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THEY SAID IT

“EXCEPT FOR A VERY SMALL POPULATION IN FLORIDA, THERE ARE NO KNOWN GROUPS IN THE SOUTHEAST, OR EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.” Travis Perry, associate biology professor at Furman University, on the likelihood of legitimate mountain lion sightings in South Carolina

“This is the stuff your nightmares are made of.” Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis on the materials deputies uncovered during six months of Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit investigations

“We needed actors who could not only compel and interest the audience but who weren’t afraid to represent a lot of complex, not-always-beautiful aspects of humanity.” Anne Kelly Tromsness, co-director of the Warehouse Theatre’s production of “Othello,” on casting the Shakespearean tragedy

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What does the closing of American Grocery mean to Greenville’s food scene? By Russell Sanford

A shockwave recently went through the Greenville restaurant community, and at its epicenter was the closing of downtown gastronomic stalwart American Grocery Restaurant. Since opening a decade ago, American Grocery has been at the forefront of Greenville’s culinary scene. They were consistently creating some of, if not the best food in downtown Greenville. Their closing was bookended by the shuttering of both Dive ‘n’ Boar on North Pleasantburg Drive and Breakwater, just steps from American Grocery. Greenville has been making so many lists in the past few years. It’s been called “the new Charleston” by Fodor’s, a “foodie paradise” by Southern Living, and named one of the 52 places to visit in 2017 by the New York Times. If Greenville is getting all of this praise, how can three restaurants that are putting out progressive, quality food in a foodie paradise close in a city that is booming? The growth downtown is certainly an issue for restaurateurs. American Grocery cited rent prices and staffing issues in their closing. It’s very hard to start or maintain a restaurant and keep it staffed in an area that already has over 100 restaurants. If Greenville is the new Charleston, why can’t the food scene here thrive like it does in the Lowcountry? Charleston claims some of the most heralded restaurants in the country at every price point. As a whole, Greenville gets plenty of national press, but its individual restaurants do not. In fact, Charleston won six James Beard Awards, the Oscars of food,

in the 10 years that American Grocery was open; Greenville, meanwhile, has only garnered one semifinalist nomination in that time. The Holy City has hosted a season of “Top Chef,” the weeklong Charleston Wine + Food Festival, and multiple destination restaurants. It even has its own dedicated version of Eater, one of the nation’s top food websites. Even Asheville, N.C., is able to sustain multiple modern dining concepts, such as Cúrate Tapas Bar or Rhubarb. That’s not to say that there aren’t problems in those types of markets. Despite being in the middle of a tourism and population boom, Charleston still has restaurant closures. So far in 2017, 20 restaurants in the Holy City have closed, including Market-area mainstay Cypress and the highly acclaimed Artisan Meat Share. Meanwhile, Asheville is dealing with space and staffing issues like Greenville. Unlike our city, both Asheville and Charleston bring in a larger number of tourists and have locals who embrace these cutting-edge restaurants and give them continued support. As it seems, Greenville residents have simpler palates and only consider an American Grocery-type restaurant for special occasions, if at all. These same residents have little to no interest in food culture. They don’t care to venture downtown and deal with the extra costs and hassles. Most will head to Woodruff, Haywood, or Pelham roads to eat a meal. There’s a reason the Cheesecake Factory still has an hours-long wait a year after opening and a reservation downtown can be easily acquired. Currently, the majority of downtown restaurants are in the hands of three dining groups, Table 301, the Bottle Cap Group, and the Rick Erwin Dining Group. Together they own 16 eateries. Meanwhile, many of the newly opened or about-to-open restaurants, including Terrace, Basil, and Famous Toastery, are chains or transplants. Downtown needs more places and concepts that are originals. Where’s the Greenville equivalent of Charleston’s Xiao Bao Biscuit or Asheville’s Nine Mile? But change is coming, from both within and outside of Greenville. Innovative and exciting food is happening outside of downtown. Both GB&D and the Anchorage in the Village of West Greenville are one-of-a-kind restaurants. And soon enough, Sean Brock will be the first award-winning celebrity chef to test the Greenville waters with Husk Greenville, which will focus on local ingredients and dishes, mere yards from the old American Grocery. It’s worth noting that Brock has Husk locations in Charleston and Nashville, Tenn., with another opening in Savannah, Ga. Greenville needs to decide how it wants its food culture defined. We don’t need to worry about being on all the lists or becoming the next Charleston or Asheville. Downtown Greenville needs to become the best downtown Greenville it can be. We need to create food experiences that can only happen in Greenville and nowhere else.

Russell Sanford writes about Greenville’s food scene at mpifblog.wordpress.com. Contact him at mpifblog@gmail.com.

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Dr. Sam Garrett Joins Clemson Eye

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Clemson Eye is pleased to announce the addition of Sam Garrett, OD, to our team of doctors. Dr. Sam Garrett has been an optometrist in Greenville, SC for 35 years and has practiced comprehensive eye care including: eye exams and fitting of, all types of contact lenses (including astigmatic, presbyopic, gas permeable, and all types of daily wear). Dr. Sam Garrett has over 20 years of coordination of care experience with cataract surgery patients and also laser vision correction (Lasik) pre and post op experience. He also regularly treats dry eye, red eye problems and various infections. Dr. Garrett will be seeing patients in our Anderson office on Highway #81, which is 25 minutes from downtown Greenville.

and deserving patients began. He is very appreciative of the people of the Upstate for their loyalty and friendship toward him and his family.

Dr. Sam Garrett was born and raised in Spartanburg, SC and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. He took a position as a staff pharmacist at Greenville Memorial Hospital for 1 1/2 years before attending Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. Upon graduation from optometry school, Dr. Garrett returned to the Upstate of South Carolina where his lifelong career of caring for many wonderful

Clemson Eye has been a leading provider of visual health for Upstate residents for the past 40 years, providing comprehensive medical and surgical eye care, LASIK, the Kamra inlay, and aesthetics services. Clemson Eye has four convenient locations in Greenville, Anderson, Easley and Clemson. Its American Board-Certified team of Ophthalmologists have performed more than 50,000 cataract, LASIK and microsurgical procedures.

Over the years, Dr. Garrett has been a supporter and board member for The Meyer Center for Special Children, active with St. Paul’s Church, and hosting Search Ministries. When not at work he enjoys virtually anything outdoors including: hunting, fishing, yard work, and golf. He also is in charge of a family tree farm in Laurens County. Dr. Garrett lives in Greenville with his wife, Brenda, and has one daughter who is a Spanish teacher at J.L. Mann School. Faith, family, and friends are very important and honesty and integrity serve as a life guide for him.

New Technology for Cataract Patients a “game changer.” In September, Dr. Johnson became one of the first surgeons in Greenville to implant the new lens, which was just approved by the FDA in July for use in the U.S.

the IOLs and the visual outcomes for patients with a variety of conditions. The two most significant improvements are vastly improved intermediate vision and an extended range of vision acuity for patients with astigmatism.

For many patients, cataract surgery freed them from prescription glasses, but sometimes replaced them with readers. A new intraocular lens (IOL) that provides a full range of vision for cataract patients, even those with astigmatism, is now an option for many patients.

Until the Symfony, cataract patients with significant astigmatism were limited to monofocal lens implants that would correct either distance or near vision, but not both. Symfony is the first extended depth of focus lens with astigmatism correction. This allows excellent night vision and sharpness of vision (visual acuity) at near, intermediate and far distances.

The Symfony has been in use in 49 countries for several years, but the FDA approval came after a randomized clinical trial of 148 patients. In that trial, 77 percent of Symfony patients had 20/25 vision at intermediate distances, compared with 34 percent who had a traditional mono-focal lens. Near vision for reading was improved and patients were able to read two levels of smaller lines than their mono-focal counterparts.

Clemson Eye surgeon Dr. Brian Johnson calls The Symfony lens

New technology innovations, like the Symfony, continue to improve

Cataracts are a common eye condition where the natural lens becomes clouded, impairing a patient’s vision. According to the National Eye Institute, more than 20 percent of Americans will have cataracts by the age of 65, and the prevalence increases with age. In cataract surgery, the clouded natural lens is removed and replaced with an IOL.

“Patients who have received these have been very excited and pleased with how their lifestyles have improved,” Dr. Johnson notes. “These lenses are ideal for patients who have an active lifestyle. They meet the needs of our patients who like to golf, use a computer or tablet, shop, use a smartphone, and drive at night.”

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Large-scale mergers and partnerships between health systems are increasingly the norm. In some cases, they’ve beneﬁted the consumer. In others, they haven’t.

What should we expect when GHS and Palmetto Health team up?

Across the country, hospitals are turning to mergers, affiliations, and partnerships to navigate the changing health care landscape. In fact, it’s happening right here at home, with the Greenville Health System (GHS) announciing ng they’re joining forces with the Midlands-based Palmetto Health. Health. Together GHS and Palmetto Health would combine to form the state’s largest health system, one that will serve 1.2 million patients a year, earn a projected $3.9 billion in annual net revenue, and reach half of South Carolina residents. If approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the deal would create a new company under which both hospital systems will operate, and would become one of the 50th largest hospital systems in the nation. But as popular as these mergers and partnerships are — and as necessary as they may be in some cases — determining whether a merger is a success and failure is often “opaque,” according to Lawton Robert Burns, a professor of health care management in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Adding to that, the wall separating a win and a loss is narrow. “There’s often a thin line between the two,” Burns added. For many, the principal concern is how the new partnership will affect consumers. Again, the answer is not always clear. “The answer depends heavily on how much integration is involved in the partnership,” said Clemson University associate professor of economics Matthew S. Lewis, who has studied hospital competition. “Generally, cost savings from mergers come either from an elimination of duplicative costs or an ability to share expertise and best practices across system hospitals. The greater the degree of integration, the greater the chances that costs may be rationalized or practices may be actively disseminated across system hospitals.” He added, “However, greater integration can also cause more disruption to the current operation of the system, which may result in some unwelcome changes to consumers’ experiences in the short run.” GHS has said the partnership would allow the two health systems to offer services that they would not be able to offer separately. In addition, hospital officials have said combin-

WORDS BY CINDY LANDRUM ing the hospital systems could expand medical school training and clinical research. However, some fear it will reduce competition and increase costs.

Big deal While GHS officials say the proposed plan is not a merger, their plans to band together with another hospital mirrors a trend seen through the country, one that experts say likely will continue as hospitals try to navigate a changing health care environment where hospitals are paid based on outcomes, not the number of services provided.

“In a merger, you either find that one organization becomes part of the other organization or both go away and create something new. In this case, Palmetto Health and GHS will continue to be separate legal entities and continue to own their respective facilities. The new health company will provide the strategic direction and financial oversight for Palmetto Health and GHS.” Sandy Dees, senior media relations coordinator for Greenville Health System “Quality of care provided is being emphasized over quantity of care provided,” said Shipp Ames, spokesman for the South Carolina Hospital Association. South Carolina has seen plenty of hospital mergers in the past, but the pattern has been hospitals in rural areas merging with larger systems, Ames said. If approved, the GHS-Palmetto partnership would be the biggest hospital deal ever in the state, surpassing the merger of Roper and Bon Secours St. Francis in Charleston and Richland Memorial Hospital and Baptist Health Care in Columbia in the late 1990s. “We’ve not seen a merger of this scale in South Carolina,” Ames said.

This mirrors a national trend. Three large-scale mergers — defined as those targeting organizations with nearly $1 billion or more in revenues — were announced in the first quarter of this year, nearly equaling the number of largescale mergers announced in 2016, according to Kaufman, Hall & Associates, a strategic and financial consulting firm in Skokie, Ill. The three big deals announced in the first quarter of 2017 all involved not-for-profit organizations. “I definitely see the trend of hospital mergers continuing, particularly mergers of hospitals across different geographic markets, as these mergers tend to generate less antitrust scrutiny but can still yield benefits through lower costs or higher prices,” Lewis said. “But being in completely different consumer markets also means there is relatively little they can do to share physical resources or specialty practices.”

Once before The GHS-Palmetto partnership isn’t the first time GHS has looked at joining other major systems in dealing with increasing health care costs and the threat of out-of-state hospital companies entering South Carolina. In the mid1990s, hospitals in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson wanted to merge and asked for a public referendum. The idea prompted an immediate public outcry; ads depicting the proposed health system as an “800-pound gorilla” were common. The referendum was defeated. This proposal has prompted opposition as well. Some members of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation have asked the state attorney general to look into the partnership. These are the same legislators that asked the FTC and the state Supreme Court to investigate GHS’ transformation into two separate, nonprofit groups, the Strategic Coordinating Organization (SCO) and the Upstate Affiliate Organization (UAO). The UAO will handle the day-to-day operations of GHS, and the SCO will guide the UAO. The Supreme Court refused to take up the matter, but the issue is not entirely settled. A lawsuit is still pending in Greenville County Court of Common Pleas.

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NEWS Mixed results Burns said that two-thirds of mergers and acquisitions across all industries don’t add any value to the consumer. Between one-quarter and two-thirds add value to the shareholders. And when it comes to hospital mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships, Burns and other researchers say they often come with higher prices but no discernable bump in quality. The Robert Wood Johnston Foundation found in 2012 that hospital mergers generally resulted in higher prices, sometimes by more than 20 percent in already concentrated markets. A 2016 Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management study found that cross-market mergers result in price increases of between 6 and 10 percent, even if the hospitals are more than 90 minutes apart, the distance between Greenville and Columbia. However, Lewis said that price increases are mostly a concern for mergers of hospitals in the same geographic market. “Since very few consumers would consider traveling between Greenville and Columbia for hospital care, this may not be a major concern,” he says. “On the other hand, recent evidence has shown that some mergers involving hospitals in different markets have resulted in price increases.” “This may be because larger systems tend to have more experience and expertise in more successfully negotiating higher reimbursement rates from insurers. However, both GHS and Palmetto Health are both reasonably large and sophisticated systems in their own right, so the advantage gained in this dimension may not be noticeable.” Burns said in his research if two hospitals merge into one like a marriage, on average costs are lower but nothing happens when it comes to quality. Using that same analogy, if hospitals merge and operate as separate systems, similar to a couple getting married but living in separate houses, costs often go up and quality remains the same or decreases. “There’s not a lot of benefit for the consumer,” he said. He added that strategic alignments where hospitals remain separate entities “don’t do anything and show no benefits.” “It puts the burden of proof on those two hospitals to show what their game plan is to outperform those lackluster results,” he said. Malcolm Isley, vice president for strategic services for the Strategic Coordinating Organization for GHS, said the hospitals will be developing specific strategic approaches to

“Uncertainty in national health policy certainly isn’t good for hospitals.This could make systems more cautious in entering into new agreements, or it could strengthen their desire to share resources. Overall, I think the merger wave will continue regardless of what happens to the Affordable Care Act.” Clemson University associate professor of economics Matthew S. Lewis

improve access to high-quality, affordable care when the affiliation is final, which will be after FTC review. “In the meantime, we are strictly adhering to the laws, rules, and guidelines set forth by the FTC and others which limit the amount and kind of information GHS and Palmetto can share with one another at this time,” he said. Isley said what is known is that while GHS is not technically merging with Palmetto Health, the quality and affordability benefits outlined in a new American Hospital Association-funded study demonstrate what is possible and what GHS will be working to achieve through the affiliation with Palmetto Health. The analysis, “Hospital Merger Benefits: Views from Hospital Leaders and Econometric Analysis,” conducted by Charles River Associates (CRA), shows that recent hospital mergers decreased costs due to economies of scale and reduced costs of capital and clinical standardization. The analysis, which studied mergers between 2009 and 2014, showed that the mergers’ annual operating expenses went down 2.5 percent and had the potential to drive quality improvements through standardization of clinical protocols and investments to upgrade facilities and services at acquired hospitals. The study also found that mergers typically expand the scope of services available to patients and build upon existing institutional strengths to provide more comprehensive and efficient care.

“The findings are clear: Hospital mergers facilitate greater efficiency that reduces costs and encourages better quality care,” said Monica Noether, vice president at CRA and the paper’s lead author. Lewis said he expects the merger wave to continue, regardless of whether Republicans are successful in their threat to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law. “Uncertainty in national health policy certainly isn’t good for hospitals,” he said. “This could make systems more cautious in entering into new agreements, or it could strengthen their desire to share resources. Overall, I think the merger wave will continue regardless of what happens to the Affordable Care Act.” That being said, consumers could ultimately see a decrease in health care costs. “Looking forward, however, one of the biggest opportunities for slowing down the persistent escalation of health care costs seems to be in some of the promising new and innovative approaches to offering care, such as the increasing use of telemedicine,” Lewis added. “This is one area in which a larger system may be able to invest more in the development of new and more cost-effective forms of care.”

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NEWS according to Debbie Bell, SCCT executive director. “SCCT has partnered with the school district for 15 years to offer these important programs to their students, and we are very excited that the TD Charitable Foundation is playing this major role as the sponsor of our Bullying Prevention programs,” Bell said. Since 2002, the TD Charitable Foundation has donated $172.2 million toward various community causes. The Foundation has especially focused on improving the well-being of children and families through their support for “affordable housing, financial literacy and education, and the environment.” For more information about SCCT’s Bullying Prevention program, visit bit.ly/2uSFLrQ. —Emily Pietras

POLICE

Internet Crimes Against Children unit makes 21 arrests

Greenville Women Giving co-chairs Maggie Glasgow, Janet Sumner, Emelia Stephenson, and Diane Perlmutter

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PHILANTHROPY

Greenville Women Giving announces new leadership Greenville Women Giving, a women’s collective giving group under the umbrella of the Community Foundation, announced last week a change in leadership. Diane Perlmutter and Emelia Stephenson will join Maggie Glasgow and Janet Sumner as co-chairs of the organization. The change arrives as Sue Priester and Frances Ellison, co-founders of Greenville Women Giving, have finished their terms on the board of directors. The two women will become chairs emeritae — a position currently held by fellow co-founder Harriet Goldsmith — and continue as active members. “While our founding mothers will continue to lend their vision and direction to Greenville Women Giving, the organization’s day-to-day operations will be entrusted to us. This is a great honor and a privilege for each of us, and we are truly grateful to the firm foundation and incredible mentorship Sue, Frances, and Harriet have given and will continue to give us. It is no small feat to grow an organization such as this from three women to more than 550 having given a total of $4.8 million in grants in 11 short years. We are eager, expectant, and excited to grow our giving in the years ahead,” said the four co-chairs in a statement. Each year, Greenville Women Giving bestows grants ranging from $40,000 to $100,000 to organizations in five categories: arts and culture, education, health, human services, and the environment. In 2016, the group celebrated its 10th anniversary and awarded a record $577,250 in grants to 12 organizations in Greenville County. In a joint statement, Priester, Ellison, and Goldsmith reflected on the growth of Greenville Women Giving and expressed confidence in the organization’s future and new leadership team. “We can’t wait to see its many contributions to our community in coming years,” they said. The four co-chairs have all previously held leadership positions with Greenville Women Giving before assuming their current roles. —Emily Pietras

EDUCATION

Clemson raises tuition The bad news: Clemson University is the latest public college in South Carolina to raise tuition for the 2017-18 school year. The good news: It’s the smallest percentage increase in two decades, according to the university. The Clemson board of trustees last Thursday approved a 2.75 percent increase, or $197 per semester, for in-state undergraduate students. Starting this fall, posted tuition and fees for full-time South Carolina residents will be $7,356 per semester. Tuition for non-resident students is $17,827 per semester. Clemson officials said the average out-of-pocket cost for an in-state freshman is 36 percent of the posted price for tuition and fees. Ninety-nine percent of Clemson freshmen receive some sort of scholarship assistance from the state. Fifty-one

percent of Clemson students graduate with no debt, compared with 31 percent nationally. The cost of housing is going up, too. On average, the price of on-campus housing will increase by $158 per semester. Meal plans will increase an average of $90 per semester. The University of South Carolina, USC Upstate, College of Charleston, Winthrop University, and The Citadel have already approved tuition increases. —Cindy Landrum

TD Charitable Foundation to fund antibullying program TD Bank last week announced its charitable giving arm, TD Charitable Foundation, has donated $20,000 to the South Carolina Children’s Theatre Bullying Prevention program. The program engages schoolchildren, through education and awareness, to try to reduce bullying in local schools and also teach students how to appropriately respond to bullying. The gift will enable the South Carolina Children’s Theatre (SCCT) to bring the program to 21 elementary schools and 12 middle schools in the Greenville County School District,

Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis announced last week that 21 arrests had been made since launching the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit six months ago. Lewis said the department has served 142 warrants and arrested 17 people, including doctors, engineers, and adults living in their parents’ Will Crooks / Staff basements. Sheriff Will Lewis Each of the suspects faces multiple offences, according to Lewis, who said a total of 143 warrants were signed. The cases investigated involved male and female victims ages 2 to 18. Deputies recovered photos and videos of various circumstances, including torture and bestiality. In fact, one arrest led to the uncovering of one of the largest caches of child pornography in South Carolina history, according to Lewis. “This is the stuff your nightmares are made of,” Lewis said of the material deputies encountered during the investigation. Lewis said his deputies worked with the attorney general’s office and the Department of Homeland Security to carry out the operation. According to Lewis, the department had a backlog of 60 cases when he took office in January, causing him to launch the ICAC unit on Jan. 3. The sheriff has since recruited five investigators for the unit. “The goal is to make so many cases that people cannot turn their heads,” he said. “Political officials, appointed officials can no longer turn their heads from this and say, ‘This is not a problem.’” Lewis said he wants the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office to become the state’s lead agency on child exploitation cases. He also wants to increase manpower and establish a recurring budget for the ICAC unit. —Andrew Moore

ARTS

Indie Craft Parade to include 20 Upstate makers and artists The 2017 Indie Craft Parade artists and makers have been announced, and the Upstate will make a strong showing with 20 artists. After receiving a record number of applications for the eighth annual festival, the field was juried down to 80 accepted applicants, with 32 of them new to the weekend-long celebration of handmade arts in the South. NEWS continued on PAGE 10

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This year’s festival runs Sept. 15–17 at the Huguenot Loft, 101 W. Broad St. Tickets for the VIP Gala, Sept. 15 from 6–9 p.m., go on sale Aug. 1. Public shopping hours are Sept. 16, 9 a.m.–6 p.m., and Sept. 17, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission at the door is $5. Below are the Upstate artists who were selected for the show: 2D Fine Art Bone and Ink, Pendleton; Cory Godbey, Greenville; Glory Day Loflin, Greenville; Lewis Carl, Greenville; and Sunny Mullarkey, Greenville

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3D Fine Art Brooke Waters, Greenville; Hollowed Earth, Greenville; and Sheffield Woodshop, Simpsonville

Everything Else Jonathan Caleb Cake, Greenville; Kuca, Greenville; ReAcoustic, Greenville; The Big Pink, Greenville; and The Herb Garden, Greer

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The ride-hailing service introduced the tipping feature earlier this month in three U.S. markets – Seattle, Minneapolis, and Houston. It has since made the feature available in Charleston and 120 other cities. The feature will be available in Greenville and Columbia by the end of July. Passengers will be able to tip $1, $2, $5, or a custom amount. Riders are not required to tip drivers, and unlike normal fares, Uber will not take a cut of the tips. For years, Uber has refused to introduce a tipping feature that would add gratuity to passengers’ credit cards, claiming it would interrupt its “seamless” checkout process and make customers feel pressured to pay more.

The issue became more complicated when South Carolina and 12 other states banned Uber and Lyft drivers from accepting cash in 2015. Moreover, Lyft has allowed passengers to tip drivers since it arrived in South Carolina last summer. Uber decided to roll out tipping as part of its “180 days of change campaign,” which aims to make amends with its drivers, who have complained about fares for years. The company has seen a sharp drop in retention rates for new drivers in the U.S., according to analysis of the Uber driver app by analytics firm Apptopia. The firm estimates that 30-day user retention for the Uber driver app in the U.S. has dropped 47 percent from January through May. The decrease could be a result of a series of scandals, including claims of sexual harassment at Uber’s corporate offices and the release of a video of the company’s founder Travis Kalanick berating a driver who complained about fares. Kalanick resigned as CEO last month, and Uber said it would put a new emphasis on collecting driver feedback in order to improve their experience. —Andrew Moore

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Future Chord Fest announced for Aug. 12 Last summer, Future Chord, a production and promotion company dedicated to local and regional musicians, hosted Future Chord Fest at The Spinning Jenny in Greer. The 12-band event, one of the first at the Jenny, featured up-and-coming independent groups like Carpoolparty, Alarm Drum, and Art Contest and drew around 300 people to hear everything from math-rock to electronic dance music. This year’s edition of the festival is set for Aug. 12 at The Spinning Jenny, and Future Chord founder Jeremy Theall has

Indie-rock band the Junior Astronomers out of Charlotte, N.C., will headline the Future Chord Fest at the Spinning Jenny. Photo by Nick Rohloff for Refresh Records

been announcing the full lineup in small doses he calls “Waves.” Wave 1 features The Francis Vertigo, Apricot Blush, Wasted Wine, and the Excons. Theall has graciously given the Greenville Journal the scoop on Wave 2, and it includes this year’s headliner. “We’re proud to welcome the Junior Astronomers back for their first Upstate show in over two years,” Theall says. The Charlotte, N.C.-based band plays a ferociously loud, feverishly passionate brand of guitar-heavy indie-rock, and they’ve toured with Modest Mouse and All Get Out, among others. Their recently released album, “Body Language,” is a NEWS continued on PAGE 12

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conceptual piece about the band’s complicated relationship with their hometown. The other bands in Wave 2 are all local: the psychedelic-folk trio Brother Oliver, the guitar-anddrums duo Estuarie, and the more atmospheric, experimental alt-rockers The Apartment Club. All three acts have albums coming out in time for the August festival. Tickets for this year’s Future Chord Fest will be $15 at the door. —Vincent Harris

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Euphoria’s 11th annual Tapas & Tinis an eventful party Euphoria’s Tapas & Tinis, held July 14 at The Rutherford, was an evening full of surprises for the hosts and guests, beginning with the venue itself. Yasha Patel, owner of The Rutherford, says completing construction and renovations in the former Gypsy G’s bar came down to the wire, as the space received its certificate of occupancy the afternoon before the event. But she and the Euphoria team pulled it off and hosted 350 attendees between the two floors and outdoor courtyard. According to an unofficial survey of guests, the surprise star of the menu created by chef Tony Schmidt of Performance Food Service was the red beans and rice with smoked chicken, andouille sausage, crawfish, and pork rinds. Other favorites were the buffalo shrimp roll with smoked blue cheese, chipotle, micro celery, duck fat toasted roll, and pickled okra and the beef slider with bacon onion jam, jalapeño cheese, and arugula. Signature cocktails by Liquid Catering were flowing. Favorites included the peach bourbon smash made with Larceny Bourbon, peach simple syrup, club soda, and fresh mint and the strawberry Tito’s tart-tini with Tito’s Handmade vodka, strawberry simple syrup, house-made sour mix, and strawberry garnish. And desserts kept with the summer theme: a pound cake martini, chipotle chocolate pudding, a key lime shooter, and mango cheesecake. A torrential downpour, which seemed to materialize out of nowhere, forced guests inside, shut down the outdoor grilling station, and eventually knocked the power out for a split second after dark. When power returned, cover band Java, who was cranking out everything from party favorite “Wobble Baby” to “Closer” by the Chainsmokers, picked right back up downstairs, seemingly unfazed by the interruption. —Ariel Turner

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Charles Koehler was working in his garden last month when he heard a loud scream coming from the woods behind his house. At first, Koehler was concerned that it might be a woman or hiker in need of help. But then his neighbor’s dogs started barking. “The dogs barked for several minutes, so I thought they had maybe treed some sort of animal,” said Koehler, a Travelers Rest resident. Koehler called several neighbors, but they couldn’t explain the barking. That’s when he started researching and comparing animal calls online. “I listened to bobcats, coyotes, and all kinds of other animals. But then I found some female mountain lion sounds, and it was dead on. It had the exact cadence and shrillness of a female’s call when she’s looking for a mate,” he said. Koehler wasn’t able to record the sound before the mystery creature moved on, but he remains adamant there’s a mountain lion roaming around his house. “I’m not the only person hearing and seeing these cats,” said Koehler. “It’s happening all across the state. I doubt we’re all going crazy.”

A STATEWIDE PHENOMENON The state Department of Natural Resources receives at least 100 calls a year about mountain lions, according to SCDNR biologist Jay Butfiloski. “We’ve received calls about mountain lions

for years,” said Butfiloski. “I’ve received reports from every single county.” A 2011 article from The Post and Courier revealed a string of unconfirmed mountain lion sightings in the Lowcountry. And last year, a Lady’s Island resident captured video footage of what appears to be a large cat stalking a deer. More recent mountain lion reports stem from the Upstate. Last year, Ben Claes, owner of Jireh Property Services, was cleaning a lawn down the street from Koehler’s house after a snowstorm and noticed large tracks on the ground. “I was shocked when I first saw the prints, because they were so big,” said Claes, who measured and snapped some photos for SCDNR. “SCDNR said the prints were from a dog, but I’m not sure I really agree with them,” said Claes. “It would’ve been a pretty big dog.” Nikolay Kapustin, deputy zoo administrator and veterinarian at the Greenville Zoo, said the prints, which measure 2.5 inches long, are likely coyote tracks. “There may be a hint of nail indentations, which cats wouldn’t have,” said Kapustin. The city of Simpsonville has also received calls about mountain lions over the years, according to Colleen Jenkins, an animal code enforcement officer for the city. In 2009, Jenkins responded to a call after several residents at an apartment complex reported seeing a “large cat” in the surrounding woods. “I actually drove out to the apartment and noticed some large tracks in the mud,” she said. “I

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COVER can tell you they weren’t from your everyday dog or house cat.” Jenkins, unfortunately, didn’t take photos of the tracks or file an official report. There have also been several sightings at Clemson University over the years. In 2007, a contract security officer called the university’s police department after he spotted what he thought looked like a mountain lion near the Calhoun Mansion. The responding officers later spotted the animal near Earle and Daniel halls, according to reports. However, they weren’t able to provide evidence of the encounter. Many authorities and researchers remain skeptical of mountain lion sightings across South Carolina and surrounding states. “The only recognized population of mountain lions in the South is in South Florida in the Everglades,” said Travis Perry, an associate biology professor at Furman University. “Except for a very small population in Florida, there are no known groups in the Southeast, or east of the Mississippi in all truthfulness.” Mountain lions, which are also called cougars, pumas, and sometimes panthers, once roamed from coast to coast. But North America’s mountain lion population decreased in the 1900s as wild lands were cleared for agriculture and game hunting increased. By the 1960s, mountain lions dwindled in the western states but managed to survive into the 21st century. The eastern cougar, however, was declared extinct in 2011. The last three eastern cougars were killed in 1930 in Tennessee, New Brunswick in 1932, and Maine in 1938.

“SCDNR said the prints were from a dog, but I’m not sure I really agree with them. It would’ve been a pretty big dog.” A wild mountain lion hasn’t been verified in South Carolina in about 100 years, said Perry, who’s studied mountain lions for more than a decade. In fact, the bobcat is the only native wild cat found in South Carolina today.

A FLORIDA PANTHER IN SOUTH CAROLINA? Some actually believe mountain lion sightings in South Carolina can be attributed to the Florida panther, the only surviving subspecies of eastern cougar. The big cats once roamed the entire Southeast but were decimated by hunting. Now there are less than 100 panthers surviving in the swamps of South Florida. “I guess a Florida panther could possibly roam into South Carolina, but I’m not sure they would make it that

far without getting hit by a car,” said Butfiloski. Male mountain lions, also known as toms, occasionally travel long distances and sometimes appear from South Carolina to New England, according to Perry. “Dominant toms may inhabit a 100-square-mile area, and any other males, including cubs that are just born, are competing against the alpha,” he said. “The younger, weaker male lions will travel to get away to other areas and establish their own territory. Sometimes, these cats get pushed very far away from where they were born.” But mountain lions don’t get along well with roads. “There would be road-killed cougar carcasses showing up at least once a year if we had an established population,” Perry said. SCDNR has yet to receive a report of drivers hitting a mountain lion, said Butfiloski. In fact, the wildlife agency has yet to receive a single piece of credible evidence even supporting the existence of mountain lions in South Carolina. “I do not believe that South Carolina has a free-ranging wild cougar population,” said Butfiloski. “We have had a couple of cougars escape from captivity over the past 30 years or so, but they don’t elude leaving evidence behind.” Robert Downing, a former Clemson-based biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, actually investigated several hundred big cat reports throughout the Southeast in the late 1970s and 1980s but found no proof of their existence outside of Florida. “There are countless game and trail cameras out in the woods of South Carolina at any given time, and nobody has photographed a large cat, yet these animals do show up

BLACK CAT FEVER While some South Carolinians are reportedly spotting mountain lions, others are claiming to see something much more menacing: a black panther. In 2003, eight residents from a Mauldin subdivision called police saying they’d seen a large black cat prowling around the woods behind their homes. The Mauldin Police Department tried to capture the cat using a metal cage baited with a slab of beef donated by a local grocery store but quit after trying for several days. Several years later, the story of a federal forester’s escape from the clutches of a black panther in Oconee County made headlines. In 2007, Terrance Fletcher, a technician with the U.S. Forest Service, claimed he was chased into the Chattooga River by a 7-foot-long panther with “jet black” fur. “The animal started running ... so I decided to run and get away and jump in the river to get across to the other side,” Fletcher told The State. “It was a little too big to be a bobcat.” More recent sightings have occurred in Greenville County.

“There has never been a mountain lion that has been seen, killed, or bred in captivity that is black.” That same year, Katie Araujo, a Paris Mountain resident, said she came face to face with a large black cat while sitting on her front porch. “I was just sitting here, and all of a sudden I looked and there it was on my front porch. It was big and muscular. … When I stood up, it ran,” Araujo told Fox News. A year later, a Piedmont resident captured a trail camera photo of what many believed to be a black panther. But SCNDR later concluded it was a black coyote, the creature at least one expert believes is most commonly mistaken for a panther.

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Many people believe they’re actually seeing a black mountain lion, said Travis Perry, a biology professor at Furman University. “There has never been a mountain lion that has been seen, killed, or bred in captivity that is black, but jaguars and leopards have a gene that occurs in six percent of the population that causes black cats,” said Perry. “But for one to make it from the Southwest deserts to the mid-Atlantic mountains, Piedmont, or coastal areas is unlikely. Even more unlikely is for the jaguar to make it that far to have the rare gene that causes it to be solid black,” he said. South Carolina’s collection of exotic pets includes mountain lions, tigers, and other big cats, according to SCDNR biologist Jay Butfiloski. But a pet mountain lion hasn’t escaped for more than decade

in South Carolina. The last recorded escape occurred in 2003 when a 200-pound mountain lion broke free from his cage in Laurens County. Luckily, the big cat was captured after roaming free for two days, according to Butfiloski. Many counties, including Spartanburg and Anderson, have since banned exotic pets. And earlier this year, South Carolina passed a new law, effective next year, that makes it illegal to own a “large wild cat, non-native bear, or great ape.” Greenville County requires residents to obtain a permit and undergo inspections. The county’s animal control office has only issued 17 permits for exotic animals since 2012, according to spokesman Bob Mihalic. The permits include two tigers. But the county’s lack of pet mountain lions doesn’t necessarily discount some of the black panther sightings. “Mountain lions can travel very long distances,” said Perry. “I wouldn’t really be surprised if some of these sightings are pet mountain lions from other counties or states.” “Most people in the eastern U.S. haven’t ever seen a wild mountain lion or jaguar or leopard,” said Butfiloski. “I think many people just get excited when trail cameras or videos reveal an animal in the woods.”

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A HISTORY OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY AND CONSPIRACIES But South Carolinians are likely seeing something, even if it’s not a mountain lion. “People who report these sightings come from all walks of life, and are usually sincere and honest. They believe what they saw,” said Butfiloski. “Our brains can mess with us sometimes. I think many people are mistaking coyotes, bobcats, and other animals for mountain lions,” he added. But many residents insist they’re either seeing or hearing mountain lions despite the lack of evidence, according to Butfiloski. Koehler, for one, remains convinced at least one mountain lion inhabits these parts. “I know what I heard that afternoon,” he said. “It was a female mountain lion.” Some people even claim SCDNR is covering up the presence of mountain lions. One popular conspiracy theory, for instance, claims SCDNR has released a breeding population of western mountain lions to control the state’s surging white-tailed deer population from causing too much agricultural damage. “There is no way that this could remain a secret from the general population,” said Butfiloski. “Many biologists, myself included, would be excited about the thought of finding a population of wild cougars in South Carolina.” Butfiloski said SCDNR would likely be eligible for federal money to study mountain lions and protect and manage lands for the presence of them if they actually appeared. Though the eastern cougar may be gone, many are hoping that western cougars will eventually migrate east from the Rocky Mountain states and repopulate the region. Many experts, including Perry and Butfiloski, say it’s already happening. “South Carolina can probably expect to see one in the next decade given the rate at which these lions are showing up east and north of their established ranges,” said Perry.

According to Perry, western mountain lions have established breeding populations in South Dakota, Nebraska, and North Dakota in the last 25 years. And verified mountain lion photos and road kill carcasses are slowly but surely appearing in various states, including Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Western mountain lions or Florida panthers will likely appear in South Carolina in the next decade or so, according to Perry. “We’ll probably see younger males pop up here and there in the remote areas of the mountains,” he said. “I’m not sure we’ll ever see an established breeding population.” Luckily, the big cats probably won’t pose a serious threat to public safety when they do appear in South Carolina. “Mountain lions typically keep their distance from hu-

One popular conspiracy theory claims SCDNR has released a breeding population of western mountain lions to control the state’s surging white-tailed deer population. mans,” said Perry. “You’re more likely to get struck by lightning.” But some residents, including Koehler, are already taking precautions. “Mountain lions are sneaky animals,” said Koehler. “I’m telling neighbors to be more aware of their surroundings when they’re walking their dogs around here.”

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Athletes

Quality Points

Place

Team

Total Points

Devenger Dolphins

113

10.01

Gower

1,574

Sugar Creek

143

9.77

Sugar Creek

1,396.50

Stone Lake Swim Team

119

7.92

Devenger Dolphins

1,131.50

Gower

350

4.50

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942.50

Greenville Country Club

166

4.24

Greenville Country Club

704.50

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36.44

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Athletes

Quality Points

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Total Points

River Walk Shockwaves

12.36

Woody Creek Swim Team

1,416

Silverleaf Swordfish

11.56

Roper Mountain Estates Asheton

1,361

Roper Mountain Estates Asheton

131

10.39

River Walk Shockwaves

1,211

Spaulding Farm

9.70

Spaulding Farm

854

Woody Creek Swim Team

159

8.90

Silverleaf Swordfish

809

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52.91

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TOTAL

5,651

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Total Points

Thornblade Country Club

18.52

Forrester Wood

1,174

Poinsettia Pirates Swim Team

16.37

Poinsettia Pirates Swim Team

1,146

Foxcroft

16.08

Pelham Falls

1,099

Forrester Woods

12.10

Thornblade Country Club

1,093

Pelham Falls

11.45

Foxcroft

1,045

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5,557

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74.52

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Team

| Combined Team Scores

Athletes

Quality Points

Place

Holly Tree Country Club Hurricanes

17.86

Holly Tree Country Club Hurricanes

1,536

Neely Farm Nitro Fish

16.92

Wellington Green/Brighton-Carisbrooke

1,203

Stonehaven Stingrays

14.49

Neely Farm Nitro Fish

1,083

Wellington Green/Brighton-Carisbrooke

12.27

Stonehaven Stingrays

971

Brushy Meadows Summer Walk

11.44

Brushy Meadows Summer Walk

812

TOTAL

72.98

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Total Points

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Pebble Creek - Half Mile Lake Sharks

16.53

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Total Points

Pebble Creek - Half Mile Lake Sharks

1,372

Botany Woods

13.85

Orchard Farms Swim Team

Sparrows Point - Adams Run

12.89

Dove Tree

12.01

Botany Woods

Orchard Farms Swim Team

11.17

Sparrows Point - Adams Run

786.50

Pmp - Del Norte - Canebrake

8.97

Pmp - Del Norte - Canebrake

780.50

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Weatherstone

20.17

Bent Creek

McCarter

19.93

Weatherstone

1,149.50

Bent Creek

17.61

McCarter

Heritage Lakes

16.18

Heritage Lakes

Knollwood - Planters Row

12.76

Knollwood - Planters Row

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984.50

TOTAL

75.42

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86.65

1,215

1,116 987

612.50

TOTAL

5,080

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Inspired by a chance encounter at a thrift store, Adahlia Nix plans to launch a free laundry service for homeless, elderly, and low-income individuals in Greenville. Photo by Justin Nix

When Adahlia Nix was working at a thrift store on Woodruff Road last winter, one customer caught her attention. Each week, Frankie, a woman in her late 20s, would come in the store to purchase a new outfit. Initially, nothing seemed unusual about this routine, but Nix discovered that Frankie was homeless and didn’t have the means to do laundry. When her clothes became too dirty, she was simply discarding them. It turned out that the new outfit Frankie bought each week replaced what she had been wearing for several consecutive days. Upon learning about Frankie’s circumstances, Nix felt called to act. She offered to do Frankie’s laundry at home and bring back her clean clothes to the store the following day. The two women established a drop-off and pickup schedule. Soon after, Nix was offering the same assistance to five other individuals in need. This lasted for a few months, until Nix took another job.

“I believe with all my heart that the most amazing conversations will happen between the community with just these few hours of serving each other.” Adahlia Nix

But she didn’t want to just stop there. That chance encounter with Frankie has motivated Nix to go a step further and launch For Frankie, a free community-wide laundry service for those in the Greenville area who are homeless, elderly, or living in low-income households. Nix says the decision to turn the service into a widespread project stems from her belief that the community has an “obli-

gation” to “help [others] through hard times.” “They’re our neighbors as well,” she adds. Nix created a GoFundMe page to raise start-up funds to pay for laundry detergent, fabric softener, lemons (which help remove the smell of smoke from clothing), and the use of washers and dryers at a laundromat. She has already surpassed her fundraising goal of $1,000.

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On the GoFundMe page, Nix elaborates on the inspiration behind expanding the laundry service. She writes, “By not having clean clothes to wear, how are you going to feel confident while you know in the back of your mind that you have worn the same outfit for the past week? I want to develop relationships with those who are in need and have them know that people care about them and that

they are not alone. I believe with all my heart that the most amazing conversations will happen between the community with just these few hours of serving each other.” Nix intends to offer the laundry service weekly and hopes to recruit three to four committed volunteers who can assist with actually doing the laundry. Depending on the community response, she may look to add more vol-

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unteers in the future. To help spread the word about For Frankie, Nix plans to contact entities including the Salvation Army, Triune Mercy Center, and Project Host. She’s also considering putting up signs where appropriate to advertise the service. Currently, Nix’s main focus is to find a laundromat that offers a convenient, central location. Potential sites are on White Horse Road

and in the Village of West Greenville. To simplify the overall process, both laundry drop-off and pickup will be conducted on the same day at the chosen laundromat. For more information, visit gofundme.com/ for-frankie.

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IGY Marina, an international marina company whose corporate financial office is based in Greenville, recently participated in a variety of mini-projects to benefit A Child’s Haven. A group of around 20 volunteers from the Greenville office participated in painting directional arrows in the facility’s parking lot and constructing shelving for a toy shed, as well as sanitizing and organizing the treatment rooms. Submit community news items to community@communityjournals.com.

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hat better way to celebrate the ground breaking of the Feed & Seed facility at 159 Welborn St. and the receipt of a long-sought-after $250,000 grant than with a dinner prepared by one of the nonprofit’s partners, Bacon Brothers Food Group chef Anthony Gray and his team. The celebration July 13 was well earned and appointed. With ingredients sourced from 10 local and regional farms and Abundant Seafood’s captain Mark Marhefka, it was the embodiment of Feed & Seed’s mission to create a selfsustaining revenue system for regional food producers by providing a means for

local restaurants, schools, and individuals to purchase their products at a fair price. For three and a half years, Mike McGirr, co-founder and executive director of Feed & Seed has been promoting the nonprofit’s concept and fundraising. In order to receive the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant, McGirr had to raise matching funds. That financial goal was recently achieved and the $250,000 from ARC will be used to purchase specific equipment for the USDA-inspected commissary kitchen, which is an integral part of the Feed & Seed mission, McGirr says. USDA certification will allow food items minimally processed in the kitchen, which will be built to exact specifi-

cations, to be packaged and sold in any market, allowing farmers and purveyors with such aspirations to spread their reach regionally and nationally. The ARC is an economic development agency of the federal government and 13 state governments focusing on 420 counties across the Appalachian Region. ARC’s mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia to help the region achieve socioeconomic parity with the nation. “Feed & Seed is an extraordinary example of how local food systems, agricultural entrepreneurism, and thoughtful community-based development can drive economic progress in

South Carolina,” says Earl Gohl, federal co-chair of the ARC. “Communities across Appalachia can learn from this model.” In development since 2014, Feed & Seed’s market is located inside the 22,000-square-foot The Commons warehouse space adjacent to the proposed City Park and the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail, which means that cyclists will likely be one of the facility’s target demos. McGirr says having a chief donor as the builder and landlord will be a huge asset and incentive to complete the construction in a timely manner, which is projected to be within seven months to a year from now.

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Left: Bacon Brothers chef Anthony Gray prepares Caroland Farms smoked wagyu brisket. Center: Royal Red shrimp salad with pickled peppers, Palmetto sweet onion, parsley, and aoli, and the wagyu brisket. Above: Feed & Seed supporters dined at Mary Hipp’s home to celebrate. “We couldn’t ask for better partners,” McGirr says. The wholesale market place and processing facility will share operations with private retail components, including a produce market, Bake Room bakery owned by Wade Taylor, a butcher shop and diner from the Bacon Brothers Food Group, and a second and expanded Due South Coffee location. A second Community Tap location will also be housed within The Commons. Due South Coffee co-founder Patrick McInerney says the new location will serve additional food and baked goods produced entirely through Bake Room and Bacon Brothers, both of whom will be sourcing ingredients only through Feed & Seed. “We’re super excited to be partnering with them,” McInerney says. Bacon Brothers COO Jason Callaway says the diner, named after his and Gray’s grandmothers (Pauline and Mabel) will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with each service building on the other, meaning breakfast will be available all day, and lunch items will be available for dinner. The menu will constantly change because it’ll be based on ingredients from Feed & Seed’s providers. The butcher shop, which will handle a wide variety of meat types and qualities, will also serve as a training facility for butchers. “There’s a shortage of talented butchers,” Callaway says. A main Feed & Seed goal is also to serve the immediately surrounding community. “We want to serve the neighbors who have lived here for the past five generations,” McGirr says. “The neighbors come first. People on bikes come second.”

Chef Anthony Gray prepared a menu appropriate for a balmy July evening that showcased the vibrancy and intense flavors of the locally grown and raised ingredients. Cold items included a smoked mackerel pâté with Thicketty Mountain Farms salt and vinegar potato chips, Royal Red shrimp toast with Thicketty Mountain Farms pickled peppers, palmetto sweet onion, Crescent Farms parsley, and aioli, that flew off the platters as soon as they hit the serving table; and vibrantly colored assorted fresh crudités from Bio-way, Crescent, and Reedy River farms, including peppers, tomatoes, carrots, cusa zucchini, hakurei turnips, and suyo long cucumbers; and for a fresh finish, South Carolina berries, peaches, and melons. Gray, in his signature style, also brought the heat with Caroland Farms smoked wagyu brisket and Johnson Creek Farms forage fed angus served on a soft roll with palmetto sweet onion, ramp vinegar, and pimento cheese; and Johnson Creek Farms grilled carne asada tacos with Bio-way Farms salsa, among other dishes, such as a grilled corn salad; grilled potato salad with green beans, basil pesto, and corno di toro peppers; beef sliders; and a Royal Red Shrimp salad he whipped up on the fly.

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Clockwise from top left: • Construction on The Commons space, which will house Feed & Seed and other retail components, is expected to be completed within a year. • Dishes included Thicketty Mountain Farms grilled potato salad with green beans, radishes, Crescent Farms basil pesto, and Bio-Way Farms corno di toro peppers and Johnson Creek Farms grilled carne asada tacos with Bio-Way Farms salsa. • Bacon Brothers COO Jason Callaway mans the grill at the celebration dinner. • Farm fresh crudités from Bio-Way, Crescent, and Reedy River farms were a cool option on a hot evening. • Feed & Seed supporters dined al fresco on the balmy summer evening.

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This waterfront cottage’s abundant assets encompass its setting, its space, and its income potential. The setting is incomparable: within the Orchard Cottages enclave in The Reserve at Lake Keowee; steps away from Lake Keowee’s waters and a deeded covered boat slip with like-new heavyduty lift; overlooking The Reserve’s 17th fairway across the protected cove; and a short walk or golf cart ride to The Reserve’s plentiful amenities. The space is generous, with four bedrooms (three with en suite baths), open family room,

and over 700 square feet of wrap-around outdoor living areas, including a screened porch with stone fireplace and an adjoining dining terrace, both with lake and golf course views. The income potential is significant, as this home has generated over$40K in rental income in previous years. Of course, it is also ideally suited as a permanent residence if you can’t bring yourself to leave. Move-in ready, this home is fully furnished, and its purchase includes a detached golf cart garage and lightly used 4-seat golf cart.

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Craig Bailey, Managing Broker of JOY Real Estate, proudly announces the top performing agents for the Greenville area for the month of May 2017. Listing Units: Sales Units: • Jo Singleton • Jo Singleton • Sherry Bruce • Betty Jo Pearce • Betty Jo Pearce • Sarah Turner Listing Volume: Sales Volume: • Jo Singleton • Michael McGreevey • Kerri Warren • Betty Jo Pearce • Anne Marie Egan • Jo Singleton

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce that Matt Byars has joined the company’s Pelham Road office as a sales associate. Byars Byars has spent nearly 20 years in the food and beverage sales channel, specifically within the distribution process. In addition, he has also

owned a small business providing decorative concrete services. Byars is excited to embark on his real estate career and looks forward to helping Upstate residents navigate the home buying and selling process. “With his experience in small business ownership and his knowledge of the Upstate, Matt will do well in real estate,” said Elizabeth Gray-Carr, Broker-In-Charge of the Pelham Road office. “He has an outgoing, friendly personality that is going to fit well in this office.” A Greenville native, Byars has been happily married for 13 years, and he has two daughters.

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To make deviled eggs that are easy to peel, start with eggs that have been in the refrigerator for a week or so. Fresh eggs can be frustrating to peel, which results in waste, not to mention ugly eggs.

• 2 to 3 tablespoons Duke’s mayonnaise

Remove the eggs from the refrigerator and allow them to come to room temperature. Meanwhile, bring water to boil in a large saucepan. Once the water has reached a vigorous rolling boil, gently lower the eggs one at a time into the pan. After all the eggs are covered by water, set a timer for 11 minutes.

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While the eggs are boiling, ﬁll another pan or mixing bowl with ice and cover with water. After the timer dings or beeps, carefully remove the eggs from the boiling water and lower them into the ice water. This helps to make the eggs easier to peel. After the eggs are cooled, you can return them to the refrigerator. When you are ready to peel the eggs, crack the bottom of each egg on the countertop or cutting board and do your best to peel away the membrane, which will (most of the time) remove the shell quite easily. If the shell doesn’t peel quite so easily, I suggest praying. Cursing doesn’t really seem to help much. Peeling the eggs under cold, running water may help a little bit.

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Once the eggs are peeled, slice them in half lengthwise with a sharp knife, wiping the blade between each cut. Place the yolks in a separate bowl or, if you are transporting the eggs, in a gallon-size zip-top plastic bag. Set the eggs whites aside.

• 2 teaspoons of Dijon mustard • 1 tablespoon capers • 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt • Smoked paprika for garnish Mix until smooth, either with a handheld mixer or with a fork and elbow grease. Gently spoon the yolk mixture into each egg white, and arrange the eggs on a platter. Fresh-cut rosemary stems make a great garnish and prevent the eggs from sliding around if you’re presenting them on a platter or other flat surface. If you’re transporting the eggs, mix the yolk filling by massaging it in the zip-top bag. Keep the egg whites and the filling chilled. Once you’ve reached your destination, snip off a bottom corner of the bag and pipe the filling into the egg whites. No matter where you serve these savory eggs, you’re bound to return home with an empty plate and a heart full of compliments. By day, Paula Angermeier is the head of communications for the Greenville County Museum of Art. Follow her on Instagram @ townandcountryhouse.

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3 BR, 2 BA + bonus room! Like new patio home with a great location at Highway 14 and Anderson Ridge Road. It is in the desirable Batesville Ridge subdivision with a one year old POOL! This well-kept home shows like a model home with a wonderful open floorplan and designer colors. The HVAC is 6 months old, all stainless steel appliances 2 years old, and refrigerator 4 years old. The details from the moldings, the stone fireplace, master on main, sun room that overlooks the backyard, to the entertaining area around the one year old pool. This place will WOW you! Hurry it won’t last long!

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111 Foggy Cut Lane, The Cliffs at Glassy $645,500 MLS#1346049 John “Clark” Kent 864-784-9918

240 Grandmont Court, Greer $475,000 MLS#1341159 Holly May 864-640-1959

30 Vaughn’s Mill Ct., Simpsonville $429,900 MLS#1343442 Lana Smith 864-608-8313

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325 Stillwater Court, Simpsonville $189,900 MLS#1347811 Lana Smith 864-608-8313

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310 Cypresshill Court, Simpsonville $284,000 MLS#1344387 Holly May 864-640-1959

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305 Shoally Lane, Greenville $279,900 MLS#1348201 Joe Gobbett 864-553-1998

227 Deer Spring Lane, Simpsonville $275,000 MLS#1342594 Stephanie Towe 864-270-5919

11 S Franklin Road, Greenville $189,900 MLS#1347859 Kris Cawley 864-516-6580

134 Herd Park Court, Anderson $189,900 MLS#20183398 Nancy King 864-414-8701

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There’s nothing quite like a two-story family room—the high ceilings create a feeling of spaciousness that nothing else can replicate. So, with the Southport, we decided to start that openness right at the front door: the two-story foyer flows seamlessly into the two-story family room. The kitchen connects to the family room, but a few well-placed walls allow for a degree of privacy (and additional space for cabinets). The formal dining room also connects easily with the kitchen, simplifying large meals. We tucked the

downstairs guest suite into a corner of its own, along with a full bathroom. The master suite occupies nearly an entire wing of the house: with a sitting area, bedroom, dual closets, and a large, well-appointed bathroom. We also angled the entrance to the master suite with a small entry hallway (reducing the line of sight from the family room). Upstairs, you’ll find two bedrooms (each with walk-in closets), a bonus room, loft, and full bathroom. The upstairs loft overlooks the family room and makes a great spot for a wide variety of uses.

Real Estate News continued Rhea is a buyer’s agent with Lewis and Company, a top producing and award winning team honored with the Coldwell Banker International President’s Elite society in 2016 for their incredible performance. Rhea is a member of the NAREB (National Association of Real Estate Brokers) and is a PTA volunteer at Mauldin Elementary School. In her free time, she enjoys reading, yoga, and traveling with her friends and family. Rhea is married to her husband, Fred, and has two daughters. “Rhea’s management experience and upbeat personality make her an ideal fit for our company,” said Stephen Edgerton,

president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Caine. “Her leadership style and natural gift for teamwork provide her buyers with the confidence and trust they need for a smooth home buying process.”

Helen Sherman Joins Blackstream | Christie’s International Real Estate Helen Meyer Sherman grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and has enjoyed watching the quaint Southern town grow to become America’s fourth fastest growing city. She graduated from High Point University in North Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts

degree in Religion and a minor in Marketing. After graduation, Helen spent two years working in Atlanta. While she enjoyed her time there, she found herself longing to get back to her roots in Sherman Greenville. Helen prides herself on exceptional communication and is known for being eagerly available for her clients. She has built a reputation around getting to know her clients, creating lasting relationships while identifying their needs and wants for their new dream home. In

her free time, you can find Helen enjoying all of the beauty and food downtown Greenville has to offer with her husband, John, their rambunctious Goldendoodle, Camden, and their new Golden Retriever puppy, Cooper.

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As the Upstate’s “Signature Real Estate Agency,” The Marchant Company is a small boutique business of just 30 agents that is consistently a top performer in Greenville. The Marchant Company is proud to recognize the following REALTORS® for outstanding performance in May 2017: Congratulated by Seabrook Marchant, broker-in-charge, agents honored included: Barb Riggs – Top Unit Listing Leader of the Month & Top Volume Listing Leader of the Month Tom Marchant – Top Unit Sales Leader of the Month & Top Volume Sales Leader of the Month Anne Marchant & Brian Marchant – Top Unit Listing Team of the Month, Top Vol-

ume Listing Team of the Month, & Top Unit Sales Team of the Month Valerie Miller Properties (Clint Miller, Valerie Miller, Chuck Miller) – Top Volume Sales Team of the Month

Melissa Coleman Joins The Simpsonville Office Of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce that Melissa Coleman has joined the company’s Simpsonville office as a sales associate. Coleman Coleman is a Greenville, South Carolina native and a graduate of the University of South Carolina Upstate. After college, she spent two and a half years in the insurance industry as a licensed agent focusing on account management and customer relations. While in the industry, Coleman obtained the Associate in Insurance Account Management (AIAM) designation which focuses on developing and maintaining client relationships. Upon obtaining her AIAM designation, Coleman decided she wanted to put her customer service skills to use in a different career field. With an extensive family background in real estate, she felt drawn to the industry and decided to make a career move. As a third generation real estate agent, Coleman has a solid foundation upon which to build and looks forward to the opportunities and challenges that real estate has to offer. “Melissa has one of those personalities that people love to be around, she can bring a smile to anyone. Since real estate is a relationship business, this trait will serve her very well in this industry,” said Matthew Thrift, BrokerIn-Charge of the Simpsonville office.

Linda Smith Joins The Simpsonville Office Of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce that Linda Smith has joined the comVernon & Linda pany’s Simpson- Smith Team ville office as a sales associate. She joins her husband, Vernon Smith, in the formation of the Vernon & Linda Smith Team. Prior to becoming a REALTOR, Smith amassed many years in the healthcare industry. During this time, she and her husband re-

located six times across five different states, and in recent years, Smith became a certified home stager. The couple’s experiences buying and selling homes over the last 30 years, as well as her last few years as a home stager, fueled her desire to become a REALTOR. “With Linda’s experience in staging and decorating, she will make a tremendous impact upon her clients’ listings, which many sellers will thoroughly appreciate,” said Matthew Thrift, Broker-In-Charge of the Simpsonville office. Linda and Vernon Smith have been married for 44 years and have lived in the Greenville area for ten years. They have two grown children, three grandchildren, and one on the way.

Jana Candler Joins The Pelham Road Office Of C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is pleased to announce that Jana Candler has joined the company’s Pelham Road office as a sales associate. Candler Candler has lived in Greenville for 16 years working as a professional photographer capturing weddings and families. She will bring her skills as a small business owner, as well as her attention to detail, to serve clients in the real estate industry. “Jana is going to be a great asset to our office with the energy she is bringing with her,” said Elizabeth Gray-Carr, Broker-InCharge of the Pelham Road office. “She also has a great knowledge of the area, and I am confident that will give her a great start!”

Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors Announces Top Producers For May Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS® announces the top producers from each of its residential sales offices for the month of May. These agents and teams earned the highest gross commission incomes (GCI) based on closings completed May 1 – 31, 2017. ANDERSON OFFICE Top Teams: 1. The Clever People 2. Gia & Company 3. Foronda Hall & Associates Top Individuals: 1. Johnathan Lower 2. Pamela McDowell 3. Holly Gunnels AUGUSTA ROAD OFFICE Top Individuals: 1. Beth Joyner Crigler

2. Ginger Sherman 3. Charee McConchie 4. Anna Hill Miller 5. Carmen Crigler Feemster Top Team: 1. Norman Group EASLEY/POWDERSVILLE OFFICE Top Individuals: 1. Twila Kingsmore 2. Linda Ballard 3. Donna Stegall Top Team: 1. Sheri Sanders/Gary Thompson/Dara Lynn Ratliff GARLINGTON ROAD OFFICE Top Teams: 1. Ronda & Chris Holder 2. Donna O. Smith & Partners Top Individuals: 1. Eddie Burch 2. Lois Large 3. Christine Kurta GREER OFFICE Top Individuals: 1. Stephanie Miller 2. Paige Haney 3. Jada Barnette Top Team: 1. Jan Walker Team N. PLEASANTBURG OFFICE Top Teams: 1. The Chet & Beth Smith Group 2. The Keagy Team 3. The Morgan Group Top Individuals: 1. Melissa Morrell 2. Maggie Aiken 3. Robbie Haney PELHAM ROAD OFFICE Top Teams: 1. Spaulding Group 2. The Toates Team 3. The Greenville Team Top Individuals: 1. Jennifer Van Gieson 2. Marie Crumpler 3. Jim Fritzsche SIMPSONVILLE OFFICE Top Individuals: 1. Bob Schmidt 2. Debbie Hearn 3. Alex Ly Top Teams: 1. The Hazzard Team 2. Cousins & Associates 3. Bob & Linda Brown Group “Congratulations to each of these individuals and teams on a month of stellar results for our clients,” said Danny Joyner, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS. “Our agents are committed, knowledgeable real estate professionals, and their hard work shows month after month. We extend our appreciation to all 400 agents in the C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS family.”

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“TITUS ANDRONICUS” If you like Quentin Tarantino movies or “Game of Thrones,” the Upstate Shakespeare Festival production of “Titus Andronicus” is for you. “Within three minutes of the beginning of the play, somebody’s dead. The body count piles up. By the end, there are only four or five characters left alive,” USF Director John Fagan says. Producing Shakespeare’s bloody tale of war, revenge, and turmoil for a family-friendly festival is a challenge, something that had kept Fagan from tackling one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most violent plays until now. Fagan decided to symbolize blood by using the color white. But once a character is killed, he doesn’t necessarily disappear. “They remain active in the play, kind of like a ghost, as a reminder of the consequences of actions,” Fagan said. It’s a remarkably timely play despite having been written between 1588 and 1593. “Many of the things that happen in this play are going on in Syria and South Sudan,” he added. —Cindy Landrum

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“Othello” is arguably Shakespeare’s most passionate play, but not all of the passion is positive. There is a fierce love between the Venetian general Othello, a Moor, and his bride, Desdemona, but the hatred of Othello’s ensign, Iago, for his leader is just as intense. Desdemona’s indomitable will to be with the man she loves regardless of society’s view of their relationship is only equaled by the jealousy and distrust that Iago stokes in Othello. It’s a cauldron of emotion that leads to tragedy, and it’s also one of Shakespeare’s most compelling works. And in the hands of co-directors Anne Kelly Tromsness and Maegan Azar, it’s being brought to life at Greenville’s Warehouse Theatre starting July 20. Once the Warehouse run is over, the production — featuring Stephen Brown in the title role, Cory

Phelps as Iago, and Amanda Sox as Desdemona — will be taken across the state and performed before high school and middle school students. It was that audience Tromsness and Azar had in mind when they set this production in the near future, with social media playing a role in the rumors, deception, and innuendo that ultimately undo the once-noble Othello. “One of the things that the theater has discovered over the years is that for younger audiences who are perhaps engaging with their first Shakespeare production, sometimes with the heightened language it’s helpful to give kids a context that they can relate to,” Azar says. “So that was our thinking when we brought this very old but very relevant play into the near future, in an environment inspired by graphic novels and social media, which is how we all communicate today, up to and including our nation’s leaders.”

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The Warehouse’s production of “Othello” will be performed before students across the state. (Standing) Amanda Sox as Desdemona and Cory Phelps as Iago, (seated) Stephen Brown as Othello.

The plot of the play is set in motion by Othello’s trusted aide, Iago, who becomes enraged when the general seems to pass him over for advancement in favor of the younger Cassio. “Having a central figure who is known for deception and lying is something that we talked quite a bit about in rehearsal, along with how social media can spin the actual truth of a situation. So that’s certainly one of the reasons we went in that direction for the production,” Azar says. But the reason that Iago is able to so skillfully manipulate those around him is that he masks his scheming with a kind, seemingly loyal and honorable façade. It’s a difficult role to play well, and Azar says that’s why the directors chose Phelps. “Cory is such a likable guy in real life,” Azar says. “He has to bring that to the role, but he’s also having to show aspects of himself that he doesn’t feel as comfortable with.” Tromsness adds that Brown’s Othello and Phelps’ Iago have one key trait in common, even if they express it differently. “Charisma is especially important to both of those characters,” Tromsness says. “We needed actors who could not only compel and interest the audience but who weren’t afraid to represent a lot of complex, not-always-beautiful aspects of humanity.” As for Sox’s Desdemona, the co-directors

were in agreement from the beginning on the kind of actor they wanted. “We were looking for someone who could take that role and turn it on its ear,” Azar says. “Anne and I see her as really tough. We’d be lying if we told you we weren’t feminists, and a lot of the way we look at Shakespeare’s heroines are from a feminist perspective.” “Desdemona is strong, she’s refined, and she’s made a decision to love and marry a man that other people don’t see as a great decision,” Tromsness adds. “She’s following her heart and her head. So we really wanted to bring her strength to the fore. And with Amanda, that’s definitely what you get.”

“OTHELLO” WHEN July 20-23, 27-30; Aug. 3-6 SHOWTIMES 8 p.m. (July 20–22, 27–29, Aug 3–5); 3 p.m. (July 23, 30; Aug. 6) WHERE The Warehouse Theatre, 37 Augusta St. TICKETS $15 INFO 864-235-6948, warehousetheatre.com

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CLOSE TO HOME Greenville becomes inspiration for artist Keith Grace VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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When it comes to his artwork, collage and mixed-media artist Keith Grace likes to keep things local. Since he moved to Greenville from Rockford, Ill., in 2016, Grace has blended acrylics, oils, and more into pieces that incorporate snippets of local media like the Greenville Journal, TOWN magazine, and the Greenwood Index-Journal into a larger image. In his

rendering of a yellow hat, for example, you’ll see the mastheads of several different Upstate publications, all layered over and around one another into the pattern. That’s just one of 16 custom pieces incorporating local media that Grace has on display right now at Aloft Greenville Downtown, and it’s a sign of how much Grace has fallen in love with his new home. Grace, who began his career as a graphics editor and illustrator in print journalism working for publications like the Rockford Register Star and USA Today, first discovered Greenville and its artistic community through Artisphere. “I’d been part of the festival on and off for seven years or so. And with each visit, I felt so welcomed by the community,”

Grace says. “And I was more and more impressed every year with the transformation of downtown and with the support for all the arts in the community — not just with the galleries but with the Village of West Greenville and the Greenville Center for Creative Arts. And the coverage of the local art scene impressed me a lot.” With his grown sons out of the house back in Rockford, Grace decided it was time to make a move. “My wife and I had friends who lived here, so we started thinking that Greenville could be a really cool option,” says Grace. “And that’s how we ended up here. It just seemed like there was a lot of importance put on gallery spaces and shops, and not just in downtown, in different parts of the city as well.” Grace eventually settled on a home on Paris Mountain. “It’s just beautiful up here, and it’s only 15 minutes from downtown,” Grace says. “It’s the best of both worlds.” His new home started paying artistic dividends right away. “I did a couple pieces featuring bears, because we had a bear in our yard,” Grace says with a laugh. “We weren’t home for it, but our neighbors took a picture of it coming through their yard into ours, so I did some research. I’ve also done a peach stand, a wren — all things that are representative of the area, and it’s been exciting to do.” There’s also a small-town feel that

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“I was more and more impressed every year with the transformation of downtown and with the support for all the arts in the community.”

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Grace loves about Greenville, especially when it comes to the local arts scene. Everybody seems to know everybody else, and that’s what helped Grace land his new exhibit at Aloft. “One thing I’ve found about Greenville is that everybody on the arts scene seems excited to connect you with other people in the arts,” he says. “We were only living here for two weeks, and we decided to attend a show at Aloft. While we were there, we ended up meeting the general manager, Jonathan Brashier. I told him about my work, and he liked it and said, ‘We need to get you in here.’” A month or so later, Brashier and Grace met up again, planned out the exhibit, and set an opening date of July 11. “We talked about the idea of a mixedmedia exhibit because I’m a collage artist,” he says. “I took in the media presence in the local area and just worked from there.”

KEITH GRACE, MIXED MEDIA SOLO EXHIBIT WHEN Now through September WHERE Aloft Greenville Downtown ADMISSION Free

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LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE Robert Ellis changes his tune on self-titled fourth album VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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Self-titled albums often represent a new phase or artistic statement in a band or musician’s career. Think the eponymous 1975 Fleetwood Mac album that introduced the Buckingham-Nicks-McVie frontline, or Metallica’s 1991 release that changed their sound entirely. Those titles were meant to say to the music-buying public, “This is who we are now.” And sometimes, as in the case of Robert Ellis’ latest, albums are self-titled for another reason. “I just did it because I couldn’t think of anything else,” Ellis says with a laugh. That might be the case, but “Robert Ellis” is by any standard a departure from the Texas singer-songwriter’s previous three releases and perhaps a redefinition of what he does entirely. While his acclaimed 2014 album, “The Lights from the Chemical Plant,” flirted with everything from R&B to bossa nova, the spine of the record was rough-hewn alt-country, recalling the quieter moments of Jason Isbell’s solo work with a more atmospheric production. Ellis’ piercing twang cut through the layered acoustic and electric guitars with a storyteller’s sense of detail and a biting wit. And it was a sound that served him well. NPR rated “Chemical Plant” as one of their Top 50 Albums of 2014. “Rolling Stone” called it a “fully realized masterpiece.” And Buzzfeed rated Ellis as one of their “25 Artists You Need in Your Life.” So for the follow up, naturally, Ellis made something completely different. On the first track alone, a song called “Perfect Strangers,” Ellis bounces from an Elton John-style piano bop into a widescreen string section. On “How I Love You,” Ellis transforms into an anthemic riff-rocker before shifting into the delicate acoustic balladry of “Amanda Jane.” Every song feels completely different from the last, and though they’re all irresistibly melodic, the occasional pedal-steel line is the only real hint of Ellis’ past. “Every record is a statement of whatever place you’re in when you make it. My reason for playing music in general is to keep the wolves of anxiety at bay, and the only way that I find that’s effective is if I’m pushing myself,” Ellis says. “With my music, I like to feel like I’m growing in complexity, and maybe able to articulate my thoughts in a different way than I have before.”

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The album was written in the wake of a divorce, but Ellis says that it’s generally a mistake to connect any of the heartbroken characters on the album to his own life. “There are elements that are about what I’ve been going through, but it could be said that virtually every album is about relationships and heartbreak,” he says. “It’s one of the most common tropes in music. These characters are pretty one-dimensional, because you’re talking about a three-minute song. Maybe one of them deals with a lot of jealousy, and while that might be a part of my experience, I don’t think that it’s necessarily fair to say that’s my whole experience.” As for the consistent critical praise he’s received for his work — NPR called the selftitled album a release that “should put Ellis on the same level as recent guitar auteurs like Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell” — he says he tries not to pay too much attention. “I have to keep all that stuff out of my head, good or bad,” he says.

ROBERT ELLIS W/ ALEX HUNNICUTT WHEN Monday, July 24, at 7 p.m. WHERE Radio Room, 110 Poinsett Highway TICKETS $10 INFO 864-609-4441, bit.ly/2tvhG9B

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For Billy Harrigan Tighe, landing a role in ‘Finding Neverland’ helped him remember why he became an actor CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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When Billy Harrigan Tighe took on the role of Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie in the touring Broadway production of “Finding Neverland,” it spoke to the actor in a way he didn’t anticipate. “I think everybody can relate to dreams that we pursue that become careers and work and responsibilities,” Tighe said. “The responsibility becomes the priority rather than what got you there.” For Tighe, the call to pursue acting occurred when he was participating in an eighth-grade honors chorus. He caught the attention of the head of the performing arts school in his town. She asked him to audition. “Like many kids, I had zero self-esteem in middle school. I was aimlessly going through adolescence. I had an awful middle school experience. My family moved around a lot, and I was always the new kid,” he said. “It was the first time that some-

body just sought me out.” While playing the role of Elder Price in the national tour of “The Book of Mormon,” Tighe found himself drifting away from why he became an actor in the first place. He was becoming too wrapped up in furthering his career — and the grind that comes with doing eight shows a week. “Finding Neverland” changed that. “There will always be the stress. There’s no way around it,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it.” “Finding Neverland” follows the story of Barrie and the four boys he met in London’s Kensington Gardens who inspired “Peter Pan.” Tighe said what makes “Peter Pan” such a classic is that it offers something for both children and adults. “When I was a kid, it’s all about pirates, flying, and adventuAre,” he said, recalling how as a boy, he spent hour upon hour re-creating scenes from “Hook,” the 1991 Steven Spielberg film about a middle-aged man who discovers he’s an adult Peter Pan

and has to fight Captain Hook again. “Once I joined the ‘Finding Neverland’ cast, I realized it was really about time, life, and dreams, and keeping the inner child spirit as you get older.”

“FINDING NEVERLAND” WHERE The Peace Center WHEN July 25–30 SHOWTIMES July 25–27, 7:30 p.m.; July 28, 8 p.m.; July 29, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; July 30, 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. TICKETS $25–$85 INFO peacecenter.org/events/detail/ﬁndingneverland

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Villive Concert Series 2017

The Village of West Greenville 1288 Pendleton St. 6-9 p.m. | Fridays | FREE Enjoy an outdoor, pet-friendly summer concert series that benefits Safe Harbor domestic shelter. Come every Friday evening to enjoy great music, food trucks, draft beer, and artisan vendors. villivemusic.com

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Simpsonville Summer Music Series

The Tater Shed | 110 Academy St., Simpsonville 7-9 p.m. | Fridays | FREE The free Simpsonville Summer Music Series will be held Friday nights through Aug. 11, from 7-9 p.m. at The Tater Shed (or, in case of rain, at The Arts Center). Chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets are welcome. July 21 will feature Freddie Vanderford.

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Ground Zero, 3052 Howard St., Spartanburg 9:30 p.m. Last summer, Maryland’s Silvertung released an EP called “Out of the Box,” which packed an album’s worth of ideas into six songs. The band’s basic foundation of moody hard rock expanded to include jarring tempo and tonal changes; layered, multi-textured vocals; and jackhammer riffs that shifted shape seemingly every few seconds. As it turns out, this stylistic restlessness of the EP was a winner; the band scored three Top 5 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts and won two Maryland Music Awards, easily their best showing in a seven-year career. “It was a big turning point,” says Speed, the band’s singer, guitarist, and founder. “A lot of the gears have shifted and put us on another level. Our sound is so much bigger. We’re growing so quickly now.” In fact, the band has become so confident in their sound that, for their next project, they’re planning to unplug for the first time. “We haven’t really talked about it to anyone else, but we’re doing demos for a live acoustic album,” Speed says. “We love playing heavy stuff; that’s where our hearts are. But when you’re playing acoustic stuff, you really start to test yourself and your capability as a musician.” —Vincent Harris

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Greenville Youth Summit

Greenville Family Partnership Bob Jones University 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Greenville Family Partnership, in conjunction with Beyond Differences Inc., will hold its 10th annual youth summit at Bob Jones University on July 20 and 21. Youth between the ages of 14 and 17 will spend two days engaging in conversations and in-depth dialogues regarding various topics about the Greenville community. The youth summit is the only summit in the Upstate that seeks a cross-cultural selection of youth; all youth of every race, background, and ethnicity are encouraged to participate. 864-467-4099 | gfpdrugfree.org

BeWell Mauldin Market

Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater 101 East Butler Road, Mauldin 8 a.m.-noon | Saturdays | FREE The market features a variety of vendors from around the Upstate selling locally sourced and produced items including produce, dairy, eggs, honey, gifts, clothing, accessories, treats, pastries, and more. The market will also feature free healthy activities such as small-group fitness, health screenings, and cooking demos.

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TD Saturday Market

Greenville Health System Main Street between Court and Washington streets Saturdays through Oct. 28 | FREE TD Saturday Market presented by Greenville Health System brings farm-fresh produce, baked goods, meats, cheeses, seafood, and other specialty foods to downtown Greenville. This year’s market features the Lowes Foods Front Porch.

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Reproducing the Masters

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $89 Learn from the masters to understand various painting techniques and methods from the type of brush the artist used to paint application. Investigate the techniques, methods, and style of Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Edward Hopper in this one-day workshop. Instruction will include a brief discussion of the artist’s process and brush work that will help you paint a copy of one or more of these masterpieces. Reference material will be available.

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Acrylic Pet Portraits

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $69 Learn to paint unique and charming portraits of your pet. Working from photographs, this workshop will cover a range of techniques, putting it all together in a painting full of personality and charm. Work with acrylic paint to mix neutral hues that are ideal for animal features and fur, and practice painting expressive eyes with realistic warmth. Learn to use loose, fluid brushstrokes for developing fur and whiskers and layer colors for a dimensional effect. Students should have some experience with acrylics, but beyond that, all levels are welcome.

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Peace Chamber Summer Workshop

Campbell Young Leaders Peace Center, Huguenot Mill | 101 W. Broad St. $325 Catering to talented amateurs, accomplished musicians, and everyone in between, the Peace Chamber summer workshop provides invaluable experience to chamber musicians looking to hone their craft. 864-467-3000 | peacecenter.org

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Book Signing: Patti Callahan Henry

Fiction Addiction | 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 2 p.m. | $17 (includes copy of book); $10 (includes $10 voucher redeemable at event) New York Times best-selling Southern women’s fiction author Patti Callahan Henry will discuss her new book, “The Bookshop at Water’s End” (Berkley, paperback, $16), followed by a Q&A session and a book signing, at Fiction Addiction on Sunday, July 23, at 2 p.m. In this summer novel, the women who spent their childhood summers in a small Southern town discover it harbors secrets as lush as the marshes that surround it. There are two ticket options for this event: The $17 ticket admits one and includes one copy of “The Bookshop at Water’s End.” The $10 ticket admits one and includes a $10 voucher that can be redeemed at the event. fiction-addiction.com

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Parents’ Night Out, Kids’ PJ Party

Fiction Addiction | 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 6-8:30 p.m. $25 first child, $15 each additional child Take a well-deserved break. Drop the kids off at Fiction Addiction so you can enjoy a night out. Kids through age 12 are welcome to wear their PJs and bring a stuffed friend for a PJ Party. The store will have fun activities for all ages. Registration is $25 per child and $15 for each additional sibling. Children

must be potty trained. Dinner for children is included (Jimmy John’s sandwich, chips, cookie, and drink). All participants must be registered in advance. 864-675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com

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Art Camp for Teens

Laura K. Aiken Studio 10 Central Ave. | 2-4 p.m. | $150 Campers (ages 12-18) will gain skills in painting, drawing, printmaking, mosaics, different mediums and substrates, introduction to famous artists, varied painting techniques, and different uses of brushes. All materials are included.

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Insight Exhibit

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | FREE Greenville Center for Creative Arts exhibit featuring the work of artists Dorothy Shain, Kiah Bellows, and Glory Day Loflin.

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Folkmoot Festival

Centre Stage | 501 River St. 7 p.m. | $18-34 Folkmoot Festival brings 100 dancers and musicians from around the globe to Centre Stage. The 7 p.m. performance is part of a 10-day festival of folk dance and world cultures that takes place in western North Carolina and northern South Carolina from July 20-30. Event attendees will experience live performances from folk dance troupes from India, Russia, Isreal, and Taiwan. 828-452-2997 | folkmoot.org

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Summer Art Camp for Ages 8-13: Stop-motion

Greenville County Museum of Art | 420 College St. 2-5 p.m. | $95 Art and technology meet in this exploration of stop-motion animation techniques. Utilizing props, drawings, and cameras, students will work in groups to create their own animated short films. Students will need to bring an iPad or smartphone to camp for the week and will be asked to download a required app before class (approximately $5). 864-546-4064 | gcma.org | ebarbee@gcma.org

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Summer Art Camp for Ages 5-7: Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Greenville County Museum of Art | 420 College St. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | $105 Finding inspiration in plants, animals, and things found outside, campers will use their imaginations to explore the great outdoors through art. Budding artists will work with collage, painting, and printmaking. 864-546-4064 | gcma.org | ebarbee@gcma.org

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w/ Beitthemeans, In All Reality, Whiskey Mountain Machine, Black Power Mixtape, and Captain & Maybelle Soundbox Tavern, 507 W. Georgia Road, Simpsonville 6 p.m. | $10 When you’re an independent band trying to get an album done, the process can feel endless, which might explain why the Fountain Inn band Faces Unturned, who mix ultra-heavy Southern rock with an occasional nod to country-tinged acoustic ballads, came up with a distinctive title for their new album. “I don’t know if you can print it, but it’s called ‘F**k It,’” says singer Travis Abrams. “We’ve been working so hard on it that we were finally like, ‘F**k it, here it is.’ It just fits us perfectly. It’s kind of a theme.” The album, which was recorded at Red Arrow Studio in Westminster over the last four months, features a mix of heavy rockers and more atmospheric ballads. “It’s all over the place just like we are,” Abrams says. “It shows the progression of where we are now. It flows like a roller coaster; it starts up the hill, flies through the corners, and then we do it over again.” —Vincent Harris

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African-American Art from the Greenville

Greenville County Museum of Art | 420 College St. Wednesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sundays 1-5 p.m. | FREE Consider American and world history from the viewpoint of such accomplished African-American artists as William H. Johnson, Merton Simpson, and Kara Walker, among others. 271-7570 | gcma.org

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2017 Biltmore Concert Series

Biltmore Estates | 1 Lodge St., Asheville 7:30 p.m. Celebrate summer at Biltmore with the estate’s 21st annual concert series. Kool & The Gang kicks off the series on July 27 on the South Terrace of Biltmore House. 866-336-1255 | biltmore.com/concerts

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Lakeside Summer Concert Series

Furman University Amphitheater 3300 Poinsett Highway 7:30 p.m. | Thursdays through August 3 | FREE Furman University’s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, celebrates the sounds of summer. 864-294-2086 | bit.ly/2oVHWsT furmanmusic@furman.edu

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Storytime Thursdays

Fiction Addiction | 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 10:30 a.m. | Thursdays through July 27 | FREE Local independent bookstore Fiction Addiction hosts a free children’s storytime at the shop at 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 every Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. July’s storytime titles are as follows: July 20, “Toad on the Road: A Cautionary Tale” by Stephen Shaskan; July 27, “Little Excavator” by Anna Dewdney. 864-675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com

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Carolina Foothills Dog Show Cluster

Greenville Kennel Club | TD Convention Center 1 Exposition Drive | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | FREE An all-breed dog show open to the public that typically brings in 2,000 entries into the Greenville area. There will be a kids’ event for ages 5 to 9 on Friday, July 28. 440-525-1125 | Greenvillekc.org jhootman113@yahoo.com

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Book and a Beer with Ron Rash

M. Judson Booksellers 6:30 p.m. | FREE Author Ron Rash was haunted by a two-decade-old murder. A young woman had been out with two men one night, and they said there had been an argument and she left and went home. The next morning, she was dead in a lake. There was plenty of suspicion but no charges. Rash wondered how somebody could go on with their life after having participated in a murder. What if two people knew? It became the basis for “The Risen,” his latest novel and finalist for the Southern Book Prize. You can hear Rash talk about the book and sample a beer selection as part of M. Judson Booksellers’ Book and a Beer series. bit.ly/2tZ14ZC

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“A Concern of Some Kind” Playhouse at Furman University

3300 Poinsett Highway | 8 p.m. | FREE The following episodes will be performed on consecutive Saturdays in July. July 22: Episode 6, “Better To Give,

Start Me Up: A Celebration of the Rolling Stones

featuring The Bad Popes, WPOS, and Local Green Family Band Quest Brewing, 55 Airview Drive 3 p.m. | $10 There have been a lot of musical tributes around the Upstate over the last few years, multi-band shows that recreated songs by The Beatles, Radiohead, Amy Winehouse, and others. But the upcoming Start Me Up tribute show, which turns loose the Bad Popes, WPOS, and the Local Green Family band on the Rolling Stones catalog and benefits the Upstate Splash charity, might just be the most fun for the musicians involved. “Their music is so approachable because they recorded together at the same time in the studio,” says Bad Popes guitarist and event organizer Charles Hedgepath. “There’s not much post-production stuff going on like with the Beatles with the detuned instruments and crazy arrangements. The Stones were like, ‘Let’s just play some rock ‘n’ roll.’” Hedgepath says that all three bands have a love of the Stones, but one of them might have a bit of an edge. “WPOS already has a lot of Stones songs in their repertoire,” he says. “They could probably play 30 different Stones songs.” —Vincent Harris Than To Deceive.” Guest artist: Marjorie Wentworth, S.C. state poet laureate, Charleston S.C. July 29: Season Finale, “A Gain In The Neck.”

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Gravity Dodgeball Tournament

Bon Secours Wellness Arena 650 N Academy St. | 3-6 p.m. By becoming a GPD Dodgeball Tournament sponsor or by registering a team, you are helping to bring important programs to Greenville’s youth to help prevent involvement in gangs and violence. bit.ly/2rNgDnK

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Upstate Shakespeare Festival: “Titus Andronicus”

Warehouse Theatre Falls Park on the Reedy | 601 S. Main St. FREE Shows begin at 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday each week during the run of shows. warehousetheatre.com

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2017 Biltmore Concert Series

Biltmore Estates | 1 Lodge St., Asheville 7:30 p.m. Celebrate summer at Biltmore with the estate’s 21st annual concert series. The Beach Boys will be featured on July 30. 866-336-1255 biltmore.com/concerts

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« Sundays at 2: Family Art Adventure VISUAL ART

Greenville County Museum of Art | 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. | FREE Kids and parents will make their own bird-themed art journals inspired by the sculptures of Grainger McKoy. Suggested for ages 6 and up. All Sundays at 2 programs are free and sponsored by Duke Energy. 864-546-4064 | gcma.org | ebarbee@gcma.org

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TCMU July Events

Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. | FREE Visit The Children’s Museum of the Upstate for reccuring events like Random Acts of Science, Off the Wall, and Storytime, as well as special one-time events. All events and activites are free with museum admission. tcmupstate.org

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Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering at Fluor Field

Fluor Field | 945 S. Main St. | 6 p.m. | K-12 students free The Greenville Drive and partners BMW, Hubbell, and Greenville Technical College will host the second annual celebration of Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering at Fluor Field on July 31. Manufacturing and engineering exhibits, special activities in the ballpark, and the evening’s programming and entertainment are designed to open the eyes of the young people in attendance who represent the workforce of the future. To encourage students to enjoy this important learning experience, the Drive is providing tickets to all K-12 students at no cost.

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COMMUNITY

Sooie BBQ Cook-off Registration Deadline

Carolina BBQ Association Mauldin Cultural Center | 101 E Butler Road 5 p.m. | $100 Sooie Mauldin’s Seventh Annual BBQ Cook-off will take place on Friday, Sept. 22, from 6-9 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Only 20 team slots are open this year, though more may be added if space allows. The event is sanctioned and judged by the SC BBQ Association and will award cash prizes to first through fifth places. mauldinbbq.com mparks@mauldinrecreation.com

COMMUNITY

Citizens Fire Academy Accepting Applications

City of Greer Fire Department 103 W. Poinsett St., Greer | FREE This free eight-week course will provide citizens with a better understanding of how the fire department operates and the job firefighters perform. The academy will include both informative classroom sessions and plenty of hands-on training. Classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday evenings beginning Sept. 25 and run through Nov. 13. Must be 18 years old or older to apply. Find more information and apply online. Applications are due no later than Tuesday, Aug. 1. Space is limited. 864-416-6601 | bit.ly/2toOHnM jhunter@cityofgreer.org

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01-25

VISUAL ART

Art Exhibit: Liz Rundorff Smith

Furman University, Thompson Art Gallery, Roe Art Building | 3300 Poinsett Highway 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | FREE Liz Rundorff Smith, art school director for Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA), will present “Found Paintings” on the campus of Furman University. Run-

dorff Smith served as program director for Greenville’s Artisphere arts festival from 2006-16. In her work, she “explores the presence of loss and the abandonment of the secure to confront the instability of memory.” Rundorff Smith studied in France and Italy before receiving her MFA in 2005. Exhibit is open Monday-Friday, Aug. 1-25. Reception and talk will be held Aug. 25, 6-7:30 p.m. 864-294-2995 | bit.ly/2uVgZZ3

TUE-THU

01-31

COMMUNITY

TCMU August Events

Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Free with museum admission Visit The Children’s Museum of the Upstate for reccurring events like Random Acts of Science, Off the Wall, and Storytime, as well as special one-time events. This month’s events center around the theme of space, with special emphasis on the solar eclipse occuring in August. All events and activites are free with museum admission. tcmupstate.org

FRI-SUN

04-13

THEATER

“I Feel The Earth Move”

Greenville Little Theatre 444 College St. $35 Get ready to travel back to the 1970s with GLT’s latest rockin’ musical review. Show dates are Aug. 4-5 and 10-12 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 6 and 13 at 3 p.m. 864-233-6238 greenvillelittletheatre.org

FRI-SEP

04-27

ART

GCCA 2017 Member Show

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. The annual GCCA Member Show is open to all current members of the Greenville Center for Creative Arts. If you’re a current member and you’d like to participate in the GCCA 2017 Member Show, please RSVP to exhibitions@artcentergreenville.org by Thursday, July 20, with your name, title, medium, and dimensions of your piece in order to reserve a space in the exhibition. Entry requirements are as follows. One piece of artwork may be submitted per GCCA member. Only original work, created within the last three years, and not previously shown at GCCA will be accepted. All artwork must be finished. No wet paintings will be accepted. All 2-D and 3-D mediums will be accepted but should not require installation by the artist. Work must be professionally framed or finished and securely wired for installation. (No clip mountings or saw tooth hangers will be accepted.) Reserve a pedestal in advance, if needed. Work must not exceed 36” in any direction and cannot weigh over 35 lbs

SAT

ART

Beginning Knitting

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. $75 In this workshop with Kelly Ward, learn how to cast on, knit, purl, and cast off while making a cotton washcloth for home use. Students will also learn to read patterns and charts allowing for further development in designing washcloths as well as scarves.

THRU SUN

THEATER

“Bye Bye Birdie”

Milltown Players Historic Pelzer Auditorium 214 Lebby St., Pelzer $10, with discounts for seniors, military, and students “Bye Bye Birdie” is one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. Inspired by the phenomenon of Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army,

the story follows singer Conrad Birdie after he has been drafted to the Army. As a farewell, the rock ‘n’ roll star is scheduled to sing Albert Peterson’s “One Last Kiss” and kiss a girl from Sweet Apple, Ohio, live on the “Ed Sullivan Show.” However, Conrad’s hip-thrusting makes more than one man in town uncomfortable, many of whom attempt to stop the show from happening. Meanwhile, Rosie wonders if Alfred, for whom she does everything, will ever leave his mother’s shadow. A satire crafted with the fondest affection, “Bye Bye Birdie” features such musical theater classics as “What Did I Ever See in Him?” and “Put on a Happy Face.” 864-947-8000 milltownplayers.org

SUN

ART

Intro to Relief Printmaking

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. 3-7 p.m. | $75 Learn the processes, materials, and methods used in relief printmaking with the use of linoleum. Practice techniques for achieving different texture as well as concepts for balancing positive and negative space and designing a print image. All skill levels welcome. (For the print subject matter, students should bring along pictures or drawings for reference.)

TUE

COMMUNITY

Truck Inn Tuesdays

Swamp Rabbit Inn | 1 Logan St. 6-9 p.m. Enjoy Automatic Taco food truck, live music, and local beer. Aug. 8 will also feature Darby Wilcox and the Peep Show in concert.

THU

COMMUNITY

Trailering Your Boat

Cabela’s | 1025 Woodruff Road, #H101 5:30-7:30 p.m. | FREE Lake Hartwell Sail and Power Squadron presents a seminar on trailering your boat. Attendees will learn how to select a tow vehicle, hitches, and trailers. It will also explain how to safely and securely trailer a boat and launch and retrieve it, as well as how to operate and maintain your trailering equipment. Registration is required as class size is limited. 864-567-1394 | education@lake-hartwell.org

COMMUNITY

Carolina Peach Truck

Roots on Augusta | 2249 Augusta St. | 2:30-4 p.m. The Carolina Peach Truck is rolling into Greenville this summer with freestone peaches straight from Watsonia Farms in South Carolina. At each peach pop-up, the Carolina Peach Truck will offer peaches by the crate. Conventional boxes are approximately 25 pounds containing 65-80 peaches, depending on size, and priced at $49. Organic boxes are approximately 18 pounds containing 48-56 peaches, depending on their size, and priced at $59. facebook.com/carolinapeachtruck/

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE There will be a PUBLIC HEARING before the GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 AT 3:00 P.M. in CONFERENCE ROOM –D at GREENVILLE COUNTY SQUARE, 301 UNIVERSITY RIDGE, GREENVILLE, S.C., for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the petitions listed below. PERSONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THESE PETITIONS MAY BECOME PARTIES OF RECORD BY FILING WITH THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE (3) DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED DATE SET FOR HEARING, BY WRITING THEIR ADDRESS, A STATEMENT OF THEIR POSITION AND THE REASONS WHY THE RELIEF SOUGHT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROPERTY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. CB-17-40 APPLICANT: GREENVILLE BISTRO, LLC TAX MAP#: 0543.01-01-001.01 LOCATION: 805 Frontage Road, Greenville SC REQUEST: APPEAL Code Violation notice issued on 5/24/17 CB-17-41 APPLICANT: ANITA DAVIS TAX MAP#: 0413.05-01-007.00 LOCATION: 18 Birkhall Circle,

Greenville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception to allow Private School as a Home Occupation CB-17-42 APPLICANT: dd’s DISCOUNTS TAX MAP#: 0237.03-02-010.00 LOCATION: 6119-A White Horse Road, Greenville SC REQUEST: VARIANCE to increase the size of a new sign CB-17-43 APPLICANT: GREEN’S DISCOUNT TIRE & AUTO TAX MAP#: WG04.00-01-001.00 LOCATION: 2066 Piedmont Hwy, Greenville SC REQUEST: VARIANCE from FRONT & RIGHT SIDE setbacks CB-17-44 APPLICANT: BRIDGEWAY CHURCH TAX MAP#: 0533.03-01-014.00 LOCATION: 725 Garlington Road, Greenville SC REQUEST: Use by Special Exception to place two modular Buildings on site and add Elevator Tower CB-17-45 APPLICANT: HONEYWELL AEROSPACE TAX MAP#: G006.00-03-002.00 LOCATION: 400 S. Buncombe Road, Greer SC REQUEST: VARIANCE from RIGHT SIDE setback for Building Expansion.

SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CASE NO.: 2017-CP-23-01294 WILLIE SULLIVAN, Plaintiff, LAKEISA RENEE YEARGIN, Defendant. TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVENAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office at 112 Wakefield Street, P.O. Box 10496, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 within thirty days (30) after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to appear and defend by filing an answer to the Complaint within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Respectfully submitted, s/Fletcher N. Smith, Jr. S.C. Bar No. 005165 Attorney for Plaintiff 112 Wakefield Street (29601) Post Office Box 10496, F.S., Greenville, SC 29603 864-232-6541 fnsmith@bellsouth.net

SUMMONS NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT C.A. NO: 2016-DR-23-3229 Teddy Doyal Bullock, Plaintiff, vs. Erica Lynn Melton (f/k/a Erica Melton Maloney) and Matthew J. Maloney, Defendants. TYOU ARE HEREBY summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Complaint upon the subscriber at 11 Whitsett Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601, within thirty (30) days after the service thereof, exclusive of the date of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, the Plaintiffs(s) shall proceed in default proceedings against you and shall apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. s/Lisa Richardson Mobley Lisa Richardson Mobley (10424) MOBLEY LAW FIRM 11 Whitsett Street Greenville, SC 29601 (864) 233-1657 (864) 235-7581 (fax) Attorney for Plaintiff

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that WINGS ON THE RUN intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON AND OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 3010 B EAST NORTH STREET, Greenville SC 29615. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than July 30, 2017. 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 NS Stark LLC/ DBA Liquor Express intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of LIQUOR at 750 Old Mill Road, Mauldin, SC 29662. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than August 6, 2017. 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 V A & D LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 6008 Whitehorse Road, Greenville SC 29611. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than July 30, 2017. 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 722-724 South Main, Inc intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 722-724 South Main St., Greenville SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than August 6, 2017. 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 SALE Notice is hereby given that on July 28, 2017 at 1:00 PM, an auction will be held for the purpose of satisfying a landlord lien. B1- Jamie Fowler- power tools, stereo equipment, flat screen TV, 28-inch chrome wheel & tire set, dirt bike, shoes, bags of clothes. C4- Travis Klimek- futon set, couch, stereo equipment, furniture, clothing. D4- Litza Renero- boxes of clothes, housewares. D9Joann Yurko- furniture, boxes of household goods, clothing. LOCATION OF AUCTION: Galaxy Storage, 79 Salters Road, Greenville, SC 29607 (864-6889454). Ohlinger Auctions, LLC, 864-918-7572, SCAL3200

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE C/A NO: 2017-CP-23-03819 DEFICIENCY WAIVED AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. John T. Blauvelt; DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Greenville County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil

Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina, on June 13, 2017. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter “Order”), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803-726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: • D8T WH-T4 Track-Type Tractor Dozer including training RFP #01-08/08/17, due at 3:00 P.M., E.D.T., August 8, 2017. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/apps/procurementpdf/ projects.aspx?type=RFP or by calling 864-467-7200.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE FAMILY COURT OF GREENVILLE JENNIFER N. BOLTA v. MARLON A. GUITAN 2017-DR-23-2240 TO: MARLON A. GUITAN 3410 A. WHITE HORSE RD. GREENVILLE, SC 29611 TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief sought is as follows: The Plaintiff/Wife, Jennifer N. Bolta is seeking a divorce on the grounds of one year separation from you. You are required to answer such pleading no later than July 25, 2017, and upon failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for relief. This 7th day of July, 2017. RYAN M. JAMES, ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 802 AUGUSTA ST. PO BOX 2995 (29602) GREENVILLE, SC 29605 864-335-9888

INVITATION TO BID: MILLER PLACE COURT DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT, MAULDIN NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR BIDS for new construction of nine (9) duplex homes for a total of eighteen (18) dwelling units within the City of Mauldin SC. The Greenville County Redevelopment Authority (GCRA) is the developer and federal requirements will apply. Bids are due to GCRA c/o LS3P Associates, Ltd. / 110 West North Street / Greenville, SC 29601 by 2:00PM on July 31, 2017. For information and to request an electronic bid package, contact John Edwards at LS3P Associates, Ltd. 864-272-1228 or johnedwards@LS3P.com. Electronic transmitted bids will be accepted. GCRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Local residents, Women & Minority Owned Businesses are encouraged to participate in the bidding process. EOE, EHO.

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SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 20055, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-5, PLAINTIFF, vs. Jennifer K. Groce; Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation, DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Greenville County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the

Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina, on June 21, 2017. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter “Order”), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

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