

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