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OPINION Views from your community

A Good Idea

Greenville Women Giving continues to be a catalyst for change IN MY OWN WORDS

By Helen Smart

A pebble of an idea washed up on the shore of Puget Sound in the mid-1990s as Colleen Willoughby and four of her friends met and decided to create a collectivegiving circle called Washington Women’s Foundation, the purpose of which was to unite interested women in learning more about their community’s needs and leveraging their philanthropic impact to meet needs in the greater Seattle area.

Their organization grew, and other women’s groups in other cities followed suit.

In 1998 an edition of “People” magazine featured Ms. Willoughby’s work. Harriet Goldsmith read that story and placed it in what she calls her “good idea” file where it successfully survived her annual cut and

remained until 2006. She read Ms. Willoughby’s book “Something Ventured: An Innovative Model in Philanthropy,” which was published by funding received from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

This new collective-giving model made sense to Harriet, and she believed it could work here in Greenville. She shared this information with Bob Morris of the Community Foundation, who quickly connected Harriet with Frances Ellison and Sue Priester, and they, with the support of the Community Foundation, formed Greenville’s own local women’s philanthropic organization: Greenville Women Giving.

This good idea of GWG quickly evolved into something great for our community.

In 10 years, grants totaling $4.2 million have funded 91 different projects for area nonprofits. The grants range from $40,000 to $100,000 and focus on having significant

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by Kate Salley Palmer

impact in five areas: arts and culture, education, environment, health, and human services. Every nonprofit that appears on the annual ballot has been carefully researched and vetted, and winning organizations are required to provide a detailed accounting of how they have used their grant money.

GWG’s success is its mission and its method. Members like the idea of giving together, knowing our individual annual contributions may not accomplish much notable impact by themselves, but when joined with the money of all the members (over 570 active members currently), the impact multiplies into something with much greater magnitude.

Membership is open to any woman who is interested in collective giving and philanthropy, and new members are accepted at any time throughout the year. The only membership requirement is a three-year commitment of giving $1,200 each year — $1,000 goes directly to the grant pool that year and $200 is used to defray administrative expenses.

Members of GWG seek to be catalysts for change in our community. To do so, we must first learn of the needs and problems facing our community; therefore, education is a key component of GWG’s annual calendar. Education sessions highlight what the local needs are, how these needs are being addressed (or not), and how specific organizations are working to meet

these needs. Guests are always welcome to share in these learning opportunities.

One unexpected byproduct of educating the membership is that many members have expanded their personal support to include new organizations, either through giving or volunteering, that were not previously on their personal radar.

An added bonus of belonging to GWG is having opportunities for making new friends with like-minded women who care about our community. The bonding is quick and lasting as we work and give together.

I, along with all members of GWG, owe a huge debt of gratitude to our three founders — Harriet Goldsmith, Frances Ellison, and Sue Priester — for their strong vision and belief in the collective process, their fervent commitment to growing the organization into a vital force in our community, and their ongoing heart for our community.

Thanks to them, there is a strong force of women working together to change our community in many positive ways.

The three of them were recently awarded the Governor’s Order of the Silver Crescent, an award truly merited by each of them as it recognizes their individual and collective achievement for leadership, volunteerism, and lifelong influence in our community.

GWG represents philanthropy at its best: giving together for greater impact, learning together for greater understanding of needs that surround us, and growing together to lead more meaningful lives.

To learn more about becoming a member or to see a summary of grants that have been awarded, visit the GWG website, greenvillewomengiving.org.

Helen Smart is a community volunteer and Greenville Women Giving member.

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Trumped President’s EPA freeze raises questions about the future of SC environmental efforts HIGHLIGHTS

Review of EPA grants and contracts could affect environmental projects in the state The future of Upstate Forever’s Clean Air and Water Program is unclear Universities brace for impact on research programs Trump’s pick for EPA head is “just a hint of what’s to come,” say S.C. environmental leaders ANDREW MORRE | STAFF

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While President Donald Trump’s temporary review of grants and contracts from the Environmental Protection Agency has ended, Upstate researchers and environmentalists are worried about what the new administration means for future efforts. That includes Greenville’s Upstate Forever, which recently received federal funding to improve the water quality of the Tyger River Watershed, which provides thousands of residents with drinking water.

Last Monday, the new Republican administration instructed the EPA to temporarily stop issuing grants and contracts while it conducted a comprehensive review of the agency’s research and regulatory activities.

According to EPA spokesman Doug Ericksen, the administration has since lifted the freeze, which gave the new administration time to review the $3.8 billion that the EPA has distributed to states for environmental projects.

“As of now, nothing has been delayed.

Nothing has been cut. There was simply a pause and everything’s up and running,” Ericksen told USA Today.

However, $100 million in grant funding is still under review.

The EPA has awarded nearly $460 million to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control in recent years, supporting state pollution-control programs, infrastructure, wetlands protection, environmental health research, and hazardous waste management.

Tanju Karanfil, left, works in the L.G. Rich Environmental Research Laboratory at Clemson University. Karanfil is part of a research team that was recently awarded $1 million by the Environmental Protection Agency. Photo by Clemson University.

The temporary freeze only affected a small number of the agency’s programs, according to DHEC spokesman Robert Yanity.

“From a national standpoint, EPA funding of state critical actions and core programs are proceeding. The transition team is asking for clarification from EPA program areas on a small number of projects that comprise about 3 percent of EPA’s total grant funding,” he said.

That 3 percent could include Upstate Forever, according to Heather Nix, director of the nonprofit’s Clean Air and Water Program. The environmental group was recently awarded a $40,000 grant from the EPA to conduct water quality improvement projects in the Tyger River Watershed, which provides about 130,000 Upstate residents with drinking water.

The program aims to help rural landowners in the watershed replace their failing septic tanks, which can leak pollutants into nearby waterways. It also aims to relocate their livestock from the banks of streams and creeks within the watershed by installing alternative water sources. “Rainwater runoff is one of the biggest threats to our region’s water quality,” Nix said. “The EPA’s funding allows us to implement cost-effective projects across the Upstate that help prevent stormwater from carrying sediment, nutrients, bacteria, and other pollutants to our rivers and drinking water sources.”

She added that the status of the program’s funding is currently unclear.

It’s common for a new administration to pause and assess any agency’s reach and impact. However, it’s been a while since any

administration has ordered such a broad suspension on grants and contracts, according to Nathan Richardson, an environmental law professor at the University of South Carolina.

Environmentalists across South Carolina condemned the EPA freeze, saying it signifies a grim future for the state.

“President Trump’s decision to freeze the grants and contracts is just a hint of what’s to come,” said Chris Hall, Sierra Club South Carolina chairman. “His nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for the EPA Administrator job is additional proof that we’re under an administration that doesn’t prioritize the environment.”

“Pruitt is a direct threat to the EPA and our state,” he added.

Pruitt has deep ties to the fossil fuel industry and sued the EPA a total of 14 times, trying to block the agency’s rules on carbon dioxide, ozone, mercury, waterways, and Clean Power Plan. The 48-year-old Republican has also argued that the EPA should be “dismantled” and cast doubt on extensive scientific findings that show temperatures rising due to manmade carbon emissions.

During his Senate confirmation hearing in January, Pruitt admitted that climate change is real and even dismissed Trump’s claims that climate change is a Chinese hoax meant to reduce the competiveness of U.S. manufacturers.

Before Pruitt can take over at the EPA, he has to be confirmed by a majority vote of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Republicans hold 54 seats in the Senate, making it likely that Pruitt and the rest of President Trump’s cabinet picks will likely be confirmed. Pruitt

has already garnered support from South Carolina’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott.

Pruitt’s policies are largely unknown.

However, he’s criticized federal rules that protect air and water quality and advocated for a states’ rights approach to environmental regulation. That approach would give DHEC more regulatory power and flexibility but would likely mean less federal funding for public university researchers and environmental groups, according to Richardson.

“It could severely limit research opportunities for professors and leave graduate students without salaries,” he said.

Clemson University relies heavily on federal funding for various research programs.

In the past two years, the EPA has granted roughly $4.5 million to the university.

For example, environmental engineering researchers Tanju Karanfil, Habibullah Uzun, and Alex Chow were awarded $1 million from the EPA in 2015 to study which forest management practices are least harmful to drinking water resources.

“The research we’re doing will help the country adopt sustainable methods of managing forests, while ensuring that clean, safe drinking water continues to flow to our communities,” Karanfil said. “The need for these kinds of studies will grow as more frequent and intense droughts brought on by climate change cause more wildfires.”

Funding for the research is set to end in August 2018, according to Clemson’s Office of Sponsored Programs. Karanfil and his colleagues hope to make the study’s results available to various regulatory agencies, re-

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source managers, and other professional decision-makers across the Southeast.

Clemson University is preparing for changes under the new administration.

“The university is closely monitoring the presidential transition in order to evaluate the potential impact and opportunities that changes in administrative policy may have on the university’s research portfolio,” said Mark Land, vice president of university relations for Clemson University.

Upstate environmental groups are concerned that the new administration’s plan for the Clean Water Rule, also known as the Waters of the U.S. rule, might undo regulations and restoration efforts that have improved and protected polluted waterways throughout the region.

NEWS 23 miles down the river.

The spill killed 35,000 fish and contaminated groundwater for nearly three years, according to the EPA. Colonial knew that its Reedy River pipeline was exposed, rusted, and missing a protective coating for several years.

Various conservation groups throughout the Upstate have worked through the years to improve the river’s water quality by assisting with education and outreach events and implementing cleanup and pollution prevention programs. For example, Friends of the Reedy River currently holds two cleanup events each year, and Upstate Forever started an Adopt a Stream program, which trains volunteers to monitor water quality along the river and its tributaries.

“President Trump’s decision to freeze the grants and contracts is just a hint of what’s to come.

His nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for the EPA Administrator job is additional proof that we’re under an administration that doesn’t prioritize the environment.”

Chris Hall, Sierra Club South Carolina chairman

On the day of Trump’s inauguration, references to climate change disappeared from the White House website. Shortly after, a new page called “An American First Energy Policy Plan” appeared on the site, asserting that the new administration would eliminate climate regulations and boost coal, oil, and gas production. The plan mentions “eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule.”

In 2015, the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalized the Clean Water Rule, redefining the Clean Water Act to include protections for brooks, creeks, streams, wetlands, and other waterways feeding into American’s larger waterways.

It has since improved countless South Carolina waterways, including the Reedy River, a tributary of the Saluda River. The river, which flows through downtown Greenville, has experienced severe pollution since the early 1900s because of nearby textile mills, sewage discharges, and runoff from increased urbanization.

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Now the groups fear that Trump’s policies could spell disaster for waterways and conservation efforts throughout the Upstate.

“The Reedy River is one of the state’s most polluted waterways, and there’s work that needs to be done. But it’s going to be much more difficult to keep the river clean if the new administration decides to get rid of regulations protecting water quality,” said Patricia Carson, executive director of Friends of the Reedy River.

She added that it could become more difficult for the state’s smaller conservation groups to get federal grants now that the Trump administration is planning new policies. “It seems like things are really up in the air right now, so we’re going to wait things out before we invest time and effort in applying for federal grants.”

The funding dilemma could also affect large conservation groups and water companies in the area, according to Nix. “It’s less expensive for companies to treat water when it’s already clean,” she said.

“If federal funding for conservation projects goes away, individual support for local water quality protection efforts becomes more important than ever,” she added.

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John DeWorken announces City Council run Candidate is probusiness but aims to protect neighborhoods from ‘commercial creep’ CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Greenville City Council candidate John DeWorken’s list of the top issues facing the city are similar to those of other candidates — growth, traffic, and preserving neighborhoods. But DeWorken said his experience as a Greenville businessman, president of the North Main Community Association, and as vice chairman of the Greenville Transit Authority Board would allow him to bring a different set of skills to City Council.

DeWorken officially announced he would run as a Republican for the at-large seat on Greenville City Council currently held

by Gaye Sprague.

Sprague has held the seat since 2009.

“I intimately know the important issues neighborhoods are dealing with today. I know the importance of supporting small business and existing businesses,” said DeWorken, a partner in the Sunnie & DeWorken Group, a pro-business, South Carolina-based government relations and advocacy firm. “I believe I have a lot to offer as a candidate. I’ll bring a unique perspective to Council.”

DeWorken said one of his strengths in his professional and civic career has been his ability to form teams to accomplish great things. “I have a history of being able to inclusively bring people together to solve issues,” he said.

DeWorken, who served as vice president of government relations and communications for the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and the Upstate Chamber Coalition before starting his own business, said the city needs to “grow uniquely Greenville.”

“For 20 to 25 years, city leaders have been trying to grow Greenville. Now, the people are coming. We have to make sure we grow in a way so that 20 years from now we look back and say, ‘Good, we did that right,’” DeWorken said. “A sidebar to growth is traffic. I don’t think we hear enough about what to do about today’s traffic and tomorrow’s traffic.”

DeWorken said Greenville must maintain a balance between economic development and neighborhoods and quality of life. He said economic development announcements tout when companies bring 150 new jobs or make $2 million in investments. But, he said, neighborhood residents have invested in the city, too.

“It’s incumbent that we treat neighborhoods as major investors, whether that’s owning or renting, or whether it’s rich or poor. We have a responsibility to invest in keeping neighborhoods safe with police protection, lighting, calming traffic, and such,” he said.

To that end, DeWorken said the city must focus on its major arteries and make sure development there fits the neighborhood.

“We’ve got to guard against commercial creep,” he said.

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“We have to make sure we grow in a way so that 20 years from now we look back and say, ‘Good, we did that right.’”

He said the city must have an overarching goal of improving and enhancing the quality of life and “everything else will fall underneath,” he said.

He said he supports increasing affordable housing and said that the bus system should develop routes from the city’s population centers to its job centers. “I still don’t understand the spoke system,” DeWorken said.

“People want to get from where they live to where they work and vice versa without having to go downtown.”

DeWorken is a Clemson graduate. He serves on the Urban League of the Upstate board of directors and the Upstate Chamber Coalition Advisory boards and was formerly a Clemson University Alumni National Council member and national president of the Clemson University Young Alumni and the City of Greenville Beautification Commission. He was twice named to Greenville Magazine’s 50 Most Influential People list and was named one of Greenville Magazine’s Best and Brightest in 2006.

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BJU’s Heritage Green Museum shuttering Bob Jones University’s on-campus Museum & Gallery will close on Feb. 18 for a two-year renovation, and its Heritage Green location will close Feb. 4 permanently.

Under the direction of M&G director Erin Jones, the museum will loan out as many of its more than 400 paintings as it can to museums, corporation headquarters, and private homes of art enthusiasts during the closure. Paintings that aren’t loaned out will be placed in secured climate-controlled storage. That is expected to take the rest of the year.

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The building that houses the M&G is 70 years old, and water has penetrated its walls, damaging some of the interior walls, said BJU spokesman Randy Page. None of the paintings have been damaged, he said.

Renovation work includes the sealing of the outside walls, replacement of a number of interior walls, and installation of a new heating, air, and ventilation system. Page said additional studies must be done and a cost estimate is not yet available.

The museum could reopen as early as late 2018 or early 2019.

In addition, M&G’s Heritage Green satellite site will be closed permanently on Feb. 4. The Heritage Green site opened in 2008. Page said the school’s lease was up. A lack of attendance contributed to the closing, Page said.

“It was a mutual decision,” he said. “The County was disappointed with the foot traffic of that location and we were, too.”

Greenville County is seeking another tenant for the building. Heritage Green includes the Hughes Main Library, the Upcountry History Museum, the Greenville Little Theatre, the Greenville County Museum of Art, and The Children’s Museum of the Upstate.

The M&G of Bob Jones University is widely recognized as one of the finest collections of

Part of the Greenville Health System (GHS), Marshall I. Pickens Hospital is an inpatient behavioral health facility that provides psychiatric disorder diagnosis and treatment for children, adolescents, and adults. The health system had submitted a state Certificate of Need (CON) application for the 19-bed expansion, and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced its approval last week.

GHS earlier had announced a new joint venture with Acadia Healthcare to build an 80,000-square-foot, $64 million, 120-bed hospital on GHS’ main campus. The new facility will provide inpatient behavioral health services and will replace Marshall I. Pickens Hospital when it opens in March 2018.

GHS officials say that adding inpatient beds is an important element of the health system’s plans to enhance and expand mental health services in the Upstate. GHS also has a psychiatry medical education program, community education and engagement programs, and partnerships to expand crisis, ambulatory, and acute care mental health services.

“By adding these beds and increasing access to mental health services, we can reduce the need for costly emergency room visits and better address co-occurring conditions that often accompany behavioral health needs, such as compliance with care plans, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, and other dependencies,” Dr. Ken Rogers, medical director of behavioral health services and chair of the department of psychiatry at GHS, said in a press release.

In South Carolina, nearly 170,000 adults and 48,000 children live with a serious mental illness.

“Mental illness is a major public health issue, and our state ranks 43rd in the nation when it comes to access to the important services that can help our citizens live their best lives,” said Ken Dority, executive director of National Alliance on Mental Illness Greenville, in a news statement. “We applaud DHEC for recognizing the need for more mental health services in our area and approving beds for not only GHS but for Carolina Center for Behavioral Health and SpringBrook Behavioral Health System as well.” —Melinda Young

POLICE

K-9 Scooter joins Greenville Police Department The Greenville Police Department has a new crime-fighting canine patrolling the streets.

The department recently added Scooter,

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Scooter is named after Scott Willis, who was nicknamed Scooter by his fellow officers during his time as a member of the Greenville Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics division.

Willis and his wife, Katherine, made a donation to the department’s K-9 Fund earlier this year that allowed for the purchase of Scooter, according to a press release. Their donation also paid for Scooter’s training at Astro Kennels in Simpsonville, where he was also certified through the North American Police Work Dog Association.

Scooter isn’t the only addition to the Greenville Police Department.

In October, the Greenville Lions Club donated $20,000 to the department for the purchase and training of an explosive detection dog. The donation will also pay for handler training as well as seven years of dog food, according to Lt. Allen Johnson, who oversees the K-9 Services Unit.

Johnson said he plans to hire a handler from within the department and select a dog by May. “The dogs are vital to the department’s field operations, and this new dog is going to benefit both our officers and community,” Johnson said. “We’ve needed a bomb detection dog for a while now.”

The department’s K-9 unit consists of five teams. The dogs — Rocky, Valor, Ghost, Sarge, and Saber — can detect narcotics, search buildings, track suspects, and provide aggression control.

The new dog will be named Leo in honor of the Lions Club, according to Johnson. —Andrew Moore

RESEARCH

Clemson professor receives grant to develop cure for deadly citrus disease An insect-borne bacterial disease that has devastated citrus crops around the world for nearly a century may have finally met its match.

Feng Luo, an associate professor in Clemson University’s School of Computing, will lead a $4.3 million study aimed at halting Huanglongbing (HLB).

The study will be funded for five years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. It is part of a $13.6 million program to combat HLB. “This is a huge problem, especially in Florida,” said Luo, a native of China who joined Clemson 10 years ago after earning his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Dallas. “We are very excited about our proposal and believe [our research] is promising.”

HLB was discovered in China in 1919. Also known as “yellow dragon disease,” it is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid, a bug that is about the size of a grain of rice.

During its nymph cycle, the psyllid consumes the sap of a citrus plant’s leaves and stems and

injects a salivary toxin.

An infected plant’s leaves can curl or twist and turn a blotchy yellow. Fruit is typically lopsided, mostly green, and bitter. HLB usually kills the plant in about three to five years.

Luo said HLB has infected about 75 percent of Florida’s $9 billion per year citrus industry. The disease has impacted 10 other states, including South Carolina.

Four years ago, Luo put his expertise in bioinformatics to work to study the disease. He said research found that certain plants are more resistant to HLB. The grant will allow for more genomic testing that could help create new breeding lines that are resistant to the disease and still produce quality fruit.

“Genetic change is the only kind of change that can last,” Luo said.

Luo said he would work with a team of research partners in Florida, Texas, and California. That team will work closely with farmers and growers in those states.

“HLB poses a serious threat to the nation’s citrus industry,” said Zhanao Deng, a professor and plant breeder at the University of Florida’s Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, who is one of Luo’s co-investigators. “Many growers have had to give up because it has been so bad. … We’re all pleased to be working together to find a solution.”

Luo’s other research partners include Frederick Gmitter Jr. and Liliana Cano with the University of Florida; Yongping Duan and MaryLou Polek with the USDA; and Olufemi Alabi at Texas A&M University.

Clemson’s Palmetto Cluster, a world-class supercomputer, will enable the project, the university said.

“This is absolutely critical research for the citrus industry and anyone who enjoys citrus products,” said Douglas Hirt, associate dean for research and graduate studies at Clemson, in a statement. “With Dr. Luo and the Palmetto Cluster, Clemson University is well-positioned to play a leadership role in tackling this global problem.”

—Trevor Anderson

TECHNOLOGY

Bob Jones University unveils new self-driving vehicle Self-driving vehicles might seem like a high-tech innovation right out of a science fiction movie, but the concept has become a reality at Bob Jones University.

The BJU engineering department showcased this futuristic technology during an open house event on Saturday. The event featured student demonstrations of Kezia, a robot that won the 2016 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, and Bruin-1, an autonomous golf cart that was developed by students in 2014.

Students also unveiled their newest creation: Bruin-2.

In September, the university used a $3,000 grant

Bob Jones University engineering department’s Bruin-2.

from Greenville County to purchase a Polaris GEM low-speed vehicle for the engineering department. Since then, a team of undergraduate engineering students has been developing the Polaris into a fully autonomous vehicle, according to engineering and physics professor Bill Lovegrove.

Students created a campus map for the vehicle’s route and outfitted it with a GPS, compass, two cameras, proximity sensors, and a laser-guided LIDAR to help it detect obstacles as it navigates an area. The Bruin-2 can travel up to 25 mph.

While the vehicle is fully autonomous, it still has a steering wheel, brake pedal, and a control computer with an emergency stop button. That allows users to take control of the vehicle during testing.

On Saturday, Bruin-2 completed its first test by following Bruin-1 to various destinations across campus. “Ideally, we’d like for it to drive across campus or compete against other vehicles by itself,” said Lovegrove. “It should be able to do that by spring.”

In June, Lovegrove and the group of students plan to demonstrate Bruin-2 and other vehicles at the 2017 Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition in Minnesota. The vehicles will have to follow lanes, detect obstacles, and follow waypoint navigation.

Lovegrove said Bruin-2 might one day be used for a taxi service at a university or nursing home, where it wouldn’t have to compete with traffic or pedestrians.

“Bruin-1 and Bruin-2 won’t be able to drive through downtown Greenville anytime soon.

That’s what Google and other companies are currently working on, and we’re not trying to compete with them,” Lovegrove said. “We’re really just trying to do the same thing but in a more controlled environment.”

He added that Bob Jones University doesn’t plan to monetize the vehicles.

“Someone will have to take the next step with

this idea, because our vehicles are only intended for research,” Lovegrove said. “We hope an entrepreneur might take this technology and make it better for commercial purposes. The investment would be worth it.” —Andrew Moore

IMMIGRATION

Upstate resident denied re-entry into US following executive order An executive order signed last Friday by President Donald Trump that indefinitely suspends the United States’ Syrian refugee program and temporarily blocks immigration from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen resulted in chaos over the weekend.

While long-established plans for Syrian families to soon resettle in cities like Cleveland and Chicago quickly unraveled, between 100 to 200 green card and visa holders from the now-banned list of countries found themselves detained at airports across the U.S., sparking protests at John F. Kennedy, Washington Dulles, and Dallas/Fort Worth airports, among others. Although a stay was granted by a federal judge late Saturday night that halts “the deportations of valid visa holders after they have landed at a U.S. airport,” many, including one Upstate resident, are left wondering when — and how — they’ll be permitted re-entry.

Nazanin Zinouri, a data scientist at the Upstate business Modjoul who received a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Clemson University in 2016, was taken off a flight in Dubai that was destined for Washington D.C. At press time, her return to the U.S. continues to remain in question.

In a Facebook post that has garnered more than 120,000 shares, Zinouri says she arrived in Tehran, Iran, to visit family on Jan. 22, but the visit was cut short last Wednesday when news began to travel that an executive order on immigration could be imminent. In an email to the Greenville Journal, Zinouri said she “heard BRIEFS continued on PAGE 12

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some rumors [last] Wednesday night, but I didn’t hear anything from reliable sources.”

Nonetheless, she still made plans to take the next available flight back to the U.S. “Even though I didn’t want to leave my family, I quickly booked a ticket to get on the next flight back. Only a few hours after the order was signed, I got to the airport, got on a plane, and made it to Dubai,” Zinouri wrote on Facebook.

“I tried the next available flight, which was Friday … early morning, and I couldn’t board successfully [in] Dubai,” she told the Journal.

“Unfortunately, the ban continues, and there are no solutions as of right now.”

A GoFundMe account has been set up for Zinouri in order to cover her legal expenses as she tries to re-enter the U.S. On the page, Zinouri writes that upon enroll-

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Private groups may be the key to preserving and funding Greenville’s parks Councilwoman Amy Ryberg Doyle: “We have to find a sustainable way to fund our neighborhood parks, too.”

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op quiz: How does Greenville pay for a massive new park west of downtown while at the same time improving and maintaining the more than three dozen parks already here? The answer may be found outside of town.

Cities all across the country are trying to figure out how to build, refurbish, and maintain public parks, and a growing number of them are turning to park conservancies, which are private, nonprofit organizations that raise money for parks independently of the city, something supporters say can improve park success while keeping down taxpayer expense.

Later this month, members of Greenville City Council are expected to consider a resolution that would commit up to $2 million a year in hospitality tax revenue for construction of the first phase of City Park, a park that is expected to transform the western side of Greenville much like Falls Park and subsequent projects transformed the West End. The tax plan would last for up to 10 years.

“We should look into that model and what some of the hybrids are, including how they outline responsibility versus authority,” said City Councilwoman Gaye Sprague.

“There are lots and lots of questions left to answer, but it’s worth exploring.”

Key To Success According to the 2015 “Public Spaces/Private Money, the Triumphs and Pitfalls of Urban Park Conservancies” report by the Trust for Public Land, about 50 percent of major cities have at least one private park conservancy.

The roots of the conservancy movement are usually traced to the founding of New York’s Central Park Conservancy in 1980, the report said. Like most conservancies, the Central Park group emerged from a crisis.

A nationwide recession and several decades of depopulation left New York on the brink of insolvency. The crisis hit the parks department hard, and Central Park was unkempt, unsettling, and unsafe. Today, New York has nearly two dozen organizations providing financial support for city parks.

Typically, conservancies are created to fund large capital projects. Many evolve to oversee actual construction and a few handle park administration. The keys to success, the Trust for Public Land report said, is for conservancies to have a formal agreement with the city outlining responsibilities for each party, a role for public officials, master planning and project prioritization, a strong and effective board of directors, and robust fundraising.

“Clean, safe, sustainable parks don’t come cheaply, and most conservancies take on a heavy fundraising role,” the report said. “In fact, a conservancy should not be attempted by any group not committed to serious fundraising.”

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The report said in some ways, an underfunded conservancy might be worse than no conservancy at all. “Without a conservancy, public expectation for park excellence falls on the parks department, city government, and the mayor. If a new conservancy is held up as the solution for park problems, political pressure on the government may be lessened. But if a

An internal study of the city’s nearly three dozen neighborhood parks completed last year revealed: • Thirteen play structures need replacing.

• Thirteen parks need Americans with Disabilities Act improvements or evaluations.

• Seven sets of steps and handrails need assessment, repair, or replacement.

• Trails and pathways at nearly all parks need sealing and repair.

• Athletic lighting in three parks needs replacement.

• Fourteen tennis courts and 13 basketball courts need resurfacing, resealing, and restriping.

• Eight sets of bleachers need to be replaced.

• Four pedestrian bridges need assessment.

• Signs at 27 parks need to be replaced and updated.

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A GroWing Tool Using a funding model used for Falls Park, city officials expect private contributions to pay for City Park’s amenities such as an amphitheater, playground, pedestrian bridge, and boardwalk, Mayor Knox White said. The mayor also noted that the Community Foundation of Greenville has committed $150,000 toward the park and will provide the city a vehicle to accept private donations and corporate contributions.

But so far, there’s no such conduit for donations to the city’s other parks. “Private individuals are not going to write a check to the city,” City Councilwoman Amy Ryberg Doyle said.

However, a parks conservancy could take care of that, Doyle said, by providing a way for private citizens, groups, or companies to give money for specific park improvements as well as a vehicle for matching grants that the city is not eligible for itself.

To see an example of how this would work, one needs to look no further than Charleston.

In 2007, businesswoman and philanthropist Darla Moore founded the Charleston Parks Conservancy. The conservancy works with the City of Charleston to replace outdated equipment and improve playgrounds, design gardens in parks that don’t have any, and rejuvenate and reinvent parks that haven’t changed in years.

One of the organization’s biggest projects included the $5.9 million makeover of the once-neglected Colonial Lake between Broad and Beaufain streets in peninsular Charleston.

The Charleston Parks Conservancy is currently working to turn the former po-

lice horse stables and superintendent’s cottage in Hampton Park, one of the city’s largest parks, into a community center.

Other projects include the renovation of Wragg Square and the revitalization of the Moultrie playground.

In addition to raising money for renovation projects, the Charleston Parks Conservancy deploys a group called the Park Angels, a corps of volunteers that engage in various beautification projects, plan events, act as environmental educators, and otherwise serve as ambassadors of the city’s urban parks.

The Charleston Parks Conservancy isn’t the only group using such a public-private model to protect parks. The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy formed 20 years ago to address concerns that the city’s regional parks were deteriorating and the city didn’t have enough money to fix them.

At first, the conservancy did one capital project in each of the city’s five regional parks, said Scott Roller, the conservancy’s senior communications director. “That showed what we were capable of doing,” he said, adding the conservancy has now completed 17 projects. “In the last three or four years, citizens voiced a need for us to work with neighborhood parks.”

Roller said green infrastructure would be a big part of the conservancy’s future.

“Pittsburgh values green space,” he said.

“Green infrastructure will be a big part of what we do moving ahead. Green space is healthy. It looks good, but it also controls stormwater and leads to economic development. We see folks moving to the region and green space is one of the things they ask about along with cost of living, the job market, and quality of schools.”

Greenville resident Judy Cromwell, who is involved in the city’s Tree Foundation, has been a longtime supporter of a parks conservancy. “Maybe it could be tied to the Tree Foundation,” she said.

“Too much green is disappearing from Greenville,” she said. “We need more green spaces, not less.”

The once-neglected Colonial Lake in downtown Charleston was one of the Charleston Parks Conservancy’s biggest projects.

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While Greenville is getting closer to committing money for the construction of City Park on the city’s west side, other neighborhood parks are in need of an infusion of cash as well.

There are nearly three dozen neighborhood and pocket parks across the city, and they have a laundry list of needs ranging from restrooms that need replacing and playground equipment that is close to the end of its useful life to tennis and basketball courts that need resurfacing and steps and handrails that need repair. No final price tag was calculated, but City Councilwoman Amy Ryberg Doyle, a vocal supporter of neighborhood parks, said the cost is substantial.

For instance, Timmons Park, one of the city’s largest neighborhood parks, needs new restrooms, tennis courts need to be resealed and relined, some trash bins need to be replaced, the parking lot needs to be resealed and restriped in a different configuration, mulch is needed at the playground, and signs need to be replaced.

At North Main, more restrooms are needed and the bridge from the community center to the amphitheater needs to be replaced. The parking lot needs to be resealed and relined with Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant spaces.

McPherson Park’s miniature golf course needs to be removed or all of the boards and holes replaced. The playground needs more fencing, the bandstand needs a new roof, and benches need to be repaired.

At the Nicholtown Community Center, holes in the roof over the basketball court need to be fixed and the court resurfaced. Perimeter fencing around the park needs to be replaced, all the pathways need to be resurfaced, a drainage system on the side of the center needs to be redone, and handrails need to be added to the stairs.

Work needed at Gower Park includes removing both of the park’s restroom facilities and building a new one in a

central location near the tennis courts, adding sand and signage to identify the horseshoe pit, replacing both playground structures within two to three years, replacing the fence along the first base line of the baseball field and along Laurel Creek, repair benches, and replacing bollards along Laurel Creek.

In this year’s budget, the city earmarked $350,000 for neighborhood parks. But when new playground equipment costs between $35,000 and $50,000, the money won’t go far. The money has been used for safety items in some of the parks, including new railings, and repairs of steps and pathways, said Dale Westermeier, the city’s interim parks and recreation director.

“I think the city needs to make a 10year commitment,” Doyle said. “We’re bringing on new parks and that’s great, but we can’t ignore our other parks. We have heard from neighborhoods that the city focuses on Falls Park and the new park and not parks in their neighborhoods. We have to find a sustainable way to fund our neighborhood parks, too.”

Fifty-eight percent of city residents live within a half-mile of a park or community center. In District 1, 67 percent of residents are within a half-mile of a park. That falls to 42 percent in District 4, a more industrial and commercial part of the city that includes Gower Park, Legacy Park at Hollingsworth, and the Wenwood Soccer Complex.

“Every green space is important, and we need to do a better job of planning for its sustainability,” Doyle said.

Doyle said like neighborhoods, parks should change, too.

“We need to bring in new sports that didn’t exist when our neighborhood parks were built,” she said. “Some people want to bring pickle ball to Timmons Park. Others want bring an off-road bike track and ga-ga ball. It’s an exciting time for our neighborhood parks, and we need to make sure we pay attention.”

For those who don’t know, pickleball is a racket sport that combines the elements of tennis, badminton, and PingPong. Ga-ga ball is a kinder, gentler form of dodgeball.

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THE SPECTACULAR SIX

Dick Riley, Charles Townes, Jane Robelot among inaugural Greenville County Schools Hall of Fame inductees CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

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Six Greenville County Schools graduates comprise the inaugural induction class of the new GCS Hall of Fame, a project of GCS and the nonprofit Greenville County Schools Foundation.

The 2017 class of inductees was inducted last Thursday.

The Hall of Fame honors GCS graduates who have made a substantial or significant contribution at the local, regional, national, or international levels in such areas as education, arts, business, media, public service, philanthropy, medicine, military, science, or athletics.

Hall of Fame nominees must have graduated at least 10 years prior to their nominations and exemplify honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, and other evidence of good character.

CHARLES HARD TOWNES Whether he was conceiving the idea that led to the laser, an invention that would transform science and technology, or listening to presentations of third-graders at the Greenville school for highly gifted students bearing his name, Charles Townes had an unquenchable curiosity.

The 1931 Greenville High graduate, who died in 2015 at the age of 99, won the 1964 Nobel Prize for his revolutionary work. During his eight decade-long career, Townes advised presidents and served as chairman of a committee to NASA’s manned space program.

Townes, who graduated from Furman at age 19, was seated on a bench in Franklin Square Park in Washington, D.C., one

spring morning in 1951 when the solution to a problem of how to create a pure beam of short-wavelength, high-frequency light came to him. Fruits of his discovery include computer hard drives, laser optical surgery, and satellite broadcasting.

ANDRE GOODMAN Andre Goodman dreamed of playing in the NBA. He played 10 seasons in the NFL instead.

Goodman, a 1997 graduate of Eastside High, was a promising basketball player when two classmates talked him into trying out for football. Goodman ended up earning All-State honors as a wide receiver and defensive back and went on to earn a scholarship at the University of South Carolina, where he was a four-year letterman and two-year starter.

While a redshirt freshman at USC, he suffered a severe knee injury, something that some thought would end his footballplaying days. Instead, he was drafted in the third round of the 2002 draft and played with the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, and Denver Broncos. Goodman is back at USC as its director of football development.

ELIZABETH BISHOP Elizabeth “Betsy” Bishop’s career plan was to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1993, get into its Young Artists Program, and be rich and famous by the time she was 30.

Bishop, who attended Berea High and the Fine Arts Center and is a 1985 GCS graduate, won the competition but wasn’t chosen as one of the Young Artists. But Bishop didn’t let that stop her from a career as a

mezzo-soprano that has taken her all over the world.

Bishop, known for her powerful, nuanced portrayals and “lustrous” voice, made her Met debut in 1994, and she continues to be a company regular. In addition, Bishop maintains a close association with her home company, Washington National Opera. She is also the founder and head of the Potomac Vocal Institute in Washington, D.C.

THOMAS E. KERNS Thomas E. Kerns began his career as a teacher in a segregated school system and went on to become Greenville County’s first African-American superintendent.

Kerns was a French and social studies teacher at Sterling High School. He went on to serve as a guidance counselor, school administrator, and district administrator.

Kerns, who died in 2007, became GCS’ fifth superintendent of the School District of Greenville County in 1989.

Kerns, who graduated from Sterling in 1949, implemented an Affirmative Action hiring plan in the district, the first one for any South Carolina school system, and pushed for better relations between the district and the community. He was named one of the Top 100 school executives in 1993 by The Executive Educator magazine and was Superintendent of the Year in 1991.

RICHARD W. RILEY Richard W. Riley isn’t afraid of a challenge. Riley, a 1950 Greenville High graduate, was commissioned in the U.S. Navy and stationed overseas when he contracted rheumatoid spondylitis, a rare degenera-

tive spinal disease that left him with a fused spine. A Navy medical specialist predicted he would spend his life in a wheelchair. He did not know Riley’s determination.

As a member of the state House, Riley led the Young Turks, a group that wanted to reform the good ol’ boy system and give power and authority to local government.

As governor, Riley mobilized support for the Education Improvement Act, which has been called by some as the most important education legislation ever passed in South Carolina.

He went on to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education in the administration of President Bill Clinton.

JANE ROBELOT DECARVALHO Jane Robelot DeCarvalho, a 1978 Wade Hampton High graduate, is a storyteller.

DeCarvalho, who was senior class president and Homecoming queen, began her television career with WSPA-TV, the CBS affiliate in the Greenville-Spartanburg market.

She co-anchored “CBS This Morning” from 1995 to 1999. During that time, she won two national Emmy Awards for journalistic excellence. After leaving New York, DeCarvalho was the lead anchor for the CBS affiliate WGCL-TV in Atlanta.

DeCarvalho and her husband, Emmy Award-winning combat cameraman Mario DeCarvalho, started a high-definition video production and marketing company.

She is also a contributed special projects anchor for NBC affiliate WYFF-TV, hosting its “Chronicle” specials. In 2009, she won a Peabody Award for the documentary “Chronicle: Paul’s Gift.”

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LUNCHEON

Julie Valentine Center hosts seventh annual luncheon, welcomes renowned speaker The Julie Valentine Center, a nonprofit organization that provides free, confidential services to sexual assault and child abuse survivors and their families, will host its seventh annual luncheon Feb. 14 at noon at the TD Convention Center.

The 2017 keynote speaker will be Allison Black Cornelius, president of Blackfish Strategies, who has carried the Olympic torch, trained more than 700 nonprofit boards, and raised more than $30 million for charity through her public presentations. Cornelius is a survivor of child sexual abuse and has become one of the nation’s strongest advocates for sexual assault victims and community rights. In a landmark case that drew widespread attention from the national media, Cornelius put

her rapist behind bars and spearheaded the passage of Megan’s Law, creating the country’s first Sex Offender Registry.

The 2017 Julie Valentine luncheon is presented by Silent Tears and Lisa and Bob Castellani.

General admission tickets are $50 per person, and reserved seating tables start at $500. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit julievalentinecenter.org.

FUNDRAISER

7th annual Auction for a Kaws raises funds for Upstate animals Auction for a Kaws will auction off 29 of the Upstate’s most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes on Feb. 4, 6:30–11 p.m., to raise money for local animal rescue services that work to end animal COMMUNITY continued on PAGE 18

‘‘ If Blood Connection wasn’t there, I wouldn’t be here.

If it weren't for people like you, I wouldn’t be here.

‘‘

Our Community

Hear my story at: thebloodconnection.org -- Lisa, Belton, SC --

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CHARITY EVENT

SCHOLARSHIPS

Five new charitable organizations to benefit from BMW Charity Pro-Am

League awards $198,000 in scholarships

The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation added five new charities to a list of 16 to benefit from the 2017 golf tournament: The Blade Jr. Golf Classic, Blue Ridge Council – Boy Scouts of America, Center for Developmental Services, The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, and The Furman Advantage. The tournament is slated to take place May 15–21 at Thornblade Club, The Preserve at Verdae, and Furman University Golf Club. Returning charities include BMW Car Club of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Habitat for Humanity of Greenville, Harvest Hope Food Bank, Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, NCCAA, Project Hope Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, Shriners Hospitals for Children - Greenville, SYNNEX Share the Magic, and Upstate Warrior Solution.

Tournament partner charities received $676,252 in 2016, with total donations since the tournament’s inception in 2001 exceeding $12 million.

The BMW Charity Pro-Am is the only tournament on the Web.com Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Web.com Tour professionals in a four-day better-ball competition over three courses. Each celebrity player will be paired with a charity and will champion online pledges for his or her designated charitable tournament partner, as well as the celebrity’s personal official charity. Pledges are based on the total number of holes played.

Volunteers can designate which organization will receive a donation for hours worked, and each charity will receive 100 percent of the proceeds generated by their respective ticket sales. Online volunteer registration opened on Feb. 1 at bmwcharitygolf.com. For sponsorship and playing opportunities email LJohnson@sccharities.org or call 517-2383.

Our Schools

Urban League of the Upstate, an affiliate of the National Urban League, awarded 11 scholarships totaling more than $198,000 to Upstate youth at its second annual MLK Dream Scholarship Breakfast. The event took place on Jan. 14 at the Commerce Club.

Shakyra Westmoreland of Mauldin High School is the recipient of the AALG Dream Scholarship ($2,000); Juanita Pacheco of Wade Hampton High School is the recipient of the Bethlehem Dreamer Scholarship ($1,500); Briana Parcell of Riverside High School is the recipient of the Clemson Dreamer Scholarship ($4,000–$16,000 per year); Jessica Leon-Grande is the recipient of the ECPI College Dream Scholarship ($5,000); Lee Yang of Westside High School is the recipient of the Furman Dreamer Scholarship ($140,000); Cristopher de la Cruz of James F. Byrnes High School is the recipient of the Greenville Technical College Dreamer Scholarship ($1,500); Lessli Martinez-Piedra of Legacy Charter High School is the recipient of the Michelin North America CSK Dreamer Scholarship ($5,000); Christian Barksdale of Carolina High School is the recipient of the Michelin North America MLK Dreamer Scholarship ($5,000); Samuel Garrison Shannon of Forest Christian High School is the recipient of the MLK Dreamer Scholarship ($4,000); Brianna Hardy of Dorman High School is the recipient of the Urban League Upstate Dreamer Scholarship ($1,500); and Skylar Finch of Landrum High School is the recipient of the USC Upstate Dreamer Scholarship ($3,000-$12,000 per year).

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Activities, awards, and accomplishments

WOFFORD COLLEGE

ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Wofford students study abroad during Interim 2017

Fundraising Color Run rescheduled for Feb. 5 at 2:30 p.m.

More than 200 Wofford students chose to study abroad during Wofford’s Interim. Instead of a regular class schedule, students spend the month of January in exploration and experiential learning. Students may choose from a variety of on-campus courses, professional internships and research projects, study abroad opportunities, or their own independent study project, approved and guided by a faculty advisor. Several students from the Greenville area chose to study abroad during the Interim: Benjamin Talley Bridgeman of Greenville (Germany, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic); Kendall Eoute of Greenville (Italy); Rivers Hock of Greenville (United Kingdom); Jessica Meggs of Greenville (Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe); Ian Miller of Greenville (Germany, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic); Anna Monroe of Greenville (Sweden and Norway); Weston Nalley of Greenville (Sweden and Norway); James Palmer of Simpsonville (Costa Rica); Kajal Patel of Simpsonville (Ecuador); William Randall of Simpsonville (Spain); Eileen Robertson of Greenville (Sweden and Norway); Sarah Katherine Short of Greenville (Ecuador); Keith Wilson Strausbaugh of Greenville (Germany, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic); Maya Gabrielle Ward of Greer (Italy); Julie Woodson of Greenville (Italy); Christopher Wray of Simpsonville (Germany, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic).

St. Joseph’s Catholic School and Christ Church Episcopal School, supported by Graphic Cow Company, invite the Greenville community to their second annual “Together for Greenville Color Run” to benefit St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School. The Color Run was originally the Spirit Week kickoff event for both schools, but after being rescheduled due to poor weather, the run is now set for Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5, at 2:30 p.m.

The two schools will unite to run or walk from St. Joseph’s Catholic School to Christ Church Episcopal School, while being sprayed with color dust by volunteers. After the race, there will be a color party at Christ Church, followed by snacks and hot cocoa, to celebrate the teamwork of the two schools to benefit St. Anthony’s.

Along with the Color Run is a Kiddie Color Run for the younger participants. The Kiddie Color Run will begin simultaneously with the main Color Run. Last year, during the first “Together for Greenville Color Run,” St. Joseph’s Catholic School and Christ Church Episcopal School raised $41,017.40 for St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School. The money made up almost the exact deficit of St. Anthony’s fundraising for the year. The schools are honored to support St. Anthony’s and their mission to foster the lives of their students. To register for the race, please visit www.sjcatholicschool.org.

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cruelty. The event will be held at Embassy Suites, 670 Verdae Blvd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a meet-and-greet and a silent auction. The bachelor and bachelorette auction begins at 8 p.m. Beneficiary organizations include Paved Paws, Pet Tender Angels, Upstate Animal Rescue Foundation, Carolina Poodle Rescue, Let ‘em Live Upstate, Izzie’s Pond, and Precious Paws Small Breed Rescue.

Tickets can be purchased online through Feb. 3 for $45 or at the door for $55. A printed copy of tickets purchased online is required for entry. Visit auctionforakaws.org for more information.

SPORTS

Swamp Rabbits to host Stick-It-to-Cancer night In support of the Cancer Survivors Park, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits will have a Stick-It-To-Cancer game presented by Bon Secours St. Francis on Feb. 10 against the Orlando Sun Bears.

In 2015, the Swamp Rabbits pledged to donate $50,000 to the park over the next three years.

As part of this commitment, a portion of proceeds from tickets sold for the Feb. 10 game will support the Cancer Survivors Park. Players will wear special jerseys for the game that will be given away via live auction after the match. Those proceeds will also go toward Cancer Survivors Park.

“The ‘Stick-It-to-Cancer’ game is not just a hockey game,” said Chris Lewis, Swamp Rabbits president, in a press release. “Cancer has touched the lives of just about everyone in our organization, and this is an initiative and project that is close to the hearts of our players, coaches, and staff. It

is a privilege to join our fans, partners, and the community at large in the effort to complete this project and provide a community space that will be focused on helping and healing the thousands of people in our community who have had their lives affected by this terrible disease.”

Kay Roper, executive director of the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance, said the partnership with the Swamp Rabbits “is a true testament of the team and fans’ commitment to honor and serve those who have battled cancer and their families, friends, and loved ones who have been touched by cancer.”

The Swamp Rabbits are encouraging additional community support by setting up a crowd founding campaign via Fan Angel, an online sports fundraising website, at FanAngel.com/swamprabbits.

The page, which currently has a $10,000 goal, allows fans and the community to either donate or pledge money based on the team’s goals and saves this season.

Additionally, during the month of February, fans that attend home games can participate in the Chuck-a-Carrot program, which will help support both Cancer Survivors Park and other local organizations committed to the fight against cancer. Fans can make a monetary donation on the concourse in exchange for several foam carrots, which are thrown onto the ice during the second intermission period.

To purchase tickets for Stick-It-To-Cancer Night, visit www.swamprabbits.com/game/greenville-vsorlando-2-10-17.

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Photos by Katie Fenske

On Saturday, Brewery 85 celebrated its third anniversary with a bash including live music, food trucks, and beer from various breweries.

Photos by Katie Fenske

Last Friday night, New York-based rock-and-soul duo SIRSY played a show at Gottrocks with local indie folk/ rock artist Darby Wilcox.

Photos by Katie Fenske

Last Friday afternoon, Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery held a pop-up for Swamp Pizza, the business’ newest venture. Guests chose from a limited menu of wood-fired pizza and draft beer.

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A GREENVILLE JOURNAL VALENTINE’S DAY DINING GUIDE EMILY PIETRAS | ASSOCIATE EDITOR

LOVE BITES epietras@communityjournals.com

January has come and gone, and now we’re less than two weeks away from Valentine’s Day. If you and your partner haven’t talked about where you’ll be celebrating (or you’re still in the early stages of planning a surprise), it’s time to start now. For those who didn’t book a reservation last month and are now considering an array of options, the Greenville Journal has put together a comprehensive dining guide for Valentine’s Day. Below are restaurants offering specials for Valentine’s Day. Visit greenvillejournal.com for additional restaurant suggestions.

Halls Chophouse will serve their regular fare. | Photo courtesy of Hall Management Group

BRAZWELL’S PREMIUM PUB 631 S. MAIN ST.

CUISINE: PUB, AMERICAN (TRADITIONAL) PRICE: $$ RESERVATIONS: EMAIL MIKEL@BRAZWELLSPUB. COM OR CALL 864-568-5053

Brazwell’s is offering a prix fixe menu for $30 per person. The appetizer is spinach and artichoke dip served with toasted pita points. For the entree, choose between a 10-ounce prime rib, baked potato, and asparagus or salmon grilled with a citrus glaze, also served with a baked potato and asparagus. Dessert will be a New York cheesecake with strawberries. Guests can add a bottle of champagne for $18 or a bottle of house chardonnay or cabernet for $22.

HALLS CHOPHOUSE

THE STRIP CLUB 104 – A STEAK HOUSE

CUISINE: STEAKHOUSE, SEAFOOD, WINE BAR PRICE: $$$$ RESERVATIONS: HALLSCHOPHOUSEGREENVILLE.COM

CUISINE: STEAKHOUSE; WINE, WHISKEY AND COCKTAIL BAR PRICE: $$$ RESERVATIONS: THESTRIPCLUB104.COM

550 S. MAIN ST. | 864-335-4200

Halls Chophouse will serve its regular menu of seafood, steaks, and chops, with some special options yet to be determined. Entrees include Sunburst Farms trout ($28, pan-roasted and served with wild rice, pecans, dried cherries, jumbo lump crabmeat, beans, lemon butter), wild salmon ($32, pan-roasted and served with fingerling potatoes, melted leeks, forest mushrooms, grained mustard aioli), and Red’s porterhouse 26-ounce. ($79, sirloin strip and tenderloin filet).

104 E. POINSETT ST., GREER | 864-877-9104

The restaurant will serve its standard menu with a special menu that is yet to be determined. Regular menu items include the Red Eye ($32, Black Angus USDA Long Island strip, garlic mashed potatoes, smoked bacon collard greens, red eye gravy, whipped bacon butter), Steak ’n’ Egg ($25, Black Angus filet mignon, smoked bacon collard greens, rice pilaf, jalapeño bacon, red eye gravy, fried egg), and Choice Cuts (various prices) served with two sides and one sauce or rub.

Nose Dive will serve Cheerwine lacquered beef short ribs as a special feature. | Credit: Getz Creative

DA VINCI’S RISTORANTE

27 S. PLEASANTBURG DRIVE, STE. 160 | 864-2418044

CUISINE: ITALIAN PRICE: $$$ RESERVATIONS: CALL RESTAURANT. A $25/PERSON DEPOSIT REQUIRED.

Da Vinci’s will serve a four-course dinner priced at $80 per person. The dinner includes an appetizer (choice of lobster ravioli, stuffed artichokes, portabella Milanese, shrimp cocktail); salad; entree (choice of duck, salmon fornaio, lobster and shrimp arrabbiata, filet Medici, and half rack of lamb); and dessert (choice of tiramisu, chocolate mousse, and chocolate soufflé).

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2541 N. PLEASANTBURG DRIVE | 864-509-0388

CUISINE: AMERICAN (NEW), GASTROPUB PRICE: $$ RESERVATIONS: BIT.LY/DIVEBOAR-RESERVATIONS

Dive ‘n’ Boar will serve its regular menu with a few special additions. Standard large-plate options include Mountain Trout (radish, cauliflower, marcona almond romesco); Double Dank Burger (grass-fed beef patties, American cheese, hand-cut fries, awesome sauce); and Bistro Steak (fingerling potatoes, charred red onion, chimichurri).

for Two ($95, 14-ounce New York Strip and two 4-ounce lobster tails, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, mushroom and mustard creole sauce) and the coq au vin ($35, served over mushrooms, haricot verts, marbled potatoes, pork belly in a natural jus). For dessert, choose either a triple-layer chocolate cake or chocolatecovered strawberries ($15).

10 ROAD OF VINES, TRAVELERS REST | 864-516-1254

CUISINE: AMERICAN (NEW) PRICE: $$$ RESERVATIONS: RESTAURANT17.COM/RESERVATIONS

116 N. MAIN ST. | 864-335-8222

The Green Room will have a four-course “Love at First Bite” prix fixe menu, priced at $75 per person or $145 per couple, not including tax and gratuity.

First course: cream of asparagus soup (white truffle oil, crispy leeks), lobster bisque (sweet vermouth cream); Caesar salad (romaine, red onion, herb croutons), or a local mixed green salad (English cucumber, heirloom cherry tomatoes, strawberry vinaigrette).

Second course: New Bedford scallop ceviche (avocado, balsamic glaze, cilantro), grilled marinated portabella cap (balsamic glaze, basil oil, orzo-mushroom duxelle), or sautéed beef tips (local mixed greens, shaved parmesan, rosemary demi-glacé) Third course: Brasstown filet mignon (jumbo asparagus, whipped potatoes, sauce chasseur); grilled Alaskan halibut (wild mushroom risotto, sauce américaine); or pan-roasted airline chicken breast (whipped potatoes, haricot verts, jerb chicken jus).

Choose between a chocolate mosaic cake (bourbon pecan cream) and crème louisa (strawberry coulis, fresh mind) for dessert.

LARKIN’S ON THE RIVER 318 S. MAIN ST. | 864-467-9777

CUISINE: AMERICAN (TRADITIONAL), STEAKHOUSE PRICE: $$$ RESERVATIONS: LARKINSONTHERIVER.COM From Friday, Feb. 10, through Tuesday, Feb. 14, Larkin’s is offering a special menu. The soup choice is an oyster stew ($10), and starter options include an octopus cocktail ($14, Spanish octopus, fresh tomato sauce with avocado) and a Wagyu beef skewer ($20, roasted Brussels sprouts, tobacco onions, balsamic reduction).

Entree choices are the Surf and Turf

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Passerelle Bistro will serve its seasonal menu with some special features from the chef that are yet to be determined.

Dinner entrees include grilled Greenbrier porkchop ($27, Carolina plantation rice gratin, seasonal squash and broth, apple confiture), roasted roots ($18, root vegetables, kale, freekeh pilaf, mushroom gravy), and cassoulet ($23, duck confit and sausage, flageolets, pepper coulis, bread crumbs, greens).

RESTAURANT 17

THE GREEN ROOM

CUISINE: AMERICAN (TRADITIONAL) PRICE: $$ RESERVATIONS: BIT.LY/TGR-RESERVATIONS

RESERVATIONS: PASSERELLEINTHEPARK.COM

Al fresco dining at Lazy Goat = romance | Photo by Chris Decker

THE LAZY GOAT

170 RIVERPLACE | 864-679-5299

CUISINE: GREEK AND MEDITERRANEAN PRICE: $$ RESERVATIONS: BIT.LY/LAZYGOAT-RESERVATIONS

The Lazy Goat will serve its seasonal menu as well as some special features from the chef. These include small plates of salmon croquette (fennel, pickled peppers, cucumber, butter lettuce, lemon dressing, sauce gribiche) and lobster bisque. Featured entrees are Mer Rouge (shrimp, mussels, clams, squid, pearl pasta, today’s fish, kale, Pernodtomato broth, toast) and beef tenderloin au poivre (red potato and horseradish casserole, crispy onions, savoy spinach, white truffle butter). Dessert is Chocolate and Roses (dark chocolate crémeux, rose pistachio macaroons, champagne sugar).

NOSE DIVE

116 S. MAIN ST. | 864-373-7300

CUISINE: GASTROPUB, AMERICAN (NEW), SOUTHERN PRICE: $$ RESERVATIONS: BIT.LY/NOSEDIVE-RESERVATIONS

The restaurant will serve its seasonal menu as well as some special features from the chef. These include shrimp cocktail (lemon, Old Bay cocktail sauce); Cheerwine lacquered beef short ribs (fivegrain polenta, Brussels sprouts, carrots, jus); triple-chocolate raspberry mousse cake for two (conversation hearts, chocolate macaroons); and chocolate-dipped strawberries.

PASSERELLE BISTRO

601 S. MAIN ST. | 864-509-0142

CUISINE: FRENCH/EUROPEAN PRICE: $$

Restaurant 17 is offering a three-course meal at $50 per person, with options for each course. The menu includes champagne for a toast and chocolate-covered strawberries for dessert.

RICK ERWIN’S WEST END GRILLE 648 S. MAIN ST. | 864-232-8999

CUISINE: STEAKHOUSE, SEAFOOD, WINE BAR PRICE: $$$ RESERVATIONS: RICKERWINS.COM/WEST-END-GRILLE

Rick Erwin’s will have a special menu priced at $62 per person. Appetizer options include jumbo shrimp cocktail and wild mushroom bisque parmesan crisp.

Salad options include a roasted golden and red beet salad (watercress, hazelnuts, crumbled fennel, dill and horseradish vinaigrette), Caesar salad, and mixed green salad (cranberries, crumbled Clemson blue cheese, toasted almonds, balsamic vinaigrette). Choices for entrée are surf and turf (7-ounce filet, lobster tail, potato au gratin, green beans), coffee-rubbed short ribs (parsnip puree, Brussels sprouts, baby carrots, currant port demi), and half-roasted chicken (seasonal vegetables, mustard demi). For dessert, choose between a champagne vanilla cake, chocolate layered cake, or a pâte à choux.

course, including heart of the rib-eye ($50, 8-ounce angus, Clemson blue cheese potato galette, candied Brussels Caption here sprouts, garlic truffle demi) and house mushroom lasagna ($19, mushroom medley, truffle béchamel, fresh pasta, trio of cheeses).

There is also a Mains for Two options, which includes surf and turf ($70, 8-ounce heart of rib-eye, three jumbo shrimp, Clemson blue cheese potato galette, candied Brussels sprouts) and herb-crusted rack of lamb ($54, eggplant ragout, pickled peppers, sage butter fondue). Dessert will be a pastry’s chef selection.

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE

250 RIVERPLACE | 864-242-2000 851-A CONGAREE ROAD, CROWNE PLAZA | 864-2481700

CUISINE: STEAKHOUSE PRICE: $$$ RESERVATIONS: RUTHSCHRIS.COM/RESERVATION

Ruth’s Chris will offer their regular menu, in addition to two specials: petite filet and stuffed lobster tail ($55.95, 8-ounce petite filet with crabmeat-stuffed coldwater lobster tail) and rib-eye and stuffed lobster tail ($67.05, 60-ounce USDA prime well-marbled rib-eye with crabmeat-stuffed coldwater lobster tail).

SOBY’S NEW SOUTH CUISINE 207 S. MAIN ST. | 864-232-7007

CUISINE: AMERICAN (NEW), SOUTHERN PRICE: $$ RESERVATIONS: SOBYS.COM

Soby’s will serve its seasonal menu with some special features from the chef that are yet to be determined. Dinner entrees include seared mountain trout ($24, Carolina Gold rice, snap peas, baby carrots, orange fennel emulsion), braised beef short rib ($27, herb polenta, collard greens, roasted shallots, bourbon bacon jus), and grilled filet mignon ($31, mashed potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, natural jus).

STELLA’S SOUTHERN BISTRO ROOST RESTAURANT

220 N. MAIN ST. | 864-298-2424

CUISINE: AMERICAN (NEW) PRICE: $$$ RESERVATIONS: ROOSTRESTAURANT.COM

For Valentine’s Day — as well as on Feb. 11 and 12 — Roost will have a feature menu instead of a regular menu. Choices for starters include a smoked trout endive salad ($9, Belgian endive, spiced peanuts, blistered tomatoes, red onion, chévre, whole grain vinaigrette) and Oysters Three Ways ($11, naked, fried, Rockefeller).

There are four options for the main

684 C FAIRVIEW ROAD, SIMPSONVILLE | 864-757-1212

CUISINE: AMERICAN (NEW), SOUTHERN PRICE: $$ RESERVATIONS: BIT.LY/STELLAS-RESERVATIONS

On Monday, Feb. 13, Stella’s is hosting a four-course wine dinner that will introduce Jeff Kelly, who will be the executive chef at the upcoming Stella’s Southern Brasserie at Verdae. Kelly will collaborate with Chef Jason Scholz to give guests a preview of some of the tastes and flavors of the new location. The dinner is $75 per person and begins at 6:30 p.m. For reservations, call 864-757-1212. (Price doesn’t include tax or gratuity.)

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Decade Two of Racing Against Cancer!

Dragon Boat Upstate Festival

Move Over, Cancer, We’re Paddling!

Sat., May 6 • Portman Marina, Lake Hartwell DragonBoatUpstateSC.org Don’t miss a tradition that is more than a decade in the making. Start or join a team as Dragon Boat paddlers race to raise money in honor of those touched by cancer. With each stroke, you can help take the lead in this fight. Move over, cancer—the Upstate is paddling!

ghs.org Benefiting

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KEEPING TIME Percussionist Yonrico Scott has played around the world with Stevie, Aretha, and Ray — but keeps coming back to Greenville VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

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Yonrico Scott has been around the world.

A powerful but flexible percussionist, he’s played with Outkast, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Peabo Bryson, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Chuck Berry, and a score of other musicians, with a long stop in guitar phenom Derek Trucks’ band. He’s put out four of his own albums as a bandleader, mixing soul, jazz, rock, and funk. In short, the man has had 60 years or so to figure out what he likes. And Yonrico likes Greenville. A lot.

“I have a real love for Greenville,” Scott says. “I’ve been playing there for a long time,” Scott says. “In fact, that’s where I want to retire.” Not that he’s thinking about that anytime soon.

His connection to the Upstate started with his son, who attended Furman University and played as a defensive back for the Paladins for four years. It was during Yonrico Jr.’s tenure at Furman that Scott made a connection with another Paladin graduate.

“I was playing with Derek Trucks at the time, but I hooked up with this guy who also graduated from Furman, [guitarist]

Charles Hedgepath,” Scott says.

“Through him, I’ve played in probably every club there. As we got into the 2000s, Charles hooked me up with a lot of places like Chicora Alley and Smiley’s, Yonrico Scott which I still play. I played Al’s Pumphouse with Derek, and I’ve been at Gottrocks more times than I can remember. I love Greenville. It’s my second home.”

Scott has made his first home in Atlanta for almost 40 years, but it was during his visits to the Upstate that he discovered how

Yonrico Scott When: Friday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m.

Where: Dr. Mac Arnold’s Blues Restaurant, 1237 Pendleton St. Tickets: $10 Info: 558-0747 drmacarnoldsbluesrestaurant.com

perfect Greenville was for a musician like him. “I didn’t understand the beauty of a small community like that at first,” he says. “But it’s close to Charleston, to Atlanta, to where my son lives in Columbia, and I think it has an incredibly bright future, artistically. It has so much promise.”

Scott is returning to the Upstate on Friday to play an album-release show at Dr. Mac Arnold’s Blues Restaurant in the West Village.

The album in question, “Life of a Dreamer,” goes from horn-soaked soul (“Don’t Give Me”) to early Santana-style jazz-rock (“Red Clay”) to roadhouse blues (“Ghostrider”) and features Scott on all manner of percussion, from drums to congas to marimbas. He even provides the soulful lead vocals. “‘Life of a Dreamer’ is basically my story,” he says. “It’s a musical story about my dreams. One of my dreams was to record this kind of music with the horns and acoustic drums, nothing electronic or processed, but to record the drums and the percussion pristinely.

I’ve done it on other people’s records, but I’d never done it on mine. And it’s always been my dream to be the singer. This music is where I’m at now: funk-jazz. I’m trying to make people happy with that funkiness, and maybe try to make them think a little bit.”

Scott says that his last album, which was largely recorded at Greenville’s Sit N’ Spin studio, took three years to make, and he learned how to cut down on that time from some of the no-nonsense blues players he’s worked with. “On those blues records, they’ll go in there and do the album in three days,” he says. “What I took into this project from those guys was how to be better prepared to tell a story. With this one I was very prepared, and it worked out better for me. I was able to say what I wanted to be musically. From the beginning, from the first note that I wrote, I knew what it was going to be. I had it ready in my mind.”

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I receive one-on-one lessons in a classroom with a 12:1 student to teacher ratio.

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Painter, author, and blogger Barb Blair announced to her 3,600-plus followers on Facebook on Jan. 12 that after 10 years of selling her hand-painted furniture she is closing her Village of West Greenville shop, Knack, by the end of February.

This came after a year of wrestling with what the future of Knack, which has become a destination for tourists, would hold and feeling an internal movement in a different direction.

She gave in to the feeling and has no regrets.

“I’m just ready. There’s a lot of peace that comes from that — not that this wasn’t a hard decision, because it was,” she says. “And there were tears, and there were moments of dread knowing I had to put it out there.”

What’s next for Blair is a good amount of unknown in terms of specifics, but she plans to give back to the creative community that has supported her venture for the last decade through mentoring emerging creatives.

She also hopes to write more, possibly publishing books on different subjects than her previous two, “Furniture Makeovers” and “Furniture Makes the Room.”

“Like I’ve told everyone, the creative side of me is not going away,” Blair says. “I think it was harder for people around me and people closest to me to come to grips with it. For my children, this is all they’ve ever known me to do. I’m still going to be who I am. I’m still going to be creative.”

While she loved fulfilling her dream of owning a beautiful retail space where she could sell her completed projects and curated specialty gift items, it also meant she had to learn the ins and outs of running a business.

“I think expanding a business into retail has taken time away from me just being able to create, and that’s where I truly find the most joy,” Blair says.

Creative projects she is currently mulling over once her brain-space is free of business logistics:

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• Designing a line of furniture with one of the big-brand companies she’s worked with over the years. “That’s still out there,” she says.

• A book about her grandparents, ages 84 and 91, who she photographs every Monday over lunch at Panera in Taylors. She’s been doing that for years. “I started talking to my editors about doing a book about that dying generation of people that we kind of take for granted or write off. They’re super open to it.”

• Mentoring local, emerging artists and creatives. “I’ve gotten really good response from local people, and I haven’t even been able to get my pricing package or anything together. But I definitely want to immerse

myself pretty heavily in the local community, because we have such a great creative community here,” she says.

• Holding seminars in the United Kingdom, where she has a legitimate following, at the request of a colleague of her husband’s who has been asking her for the last year to consider it. “I’m really hoping to pursue that.

I don’t want to keep it just local,” she says.

But first, before Blair tackles any of those future projects, she will spend the few months after Knack closes enjoying the last few months with her daughter before she graduates from high school and flies the coop to college.

“It’s really funny, because I’ve grown this business so organically and so slowly over time in order to be available and free for my children and for my family, and you would think that now that I’d have all the free time in the world that I would [stay],” Blair says.

“I don’t want to sit in a retail shop in all my free time. I want to be doing bigger things.

For me, that was just kind of that moment.”

Before it closes Where: Knack 580 Perry Ave. When: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

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What Is a Garden, Really?

In February, it can be anything you want February is a good time to start seeds inside your garage, your home, or your greenhouse.

Prepare your seed trays by sterilizing them, and use only seed starting mix. This season, try something different for germinating your seeds: Use a water method.

Simply drop the seed into a cup of room temperature water (75 to 80 degrees), keep them in a dark place, making sure the seed or seeds sink, and wait 48 to 72 hours until they germinate in the water. The seed will crack open if it is a good seed and send up a “tap,” also referred to a sprout or root. Wait for the tap to extend at least 1/4 or even 1/2 inch before putting it in your seed starting mix. It’s Lirope, or lily turf my experience that planting the tap too quickly includes camellias, forsythia, hydrangeas, or is a big mistake. any summer blooming shrubs. Boxwoods and To prepare your seed mix to receive your tap, evergreens can still be pruned — but hurry, spray your mix with a spray bottle of water as they will soon be flush with pretty spring until it is moist, not wet. Use tweezers to growth. A short time remains to plant shrubs, handle the seed, not touching the tap, and but you should do it in early February to give plant in the soil very carefully. them time to get established.

If you covet camellias, go find them now while they are blooming. A friend suggested you can take photos of the blooms now and note the variety you like and purchase them in the fall for planting then. The Japonica camellia is in full bloom in my yard. Every Southern garden must have a collection of these gorgeous winter blooming shrubs.

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Lighting and correct soil temperature are essential for success. Once your tap is planted, begin to nurture it with light, heat, and humidity. I use artificial light from a lamp in the garage and a heat tray under the flats or trays to keep the soil warm enough for the roots to develop. Grow bulbs can be purchased at your local big box store for less than $12 a bulb. I purchased my heat tray online several years ago for less than $30 and it works well.

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As Alan Watts once said, “The gardener puts a hand into paradise and brings down the seeds of invisible mystery.” See you in the garden.

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Lady Clare is the one I treasure most in my garden. Hellebore, commonly called Lenten rose, a winter blooming perennial, can be found in garden shops and nurseries and is a wonderful addition to the shade garden. I like the foliage as much as the variety of flower and color.

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Your seedlings turned into transplants can be ready by April (seeds like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, and squash) if you plan six weeks ahead of when you will need them.

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An Evening with Eleanor Roosevelt, Opening Night Benefit Show Greenville Chautauqua Fine Arts Center on WHHS campus 102 Pine Knoll Drive 7:30-9 p.m. | $30 Picture this: You and Eleanor Roosevelt at an intimate party enjoying fabulous homemade desserts with a small group of avid Chautauqua fans. And being able to ask the First Lady of the World any question your heart desires.

And Eleanor will answer them. On Friday, Feb. 3, there will be a spectacular dessert reception and private showing of the Eleanor

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Roosevelt Show (portrayed by nationally acclaimed historical interpreter Susan Marie Frontczak). This once-a-year fundraising event supports Chautauqua’s year-round, free community shows. This is a limited seating event that has sold out every year. Reserve your tickets today.

244-1499 greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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“Seussical” Clemson University Brooks Center for the Performing Arts 141 Jersey Lane 7 p.m. | $10 (adults), $5 (students) Dr. Seuss’ best-loved stories collide in an unforgettable musical caper, which includes such songs as “Oh, The Thinks You Can Think,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” and “It’s Possible.”

Adapted from the Broadway version, this production, presented especially for young audiences by Theatreworks USA, will transport you back to your childhood. bit.ly/2ipiudK

Cranford Hollow w/ The Mobros The Spinning Jenny | 107 Cannon St., Greer 8 p.m. | $10 Longtime fans of Hilton Head’s Cranford Hollow band might be taken aback by their just-out new album “Color/Sound/Renew/Revive.” In place of the comfortable Southern rock/jam songs the group has done well over their previous four releases, the new album is bathed in an autumnal atmosphere, favoring a more experimental mix of keyboards and guitars and layering polished vocal harmonies over the top. It’s unlike anything they’ve done before. “There were two big steps with this album,” says singer/songwriter/guitarist John Cranford. “The first was that the I wrote the majority of the record and prerecorded it with some of the band before we even got to the studio. We used more piano, and found different ways of orchestrating Eric Reid’s fiddle. I’d compare it to a painting. Our other records were more like portraits, very straightforward, and this one is more like an impressionistic piece with all this texture and all this depth.” Cranford says the second big step was in the mixing and the mastering. “That really made the whole album come together,” he says. “I didn’t see the big picture until the mix was finalized.”

—Vincent Harris

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Yonrico Scott Dr. Mac Arnold’s Blues Restaurant 1237 Pendleton St. 8 p.m. | $10

Christy Hays w/ Mark Webb Hospitable Cat | 6 Rowley St. 8 p.m. | Cash donations accepted On her last two EPs, singer/songwriter Christy Hays has shifted between a guitarheavy brand of atmospheric rock (2015’s “Caliche”) and a more stripped-down style of acoustic Americana (2014’s “O’ Montana”). Both styles fit her rough-hewn stories of broken hearts and people on the run, but they also required full bands each time out. Hays is currently touring that material as a solo acoustic performer. “It’s been a learning curve,” she says of adjusting her material to the solo style. “It’s just in the past couple of years I’ve been playing a lot more of these shows, and I’ve found that a lot of it’s in the delivery and the arrangements. But those songs were born on an acoustic or electric guitar in my living room, so that’s not terribly hard to recreate.” There’s often a geographic element in Hays songs, whether she’s talking about a vast open sky or a desolate plain, and she says that comes naturally to her. “I grew up in a small farming community in central Illinois, and we didn’t have anything but sky and flat earth,” she says. “There’s something really comforting about that to me.”

—Vincent Harris

Yonrico Scott is one of the Southeast’s premier drummers, able to handle everything from jazz to funk to jam-rock. He still usually works as a sideman, though, which is why his new album, “Life Of A Dreamer,” is such a big deal. He’ll be playing an album-release show at Mac Arnold’s to celebrate.

558-0747 drmacarnoldsbluesrestaurant.com

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Band: EARSIGHT Chicora Alley | 608 S. Main St. 9 p.m.–midnight | FREE EARSIGHT is a high-energy, groove-based funk/jazz quartet based out of the upstate. Combining funk, straight-ahead jazz, soul, gospel, and New Orleans flavor, Earsight produces intoxicating, danceable grooves with a progressive edge, reminiscent of bands like Soulive, Galactic, and Medeski, Martin, and Wood. The music is tight yet exploratory with an emphasis on interaction and improvisation.

EDUCATION

Opening Night of Ceramics Invitational: Possibilities Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 6–9 p.m. | FREE Make a visit to see the ceramic works of 18 local and regional artists. The exhibit is curated by local artists Alice Ballard and Darin Gehrke. artcentergreenville.org

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Sweetheart Charity Ball

Spark!Lab

Hyatt Regency Greenville 220 N. Main St. 6:30 p.m. | $150/person Join Meals on Wheels of Greenville for a night of dinner, dancing, and live music benefiting the homebound in Greenville County.

233-6565 kmendiola@mowgvl.org MealsonWheelsGreenville.org/Sweetheart

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Furman Presents Events Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Furman University, Trone Student Center, Burgiss Theater and Watkins Room 3300 Poinsett Highway 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

FREE Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Program and Rudolph Gordon College Fair sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Greenville Foundation.

441-9067 mlkfair@alphagreenville.org furman.edu/MLK, alphagreenville.org

Children’s Museum of the Upstate 300 College St. Sundays, noon-4:30 p.m. and TuesdaysSaturdays, 10-4:30 p.m. (Tuesdays, ages 5 and under til 11 a.m.)

FREE Have fun while learning about the process of invention through various hands-on activities.

233-7755 | tcmupstate.org

EDUCATION

America’s Boating Course Lake Hartwell Sail & Power Squadron Cabela’s 1025 Woodruff Road 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | $50+ Developed by the United States Power Squadron, the eight-hour course covers boat-handling, anchoring, navigation, handling adverse conditions, and using the marine radio. This course has been approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and is recognized by the South Carolina Department of Natural

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Resources, many major insurance carriers, and the United States Coast Guard. The cost of the course increases by $10 for each additional family member sharing the same book. Register online.

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CHEW, w/ Warship & The Wizards of Dawn Radio Room | 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive | 9 p.m.| $5 The music of the Atlanta trio CHEW can be pretty complex.

The tempos and time signatures twist and snap back over and under and around drummer Sarah Wilson’s flexible, full-kit drumming, settling into one groove just long enough for bassist Brandon Pittman to scale the fretboard of his instrument before guitarist Brett Reagan uncorks another knotted, winding riff. On top of that aggressively progressive foundation, the band layers an extra level of electronic effects, lending a disjointed, almost psychedelic feel to the songs. “We definitely wanted to Jamey McDaniel go as spacey and experimental as we could,” Reagan says. “We wanted to include some electronics and do something unique.

We wanted to make something new and futuristic and as differently as we could.” And despite the tightly wound song structures, Pittman says that there’s plenty of room for improv in CHEW’s music. “It depends on how long we have to play,” he says. “We leave pockets of certain compositions completely open. We can play from 20 minutes to four hours.”

—Vincent Harris

FUNDRAISER

Student Polar Plunge Antonakos Foundation | 105 Highborne Drive 9-11:30 a.m. | $25 All Greenville County School students are invited to take the Plunge for the Antonakos Foundation. Monies raised from this event will fund the foundation and help to award five deserving Greenville County graduating seniors with scholarships this spring. Form a team of four or jump solo; the team and individual with the highest donation will win great prizes. A ticket includes a T-shirt, one jump, breakfast biscuit, and hot chocolate. antonakosfoundation.org

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Clarinet and Piano Concert Tryon International Equestrian Center and Resort Campagna Italian Grille Restaurant at Tryon 4066 Pea Ridge Road, Mill Spring, N.C. 7:30 p.m. | $15

and aromas created by pianist Christopher Tavernier and clarinetist Matthew Hanna as they perform their popular Cappuccino concert.

Don’t miss this diverse concert of both classical and jazz-like elements presented as part of the Winter Event Series at Tryon. Call for reservations.

828-863-1127

COMMUNITY

2017 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League Season Opener Mountain Lakes Convention & Visitors Bureau Lake Keowee: South Cove County Park 1099 South Cove Road, Seneca FREE The 2017 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers with 128 tournaments throughout the season and five qualifying events in each division. The Top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the Top 6, qualifying them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa Fishing League Worldwide Series or even the FLW Tour.

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Auction for a Kaws Embassy Suites Verdae | 670 Verdae Blvd.

6:30–11 p.m. | $45 (advance), $55 (door) Local rescues and shelters have worked tirelessly in our community to save thousands of animals in need. This event is a night to celebrate these heroes of our community. All of the proceeds for this event go directly to local dog, cat, and wildlife rescues. Visit online to purchase tickets. bit.ly/2ko3zTg

BOOK SIGNING

Book Signing with Gregbo Watson Richard’s Comics & Collectibles 1214-A Laurens Road 2–5 p.m. | FREE Professional comic book artist Gregbo Watson (“Zenescope”) will be signing copies of his newest release, “The Jill Tales,” in addition to other books and art prints.

271-1104 | richardscomics.wordpress.com

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THEATER

Eleanor Roosevelt, a Free Chautauqua History Alive show Greenville Chautauqua Wade Hampton High School Auditorium 102 Pine Knoll Drive 2-3:30 p.m. | FREE Get ready to laugh, cry and flat-out have a great time as you meet one of the most influential women in world history, Eleanor Roosevelt. Nationally acclaimed historical interpreter Susan Marie Frontczak creates a compelling portrayal that reveals Eleanor Roosevelt not only as a relentless voice for the powerless, but also as a mass communications genius. Hear her speak for herself as she transforms the role of First Lady to become one of the most revered women of her generation. You’ll have lots of questions. And Eleanor Roosevelt will answer them because at Chautauqua, the audience is part of the show. Bring your stories. Share your experiences. Get inspired. Because it’s not just history — it’s personal. The Sunday, Feb. 5, show will be sign interpreted.

244-1499 | greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

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THEATER

“Charlotte’s Web” Peace Center Gunter Theatre 300 S. Main St.

Various times | $18-27 This heart-warming classic about an unlikely friendship between a lovable pig and everyone’s favorite spider will come alive before your very eyes. Hailed as “the best American children’s

book of the past 200 years” by the Children’s Literature Association, this story teaches life lessons on unselfishness and loyalty and is sure to touch the hearts of all. scchildrenstheatre.org

THEATER Peace Concert Hall | 300 S. Main St.

R EN É E F L EM ING Gerald Martin Moore, pianist

various times | $45-125 This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the good word. Now with standing room-only productions in London, on Broadway and across North America, “The Book of Mormon” has truly become an international sensation.

The musical contains explicit language.

467-3000 | peacecenter.org

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FEBRUARY 11 An evening of beloved arias and songs, ranging from Schumann and Massenet to the silver screen.

Tickets start at $20

THEATER

Open Auditions: “Hairspray”

Greenville Little Theatre | 444 College St. 7 p.m. | FREE Roles are available for six to eight AfricanAmerican women, eight to 10 white women, four to six African-American men, seven to nine white men and a young African-American girl (age 12-15). Adult ages range from 16-65. Be prepared to sing a verse of a song and bring your sheet music. There will be a short dance routine; bring shoes you can move in. Auditions will be held in Magill Rehearsal Hall at the rear of the building. “Hairspray” will be directed by GLT producing director Suzanne McCalla. Tim St. Clair II will serve as musical director, and Kimberlee Ferreira will choreograph. Rehearsals will begin March 27. Performances run June 2-25.

233-6238 sterling@greenvillelittletheatre.org

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Greenville Health System presents Reproduction for Girls Girlology/Guyology Greenville Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Auditorium 701 Grove Road 3:30–5:30 p.m. $50 per parent/child pair By fifth and sixth grade, most girls have heard something about sex — right or wrong. Arm her with an accurate yet age-appropriate understanding that will protect her from the myths and set the stage for future conversations that are vital to healthy development. Girlology & guyology is a medically based educational platform specializing in puberty, emerging sexuality, and adolescent health. Each program concludes with time for anonymously submitted questions and answers. Advance registration required.

843-693-3326 girlology.com

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Fiction Addiction Bookclub Party Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road

5:30 p.m. $10/redeemable for $10 off any merchandise purchased that evening Store owner Jill Hendrix will present suggested titles for bookclubs and the store will be serving wine and cheese and giving away a number of free advance reader copies.

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

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Akropolis Reed Quintet

Furman University Daniel Recital Hall 3300 Poinsett Highway 8 p.m.

FREE In residence at Furman University, the quintet takes listeners on extraordinary musical adventures, performing innovative repertoire with acclaimed precision. Founded in 2009 at the University of Michigan, Akropolis was the first ever reed quintet to win the Fischoff Gold Medal in 2014 as part of the nation’s largest

chamber music competition. Akropolis also won the 2015 Fischoff Educator Award, has released three studio albums and commissioned more than 25 reed quintet works to date. Their dynamic concerts feature accessible contemporary works framed by invigorating arrangements of classical music spanning four centuries.

294-2086 | bit.ly/2iR3WBv furmanmusic@furman.edu

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Book Talk & Signing with Laurie Frankel Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road 6 p.m. | FREE The award-winning author will discuss her new book “This Is How It Always Is,” a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales and family. Please RSVP. 675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com info@fiction-addiction.com

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Terrific Tuesdays

Children’s Museum of the Upstate | 300 College St. 9 a.m. | FREE Join us each Tuesday for open art for children un-

der 5 in Off the Wall. Younger ones will have opportunities to use paint, clay and other materials that change throughout the month. Off the Wall: 9-11 a.m., music: 11:45 a.m. The new Spark!Lab is open for children under 5 from 9:30-11 a.m.

233-7755 tcmupstate.org

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THEATER

“Memories of the Game”

Centre Stage 501 River St. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. $10 and $15 The Fringe Series presents “Memories of the Game.” The show centers on the McIntosh household, an African-American family of four, who must struggle with their father’s progressing Alzheimer’s disease, while grappling with their own demons and strained family dynamics.

233-6733 centrestage.org

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THEATER

Furman Theatre Presents World Premiere of “Kappa Kappa Scream” Furman Theatre Furman University The Playhouse 3300 Poinsett Highway various times $18 (adults), $15 (seniors), $10 (students) Every October, the new pledge class of Kappa Kappa Delta sorority enjoys a weekend retreat together. This year, the sorority president has decided that placing the women in a cabin in the woods and scaring them will lead to deeper bonding and friendship. Unfortunately for them, someone – or something — at the cabin has other ideas. The world premiere production of Randall David Cook’s “Kappa Kappa Scream” is intended for mature audiences. Not for those afraid of the dark.

294-2125 bit.ly/2jqgz9e Mickie.spencer@furman.edu

LITERARY

Poetic Conversation: More Than Just a Month, Honoring African-American History Poetic Conversation | Huguenot Mill 300 S. Main St. 7 p.m. | FREE Led by Peace Center poet-in-residence Glenis Redmond, Poetic Conversations brings together different guest poets to share their work on a common topic and to start a poetic dialogue with audiences. Join special guests Marlanda Dekine and SC Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth as they honor Black History Month with their poetry. Donations accepted at the door to support future Peace Voices programming.

467-3000 | peacecenter.org

VISUAL ARTS

Jessica Lang Dance Boni Belle Brooks Series | Clemson University Brooks Center for the Performing Arts 141 Jersey Lane 7:30 p.m. | $25 (adults), $15 (students) Hailed “a master of visual composition” by Dance Magazine, the Bessie Award-winning Jessica Lang founded her New York City-based dance company in 2011. The company has enjoyed notable success performing at renowned venues and festivals throughout the country. In 2014, Jessica Lang Dance received rave reviews for “Scape,” a work commissioned by The Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra set to John Adams’ Violin Concerto. bit.ly/2ipiudK

AUTHOR TALK

ReadUp All Year Young Adult & Middle Grade Author Events M. Judson | 130 S. Main St. | 7 p.m.

Your book receipt from Fiction Addiction or M. Judson is your ticket to the event. You may purchase any one of Ryan Graudin’s books, frontlist or backlist, to count as your ticket for this event.

Join young adult novelist Ryan Graudin as she discusses her latest young adult novel, “Blood for Blood.”

675-0540603-2412 fiction-addiction.com mjudsonbooks.com

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Last Chocolate” storytime

Fiction Addiction 175 Woods Crossing Road 10:30 a.m.

COMMUNITY

Seminar on Physical, Nutritional, and Financial Health Select Physical Therapy | 319 Mills Ave.

FREE

5:30–7 p.m. | FREE

Celebrate Valentine’s Day by bringing your preschool children to Fiction Addiction for a storytime reading of the picture book “Love Monster and the Last Chocolate” by Rachel Bright.

675-0540 fiction-addiction.com

Looking to get healthy? The Total Health Seminar will include presentations on nutrition, diet, pain relief, exercise, and financial planning. It is open to the public, but those interested in attending are asked to please RSVP no later than Feb. 6. Refreshments and a healthy snack

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THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: Remounts for Ambulances, RFP# 49-02/21/17, 3:00 P.M. Solicitations can be found at http://www.greenvillecounty. org/a pps/procurementpdf/ projects.aspx?type=RFP or by calling (864) 467-7200.

LESSONS

Learn To Play An Appalachian Musical Instrument Trinity UMC | 2703 Augusta St. various times | $60 Registration is open for lessons learning to play the banjo, guitar, fiddle, or mandolin. These lessons are open to children and adults (children must be at least 9 years old). Also, rental instruments are available if needed. Registration required.

Susan Ware-Snow at 979-9188 susu9196@gmail.com

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Wake Up, Brother Bear SCCT Headquarters | 153 Augusta St. Various times | $8

Weeplay Theatre is now offering up more interactive fun for the very young. Join Brother and Sister Bear and experience a full year of glorious seasons. Watch a waterfall melt, meet a butterfly, chase a fish and skate on an ice pond. Children get to join the action with a bag of props that help create magical moments. Please note this is a shoeless performance - everyone will be asked to remove their shoes upon arrival. scchildrenstheatre.org

THEATER

The Furman University Art Department will host a photography exhibition Jan. 17-Feb. 21 in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building on the Furman campus. The exhibition, Re-vision: New Directions in Traditional Genres features work by four emerging artists: Furman faculty member Terri Bright (Greenville, S.C.), Adam Reynolds (Columbus, Ind.), Ivette Spradlin (Pittsburgh, Penn.), and Mike Tittel (Cincinnati, Ohio). The bodies of work in the exhibition represent the genres of still life, portraiture, documentary, and street photography, all thoughtfully explored and reimagined.

294-3360 bit.ly/2hhn91Y terri.bright@furman.edu

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Beginner Yoga 6 Week Series Vibrant Life Yoga Studio 2021 Augusta St.

7:15 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays $10 per class or $100 for series

“Jukebox Heroes” Centre Stage | 501 River St. Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.

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Four Artists Show Photography at Furman

Furman University, Thompson Art Gallery, Roe Art Building | 3300 Poinsett Highway 9 a.m-5 p.m. | Monday-Friday FREE

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Jianna, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER, WINE & LIQUOR at 600 S. Main Street, Suite 200, Greenville, SC 29601. To object to the issuance of this permit/ license, written protest must be postmarked no later than February 12, 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

GREENVILLE COUNTY ZONING AND PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING There will be a public hearing before County Council on Monday, February 20, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in County Council Chambers, County Square, for the purpose of hearing those persons interested in the following items: DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-13 APPLICANT: John Earl Shaw CONTACT INFORMATION: js@shawrealty.net or 864-908-7429 PROPERTY LOCATION: 3306 New Easley Highway PIN: 0239010100400 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: C-2, Commercial REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 0.55 COUNTY COUNCIL: 23 – Norris DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-14 APPLICANT: Patrick Neal Fogleman for RMS2 Enterprises, LLC CONTACT INFORMATION: pnf@frfinc.net or 864-271-8633 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2328 Roper Mountain Road PIN: 0539030102800 and 0539030102801 EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: R-15, Single-Family Residential ACREAGE: 5.16 COUNTY COUNCIL: 21 – Roberts DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-15 APPLICANT: Ronald C. Ayers, Jr. for Ayers Family Trust CONTACT INFORMATION: ronsoldcars@bellsouth.net or 864-313-2908 PROPERTY LOCATION: 1008 and 1010 Highway 14 PIN: 0542020101300 and 0542020101400 EXISTING ZONING: R-15, Single-Family Residential REQUESTED ZONING: S-1, Services ACREAGE: 3.4 COUNTY COUNCIL: 27 – Kirven

DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-16 APPLICANT: Paul J. Harrison, Bluewater Civil Design, LLC for Debbie A. Tucker CONTACT INFORMATION: paul@bluewatercivil.com or 864-735-5068 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2228 Standing Springs Road PIN: 0583010100609 (portion) EXISTING ZONING: R-S, Residential Suburban REQUESTED ZONING: R-12, Single-Family Residential ACREAGE: 0.98 COUNTY COUNCIL: 28 – Payne DOCKET NUMBER: CZ-2017-17 APPLICANT: Joe Bryant, Seamon Whiteside and Associates for Linda Gysin CONTACT INFORMATION: jbryant@seamonwhiteside.com or 864-298-0534 PROPERTY LOCATION: 2401 and 2601 Pelham Road PIN: 0533040101700 and 0533040102000 EXISTING ZONING: FRD, Flexible Review District REQUESTED ZONING: FRD, Flexible Review District, Major Change ACREAGE: 2.10 COUNTY COUNCIL: 21 – Roberts All persons interested in these proposed amendments to the Greenville County Zoning Ordinance and Map are invited to attend this meeting.

At subsequent meetings, Greenville County Council may approve or deny the proposed amendments as requested or approve a different zoning classification than requested.

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LEGAL NOTICE RATES

$35, $30 and $25; students are $15 with school ID, as available Get ready to rock with the greatest classic rock and Motown songs of the 20th century. With songs by legends like The Rolling Stones, Earth Wind & Fire, David Bowie, Carole King, Queen and many more, Centre Stage’s hit rock show “Jukebox Heroes” is bringing all the hits. Featuring iconic songs including “Walk This Way,” “Beautiful,” “Do You Love Me?,” “Gimme Some Lovin” and “Think,” this show will have you dancing in the aisles and reliving the ’60s and ’70s by the end of the night.

233-6733 | centrestage.org

ESTADO DE CAROLINA DEL SUR CONDADO DE GREENVILLE EN LA CORTE DE FAMILIA C.A. No.:2016-DR-23-5360 NOTA DE ACTOS A: JUAN RAMIREZ Usted ha sido notificado de acuerdo al Código de Carolina del Sur Ann Sec. 15-9-710.

Que actos de divorcio han sido iniciados bajo el caso arriba mencionado por Claudia S. Alfaro.

USTED HA SIDO NOTIFICADO COMO SIGUE : 1. Que dentro de treinta (30) días de haber recibido la notificación usted responderá la clasificación por escrito a nuestra oficina localizada en 201 W. Stone Ave., Greenville, SC 29609 o con la Corte del Tribunal que se encuentra localizada en el 301 University Ridge, Greenville, SC 29602 la nota y las razones para refutar intervenir ó de otro modo responder: 2. Que el Tribunal debe ser informado de su dirección actual y cualquier cambio de domicilio durante el proceso legal de divorcio.

3. Que si no presenta una respuesta dentro de (30) días de recivir el edicto constituye juicio de manera predeterminada rendido contra usted para el alivio demandado en el reclamo.

Nathalie M. Morgan (69848) Nathalie M. Morgan, LLC 201 West Stone Avenue Greenville, SC 29609 (864)242-6655 (864)242-6111 (facsimile)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Fireforge LLC 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 and ON premises consumption of WINE at 311 E. Washington St., Greenville, SC 29601.

To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than February 19, 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

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Grain substitutes ACROSS 1 Back muscles, informally 5 Future doc’s program 11 Edison rival Nikola 16 Flat-fixing gp.

19 “Out of Africa” writer Dinesen 20 French playwright Jean 21 Made from a certain wood 22 Coffeehouse dispenser 23 Cereal grain for a special event?

26 Found groovy 27 “Goodbye, mon ami” 28 Forever, seemingly 29 Canonized woman of Fr. 30 Little tales 31 Paid up 33 Sleep with a cereal grain on one’s blanket?

37 Augustus’ son-in-law 41 Shoulder decoration 42 Performing in a film 46 “Unh-unh!”

48 Fierce fire 51 Easily seen cereal grain?

55 Skill in darts 56 Plaster the roof of 57 See 85-Down 58 — -fi 59 Pagan religion 61 Car roller in winter 64 Person threshing a cereal grain?

68 “Good for life” pet food 69 “Spanglish” actress Téa 70 Plenteous 71 Using a cereal grain as fuel?

75 Final chance to order a drink 79 Newspaper sections 80 Pro in first aid 81 Body design, briefly 82 Sills solo 83 “— in Black” 84 Have a boxing match in an arena covered with a cereal grain?

90 Carroll of “All in the Family” 93 Puzzle cube inventor 94 Old TV dog 95 — oxide (laughing gas) 98 Word-for-word 100 Response after being gifted with a cereal grain?

103 Charms 108 Roof feature 109 — rule 110 See 5-Down 113 Wild fight 114 Dream Team’s land 115 Useful material for processing a cereal grain?

120 Rocker Vicious 121 Pop/rock singer Mann 122 Layered eye part

By Frank Longo 123 DVR option 124 Timeline segment 125 Muscle woe 126 Starts using 127 Glimpsed DOWN 1 Cash in Turkey 2 Whisper for the audience 3 Implied 4 Clay target shooting 5 With 110-Across, NFL allstar game 6 Like many gory films 7 Comeback?

8 Expression 9 Right fielder Slaughter 10 Final mo.

11 On the nose 12 Soften 13 Do moguls 14 Zodiac sign 15 TV’s Jillian 16 Channel in a recording studio 17 West Indies vacation isle 18 Inner turmoil 24 University in New Orleans 25 Long-running CBS show 30 Unshackled 32 Like custard 33 Nonclerical 34 Toe feature 35 Desert sight

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45 It “blows no good” 47 Ship again 49 Friendly 50 Epps of films 52 Like Vikings 53 Brazilian palm berry 54 Short while 59 Float easily 60 Thick polar coverings 62 New Mexico resort 63 Unruly tyke 64 Less dry 65 Clod buster 66 Great anger 67 — and hers 69 Gyro meat 71 Singer Perry 72 Gp. for Iran 73 City near Lake Tahoe 74 Eligible for Soc. Sec. 75 Hanukkah pancake 76 Olympic god 77 Leslie Caron musical film 78 Behind 81 Razz 84 Israeli dance 85 With 57-Across, easily attached patches 86 Whopper 87 Kimono sash 88 Gusto 89 Sub meat 91 Evening, in some ads

92 To the — degree 96 Arbitrary decrees 97 Methodology 99 Soften 100 Employ anew 101 PLO’s Arafat 102 Clodhopper 104 Goes soft 105 Iran-Contra figure North 106 Superman portrayer

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118 “— pro nobis” 119 Pas’ mates Crossword answers: page 34

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Dad M.D. with Joe Maurer

Save our children from a friggin’ virtual world In theatrical and imperious fashion, Jack announced early last Saturday that his “friggin’ Kindle battery died.” I haven’t used the word “friggin’” since I was a pimple-faced, snotnosed teenager with an awesome mullet, chewing Big League Chew and pitching Little League baseball for the Troy Trojans. Kristen uses a variety of the more traditional swear words. So I’m not sure where he picked this term up and, in some later article, I will address the fact that my 5-year-old using a creative version of profanity doesn’t completely absolve the infraction. What I’m more interested in today is the excessive anger displayed at his Kindle.

Since our children have received new Kindles for Christmas, they’ve proven both a curse and a blessing (the Kindles, not my children).

They’ve bought us peace while sitting in the dentist office waiting room, but we’ve also caught Anna Jane up at 5 a.m. playing Candy Crush. Limiting Kindle usage creates more family drama than if we decided to sell our home and join the circus.

And it’s clear the Maurers are not an anomaly.

Many others are addicted to television, gaming, or social media. One out of four teenagers admits that when not at school, they continually use some form of social media or are in front of a screen. Ninety percent of teenagers use social media on a daily basis. One out of five teenagers wakes up in the middle of the night to check their social media account (apparently there are significant social media things occurring in the middle of the night that can’t wait until the morning). Certainly there are multiple factors encouraging such behaviors, but most frighteningly, there’s some compelling evidence to suggest that certain types of media trigger the same neurological reactions as addictive chemicals (drugs).

So, with growing concern of the long-term consequences and addictive dangers of our overindulgence, the American Academy of Pediatrics recently released an updated version of their media guidelines. Beyond the recommendations of “less exposure is better” and “close monitoring is important,” some new specific suggestions include: • Children under the age of 18 months, with the exception of video chatting, should avoid all media use.

• Children 18 months to 2 years old may view some media, but always educational material under the direct supervision of a caregiver.

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• Children ages 2 to 5 should limit use to 1 hour of media a day (still educational and coviewed by a caregiver).

• For children older than 6, parents should focus on setting consistent limits. Many struggles arise from unclear parental expectations.

Admittedly, as more and more avenues of media arise, specific guidelines will likely change, but the underlying tenets of media usage will remain the same. Families should aim for less media time with more constructively and closely monitored utilization. The truth is, kids will watch television, play video games, and communicate on the newest social media platform — that reality will not disappear. The goal is to help them learn how to balance media use with healthy behaviors. Parents should foster multiple media-free times, including dinner, driving, and bedrooms. Additionally, in an age when bullying is on the rise, parents need to discuss and model good and safe online citizenship — even if just explaining to children how destructive and inappropriate it is for certain influential individuals to misuse Twitter accounts.

Writing this article gives me déjà vu. I may have written about it before. It feels like it. I’m certain I talked about it every day this week, because I have a discussion about it at least once a day in the office. And despite the fact that it’s not sexy or fun to read or talk about, it continues to grow in significance. Overuse of media has potential links to multiple medical problems (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, ADHD), difficulty interpreting social cues, inappropriate decision-making, poor sleep, and increased anxiety. Stories continue to mount about a teenager killing herself because of a Facebook post, a young man losing his family to an Xbox addiction (which started in childhood), or a respected leader’s life destroyed by a pornography addiction (70 percent of teenagers “stumble” across pornography while using the internet). So — this is my plea to pay attention to this growing problem that starts in childhood. We’re losing our children to a friggin’ virtual world.

We must guard our children’s hearts.

Dr. Joe Maurer is a pediatrician with The Children’s Clinic, a nine-doctor practice that is part of the Children’s Hospital of the Greenville Health System. He and his wife, Kristen, are blessed with three rowdy kids.

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