June 9, 2017 Greenville Journal by Community Journals

IN THIS ISSUE

THE JOYS OF GROCERY STORE SUSHI • FROM THE UPSTATE TO THE GREAT WHITE WAY • THE BAN ON BIG CATS FOR HOME DELIVERY CALL 864.679.1200 READ ONLINE AT GREENVILLE JOURNAL.COM

$1.00

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM • Friday, June 9, 2017 • Vol.19, No.23

ing t a r b Cele

100 s of r a e Y

FROM THE SOUTH’S TOP CHEFS TO GREENVILLE’S KITCHENS, ONE CONDIMENT REIGNS SUPREME FOR THE BUSINESS SIDE OF DUKE’S, SEE THIS WEEK’S

SKIP THE

LINE

ORDER ONLINE OR THROUGH THE

SOBY’S ON THE SIDE APP! www.sobysontheside.com

2 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

GREENVILLEJOURNAL LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 1999 PUBLISHER | Mark B. Johnston mjohnston@communityjournals.com

Lower rates. Longer terms. Better options.

EDITOR | Chris Haire chaire@communityjournals.com MANAGING EDITOR | Jerry Salley jsalley@communityjournals.com DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER | Tori Lant tlant@communityjournals.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Emily Pietras | epietras@communityjournals.com STAFF WRITERS Cindy Landrum | clandrum@communityjournals.com Andrew Moore | amoore@communityjournals.com Ariel Turner | aturner@communityjournals.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Vince Harris | vharris@communityjournals.com Melinda Young | myoung@communityjournals.com

NEW RATE

1.99

AS LOW AS

APR*

60 MONTHS OFFER ENDS 7/15/17

Use this incredible 60-month rate this spring when you finance your next vehicle.

Greenville

3375 Pelham Road Greenville, SC 29615 864.371.6060

Greenville

1501 Wade Hampton Blvd. Greenville, SC 29609 864.235.6309

Greer

Get a vehicle loan rate as low as 1.99% APR for 60 months on new, pre-owned, and refinanced vehicles with less than 30,000 miles and less than two years old. This is the lowest 60-month rate we’ve ever offered! Lower rates with shorter terms are also available, and we can beat other lenders’ rates by a quarter percent+. Ask us how. Low rates and longer terms can mean a better car for lower payments. What are you waiting for?

107 W. Church St. Greer, SC 29650 864.877.9089

publishers of

581 perry ave., greenville, sc 29611 phone: 864-679-1200 delivery inquiries: 864-679-1240 communityjournals.com © 2015 published by community journals llc. all rights reserved. all property rights for the entire contents of this publication shall be the property of community journals. no part of this publication may be reproduced, scanned, stored, distributed or transmitted by any means – whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic – without written permission from the publisher.

Apply online at www.greenvillefcu.com or visit any branch to get started.

Mauldin

142 Tanner Rd. Greenville, SC 29607 864.676.9066

Our community-based charter allows anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Greenville County to join.

800.336.6309 greenvillefcu.com

Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government

NCUA

National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency

*Annual Percentage Rate is based on a 60-month term. Your loan rate and term amount may vary depending on individual credit history and underwriting factors. Minimum loan amount for this offer is $5,000. A 60-month loan with 1.99% APR would have monthly payments of $17.53 per thousand borrowed. +Excluding auto manufacturer and captive finance company 0% rate offers; rate floor is 1.74%, offer excludes current loans held by Greenville Federal Credit Union. Offer good from April 1 through July 15, 2017. ©2017, Greenville Federal Credit Union. All rights reserved. Member NCUA.

Plan for “someday” today. Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes can help you plan ahead, allowing you to design personalized arrangements that are a reflection of you. Contact us to receive complimentary information about the following: Funeral Planning Guides Cost Estimates & Payment Plans Cremation Services Downtown Chapel | 232-6733

Northwest Chapel & Cremation Center | 294-6415

ThomasMcAfee.com Southeast Chapel | 688-1600

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

THEY SAID IT

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 3

PAGE 3

Ren Bell of Northgate Soda Shop. Photo by Judy McBrearty

“YOU MEAN THEY MAKE ANOTHER MAYONNAISE?” Ren Bell, manager of the Northgate Soda Shop, which — like countless other restaurants in the region — uses Duke’s mayonnaise exclusively.

“We are on a crash course to becoming the very type of congested, paved-over, metropolitan region that we’ve always said we do not want to become.”

“If it weren’t mandated by my writing career, I would do away with all my social media platforms in a heartbeat — and still frequently muse about it.”

Andrea Cooper, executive director of Upstate Forever, who says current land-use planning isn’t meeting the region’s long-term needs.

Corrie Wang, whose debut YA novel features a protagonist who is shamed online.

The first cath lab in the nation accredited for cardiovascular excellence.

bonsecours.com/heartfacts

POLL Do you think the West End needs a parking garage? Yes. There’s not enough on-street parking

69%

No. We need less cars on the streets, not more. Walk or bike—don’t drive

16%

Who cares? I’ve got a secret parking spot and I’m not going to tell you where it is.

15%

Vote in our latest poll at greenvillejournal.com.

4 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

OPINION

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

Views from your community

The business community wins big(ly) at the State House By Katie Busbee

The 2017-2018 legislative session for the General Assembly is shaping up to be one of the most pro-business in recent memory. The General Assembly is often criticized for kicking the can down the road on big issues and not making the best use of their time in their chambers (arguably, valid criticisms). Upon visiting the Statehouse, visitors are often surprised to find that they’ve entered a different time zone — House and Senate not-so-standard time — which means starting late and spending the next hour recognizing state champion teams. South Carolina had one of the longest legislative sessions in the country, but the General Assembly shortened the session this year by three weeks to save taxpayer dollars and quicken the legislative process. Couple the shortened session with a change in the governor’s office, and there were many excuses at the General Assembly’s disposal to not to get much this year. Instead, they buckled down, gave bills hearings, and made better use of their time in their chambers. The result? They tackled some of our state’s biggest issues, which included big wins for Upstate businesses. Here’s a look at a few of the Chamber’s top pro-business priorities that advanced: Long-term Road Funding. After nearly five years of the business community and chambers of commerce statewide beating the drum on this issue, South Carolina finally

has sustainable funding to fix our roads. We have the second largest state-maintained road system in the nation and were unable to maintain these roads with the second lowest gas tax in the nation. The General Assembly passed a bill to raise the gas tax by 12 cents, still keeping us below North Carolina’s and Georgia’s gas tax, while also making the DOT more accountable and providing offsetting tax breaks. This is a big win for business. A good infrastructure is essential to get goods to market efficiently and is an important incentive for companies looking to locate in our state. Fixing South Carolina’s Pension Crisis. In an effort to chip away at the state retirement system’s monstrous unfunded liability, legislation was passed that raises employee and employer contributions. Realizing business taxes are bound to increase, we’ve advocated for the “least bad deal” for businesses in that the increases would be proportionately born between the state, local governments, and citizens. Since this bill is only a first step, the General Assembly is continuing to work on legislation that will make the system solvent. The Real I.D. Act. The legislature acted quickly to enact a law that allows South Carolinians to continue to use our driver’s licenses to board airplanes, and enter federal buildings and military bases. Without this important legislation, we would need a passport just to fly to Atlanta or Charlotte. Workforce Expansion. This bill expands current expungement laws to low-level, nonviolent acts such as first-time drug offenses. This bill will help fill critical work shortages across the state by putting more people back to work or helping these offenders get better jobs. This bill passed the House overwhelmingly this session, and we’ll continue to work on it in the second year of the session. Tax Credits for High-Impact Companies and Angel Investors. These bills will allow more corporate offices and headquarters to apply for job development credits, and they provide a tax incentive for angel investors who invest in South Carolina startups. These bills aren’t quite law yet, but they made progress this year and still have opportunity to pass next year. A number of other major priorities have also moved — notably, legislation to rein in nuisance lawsuits against our existing manufacturers, legislation on the jurisdiction of magistrate’s court, and legislation protecting new development from excessive lawsuits. The Greenville Chamber of Commerce thanks the House and Senate on the work they’ve accomplished this session for the business community, and we commend them for their work in passing an impressive docket of bills considering this year’s new time constraints. The Upstate is fortunate to have a pro-business delegation in Columbia, and with their commitment to the Upstate economy, we’re excited to see what the second year of the session holds. . Katie Busbee is the director of legislative aﬀairs for the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and Upstate Chamber Coalition.

Speak your mind

The Journal welcomes letters to the editor and guest columns on timely public issues. Letters should include name, city, phone number and email address for veriﬁcation purposes and should not exceed 300 words. Columns should include a photo and short bio of the author and should not exceed 600 words. Writers should demonstrate relevant expertise and make balanced, factbased arguments.

All submissions will be edited and become the property of the Journal. We do not guarantee publication or accept letters or columns that are part of organized campaigns. We prefer electronic submissions. Contact Editor Chris Haire at chaire@communityjournals.com.

AGENT ON CALL:

Erin Johnston

G AY LISTIN ACT IN 1 D W E N TR R CON UNDE

G ISTIN L W NE

REALTOR

864-297-3450 205 E Faris Road • Augusta Road • $438,605

! E HOUS ENNIS CRT T S E U T G , CLAY POOL

CRS! CRES SIX A NTICLEER A ON CH

100 Chapman Place $7,500,605

2513 Augusta Street GCC • $2,999,605

209 Frank Street • Downtown • $359,601

T COUR B B , IS TENN POOL,

111 Rockingham Road Parkins Mill Area • $1,700,607

POOL

102 Lakewood Drive • 13 Acres, In-Town Estate!! • $1,700,607

12 Lawson Way Chanticleer Section 9 • $1,149,605

E HOUS T S GUE

107 Collins Creek Road Collins Creek • $999,607

114 Woodland Way Cleveland Forest • $974,601

14 Parkins Glen Court Parkins Mill Area • $849,607

O! COND M O R F VIEW RIVER

! POOL

42 Mount Vista Avenue Greenville Country Club • $849,605 Courtney Worley 901-1503

17 Chanticleer Drive • Chanticleer $709,605

E PRIC W E N

154 Riverplace, Unit 202 Riverhouse Condos • $699,601

N CTIO U R T CONS NEW

172 Ridgeland Drive, Unit 100 Ridgeland at the Park • $698,601 Alex Boyd 706-825-8975

N CTIO U R T CONS NEW

16 Old Augusta Road Augusta Road Area • $459,605

18 Old Augusta Road Augusta Road Area $459,605

AugustaRoad.com Realty LLC

Joan Herlong*Owner, BIC 864-325-2112

joan@augustaroad.com *Greenville’s NUMBER ONE REALTOR, for YEARS! Source: MLS sales volume: 2012-15. AND #4 REALTOR in the ENTIRE state of South Carolina! Source: REAL Trends 7/16.

1225 Parkins Mill Road Parkins Mill • $624,607

240 Byrd Blvd. GCC Area • $617,605 Katherine Hall 678-0820

219 Boxwood Lane Cleveland Forest • $589,601

E PRIC NEW

42 W Hillcrest Drive North Main • $415,609 Reid Hipp 864-449-1779

100 Sand Castle Drive Simpsonville • $345,681 Matt Crider 444-1689

110 Fudora Circle The Ravines at Creekside $239,681

UNDER CONTRACT

LOTS FOR SALE

53 Forest Lane • Meyers Park • $1,399,605 223 E Seven Oaks Dr • Chanticleer • $649,605 27 Arthur Ave • Augusta Road • $624,605 12 Jenkinson Ct • Augusta Circle Area • $579,605 215 E Seven Oaks Dr • Chanticleer • $549,605 138 Sun Meadow Rd • Sugar Creek • $499,650 3 Hidden Hills Dr • Chanticleer • $424,605 118 S Calhoun St. • Downtown • $365,601 2 Greenwood Ave • Hudson Acres • $329,615 1031 Summit Dr. • Croftstone • $279,609 30 Lockwood Ave • Overbrook • $249,607 118 Jordan Crest Ct • Jonesville Landing • $224,681 701 Spring Meadow Way • Foxwood • $193,680

HENIGAN LANE • Lot 2 • North Main • $295,609 HENIGAN LANE • Lot 4 • North Main • $180,609 EASLEY • 329 Price Perry Rd. $2,600,640 • Lila Gray 615-415-5307 7 SALUDA DAM ROAD • Land Zoned R15, 65 Acres $595,611 • Matt Crider 444-1689 AUGUSTA CIRCLE AREA • Melville Ave. • Lot 27 • $239,605 AUGUSTA CIRCLE AREA • Melville Ave. • Lot 26 • $209,605 ACADIA • 229 Saluda Run Dr. • $99,673

6 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

NEWS

THE BIG 10

State House passes new car seat regulations, rules for moped riders, and a ban on ape ownership CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com

While the gas tax increase and state pension program fix garnered the most headlines during the recently completed legislative session, lawmakers also passed laws that would increase work zone speeding penalties, prohibit big cats and great apes from being kept as pets, and change how and where children ride in cars. Some of the laws are already in effect, while others won’t become law for at least a month. Here are 10 laws passed by legislators.

CAR SEATS

A new law now increases the age to 2 that children must be kept in rear-facing car seats. The state had required only children under age 1 or weighing 20 pounds or less to be in a rear-facing seat. The new law also increases the age from 6 to 8 at which a child can legally sit in the front passenger seat.

PUBLIC RECORDS

State and local governments, school districts, and public entities now must respond more quickly to public records requests. The agencies must respond to requests within 10 days of receiving the request and produce within 30 days public records. The fee the agency charges for the search, retrieval, or redaction of records shall not exceed the prorated hourly salary of the lowest paid employee who has the necessary skill and training to perform the request.

GET YOUR SKIN IN THE GAME

REAL ESTATE LICENSES

People who manage or sell property will be required to undergo a background check to renew their licenses. The new law was prompted by the arrest of Spartanburg County real estate agent Todd Kohlhepp after a woman was found chained inside a shipping container at his farm near Woodruff. Kohlhepp pleaded guilty last month to kidnapping and seven counts of murder and was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms, 30 years for kidnapping, and 30 years for sexual assault.

WORK ZONE SAFETY

Drivers face increased penalties for traffic violations in construction zones. Those caught endangering the life of a highway worker will face stiffer penalties. Drivers face fines between $500 to $1,000 if there is no injury to the workers and between $2,000 and $5,000 when there is. Endangering the life of a highway worker is defined as driving through or around a work zone or failing to obey traffic control devices.

MOPEDS

Beginning in November 2018, moped operators will have to register with the Department of Motor Vehicles, and those who are under 21 years old will have to wear a helmet. Residents who lose their driver’s licenses for DUI still could get moped permits, but they risk losing that permit if they have additional alcohol offenses. The new law still does not require moped operators to carry insurance or wear reflective vests.

HEMP FARMING

South Carolina joined a growing number of states that have legalized the growing of industrial hemp. Hemp is used from food and dietary supplements to clothing and composites for car parts. The new law allows the state’s Department of Agriculture and SLED to issue 20 licenses to grow hemp on up to 20 acres in a pilot program and up to 50 licenses for 50 acres each the next year.

ALTERNATIVE DIPLOMA

When was your last skin check? Dr. John Korman,

South Carolina native, founder and Harvard-trained dermatologist, is now accepting new patients.

Students with disabilities would be able to graduate high school with an “employability credential.” Until the new law was passed, students with disabilities who can’t earn the required 24 credits receive a state certificate of attendance. Greenville County has issued its own occupational diploma for years. The law takes effect with students entering ninth grade beginning with the 2018-19 school year.

INMATE VISITATION

State prison inmates who are not security risks now are eligible to visit dying loved ones in the hospital and attend the funerals of relatives named on their visitation list. The inmate’s family or a third party must cover the cost. Inmates have generally not been allowed to attend funerals or make hospital visits since 2005.

LIONS, APES, AND BEARS

South Carolina residents’ list of potential pets will get less exotic beginning Jan. 1, 2018. A new law bans individuals from owning large wild cats, non-native bears, and great apes. People who are in legal possession of those animals prior to Jan. 1 may keep the animal for the remainder of its life but have to register the animal with the city or county and pay a $100 fee.

FISHING

Beginning July 1, regulations for flounder fishing are changing. The minimum size is increasing one inch to 15 inches and daily limits will decrease to 10 per person and 20 per boat. The limits now are 15 per person and 30 per boat.

420 The Parkway, Suite M, Greer upstatedermatology.com | 864-877-0776

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 7

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

TWICE AS HARD If urban sprawl continues at present rate, amount of developed land could double ANDREW MOORE | STAFF

amoore@communityjournals.com

Over the next 25 years, the Upstate will welcome about 321,000 more residents, reaching a total population of almost 1.75 million people. While that growth has the potential to be positive, it could become costly if officials don’t consider alternative land use plans, according to a new study. Last year, Upstate Forever partnered with Ten at the Top and The Riley Institute to hire Charlotte-based firm City Explained to conduct a study highlighting the tradeoffs associated with competing growth scenarios. According to the 10-month study called “Shaping our Future,” development across the region has followed a low-density, single-use pattern in cities and rural areas since the 1990s. By moving away from existing city centers, new development has required the expansion of infrastructure and services

such as water and sewer, schools, parks, and fire and police protection. If that pattern continues, the amount of developed land could more than double by 2040. The cost for both cities and counties to service those areas could climb to more than $650 million a year, while revenues to support those costs are expected to be less than $260 million a year. Upstate Forever executive director Andrea Cooper said current land use planning won’t meet the region’s longterm needs. Greenville County’s population alone is expected to increase to more than 500,000 residents by 2030, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A census report released last week revealed the city of Greenville is the country’s fourth-fastestgrowing city, growing by 5.8 percent as of last July from the year before to 67,453 residents.

A DYNAMIC NEW LEADER OFFERS AN AGE NDA FOR CONTINUED PRO GESS “As our population increases, you will feel

coming the very type of congested, paved-

the la impacts growth pat- over, metropolitan region that we’ve always Ba nce ofththatsaidsprawling gh tful gr tern even more,”ou Cooper, whoow served to become.” th wsaid ithwethdoenot prwant otec tion on the study’s steering committee. “Make of ne ig hb or ho s an no mistake: We are on aod crash course to bed gr een space.

Work closely with neig hborhoods to craft COMMITTED TO po lic ie s th A DYNAMIC N at pr otAec t th em EW fro LE m OUR com DER merCOMMUNITY cial OFFERcr See Ap Nan AG E N DA d st FO re R President, CONTINUED PRO ngthen their charactePast r, he ritage Alta Vista Neighborhood Assoc. and livability. GESS

y sda e u T this 13th! e t Vo June

Balance thoughtful gro wth

with the protection

Chairman, Greenville

Supportgre Corp. acw e. park thene sp ne along the ReedRevitalization y Ri ve r Work closelyan with dne thigh e bo exrho odns pa s to cra City of Greenville io ftof green spac n policies that protect the e in Planning our cityCommission . m from commercial creep and strengthen their character, herita and livability.Make sure the policege City of Greenville and fire departmen ts Infill Task Force Residential have the resources, tra Support the new park along the Reedy River ining and support they and the expane Former Board Member: ed nsion ofto ep greke en sp sarfe aceus in ou cit.y. of neighborhoods and

Wil

Bras Wilington Brasington

COU NCICIL CITCITY L Y CO UN votebrasington.com

voteb rasington.com VoteBrasington.com

VoteBrasington.com

Make sure the police and fire departments have the resou Serce ek s, tra a ini pe ngrm andan suen pport t fu thend y ing need to keep us safe.

source

– Greenville Chamber of Commerce – Greenville County Authority to–Redevelopment su pporMcDonald t Ronald House of the Carolinas

the city’s affordable ho using initiative.

Seek a permanent fun ding source to support the city’s afford le ho Exab pandusG ingre inien tiative.

Expand Greenlink servi ces to

to jobs.

jobs.

Graduate, Leadership

link services to help geGreenville & Leadership SC t people

to help get people

Paid by Brasington for

City Council

Past Chairman, Leadership Greenville

Member, Westminster Presbyterian Church

Paid by Brasington for

City Council

8 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

NEWS

This holiday season will mark the final year of Roper Mountain Holiday Lights, which began 26 years ago.

CITY

Roper Mountain Holiday Lights coming to an end Roper Mountain Holiday Lights has been a Greenville tradition for more than two decades, delighting young and old alike. But when the lights go out at the science center this holiday season, it will be for the final time. Holiday Lights began 26 years ago as a partnership between the Rotary Club of Greenville and the Roper Mountain Science Center Association, but it has become increasingly difficult to find enough volunteers to put the event on, said Elizabeth Lyons, who has served as sponsorship manager for the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has run its cycle,â&#x20AC;? she said. Holiday Lights is held at the Roper Mountain Science Center from Thanksgiving night to the end of the year. Lyons said the event had a successful 2014, but was down considerably in 2015 and 2016. NEWS continued on PAGE 1O

Join today!

YMCA OF GREENVILLE ymcagreenville.org (864) 412-0288

1706_0070

YOUR SWIMSUIT IS READY. ARE YOU?

The Perfect Retirement. A world to explore, a vibrant community to come home to. A lifestyle that embraces true independence, new friendships, culinary celebrations and the safety of community. It’s time to enjoy retirement the way it’s meant to be.

10 Fountainview Terrace • Greenville, SC 29607 (864) 606-3055 • Cascades-Verdae.com Greenville’s Premier Life Plan Community

10 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

NEWS NEWS continued from PAGE 10

SEASON TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

It takes about 700 volunteer hours to put the lights up, another 370 hours to man the event, and then another 300 volunteers two months to take down. The proceeds from Holiday Lights are split 50-50 between the Roper Mountain Science Center and the Rotary Club of Greenville, which distributes the money to various charities. Holiday Lights has given more than $2.4 million to the community since its inception. —Cindy Landrum

Greenville named one of the Most Charming College Town Main Streets Greenville may not be considered by some to be a college town because it doesn’t have a four-year public college within its city limits, but its Main Street has been named one of the 30 Most Charming College Town Main Streets by Best Value Schools. Best Value Schools started with 100 cities that have at least one college or university sharing the same ZIP code and considered items such as walkability, amenities offered, and local events calendars to come up with the 30 Most Charming. Greenville, home to Furman University, Bob Jones University, and

Gavin Lee and company of Les Miserables in “Master of the House” © Matthew Murphy

MUSIC BY 6 -TIM E G RAM MY ® NOM INE E SARA BARE ILLE S

Season ticket holders get the best prices, access to extended payment plans and guaranteed seating starting at $345 for all nine shows! Plus, 2017-2018 season ticket holders that renew their seats for the 2018-2019 season are guaranteed seats to:

PART OF THE

2018-19 SEASON

Greenville Technical College, was cited for its sidewalk cafes, tree-lined streets, and European feel. “Over the 10 blocks that make up the downtown, there are 120 independently owned restaurants, including English pubs, Mediterranean restaurants, Southern BBQ places, and so much more. There’s even a museum with pieces by Botticelli and Andrew Wyeth,” the description said. —Cindy Landrum

Walter the giraﬀe dies The father of Kiko, the Masai giraffe whose birth was shown live on Giraffe Cam and followed by people as far away as the Netherlands and Africa, has died. Kiko’s father, Walter, was transferred to the Turtle Back Zoo in Essex County, N.J., in 2016 as part of the Giraffe Species Survival Program. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVencenzo Jr. announced in a press release that Walter died last week from complications during a dental procedure. The zoo’s veterinarian noticed Walter, known as Hodari at the New Jersey zoo, was having difficulty eating. He was put under anesthesia about three weeks ago so the veterinarian and a dental specialist could get a better look at the problem. Last Wednesday, he was put under anesthesia a second time so a procedure could be done and experienced complica-

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 11

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

NEWS tions, the release said. He was one of four Masai giraffes that were sent to Turtle Back and occupied its new 3-acre Giraffe House in an African Adventure area. Prior to his transfer, Walter had been at the Greenville Zoo since 2007. In addition to Kiko, he fathered Tatu. The Greenville Zoo got a new male giraffe, 7-year-old Miles, from the Houston Zoo in September. —Cindy Landrum

Flash mob to bring hugs, hugs, and more hugs to Greenville Sometimes we all just need a hug. Enter Elle Erickson. On Friday, June 9, Erickson will host a Bliss Mob Hug Parade in downtown Greenville from 4–5 p.m. The parade starts at ONE City Plaza. “The world is hug deficient,” Erickson, an Asheville resident and a self-proclaimed Love Ambassador, says. “We have become more isolated and often walk around without making the simplest human connections — like eye contact, smiles, and hugs. People need to connect again, and hugs make strangers into instant friends.” For the past five years, Erickson has run an Asheville pop-up shop, the Urban Gypsy Traveling Trunk Show. But her public hugging career began four months ago with the free advice booth, the Booth Fairy Project. “Interacting with people over the years at my free advice booth has brought me so much joy,” she adds. “I had the idea to add the bliss mobs so we could take what the booth was doing and make it mobile.” And if you think Erickson plans to keep the hugging to just a day trip away from Asheville, think again. She plans to take the nation by storm, one friendly squeeze at a time. “I am planning on touring the U.S. and getting these hug parades going regularly in major cities,” she says. “The bliss mob is super easy and totally free to attend. All you have to do is show up with an open mind and heart and get ready to feel amazing and fully alive,” Erickson adds. Of course, the Love Ambassador wants to make one thing clear: No one gets a hug who doesn’t want one. “One of the rules is that you have to get ‘hug consent,’” she says. “So we never are aggressive and always ask. A lot of people come up with open arms and are surprisingly receptive and excited to meet us.” —Chris Haire

EDUCATION

BJU, North Greenville make Top 25 college list Erskine College and Bob Jones University were named first and second in Christian Universities Online’s list of most affordable Christian colleges in the South. North Greenville University also made the Top 25 along with two other South Carolina schools — Charleston Southern University and Southern Wesleyan University. For the ranking, Christian Universities Online began with a list of schools that are members or member eligible for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, giving consideration to schools that were in their previously published 50 Most Affordable Christian Colleges and Universities for 2017. The schools were ranked according to their average net price, which is the total cost of attendance minus the average financial aid received. Bob Jones University just completed its 90th year and 70th in Greenville. North Greenville University got its start as North Greenville High School in 1893. In 1957, it was accredited as a two-year liberal arts college and discontinued high school courses. Junior was deleted from the name in 1972, and it earned its status as a university in 2006. —Cindy Landrum

Greenville lands on teacher livability list Greenville has made another list — albeit a very specialized one. The city has been named one of the best places in the U.S. for teachers to live and work by the consumer data research website GoodCall.com. Greenville was ranked the 40th best city for K-12 teachers among the 689 cities the company NEWS continued on PAGE 12

Anniversary Sale and

Spin&

Grand Re-Opening Event

WIN

Friday, June 9th - Monday, June 12th Refreshments will be served

for prizes and discounts

NOW Massage Chairs Fitness

MEET RESULTS, OVERALL RESULTS & RANKINGS

Office Recliners

NOW

ON GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

Greenville The Shops at Greenridge (Behind P.F. Chang’s) 1129A Woodruff Rd. 864.987.0555 *Some exclusions apply. Offer ends 6/12/17. See store for prizes and more details.

g re e n v i l l e j o u r n a l . c o m / s a i l /

www.relaxtheback.com/stores/greenville

12 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

NEWS NEWS continued from PAGE 11

evaluated nationwide. The rankings were based on nine metrics: teaching job availability, salaries, cost of living, amenities, percentage of residents with high school diplomas, percentage of residents with bachelor’s degrees, unemployment rate, crime rate, and number of food and drink establishments per 1,000 people. The median salary for teachers in Greenville is 63 percent more than the area’s local median salary. Bentonville, Ark., was ranked first. Teachers there make about 68 percent more than the median salary overall in the city. Seven of the top 10 are suburbs of Chicago and Detroit, buoyed by high salaries, a highly educated populace, and low crime rates. The rest of the Top 10 are Glenview, Ill.; Evanston, Ill.; Elmhurst, Ill.; Troy, Mich.; Southfield, Mich.; State College, Pa.; Burlington, Vt.; Plainfield, Ill.; and Crystal Lake, Ill. —Cindy Landrum

ARTS

Making the Peace Center ﬁt for a (Lion) King Pride Rock is the centerpiece of “The Lion King.” It’s the place of life and death, of family bonds and betrayals, of self-imposed exiles and trium-

phant returns. It’s from there that King Mufasa presents his newborn son, Simba, to the assembled. It’s there that Simba returns from his exile to challenge Scar, Simba’s murderous uncle who has turned the Pride Lands into a dying wasteland. Pride Rock is the largest piece of scenery in “The Lion King” at 8,500 pounds, 24 feet long, and 12.5 feet tall. Eighteen tractor-trailers loaded with sets, wardrobes, and makeup arrived at the Peace Center last Monday. The show’s advance crew and more than 70 hired hands worked for more than 2,800 man-hours to install the rigging, motors, lighting, sound system, and decking needed to stage the traveling version of Broadway’s most successful musical. The show-to-show crew arrived Tuesday and finished the set up in time for Wednesday rehearsals and opening night. Pride Rock operates like a slot car, said Noah Kern, head carpenter for the “The Lion King” North American tour. A deck, a 13-inch-tall platform assembled on top of the host stage, has tracks built into it on which Pride Rock travels. “It’s self-driving,” he said. Pride Rock is moved on and off the stage during the show. Cast members will ride on it in some scenes. “It has choreography just like everybody else,” Kern said of the piece that is pre-pro-

Two Clemson University professors have received a grant from the Department of Defense’s HighEnergy Laser Joint Technology Oﬃce to create military lasers that can zap missiles out of the sky.

grammed with its own cues. Offstage, “The Lion King” has to be reconfigured for each stop of the national tour because the wings and backstage vary in size, but on stage, the show looks the same, Kern said. “Just the scope of the whole thing is what’s complex,” he said. “The Lion King” runs through June 25. — Cindy Landrum

SCIENCE

Clemson researchers receive funding to create lasers for the military While laser weapons have been a science fiction staple for decades, they are quickly becom-

Greenville Journal

Just right - for you. Everything we do is built around you. That’s why our checking accounts give you the services you need, whether at home or on the go, combined with the service you need, too - from bankers who know you. Because South State is the sweet spot between a big bank and a small one, we’re perfectly suited to help make things just right.

SouthStateBank.com/JustRight (800) 277-2175 Member FDIC

ing a reality for the U.S. military with help from two Clemson University engineering professors. John Ballato and Lin Zhu have received $3.2 million from the Department of Defense’s HighEnergy Laser Joint Technology Office to create high-powered lasers that can be used on the battlefield. Ballato and his team are trying to create fiber optic cables from a new material. He said his efforts are promising yet exploratory for the time being, but he added that the new cable may one day power lasers with enough intensity to zap missiles out of the sky midair, a feat the military has been dreaming of for years. Zhu has received a $1.4 million grant to create diodes that will help put more electricity

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 13

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

NEWS behind the lasers while also giving them a more precise beam, both of which help to boost the power of the laser. If Zhu’s successful, the military could put tens or hundreds of the small yet highly powerful devices in laser weapons to amplify the power. —Andrew Moore

MUSIC

Bob Seger is coming to town Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band will perform in Greenville at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena as a part of their 2017 Runaway Train North American tour. The concert is Oct. 5 and tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, June 16. Bob Seger fan club members will be able to purchase tickets in advance beginning June 13. The tour begins Aug. 24. Special guest Nancy Wilson of Heart will perform on select dates of the tour. Last week, Seger’s Greatest Hits album was certified diamond by the RIAA for achieving 10 million units sold in the U.S. In 2015, Seger was honored with Billboard’s “Legend of Live” award at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference and Awards for his significant and lasting impact on the touring industry. —Cindy Landrum

POLITICS

Democrats to throw a block party in the Village The Greenville County Democratic Party will host a free block party on June 13 from 5–9 p.m. The event will be held in the Village of West Greenville at 1286 Pendleton St. and will include a food truck, beer, wine, games for both children and adults, and a performance by local musician Darby Wilcox. Picnickers are welcome to bring their own food. Lydia Brandt, logo committee member, says the event “will mark the end of a public campaign to select a new logo for the GCDP.” The new logo will be determined by which of three suggestions raises the most money. The winning logo will be revealed at the block party and new merchandise will be available for purchase. The event will be free and tickets are not required. Attendees can park on the street at any time or across the street from the outdoor venue after 6 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the GCDP Facebook page will notify of any cancellations. Visit greenvilledemocrats.com for more information about the event and logo campaign. —Jacob Cavett

TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL. DELIGHTFULLY IMMATURE. TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL. DELIGHTFULLY IMMATURE.

SUMMER SIDEWALK SALE

Friday and Saturday June 16 and 17 - 10am-5pm

Alisa Marie Fine Lingerie

COME SHOP AND E ENJOY TH FUN!

30%-50% off on Select items

UP TO

75% OFF SELECT ITEMS

50% OFF

50% OFF S SELECT ITEM

sele ct s upe r fu n to ys

$15

SELECT SHOES

25% OFF ed Item. any 1 Reg. Pric k show Excludes trun and local art

SALE ITEMS

$50

AND UNDER

Augusta Commons 2222 Augusta Street • Greenville

Duke’s

The Cult of

14 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

COVER

The Greenville-born mayo is the South’s most fiercely loved condiment WORDS BY MELINDA YOUNG

To get an idea of how much people love Duke’s mayonnaise, just take a look in an unlikely spot for debating condiments: College Confidential, a website featuring hundreds of discussions about getting into and affording college. There, you’ll find a thread with 100 comments about the most important debate known to man: which mayonnaise is better, Duke’s and Hellmann’s.

If the answer isn’t already obvious to you — and it should be given that Duke’s was founded right here in Greenville 100 years ago by Eugenia Duke — one writer will clear it up for you: “Duke’s was one of those things I couldn’t do without when we transferred to N.J. I had friends stuffing jars in their golf bags when flying up here and was pleasantly surprised when TSA let me bring a jar home with me in my carry-on.” The love doesn’t stop there. Over at Amazon.com, one reviewer notes under the heading, “So Good You’ll Smuggle It Across State Lines,” “Every summer my family would spend a week at Pawley’s Island, S.C., and every summer we would return with the trunk of the car loaded with cases of Duke’s to get us through the coming year.” Another reviewer even called Duke’s the “Chuck Norris of mayo.” That’s high praise indeed. And if there is any place that’s best typifies the love that some folks have for Eugenia Duke’s creation, it’s the Duke Sandwich Shop on Poinsett Highway.

Duke’s

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 15

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

COVER

It’s or Nothing

Greenville chefs love Southern cooking, and rightfully so. This is South Carolina, after all. So it’s no surprise that local chefs love to add the South’s premier condiment — Duke’s mayonnaise — to many of their recipes, whether it’s deviled eggs or chocolate cake. “Duke’s mayonnaise really is the go-to duct tape in the kitchen,” says Daniel Dobbs, executive chef at Roost. Here’s what local chefs say about Greenville’s favorite son — er, mayo: The baked ham, pepper, and onion sandwich is one customer favorite at Duke’s Sandwich Shop.

Longtime Duke fan Randy White of Easley was eating a ham and egg sandwich at lunch on a recent Wednesday. Since he retired 20 years ago, he’s had the same lunch, every Monday through Saturday. That comes to 6,240 sandwiches. Even more impressive, he doesn’t live anywhere close to the restaurant. “I drive 10 miles here every day,” White says. The Duke’s mayo story begins way back in 1917. Eugenia Duke was an entrepreneurial-minded housewife who started making pimento cheese, egg salad, and chicken salad sandwiches for soldiers at Camp Sevier, each one using her signature recipe for mayonnaise, which has a tangy bite where others go sweet. Her mayo, spreads, and sandwich spreads were immediate hits, and quickly transformed Duke into a successful businesswoman. But when her only daughter married and moved to California, Duke followed her. In 1929, she sold her mayonnaise, sandwich relish, tartar sauce, and brand name, Duke’s, to Richmond, Va.-based C.F. Sauer. The company, which has a plant in Greenville County, has used the same mayo recipe ever since. And it wasn’t just her mayo Eugenia Duke sold: She also sold her recipes for her sandwich spreads,

also under the Duke’s name, to her bookkeeper, Alan Hart. Hart operated Duke Sandwich Shop until the 1960s, when he sold the business to Estaleen and Loran Smart. They are the grandparents of Duke Brands’ current CEO, Andrew Smart. As CEO of Duke Brands, Smart oversees both Duke Food Productions, which manufactures sandwich spreads, and Duke Sandwich Company, the beloved sandwich shop. Duke Sandwich Shop’s customers are loyal, sometimes taking a dozen sandwiches or pound cake slices to tailgate parties, says Jerane Mote, director of training for Duke Food. “Our customers spread the word that we make things homemade at an affordable price,” Mote adds. And it’s not just the oldschool diehards that Duke Sandwich Company attracts. The shop also brings in new fans like 10-year-old Ella Grace Burnett. Burnette was introduced to a Duke deviled egg sandwich when she was a toddler, and “she’s been hooked ever since,” says her mother, Wendy Burnett. But regardless of who owns what, Eugenia

The Duke’s mayo story begins in 1917 with Eugenia Duke, who sold sandwiches using her signature recipe.

ANTHONY GRAY

Chef/partner Bacon Bros. Public House We use Duke’s mayonnaise in pimento cheese, deviled eggs, dressings, sauces, sandwich spreads — we use it all over the place. I grew up in South Georgia, and my parents were more healthy eaters with Hellman’s Light. The first time I got to try Duke’s was my senior year in high school, and that’s when I figured out what mayonnaise really was. I tasted it once, and there was no going back. The quality and consistency is top-notch. It’s not too sweet, not too savory, and you can do things with it and not worry that it will overpower like some other mayonnaise can.

DANIEL DOBBS Executive chef Roost

I’ve been using Duke’s since I started in kitchens when I was 16 years old. I grew up eating it at my best friend’s parents’ house. His mom lived by the stuff. That was the only option we had — Duke’s or nothing. At Roost, we use it in [our] crab cake mixture, ranch dressing, add-ons for burgers, sandwiches, hors d’oeuvres, and pasta salads. Duke’s mayonnaise

has many applications. We probably go through four to six four-gallon buckets a week. It has a little bit more of a sour flavor than the others — makes your lips pucker more. I like to dip my french fries and pieces of bacon just in Duke’s. I’ve been known to eat it by the spoonful.

16 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

SARA WILSON

Owner/former “pretty good cook” Brick Street Café My chicken salad recipe uses Duke’s mayonnaise. I really do like the flavor of Duke’s mayonnaise, and once I had a restaurant in Greenville, I just thought it would be smart to use Duke’s. We use it in our tuna salad, egg salad, and, occasionally, I’ll do a chocolate cake that has Duke’s mayonnaise in place of oil. I also like to use mayonnaise if I’m doing a fish or chicken. You can coat the outside with Duke’s and add some breadcrumbs and seasoning to it, and it adheres to it. Then you can bake it instead of frying it and still get a crisp. We have halibut on the dinner menu, and we have really good potato chips. So we take Duke’s mayonnaise and spread a thin layer over fresh halibut, no salt. Then we crunch up potato chips and put those on the outside. It gives it a salt flavor and a bit of crisp, and you bake it. Also, if you are making homemade mashed potatoes and you want them to be nice and creamy, add a spoonful of Duke’s mayonnaise, and it really makes them smooth.

REN BELL

Manager Northgate Soda Shop You mean they make another mayonnaise? I’m from the South and had to go all over the place in the military and they had Duke’s mayonnaise nowhere. So I’d have to come back to South Carolina and take two gallons back with me. I’d give it to the mess sergeant and say, “If you’re going to make me any sandwiches, you use Duke’s mayonnaise.” We make chicken salad, tuna salad — all salads with Duke’s mayo. And pimento cheese and any sandwich that comes with mayonnaise — that’s what we use. Customers from the South would know the difference. They think our burgers are the best around — we’re in Southern Living with our pimento cheeseburger.

NICK STATHAKIS Co-owner/operator Stax’s Original

We use Duke’s mayonnaise in our coleslaw, potato salad, our casseroles — squash casserole and broccoli casserole. On Monday nights, we have chicken and broccoli casserole, using a recipe my grandma used to make for my brother and me, and she wasn’t a Hellman’s woman. We’ve been in Greenville for 30 years, and we only use Duke’s because it has a consistency in flavor and is a saucier product — not a sweet product. I don’t like the sweetness of some other things, and I don’t know if the potato salad would hold as well without it.

RODNEY FREIDANK Corporate chef Table 301

Duke’s mayo is truly one of the quintessential tastes of the American South. Our cuisine at Nose Dive is urban comfort with a strong influence of our Southern heritage. Our cuisine at Soby’s is Southern with a twist. The culinary heritage at both restaurants couldn’t be authentic without Duke’s Mayo — not to mention we use only the best ingredients, and any Southerner knows Duke’s is the best.

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 17

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

COVER “It’s rooted in the South, and it’s never changed.” Erin Hatcher, C.F. Sauer director of marketing.

Duke’s mayo is at the center of it all. In fact, you’ll be hard pressed to find a product with more devoted devotees. Brides-to-be have called C.F. Sauer, requesting Duke’s glass mayonnaise jars for flower arrangements at their weddings, even though the glass jars were phased out more than a decade ago, says Erin Hatcher, C.F. Sauer director of marketing. One man even requested a Duke’s mayo jar to store his cremated remains… and C.F. Sauer obliged. “Love letters from fans come in by way of original paintings of jars with summer sandwiches and hydrangeas and Duke T-shirt designs with the Duke jar and logo,” Hatcher says. And it’s not just the at-home sandwich makers and cooks who love Duke’s. So do nationally renowned chefs, including Alex Stupak (Empellón in New York City), Edward Lee (601 Magnolia of Louisville, Ky., and “Master Chef ” judge), Sean Brock (McCrady’s, Husk, and Minero in Charleston and host of Emmy-winning “The Mind of a Chef ”), John Currence (City Grocery, Bouré, Big Bad Breakfast), and Vivian Howard (chef and farmer in North Carolina and star of the Emmy-winning “A Chef ’s Life”). “The reason I believe Duke’s has such a passionate following is because it’s such an authentic brand. It’s rooted in the South, and it’s never changed,” Hatcher says. That said, if you’re not from around here — or don’t subscribe to Southern Living, Garden & Gun, or one of the nation’s top foodie magazines — you may be surprised by the fanaticism. Don’t worry. You’re in good company. “It’s shocking to see what a big deal it is,” says Laura McGinnis, the great-granddaughter of Eugenia Duke. McGinnis and her family moved to Charlotte from California in the 1990s. They didn’t know about Duke’s mayonnaise, as it wasn’t on their grocery shelves out west. In fact, her grandma Eugenia, who McGinnis called Cush, never talked about her successful South Carolina business and her legacy. McGinnis says, “It was a nonentity in her life.” However, thanks to several 100th anniversary celebrations, McGinnis and her family have gotten a strong dose of Duke’s appreciation. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Greenville for Duke Brands’ move to their Falls Park Place headquarters, McGinnis was taken aback when she saw the platter of egg salad sandwiches. “The crusts were cut off and the sandwiches were cut on the diagonal, and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, it was like being with Cush,’” she says. “That’s what she did, serve foods like that, and she had done it her whole life.”

What has Happy Cow done for you?

Happy Cow products make everything we make or eat with dairy taste better, from pancakes to salad dressings, cookies to cereal. — Amy, Fountain Inn, SC

ALL HEADS ARE DOWN... eating April’s quality forage!

“Where Quality is a Reality”

Chemical free, no artificial additives; pure fresh milk & local produce 332 McKelvey Road, Pelzer 864-243-9699 Duke Brands recently celebrated the opening of their new headquarters, located downtown and overlooking Falls Park on the Reedy.

Just off Hwy 25, 2 miles south of Ware Place, left on McKelvey Road 1 mile Mon.-Fri. 9am-7pm, Sat. 9am-5pm, Sun. closed

18 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

COMMUNITY

FROM THE UPSTATE TO THE GREAT WHITE WAY After being accepted into Manhattan School of Music, Grace McGrath is one step closer to her dream WORDS BY EMILY PIETRAS | PHOTO BY WILL CROOKS

This fall, Grace McGrath will enroll in Manhattan School of Music’s musical theater program. The school is only one of two independent music conservatories in the U.S. with such a program, and the only in New York.

When Grace McGrath landed a leading role in a Spartanburg Little Theatre production of “Hairspray” at age 15, she had almost no prior theater experience. Although she had been dancing at International Ballet Academy since she was 3, she hadn’t previously focused on singing or acting. But the moment she stepped onto the stage to play Amber Von Tussle in “Hairspray,” something instantly clicked, and her love for musical theater took off. “It was like, ‘Wow, this is it right here,” McGrath says. “I had just quit doing dance competitions… and then I got this role, and it was cool how things worked out. Right after I did ‘Hairspray,’ I just kept auditioning and auditioning, and for years it’s been my thing now.” Since then, McGrath, 18, has been in various productions with Centre Stage, Greenville Little Theatre, the

South Carolina Children’s Theatre, Mill Town Players, and Performing Arts Renaissance Theatre (PART), a theater company founded by her current voice coach, Kimilee Bryant, a Berea native who played Christine Daaé in “Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway. Part of what allowed McGrath to devote so much time to productions was her decision to take online classes after a semester of high school, which gave her an opportunity to focus more on dancing, singing, and acting. That level of dedication has already begun to pay off. This fall, McGrath will enroll in the musical theater program at Manhattan School of Music (MSM), a selective conservatory located in New York City’s Upper West Side. Established in 1917, MSM only recently added musical theater to its academic offerings, welcoming the

program’s inaugural class in fall 2016. At the time of announcement, the school noted that it would be “the first independent music conservatory in New York, and only the second in the country, to offer a musical theater program.” (The other is at Boston Conservatory.) The curriculum includes eight semesters of voice, dance, and acting instruction while incorporating courses in drama history and analysis, technical theater production, and the humanities. Students in the program have the opportunity to take master classes from active, experienced theater professionals based in New York City and also participate in productions and showcases. “I’m just excited about learning from these amazing teachers who have been nominated for awards, and they’ve actually been on Broadway, so they know exactly

Better Call Amy! BETTER ADVICE. BETTER SERVICE. BETTER OPTIONS.

First-Time Homebuyers • New Construction Programs Self-Employed Borrower Programs • FHA, VA and Conventional Loans HomeBridge is the #1 Direct Renovation Lender in the U.S.!* Amy is HomeBridge’s Top Lender in South Carolina – Three Years in a Row!

AMY OSBORNE

Mortgage Loan Originator, NMLS #321331

HomeBridge Financial Services | 15 S. Main St. Suite 601 | Greenville 864-325-9088 | aosborne@homebridge.com

*According to HUD 2015/2016 Fiscal Year Review

HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. Corporate NMLS ID #6521 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org). 15 S. Main St. Suite 601, Greenville, SC 29601. Georgia Mortgage Lender License 22495. North Carolina Mortgage Lender License L-121619. South Carolina-BFI Mortgage Lender / Servicer License MLS – 6521.

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 19

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

COMMUNITY

what it’s like. And I just cannot wait to learn from them,” McGrath says. In addition to Manhattan School of Music, McGrath also applied to Pace University and Manhattan Marymount College. Although they all have musical theater programs, unlike Manhattan School of Music, the latter two are not conservatories. “I really wanted to go to New York City,” McGrath says. “It was a long shot that I only applied to three colleges, but Manhattan School of Music was my dream school, so I’m happy to be going there.”

Along with submitting a traditional application, the admission process for Manhattan School of Music — like most performing arts programs — also required an in-person audition. For McGrath, that involved learning a dance number in 45 minutes alongside a group of 30 other applicants and then performing the routine in small groups. Her solo vocal audition included 32-bar cuts of three songs of her choice: “In My Own Little Corner” from “Cinderella,” “Suddenly Seymour” from “Little Shop of Horrors,” and “Much More” from “The Fantasticks.” She also had to perform a one-minute monologue.

‘‘ 30 minutes on the Blood Mobile can truly change peoples’ lives.

‘‘

Hear my story at: thebloodconnection.org -- Marsha, Bostic, NC --

McGrath found out about her acceptance in late March. Regarding her aspirations for her time in the program, McGrath says she is just focusing on continuing to hone her craft. “For me, it’s all about just improving, improving, improving. I just want to take in as much as I possibly can to prepare me to go out in the real world and start auditioning for Broadway. This has always been my dream — to be on Broadway — and that’s really my top goal,” she adds.

20 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

Animal Care’s

Our Community

Community news, events, and happenings

Correspondent

Village is a residential treatment program for mothers and children suffering from substance use disorders. The new walking path will provide mothers and their children a safe place to walk with their children, explore nature, and reflect on their journeys toward recovery.

VETERANS

The Gratitude Project now accepting nominations for veterans to receive free home design

Featuring Ruﬀ Reporter:

Bruno

Breaking News: 1,000 Animals Need Homes

Last month, Animal Care took in 400 adult dogs, 75 puppies and 500 kittens. Spring and summer are the busiest times of year for the animal world. Warm weather makes mating more common and more animals start pouring in to the shelter. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Now is the time to adopt. If you’ve been thinking about adding a furry companion to your family, don’t delay! Adopting saves lives, and we have so many wonderful friends here at Animal Care who need homes. Come in and let our adoption counselors help you find your perfect match. Did I mention that all large dogs are FREE to adopt all summer? It doesn’t get better than that!

Rendering for Greenville Humane Society’s medical center provided by McMillan Pazdan Smith

GRANTS

Greenville Humane Society receives $60,000 from Petco Foundation The Greenville Humane Society recently announced it has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its new medical facility opening this fall. The Greenville Humane Society is a nonprofit organization and the second largest no-kill shelter in the Southeast, just behind Atlanta. The new medical center will enable the Greenville Humane Society to provide more spay and

neuter surgeries and low-cost vaccines due to the growing need for these services in the Upstate.

SERVICE

Nominations for the first annual Gratitude Project award winner opened on Memorial Day. The Gratitude Project seeks candidates who have served in the U.S. military and have an impairment that makes day-to-day tasks in their home difficult. The recipient will receive full residential design services provided by Kustom Home Design located in Greer. Applications and details about the award can be found on Kustom Home Design’s website. Applications will be accepted until June 15, and the award winner will be announced on the Fourth of July.

Leadership Greenville completes walking path for mothers and children at Serenity Village The Greenville Chamber, Leadership Greenville Class 43/Team 3, and The Family Effect Foundation are pleased to announce the opening of a new walking path at Serenity Village. Located in Greenville County, Serenity

GRANTS

Duke Energy grants promote education and workforce development in the Palmetto State Duke Energy, which has been powering South Carolina for more than a century, continues to power the minds of its students and the workforce of the future by investing in innovative education programs and initiatives. Through the Duke Energy Foundation, more than $900,000 in grants will go to initiatives across the state that emphasize STEM, increasing childhood reading proficiency and workforce development.

GreenvillePets.org

Submit community news items to community@communityjournals.com. The Guild of the Greenville Symphony presented a check for $106,950 to the Greenville Symphony Association as fulfillment of its current pledge to the GSA. (L to R) Debra Strange, outgoing president of the Guild; William Crawford, president of the Greenville Symphony Association; Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel, conductor of the GSO; and Andy White, interim executive director of the GSO.

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 21

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

COMMUNITY Our Schools

Activities, awards, and accomplishments

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

THE CHANDLER SCHOOL

Pershing Rifles wins national championship

Upstate student wins statewide writing competition

Clemson’s Pershing Rifles participated in every event at the national Pershing Rifles Drill Competition, winning first place in platoon regulation and squad exhibition. Three students from the Upstate, Elizabeth Faye Donohue and Duncan Frederic McCain of Greenville and Romil Christopher Pelayo of Simpsonville, were members of the winning drill company.

BOB JONES UNIVERSITY

Christian Learning Centers joins with BJU to provide college scholarships Christian Learning Centers is collaborating with Bob Jones University to provide up to 10 scholarships to deserving students annually. This is the first time that CLC is offering a scholarship program, said Janice Butler, the organization’s executive director. The scholarship awards, which will be funded by the BJU Bridge Scholarship Fund, will be renewable annually based on satisfactory academic progress.

Yikes!CALL IKE’S

The Chandler School’s school paper “Message In a Bottle” news team writer James Daughtry won the Honorable Mention Award in the News Story category for his article, “Inauguration.” The award was conferred by South Carolina Independent Schools Association. Daughtry competed against students in top private schools from across the state, including Heathwood Hall, Porter-Gaud, Wilson Hall, Clarendon Hall, and others.

ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

School celebrates graduating class St. Joseph’s Catholic School celebrated their commencement exercises for the class of 2017 with a total of 99 graduates. The class has 100 percent college acceptance to 129 different universities in 30 different states and 4 countries. The collective scholarship total for the graduates reached over $11.8 million, with an average award package per student of $137,954. Submit education news items at bit.ly/GJEducation.

We’re here to handle your smallest or biggest problems. 864-232-9015 ikescarpet.com 128 Poinsett Hwy., Greenville

CARPET • RUG UPHOLSTERY CLEANING —— RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL ——

Rolling Green Village Offers: Independent Living Patio Homes • Independent Apartment Homes Assisted Living • Memory Care • Rehabilitation • Skilled Nursing J52

1 Hoke Smith Blvd., Greenville • 864.987.4612 • www.RollingGreenVillage.com

22 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

SAIL JUNE 1, 2017 RIVER WALK VS. SPAULDING FARMS

FOR MORE MEET RESULTS, OVERALL RESULTS, AND RANKINGS,

GO TO GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM/SAIL.

Photos by Liz Allison

Mary Elizabeth Ponton

Corey Allison

NEELY FARM VS. HOLLY TREE

Taryn Westphal

Photos by Tom Price

Sam Price and Lachlan Dunlap

Sam Price (middle) competing in backstroke

Lilly Crawford

Ellie Dunlap

A S S E E N I N T H E G R E E N V I L L E J O U R N A L ’ S 2 017

BEHIND THE COUNTER

PHOTO PROVIDED

GOLDEN STRIP GLASS Matt and Michael Abbate spent many a weekend afternoon doing odd What set him apart was his hands-on approach, Matt says. He was a jobs in the back of their dad’s glass shop. regular on job sites, putting in long hours out in the field, and the result “We cut as many pieces of three-foot weather stripping is a solid reputation for doing everything possible to keep his as we could until we complained enough that he sent us customers happy. home,” Matt remembers. “That’s the kind of integrity and reputation we strive to At the time taking over the family trade was probably uphold, ” Matt says of his father’s legacy. That’s the kind of the furthest thing from their minds, but the glass Dominick is still involved with the business, but now integrity and reputation business gets in your blood. The Abbate brothers are now that his boys are running the show he has plenty of time to we strive to uphold. five years into running Golden Strip Glass, founded by indulge his love of hiking. He took a crack at the Appalachian their father Dominick in 1991. Trail, covering 1,600 miles in 100 days, and has walked some Golden Strip Glass provides a full range of glass of the world’s most beautiful woodlands. The travel bug bit services, for both commercial and residential customers. Matt, too, though he prefers to get around by plane, train and Residential options run the gamut from shower doors and tabletop glass automobile. He and his wife try to visit a new place once or twice a year – to a variety of antiqued glass patterns for wet bars and cabinet glass. Their they’re currently planning a trip to Thailand. Michael likes to get creative commercial glass work can be found throughout the Upstate, particularly with glass in his spare time, creating commemorative art for friends and in downtown Greenville family. in projects like the Liberty building, Project One, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. They also contract with the city to assist property managers and business owners with repairing windows broken as a result of burglary or vandalism. Dominick, a native of New York, got into the glass business right out of high school and found work with a local company when he moved to the Upstate in 1980. That company eventually shut down 343 Miller Rd., Mauldin and Dominick struck out on his own, starting with one truck and 864.297.9989 | goldenstripglass.com operating out of his driveway.

feast

LOVE AT FIRST BITE

How a Ukrainian from Greer vacationing in Hawaii turned his newfound love of sushi into a 300-plus sushi bar business

ARIEL TURNER | STAFF

aturner@communityjournals.com

Nick Spiak III (left), vice president, and Hisamichi “Fuji” Fujimura, president of Sushi With Gusto. Photo by Will Crooks

ell me if you’ve heard this one before: A Ukrainian businessman, a Japanese sushi chef, and a Burmese immigrant walk into a sushi bar. That sounds a joke setup, right? But for Greer-based Sushi with Gusto, it’s just business as usual. Sushi with Gusto has quite the international background for a business built on a traditional Japanese culinary heritage. It began in 1997 with two businessmen of Ukrainian descent, Nick Spiak III and his father, Nick Spiak Jr., who discovered sushi in Hawaii in 1983. A Japanese sushi chef from Tokyo, Hisamichi “Fuji” Fujimura, partnered with them in 1997 as executive chef and company president. Soon after, the company began contracting sushi chefs, most of whom are immigrants from Myanmar (formerly Burma) who’ve come to the

U.S. on political asylum. The company trains the Burmese, as they are still commonly referred to, in the Sushi with Gusto model once a month in the corporate kitchen in Greer on Pennsylvania Avenue. Only about one-third of the chefs make the cut after learning the proprietary recipes, philosophy of business, and customer service model. It’s also imperative the chefs learn to speak English. Those chefs are then offered available positions at sushi counters the company contracts with in large businesses and grocery stores around the U.S. The chefs are then set up as independent sushi contractors, and Sushi with Gusto contracts them to maintain the corporate recipes and customer service in those off-site locations. While the name Sushi with Gusto might not sound familiar, if you’ve purchased sushi from the counter at a Fresh

24 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

feast

OPEN HOUSE & COMMUNITY TOUR! Market in the last 16 years, you’ve likely tasted their handiwork. Gusto currently has 312 sushi bars contracted around the country, including most of the Fresh Markets except for a group in the Midwest and more than 50 universities. Additionally, they deliver their sushi made in the corporate kitchen to hospitals, businesses, and universities in 35 states and Washington, D.C. A singular point of pride is that Sushi with Gusto is served in the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., where roughly 25,000 health inspectors work. “If we can do it for these guys, we can do it for anyone,” says Nick Spiak III, vice president of Sushi with Gusto. “They’re a bunch of germaphobes.” He says they’re actively looking to add locations, especially in universities. “We’re still small potatoes in this field,” Spiak says. “There are a couple other companies that are much larger, but being a small company we treat our chefs very well, so we have a great reputation.” That reputation is the reason they were able to make what the management refers to as “the Burmese connection,” a word-of-mouth source for their chefs. The Burmese in the U.S. have established a niche market as sushi chefs, so when they come to Sushi with Gusto, they have already learned sushi-rolling technique. Spiak, who admits he eats more of his competitors’ sushi than any other, says, aside from the corporate reputation, what sets Sushi with Gusto apart from other companies is the quality of ingredients. “It’s all about the taste for us,” Spiak says. “All sushi is not created equal.” The main difference and taste contributor for the sushi, which literally means “seasoned rice,” is the use of hikari rice, a medium, whole-grain, rice, combined with rice vinegar, Spiak says. The use of rice vinegar as opposed to a wheatbased vinegar eliminates the gluten and alcohol content. The nori (seaweed) is sourced from a company that supplies many top Japanese sushi restaurants, Spiak says. “We make restaurant-grade sushi for grab-and-go,” he says.

All of the recipes are chef Fujimura’s, many from his days as sushi chef at the former Nippon Center Yagoto behind Haywood Mall. Because of the grab-and-go nature of the business, Fujimura says he can’t produce sushi at the same caliber as the highest-end Japanese restaurants because of the number of steps required, but he stands behind the 75 menu items as the best grab-and-go sushi on the market. “We are adamant about keeping the quality of our sushi the best in the industry,” Spiak says. Sushi with Gusto oﬃcially began in 1997, but it owes its start to G.U.S.T.O Seafood, which began with Nick Spiak Jr. in 1978. The elder Spiak always loved fresh seafood and the outdoors. But in landlocked Greenville in the 1970s, restaurants weren’t sourcing fresh fish from the coast. Nick Spiak Jr. saw a market opening and soon began hauling fresh fish on ice and selling to Upstate restaurants. He needed a name for his new business, so he came up with “Great Ukrainian Seafood Trucking Outfit — G.U.S.T.O.,” because his father emigrated from Ukraine. In the beginning, he made deliveries to 12 customers. Today, nine boxy, refrigerated seafood trucks with “G.U.S.T.O.” on the side deliver seafood to 165 restaurants. On that fateful trip to Hawaii in 1983 to visit Nick Spiak III on a final Navy cruise, Nick Spiak Jr. ate at his first sushi restaurant and filed that memory away to be revisited another time. “It was love at first bite,” the elder Spiak says. In 1997, Fujimura and Nick Spiak Jr. decided to work together, providing quality sushi to local restaurants to which they were already providing seafood. The idea eventually morphed into the current model. “It all started because of Dad’s love of food,” Nick Spiak III says. “He seized the moment.”

JUNE 11 & 25 | FROM 2-4PM

1797 ALTAMONT ROAD | GREENVILLE, SC 29609

RIDGES LOT 1 MODEL OPENING SOON

SALES BY CALL CONSERVUS REALTY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

864.608.4608

theridgesatparismountain.com Conservus Realty provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, [Company Name] complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 25

26 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

Featured Home

Cobblestone

732 Brixton Circle, Simpsonville, SC 29681

Home Info Price: $849,900 MLS: 1339410 Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 4.5 Sq. Ft: 4,645 Lot Size: 0.75 Acres Built: 2006 Schools: Oakview Elementary, Beck Middle, and JL Mann High Agent: Melissa Morrell | 864.918.1734 mmorrell@cdanjoyner.com

Exceptional Quality abounds in this one owner Executive home in the prestigious gated community of Cobblestone. The 5 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom home is perfectly positioned on a 3/4 acre lot with access to an acre total that cannot be built on or changed. The outdoor living space is gorgeous....complete with Mature landscaping, sprawling screen porch & patio overlooking lush green grass. The interior is also breathtaking! Two story foyer with an elegant dining room that flows into the Great room. The heart of this home is the gourmet kitchen,

large breakfast area and gracious keeping room with one of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two fireplaces. The kitchen showcases gas cooktop, pot filler, warming drawer & double ovens. The ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suite, on the main level, boasts a private office with pocket doors & richly stained custom built ins. The bathroom features granite vanity tops, tiled floors & separate tub and shower. Upstairs you will be amazed by the floor plan! Two bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom. Two bedrooms have their own private baths. Huge bonus room with French doors, custom shelving & MORE!

OPEN SUNDAY, JUNE 11 from 2-4PM ROPER MOUNTAIN ROAD upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/LAG36R/2417-Roper-Mountain-Road-Simpsonville-SC-1345055

2417 Roper Mtn Road • 3BR/3.5BA $585,000 · MLS# 1345055 Catherine Gushue · 630-7870 CODE 4371858

BARRINGTON PARK

HERITAGE POINT

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/K6GSJR/7-Middleberry-Court-Greer-SC-1341075

317 Scarborough Dr. • 4BR/2.5BA

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/X52W5V/19-Heritage-Point-Drive-Simpsonville-SC-1342002

7 MiddleBerry Court • 4BR/3BA

$537,500 · MLS# 1344790 Chris Toates · 360-6696 CODE 4365202

SUGAR CREEK upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/9T6PDZ/104-Silver-Creek-Road-Greer-SC-1342151

RIVERWOOD FARM

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/S7YGWZ/317-Scarborough-Drive-Greer-SC-1344790

$384,528 · MLS# 1341075 John C. Bennett · 915-8738 CODE 4253473

GRESHAM PARK

19 Heritage Point Drive • 5BR/4.5BA $339,900 · MLS# 1342002 David Jones · 909-0141 CODE 4281110

ALSO OPEN

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/WQQU7F/104-Bedfordton-Court-Simpsonville-SC-1342224

SPAULDING FARM

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/ACJSH3

AUGUSTA ROAD

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/F6DCVB/211-Cammer-Avenue-Greenville-SC-1331299

15 Ryedal Ct • 5BR/4.5BA

$699,900 · MLS# 1320005 CODE 3525306 Stephanie Miller · 915-6076

211 Cammer Ave • 3BR/2BA

$384,900 · MLS# 1331299 CODE 3938877 Catherine Benecke · 838-2670

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR 104 Silver Creek Road • 4BR/2.5BA $314,900 · MLS# 1342151 Bryan DeYoung · 230-8284 CODE 4283499

104 Bedfordton Ct • 3BR/3BA

Text each property’s unique CODE to 67299 for pictures and details.

$249,900 · MLS# 1342224 Melissa Coleman · 360-1026 CODE 4285996

OPEN NEW COMMUNITIES Alta Vista Place upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/VFMPCU

Tues.-Sat. 11 am-5pm, Sun. 2-4 pm Units starting @ $949,000 CODE 2931606 AltaVistaPlace.com 622-5253

Oaks at Woodfin Ridge upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/HAPBF2/112-Southern-Oaks-Drive-Inman-SC-240983

Sat. 1-6 pm Homes starting @ $247,900 112 Southern Oaks Dr. CODE 4165177 Don Hazzard 909-0141

Kensington Creek

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/CNG8RY/630-Cub-Branch-Drive-Spartanburg-SC-241013

Sat. 1-6 pm Homes starting @ $233,100 603 Cub Branch Road CODE 4165183 Don Hazzard 909-0141

Cureton Place

Open Sun. 2-4 pm Units starting @ $400,000 15 Cureton St. • CODE 3418021 Becky Orders 270-0743 Leigh Irwin 380-7755 curetonplace.com

Mirabella

upstateschometours.cdanjoyner.com/home/RFPADR/104-Mirabella-Way-Anderson-SC-1337665

Wed.-Sat. 12-6 pm, Sun. 12-5 pm Homes starting @ $210,000 104 Mirabella Way CODE 4155256 Angela Harmon 508-4462

Let’s find your happy place.

Bringing quality home since 1964. www.CDanJoyner.com

Michelle Roach 640-2556 Easley

Linda Smith 662-2104 Simpsonville

Ellie Linder 430-5881 Augusta Road

Norm MacDonald 313-7353 N. Pleasantburg Dr.

David Poole 879-4239 Greer

Kasey Coffey 354-2323 Pelham Road

Ashley Autrey 979-6363 Garlington Road

BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated franchisee of BHH Affiliates , LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeService of America, Inc.® Equal Housing Opportunity.

28 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

HOME : On the market Club Forest • Open Sun. 2-4 p.m.

Chatsworth • Open Sun. 2-4 p.m.

Roper Mtn. Road • Open Sun. 2-4 p.m.

Hammett’s Glen • Open Sun. 2-4 p.m.

34 Club Forest Lane · $724,900 · MLS# 1338755

131 Haddon Lane · 724,900 · MLS# 1345118

2417 Roper Mountain Road · $585,000 · MLS# 1345055

101 Hammett’s Glen Way · $449,900 · MLS# 1341641

4BR/3.5BA Priced below appraised value! Stately home on 2.5 acres. Freshly painted interior, salt water pool and koi pond. Must see! Pelham to Batesville Road. Left into Chatsworth. Left on Haddon.

3BR/3.5BA 3 BR 3.5 BA 1.92 acre lot. Renovated kitchn/screened porch/in-grnd pool. Kitche:s.s/granite/new cabinets/bay window. Master: jetted tub/dual vanity/walk-in closet. 385-Roper Mountain Rd-home on left before white picket fence/Godfrey Road

4BR/3.5BA Master + 2nd BR on main. Great Rm-Keeping Rm-Bonus-Loft-Salt water Pool-New Roof, Gutters, painting. Lawn Maintenance included in HOA. Parkway to left on Batesville Rd.Right in Hammetts Glen.

Contact: Anne Marchant 420-0009 The Marchant Company

Contact: Linda O’Brien 325-0495 Wilson Associates

Contact: Maggie Aiken 616-4280 BHHS C Dan Joyner REALTORS

Contact: Krista Ligon 430-1845 Southern Realty Group

Augusta Road • Open Sun. 2-4 p.m.

Harrison Cove • Open Sun. 2-4 p.m.

Augusta Road • Open Sun. 2-4 p.m.

Townes at Cardinal Creek • Open Sun. 2-4

203 Phillips Lane · 439,000 · MLS# 1344690

310 Cypresshill Court · $290,000 · MLS# 1344387

221 Cammer Avenue · $339,900 · MLS# 1345177

445 Christiane Way · $183,900 · MLS# 1338126

5BR/3.5BA This home has it all! Updated kitchen perfect for entertaining, grand master suite, spacious bedrooms, screened porch and deck! Faris into Chanticleer, left onto Club Forest, house on right.

4BR/3BA Open floorplan and move-in ready in Augsuta Road area! Newly updated kitchen, large master suite on main. A must see! Augusta Street to Phillips Lane. Home on Left.

Contact: Blair Miller 430-7708 Wilson Associates

4BR/3BA Convenient Five Forks location within a cul-de-sac with Master Bedroom on Main Level, spacious Bonus Room and Sun Room. From Woodruff Rd. take Five Forks Rd to Harrison Cove.

3BR/2BA Updated home on popular street has fabulous master suite on main, gourmet kitchen, separate office/ playroom, den, bonus, laundry and garage! Augusta Road to Cammer Avenue. Home on left towards end.

Contact: Holly May 640-1959 Blackstream Christie’s International Real Estate

Contact: Virginia Hayes 313-2986 Coldwell Banker Caine

3 BR/2.5BA MOVE IN READY townhome in immaculate condition. Open floorplan. Large master. Low maintenance living and convenient location! Woodruff Rd to Smith Hines Rd. Left into Cardinal Creek.

Contact: Angela Rodriguez 430-7708 Wilson Associates

We’re growing.

The Townes at Cardinal Creek

The best of what you need to know curated, condensed + delivered to your inbox and social feeds every day.

422 Christiane Way · $178,500 · MLS# 1345207 3BR/2.5BA end unit. Built 2015, 1592 sqft. Kitchen-granite/ tile/s.s. Hardwoods downstairs/carpet upstairs. Open floor plan. Living rm: gas logs/recessed lighting/built-in Bose.1 car attached garage. Master: dual sinks/walk-in closet/tile shower/floor.

Contact: Maggie Aiken 616-4280 BHHS C Dan Joyner REALTORS

Real Estate News

Charlotte Horney Joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Spartanburg GREENVILLE, S.C. – May 15, 2017 – Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Charlotte Horney as a residential sales agent to its Spartanburg office. Charlotte holds a degree in Art History from Wofford College and previously worked as a showroom assistant at Karen Saks, a high end interior design showroom in North Carolina, before receiving her real estate license.

thechstoday.com

gvltoday.com

colatoday.com

Charlotte is eager to put her creative About Coldwell Banker Caine stamp on her real estate business. CharAs a premier provider of full-service lotte is an avid volunteer for the Spartanburg Humane Society and is passion- real estate in the Upstate, Coldwell Bankate about animal rescue. She also plays er Caine is a nationally competitive firm the piano and enjoys interior design, as that has the highest per person producshe is currently decorating and renovat- tivity in the Upstate. The company offers ing her new home. “Charlotte’s vibrancy quality residential and commercial real and creative eye are an excellent addition estate services across Greenville, SpartanPickens counties. Famto our Spartanburg office,” said Stephen RGB burg, Oconee andRGB ily owned and operated, Coldwell Banker RGB Edgerton, president R=128 HEX and CEO of Coldwell R=147 HEX HEX providing service beyondR=117 Banker Caine. “Her perspective as#93cc42 a re- Caine has been G=204 G=207 #80cfd5 #75aadb the contract to the Upstate communityG=170 cent Wofford alumna and passion forB=213 the B=66 since 1933. Visit the website at cbcaine.B=219 Spartanburg community make her a woncom or follow their social media channels: derful asset to her clients.” Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

HEX #0084a1

RGB R=0 HEX G=132 #0b7d18 B=161

RGB R=11 HEX G=125 #004779 B=24

RGB R=0 G=71 B=121

The Leading Luxury Brand with Global Visibility and Unparalleled Service. EQUESTRIAN/GOLF

120 E Round Hill Road, Greenville $2,495,000 MLS#1335830 Shannon Donahoo 864-329-7345

NEW LISTING

1209 Mtn. Summit Road, Travelers Rest $2,100,000 MLS#1345505 Shannon Donahoo 864-329-7345 SOLD

30 Vaughnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill Ct., Simpsonville $429,900 MLS#1343442 Lana Smith 864-608-8313

SOLD

705 Spring Meadow Way, Simpsonville $190,000 MLS#1342071 Lana Smith 864-608-8313

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

NEW LISTING

350 Laguna Lane, Simpsonville $449,500 MLS#1337909 Holly May 864-640-1959 UNDER CONTRACT

310 Cypresshill Court, Simpsonville $290,000 MLS#1344387 Holly May 864-640-1959

204 Meyers Drive, Greenville $629,000 MLS#1341854 David Porter 864-637-9302

516 S Bennetts Bridge Rd., Simpsonville $275,000 MLS#1333944 Lana Smith 864-608-8313 UNDER CONTRACT

13 Ellesmere Drive, Greenville $189,900 MLS#1345263 Kennie Norris 864-608-0865

316 Laguna Lane, Simpsonville $405,889 MLS#1345193 Holly May 864-640-1959 UNDER CONTRACT

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

18 Hartwell Drive, Simpsonville $185,000 MLS#1342076 Lana Smith 864-608-8313

blackstreaminternational.com

51 Meadow Rose Dr., Travelers Rest $315,000 MLS#1337960 Joe Gobbett 864-553-1998 UNDER CONTRACT

921 Cooks Bridge Road, Fountain Inn $254,900 MLS#1339589 Kris Cawley 864-516-6580 UNDER CONTRACT

215 Piney Mountain Road, Greenville $184,900 MLS#1343524 Michael Mumma 864-238-2542

30 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

HOME Real Estate News

horse farm authority. Damian’s knowledge of our community, understanding of his clients’ needs, and proven marketing strategies has made him one of Greenville’s most sought after Real Estate Professionals. His marketing acumen and passion have led him to several keynote speaking engagements at nation(May 15, 2017) – Damien Hall and Andy Over- al conferences. gaard, from the Damien Hall Group, have joined After seeing the need for accomBlackStream | Christie’s International Real Estate. modations near the new Tryon International Equestrian Center, Damian founded Tryon Retreats. Tryon Retreats is a luxe vacation rental company offering accommodations for horse shows and mountain getaways in Lake Lure, Tryon, Saluda and the surrounding foothills of North Carolina. Tryon Retreats is now recognized as the premier vacation rental firm in the area, managing over 60 farms, lake homes, cabins and estates. Outside of the office, you’ll find Damian either on a boat on Lake Keowee, enjoying downtown Greenville’s festivals and restaurants, or on a horse in Tryon’s famed Hunting Country.

BlackStream | Christie’s International Real Estate Welcome Two New Realtors

THERE’S SOMETHING BIG COMING! WE A R E S TA F F I N G U P WI TH EXCEL L EN T AG E N T S WE OFFER: Tom Ferry Training Vibrant downtown location Very competitive commission rates No franchise fees or desk fees

For more information, call us at

864.616.7031

C O N S E R V U S R E A LT Y.C O M

16 North Main Street | Greenville, SC 29601 Conservus Realty provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, [Company Name] complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Damien Hall With over a decade of real estate experience, Damian Hall is a recognized leader among Greenville area young professionals. He has worked with a number of CEO’s, physicians, professional athletes, and celebrities. Originally from Charleston, Damian has been a resident of downtown Greenville for the past 5 years. He could not be happier that all of his favorite lowcountry restaurants like Halls Chophouse, Caviar & Bananas and Husk, are starting to make their way into the Greenville market. Damian distinguished himself as a top player in the luxury arena with RE/ MAX prior to accepting an offer from Blackstream Christie’s when they opened their doors in Greenville. Damian takes pride in his team’s Ritz Carlton style service and attention to every detail. He brings to the table a multitude of real estate and marketing experience, including luxury residential, equestrian, commercial, development projects and property management. This vast understanding allows Damian to confidently handle complex transactions making him your luxury home and

Andy Overgaard After many ventures in different areas of business, Andy Overgaard brings a wide palate of knowledge to the table. He’s a well-respected member of Upcountry South Carolina as well as Western North Carolina, where he lived for 13 years. Andy’s recent venture into the field of Real Estate has been deemed by him as his favorite and one that he plans on pursuing for years and years to come. In November of 2016, he was invited to become a part of the Damian Hall Group as a REALTOR® and an executive assistant to the CEO. Overgaard considers it “a high honor” to become a key player in the development of

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 31

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

HOME the Blackstream | Christies International Real Estate company in the Greenville-metro market. With a deep passion for non-profit organizations, Overgaard currently serves on the board of the Greenville Polo Classic which benefits the Neurological branch of the Greenville Hospital System. Neurological research hits home for Andy because he lost his father in 2010 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Overgaard enjoys supporting local non-profit ministries as well such as Clayton King Ministries in Anderson, SC and the Bridge Church in Western North Carolina. His mantra is simple: “Want joy? Want happiness? Serve others. Love others. Mean it.” Andy’s passion and love for our area is second-to-none. Outside of the office, you can find him fly fishing with his girlfriend Hannah, on his road bike on the Swamp Rabbit Trail, or teeing off with friends at The Cliff ’s Mountain Park, one of his favorite local golf courses.”

About Christie’s International Real Estate Christie’s International Real Estate is an invitation-only affiliate network composed of the world’s most proven and qualified real estate specialists in the luxury residential sector. The company has offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Moscow, Los Angeles, and Palm Beach, and approximately 135 global affiliates with 31,000 real estate professionals in 45 countries. For more information, please visit christiesrealestate.com

About BlackStream International Real Estate BlackStream joined forces with Christie’s International Real Estate in 2016, becoming the network’s exclusive Upstate area affiliate. BlackStream’s mission is to build relationships with their clients and put their needs first. For more information, visit blackstreaminternational.com

Tim Keagy Recognized as First Twenty Year Legend for Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices C.Dan Joyner, Realtors Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS is proud to announce that C. Tim Keagy has been awarded the Twenty Year Legend designation by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. This prestigious award requires qualifying for the network’s Chairman’s Circle, based on gross commission income or residential units, for twenty years. Keagy was one of only ten agent/ teams recognized as Twenty Year Legends during Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ National Convention held in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the first sales associate in the company’s 53 year history to earn this distinction.

“We are incredibly proud of Tim for his attainment of this incredible first within our company,” says Danny Joyner, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, REALTORS. “Tim leads The Keagy Team in providing their clients with superior service and integrity. He is an example for all that if you do what is right, the results will follow.”

Top 5 Reasons to Buy at NewStyle Communities #1 MAIN T EN AN CE-FR EE LIVING

Full Exterior maintenance from “top to bottom”

#2 S in gl e-s t ory Ar c hitecture

We know how much you dislike stairs

#3 Close Proximity to Medical Care In a wellness-centered community

#4 Min u t es t o S h op ping, Dining a nd Enterta inm ent Save time and gas

#5 Awar d-Win n in g D e sig ns

Full brick exterior and outdoor space

Read about all 55 Reasons to buy from us at 55r ea s o n s t o b u y.c o m Allison Wallace | 704.208.8810 NewStyleCommunities.com AN EPCON COMMUNITIES FRANCHISE.

32 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

HOME

SOLD: Greenville Transactions For the week of May 8 – 12, 2017 SUBD.

PRICE SELLER

$6,000,000 PELHAM DAVIS PARK $4,102,105 $3,050,000 $1,150,000 KINGSBRIDGE $720,000 THORNBLADE $700,000 QUAIL HILL ESTATES $691,403 AUGUSTA CIRCLE $607,500 AUGUSTA CIRCLE $607,500 CHANTICLEER $593,000 BARKSDALE $589,000 AUGUSTA CIRCLE $585,000 $560,000 TUXEDO PARK $550,000 THE RESERVE AT GREEN VALLEY $518,000 GOWER ESTATES $510,000 $507,500 SPAULDING FARMS $492,500 VALLEY AT TANNER ESTATES $478,000 SUMMER PLACE $460,000 PARK HILL $460,000 $449,200 KILGORE FARMS $447,000 ACADIA $436,849 HANNU PLACE $400,000 $400,000 $392,000 $390,000 WINDWOOD COTTAGES $385,000 $379,000 FIRETHORNE $378,581 COVENTRY $377,837 THE VILLAS @ OAK GROVE $369,995 LOST RIVER $363,736 $358,500 STONEFIELD COTTAGES $357,691 $353,000 FORRESTER WOODS $353,000 $350,000 LINKSIDE $350,000 $340,000 CLIFFS AT GLASSY $337,500 SUMMER VALLEY $332,900 SAVANNAH $329,900 FORESTVIEW $329,693 $324,900 MORNING MIST $324,000 BELSHIRE $320,513 $320,000 GOWER ESTATES $319,000 BELSHIRE $309,010 TIMBERLAKE $309,000 VALLEY VIEW “GOLF COMMUNITY” $305,000 CASTLE ROCK $294,900 $293,000 PLANTATION HILL $291,500 ONEAL VILLAGE $289,425 THE PARK AT PENDLETON WEST $285,000 THE OAKS AT FOWLER $282,000 MEADOW POINTE $282,000 MEADOW POINTE $282,000 RICHWOOD $280,000

CRE ROCKWELL GREENVILLE CANDACE AIR INC INLAND WESTERN GREER WAD BAD COMPANY PROPERTIES L EARNEST EVELYN G D’AGOSTINO BETH ANN (JTW REDDICK SYBIL R CURRIE COLLEEN NEI GLOBAL RELOCATION CO STODDARD JEAN P REVOCABL VARIN ROGER R POLLARD LESLEY CHRISTINA WALNUT HILL APARTMENTS L GILMER ALLAN L MERITAGE HOMES OF SOUTH CAPPIO CLAIRE M WORLEY LIVING TRUST OESER RICHARD J JAGANATHAN ANANDKUMAR HIGGINS DONALD H TRYAN PAMELA CHRISTINE BEIGE MARC P DUFF BRIAN ACADIA TOWNHOMES LLC MACHIN PAUL J CHAPMAN ENTERPRISES OF G KENNEDY KYLE P HAGY DANA KELLEY ROSEWOOD COMMUNITIES INC WILLARD WARREN W DAN RYAN BUILDERS S C LL DAN RYAN BUILDERS SOUTH D R HORTON INC MERITAGE HOMES OF SOUTH STEIFLE WILLIAM C ROSEWOOD COMMUNITIES INC MADDUX LAUREN BENTLEY (J FOX LENDING LLC SPSM LTD NEWTON RHONDA T REVOCABL PHILPOT MARGIE F (LIFE E SHIELDS REBECCA ALLEN COREY L (JTWROS) GABRIELE MARYELLEN COBBLESTONE HOMES LLC KELLETT WILLIAM B REVOC THRELFALL DANIEL J (JTWR NVR INC RALLIS HOLDINGS LLC GRIEBEL LEHSA M NVR INC MEAD AMANDA K NIEMELA JONATHAN HENSLEY JEREMY R (JTWROS CAPPS GARY L BURNS INVESTMENTS LLC SABAL HOMES AT ONEAL VIL CIRELLI ALYSSA D HOWARD ROAD ASSOCIATES L COJAC DEVELOPMENT LLC COJAC DEVELOPMENT LLC SNYDER BRIAN C (JTWROS)

BUYER SOMERA ROAD-5024 PELHAM SOMERA ROAD-INTERSTATE B GREER RITE AID LLC OCHO FARMS LLC BLACK JOHN ROBERT JOHNSON ERIC B AUGHTRY BRUCE B NEI GLOBAL RELOCATION CO TRACEY ANTHONY J (JTWROS CHALLIS CHRISTOPHER N (J ATKINS ANTHONY W (JTWROS SEDLAK JENNIFER (JTWROS) SWEENY WESLEY D (JTWROS) WINTON JAIME P (JTWROS) MCKINNEY JANICE K (JTWRO FELDER FREDERICK J III ( FOLKNER DAVID CATTELL DENNIS A (JTWROS KUMAR KANIKA (JTWROS) KORMYLO MATTHEW JOHN (JT SOLESBEE LYNN ALAN (JTWR FAIRVIEW GROUP LLC KESSLER JONATHAN W (JTWR STREVELER ERIK M DAVISSON TROY (JTWROS) FABULOUSLY FRUGAL LLC PETERS FANNY GASKINS TIFFANY N (JTWRO STEVING LEONARD V VEJNAR MARK WADE THACKSTON ANGIE P HITT TAMMY JB PATEL PRAVIN B FERRI ANDREA LAZZELL (JT BENNETT ANDREW B (JTWROS STEWART CARIE A (JTWROS) AMELING BRIAN (JTWROS) GROSSMAN GREGORY H CHICK-FIL-A INC HILL DERRICK TIAWAN 4161 WHITE HORSE LLC KELLOGG BRUCE ALAN (JTWR FULLER ANA E (JTWROS) CUNNINGHAM RICO B NEWTON FRED R (JTWROS) THOMASON DANA L (JTWROS) RICKARD HEATHER (JTWROS) ESTRADA BILLY J (JTWROS) NASON KATHERINE ANN (JTW DUNCAN DAVID JAMES DEJESUS OTONIEL (JTWROS) KITTLESON JACOB J BREIMANN MARIE APPLEBY ( MADISON JERMEIS C (JTWRO KODY JOSEPH M (JTWROS) HAMBY CHRISTINA F (JTWRO EASTON ERIC J (JTWROS) TOMESEK MICHAEL K (JTWRO D R HORTON INC SUTHERLAND AMY C (JTWROS ELLIOTT ELIZABETH N SANDERS EMILY H

ADDRESS 115 E 34TH ST #1569 115 EAST 34TH ST NUMBER 1569 2543 LOCUST HILL RD 101 E WASHINGTON ST STE 400 105 KENTON CT 405 THORNBLADE BLVD 32 QUAIL HILL DR 103 WACCAMAW AVE 103 WACCAMAW AVE 139 W SEVEN OAKS DR 4 BARKSDALE RD 201 AUGUSTA DR 347 RIVERSIDE DR 23 CHESTNUT SPRINGS CT 156 GRASSY MEADOW DR 103 ALDRIDGE DR 21 JONES AVE 113 HUNTERS RUN 31 ROCKHAMPTON DR 311 SUMMERPLACE WAY 11 N BROOKWOOD DR 714 FAIRVIEW RD 205 PLACID FOREST CT 4 VILLAGE MEWS RD 3 HANNU CT 1140 WOODRUFF RD STE 106-214 2567 HOLLY MANOR DR 175 SNOW RD 92 VINTON DR 233 STEWART RD 201 FIREFLY CT 120 LONGFELLOW WAY 208 MERITTA TRL 54 FOXMOOR CT 2500 AUGUSTA ST 683 PONDEN DR 412 OVERBROOK RD 2 STARLING CT 5200 BUFFINGTON RD 401 RAES CREEK DR 402 BERKSHIRE HL 11 THE CLIFFS PKWY 14 SUMMER VALLEY CT 18 HABERSHAM CT 114 RAINEY RD 9 ROCKMONT RD 606 TULIP TREE LN 108 BELSHIRE DR 104 CARMEL ST 14 PIMLICO RD 156 BELSHIRE DR 101 BISCAYNE DR 3 PINEROCK DR 3 WADSWORTH CT 341 HART CUT RD 4070 BERRY MILL RD 204 NOBLE ST 208 ANDERSON ST 8001 ARROWRIDGE BLVD 6 LONGTAIL CT 34 FONTAINE RD 48 RICHWOOD DR

SUBD.

PRICE SELLER

GARLINGTON PLACE $280,000 PELHAM FALLS $277,000 HARRISON COVE $274,900 WINDSOR CREEK $265,500 MCDOWELL PLANTATION $265,500 SWANSGATE $262,500 $262,500 1200 PELHAM $262,500 COVENTRY $260,179 $259,000 SHENANDOAH FARMS $257,000 BOTANY WOODS $255,000 SILVERLEAF $252,000 $250,000 WINDERMERE $249,000 PARK RIDGE $248,000 MEADOW POINTE $246,000 BRYSON MEADOWS $245,780 FOX TRACE $245,000 PELHAM ESTATES $241,100 AMBER OAKS FARM $240,978 NEELY FARM - LAUREL BROOK $240,000 ST MARK COTTAGES $235,490 $235,000 NORTH RIDGE $234,500 BOTANY WOODS $230,000 THE EDGE ON NORTH MAIN $230,000 SHERWOOD FOREST $229,500 LENNOX LAKE $228,800 HERITAGE CREEK $228,000 VICTORIA PARK $227,500 NEELY FARM - LAUREL BROOK $226,000 $225,000 $225,000 GRIFFIN PARK $223,417 $221,900 FOX TRACE $215,000 THE FARM AT SANDY SPRINGS $213,000 $212,000 MORNING MIST FARM $212,000 MILL POND AT RIVER SHOALS $211,575 CHARTWELL ESTATES $210,530 HARMONY CIRCLE $210,000 PARIS MOUNTAIN GARDENS $210,000 SHELBURNE FARMS $209,900 TANNER’S MILL $209,500 CARTERS GROVE $206,000 GRESHAM WOODS $202,000 BAYWOOD PLACE $198,000 PLANTERS ROW $195,000 TANNER’S MILL $193,000 $190,000 THE HEIGHTS $190,000 PEPPERTREE $190,000 POPLAR DRIVE EXT $189,750 CREEKSIDE@BRIDGES CROSSING $186,500 MORNING MIST FARM $185,000 TOWNES AT CARDINAL CREEK $183,750 AUGUSTA TERRACE $183,000 HAMPTON FARMS $182,812 SOUTH FORTY $182,000 GLENDALE $182,000

DISMUKE CYNTHIA D REVOCA HAYWARD CAROLYN T YADAVALLI SREERAM BODENBACH JOHN OTTO (JTW GREEN BRANDON M (JTWROS) GALLOWAY ROBERT D SR & P CAROLINA WALKER ENTERPRI STUBLEY-STOVALL ELAINE DAN RYAN BUILDERS S C LL KRAUSE JANE M MOODY KRISTINA L DANNHEISSER D H KIMBRELL JOHN B (JTWROS) RAY LAURIE PARKER HUFF CLIFFORD D RAIL SIDE PROPERTY LLC COJAC DEVELOPMENT LLC MUNGO HOMES INC HACKETT ALEXANDRA S (JTW FIRST FRANKLIN MORTG LOA SK BUILDERS INC MCMAHON ALISA S ENCHANTED CONSTRUCTION L RODGERS TIMOTHY E BURNS ANDREW P LANGLEY BARBARA T REVOC POWERS CAMERON MIMS LOUIS MARION JR KNAPP MADELINE M GRIFFITH LANCE (JTWROS) HUFF BRIAN A (JTWROS) ROSE STEVEN K (JTWROS) MCDONALD GREGORY E NEI GLOBAL RELOCATION CO EASTWOOD CONSTRUCTION LL KESSLER JONATHAN WILLIAM DANELZ ANDREW J OCONNELL JAMES G DECENDE OWENS W DONALD GUTHRIE KENNETH MITCHELL NVR INC SK BUILDERS INC CUMMINGS MICHAEL A CHAPMAN NANCY C MITCHELL ANDREW C HAMBY CHRISTINA F YOKEL IRVING VANOSDOL JEFFREY M T M PROPERTIES LLC WILLIAM HEATHER R JOHNSON BRIAN P JP & TW HOLDINGS LLC ZITO NANCY B ELMORE DANIEL C 1010 POPLAR DR RXT LAND WHITFORD AMY C STIREWALT ROBERT L TCC VENTURE LLC GRANT GERMAINE L SK BUILDERS INC RAINEY GINA L (L-EST) LOURES ELISMAR

BUYER

ADDRESS

YARBROUGH RANDALL A NADIG THOMAS ARCHIBALD MICHAEL (JTWRO YI ERIC (JTWROS) WEAVER ASHLEY PUGH (JTWR CAPPIO CLAIRE M SARKELA 12 LLC TOLLIVER ANITA S TEMPLETON CHRISTINE HEHL TURNER AMANDA B PHILLIPS SHARI D (JTWROS HARDIMAN MICHALE J J (JT AMOS ZACHARY P (JTWROS) WARMOTH FRANCIS J SR NAUTA AMY BROWN STANLEY M GULLEDGE JAMES G JR (JTW IKWUEME-TAYLOR CRYSTAL E LARSEN JONATHAN DAVID (J BURDETTE GEORGE CARSON ADAM S (JTWROS) MCMAHON ALISA (JTWROS) WHITE SHARON (JTWROS) DUDASH ALEXIS CATHERINE MAGNUS ROBERT STEWART PATRICIA K CROMER PATRICIA REDMOND WILLIAM LOUIS JR ANDERSON CHARLEEN M (JTW GRIFFIN HENRY DAVID III WILLIAMS DENTON Z HANCOX HEATHER R (JTWROS NEI GLOBAL RELOCATION CO HEISS REBECCA S BOLIVAR HOLLY D (JTWROS) BONNETTE REAGAN FILE (JT DANIELS JAMES P (JTWROS) MILLINGTON BRITTANY RENE SAFRIT BRYCE ERDMAN APRIL M (JTWROS) MINKEL DEBRA (JTWROS) PERI SUDHIR KUMAR EDGE ROBIN DENISE CALVIN GINA J (JTWROS) PIUS MICHAEL JOSEPH (JTW MCKINNEY WILLIAM MERRITT MCLENDON ERIC N TYLER LEAH MANI KELLY STEVEN D (JTWROS) COSTANZO CORY L HUNT JENNIFER (JTWROS) OUTDOOR PROPERTIES LLC WHITLOCK JILL BRYSON (JT MAGGIO MATHIEU GROSS STACY MARIE BAYNE CHELSEA S (JTWROS) LISTMAN BROOKE (JTWROS) NVR INC SHERER CALEB LOWE CAROL E DAVIDSON DAVID W JR (JTW RAUSHENBERGER AMBERLEY E

108 GELSEMIUM PL 433 RIVER WAY DR 305 CYPRESS HILL CT 124 WINDSOR CREEK CT 205 CROSSINGTON WAY 104 HUMMINGBIRD RDG 2433 QUANTUM BLVD 1275 SHADOW WAY 712 LOCKHURST DR 107 JOHNSON DR 322 STRASBURG DR 10 RIVIERA DR 213 E SHEFFORD ST 203 MEADOW WOOD DR 403 STONE SHIELD WAY PO BOX 1214 11 HIDDEN HILLS DR 19 HOWARDS END CT 39 DANDIE DR 211 BOUCHILLION DR 300 AMBER OAKS DR 17 INDIAN LAUREL CT 303 MOSSY ROCK CT 24 RANDALL DR 45 SUMMER ROSE CT 510 CHEROKEE DR 22 EDGE CT UNIT C 7 DON DR 306 LAKE LENNOX DR 262 OAK BRANCH DR 322 BARRETT CHASE DR 600 WILD HORSE CREEK DR 2707 N 118TH ST 141 HUNTER RD 2 ELLIS MILL ST 16 OVERBROOK RD 167 BORDER AVE 161 PENDOCK LN 2543 LOCUST HILL RD 405 COTTON HALL CT 43 TELLICO ST 14008 GARFIELD ST 24 HARMONY CIR 1427 BEAVER DAM RD 7 BELLOWS FALLS DR 304 WHIXLEY LN 102 WESTOVER PL 308 BIRKENSTOCK CT 13130 HIGHWAY 76 W 407 FIELDGATE CT 110 STAPLEFORD PARK DR 409 HIGHWAY 418 8 TIMLIN DR 1007 FOX ROW 1016 POPLAR DRIVE EXT 213 CAPE NEDDICK LN 9 BRISTLECONE CT 11 BRENDAN WAY STE 140 23 CRYSTAL AVE 313 HAMPTON FARMS TRL 107 SADDLE HORN LN 302 BALCOME BLVD

Not all agents are created equal.

GO BEYOND THE EXPECTED.

Tim Keagy 864-905-3304

Ted Green 864-684-8789

Ray Bergey 757-409-4900

864.295.2846 | www.CTKteam.com

Angela Harmon 864-508-4462

Andrew Van 864-905-3737

Sean Keagy 864-230-1348

77 PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS 37 PHOTOGRAPHS 5 ARTISTS 4 GENERATIONS 3 GALLERIES 2 EXHIBITIONS combine to tell the story of

1 AMERICAN FAMILY

THE WYETH DYNASTY NOW ON VIEW

Greenville County Museum of Art Presented by

420 College Street on Heritage Green 864.271.7570 gcma.org Wed - Sat 10 am - 5 pm Sun 1 pm - 5 pm

Journal Wyeth numbers.indd 1

admission free

5/21/17 7:25 PM

ARTS & CULTURE CENTRE STAGE STRIPS DOWN TO ITS UNDIES WITH ‘INTIMATE APPAREL’ page

RADIO ROOM FINDS A NEW HOME page

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

CORRIE WANG EXPLORES THE DARK SIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA page

Antoinette Hall in Centre Stage’s “Intimate Apparel.” Photo by Will Crooks

06.09.2017| |GREENVILLE GREENVILLEJOURNAL JOURNAL| |XX 35 05.26.2017

36 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

CULTURE

NEW DIGS, NEW GIGS

VINTAGE TURKISH RUG TRUNK SHOW • JUNE 15 - 18

Radio Room ﬁnds a new home closer to downtown VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

vharris@communityjournals.com

For the past couple of years, David Raghib and Geoffrey Cannada have faced a challenge: how to continue to bring live acts to their popular North Pleasantburg Drive club, the Radio Room, despite the venue’s limited capacity of 65 people. For some acts, including those that loved the spot and wanted to return, their contracts’ capacity stipulations made a Radio Room show impossible. So for the past few years, Raghib and Cannada searched for new locations for the Radio Room. Each time, the prospect of a new venue always seemed to fall through. Until now. Sometime during July — maybe even the first day — the current home of the Radio Room will close the doors after six years and set up shop at 110 Poinsett Highway, the present-day location of the Independent Public Ale House. In the Radio Room’s new digs, it will have double the capacity

and room to grow. “We just couldn’t seem to find the perfect place,” Raghib says. “So we kind of kept biding our time and putting it off because we wanted to make sure that it would be a success. We didn’t want to get into something and get ahead of ourselves.” Shortly after the deal was lined up, Raghib and Cannada called Wes Gilliam. In 2015, after a five-year-long stint booking multi-genre shows at the Radio Room, Gilliam moved on. He still booked some shows around town, at places like IPA, Zen, and the Ninjaplex, but he was mostly phasing that part of his life out. Instead, he focused on his career in photography and video production. “We’d always assumed if we were going to move, we were going to get back with Wes,” Raghib says. “We knew that taking a step forward into a larger venue like this, it would be more complicated and we’d be taking on more than we could handle unless we got somebody that could help.” Booking has already begun for the Radio

VINTAGE TURKISH RUG TRUNK SHOW • JUNE 15 - 18

Huge savings during the Trunk Show! 864-241-0100 2222 augusta street, unit 1 4roomsgreenville.com mon-sat 10am-6pm; sun 1-5pm

GIFTS • HOME DECOR • OCCASIONAL PIECES • ACCENTS

Huge savings during the Trunk Show! Wes Gilliam (center) will join Radio Room founders Geoﬀrey Cannada (seated,864-241-0100 left) and David Raghib (standing, right) and bar manager Rhett Lumsden as they move the club to a new location on 2222 augusta street, unit 1 Poinsett Highway. Photo by Will Crooks

4roomsgreenville.com

Room’s new space — which will still be or so I’ve heard,” Raghib says. “All of our mon-sat 10am-6pm; sun 1-5pm called the Radio Room. contacts, we’ve treated them well. Even if “We’ve been fortunate, between Wes they’ve outgrown this place, they still want GIFTS HOME DECOR • OCCASIONAL ACCENTS and I, to•build a strong word-of-mouth, to play here. PIECES That’s why•we’re taking the brand, our name, with us.” The new venue should also benefit both national and Upstate acts. “With the bigger capacity and stage, we can get some of those bigger bands who come through. We can provide a green room, the right sound system, and enough stage space now,” Gilliam adds. “But we’re still going to support local bands, too.” There are some other changes in store for the Radio Room, as well, including an expanded menu and renovated restrooms. “We’re going to open around 3 or 4 p.m., so we can have a happy hour,” Cannada says. “And we’ll be closing at 2 a.m. instead of later.” Cannada adds, “It’s also going to be a public club instead of private, so it’s going to be more accessible too, and we can do more marketing and advertising.” Perhaps most importantly, shows at the new Radio Room will be starting on time. If a band is supposed to be onstage at 8 p.m., they’ll be onstage at 8 p.m. And there will be a strictly enforced no-smoking policy, as well. The trio of Raghib, Cannada, and Gilat your liam knows that some of the loyal folks favorite tequila who swear by the Pleasantburg Drive locawatering hole tion won’t like the changes, but their hope is that both new and old fans will come out and give the Poinsett site a chance. “If you’ve been hesitant to come out to the Radio Room, give us a try,” Cannada HornitosTequila.com says. “It’s going to be an improvement on everything we’ve been doing.”

Ask for a Hornitos souvenir cup

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 37

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

We are seeking the BEST

to serve the BEST!

GCCA hopes to turn a cotton warehouse in Brandon Mill into a space for 3-D artists such as ceramicists, jewelers, and metalworkers.

THE ART OF RENAISSANCE

Greenville Center for Creative Arts celebrates the past, looks to future CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF

clandrum@communityjournals.com

Three years ago, Carrie Burns Brown and Randy Armstrong were among Greenville’s visual arts orphans. At the time, visuals artists had few communal spaces where they could learn, collaborate, and create, so Armstrong and Brown decided to start one. “We needed a home,” Armstrong said. “When need collides with creativity and determination, you have an explosion of wonderfulness, which is what we have here. We were determined.” “And stubborn,” said Linda Furman, another founding artist. The pair, along with several other co-founders, ultimately landed a spot at the recently revitalized Brandon Mill, a textile mill that once was the lifeblood of the Village of West Greenville but which is now home to apartments and co-working spaces. Together they and eight others founded the Greenville Center for Creative Arts. Today, Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) has space in the mill’s cloth building for 16 studio artists and a gallery. Meanwhile, its Brandon Fellowship program provides university-style studio space, stipends for supplies, and access to classes to Greenville County artists between 21 and 30 years of age. It also hosts the Contemporary Print Collective, a group of printmakers in Greenville who work to foster awareness for original handmade prints. To date, GCCA has raised $1 million to buy Brandon Mill’s cloth building and a separate cotton warehouse from developer Pace Burt. So far, it has received $250,000 from Greenville County and another $250,000 from the Community Foundation of Greenville. “It’s been incredible. When effort and en-

ergy and passion and money comes together, amazing things happen,” Brown said. But the work is only beginning. The visual arts groups wants to raise another $4 million to turn the cotton warehouse into space for 3-D artists, as well as make energy improvements to its main facility and start a general purpose endowment that could be used to subsidize tuition and provide scholarships for neighborhood residents, said Cherington Shucker, executive director of GCCA. “If we landed in this neighborhood and the neighborhood can’t participate, it’s all for naught,” Brown said. The cotton warehouse renovation would provide space for media such as ceramics, jewelry, metalworking, and, perhaps, glass. “Anything with an open flame,” Shucker said. “That allows us to get into a whole new area that is not served in Greenville.” GCCA can’t have those in its main building because it is attached to residential in the main mill. There’s 5,000 square feet of basement space in the main GCCA building that could be turned into usable space, perhaps a darkroom, Shucker said. GCCA has had 800 students go through its arts school since it opened. It hopes to eventually have 1,500 students per year. Just last week, some of the founders and board members met to figure out how to increase exhibition space by making additional walls available for “featured artists.” While raising $4 million is a challenge, the bigger challenge is to get more of the community and visual artists involved in the arts, especially the younger crowd, Brown said. “We’ve got to get an endowment to keep this going, but more importantly, we have to get youth involved who have the same vision.” “We’ve got our work cut out for us,” Brown said.

Do you want to know more about Cascades? We have hiring managers and fellow caregivers to meet with you and discuss your interests in a job. Mark your calendar and we’ll see you next Wednesday!

Cascades Career Sessions Wednesday of each week 3:00 – 5:30 pm 267 Old Sulphur Springs Road Greenville SC 29607

Now accepting applications for: • CNA/Certified Nursing Assistants • Maintenance Technicians/HVAC • PRN RNs & LPNs

864-528-5501 • Cascades-Verdae.com

38 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

Remember Dad this Father’s Day! GREENVILLE

FOREST PARK SHOPPING CENTER 27 S. Pleasantburg Dr., St. 20

CULTURE

GETTING CLOSER

Centre Stage’s ‘Intimate Apparel’ looks at the joys and vulnerabilities of intimacy

Mon.-Sat. 9-9; Sun. 11-7

864.242.4856

VINCENT HARRIS | CONTRIBUTOR

vharris@communityjournals.com

GREENVILLE

WOODRUFF ROAD 1601 Woodruff Rd. Ste. A/B

864.603.5550

COLUMBIA

TRENHOLM PLAZA 4840 Forest Dr. Mon.-Sat. 9-8; Sun. 10-6

803.454.7700

www.garnersnaturallife.com

GIFT CARD SALE GOOD THRU JUNE 18 ONLY.

Buy a $100 gift card for $75 • Buy a $50 gift card for $40

DOOR SALES EVENT Designer Collection

WHOLE HOME SPECIAL

159

Per Installed Door

WALK-IN CLOSETS • BEDROOMS • PANTRIES • LAUNDRY ROOMS • GARAGES

Sitting at the center of Lynn Nottage’s 2003 play “Intimate Apparel” is a 35-year-old black woman named Esther. She lives in a boardinghouse in New York, and the year is 1905. She’s illiterate, but she’s also an amazing seamstress, creating beautiful undergarments for the women of Manhattan, whether they’re high-society social butterflies or prostitutes. As the play opens, Esther is both practical and a dreamer. She’s saved every penny that she can so that she can open her own beauty salon someday, but at the same time, she’s carrying on a fantasy-like correspondence (aided by others at the boardinghouse who can write letters for her) with a lonely Caribbean man named George. Eventually, George comes to America, and the intimacy of the letters they’d written each other becomes the more realistic intimacy of man and wife. And as often happens, fantasy and reality don’t quite match. Kerrie Seymour, director of Centre Stage’s production of “Intimate Apparel,” says she wasn’t sure Antoinette Hall was the right fit for the role of Esther at first. “She’s too young for the role,” Seymour says. “But as soon as I saw everything she brought to it, I didn’t care about her age. She mentions in the play that she’s 35 many times, and she’s doing such amazing work that I believe her. She has a vulnerability and a softness about her while still being tough in her way. She’s playing the role so beautifully. You fall in love with her pretty quickly and you want the best for her.” As for the more complicated role of George, who will be played by Stephen Brown, he essentially appears in two different worlds during the play: His life through his letters in the first act, and the real man living with Esther in the second. “In all of Act 1, he only exists in his letters.” Seymour says. “He’s visible, but he’s not part of the world of the play having dialogue with

“INTIMATE APPAREL” WHEN Thursday–Sunday, June 15–July 1 Showtimes: 8 p.m. (Thursday–Saturday), 3 p.m. (Sunday)

Carolina Doors & Closets Serving Greenville & Surrounding Cities

Call for your FREE estimate 864.641.6700 onedaycarolina.com

WHERE Centre Stage

AN AUTHORIZED DEALER OF

TICKETS $16.50–$31.50 INFO 864-233-6733, centrestage.org

Antoinette Hall stars as Esther, a seamstress living in New York in 1905. Photo by Will Crooks

anyone. They do not meet until the end of Act 1. We staged him so he doesn’t enter Esther’s world until his arrival in Manhattan.” It might be easy to see George as the villain of “Intimate Apparel,” because in many ways he’s not the man he presents himself to be in his letters, and that becomes increasingly clear as Act 2 progresses. But Seymour doesn’t see him that way. “Stephen and I and have talked a lot about his reasons for contacting Esther, and his reasons for coming to New York,” she says. “And I think he starts this correspondence with all of the best intentions. Yes, he wants to come to America and pursue that American dream, but he comes counting on plentiful work, and when he gets here, he realizes how hard it is in 1905 for a black man to find work.” So in a way, George’s own fantasy meets a harsh reality, as well. “He ends up consistently having to ask his wife for money,” Seymour says. “And I think we often hear stories about someone in a relationship who feels that they depend too much on another person, and they act out in different ways. They want to find out where their power is, because it isn’t in providing or contributing. And I think that’s what happens with George. It takes away from him as a man.” Seymour says there are different kinds of intimacy throughout the play, and that the title works both literally and metaphorically. “The most obvious meaning is what we’re introduced to in the first scene of the play,” she says. “Our lead character makes money by sewing beautiful undergarments for the women of Manhattan. But there’s intimacy between the characters, too, whether it’s vulnerability in their interaction, or in the spaces in which they live.”

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 39

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM Corrie Wang also runs a successful Charleston food truck.

FALL FROM GRACE

Corrie Wang’s YA cyber mystery, ‘The Takedown,’ examines the perils of social media chaire@communityjournals.com

Kyla Cheng has it all. She’s smart. She’s pretty. She’s got a bad-boy boyfriend on the side. She’s destined to go to one of the country’s top colleges. In short, she’s one of the It Girls at her Brooklyn private school. But then disaster strikes in the form of a salacious online video, one that depicts Kyla in the amorous arms of her favorite teacher. Needless to say, the teacher is given the axe and Kyla immediately sees her social standing plummet despite her insistence that the girl in the video isn’t her. It’s a denial that goes against all rational thought; after all, the girl and Kyla are identical. In order to prove her innocence, Kyla embarks on a mission to uncover the truth. So begins the debut novel from Charleston writer Corrie Wang, “The Takedown,” an exciting young adult tale of near-future cyberpunk intrigue and social media sleuthing. Like a lot of speculative fiction, YA or otherwise, Wang’s book is a cautionary tale, albeit one about our present-day skim-and-swipe addiction to our smartphones and our tablets. Although Wang calls Charleston home these days — she’s one half of the immensely popular Japanese-inspired Short Grain food truck — the author first stumbled upon the idea for her debut while she was waiting tables in Brooklyn. “‘The Takedown’ came as I was watching parents hand their phones to their young children and then watching those babies comfortably swiping away,” Wang says. “I couldn’t help wondering what those kids would grow up to be like when they were older. In that sense, the book had to be about, and for, teens.” She adds, “They don’t remember a time before video games or YouTube when you would have entire afternoons free and you were forced to go outside and play. By setting the book just a little further out, thereby exasper-

ating the character’s tech usage — barely — I was kind of hoping it would flip the tables and make teens see today as the good old days.” The good old days? Yikes. For the Luddites among us, that has to be a frightening thought. But if any of what Wang imagines comes to be, the dependence of today’s Americans on technology will seem quaint by comparison. For someone as versed as Wang is in the ways of the internet, it’s a surprise that the writer mainly steers clear of social media. “I could happily live entirely social mediafree,” she says. “If it weren’t mandated by my writing career, I would do away with all my social media platforms in a heartbeat — and still frequently muse about it.” The reason: The author of “The Takedown” believes social media has had a negative impact on the lives of today’s teens. “When all these platforms were created, they began as mediums to connect and share events of our everyday lives. Now, we’re mostly looking at selective images that only showcase our finest moments. All these sensationalized lives only serve to make ours — fine, mine — drab in comparison,” she says. “A recent study showed the number of teenagers experiencing anxiety and depression has exploded in recent years, and I can’t help thinking it’s caused by that fear-of-missing-out factor that social media inflicts on us.”

CORRIE WANG BOOK SIGNING W/JOANNE O’SULLIVAN

NOW ON STAGE! Best Availability: Tues – Thurs evenings

Thru June 25 only PeaceCenter.org

| 864.467.3000

Groups (15+): 864.467.3032

WHEN Thursday, June 15, 7 p.m. WHERE M. Judson Booksellers INFO 864-603-2412

©Disney

CHRIS HAIRE | EDITOR

GREENVILLE / C M Y K 4.925” W X 11”H

91834 / 1/2PG VERT. / GREENVILLE JOURNAL RUN DATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 2

40 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017

GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ANNOUNCING THREE DAILY NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO

CHICAGO! STARTING JULY 5, 2017

JUNE 09

MUSEUM

Future Funk Every so often, the Children’s Museum of the Upstate lets the adults take over for an evening. Future Funk will be a ’70s-themed Grown-Ups Only Night, with a DJ spinning tracks from the decade, arcade games, ’70s trivia, and giant versions of classic games including Scrabble, Jenga, and Checkers. Guests can also create some era-appropriate crafts, including lava lamps, pet rocks, and tie-dye. The museum’s new temporary exhibit, Future Park, which combines digital art, light, and technology, will be open, as will Spark!Lab, a science experiment and invention exhibit. There will also be a cash bar. This event is for ages 21+. —Emily Pietras

WHEN Friday, June 9, 6–9 p.m. WHERE The Children’s Museum of the Upstate, 300 College St. ADMISSION $10 in advance, $12 at the door INFO bit.ly/2rlAk47

JUNE 11

CONCERT

Journey Rock band Journey is coming to Greenville and will perform their classic hits like “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Lights,” “Faithfully,” “Wheel in the Sky,” and “Separate Ways,” among others. Journey has sold nearly 90 million records worldwide over the past four decades, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time. Over the years, they have had numerous singles top the charts in the U.S. and U.K., and their songs have been used in movies, TV series, video games, and even adopted by sports teams. Journey songs continue to be staples at concerts and on the radio around the world. This April, they achieved the milestone of being inducted into the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. —Kristen Ferris

WHEN Sunday, June 11, 7:30 p.m. WHERE Bon Secours Wellness Arena ADMISSION $35–125 INFO bonsecoursarena.com/events/detail/journey

www.gspairport.com

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 41

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

CULTURE

JUNE 10-11

JUNE 15

AGRICULTURE

Upstate Farm Tour Ever wondered what happens before fresh local produce and locally made products make their way into your arms at farmers markets? Farms across the Upstate have joined efforts to give Upstate residents a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the work that goes into bringing you the freshest products around. Wineries, creameries, and more than a dozen farms will be open for touring and will have their fresh products available for purchase. Bring your young future farmers for a hands-on learning experience, including opportunities to pet animals, and bring a cooler to tote home your farm-fresh goods. —Kristen Ferris

WHEN June 10–11, 1–6 p.m. each day WHERE Farms across the Upstate ADMISSION Free INFO uptowngreenwood.com/uptown-market/upstate-farm-tour

Crossword puzzle: page 46

Sudoku puzzle: page 46

FUNDRAISER

Dog Fashion Show

Dog owners and their pups will take to the runway — or observe from the sidelines — at the Dog Fashion Show, hosted by Pup in a Tub, a self-serve dog washing and grooming service in Greer. A group of 10 people and their dogs will participate in the actual fashion show, and other attendees are welcome to bring their dogs, take pictures on the red carpet, and purchase dog clothing. Admission includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and a drink. Proceeds from the event will go to Lucky Pup Rescue SC, a foster-based dog rescue agency, and Speak for Animals, an organization that is “ dedicated to saving and improving the lives of companion animals in the Upstate” by offering low-cost spay and neuter programs and raising awareness of animal overpopulation, homelessness, and neglect. The idea to have a fashion show to benefit dogs in need originally started as a joke from co-owner Migdalia David, who opened Pup in a Tub with her son, Ulises Cruz. “ We all laughed and told her she was crazy,” Cruz says. “ A year later, here we are, and this is a sign of her passion and love for animals.” —Emily Pietras

WHEN Thursday, June 15, 4–7 p.m. WHERE Aloft Hotel, 5 N. Laurens St. ADMISSION $35 INFO bit.ly/2qGUkME

“I was always the cook in the family. Now, Brandon cooks for me.”

864-605-7236

Water ston e O n Au g u st a . c om

42 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

https://soundcloud.com/stmauricemusic

Adeem the Artist

Smiley’s Acoustic Café 111 Augusta St., Greenville 8 p.m. | FREE smileysacousticcafe.com

CONCERT

CULTURE JUNE 10

Adeem the Artist might play an acoustic guitar and perform story-songs, but don’t call him a folk singer. It’s nothing personal toward those who do so; he just doesn’t think the term quite applies. “I feel like people have a really preset vision of what the folk aesthetic is,” he says. “And I don’t think that I always embody that. My music has a lot of punk rock elements to it. It’s usually very political and very aggressive, which exists in some folk music, but I sometimes scream to mark the emphasis of certain words and that’s not that indicative of the folk aesthetic.” In fact, Adeem the Artist actually considers himself more of a poet or short-story writer who happens to use forceful-but-melodic acoustic music to get those words across. “The music’s just a bed to present the poems and short stories, which have been my way of processing things for a long time,” he says. “Sometimes in ways that I don’t even realize, like dreams. I’ll think later, ‘Oh that’s probably about that fight I was having with a friend.’” —Vincent Harris

JUNE

trucks, draft beer, and artisan vendors. See schedule of performers and food trucks online. villivemusic.com

Summer Camps at Bob Jones University

THRU JULY

JUN-JUL

COMMUNITY

Bob Jones University 1700 Wade Hampton Blvd. Bob Jones University is accepting registrations from students for over 40 different summer camps, both academic and athletic, which will be held in June and July on the BJU campus. In addition to camps offered in culinary arts, music, criminal justice, aviation, and leadership, this summer BJU is offering 12 new EDUcamps, academic camps directed by BJU faculty, staff, and students. New camps include the academy of business, biodiversity, computer engineering, data analysis and stats, exercise science, iTeach, sports management, STEM, Think Bible, the science of history, young illustrators, and young writers. BJU is also offering two new Bruins sports camps in running and shooting sports as well as camps in volleyball, soccer, and basketball. Both the EDUcamps and Bruins sports camps are offered for a variety of ages and skill levels with options for both day and overnight campers. educamp.bju.edu/camps/

THRU JUL

SCIENCE

Butterfly Adventure

Roper Mountain Science Center 402 Roper Mountain Road Free for RMSC members, $8 for adults, $7 for children 4 to 12, and free for 3 and younger Butterfly Adventure returns June 1 to July 7. Be amazed with an up-close encounter as hundreds of butterflies surround you in our new butterfly adventure habitat. The Roper Mountain Science Center Butterfly Adventure admission is $8 for adults, $7 for children 4 to 12, and free for 3 and younger. Admission is also free for all Roper Mountain Science Center members. Pre-purchase tickets at ropermountain.org.

THRU JUL

ART

THRU AUG

MUSIC

Insight Exhibit

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

Villive Concert Series 2017

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

COMMUNITY

Beachin’ Fridays Concerts

Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater 101 E. Butler Road, Mauldin 7 p.m. | FREE Beachin’ Fridays started in 2015, bringing the beach music scene to Mauldin. People come from all over the Upstate to converge on the Mauldin Cultural Center’s outdoor amphitheater for evenings of shag dancing, food trucks, and craft beverages. The final night always features a special performance and fireworks. All shows are free of charge, so grab your dancing shoes and bring your energy! The lineup is as follows: June 2 - The Shag Doctorz, June 9 - The Hot Notes, June 16 - Carolina Coast Band featuring Rhonda McDaniel, June 23 - The Holiday Band, June 30 - The Sand Band featuring Terri Gore, July 7 - Squeeze Play, and July 14 - The Tams featuring 14 Karat Gold Band.

THRU ART AUG Greenville Center for

Creative Arts Summer Workshops

25 Draper St. Summer 2017 workshops at GCCA are brimming with creative potential. From one-day concentrated instruction like anatomy for artists, life drawing with Anthony Conway to three-day immersive experiences like acrylic painting: extending boundaries with Carrie Burns Brown, you’re sure to find a workshop that fits your busy summer schedule. bit.ly/2qGx96U

THRU COMMUNITY AUG BeWell Mauldin Market

Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater 101 East Butler Road, Mauldin 8 a.m. | FREE The 2017 BeWell Mauldin Market, sponsored by Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, will run June 3 to Aug. 26 at the Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater. The market will be held Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon. Most vendors accept cash and/or credit cards. The market features a variety of vendors from around the Upstate selling locally sourced and produced items including produce, dairy, eggs, honey, gifts, clothing, accessories, treats, pastries, and more. The market will also feature free healthy activities such as small-group fitness, health screenings, and cooking demos.

FRI

ART

24 Truths Per Second: A Journey into Film

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $225 (Open to anyone ages 14+) In this practical two-day film workshop, award-winning writer-director JeanBaptiste Chuat will take students one step further beyond the technical side of film and explore the meanings of emotional truths and how they translate onto the screen. Students will learn how to write and understand a scene from the inside out and the outside in, how to artfully storyboard powerful shapes, and how to act and direct truthfully. Short scenes will be executed by students in the role of actors and directors.

FRI-SAT

09-10

THEATER

“Spring Awakening”

Warehouse Theatre | 37 Augusta St. Reserved $40, general admission $35, premium seats $50 This Tony Award winner for Best Musical is inspired by Frank Wedekind’s controversial 1891 play about adolescent love, the challenges of puberty, and the bonds of childhood friendships. The groundbreaking rock musical seamlessly merges past and present, underscoring the timelessness of adolescent angst and the universality of human passion. It’s musical storytelling at its finest. Contains mature themes. Parental guidance suggested. 864-235-6948 | WarehouseTheatre.com

traditional Irish, Scottish, and Appalachian tunes for your listening and toe-tapping pleasure! All Sundays at 2 programs are free and sponsored by the Duke Energy Foundation. 864-271-7570 | gcma.org

MON-AUG

12-09

COMMUNITY

Summer Camps at Mauldin Sports Center

Mauldin Sports Center 10 City Center Drive, Mauldin 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Daily: $15/members, $20 nonmembers; Weekly: $75/members, $100/nonmembers. Camps run June 12-Aug. 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for ages 5-12. Each week will have a theme and all activities for the week will be related to that theme. 864-335-4875 | ideloriw@gmail.com

MON-AUG

12-11

ART

GCCA Summer Art Camps

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. $205/week: nonmembers, $185/week: members Summer art camps kick off the week of June 12 at GCCA with pop art, stuffed animal sculptures for kids ages 5-8, and storyboards in felt for kids ages 9-12. Register by week for eight weeks of art-themed programming June 12-Aug. 11. Registration fee includes all supplies and a daily snack. bit.ly/2nMXgdX

COMMUNITY

Children’s Museum Summer Camps

Captain Kimberly Hampton Library, Easley Room | 304 Biltmore Road, Easley | 2-5 p.m. Come join the Upstate S.C. Chapter of Sisters in Crime as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of the National Sisters in Crime organization with two presentations by award-winning mystery writer, Marcia Talley: Comic Relief: Or, What’s So Funny About Murder? and Demystifying the Mystery: Tips on Writing Crime Fiction. In addition to speaker presentations, attendees will meet noted regional crime fiction writers and enjoy some refreshments.

The Children’s Museum 300 College St. $140/member and $160/nonmember Choose from a selection of themes that encourage learning through play, including art, coding, invention, Legos, dinosaurs, space, theater, media, and animation. Camps are for ages 4 through third grade. Morning camps are from 9 a.m.-noon for ages Pre-K, completed grades K5 to one, and completed grades two to three. Afternoon camps are offered 1-4 p.m. only for completed grades K5 to three. Afternoon camps repeat morning activities. Pre-K campers must be 4 by the start of camp. | bit.ly/2qeqfFS

SAT

THU

THRU SAT

COMMUNITY

Sisters in Crime Anniversary Celebration

ART

Beginning Knitting

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

SAT & AUG

10 & 05

COMMUNITY

Return of the MIMOSA Funniest People You Know

The Greenville Comedy Zone | 221 N. Main St. 1-3:30 p.m. | $10 admittance, $12 endless mimosas YeahtHAtcomedy productions has partnered with The Comedy Zone to provide Greenville with the best brunch all month. On June 11, we will be at The Greenville Comedy Zone providing endless mimosas and endless laughs. We are opening the doors at 1 p.m. with a 1:30 p.m. showtime. Tickets to get in are $10, and endless mimosas are only $12. We will have brunch food and a full bar option as well. mimosafunniest.eventbrite.com

SUN

ART

Sundays at 2: Music in the Galleries

Greenville County Museum of Art | 420 College St. 2-3 p.m. | FREE Come join in the fun with the Skeeziks, offering

ART

Third Thursday Tour: “In a Mirror, Darkly”

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. | 11 a.m.-noon | FREE Meet in front of The Salon near the front door at 11 a.m. for a free docent-led tour of the exhibition “In a Mirror, Darkly.” 864-271-7570 gcma.org

THU-SUN

15-18

COMMUNITY

Summer on Augusta

Augusta Road Business Association | FREE Every year for the past five years Augusta Road business owners gather together to plan Summer on Augusta. It is four days of music, food, and fun for adults and kids alike. It’s a celebration of summer in the South in the historic business district of Augusta Road. This year the Augusta Road Business Association (ARBA) brings new events and attractions as well as the biggest change of all, moving the dates to June instead of July. This Festival is not just for residents who live in the Augusta Road community. It is for the people of Greenville and its visitors. This is the way ARBA members say thank you to Greenville for many years of support. The 2017 Summer on Augusta events are created to celebrate summer in the South with many themed events and

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 43

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

CULTURE

15-01

THEATER

“Intimate Apparel”

Centre Stage 501 River St. | $15, $25, $30 Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage, this beautiful piece directed by Kerrie Seymour is a tale of perseverance, acceptance, and love. The time is 1905, the place New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, lives in a boarding house for women and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. Her skills and discretion are much in demand, and she has managed to stuff a goodly sum of money into her quilt over the years. One by one, the other denizens of the boarding house marry and move away, but Esther remains, lonely and longing for a husband and a future. Her plan is to find the right man and use the money she’s saved to open a beauty parlor where black women will be treated as royally as the white women she sews for. Shows run Thursday through Sunday in concurrence with our Fringe Series production of “Death and the Maiden.” All seats are reserved. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 864-233-6733 on Tuesdays–Fridays from 2–6 p.m., in person at the Centre Stage Box Office or online at centrestage. org. Handling fees will be applied to all purchases. 864-233-6733 | centrestage.org

FRI

ART

Staining Papers for Collage

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $89 This water media workshop with Jane Todd Butcher is day one of a two-part series, but you may register for only one day if you choose. In part one, participants will dye and stain art tissue and rice papers with acrylic inks and acrylic paints, and learn how to adhere the papers to various surfaces for later finishing. Create colored art tissues and rice papers to compose a collage painting, book covers, or even home decor. Materials will be provided. artcentergreenville.org 864-735-3948

FRI-SUN

16-25

COMMUNITY

Chautauqua History Alive Festival

Greenville Chautauqua | Greenville Tech 506 S. Pleasantburg Drive | FREE Meet America’s greatest wordsmiths and hear them tell their stories in their own words. Listen in as Abe Lincoln redefines American democracy. Rise up and sing with poet Maya Angelou. March and protest with Cesar Chavez. Step inside the revolutionary book “Silent Spring” with Rachel Carson. And once again as the nightly news unfolds, “You Are There” with Walter Cronkite. It’s a 10-day and two-weekend festival of nonstop live history and fun for the whole family. Enjoy a different show outdoors each night and more indoors during the day, including five different free shows performed by nationally acclaimed historical interpreters. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll have lots of questions. And they’ll be answered. Bring your stories. Share your experi-

SUN

ART

Sundays at 2: Family Art Adventure

Greenville County Museum of Art 420 College St. | 2-3 p.m. | FREE Drawing our inspiration from South Carolina’s beautiful beaches, we’ll create a fun work of art exploring what lies beneath the ocean’s surface. It’s the perfect Father’s Day activity for the whole family. 864-271-7570 | gcma.org

WED

LITERATURE

Book Talk and Signing: J.C. Sasser and Rose Senehi

Fiction Addiction 1175 Woods Crossing Road #5 | 6 p.m. | $10 Meet Southern authors J.C. Sasser (author of “Gradle Bird” [Koehler Books, paperback, $17.95]) and Rose Senehi (author of “Carolina Belle” [KIM Publications, paperback, $15.95]) as they talk about their latest books then take questions from the audience and sign books at a panel talk and signing at Fiction Addiction. *Note: Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket admits one and can be redeemed for $10 off the featured authors’ books prior to or at the event. Books and tickets can be purchased online, at the store, or by calling 864-675-0540. Those who cannot make the event may order signed books from Fiction Addiction to be picked up afterward or directly shipped. 864-675-0540 | fiction-addiction.com

ON SALE NOW

MUSIC

TICKET ALERT: PNC Bank Zootunes Concert Series

$150, VIP $250 ZooTunes is a concert series, hosted by The Greenville Zoo Foundation, and offered in partnership with the Greenville Zoo, the City of Greenville, and Eleven Events. These concerts featuring Keller Williams (June 23) and The Revivalists (Aug. 25) are offered in an intimate and unique setting at the Greenville Zoo. In addition to amazing music in this unusual venue, beer, wine and food offerings will complete the intimate VIP experience. Series tickets are on sale now at zootunes.eventbrite. com. Proceeds benefit the Greenville Zoo Foundation. zootunes.eventbrite.com

FRI

ART

Watermedia Collage: Painting With Paper

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 910 a.m.-4 p.m. | $89 This one-day workshop with Jane Todd Butcher is the second day of a two-part watermedia collage workshop, but you may register for only this second day if you choose. Students who have papers from Jane’s previous collage papers workshop or from other sources will find new ways to develop collage paintings and other art forms using papers. Artists may wish to combine their papers with painting. Participants are also welcome to use photographs or other two-dimensional materials. The emphasis is on color and design, whether in representational or abstract art forms. Students will need to bring brushes and paints, reference photos, additional papers, drawings, photos, or other collage materials, and additional surfaces for mounting papers.

SAT

ART

Exploring Encaustic

Greenville Center for Creative Arts 25 Draper St. | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | $120 Learn and practice the basic techniques of encaustics, the art of painting with hot pigmented wax. This is a beginner introductory workshop, perfect for the artist or crafter who is curious about

JUNE 10

https://soundcloud.com/stmauricemusic

Roxy Roca w/ Ashes Of Old Way

Gottrocks, 200 Eisenhower Drive, Greenville 9 p.m. | $8

gottrocksgreenville.com Close your eyes while listening to the music of Austin, Texas’ Roxy Roca and you might flash back to some of the great R&B bands of the late ’60s and early ’70s like the Bar-Kays or James Brown’s immortal JB’s. Other than the heavy rock guitar riffs over the top, their songs are tight, gritty soul tunes that can stop and go on a dime, with the powerful, sandpaper-on-velvet shouting of singer and band founder Taye Cannon belting out lyrics and exhorting the band to keep going higher and playing hotter. And if you hear a little bit of the Godfather Of Soul in their music, that’s just fine with Cannon. “I don’t think there’s a thing we do musically that James Brown is not a part of,” he says. “He was one of my earliest influences. I used to imitate him on my grandparents’ carport, trying to do the dance moves and the whole thing. It’s always been there. To this day, I’m still in awe of his performances. The choreography and tightness, you just don’t see that anymore.” —Vincent Harris

encaustics. All materials are provided, but feel free to bring supplies, especially objects that make interesting textures.

COMMUNITY

Free Dental Care for Greenville Veterans | Aspen Dental | FREE

Nearly 450 Aspen Dental practices will open their doors to provide free dental care for thousands of veterans across the nation. Local veterans can call 1-844-AspenHMM to schedule an appointment at a participating office in the Greenville area. Appointments are required and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Of the more than 21 million veterans across the U.S., fewer than 10 million are enrolled for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health benefits, which for many do not include dental care benefits, and more than 1.2 million lack health insurance altogether. The June 24 Day of Service will be Aspen Dental’s fourth annual, and is the largest single-day oral health initiative targeted at veterans. It’s part of Aspen Dental’s Healthy Mouth Movement, a community-giving initiative to deliver free dental care to veterans. aspendental.com

THEATER

Disney’s “The Lion King”

The Peace Center 101 W. Broad St. $35 and up “The Lion King” will play on the Peace Center stage from Wednesday, May 31, to Sunday, June 25, Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. There will also be 2 p.m. matinees on Thursday, June 1, and Thursday, June 22. Premium ticket packages, which include a prime seat location, a commemorative souvenir program, and an exclusive merchandise item, are also available. 864-467-3000 peacecenter.org. groups@peacecenter.org

WANT TO SEE YOUR EVENT HERE? Send your event information and images to calendar@ communityjournals.com by Wednesday at 5 p.m. to be considered for publication in the following week’s Journal.

JUNE 9 CONCERT

THU-JUL

ences. Get inspired. Because it’s not just history – it’s personal. greenvilleCHAUTAUQUA.org

CONCERT

attractions. Returning events include the Tomato Pie Contest, Block Party at Capers Place, Grillin’ and Chillin’ at Augusta Commons, Hound Dog Social at Augusta Village, Shaggin’ on Augusta, and the Second Annual Shag Contest. SOA After Hours at The Common Cure and the South End Father’s Day Luau are two new events this year. Visit onlyonaugusta.com/summer-on-augusta for information on specific events, locations, and hours. onlyonaugusta.com/summer-on-augusta/

youtube.com/watch?v=la07_QbUsY0

Lines in the Sky w/ Tides in Transit

Radio Room 2845 N. Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville 9 p.m. | $5 | radioroomgreenville.com Lines in the Sky plays a breathtaking brand of blissful, richly melodic progressive rock that is as expansive and impressionistic as their name. On their latest album, “Parallel Travel,” the band lays down unpredictable time changes and complex rhythms while singer/guitarist Jesse Brock layers in ghostly guitar lines and stacks vocal harmonies to the heavens. It’s an intriguing synthesis of different styles, and Brock is blunt about why the band marries the melodic to the progressive. “With this music that we make,” he says, “we think about how we can make those time changes less noticeable, where more people can groove to it despite that fact that there are some complex things happening under the hood. We want you to still be able to feel the pulse and still be able to move to it. I spend a lot of time in making memorable melodies not just across the choruses but the verses, as well.” —Vincent Harris

44 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2017-CP-23-02409 DEFICIENCY WAIVED Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-HE1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE1, PLAINTIFF, vs. Bette J. Sorgee f/k/a Bette J. Rakestraw; Bennie L. Sorgee and if Bennie L. Sorgee be deceased then any children and heirs at law to the Estate of Bennie L. Sorgee distributees and devisees at law to the Estate of Bennie L. Sorgee and if any of the same be dead any and all persons entitled to claim under or through them also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein; Any unknown adults, any unknown infants or persons under a disability being a class designated as John Doe, and any persons in the military service of the United States of America being a class designated as Richard Roe; Kim Duncan; DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Greenville County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute

and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina, on April 18, 2017. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter “Order”), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. NOTICE TO APPOINT ATTORNEY FOR DEFENANT(S) IN MILITARY SERVICE TO UNKNOWN OR KNOWN DEFENDANTS THAT MAY BE

IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALL BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED that Plaintiff’s attorney has applied for the appointment of an attorney to represent you. If you fail to apply for the appointment of an attorney to represent you within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you Plaintiff’s appointment will be made absolute with no further action from Plaintiff.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2017-CP-23-01421 DEFICIENCY WAIVED The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-RZ4, PLAINTIFF, vs. Doyle W. Wright, III; Michael Beeler; Randall Evitt DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Greenville County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such

appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina, on March 2, 2017. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter “Order”), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION (NON-JURY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE) C/A NO: 2017-CP-23-02637 DEFICIENCY WAIVED The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-RS3, PLAINTIFF, vs. Hae Jung Ko; Thornblade Property Owners Association, Inc. DEFENDANT(S) TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity for Greenville County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity

is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master in Equity in/for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master in Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, South Carolina, on April 25, 2017. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative

Order 2011-05-02-01, (hereinafter “Order”), you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Hutchens Law Firm, P.O. Box 8237, Columbia, SC 29202 or call 803726-2700. Hutchens Law Firm, represents the Plaintiff in this action and does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30 days from the date of this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY/ AGENT MAY PROCEED WITH A FORECLOSURE ACTION. If you have already pursued loss mitigation with the Plaintiff, this Notice does not guarantee the availability of loss mitigation options or further review of your qualifications. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

LEGAL NOTICE RATES ABC Notices

$165

Summons, Notices, Foreclosures, etc.

$1.20 per line

864.679.1205 email: aharley@communityjournals.com

Vaccines, spay or neuter, testing & microchip included!

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 45

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

THE DESIGNATED LEGAL PUBLICATION FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AUCTION NOTICE The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is holding an auction to dispose of found and seized property. The auction will be held at 657 Keith Drive Greenville SC on June 10, 2017 . The gates open at 8:00am the auction will start at 10:00am. There will be a preview day Friday June 9, 2017 from 10:00 am to 4:00pm The auction will consist of household items, several dishwashers, and 1 range, light fixtures, interior doors, some jewelry, knives, tools hand and power, electronics car stereos gps dvd players, clothing items, bicycles, The cars are as follows: LINCOLN TOWN CAR 1988 1LNBM82F2JY618786 CHEVROLET BLAZER 20001GNCS13W4Y2110652 TOYOTA CAMRY 1995 4T1GK12E7SU069590 FORD F 350 1995 1FJW36F9SEA15716 TOYOTA CAMRY 2007 4T1BE46K07U556558 HONDA MOTORCYCLE 1996 JH2SC3301TM003569 VW PASSAT 2007 WVWJK73C37P024078 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY 2005 2C4GP44R65R586274 JEEP CHEROKEE 2000 1J4GW48S5YC241518

SUMMONS NOTICE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 13TH JUDICIAL COUNTY OF GREENVILLE C.A. NO.: 2017-CP-23-01299 Megan Hope Lauritzen, Plaintiff, Vs. Isaac N. Gomez and Rick Pleau d/b/a Ricky’s Pools, Defendant TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVENAMED: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint upon the subscriber at 850 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. RANDALL S. HILLER, P.A. S/Randall S. Hiller Randall S. Hiller (2513) 850 B Wade Hampton Blvd. P.O. Box 1716 Greenville, SC 29602-1716 (864) 232-0026 (864) 242-4692 Fax

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF GREENVILLE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS (NON-JURY DECLARATORY JUDGMENT/QUIET TITLE ACTION) C/A NO: 2017-CP-23-02444 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for Keystone Owner Trust 1998-P2, PLAINTIFF, vs. Keystone Mortgage Corp., Inc., DEFENDANT. TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, or otherwise appear and defend, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at his office, Hutchens Law Firm; P.O. Box 8237; Columbia, SC 29202, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, except as to the United States of America, which shall have sixty (60) days, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, or otherwise appear and defend, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded therein, and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master In Equity which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master In Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff immediately and separately and such application will be deemed absolute and total in the absence of your application for such an appointment within thirty (30) days after the service of the Summons and Complaint upon you. YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for an Order of Reference of this case to the Master In Equity in this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master In Equity is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case with appeal only to the South Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 203(d)(1) of the SCAR, effective June 1, 1999. NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the foregoing Summons, along with the Complaint, was filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County, SC, on April 19, 2017. s/John B. Kelchner May 15, 2017 John B. Kelchner (S.C. Bar #13589) Hutchens Law Firm P.O. Box 8237 Columbia, SC 29202 (803) 726-2700 John.kelchner@ hutchenslawfirm.com THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT

A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

SOLICITATION NOTICE Greenville County, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601, will accept responses for the following: RFP# 83-06/26/17, Animal Care HVAC Project, June 26, 2017, 3:00PM. A pre-proposal meeting will be held at 10:00 A.M., E.S.T., June 14, 2017, Greenville County Procurement Services, 301 University Ridge, Suite 100, Greenville, SC 29601. Solicitations can be found at www.greenvillecounty.org/ Procurement/ or by calling (864) 467-7200.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that KPE & SGE, LLC dba The Unleashed Dog Bar intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and ON premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 69 Rocky Slope Rd., Greenville, SC, 29607. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 25, 2017. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214 or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that David and Goliath, 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 110 Poinsett Hwy., Greenville, SC 29609. To object to the issuance of this permit/license, written protest must be postmarked no later than June 25, 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

WEDDINGS ENGAGEMENTS ANNIVERSARIES

OPEN 7 DAYS a week

Make your announcement to the Greater Greenville Area

WEDDINGS

1/4 page - $174, Word Count 140 3/8 page - $245, Word Count 140

ENGAGEMENTS

3/16 page - $85, Word Count 90

For complete information call 864-679-1205 or e-mail aharley@communityjournals.com

For details and locations visit:

GreenvilleRec.com

46 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 06.09.2017 GREENVILLEJOURNAL.COM

FIGURE. THIS. OUT.

That Gnawing Feeling ACROSS 1 Dry out 6 Should the necessity arise 14 Eye, kidney and heart 20 Informed 21 Grade on a salary scale 22 Big chicken brand 23 Rodent who helps couples end spats? 25 Forced out of a country 26 Squeezed (out) 27 — polloi 28 Untold millennia 30 — bean (Old World plant) 31 Stand for 33 Rodent causing prices to increase over time? 40 “— Haw” 42 Visit briefly 43 “By the way,” on memos 44 Frothy pie topping concocted by a rodent? 50 Bit of a tortilla treat 55 Spheres 56 Cliff nests 57 Seized 59 Part of CD 60 Throws in 61 Actor Arnaz 62 “Jazz” writer Morrison 63 Serious rifts 65 Rodent blurting out secrets? 69 Shooters’ gp. 70 How cliffs incline

72 Very bad grade 73 Rodent who’s a pop star? 77 Fishing boat 81 Chevy now called the Sonic 82 Tune for two 83 Utterances of disgust 85 Ames’ home 86 Series with Agent 99 88 Of the eyes 91 Middle name of Poe 92 Malia Obama’s sis 93 Rodent who was a U.S. president? 96 Outrage 98 Battery terminal 99 Massive fight 100 Revelation of all the relevant facts about a rodent? 106 Nary a soul 111 Shuffle or Mini 112 Silvery gray 113 Silver of film 115 Special air 116 Fight against 118 Rodent-themed hit for Peter, Paul and Mary? 125 Franklin of soul music 126 Bolsheviks’ theory 127 Laotian, say 128 Eye liners? 129 Infuriates 130 Idylls, e.g. DOWN

By Frank Longo

1 Turned white 2 Stirred from sleep 3 Poe bird 4 Ideology 5 That woman 6 — facto 7 Muslim ascetic: Var. 8 Sch. in Manhattan 9 Manning the quarterback 10 Suffix with auction 11 TiVo is one, for short 12 Stinging thing 13 Actress Page 14 Not in secret 15 T. — (big dino) 16 Petty swindle 17 Old veep Stevenson 18 New, to Julio 19 Roomy auto 24 Actor Charlie 29 Sin 32 Just — once 34 Imitating sorts 35 Spelling of the screen 36 Mayberry tyke 37 Fish parts 38 Having one sharp, musically 39 “— that the truth!” 41 “My word!” 44 Young guys 45 Actor Stoltz of “Mask” 46 Go well (with) 47 Apple debut of 1984 48 G.P.’s study

103 Piaf of song 49 Start of an expiration notice 104 Dish with kidney beans 51 Deliberate choice 105 Make blank 52 China’s — En-lai 107 Low voice 53 Pullets, e.g. 108 Navel type 54 Comics dog 109 REM activity 58 TV and radio stations 110 Tall stories 60 “Jack & Jill” actress Peet 114 Bits of resistance 61 Certain baseball hit: Abbr. 117 That woman 64 — Lanka 119 Wet lowland 65 Roseanne’s mom on “Roseanne” 66 “Chi-Raq” director Spike 67 Mo. #4 68 Advanced deg. for a designer 70 Arrange for 71 Pec pic, say 73 Binges 74 Iris locale 75 Filming sites 76 “A Clockwork Orange” novelist Anthony 77 Heaved 78 Entertainer Falana 79 Moviedom’s McGregor 80 Novelist Ayn 83 Peptic problem 84 With 94-Down, female chum 87 Inn worker 88 “Horrors!” 89 Co. big shots 90 Language in Lahore 91 Brit’s prefix for plane 94 See 84-Down 95 White on “Wheel of Fortune” 97 Ranch ropes 100 Like the flu 101 “Rigoletto,” for one 102 Doesn’t win Easy

Sudoku

120 Ltd. relative 121 Move hastily 122 Raggedy — 123 Trash-talk 124 Hiker’s aid

Crossword answers: page 41

by Myles Mellor and Susan Flannigan

Sudoku answers: page 41

06.09.2017 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 47

COMMUNITYJOURNALS.COM

BACK PAGE Community Voices

Life Is So Daily with Steve Wong

RELIVE THE MEMORIES

The Smell of Success

There’s no escape in today’s dog-eat-dog world “Futar, keep your head down and your eyes closed, and maybe they won’t notice us lying here.” Bebe had come a long way, considering she started her life at a jockey lot as a tiny ball of white fur in a small cage with eight other balls of white fur. She had gotten lucky and was taken home to a better life, where she met Futar. Futar was king of his castle, but he didn’t lord over others. To have been named after a man-made genetic freak in a science fiction novel, Futar was a good dude who protected his home, held his head high, and offered his paw in friendship to most everyone. For several years, life for them had been pretty good. They were living the American Dream: a roof over their heads, room to roam, basic health care, decent food, but most importantly they were accepted for who they were — respected citizens of the state, despite their questionable origins. Now, some people didn’t trust Futar, maybe because of his beady eyes and eraser nose. Worse, people would say unkind things about Bebe, things like “white trash,” “trailer trash,” and “redneck.” When given the opportunity, they carried their own weight. When strangers came by, Futar and Bebe would sound the alarm and protect their own. But if the boss came out and said, “Cool it,” they knew everything was okay and backed down. In addition, they kept the real bad guys — deer, squirrels, skunks, raccoons, and possums — out of the garden of plenty. But then things began to change. Fences were installed, shock collars were put on, and their ability to come and go was restricted. Basically, their personal freedom had been compromised, and they were silently suffering from “aggrieved entitlement.” There had been a change in leadership. “Don’t worry, Bebe. We’ll be fine. We’re not bothering anyone. We’re just here at home, watching them watch the evening news and fixing supper. Maybe we’ll get lucky, and he’ll drop one of those burgers on the floor. If he does, I’ll split it with you. Sure would be nice if he would just give each of us our own burger instead of our daily ration of a shared can of fake meat.” “I’m not going to complain,” Bebe silently replied, keeping her eyes closed, lying on a dirty and ragged towel. “Things could always be worse. When was the last time he gave us a biscuit? Or a pat on the head? Or a belly rub? I miss those days, but, hey,

things change, and we still have a home. Did you hear those screams and yelps from the homeless pack that came through the neighborhood last night? They sounded pretty desperate, running amok with not enough to eat and no one to care about them. I heard him say he’d like to shoot them just because they are different, hungry, poor, untrained, and dirty. There are so many out there with less than us.” “Shhh,” said Futar. “I think she is coming through the house, and you know what that means. Chemical warfare.” “Oh, God, Futar, not that again. I don’t think I can take it. What did we ever do to deserve to be sprayed with that ghastly stuff? It takes my breath away and I can’t breathe. Last time, she sprayed us, I threw up, which just made matters worse.” Bebe put her paw on Futar’s paw for support. “I know, I know, it’s cruel and unusual punishment for smelling like we naturally do,” Futar said and gave Bebe a reassuring lick across her face. The brown-eyed girl looked so scared. “I heard him say he didn’t like the spray anymore because of its name. I think it’s more than that. It burns your eyes and it smells like… a hedge fund investor’s armpit after a day of congressional hearings.”

OCTOBER 3

“She has it, Futar, I see the bottle in her hand. Oh my God, the horror of it all,” Bebe whined as she stumbled up from the floor to seek refuge under the dining room table.” Futar held his ground, but put both paws over his head in hopes of shielding himself. “This bottle of ‘Success by Trump’ comes in handy with these stinky dogs,” she said as she sprayed the cologne directly on Futar’s twitching back. “I know your mother meant well when she gave it to you for Christmas, but really? Doesn’t she understand today’s politics? There’s no way you could wear this stuff in good conscience. Bebe, come out from under that table and let me spray you down. Come out right now.” With her head down and tail between her legs, Bebe emerged from under the table. Her sad eyes pleaded for mercy, but all she got was a double squirt of “Success.” Steve Wong is a freelance writer living in the peach orchards of Gramling, S.C. He can be praised, criticized, or dismissed at Just4Wong@ Gmail.com.

FEBRUARY 20 TICKETS ON SALE TODAY!

Make everyday Father’s Day! Leather Recliner SALE 50% OFF IN-STOCK OR CUSTOM ORDER Solid Maple Frame • Top Grain Leather Over 50 In-stock for prompt delivery

3411 Augusta Road | Greenville, SC 29605 | 864-277-5330 | oldcolonyfurniture.com

A breathtaking blend of now and forever.