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“We want weapons in the hands of good guys and out of the hands of bad guys. We’re going after the worst of the worst.”

The number of South Carolinians who died as a result of a vehicle crash involving an underage driver who had drunk alcohol from 2006 to 2010, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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“For a change, I could actually concentrate on something other than the pain that I was in.”

Ryan Ferre, an Iraq veteran and Army staff sergeant, on the joy of fly-fishing with the nonprofit group Project Healing Waters.

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Repeat violent offenders cannot commit additional crimes if they are locked up.

That’s the reasoning behind “Summer of Silence,” a three-month initiative involving the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office, the Greenville Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies designed to get repeat violent offenders who carry guns off the streets.

Authorities will examine pending cases to determine whether the defendant is likely to receive more prison time in state or federal court and prosecute in the venue expected to deliver the most time served.

Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins announced the initiative to reporters while standing beside a table covered with guns ranging from small two-shooters to short-barreled shotB:10” guns. “We want weapons in the hands T:10” of good guys and out of the hands of

bad guys,” he said. “We’re going after the worst of the worst.”

State laws are not as strong as federal law when it comes to felons possessing guns or ammunition, Wilkins said.

Federal gun charges carry mandatory minimum sentences, an accelerated timeline to disposition and escalating penalties for repeat offenders. Federal law also prohibits several categories of people from possessing firearms or ammunition.

The sentence in state court for a person convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon can range from no jail time to five years in prison, even if the defendant has a lengthy record of violent crimes, Wilkins said. In federal court, a defendant with previous convictions can get 15 years to life, he said.

Wilkins, who was the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina before being elected solicitor, said federal cases typically take four to six months for resolution, while cases in the state system take an average of one year to 14 months.

Wilkins said state and federal prosecutors and law enforcement officials

were already discussing the most effective way to prosecute cases, and see this initiative as an opportunity to redouble their efforts.

The coalition has already identified 30 defendants from current cases to prosecute through federal court, he said.

“We’re going after the worst of the worst.”

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Sheriff Steve Loftis said the project will continue after the summer ends.

Law enforcement agencies need help from the public to identify felons who carry guns and are prone to violence, the sheriff said. Residents may call in tips to Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME if they want to remain anonymous.

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Court OKs school credit for religious education

By Cindy Landrum | staff

Spartanburg School District 7 may award academic credit for off-campus religious education, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Parents Robert Moss and Ellen Tillett and the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation sued District 7 in 2009, saying that offering credit for a course taught by Spartanburg County Bible Education in School Time at a church next door to Spartanburg High was unconstitutional. Moss’ daughter, Melissa Moss, became a plaintiff after she graduated from high school.

A district court had ruled in favor of the district’s policy.

In 2006, South Carolina became the second state in the nation to allow public schools to grant elective credit to students who leave campus for Bible education when the Released Time Credit Act became law.

Released Time dates back to 1914, when the Gary, Ind., school superintendent established a program in Christian education.

It peaked in 1947 with 2 million students enrolled nationwide, according to the Released Time Bible Education website.

In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled against Released Time classes being held in school buildings.

Four years later, the program was ruled not to violate separation of church and state as long as the classes were held off campus, no public funding was used for the program and participation was voluntary.

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SCBEST has an arrangement with Oakbrook Preparatory School where Oakbrook agreed to review and monitor Spartanburg Bible School’s curriculum, teacher qualifications and educational objectives, and to award course credit and grades given by the Bible School.

The arrangement is consistent with District 7’s practice of receiving grades awarded by a private school, including grades for religious courses, when a private school transfers to public school, the court said.

The ruling said Spartanburg High never actively or directly promoted the course. The course was not listed in the school course catalog and the Bible School wasn’t permitted to advertise to Spartanburg High classrooms. Counselors were not allowed to discuss the course or pass out flyers to parents and students unless they had expressed an interest in learning about it.

The Bible School did have an informational table at the high school’s annual registration open house, along with military and college recruiters.

“We see no evidence that the program has had the effect of establishing religion or that it has entangled the School District in religion,” the Appeals Court wrote in its ruling. “As was the General Assembly and school district’s purpose, the program properly accommodates religion without establishing it, in accordance with the First Amendment.”

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It’s time for ethics reform In the lessons-learned category, there is much to take away from the historic hearing that ended with the dismissal of ethics charges last week against Gov. Nikki Haley by the House Ethics Committee.

Not least of these is the value of transparency: The Ethics Committee’s decision to hear testimony in open session gave state residents the chance to judge the issues for themselves unfiltered by politicians or the media.

Most notably, the public proceedings afforded a clarifying view of the loophole-ridden ethics laws that allow our elected leaders to hide far more of their personal economic interests than they reveal.

Legislators from both parties are promising to introduce “far-ranging ethics reform” next year in the wake of the hearing’s revelations. How they will define “far-ranging” remains an open question – but at the very least, state residents are owed enough sunshine to judge for themselves the potential for unseemly interactions between private business relationships and public voting records.

Because right now, that clarity is wholly absent. For all the legal bans on gifts, money and self-beneficial lobbying, state law deliberately skirts the kind of detail that would reveal potential conflicts of interest with anything approaching transparency. Ethics laws do not even require lawmakers to name their employers – which is why Haley, as a legislator, could work as a consultant for a Columbia engineering firm that receives state contracts without disclosing that information.

The law is also muddy enough to allow Haley to take a paycheck as fundraiser for a Lexington hospital foundation while promoting, as a legislator, the hospital’s bid to open a heart-surgery center.

As the governor said, quite rightly, she broke no disclosure laws and did nothing illegal. But Rep. Laurie Funderburk, the sole Ethics Committee member to vote against Haley on one of the seven charges, also rightly says that the public would be better served if Haley had “erred on the positive side” and disclosed her consulting fees – as would befit a governor who campaigned on transparency as fervently as Haley did.

Haley is among those promising to take a hard look at ethics reforms this summer. Full disclosure on employment history is a good place to start.

Nothing in state law prevents lawmakers from working for companies that lobby the Legislature. Granted, a legislator is barred from lobbying on behalf of his employer – but nothing in the law prevents him from promoting a bill that benefits that employer’s industry. Consequently, state Rep. Jim Merrill could pocket $160,000 in consulting fees from a PAC run by the S.C. Association of Realtors last year while he sponsored and delivered the Point of Sale Reform, which substantially reduced property taxes on commercial real estate. What’s more, he didn’t have to disclose a bit of it.

Just because something is legal doesn’t make it right, as the saying goes, and the fact that Merrill sees “nothing unethical about this whatsoever” is revealing. Even if it remains legal, any reforms that force Merrill and others like him to automatically disclose such relationships would help the public accurately weigh the voting records that follow.

Legislators will always be attractive potential employees for reasons the Realtors’ CEO Nick Kremydas put so well in The State newspaper: “If you don’t have a seat at the table, then you’re on the menu.”

But if the result is a legislator who works for two masters, both masters deserve to know. It’s time for ethics reform.

The threat of underage drinking My teenage daughter died in an alcoholrelated automobile crash. After her death 13 years ago, I joined a coalition in Greenville that is trying to reduce underage drinking in our community.

Nationally, alcohol is the No. 1 killer of teens. The combination of alcohol and driving is especially risky for teens. Most of the fatalities in alcohol-related crashes involving teen drivers are the drivers themselves and their passengers.

From 2006 to 2010, more than 750 South Carolinians died as a result of a vehicle crash involving an underage driver who had drunk alcohol, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

In 2010 alone, 122 South Carolinians died as a result of a vehicle crash involving an underage driver who had drunk alcohol (NHTSA). These fatalities occurred despite the fact that it is illegal for persons under 21 to possess, purchase or consume alcohol, and it is illegal for persons to sell or give alcohol to persons under 21.

For almost a decade, the Greenville County Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Coalition has been working to reduce youth access to alcohol and underage drinking in our community. The coalition is composed of representatives from the Greenville County Sheriff ’s Office, law enforcement from all municipalities in the county, the Greenville school district, Greenville health and human services agencies, The Phoenix Center (the legislated authority on substance abuse for Greenville County) and community volunteers. I am a volunteer member of this coalition.

To save lives, the Greenville EUDL Coalition has started a new campaign called Underage Drinking/Adult Consequences. During this campaign, law enforcement officers will be targeting underage drinkers, underage drinking and driving, and the parents and other adults who provide the alcohol.

Our coalition is one of only four recipients in the United States to receive the funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the Underage Drinking/Adult Consequences campaign.

This campaign started in late April and resulted in 149 arrests or citations in a twoweek time period. A second wave of concentrated law enforcement began on June

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18. Enforcement waves of two-week durations will occur approximately every other month through January of next year.

As part of this campaign, Greenville officers recently participated in training on fake IDs and in methods to safely disperse parties with underage drinkers. When the law enforcement officers find an underage drinker, they will search for the source of the alcohol and also bring charges against the person or merchant who illegally provided the alcohol.

Officers are also increasing compliance checks, during which a young person under the age of 21, in cooperation with law enforcement, purchases alcohol from bars, restaurants, convenience stores or other alcohol establishments. The merchants who sell illegally are charged with crimes.

The Greenville EUDL Coalition has conducted 2,000 compliance checks in the past year. These checks have been effective in reducing the sale of alcohol to underage persons. Near the time of the Greenville EUDL Coalition’s creation, the underage buy-rate from merchants in Greenville County was 45 percent. By 2011, the youth buy rate from merchants had been reduced to approximately 12 percent.

In addition to compliance checks, law enforcement officers are conducting public safety checkpoints and party patrols.

Officers are watching for parents who provide alcohol or host drinking parties for underage teens. Officers are using contacts with youth to find adults who sell or transfer alcohol to persons under 21.

Underage drinking is illegal and can have deadly consequences.

For further information, go to www.facebook.com/underagedrinking.adultconsequencesGreenvilleCounty.

Linda Leslie is a Simpsonville attorney who volunteers with the Greenville County Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Coalition.

She can be reached at leslielindalaw@gmail.com.

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USC Upstate expanding at University Center School won’t pursue downtown Greenville campus for now

By Cindy Landrum | staff

Work is underway to expand the University of South Carolina Upstate’s space at the University Center, the first step in the school’s plan to increase the number of students and programs in Greenville.

But USC Upstate has no immediate plans to build a downtown Greenville campus.

“It makes sense for us to have a presence in downtown Greenville,” said USC Upstate spokeswoman Tammy Whaley.

“But it’s not the right time. We’re focused on growing to full capacity at the space we have at the University Center and expanding our programs and services there.”

The University Center is a consortium of seven colleges and universities – USC Upstate, the University of South Carolina, Clemson University, Furman Univer-

sity, Greenville Technical College, South Carolina State University and Anderson University – that offer programs at the former McAlister Square shopping mall.

USC Upstate has been a part of the University Center for at least two decades. It has about 800 students taking classes at the facility on Pleasantburg Drive, a significant chunk of the facility’s total enrollment of about 2,000 students.

In March, the Greenville City Council approved a resolution to work with USC Upstate officials on a downtown Greenville campus, including a proposed site on Mayberry Street where the city’s public works complex is now. The city has since found land on Fairforest Way to relocate the public works complex.

University Center President David Taylor said work is underway to renovate about 3,000 square feet – some near the University Center’s offices and the rest being vacated by Lander University – for USC Upstate.

Taylor said the University Center has enough space to meet USC Upstate’s plans to double or triple its enrollment in

Greenville.

He said with Anderson University’s recent announcement that it will offer a master’s of business administration program at the University Center beginning in January, combined with Clemson University’s growth, the University Center could be pushing 3,000 students within the next 24 months.

Even so, “we won’t have space capacity constraints here within the next several years,” he said.

Taylor said physical classroom space is typically underutilized because of scheduling. At the University Center, the majority of classes are held at night, meaning there’s a substantial availability of instructional space during the day and on Fridays and Saturdays.

There are additional expansion opportunities within McAlister Square as well, he said.

The old Belk’s store – about 100,000 square feet – remains empty. There’s also about 60,000 square feet of space on the second level of the Greenville Tech admissions facility that is not being used.

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“The good news is higher education takes time to grow,” he said. “We have the capacity to handle all the growth within the next two years and we can methodically study future needs.”

Taylor said a study is underway to determine the higher education needs and gaps in Greenville. With a target completion date of August, the study will pinpoint areas that need more college degree holders. TD Bank’s announced plans to locate its Southeast headquarters in Greenville may inspire the need for more people with accounting and finance degrees, he said. “This will give us quantitative and qualitative data.”

Taylor said he expects University Center member institutions to expand their offerings to meet whatever needs are uncovered, and additional schools may come into the consortium.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that Anderson University won’t be the last institution to join.”

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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Fly-fishing offers renewal, camaraderie for injured vets Project Healing Waters to launch new chapter in Clemson By april a. morris | staff

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The music of a rushing stream, the expectation of the strike and the stillness of fly-fishing can offer any fisherman a day of tranquility. For wounded and disabled veterans, the banks of a river are a long way from the hospital or rehab clinic visits that can fill their days.

To transport veterans away from their daily concerns for a little while, the nonprofit Project Healing Waters partners with local conservation organizations and fly-fishing guides to teach those interested in a recuperative getaway everything from fly-tying and -casting basics to advanced skills. After a bit of basic training, they set out on regular fishing outings.

Founded in 2005 by Captain Ed Nicholson at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Project Healing Waters has grown to more than 100 chapters nationwide.

“Nicholson realized that fly-casting provided rehabilitation for veterans,” said Cherokee chapter program leader Ryan Harman. The Cherokee group, which is based in Asheville, has up to 20 participants during their regular meetings and serves “everyone from wheelchair-bound veterans to those with PTSD and amputees,” Harman said. Their excursions draw up to 50 veterans from Upstate South Carolina, Western North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia, he said.

The group outfits them “with all the gear they need to tie flies as well as go

out fishing” at no cost, he said. Since the program’s beginnings in Asheville, the Cherokee chapter has served nearly 1,000 veterans of all ages, he said. “We’ve had some participants who are World War II veterans. We’ve had ages 19 to 93.”

Harman said what’s most interesting about this particular service for veterans is that “Project Healing Waters is not really about fishing.” The groups go out to fish, but it’s the camaraderie and interaction among the participants that help them to mend, he says. “Fishing gives us a chance to break down some barriers so they can heal—not only physically, but also mentally.”

The intrinsic motions of fly-tying and -casting also offer therapy, Harman said.

“We’ve had tremendous success with veterans who have hand and wrist issues. It really builds up their dexterity. If you look at the therapy exercises in the hospital, they are really emulated in fly-casting.”

Quadriplegic John Therrell of Fletcher, N.C., can attest to the therapeutic value of fly-fishing. Therrell has limited dexterity since an auto accident when he was serving as a school administrator at Ft. Campbell, Ky. He has been fishing with Project Healing Waters for about two years and has learned everything from how to use equipment to technique, he said. The program offers him the inclusion that he sometimes misses. “It’s helped me enjoy what I was doing before my accident and I became a quadriplegic. When you fish, you have this experience that you don’t feel left out anymore.”

Therrell recently returned from fishing trips at the Firehole River in Wyoming and the Black River in Arizona. Locally, he favors the Davidson River and Lake Lure. He uses a grasping cuff to gain a tighter grip on the rod. “It’s helped me to

Project Healing Waters participant Steve Felix smiles as he holds a large trout he caught while fellow fly-fisherman Jesse Conner looks on.

stay more flexible. When you fly-fish, you use your entire body,” he said.

Accessing mountain streams or rivers could pose a problem for some disabled veterans, but the organization has discovered suitable spots, often private waters offered by their owners, Harman said. “We have one participant who is on crutches; in the water and on the bank, he gets around better than I do. He’s like a billy goat.”

Ryan Ferre, an Iraq veteran and Army staff sergeant, encountered Project Healing Waters in 2009 during his recuperation at Walter Reed Medical Center. “I saw these guys practicing fly-casting out on the lawn,” he said. “I wanted to learn that, too.”

Ferre joined the Walter Reed Project Healing Waters group and began going out with the Cherokee chapter after moving to Greenville.

“For a change, I could actually concentrate on something other than the pain that I was in,” he said about fly-fishing.

“I was just so happy after each trip; it was really a morale booster for me.”

Upstate veterans who were traveling to the nearest chapters in Asheville or Columbia to participate in meetings, workshops and regular fishing trips will soon have the option of attending a new chapter in Clemson.

Project Healing Waters is partnering with the Chattooga River chapter of Trout Unlimited to form a new chapter within the next few months, said Chattooga River Trout Unlimited chapter president Captain Brian Petersen, a fishing guide and fly-fisherman for more than 43 years.

Petersen said the more than 250 members of his chapter are already offering to volunteer during the up to eight outings planned each year for veterans. “We’re very excited to be starting a Project Healing Waters chapter. The beauty is that it’s going to have the strength of our existing organization.”

The Chattooga River chapter has already contacted Veterans Affairs offices and hospitals to spread the word, he said.

Any veterans in the area are invited to participate.

Ferre says he, too, is ready to volunteer. “If I can help anyone else get to know the sport, I will. That’s how therapeutic I think it is.”

Therrell sums up his philosophy regarding fly-fishing as, “You tie the flies on the bad days and you fish on the good days.”

For more information about Project Healing Waters, visit www.projecthealingwaters.org. For information about the new Clemson chapter, contact Brian Petersen at 864-346-4310 or visit www. chattoogatu.org.

Contact April A. Morris at amorris@ greenvillejournal.com

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High-flying fun: Downtown Airport launches AeroCamp By givens parr | contributor

A day camp unlike any other is about to take off. From July 16-20, AeroCamp will be up and running – up in the air, that is.

The program offers a unique opportunity for fifth- through 12th-graders to experience aviation and aerospace. Mint Air, a flight school based at Greenville Downtown Airport, is offering AeroCamp in the Upstate region for the first time this summer.

The next closest location offering AeroCamp is in Ohio, said Alex Park, Mint Air’s general manager. He said Mint Air is “the only flight school offering Flight Schools Association of North America’s AeroCamp program in the Southeast region. We are here to serve Upstaters who always wanted to fly. Now they can fly with us on a smaller budget with modern equipment and training.”

Mint Air is a full-service aviation business that offers private and commercial pilot’s license training, aircraft sales, management and rental.

AeroCamp is limited to 10 campers

Cecil Tune, chief flight instructor for Mint Air, with one of the company’s Flight Design CTLS planes at the Greenville Downtown Airport. Tune is the chief instructor for AeroCamp, a weeklong summer day camp teaching basic and advanced aviation to young people from grades 6 through 12.

and will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily July 16-20. Taught by FAA-certified flight instructors and local schoolteachers, Park said the campers will have ground school lessons covering a variety of topics from basic radio communication to aeronautical charts.

Flight lessons, craft time, lunch tours and hands-on exercises are all on the checklist. Campers also will clock one

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to two hours of actual flight time, Park said. Students who wish to continue pilot training can count AeroCamp flight hours towards achieving a license.

Park said the decision to offer AeroCamp in the Upstate has been in the works for “a while,” and Mint Air is pleased to finally be able to run the program this summer. “We are planning to offer more camps each year,” he said.

Greenville Downtown Airport “has never before offered a professional summer camp,” said airport director Joe Frasher.

The camp experience offers “our local kids a special opportunity to experience the science and awe of flight,” he said.

Though sessions can be added as needed, only one program is scheduled for this summer and there are still slots remaining. The cost is $599 per person, and campers may continue to sign up until slots fill or camp begins. No previous aviation experience is required.

Park said Mint Air hopes “to make a difference in aviation communities around upstate South Carolina by bringing new ideas and concepts about flying.

This widens the door for those who want to get into aviation for both leisure and career purposes.”

For more information about AeroCamp, Mint Air, light sport aircraft and flight training, visit www.flymintair.com or contact Alex Park at 864-631-1626 or alex.park@flymintair.com.

Contact Givens Parr at gparr@greenvillejournal.com.

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Five Greenville County social service agencies that face Medicaid cuts and provide health care services or early education programs will get additional money from the United Way of Greenville County.

Because of increased contributions to its 2011 campaign and higher collections for its 2010 campaign, the United Way had an additional $510,000 to allocate to local nonprofits. Earlier this year, it increased the allocation for all the agencies it funds by 5 percent. The remaining $200,000 will be distributed to five agencies: Clarity, the Meyer Center for Special Children, A Child’s Haven, the Sterling Community Torch program and the Greenville Free Clinic.

The United Way board voted to allocate the additional money to agencies unable to draw the maximum federal match because of federal and state cuts, programs that focus on school readiness, high school graduation and financial stability, and emergency assistance providers that are increasing the number of clients they service.

“Being able to provide additional funding to support these local programs is a direct result of the caring spirit of United Way contributors throughout our community,” said Board Chair Dick Wilkerson, retired chairman and president of Michelin North America.

Clarity, an agency that provides preschool developmental readiness programs, will receive $24,400 to restore money lost to Medicaid cuts. This will allow the agency to serve the same number of children,

482, who are Medicaid-funded.

The Meyer Center will get $76,500 to provide summer school three days per week for 85 current students. The program is designed to prevent summer learning loss and support muscle memory.

A Child’s Haven will receive $59,600 to restore part of the money the agency lost for its therapeutic child treatment program to Medicaid cuts. This will enable A Child’s Haven to continue serving about 120 children paid for by Medicaid.

The Sterling Community Torch program gets $14,500 to expand its after-school and summer enrichment programs for at-risk youth in the Sterling community.

The Greenville Free Medical Clinic will get $25,000 for a nurse navigator position that will increase access to health care for an estimated 500 to 1,500 patients.

The United Way has provided more than $1.1 million to local agencies over the last two years because of increased community support, reversing part of the $800,000 in funding cuts instituted two years ago because of the recession.

The nonprofit is now accepting applications for its next three-year funding cycle, which begins July 1, 2013, and ends June 30, 2016.

Information sessions for interested agencies and organizations will be held on July 10 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and July 11 at 3 p.m. The sessions will be held at the United Way office at 105 Edinburgh Court and will review the process and timeline and answer process-related questions. Organizations can register for a session at www.unitedwaygc.org/apply.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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Boy Scout Troop 19, Blue Ridge Council, announced three new Eagle Scouts. Lee Sherman, 18, was inspired by his experiences on two mission trips to the Dominican Republic, where he saw children with a great love for baseball but very little equipment. Lee organized a collection for baseball equipment to be sent to the Dominican Republic. One collection has already been delivered and the second will go overseas this summer. Zach Murray, 18, organized Troop 19 volunteers in renovating the Hughes Academy nature trail. This included designing and building a picnic table, repairing the trail’s amphitheater, and solving long-standing problems with drainage and wash-out of the trail. More than 120 hours went into this project, the results of which will benefit middle school students for years to come. Sam Myers, 17, oversaw the construction of a firewood shelter at Camp Spearhead in northern Greenville County. The shelter opened up space for wheelchair-bound campers to participate in the evening campfires. The project included design, ground clearing, pouring of foundations, carpentry, roofing and sealing.

of varying types. Through his knowledge and expertise in all dimensions of the industry, Graef has not only designed the blueprints for improvement, but also implemented the forward-thinking projects that have improved the wastewater industry and treatment options within South Carolina – now and for the future. Moreover, Graef ’s commitment to better this industry and South Carolina’s role within it has not stopped with ReWa. He currently serves as a utility operations and engineering consultant – taking on roles as both an expert witness for the wastewater industry and as an agency liaison for municipalities and public works within South Carolina.

Jake Van Gieson has been named to the Greenville Family Partnership (GFP) Board of Directors. The Greenville Family Partnership’s mission is to prevent youth from using tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other harmful substances. The Board of Directors exists to lead the GFP and guide the organization, ensuring the standard of excellence in fulfilling the organization’s mission is maintained. Van Gieson, who works for the commercial real estate firm NAI Earle Furman LLC, has been involved with GFP for the past several years. Van Gieson He began his involvement with the organization through its annual Red Ribbon Classic golf tournament and silent auction events. In addition to his participation with the Greenville Family Partnership, Van Gieson is involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate and serves as a council member for the United Way of Greenville County’s YP 20s.

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Surgeons for Sight has been chosen as a Fall for Greenville 2012 Beneficiary and is seeking volunteers for the festival from 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14. Fifty volunteers are needed. Surgeons for Sight is a Christian 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to help disadvantaged people get the eye care they need to lead productive lives.

Dr. Stephen P. Graef, former technical service director and environmental consultant for Renewable Water Resources (ReWa), was recently recognized for his career-long dedication to promoting environmental stewardship. Gov. Nikki Haley awarded Graef with the Order of the Silver Crescent, which is bestowed upon residents of South Carolina for exemplary performance, contribution and achievement within the community. It is the state’s highest award for volunteer and/or community service. During his time at ReWa, Graef directed five departments

The Cancer Society of Greenville County’s 13th Annual Ladies Golf Benefit was held recently at Green Valley Country Club. The year’s committee raised $28,180 for the tournament and every penny will remain in the community to provide financial assistance, medical supplies and services, emotional support and educational services for local cancer patients in the community. Over the last 13 years this tournament has raised over a quarter of a million dollars for the Society.

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Kendrick and Paul met in August of 2009 when they happened to sit together during graduate school orientation at Texas A&M University. Paul proposed 20 months later in the same place where they first met.

They were married on June 2, 2012, at St. Matthew United Methodist Church in Greenville, SC. A reception followed at the Poinsett Club.

Looking back, Taylor and David seemed destined to make a trip down the aisle.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Terhune Sudderth of Greenville, SC. Kendrick is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She is currently pursuing a residency in equine reproduction and a PhD in reproductive genetics at Texas A&M University.

It wasn’t until the first day of Clemson orientation that the two met again, each with their mothers at the student center trying to re-introduce them with little apparent interest between the two.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ramsey Govan, Sr., of Baton Rouge, LA. Paul received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and a Masters from Texas A&M University. Paul is currently pursuing a PhD in civil engineering at Texas A&M University.

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As babies they lived at opposite ends of the same street in Rock Hill. Their parents knew each other as did grandparents and several other relatives, but Taylor’s parents moved her away at age 2 to Charlotte and later Greenville, SC.

Finally, in their senior year at Clemson, another coincidental relationship between a good friend of Taylor’s, who happened to be David’s cousin, finally convinced them they needed to spend some time together.

On Saturday June 16, Taylor and David wed at First Presbyterian Church in Greenville with a host of Rock Hill and Greenville family and friends in attendance.

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sports medicine orthopedic world,” said Bob Leonard, vice president for marketing and public relations.

From one clinic with two employees in Spartanburg, Proaxis today has 15 clinics, 150 employees in the Upstate and ambitious plans for more growth, including a clinic opening this month in Charleston.

In 2005, the company had 20,000 patient visits at three clinics. By 2011, the number had grown to 130,000 patient visits at 14 clinics.

“To date,” said Leonard, “we have over 1,800 different physicians who have referred to us in the Upstate.”

Proaxis recently opened its 15th clinic at Travelers Rest, and on June 15 held a grand opening at a fourclinic physical therapy company it acquired in Raleigh, N.C., its first venture in that state.

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Proaxis Therapy physical therapist Tom Denninger works with a patient, former Lt. Gov. Nick Theodore.

Proaxis Therapy has traveled from the dawn of sports medicine at the 1984 Winter Olympics to youth soccer fields and steady work as a primary physician-referral provider for physical therapy in the Upstate.

Proaxis is a rapidly growing company that expanded to Spartanburg from Vail, Colo., in 2004 and moved a year later to Greenville to link up with the Greenville Hospital System.

Moving to Greenville gave the company access to the athletic training network developed by GHS and the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, with which it has a long historical link. It is the nation’s second-largest sports training network.

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conveniently scattered across multiple cities and counties is critical to patients and referring physicians, Leonard said.

“Physical therapy is very much like a health club in that any more than 10 minutes out becomes a barrier for people to want to come, and people want to see our folks from two to three times a week.”

It also fits Proaxis’ “goal to treat physical therapy almost like a dental practice” and get people to think of muscles in the same way that they return for regular dental checkups.

“I’d rather see a patient in six months to make sure he is not going backward and catch something on the front end,” said Leonard, who is a licensed physical therapist.

In February, Proaxis moved its corporate office to prime space in downtown Greenville. It bought the building on the north side of the soon-tobe-spiffed-up Bergamo Plaza.

“The move for us was based on a need for more business space,” Leonard said. “Coupled with that, we wanted to be more a part of the community. I can’t think of more ‘heart of the community’ than right here.”

The new quarters offer “room to grow,” from the 40-50 employees now in the business office, he said. “We have more and more things happening in the next six to 12 months that will require more space.”

Proaxis added 20 employees in the past five months and made 12 offers in mid-June, primarily to physical thera-

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“Physical therapy is very much like a health club in that any more than 10 minutes out becomes a barrier for people to want to come, and people want to see our folks from two to three times a week.”

Bob Leonard, vice president for marketing and public relations at Proaxis, on why the company offers multiple convenient locations in many cities.

pists, Leonard said. He expects to need another 10 to 12 in the next two to three years.

The growth of Proaxis and other physical rehabilitation providers is fueled in large part by recognition that physical therapy speeds recovery from muscular maladies and saves money by shortening hospital stays and providing preventive care.

“The profession has continued to impress on the side of getting quality outcomes,” said Leonard. “From our perspective, it is getting folks better faster. That’s important to insurance companies. They don’t want to see things lingering forever.”

If someone gets injured at work, at home or on the playing field, “he could walk into one of our locations. We are going to quickly address that injury and also figure out if there is any more to it” and refer to a physician if more diagnosis is needed.

“Insurance companies dig that,” he added. “That is a money-saver. Most people are insured who come through our doors, and mostly they are coming through physicians.”

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of physical therapists is increasing “much faster than the average for all occupations” – an increase of 39 percent by 2020.

The demand is coming in large part from baby boomers, who are staying active longer than previous generations, and by the aging that puts them more at risk for “heart attacks, strokes and mobility-related injuries that require physical therapy for rehabilitation,” the bureau says.

A therapist at Proaxis earns a salary in the low- to- mid $50,000 range, while someone in a leadership role “can double that,” Leonard said. The statistics bureau said the median pay nationally in 2010 was $76,310 a year.

Leonard said while Proaxis does occupational therapy, it stays focused on its niche in the sports medicine orthopedic world.

That specialty and integration of physical therapy in traditional medical care is a legacy of its founders, who are credited with creating “much of what sports medicine is to-

day,” as Proaxis’ sister website in Vail puts it.

The bloodline is traced to Topper Hagerman, John Atkins and Dr. Richard Steadman, who were principals on the medical team for the U.S. ski team that surprised the world with three gold and two silver medals at the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984.

Steadman, an orthopedic surgeon, was team physician; Atkins was trainer and conditioning coach and Hagerman directed sports physiology.

In 1990, Steadman teamed up with Dr. Richard Hawkins to establish the SteadmanHawkins Clinic at the Vail Valley Medical Center, and Atkins and Hagerman provided therapy for its patients.

When Hawkins, who is considered one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the world, relocated to the Upstate in 2004 to establish the Steadman-Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas, Atkins and Sean McEnroe, who is chief executive officer of Proaxis, followed along with Proaxis.

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@ greenvillejournal.com.

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NAI Earle Furman announced the following transactions: • David Feild and Tyson Smoak represented the landlord of 1664 E. Main St., Easley, in leasing 2,339 square feet of medical office space to Excel Rehabilitation & Sport Enhancement.

• Tyson Smoak and David Feild represented NorthPak Container Corp. in leasing 2,370 square feet of office space at 1010 E. North St., Suite D, Greenville.

• Bill Sims and Jake Van Gieson represented the landlord of 115 Pelham Road (Pelham Court Shopping Center), Greenville, in leasing 3,120 square feet of retail space to 90 Degrees Yoga.

• Hunter Garrett and John Staunton represented the landlord of 14 Pelham Ridge Drive, Greenville, in leasing 3,000 square feet of industrial/flex space.

• Stuart Wyeth and Peter Couchell represented the landlord of 401 Brookfield Parkway, Greenville, in leasing 8,435 square feet of office space. Hunter Garrett and John Staunton represented the tenant, Medical Billing Center.

• Ted Lyerly and Jimmy Wright represented Culver’s in the ground lease of property at 2021 Woodruff Road, Greenville, from Woodruff Road REI. This will be Culver’s first location in South Carolina.

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AVX Corp., a leading global supplier of capacitors and other equipment used in electronic devices, is investing $14 million to bring manufacturing and research to Fountain Inn. The company plans to renovate a building in the Southchase Industrial Park that had been used by Mita, the maker of copiers that, like AVX, is owned by the Japanese conglomerate Kyocera.

The manufacturing that AVX now does in Myrtle Beach, which had been AVX headquarters until corporate moved to Greenville County in 2009, reportedly will be transferred to the Southchase facility. The company said the expansion would generate 270 new positions in R&D over the next several years.

The Myrtle Beach manufacturing component would add an additional 150 jobs to the Fountain Inn operation.

“Increasing manufacturing and research

operations at our global headquarters in Fountain Inn, near Greenville, is an important step for our company’s growth,” said Kurt Cummings, chief financial officer. “These new operations will allow us to expand our worldwide activity and broaden our product offering. We appreciate the support we’ve received from the state and local officials, as well as from representatives of Duke Energy.”

H.G. “Butch” Kirven, chairman of the Greenville County Council and board member of the Greenville Area Development Corp., said the AVX expansion “will strengthen our technology-based advanced manufacturing sector.”

He thanked Duke Energy and Advance SC, a quasi-government financial supporter of technological development, for assistance “in making this happen.”

AVX also is getting financial support from the county through lower property taxes by way of in-lieu payments and from the state in the way of $500,000 for

building improvements and job development credits.

AVX’s decision to expand in Fountain Inn “was, in part, based on business inducements from the state and county,” the S.C. Commerce Department said.

However, state financial support would not apply to positions that would be transferred from Myrtle Beach because there is no net gain for the state.

AVX has 24 manufacturing and customer support facilities in 15 countries and 10,800 full-time employees. AVX is publicly traded on the NYSE. In the fiscal year that ended March 30, it reported revenue of $1.5 billion and net income of $153 million.

With AVX and KEMET Corp., Greenville is home to two of the world’s largest producers of capacitors, the essential device in electronic devices to temporarily store and distribute energy.

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

Palmetto Bank unloads troubled loans

By Dick Hughes | contributor

Palmetto Bank completed the sale of branches at Rock Hill and Blacksburg this week and in mid-June unloaded $40.3 million in troubled loans and foreclosed property to avoid future write-downs.

Sam Erwin, chief executive officer, said the sale of branches, unreliable loans and foreclosed property “will accelerate our return to profitability in 2012.”

Palmetto has not had a profitable quarter since early 2009.

Palmetto said it netted $627,000 on the sale of the branches to Carolina Premier Bank, a five-year-old Charlotte, N.C., bank that gains its first South Carolina presence. The sale was announced Jan. 30 and closed Monday.

Erwin said the sale has “an immediate positive impact to our earnings” in the current third quarter.

The sale of offices, consolidation of two others, reduction in workforce, cleansing of loan holdings and other downsizing measures are purposeful to align expenses with the “underlying revenue generating capacity of the franchise.”

Palmetto expects to take a one-time hit of $15.1 million in the just-ended quarter

from the discounted sale of the nonperforming loans and foreclosed property.

The bank said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it expects a loss of between $4 million and $6 million for the second quarter.

The credit loss is offset, the bank said, by a gain of $8.5 million to $10.5 million on the sale of investment securities and by “ongoing operating earnings.”

In a bulk transaction, Palmetto unloaded $23.2 million in “classified assets” – loans with questionable chance of repayment – through The Debt Exchange, a company that in turn peddles the loans in online auctions.

In addition, the bank said it “entered into multiple sales contracts on selected other classified loans and foreclosed real estate” valued at $17.1 million.

The bank said it will benefit from avoidance of future write-downs and from savings related to “carrying costs such as legal expenses, property taxes, property insurance and other costs incurred to resolve the problem assets and protect the collateral value.”

On the whole, the bank said cleansing the portfolio of toxic assets is “expected to result in greater stability and

predictability in future earnings.” Palmetto said the sales reduced the bank’s nonperforming loans by 46 percent.

Bank officials said Palmetto has been able to maintain capital ratios – the measures regulators use to judge a bank’s ability to remain financially stable against credit losses – at levels higher than demand under a consent order with the FDIC. Palmetto made it through 2008, the first full year of the credit and real estate collapse, and the first quarter of 2009 with small profits while many banks were in the red. But starting in the second quarter of 2009, the bank was hit hard as its heavy concentration in commercial real estate development loans went sour. It has not been profitable since.

The old guard of the 106-year-old bank was replaced with a younger generation, New York and Philadelphia investors put in $104 million, the company went public and an aggressive plan to downsize was implemented with a goal of making money before this year is out.

Palmetto has assets of $1.2 billion with 25 branches. It is headquartered in Greenville.

Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

Ah, Summer!

Remember running barefoot, eating popsicles, and playing kick the can until you were called home for dinner.

Today, summer has lost much of its allure Lee Yarborough when days are spent inside looking at a computer instead of outside next to a pool. Last week, I took off early one day and played with my 5 year old while eating a snow cone.

I felt like a kid again.

Summer is more than a season; it is a feeling and a memory. Truthfully, we all need a little bit of “summer” each year to keep us sane and to keep our priorities in check. How can we run businesses and manage employees in a summer mentality, yet stay professional? After my snow cone last week, I have been trying to come up with ideas to help our whole staff feel like its summer at Propel HR. • Summer hours – can your business meet demands and allow employees flexible summer hours? Many companies offer employees shorter work hours on Fridays, but keep the office covered through a rotation. A few extra hours a week to go to the pool or lake adds wonders to employee morale.

• Sweet treats – who says kids are the only ones who need an ice cream break?

Make your own Sundaes or call the ice cream truck to come to your office. It is a huge hit and brings laughter to your staff.

• Summer vacations – many employees will be taking time off this summer, so make sure your shifts are filled and that your clients’ needs are being met.

Prepare for this by cross training and communicating schedules to the staff.

• Summer social –whether a cook-out or a potluck, celebrate the season with a social for your team. Get creative and have fun!

Unfortunately, work has taken the place of our summers off, but there is no reason we can’t still have a little summer fun at the office. It will make you feel like a kid again!

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Bruce B. Aughtry has left Windsor/Aughtry Co. after 30 years with that company and predecessor Aughtry Co. to open a full-service commercial real estate firm, McWillie Properties. “I envisioned it a few years ago, but I could not leave many of my co-workers at Windsor/Aughtry, particularly my big brother,� he said, referring to P.C. “Bo�

Aughtry, principal at Windsor/Aughtry. “Beyond being brothers and business associates, we are best friends,� said Bo Aughtry. “While not seeing each other every day may at first seem strange, we will stay in close touch businesswise and be each other’s No. 1 cheerleader.�

Bruce Aughtry joined Windsor/Aughtry at its inception in 1988 and was with his brother at The Aughtry Co. for the prior six years.

Bruce Aughtry said McWillie Properties “will focus on commercial sites such as banks, drugstores, restaurants and convenience stores, as well as residential development properties and recreational/timber tracts.�

Greenville-headquartered CertusBank plans to open its first branch in coastal South Carolina with an office in Charleston next spring. “The move aligns perfectly with our plan to increase our presence in the Lowcountry and establish brand roots more prominently with this market,� said Angela Webb, CertusBank president.

Certus is leasing space in a four-story office building to be built on Meeting Street.

Certus will have a branch at ground level and offices on the second floor.

Ground was broken for the new building June 28 with completion scheduled for the first quarter of 2013.

Government no longer a shareholder in Greenville First

By Dick Hughes | contributor

Treasury paid Feb. 27, 2009, when Treasury bought $17.3 million in preferred shares to boost Southern’s capital in the national credit collapse.

While Treasury took a discount of about 10 percent on its initial investment, taxpayers still made money because Southern First already had paid more than $2.3 million in interest and may owe a bit more.

To be able to participate in the auction, Southern First needed approval from federal regulators, which it received in June.

The six other banks included in this week’s TARP auction were Fidelity Southern of Atlanta; Firstbank of Alma, Mich.; First Citizens Banc Corp. of Sandusky, Ohio; MetroCorp Bancshares of Houston; Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina; and Pulaski Financial Corp. of St. Louis.

Earlier this year, Treasury auctioned off its preferred shares in 13 other banks in the Obama administration’s program to get government out of holding bank shares by putting them in the hands of private investors.

The TARP shares sold by Southern First Bancshares of Greenville to the U.S. Treasury were sold this week to private investors in a government auction for a little more than 90 cents on the dollar.

This means that the government is no longer a shareholder in Southern First, which operates as Greenville First in the Upstate and Southern First in Columbia.

The 17,299 TARP shares of Southern First held by Treasury were included in an auction with those of six other banks that had received the capital infusion during the credit crisis.

The so-called Dutch auction began Monday and closed Wednesday.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Southern First said it had agreed to repurchase 1,000 of the shares for “an aggregate purchase price of $904,000 plus accrued interest.�

Southern First’s remaining 16,299 TARP shares were sold to private investors at the same price.

The price, set by the public auction, Contact Dick Hughes at is a discount from the $1,000 per share dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.

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By Cindy Landrum | staff

Octavia wants to become a lawyer.

Deshon plans to own a cleaning business. Javan aspires to be a doctor. And, when she grows up, Keyonna wants to be a butterfly or mermaid.

While their future aspirations differ, the four siblings all want the same thing for the present – a permanent home.

Their portrait will be one of 50 oversized photographs displayed at the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartan-

burg from July 9 through Aug. 24 as part of a National Heart Gallery Exhibit that features professionally photographed foster children from across the country who need a permanent home.

The Heart Gallery is a traveling exhibit created to find families for children in foster care. On display are portraits – some lively, some somber, all moving – of children who are waiting to be adopted but are considered harder to place because of their ages, special medical needs or desire to be placed as a sibling group.

The pictures, taken by professional

photographers who donate their time, show children with big grins, brothers and sisters laughing together and a boy holding his pet white rat.

One child or group of siblings from each state is represented in the National Heart Gallery Exhibit. Octavia, Deshon, Javan and Keyonna — who are identified only by first name as are the rest of the children chosen for the display — are South Carolina’s representatives. Greenville wedding and newborn photographer Catherine Tolbert photographed them.

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“Shifting Plates” started as a way for 15 printmakers in the Upstate to exchange their work among themselves – and morphed into a traveling exhibition.

Steven Chapp, a printmaker who lives in Easley, was looking for a project after he retired from teaching in the Greenville County Schools.

“I knew a lot of printmakers in the area,” he said. “They are artists I respected who were producing exciting works.”

So he started an exchange with 15 artists. Each artist was to produce 15 original numbered hand-pulled prints – one for each participant. They printed one more for the exhibition, an idea spawned after Chapp talked to Kim Sholly, project diprints continued on page 21

Fe, N.M., came up with the idea for the first Heart Gallery in 2001 when she was considering adopting a child and was flipping through a book of small snapshots of that state’s available children.

She worked with Diane Granito, an adoptions recruiter for the New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families, to get professional photographers to take portraits of children who were available for adoption and needed permanent homes.

The portraits were displayed in a chic art gallery. Three kids were adopted because of the opening night.

There are now more than 120 Heart Galleries across the country, including one in South Carolina.

There are nearly 500,000 children in foster care in the United States. More than half of them will never return home. More than 123,000 children need adoptive homes right now.

According to the National Heart Gallery, more than 29,000 foster children who turned 18 in 2008 aged out of the system without ever finding a permanent home.

According to the Children’s Defense Fund, there were 4,938 children in foster care in South Carolina in 2010. Nearly 1,700 of them were waiting to be adopted and 513 found a “forever home.”

In South Carolina, children stay in foster care an average of nearly three years.

After the age of 9, the likelihood of being

SO YOU KNOW WHAT: National Heart Gallery exhibition WHO: an exhibit of portraits of foster children from across the country who are in need of permanent homes WHERE: Chapman Cultural Center, 200 E. Saint John St., Spartanburg WHEN: July 9 through Aug. 24, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Kansas foster kids Alexander, Diana and Sephiroth are featured in the National Heart Gallery exhibition.

adopted drops significantly for a child.

Patricia Byrd, a board member for the South Carolina Heart Gallery Foundation and sales manager for the Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau, helped bring the national exhibit to the Upstate.

“Generating awareness about children in foster care is one of my passions, and so is tourism, and I thought I could bring them together with this project,” she said. “Housing these photos in the elegance of the Chapman Cultural Center will only enhance the already mindblowing exhibit experience.”

Steve Wong, marketing director for the Chapman Cultural Center, called the exhibit both beautiful and heartbreaking.

“This is one of those cases where art will touch you deeply,” he said. “We sincerely hope because of this exhibit, waiting children and parents are brought together to form permanent homes. This is a most impressive show.”

The exhibition is free and open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. beginning July 9. A reception will be held on July 19 during the Spartanburg Art Walk.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

rector at the Metropolitan Arts Council.

Each artist also made an additional eight prints to include packaged in portfolios to be sold for $1,500 each – an opportunity Chapp called “a steal.”

The exhibition will run through Aug. 25 at the Spartanburg Art Museum. It includes a second piece by each artist that hangs side-by-side with the portfolio piece.

In addition to Chapp, artists participating in the project are Wells Alewine, Kent Ambler, Andrew Blanchard, Jim Campbell, Marty Epp-Carter, Kevin Clinton, Katya Cohen, Jim Creal, Syd Cross, Daniel Cvammen, Phil Garrett, Luis Jaramillo, Catherine Labbé and Mark Mulfinger.

The exhibit shows a wide range of styles and techniques employed in printmaking. Some of the styles are highly detailed and colorful. Others are basic and bold. Some used traditional printmaking techniques such as wood etching; others used more modern methods such as monotypes, where only one print is normally made.

All pieces are done on 7.5-inch by 10inch paper. Any print medium could be used and pieces could have any subject matter.

“Interesting enough, none of us knew what the others were working on over the several months, but many of the works have similar subject matter – figures, skeletons, birds,” Chapp said. “We as artists all kind of respond to the same events in the world.”

Chapp said the exhibit is designed to educate people on the process of printmaking and the variety of those processes.

“This show provides a real wide range from screen printing to wood-

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cuts and wood engraving to linocuts to solar plate intaglio prints.”

The exhibit, which is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., has already been shown at the Metropolitan Arts Council and the Fine Arts Center in Greenville and at Coastal Carolina University.

Chapp said he did not know how long the exhibit would continue to travel.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

SO YOU KNOW: WHAT: “Shifting Plates: South Carolina Upstate Printmakers” WHO: 15 Upstate artists WHERE: Spartanburg Art Museum, 200 E. Saint John St., Spartanburg WHEN: through Aug. 25 INFORMATION: 542-ARTS

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The Carolina Chocolate Drops may be an old-time string band, but they refuse to stay stuck in the past.

Their new album, “Leaving Eden,” finds the band adding to their musical palette, augmenting their core of traditional instruments like the fiddle, banjo, jug, kazoo and “bones” percussion with a cellist and a human beatbox. Mixed in with traditional songs like “Cornbread and Butterbeans” and “Po’ Black Sheep” in their repertoire, you’ll find slightly more modern fare – like Run-DMC’s “You Be Illin’” and Blu Cantrell’s “Hit ‘Em Up Style” – given the old-time treatment.

“We’re modern people,” said Carolina Chocolate Drops co-founder Rhiannon Giddens. “I think it’s a bit of a stretch to say that we’re not affected by modern music, and that we’re not going to want to do modern music. I think that’s where it gets fake.’”

In the seven years since their founding in Durham, N.C., the band, which will play at the Handlebar on Stone Avenue on Friday, July 13, has come a long way. They’ve made fans out of Bob Dylan and Taj Mahal, both of whom invited the Drops to open for them in concert. They’ve landed a song on “The Hunger Games” soundtrack. And they were the first black string band to play the Grand Ole Opry.

Though the band’s “first and foremost job is to entertain,” said Giddens, she and her bandmates also hope to school their audiences on how African-Americans in the Piedmont of North and South Carolina helped create modern popular music.

For instance, many people associate the banjo strictly with white bluegrass musicians, not knowing that it actually evolved from several African gourd-based instruments. Black musicians in the New World were playing the banjo long before whites popularized the instrument.

“The idea of the banjo as a white instrument has just taken over, and people have no particular reason to challenge that if they don’t know anything else,” Giddens said. “So that’s kind of our job.”

In their live shows, the Drops take time to explain the origins and context of almost every song they play. The liner notes of “Leaving Eden” include similar information for each song on that album.

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Giddens met co-founder Dom Flemons in 2005 at the first Black Banjo Gathering, a festival in Boone, N.C., celebrating the African roots of the instrument. Joined by Justin Robinson, the 20-something musicians began studying and playing with Joe Thompson, a traditional fiddler in Mebane, N.C., who died in February of this year at age 93.

The trio formed the Carolina Chocolate Drops in part to continue Thompson’s legacy of old-time Piedmont music.

At last year’s Grammy awards, their 2010 album, “Genuine Negro Jig,” which had reached No. 1 on Billboard’s bluegrass chart, won the award for Best Traditional Folk Album.

“When you win, there’s not much better feeling than that, when they read your name out,” said Giddens. “I definitely wouldn’t give it back.”

When Robinson left the band, Giddens and Flemons took the opportunity to bring in new blood for “Leaving Eden,” including multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins, cellist Leyla McCalla and vocalist and beatboxer Adam Matta.

“We said, ‘Well, here’s an opportunity to go in a slightly different direction; see who we find to work with and see what happens,’” Giddens said. “We’ve been very lucky to find great musicians to work with, and we’ve been able to do things that we weren’t able to do before.

It’s been good for everybody.”

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After Mark David Kaplan landed the role of Zazu in the national tour of Disney’s blockbuster musical “The Lion King,” he spent hours and hours in front of a mirror.

He was partly looking at himself.

But he was mostly practicing to learn how to maneuver the expressions and actions of the bird puppet he would have on his hand.

Like a dancer practicing his steps, Kaplan was trying to master the strings and levers that make the hornbill blink and move his mouth, head, neck and wings – all while staying in character, since “The Lion King” makes no effort to hide the puppeteers.

“You have to get to the point where you’re not thinking about the mechanics of the puppetry so you can free your brain to perform,” he said. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s so worth it.”

More than 230 puppets and masks are used to bring to the stage Disney’s hit animated movie telling the story of a young lion’s coming of age and taking his place in the world.

They range from the miniscule to the massive, including four towering 18-foot giraffes played by actors trained in stiltwalking to a 13-foot-long, 9-foot-wide elephant guided by four people.

The show also includes 52 wildebeests, 39 hyenas, 15 gazelles and an assortment of other animals.

Once actors begin mastering their puppet or mask, they next learn the choreography. It takes about two months to master the puppetry because Disney casts actors who are taught puppetry rather than casting puppeteers who are taught to act.

“We have to be a quadruple threat,” Kaplan said. “We have to sing, dance and act and do a puppet.”

Kaplan’s character, which he describes as the majordomo, royal sidekick to lion ruler Mufasa, has calm moments of the stuffiness and sophistication of a finicky British butler and moments of sheer panic and wing-flapping.

Kaplan rejoined “The Lion King” tour last year. He toured in the original company in the second national tour from 2003 to mid-2006. He was a principal standby then, covering the comic relief characters – Zazu, Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog.

Actor and puppeteer Mark David Kaplan with Zazu, his character in the current production of “The Lion King” now showing at the Peace Center for the Performing Arts.

“The Lion King” doesn’t try to hide the mechanics of the puppets or the humans who control them or wear the animal masks.

“It’s what Julie Taymor, the director of ‘The Lion King,’ calls the ‘dual event,’” said Michael Reilly, puppet supervisor for the tour. “You have the visual of a lion but you still have an actor who can portray emotion, sing and act and all that stuff.”

Kaplan said having people say they stopped looking at him is the ultimate compliment.

“I love it when people say, ‘You were great.

After a while, I didn’t notice you were there.

I looked at the puppet the whole time,’” he said. “You realize that that means you’re doing your job, that you did it right.”

With the success of “The Lion King” and other shows such as “Avenue Q,” Broadway performers are more accepting of roles that include puppets.

“There are some who still shy away from those roles,” Kaplan said, “but to me, it just adds another tool in my toolbox.”

“The Lion King” ends its four-week run at the Peace Center on July 8.

Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.

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The South Carolina Children’s Theatre has openings for their summer camps during the week of July 9 through July 13. Camps include Eric Carle Exploration (K3 through K5), Where the Wild Things Are Exploration (K3 through K5), Half-Day Acting Camp (1st through fifth grade), Musical Theater ROAR (third through eighth grade), Full Day Acting Camp (5th grade and up) and Audition Prep for “The Sound of Music” (6 years and up). For more information, contact Jill Wolf at 235-2885 ext. 21 or jill@scchildrenstheatre.org.

The Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville will hold a cartoon and character design class for students in the fifth through eighth grades on July 23 through 25 and July 26 through 28 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The classes will be held at the gallery at 200 N. Main St., Suite 104, Greenville. Class is $110 and all supplies are included. Local artist Eddie Barry, who studied character design and storyboarding at Savannah College of Art and Design and majored in art education at the University of South Carolina Upstate, will teach the workshops. For more information or to sign up, contact Barry at eddiebarry@gmail.com or Nancy Berry at nancy@nancybarrywatercolors.com or 238-9454.

Jillian Medoff will be the featured author at Book Your Lunch on July 19 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lazy Goat. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in

advance at www.bookyourlunch.com or by calling Fiction Addiction at 675-0540. Medoff ’s new novel is “I Couldn’t Love You More.” Medoff also wrote “Hunger Point,” the basis for the original Lifetime movie starring Barbara Hershey and Christina Hendricks.

Hannah Dara of Greenville is one of 43 Emerson Scholars and will receive a full scholarship to attend Interlochen Arts Camp, a summer arts program for aspiring young musicians. Dara will study the viola. She is the daughter of David and Linda Dara and a recent graduate of the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities.

Fifty-three artists participated in “Flat Out Under Pressure,” a 24-hour art making event whose winners will have their work displayed on outdoor recycling bins in downtown Greenville. Winners were: Diane Kilgore Condon, first place; Kay Larch, second place; Anna Dean, third place; Bridgett Crocker, fourth place; Kent Ambler, fifth place; Katy Cassell, sixth place; Paul Flint, seventh place; and Greg Flint, eighth place. The work submitted for the contest will hang in the Metropolitan Arts Council’s gallery through July 20.

Send us your arts announcement.

E-mail: greenvillearts@greenvillejournal.com

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102 Sandpiper Lane, Forrester Woods Estates, Greenville A large and lovely, full brick, with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Bonus room has back stairs from kitchen area. Quality, such as large foyer, hardwood floors, step down den with built-in bookcases flanking gas log fireplace. The den is open to the dining room and has a wet bar and dual built-ins. Home features a very large kitchen with center island and Jenn Aire grill, plus additional storage. The kitchen window overlooks a deck, screened porch and a dynamic in-ground pool with patios. The made-for-entertaining backyard is enclosed by brick walls and great landscaping. Formal rooms for guests include a living room and dining room. Upstairs there are 4 bedrooms and 2 large baths. Another half bath on the main floor services the pool area. This home has a truly oversized, side load garage with additional parking area and a full irrigation system. “First American Buyer’s Warranty” (@ $445.) Sellers are being HOME INFO transferred and have to leave their dream home!

Price: $309,999 | MLS#1236744 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 3400-3599SF Mauldin Elementary Mauldin Middle Mauldin High Contact: Janie Gibbs 864.901.3403

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THE CLIFFS AT MOUNTAIN PARK SPAULDING FARMS COVEY HILL HAMMETT CREEK

20 HEATHER STONE CT - $189,900 3 SWATHMORE CT - $183,900 9 BRIDGEPORT DR - $179,900 4BR/2.5BA. GReat home in great loca3BR/2.5BA. Location, privacy! Former 4BR/2.5BA. Updated brick tri-level w/ample tion. Master on 2nd level. Quiet culdesac model! Beautiful Hdwds, FP, Master on Main, room for multi-generations.Hdwds, carpet, lg location. Great amenities. 385 to Fairview Carolina Rm, Double Gar. Walk to pool.

BR’s, mature ldspg, fncd yd & much more.

Rd Exit, R on Fairview Rd, L into SD @ traf- Outstanding property! Pelham Rd , over I-85, I-385 to R on Haywood to R on E North. L fic light, R on Heather Stone Tim Keagy, R Garlington, R into SD, Call for gate code. on Kenilworth. L on Bridgeport. Home on L 905-3304 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. Wanda Reed, 270-4078 Prudential C. Dan Beth French, 386-6003 Prudential C. Dan MLS#1243254 Joyner Co. MLS#1241895 Joyner Co. MLS#1222511

FAIRVIEW CHASE

SUN 1-4PM (7/8) GREENVILLE

12 HEATHERFIELD DR - $177,500 3BR/2.5BA. Great home in great location, OIpen floor plan, neutral colors, master on main, screened porch & much more! 385 to Fairview Rd, R on Fairview, L into SD on Rivers Edge, 2nd L on Heatherfield Dr. Tim Keagy, 905-3304 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1237185

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402 WEEPING WILLOW COURT - $147,900 200 HIGHLAND DR - $145,000 3BR/2BA. UPDATES GALORE! Newer Roof, 3BR/2BA. Wonderful brick hm. Nice closets, Carpeting, Granite Ctrs, Black Appli & more! .62 acres, gas log fp, lg kit, 2011 HVAC, Fenced lot! DIR: Hwy 14S at I-85. Turn LFT nice back porch & bkyd. From GVL to Greer on Westmoreland (at red light). RT on Marcie on Hwy 29 (Wade Hampton Blvd.) L on Rush. RT on Thornbrush, House on RT. Memorial Dr, 2nd L on Highland Dr. Hm on R. Cynthia Akins, 640-3167 PRUDENTIAL Sigrid Perret-Gentil, 304-8175 Prudential MLS#1241789 C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1239463

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JACKSON HOLLOW STONEHAVEN FIVE FORKS PLANTATION CLIFFS AT GLASSY SUNSET POINTE THE VALLEY AT TANNER ESTATES CASA LOMA ESTATES BRIGHTON BATESWOOD CHANDLER LAKE SPAULDING FARMS HAMMETT CORNER SHELLBROOK PLANTATION HAMMETT CORNER SUNSET HILLS PELHAM FALLS CARILION CREEKWOOD HOLLY TRACE BOYCE-LAWN ADD. BOYCE-LAWN ADD. BOYCE-LAWN ADD. CAROLINA OAKS PELHAM FALLS COVE AT BUTLER SPRINGS GREYTHORNE THE LOFTS AT MILLS MILL MCDANIEL GREENE SOUTH ROCKWOOD PARK FORRESTER HEIGHTS NEELY FARM - DEER SPRINGS

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Sycamore Ridge, Simpsonville, SC The quiet neighborhood of Sycamore Ridge is the perfect location for your family. Sycamore Ridge features stately homes on large, private, well-tended lots. With a clubhouse, junior Olympic swimming pool, and tennis courts, there are many outlets to accommodate an active

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Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., Announces Anderson Joins Pelham Road Office June 7, 2012 – Prudential C Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Katherine Avery Anderson has joined the company and will serve as a sales associate with The Katherine Anderson Spaulding Group at the Pelham Road Office.

Anderson, a graduate of Christ Church Episcopal School and University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, is a proud ambassador of Greenville and its surrounding areas (particularly Fountain Inn). Born in New Jersey, she grew up in Greenville and has worked in the real estate industry for over ten years, boasting

experience in property management, real estate marketing publishing, and residential real estate sales.

“We are very excited to have Kate join our Pelham Road office”, said John Moore, Broker-in-Charge. “She is a wonderful addition to our Family”.

An Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR), Anderson artfully guides her clients through the oft-intimidating process of buying and selling real estate in today’s dynamic market. In particular, she relishes the opportunity to help people call Greenville County home.

Anderson enjoys cooking, painting, singing, fashion, and interior design. She resides in beautiful Fountain Inn with her husband, James.

Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., Patrick Toates Joins Pelham Road Office June 13, 2012 – PrudentialCDanJoyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Patrick Toates has joined the company and will serve as a sales associate with Patrick Toates The Toates Team at the Pelham Road Office.

Prior to joining the C. Dan Joyner Company, Toates worked as Customer Resolution Specialist at Resurgent Capital Services.

“We are very excited to have Patrick join our Pelham Road office”, said John Moore, Broker-in-Charge. “As a member of The Toates Team, he will continue his family’s outstanding reputation and expertise in the real estate industry”.

Originally from the Upstate, Patrick graduated from Eastside High School in Taylors and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science from Clemson University. He currently resides in Greer where he is a volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., Announces Top Producer Office Awards for May June 19, 2012 – Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce the following Top Producer awards for May 2012.

Top Producers for Listings: • Easley/Powdersville Office – Twila Kingsmore and Sanders/Thompson Team • Garlington Road Office – Sheila Smalley and Donna O. Smith & Partners • Greer Office – Chrys Davis and Jan Walker Team • Pelham Road Office – Beth French and Spaulding Group • Pleasantburg Office – Robin Bishop and Brandt Mullins Family Team

• Simpsonville Office – Susan McMillen and Palmer/Jones Team Top Producers for Sales: • Easley/Powdersville Office – Twila Kingsmore and Sanders/Thompson Team • Garlington Road Office – Ronda Holder and Donna O. Smith & Partners • Greer Office – Susan Burch and Jan Walker Team • Pelham Road Office – Beth French and Spaulding Group • Pleasantburg Office – Melissa Morrell and Chet & Beth Smith Group • Simpsonville Office – Susan McMillan and Palmer/Jones Team

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Coldwell Banker Spartanburg Brokers

Commercial Caine Represent Local Real

June 11, 2012 – Brokers from Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine’s Greenville and Spartanburg office recently represented the following area real estate transactions: • Charles Humphreys, CCIM, and Brian Scurlock, represented the Landlord, Falls Place, LLC, in the leasing of 1,338 SF of office space at Suite RL-107, Falls Place, 531 S. Main Street in Greenville, to ATS, Inc. of St. Cloud, MN.

Greenville and Estate Transactions

• Tim Satterfield of CBC Caine’s Spartanburg office represented the Landlord, Toya Hegwer and Fred Abbatiello, in the leasing of 8,000 SF of retail space at 105 E. Rutherford Street in Landrum, to Ed Lettelier.

• Brian Scurlock represented the Tenant, Garry M Price d/b/a Design Elite, in the leasing of 1,500 SF of office space at 538 Old Howell Road, Suite 102 in Greenville from the Landlord, HRO Developers, LLC.

• Nicholas Sardone represented the Landlord, Augusta Road Properties, LLC, in the leasing of 3,650 SF of office space at 1425 Augusta Street in Greenville, to Greenville Hospital System.

• David Sigmon represented the Landlord, West End Investments, LLC, in the leasing of 2,375 SF of retail space at 18 Augusta Street in Greenville to Amanda Henry’s Popcorn Parlor.

• Robert Zimmerman represented the Purchaser, Kathy Harris, in the purchase of a 2,050 SF office building at 10 Howe Street in Greenville from Tuesday Properties, LLC.

• Pete Brett, CCIM of CBC Caine’s Greenville office represented the Purchaser, 301 East McBee, LLC, in the purchase of a 0.23 acre site at 301 E. McBee Avenue in Greenville from James D. Calmes, II etal, LLC.

Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., Kristin Brady Joins Pelham Road Office June 19, 2012 – Prudential C Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS® is pleased to announce that Kristin Gayle Roberts Brady has Kristin Brady joined the company and will serve as a sales associate with The Spaulding Group at the Pelham Road Office.

Prior to joining the C. Dan Joyner Company, Brady worked as Promotions Director and co-host for “Morning Friends” at the HIS Radio Network.

Patterson

Joins

June 25, 2012 – Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Pat Patterson as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office.

Coldwell

Pat Patterson

Patterson graduated with a business degree from the University of Denver,

“We are very excited to have Kristin join our Pelham Road office”, said John Moore, Broker-in-Charge. “We welcome her to our family of Realtors.”

Born in Missouri, Brady attended Hazelwood Central High and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Maryville University in St Louis.

She currently resides in Greer with her husband Scott and children Alycia and Kyle.

An active volunteer in community outreach, Kristen also serves on the Natural Church Development team at St Matthews United Methodist Church.

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and has a background in sales and marketing. He is a ninth generation native from Laurens County, a volunteer at Project Host Soup Kitchen, a Young Art Collector at Greenville County Art Museum, and a member of Upstate Forever. In his free time he enjoys golfing, cooking, mountain biking and traveling.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that South Carolina CVS Pharmacy, LLC Store # 5569, intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale and OFF premises consumption of BEER & WINE at 7501 Augusta Road, Piedmont SC 29673. To object to the issuance of this license/permit, written protest must be received by the S.C. Department of Revenue no later than July 8, 2012. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and, (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protest must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P. O. Box 125, Columbia, SC 29214; or faxed to: (803) 896-0110

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Unfit for ‘fitted’ sheets I spent Saturday afternoon folding a couple of fitted sheets. There’s no logical way, and it may be best just to wad them into a laundry bag and then let them spring out when it’s time to make a bed. A mind of their own is what they have.

I’m not an inexperienced laundry man. I have been doing it most of my life – and about 80 percent of that has been devoted to folding fitted sheets.

No telling what I might have accomplished were it not for them. The White House and/or the Vatican are not out of the question.

My mother went to work when my brother and I were old enough to stay at home alone after school – and to do the wash. She had been sending some of the stuff out and then doing the rest at the sink with a washboard.

But, for our purposes and in honor of the new income, she bought a used wringer washer that we kept on the back porch.

We’d roll it into the kitchen, hook it up to the faucet, put the drain in the sink and let the contraption roll. It churned away like a concrete truck as it got our clothes really clean or destroyed them altogether.

When they were spun, we stationed ourselves on either side of the wringer.

My brother would poke the clothes into the squeezing cylinders and I would pull them out and throw them into a white porcelain tub. Then we’d haul the stuff out and pin it to the clothesline, hoping against rain and birds.

As a student, I used laundromats.

These were often social places. A girl there on Saturday night could probably use a date. Asking for change was not a bad come-on. And once in a while a young woman was impressed that I changed my sheets and underwear occasionally. People have actually fallen in love over plastic laundry baskets and detergent.

Eventually, I picked up a used washer.

It was loud and clumsy, lifting its legs alternately off the floor during the spin cycle. It was progress, but I still had to head for the clothesline for drying.

Later on, I bought a huge and ancient dryer. It was a struggle to get it to my place, and I had to remove the door

frame to get it into the house. The heavens were warning me that I was getting lazy. I left it there for the next tenant who probably figured that the house had been built around it.

When I finally started earning a decent check, I got a great little apartment with a washer and dryer in it.

Plus, the helpful landlord introduced me to spray starch. I had been mixing the powder in the washer, not a problem except that I did not always get the clothes properly sorted. I’d have some nicely starched shirts and a bit of underwear that left me standing up like a sunflower. Now, with spray starch, a washer and a dryer, I was finally getting some traction in my laundry life.

When my wife and I threw in together, we had a little condo in Austria.

It had a washer that looked like a cross between a mini refrigerator and an atom bomb. But it made up for its size by churning away for hours, heating its own water along the way. It was fierce and effective.

We had neither yard nor dryer, so we hung our clothes in the attic as did nearly everyone else in the building.

It was fun to see what the neighbors were sleeping in or wearing under their dirndls and lederhosen, but the high times diminished in the winter when the stuff froze on the line. We’d dash up the steps into the dim cold and then hustle down with our laundry over our arms like some kind of stiff offering. I have to say, though, that once thawed, the laundry ironed like a dream, especially with those good, heavy, 220-volt European irons.

Now we have a nice washer and dryer, a matched set, full size – in a tidy little laundry room – some spray starch in the cabinet with bottled detergent and softener and some special stuff that will almost lift gravy and wine stains. It’s all pretty decadent.

But the challenge of fitted sheets still lies before us.

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