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Following a mother’s challenge to a graphic novel in the Greenville County Library System, national free speech advocacy groups have expressed support for keeping the book in the library’s collection. Carrie Gaske checked out “Neonomicon,” written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows, from the library’s Anderson Road branch, and said that her 14-year-old daughter read it. “It looks to me like a murder mystery comic book – to me that’s a child’s book,” Gaske said in a June interview on WPSA-TV. Attempts by the Journal to contact Gaske were unsuccessful. “I really had no idea that this type of material was available in a public library,” she said in the interview. She added that she objected to the graphic sexual content of the book and that it was on par with Hustler or Playboy or worse. “I really think that if they’re going to carry this type of material that there needs to be a rating on it,” she said, citing rating systems for movies and video games. Since Gaske filed a formal complaint with the library system, the remaining copy of the book has been removed from the shelves for consideration by a materials review committee made up of nine staff members from various
departments, said library officials. The other copy of the graphic novel in the system is still checked out. The graphic novel that Gaske challenged was checked out on an adult card, said library system executive director Beverly James. Moore’s work was filed under adult nonfiction, as are most graphic novels for adults, she said. There are several types of library cards available, said James. Library users with a juvenile card cannot check out young adult (YA) or adult materials if restricted by a parent. A juvenile-adult cardholder can check out any material. All cardholders under the age of 17 must have a parent or guardian’s signature on the application. Shortly after the book was challenged, the National Coalition Against Censorship, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund sent a letter to the library system and the board of trustees in support of keeping the book in the collection. The letter said, “Alan Moore is one of the most influential and acclaimed authors in both the graphic novel category and the larger literary culture.” Moore is author of “Watchmen,” “V for Vendetta,” “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” and “Lost Girls.” The letter encouraged the library to keep the book on its shelves, saying that removing it “ignores the library’s obligation to serve all readers, without regards to individual tastes and sensibilities. If graphic violent and sexual content were excluded from the library because some people object to it, the library would
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lose ancient and contemporary classics, from Aeschylus’ ‘Oresteia’ to Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved.’” James said that the library system periodically receives challenges to materials and it has a procedure for a “request for reconsideration,” which includes a review by the Collection Management Council. The review process includes consulting reviews and recommended lists for opinions of experts and critics. James said the library system works to respond to the requests within 90 days. The Collection Management Council has submitted its recommendation for the book, James said this week, but she has been unable to discuss it with the collection development staff yet. The library’s collection development policy specifically addresses materials that some users may object to: “The library recognizes that many materials are controversial and that any given item may offend some. Only individuals can determine what is most appropriate for their needs. The library will not label materials to indicate appropriateness or acceptability of contents.” Tracy Anderson-Hancock, collection development coordinator, said the challengers are typically satisfied with the result of the review process. Though the council is intentionally diverse, she said, “I can’t think of a single one (vote) that wasn’t unanimous.” Adult DVDs, not books, are the mostchallenged items in the collection, said Anderson-Hancock. “They’re typically adult materials and they (challengers) are not just concerned for their child, but they’re concerned that any child may encounter this material.” “It’s the patron’s responsibility to choose what’s appropriate for them,” she said. “Someone may react to the content differently based on what format the content is in. We’ve had a complaint about the audio version of a book, but not the printed version, before,” said James. James said the system does its best to offer a variety of materials for the public and to classify materials for the proper audience. Sometimes an item can be reclassified from juvenile to young adult or from young adult to adult if a library patron objects to where it is shelved, she said. Adding items to the library’s offerings is often driven by popular demand, said Anderson-Hancock. Just like requesting reconsideration, library patrons can also request inclusion of materials. According to the American Library Association, most book challenges are made by parents, and it has logged 10,676 challenges between 1990 and 2010. The ALA
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“The Color of Earth” (series) by Kim Dong Hwa “The Hunger Games” trilogy by Suzanne Collins “My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy” by Dori Hillestad Butler (not in Greenville Library collection) “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie “Alice” (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley “What My Mother Doesn’t Know” by Sonya Sones “Gossip Girl” (series) by Cecily Von Ziegesar “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
notes, however, it does not have comprehensive statistics and estimates that for every one challenge reported voluntarily to its Office for Intellectual Freedom, four or five go unreported. Each year, the ALA lists the most-challenged books gleaned from individual reports and newspapers. According to the online catalog, the Greenville Library has all but one of the top 10 2011 ALA mostchallenged books in its collection. Norman Belk, director of library services at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, said a situation like the one Gaske encountered can lead to a productive discussion. “Given the proliferation of media in many formats, it behooves parents to be more involved today with their children in selecting reading, listening and viewing materials. Reading books together is a proven success.” “Parents can find that ‘teachable moment’ in that process,” added Belk. “Family values can come into play quickly in discussions of literature.” Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.
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An indefensible arts veto One of the surest signs of a vital community is a vigorous commitment to the arts – not just to creating art, but to a communitywide understanding of what art does for the hearts, minds and souls of all those blessed to live in such places. And these places don’t just happen. They’re the deliberate creation of the communities themselves – a conscious decision of the people who live there to make art a central element of daily life, available to everyone. This has been so true for so long in Greenville and Spartanburg that the locals may need a reminder to look around and enjoy the creative energy of the places they are lucky enough to call home. But it’s not true everywhere in South Carolina – which is why Gov. Nikki Haley’s war on the arts is so distressing. The governor did taxpayers a service in using her veto pen to warn legislators that surplus tax revenues are no license for a return to pork-barrel spending. Larding the state budget with grants for local projects with no statewide purpose is as irresponsible in fat years as it is in lean. Equally noteworthy was her veto of $10 million slated for the Commerce Department that rightfully belongs in a fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Commerce is Haley’s baby, and her willingness to say “No” on principle is impressive. But Haley’s decision to once again zero out funding for the state Arts Commission reveals a blind spot vividly emphasized in her defense of that Commerce veto. “We don’t win projects based on throwing money at companies,” she told The State newspaper. “We win projects based on a good business environment of tax relief, a trained workforce and being a low-unionized state.” Notice anything missing? Our governor cannot seem to grasp that the kind of high-paying industries she is so eager to attract hire educated and creative workers. Educated and creative workers, in turn, flock to communities with a flourishing cultural life. The arts revitalize downtowns, promote civic engagement, build bridges across cultures and contribute billions to the state economy. Yes, billions. An April 2011 report from the USC Moore School of Business found that creative industries contribute more than $9.2 billion annually to the state economy and more than 78,000 jobs – for a full economic impact of $13.3 billion and 108,000 jobs. Even so, the biggest reason to fund the state Arts Commission was voiced by executive director Kenneth May last spring when Haley failed to kill state arts funding for fiscal year 2012 – arguing then, as now, that funding the arts is the job of the private sector. Not so, May warned. Private investment in the arts is almost exclusively local, he said. In zeroing out the arts commission, Haley effectively zeroed out art in many parts of our state. “The reason to have a state arts agency,” May said, “is so there’s someone working to make sure every citizen has the arts in their lives, not just the people who are wealthy, not just the people living in cities.” Because state lawmakers had a wider vision last spring, the commission was able to distribute $1.2 million in grants this year to support 212 projects in 36 counties, of which $202,858 went to 43 school districts to provide arts education statewide. So, please, legislators: Make this year’s veto override as whopping as last spring’s. For all of us.
Loaning life jackets, saving lives When people ask why my family helped start a life-jacket loaner program that’s now spreading statewide, the answer is simple: We know the pain of loss firsthand and don’t want other families to go through it. My son and grandson always wore life jackets when out in the water or boating – until the day they didn’t. On that March 2010 day, Brian and 8-year-old Nathan died when a sudden storm hit their small boat while they were out fishing on Lake Stockton, Mo. Their life jackets were found in the capsized boat later that day. Their bodies weren’t recovered until more than a month later. Through my family’s heartache, we pledged to find ways to help other families avoid that same pain and to bring meaningful honor to Brian and Nathan’s brief lives. The S.C. program, which began in Lake Keowee’s South Cove County Park this spring, has proved so popular that we’re already expanding it throughout the Upstate, Midlands and coastal areas of S.C. We expect the first three additional sites to open as soon as September. Through the program, life jackets in a variety of sizes are available from lakeside or waterway kiosks for temporary use while swimming or boating. Partners on the initial project on Lake Keowee included Duke Energy, the Brian and Nathan Keese Water Safety Organization, the Friends of Lake Keowee Society, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and Safe Kids Upstate, a childhood-injury-prevention coalition that includes Greenville Hospital System’s Children’s Hospital and the Oconee Medical Center. We expect to see more partners come on board as they grow the program in their own areas of the state. In the Missouri project, partners include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Safe Kids chapters there. As many as 10 people die each day from unintentional drowning in the U.S. Of those who die in recreational boating accidents, more than 90 percent weren’t wearing life jackets. A study published by the U.S. Coast Guard last year found
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that, even if people have life jackets on their boats, more than 96 percent don’t choose to wear them. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of revising its life jacket policy to possibly incorporate a mandatory use policy. According to the Corps, 70 percent of drowning deaths occur while the boaters were on craft less than 21 feet long. Pools can also be incredibly dangerous, with more children typically hurt there than in boating accidents. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the U.S. – but it’s the leading cause of injury death for young children aged 1 to 4. And for every child who dies from drowning, another five receive emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries such as severe brain damage. I miss Brian and Nathan more than I can say. I think of them every day, and dealing with the grief is always a struggle. But, through this program, I hope that we can help others look forward to spending many more safe years with their own families. If you don’t wear a life jacket because you don’t have one, then perhaps this program can help save your life or that of someone you love. Craig Keese, a native of Oconee County, is president of the Brian and Nathan Keese Water Safety Organization, which operates here and Missouri where Brian and Nathan died while fishing on Lake Stockton. The number of life-jacket loaner programs is growing in S.C.; to find out if your area has one, contact the state department of natural resources or your local Safe Kids chapter. For more information about Safe Kids Upstate, go to www.safekidsupstate.org. For information on the water safety organization named for Brian and Nathan, go to www.bnkwso.com.
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St. Francis, BCBS launch new patient care model Patient-centered medical home already piloted elsewhere in SC By april a. morris | staff
For patients with chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension or congestive heart failure, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina have launched a new patient care model designed to coordinate services, improve long-term health and reduce healthcare costs. Piloted in Charleston, Columbia and Lancaster, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) uses specific standards for organizing care and tracking a patient over time. According to the National Committee for Quality Assurance, many of the guidelines are designed to align with anticipated government regulations related to the Affordable Care Act, recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. BlueCross BlueShield said it will offer payment for traditional fee-for-service claims, but also a monthly payment for each patient to help with the cost of case management, education materials and other care coordination. The new model also incorporates patient surveys to drive improvement. Eligible patients include BlueCross members, and members of BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina or the State Health Plan. Practices that can document health improvement after one year are eligible for additional money per member. This measurable improvement includes fewer hospital stays and emergency room visits along with controlled blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar. According to BlueCross BlueShield, the three pilot sites reported positive results after about a year. Dr. Laura Long, Blue Cross BlueShield’s vice president of clinical innovation and population health, said the model utilizes a team for patient care. Made up of office staff, nurses, case managers and educators, the teams will be able to help determine why a patient may not be keeping appointments or not taking medication and find ways to remove barriers to care. The assistance of a team helps patients navigate the complicated healthcare system,
said Long, and encourages them to become invested in monitoring their own health. Financial incentives from the insurance company allow providers to offer this sort of care, she added. “The reason a lot of this has not happened before is because practices were only paid for physician services.” Now support services like technology and patient education will be funded. Scott Pietras, vice president of Bon Secours medical group operations, said the model is a more holistic approach and “uncovers lifestyle as well as medical issues.” In addition, the emphasis on proactive primary care reduces emergency room visits and inpatient admissions, both very costly to a healthcare system. “For the practices, the value of providing this sort of service comes in a healthier patient population down the road,” he added. Dr. Tonya Edwards of Premier Family Medicine said the PCMH model offers a truly different approach than the previous treatment method which was “taking care of patients as needs arise. It has been an illness-centered model.” If a patient is seen for a specific reason like a sinus infection, said Edwards, the PCMH system has alerts in place that tell the team if a patient is overdue for other treatments such as those for high blood pressure or diabetes. The partnership with the insurance company offers the practice the chance to track quality information that was not always recorded. In addition, a care coordinator or other support staff offers the practice increased patient contact and “the ability to have many more patient touches,” said Edwards. Included in the initial Upstate PCMH program are Cornerstone Family Medicine, Milestone Family Medicine, Piedmont Family Medicine, Poinsett Family Practice, Premier Family Medicine, Simpsonville Family Medicine and Woodward Medical Center. These practices include nearly 3,000 eligible patients. BlueCross BlueShield has approximately 200,000 members in their six-county Upstate region. Within the year, said Long, nearly 8,000 St. Francis health system patients will be eligible. BlueCross BlueShield said that it is currently working with other Upstate health care systems to implement the PCMH model. Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.
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Internet gambling cafes, sweepstakes machines thrive as crackdowns continue Big money, legislative confusion hinder Upstate officials’ efforts to thwart return of video poker By CHarles Sowell | staff
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Greenville County is holding hearings at the committee level on the issue. Spartanburg County Councilman David Britt said that body will act quickly to enact an emergency measure if Sheriff Chuck Wright finds there is a problem. The issue, said Greenville Sheriff Steve Loftis, is money – a great deal of it – that can sway nearly every level of government, aggravated by the complexity of the Internet itself. “We got a $700,000 grant from the Secret Service to help us track these sweepstakes machines a while back,” Loftis said. “We found that these people operate from overseas” – which makes it difficult to track them and virtually impossible to prosecute – “and when we tracked down some of their bank accounts, it was very difficult to determine if they were being used to make (illegal) payouts to users.” The issue on the legislative side is a tactic of delay by the gambling lobby, said
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The Internet gambling wars are being fought in the trenches, for now, on battlegrounds as diverse as lowly magistrate’s offices, city halls and the halls of the state Legislature. Gambling is an issue that most thought settled about a dozen years ago when the state Supreme Court ruled video poker an illegal form of gambling. It’s back now, with a vengeance, by operators who use legal loopholes like sweepstakes machines to stymie law enforcement action. Former Columbia Mayor Bob Coble, a lobbyist for gambling interests, said the sweepstakes machines are no different than any other business promotion, like McDonald’s, which use prizes and cash to promote their business. Where the final battle will occur is anyone’s guess, said officials familiar with the situation. The controversy is likely to land on the state Supreme Court’s docket eventually, if state lawmakers don’t act first to settle on the legality of the newest form of gambling. Local governments, like the city of Spartanburg, have already acted to make Internet gaming cafes and sweepstakes machines illegal with emergency ordinances – a stopgap measure with a limited lifespan. “City council passed the first emergency ordinance in early spring,” said Will Rothschild, spokesman for the city of Spartanburg. “It was extended in May. Council wanted to act proactively to keep these machines from becoming entrenched.” Continuing to extend the emergency ordinance will ultimately be up to city council, he said.
the legislature isn’t so much in the law itself, but in the arcane rules of the state Senate, which allow a single senator to delay any bill by simply objecting, Henderson said. The inaction by lawmakers has left state Attorney General Alan Wilson to carry the ball, virtually alone, in prosecuting the cases that have been made, said spokesman Mark Plowden. “Our position is these machines are illegal, per se,” simply by their existence as gambling devices, Plowden said. “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” So far this year the attorney general’s office has an impressive record on gaming machine seizures, according to data from the office. Out of 11 cases adjudicated so far this year, the attorney general hasn’t lost one, the data shows. In the case of a machine seized from a Spartanburg business under the emergency ordinance, there has been no ruling as of press time. Joe Dill, chairman of the Greenville County Public Safety Committee, said he hopes to call Sheriff Loftis before the panel in August to get his take on the gambling issue. “We’d thought this issue was taken care of years ago,” he said. “Obviously, we were wrong. What we decide to do will largely depend on what the sheriff says.” Loftis said he was researching the issue for his discussion with county officials. “The first I heard of this was one day at lunch when Butch (council chairman H.G. “Butch” Kirven) came by my table and asked me about the issue,” Loftis said.
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A new spin on learning Bike clubs offer mentoring, fitness and fun By leigh savage | contributor
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Deontea Mackey is often at the Nicholtown Community Center, meeting up with friends and volunteering to play games with the younger kids. But the 13-year-old Matthew Manley, LiveWell Greenville found a new reason and the Nicholtown to head to the com- Spinners Youth Cycling munity center when Club Matthew Manley approached him one day and asked him if he wanted to ride bikes. “I’ve always liked riding bikes,” said Mackey, who is a seventh-grader at Northwood Middle School. So he said yes, and became one of the first members of the Nicholtown Spinners, a group of middle school kids who take regular rides down the Swamp Rabbit Trail and to other destinations, with the goal of improving fitness, camaraderie, leadership skills and more. “The idea is to offer access to the bikes, to go on rides to different destinations, and to expose the kids to different aspects of the community, different types of jobs,” said Manley, the community planning coordinator for LiveWell Greenville. If they stay involved with the group, the kids eventually get to keep the Trek 1.0 Navigator hybrid bikes, which were provided at
wholesale cost by The Great Escape. The Nicholtown group is the second Spinners club in the Greenville area, following the path of the Sterling Spinners, which David Taylor founded in 2010. Taylor is executive director of Building Dreams, a program that provides support to children who have a parent in prison as well as communities impacted by incarceration. “We might go to a destination, take a tour, or just ride to Travelers Rest for the fun of riding,” Taylor said. The group has expanded beyond the bike, participating in Youth in Government programs in Columbia and working on community projects. Though the program was designed for middle school kids, Taylor said no one wants to “graduate,” and he is happy to have the older teenagers stick with the group. Parents have appreciated the Spinners for a variety of reasons. “One kid was in the criminal justice system, and while going through the bike club, got off probation and is now a sophomore at Greenville High on the A/B honor roll,” Taylor said. “The group gave him focus and support. The bike club mentors provide encouragement, support, and relationship-building, all while the kids are getting active.” The Spinners idea was hatched at a Diversity Leaders Initiative at Furman University’s Riley Institute. Small groups were brainstorming community project ideas, among them a bike club for kids affected by incarceration. Taylor was approached about forming the group and soon became program coordinator, recruiting kids and organizing rides. Now in its third year, the group has grown from about eight kids to more than 20.
Marquarious McIntyre leads other members of the Nicholtown Spinners Youth Cycling Club on a ride on the Sliding Rock Creek Trail spur of the Swamp Rabbit Trail.
After seeing the success at Sterling, Building Dreams wanted to replicate the program in Nicholtown. LiveWell Greenville, a partnership of public and private organizations working to make Greenville a healthier place, was a natural fit to help lead the group, and many businesses and groups have pitched in, including The Greenville Spinners, Whole Foods, Bon Secours St. Francis and Pedal Chic. Since the Nicholtown Spinners kicked off six weeks ago, Mackey has enjoyed local bike rides as well as a trip to the North Carolina mountains, and he was looking forward to white water rafting with the group. But one of his favorite outings was to blacksmith Ryan Calloway’s workshop, where the kids watched Calloway make key chains, which he gave to the kids. “I like art, and it was all about art,” Mackey said. Though the organizations involved have different goals, they are successfully
working together to improve the lives of area children. “The Building Dreams goals are to create relationships, and provide additional adults in their lives they can count on,” Manley said. “The LiveWell side is to expose them to ways they can eat better and spend their time in ways that are healthy. If we create more awareness, they can pay it forward and be advocates in their community.” Katrina Wofford, assistant community supervisor at the Nicholtown Community Center, was glad to get involved and encouraged the center’s teen club members to join – which almost all of them did with little convincing. “They were happy about being able to ride all the different trails, something they had never done,” she said. She’s seen results in only six weeks, with kids making it up a big hill that was too difficult at first. “The rides give them more energy, and they say they try to eat better and drink more water,” Wofford said. “They tell me being active is not as bad as they thought, and can be fun.” Beyond physical fitness, she’s seen improved camaraderie and teamwork among the kids, and, on the two rides she’s been able to participate in, she’s seen kids taking on leadership roles. “If someone gets left behind, they want to do this as a team, and they make sure everyone finishes,” she said. “Even if someone has to walk, everyone completes it.” After building two successful groups and seeing positive results, Taylor and Manley hope to expand the Spinners idea even further. “Our vision is to find the funding to have 12 to 15 bike clubs in underserved communities along the Swamp Rabbit,” Taylor said. Berea is likely the next focus, with a school-based group in the works for the fall. “In one sense, it’s so simple, just
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Kennly Utsey with the Nicholtown Spinners Youth Cycling Club rides down the Sliding Rock Creek Trail spur of the Swamp Rabbit Trail on a recent ride with the club.
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hanging out with kids and riding bikes. But at the same time, we are exposing them to opportunities,” Taylor said. “They can develop relationships and networks that can help them succeed, and they can learn that the world is not a hostile place.” When school starts, Manley said the Nicholtown group will switch from weekly rides to around twice per month, and in December, there will
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I.T. Audit Can Save Your Business from Hackers, Careless Employees
With many small businesses lacking anti-virus software, even more deploying unencrypted wireless networks, and most having no security plan, too many organizations lack essential protection for their network and sensitive data. From early viruses of the late 1990’s to recent denial-of-service attacks which freeze networks by overloading them with outside data, cybercrime is exploding. And with many organizations having scarce resources and insufficient time to monitor cybersecurity, they are particularly vulnerable to web-based crime. Yet it’s not only cybercrime that organizations have to worry about. Too many employees are negligent in protecting equipment and confidential information. With cybercriminals aggressively seeking victims to target, care is required to be well-protected from a data breach that can cripple your business. Employee email is indispensable to business. But unprotected email can pose significant risk to your most sensitive intellectual property, financial information and customer data. The results can be catastrophic: monetary loss, company disruption and legal action. Sixty-six percent of employees in a recent survey said they no longer worry about losing their laptop or portable device because data is encrypted, believing encryption fully prevents theft of information. Not so! Encryption is key, but other measures are called for.
To protect your organization, consider retaining a reputable IT partner firm to conduct an IT Security Audit – a rigorous, comprehensive review of security which provides specific, actionable insight to mitigate risk. Such an audit identifies critical information, security issues, and helps you develop a layered protection plan to strategically defend against both internal and external threats. And with threats – viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spam, spyware, theft and corporate espionage -- all around you, don’t “hope for the best” … especially when your organization is likely accountable for data security through regulation and contractual obligation. An effective IT audit should include: • External vulnerability testing • Internal vulnerability assessment • Network review • Wireless assessment Once completed, you should receive a written summary of findings, full details of all reviews and assessments, schematics and scan reports detailing your network and vulnerabilities that need to be addressed, and specific recommendations for improvements and remediation. A Final Word Too often in our industry, IT audits are conducted either by an in-house IT manager or an existing IT provider. Each has a vested interest in not detailing shortcomings – how would that make them look? – or may lack the necessary skills, tools and methodology to implement an effective audit. Consider an outside partner with appropriate credentials like the CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional) or CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker). Chances are, you’ll be glad that you did.
And careless employees often disregard other security practices. In the above survey, one third said they frequently leave their laptops with strangers while traveling, or leave computers in insecure locations. Two thirds never use a privacy shield, and half admitted to turning off encryption capabilities or recording passwords on paper. Whew!
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or many business owners, the economic downturn has brought a devilish new challenge in the form of increasing cybercrime. Sophisticated hackers have begun targeting vulnerable businesses, with the Internet Crime Complaint Center reporting that hacking crimes were up 33% in 2010.
A view of Roan Mountain in Tennessee.
A ‘Sound of Music’ moment on Roan Mountain By CHARLES SOWELL | staff
Roan Mountain’s highest point slips up on you, barely discernible among a clutter of towering peaks when seen from below at tiny Roan Mountain, Tenn. Tennessee State Route 143 creeps 3,000 feet up the mountain from the pocket community, through Roan Mountain State Park and up a winding path to Carver’s Gap at 5,500 feet. Along the way, a revelation occurs for the visitor passing through humdrum hardwood forest to the zone where mountain ash thrives: a pinnacle reward of the largest bald area in the Appalachians and the largest natural rhododendron garden in the world. It’s a “Sound of Music” moment set to the whisper of a gentle wind. The garden covers 600 acres in three patches of “Cloudland,” as the area is known. Often the rhododendrons are above the cloud layer, or hidden by it.
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Gray’s Lily, named for Harvard botanist Asa Gray, pops up from time to time as the trail climbs to the 5,826-foot tall Round Bald.
HOW TO GET THERE • Take US 25 North to Interstate 26. • Follow Interstate 26 to Unicoi, Tenn., and exit at State Route 173; turn right • Turn right onto Erwin Hwy/State Route 173 • Turn left onto State Route 107 E • Turn left onto State Route 173 E/ Simerly Creek Road • Turn left to stay on 173 E/Simerly Creek Road • Turn right to stay on 173 E/Simerly Creek Road • Turn right onto State Route 37 S/ US-19E S • Turn right onto Main Street at Roan Mountain, Tenn. • Turn right on State Route 143 and follow it to Carver’s Gap
Roan is a remote place – Greenville is about 150 miles away – and the parking area reflects the sparse visitation, with the exception of the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival, which can draw thousands. The roadside parking area can comfortably hold about 50 cars at the intersection of State Route 143 and the Appalachian Trail. A doe dashes out onto the highway and turns in a couple of frantic circles before skittering back into the dense balsam and rhododendron forest that cloaks Roan High Knob, the highest point on Roan Mountain at 6,285 feet. Roan is a massif (a block of the earth’s crust bounded by faults and shifted
to form peaks of a mountain range) and much of the rock that underpins it is on the order of one billion years old – rocks first formed on a seabed that predates the Appalachians themselves. Roan is made up of cranberry gneiss, a metamorphic rock that is one of the oldest in the United States. Roan gneiss, another type of metamorphic rock found on Roan, is about 800 million years old and Beech granite, a type of igneous rock, is about 700 million years old. The mountains themselves were formed between 200 million and 400 million years ago when the North American plate and African plate collided, thrusting the former seabed upward. Taking the Appalachian Trail north toward Round Bald, the visitor winds through a zone of knee-high grasses and shrubs before entering a dense stand of balsam. Past the trees the trail runs through a fenced zone used to protect the fragile mountaintop from tramping boots. Roan’s ridgeline hovers just below, at slightly higher than 6,000 feet. This elevation is known as the Canadian Zone, where plants common to Arctic boreal forest can be found.
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Gray’s Lily, named for Harvard botanist Asa Gray, pops up from time to time as the trail climbs to the 5,826-foot tall Round Bald. Gray’s Lily is uncommon to the area except around high mountain peaks. The two-foot-tall flower with its scarlet blossom is common along the border with Canada. Round Bald has panoramic views of North Carolina and Tennessee. Mt. Mitchell, the highest point in North Carolina, is visible about 40 miles away from the bald. Contact Charles Sowell at csowell@greenvillejournal.com.
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GHS Family Centennial Celebration Sat., July 28 • 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • Upcountry History Museum In honor of GHS’ centennial, admission is free. Enjoy arts and crafts for kids, an oral history presentation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and a living history performance at 1:30 p.m.
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Splash & Dash Sat., Aug. 11 • 8 a.m. • Westside Aquatics Center Kids ages 3-16 will get a taste of a multi-sport competition without the pressure of a full triathlon. Fee: $15 ($25 after Aug. 1). Register at ghs.org/splashndash.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF Programs in Greenville County to make school lunches healthier, to help low-income residents get emergency prescriptions and to reduce unnecessary calls to 911 and trips to the emergency room are getting boosts from the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation. The foundation awarded $2.6 million to health care-related organizations in its latest round of grants. The Greenville County School District is getting money to train cafeteria workers at 20 additional elementary schools each of the next two years to prepare meals using healthy, natural ingredients. Greenville County EMS and the Greenville Hospital System Community Care Outreach Project will get money to identify inappropriate 911 calls and emergency room visits among high-volume users and to provide outreach to help them get the right resources for their non-emergency needs. EMS is required to respond to 911 calls, even those that are not emergencies, and many people use the ER as their source of medical care. United Ministries will help low-income people get emergency prescriptions with its grant. “The primary reason for hospital readmissions in Green-
ville County is the lack of ability to obtain prescription medications,” said foundation Executive Director Harvey L. Galloway, who said the foundation hopes its grants will help make a difference. Spartanburg Community College’s Cherokee County Campus is one step closer to getting a new training center. The college will receive $3.5 million for a new training facility on its Gaffney campus. The college will contribute $700,000 in local funds for the $4.2 million facility. The college hopes to pay for equipment and furnishings through grants and fundraising. “Building this new facility will allow us to expand our offerings at the Cherokee County campus to educate and train skilled employees for well-paying jobs with local manufacturing companies which currently have unfilled jobs, jobs that local residents desperately need,” said Henry C. Giles Jr., interim president. The new facility will be about 30,000 square feet and will be a shop and lab facility. Programs that could be taught are automated manufacturing technology, robotics, electronics and engineering, mechatronics, nuclear power radiation and welding. The facility is expected to open in two to three years. J.L. Mann High is mourning the loss of a popular science teacher after a fatal wreck on Interstate 95 in Jasper County. Mary Ann Collins, 55, who taught at Mann since 1996 and
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF in Greenville County since 1990, was killed in a single-car wreck near Hardeeville. Another Mann teacher, Marian Russell, was seriously injured. A third woman in the car, Frances Brown Dounian, was also killed. Authorities said Dounian, who was driving, swerved to avoid debris in the northbound lane and hit a tree. The women were on their way home from Hilton Head Island. Democrat Deb Morrow, Congressman Trey Gowdy’s Democratic foe in this fall’s election, closed her Twitter account after someone accessed it to call Gowdy a homosexual and used the same slur against U.S. Sen. Lindsey Morrow Gowdy Graham Graham. Morrow quickly denied responsibility and said her “@Morrow4Congress” Twitter account had been hacked. Sean Bertran, a Washington, D.C.-based social media consultant, saw the tweets and passed them along to South Carolina news organizations. One called Gowdy a “homo” and the other said that Gowdy and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham both are homosexual. “I’m not really up on all the things that can happen with social media at all,” Morrow said. There was less bang in Greenville’s Fourth of July fireworks, and officials are blaming an equipment malfunction. A switchboard malfunctioned and a large percentage of the fireworks were never discharged despite attempts to override the system by the company hired by the city.
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The city said the fireworks company it had used in the past was unavailable this year and the city selected a company that is one of the premier fireworks companies in the country, according to a post on the city’s Facebook page. “There is no one more disappointed than the city staff, sponsors and hundreds of volunteers who came together to produce this event,” the city said in a statement. “We recognize that this was not up to the standards of the Greenville community and hope this will not deter you from attending future City events.” If there’s one consolation, Greenville didn’t have the same problem as San Diego. That city’s fireworks all went up at the same time and the whole show was over in about 20 seconds. Duke Energy plans to draw Lake Summit at the Tuxedo Hydro Station in Henderson County, N.C., down 30 feet from full pool to perform maintenance this fall. Duke contractors must replace wooden trash racks that are original to the station from the 1920s. Trash racks at the base of the hydro station prevent logs and debris from entering the penstock, or tunnel, that provides water to the turbines. The project will require divers to perform work underwater, and the significant drawdown is necessary to ensure a safe work environment. The generating units will be used to gradually lower the lake level starting on Sept. 4 and the lake is to remain at 30 feet below full pool through most of October. The work is expected to be completed in early November, and the rate of lake refill will depend on rainfall. Duke Energy expects the entire project, from drawdown to refilling, to span about three months.
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Thurs., July 19 • 6:30-8 p.m. • W. Jack Greer Library Branch (Mauldin) Learn fact from fiction regarding your colon health from GHS colorectal surgeon Jay Crockett, M.D. Free; registration required.
Sat., Aug. 25 • Noon-2 p.m. • Hilton Greenville Clinicians will discuss signs and risk factors for stroke, as well as getting treated quickly to reduce disability. Lunch provided. Free; registration required.
Diabetes Type 2: The Avoidable Epidemic Fri., July 20 • Noon-1 p.m. • Green Valley Country Club Join GHS family medicine doctor Antoinette Rhynes, M.D., to find out how to prevent or reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Lunch provided. Free; registration required.
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Girlology July 24, 26, 31 • 2:30-4:30 p.m. • Patewood Medical Campus These sessions help ease the transition into puberty through open discussion. Fee: $50/mom and daughter. For topics or to register, visit the events page at girlology.com.
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Peace Center gets $1 million for Huguenot Mill renovation Improvements needed for event venue to remain competitive in market By Cindy Landrum | staff
A million-dollar gift from CertusBank will allow the Peace Center to upgrade the loft inside the historic Huguenot Mill. “We want to matter to the communities where we do business,” said Angela Webb, president of the bank. “The Peace Center means so much to Greenville and we thought this contribution was the right gift.” The gift was announced Thursday evening. Upgrading the loft, which will now be called the Certus Loft at the Peace Center, was originally included in the Peace
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Center’s $21.5 million 20th anniversary capital campaign. But the Huguenot Mill portion of the project was removed early in the renovation work because of rising costs of building materials, particularly steel, which played a big part in the facelift of the Peace Center’s lobby and in the lower campus renovations going on now. The loft renovations – some visible to people using the facility, such as a sleek new glass wall on the second floor and a dramatic new stairway from the main entrance to the loft, and some not – are necessary to make the Peace Center’s event space competitive with other event space in the market, said Peace Center President Megan Riegel. “For us and anybody who has space, brides are big business,” she said. In addition to weddings, the space is rented for corporate events, meetings and other gatherings, she said. In
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past years, the Peace Center rented the space to a tenant on a yearly basis. During the first year the Peace Center rented the space as an events venue, it made more money, Riegel said. “This gift from Certus could not come at a better time,” said incoming Peace Center Board Chairman Rick Timmons. “The loft is an extremely popular event space that provides a valuable source of funds to the Peace Center, but to remain competitive it needed upgrades we simply could not have funded had Certus not stepped up. Certus is a true corporate partner in every sense of the word.” Certus had announced earlier it would also sponsor the Peace Center’s Broadway Series. “The Peace Center has a tremendous impact on local economic development, which Certus recognizes as vital to our long-term success as the Upstate’s leading financial institution,” Webb said. “We believe when you have a strong bank, you have a strong community. We believe we’re building a strong bank and we want to be a part of this strong community.” In addition to the new wall and stairway, plans for the loft upgrade include a new awning and signage over the main entry on West Broad Street, addition of a catering kitchen, a new service elevator at the rear of the building to provide easy access to the second floor space and the addition of a storage area for easy access to rentals and supplies. Work has already started on the loft upgrades. Events will continue to be booked at the Certus Loft and construction will occur as it can be accommodated. There is no firm completion date for the upgrades. Riegel said money is still being raised for the campaign. The Peace Center has gutted its former administrative space and is converting it to classroom space, she said. Additional money raised will be used for that, she said. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.
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Phillis Wheatley teaming up with Boy Scouts Partnerships playing key role in community center’s makeover By CINDY LANDRUM | staff
Two organizations – the Phillis Wheatley Association and the Boy Scouts of America – that have been serving the Greenville community for nearly a century are teaming up. It’s the latest partnership forged by the Phillis Wheatley Association designed to help the organization recover from financial difficulties that forced it to shutter its summer and after-school programs for youth in 2010. “Partnerships have been a key strategy for about a year,” said Phillis Wheatley Association Board Chairman Brent Clinkscale. “If the present types of activities and dialogue are indicative of what the future holds for Phillis Wheatley, we are very eager to experience the growth and change.” Phillis Wheatley partnered
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with Greenville Tech Charter School a year ago when the school signed a long-term lease to use the facility. The school needed a gym and a place to hold art classes and Phillis Wheatley needed the rent money. Since that partnership began, the gym has been renovated, a new heating system installed and new life infused into the once-again-thriving community center. Clinkscale said the association’s partnership with the Boy Scouts makes sense. “We’re all serving the same community,” he said. “It makes sense to put our resources together.” Dr. David Rutledge, the vice chairman of the association’s board, said scouting is a great way to bring positive characterbuilding skills to the youth at the Phillis Wheatley Center. He said
he attributes much of his success to the principles and life lessons he learned as a scout. The Boy Scouts are providing a group of scoutmasters who are currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from college to work with Phillis Wheatley’s Let’s Move Summer Camp and Arts Enrichment Program. The camp is cosponsored by another Phillis Wheatley partner, Nicholtown Missionary Baptist Church. The camp concludes Aug. 4 with a celebration beginning at 6 p.m. The celebration will feature
campers and the Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theatre and serves as a fundraiser for the center. The Boy Scouts will also start a troop at Phillis Wheatley, the first time the center has had one. It will be called Troop 1919 in recognition of the year Hattie Logan Duckett started the Phillis Wheatley Association, one of the oldest nonprofit groups in South Carolina. The Blue Ridge Council of the Boy Scouts of America serves eight Upstate counties, including Greenville. Mike Butler, CEO of
the Blue Ridge Council, said this type of affiliation is what the BSA looks for when expanding their operations. Odeidra Williams, program director for Phillis Wheatley, said the center has transportation available, opening up the Boy Scouts to boys who otherwise would not be able to participate because they couldn’t get to the program. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with the Boy Scouts with their long-standing history of making sure children are strengthened from the inside out,” she said. Williams said Phillis Wheatley wants to develop a football team and resurrect its robotics lab. “This is what a community center is all about,” she said. “It’s really a grassroots effort.” Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.
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Conservatives must end climate change denial, Inglis says Ex-Congressman leads new initiative promoting conservative answers to problem By Cindy Landrum | staff
Bob Inglis’ views on climate change played a big part in his ouster from Congress in 2010. But the Travelers Rest resident said Tuesday it is time for conservatives to promote conservative solutions to America’s energy and climate challenges. He is heading the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, a national public engagement campaign that will operate from George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication. “With the financial system still quaking in 2010, the voters were rightly focused on this month’s paycheck and this month’s mortgage payment,” Inglis said. “As time goes on, though, I’m confident that the champions of free enterprise are going to engage on energy and climate, and I want to be a part of that.” Inglis said the solution is “real and muscular” free enterprise that holds all fuels accountable for all costs. He said subsidies should be eliminated for all fuels but that all costs must be attached to the price of all energy sources to get its true cost. Inglis said soot from coal mining causes 23,600 premature deaths a year and 3 mil-
lion lost workdays. “If we added those things to the cost of coalfired electricity, it doesn’t look like such a bargain,” he said. “If we knew the true costs, we’d be lookInglis ing for alternatives. But we’re letting coal get away with it and that means we don’t get innovation.” Inglis supports reducing taxes on desirable things such as payroll, individual income and corporate income, and increasing taxes on undesirable things such as pollution, so that the taxes would be revenue-neutral. “Government should not be in the business of picking winners and losers,” he said. “We need to return to the bedrock of conservatism – accountability.” Inglis said he thinks progress could be made on the issue soon, especially if it is included as part of the solution for the problem of the federal deficit and tax reform. Inglis said he believes the lame-duck session of Congress after the next election could take action. If not, he said, progress could come later following a couple of election cycles where “populace rejectionism” loses steam. Inglis said the campaign would focus on younger people because they are generally willing to accept innovation and change and because he hopes they’ll be able to persuade their parents and grandparents to support the effort. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.
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Lecture series explores the ‘two South Carolinas’ Disparities in education, justice and health to be discussed By Cindy Landrum | staff
There’s more than one South Carolina. Which one a person knows can depend on where he lives, how much money he earns and what race he is, said Jill Fuson, manager of conferences and policy events for the Riley Institute at Furman University. A four-part summer lecture series sponsored by the Riley Institute and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will examine disparities in education, justice and health in South Carolina. “There are geographical differences in South Carolina as well as socioeconomic and racial disparities,” Fuson said. The series begins July 17 and runs on
Tuesdays through Aug. 7 at the Younts Conference Center on the Furman campus. Admission for the entire series is $40 for the public and $30 for OLLI members. Single sessions are $15. The idea for “Two South Carolinas” came out of conversations about the upcoming election, the critical issues and what it all means in South Carolina. “We’re trying to show people the complexity of some of these issues and that disparities exist,” Fuson said. “We try not to present it in a political way.” The first segment will cover disparities in education. John Simpkins, a Charleston School of Law fellow and counsel with Wyche, P.A., will deliver the keynote address, “Virtual Reality: The Myth and Meaning of Difference in South Carolina.” Steve Morrison, lead attorney in the state’s landmark school-funding lawsuit, Abbeville County School District v. South Carolina, will be one of the speakers.
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After a 102-day trial in 2005, a judge ruled the state was meeting the “minimally adequate” standard except for young children living in poverty. He ordered the state to provide more early childhood education opportunities for students in preschool through third grade in those districts. “Minimally adequate” is defined as giving students safe and adequate facilities where students have the opportunity to learn how to read, write and speak English; learn math and science; understand history and government; and have a fundamental knowledge about economic,
social and political systems. On July 24, the topic will be disparities in justice. Kirby Mitchell, managing attorney at South Carolina Legal Services, examines the state’s justice system in “Justice for All?” Margaret Barber, state Department of Juvenile Justice director, will offer “A Report Card on Juvenile Justice.” On July 31, State Department of Health and Environmental Control Deputy Commissioner for Health Services Lisa Waddell will discuss how wealth influences well-being. Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services CEO
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Roland Gardner will talk about bridging the health care gap. In the final session on Aug. 7, Mark Quinn, former host of ETV’s “The Big Picture,” will moderate a discussion with leaders from across the state examining the relationships among these complex, intersecting issues and explore strategies for moving toward individual, cultural and structural change. For more information contact OLLI at Furman at 864-298-2998. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.
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Thursday mornings at 10:30 a.m. On July 19, the picture book “Zorro Gets an Outfit� by Carter Goodrich (Simon & Schuster, hardcover, $15.99) will be featured. Amanda Padoan, co-author of “Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2’s Deadliest Day,� will give a talk and sign copies of her book on July 20 at 7 p.m. Padoan Tickets are $5 but may be redeemed for $5 off any merchandise purchase made that night. Tickets may be purchased online at www.fiction-addiction.com or by calling 675-0540. Celebrate Christmas in July on Saturday, July 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Melinda Long will be signing copies of her picture book, “The Twelve Days of Christmas in South Carolina� (Sterling, hardcover, $12.95). Long There will also be cold apple cider and Christmas goodies. Personalized copies of any of Long’s books can be reserved by contacting Fiction Addiction in advance at 675-0540 or at info@fiction-addiction.com.
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St. Joseph’s Catholic School Board of Trustees recently announced the addition of four new members elected to serve threeyear terms: Stan BiBikulege Kauffman kulege, Kim Kauffman, Frank Mobley, and John Soapes. Bikulege is the chairman and CEO of Hilex Poly, a retail bag manufacturer and industry-leading Mobley Soapes recycler. Kauffman is the principal owner of Freeland and Kauffman Inc., a Greenville-based consulting engineering firm. Mobley is the founder and CEO of Immedion, a data center and technology services company headquartered in Greenville. Soapes is the president and general manager of Hearst Television’s WYFF-TV. The American Board, a nonprofit dedicated to recruiting and certifying community-based teachers in South Carolina, will host two events in the Greenville area on how local residents can become certified South Carolina teachers. Attendees will learn what to expect in a career as a teacher and receive advisement on a personalized path to certification. Events will be held Tuesday, July 17 at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the Best Western, 70 Kalyns Way, in Piedmont, and again at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express, 407 N. Main St., in Greenville. Visit www.abcte.org for more information on becoming a teacher. Lockheed Martin was recently named the leading Greenville business donor for the new Korean War Veterans Memorial. The Korean War Veterans Memorial will be built in Conestee Park, 840 Mauldin Road. Members of the Foothills Chapter of SC #301 have raised more than half of their $20,000 goal with local fundraisers and the sale of engraved bricks for
Generations Group Homes recently received a grant from the Kiwanis Club of Greenville for its aftercare program. Aftercare allows recent graduates of Generations’ programs to receive in-home visits and phone contacts by staff to help them transition back to family life in their own community. Generations’ facility director Brian Clark said the 90-day aftercare
program is essential for the boys when they return to their home communities. “Not only does it play a large role in our 98 percent success rate, it allows us to continually be a trusted resource for our boys and their families, long after they leave the campus at Generations,” he said. Generations is a nonprofit organization that works with at-risk boys ages 10 through 19. So far,
the Honors Walkway. Donors can purchase single bricks with three lines for $50 and double bricks with six lines for $75. Donations may be mailed directly to the Foothills Chapter of SC #301, P.O. Box 6903, Greenville, SC, 29606, marked Memorial Fund, or by credit card at www.koreanvets301.com. For additional information, contact chapter president Lewis Langley at 864-244-5534 or Lew Perry at 864-574-5569. More than 7,200 people found jobs through Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands in the organization’s last fiscal year, according to Goodwill officials. The jobs program and training are funded through South Carolinians’ discarded clothing, unneeded household items, and outdated computers. In the 2011-2012 fiscal year, 38,892 people took advantage of Goodwill’s services in the Upstate and Midlands of South Carolina, with at least 7,282 people obtaining employment during that period.
more than 800 boys have graduated from the program. Ninety-eight percent of them are not incarcerated for the same offense again. Generations received an $8,950 grant. Other organizations receiving grants included Communities in Schools, Greenville Free Medical Clinic, Salvation Army Boys and Girls Summer Club and the South Carolina Children’s Theatre.
Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, the largest CPA firm headquartered in the South, donated 2,700 pounds of non-perishable food to Loaves & Fishes of Greenville through their corporate Count the Cans program. As part of Dixon Hughes Goodman’s GIVES (Go. Invest. Volunteer. Engage. Serve.) Initiative, the firm’s 29 offices come together once a year to support a collective cause that will impact the communities they serve. Held from June 11–22, the Count the Cans food drive focused on collecting monetary and non-perishable food donations. Through the efforts and generosity of the employees in the local Greenville offices, Loaves & Fishes was able to deliver food to feed 900 people. One hundred percent of the food donated stays local.
Greer’s two candidates for the Commission of Public Works will appear at a candidate forum on Monday at Grace Hall in downtown Greer from 5:30 until 6:15 p.m. The event is free, but the Greer Chamber of Commerce asks that attendees register at www.greerchamber.com. If you have questions for the candidates, contact Allen Smith, president/CEO of the Greer Chamber, at allen@ greerchamber.com.
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Rush Wilson Limited, a family-run men’s clothing store, is the Greenville Chamber’s small business of the month. The award was presented to Rush Wilson III on June 21. Founded in Davidson, N.C., in 1950, the company expanded to Greenville in 1959 with a location on North Main. It moved to its present location at 23 West North St. to make room for the Hyatt Hotel.
After some rough spots in the road, things are looking up for the electric bus maker By DICK HUGHES | contributor
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When Proterra’s main investor was busted for fraud, it was the best thing that could have happened to the company with the nation’s only commercially viable electric bus but no money to build or sell it. “It’s strange but true,” said Jack McFarland, Proterra’s chief financial officer. “I look back and say we made champagne out of lemons.” The lemons landed 18 months ago when the SEC charged Francisco Illarramendi with fraud to fund his companies, including MK Energy, which had put $20.4 million into Proterra. Illarramendi pleaded guilty. With MK forced into bankruptcy receivership, Proterra’s source of money vanished, and it teetered on insolvency. To make matters worse, defrauded investors in MK wanted their money back. In the end, to Proterra’s benefit, the court receiver awarded the MK investors “a small portion of that,” McFarland said. “From a very rough spot in the road,” said McFarland, “the company has come a very long way. The future is bright.” A “blue chip” consortium, including the Silicon Valley venture firm of Kleiner Per-
A Proterra Ecoliner being built in the company’s Greenville manufacturing facility.
kins Caufield & Byers, General Motors and Mitsui of Japan, distilled the champagne with a $30-million investment. New leadership was hired, the board was reconstituted, top-flight engineers were brought in, R&D was strengthened, a marketing team was assembled, the assembly line made more efficient and expectations were brought into check with marketplace reality. While the company’s finances were stabilized with the initial investment of the Kleiner Perkins group, both the company and the investor group knew “it was not enough to
get us to profitability,” McFarland said. “If I said to them tomorrow, ‘We need more capital,’ we would have it. But we don’t need it. We still are on plan, and they are still on plan to make an additional investment at the end of the year.” A third round is scheduled when the company approaches break-even to help push it to profitability. “Our investors are patient and believe the solution we are bringing to the market is going to be very attractive to a large PROTERRA continued on PAGE 26
The City of Woodruff has received a federal Community Development Block Grant of $451,350 for upgrading the Cavins Road pump station, the S.C. Department of Commerce announced. The grant for Woodruff was one of 28 awarded in statewide competition for $11 million in the current round. The grants are funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The state administers the program. Communities are required to provide 10 percent matching funds for accepted projects.
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number of people. It will take a while before they will see a return on their investment,” McFarland said. That cycle typically takes three to five years, he said. “Our real accomplishment over the last 12 months was building a world-class management team,” McFarland said. Management, which had been divided between Golden, Colo., where Dale Hill founded the company, and Greenville, which had the manufacturing arm, was consolidated in Greenville. David Bennett, who headed Eaton Corp.’s Asian vehicle division and was a vice president for industrial development, was hired as chief executive officer in October. Since then, the workforce has grown from around 90 to 120, largely as a consequence of building up the R&D staff with engineers, which now number around 40. “We do our designs from the ground up, so we have to have that investment in an outstanding engineering group. We’ve brought quite a bit of engineering talent into Greenville,” McFarland said. Hill, who founded the company and brought it to Greenville, stepped aside as chairman and board member when the Kleiner Perkins group acquired 70 percent ownership with its investment. “Dale is our evangelist,”
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said McFarland. “Our founder has a lot of knowledge in the industry of people and players, so he opens a lot of doors for the sales guys.” Even with money tight, he said, transit agencies are taking notice of the operating cost and environmental advantages Proterra’s fastcharging buses offer for urban markets with short, defined routes, a market niche Proterra holds exclusively. Five buses are on the assembly line, and orders from
through volume and efficiencies to match the price of diesels, McFarland said. “We will get there. That is what the engineers are working on – to get the cost down now that we have the basic technology figured out.” The potential market is huge. Buses provide 80 percent of all public transportation in Proterra’s targeted urban market, and McLaughlin believes that within 10 years “batterydriven buses are going to be a mainstream product.”
transit agencies for “as many as 10” are awaiting Department of Transportation funding to subsidize 80 percent of their purchase. (All modes of public mass transit are subsidized.) Price is an obstacle, and Proterra is focused on reducing costs to be competitive with diesels, the workhorse in mass bus transit but a major contributor to greenhouse gases and, especially with older fleets, a noise and odor nuisance. A base diesel can be had for $300,000, but transit agencies pay more in the range of $500,000 to $700,000 for fully equipped models. Proterra has squeezed out more than $200,000 to bring its price to just under $1 million, but needs to get it much lower
Looking to the future when ecologically sustainable and cost-effective buses are in demand for long-distance transit, Proterra is working with the DOT-funded Center for Transportation and the Environment and DOT’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program to develop hydrogen and electrichydrogen cell hybrids. It has prototypes in operation in Austin, Texas, Burbank, Calif., and Fort Lewis, Wash., and has been asked to develop a fourth to take the technology to the “next generation.” The Austin bus was first
put in operation in Columbia in 2010. Ironically, Hill’s original plan was to use hydrogen fuel cells to provide continuous battery charging. “In the process of generating this next generation of fuel cells for a bus, Dale discovered it was possible to recharge the bus very quickly, and in actuality the fuel cell then became purely an alternative, as opposed to being fundamentally the core,” McFarland explained. Further, Hill had identified the market with the most potential as being transit agencies that run short, defined routes that lend themselves to Proterra’s battery range of 30-40 miles and fast recharging during driver breaks. “That’s when Dale said, ‘Wow, since fuel cells are expensive and we are years away from them becoming mainstream, there’s an opportunity to bring our fast-charge technology front and center at much greater economic benefit in the short run.’” Still, McLaughlin said, Proterra is devoting resources to hydrogen technology to be able “to put that technology into our product line at the right time, but we do not see that as being a commercially feasible high-volume product within the next several years.” Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@ greenvillejournal.com.
Seneca hops aboard EcoRide bus By DICK HUGHES | contributor
Seneca is on the road to having the nation’s first all-electric public bus system. And rides will be free. The town has signed an agreement with Proterra to buy four of the company’s EcoRide buses and two charging stations to serve residents of the city and students of Clemson University. The battery-charged buses will replace the city’s diesel fleet. “We could not be more proud to be at the forefront of clean, emissions-free
transit,” said Al Babinicz, general manager of Clemson Area Transit. “It is rare that a community of our size gets to play as important a role in advancing clean transit, and we hope to expand on our efforts by helping make the entire CATbus system emissionsfree in the future.” David Bennett, chief executive officer of Proterra, said the electric buses also will have a “positive effect” on the bottom line. It costs Seneca $1.05 per mile for diesel fuel; the electric bus cost is estimated at 18 cents per mile. When the buses are in operation, Sen-
eca will be the “first in the nation to operate a fully electric bus system and to do so on a fare-free basis,” the city said. The purchase of the buses and charging stations is being funded by a grant of $4.1 million from the Federal Transit Administration to reduce emission of greenhouse gases and by local matching funds. The buses cost Seneca a little less than $1 million apiece. The grant was announced in November, the contract signing on Monday. Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@thespartanburgjournal.com.
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Denny’s, a latecomer to the international restaurant market, plans to open its first restaurants in China starting next year. The Spartanburg-based restaurant chain said it signed a franchise agreement with Great China International Group (GCIG) to open 50 restaurants in six southern provinces over the next 15 years. John Miller, president and chief executive officer, said the agreement is Denny’s largest international development to date. “This agreement builds upon the success the company has had in expanding the brand internationally with franchise openings in Honduras, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic,” he said. Just last month, Denny’s opened its first airport restaurant, a franchise at Los Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo. In its 60 years, Denny’s has been pretty much a no-show in the international market with the exception of Canada, where
it had 58 restaurants. Becoming a world player is one of the company’s goals as it reinvents itself after several years of lackluster performance. In a presentation for investors in January, Denny’s said restaurants outside North America comprised less than 2 percent of its total. It opened sites in Honduras, Costa Rica and New Zealand last year, bringing its total outside North America to 32. It has about 1,600 in the United States. Miller told another investor group the company was convinced “the Denny’s brand can do very well outside the United States” and was “working diligently” to find experienced and well-capitalized international partners for franchises. In announcing plans to enter the China market, Miller said GCIG, its China franchisee, was such a partner with “expertise and resources.” GCIG has diversified business holdings in finance, real estate, commercial development, hotels, food service, television, energy and port logistics, Denny’s said.
Steven Dunn, senior vice president for global development, optimistically predicted that “Denny’s will be the most recognized family dining brand to enter China.” It will be far from the most ubiquitous American food brand in China, and it is late coming to the table. Kentucky Fried Chicken was the first U.S. fast-food restaurant to open in China in 1987 and today dominates the market with 3,200 restaurants. China is the biggest profit center for its parent, Yum! Brands, according to Bloomberg Markets Magazine. McDonald’s is the second largest American player with more than 1,000 restaurants. It plans to have twice that number by next year, according to Reuters. The likes of KFC and McDonald’s are considered fast-food restaurants, and Denny’s sees itself in a different niche as a full-service “family” restaurant. In 2010, it rebranded itself as “America’s Diner.” Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.
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Smartphone, tablet or pager? Zipit brings them together for hospitals By DICK HUGHES | contributor
Zipit Wireless has unveiled applications that allow smartphones and tablets to act like secure messaging pagers and its pagers to work like phones, as well as messaging devices. “That’s a unique thing. Nobody else can offer that,” said Frank Greer, chief executive officer of the startup with offices in downtown Greenville. He said being able to offer the best of both worlds is a step forward toward making Zipit the dominant provider for hospitals and “any customer that relies today on pagers and has a need for critical communications.” Zipit builds the devices and develops the software. Verizon is the exclusive sales and servicing entity. Verizon sells Zipit service to hospitals, the largest market, and other business or industrial customers. It is not a retail product. Peter Tippett, chief medical officer and vice president of Verizon Connected Healthcare, said Zipit’s expanded applica-
tion is a good example of using technology to improve patient care “by enabling health care professionals to connect instantly.” In less than a year since Zipit Now, considered the first update of traditional pagers in 40 years, was put on the market, more than 100 hospitals and other health care providers “from Hawaii to Maine” have deployed it, Greer said. Zipit Now is in use at the Greenville Hospital System and Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in Greenville as well as at other Bon Secours St. Francis hospitals on the East Coast. Zipit Now allows secure two-way messaging with average delivery time of three seconds, cloud-based data infrastructure and accountability through tracking and archiving. It overcomes a shortcoming of traditional pagers with access to closed networks from outside facilities through Verizon’s network. The latest development gives talk capability to Zipit through a facility’s Wi-Fi network. Greer said the developments to deliver Zipit paging functions to smartphones
and tablets – whether on Apple’s operating system or Google’s Android – and to build voice capability into the basic device were initiated by customer feedback. “What we found was that many customers like our stand-alone Zipit Now device, but hospitals have a variety of users, and a lot of doctors have a smartphone and two or three pagers. They really want a single device.” For that segment, Greer said, the pager application on the cell phone is a good fit, but “many other users will continue to benefit from the Zipit Now device.” The company expects that 80-90 percent of demand will be for the basic device because it is the low-cost option, costing just $15 a month for “all the messaging you could possibly use in any given month.” For a hospital or other business to replace its many pagers with smartphones would be expensive, he said, “so we now offer the best of both worlds. You’ve got a low-cost specific solution, and then you’ve got a solution that works on top of a smartphone.” Under its arrangement with Verizon,
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the companies share in the monthly service charges. The app for the smartphone is a free download with a monthly fee. Greer declined to say whether Zipit, which is privately held, had turned a profit, but “I can say that with well over 100 customers, our revenues are growing. June was our best month ever, so we are quite happy with the progress we are making. Our pace of customer acquisitions is stronger than anticipated.” Contact Dick Hughes at dhughes@greenvillejournal.com.
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Early crop good news for state’s peach producers By GIVENS PARR | contributor
California in peach production, and the delicious fruit is one of South Carolina’s most valuable exports. A good peach season totals about $90 million in crop value, according to the Clemson report. In addition, peach growers and allied industries “employ more than a thousand people in the summer,” Layne said. “And there are local businesses selling fuel, fertilizer and boxes to support the industry, so peaches have an important economic impact on local communities as well.” After the Easter weekend freeze of 2007 and numerous seasons of hailstorms and droughts, state peach farmers are grateful for favorable weather and a stupendous crop. About 30 percent of the state’s peaches are grown in the Upstate. The state’s largest peachproducing territory extends
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South Carolina is riding high on peach pride. According to Clemson University professor and tree fruit specialist Desmond Layne, Mother Nature tweaked the dials this year with a mild winter and an early spring, and the peach crop is thanking her for it. “Peaches are producing not only an early crop, but also high quality and good volume. Consumers are getting a real treat this year,” said Layne in a report from the Clemson University Newsroom. Layne noted that popular freestone varieties, which usually ripen around the fourth of July, were ready to enjoy two weeks early this year. Freestones are named for their fall-off-the-pit quality and include the Red Globe, Harvest-
er and what Layne describes as “the perfect peach,” the Winblo. “Most horticultural crops are ahead of schedule,” said Layne. Typically, a freeze occurs during bloom time, but the warm weather fended off unfriendly temperatures this season. As a result, peaches (and strawberries, too) were ripe and ready before their normal seasonal due dates. As usual, a peach market beyond state borders is enjoying the South Carolina peacha-palooza. “Our fruit is being shipped to all the major cities up the East Coast, and we also ship some into Mexico,” Layne said. In fact, pre-July, S.C. farmers had already shipped almost 40 million pounds of peaches – “more than double that of Georgia,” he said. As “the tastier peach state,” South Carolina is second only to
About 30 percent of the state’s peaches are grown in the Upstate.
from North Augusta to Columbia and is responsible for about 50 percent of the annual crop. Growers on the coastal plain produce the remaining 20 percent of the state’s peaches. “We have a single grower who produces more peaches than the whole state of Georgia,” Layne said. Known as “the Peach Doctor,” Layne is a professor of horticulture at Clemson
University. During South Carolina’s 18-week growing season, Layne posts informative videos on Clemson’s Cooperative Extension website. To become part of an edified peach public, visit Clemson’s “Everything About Peaches” page at www.clemson.edu/ extension/peach/. Contact Givens Parr at gparr@ greenvillejournal.com.
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The results are in for the Upstate’s Worst Website search. Engenius, the company behind the competition, recently announced that Dusted Cover, a local online seller of used Christian fiction and nonfiction books and home-school curricula, was at the bottom of the barrel. But a greater award than the illustrious title of Upstate’s Worst awaits the owner of Dusted Cover, Jenna Kochenaeur: Her e-seller venture is getting a cyber-style image overhaul, courtesy of the Engenius team. “Websites are the storefront for many businesses,” said Engenius managing partner Chris Manley. The objective of this first annual Worst Website search was to find the shabbiest “storefront” and revamp it to make a more attractive display for the window shoppers of the Web. “So many decisions are made just on the look and feel of a homepage. We started this competition to help companies get more people in the door,” Manley said. Engenius began its search in April,
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A screenshot of Dusted Cover’s current website. The local online bookseller won the “Worst Website” contest and will get a Web makeover from Engenius.
have access to gently-read books and homeschool curriculum at a great price,” she announced to her blog readers. Engenius plans to continue the competition annually. “This year’s competition was a great success with awesome community involvement during the voting phase. We look forward to seeing what next year has to offer,” said Manley. Manley added, “It is important for business leaders to see their website as an investment in their future. While a website all by itself isn’t going to attract new customers, it is often the first impression for new customers that seek you out.” Contact Givens Parr at gparr@greenvillejournal.com.
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Charter has entered residential and telephone competition with AT&T and Windstream in the Inman, Campobello and Landrum area of Spartanburg County. Anthony Pope, vice president and general manager, said the addition of phone service to existing TV and Internet will provide value and convenience “in having one provider, and only one bill for all three services.” Charter said adding phone service to this area is part of its “ongoing investment to extend technology in South Carolina.” AT&T and Windstream provide telephone, TV and Internet services in portions of the Inman, Campobello and Landrum region.
Greer Advisor Makes Top 100
Lynn Faust of Greer has been named to Barron’s list of top 100 women financial advisors for the second time. Faust, senior vice president for investments for the Faust-Boyer Group of Raymond James, was 88th on the 2012 list. According to Barron’s, she handles $322 million of investments. Barron’s ranks advisors based on assets overseen, revenues generated and the publication’s judgment of the quality of practices, the Lynn Faust Faust-Boyer Group said.
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Entrepreneurs hope to turn inn into destination for locals, cyclists By APRIL A. MORRIS | staff
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La Bastide, the vacant upscale Frenchinfluenced inn and restaurant, may get a renewed lease on life thanks to its new owners, professional cyclist George Hincapie and his brother Rich. Shuttered since January 2011, the 30-acre property was once owned by the Cliffs Communities, who purchased it from founder Raymond D. Stamm in 2001. The Bank of Travelers Rest foreclosed on a delinquent mortgage held by Cliffs president and founder Jim Anthony and the Hincapies purchased it from the bank, according to KDS Commercial Properties. Rich Hincapie said that he had always admired La Bastide when he visited for events. “It’s something we always looked at – not to buy, necessarily, but as a nice facility close to home.” Located on Highway 25 halfway between Greenville and Asheville, the inn was constructed with attention to detail: fireplaces, the breakfast room’s walls and a staircase were constructed of granite quarried from Winnsboro and left unused when a strike closed the quarry in 1932, and the red roofing tiles came from Tulane University’s original administration building. In addition, the mountains produced the best climate for growing grapes in South Carolina, so the French feeling could extend to a vineyard. However, the vineyard venture never produced wine. Built in the Blue Ridge foothills in the 1990s, La Bastide is a 14-room inn designed to look like a villa in Provence, France, and adjoined the Crescent Mountain Vineyards development. In 2011, Greenville County valued the property at $1.67 million, not including the French antiques and kitchen equipment. Hincapie said he was meeting with designers this week and work will begin immediately on refreshing the facility, though it could be “open today” as it has all the furnishings and restaurant equipment. He said that they want to preserve the feel and look of the inn and grounds rather than transforming it into a cycling training facility, as some have speculated. That’s not to say that Hincapie Sportswear won’t hold bicycle rides and camps
Built in the Blue Ridge foothills in the 1990s, La Bastide is a 14-room inn designed to look like a villa in Provence, France.
at La Bastide, he added. “We always wanted to have a destination to market to athletes and cyclists.” No decision has been made about renaming the property, he said. In addition to the small refurbishments, Hincapie said they plan to add a pool, coffee shop and bar area. Highlighting the vineyards is also a priority. “We want to bring the vineyards back to life. Maybe not to produce wine, but there’s nothing like the feeling when you see the vineyards growing and flourishing.” The company has the sportswear line and has hosted events, he said. “The next step as a company was to have a facility to centralize those efforts.” The timing for the purchase was perfect as George Hincapie is retiring from professional cycling this year and will be ready to take on a larger role in the business, said Rich Hincapie. “We’re super excited to get this going,” he said. The brothers hope to have La Bastide open again by early 2013. Steve Baker, president of the Greenville Spinners Bicycle Club and former Hincapie Sportswear staff member, said he thinks the Hincapie purchase of La Bastide is an excellent idea, “With the housing and restaurant, it has the potential to be a full-service facility. I think it will be a draw for Greenville and the entire Upstate.” The location, combined with the planned amenities, will make for a great place for cycling training camps, he said, “No question that it’s located in some of the most desirable terrain to ride a bike.” Proximity to Greenville will offer guests a chance to come downtown for dining and shopping if they like, said Baker. He added that he hopes to visit La Bastide and will do what he can to promote the Hincapies’ efforts. Staff writer Dick Hughes contributed to this story. Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.
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Jim Newsome, president and chief executive officer of the SCPA, said a state-of-the-art inland distribution hub connected to the Port of Charleston by the efficiencies of rail potentially is a “game-changer” for the port and the state. “The I-85 corridor, centered on the Greenville/Spartanburg area, is projected to be the fastest-growing part of the Southeast over the next 20 years,” he said. “This facility will be a further catalyst to the development of an enhanced distribution hub in this area.” Newsome said the inland port has the potential to improve the movement of freight along I-26 by “converting 50,000 all-truck container moves” to a more efficient combination of rail and truck. The model for a hinterland port connected to and operated by the Port of Charleston is “not dissimilar” to the Virginia Inland Port at Front Royal, he said. The Front Royal facility is a designated U.S. Customs port of entry.
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Upstate’s Susan Tekulve wins South Carolina First Novel Competition By Cindy Landrum | staff
When Susan Tekulve’s father-in-law showed her a stack of love letters his mother had kept for years but put them away before she could read more than a couple of lines, she was intrigued. She searched the house in which her husband’s grandmother had lived – the house where she and her husband, Converse College’s MFA in Creative Writing program director Rick Mulkey, stayed while Mulkey researched and wrote poems on bluegrass music – to no avail. The experience turned into the first scene of Tekulve’s first novel, “The Stranger Room.” The novel is the winner of the 2012 South Carolina First Novel Competition. Hub City Press of Spartanburg will publish the novel in May 2013. It will debut at the South Carolina Book Festival. “The Stranger Room” didn’t start out as a novel at all, said Tekulve, an associate professor of English at Converse whose nonfiction, short stories and travel essays have been published in numerous journals and in three books. Tekulve started writing a series of poems about her experience that summer in Virginia. Novel continued on page 35
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Oddly, it was a trip to Los Angeles that convinced Tommy Wyche he had to do something to protect the Blue Ridge escarpment from the Jocassee Gorges to the Poinsett Reservoir in Upstate South Carolina. When Wyche looked past the city and to the hills on its outskirts, he saw houses – lots of houses. “It was scary,” Wyche said. “There wasn’t any room for any space to be protected.” He didn’t want the same thing to happen to the mountain ranges in Greenville and Pickens counties, the mountains he had hiked and camped in for years. He formed Naturaland Trust, one of the oldest land trusts in the Southeast, in 1973 to help preserve them. Wyche helped preserve much of the land marked by sheer cliffs, steep terrain, rivers, dense forests and waterfalls through his nature photography.
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runs through Aug. 11 will go to the Naturaland Trust for work to further protect the mountain land. “We’ve still got work to do there,” said Wyche, 86, and a senior partner at the Wyche Law Firm. “We’re still working to get large and small tracts of land. We’ll just keep gnawing away at it.” Wyche has earned several national awards for his conservation efforts.
Last fall, he received the National Association of State Parks Directors’ highest honor, the President’s Award, for his contribution to South Carolina’s state park system, especially in the past 30 years. State Parks System Director Phil Gaines said it would not be a stretch to say Caesar’s Head and Jones Gap state parks owe their existence to Wyche.
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It evolved into a novel after North Carolina poet Katherine Stripling Byer told her she had the makings of a book. Tekulve dropped her idea of writing “the great Italian novel.” “A lot of times the story comes to you when you’re not thinking about it,” she said. “The biggest impulse was living in this woman’s house crowded with her life.” “The Stranger Room” is a multigenerational tale about power and pride, love and loss and how one family endures estrangement from their land and each other in order to unearth the rich seams of forgiveness, Tekulve said. “I knew the story. I knew where it began and where it ended,” she said. Competition judge and novelist Josephine Humphreys called the novel “a beautifully written saga telling the story of successive generations of a West Virginia family living out their lives in one particular spot on Earth.” “There’s a remarkable sensitivity to the mystery of how place affects human souls, and descriptions of the land are masterful, always interesting and never overdone, integrated
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seamlessly into the narrative,” Humphreys said. It took Tekulve five years to write the first two-thirds of the novel. “I didn’t think, ‘I’m writing a novel,’ because that’s the first thing that will kill you. I would think, ‘This is my chap today. This is what I want my characters to do.’ ” She took a leave of absence from her job and retreated for a month to the North Carolina mountains to finish it. “I let the mountains work on me,” she said. “They were different moun-
Naturaland Trust donated 305 acres to Jones Gap State Park in late 2010. It connects to about 300 acres of land acquired by the Nature Conservancy. Naturaland Trust developed a system of trails in the Mountain Bridge Wilderness area. Wyche also designed and sponsored a suspension bridge over Raven Cliff Falls in Caesar’s Head, and spearheaded efforts to get the Chattooga River designated as a wild and scenic river. Naturaland Trust is focusing its efforts now on protecting land surrounding the Foothills National Scenic Byway that crosses through three of the Upstate’s counties: Greenville, Pickens and Oconee.
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tains, but it was the same feeling. It was peaceful. My biggest worry was which trail I would take that day.” Two other Upstate writers were finalists in the South Carolina First Novel Competition – Kam Neely of Spartanburg and Mark Sibley-Jones of Greer. The last finalist was Alexis L. Stratton of Columbia. Fifty-five unpublished manuscripts were submitted. “The First Novel Competition gives our state the distinction of awarding one of the few novel prizes in the country and brings national attention to South Carolina as a place with wonderful literary opportunities,” said Sara June Goldstein, literary arts director at the South Carolina Arts Commission. “It is a unique way to appreciate the depth and breadth of the work of our remarkable writers, and then to get the best of that writing into the hands of readers.” Partnering with Hub City Press and the South Carolina Arts Commission for the competition are The Humanities Council of South Carolina and the South Carolina State Library. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.
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The photography was used to illustrate a number of his books, including “South Carolina’s Mountain Wilderness: The Blue Ridge Escarpment,” “The Blue Wall: Wilderness of the Carolinas and Georgia,” “Mosaic: 21 Special Places in the Carolinas,” “Cycles of Nature,” “Quiet Reflections” and “Conserve a Legacy: Natural Lands and Waters in South Carolina.” An exhibit of Wyche’s photography opens Friday at Centre Stage at 501 River St. in Greenville. Wyche said his interest in photography started in high school and that he had his own darkroom. Photography was a natural way for Wyche to promote his conservation efforts. “I hope people see what they would be missing,” he said. Proceeds from any sales during the exhibition that
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An effort by an Upstate physician to document his personal experience with a crippling panic disorder has evolved into a book that he hopes will offer help to others suffering in the same way. Dr. Needham Long, a pathologist who worked in Anderson for decades, began simply to write down his story as a personal record, but soon discovered potential value for others, he said. In 1962, just when he was beginning his medical practice, the then-31-yearold Long was gripped by unexplainable fear in the middle of a procedure. He had to turn over the work to an assistant and quickly leave the room. Long had begun his medical training as a surgeon, but anxiety in the operating room forced him to turn to a “less exposed” specialty, pathology. “I couldn’t do night or weekend calls. And the laboratory was troublesome, too – it was full of people,” he said. This episode began 18 months of debilitating anxiety and fear for Long, all of which is recorded in his memoir, “Escape from Panic: Ending an Odyssey of Fear.” Published earlier this year, the book follows the strict religious upbringing of a timid child on an isolated Alabama farm and recounts the series of negative defining moments Long identifies as leading to months and years of anxiety. “Those defining moments govern how you relate to the world from now on,” he said. And just like millions of others, Long’s panic had no discernible cause. Anxiety disorder symptoms can include difficulty breathing, pounding heart or chest pain, an intense feeling of dread, dizziness, trembling, sweating, nausea or stomachache, chills or hot flashes and more. Irrational fear caused by anxiety can make sufferers withdraw from intended activities and drastically affect their quality of life. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 2.7 percent of the country’s adult population suffers from panic disorder. Long’s symptoms were triggered by certain situations like encountering pretty women, attending church or any formal gatherings, going to the grocery store, driv-
ing in traffic and getting his hair cut. It was especially difficult if he encountered a beautiful clerk in the grocery store checkout, he quipped. Long said his Dr. Needham Long, book is different pathologist and because it lists speauthor “Escape cific life examples from Panic” of moments that he determined contributed to the surfacing of his anxiety disorder. “What is being stirred up is the anger from those negative defining moments,” he said. Following his first experience with panic, Long said he tried what was recommended during that time, including vacations and reading inspirational texts, but “how could I relax with a 900-pound gorilla called panic sitting on my chest?” When he was suffering from anxiety, there were few effective drug treatments available, he said. Long began to pursue a cure through research in the medical library. He saw a series of psychiatrists, finally encountering success with a fourth. After multiple sessions with John B. Reckless at Duke, Long began a writing assignment for the doctor and ended up nauseated for three days, he remembered. This act alleviated his debilitating fear. However, there was lingering anxiety for 30 more years, said Long. The lower-level anxiety continued until he began writing his story in 2006. Long originally intended to record his insights and story in case he ever began suffering severe anxiety again. He edited the manuscript over the course of several years. “The lesser surges of anxiety slowly reduced as I edited the book,” he said. “When I finished it and saw the benefit, I thought other people might be helped by reading it.” Long said he hopes that his story will assist others and illustrate that anxiety disorder can be overcome. He added that he is not embarrassed to share his very personal story. “The stakes were so high that I lost all modesty searching for a cure.” Battling the illness on an ongoing basis was vital, he said. “Determination and endurance – you’ve got to have it. It was the longest and hardest job I ever had.” Contact April A. Morris at amorris@greenvillejournal.com.
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SCCT’s 25th year marked by classic children’s stories, musical The South Carolina Children’s Theatre has spent the past 25 years building the groundwork for Greenville’s theaterrich community. When it started, the SCCT didn’t have its own performance space and held its first play at the hot-air balloon festival Freedom Weekend Aloft. Now, it has a robust schedule of summer acting classes, an education program that teaches children in elementary and middle schools about bullies and gangs, and cultivates generations that will grow up appreciating and supporting theaters in Greenville in the years to come. SCCT is a place Greenville’s other theaters can turn to when it needs to find younger cast members. It’s also a place where younger audience members can get their first experiences watching live theater. “SCCT has stood the test of time,” said Betsy Bisson, the theater’s artistic and edu-
cation director. “With the outreach we do, we touch many lives of kids who don’t have the illusion of being a Broadway star.” And for its silver anniversary season, the SCCT will present several plays and musicals that have also stood the test of time. The 2012-13 season begins on Sept. 7 with a three-weekend run of the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, “The Sound of Music.” “‘The Sound of Music’ will never be banished from our schedule. Its message is wonderful and the music beloved,” Bisson said. “It’s part of the American heritage. It’s a very family-friendly story.” “The Sound of Music” is a bit longer than most SCCT productions, running at two hours plus an intermission. “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells,” is second on the theater’s calendar and will run for three weekends beginning Nov. 30 and ending Dec. 16. The play “very much speaks to the younger audience,” Bisson said.
“Charlotte’s Web,” the story adapted from the E.B. White book, runs from Feb. 1 through Feb. 10. Bisson said “Charlotte’s Web” is a story about friendship that teaches children the power of vocabulary, or using words instead of fists to fight their battles. The re-telling of a classic fairy tale, “Rapunzel! Rapunzel!,” will hit the stage April 19 through 28. Rounding out the season is “Winnie-thePooh,” a show Bisson said is treacherous to do. Because the characters are in fullhead costumes, the show’s dialogue will have to be pre-recorded to make it sound right. That’s similar to the touring Veggie Tales show and a large portion of “SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark” on Broadway. “Winnie-the-Pooh” will be performed June 14 through June 23. Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.
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Centre Stage will present “Beehive, the 60s Musical” from July 19 through Aug. 11. The musical revue will trace the coming of age of women’s music through 37 popular hits of the girl groups and solo singers of the 1960s, including The Chiffons, The Supremes, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin. Songs such as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “One Fine Day,” “Where the Boys Are,” “Downtown,” “Proud Mary,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “Respect” are on the bill. Wilson Eidson is the director. Eidson was the director of the Haywood Players for five years and director of four musicals at Greenville Little Theatre. He also had a cameo performance in the Broadway revival of “Grease.”
Paintings by Furman University art professor Michael Brodeur have been selected for the centennial edition of “New American Paintings,” a peer-reviewed national publication. Three images from Brodeur’s “Of Cubic Proportions,” a series of smallscale oil paintings on panels and metal point drawings, were chosen. Brodeur is one of 40 artists chosen from an applicant pool of about 1,000 artists. This is the second time his work has appeared in the publication. Brodeur came to Furman in 2003 and holds an MFA from Boston University.
The Mauldin Cultural Center’s Railroad Concert Series continues with a performance by the band Cold Shot on Friday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the MCC Outdoor Amphitheater. The event is free to the public and lawn chairs, blankets and coolers are welcome, and encouraged. Alcohol is prohibited. Tickets, though free, are required for entry in the event of inclement weather. This concert is supported through a grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council and with the support of the City of Mauldin. Tickets and information can be found at www.mauldinculturalcenter.org or by calling 864-335-4862. The Mauldin Cultural Center is located at 101 East Butler Road. Greenville Little Theatre has added children’s classes to their summer offerings. “Let’s Put On A Musical” will be offered August 13-17 from 1-4 pm. It is for ages 7-14 and no previous experience is required. Intermediate guitar lessons for children with two plus years experience will be offered August 6-10 by instructor Larry Hoskinson. For full class descriptions, fees and additional information, go to www.greenvillelittletheatre.org or call 864-233-6238.
Hagood Mill will hold a “Songwriters’ Showcase” concert with regional songwriters on Saturday, July 21. Hosted by singer- songwriter Billy Dalton, this free event will feature performances on the mill’s outdoor stage beginning at noon, and will include Dalton, Shawn James, Jim Davis, David Craig and Michael Hunter. Bring a lawn chair and bring an instrument, too, as there are usually a couple of jams going on around the site. The old gristmill and other demonstrations will be running from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. 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 864-238-9454. Send us your arts announcement. E-mail: greenvillearts@greenvillejournal.com
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Seeing the entire budget of the South Carolina Arts Commission eliminated in a gubernatorial veto and having to rally support among state legislators is nothing new for the state’s artists and arts organizations. They’ve organized a “Rally for the Arts” on the State House grounds on Monday evening, July 16, the night before the state legislators will convene to consider the Gov. Nikki Haley 81 budget vetoes Gov. Nikki Haley issued late last week. They’ve mounted an email and letterwriting campaign. And they’ve even gotten Tony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth to re-tweet a staged photo by Frank Kiraly showing bodies on the State House steps with the caption, “It’s a grim day in South Carolina. Horrific scene as Gov. Haley slashes the arts.” It’s the third year in a row South Carolina’s governor has tried to eliminate the agency that provides grants for arts organizations statewide, helps fund arts education programs and provides professional development training for artists. But this year is different. Because the state legislature took so long to pass a budget, Haley didn’t issue her vetoes until after the start of the state’s new fiscal year, eliminating the Arts Commission’s current operating budget. That means Arts Commission employees couldn’t report to work this week and grant funding used to support theatres, dance troupes and musicians across the state is in limbo. “We’re unfortunately quite used to getting vetoed, and we have a good track record of overriding it,” said Ken May, executive director of the agency. “But this is unprecedented.” The groundswell of support for the arts is not. A Facebook post by Shannon Robert, the production manager and resident scene designer for Greenville’s Ware-
house Theatre, said she wanted to see more of her tax dollars used to support education and arts education. “The 12 states that are least supportive of arts education (and education in general) are the lowest ranked in economic development, among the highest ranked in teen pregnancy, have the highest overall drop-out rates, and some of the highest violence and hate crime rates.” she wrote, “Plus, communities that are cultural destinations have more tourism traffic and attract businesses interested in a higher quality of life for their employees (who, in turn, will make better salaries and pay more in taxes).” The South Carolina Arts Commission was established in 1967. The Arts Commission provided $1.2 million in grants in 2012 for artists and arts organizations in 37 of the state’s 46 counties, May said. More than $95,000 Ken May, exwent to Spartanburg ecutive director County while Green- of the S.C. Arts ville County artists Commission and arts organizations received $164,371. May said the Arts Commission expects to provide grants in 40 counties in 2013. But May said the impact of eliminating the Arts Commission on the state’s artists and art organizations would be more than the $1.2 million in grants awarded. “If there’s no state investment in the arts, there will be no federal funds, either,” said May, who said many federal grants require matching funds. He said the $2 million the state provided the agency in 2011 generated $80 million in matching grants for the state’s arts agencies. According to a study by the University of South Carolina, the arts mean $9.2 billion to the state’s economy and 78,000 jobs. “It doesn’t make good sense to lose this value for a political stance,” May said. “This is not a partisan issue. This is a public value issue.” Contact Cindy Landrum at clandrum@greenvillejournal.com.
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40 WOOD POINTE DR, #39 - $135,000 3BR/2BA. Pristine, spacious end unit. Abundant storage, superior quality. 385 S. to Haywood Rd, L over bridge, cross Pelham, SD on L. Wanda Reed, 270-4078 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1233388
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New construction that is already under roof with a finish date of 11/1. Fabulous location that is almost sold out. Come check out Rockwood at Augusta just off Rockwood Dr in the heart of Augusta Rd. Built by Dillard Jones - Southern Living Builder of the Year twice! You will love the floor plan with over 2900 SF. Master on main plus outdoor living space.
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41 ANNACEY PLACE - $144,900 3BR/3.5BA. 3 story unit w/2 stories hardwoods, cherry cabinets, kitchen island, fresh paint. Convenient to downtown. Laurens Rd to Henderson, 1st R on Annacey Pl. Stacey Bradshaw,, 230-1314 Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co. MLS#1243641
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also enjoy our resort style amenities including a large clubhouse with a relaxing wrap around porch, a junior Olympic pool, lighted tennis courts, a paved walking path, athletic fields and 1.3 acre scenic pond. Pricing at Five Forks Plantation starts in the low $300’s with square footage ranging from 2,549 to 6,000+ sq. ft. For more information, call (864) 234-1497 or visit www.ryanhomes.com.
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Five Forks Plantation, Simpsonville It’s rare to have the chance to build a brand new, ALL-BRICK home in such a prestigious area for such an outstanding price. Five Forks Plantation is that rare opportunity! You’ll love the ideal location on Woodruff Road just minutes from shopping and restaurants, and convenient to I-85, I-385, downtown Greenville and Award winning schools. You’ll
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Rockwood at Augusta $519,000 • MLS 1243000
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$189,000 WILDAIRE
Fabulous views! Custom built 3 BR/3BA log home features pine walls, cypress floors, solid panel doors, copper gutters, and stone wood burning fpl. Porch spans length of house w/scr in portion for hot tub. 1.25 ac lot. 2-car det carport. Optional comm membership includes pool, clubhouse, lodge, tennis courts, playground. TOM MARCHANT 864.449.1658 MLS #1243569
Frank Lloyd Wright, inspired 3BR/3BA, 4,000 sq ft craftman style home. Includes gar apt w/ BD and BA, kitchen, plus catering kitchen and garden shed. 2 entertaining porches, Weathershield windows, oak Flooring throughout. Remodel mid and late 1990’s. New wiring, plumbing, sheet rock walls, deep moldings & wainscoting throughout. VALERIE MILLER 430.6602 MLS #1231526
4 BR/3.5 BA custom home. 3500 SF on 2.2 ac. w/lake view. 3 level, 4600 SF barn. Home & Barn have 30 year arch shingle. Heart of pine floors, sound proofing insulation, 3 heat pumps, central vac, oversized gar, screen porch w/brick flooring, and deck. 2 Master suites. Updates to master BAs and kitchen. ANNE MARCHANT 864.420.0009 or BRIAN MARCHANT 864.631.5858 MLS #1237373
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Fabulous 4BR/2.5BA home has side entry garage which gives that extra added curb appeal! Gorgeous yard and much sought after 3 car garage! Open floor plan with 2 story great room, beautiful screened porch and deck overlooking built in pool and fenced yard! Tons of storage, large rooms, and wonderful for entertaining! Hurry before it’s too late! BARB RIGGS. 423.2783 MLS #1243512
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4 BR/3.5 BA brick home w/view of mtns and pond. Architectural shingles and side entry 2 car gar, and attic storage. Formal LR, DR, kitchen w/bkft bay and den, all with HW floors. Den has masonry fpl w/gas logs, study has built-in shelving. Laundry rm w/utility sink. Kitchen features oak cabinets. Partially fenced yard, w/ delightful landscaping. KATHY SLAYTER 864.982.7772 MLS #1243631
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$120,000 UNIVERSITY PARK
Adorable 3 BR/1BA cozy cottage is move-in ready, and minutes from downtown. Home features large LR w/ fpl, hardwood floors, rocking chair front porch overlooking the park across the street. Great backyard w/potential for additions, gardening and outdoor living space. New plumbing- 2008, new wiring in kitchen & Bathroom-2009. MARY PRAYTOR 864.593.0366 MLS #1238907
$749,000 MONTEBELLO
Hard to find 1 sty home with walk out lower level offers serene lake and mtn views. Over 5,000 SF, natural light, privacy, open floor plan. Lrg Gourmet kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite countertops, tile backsplash, Dacor dual fuel range/oven, Subzero refrigerator, and so much more. Don’t miss! NANCY MCCRORY 864.505.8367 or KAREN TURPIN 864.230.5176 MLS#1240775
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$529,000 CHANTICLEER
PRICED TO SELL! Updated 3250+/- SF home in Club Forest section of Chanticleer. Upgraded kitchen w/ granite c‘tops & SS appl’s, Brand new powder room & walk-in laundry completed in 2011. Master can be on main or upstairs. New architectural shingled roof in 2010. Zoned for Augusta Circle, Hughes, and Greenville High. Owner/Agent HEIDI PUTNAM 864.380.6747 MLS#1243668
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$394,900 RIVERWALK
Traditional home w/4 BR, 2.5 BA, bonus and approx. 3600SF. Lrg foyer opens to DR. Designer kitchen renovated in 2011 w/ granite c’tops and fresh paint. Gleaming hdwds. Beautifully landscaped yard, large screened porch. Award winning schools. Amenities: clubhouse, pool, workout area, playground, tennis courts and 4 mi walking trail. JOYE LANAHAN 864.404.5372 MLS#1236057
$10K PRICE REDUCTION PLUS brand new carpet and new DR floors!! Extremely clean 4BR/2.5BA home has recent updates with new paint throughout. Kitchen opens to breakfast area and large den with separate DR and LR nearby. 4 BR including lrg master with huge walk-in closet & master BA upstairs. Great buy near Roper Mt/Blacks Dr. TOM MARCHANT 864.449.1658 MLS#1237079
3 BR/2BA One story, well maintained home in a super location. Close to schools, Fine Arts Center, BJU, downtown and shopping. Large corner cul-de-sac lot. Hdwds, tile BA, lrg kitchen, spacious den w/fpl, has built ins, interior wooden shutters on all windows. Extra storage in attached carport. Home features a front porch and patio w/fireplace. MARY PRAYTOR 864.5983.0366 MLS #1236459
FANNIE MAE INVESTOR SPECIALS MLS #1240835 MLS #1242915 MLS #1243240 MLS #1243183 MLS #1243621 MLS #1243559
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DALE HAWKINS 901-1027 PLEASANTBURG
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THE FAIRWAYS AT THORNBLADE CLIFFS AT GLASSY EAST THE OAKS AT ROPER MOUNTAIN BOYCE-LAWN ADD. ASHETON VILLAGGIO DI MONTEBELLO SPAULDING FARMS TRAXLER PARK FIVE FORKS PLANTATION DEERLAND PLANTATION BOILING SPRINGS ESTATES
PRICE $24,000,000 $4,800,000 $1,750,000 $1,262,500 $910,000 $900,000 $850,000 $680,000 $670,000 $655,000 $575,000 $574,000 $570,000 $537,500 $535,000 $535,000 $535,000 $528,149 $450,000 $425,250
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ADDRESS 912 W PLATT ST STE 101 152 WEST 57TH ST 45 PETE HOLLIS BLVD 300 BELMONT AVE PO OX 3475 740 FOOTHILLS RD 10 FUTURA COURT 88 EAGLE ROCK RD 15 ANGEL OAK CT 232 CASTELLAN DR 218 N SHELMORE BLVD 149 AUGUSTA CT 123 RADCLIFFE WAY 1 CORTONA CIR 115 BLOCK HOUSE RD 28 WOODVALE AVE 49 PARTRIDGE LN 117 CHICORA WOOD LN 3695 S HWY 14 101 WATERLOO CIR
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SUBD. GARDENS AT THORNBLADE STONEHAVEN CLIFFS AT GLASSY ASHETON CREEKWOOD BRAEMOR CREEKWOOD RIVER OAK RIVER WALK NORTHGATE COTTAGE HILL SILVER RIDGE FARMS AUGUSTA ROAD RANCHES RIVER OAKS BELL’S GRANT CARTERS GROVE AUGUSTA RD HILLS
PRICE $412,160 $412,000 $405,000 $399,900 $399,000 $398,800 $375,000 $372,000 $365,000 $363,000 $362,500 $345,000 $339,900 $339,000 $330,000 $320,000 $315,000 $300,000 $292,000 $285,000
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Amanda Jones Joins Coldwell Banker Caine as Vice President and Broker In Charge
Fleming
June 27, 2012 – Coldwell Banker Caine is pleased to welcome Amanda Jones to serve as vice president and broker in charge. Jones relocated to the Upstate after working Amanda Jones in the Charlotte real estate market for over 10 years in a variety of positions, including Sales Agent, Broker, Broker In Charge and Sales Manager. Of her many achievements in real estate, she was awarded for her incredible sales training sessions and assisting her agents to grow her office sales over 10 percent year over year.
GREENVILLE, S.C. Prudential C. Dan Joyner Co., REALTORS is pleased to announce that Kathy Fleming has joined the firm and will serve as a sales associate at the Simpsonville office.
Jones also has a background in commercial real estate lending and
real estate investment banking having worked for Wachovia Corporation for over 6 years. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, she is a native of Savannah, Georgia. Jones will join Fritzi Barbour in leading the firm’s residential operations in the Greenville marketplace. “With Amanda’s experience in real estate sales and management, we are thrilled to welcome her to our leadership team,” said Brad Halter, Coldwell Banker Caine president. “Amanda and Fritzi will make an incredible team and together they will lead our associates to their greatest potential while delivering incredible service to their clients.
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PRICE $279,305 $277,000 $275,000 $272,000 GLENS @ LEXINGTON PLACE $270,000 TREYBERN $265,000 $265,000 ABBEYHILL PARK $262,500 $256,000 FORRESTER WOODS $250,000 THE BRIO $243,000 GREYSTONE AT NEELY FARMS $242,500 NORTHWOOD HILLS $237,000 PELHAM FALLS $234,000 MERRIFIELD PARK $233,500 SOUTHWOOD ACRES $231,000 GREYSTONE AT NEELY FARMS $230,000 THE GARDENS AT ROSE RESERVE $228,800 BRIDGEWATER $227,315 $227,000 GLENS @ LEXINGTON PLACE $227,000 $225,000 HOLLY TREE PLANTATION $223,500 ORCHARD FARMS BAKER’S GARDEN $221,000 ORCHARD FARMS BAKER’S GARDEN $221,000 DREXEL TERRACE $221,000 SHADOWOOD $220,000 HIGHLANDS $216,000 SHENANDOAH FARMS $214,925 SILVERLEAF $210,000 HERITAGE CREEK $209,885 WARRENTON $208,000 HERITAGE CREEK $202,640 MAGNOLIA PLACE $202,000 COPPER CREEK $201,500 WOODSTONE COTTAGES $201,200 THE VALLEY @ GILDER CREEK FARM $195,000 COBBLESTONE $195,000 FAIRVIEW POINTE $193,000 WOODRUFF LAKE $193,000 ORCHARD FARMS ARBOR WALK $187,000 ROPER MOUNTAIN PLANTATION $185,000 $184,000 SUMMERFIELD $183,500 POPLAR FOREST $183,500 HILLCREST CIRCLE $182,500 KELSEY GLEN $180,395 LONG CREEK PLANTATION $180,000 TANNER’S MILL $179,500 THE VILLAGE AT WINDSOR CREEK $176,000 HAMMETT GROVE $175,000 KELSEY GLEN $174,280 COPPER CREEK $170,143
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An Upstate native, Fleming attended Hillcrest High School. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and later attended Greenville Technical College in the real estate paralegal program. Kathy Fleming
Prior to joining the C. Dan Joyner Company, Fleming worked as a judicial assistant with the Greenville County Probate Court. “We are very excited to have Kathy join our Simpsonville office”, said Donna Smith, Broker-in-Charge. “We welcome her to our family of Realtors.”
Fleming currently resides in Simpsonville with her husband, Mike and two adult children, Aaron & Michael Lucas. Active in the community, Fleming is a volunteer with the Habitat for Humanity, the YMCA and is a Greenville County Elections clerk.
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SUBD. FORRESTER WOODS NORTHWOOD HILLS VICTORIA PARK PH.1 AUTUMN TRACE TOWNES AT PINE GROVE BRADFORD PLACE QUAIL RIDGE CARDINAL CREEK THE VILLAGE AT WINDSOR CREEK AVONWOOD SHADOW CREEK SQUIRES CREEK HADLEY PARK WINDSOR FOREST II MEADOWBROOKE CANEBRAKE WOODALL PEACHTREE RIDGE THE HEIGHTS HADLEY PARK PARIS VIEW WAXFORD ESTATES VIRGINIA CONDOS WATERFORD PARK CHATHAM WOODS PINE MEADOW TIMBER TRACE FAIRVIEW LAKE CROFTSTONE COMMONS EDWARDS FOREST CHANTILLY FOX TRACE DEL NORTE FAIRVIEW CHASE EDWARDS FOREST HEIGHTS CARRINGTON WEDGEWOOD LAUREL TRACE LENHARDT CREEK LENHARDT CREEK
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PRICE $170,000 $170,000 $169,842 $168,000 $165,145 $165,000 $164,000 $160,000 $160,000 $159,980 $157,900 $155,190 $154,308 $152,000 $150,000 $150,000 $147,000 $146,900 $145,900 $145,000 $144,480 $144,000 $142,524 $142,500 $139,000 $138,000 $136,500 $136,125 $136,000 $136,000 $136,000 $136,000 $134,000 $133,500 $130,000 $130,000 $129,756 $125,500 $125,000 $124,900 $123,000 $120,129 $119,900 $119,900 $115,200 $115,000 $115,000 $113,000 $111,500 $109,900 $109,450 $108,000 $107,500
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Above: In spite of the brutally hot weather, the Nicholtown Community Garden is still producing vegetables like these tomatoes. The garden is planted with corn, beets, tomatoes, peanuts, okra, peppers and watermelon. Left: Eddie Byrd with the Nicholtown Community Garden harvests the last of the garden’s okra. Byrd gets out early to work in the garden to avoid the heat of the day.
Jackie Starks of Simpsonville reaches for more paint while working on her painting during art class at the 10 Central Avenue Studios. Artist and artist instructor Julia Peters, standing, gives art student Claire Cash of Greenville some tips on finishing her watercolor painting at the 10 Central Avenue Studios. The studios feature art classes covering all manner of media, an art gallery and private art studios available to rent. The next session of the eight-week art class begins in August. Sarah Summers of Greenville works from one of the photographs she took at Split Creek Farms. Summers said she always works from her photographs when painting.
Rose Cooke of Greenville uses a hair dryer on her painted canvas so she can continue to work. Cooke likes using acrylic paint for its faster drying time.
A painter’s palette waits for its artist to return at the 10 Central Avenue Studios.
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“The” 68 1961 Marvelettes #1 hit 72 “... all snug in __ beds” 74 Organ parts 75 Volcanic depressions 79 Longest river in France 80 Club date 82 Eventually become 84 Human plant? 85 Bruins legend 86 Superior at work 87 Pussycat’s partner 88 Deceive 90 Queen who bankrolled Columbus 93 O’Neill play 96 “I’m full!” 98 Round-of-four game 99 Sugar suffix 100 Starts to doze 101 Derby setting 104 Like volcanoes 106 King of Judea 109 Realm from 8001806: Abbr. 111 2001-’08 White House Deputy Chief of Staff whose middle name is Whitehouse 113 Whipped cream amount 116 Start of an opinion 119 Everly Brothers classic 121 “Farewell, Luigi!” 122 Sea eagles 123 English horn relative 124 Crockett contem-
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The natural order of things Mother Nature can be beautifully brutal. I live in the foothills, pretty far out in the northern countryside of Spartanburg County, within shouting distance of Hogback Mountain. It is a serene place, envied by many for its up-close view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Here, I have the luxury of having five dogs, three cats, and an abundance of wildlife that includes turkeys, rabbits, squirrels, possums, raccoons, big brown rodentlike things, woodpeckers, whippoorwills and, of course, deer. It is a common morning privilege for me to sip coffee at sunrise on my wooden deck and watch the deer breakfast in my poor excuse for a garden. They don’t eat much, and I’m not much of a gardener anyway, so I am just glad at least the deer can get a little morning nibble out of my well-watered weed patch. I sit very still on those mornings, hoping that Futar, my big yellow dog, is fast asleep under the deck. Otherwise, my pastoral bliss can easily turn into a bloodbath. Futar is about the best, most wellbehaved dog in the whole world. He can sit on command and will offer his paw in friendship to little children at the farmers’ market. When it’s time for a walk, he will wait impatiently for me to tie shoelaces, fill a water bottle, lock the door, hide the key and loop the chain around his neck. And when he walks, it is straight and forward, only stopping
at the stop signs to briefly mark his territory the way male dogs do. He’s one of those strays that came up one day and just stayed. But make no mistake about it. Futar is a big male outdoor dog whose favorite sport is to chase deer through the peach orchards. I am glad that deer are skittish creatures, ready to bolt at the slightest threatening movement. Big deer can outrun my big dog, so normally it is just good-natured aerobic exercise. There’s a mad chase through the orchards, and some 10 minutes later Futar returns home, panting and tired, with nothing to show for his efforts but a burr-covered coat. Except last week. This is that Bambi time of the year, when does give birth to fawns. Until last week, I had never seen a fawn up close enough to take in just how beautiful they can be. I was down in the garden digging new potatoes on a Saturday afternoon. At first I thought I heard a goat bleating. I looked up and saw the two big pups playing, but where was Futar? A slight panic stirred, and I dropped my shovel and started up the hill, calling “Futar! Futar!” The bleating got louder and more urgent, and so did my calls to my favorite dog. As I crested the backyard hill, I saw Futar with a baby deer in his mouth. It was thrashing about, screaming. And then I was running and screaming too. “Futar! Futar! Let go of that deer. Put it down. Futar!” Futar ran; I ran after him. Then I saw the mother deer running. The
pups joined in the chase. My yard is about three acres big, and I was part of a racing, screaming melee of dogs and deer, when my wife came out and joined in, too. I’m not as young or as thin as I used to be, and running full tilt in the heat of a summer’s day in sandals can be tough on a guy who takes high blood pressure pills. About the fourth lap around the house, Futar stopped, the deer still struggling in his jaws. “Futar, let go of that deer,” I demanded. He set it down until it tried to get away, and then he grabbed it again. More painful bleating. When we advanced within reach, I gently pried the deer, which Futar now gave up willingly, out of his mouth. As I held the terrified deer in my arms, Futar wagged his tail and nosed his prize, obviously proud. He was giving me something that meant a great deal to him. The fawn didn’t appear to be hurt. We took it into the dog pen (leaving the dogs outside) and found it could walk. It was one of the most beautiful creatures I had ever seen – so fragile, so small. A fawn’s legs are strangely long and spindly and its coat is short and medium-brown with light and dark spots in an organized pattern that proves there is a Grand Design. And it just lay down and awaited its fate. Our friend the vet said it would be best to reunite the fawn with its mother. She said to pen the dogs for the next 12 hours and to put the fawn somewhere
in the woods where the doe could find it. So we left the fawn nestled in a tangle of vines and leaves that evening. It was still there just before dark, but that was okay, we told ourselves. The mother would come later. The next day brought a misty and rainy morning. I was up at sunrise. I downed my coffee and quickly headed outside, sure the fawn and doe were reunited and long gone. The rain was very gentle that morning and the air was just a little bit cool. The sun had just risen, and the promise of a great day was at hand. It took a few minutes for me to walk through the woods to where we had left the deer, but I felt good, and I was confident that I would find nothing but underbrush. But there the deer lay in the morning rain among the tendrils of green. It was still and staring. I knew immediately what had happened, but I hoped I was wrong, that it would jump up at my touch. But what I touched was cool and wet and unmoving. The deer had died in the night, and there were tears mixed with raindrops that cool Sunday morning in the foothills of the Carolinas. Steve Wong and his wife and their dogs and cats live in a peach orchard in Gramling, which is a quiet little rural community in northern Spartanburg County. He loves to get feedback on the stuff he writes: Just4Wong@gmail.com.
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